The Afro-American

THE AFFAIR AMERICAN LEDGER. VOL. XVIII. NO. 21. ARE WORKING FOR FREEDMEN DEPOSITORS EX-REGISTER LYONS TRY TO INTEREST CONGRESS-MEN IN PASSING LAW TO REFUND MONEY. Prominent Bankers Think The Depositors Who Lost Money In Ill-Fated Bank Should Be Paid From United States Treasury—Government Printers Looking Out For Other Jobs—Work In Big Government Print Shop Is Too "Sometimey" For Family Man. Washington Bureau of The Afro-American Ledger, 1918 Eleventh Street, N. W. Washington, January 4—A strong effort is being made by the leading men of both races to have Congress pass at this session the bill providing f or the payment of the 38 per cent dividend still due the depositors of the ill-fated Freedmen's Bank, President Taft, in his recent message, recognized the justice of the claim and recommended that the over due money be appropriated by Congress for the relief of the hundreds of col- JUDSON W. LYONS ored people who put their faith in the quasi-government institution. Former Register Judson Lyons, who is now practicing law in Augusta, Ga. is interesting himself deeply in this matter, and while here on other business, has been spending some time among the members of Congress and urging them to see that the measure becomes a law. He is giving his services to the cause without hope of reward, but as a personal favor to those who are unable to help themselves to get that which is rightfully theirs. A few days ago, Mr. Lyons had an interview with the President, and has had assurances from prominent bankers that there is merit in the claim set up by the men and women who ask reimbursement through the U. S. Treasury. Mr. W. T. Menard, for many years connected with the Government Printing Office, has been assigned to a comfortable birth in the Senate Office Building. Mr. W. E. Cobb, also a former attache of the Government printery, has gone to the office of the Chief Engineer of the War Department. Several first-class colored printers have sought transfers from the government shop as the system of furiousness has worked hardships upon men of families, of whom have been employed scarcely half of the time. The unsympathetic attitude of the trades union is not encouraging to the colored printers remaining in the service, as they can not be employed in any of the local offices if separat d from the government. The pay in the other departments is not so large as in the printing office, but it is steady, and sure, and is preferred by many to the uncertain wages now offered at their old stand. Hon. W. L. Houston, Grand Master of the. G. U. O., of 'Odd Fellow' is spending the week here with his fam ily. Mr. Houston, who is now located in Chicago, will also attend the meeting of the Sib Committee of Manage ment in Philadelphia 'while' in 'the East' BALTIMORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1910. D. PROF. GEORGE W. CLARK STILL WORKING FOR HOWARD GYMNASIUM MEMBERS OF ALUMNI BEING URGED TO HELP RAISE THE Bureau of the AFRO-AMERICAN LENGER. 1348 Wallach Place N. W. Washington, Jan. 5—President Kelly Miller and Secretary Robert A. Pelham are vigorously pushing the canvass of the Howard University Alumni for funds with which to erect the gymnasium for the University. They have had encouraging success so far and it is expected that the corner-stone of the building will be laid as a part of the commencement exercises next June. The recent discussion of the "folksong" at Howard University has added to their popularity and given opportunity for additional demonstration of the affection in which President Thirkild is held by the faculty and student body of the school. The people and the press have both upheld the attitude of Dr. Thirkild—that the classics should be given their full share of attention, but the "folksong," revered by our mothers and fathers, must not be denied its place in the scheme of musical instruction Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Clifford have returned from their home in Cleveland, where they went to attend the funeral of Mr. Clifford's mother, Mrs. E. A. Clifford, who died December 26 at the advanced age of 71 years. Prof. Arthur U. Craig, of the M. street High School, is taking a special course at the Catholic University, at the conclusion of which he will be entitled to the deference of Ph. D., and honor that has been attained by only a limited number of colored men in this country. Prof. Craig has taught of the Sunday School in the Temple Memorial Congregational Church, a active ministry of the movements looking to the uplift of the race. The Principal Of Laurel Institute To Marry A Young Lady Prominent In South Carolina Society (Special to the Afto-American Ledger.) Laurel, M., Jan. 5.—Prof. George W. Clark, principal of the Laurel Institute, located near here has gone to Camden, S. C., to take himself a bride. The bride's name is Mary Belle Washington, and is a well known school teacher. Prof. Clarke will bring his bride home with him. Special to the AFRO-AMERICAN LEDGER Washington; Jan. 5.—At a recent memorial meeting in honor of the late Col Perry H. Carson, a subscription to the amount of $100 were received for the purpose of erecting a monument to his memory. Rev W. Bishop Johnson, pastor of the Second Baptist church, has the matter in charge, and is of the opinion that no difficulty, if any, briended in the amount needed, can suitably, a suitable shaft over the grave of the deceased leader. MR. JOHN DANGERFIELD A PIONEER CITIZEN ANSWERS THE LAST SUMMONS. Was Prominent In Church And Social Work And One Of The Leading Barbers Of The Sea-Side City—Gives A Champagne Supper—Appointed One Of The City's Poor Physician—Atlantic City's Patriarchie Will Give A Grand Reception On January 15th—Personal Notes. (Sponsored to the University of Atlantic City, Jan. 6.—Mr. James L. Dangerfield, a pioneer citizen of this place died Tuesday last. The deceased came to Atlantic City in 1877, and for a number of years conducted a barber shop at Indiana and Atlantic avenue, in which is known now as the Bruns- wick buffet and ten pin alley. Mr. Dangerfield was prominent in church and society circles, also a member of the National Guards of Philadelphia, a Mason, Pythian and a member of Zion A. M. E. Church. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Bolton of Lex- ington avenue, gave a champagne sup- er in honor of Mrs. and Mrs. Stokes, of Newport News, Monday evening, Dec 27th. Among the invited guests were Mrs. Clarence Wilson and Mr. Jas. Cooper. Dr. O. S. G. Johnson, one of Baltimore's leading dentist is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McGuinn. This is the doctor's first visit at this season of the year. He was much surprised at our mild climate. Dr. Morris was appointed one of the city's poor physician on New Year's day. Mrs. Julia Morris, of Red Bank, Miss Annie Howe, of Long Branch, sisters of the late Mr. W. Vanderver, left Monday for their respective homes. Atlantic City Patriarchie, No. 76. U. O. of Odd Fellows, held its first meeting in the new year Monday last. The full dress inspection and New Year's reception will be held in Odd Fellows' Hall, Monday evening, Jan. 17th. The record for out-of-town guests spending the holidays in Atlantic City, was on last week. The Royal Palm and Rudolph alone entertain over one thousand, and the other houses were well filled. Proprietor White of the Marlborough-Blenheim gave each of his employees a five dollar gold piece as a Christmas gift. Mrs. Addie Pool, proprietress of the Famous Pool Villa spent New Year's day in Philadelphia. Sunday Services Well Attended Death Of A Well-Known Citi- (Special to the Afro-American Ledger.) Chestertown, Md., Jan. 6. -Sunday was communion day in Bethel A. M. E. and James M. E. both churches were well attended. Mr. Amos Blake, Miss Kate Thompson and Miss Irene. Stricklin of Dover State College, spent the holidays with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Comegys Brown, of Wilmington, Del., visited base during the holidays. Miss Mattie Robinson of Wilmington, spent the holidays with her parents Mr. Isaac Smith, Jr. a well known and highly respected citizen of this town died last Friday morning after a very short illness. He was buried on Sunday from James M. E. church. A wife, mother, father and sisters, number of other relatives mourn their loss. from Bethel church Tuesday. Alverta, the 15 year old-child of Mr. Samuel Cain, died Monday morning of appendicitis. Mr. Albert Wright has opened a music school on Prospect street, and is prepared to teach any one that comes. Mr. Robert Blake died Tuesday M. TUSKEGEE NEGRO CONFERENCE Puskegee, Ala., Jan. 6-The nineteenth annual session of the Tuskegee Negro Conference will be held here Wednesday, January 19th. The Workers' Conference, composed mainly of teachers and others interested in the moral, educational and civic uplift of the Negro people will be hold on the following day, Thursday, January 20th. The conference is being held earlier this year than formerly those having charge of the same believing that it should have to它 hold at an earlier period. The committee having in charge the preparation of the programs for both sessions has recommended the following for the the Tuskegee Negro Conference: That the several subject for discussion be land owning. The following sub-topics are recommended: 1. The story of how I bought a farm. 2. Organized efforts in securing a farm. 3. Women's part in home getting For the Worker's Conference the the following subjects and sub-topics are suggested: Subject: "How can the schools aid in increasing the productive efficiency of the people? The sub-topics are: 1. What can the rural schools do to increased the efficiency of the people. 2. What can the city and town public schools do? 3. What can colleges and universities do? Dr. James H. Dillard, president of the Negro Rural School Fund, will be asked to open the Workers' Conference discussion. POCOMOKE HAPPENINGS Services Well Attended And A Good Collection Were The Features Of Last Sunday. (Spectral to the Atro-American Ledger.) Pocomoke City, Md. Jan. 5—Sunday was Steward's Day at St. John's A. M. E. church. A good collection was taken up. Services were conducted by the pastor, at night as rament conducted by the pastor. A grand concert was, given at Saint John's church on Thursday night of last week by Mr. Nonh Gumby & Company, enjoyable time with all those abl Among the visitors here were Mrs. Smith, of Atlantic City who was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Collins. Miss Katie Pitts, of Ocean City, Md., was the guest of Miss Addie Gray. Mrs Minnie Hall, of Oncancock, Vaccine, the holidays with her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Asbury Marshall. Miss Katie Ogden, spent the holidays with her mother and other relatives. The wedding of Mr. John E. James and Miss Lucilla Schoolfield (took place Tuesday night of last week at the parsonage of Rev. J. D. Banks, who officiated. The best man was Mr. Joseph Butler, and the bridesmaid was Miss Sebia J. Gumby. The happy couple will reside on Laural street. PRICE THREE CENTS. RESOLUTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR FOLLOWING THE CUSTOM OF THE MANY NEW RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED FOR NEW YEAR. Nineteen Hundred and Nine Having Passed Into History We Are Now Face To Face With The New Year-The Future Is Bright And Happy Before You During The Past Year Many Able Men Have Entered Into Their [Long Eternal Rest We Will See Them No More WHITE PEOPLE AFRAIL NEGROES WOULD COME TO THEIR HOMES Fort Worth, Texas.