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ROOSEVELT, MORGAN AND THE STEEL TRUST CHARGES AS SEEN BY C. P. CONNOLLY VOLUME XIII. * "Mr. Roosevelt has been charged with partiality to Mr. Morgan. * "Mr. Roosevelt implicitly t practically the first prosecution under the Sherman law during his a administration against Mr. Morgan's Northern Seamal Company which sought the consolidation of the Gro at Nothern, the Norfolk Pacific and the Burlington railroads; Mr. Roosevelt also brought during the last years of his administration the suit against Mr. Morgan's New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad d steamship trust, which Mr. Wickersham promptly dismissed during the first month of Mr. Tatt's administration."—Extract from the following article by Mr. Connolly. By C. P. CONNOLLY Author of "Big Business and the Bench," etc. Out of all the things that Theodore Roosevelt did during his seven years in the White House, his political opponents have picked out the one charge, as the only one they can make stick, that Roosevelt allowed the Steel Trust, in defiance of the law, to acquire the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. We come now to the question, was Roosevelt a tool of the Steel Trust in this? Was he deceived? Or did he act the part of a patriot or a piggy? Let us forget on the one side that he has been charged with partiality to Mr. Morgan, and let us forget also that in the face of this charge Mr. Roosevelt brought practically the first prosecution under the Sherman law during his administration against Mr. Morgan's Northern Securities Company, which sought the consolidation of the Great Nothern, the Northern Pacific and the Burlington railroads; and let us also forget that he brought during the last years of his administration the suit against Mr. Morgan's New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and steamship trust, which Mr. Wickersham promptly dismissed during the first month of Mr. Taff's administration. I say, let us forget these things because we want to consider this transaction solely and dispassionately on its merits. There was a panic in Wall Street. Banks were suspended. Long lines of excited citizens stretched up and down the streets in the banking district. Wall Street was a powder magazine. Every bank that failed added to the flame of public excitement. Throughout the country at large, bankers were so panicstricken that they refused to pay out cash. They gave you cashier's certificates saying you had so much money in the bank, and on that you traded for the necessities of life with such merchants as were willing to accept it: one had any cash, and no one was willing to buy anything but the actual necessities of life. It makes no difference who or what started that panic—the undisputed fact was that it was upon us, threatening wide havoc and destruction. Two Wall Street banks owned the stock of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. They were on the brink of dissolution. There is no question about that. It is admitted. The Steel Trust wanted that stock. No one else did. No one else was willing to buy. Agents of the Steel Trust went to Mr. Roosevelt, told the facts before him; told him, as he knew, that it was a violation of the law, but under the circumstances would he consent? It makes no difference now what their motive was—their plea was answerable, and Mr. Roosevelt answered it. He said that under the circumstances, if the sale would help stay the fright and panic of the people, and prevent the further destruction of property and values, he would not object, if his Attorney-general did not. Was it the act of a faithless servant? When San Francisco was burning down, the first thing the firemen did was to get together all the dynamite in San Francisco and telegraph to nearby cities for more. They blew up the buildings in the path of the flames which had not yet caught fire. Why? Because they wanted to stop the feed of the flames and save that part of the city that lay beyond. Were they patriots or criminals. And yet the very act they did during the fire, for which they were praised, done when there was no fire, would have branded them as criminals and made them liable to a term in the penitentiary. Mr. Roosevelt did what ahy man of saneness and sense would have done under the circumstances. No one at the time thought of criticising him for it. It was only four years later, when the panic had been forgotten, and he was again a candidate for office, that the transaction was brought out from the closet, dressed in new habiliments and made to do service as a political argument. The flame and fire, the smoke and grime of the time, were gone—and here stood a deed that convicted Roosevelt of inconsistency and insincerity. Apply the light of reason to it, and it vanishes like a bogy of the night. The men who to-day find fault with Mr. Roosevelt for this might just as consistently beg the physician to save their lives, and then refuse to pay his bill. The bullet of the assassin proved that Theodore Roosevelt did not drink intoxicating liquors and did not smoke cigarettes. It required just some such miracle to make some people believe this fact. A preju- dice is the strongest vice of the heart. Krupp or Maxim never invented a bullet or a weapon that will penetrate through it. The prejudices of the average man will kill the best grass seed that was ever sown. Will these people never realize that Roosevelt is as incorruptible as it is humanly possible for a mortal to be? Death Claims Vice President Sherman End Comes Peacefully After a Lingering Illness of Months Due to Bright's Disease, Heart Disease and Hardening of the Arteries. Utica, N. Y., Oct. 30. After a long illness, Vice President of the United States, James Schoolcraft Sherman died at his home in this city at 9:45 o'clock tonight, of uremic poison, caused by Bright's disease. He had been sinking since early in the morning, and it was realized that death was a matter of a few hours. Slight relief came after 7 o'clock, but did not prove real or lasting, and at last gave only temporary hope. At 9 o'clock the patient's temperature rose to 100, and from that time his condition rapidly became worse. He was unconscious when the end came, and had been in that condition for hours. All of the members of the family were present. In addition to Mrs Sherman there were the three sons Sherrill, Richard U., and Thomas M. Sherman, with their respective wives. R. M. and Sanford Sherman, brothers; and Mrs. L. B. Moore, and Mrs. H. J. Cookinham, sisters. Soon after Mr. Sherman's death Dr. Fayette H. Peck, the attending physician, issued the following article "The Vice President died at 9:48 p.m., without regaining consciousness for a moment. He died in the presence of his wife, her brother and sister, his two brothers and three sons and their wives. He had been entirely conscious since 7 o'clock when he had a period of partial consciousness lasting 15 minutes. He died in uremic coma, as a result of Bright's disease, heart disease, and arterio-sclerosis." Bull Moose Numerous In Tennessee State Taft Policies Do Not Appeal to Great Majority of Negroes and They Are Standing for Roosevelt and Progressive Party. Nashville, Tenn., Oct 26.—There has never been a new party introduced in Tennessee that has so completely captured the Negroes as has the National Progressive Party familiarly known as the "Bull Moose" party. This was the first thought to be a spasmodic move that would soon die out. It was said that when the friends of President Taft got all of his men and made a few speeches to the Negroes throughout Tennessee, they would all forget Mr. Roosevelt and his new party; but despite the fact that the Progressive campaign managers in Tennessee have been as slow and have managed the campaign as awkwardly as it is possible for men to do, and have apparently shown no interest in the matter, nevertheless every day brings new evidences of new recruits to the Progressive ranks. It is said by some that the quiet manner in which things are being conducted had appealed to the Negro more than anything else and that the thinking men don't require great speeches and massmeetings to convince them of the wisdom of the course mapped out by ex-President Roosevelt and the Progressive Party; but that these men were able to judge for themselves and understand the principles of the party, and are not waiting to be aroused or excited to make up their opinions. Mr. T. Clay Moore, who is in charge of the Colored Progressive headquarters in this city, says the outlook is most encouraging; that every day news is received from different parts of the state that makes him feel very optimistic as to the showing the Progressive party will make in Tennessee in November, 1912—Nashville Globe. ADVOCATE. CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1912 COPYRIGHT 1912 NOTLEY STUDIO CO. FOR PRESIDENT. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT. ROOSEVELT AND JOHNSON Cheer T. R. For Forty Minutes Colonel's First Appearance Since Attempted Assassination is—Greeted With Great Enthusiasm by Thousands of Followers. New York, Oct. 30—Showing no physical evidence of the shot of the attempted assassin in Milwaukee, Oct. 14. Col. Theodore Roosevelt tonight spoke for an hour and twenty minutes before a progressive political rally. Twenty thousand fellow New Yorkers were present to accord him an uporarious welcome that lasted forty-two minutes after his entrance into Madison Square Garden. Col. Roosevelt stood at the edge of the speakers platform, and could not make himself heard above the din of cheers. In part he said: Friends, perhaps once in a generation, not more often, there comes a chance for the people of a country to play their part wisely and fearlessly in some great battle of the age-long warfare for human rights. To our fathers the chance came in the mighty days of Abraham Lincoln, the man who thought and toiled and suffered for the people with sad, patient and kindly endeavor. To our forefathers that stretched from the time when the first continental congress gathered to the time when Washington was inaugurated as first president of the republic. To us in turn the chance has now come to stand for liberty and righteousness as in their day these dead men stood for liberty and righteousness. Our task is not as great as theirs. Yet it is well nigh as important. Our task is to profit in time the evils that grow around us; lost our failure to do so may cause dreadful disaster to the people. We must not sit supine and helpless. We of arrogance and the brutal selfishness of envy each to run unchecked its evil course. If we do so then some days mouldering hatred will suddenly kindle into a consuming fire and either we or our children will be called on to face a crisis as grim as any which this republic has ever seen. Political Forecast OF WEST VIRGINIA BY J. V. SULLIVAN IN THE KANAWAH Hatfield a Winner And at Least Three of Five Congressmen Will be Republicans is the Belief of the Citizen's Correspondent After Careful Survey On state matters, Dr. H. D. Hatfield, the Republican nominee for Governor, will win over William R. Thompson by the biggest majority ever accorded a Republican gubernatorial candidate in this state. On a conservative estimate, I place his plurality at 20,000. I have arrived at this view of the political situation after talking with both Republican and Democratic leaders, and I only wish to qualify it by asserting that it is contingent only on the continuation of the alliance between the Republicans and Progressives, which I believe is stronger today than it has ever been since the beginning of the campaign. Dr. Hatfield has been viciously assailed in this campaign, but he has force behind him and when he announced at the meeting here last Thursday night that he would keep a legislature in special session until it did repeal the present obnoxious guard law there was no one who heard him but who believed that Hatfield