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THE ADVOCATE WE CHEERFULLY PUBLISH ALL CRISP NEWS NOTES FROM ALL SECTIONS. Journey is Abandoned ROOSEVELT GIVES UP PROJECT ED WESTERN TRIP FQR POLITICAL REASONS Will be at Chicago Leader of Progressive Movement Announces his Intention of Attending Convention to be Followed Probably by Few Speeches in the West. Washington, July 17.—Denizens of the Middle West will have to settle the issue involved in the third term party movement without the illuminating presence of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. The Colonel announced later tonight that he had decided to abandon his trip into the Middle West. This sudden change in plans was made after a conference with Senator Dixon, his campaign manager; George W. Perkins and O. K. Davis, one of Senator Dixon's alds. "We came down to talk over the trip," said Mr. Davis, "and agreed that it must be given up. So many questions are coming up at our headquarters in New York which require Colonel Roosevelt's personal attention, he found it to be virtually impossible to get away at this time." Will Attend Convention. Mr. Davis said that Colonel Roosevelt would remain in Oyster Bay until the 2d or 3d of August, when he will depart for Chicago to attend the convention of the new party. After the convention he may make a few speeches in the Central West. . . It was his intention until tonight to go into Kansas, Iowa and Michigan to take part in the campaign preceding the primaries, at which candidates for electors are to be chosen. Colonel Roosevelt would add nothing to Mr. Davis' statement. He said earlier in the day that he was hard at work on the preparations of a statement of his position, which will be is used shortly before the Chicago Convention. During the last fortnight he has held many consultations with his leaders from a large number of states regarding organization of the new party. So much remains to be done in the effort to put the party on its feet as firmly as possible before the convention that it was the opinion of both the Colonel and his advisers he should remain here and devote himself to that task. Neighbors Launch Movement. While, Colonel Roosevelt was conferring with his leaders his neighbors in Oyster Bay were launching the new party movement here. At a mass meeting tonight the Roosevelt Progressive Club of Oyster Bay was organized. After reading the statements made by William Flinn, of Pittsburg, and E. A. Van Valkenburg, of Philadelphia, two of his leaders in Pennsylvania in support of the plan for placing the same candidates for Presidential Elections on both the Taft and Roosevelt tickets, Colonel Roosevelt said today that he would not recede from the position which he has taken in regard to effecting any compromise which would give recognition to the claims of President Taft in the primary states. The difference which has arisen will be thrashed out at the Chicago convention next month, Col. Roosevelt indicated, and there will be adopted a program which will apply not only to Pennsylvania, but to all states in which a similar situation exists. Objections Are Stated. The ex-President explained that he had no objection to having the same Electors on both the Roosevelt and Taft tickets, as contemplated in the plan favored by Mr. Flinn, Mr. Van Valkenburg and other Roosevelt supporters in Pennsylvania. What he does object to, he said, and what he has determined not to sanction under any circumstances, is an agreement under which President Taft should receive the entire Electoral vote of the state in case a greater number of votes should be cast on election day for the Taft tickets than for the Roosevelt ticket. The Colonel believes that he will carry the state, and said he was willing to have the vote demonstrate the popular preference for him again as in the primary last spring, but he took the ground that he could not consent to any agreement under which. THE ADVOCATE. in any contingency, the votes of Electors already selected for him should be cast for Mr. Taft, since he contends that the action of the Republican convention was fraudulent. Colonel Roosevelt was not willing to go into a detailed explanation of the method of the procedure which he believes should be adopted, preferring to reserve his opinions until he reaches Chicago. No Agreement With Taft. He made it plain, however, that he will be guided by two general principles. So far as possible it will be left to each state to work out its arrangement, subject only to such general restrictions as may be imposed by the national convention. Foremost among these restrictions, if the Colonel has his way, will be the proviso that there must be no agreement with the Taft forces which will give official recognition to the President as the legitimately chosen Republican candidate in the states which the ex-President won in the primaries. The second principle upon which he will insist is that any plan adopted must be nonpartisan, and as applicable to Democratic as to Republican organizations in furtherance of his plan to run upon a genuinely independent ticket. Colonel Roosevelt is hard, at work upon the speeches for his trip into the Middle West in which he will sound the keynote of his campaign. He is putting a great deal of work into the preparation of the speeches, and he may be unable to begin his trip until late next week. Should this be necessary he will be obliged to give up the idea of attending the state convention of the party in Des Moines, Iowa, next Wednesday. The Crisis Record Of Crime in June Shows No Abatement of the Nation al Pasttime of Lynching Negroes for R'cal or Supposed Crimes. The following lynchings have occurred since our last report. Dan Davis burned at the stake at Tyler, Tex.; he was accused of criminal assault on a white woman. This is the fourth Negro lynched in Tyler in the last few years. At Valosta, Ga., a Negro Emanuel, is said to have been killed and thrown into the river for shooting at a white man who was not killed. At Nashville, Tenn., J. Samuels, a colored man charged with attacking a white woman, was shot to death. At Salisbury, Md., a number of curious stories have been sent out. A colored farmhand was accused of attacking the daughter of a farmer; then the charge that he had attacked her several times, but the fact had not been reported. An attempt was made to lynch the man, but he was taken by the sheriff to Baltimore. A well-known white citizen of Baltimore writes us as follows: "I find that the extent and excitement of the mob was greatly exaggerated. A gentleman from the county says that the case of assault was not very clear; you can see for yourself there is something a little peculiar about it." Three Negroes hanged in Florida declared to the very last that they were not guilty of the crime charged against them. Richardson, who killed two white men in self-defense and whose story was told in the last December number of the Crisis, has been sentenced to be hanged. Negroes have been killed by policemen at New Orleans, Savannah, Louisville, Memphis, Florence, Ala. and Des Moines, Iowa. White men have killed Negroes at Oxford, N. C., Rocky Mount, N. C., Memphis, Tenn., Beaumont, Tex., and Winston-Salem, N. C. There have been two attempts at lynching in New York City and another in New York State. To Be Mt By the Sale of Tickets To Spectators. Chicago, July 17.—Members of the local Committee on Arrangements today decided to hold the Progressive party's national convention at the Coliseum August 5, instead of the Auditorium, the place first selected. The change was made in order to provide more seats for spectators. The committee decided that the expenses of the convention would be met by the sale of tickets to spectators. The prices for tickets entitling the holder to attend every session of the convention will be $10, $15 and $20, according to location. Continued Collections OF DEFENSE TAX IS ORDERED BY HEAD OF NEGRO KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Additional Funds Are Required, He Says, to Defray Expenses Incurred in Defending the Order Before the Supreme Court and in Fighting Other Cases. New Orleans, La., July 15—S. W. Green, Supreme Chancellor of the Negro Knights of Pythias, has issued a proclamation to his branch of the order calling attention to the recent decision of the Federal Supreme Court upholding it in its claim to the right to use the name, emblems, and regalia which was contested by the white Knights. The proclamation is addressed to all grand and subordinate lodges, grand and subordinate courts, supreme representatives, officers and members of the supreme lodge and reads: "First—It is my delightful duty as well as my inexpressable pleasure, to announce to our Supreme Jurisdiction that the case first docked in Fulton County, Georgia, about the first day of June, A. D. 1906, under the style and title of "Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of Georgia, vs. Chas. D. Creswell, pt als." was terminated in the Supreme Court of the United States on Monday, June 10, 1912, when that Honorable Court by a decision of seven for and two against decided that we were entitled to use the name, emblems and regalia of The Knights of Pythias. "Second—That decision by the highest court in the land settles our status as Pythians throughout the Jurisdiction of the United States of America, and will serve as a precedent for cases now pending which question our right to the use of the name, emblems and regalia of this Order. "Third—This decision may also have the effect of holding off other suits contemplated or threatened against us in other states, relative to the same rights and privileges now exercised by us. "Fourth—The continued collection of the Defense Tax now past due for 1911 by Grand and Subordinate Lodges and Grand and Subordinate courts, and the collection of the Defense Tax which becomes due in November 1, 1912, is necessary to pay off outstanding claims for the suit just ended, as well as to defray the expenses in connection with the suits now pending in the states of Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. "Fifth—All Grand and Subordinate Lodges and Grand and Subordinate Courts now in arrears for the Emergency Tax, or any part thereof, for the years 1909 and 1910 must also pay same as ordered by the Supreme Lodge. Sixth—All honor and praise to the loyal officers and members of the Grand and Subordinate Lodges and Grand and Subordinate Courts who made it possible for our Order to win this unparalleled victory for right and justice, by faithfully discharging their duties and responsibilities in collecting and forwarding the mites collected from the several members of the Order in their Jurisdictions, which collections were the sinews of war with which was stormed the citadels of prejudice and oppression, and brought forth that justice and fairness to which we were entitled as a loyal law-abiding people. "Seventh—Well may we rejoice in this triumph of right over wrong of justice over oppression, of truth over error, of light over darkness; and while rejoicing, let us not do so offensively, but, rather, let us rejoice in that humbleness of spirit and conduct that should characterize the true followers of the loyal and faithful Damon, and the brave and self-sacrificing Pythians. "Thus done and signed at New Orleans, La., this first day of July, A. D., 1912, and Pythian Period the (33d) XXXIII. S. W. GREEN, Supreme Chancellor. Attest: C. K. ROBINSON, Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal. Taft Managers Agence With the Colo nel Against Naming Same Set of Presidential Electors on Both Tickets. New York, July 18—Charles D. Hilles, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, today formally opened the Taft national campaign in New York. After numerous conferences, beginning with William Barnes, Jr., and continuing down the line until most of the old guard stalwarts had paid their respects, the young manager of the President's cause authorized the opening of office in the Times building tomorrow, and stated that permanent officers and committees of the national committee will be chosen Friday. In an extended interview Mr. Hilles stated that the suggestion of Congressman Rees of Kansas, looking to the withdrawal of Pres. Taft and Colonel Roosevelt from the race had not gone very far. Regarding the move put forward by William Flinn in Pennsylvania, ex-Governor Stokes, in New Jersey and George Gaither in Maryland, to place the same names of presidential electors on both the Republican and third-term tickets, Mr. Hilles became serious. "Even this early in the campaign I think that any such proposal will be resisted to the limit." "There will be no compromise in the matter. I believe such a proposition is opposed to the spirit and letter of the law in the different states." Mr. Hilles has been duly impressed by the dominating personality of William Barnes. He said that Albany leader will be on either the Advisory or Executive Committee. It has been the custom, Mr. Hilles said, to build the Executive Committee of members of the national committee. The Advisory Committee may include one or two National Committeemen, but will largely be composed of outsiders. Regarding the selection of a Treasurer, Mr. Hilles professed the densest kind of ignorance. He stated that he came to New York to prepare the way for the coming of the sub-committee of the National committee, and that he would meet many of the leading Taft men here during today and tomorrow. Above Mr. Hilles' three-room suite on the eleventh floor of the hotel here are the quarters of the financiers of the Bull Moose movement. As the President's general secretary discussed freely his plans George W. Perkins, Senator Dixon and others of the Moosemen were discussing the Roosevelt campaign on the floor above. JACK JOHNSON Fitched the First Ball in Semi-Pro professional Game at Chicago. Chicago, July 14.—Before 10,000, the largest crowd of fans that ever watched a semi-professional game in the city, the American Giants won the first game of the series from the St. Louis Giants at American Giants' Park, 8 to 7, after a ninth-inning rally, in which the home team scored four runs. Jack Johnson, champion heavy-weight pugilist of the world, pitched the first ball. Lindsay was in poor form in the early part of the game and St. Louis gained a big lead, Dougherty relieved him in the seventh inning and pitched shutout ball. The same teams will play the second game of the series tomorrow afternoon. The score: R.H.E. Am. Giants...0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4—8 1 4 3 St. L. Giants...2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0—7 1 5 3 Batterles—Lindsay, Dougherty and Petway; Ball, Diamukes and Johnson SMITH'S WORK TO BE OUTLINED Washington, July 17.