—1909 has passed it brought sunshine and happiness, while to others it brought sorrow and gloom but those of you who are reading this letter today have much to rejoice over. You are still here. You may have some sunshine in your lives. The death angel may have carried away some of your dear ones, and now your future bright and happy is before you. We are now facing 1910. It is here, and is now a few days old, but before I say more, permit me to extend to you all a *Happy New Year*, and wish for you a year of prosperity. All of us are not going to live through this year, and who will be called to leave, I am not prepared to say I may be gone. Time alone can be seen. If you can recall one kind deed performed by you last year, and see if you can add one more to it this year. Have you made any one happy? Have you contributed to the poor and suffering in any way? Did you go to church to hear the preacher? Did you answer the cry of some distressed man or woman and contribute to their relief? I am sitting here now looking at the year dying. I am thinking of those who were here this time one year ago. Strong and healthy, with promising lives. They turned over a new leaf. Started in a new year with many resolutions; and before the year was ended, before they could accomplish all they had laid out, were called home to re-t. They are no more. Their voices we will never hear again in this world. It was to us a year of sadness. Many of our representative men and women have been called from us, but why should we stop to mourn. Big men and women, poor men and women rich men and women must all die. Death was never known to draw the color line, and never will. All must go. DR LYON AND BISHOP SCOTT AT TUSKEGE Conferring With Dr. Washington In Reference To Liberia's Educational Conditions. I have tramped, tramped over this country, and as I count up I find that 73,169 miles have been traveled by me during the year, and all right here in the United States. I have met with no accident, and only been in the patrol wagon once, and it was on account of the ignorance of the future I have tramped a new leaf and have made my resolutions as usual, and I think I will carry them. Out. Would you like to know what they are? I suppose I will have to tell you all about them. Here they are: I am going to tell the truth all the time. for humanity and the race. I am not going to abuse white folks, nor am I going to cross any white mar. I am not going to "cuss" but will pray. I am going to raise the salary of my private secretary, and give her a birthday present. I am going to pay my honest debts if I can get the money to do so. I am going to visit as many schools as possible and see the children get education. I am going to look for something to tell the readers of the Afro-American Ledger. I am going to have a few things to say about Rev. A. L. Murray, who is deserving recognition in the A. M. E. Chavarri. R. C. HOUSTON, JR. NEGRO ENUMERATORS CAUSE SCARE IN SOUTI Washington, January 5—The pointment of Negro census ennitors in the South was discuss. President Taft today by Representatives Bartlett and Hardwick of Georgia, following the announcement, Census Director Durand that Negro enumerators would be so employed President Taft assured his call that as far as he contruled the situation Negro enumerators would attempt to census white people in the South. He explained that it was the belief of the census authorities that it was the lie of the census authorities that Negroes would be more effective in securing data regarding Negroes of white people. The President's assurance satisfactory to the Southern (0) although they expressed the oer that the policy would be a fallow far as the South at large was concerned. They have been informed that where the Negro populat largely predominates census ennitors of both races will be used, on trailing double expense to a large extent. It is admitted by the South ennors that the plan may work in the large cities and in portions of the country densely populated by Negroes. Tuskegee, Jan. 6. - Dr. Ernest Lyon American Minister to Liberia, an Bishop I. B. Scott, who has charged the work of the Methodist Episcopal Church in West Africa, have arrived at Tuskegee Institute, for a-conference upon Liberal education with Dr. Booker T. Washington. It is said that T. bera schools will be helped by wealth Americans, and it is asserted that who Minister Lyon returns to Liberia B. Scott alone which will be used for the education of Liberians. NOTES FROM WILMINGTON Mr. and M. Mrs. Pettijohn The Hosts A Large Family Dinner (Special to Afro-American Leaguer) Wilmington, Del., San 1—Mr. at Mrs. M. J. Pettijohn, of 1111 St. treet, gave a family dinner on J. Sunday. Those present were Mrs. Mrs. A. F. Johnson, David and W. ter. Pettijohn, Mr. and Mrs. Eija Pettijohn of Litchfield, M. Nov. of New York, Carolina, Messrs. R. Robinson, H. Bradley and Mick and Whitney. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hinson of M. Wilson, street, entertained on the day evening of, last week. The present wore: Mr. and Mrs. Euan and Mrs. Hubert of Washington, M. and Mrs. Seeney of New York. M. Edit H. Milles of Norristown, Pa. Edna Whitely and Mr. Clarence ter. The Famous French Aviator Killed at Bordeaux. HAD MADE SEVERAL NARROW ESCAPES. Accident Caused By A Wing Of The Monoplane Breaking In A Gust Of Wind While Encircling The Aerodrome At Bordeaux — Delgrange Ranked As One Of The Foremost Aviators—Had Broken All Speed And Other Records. Bordeaux (Special) — Leon Delgrange, the French aviator, whose achievements during the past two years had won for him a high place among those who have set out to conquer the air, was instantly killed here while making a flight in the presence of a great crowd of spectators. A strong, uncertain wind prevailled, but with characteristic daring Delargange faced it in the same monoplane in which he made a record of 53 miles an hour at the Doncaster meeting last October. He circled the aerodrome, seeming to have his machine under good control, and yet at times it healed dangerously to the wind. On the third round, when at a height of between 60 and 70 feet, he increased his speed. He swung wide at the turns, but at the lower end of the aerodrome he attempted to describe a sharp curve. The machine was seen to sway. The left wing was broken and the right wing immediately collapsed. The aeroplane came plunging to the earth, and it turned half over as it fell, with the aviator clinging to the seat. In this way it crushed to the ground, with Delagrange beneath, the heavy motor crushing out his life. The mechanicians are at a loss to explain the exact cause of the accident. They are merely able to say that it resulted from maneuvering too quickly in the puffy wind. The monoplane was doubly braced at the essential points and had been given a careful examination before ascending. HIS SPLENDID RECORD. One Of The Most Daring Of The World's Aerial Pilots. Leon Delagrange ranked among the first of the aviators of the world. On December 30 last, at Juvisy, he broke all speed records. The occasion was an attempt to win the Michelin cup. He did not succeed in beating Henry Farman's record or distance, but did establish a new distance record for monoplanes and new world's speed record. He covsed 124 miles in 2 hours and 22 minutes, maintaining an average end of approximately 49 miles an Delagrange had been a well-known automoblist and was one of the first men in Europe to take up aviation. His feats soon attracted wide attention and he is said to have been offered a guarantee of $10,000 if he would visit the United States. KILLED BY MOTHER-IN-LAW. Tennessee Had Quarreled With And Shot Her First. Dresden, Tenn. (Special).—Clarence Carney was killed by his 65-year-old mother-in-law, Mrs. Sarahith, in a revolver duel. Mrs. fifth had met Carney in the front of a neighbor's home to discuss quarrel of long standing. The discussion became heated, and Carney fired three times at the aged woman. Although one bullet struck her in the hip, she stood her ground and fired five times before her son-in-law lowered his weapon and sank dead to the ground. Mrs. Griffith was arrested. Follows His Suicide Wife. San Francisco (Special).—Dr. William A. Monnish, formerly a physician in Atlanta, Ga., was found dead in his hotel. An empty chloroform bottle lay beside he bed. Dr. Monnish was 48 years old and leaves a 13-year-old daughter. Dr. Rosa F. Monnish, his wife, committed suicide at her home in Atlanta several months ago, being found guilty and sentenced to two years' imprisonment for violation of the United States postal laws. Muncio, Ind. (Special).—Vernon Plessinger, 18 years old, pleaded guilty of opening a switch at Dawn, Ohio, and wrecking the Knickerbock or train on the Big Four Railroad Saturday night. He was arraigned before Mayor Schermand, of Greenville, Ohio; and was held to the grand jury and placed in jail. Plessinger had expected that many passengers would be killed or injured so that he could steal enough money from them to take him to a scaosto town "where he could join the navy." Shoots Himself When Dared. Cinchnati (Special).—Dared in jest by a companion to shoot himself, Morton L. Rodgers, 17 years old, raised a rifle and shot himself through the brain, dying instantly. Fishers Island, N. Y. (Special).—Many of the noncommissioned officers and men of the One Hundred and Thirty-first Company, United States Coast Artillery, it is stated, are confined in the guard house at Fort H. G. Wright following a mutiny in the company. The company was ordered out for a hike of 15 miles and all but nine men of the company declined to do the duty. It was stated authoritatively that a majority of men in the company had been pred before a court-martial. Secretary Wilson Will Endeavor to Find Why Food Is So High-A Big Contract, He Says. NICARAGUA WILL BLAME ZELAYA Responsibility For Americans' Death Is His—President Madriz Begins to Probe. Washington, D. C. (Special).—In consonance with the resolution introduced by Representative Hull, Secretary Wilson, of the Department of Agriculture, has ordered a sweeping inquiry into the cost of living in the United States. "I realize," said Secretary Wilson, "that we have undertaken a big contract, but we can carry it out. We have the men and we have the money, to paraphrase a famous statement, and the work will be done thoroughly. Much of the work will be done by inspectors of the Bureau of Animal Industry, but other divisions of the department will be called upon to assist. "The question of food supply is most complicated. In investigating it with regard to any particular lo- Investigation Into The Deaths Of Groce And Cannon, Who Were Shot After A Hasty Court-Martial —Solomon Selva, The Prosecutor, Will Share The Responsibility With Zelaya—Another Battle Is Expected Soon. Managua, Nicaragua (Special).—General Vasquez has left to assume command of the government forces at Acoyapa, where an engagement with the Insurgent army now moving westward may take place soon. Members of the local Red Cross branch have gone to Bluefields, where remain many of the prisoners taken GIGANTIC MERGER TRUST COMPANY GIGANTIC MERGER TRUST COMPANY Morgan, Ryan and Morton Interests in Combination. Fifth Avenue Trust Company, Morton Trust Company And The Guaranty Company In Triple Combination — Supposed To Be The Largest Of Its Kind In The Country —Two Companies Have Combined Deposists Of $133,000,000 —Morgan's Master Hand. New York (Special).