would and could do that very thing. Hatfield has shown that many of the courrious charges made against him are untrue. For instance, it wach charged that he has refused to appoint Democratic challengers in McDowell county. He shows that under the law he did not have the authority. He was charged with seeking a pardon for A. L. Calhoun, a wealthy Negro convicted of illicit selling. He has proved by Governor Glasscock that he made no effort to free Calhoun and never discussed the matter with the state executive. He was charged with favoring the retention of the guard system. He said publicly that it must go. Chairman Stuart Walker of the Democratic state committee, has declared him to be a most obnoxious candidate for the governorship, but the fifteen Democratic state senators selected Hatfield as the only Republican senator they would accept for the presidency of (Continued on Page Three.) "Unless Our Managers are Crazy He'll Win in a Landslide," Says Chairman of the Progressive National Committee. New York, Oct. 30—"Roosevelt's strength will surprise the nation; in numerous states there will be land slides for him." This was the answer last night of Senator Joseph M. Dixon, Progressive national chairman, to the cries of opposing campaign chieftains that he had prevaricated in predicting a Roosevelt victory. In their replies Republican and Democratic managers refused to consider the Colonel as a serious contender. "Without getting excited," averred Senator Dixon, "this thing looks like a landslide everywhere. Talking over the long distance telephone during the afternoon, I was informed that Frank Dingley says a Roosevelt victory is certain in Maine. New York political writers admitted confidently that our chances in the empire state looked better than ever. The New York Herald conceded Buffalo to us this morning, and I am sure from our reports that we will carry Brooklyn. "There is something on, and our strength is not bounded by state lines, either. "Of course, we will carry Illinois. "Why, I walked three blocks from the hotel this afternoon for a little airing. In the six squares I covered I counted forty-six Bull Moose pins, three Wilson emblems, and two of the Socialist party. Does that mean anything?" Senator Dixon asserted that his prediction of a sweeping victory for the Progressive cause was not mere speculation, but based on "cold blooded" facts from every state in the union. "Either the Progressive leaders throughout the country are crazy or we have the battle won," he said. "I have not permitted myself to get the least bit excited, but I believe I can read the handwriting on the wall, and it spells a Roosevelt handslide unless I am greatly mistaken." FEDERALS Are Repulsed by Rebels in Santo Domingo, and Insurgents May Capture Monte Cristi. ture Monte Cristi. Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, October 30.—In a battle at Monte Cristi last Sunday the government forces were repulsed twice. The in- THE STORY OF A MAN, A RAILROAD COMPANY AND A COURT RULING A man entered into a contract with a railroad to furnish wood and ties to the company, to be taken from the timber hands in the Mississippi river bottom. In this bottom, perched upon stilts, he built a log cabin, and with his wife and an old Negro man who assisted him, lived there and worked for five long years. The railroad company was impureulous and had paid him on account barely sufficient to buy meal and bacon for subsistence, when it went into the hands of a receiver. The woodman went in person to the Federal Court with his claim. He wore a coonskin cap. He was long past the meridian of life and too poor to hire a lawyer. He told the federal judge the company owed him over seven hundred dollars, all his little fortune. The last item in his account was eleven months old when the railroad defaulted. According to the decisions, the payment on such claims was restricted to those which had accrued within six months, and the judge decided against the man's claim. The woodman reached for his coonskin cap, and almost tottled, left the court room. He was found later at his home, hanging to the limb of a tree, dead. The coonskin cap was found lying at the foot of the tree. That judge was United States Circuit Judge Henry Clay Caldwell, of the Eastern District of Arkansas, appointed by Abraham Lincoln, himself of the coonskin-cap tribe. Judge Caldwell is now living in honorable retirement, after forty years of continuous service on the Federal bench. He never forgot the case of the man with the coonskin cap. He reflected that much of our law was judge-made law; that there was just as much law and just as much reason and common sense for saying that claims against railroad properties in the hands of receivers were valid if they accrued within six years, as there was for saying that they must have accrued within six months. He then and there decided to make some law himself. There after he made it a rule of his court that no railroad receiver would be appointed by him save upon the condition that all claims for labor supplies, and material necessary, to keep the road in operation, and all claims for damages, not barred by the statute of limitations, should have preferences over mortgages. It was a new rule of law, but that was many years ago; and now, through legislation in some of the states, and by judicial decisions in others, that surgents now occupy St. Pierre, and it is believed that Monte Cristi must surrender. General Bordas, with 800 insurgents, is near Puerto Plata. The government forces here are barricading the streets. Communication with Santo Domingo City is cut off, as the insurgents do not permit the telegraph lines to work and the government cannot protect them. The insurgent forces at Monte Cristi number 1,000. They have received 300,000 rounds of cartridges and $110,000 in gold. The inhabitants are suffering from lack of food. The capture of the city would hasten the fall of the Victoria government, as it would relieve a thousand men from duty in the province of Monte Cristi, and this army would then move on Puerto Plata and Santiago and thus end the war in the north of the republic. Apparently the governor of Puerto Plata suspects that General Emilio Garden is making preparations to capture Puerto ta and he is taking all precautions to guard the city. Negro Waiters to the Front Taken on to Break a Strike of Whites in Hostelries of National Capitol, They Will be Retained Permanently, Say Managers. Washington, D. C., Oct. 30.—"It's an ill wind that blows nobody good." By virtue of a foolish and unreasonable s like on the part of between 300 and 100 white waiters in several of the leading hotels and cafes of this city, a large number of Negro waiters taken on at first as strikebreakers, have been given permanent places in the dining rooms of said hotels and cafes. The Raleigh, New Willard and Cafe Republic, within whose walls a blackface was a stranger, are now fully equipped with colored waiters, and the managers say they have the experience and reliability to hold down the jobs for all time. The strikers have attempted violence, but have been pretty well thinned out by Major Sylvester's s Such reforms as these, which are matters of social justice, growing out of like conditions now, the Progressive party seeks to remedy—not because of misfortune in individual cases, and sense of a judge bury and there—but as a universal practice of the golden rule and the square deal in the administration and law. Other duties are far shaped us in such forms. In Australia, for instance, when an employee has a grievance, he presents it to the arbitrator's court. The employer is city court, and given the opportunity to answer. There is a and when the case is decided, decision stands for three years. Judge in Melbourne, after care investigation, gave a gold-binding company the option of paying living wages or closing down his property. We seek to find some way by which the reforms relating to the employment of women, their scant and insufficient wage and their employment in nightly occupations, shall be brought to pass without inshell be brought to pass without interference from judicial tribunals nor based on accepted justice. We seek in short, the right to pass our own laws based on the will of the majority, with due regard to human rights and with proper protection for forty rights; but we place human rights first, as did Lincoln and the Republican party of 1860. But we stand for still further reforms in the law—for expedition, for simplicity of procedure, for less expensive trials for the citizen and for the state—not only as a help to the individual citizen, but as a lessening of the burden of taxation. We insist that the trial of the average law suit is a battle of wits and a splitting of judicial hairs, in which the fundamental justice of the question at issue is lost sight of. This we seek to remedy. We also seek to remedy by legislation some of the things which have been left standing from former days and which failed of attention in the rush of maternal growth and in the accumulation of precedents. It will surprise many American citizens, perhaps, to know that a citizen of one state may employ another to go into an adjoining state and commit a capital crime, and yet if he himself remains out of the state where the crime is committed he cannot be punished for his offense in either state. This is but a sample of the chaotic condition of our laws. "strong-arm squad" of bluecoats, who gave the coloured men ample protection, escorting many of them to their homes after hours at night. The guests at the hostelries named are delighted with the change. Said a well-known southerner who always stops at the Raleigh: "Negroes should have the first chance at this profession of waiting—for, when properly learned it is a profession. Thel: opportunities for employment in business and other avenues are so limited that they are entitled to a practical monopoly at callings like this, in which they serve to better advantage than white men. The white waiter uses his job as a means to an end. He is independent, often supercilious and finds no satisfaction in his work. He feels above it, and goes into something else as soon as he gets in shape to do so. "The Negro, on the other hand, makes waiting a life calling. He is naturally polite and obliging and is never happier, than when doing something to please a gentleman or lady of what he terms 'class'. He is proud to be known as a first-class waiter, and grows better as he goes along. Besides, he 'looks the part', and we southernas feel perfectly at home when we have him about us. This foreign waiter fad is blowing over, and we are glad to see the Negro returning to the old field in which he is both useful and ornamental. Give me colored waiters every day in the week." In putting colored waiters in their dining rooms permanently, Manager Hillman, Weston and others have scored a big hit with their "swell" patrons. They assert that, under no consideration, will any of the white strikers be taken back. MONSTER BILL AT THE HOWARD Packed houses have again been the rule this week at the Howard Theatre and the "standing room only" legacies is displayed nightly long before the first curtain goes up. The monster bill is headed by that sterling team, Hodges and Launchmere, whose act has a distinct flavor of Broadway and Hammerstein's. Leona Marshall, a great, favorite here, does a neat singie turn, and McKissick and Shadwick win favor in a singing and dancing (Continued on page three). ALL WEEK Free RAINCOATS WITH EACH SUIT Consisting of Coat, Pants and Vest or Overcoat Ordered SUITS AND OVERCOATS $14 WITHOUT VESTS $13 Made to Measure ade to fit CAM KELLER 11 Capitol St. Next Door to Kanawha Valley Bank CHARLESTON Hotel Brown Arrivals.—Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Childress, Eskdale; Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Pack, Coal River; H. Young Sylvia, W. Coleman; C. W. Alexander, William Cook, Columbus, O.; James Randolph, Winifrede; Martha Dickinson, Raymond City; Mason Austin, Beomer; James Edwards, Clovordale; Mr. and Mrs. H. Brown, Widen; H. R. White, Huntleton; Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Jones, Plymouth; A. James, C. H. Scott, N. H. Cunningham, M. Branford, John Sattorthwaite, Kingston; Mr. and Mrs. H. Triggs, Mr. and Mrs. L. Cook, Mollenry, Ky.; H. H. Hundley, M. Hope; Charles Williams, Longuecue; Nottie Jones Millford, Va.; H. Green, C. C. Curtior; Preston Bennett, Malden, and A. B. Hall. Keystone were registered at Hotel Brown this week. A Pleasing Social Function. By far the most pleasing social function that has been given here for many a year was the ballot of the physical culture club in K. of P. Ball Friday night of last week. The hall was specially decorated for the occasion with autumn leaves, shocks of corn indoor and counting to harmonize with the general effect, forming a beautiful background for the charming costumes of the ladies, and the somber black of the men. Music was furnished by Wright's Saxaphone orchestra, of Columbus. O., and the dancing was almost continuous until 2:30 in the morning. The affair was under the management of the director of the class, Miss Virginia Gilmer, and the manner in which it was conducted was creditable both to her and her assistant. Narrow Escape for Family.—The dwelling house of Mrs. Helen Farrar, of 501 Brooks street, was almost totally destroyed by fire about 4 o'clock Friday morning, as was also the contents. The first intimation the occupants had that the house was affire was when the blaze commenced to crackle around the rooms in which they were sleeping, and it was with difficulty that they made their escapes, and as it was they lost nearly all of their personal possessions. A watchman cut at the K. & M. was evidently the first to notice the blazing house, and he rushed to the nearest box, 37, corner Broad and Smith streets, and I pulled the alarm. This caused a slight delay in the arrival of the department, for the burning dwelling was located just off of Washington street. When the firemen arrived they found the building a mass of flames and the roof falling in; also the adjacent house owned by K.-M. Rumer, was afire and it was necessary to cut through the roof in order to use the chemical engine. The loss to the Farrars will probably be about $1,000 or $1,200 while the damage to the Rumer house will hardly exceed $100 though it was only several feet from the burning building. Both losses are fully covered by insurance. There is no way to account for the origin, though it was probably from the hot water tank being too close to the floor, or from leaking gas in the kitchen, as the kitchen floor was burned through showing that the fire evidently starved at that point. Union Thanksgiving Services—At the Interdenominational Ministerial meeting held at Hotel Brown on Wednesday, October 23, the following program was arranged for Thanksgiving services, November 28, at St. Paul A. M. E. church: Opening hymn—Union Choir. Prayer—Rev. R. M. Mayew. Selection—Choir. Scripture Reading—Rev. Charles H. Sheen, D. D. Hymn—Rev. E. J. Woodard. Hynn—Rev. B. J. Woodward Sermon—Rev. J. S. Carroll, B. D. Prayer—Rev. B. R. Reed, D. D. Selection—Choir. Penlighten—Rev. B. A. Brooks. The ministerial meeting will be held on Wednesday following the first Sunday of each month at Hotel town. All preachers are cordially invited to attend these meetings. The next meeting will be on November 6th at 10 a.m. Personal and Locals. Miss Bessie Campbell, who has been teaching at Wake Forest, spent Saturday and Sunday here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A. Camp- Mr. King Jackson and Miss Eva Gallion were married Wednesday evening. The ceremony was performed by Rev. B. R. Reed. Mrs. Hilda Hurt, of Shrewsbury, was shopping here Tuesday. Mrs. Planche Tyler, principal of Washington school, is ill this week. Mr. George Haitn and Miss Daisy Coleman were married in marriage at the home of the latter's mother, on Sentz street Monday evening. They will reside in Columbus, Chico. Mr. and Mrs. Watts entertained at dinner Sunday, a few friends at their home on Morris street. Mrs. M. Planche Tyler is ill at her home on Elmwood avenue. Miss Estella James spent the week end in the city. Ermena Edwards is III at the home of her parents on Hansford street. Miss Little Piers spent the weekend at Institute. Miss Miner, of Ironton, O., spent the latter part of last week in the city. While here she was the guest William Helmes. Miss Gertrude Ewing, of Washingtonton, D. C., arrived in the city Tuesday to take charge of the department of domestic science in the city schools. Missella Davis is visiting relatives in Virginia. Little Helen Strother, celebrated her eighth birthday Wednesday at the home of her parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Andrew Strother, on Brailford street. A Halloween party will be given Thursday evening at the home of Miss Sara Taylor on Washington street. Little Sailie Wherle will celebrate her tenth birthday anniversary Monday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wherle, on Washington Court. Tyler E. Hill, business manager of the M-Dowell Times, spent yesterday here enroute to Hinton on political business. Rev. L. V. Bryant, of Huntington, will speak at the Court House tonight in the interest of the Republican state ticket. Attorney J. W. Chappelle is booked to speak for the Progressive early at Raymond City tonight, and at St. Albans Friday night. Mark a cross in the circle under the picture of Theodore Roosevelt. C. E. Mitchell, head of the commercial department of the West Virginia Colored Institute, has been assisting the state board of control, the past two weeks, in making up its biennial financial report. —Rogers in New York Herald. Dr. B. P. Brownley leaves the end of the week for Washington, D. C. to act as best man in the wedding of a class mate there. Monday evening. Dr. J. B. Brown, who has been coaching the West Virginia Institute foot bal team, will accompany the foot ball team, will accompany the its game Saturday with the Y. M. C. A. there. Name of Pres. Talt Provokes Impalience Bramwell, W. Va., Oct 29, 12 Editor, The Advocate: The Rosevelt Progressive Club, organized here in the spring had a rousing meeting here last night. Although addressed by several prominent men and candidates, Mr. Taf's name was only incidentally mentioned; the crowd having little patience even for that, 95 per cent. of the colored voters will go to Col. Roo-evelt. Dr. H. D. Hadfield was heartily endorsed and the necessity of electing the legislative tickt. The National Republican conventions from 1860 to 1908 that gave the nomination of Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison and McKinley never dreamed of usurping the will of the people by a fraud unparalleled in American history. If the National Committee is to be the Republican party, then the people will forever lose confidence in its future usefulness. Col. Roosevelt did right in refusing to allow he Colorad delegate to inject a figure into the Progressive convention before it was on foot. Again the Southern delegates allowed them elites to be instructed to the disadvantage of the great Northern states in which there is a Republican party. Unfortunately for Republicanism, the National Committee has power in 1916 to repeat the crime of 1912. Several Socialists and Democrats are wearing Bull Moose badges and will vote accordingly. The simple question now for voters to decide, is Wilson preferable or Ree evelt? Tatt has lost. W. A. Holly, M. D. Amphions Celebrate 21st Anniversary Washington's Crack Musical Organization Mark Their Reaching Maturity by Singing Songs Rendered at First Concert. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20.—The Amphion Glee Club, Washington's "crack" musical organization, celebrated its twenty-first anniversary Tuesday night at the Metropolitan A. M. E. church, under the auspice of the Bethel Literary and Historical association. The audience which turned out to greet them was large and representative, and was highly enthusiastic. Prof. J. Henry Lewis, who founded the club in 1891, has continued all these years as director and manager. His story of the career of the organization, with a record of its experience as entertainers for the President of the United States, the cabinet ministers, members of both house of congress, the supreme court and foreign diplomats was interesting to the last degree, and was warmly applauded. The Amphions' selections were admirably gauged to the taste of the audience, and every number was encored. The opening chorus, "Welcome Tonight" was the same song the club rendered at its first concert twenty-one years ago. Another selection, original with the Amphions, was "Will This Ever Perfect Feet Free From Corns and Bunions Dr. A. Reed Cushion Shoe This is the place to get them. We are collecting all the corn and bunions in town—giving in exchange perfect, healthy, normal feet—free with every pair of the famous Dr. A. Reed Cushion Shoes. You simply can't have corn or bunions if you wear Dr. A. Reed Cushion Shoes. They're made to prevent and to do away with corn—and inside of a month, you'll see the wonderful change in your feet. The reason is simply this: In Dr. A. Reed Cushion Shoe—your feet sinks into a soft cushion insole—the pressure of the uppers is released—and there's no friction at all—your corn disappear. But best of all, you'll enjoy walking—for when your foot sinks into the cushion insole—your weight is spread evenly over your foot—and it's like walking on air. Come in and see this famous Dr. A. Reed Cushion Shoe—many styles to choose from at reasonable prices. 1.3.5-CUSHION COMPLEXES 2. HEELS DULLS OF FEET AND TOES 3. CUSHION SUPPORT ARCHES 4. CUSHION FILLS MOLLOW PLACES Exclusive Agency BELL SHOE CO. 708 Kanawha Street OUR Ice Cream Parlor STRANGERS AND TRAVELING PERSONS BEST SODA WATER ONLY 5 CTS. OUR PLANS UP-TO-DATE SERVICE IS OUR ATCH ORD THE PEOPLES' GROCERY CO. WM. H. PARKER, Manager. THE ADVOCATE —Rogers in New York Herald. Give the Colored Race a Show" and it took the house by storm. The nodley of folk-songs, the old familiar "Comrades in Arms" and "Good Night, Beloved" were among these "taking" numbers? Miss Saffie Collins recited in pleasing style "Life's Baseball Game," and Miss Louise Howard rendered a difficult piano solo with finished technique. The introductory remarks of President E. M. Dudley were a masterpiece of polished commemoration, and the congratulatory letter from Mine, E. Azalia Hackley, extolling the work of the Amphions in the musical uplift of the race, evoked hearty approval. It is interesting to note that the Amphion Glee Club is the oldest organization of its kind in America and outranks all rivals in its particular field in quantity and quality of musi Perfect Dr.A. Cushion cal achievements, as the record will show. It has afforded expert training for more than 100 young men and has sent a score of stars to the leading road companies, all of whom have made good. Three of the original Amphibians are still in active service, and the president, Mr. J. H. Washington, has held that position continuously for ten years. The other officers are: Vice president, George H. Jefferson; secretary, George A. Barbour; treasurer, Charles A. Champ; librarian, Harry M. manager and director, J. Harry Lewis. Some of the members are J. A. Walker, H. J. Nelson, I. T. Hardy, R. P. Brown, Horace Nekwith G. N. Hairston, R. F. Plummer, Walter Ellis and C. S. Beale. An enjoyable feature of the evening was the playing of the faniads Azalea Mandolin and Glee Club, the foremost organization of its kind in the east. BETHEL LITERARY OFFERINGS FOR NOVEMBER. President S. M. Dudley announces that the attractions at Bethel Literary Society for November will be: November 12, Howard University Night, with President S. M. Newman as principal speaker, together with the Howard band, orchestra, glee club and choral organization. November 19, Professor Roseoe Conkling Bruce will speak on "The School of Today." On the 26th, will be presented a symposium on "Temperance" with Mrs. Rosetta E. Lawson, Dr. J. I. N. Waring and others as speakers. As president of Bethel, Mr. Dudley is giving eminent satisfaction. NEGRO'S, OPERA BRINGS $30,000. Frankfort, Ind., Oct. 30—John Berry, a Negro who has been employed at the O. K. barber shop here as a porter, has musical talent and a short time back wrote two sacred songs, a confee opera and a short story sending them all to a Chicago company. The company accepted his offerings and ent him a check for $3,000 for the comic opera, 200 each for two sacred songs and $67 for the story. Berry was so delighted that he resigned his position, left for his home at Muncie and will devote his entire time to writing music. GET THE HABIT WEAR Diamond Shoes And Save Money Diamond Shoe Store 215 Capitol Street 5c Three New Pictures 5c THE AIRDOME Comfortable Seats. Plenty of Room. Your Patronage Solicited Each Picture is a First Run. Never Shown in Charleston Before. DRY CLEANING NU WAY SHOE REPAIRING Charleston, W. Va. CROWN AND BRIDGE HOURS: 8:30 A. M. Dr. JAME Denta Office: Room 1, K. of P. Bldg. BROWN AND BRIDGE WORK A SPECIALIST OURS: 8:30 A. M. to 1:30 P. M., 2:00 to 6:00 P. JAMES B. BRO Dental Surgeon 1, K. of P. Bldg. CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK A SPECIALTY HOURS: 8:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M., 2:00 to 6:00 P.M. HENRY T. MDONALD, President. Harper's Ferry, W. a. Foun More than 400 men and women in the state for Colored students. Remarkably healthful. Ample b ING ADDED TO OUR PLANT T 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. 