—A conference between Colonel Roosevelt and Herbert Knox Smith to outline the scopa of the latter's participation in the new party's campaign, has been postponed from Friday in New York to Saturday at Oyster Bay. Eugene K. Jones, Secretary of Social Settlement Work in New York, is visiting his brother. WITH HOLMES AT THE HEAD IS LAUNCHED BY NEGROES OF VIRGINIA. National in Scope Is the New Organization, Which Will be Known as the National Ideal Benhit Society, Incorporated, the Outlook for the Success is Good. (Special to the Advocate) Richmond, Va., July 15—A few few days ago there was launched in the city of Richmond, a new fraternal organization known by name as the "Supreme Fountain of the National Ideal Benefit Society, Incorporated." The literature sent out from this Organization indicates that its main object is mutual help to its members and benefit to the community in general. The attitude of the Organization towards other fraternal organizations is that of a friendly nature believing, as its literature claims that it is not necessary to fight in an unbecoming way any fraternal organization, because there is sufficient room for the growth and the development of all. The leaders of this new organization declare that for sometime there has been an urgent demand for such an organization, but not being willing to rush a new organization upon the field, they waited until the time was ripe for it, and therefore they yielded to the demand made upon them and launched the Organization described in this communication. A word or two respecting the one who stands at the head of this corporation, would not be out of place just here. The one selected to preside over the destinies of this Organization in its beginning as the Supreme Master, is A. W. Holmes. The promoters of this new Society made choice of Mr. Holmes because of his ripe experience and manifest ability in conducting fraternal affairs in previous years. He has already made his record for faithful and successful service during the twenty years that he was officially connected with the Grand United Order of True Reformers as an organization field worker and as Special Deputy to the Grand Master. Because of his eminent fitness in the line of work intrusted to him, he was elected as its Grand Master, in which position he served for a period of eleven months, at the conclusion of which time, he resigned. His resignation, while accepted by the Board of Directors, was not heartily welcomed and sanctioned by the rank and file of the membership. In the closing days of his career as Grand Master, he was indicted by a Grand Jury of this city upon the charge of "having certain knowledge of the insolvency of the Savings Bank, of the Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reformers," This case or charge in point, was never brought to trial in the Hustings Court of this city, but to the contrary, after certain preliminary steps had been taken in court, the case or charge was nolle prosequied. This news spread like wild fire throughout the country and it met the general approval of multitudes of the well-wishers of Mr. Holmes, because they never believed him to be guilty of the charge alleged against him. Standing close by Mr. Holmes, the Supreme Master, is found Rev. W. L. Anderson, Supreme Vice Master, a man of sterling worth and character. He has made for himself a great name throughout the entire country, as a worker who was able to snatch victory from what seemed to be defeat. As an organizer and friend-maker for fraternal organizations, his record is hard to be beat. S. W. Johnson, the Supreme Secretary, is a man of broad experience in fraternal organizations who has impressed himself upon the community in South Richmond and the public in general as a man of positive character, sincere purposes and deep convictions. He has made a record for himself of making everything succeed that he touches. Dr. A. A. Tenant, the Supreme Treasurer, one of the leading physicians of Richmond and a safe and sound leader among men, has cast his lot with the Supreme Fountain of the National Ideal Benefit Society. As a careful, systematic, pajinstaking financier, Dr. Tenant stands unexcelled. With these gentlemen standing at the head of the Supreme Fountain of the National Ideal Benefit Society, Incorporated, the outlook for the new Organization is good. Business Man Takes Teacher as his Bride Prominent Virginians Are Weeded at State Capitol.-Delegatus' to St. Luke Juvenile Convention Doe Richmond, Va., July 15—One of the most fashionable of the many marriages of the present summer, was solemnized in St. Philips P. E. Church, last Tuesday at noon, when Mr. Ed Stanley Clarke, of Farmville, led to the altar Miss Jeanette L. Forrester, one of Richmond's most popular school-teachers. The chancel of the church was artistically decorated with palms, ferns and flowers. To the strains of the Mendelssohn wedding march, the bridal party entered the church as follows: Mr. Ed J. Cook and Mr. Walter D. Jones, Mr. R. B. Sampson and Mr. A. Mosely, Mr. James Frazier and Mr. J. C. Eason, Miss Omega Vaughan, bridesmaid; Miss Pearl L. Smith, Maid of honor Little Miss Geneva Tinsley, ring-bearer. The bride and her Uncle, Mr. Lee S. Forrester, were met at the chancel by the groom and his best man, Dr. A. W. Mason, woh entered through the vestry room During the service, which was read by the rector, the Rev. Chas. L. Somers, the orchestra played softly the wedding march. Following the marriage, a luncheon was tendered the bridal party by Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Scott at their home on North Third St. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke left later in the afternoon for Farmville, Va., their future home. Mr. Clarke is a prominent business man of Farmville. In the Law and Equity Court July 3, Judge Beverly Tucker Crump granted an absolute divorce to Geo. W. Bragg from his wife, Lula Pearl Bragg, upon statutory grounds. By terms of the decree, Mr. Bragg is given the entire custody and control of their son, and Mrs. Bragg is debarred from any property rights she acquired by her marriage. No defense was made to the suit. Endon Jones, elder son of Professor and Mrs. Joseph E. Jones, is quite sick at the home of his parents in this city. Mr. Jones' illness is the outcome of an injury which he received nine years ago in a football game between Virginia Union University and Shaw University, when he had several ribs broken penetrating his lungs. Richmond delegates who attended the Sixth Biennial Convention of the Juvenile Department of the Independent Order of St. Lukes held in Atlantic City last week, have returned to the city. Those who made the trip were Mrs. Maggie L. Walker, Mrs. Emeline Johnson, Mrs. Rosa E. Watson, Missss Julia I. Stevens, Lula Watkins, Mattie Dawson, Mrs. Mattie Graham, Mrs. Mary Griffin, Miss Julia A. Deane, Mrs. Fannie E. Brown, Mrs. Estelle Bagby Anderson and Mrs. Lelia Williams. J. C. Carter, Esq., of Houston, Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, A. F. and A. M., was in the city last week on business. Miss Maude Mundin who is taking a course in professional nursing at Freedman's Hospital, is visiting relatives here. The Rev. J. B. Pharr, B. D., A. M., of Virginia University, who with his bride is on their honeymoon at Asbury Park, N. J., has received a call to the pastorate of the Second Baptist Church of Ann Arbor, Mich. The Rev. Dr. W. T. Johnson will leave the city next Monday for Saginaw Beach, Mass., to attend a meeting of the Executive Board of the International Christian Endeavor Convention. NUMBER 23 Old Party "Leavings" In States, Where Union Would Defeat Democrats Will not be Tolerated by Colonel Roosevelt, Whose Battle Cry is "No Compromise." Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 15.—Formation of a distinct and independent party and not the capture of the Republican party is the course Colonel Roosevelt laid out for himself tonight. He took issue flatly with supporters who have advanced a proposal for effecting an agreement with the Republican organization in some states through which, under certain conditions, the strength of the Roosevelt following might be thrown behind President Taft. The Colonel will have none of it. "I shall not acquiesce," he said. Colonel Roosevelt made it clear that he had decided upon a thorough-going fight, independent of alliance with either party, which will put him in a position to appeal to Democrats ag as Republicans. In states in which his followers have control of the Republican organization he is ready to carry on his campaign through that medium. But he will sanction no entangling agreements. "No compromise," is to be his battle cry. The former President was prompted to make his position definitely known by reports that in several states, notably Pennsylvania and Maryland, a movement was on foot to have the same candidates for electors on both the Taft and Roosevelt tickets, with the agreement that the ticket which received the larger number of votes should obtain the entire electoral vote. Plan Approved By Followers. William Flynn, of Pittsburg, and other Roosevelt leaders in Pennsylvania, the former President heard, had announced themselves in favor of the plan with the idea that by this method the Roosevelt and Taft strength would be united against the Democratic ticket. The Colonel said emphatically that there would be no bargaining of this nature if he could prevent it. It is his purpose to make his fight with such supporters as are willing to assist in the formation of a genuinely new party. He was confident, however, that the stand he took would not bring about a break with those who favor the plan he vetoed. Colonel Roosevelt dictated this statement of his position: "I see that in Pennsylvania and Maryland, the proposal has been made that identical Roosevelt and Taft electors shall run and the electors who are chosen cast their votes for whichever one, either Mr. Taft or myself, who gets the most votes. I trust that no such plan will be adopted. "Are Bound To Vote For Me." "I claim in every primary state where the primaries were carried for me and where yet have been nominated, that as a matter of the highest obligations those men are bound to vote for me, for I am the nominee of the overwhelming majority of the rank and file of the Republican party and Mr. Taft's nomination represents nothing but the successful dishonesty of the Barnes, Penrose, Guggenheim machine and is not binding upon any honest Republican. "In certain of these primary states as I understand it, there is now a contest on in the primaries to see whether my name or that of Mr. Taft shall be put on the regular ticket instead of being nominated by petition, it being the intention of the party beaten in the primary to nominate its electors by petition. "This is all right and proper; but so far as I have any say in the matter, I shall not assent to any arrangement by which under any circumstances my supporters or electors supported by them shall cast their votes for Mr. Taft. Appeals To All Progressives. "I make my appeal to all progressives, no matter what their past affiliations may be, who genuinely believe in progressive 'principles and who believe as I do that both the old parties' organizations are completely un- (Continued from page four.) CHARLESTON St. Paul Church Notes. The lawn fete given by the Minister's Social Helpers at the home of Mrs. Lettie Johnson, Morris St., was a financial success. The attendance was satisfactory to those having the affair in charge and a pleasant evening was spent. PUBLIC MEETING AT PARSONAGE. The Ladies Art Club held a public meeting at the Baptist parsonage, Tuesday evening. A beautiful collection of artistic needle work was exhibited and paper, "The Builders," was read by Mrs. Lydia Hawkins. Mrs. Willie May Ford sang a solo, and piano selections by Mrs. Sara Henderson and Mrs. Minnie Harris were followed by quotations by the club. The meeting ended with the service of refreshments. HOTEL BROWN ARRIVALS. Mr. and Mrs. R. Myers, Ironton, O.; Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Laine, Pittsburg, Pa.; Thomas Reynolds, Huntington; J. S. McClure, Roneverte; Mrs. Pearl Robinson, Scarboro; Saul Fallon, Columbus, O.; J. A. Payne, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Martha Fortner, Mammouth; Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Francis, Roanoke, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Pannell, Boomer; J. M. Johnson, Garrison; Jas. Moore, Bellaire, O.; D. Robinson, Scarboro; A. Meadows, Athens O.; Mr. and Mrs. Henson, Bramwell; Miss Ida M. Lovelace, Lawton; Mr. and Mrs. F. Shephard, Sullivan; J. P. Caul, Winona; M. E. Hawk, Cethro; and H. Rufus White, Huntington were guests at Hotel Brown, last week. GOV. MACCORKLE WILL ADDRESS MASONS. On account of the enforced absence of Mayor Jas. A. Holley from the city Tuesday, former Gov. Wm. A. MacCorkle will deliver the address of welcome on behalf of the city authorities to the Grand Lodge of Masons at the First Baptist church. Other speakers will be Prof. S. H. Guss, of the West Virginia Colored Institute, and J. W. Chappelle, attorney-at-law. The regular sessions of the Grand Lodge will be held in the K. of P. hall Tuesday and Wednesday and the outing is scheduled for Thursday at Institute. It is rumored that Grand Master Hundley will not be a candidate to succeed himself, but will likely ask the support of the delegates for the office of grond lecturer, a position more compatible with the work in which he is engaged. CHURCH TO BE SOLD. The report is being circulated among members of Simpson Methodist Episcopal church that the quarterly BON YOU You have never in one block homes costin ADJOINS EDGEWOOD of the Street Car IN ORDER TO GET adjoining property AT APR ICE OF $17. REMEMBER THE YOW WE NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUN Sign the coupon belo BON-AIR HEIGHTS YOUR GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY You have never had such a chance before to buy property located within one block of the Street Car Line, and within a stones throw of homes costing from ten to twenty thousand dollars. ADJOINS EDGEWOOD, is within twenty minutes walk of the Capitol, is within three minutes walk of the Street Car. IN ORDER TO GET BON AIR, before the public, we are going to sell it 50 per cent. cheaper than adjoining property-FOR THIRTY DAYS ONLY we will offer AT APR ICE OF $17.00 to $300.00; OUR EASY TERMS ARE $10 cash and $ per month. NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY to start a home! YOU HAD BETTER WRITE US, OR CALL AT THE OFFICE, or Phone Sign the coupon below, mail it to us, we will have one of our agents call and explain our offer more fully. AMERICAN LAND COMPANY Offices 