—J. Pierpoint Morgan, Thomas F. Ryan and Levil P. Morton linked hands in New York in a trust company merger with united resources of $150,000,000. It is a triple combination, bringing the Guaranty Trust Company, the Morton Trust Company and the Fifth Avenue Trust Company, all of this city, under one head, with the title of the Guaranty Trust Company. The merger is perhaps the largest of its kind in the United States. Directors of all three companies met and informally approved the terms of the merger. Levi P. Morton, who is president of the Morton Trust Company, and the Fifth Avenue Trust Company—both known as the Morton-Ryan concerns—has consented to act as chairman of the board of the merged companies, for which no president has as yet been selected. The name of Alexander J. Hemphill, vice president and acting president of the Guaranty Trust Company, has been mentioned for the position however. This new move in finance follows the recent absorption of the Guaranty Trust Company by the so-called Morgan interests, but upon just what terms the merger was made was made not disclosed. The Guaranty Trust Company was organized in 1891, and has total deposits of more than $88,000,000. The Morton Trust Company, which was formerly the banking house of Bliss, Morrow & Co., was organized in 1899. Thomas F. Ryan is vice president. Its deposits aggregate more than $45,000,000. Like the Guaranty Trust Company, its capital and surplus are $2,000,000 each. The Fifth Avenue Trust Company, founded 10 years ago, is one of the better known banked financial institutions. With a capital and surplus of $1,000,000 each, it has paid very large dividends of recent years. It is believed that the merger will involve large stock and cash dividends to the shareholders of the three companies. The present headquarters of the Fifth Avenue Trust Company will be retained as a branch of the combined companies, while larger offices will house the combined companies in the financial district. It was rumored that the Morgan interests had acquired the holdings of Thomas F. Ryan in the Morton Trust Company, but no statement on this point was obtainable. Night Riders Witness Killed. Mobile, Ala. (Special). — James Middleton, a farmer and principal witness in a Night Rider case set for trial in the Federal Court this month, was shot and killed from ambush near his home in Baldwin County. Citizens aided the Sheriff in a futile attempt to capture the assassin. The case in which Middleton was to be a witness was against six prominent men who are said to have killed sheep belonging to A. Comstock. INTO COST OF LIVING cality three facts are to be considered: "First, the price paid by the wholesale merchant to the producer; second, the cost of transportation from the place of production, and, third, the difference between the wholesale and retail prices. The location of the place of production and consequently the question of transportation play a large part in the general results." The resolution sets forth that during the past twelve months there has been an advance in the prices of commodities of from 11 to 30 per cent., and during the past thirteen years of more than 56 per cent., which is entirely disproportionate to the increase in wages, making it difficult for millions of people to procure food, clothing and shelter consistent with their needs. by General Estrada in the battle of Rama. President Madriz began a personal investigation of the executions of the Americans Groce and Cannon, with the object of placing the responsibility. Solomon Selva, who appeared as government prosecutor before the court-martial, will be found jointly responsible with Zelaya, it is said. Admira Kimball, in command of the United States naval forces in Corinto harbor, has declined a gift of six steers, tendered by President Madriz for the American soldier's mess. Congress has passed a bill providing for the issue of paper money to the amount of $15,000,000 to replace the $12,000,000 in notes now in circulation. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH The attitude of France in still persistently objecting to the Chinese loan is mystifying, and has surprised Germany and Great Britain, as well as the United States. Dr. Maurice F. Egan, United States minister to Denmark, stated that the King of Denmark did not bestow the Doonebeg decoration upon Dr. Frederick A. Cook. Jurisdiction over the registration of labels is left with the postoffice in a decision which the attorney general has transmitted to the House Committee on Patents. An even half million dollars is asked in a deficiency estimate submitted to Congress for service in the public buildings throughout the country. President Taft explained his position relative to insurgent patronage and corrected the report that he is using the whip to get them into line. Over three billion internal revenue stamps will be required for cigars, cigarettes, strip tobacco and snuff during the current fiscal year. Col. James Gordon, of Mississippi, was sworn in as the successor to the late Senator A. J. McLaurin in the Senate. M. A. W. Louis, one of the best-known experts in the handling of printing presses in the country, is dead. Secretary Knox sent a communication to Congress dealing with the problem of Americanizing the consular field. There has been a defalcation in the Washington office of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Miss Sarah B. Maclay, the former curator, has disappeared. The Treasury Department will make inquiry at all ports where sugar is brought in to learn if there has been any underweighing as at New York. President Taft is expected to include in his conservation message a recommendation for a $30,000,000 appropriation for reclamation projects. Three of the Tennessee lynchers sentenced for 60 days for contempt of court, having served their terms in the Washington jail, were set free. President Taft has declared himself in favor of the bond bill to raise the battleship Maine from the bottom of Havana harbor. Representative Humphrey, of Washington, introduced a ship subsidy bill which is understood to have the sanction of the administration. The surplus earnings, aggregating $640,640,817, of foreign labor employed in the United States has been sent abroad since 1890. All efforts for the establishment of a naval reserve of 10,000 men meets with opposition from the naval officers. The executive council of the American Federation of Labor has sent out an appeal to all trades unionists for 10 cents from each one with which to fight the Steel Trust for the iron, steel and timpel workers. The Daughters of the American Revolution appeal to all patriotic women to support all measures for the conservation of our natural resources. The report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shows that tuberculosis heads the list of diseases afflicting the Red Men. A Father's Plot of Murder and Suicide. NEEDED CASH TO BURY HIS CHILD. Gregory Kelly Fires Revolver At Chophouse-Keeper Who Refused To Employ Him—Tries To End His Own Life To. Collect Insurance Money To Save His Baby From Potter's Field—Says World Was Against Him. New York (Special).—When Gregory Kelly, a waiter out of work, walked into Hickey's old chophouse in John Street he intended to kill himself, so that the $225 insurance on his life might save his little daughter from burial in potter's field. He had planned, however, that before firing the bullet into his own brain he would take the life of Frederick Biscottee, the manager of the restaurant, and thus, as he believed, avenge the death of his four-month-old child. The shot from Kelly's revolver missed the manager's head by the fraction of an inch and he was overpowered before he could turn the weapon upon himself. He is now in Bellevue Hospital, pending an examination into his sanity, while not far from him, in the Morgue, lies the body of the daughter whose threatened burial in a pauper's lot apparently had driven him to despair. Kelly had been discharged from the restaurant about a year ago. Since then the chaphouse has changed hands and Kelly had applied regularly to be taken back to work. When he entered the restaurant it was ful of diners. He walked to Biscotte and made his customary request. The manager put him off. "Do you intend to take me back to work?" he asked. "No," said the manager, and then Kelly whipped out his revolver. Biscotte ducked and the bullet buried itself in the wall. Kelly was then overpowered. In his pocket was this letter, written in a good, legible hand: "To the Press and the Public: "I am writing this in justification of what I am about to do and to avenge the murder and give proper burial to by baby girl, lying dead in Bellevue Hospital, in the morgue. I also hope that the city officials will inspect conditions as they are now at said hospital that will allow a dying infant of four months to be put out in the streets. "A strong, healthy child was stricken with pneumonia, November 20. On November 29, with blood running from the ears from a hemorrhage and fits of concusive coughing, my wife was ordered to take her out. She protested, saying she was not cured. They said they needed the bed and she must go. "Finding her pleadings of no avail, my wife bright her to a cold, damp basement, where we live. She lay there three weeks. Believing her to be dying on December 22, my wife, through the help of relief society, got her admitted again to the same ward (B 5) that they put her out of three weeks before. She made a hard fight for life, but was not given half a chance. "The men who kept me out of work and left me in this condition without money to call in a doctor or live in decent rooms are 'her murderers, and with them I will settle. I am not lazy or shiftless, but save my money when given a chance to work. As evidence of this I can refer to the New York Savings Bank, where I had on deposit $325 on December 15, 1907. That was the savings of eight months' work in the chop house at William and John Streets. They have barred me out. Now all I get is promises and insults. "As they refuse to let me work and live they shall not live. My wife has done all that any woman could do. Her devotion to Toodle, our baby, was pathetic. The sacrifices she made, the hard work she has done, the lack of proper food ruined her health until now, afflicted with tuberculosis, it would kill her to see Toodles go to the Potter's Field. I believe it my duty to die and save her that disgrace. My life is insured for $300 in the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. I want to be buried in the same casket with my baby and I trust that the undertaker who buries us will be reasonable and leave my wife a little to live on. "Gregory Kelly, "333 West Twenty-ninth Basement." In another of Kelly's pockets was this letter addressed to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: "Kindly pay to my wife, Catherine Kelly, my insurance, about $300, including the 5 per cent. bonus, as my policy has been issued seven years ago, September 8, 1902, and save my baby from the Potter's Field." Cuts Her Lover's Throat. Nashville, Tenn. (Special)—Lizzie E. Crenshaw, 28 years old, severely wounded John M. Jennings, a bookkeeper, by cutting his throat. Later she hanged herself in a cell at the police station, using her apron strings as a rope. She was dead when discovered by the turnkey. Jennings may recover. Jealousy was the cause of the woman's actions. 870,000 For Horses And Dogs. Boston (Special)—A fund of $70,000 to care for favorite horses and dogs and more. than $25,000 left to household servants are among the bequests of Charles Francis Wright, who died December 27. The bulk of the estate, which is estimated at several millions, is to be divided between the New England. Peabody Home for Crippled Children of Boston and the Free Hospital for Women, of Brookline, upon the death of a relative. Benefactions Increased and Crime Decreased Last Yaer. John D. Rockefeller Headed The List Of Givers, With $12,130,000 —Andrew Carnegie $4,295,500— Mrs. Russell Sage Gave $1,201,700 —Dr. D. K. Pearson $541,000— The Total Of Mr. Carnegie's Gifts To Date Is $162,000,000. Chicago (Special).—"Is the world growing better?" seems to be answered in the affirmative by the figures on crime and on benefactions for the year 1909. Also, the world seems to have grown more prosperous and happy, as suggested by a falling off in the number of suicides. Bequests and donations of the beneficent order aggregate $147,641,-258, compared with $90,332,000 in 1908. John D. Rockefeller gave $12,130,000, Andrew Carnegie $4,-265,500, Mrs. Russell Sage $1,201,600 and Dr. D. K. Pearson $41,100. The total of Mr. Carnegie's date is $162,000,000, of Mr. Rockefeller's $131,000,000, of Mrs. Sage's $26,000,000 and of Mr. Pearson's $3,000,000. The total gifts by women in 1909 was $12,295,900. Figures on lynchings for a period of 26 years show that instances of mob rule are not half what they were during the first half of that period, and that there has been a fairly steady decrease in the last decade. Illinois was the only Northern State wherein a lynching occurred. Sulcides numbered 10,230, compared with 10,852 in 1908. Of last year's total 7,201 were males and 3,028 females. Among, professional men physicians head the list. Ten prominent attorneys, 9 clergymen, 7 college professors, 6 newspaper men and 4 artists took their own lives. Cases of self-destruction attributed to business-reverses were only 81, compared with 600 in 1908. This is supposed to be due to reigning prosperity. There was a sharp decline of those who killed themselves because of ill health. Homicides and cases of death by violence in strikes, and riots, infanticide, by highwaymen and other means numbered 8,103 a decrease of 849 from the record of the year before. Of the lynchings 73 victims were negroes and 14 whites, Mississippi leading with 12. Total embezzlement were $8,160,-524 compared with $13,555,536 in 1908. Bank defalcations led with $2,995,000 forgeries were next, with $1,683,100; public officials took $554,500. Legal executions numbered 