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 S. BERMAN LOAN OFFICE Money Loaned on Jewelry and Clothing 605 Kanawha Street 115 Summers St. A SPECIALTY 2:00 to 6:00 P. M. BROWN eon Home Phone 429 N. C. BRACKETT, Treasurer. B LLEGE W. a. equated here. The oldest school location. Elevation high. FREE NEW BUILDINGS BE- The regular faculty of six- lot include assistants. Dewey System, is one of the GANTED TO THOSE MEM- TO ARE RECOMMENDED TO er is interdenominational in ence is toward Christian liv- ents, Musical Clubs, Bands and industrial, Music. ed matter write to The President. Founded in 1867 Phone 790 READ! Best Bottled in Bond Whiskey Money Can Buy. Whiskies in Wood, None Better Old 88, 10 years old, per gal.....$4.00; per quart.....$1.00; pint 50c; per 1-2 pint.....25c Mellwood, per gal.....3.50; per quart ..... .90; pint 50c; per 1-2 pint.....25c Silver Spring, per gal.....3.00; per quart ..... .75; pint 40c; per 1-2 pint.....20c Old Home, per gal.....3.00; per quart ..... .75; pint 40c; per 1-2 pint.....40c Sherry, per gallon,..... $2.00; per quart ..... 40c; per pint ..... 25c. Port, per gallon ..... 2.00; per quart ..... 40c; per pint ..... 25c. 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This noted diva will be presented by Miss Lula Vere Childers and will be capably supported by the Howard Choral Club and other well-known artists. Mme. Brown will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thompson, 908 S street, northwest. She sings for a loading white church in Philadelphia on the 27th. She has been touring California and is now in New Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand D. Lee, recently married, were "at home" to their host of friends last Friday evening at 923 R street northwest. Miss Ray Farley, a graduate of Normal school No. 2, is substituting in drawing at Armstrong Manual Training school for Mr. W. Staunton Wormley, who is m. Mr. J. C. Cunningham, in a well-tempered letter, protests against the practice here of allowing day teachers in the public schools to teach also at night. He thinks the graduates of the Normal school should be given a chance to work in the night schools, and is of the opinion that when a teacher does his full duty during the day he nor she cannot do justice to any class at night. They say the board is to tackle this subject soon but realize that it is a "live wire." Hampton Institute will try conclusions with the Howard University football team on the 9th, and on Thanksgiving Day will join the boys from Lincoln University. Miss Manie Virginia Gee, of Newport, Ky., sister of Miss Lottie Gee, the vaudeville star, passes through the city this week, en route to New York City to take a special course in Columbia University. Miss Lottie Gee and Miss Effie King, those "Ginger Girls," are to topline next week's big bill at the Howard. Ethlyn and Luke Scott are at the Foraker. Miss Alberta Whitman, after a three weeks' successful engagement here, has gone to New York City. Political Forecast (Continued From Page One.) the senate, and one of the finest tributes ever, paid to a presiding officer was paid to Senator Hatfield by Governor William A. MacCorkle, Democratic leader of the senate. And in the Republican primary this same obnoxious candidate carried forty-eight of the fifty-five counties in the state over two popular oppo- nents. The reason I have for predicting such a large majority for Dr. Hatfield is that he will receive the benefit of a large party vote which will be out at the polls because of the rivalry between Taft and Roosevelt; he will get an unusual vote of confidence from the physicians and surgeons of the state; he will show unusual strength among the Hebrew, Italian and foreign races. There is some question whether or not Hatfield will lead or trail the remainder of the state ticket. I believe it will run closer together, closer than it has for several years. White Hatfield will get a large personal vote as outlined above, he will lose some votes as the candidate for Governor_who has to bear the brunt of the battle. In the congressional contests, I expect the Republicans to have a majority of the congressional delegation. From information that is wafted to me the hardest contest is in the First district, where Congressman John W. Davis is opposed for re-election by George A. Laughlin, Davis had over 3,000 majority before in the old Hubbard district, Laughlin has been making a tariff campaign, and the mill hands in that district at Wheeling, Clarksburg and Weirton are protectionists. They attempted to have Davis vote against the Democratic tariff bills, but he remained with his party. Davis, however, is one of the most brilliant men of the state, and the district is in doubt. In the Second district Attorney-General Wm. G. Conley is seeking the seat now occupied by "Junior" Brown. This was expected to be the hardest fought contest in the state, but Conley has been gaining much strength recently and his meetings during the last week have been the best of the campaign. Conley should poll almost the entire Republican strength of the district; and in this event he will be successful. I believe the First and Second to be the most doubtful. to be the most doubtful. From information and reports from the Third and Fourth districts I expect the Third and Fourth districts to return to the Republican fold by the election of Captain S. B. Avis and Judge Hunter H. Moss. There is no disaffection from either Avis or Moss in their respective districts, and the Republicans and Bull Moosers are giving them loyal support. Senator Howard Sutherland, of Elkins, will be elected congressman-at-large along with the state ticket. The Republicans and Progressives combined have a good opportunity to elect the next state legislature and control a majority of the joint assembly. If the Republican state ticket is elected by the majority I named above, the legislature will be Republican on joint ballot. If the Republican majority on the state ticket is reduced to a much smaller figure, there is grave doubt over the legislature, for Senator C. W. Watson has been paying especial attention to some of the closer districts. However, I do not agree with many that there will be much difference in the voting on the state candidates and the legislative candidates. It has always seemed reasonable to me to believe that if a man's vote could be influenced on a part of the ticket that it could be just as easily influenced on the whole ticket. It does not seem reasonable that a man would sell his vote on the legislative ticket and then have some conscientious scruples about selling his vote on the remainder of the ticket. Why the Negro Should Vote the Progressive Ticket Opposed by the Democratic Party and Abandoned by the Republicans, his Only Hope Politically is in the Progressives. (Issued by Western Colored National Progressive Bureau) Negro and Democratic Party. The Negro cannot afford to vote the Democratic ticket, because the election of the National Democratic Party is so infrequent, that it is impossible for this Party to learn how to manage the National Government in the interest of the people. Because the Democratic Party is undemocratic, in professing to be a party of the people and at the same time excluding millions of citizens, because of color and race, from participating in governmental affairs. Because the Democratic Party is dominated by that faction of Democracy which openly opposes the constitutional rights of colored citizens to take part in public and civic matters. Because, notwithstanding Democracy has a Northern candidate, if he should be elected, he would be controlled by reason of his attempt to take a faction of Democracy, which it had AMERICAN LABOR WILSON FREE TRADE PROTECTION FOREIGN MANUFACTURES LOW WAGES FOREIGN COMPETITION CHEAP LABOR lieves and acts upon the principle that the Negro is entitled to no civil and political rights as other citizens. Because the Democratic presidential candidate, as President of Princeton, was unfriendly to colored students, and as president of the United tSa'e his known unfriendliness would do incalculable harm to colored citizens in their present struggle to regain their to be. Because the record of the Progressive presidential candidate shows him to be the Negro's greatest and truest friend. And finally, because opposed by one party and abandoned by another, the Progressive party presents the greatest opportunity for the Negro to work out his future in common with other citizens. George W. 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Because the Democratic presidential candidate, as President of Princeton, was unfriendly to colored students, and as president of the United tSa, his known unfriendliness would do incalculable harm to colored citizens in their present struggle to regain their lost liberties. Negro and Republican Party. The Negro cannot afford to vote the Republican ticket, because the Republican party has ceased to be a party of the people, and has refused to further champion the cause of liberty and humanity. Because the Republican Party has fallen into the hands of selfish and special interests, represented by the corrupt boss system in a secret alliance with crooked and powerful corporations and trusts, and which by special privilege of government and industrial monopoly amass and accumulate great and illogotten fortunes at the expense of the people. Because the Negro has lost his constitutional rights and his protection to life and property, while the Republican Party abandoned the Negro years ago and has ceased to stand for the manhood rights of colored citizens. Because the Republican Party in its last National Convention refused to repeat its promises to the Negro, which it has been making and breaking for the last thirty odd years, showing that the Negro is thrown out upon his own responsibility to fight out his destiny with his enemies as best he can. Because the Republican Party by action, long ago considered the Negro a burden, and refused to give the colored citizen the protection and recognition, to which his citizenship, numbers, and party fealty entitled him. Because President Taft, the Republican candidate, repudiated Republican principles, openly and officially is hostile to the political rights of colored citizens, and brought the Republican party to a timely death. Housekeep WE PLACE NEW ARRIV FOR TWO NEW HOSI KNIT WEA YOU MEET SHIRTS PILLOW CASES BLANKETS, COMFORTS. Full size pa 1000 Pillow 31 four doll ing will ton DAMASK TOWELS. Some two Heavy Blank Manufacture 60 doz, full 20 doz, large DAMASK TOWELS. SPLENDID OFFERS KNIT WEAR. George W. Ellis, Director A. N. Fields, Publicity Department Negro Waiters (Continued from Page One.) sketch. The Invincible Four, two of whom are blind, put up a high grade musical melange, in which all the voices show up well, and a variety of instruments are skillfully handled. Planche Deas, whose popularity never wanes, closed her third week, going as strongly as of yore. The "cat opera" of the top-liners was a distinct hit. The first of the "Sunday Pops" was largely attended last Sunday afternoon, and the second will be given tomorrow. Elzie Hoffman's concert band will be increased to 47 pieces and the Amphion Glee Club and others will assist. NEGROES ORGANIZE POLITICAL PARTY. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 30. The Colored Progressive party of South Carolina was formerly launched here Wednesday, October 16. About fifty qualified electors were present. Rev. William Howard of Darlington, S. C., was chosen temporary chairman and W. H. Thomas, of Columbia temporary secretary. After prayer by Rev. I. W. Simons, Rev. Howard stated the object of the meeting. He was followed by several others who were enthusiastic in their remarks about the formation of such an organization. A roll of those present was taken. Every person present enrolled his name except three. The platform of the Progressive party as enunciated at Chicago was adopted. The election of officers resulted as follows: W. H. Thomas, Columbia, chairman; J. S. Collins, Eastover, vice chairman; William Howard Darlington, secretary; N. H. Collins, Columbia, treasurer. The district chairmen are J. L. Dart, Charleston, first district; Laban Morgan, Spartanburg, fourth district; J. E. Wilson, Florence, sixth district; N. J. Frederick, Columbia, seventh district. The other district chairman will be appointed later. PERRY HOWARD BULL MOOSE Mississippi Lawyer and Delegate to Progressive Convention Campaigning for Respect pangling for Roosevelt. Perry W. Howard, the far-famed colored lawyer of Jackson, Miss., and Professor Daniel W. Gary, of Mound Bayou, Miss., both delegates to the national Progressive convention in Chicago and excluded because of their being sent by irregular state ROBERTS & AULTZ DEALERS IN Pure Whiskies, Wines, Gins, Brandies, Beer, Gigars & Tobacc LUNCH COUNTER IN CONNECTION Phone 1705 508 Kanawha St. CHARLESTON, W. Va. None better and at quickest figures ONR HEAVY SALES FOR THE EAST TWO DAYS SHOW THE HAVE THE NUMBERS THAT TALK AND PLEASE. EVERYTHING DESIRABLE IN UNDERWEAR. ONE CASE FOR THESE TWO DAYS, WARM HEAVY FLEECED VESTS AND PANTS WHICH WILL DO YOU GOOD. WOOL UNDERWEAR IN ALL WEIGHTS. UNION SUITS WOLL OR COTTON. THE BEST BOYS' UNION SUITS IN THIS CITY FOR 50c. 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The elder Harrison was None better and ONR HEAVY SALES FOR THE HAVE THE NUMBERS THAT EVERYTHING DESIRABLE ONE CASE FOR THESE TWO VESTS AND PANTS WHICH the first mayor to appoint a Negro on the Chicago police force, and the son in following in the footsteps of his father in the matter of giving the race fitting recognition. The new lieutenant is a graduate of Talladega College, Ala., and was made a sorgeant for engaging in a battle with a hand of fire. Hyde Park in which the colored man came out of the shooting bee a hero. He is the first colored police lieutenant in the United States. The promotion was made after a conference participated in a committee, headed by the Rev. A. J. Carey, the Rev. H. E. Stewart, the Rev. H. J. Callis, Thomas Wallace Swann, J. Gary Lucas, Dr. Joseph A. Kelley and Alexander Powers, with City Oil Inspector James O'Dilin published every Thursday by The Advocate Printing and Publishing Co., Inc. J. C. GILMER, Editor. G. L. CUZZENS, Business Manager. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Charleston, W. Va., under Act of Congress of March 30, 1879. Office: Room 11 K. of P. Building. Phone 2185. RATES BY SUBSCRIPTION. By mail, one year. $1.50 By mail, six months. $1.00 By Mail, three months. .50 "WE STAND AT ARMAGEDDON AND WE BATTLE FOR THE LORD." PROGRESSIVE-REPUBLICAN TICKET For President, Theodore Roosevelt, of New York For Vice President, Hilram Johnson, of California. STATE TICKET. For Governor, Dr. H. D. Hatfield. For Secretary of State, Stuart F. Reed. For Supt. of Free Schools, M. P. Shawkey. For Auditor, John S. Dart. For Commissioner of Agriculture, Howard E. Williams. For Attorney General, A. A. Lilly. For State Treasurer, E. L. Long. For Congressman-at-Large, Howard Sutherland. For Judges of Supreme Court, George Poffenbarger, Chas. W. Lynch. CONGRESSIONAL TICKET For Congress, Third District, Samuel B. Avis. For State Senate, 8th District, E. T. England. JUDICIAL TICKET. For Judge of Circuit Court, 10th District, S. C. Burdette. KANWAHA COUNTY TICKET For Sheriff, Bonner H. Hill. For Prosecuting Attorney, Thos. C. Townsend. For County Commissioner, Dr. M. P. Malcolm. For House of Delegates, John Bannister, G. C. Reynolds, Adolph E. Scherr, A. C. Vandine, W. W. Wertz. For Justice of the Peace. C. W. Dering. Marion Gilbrist. For Constable, REWARDING THE FAITHEFUL. Of course, in view of the widespread and well-founded belief that the Taft administration will come to an inglorious end on March 11th next Mr. Phil Waters, standing candidate for the office recently vacated by Mr. Gyrus Field Adams, would not have accepted it at this late date. Still, it does seem that Mr. Taft could have done no less than to have offered it to him. Starting back in the eighties when the youth and fiery eloquence gained him the subrout "boy ortoror" Mr. Waters has been one of the most prominent among the Negroes supporting the Republican party in West Virginia. No assembly of Republicans know that of his ward to statute convention seemed complete till the "boy ortororor" had mounted the rostrum, and the unmitten hushed, had told the exalted strong that the Republican leader would last so long as the unfit moved in the myriad circles and circles again. He has held such offices as finance committee of the has held such offices as manages committee of the Council, clerk of the office of the house of de gates and state senate, librarian of the and house, corporation clerk in the office ran of secretary of state, deputy United poli States marshal, reading clerk of about of all the Republican state conventions imp since that nominating George Wesley have a kin on, official a condor of gubernatorial nominations, sergeant-at-arms the or doorkeeper of the last three Republican national conventions. Now, he i can assistant clerk of the Surprised Court of Apprais of the state and secretary of the advisory committee to the Re publican national committee. With this record of years of service to the party-backed by the endorsement of governors, senators, congressmen, a cardinal, a bishop, Booker T. Washington and hundreds of smaller fry, he shied his hat into the ring when Dr. Furniss sought to be relieved of the Haitian mission. He directed the president's tention to his availability when the deputy register of the treasury was reported to be incurably ill, and his friends felt sure that if none of the "Black Cabine" could be crowbarred loose from their ibbe something new would be created for Phil. But not so. No, not so. The first time anything above a juniorship is to be filled the Grand Old Patty in the person of President Tajt casts its eyes above and beyond the hills of West Virginia over into the swamps of Arkansas and lights on some fellow called Stricland. Porsooth, history does not record that this fellow Strickland ever rendered one tenth of one percent of the service to his party that is checked up to the credit of our fellow citizen. He (Strickland) is not reported to have ever seconded the nomination of a candidate for governor, nor to have been a doorkeeper in a national convention, nor to have made the wel kin ring with the praises of the Republican "pahee." To be perfectly frank, dear reader, "Who is Who" does not contain his name. From the information that comes to this office he is a tonsorial artist, simply this and nothing more. But no thoughtful Negro in West Virginia will find fault with Mr. Taft because he made Mr. Strickland assistant register of the treasury, for Mr. Strickland comes from Arkansas, a state which has never cast a Republican electoral vote since Hector was a pup. Out here in West Virginia we have become accustomed to such treatment. After seeing Mr. Henry Lincoln Johnson, of disfray, chising Georgia, made recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia, and Mr. McKinlay, of the disfgranchise District of Columbia, made Collector of Customs at Georgetown, would it not be presumption on our part to expect to see a Negro from West Virginia, where the Negroes hold the balance of power given recognition, even though that Negro is the secretary of the advisory committee of the Republican national committee? Now, wouldn't it be presumption? Ask Mr. Taft: For the love of Mike don't ask Mr. Waters, who is still wrestling with the self-propounded question "Do it pay?" Does it pay to cling longer to an organization which has proven to be so ungrateful as the Republican party of the nation? THE LAST WORD. Before another issue of The Advocate is published, the momentous question of what party shall Direct the destinies of the nation during the four years beginning March 4th, next, will have been decided. Which will be the successful party, no human beings knows Many there are who protend to know, basing their knowledge upon the results of straw ballots, professions of party leaders and their own nopes. In campaigns of the past such methods of forecasting the final result have not been without weight and they have been found fairly reliable. But the most astute politician secretly confesses now that he is at sea, that the political coition today is without precedent, and that the forecast of the tyro is as likely to prove correct on the morning of the sixth of November as his own. Out of the maze of doubt there looms up a certainty so large that it can not be ignored. That certainty is that Mr. Taft will not be re-elected, as has been firmly believed by every impartial observer since he received the stolen nomination at Chicago, in June, at the hands of the bellost set of political highwaymen that ever disrupted the seri- Since Mr. Taft's chances are practically nil, why vote for him? Those Negroes who say they will support him are bound merely by the fetish of party regularity: they have always voted the Republican ticket and with do so till they die. A nice kettle of fish! It matters not to them that the Republican party of the nation has long since deserted them to the tender mercies of their avowed political enemies to do with as they choose. They have always been Republicans and they expect to be Republicans till they die. A vote for Mr. Taft is half a vote for Mr. Wilson, but they have always been Republicans. and they expect to remain Republicans till they die. Mr. Taft's Negro policy and the acquiescence therelin of his advisers has given a mighty impetus to illy whitism, but they have always been Republicans and expect to remain Republicans till they die. Not one of this reactionary band can give a coherent reason why he clings to the sinking ship of Republicanism. They roll as a sweet morsel under their tongues the saying of Frederick Douglass that the Republican party is the ship all else the sea. At the time these words were spoken they were the gospel truth, but not now, not now. The vessel of which Douglass spoke is now a water-logged derelict every sail in