22-23 Kanawha Phone No. 952 Please have your agent sition more fully. It is obligations to buy. Name..... P. O. Phone No. 952 Charleston, W. Va. Please have your agent call and explain your proposition more fully. It is understood I am under no obligations to buy. conference, which meets Friday evening, will be asked to endorse the movement which has been under consideration for some time to sell the church property on the corner of Quarrier and Dickinson Sts. Frequently during the past five or six years the trustees of the church have been approached by representatives of certain business interests with the offer to purchase the church edifice. Since the white Presbyterian church in the square below on Quarier St. has come into their possession these offers were pressed with greater insistence and, since the price offered, $35,000 appeals to the trustees, the probabilities are that the conference will give the desired approval. WASHINGTON AT INSTITUTE. Announcement has been made by the authorities of the State Summer school at the W. Va. Colored Institute that Dr. Booker T. Washington will address the general public there Friday, the 26th inst. at 10:30 in the forenoon after an introduction by Gov. Wm. E Glasseock. For this occasion the K. & M. Ry. Co., will run a special train to Institute, leaving Charleston at 9:35 A. M. and returning at 2:30 P. M. KELLY MILLER'S LECTURE. Prof. Kelly Miller, dean o f the college of science and arts of Howard University, will deliver a lecture at Simpson M. E. church, Monday evening. Prof. Miller ranks high among the scholars of the race and is the author of several books and pamphlets on race topics which have brought him into national prominence. As a lecturer he is said to be both instructive and entertaining, and the Simpson church authorities expect a large audience to greet his first visit to this city. BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED. Little Francis Cowser very pleasantly entertained her juvenile friends one evening last week at the home of her Grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. B. Jackson, Elizabeth St., on the occasion of her fourth birthday anniversary. A very pleasant afternoon was spent by her youthful guests in playing various games and she was the recipient of many beautiful remembrances of the occasion. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. Miss Maggie Robinson leaves today to spend the summer at Red Sulphur Springs. Mrs. Willie Peden, of Detroit, is spending a few days in the city. Mrs. Robert Henley, of Eagle, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Fannie DeHonney, Lewis St. Mrs. Ida M. Lovelace, of Lawton, BON-AIR R GOLDEN he had such a chance b of the Street Car L ing from ten to twent BON-AIR D, is within twenty minutes BON AIR, before the public y—FOR THIRTY DAYS O BON-AIR 00 to $300.00; OUR EAS ESE PRICES ARE C WILL NEVER HAVE THE C NITY to start a home! YOU HAD ow, mail it to us, we will have one BON-AIR LOTS a Banking & Trust Co. Charleston, W. Va. call and explain your propo- understood I am under no ..... AT THE BURLEW EVERY NIGHT LATEST MOVING PICTURES BALCONY RESERVED FOR COLORED PEOPLE 5c. ALL SEATS 5c. 7-11 P. M. passed through the city, Tuesday, enroute to Richmond, Ind., to visit relatives. F. W. Bryant attended the funeral of his uncle, Rev. Crosbey, at Columbus, O., Thursday. Mrs. H. Early entertained in honor of her sister, Mrs. Bolden, of Cincinnati, O., last week, at her home on Lee St. Miss Amelia Wilcher gave a picnic at Glenwood for the pupils of her summer school, Saturday. The Ladies Art club meets Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Harris, Piedmont St. Marion Cox left this week for Pulaski, Va., to visit friends. Prof. Kelly Miller of Washington, D. C., passed through the city Monday en route to Institute, where he goes to deliver a series of lectures. Prof. H. B. Britt of Louisville, Ky., was the guest of friends in the city this week. Prof. K. T. McDonald of Storer College will speak at Simpson M. E. church Sunday morning and evening. John Moss of Lancaster, O., is in the city, guest of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Clair on Elizabeth street. P. W. White of Montgomery, was the guest of friends in the city this week. Mrs. Mary Starks has been seriously ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sallie Brooks, Washington St. Prof. J. R. Jefferson, one of the instructors at the Institute Summer School, spent Saturday and Sunday in town the guest of relatives. Dr. L. G. Jordan secretary of the National Baptist Foreign Mission Board was among the prominent visitors to the city this week. He was accompanied by Mr. H. B. Britt of Louisville, Ky., a singer of sacred songs. Prof. J. R. Jefferson was called to Parkersburg by the death of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Thomas. Mrs. Thomas has been ill some time and her death was not wholly unexpected. Prof. H. T. McDonald, president of Storer College was in the city and preached at the First Baptist church Sunday evening an inspiring sermon, subject "Being Transfigured." Mrs. M. E. Dandridge, of Quinnimont, and Miss-Katherine Booker of Hinton, were the week-end visitors of Miss Maria Eubank, West Side, this week. Mrs. Mary Duekwiler, of Raymond City, passed through the city last week en route to New York. Jno. Johnson, of Mucklow, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Williams, Elmwood ave., Thursday. Misses Ethel and Lewellyn Spriggs, of Institute, were shopping in town Friday. Harry Glenn left Sunday for Detroit, Mieh. Mr. Charles Wyatte and Miss Octavia Wells, both of Burnwell, Va., were united in marriage at Hotel Brown, Wednesday, July 17th at high noon. Rev. E. Fort of the A. M. E. church performed the ceremonies. Mr. and Mrs. Wyatte returned to Burnwell where they will make their future home. FIGHT IS EXPECTED When T. R. Electors Are Invited To Get Off the Regular Ticket. Indianapolis, Ind., July 17.—Austin W. Stulls, Ft. Wayne, and Cornelius McGreevey, Wabash; will refuse to get off the Republican ticket as Electors. Stulls was chosen by the Twelfth District and McGreevey by the Eleventh. They are supporting the third parly movement. Chairman Sims, of the regular Republican organization, has stated in his call for the state convention that a complete set of Electors shall be chosen. The plan of the old guard is to name Electors who are known to be Tafi men. While Edwin M. Lee, Roosevelt State Chairman, had stated publicly that the Roosevelt Electors will be asked to resign it is likely that some of them will fight to get on the regular ticket. FULL DELEGATIONS PROMISED From All States For the Third-Term National Convention. New York, July 17.—All the states with full delegations will be represented at the national convention of the National Progressive party at Chicago on August 5. Although the time between the call of the convention and the date of meeting was short for purposes of organizing a new national party, United States Senator Dixon, campaign manager for the Progressive party, was able to announce this afternoon that he had received assurances from every state that full delegations would be present at the roll call in Chicago. State and congressional district conventions are still to be held in many states to name the delegates to Chicago, but the leaders of the new party in those states have telegraphed Senator Dixon that all arrangements for the conventions had been concluded. In some states, notably New York, the delegates to Chicago will be named by the individual congressional districts, but in most states conventions have been called in which not only the delegates to Chicago will be chosen, but state tickets will be named as well. ROOSEVELT EPIGRAMS Nobody can give a people selfgovernment any more than it is possible to give an individual selfhelp. At Berlin. We can hew out our destiny for ourselves if we have the wit and the courage and the honesty. I think that on the whole the future holds more for us than the great past had held. Unjust war is to be abhorred, but woe to the nation that does not make ready to hold its own in time of need against all who harm it. At Guildhall, London. Sentimentality is the most broken reed on which righteousness can lean. At Oxfor. Rome fell by attack from without only because the ills within her borders had grown incurable. The memories of men are short, and it is easy to forget how brief is this period of unquestioned supremacy of the so-called white race. It is but a thing of yesterday. Free people can escape being mastered by others only by being able to master themselves. In the last anaylsis the all-important factor in national greatness is national character. The growth of luxury, in love of ease, in taste for vapid and frivolous excitement, is both evident and unhealthy. However the battle may go, the soldier worthy of the name will with utmost vigor do his allotted task and bear himself as valiantly in defeat as in victory. Though hardness of heart is a great evil, it is no greater an evil than softness of head. FOR FIRST TIME. Alabama Court Adjourns One of Respect to the Memory of a Negro Mobile, Ala., July 18.—For the first time, it is said, in the history of Alabama, a court was adjourned today out of respect to the memory of a Negro, Henry Kinney, the Negro, born in slavery, became janitor of the County Courthouse here soon after he obtained his freedom. He died last night, and today the Circuit Court, the only one in session in the building, was ordered adjourned until after his funeral. During his service of almost half a century Kinney carried many millions of dollars from the County Treasurer's office to local banks. In adjourning Court Judge Samuel B. Brown made a brief address, paying a tribute to the Negro's record as a public servant. Iconoclasta. Now they say the game of golf originated in Holland. Oh, go on with the cruel work of despilation. The dudesack has already been awarded to Germany and probably an Italian will be along directly and claim the haggis while a Greek walks off with the kilts. —New York Evening Telegram. Charleston, W. Va. DO YOU PAY FOR You should have We sell for cash only and DIAMOND 215 0 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. RUSS SUCC C. A. GAT Superior Quality & Sanborn's Flavoring Ext A. RUSK GRO. SUCCESSORS TO A. GATES GRO. or Quality of Groceries. Sanborn's Coffee. Dr. voring Extracts J. A. RUSK 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, Two Distinct departments demie, which will be devoted the school course, for which institutions. Also in this connection expecting to pass the exam Professional, which is design and other advanced student country has been secured for tinguished educators in this Summer School Faculty, viz. B. Du BOIS, Ph. D., BOOK. This is to be the Bigg enroll. For particulars add Va., R. P. Sims, Bluefild, Ferry, W. Va.; or M. P. SH. CROWN AND BIG HOURS: 8:30 A. M. Dr. JAMES Dent Office: Room 1, K. of P. Bld. State Summer School for Colored Teachers Session, June 17th, to July 26th, 1912, Inst. To Distinct departments will be maintained as which will be devoted to thorough work on the course, for which credit may be had in the also in this connection thorough drill class, to pass the examinations will be maintained, which is designed for principals, high school advanced students. Some of the best has been secured for this school. Three of educators in this country have accepted School Faculty, viz: KELLY MILLER, BIS, Ph. D., BOOKER WASHINGTON, I. This is to be the Biggest and Best School Yet. B. or particulars address: Byrd Prillerman, S. Sims, Bluefild, W. Va.; H. T. McDonnell, Va.; or M. P. Shawkey, Charleston, W. V. CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK A SPECIAL HOURS: 8:30 A. M. to 1:30 P. M., 2:00 to 6:00 R. JAMES B. BROD Dental Surgeon Room 1, K. of P. Bldg. 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, LLD. This is to be the Biggest and Best School Yet. Prepare now to enroll. For particulars address: Byrd Prillerman, Institute, W. Va., R. P. Sims, Bluefild, W. Va.; H. T. McDonald, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.; or M. P. Shawkey, Charleston, W. Va. CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK A SPECIALTY HOURS: 8:30 A. M. to 1:30 P. M., 2:00 to 6:00 P. M. Dr. JAMES B. BROWN Dental Surgeon Office: Room 1, K. of P. Bldg. Home Phone 429 HENRY T. M'DONALD, President. N. C. BRACKETT, Treasurer STORER COLLEGE Harper's Ferry, W. Va. Four More than 400 men and women in the state for Colored students remarkably healthful. Ample ADDED TO OUR PLANT been highly educated, earnest to Our Library catalogued largest in the State. FIRST GRADE CERTIFICATERS OF THE GRADUATING THE STATE BOARD OF EDUC is faculty and student body. I.ng. Literary Societies, Christian Athletics. COURSES: Academic, State For Illustrated catalogue and on 400 men and women have graduated here. For Colored students. Magnificent location. Healthful. Ample buildings. THREE NEW TO OUR PLANT THIS YEAR. The regular educated, earnest teachers does not include as aary catalogued according to the Dewey System State. TRADE CERTIFICATES ARE GRANTED TO THE GRADUATING CLASSES WHO ARE RECORD BOARD OF EDUCATION. Storer is interde and student body. Its whole influence is toward Societies, Christian Organizations, Musical arts. 3: Academic, State Normal, Industrial, Musi crated catalogue and other printed matter w 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 SH UR SHOES? t of it if you do, er cent, off on all sales. DE STORE L ST. Next door to "Colonial" GRO. CO. S TO GRO. CO. ooceries. Chase e. Dr. Pierce's L ST. School for teachers. 36th, 1912, Institute, W. Va. Noe maintained: 1. The Acad- gish work on the branches of be had in the various insti- tug drill classes for persons will be maintained. 2. The incipials, high school teachers, of the best talent in the col. Three of the most dis- save accepted places on the BY MILLER, A. M., W. E. SHIHINGTON, LL.D. At School Yet. Prepare now to and Prillerman, Institute, W. H. T. McDonald, Harper's Charleston, W. Va. ARK A SPECIALTY M., 2:00 to 6:00 P. M. S. BROWN urgeon Home Phone 429 N. C. BRACKETT, Treasurer. graduated here. The oldest school cent location. Elevation high THREE NEW BUILDINGS BE t. The regular faculty of six is not include assistants. The Dewey System, is one of the GRANTED TO THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE RECOMMENDED TO torer is interdenominational in influence is toward Christian liv- ations, Musical Clubs, Bands and Industrial, Music. inted matter write to The President. ADVOCATE Founded in 1867 The Advocate a Paper for the People. Best Advertising Medium. ONENESS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST Pastor Russell Says Seats and Parties Are Nowhere Recognized In Holy Writ—There is but One Church, and Jesus Is Its Head—Sectarian Divisions Arose From Neglect and Loss of Faith—An Address to Bible Students. Washington, D. C., July 14—Bible study must be coming quite into vogue if we may judge by the interest manifested by the thousands gathered, here for a ten-days' Convention. Nothing boisterous or ludicrous has manifested itself. All day, and every PASTOR RUSSELL Washington, D. C., July 14.