107, against 92 in 1908. Of these 48 took place in Northern and 64 in Southern States. Fifty-five of the condemned were negroes, 48 white, 3 Chinamen and one an Indian. Pennsylvania led with 12 and New York was second with 10. HERE'S A "TRIAL DIVORCE." Indiana Judge Says Couple Is Separated For Five Years. Chicago (Special)—What was dubbed a "trial divorce" by Chicago lawyers was granted at Hammond, Ind., by Judge V. S. Richter, in the Lake County Superior Court. Some of the attorneys who learned of the unusual decree declared the Court had no precedent for his action and that the restrictions imposed could not be held binding under the laws of Indiana. Judge Richter termed his new form of separation a limited divorce. By the terms of the decree Mr. and Mrs. William Wohole are divorced for five years, after which they may live together if they desire. Meanwhile they are not free to marry someone else. BOYS KILLED; MOTHER HELD. Loveland, Ohio (Special)—Charged with murder of her two little boys and with firing her home to conceal the crimes, Mrs. Paul Sonnecalf was arrested, apparently demented. The bodies of the boys, one aged 6 years and the other 3, were found in their home after the fire was extinguished. The head of each had been crushed. Their father was absent, and Mrs. Sonnecalf was found walking up and down in front of the burning house, wringing her hands and calling hysterically for her boys. She will be held for trial. The woman is unable to give any coherent account of the tragedy. Anarchists After Alfonso. Madrid (Special)—The Governor of Barcelona telegraphs that absolute quiet prevails at Barcelona and throughout all of Catalonia, and that there has been no attempt at a general strike. Dispatches received from that city indicated an anarchic movement, which resulted, in the curtailment of the visit here of General Weyler, captain general of Catalonia. The police arrested six suspicious individuals, all of whom were foreigners, clurking near the estate where King Alfonso is hunting in Andalusia. Gets $50,000 Endowment Washington, D. C. (Special). From the Central West has come notice of a gift of $50,000, which a philanthropist purposes to bestow on the American University, the educational seat of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States, in this city. The name of the benefactor has been withheld for the present, but the university authorities in announcing the intended endowment promise an announcement of its purpose later. Miss Lloyd's Awful Death in Cincinnati. HER BODY WAS BADLY MUTILATED. Terrible Strength Of The Woman's Assailant Shown By The Breaking Of The Bones Of Her Throat With His Fingers—Series Of Similar Murders In City's Murder Zone Covering The Last Five Years—No Arrest Made. Cincinnati (Special).—The discovery of the body of Miss Anna Lloyd, aged 56, of 571 Delta Avenue, secretary of the Wiborg-Hanna Lumber Company, added another woman victim to Cincinnati's gruesomely famous "murder zone," and forced the police to the belief that a man gorilla is abroad in the city. The police say that they are no nearer an arrest than they were in former similar murders The body of Miss Lloyd was found on a "fill" of the C. H. & D. Railroad, where it crosses Hoplee Street, in Cummingsville,' a suburb. Her throat had been cut and a gag forced into her mouth. The marks on the woman's body indicated that the murder was the work of a man of terrible strength. In almost every detail, save the cutting of the throat, the murder tallies with the murder of five years ago of Mary McDonald in the same part of the city, and the murder, two years ago, of Lulu Mueller. All were found dead and strangely mutilated within a very short distance of the spot where Miss Lloyd's body was discovered. Miss Lloyd had been employed by the Wiborg-Hanna Lumber Company for 17 years. She was recently made secretary of the company. Friday night Miss Lloyd left the company's office, in Cummingsville, alone for the first time at night to go to her home. She was carrying with her at the time a big Christmas dividend salary that had been given to her by the firm. It was evidently while waiting for a Spring Grove Avenue car that Miss Lloyd was attacked by her assasin. She was dragged for a considerable distance to the spot where she was killed. There are traces of a terrific struggle, for Miss Lloyd was a strong woman and fought with desperate courage. But, as in the case of the other murders, the murderer: overcame all resistance. It was established in the case of Miss McDonald, Miss Steiniweg and Miss Mueller that they had been approached by their assassins while waiting for a Spring Grove Avenue car. In each case the girl was dragged to some secluded spot. They were not criminally assaulted, but in each case the hyoid bone in the throats of the victims had been crushed and physicians declared that it took a man with the same weapon of a giant to apply the fighting force with the fighting woman. No arrest was ever made, the police admitting that they were completely baffled. After the murder of Lulu Miller a series of murders which occurred in Dayton, Ohio, and in which the victims were slain in exactly the similar manner, caused the authorities to believe that the murderer had moved to that city, but no arrests were ever made there in which the proof of guilt was conclusive, though Dave Curtiss, a half-witted newspaper vender confessed the murders. No arrests have yet been made in connection with the murder of Miss Lloyd. Jail For Former Preacher. Chicago (Special). — James R. Kaye, a former minister of Lincoln, Ill., and later editor of a religious paper, must serve a two years' sentence in the Federal prison at Fort Leavenworth for counterfeiting. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed the judgment of the lower court. Father At 87 Years Of Age. New York (Special) — John Henry Thiry, who founded the first school savings bank in a system that has since spread over the United States, Great Britain, Canada and Australia, was 88 years old Thursday, and says he expect to live to 100. Twelve years ago he married a second wife more than 55 years his junior. They have five children, the youngest of whom was born in September. Cremated With Customer Syrracuse, N. Y. (Special).—Moses Rosenbloom, a clothing merchant, was burned to death, and a customer. Wolf Peerman, probably fatally burned by a gasoline explosion in the Nottingham Building. Rosenbloom was showing his goods to the other man when a cigar spark set off a jug of the volatile fluid. Judge Martin Bell Dead. Hollidaysburg, Pa. (Special). — Martin Bell, presiding judge of the Blair County courts, was found dead in bed at his home here of heart affection. Judge Bell was 62 years old. He served two terms as district attorney and was first elected judge in 1893. He leaves a widow and six children. Pellagra Germ Isolated. Durham, N. C. (Special) — Through inoculation of guinea pigs, which in turn infected other pigs, the pellegra germ, that scientists are trying to combat, has been isolated by two local physicians. Pigs poisoned with the serum transmitted from other pigs died, and the direct transmission to the pigs of the germ from a patient afflicted with pellegra at the County Home will be closely watched, in the hope of determining the cause of the plague. A Small Deposit, the balance every week or month like paying Rent, will buy a beautiful home in the 1100 block Riggs Ave 1000 block N. Carrollton Ave. 600 " Pitcher St. 1300 " Division St. 1500 " Carey St. 700 " George St. 1000 block Ashland Ave. And a number of other houses in all sections of the city. We can sell you a home in almost any block in Baltimore on payments of a small deposit and the balance like Rent. EPHRAIM MACHT Macht Building II E. FAYETTE ROBERT A. ELLIOTT Baltimore's Leading Undertaker 506 ROGERS AVE. Art Embalming, Courteous Attendants, Shipping Fun Specialty. Rubber Tire Carriages for hire for all occas Both Phones. Day or Night. JOHN H. TOADVIN UP-TO-DATE UNERAL DIRECTOR BARLORS— 141 W. HILL STREET, 826 DRUID HILL AVENUE ROBERT A. ELLIOTT Baltimore's Leading Undertaker 506 ROGERS AVE. Expert Embalming, Courteous Attendants, Shipping Funerals a Specialty. Rubber Tire Carriages for hire for all occasions. Both Phones. Day or Night. JOHN H. TOADVIN UP-TO-DATE Hacks for all Occasions. Alex. Hemsley, Funeral Director and Emu to announce to the generous public that I am still doing and stand, 578 W. BIDDLE ST. Thanking the public for and hoping for a continuance of the same. Carriage for parties, parties and funerals, and special attention given to a night. Yours. ALEX. HEMSLEY. Phone: 585 Y-Madison. Mt. Vernon 2578 Main Office. Alex. Hemsley, Funeral Director and Embalmer Wish to announce to the generous public that I am still doing business at my old stand, 578 W. BIDDLE ST. Thanking the public for all past favors and hoping for a continuance of the same. Carriage for hire for weddings, parties and funerals, and special attention given to all orders day or night. Yours. ALEX, HEMSLEY, ELIX B. PYE, S. Pye is a graduate of U. S. College of Embal- FUNERAL DIRECTOR E. Mulberry St. Near Ca Both NE GROCERIES AND PROVISI MARSHALL'S GROCER 5 DOLPHIN STREET. COR. DIVIS FINE GROCERIES AND PROVISION MARSHALL'S GROCERY 535 DOLPHIN STREET COR. DIVISION. order to satisfy our many patrons, our store is opened for 111 P. M., and our clerks are obliging and courteous. For prices, wish to thank our many patrons for their patronage due years of our existence at our Dolphin Street store, and continuance of the same, with compliments of the season prosperity for 1909, we remain Yours truly, T. G. MARSHALL, Mr. Vernon 793-R 535 Dolphin Streets In order to satisfy our many patrons, our store is opened from 5.30 A.M. to 11 P.M., and our clerks are obliging and courteous. We guarantee our prices. We wish to thank our many patrons for their patronage during the past ten years of our existence at our Dolphin Street store, and hoping for a continuance of the same, with compliments of the season and renewed prosperity for 1909, we remain Mr. Vernon 792-K. 535 Dolphin Street. On And After Feb. 1 1909, We Will Give The S. & H. GREEN TRADING STAMPS WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR FACE LIGHTER COLORED FOR EVERY IMPORTANT OCCASION? YOUR SKIN CLEAR, SMOOTH, FINE? YOUR HAIR LONG, THICK, DRESSY? YOUR PERSONALITY MORE ATTRACTIVE? These samples and our information book and the private letters we will write to you will show you how to have all these improvements. We cannot overcome nature, but as far as your individual characteristics will permit, we can make you prepossessing, presentable and attractive. The editors of colored newspapers will tell you we are responsible. We are doing more for colored people than any business concern in this country. Our mission is not a lofty one like that of Dr. Booker Washington, but in our way, we are trying to do for their bodies, what he is doing for their minds. We Represent. That Company enables people, white or colored, to improve their appearance. People, who have good appearance and who are prepossessing and presentable, secure better positions commercially and socially and get along better every way. WE WILL BE CLAD TO CORRESPOND, WITHOUT CHARGE, WOULD BE MEN AND COLORED WOMEN WHO TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND DSPIRE TO BE INFORMED OF DISCOVERIES WHICH WILL BENEFIT THEM SEND 20c FOR THE THREE SAMPLES IMMEDIATELY THIS LITTLE EXPENDITURE WILL BENEFIT YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW. After the samples are received, watch for the postman. He will bring you letters very often. WRITE YOUR NAME AND STREET ADDRESS VERY PLAINLY Call at our office and let us explain our plan. GEORGE H. HOLLAND, Manager. To Our Patrons: Director Embalmer doing business public for all past age for hire for en to all orders office. Sr., embalmers OR Calvert Both 'Phone. FOOLING POOR OLD GRANDMOTHER. --- Dotty Dimple had been the petted family cat for eleven years, and was now in the enjoyment of a dignified position and what should have been a serene old age. These honors were gladly conceded to her by every member of the household except a graceless grandson of hers named Bob. Bob had been, from the basket, a rebel and an outlaw, and he looked like one. His one eye was clever and malevolent, and his general demeanor was