tatters, her bottom full of barnacles and her masts training over her sides. In place of the gallant crew which manned her in the days of Douglass is a band of political pirates who have made Justice walk the plank, and the old hulk is rapidly drifting before the hostile winds of an outraged public conscience toward a timely end. From this heart-breaking picture, look towards the cast where appears upon the horizon another scene—a super dreadnaught, flying at her masthead the Stars and Stripes upon which is inscribed "Progressive Party," manned by a fearless, well trained crew and commanded by the bravest, greatest captain that ever walked a bridge. On its decks is safety. To remain on the old deroilet is sure destruction. In a speech at the crematory, Wednesday night, Mr. Allen DeHonney, who is striving to lead Negro voters with beer as a pair into the trap aid for them by the Democratic party, overdid himself and made an appeal so rank that it would have nauseated his hearers by the odors arising from their surroundings. Truly the crematory, where the garbage of the city is disposed of, was the appropriate place for Mr. DeHonney and his arguments. He minimizes the dangers of disfranchisement under Democratic rule and endorsed the separate coach laws of the southern states, saying that the accommodations provided for the colored people are as good as those for whites and, that being the case, those who objected to them were seekers after social equality, of which he wanted nothing. The Advocate is willing to concede some latitude to Mr. DeHonney, because it knows it must when his Democratic bosses crack their whip he must jump or lose his job. It knows that he has not the moral courage of Joe Kent, street saver, who, when told by the street commissioner that he must vote the Democratic ticket or lose his job, answered "To hell with the job." But it never dreamed that he would think his necessity demanded that he should make statements which he himself knows to be absolutely untrue. He knows, as well as does every other Negro who has traveled out of West Virginia into Virginia or Kentucky, that the accommodations for him on the common carriers are of as good as they are for the whites. The "Jim Crow" car attached to the through trains is the rear half of the baggage car in which about eighteen persons might find seats. Should the number of passengers exceed eighteen, somebody has to stand regardless of the distance to be traveled. The ventilation of the section, for colored is practically nil, and ladies unattended are subject to insults both at the hands of the trainmen and their bestial fellow travellers. Mr. DeHonney this to be true from the testimony of those near and dear to him, yet, for his own personal gain, he preaches a doctrine which in its execution would result in the abagement of the 65,000 of his fellows in West Virginia, the degradation of himself and the bimilliation of his family. If he were an ignorant man, he would be classed as a fool. Being fairly well educated, he can not escape being relegated as a knave. The West Virginia Register "onders why the Colored Boss of the Progressive Party in West Virginia, who lives in Charleston and who edits a paper, and who holds a state office does not want any one to see Governor Dawson except himself." And it tells the person in question, "If you boss the other people you must use good judgment." We are not just willing for you to boss us. Do you understand?" Sure, Mike! Certainly the writer understands that if he is not willing to aid a mendicant in begging money from the head of a political party, as the editor of the Register requested him to do, he is a Boss and the editor of the Register is not "just willing" for him to boss him. That's the easiest thing in the world to understand. FOOL OR KNAVE WE UNDERSTAND Sure, Mike! THE ADVOCATE why the Register is supporting the candidacy of Mr. Jeff. Its editor was present at the Progressive state convention in this city and made himself ridiculous in his attempt to "get in touch"—as he put it—with the leaders of the party to sell his services. Later he returned to the city to make another attempt, which was no more successful than the first. He suspended publication for a few weeks, then he resumed as a full fledged traffite. Oh, yes, we understand, but we are in doubt as to the price. A VOTE FOR THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY. A vote for the Progressive party is a blow at the machine and boss-ridden system that has shamed us for a generation. A vote for the Progressive party is a blow for modifications in the machinery of government which will help the people to control more effectively the acts and agencies of their own government. A vote for the Progressive party is a blow for a definite program of social and industrial justice, reaching the living and working conditions of tolling men and women. A vote for the Progressive party is a blow for the second enfranchisement of the Negro people at the South who have been robbed of the ballot by inimical Democrats aided and abetted by treacherous Republicans. A vote for the Progressive party is a blow for the principles advocated by the greatest human beings on earth- Theodore Roosevelt. While The Advocate has severed its connections with the Republican party, it can not refrain from expressing its regurgitant that Mr. Waters recited such critical treatment in the house of his friends. The office of secretary of the advisory committee to the Republican national committee evidently does not carry with it the privilege of advising President Taft or Chairman Hilles about Negro appointments. Don't be guided by the bugaboo of "regularity." Their "regularity" has caused the Negroes of the southern states to be disfranchised. Phil Waters is not quite so strong for Taft these days. There's a reason. Every Progressive is expected to do his duty next Tuesday. Strickland, Strickland, what did he ever do? EMPLOYER OF NEGRO DRIVER IS PREFERED St. Louis, Mo. October 26.—Unpleasantness arising over the refusal of Misa Loula Long, daughter of a Kangsa City millionaire, to drive in individual competition with a Negro groom at the House Show last night, led Mrs. Julius S. Walsh, Jr., wife of a St. Louis millionaire, and emplorer of the Negro, to announce Saturday that she never would center another horse in a St. Louis show under the auspices of the present management. Mrs. Walsh described Miss Long's action in refusing to give up that the Negro, who is Mrs. Walsh's groom, was injured by jealousy, and that she defied no disposition not to compete with him until he took a blue ribbon from her. G. Laezy Grayford, President of the St. Louis Horse Show Society, said he could not prevent the Negro from driving Mrs. Walsh's horses. "I told him to stay out of the ring, though, when he was not driving," said Crawford. "I told him I did not want him to hang around where gentlemen were." The Negro was hissed roundly by the audience while Miss Long was applauded. When the fourth event on the horse show program this afternoon was called, Miss Loula Long drove into the arena behind her horse Revolution. As soon as, Miss Long was in the ring the crowd watched for Maid of Honor, Mrs. Walsh's entry, to see if she would carry out her announcement to have her Negro driven handle the reins for the remainder of the show. When Maid of Honor came in there was more applause, for she was driven by Julius I. Walsh, Jr., and not by the negro. Walsh, Jr., add not by the Negro.ion, driven by Miss Long. Second prize was won by the Governor, owned by the Bushnell Stock Farm, of Springfield, Ohio. Tuskegee Institute Items of Interest The fall meeting of the ministers' Union of Mason and adjacent counties was held in the chapel of Phelps Hall last week. Dean A. F. Owens, of the Phelps Hall Bible school presided. Dr. Washington, accompanied by Secretary Scott and Steinhopgrapher Hunt, attended the recent Black Bolt Belt association at Dumboapolis, Ala. The principal delivered a speech full of encouragement to the colored farmers there, and his words will prove very helpful toward bringing about a more cordial relation between the races in that vicinity. The dates of the celebrated Macon County Fair are from October 29 to November 2. It is the largest county fair in Alabama and the attendance is rivalling that of the state fair hold not long ago at Montgomery. The Negro exhibit is a distinctive feature of the fair and is being highly complimented by all. G. J. Calloway was chairman of the executive committee in charge of the Negro exhibit, and was able assisted by W. A. Tate, A. J. Wilporn, C. W. Greene, G. R. Bridgeforth and T. M. Campbell. Sub-committees arranged the various departments in effective fashion. At the chapel meeting Sunday night, Dr. Washington dwelt at length upon the value of keeping things about the household, church and school in good repair. "No properly educated man on woman can be happy," he said, "in a home where the door-knobs are loose or entirely off, where the gate is minus a hinge, or where great patches of plaster have fallen away from their places. He stated that, in many instances, the high rents charged colored people in cities and towns was due to the fact that we do not keep the houses in good repair; aence, must pay extra for the neglect that makes for financial loss to the owner. Professor George W. Carver has issued another bulletin on "Chicken Raising in Macon County." The bulletin is very comprehensive and will be found of much value to anyone desiring information on how to raise, care for and market poultry. It is well illustrated and bound, the work having been done at the Institute printing office. Copies will be sent free to anyone upon receipt of two cents to cover cost of wrapping and mailing. Principal Washington has just concluded a very successful eight-day tour of the state of Michigan, touching all of the principal cities of the lower peninsular. The purpose of the campaign was to awaken wherever possible, a wider and more intelligent interest in the work that this school and others like it are doing for the education and upbuilding of the Negro race. Many rew friends were added to Tuskegee's long list by reason of this timely journey through Michigan. Charles H. Feining has been in the North for several weeks, doing excellent work for the school. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Boyd have been visiting the school. Mr. Boyd was formerly a student here, and has since had charge of the printing department of the North Louisiana Agricultural and Industrial Institute at Grambling, where he was also postmaster. He has accepted work for the present year as instructor in printing at the Voorhees Industrial School, Denmark, S. C. The Tuskegee Woman's Club hold a lollification meeting a few nights ago to celebrate the honor bestowed upon their president, Mrs. Booker T. Washington, in being made president of the National Federation of Woman's Clubs. The chair was an entire surprise to Mrs. Washington, and was arranged quietly as a regular meeting of the club, to lull any suspicion that anything was to be done. Led by the Tuskegee Band, under the direction of Capt. N. Clark Smith over one hundred friends and members of the Woman's Club marched into the overdue meeting, completely astounding Mrs. Washington. College yells and the band playing "Hail to the Chief" combined to make the wekin-ring, and the feast was on. Musical selections were contributed by Miss Uhlma Moore, Mrs. Edna S. Landers and Miss Alice Simmons. Congratulatory remarks were made by Mrs. E. J. Scott, Mrs. H. E. Thomas, Mrs. J. H. Whittaker, Mrs. T. J. Ferguson, Mrs. D. A. Williston, Mrs. C. H. Gibson, Mrs. J. R. E. Lee, Mrs. J. H. Washington, Mrs. D. W. Woodard and, Mrs. J. B. Ramsey. Echoes from the Hampton meeting" were given by Mrs. Vivian, Mrs. Warren Logan and Miss Ernestine Shurez. Mrs. Washington responding at the close of the speech-making, expressed her gratitude to her loyal women for the wholly unexpected demonstration on their part, showing their pleasure in the honor that had come to her. She hoped to make the coming year the red letter year in the history of both the National Association and of the Tuskegee Woman's Club, bespeaking for herself the cordial cooperation of each. Captain Edward L. Snyder, for several years steward at the Institute, has resigned, to go into business at Birmingham. In accepting his resignation, Principal Washington sought to express the thanks of the school for the valuable services he has rendered and als regrrets because of his giving up the work. Mr. James Barrett, who visited the school at the commencement time last May, has an interesting and appreciative account of the work of Tuakoege Institute in a recent issue of the Molbohrne (Australia) Argus. TAD "It takes more than that to kill a bull moose."—Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's now famous comment after discovering that he had been shot. —Tad in New York Evening Journal. THE WEATHER MAN BY JOHN McCUTCHEON The Chicago dalles gave much space to an account of the 72-pound watermelon raised at Tuskegee by Mr. J. H. Washington, publishing a large cut of Mr. Washington and the immense melon. Principal Washington's annual report is attracting national attention, and is being commented upon by the press everywhere. The possibilities and needs of the school are set forth in a highly luminous fashion, and the pamphlet can be read to advantage by every friend of Negro education in the land. The Survey, of New York City, in the course of a complimentary article on Tuskegee Institute, says: "Since the founding of the school, an average of two years of training has Teen AS GAME AS THE "It takes more than that to kill a bird's now famous comment after discovery." THE WEATHER B JOHN McC Once there was a man of Great Atmospheric Displacement who had been quite a disappointment as a Public Official. He had been elected to carry out certain Policies which the people strongly approved, but when he got safely in office he carried them out as a shutter. The people who had elected him felt that they had been deceived and so they grimly waited for a chance to show their disapproval. Whenever the chance came they showed it in unmistakable terms. Landslide after landslide fell upon him but he didn't seem to take the Hint. Whenever he asked the people if they wanted him to run again the people arose and in a thunderous voice said "No." Notwithstanding these symptoms, he buried his pride and determined to run whether the people wanted him to or not. Certain powerful Poli- The Line. A girl makes this distinction between white lies and fibs: She tells fibs to her chum and white lies to her beau. --- Not Enough. Virtue is its own reward, we are old, but most people think it should offer greater inducements.—Puck. MAN OF HIS WORD No man will dispute that Dr. Hatfield is a man of his word. A man's word is worth as much as his personal character is strong and upright. Dr. Hatfield has promised the people of West Virginia to do many things that they very anxiously desire to see done, and to bring about many reforms, which public sentiment demands. Don't you think he will make good his word? Of course you do, you know that Dr. Hatfield is strictly a man of his word. His strongest political foes will tell you this. Ana Mendela (2015) The MacCorkle-Chilton combination was the cause of the Democratic party being ousted from power in this state sixteen years ago, and being kept out of power all that time. But here it is again—the same old firm with a new partner in the person of Clarence W. Watson trying to get hold of the state government in the name of the corporations they represent. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1915 given to approximately 9,000 persons whose average earnings have been $700 per year. Estimating that the average length of time these 9,000 students have been out is fourteen years, their aggregate earnings may be safely placed at $88,200,000. If these individuals had not received industrial training, they would have earned during the fourteen years only $12,600,000—a difference of the right side of the ledger of $75,600,000 by reason of the industrial equipment they had acquired." Comment is unnecessary. The Children's House opened September 30 with an enrollment of nearly one hundred, but many have come in since, bringing the number far above that of last year. HEY MAKE 'EM! bull moose."—Colonel Theodore Roose- ering that he had been shot. —Tad in New York Evening Journal. THER MAN BY CUTCHEON ticians who had benefited by the failure to carry out his ante-election plodges, succeeded in nominating him after one of the coarsest pieces of political malapulation ever known. The will of the people was ignored with lordly contempt. Having been nominated, it then became necessary to frame up some reason why people should vote for him. So he went to the people and pointed to the record-breaking corn and wheat crops which filled the land with prosperity. "Look there," quoth she. "See all this prosperity. Now you ought to know who to vote for." "But he isn't running," answered the People, with a broad grin. "Who isn't running?" exclaimed the Candida te. the Candida te. "Why the man who is responsible for this prosperity—the Weather Man, of course." Help and Be Happy. Happiness is not a task. It is not even an occupation. It is a quality of life. Happiness depends on helpfulness. That's the reason joy is social. Helpfulness keeps happiness because it adds to the area of affection. People are not happy when they seek after happiness. They become steeped in happiness when they undertake to promote the joy of others.—Walter Williams. Got Back at the Judge A celebrated engineer, being examined at a trial where both the judge and counsel tried in vain to browbeat him, made use in his evidence of the expression, "the creative power of a mechanic," on which the judge rather tartly asked him what he meant by "the creative power of a mechanic." "Why, my lord," said the engineer, "I mean that power which enables a man to convert a goat's tall into a judge's wig." --- World's Biggest Book Store. A placard has been put up within the last day or two in Charing Cross road, where there are many old book-stores, saying that one or more is about to be opened with a stock of 1,000,000 volumes. This leads a London newspaper to state that the biggest book store in the world is the Melbourne Book Arcade, which has never less than a couple of million volumes in view.—New York Sun. Good Work of Dental Surgeries. There are thirty dental surgeries for school children in Sweden. Great benefit has been derived from them, the children showing marked improvement. A Missouri Purist. "I read a piece in the paper the other day," says Noah Count of Chiggerite, "where they referred to the 'remains' of a man who was blown up by dynasties. Wouldn't 'remnants' have been a little more exact?" OFFERS THREE LITERARY COURSES ENGLISH, ACADEMIC, NORMAL ```markdown ``` THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1912. The WEST VIEW OFFERS THE ENGLISH, Various Industrial CATALOGUE FRE BYR THE POOR BY JOHN McC Once there was a Poor Workman who was very popular just Before election and totally ignored After the election. Every two years the Crafty Politicians would look him up, shower him with Oral offerings and dazzle him with golden promises. So he would finally give in and vote as they wished and then wait hopefully for the fulfillment of their pledges. Somehow or other the pledges, got sidetracked and he heard no more of them until just Before the next election, when the Crafty Politicians would come, smiling and bowing, to see him again. "Unforeseen circumstances have delayed our splendid struggles in behalf of your welfare," they explained, "but this time if you vote for us we will speedily do many things to further your happiness and prosperity." The Workingman was pretty much discouraged, but he was a hopeful man and in the end he again voted as they wished. And again he waited long and hopefully W. H. BIRCH Dealer in New and Second Hand FURNITURE 617 Kanawha St. Phone No. 852 FOR RENT--Four room cottage with gas. Large lot, 100 x 200 ft., adapted to raising chickens and hogs. Rent reasonable. See T. G. Nutter, 6041/2 Kanawha Street. Phone 2405 For prompt and Courteous Service to Passengers and safe delivery of bag gage--Call Taxi Cab Co. DAY OR NIGHT 211 Hale St. Phone 84 JOHN M. CAMP8ELL but without result. By this time he was getting on to the Politicians and the emptiness of their golden promises. He had been stung in forty-seven places, and it was beginning to dawn upon him that all the politicians, both of one party and the other, were working him to the queen's taste. About this time there came into the political arena a Vigorous Young Man who adopted the revolutionary policy of taking his ante-election pleagues seriously. He realized how valuable an assesst to himself would be a reputation for the faithful performance of his duty, and in consequence he deservedly earned the confidence and trust of the people. The Old Politicians were in a rage at his methods. He was ruining the game for them and they banded together to head him off. By every crafty device known to pomes they conspired to sidetrack him, but this opposition only proved an asset to their vigorous enemy. The more they showed their hostility the more loyal became the millions of voters who had grown to trust and believe in the integrity of their champion. They elected him from one office to another, and as fast as he made good he was raised to a higher one, until at last he gained the top. The politicians in despair waved red flags of warning and foamed in rage as they saw what a firm place the new ruler had won in the hearts of the people. In the meantime, the saty executive put into effect great laws in the interest of the Poor Workman and for the first time in many years the latter saw that he had a friend who was not forgetting him the day after election. When the ruler's term was over, his popularity was boundless. Only the Old Politicians and the Vampire class that had tattered on the Poor Workman were against him. He had licked the Plunderband to a frazzle and it was down for the count for the first time in a generation. He had them going, and when his term ended they were hanging over the ropes gasping for breath and ever and anon yelling for help. "This is the kind of a President I like," said the Poor Workman. "He is not afraid to tackle the biggest of the Big Fellows who have held the Law in such lordly contempt. He has given us little felows the first chance we've had for years and I for one wish he would stay and finish the job he has so well start ed." But the Vigorous Ruler refused to run again and turned the job over to a subordinate who promised to continue the good wrk. Alas for the Poor Workman! The New Man lacked the punch and in an amazingly short time the Old Politicians and the Vampires got their second wind and soon were as strong as ever. They regained all their lost ground and whenever they thought of the late ruler they gnashed their teeth in anger. The Poor Workman was sore, for he was the one who suffered most. "I wish my old friend was back on the job," he sighed. Finally the ex-ruler returned and a tremendous demand of the people induced him to run again. Wherever the people had a chance to express their belief and confidence in him he received enormous votes. They had not forgotten that he was the friend of the great mass of the people and that he was hated with the most bitter hatred by those whom he had so long regarded as enemies to the common good. Once more the Old Politicians came to him and sought to get his vote. Don't vote for this dangerous person," they shouted. "He's not your friend. He's trying to destroy the government. He's the tool of the Vampires who have been robbing you all these