—Bible study must be coming quite into vogue if we may judge by the interest manifested by the thousands gathered, here for a ten-days' Convention. Nothing bolsterous or ludicrous has manifested itself. All day, and every day, appears to be spent in searching the Scriptures and in quiet, spiritual rejoicing in the promises found therein. The testimony of our citizens is that we never before had such a Convention in our midst. The people are from the middle walks of life—poor rather than rich. They have no outward badge of special clothing, but seem to be adorned with a meek and quiet spirit. The entire Bible is their creed and they truly walk in its light, which they tell us is growing daily brighter as we near the Morn of the New Dispensation of Christ's Kingdom. A peculiarity of these Bible Students is that during the entire series of the meetings, in which more than forty speakers have participated, no appeal has been made for money; it has not even been mentioned from the platform. Asked why this is, the answer was that each tries to give to the service of the Truth what he is able according to his ability—as unto the Lord, And so far as is known there is no lack, because the expenses of the propaganda are kept within the limit of the offerings. The Convention closes today. Extracts from Pastor Russell's Sunday address follow. His text was, "But ye are come * * * * to the General Assembly and Church of the First-born, which are written in Heaven." (Hebrews xil, 23.) He said in part:— The oneness of the Church of Christ is everywhere made prominent in the Bible. Sects and parties are nowhere recognized. Nowhere is it intimated that Christ has various Churches—for instance, the Roman Catholic, the Anglican, the Greek, Presbyterian, Congregational, Lutheran, etc. On the contrary, there is but the one "Church, which is the Body of Christ," and that Body of Christ has but the one Head, Jesus. We not only find that Christ and the Apostles established but the one Church, but we cannot think of any reason why these should have established more than one. Nothing is plainer than that our sectarian divisions arose from our neglect and loss of "the faith once delivered unto the saints." (Jude 3.) As the divisions came in, the errors came in with them; and, as the errors go out, so also will sectarianism pass away. The General Assembly of the Saints. As we are assembled here today, not under any human or sectarian name, and not divided by sectarian creeds, but united as one people through our consecration to the Lord, through our desire to know His will by the study of His Word, we well represent the Scriptural or ideal Church of Christ. Regardless of nationality, language, caste and of all sectarian creeds and bondages, we are here simply and solely as children of God, and Bible students in the School of Christ, to learn of Him—to be fitted and prepared for glorious joint-heirship with Him in His coming Kingdom, and meantime to learn at His feet the lessons necessary for so great a coming service. Let me correct myself and say rather that our little home classes very fittingly represent the Lord's Church—as it was in the days of Jesus and the Apostles. And our Assembly here today, far away from those classes, in these beautiful grounds, is a picture rather of what the Apostle describes in our text, namely, "The General Assembly of the Church of the First-born"—from every quarter, as it will be by and by, but gathered on the heavenly plane by the change of the First Resurrection. How many of us have during the week said with reference to our fellowship in spirit with the Lord, "It is good to be here! But oh, dear brethren, I am sure that I voice the sentiment of everyone present when I say. It will be better to be there! oh, so much better! When by God's grace we shall reach that Heavenly shore and participate in the joys of that greater and better Convention, "The General Assembly of the Church of the First-borns," it will be better than this grand Convention; and I will seek to enumerate some of the reasons why I think it will be so. Enter Into the Joys of the Lord. (1) The joys of our present Convention are merely a foretaste of the per- fect glory we will experience when we enter into the joys of the Lord—beyond the vail. Now we know in part the wondrous things of our Heavenly Father's character and Plan, and of our Redeemer's love and sympathy, and of each other's love and sympathy; then we shall know even as we are known, is the guarantee of the inspired Apostle. Now we see as through an obscure glass the things which the natural eye cannot see nor hear, nother can enter into the heart of the natural man, but which God has revealed unto us by His Spirit. But they are still more or less obscure to us. We cannot weigh nor appreciate the wonderful glories which God has in reservation for us, but then we shall see Him face to face, as St. Paul declares. (2) As we meet here today as New Creatures in Christ, we seek to know each other as God knows us, not after the flesh, but after the spirit. But for all that we experience difficulties. It is often difficult for us to entirely overlook the flesh of our fellows, as they no doubt have difficulty in overlooking our blemishes in the flesh. But oh, what will it be to be there! All the imperfections and weaknesses of the flesh, against which we must now fight—all these will then be gone. Have we not the promise, "We shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is?" Have we not the promise again that, Sown in weakness, we shall be raised in power; sown in dishonor, we shall be raised in glory; sown an animal body we shall be raised a spirit body? Have we not the further premise-respecting that glorious resurrection change, which shall lift us completely out of the human and into the divine nature, that "We must all be changed," "for flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God?" (I Corinthians xv, 50, 11) Further Trials-Further Battlings. (3) Another difference between this Convention and the great one promised in our text is that we shall go from here to our homes to engage afresh in warfare with sin within and without—to continue our warfare as good soldiers of Jesus Christ under the Captaincy of our Redeemer. We shall go from here realizing that our trials and testsings are not yet ended, that the "cup" which the Father hath poured for us we have not yet drained. We shall go forth from here remembering that we "have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin" and fighting "the good fight of faith." We shall return to our homes with the thought that we still have need of the Scriptural exhortation, "Watch", and "stand fast"; "Quit you like men"; "Put on the whole armor that ye may be able to stand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand." We will go from here realizing that in all probability this season of refreshment we have enjoyed has been a part of the Father's good providence for us whereby we shall be the stronger, the more courageous, the better prepared for further trials, besetments, difficulties and conflicts with the world, the flesh and the Adversary. But when we reach the glorious Convention mentioned by the Apostle, all the fightings and trials and testsings will be in the past. For us, therefore, there will be no more sighing, no more crying, no more dying, no more fightings, no more crosses, no more sufferings, but instead, life eternal, joy eternal, glory, honor and immortality at our dear Redeemer's right hand of favor. Well do I know that this hope of sharing in the General Assembly of the Church of the First-borns strengthens your heart and nerves you to loyalty and faithfulness to the Lord, the Truth and the brethren as the days go by. Let us console ourselves with the thought that whatever is the will of God concerning us must necessarily be for our highest welfare and best interests. If, therefore, it is not yet time for us to pass beyond the vell, it is because our Heavenly Father and Redeemer have a work for us to do in the present life—either a work of further polishing upon our own characters or a work of helping the brethren, for we remember the declaration that the Bride is to make herself ready for that event. We are to build one another up in the most holy faith, encouraging, strengthening, sympathizing with and assisting one another in running the race for the great Prize. Another happifying thought we should take with us to our homes is the Lord's promise, "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee." And again, "My grace is sufficient for thee, for My strength is made perfect in thy weakness." And again, "We know that all things work together for good to those who love the Lord, to the called according to His purpose."—Romans vili, 28. So then, dear friends, we will not return to our homes like an army corps in retreat, but rather as a company of good soldiers who have been well fed and refreshed and encouraged and stimulated; we will return to our homes full of good courage, full of joyful anticipation of the coming Great Convention of the Church of the First-borns; full of renewed determination that, by the grace of God, and with the assistance of our great Advocate, we will make our calling and election sure by so running in His footsteps as to obtain the great Prize which He has offered to us. The Context In Agreement. Let me detain you a little longer that I may point out afresh that the context confirms our glorious hope respecting this Great Convention of the future, and shows that it is nigh at hand. St. Paul pictures before us the fact that God's dealings with Israel, in bringing them out of Egyptian bondage and to Mt. Sinai, pictured the work of this Gospel Age, in the bailing of Spiritual Israel out of the bondage of the world—the bondage of sin and death. The Apostle thus shows that the giving of the Law Covenant to Israel at Mt. Sinai typically represent the giving to them of the New Law Covenant in Mt. Zion in the end of this Age. The Law Covenant was given through a mediator, Moses, and the New Law Covenant is to be given through a mediator, the Antitypical Moses, Jesus the Head and the Church His Body. It has required all this Gospel Covenant to gather out of the world, and to try, test, polish and fit* the members of the Body of Christ, who, under His Headship, will be the Antitypical Moses, who will be the Antitypical Mediator between God and men—Jeremiah xxxl., 31; Acts ill., 22, 23. As Moses went up into the Mount to commune with God before the Law, Covenant was completed, so the entire Church must go up into the Mountain, into the Kingdom, with our glorious Head and Redeemer, by the change of the First Resurrection. As the time for Moses going up into the mountain drew near there were great manifestations of the dignity of the Divine Government. And just so in the closing of this Age. The Apostle informs us that the world will have terrifying experiences on a still greater scale. He says that then the mountain trembled and smoked and that the Divine voice was heard. The people were so terrified that they ventreated that they might not hear further, but that Moses would act as mediator, and he did so. So it will be here: There will be such manifestations of Divine Justice and opposition to sin and all injustice, that it will cause the "time of trouble" mentioned by the Prophet and by Jesus, "A time of trouble suchs never was since there was a nation, nor ever shall be" after—Dantexil, id.; Matthew xxvi, 21. The result of this great time of trouble upon the world will be a realization that they need a Mediator—a Mediatorial Kingdom. And this is just what God has provided for them through the arrangement of the New Covenant. The Shaking Already Commenced. Contrasting the experiences at the inauguration of the typical Law Covenant with those to be expected at the inauguration of the antitypical, the New Law Covenant, St. Paul says, "God's voice then shook the earth, but now He hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven." And the Apostle explains that the expression, "Once more," signifies that this second shaking will be so thorough that no further shaking will ever be necessary, but everything of injustice and unrighteousness which ought to be shaken loose will be shaken; and this, says the Apostle, implies everything except the Church and the glorious Kingdom which we shall then receive: "Wherefore we, receiving a Kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and 'godly fear.'" Can we not see the shaking already beginning? Let us remember that this time it will not be the shaking of the literal earth, as in the type, but the shaking of the symbolical earth—the shaking of society to its very center. Do you not already hear the rumblings—the rumblings of discontent, anger, malice, hatred, strife? These forbode the "great earthquake," which was symbolical of the great Revolution, wherein the present order of things shall collapse and give place to the New Order of Immanuel's Kingdom of righteousness, justice, equity. And, says the Apostle, God intends this time to shake not merely the earth—the social fabric—but also the heaven—the ecclesiastical powers of the present time. Not the true Church will be shaken, but the many systems which more or less misrepresent the true Church and "the faith once delivered unto the saints." Do we see premonitions of this shaking? Yea, verily. In all denominations there are forebodings of coming trouble. We may even fear that some of the attempts at Christian union are not made with the proper motive, but through a realization of the shaking which the Lord is about to permit to come upon the ecclesiastical systems of this present time. "Wait Ye Upon the Lord." My dear brethren, in these coming days of trouble, which may be very, near, the opportunity may come to you and to me to be either strife-breeders or peacemakers. Let us see* the swirl of the Lord in this matter, that* we are called to peace, and that the declaration of the Master is, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." Let us seek rather to subdue and calm the passions of men in the coming strife, and to do nothing to augment them or to kindle the fires of passion which we know are about to consume the present social fabric. Let us point out to those with whom we have any influence that the worst forms of government in the whole world is better than no government—better than anarchy, a thousand times. Let mare mind them of the fact that in God's providence we have the best of all earthly governments. Let us remind them, too, that the Lord has told us to wait for Him and not to take matters into our own hands. His words are, "Wait ye upon Me, saith the Lord, until the day thatrise up to the prey; for My determination is to gather the nations, that may assemble the kingdoms to pour upon them Mine indignation, even all My fierce anger; for all the earthshall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy. For then will I turn to the people a pure language (Message), that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one consent."