a combination of mischief and sanctimonious pretension, and so savory was his reputation that all unattached misdemeanors were promptly laid to "that rascal Bob." In spite of his many black deeds his cleverness won him many admirers, and he swung through his career with a reckless disregard of the disapproval of his relatives, human and feline. His depravity had, during the six months preceding this story, taken the form of teasing his grandmother, and so pertinacious had his persecution become that the usually amiable Dotty had on several occasions fallen upon him with a ferocity seldom seen in her placid existence. One particularly obnoxious insult was to take a running jump over her back as she was pursuing a stately promenade, a proceeding that would have cost him his life had he been less nimble. He would make the flying leap with a "whoop-la" air, and then rush for a distant fence, where he would sit grinning with delight at the fury of Dotty. Matters had gone on from bad to worse until the atmosphere was charged with the smell of battle all the time. To preserve peace, Bob had been retired from the house life almost entirely, but on this occasion vigilance slept, and in the afternoon he sauntered into the kitchen with mischief in his eye. His grandmother was in her favorite chair, sleeping the sleep of old age. Her head had fallen over the edge of the chair, her mouth was slightly open, she was snoring, and she was dead with sleep. Bob sat and surveyed her for some time with his bad-boy air. Then he rose, very stealthily worked his way over to the chair, and raising himself high enough to bring his mouth close to her ear, yelled a blood-curdling "miau" into it, and retreated precipitately toward the door, where he watched developments. The crack of doom could have done no more for poor Dotty. She flew up bodily off the chair, spitting, screaming, and clawing at the cushions in a frenzy of fright. At last, panting, exhausted and wide-awake, she caught sight of her tormentor, who immediately fled the scene, and saved his skin only by reaching a fence which was beyond her feeble powers. The truth of this story is asserted by one who witnessed the whole episode. After this prank Bob became an exile from home until his grandmother was gathered to her forbears. —Youth's Companion. Teeth For the Villain. The two sets of false teeth looked just alike, but one set cost $10 more than the other. "There is a lot of extra work on those expensive teeth," said the dentist. "They are made for an actor who always plays the part of heavy villain in mollodrama, and he has to have teeth that he can hiss with. I experimented on three different sets of teeth before I got the combination. Somehow, the nice, even teeth that I usually turn out wouldn't permit the sibilant 'ss-ses' that he deals in to escape with sufficient venom. You wouldn't believe how much tinkering it takes to lick teeth into shape for the 's/deaths' and 'od's bloods' to sound just right. Of all the people I ever made teeth for, the heavy stage villain is the hardest to fit."—New York Times. Shaving Guards Health. "Clean Shaving as a Prophylactic Measure" is the subject of an article in the London Lancet. The matter is brought up by a contributor in The Lancet noticing that clean-shaven persons enjoy a kind of immunity from common colds or are less frequently attacked than those who cultivate a mustache. The Lancet says that it is conceivable that the mustache affords a nursery for organisms, whereas a daily shave acts as a regular antiseptic routine. At this rate women should enjoy similar immunity, says The Lancet, unless stress be laid on the fact that no method of their toilet equals the drastic cleaning process of the razor and soap. Moreover, the downy hair is natural to the lips of women and children.—New York Times. McCall PATTERN 10 15 NONE HIGHER McCall'S MARATHON 50 YEAR INCLUDING A FEW EDITIONS There are more McCall Patterns sold in the United States than of any other number of patterns. This is an important resource and simplicity. **HBO** *The Magnificent* (The Queen of Fashion) has two subscribers than any other Ladies' Magnesque. One number's subscription (as numbers) costs $5.00 per number, 5 as numbers. She gets a McAulay Fus- cus subscription today. # NEW FOOT Lady Agents Wanted. Handmade premium shoes from New York. Pattern Catalogue (of the design) and Promo Catalogue (showing up to promotion). ADDRESS: THE MCALL CO. New York Estimate of the American Negro Brave as a Soldier, Self Reliant and Progressive as a Citizen, Brilliant In Scholarship, the Negro Has Kept Pace With the Growth of the Country Which Gave Him Freedom. By N. B. DODSON Within recent years there has come to our nation a commanding greatness, reaching and influencing human thought and action to the uttermost parts of the earth. It has come through the valorous achievements of our soldiers on foreign soil and of our sailors on distant seas. In the winning of this new glory that now illumines the path of our national progress, in the opening of new and wider channels for the distribution of the products of our farms and factories and in the acquiring of all the rich fruits of our wonderful war with Spain the Negro race has played its part with distinction to itself and with honor to the flag of our country. As we enter the portals of inevitable fate and assume our position as leader among the unions of the world we may well pause for a moment and pay a just tribute to our black brothers, whose gallant conduct in the Spanish-American war has added new interest to the pages of our national history. The liberated under Abraham Lincoln became liberators under William McKinley. The Negro should not feel sensitive upon the subject of slavery, for it has been the condition at one time or another of most of the human race from a period so remote that we knew of it by both tradition and legend before it became recorded history. The Negro is not a "problem." He is a man made by God in his own image with a mission to perform. The trouble is white men do not seem to know the Negro, and, not knowing him, they judge him by false standards and attribute to him mental and moral limitations which do not exist. The white man has failed to observe the slow, steady, sure advancement of the Negro. Silently the Negro has been widening his sphere. The white man needs but to have his prejudices against the Negro cauterized by truth and his gross ignorance of the intellectual and industrial achievements of the Negro blasted by the dynamite of facts and figures to become the warm advocate of the Negro's rights and privileges. A study of the progress of the Negro reveals him in a new light, and from passively tolerating him we begin to champion his cause and to seek his advancement. The more we learn of the ambitions and aspirations of the Negro the more absurd becomes the schemes of deportation, repatriation, absorption by intermarriage and other political and physical nostrums for the solution of the so called "problem," which at regular intervals are seriously presented for our consideration. During the Spanish-American war the Negro soldiers who fought at San Juan, Siboney and Santiago covered themselves with glory and advanced their race in favor and regard among their countrymen. If any fear is entertained that the Negro may be unable to enter the charmed circles of art, Edmonda Lewis, known on two continents as a famed sculptor, who chiseled a bust of Colonel Shaw, Longfellow and John Brown. "The Death of Cleopatra." "The Old Arrow Maker and His Daughters." "The Murriage of Hiawatha" and "Hagar In the Wilderness," dispels our fears, while Henry O. Tanner, son of the eminent Bishop Tanner, points to his "Daniel In the Lion's Den," to his "Annunciation" and to his "The Raising of Lazarus." In these paintings we see expressed a genius and an art that have won the applause of nations. In 1897 "The Raising of Lazarus" won for Mr. Tanner the third prize in the salon of Paris. The French government bought from Mr. Tanner "The Raising of Lazarus," that it might be preserved in the museum of Luxemburg. True art bows at the feet of genius without consulting geographical boundaries or racial peculiarities. If we think the Negro has no genius for mechanics he tells us that Biddle university was built by a Negro. Massive bridges, spacious residences and many imposing public buildings in all sections of the United States are the products of his thrift and industry. Patents have been issued to Negroes for locomotive smokestacks, fire extinguishers, cotton cultivators, life preservers, rotary engines, ventilators for railroad cars, automatic railroad switches, telephone transmitters and for many other useful and valuable devices. If we think the language of the stars and planets unintelligible to the Negro we point to Benjamin, Barneker, the great Negro astronomer. In 1861, in New York Wendell Phillips in closing a stirring lecture upon Toussaint L'Ouverture did so with this superb sentence: "When truth gets a hearing the muse of history will put Phocone for the Greek, Brutus for the Roman, Hampton for England, Lafayette for France, choose Washington as the bright consummate flower of her earlier civilization and John Brown as the ripe fruit of her noonday, and then, dipping her pen in the sunlight, will write in the clear blue above them all the name of the soldier, the statesman, the martyr. Toussaint L'Ouverture." ONENESS OF THE STRUGGLE Ehirt Waist Makers' Strike Due to Unfairness of Subcontractors. At a recent meeting of the Cosmopolitan club held in the Fleet Street A. M. E. Zion church, Brooklyn, Miss Mary White Ovington, the noted settlement worker, presided. The meeting was in the interest of the shirt waist makers' strike. Miss Dutcher, who was the first speaker, said: "This strike has been going on since last September. The real cause is due to the fact that the girls are not employed by the head of the firm, but by subcontractors. One contractor sees fit to pay his girls $4 per week, while another will pay $5, and so on. "These workers number over 40,000, and among them we find Italians, Americans, Jews and some colored girls. They have the press and public opinion with them, and it is only a question of time or holding out a little longer. What we want to do is to influence the colored girls from taking part in the strike to their own detriment. When the strike ceases, which it must do, then if the colored girls have joined the union they will be provided for." Annie Baker, one of the strikers, was the next speaker. She gave briefly her experience as a worker and told of the inhuman treatment accorded the girls in shirt waist factories. Bertha Burgess, another one of the strikers, told of the pretentious protection around the colored help employed. She said they had tried in every possible way to reach the colored girls in order that they might influence them against becoming-strike breakers, but on account of the fake protection thrown around them it is impossible. Miss Ovington told of how she had been ejected from one of the factories. Mr. Mally, who for eight years has labored in the south as a miner, gave a full account of the strikes and strikers from his observation and experience. He said that he had learned that where Negroes obligate themselves and when they are once convinced against error they stand as firm as a rock and that they are as true as steel. He also said he was the first man to advocate colored men joining the union. "When it comes down to struggling for an existence," he said. "we are all the same, whether white or colored; for we are all struggling together." BROAD MINDED MINISTER. Rev. M. M. Mouzon, an Energetic Worker For Uplift of the Masses. At the recent Afro-American conference of the M. E. church held at Orangeburg, S. C., Rev. M. M. Mouzon, pastor of Centenary M. E. church, Charleston, S C., was conspicuous because of the great work he had done at his present charge. Dr. Mouzon is REV. M. M. MOUZON. a silent force which brings good results out of seeming impossibilities. For six years he served the denomination as presiding elder of the Greenville (S. C.) district. He not only served his church, but he manifested deep interest in the material advancement of his race and inspired many individuals to improve along lines that help to make a people industrially, intellectually, socially and religiously strong. Dr. Mouzon is a product of Clarke university, and because of his ability as a scholar and knowledge of the needs of our young men and women along educational lines he is now one of the trustees of Clafan university and also of Sterling college. His success is due to his making an intelligent study of the needs of the people and showing them how to overcome difficulties. Bishops' Council to Meet Jan. 12. The semiannual meeting of the council of bishops of the A. M. E. Zion church will be held at Greensboro, N. C. beginning Jan. 12, when business affecting the general interests of the denomination will be transacted. The bishops of the denomination are: Right Rev. J. W. Hood, P. R. Harris, Alexander Walters, G. W. Clinton, J. W. Alstork, J. W. Smith, J. S. Caldwell, G. L. Blackwell and A. J. Warner. Tendency of the Criminal White Man. The tendency of the Negro to run down criminals among his own people and hand them over to justice is as great as or greater than among other races. But the tendency of the criminal white man to take advantage of race prejudice and make some Negro the scapegoat of his crimes is proved by the many instances in which it is done.