years." The Poor Workman smiled broadly. "Don't vote for him," fumed the Politicians. "He's really your enemy. Vote for either of the other Candidates, but don't vote for this dangerous man." The Poor Workman laughed audibly. "So you really think he's dangerous?" he asked of the Politicians. "Sure," exclaimed the Politicians and the Vampires in one breath. "He's a most dangerous person, and if anybody knows, we surely ought to. Don't vote for him; for you can't tell what such a man will do if he gets in power." The Poor Workman roared derisively. "I know what he did when he was in power," he said. "He was the best friend I ever had in the White House, and if you think I've forgotten that in three short years you're terribly mistaken. He made the kind of a President I like and if I were in doubt, the mere fact that all of you fellows are so bitterly against him would make me support him." Moral: The Poor Workman's memory is longer than it used to be. Voluntarily Gives Up Assistant Registry to take Charge of Republican Publicity fight Among the Negro People. Washington, D. C., Oct. 29 Cyrus Field Adams, for fourteen years assistant register of the treasury, has resigned. He is to be succeeded by Dr. J. L. Strickland, of Little Rock, Ark., who comes to the post recommended in the highest terms by Gen. Powell Clayton, Arkansas' member of the Republican national committee, and by such stalwarts as John E. Bush, Dr. E. C. Morris, Rev. J. A. Booker, Scipio A. Jones and others. He is said to have put in some herculean blows for President Taft in the pre-convention battle. The resignation of Mr. Adams came as a total surprise to the country, although the close friends of the popular official had been quietly advised for several weeks of his contemplated action. The departure of Mr. Adams is entirely voluntary, retiring by virtue of an arrangement all his own. It is understood that he is to be "taken care of" in satisfactory style by the administration, which is duly grateful to him for exceptionally able services, both before and since the nomination of the President at Chicago. It is common knowledge that Mr. Adams has borne the brunt of the Literary end of the campaign among the colored, people for many months, and he has spent over $500 of his own means to promote the interests of the Republican party. His comprehensive campaign book, a model of its kind, together with his nation-wide contributions to the press, have been There are a great many distinct features in the clothes we sell. We would like to point these out to you. Won't you give us a chance? HEAD TO FOOT OUTFITTEFS. COPYRIGHT ADLER ROCHESTER. There are a great clothes we sell. Won't you. Won't you FRANK HEAD TO FOOT OUT a tower of strength in placing the President's notable achievements clear, before our people throughout the land, counteracting the grievous representation of an aggressive opposition. The campaign boo, which has served as a text for the editors and speakers during the campaign, so impressed the national committee that it is now in its fourth edition, over two hundred thousand having been put in circulation. Mr. Adams has gone to New York to confer with Chairman Hilles, after which he will enter the field to widen up in a number of the pivotal states the work that has been so effectively carried on by the Heutenants placed on guard by the national chairman and the local authorities. The campaign, with Mr. Adams, at the helm, will close in a blaze of glory. Mr. Adams, in addition to being a newspaper man of long experience is a faithful exponent of the best intelligence and executive genius of the Negro race, and as assistant register has reflected great credit upon our people everywhere. He is a native of Kentucky, a son of Illinois, by adoption, and has made a host of friends among both races while a sojourner in Washington. Throughout his country he is known as a clean-trained, high-minded and exemplary Christian gentleman. His passing out of the life of the nation's capital occasions deep regret, but he will continue to be heard from, however, for the racial uplift in any field to which he may be assigned. Linger Long In Service. Vital statistics ascribe short lives to printers, on the average, but the report of the public printer states that there are employed at present in the government office at Washington 250 persons over sixty-five years of age. The saying that among the government, employs, "few die and none resign," ems the only explanation." - Tears and Their Cause. Tears have no more to do with sorrow than with any other emotion, and their persuasive powers should be nil. Weeping is merely the dregs of a used-up emotion of any character whatever. Children cry even more easily than women, because their nervous system is less stable; men cry less because theirs is more developed and in better control. Home of Cinnamon. Cinnamon is a species of laurel that thrives in Ceylon. Mending Chains. To tighten joints in a chair when gluing the rungs in place, put a double rope about them and wind up the rope with a stick as tightly as possible, catching the stick under a rung to hold there until the glue has For young men and for those that wish to stay young you must see the elegant line of the foremost ready-to-wear clothing makers in this country that are on display at our store. There's a strong psychology of suggestion in the clothes a man puts on---dress young and you'll feel that way. Our Motto: MEASURED SUN'S HEAT. Observations In Algeria and California Expected to Prove Variability. Expected to prove variability. Director Abbot of the Smithsonian astrophysical observatory has just returned from a five months' astronomical expedition to Bassour, Algeria. The object of the expedition was to confirm or disprove the supposed variability of the sun's heat. The observatory has been for seven years making observations on Mount Wilson, in California, on the daily quantity of heat received from the sun. These have indicated that the sun is probably a variable star having a range of variation amounting to from 5 to 10 per cent within an irregular interval of from five to ten days. Last year Mr. Abbot made observations in Algeria, while his colleague, Mr. Aldrich, worked at Mount Wilson, in California. The object of thus duplicating the measurements was to avoid being misled by any local atmospheric conditions which might have affected Mount Wilson observations. The observations made by the Smithsonian party in Algeria this year were apparently very satisfactory. They occupied sixty-four days, and on more than fifty of these days Mr. Fowle made similar observations on Mount Wilson, in California. It can hardly be doubted that the results of the work of 1911 and 1912 will thoroughly establish the supposed variability of the sun or will show conclusively that this hypothesis can no longer be held. HIGH EDUCATION, FEW BABIES Bryn Mawr Statistics Show Race Suicide Tendency. The authorities at Bryn Mawr recently completed a statistical table as a result of answers received from graduates who took the degree of bachelor of arts and later married, which tends to show that the higher education of women leads to race suicide. The statistics include all married graduates up until Jan. 1, 1911, and take in the classes from 1800 to 1910, inclusive. In the twenty-one years 200 of the graduates taking the bachelor of arts degree married, and of the 301 who answered 122 had children. But the remarkable part of the report is that which shows the decrease in the average number of children to the family. The high point was reached in 1898, when the children averaged four to the family of graduates. From this fair average the percentage has dropped with increasing rapidness until 1910, when it averages but one child to every three families. In twenty-one years the graduates of the exclusive Bryn Mawr have been the mothers of 444 children, of which 228 were boys and 216 girls. The high water mark was reached by the class of 1904, with fifty-seven children. Dutch in Russian Flag. Peter the Great made the Russian flag. He liked the Dutch so much that he just turned their colors round. 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They say that the manufacture, sale and keeping for sale of cider will in no manner be affected in the event the proposed prohibition amendment is ratified. Both of these statements: are wilful misrepfe¥éntations of what the prohibition amendment ‘means. LOR . The Amendment is As Follows: \ ; & Ny THE MANUFAGTURE, SALE AND KEEPING “S.FOR SALE OF MALT, VINOUS OR SPIRITOUS JUORS, WINE, ALE, PORTER, BEER OR ANY IN’ CATING DRINK, MIXTURE OR PREPA. RATION OF LIKE NATURE, except as hereinafter provided aye hereby prohibited in this state. The exception Bbpve mentioned applies only to liquors for medicinal, pharmaceutienly mechanical, sacramental, and scien- tific purposes, and these for the purposes stated cannot be man. ufactured, sold nor kept for sale except under such regulations as the legislature may prescribe. It is plain to be seen that if the proposed prohibition amend. ment should be ratified November 5, the manufacture, sale and keping for sale of all alcoholic beverages, ‘‘or any intoxicating drink, mixture or preparation of like nature,’’ will be prohibited in this state.. Any person who says this is not or will not be, wilfully and maliciously misstates the facts... ......... 0... ... The truth is, that every person, firm or corporation whether brewer, wholesaler or retailer doing business in this state will, if the prohibition amendment is ratified, be put out of business; their plants-will-be destroyed; their army of employees thrown out of jobs, and thousands of dollars in revenue now collected trom. them by the state will be lost. The Cider Maker Will Also Get Bumped The proposed prohibition amendment prohibits the manufac- ture, sale and keeping for sale of ‘“‘ANY INTOXICATING DRINK."’ Cider is an intoxicating drink. It contaitis‘tiiore than twice the percentage of alcohol that beer does. Se N ~S ‘ + A : 4 BOE VE ORT pine mote What Is Cider? SS SSS SPSS SSS sara WeC..T. U. PLEDG: I hereby solemnly promise, God helping me, to abstain from all distilled, fermented, and malt liquors, including wine, beer and cider, as a beverage, and to employ all Prope? means to discourage the use of any traffic in the samett {4 0 : > This is' the solemn pledge assented to by every member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and shows the opinion of that organization on the subject of sider. Every law text book and many of the decisions of various State Supreme Courts on the subjects cite the decision of the United States Circuit Court in the case of Eureka Vinegar Co. vs. Gazette Printing Co., in which the court defines cider as follows: CIDER IS AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OB. TAINED BY THE FERMENTATION OF THE JUICE OF APPLES AND CANNOT BE LAW. FULLY SOLD IN A STATE WHOSE STATUTES en PROHIBIT THE SALE OF ALCOHOL OR ANY SPIRITOUS, ARDENT, VINOUS, MALT OR FER. MENTED LIQUORS. ~ In the case of the People vs. Kinney, 124 Mich. Reports, page 487, the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the, dower. gourt in the conviction of Matthew Kinney for violating the prohibition Jaw by selling cider. In this case the testimony showed that the cider was made September 28, 1899, and that on October 5 ,a gallon of it was sold for use in making mince pies.. The cider was then seven days old. What Are You Going to Do About : ~~This-On- November —5,° Mr. West Virginian? Are you going to allow the Anti-Saloon League forces to tell you that you cannot make, sell or keep for sale the juice of the apples from apples grown in your own orchards?. This is what Wee ie es ee gree ee ee ee Vote Against the Prohibition Amendment By Marking Your Ballot in the Following Manner: | For Ratification of the Prohibition Amendment | ene X |Against Ratification of the Prohibition Amendment. pty, ae Os, . i a + e a os fe Cae ig a tg wr