—Zephaniah ill, 8, 9. Bellingham, Wash., July 19. At 11 o'clock next Wednesday night the runners in the second annual Mount Baker marathon race will start from this city for the summit of Mount Baker, a distance of approximately forty miles. The contestants will use three trails which ascend the mountain from different angles, and it is expected that the winner, to whom will be awarded a cash prize of $500, will arrive in Bellingham by 9 o'clock Thursday morning. Crack runners from Washington, California, Alaska, Germany and Switzerland are entered in the contest. The first race, which was held last year, was won by Joe Galbraith in 11 hours and 27 minutes. Berlin, July 19.—The little city of Neu-Skreilz, capital of the grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, was the scene today of a notable gathering of royalty assembled for the celebration of the nineteenth birthday anniversary of the Dowager Grand Duchess for the celebration of the nineteenth birthday anniversary of the Dowager Grand Duchess Augusta, mother of the reigning grand duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The English royal family as well as the imperial family of Germany was represented at the celebration, for the venerable Grand Duches was before her marriage the English Princess Augusta, daughter of the Duke of Cambridge and own cousin of Queen Victoria. She is the oldest woman of the English royal family and was always spoken of by the late King Edward as "our doyenne." In spite of her 90 years the Grand Duchess is active of mind and body. She is extremely fond of social gatherings and an indefatigable patroness of the theater. DETROIT TO CTLEBRATE Detroit, Mich. July 19—Detroit expects 200,000 visitors next week for the great Cadillacqua carnival to be held in celebration of the two hundred and eleventh anniversary of the founding of the city. The festivities will last the entire week and will include gorgeous historical pageants, industrial parades, a great naval parade and an elaborate program of aquatic competitions. Charleston, Ark., July 19—Charleston expects to entertain a good-sized crowd tomorrow on the occasion of the formal opening here of the Republican State campaign. The chief speaker of the day will be Andrew I. Roland, whom the Republicans have e chosen to make the race for the governorship against Congressman Joe T. Robinson, who heads the Democratic ticket. 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Delegates to the National Civil Political League, in session in the city were received by the President this afternoon. They also assured the President that the Negroes of the country are with and for him." As The Advocate has had occasion to remark once before when a body of officious Negroes hied themselves to the White House on a similar mission, 'tis strange to what ends some folks will go to gain entrance into the Executive Mansion. Knowing that a profiler of the support of themselves and of the Negro race is always an open sesame, not a delegation of officers of a Negro fraternal society which passes through or meets in the National Capital seems to be able to resist the temptation to assure somebody that 'the Negroes of the country will stand faithful to their traditions in support of the Republican candidate for President.' And who are these gentlemen so cocksure that "the Negroes will stand faithful to their traditions? Ben Davis, indicted, according to Collier's Weekly, for stealing whiskey while he was serving as an internal revenge officer, who escapes trial because of his usefulness to the Georgia Republican machine; Henry Lincoln Johnson, who helped to manipulate the conventions in Georgia for Presidency—born from a state in which Negroes are disfranchised; W. H. Houston, of the District of Columbia, whose ninety thousand Negroes have as much voice in the election of a President as a Fiji Islander. Then there are W. T. Francis, coming from Minnesota, with not enough Negro voters to form a regiment, and John S. Noel, Harry Cummings and George W. Hayes. These last three are the only ones whose assurance of support is worth a picayume, and their assurance is given weight here simply because they are residents of states in which the Negro vote is an appreciable factor. But passing over the question of whether any or all of these gentlemen are really so situated as to assure or not to assure Mr. Taft of the Negroes' support, the occasion of their assembling in Washington is significant. Each is a member of the sub committee of management of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows which met a few days before in Philadelphia to close up its business prior to the September meeting of the Order in Atlanta, and to ratify the Johnson-Davis ticket for Grand officers. Davis, who is backed by Deputy Grand Master Johnson, 's slated for Grand Master, and each of the others will be retained in the position now held by him or elevated, if he stands by Davis and Johnson. Johnson is Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, and feels that he must not let an opportunity pass by to show the President that he (Johnson) has influence with his people. What was easier than his issuing orders to his dependents to join him in assuring the credulous Mr. Taft of the support of the race? All he had 'do was to pull the strings. Failure to move on the part of any one of the lay figures meant their annihilation as leading factors in Odd Fellowship THE PROGRESSIVE CALL. Elsewere in these columns is printed the call for the state mass convention of the Progressive Party to be held in this city on the 30th inst. The Advocate would urge upon every Negro who can conveniently do so to be present and affiliate with the movement which, it sincerely believes, means the political regeneration of the race. Any Negro who has given honest and fearless thought to the subject has had to confess to himself, if he did not confess publicly, that his political condition is far from ideal. He has seen that, while he has stood faithful to his traditions and has slavishly supported "the party which set him free" that same party in the nation, victorious largely because of his support, has acquiesced by its silence in his disfranchisement throughout the South. He has read its pre-election platform promises to redress his wrongs and, relying upon these promises, has rallied to its support only to hear, after the victory is won, that 'no Negroes will be appointed where objections will be raised to such appointments," as enunciated by President Taft in his inaugural address From the Democratic party neither in the State nor the Nation can he reasonably hope for political betterment. In their national convention he was allowed no voice, a simple request for even a guaranty of the few rights he yet retains being denied. In the Democratic State Convention, held at Huntington this week, only the objections of the leaders against its political expediency prevented the adoption of a Jim Crow and Disfranchisement plank in the platform. Thus he finds himself between the Republican devil and the Democratic deep sea. From the evils of which the thoughtful Negro so justly complains he can hope for relief only from the National Progressive party. If there is to be any federal notice taken of disfranchisement based upon color, any attention paid to legal distinction founded upon race, nothing can be expected from either of the old parties in national affairs, since one has shown that it does not want the Negro, the other that it will not have him. He must, then, look to the party which stands for "a square deal all around" and "the open door." He must enlist in the army of the leader who believes in "all men up, not some men down," or be forever fallen. THE COMMITTEE'S ENDORSEMENT. The Taft press of the state is making much ado over the adoption by the Republican State Committee of a resolution endorsing the administration of President Taft and of his candidacy for re-election. A man from Mars, reading the editorial vaporings on this subject would be lead to believe that Mr. Roosevelt's cake in this state is all dough, but those in touch with the political situation know that the probabilities of President Taft carrying West Virginia are equal to those of a snow ball resisting the heat of a Bessemer converter. It will be recalled by the observant reader of the daily press that the majority of the old Republican State Committee brought the pressure of all their political influence to bear in the several counties of the State to line them up in the pre-convention period. The result was that two out of every three delegates to the Huntington convention were instructed to vote for delegates to the National Convention favorable to the candidacy of Colonel Roosevelt. And this too in spite of, or was it because of? the fact that every daily newspaper in the State espoused the renomination of President Taft. Bearing this in mind, is it reasonable to suppose that the new committee reflects public sentiment any more truly than did the old? or than did the National Committee when it closed its eyes to patent facts and arbitrarily nominated Mr. Taft contrary to the wishes of four million Republican voters? Not so that any one could notice it. TAFT. He thought that the interpreting of statutes was all there was of life or office. The spirit of the times went by him. He lacked energy; in repeated-public addresses he used stronger words than Roosevelt ever did, concerning certain abuses of the courts, but the beneficiaries of those wrongs never worried; but at a single speech from Roosevelt in private life they flew into panic. Taft "meant well feebly." The public did not feel strongly against him—he never inspired so robust an emotion as hate. People didn't think of him as having the will to do evil; rather, they felt sorry for him as an easy-going man in a strenuous time, one to whom ease and sleep were more attractive than the strife that was necessary to keep his foothold. In the unhurried quiet of some inferior bench, minutely comparing tweedleddee and tweedfedum, his flaws might never have come out, and he might have ended his years, not with any particular glory, of course, but certainly without opprobrium. The country blamed his environments more than the indolence which permitted those environments to be what they were; Dolliver's epigram crystalized the public conception of Taft: "A large, amiable body, closely surrounded by persons who know exactly what they want." Some pretty grave faults in his character came out; for example, his participation in the forging of a public document to escape the embarras-sing consequences of a false position; but the public thought of this as the pretty subterfuge of a feeble man rather than the big wickedness of a male-volent one.—Collier's Weekly. You are sure to find it for less at Morrison's Department Store. We are to have not only one new party but two; and it is high time! In 1908 there were seven million and a half Republican voters in the country. Last month Mr. Taft was nominated by five hundred and sixty-one delegates, of whom two hundred and eight came from ten rock-ribbed Democratic states in the South that contain, all told, less than four hundred thousand Republican voters. He received one hundred and thirty-two ballots from Iowa, Indiana, Michigan and New York, where voters had been carefully denied a fair chance to express their choice, but where the complexion of Republican thought must be, on the whole, about like that in neighboring states that held primaries. In ten Republican states voters were given a chance to express their choice; and in these states Mr. Taft was rejected by two to one—carrying only one of them, Massachusetts, and that by a small margin. These ten states contain three and a quarter million Republican voters; but the issue was settled for them by the Southern mercenaries and the Northern bosses. A very small coterie in command of the machinery outweighed millions of mere voters. There is no need to go behind these returns. Obviously we have here a trune-blue Tory party, dedicated to the principle that the wise and right-minded minority should rule. We welcome this new party. Unquestionably a great many people want just such an organization and they can bring to it an influence greater than their mere numbers would give, including the eager support of many newspapers. There is a fair field for just such a party; and if this party will occupy that field we shall be happy to treat it with the utmost respect. On the other hand, there has long been need of a clear-cut, out-and-out genuinely democratic and insurgent party. That such a party will eventually grow out of the occurrences at Chicago seems unquestionable. It is high time! The names of the old parties have lost all meaning. Either name might stand indifferently for progress or reaction—for La Follette or Bryan, or for Murphy or Barnes. A liberal or a conservative might vote either ticket, according to circumstances. We have long needed a party division that corresponded to actual division in political thinking.—Saturday Evening Post. Old Party "Leavings" (Continued from Page One.) der the dominion of the bosses and of special privileges, and that both the Chicago and Baltimore platforms are fundamentally unprogressive and reactionary platforms, showing that it is hopeless to expect from either of the old parties, under present conditions, any real and far-reaching progressive movement. "Therefore, I hope that in every state the progressives, without regard to their past party affiliations, may have the chance to vote at the polls for electors who in the electoral college will cast their votes for the national progressive candidate for President." Colonel Roosevelt added that he is perfectly willing to have the same Electors on both the Republican and the National Progressive tickets as long as his supporters do not agree that the entire electoral vote of a state should go to President Taft if the Republican ticket should receive the greater number of votes. Under such conditions any Electors on the Republican ticket who wished to vote for Roosevelt would be free to do so. To make an agreement of the kind preposed, in his opinion, would give the entire movement a tinge of Republicanism and alienate Democratic support. He took the ground that, having declared the nomination of President Taft fraudulent and having taken the commandment "Thou shall not steal" as his precept, he could not consent to a bargain with his opponents in the Republican party. His declaration was regarded as a final answer to those of his followers who have wished to lay less emphasis upon the new party idea and support Colonel Roosevelt on the ground that he was the rightful nominee of the Republican party. Separating Black and White Children in Public Schools. Phoenix, Ariz., July 15.