—Springfield (III.) Forum. Janitor's Heroic Saved Many Lives. Heroic work on the part of Washington Johnson, Afro-American janitor of the Rhatto building, which was recently destroyed by fire caused by a gas explosion at Kansas City, Mo. saved scores of lives. Mr. Johnson's bravery on the above occasion is said to have been amazing in the extent to which he risked his own life to save the lives of other employees. New York — Wheat — Spot firm. No. 2 red, 127½ elevator domestic and 1.27 f. o. b. afloat nominal to arrive; No. 1 Northern Duluth 1.26½, and No. 2 hard winter 1.27½ nominal f. o. b. afloat. Corn — Spot firm. No. 2, 71c elevator, 71½ delivered and 69½ f. o. b. afloat nominal. Oats — Spot steady; mixed, 26@24 lbs., 47c.; natural white, 26@32 lbs., 48@51; clipped white, 34@42 lbs., 49@53. Eggs — Firm; receipts, 5,333 caste State, Pennsylvania and nearby gathered, white, 36@42; Western, extr firsts, 36@36; firsts, 33@34; seconds, 30@32; refrigerators, 24@26. Poultry — Alive firm; Western chickens, 15c.; fowls, 15½; turkeys, 15@20; dressed steady; Western chickens, 16@22; fowls, 12@17; turkeys, 22@24. Philadelphia—Wheat—Quiet but steady; contract grade; December, 120@122c. Corn—Quiet but firm; December, 66½@67c.; January, 66@66½. Oats—Firm, ½c. higher; No. white natural, 51@51½c. Butter—Quiet but steady; extra Western creamery, 39c; do., nearby prints, 40. Eggs—Firm, 1c, higher; Pennsylvania and other nearby free cases, 37c., at mark; do., current receipts in returnable cases, 35, at mark; Western firsts, free cases, 37, at mark; do., current receipts, free cases, 31@35, at mark. Cheese—Firm; New York full creams, choice, 17½c.; do.; fair to good, 16½@17. Live Poultry—Firm and higher-fowls, 15½@17c.; old roosters, 11½@12; chickens, 15½@17; ducks, 15@16; geese, 14@16. Baltimore.—Wheat—Spot No. 3 red opened dull, May, 120½c.; cash No. 2 red wheat here early was 1.21½, while No. 2 red Western was 1.22 and May wheat was 1.20½ Corn—Year, 66½c. January. corn early was 66½@66½, while new mixed spot was 66½ and February corn early was 67½@68. March at the opening ruled about 68½@68¾. Oats—Quote: White—No. 2, as to weight, 50½@51c; do., No. 3, as to weight, 49@50; do., No. 4, as to weight, 47@48. Mixed No. 2, 48½@49; mixed No. 3, 47@47¾. Hay—We quote, per ton: No. 1 timothy, large bales, $19.50@30; No. 1 timothy, small blocks, $19.50@20; No. 2 timothy, $18.50@19; No. 3 timothy, $17@18; choice clover mixed, $19; No. 1 clover mixed, $18.50; No. 2 clover mixed, $17.50@18; No. 1 clover, $19; No. 2 clover, $18@18.50. Straw — We quote, per tont Straight rye straw, fair to choice, $15.50@16; tangled rye (blocks); $10.50@11; wheat blocks, fair to choice, $7@7.50; oat, good to prime, $8@9. Eggs—We quote, per dozen, off: Maryland, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts, 32c; Western firsts, 32; West Virginia firsts, 32; Southern firsts, 31; guinea eggs, 16. Dressed Poultry — Market firm Ready sale for choice to fancy stock Small to medium size turkeys pre- ferred over large. We quote, per lb. Turkeys—Choice, small, 22c; do, medium to large, 20; fair to good, 18@20; old toms, 18@19. Chickens— Young, 15@16c; old and mixed, 14@15; old roosters, 10. Ducks— 15@16c. Geese—Nearby, 15@16c. Western and Southern, 12@14. Live Stock Chicago. — Cattle — Market 10: 15c. lower; steers, $5@8.50; cow $3.50@5; heifers, $3.40@6; bull $3.40@4.75; calves, $5@9; stocker and feeders, $3.75@5.50. Hogs — Market 10c. higher. Choice heavy, $8.55@8.70; butchers, $8.40 @8.60; light mixed, $8.20@8.40; choice light $8.20@8.45; packing $8.30@5.55; pigs, $7.50@8.30; bulk of sales, $8.30@8.50. Sheep — Market strong to 25c. higher; sheep, $4@6; lambs, $6.40 @8.65; yearlings, $5.25@7.55. Kansas City, Mo.—Cattle—Market for steers slow, steady, for cows and calves strong; for stockers and feeders dull. Choice export and dressed beef steers, $5.85@7.25; fair to good, $4.80@7.57; Western steers, $4@6.50; stockers and feeders $3.25@4.80; Southern steers, $4.57; Southern cows, $2.75@4.4 native cows, $2.50@5; native heers, $3.25@5.85; bulls, $3@1. calves, $4@9. Hogs — Market steady; top, $8.52½; bulk of sales, $8.25@8.50 heavy, $8.40@8.52½; packers and butchers, $8.30@8.52½; light, $3.05@8.45; pigs, $6.25@7.65. Sheep—Market strong to 10c higher; Western yearlings, $7.35; lambs, $6.50@8.25; yearlings, $6.25@7.35; wethers, $5.25@6; ewes, $4.50@5.35; stockers and feeders, $3.50@5.25. Pittsburg—Cattle — Supply light and steady; choice, $6.75@7; common, $3.50@4.50. Sheep—Supply light and steady; prime wethers, $5.50@5.70; culls and common, $2@8; lambs, $6@8.60; veal calves, $10@10.50. Hogs—Receipts, 20 double decks; active; prime, heavies, $8.90 (high man); mediums and heavy Yorkers, $8.85@8.90; light Yorkers and plum, $8.80@8.85; roughs, $7.50@8.25. British brewers last year about 63,000,000 pounds of hops Almost two-thirds of the world petroleum is produced by the United States. Using electricity, Nome, Alaska the most northerly town in America is one of the best lighted in world. Year.....One Dollar Months.....Fifty Cents Three Months.....Twenty-five Cents Single Copy.....Three Cents Postage Prepaid by Publishers. Entered at the Baltimore Post Office second-class matter. We are not responsible for the turn or preservation of unsolicited attributions on any subject. All articles sent to this office for publication, must have the writer's signature or otherwise such article will signed. Churches and others having news offices will please have the same in the office by Thursday to insure publication in the week's issue. Correspondents will please have communications in the office by noon on Wednesday. All communications intended for publication should be addressed to THE PRO-AMERICAN LEDGER, 807 St. Paul street, Baltimore, Md. Advertising rates made known upon application. All Checks, Money Orders and drafts should be made payable to The Afro-American Co. There are some Negroes that will not only lick the hand, that smites them but get down on their knees to do it. With the President in the White House drawing the color line, what can be expected of the un-reconstructed Southerners in the South? Maryland Legislature has the war its mouth and what it will not do to the suffrage before it gets through will be a hard thing to tell. We are very much afraid that the Progressive League is progressing entirely too fast—in the wrong direction. Better take another tack. Civic affairs and politics do not mix very well together, and if those our friends who are supposed to interested in our civil affairs will lities alone they may get a chance to do the people a service. From present appearances it will very necessary for the Suffrageague to get right back into business and that at once. When the present Governor and Legislature get through three months from now we will hardly know where we are. There seems to be a tendency in these latter days to discredit the Holy Scriptures, especially that part which says a "Prophet is not with honor save in his own country in his own city," or words similar intention. We have lately banquets and banquets, until it seems to be an established custom to show appreciation by these means. Some one constitutes himself a committee of one and he goes out and gets up and down with a number of other fellows and the result is a banquet to some one or other. Now as this is the season of banquets, and as they are being handed around we wish to suggest a few who we think ought, to be given a chance to put on a full dress suit and be the guest of honor at a good feed. Mr. W. Ashbie Hawkins, for instance, who was instrumental in holding the first meeting which stirred up the Suffrage League to work; Mr. W. C. McCard, who acted as secretary of the Suffrage League, and who rendered efficient service in that position; ought to have some recognition, for by "dearly loves a good feed, again there is our good friendarry S. Cummings. Why should be left out? And there is our personal friend, Col. Truly Hatchett,etary of the finance committee, as been recently married and now he would immensely enjoy daunting. Not forgetting a friend, Captain Frankou, the ubiquitous news- paper man. Why should he not be remembered? But Oh my, there are so many it would be impossible to enumerate all of them, it would take too much time and space; they can be found on every corner. However, let us have a few more banquets if for nothing else than to show that we are not selfish and wish to treat all alike. Plenty of time this winter yet, and these long cold nights are just the times to get around a festive board and swap stories of our prowess on the political and other fields. One-half the world does not know what we are doing, and if we and our friends do not tell it who will? Just give us a chance. THE NEGRO SEMI-CENTENNIAL. There was a very largely attended meeting of the citizens of Baltimore on last Monday night, in Sharp St. Memorial M. E. Church, to hear addresses from the Hon. C. J. Bonaparte, and Minister Ernest Lyon, with respect to the proposed celebration to be held in 1913, in honor of the first half century of freedom of the American Negro. The addresses were in every way worthy of the occasion. However, it is to be sincerely regretted that the series of resolutions, commending President Taft, were injected in the meeting. It was a great mistake, such resolutions being wholly out of place, and, necessarily, calculated to stimulate controversy and bad feeling. It matters not that it may be contended that only certain specific acts of President Taft were commended, and not the general policy and attitude of the Chief Magistrate. It was a public meeting called for the purpose of generally interesting all our people in the national movement of a fitting celebration of the completion of fifty years of freedom on the part of the American Negro. We must learn to stick to our text, and be imbued with that courteous and gentlemanly feeling which seeks not to unnecessarily offend our neighbor who may, as a matter of principal, differ from us on a controverted point. The Maryland Progressive Union is supposed to be an association of colored persons, Democrats, Independents and Republicans, and of various religious beliefs, but all of one mind with respect to the social and civil improvement of the people of color. Unless, therefore, the officers of this newly formed union are conscientiously mindful of the supreme importance of refraining from political or religious one-sidedness, the Progressive Union will soon become dissolved by retrogressive disunion. While we can see much good as to the possible outcome of such a successful exposition, as is contemplated, yet we are far from being unmindful of the fact that such an exposition, on the contrary, may be attended with dire disaster and serious consequences to the race, and to the country. That we should all be profoundly grateful to the Giver of all good for our freedom, and the innumerable mercies which have descended upon our people throughout the country, during the years past, will readily be accepted by all, of whatever political party or religious belief. But, there are very great differences of opinion with respect to