—By reversing the decision of the lower courts in the case of S. A. Bayless, Negro, against the Phoenix Board of Education, the Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of the recently enacted state law to segregate Negroes from white children in the public schools. In his suit Bayless contended that under the Constitution of the United States, his children had the right to attend school with white children. THE ADVOCATE Progressive Convention CALLED TG MEET IN CHARLESTON ON THE BOTH FOR ORGANIZATION. Choosing Delegates And Alternates and the Transaction of Such Other Business as it May Please Will be the Convention's Duties Say Signers of the Call. Following is the call for the Third Part, or Roosevelt conventions: All voters of West Virginia who are in accord with the sentiments expressed in the subjoined call for the National Convention to be held at Chicago, on the 5th day of August, are hereby invited to meet in convention in the City of Charleston, at two o'clock in the afternoon, on Tuesday, July 30, 1912, for the purpose of choosing Delegates and Alternates to represent West Virginia in said National Convention at Chicago, and to transact such other business as it may please. Those present from each county will entitled to cast the vote of the county in the Convention, the basis of representation, and all other details, to be fixed by the Cosvention itself when it shall have assembled. Wm. M. O. Dawson, Arnold C. Scherr, Chas. D. Elliott, David B. Smith, Amoo Bright, B. Randolph Blas, N. S. Burlew, W. S. Sugden, J. E. Robius, Grant P. Hall, Ira L. Smith, S. W. Stone, H. B. Buster, Chas. A. Swearingen, A. G. Higginbotham, Henry S. Green, James H. Stringling, John Davidson, Harry M. Hall, T. F. Lanham, S. G. Smith, James P. Fitch, Charles S. Brilles. The National Convention Call. To the people of the United States, without regard to past differences, who, through repeated betrayals, realize that today the power of the crooked political bosses and of the privileged classes behind them is so strong in the two old party organizations that no helpful movement in the real interests of our country can come out of either; Who believe that the time has come for a national progressive movement—a nationwide movement—on non-sectional lines, so that the people may be served in sincerity and truth by an organization unfettered by obligation to conflicting interests; Who believe in the right and capacity of the people to rule themselves and effectively to control all the agencies of their government, and who hold that only through social and industrial justice, thus secured, can honest property find permanent protection; Who believe that government by the few tends to become, and has in fact become, government by the sordid influences that control the few; Who believe that only through the movement proposed can we obtain in the nation and the several States the legislation demanded by the modern industrialvolution; legislation which shall favor honest business and yet control the great agencies of modern business as ag to insure their being used in the interest of the whole people; legislation which shall promote prosperity and at the same time secure the better and more equitable diffusion of prosperity; legislation which shall promote the economic well being of the honest farmer, wageworker, professional man, and business man alike, but which shall at the same time strike in efficient fashion—and not pretend to strike—at the roots of privilege in the world of industry no less than in the world of politics; Who believe that only this type of wise industrial evolution will avert industrial revolution; Who believe that wholesome party government can come only if there is wholesome party management in a spirit of service to the whole country, and who hold that the commandment delivered at Sinai, "Thou Shalt Not Steal," applies to politics as well as to business; To all in accord with these views a call is hereby issued by the provisional committee under the resolution of the mass meeting held in Chicago on June 22, last, to send, each State, a number of delegates whose votes in the convention shall count for as many votes as the State shall have Senators and Representatives in Congress, to meet in convention at Chicago on the 5th day of August, 1912, for the purpose of nominating candidates to be supported for the positions of President and Vice-President of the United States. The following call is signed by—Oscar W. Hundley, Alabama; Dwight R. Heard, Arizona; Hiram W. Johnson, Chester H. Rowell, Charles S. Wheeler, California; Ben. B. Lindsey, Colorado; Joseph W. Alsop, Flavel S. Luther, Connecticut; J. H. Gregory, Jr., H. L. Anderson, Florida; Julian Harris, Georgia; Edwin D. Lee, Horace C. Stillwell, Indiana; Medill McCormick, Chauncey Dewey, La Verne W. Noyes, Illinois; John L. Stevens, Iowa; Henry J. Allen, The WEST VIRGINIA COLLEGE INSTITUTE OFFER THREE DEMERCY COURSES ENGLISH, ACADEMIC, NORMAL A RIVER SCENE AT INSTITUTE Various Industrial Courses are Offered. Climate Healthful. Surroundings Good. CATALOGUE FREE ADDRESS BYRD PRILLERMAN, President Institute, West Virginia ARE YOU WORKING FOR MONEY? OR IS YOUR MONEY WORKING FOR YOU? If you are working and saving your money and putting it in a bank where you get no interest, keeping it in a trunk or hiding it some where about your house—You Are Working for Money. If you are working and saving your money and investing it in a safe way, where it will be working day and night whether you are working or not, and making you at least six per cent. Interest—Your Money is Working For You. The Pythian Mutual Investment Association was organized in order to give us an opportunity to put the money we could save together and then put it to work. The above is a picture of our building on the Capitol Square in Charleston. We have just purchased a splendid three story brick building on one of the main business streets in the city of Huntington. The first door is occupied by the Huntington Herald, the largest daily newspaper published in that section of the state, the second floor is used for office rooms, while the third floor is a large assembly and lodge hall. This building is sure to pay us well. After the Charleston building had been occupied only eight months our stockholders were paid a dividend of six per cent. Stock is still on sale at $10.00 per share, either paid up or on the installment plan. Ask your agent in your locality about it or write to this office. Kansas; Leslie Coombs, Kentucky; John M. Parker, Pearl Wright, Louisiana; Charles J. Bonaparte, E. C. Carrington, Jr., Maryland; C. S. Bird, Mathew Hawle, Massachusetts; Theodore M. Joslyn, Michigan; Milton D. Purdy, Minnesota; W. R. Nelson, Missouri; Joseph M. Dixon, Montana; Arthur G. Ray, Nebraska; W. J. Beattie, New Hampshire; Everet Colby, George L. Record, J. Franklin Fort, New Jersey; George Curry, Miguel A. Otero, New Mexico; W. A. Pendergast, Oscar S. Straus, Woods Hutchinson, Timothy L. Woodruff, Chauncey J. Hamlin, Henry L. Studdard, New York; A. V. More, North Dakota; Henry W. Coe, L. W. McMahon, Oregon; Jas. R. Garfield, Ohio; George L. Priestly, Qklahoma; E. A. Van Valkenburg, William Flinn, Gifford Pinchot, William Draper Lewis, Pennsylvania; Henry J. Doughty, Rhode Island; R. T. Vessey, South Dakota; George L. Taylor, Tennessee; Cecil A. Lyon, Texas; C. E. Loose, Utah; Charles H. Thompson, E. W. Gibson, Vermont; Thomas Lee Moore, Virginia; Miles Polindexer, Washington; Wm. M. O. Dawson, West Virginia; H. M. Cochems, Wisconsin; Joseph M. Carey, Wyoming. You need to hunt for fake sales to buy your goods cheap go direct to O. J. Morrison's Department Store, they always sell for less. T. R. Supporters Already Named on West Virginia Ticket. Parkersburg, W. Va., July 17.—Action which may set a national precedent of removing the eight West Virginia Electors who are avowed Roosevelt men, and naming eight Taft Electors to go on the regular Republican ticket in their places, may be taken at the first meeting of the new Republican State Executive Committee which will be held in this city tomorrow afternoon. At the last meeting of the old State Committee, held at Charleston two weeks ago, its chairman, V. L. Highland, of Clarksburg, was instructed to write the eight Electors and ask them whether or not they would support Taft for President. Only one of them has made public his reply. This was L. D. Vickers, of Charleston, who declared that he would vote for Roosevelt and hurled defiance at the committee. The other seven, it is believed, will also take that position. In case they do so it is understood that the new committee will name eight Electors in their places, who are Taft men and see that they go on the regular Republican ticket. Every prominent Republican leader of the state, barring perhaps those of the Bull Moose clan, will be here for the committee meeting, including all of the state congressional nominees. The committee will organize and select the location for the state headquarters and make other preparations for the campaign. Parkersburg will likely be selected as state headquarters, and ex-Senator T. A. Brown, of this city, may be selected as chairman of the new committee. 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REDUCTION at muemwensmesese., 40 TALE PRICE a mre ee - LOYS’ KNEK BOYS’ SUITS BOYS’ WAISTS BOYS’ SHIRS PANTS - 20 PER CENT. re OPER CHINE! Tt = 20 PER CENT, 20 PER CENT. REDUCTION REDUCTION - REDUCTION REDUCTION Always Reliable. We Strive to Please. THURGRAKs FU LY: 48) 1912. Ministers — Conference Strong Resolutions Outlining the Nature of the Work, Accomplished and Urging the Co. operation of the Ministry of the Nation, are Adopted Unanimously, Durham, N. ©, July 15—The Minister’s conferenee, under the auspices of the ‘National Religious Training School is conceded to be by the ministers attending to be the greatest. interdenominational meeting ,of its kind held among Negroes. The events were epochal and thore: was an enthusiasm and harmony that are unprecedented in the annals of such large bodies of kindred movements among. the race. All the denominations were well represented. Among the prin- cipal speakers during the week were Drs. Jesse L. Hurlburt, W, Chapman, of Newark, N. J.; Prof. Kelly Miller, who presided over the sociological eonference; Dr. John G. Daney; Dr. D. A. Martin, dean of the theological department of Gammon Theological Seminary, At Janta, Ga.; Dr. Jas, B. King, Arch deadons H, B. Delaney and W. Geo Avant; Miss Hallie Q. Brown, Miss Ceeclia Holloway, Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown; Hon, N. B. Bro. ughion, Gen. Julian S$. Garr; Dr A. A. Galvin, Prof. C. G. O'Kelly, president of Kittrell College; Drs John A. Savage, E. B, Lunter, L J. Alexander, The propoganda that has been started by this movement. accen. (uated by leading characters in all sections of the country, from the carnestness and judicious delibera. tions of the ministers from the rural districts and cities of the var- ious states, will be a potent factor in the uplift of the masses of the race. Dr. IB, IL. Hunter, of Nor- folk, was the chairman of the com- mittce of resolutions which offered the following report and was unan- imously endorsed : “The Ministerial conference of the National Religious ‘Training Sehool and Chautauqua, composed of clergymen of all denominations, aud of various seetions, — sends arectings to their fellow laborers, everywhere, and commend to their favorable consideration, the follow- ing results of our study and free disenssion during the most delight- ful and profitable week it has been our privilege to enjoy the hospital- ity of this marvellous educational venture, “We heartily endorse the spirit and purpose of this institution, and because it makes religion the corner stone of the intellectual structure it is rearing, we pledge our support and influence in the furtherance of its high and noble aspirations, We call upon ministers and. religious workers everywhere to recognize the need. for, and importance of this new educational propaganda, which meets a peculiar need among our people. ieee “We believe that every minister or church brought under the influ. ence of ihis conference owes the institution and its founder a debt of gratitude for the great work he is doing for human uplift, social betterment and religious culture. “We, therefore recommend, that all churches and ministers who ean, shall give this great institution their support by word and deed, to the extent of their ability and op- portunity, both in financial aid and efforts to increase the student body. “Of the subjects investigated and discussed, there seems to be a concensus of opinion among. the ministers and other religious and social workers, as to the following, of general interest, and which de- serve concerted support. “We note with apprehension the growing lack in the matter of Sab- bath observance. We stand for the old time strict observance of our Sabbath, as the Lord's day, beliow- ing it should be kept as a day of worship and dest for God’s glory and man’s good. “We therefore, discourage — its deseeration by excursions, and the publishing and reading of Sunday newspapers, Sunday pleasnre-driv- ing, and all forms of picnics, out- ings, or other forms of amusements, whieh we believe to be clearly wrong and ungodiy “We depreeate the faet that the family altar is not a fixed institu. tion, as it shonld be, among even church members, and we reeom- mend that all ministers seek to en- courage the establishment of such an altar’ among chureh people, and thereby bring the children early under the influence of Godly train- ing. “We note with pleasure that the study of sociology is finding its natural and righiful place among chureh workers. We believe that the minister is the leader of the people, and that he should exercise that leadership for sgcial better. ment, whether in the country, small town or city pastorate. He should encourage co-operation between hig church and other uplifting social influences, such as the Y. 3. CLA, Y. W. C..A,, and Social Settlement Charity organizations. The influ- ence of the church should also touch other forms of organized en- deavor, that the gospel may reach all, and the spirit of Christ get a firmer grip upon the world, “We recognize that the matter of amusements is one upon which the churches hold various opinions, but we believe it to be the duty of the church as well as the desire of all religious people to bring all helpful amusements under the sup- ervision of the church, “We believe crime to be on the decrease, and we feel that it is the duty of the church and minist ry to employ every movement which has for its purpose the further reduc. tion and’ prevention of crime, We regard the saloon and all forms of the whiskey traflic 10 be among the chief breeders of erme. — Minis- ters and the church militant must fight with all might and power this particular form of crime-ineubator with its long train of corrupt pro- geny, most destructive of morals and religion. “In addition ‘to the minister's obligation to explain and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, we ree- (volves upon him, to discover among ‘those brought under his influence, ‘ahd to call into service, lay work- ers for the advancement of Christ’s jkingdom, We therefore urge that jevery minister address himself prayerfully to this important tast, in ordet. that the efficiency of both the minister and the church may be ineveased for good. “We are convinced that the highest and best results in Ghris- tian service are to be accomplished by thorough aequaintance with the Bible, and we urge that the scien- jtitie study of. this precious book shall be encouraged everywhere. | <The value of Feligious confer- ences such as this, cannot be over- estimated, and while we have en- |joyed the privilege accorded us to attend this remarkable gathering, we feel that we would be derelict in our duty, if we failed to urge «pon our brethren and al! other retigious workers the great impor. tance of attendance upon sueh jueans of grace as are here afYorded. “The influence emanating tron this conference and te great in- stitution ‘that ‘has made it pos:idle cannot be other than good and far- reaching. We look forward io the time, we believe not far away when its holy purpose and blessed inspir. ation will touch men and women for good in all seetions of owr coun. try, as well as in foreign fieids, and when, also, it will compet those who through their means wish to do lager serviee, to employ — this. splendid avenue for the aecom- plishment of beneficient purposes. “God speed the day when men and women of wealth shall be led torsee and grasp the rare oppor- tunity offered here for conscerating some of the meins entrusted to jtheir distribution, as talenis for good work. “Wo appreeite none te. less he great service rendered by the many Lisy and abse men wh have contrituted to the sueesss of this confs.ence, when special mention is made ef Drs. Jesse L. THarlhurt, W. Coapman, J.D. Martin, and Hon, N. 3! Broughton. hey ail brought messages so inspiring sand useful, that we are impelled to em- ploy this public method of express. ing appreciation of their presence, aud fratcrnal interest. ‘The men. bers of this conference will seek to mak+ a large field for ther ines- sages." The committeé appointed by the Aychdeacon H. B, DeLaney, D. 1, chairmen, presented the folowing suxgestions to the conferences, that were rdopted: ‘That the National [Religious ‘Training Sehool and Chautauqua and Summer Sehooi continue the sociological _confer- ence. (2) ‘That libraries local or cirenlating be established in: rural communities. (3) “That the small schools and rural communities in- vite the co-operation of the State A. & M. Colleges, in the work of practical demonstration in house- hold and industrial arts that affect their surroundings, (4) “That we coinmend the Jeanes Fund, and reeommend to our people to supple- ment this fund to extend the school term wherever possible. (5) ‘That we encourage the co-operation. of the ministers and teachers in the general well-being of the people where they labor. (6) “That we recommend young people’s organ- izations for the general uplift and social improvement and as far as possible encourage the girls of the normal and higher schools to unite in the effort during the summer months. (7) ‘That all wholesome and innocent amusements be en- couraged. (8) ‘That the attention of the teachers and ministers un- ions be called to sanitation in the city and rural districts. (9) That more united effort be made on part of various denominations, teachers, ministers, professional, men, to reach the unreached clo- wicnt of the rane.2* “INTERNAL WARFARE, Before Georgia Third-Term Party 1. Out of Swaddting Clothes, Atlanta, Ga., July 17.—The Roose- volt party in Georgia, while still in swaddling clothes, is engaged in in- ternal warfare, There are two rival organizations, and each has issued a call for a state convention to select delegates to the Chicago Convention to be held August 5. The prospect is there will be two delegations from Georgia. ‘The Negro has caused the split in Georgia. Roger Dewar, who heads ome fac- Hon, has called a convention regard- less of color, St. Julien Yates, who heads the Roosevelt White League, of Georgia, has called a convention in which Jt is opefily announced that white men will rule, Fadies’ you can buy hats for at most. nothing at Morrison's Depart. nent Stof®, R. G. WITHROW SUCCESSOR TO ’ J. W. ROCHE — Everything in Fresh Vegetables, Staple and Fancy Groceries. cane 1220 Washington St. CAARLESTON, W. VA, CAPITAL CITY HACK AND TAXI CO. 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Bailey, Second Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.—The Kind of Friend the Negro Needs in all of thy Govern. ment Bepartments.—Howard’s New President to Have a Fair Show.— Southern‘ OMiceHolder Re-appoint-d.—Vernor Said (0 Have Gotten Another Job. (By R. W. Thompson.) Washington, D.C. July 17.—Wiith the election of Mr. Charles D. Hilles as national chairman, the Republican campaign may be said to be in “full swing.” The choice of Mr. Hilles for this im- portant work is regarded as especially fitting. He is a true-blue Republican, and fa him the basic principles of the party are firmly grounded. He is in- tensely loyal to the fortunes of Pres- ident Taft and thoroughly under- stands the inner nature of his chief and knows like a book the policies ithat are to be emphasiz.d and why they are fundamental, Altaough comparatively new {o political life, he is well-acquainted with “who's who” in the forum of public affairs, aud is ‘equipped to direct a national presi- dential campaign with most of the ad- vantages enjoyid by previous field cap- tains, without being handicapped with many of their disadvantages. His record is absolutely without blemish; his methods are clean and up-to-date; he has a host of friends and no per- sonal enemies; and, possessing as he docs, the confidence and respect ef the masses of the party, he is peculiarly in a position to bring into harmonious action more of the various elements that make for victory than any other chairman who could have been named Broad tin sympathies and generous by nature, Mr. Hilles is a practical man, and will apply the acid test to all plans that may be suggested to him, accepting the wise and rejecting those that do not measure up to the standard fixed by him. He will be fair alike to the North, East, South and West, and will accord. to each and every man the respectful consideration that is due him, regardless of his position or estate, The colored Republicans are de- lighted with the selection of Mr. Hilles. From dealings they have had with him in the past, they know thev can expect a “square deal” at his hands throughout the impending bat- te, and they will stand by him to the finish. The leaders in the several sistis are already getting in touch with him, ahd as soon as the details of the campaign are mapped out, he will be hearing from them by letter and seeing many of tiem i person, all eager to share in the work that is to be done. No r:d-tape system will bar the humblest from recognition at the hands of the national chairman. That the battle will be fierce, no one can doubt; but, if every Republican will do his full duty by the regular ticket, falling sin line behind Mr. Hilles, vie- tory Is certain to perch upoa the par- ty’s banner in November. The Promotion of Robert O, Bailey. No appointment in recent years in the public service has given more general satisfaction than the —ad- vancemsnt of Mr, Robert 0. Bailey to the office of Assistant Secretary of ‘the Treasury in charge of the fiscal bureaus of the government. For some time he has been serving as As- sistant Sceretary in charge of Public Buildings and, miscellaneous bureaus, and made such a fine record as a dili- gent, accurate and painstaking off cial, that when the vacancy higher up oceurred, it was in keeping with the natural order of things for Secretary macVeagh to promote Mr. Bailey tc the position, No official in the ‘Treas ury works harder than Mr. Bailey— iad no one makes legs ado about his work {han does he. A plain, matte of-fact man of business, he goes at 4 task with a determination to maste it is the most sensible practica manner, and permits nothing to inter fere with the performance of any duti falling to his hands. A trained news paper man, he is systematic, thoroug, and conscientious, never leaving “story” until the last item is entere and made to complete the chain o events. He has a knack of doin ‘things and getting things done witt out confusion, unscemly haste ¢ “dress parade.” His associates an subordinates are delighted to co-ope ate with him, and are imbued wit new zeal and enthusiasm by his ene getic and “push ahead” methods. A who know Mr. Bailey for his hig character, his intrinsic worth as man, and for his ever-ready dispos ‘ion to help the fellow who is farth down, are jubilant over the richl: merited promotion that has come him. It {s an added proof that fait ful service, wherever one may | placed, is a sure steppingstone to hig er things, It is a distinct encourag ment to every man who iis struggling upward, with nothing but his brains and willing hands to commend him to the favor of his official superiors. Mr. Bailey has taken a1 exceptional- ly active interest in the colored men with whom he has been brought into contact in the Treasury Department Knowing no color-line ‘in talent, he has in numerous instances gone out of his way to lead his influence to se cure the advancement of worthy mem- bers of our race, and to urge them to tit themselves for more important du- ties that fortune may — ultimately place within their reach. Wherever a colored man has shown capacity for better assignments, be has found Mr. Bailey ready and anxious to assist him to atiain the goal of his ambi- tion, More than one deserving Ne- ro has been retained is the depart- ment through the timely intervention of this big-hearted man of affairs. In this humane concern for the wel- fare of the colored man in the public service, Mr. Bailey sets an example, which if followed generally by depart- mental chieftains, would make the lot of our people a much happier one. He is the kind of a man we need in the forefront of national authority, and it is a safe prediction that the zenith of his great possibilities has not yet been reached. President Taft and Secretary MacVeagh have our thanks for the additional honor they have con- ferred upon Robert O. Bailey. National Civil and Political League im Senston. ‘Tae National Civil and Political League, the object of which is to safeguard the civil and political rights of the colored people of the cowatry, is in session at the Galbraith A.M. E. Zion Church, ‘The delegates number between three and four hun- dred and nearly all of the states are represented. Rev. S. L. Corrothers, for ten years pastor of Galbraith church, is presiding, and his speech, sounding the keynote indicates that high ground will be taken by the thoughtful men of the race on all of the vital questions which cater into the campaign now upon us. It was conceded to be one of the ablest pre- sentations of the attitude the Negro should take with reference to men and measures, and established Dr. Cor- rothers firmly as one of the leaders who can be trusted to hold up the racial banner this year in the rigat Place. Sinator W. 0. Bradley, W. Calvin Chase, Bishop G. L, Blackwell, ©. R, aichardson, Joseph H. Stew- art, Hon, W. A. Rodenburg and others are announced for speeches. Resolu- tions commending President ‘Taft for his sturdy refusal to name a “jim- crow” justice for the Supreme Court and for his constant and active inter- et in the educational uplift of the race will be adopted, and another condemning Hoke Smith's tirade agaimst Negro policemen in the Dis- trict, will be acted upon. A strong address to the country will be sent out by the League. From present indications, the — or- ganization will declare William How. ard Taft to be its choice for President of the United States. Such an en- dorsement, coming from an aggrega- tion of representative Negroes, hail- ing from every section of the land, cannot but have a helpful effect in clarifying the nebulous political sit. nation now existing. pe a eee SU SNe, ORR Am meee: ‘The Bee very fittingly charactenize: an Anonymous contributor to the New dork Age as “a liar,” for giving eur- rency to a virulent, cowardly and wa: called for attack a an eminent educa: tor, who is at the head of one of the nation’s greatest schools, and for as persions against the honesty and Judgment of the hard-working —an¢ Kenerous-minded Washington corres pondents of ont-of-iown newspapers ‘The author of the Age article is well known, and the secret of his animu against the persons assaulted is quit generally understood hereabouts, ‘Th Bee is on the right track when i ascribes (he venom of this would-be as sassin of character to the gripings 0 the “green-ryed monster.” He doe Not seem to realize that the sportigh is big enough to take in all who de serve its gladdening rays, and ex hausts more cnergy in using the ham mer on successful men of the rae than in Oying 10 bning about hy things that make for the praise of hi fellows, ‘The so-called “Iittle man from Nort [Gaeeutaay® stands head and shoulders above the pigmy that essays to throw mud at him, and we miss our guess if ho stoops to pay any attention to his foul mouthings, Scarcely a single colored leader has escaped the jabs of this envious cuss, but, up to date, not one has dignified bis slanders by re. plying to them. It is surprising that a journal of the standing of the New