the, form of public expression such interior gratitude should take. If, in preparing for and holding such exposition, the race at large should become possessed with a feeling now too largely shared by many of our materially and intellectually prosperous men, to wit, that we have already reached the point where we can contrast ourselves with, our white neighbors, and dispense with their kindly assistance, such an exposition would be but a monument to our infidelity and ingratitude. There is already too much boasting upon our part as to what we have and what we can do. Is it then strange that we are finding it increasingly difficult to obtain material help and kindly assistance from our more favored brethren? We are far from writing against holding such an exposition; yet, we are not unmindful of the dangers ahead. The little incident at Sharp Street Memorial M. E. Church, the other evening, serves as a judicious warning. If such an exposition is to result in any good to the Negro race, and to our common country, the leaders in the movement must beware, lest by their selfishness and inconsiderateness of the whole people, they bring down upon us contempt rather than praise. Independent of the exposition, it seems to us not a very bad idea that Negro Uhristian people throughout the United States and their friends should put forth the supreme effort of their lives, as a special tribute of gratitude to the Almighty, in rais-sufficient money to free of debt every Negro church in the land. Such an occasion would certainly prove the year of jubilee. The "Negro Church" with all of its imper- fections, has been the grand source of inspiration, with respect to all inscriptions of the Negro race during the years that have passed, and we know of nothing more fitting whereby the sincere gratitude and love of the race for all blessings received, may be expressed with so much direct helpfulness, than by a united effort to absolutely free of debt the houses of worship dedicated to the Triune God. All of the rich Negroes, if there are such among us, in or outside of the church; all of our people, school teachers, lawyers, physicians, business men, and even those who have gotten so big that they no longer go to Negro churches, all sorts and conditions of them, are what they are, under God, by reason of the influence and inspiration of the "Negro Church." Long before freedom, this same institution, in dews and caves, and in the forest and elsewhere, kept alive in the hearts of our poor people the glow of heavenly fire, holding them steadfast and immovable to the Pillar of Truth. The Abolitionists, the Quakers, and all who wrought mightily for freedom were stimulated thereto by the fear and love of the Almighty. Every real advance step the race has ever made has been succeeded and stimulated by religion. The special mission of the Negro race in this country is a religious one. The one thing that Providence' has for us to do is not to excel the white man in commerce, in letters, or knowledge, but rather to prove such a faithful medium of moral power and spiritual energy as will supply the one thing needful to preserve the civilization of the white man from the same decay and ruin which overtook his ancestors in the past. True we have not fully discerned our special mission; it is being gradually unfolded to us, but certainly our training in slavery and humiliation, taken together with our wonderful deliverance, seems to indicate that Providence has chosen us to interpret in our daily lives the highest, sweetest and noblest expression of the spirit of the decaloguo and the Sermon on the Mount. Therefore, whatever may be the nature of our celebration, let it be in profound recognition of Him who has so indelibly stamped His image upon the race, and who is to be our guide unto death. LATE LITERARY NOTES. Prof. L. M. Hershaw, one of the best posted clerks in the General Land Office, is about the issue a volume called The Niagara Movement Year Book, dealing with pertinent statistics of the Negro during the past year and touching some of the sociological problems confronting the race. Prof. Hershaw is a graduate of the Atlanta University, and of the law department of Howard University. He served two successful terms as president of the Bethel Literary and Historical Association, and for a number of years has been clerk and section chief in the General Land Office. He is one of the founders of the Niagara Movement, and is the official head of that organization in the District of Columbia. Prof. Hershaw has made a close study of the relation of the Negro to the American body politic, and is a statistician of more than a local reputation. He is one of the editors of "The Horizon," and is author of several very ably written treatises on constitutional and ethical questions, which have had wide circulation. Dr. Henry W. Furniss, United States Minister to Haiti, whose vivid and comprehensive article on "Whaling in Brazil," in the June number of the Bulletin of the Bureau of American Republics, attracted such marked attention at the hands of the commercial people of the entire Western Hemisphere, will have another interesting contribution in the January number of the same Bulletin. The article will be beautifully illustrated and will describe in detail a trip to the Falls of Paulo Alfonso, about which little has been published. The pictures will be particularly good, and are the result of three trips there with special photographic apparatus. Dr. Furniss is a practical photographer, having had valuable experience while Consul at Bahia, Brazil, and upon other trips of this kind, and the views selected as typical of the picturesque region, spoken of, were developed by himself in the accurate and painstaking fashion characteristic of all that our Minister to Haiti undertakes. Copies of the Bulletin can be had by addressing Hon. John Barrett, director of the Bureau of American Republics, Washington, D.C. $100,000 to Back Johnson. $100,000 to Bath Johnson. Boston, Mass., Januar 6.—The negroes of Greater Boston are forming a pool of $100,000 to be known as the Johnson Fund," to be placed on Johnson at prevailing odds in the coming mate with feff ties. EDITOR AERO-AMERICAN: I have received so many letters recently regarding the proposed celebration in the year of 1913 of the fifteenth anniversary of the freedom of the American Negro that I deem it wise to ask you to permit me to use your columns in making some reply to these letters rather than it trying to answer each one individually. Attention has already been called to the importance of some kind of a celebration to take the form of an exposition or something else. Of course, in order to have such an exposition, it is of the first importance that it has the recognition and support of the United States Government as well as that of as many States as possible, or without the influence and help of the central government it would hardly be possible to have an exposition that would reflect credit upon our race. Having all this in mind, the whole matter of such an exposition was carefully pvt before the President of the United States, and after considering the whole subject with great care, manifesting the deepest interest, it was thought best by President Taft and others who consulted with him that in order to secure the confidence and support of the American people that the whole matter ought to be taken up in a dignified, orderly way and that this could best be accomplished through the appointment of a preliminary and temporary commission by the President, authorized by Congress, such commission to be composed of men of such ripe and wide experience and reputation that their recommendations would carry weight. It would be the purpose of such a commission to study carefully the whole subject, and if deemed wise to recommend the holding of such an exposition, to map out in a general and comprehensive scheme for same. This would prove the basis for an appeal to Congress and to state legislatures and philanthropic individuals for such support as would create an exposition that would commend the respect and confidence of the world. Accordingly, a bill has been prepared and introduced into the House of Representatives and the United State Senate carrying out the suggestion of providing for the appointment of a commission. President Taft further manifested his interest in the proposed exposition by referring to it in the most complimentary way in his recent message. It is believed that the bill introduced into Congress will pass early in the present session. In order to insure the success of the exposition, it is important that we proceed carefully and systematically. No hasty, ill considered plan will command the respect and confidence of the American people. I wish to say in this same connection that it is important that the race be patient while these plans are maturing. In the end it will be found that every element of the race will receive proper recognition and be given an opportunity to take part in the exposition. So far as the selection of individuals to take the leadership in the matter is concerned, nothing definite has been done; only preliminary committees have been selected with a view of getting matters in shape to present to the President. After the passage of the bill now before Congree and the appointment of the commission by the President, there will be plenty of time for all organizations, denominations and institutions to receive proper recognition, and I am sure that this will be done. Nothing can be gained, but much lost, by any attempt to take short cuts and by doing those things that call attention to little side issues that have no possible chance to succeed. We need in this matter the united effort of all elements of the race, and the evidence so far points to the fact that the race is more united on this project than it has ever been on any other of similar magnitude, and we hope that this union of the masses of the people will continue. I wish to add that most careful consideration before any decisive is reached, will be given to the claims of every city or locality that is interested in having the proposed exposition located in its midst. Other information as progress is made from time to time will be given. Mr. W. Edward Pye was tendered a surprise birthday reception on last Wejnesday. A revival which will last some weeks is in progress at John Wesley M. E. Church. Meetings are being held each afternoon for children children and much religious enthusiasm prevails. Rev. Elisha M. Mitchell will conduct the services next week. BONAPARTE TALKS ON NEGRO EXPOSITION Former Attorney-General Makes Ringing Speech Favoring Holding of Negro Exposition in 1913—Meeting Held at Sharp Street Church Under Auspices of Negro Progressive League—Resolutions Praising Taft Prove A Stumbling Block To Those Who Offer Them and is Not Voted Upon. A large and well attended mass meet was held in Sharp St. Memorial M. E. Church, Monday night, under the auspices of the Maryland Progressive League. The purpose of the league was to hear an address from the Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte, former member of Mr. Roosevelt's cabinet, on "A Negro Exposition for 1913." the merited esteem of mankind a nation must deserve to be great, must be true to its proclaimed principles, must mean what it solemnly says, and say what, and only what it truly means." Rev. Dr. Ernest Lyon, minister Resident to Liberia, also made an address, in which he advocated the extension of an invitation to Liberia The meeting was called to order by the chairman, Mr. J. H. Smith, and was presided over by him. Mr. W. Ashbie Hawkins was introduced and he introduced Mr. Bonaparte, who made the principal address. Among other things Mr. Bonaparte said: "In a little more than three years a half century will have passed since the first of those great public acts in our country, which converted several millions of human beings from things into persons, from chattels into men. We have met to urge on our national government and on the American people the propriety, I might almost say the necessity, of a fitting commo- [Picture of a man with a long white beard and a bald head, wearing a dark suit and a white shirt. The background is a plain, light color. The portrait is oval-shaped with a decorative border.]] JOHN HENRY SMITH ration for this