York Age consented to give space to & screed that upon Its face shows that it is x disreputable gffort at “manu- factured news,” of which he prates so yolubly. Not the widest stretch of the imagination could convince any Intel- Vigent editor that the writer framed up that letter for any good purpose. It was conceived in malice, and bo-¢ the earmarks of unsatisfied vanity ‘n svery line. Clearly, the — vitriolle seribe had a bad case of “grouch.” He ought to take something for it at once, for if it goes much further, fa- tal results may ensue, As a matter of fact, The Washington Bee, in good faith, mentioned the em- Jinent North Carolinian as suitable material for the presidency of How- ard University, then vacant. The Durham iteformer followed sult. ‘Then your correspondent, along with others, mentioned the fact that the gentleman from Durham had been mentioned,” in this connection, and approved of the same. The gentle maa, who had no part in the “men- tioning” done by his interested friends took the first available occasion to de- clave that he was not a candidate, and announced a preference to remain where his life work Js being carried on. All of this was in the legitimate province of live journalism. Rvident- ly the Age's gamgrened scribe does not read colored papers, or he would not have been so woefully ignorant of the facts in the case he attempted to “cuss” rather than discuss. However, we leave him, lke Ephraim, “joined to his idols” of mat- icious mendacity. The Christian statesman and religlous educator in North Carolina needs no defense at the hands of anybody. He can go on va the even tenor of his way, immune from any harm that unspeakable cow= ard: can do him through newspaper phillipics, sneaked in when the editor wasn’t looking. Neither do the galaxy of able Washington correspondents need any championship in these col- umns. The good they are doing, in briviging forward the worthy men and women of the race, and speaks for it- self. Oftimes, at a personal sacrifice of time and money, these industrious dispenzers of the limebight are point- ing the world’s workers onward, while the Age's conscienceless purveyor of filth ig revelling in his nolsome cave, | trying, hyena-like, to tear to tatters: the noble name and fair fame of some aspitiag man or woman, the latohets of whose shoes he is unworthy to un- loose. Carnegie Lauds Washington's Lead- ership. Andrew Carnegie, the philanthropist and international advocate of peace, writing to Dr, Booker ‘T, Washing- ton from Skibo Casil-, Scotland, in acknowledgment of the article contrib- uted by the latter to the public press on the subject of Negroes who have received recognition at the hands of the Carnegie Hero Commission, says: “I am deeply gratified at the con- stant proof that we have that our colored brethren are justifying our faith in them, under your wise leader- ship, which is one of the most impor- tant facts of life in the Republic.” ‘This whole-souled sentiment, com- ing from such an eminent authority, ought to be highly encouraging to the entire race. ‘The heroism of out brethren and the sagacious leadership of the “Wizard” of Tuskegee are two heritages of which we may all justly feel proud. « eee oe ee TN a Meee Tee, Rev, Stephen Morrell Newman i the new head of Howard University, succeeding Bishop Thirkield, who has been stationed by his church at New Orkans. The selection is not a sur- prise, as rumor had for several’ days prior to the election prepared — the popular mind for the resuit. Dr. Newman, having served for many years as pastor of the First Congre- gational Church of this city, and as a member of Howard's faculty during a portion of that time, is no stranger to this community. He has the #chol- arship. character and environment that should make him an acceptable pres: ident of the Negro's foremost inst!- tution for the higher education. Fol- lowing a virile executive like Dr Thirkield renders his task no light one, and he will be required to ru the gawatlet of comparisons that will put his mettle to a severe test. He fs said to be absolutely square on the race question, and comes to the schoo with the best wishes of our best peo ple for a_prosperous and harmonfou: administration. Although it must bh confessed that no enthusiasm mark: Dr, Newman's advent as president, the appointment is regarded as an em? nently respectable one and he will b sivea a loyal, sympathetic and practi cal support by the faculty and student body of Howard University. Fbia abil ity ax a getter of appropriations fron Congress and capacity for “mixing' O REASON! APPEAL TO REASON! TO YOU, THE PEOPLE OF KANAWHA AND ADJOINING COUNTIES—THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHARED IN THR: FORTUNES AND GROWTH OF THIS SECTION—WE MAKE THIS APPEAL, IN HOPES THAT YOU WILL REAL- IZE ITS VAST IMPORTANCE TO YOU AND ACT ACCORDINGLY,» | \ ‘ OF CHARLESTON Have secured the services of ‘The American Salvage Sales Company, of Washington, D. C., the greatest converters and selling experts in the country, and instrneted them to raise $15,000 in hard eash in ten days time. “A mighty undertaking, this seems but easily mado possible by putting prices on this stock of merchandise—prices so ridicously low that they will be too’ tempting. to resist. : | QoQ ° 2. ~- Wonderful Ten Day Bargain Carnival -:- a We can mention only a few of the wonderful prices that will greet you at this great selling event. Every article in ‘this $50,000 stock of wearing apparel for the whole family will go at prices just like these. SSS SSS ESSE Never Before Haye You Seen Prices to Compare With ‘Those Here Quoted. This is a Good Thing for You While it Lasts. REMEMBER IT LASTS ONLY TEN DAYS. Ladies’ black silk hose will be] | Hemmed pillow slips, soft fin-). Large Turkish Towels. A good | Large size Persian towel, heavy on sale all day and every day,|ish, full size. 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Tat cicccicesseeeesaaeee MD [ ab cccessessecesectecss OL| sale evory day, yd-ats... 01 These Priees Are Convineing Enough to Satisfy Even the Hardened Sceptic. Every Few Minutes Somebody Ges a Beautiful Alarm Clock FREE. Men’s large handkerchiefs,| Ladies’ gauze vests, the taped| Beautiful double flounce,white| Ladies’ handkerchiefs, hem- hemstitched, full size will be on|10e kind will be on sale each, | embroidered petticoats, sold at | 45), aba - sale every day at........ O2]at oo... ceesceeseseeee OF] THe will be .........2... 38] Stitehed, will be on sale at “01 Men’s Paris style garters, all| Large size huck towels, plain] Men’s work shirts, best 50¢] Pearl buttons, good’ quality, colors, will be on sale per pair|and fringed, will be here each| grade of Amoskeag chambray,| dozen on a card, will be on sale, pA eee eeeeeeeeeee OT at co.cc eee e ceases 02] stripes and: solid colors... .39| per card at ............. 01 ee —— a ae — o ae 9 ieee Lasky’s Department Stores 105-107 CAPITOL STREET wt CHARLESTON, W. VA. LOOK FOR THE BIG RLACK BANNERS . WAIT FOR THE DATES—They are Your Lucky Days. : THE ADVOCATE. with the variodsMférces that con stitute the local Negro population can be determined only by the future. Dr. Newman is sixty-seven years of age. Although the vote of the trustee: for Dr, Newman is said to Lave bers unanimou:, several othe aspirants ft the presiscney wéte given very com- he meuiary consideration ar eng them Prof, Kelly Siler, Prof. Guorge Wi. liam Cook, Prof. L. B. Moore, Prot W. V. Tunnel and Prof, Paul Barth all connected with the faculty of tns school. ‘The advisability of choost.iz colored man wag carefully lookw: into, but the prospect did not see {¢ please the board, for reasons that havi Seow dict ssed far and wide. It‘ given cut on confidence that but cw of ta eeored members of the Lear! tox au canressive stand for the eiec ton of a colored president, yieldin: to the majority finally for the sake o| harmony. News Notes of the National's Capitat Word comes that Former Register We T. Vernon has been appointed president of Campbell College, Jack- son, Tenn, Register J. C. Napter, in addition to hawimg been honored by the degree of Doctor of Laws by Wilberforce Univ- ersity recently, has been chosen a member of the board of trustees of Walden University at Nashville, Tenn, A further demonstration that there are’ prophets not without honor in thelr own country. . Col Henry Lincoln Johnson and Lawyer Thomas L, Jones rendered ef- fective ald in electing a Republican board of commissioners jin the recent heated municipal campaign in Atlantic City. ‘The National Emancipation Com- memorative Society of which Prof. Jesée Lawson is president, {s making elatiorate preparations for a na. tional jubilee to be held in this elty September 22 to 26, in celebration of the, fittieth anniversary of the issu- ang. of the emancipati¢ge proclama- tion by Abraham Lincoln. The cele bration will be natton-wide and wil hoggarticipated in by representatives froff’ every section of the country. A tullér accowat of the affair will b given in our next. Mirs, Lena David Kaufman, of Cin cinfati, Ohio, was the guest of honor afm whist party given last Wednesda; evening py Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thomp som-at their home, 908 8 street north west. A @ lightful menu followed the card contests, Among those present besides the guest of hemor and hos| and, shostess, were:,, Dr, Julia P. H Coleman, Mr. aid Mra K! ¥. Phillips ‘Mr, and Mrs, J. F. Buckner; Mra. -Bunice B, Chaney, Miss Wilhelmina B. Tate, Miss Lucille Hamilton Nooks, Miss Vivian Lucille Thompson, Miss Mary Ola Chaney, and Prof. I. x. Ross, Jr., of Cincinnati, O., and Mr? J. Finky Wilson, of Norfgjk, Va, Mrs. Kaufman, after a week’s visit to Mr. and Mrs, Thompson, left for New York City, where she will complete - a course ‘n stenogtaphy at Columbia University. Miss Lucille Hamilton Nooks left monday for New York City, to take a special course in domestic art at Columbia University. Mr. J. Finley Wilson, a leading force in the Order of Elks, is said to be slated for the post of national grand organizer, to be elected at the bien- nial session at Dayton, Ohio, August 21. Mr, Jobn C. Dancy has been deliv- ering a serles of lectures at the Na- tional Religious Training School at Durham, N. C. He is to put in the com. ing month on the platform in North Carolina and Mirginia under the man- agement of Mr. J. Finley Wilson. Counsellor J. Frank Wheaton, of New York City, stopped over here just after the Democratic nationg) conven- tion in Baltimore and was given an ovation by his host of friends. He was guest of honor at a dinner Sat. urday night at Underdown’s Cafe, and on Sunday he was taken on a long auto tour by a group of ‘Washington's “Smart Set.” It is a foregone conclusion that the headquarters of the G, U, 0, of O. F. will be moved from ‘Philadelphia tc thls city, by order of the 16th B. M, ©. A big temple and office building ts te be erected here, to house the sib: committee, the Odd Fellows’ Journal the regalia department and other in: terests of the order. A large audito rium will be a feature of the building {f it is to be located up town, Col. Henry Lincoln Johnson went t¢ Pifladelphia to attend the meetin of thé sub-committee of the GU. O for 0. FW, 1, Houston, H. P. Slaugh Jter,and othera accompanied hin, | ‘TV. MeAllister hag beef renémina ted for receiver of Public Moneys a jackson, Miss, ‘This is a concrete de [niat of the assertion that Presiden jTatt has removed all of the colores joffice-holders in the South and will no fappoint, any member of the race Ji | that section. ‘The third international convocatior Jof the Knights Templar and the four teenth session of the Imperial Council Ancient Bgyptian Arable Order of th {Mystic Shrine, will, conyene in. Ant Jetty August 19°20 wind Con Nats STICK TO TARK FOR QUALITY. SS FE Furnishes all Parties, Receptions and _ Big Dinners, he is the only one you . can get quality of. Olives, Big and Fat, Only 30c Qt. F. C. STARK a QUARRIER ST, =, Knights and their friendswill be here from all portions of the country, and aoout 2,000 ladies of the Eastern Star and the Daughters of Isis will Join in with tha Templars and Shriners, It is” predicted that Chairman tharles D, Hilles will go into the President's cabinet In the event of the latter's reelection. Good! Your correspondent viewed the pro- ceedings of the recent democratic na- tional convention, through the cour- tesy of the Hon. Thomas Taggart and his personal representative, Hon. A. E, Manning. If there was a busler man in Baltimore than Mr. Manning, we failed to find him in a crowd ef 25,000. Prof. Kelly Miller is attending a meeting of the National Association of Colored Teachers at Chattanooga, Jfenn., and will go from there to fill hengagements at the West Virginia Colored Institute, at Institute, W, Va. It is said that Dr. Booker T. Wash- ington and Register J. C. Napier ave the only colored trustees who voted for a colored man for the presideacy of Howard University. ‘They had the courage of their convictions on this important subject. Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis, the noted clocutionist, is still doing dra- matic work in Jamaica. She has flat- tering offers to visit a number of oi'- fes in Panama, and may accept, Mme. Nonie Bailey Hardie, the popular ton- ‘ralto, is with Miss Davis. Mr. Emmett J. Scott spent a few days here last week, returning to Tus- THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1912) Kegge Institute from a mgeting of the ‘Tuskegee trustees in Néw York city. He was re-elected secretary of the Board. Mr. Scott is-prepaning to issue the official program of the Chicago meeting of the National Negro Busl- ness League, and he speaks in glowing terms of the prospects of the approach ing session, ~ 4 nev. A, J. Carey, Thomas Wallace Swann and Mr. Torbett, of Chicago; R. R. Taylor, of Tuskegee Institute; J. B, Taylor, of Wilmington, N. C., and T. L, Grant, of South Carolina, are among recent visitors to the capital. ———--___ A new occupation for women that of aid in laboratories and scien- tifle institutes—has been opened to fit candidates. special _ one-year course has been added to the Municipal School tor Women to women in Germany, and in order to ~~ wuee INTERNATIONAL REGATTA AT WINNIPEG Winnipeg, Man., July 19.—Scores of oarsmen in their needl-like shells flit- ted over the Red River course this morning in final practice for whut Promises to be the most notable: of the annual regattas of the Northwei'- ern International Rowing Association. The regatta is held under the auspices of the Winnipeg Rowing Club. The program of events covers two days. The association membership embraced, elubs in Duluth, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Fort William, Kenora and Win- nipeg. \ | ES es, Receptions and is the only one you §