memorable event. To this end we need only remind thinking men of the immense changes in all that tends to our nation's greatness which have flowed from the Emancipation Proclamation and the several statutes and three constitutional amendments which completed the work it began. "Shavery has made, or was fast making us, virtually two peoples under the same rulers, the same laws and the same flag; only emancipation made, it possible that we should become a nation in heart as well as in shape—in fact, as well as in form. I know that even now designing or misguided men among us still seek to inflame sectional prejudices and would mar, so far as they may, the great salutary work of national union; nay, that such men at times seem to find some measure of local and transient success for their efforts, but the deceive themselves if they dream of any wide or lasting fruits to their mischievous labors. But it is not enough to be merely strong or great in wealth and material resources; to truly count in CHARITY WORKER Rev. Mrs. Annie L. Johnson Presented Many Beautiful Presents In Appreciation of Her Noble Work. The reception given to Rev. Mrs. Annie E. Johnson, at her residence, 1706.E. Madison street, on Monday evening of this week, by the Floating Circle if King's Daughters, better known as the "Whoseover Will". Circle, was largely attended by the friends of Mrs. Johnson and also of the Circle, many of whom were out from Washington, Towson, Melville, Mt. Washington and other places. President, Rev. E. W. S. Scott, of whose conference the Rev. Johnson is a member, was present and made a very interesting address. After this address a fine supper was served under the direction of an experienced caterer, consisting of turkey, roast beef, oysters, roast pig, salads, slaw, peas, corn, tomatoes, tea, coffee, cocoa, ice cream, frozen custard, fruit and cakes. After supper the Circle, led by its standard bearer Mr. William Henry, Johnson, beering a large silver the merited esteem of mankind a nation must deserve to be great, must be true to its proclaimed principles, must mean what it solemnly says, and say what, and only what it truly means." Rev. Dr. Ernest Lyon, minister Resident to Liberia, also made an address, in which he advocated the extension of an invitation to Liberia and other Negro governments to come and take a part in the proposed celebration or exposition in 1913, the fiftht anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. A motion to appoint a committee to draft resolutions of thanks to President Taft for his activity in promoting the 1913 Exposition; his recommendation of the payment of the balance by Congress due the depositors in the Freedman's Saving and Trust Company, and his appointment of a commission to Liberia to investigate conditions in that Republic. Notwithstanding considerable opposition on the part of several of the members of the League, the committee was appointed. When the committee returned with the resolutions, (which had evidently been prepared beforehand) objections were made to their consideration. However, notwithstanding, the objections, it was reported that the resolutions were passed, notwithstanding, there had been no votes taken on them. Amping those opposing thanking President Taft were Mr. W. Ashue Hawkins, a well-known attorney, and Rev. G. R. Waller, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church. The fact that there was opposition to their resolution, did not set well with either the committee or those in direct charge of the meeting, and it took the pastor of the church, Rev. W. A. C. Hughes, to bring order out of confusion. Had not this been done at the time it was, it might have developed into an old time political meeting, as it was it was not much to the credit of the organization in trying to force a resolution of that kind through, when it had been already manifested by the applause of the audience that it was about evenly divided between those who thought President Taft ought to be thanked and those who did not. Moreover it is to be regretted that an occurrence of the kind should have taken place in the presence of such a distinguished guest as Mr. Bonaparte. An announcement that if ten thousand signatures to a petition for a Negro Insane Asylum could be gotten, provision would be made by the present legislature of fifty thousand dollars for a hospital for the indigent insane of the State. There is, however, a bill or will be a bill before the legislature for the State to provide for all the insane white and colored. This bill has the sanction of the highest authorities, and it is fully expected to pass. After the meeting had gotten again under control, it was dismissed with the benediction by Rev. Hughes, pastor of the church. cross, assisted by the chaplin, Miss Nellie Whyett, marched around singing the old familiar hymn: "When I Get Home." The music was under the direction of Mrs. Carrie A. E. Banks, and the presentation address was made by Miss Mamie Stirgions, who presented Rev. Mrs. Johnson with a purse of $25 00. The treasurer, Miss Louisa Johnson gave an interesting address in reference to the work that had been done during the year; Rev. James H. [enkins, presented Mrs. Johnson, a beautiful satchel, on behalf of the inmates of Bay View Asylum; Miss Celestine] Johnson on behalf of the assembled guests, presented a basket filled with gold kisses, tied with holly ribbon. Upon receiving the many beautiful tokens presented her, Mrs. Johnson was unable to properly thank the givers, for she was both surprised and greatly pleased, Happy Hooligan Social Entertains. The Happy Hooligan Social, of East Baltimore gave their New Year reception starting at 12 o'clock and ending at 7 o'clock, at 1504 Milliman street. Mrs. Cora Saunders of Camden. N. J. and the Jolly members of East Baltimore were present. ATHLETIC NOTES. Notes for this column addressed to Mr. Beckett, care of this office, will receive careful attention.-Ed. Physical manhood is a prime requisite in all human endeavor. Football will remain among the American sports, but some radical changes will be made and from indications it will be a sectional game; the North, South, East and West playing according to their rules. Johnson is classed among the six pre-eminent athletes in sport in 1909. Frank Gotch is recognized as king of the wrestling mat. Jack Johnson is champion of champions among the pugilists. W. A. Larned is acknowledged officially as the greatest tennis player in the United States. Ted Coy, the captain of the Yale eleven last Fall, stands out as the most brilliant star that shown on the gridiron in 1909. Charles J. Daniels is the premier swimmer of the country. George Bonhage is the leading figure in athletics, holding the records from five and one-quarter to ten miles. The ten mile asphalt Marathon on New Year's Day was a success. Baltimore is waking up for things athletic. "Joe" Gans prophesies "Jack" Johnson as winner. Excessive accumulation of fat, the cigarette habit and idleness, he claims, have placed "Jim" Jefferies beyond the point of recovery sufficient to defeat Johnson. Ealtimoreans had a chance to make comparisions last night, "Jack" Johnson or "Jim" Jefferies. But conjectures won't do, fate assisted by muscular stamina, endurance and skill will decide all things July the fourth. One good baseball team is all that Baltimore fans will support. Will the colored boys have a base bail league this year? Read the Sporting Annual published by Richard K. Fox for 1910. It contains records of football, baseball, jumping, racing and all athletic sports. Some of the football captains for the leading Universities on the gridiron this Fall are under fire. Michigan, Harvard, Penn, Cornell and Princeton are among the number. The football casualties of the year to November 28th, were: Killed, 32, injured 283. Out-door sports, sleighing and skating are in their glory. CUPID WAS VERY BUSY And As A Result There Were A Large Number Of Marriages In Charles County During The (Special to Afro-American.) Brice's Chapel, Jan. 5.—The following named couples were united in marriage during the holiday season by Rev. Joseph H. Jackson, of the La Plata Circuit: Mr. Tommie Brown of Prince George's county and Miss Lot tieinkney, of Charles county, on Dec. 28th. Mr. George Ruxton and Mrs. Jamie Reed, both of Charles county, on Dec. 29. Mr. William E. Gantt and Miss Ruth Folsom Jackson, youngest drugher of the Rev. Jos. W. Jackson, Dec. 30. Mr. and Mrs. Gantt will make their future residence in Harrisburg, Pa., where they are now spending their honey-moon. BEAUTIFUL WEDDING Miss Etuel Gumby Becomes The Bride of Mr. J. S. Jones at Salisbury, Md. (Special to Afro-American Ledger.) Salisbury, Md., Jan 1-The home of Mrs. Lovisa Powell. 207 Broad street whee the scene of a beautiful, wedding Wednesday evening December 29. The contracting couple were Miss Etuel Gumby and Mr. J. S. Jones, of Rock Creek. Dr. P. P. O'Connell, officiated assisted by Dr. C. S. Spriggs. The bride was attired in a white silk chiffon, trimmed with baby Irish lace and carried a bouquet of white carnations. The maid of honor, Miss Bessie Leonard was attired in a white batiste beautifully trimmed and carried a bouquet of carnations. After the ceremony a reception was held. Many beautiful presents were received. An Increase at Walters Free Baths There were 30,559 patrons at the Walters Public Baths, Argyle avenue, during 1909, an increase of 2111 over the previous year. Of these 1815 persons were accommodated during December. RESOLUTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR Continued from First Page I am going to read, after the great writer of our race, R. W. Thompson I am not going to give any concern as to whether Jesus was black or whites but I am going to try to be like Him. I am going to try to get my people together Now there are some other resolutions that I will not mention. Well you will find me in Texas this week, and I am here attending the meeting of Texas teachers. They have closed, and I am now getting ready to leave. There is just a few more hours in this year, and I think that I will have the pleasure of attending meeting with Rev. J. W. Rankin, D. D. I expect to spend a few hours in Texarkana, but I will be in Galveston when you read this letter. I am sure you will show something about the teachers, and permit me to say to you that they are doing a great work. I was certainly among educated men and women and enjoyed being among them. Prof. J. R. E. Lee, who has charge of the academic department of Tuskegee Institute, and one of the leading educators of the Negro race is in charge of the school interests here. In other words he dropped in to see the teachers of Texas and to see what they are doing and to say a few words to them. He is at the head of a national organization of teachers which will meet during the summer in Okla. lahoma City. In his address he spoke of the work being done by Dr. Booker T. Washington, and his people, and of the proposed celebration in 1913, and thought it was a good thing and as soon as he had finished speaking the association passed a resolution endorsing the movement, and pledging support to it. I was glad to see this. I have not looked into the movement myself yet, but I am told that it is going to be a great thing. I will be delighting our readers with some information as soon as I can get it. It must be something when the President to the United States will call it a notice of Congress. I think it will be a great affair to all of us who are left here. Well I have seen many things in the city to claim my attention. Dr. N. T. Wallace, is the leading tooth doctor in town. I think he is called a dentist. I have told you about him before and have published his face that you might see him. You will reca I this I am sure, but I did not tell you he had a wife, because it happened last June. It was on the 10th day of that month that he took unto himself, and he has had her ever since. Now people always want to know who the fortunate or unfortunate woman was who took a husband. Now this happened to be one of the leading young women of Fort Worth, Miss Bertha Sims, from one of the first families in the town. Mrs. Wallace was a good teacher and for three long years taught in the public schools of this town. She is a good housekeeper, up to things, and is doing so much to help her race up, Dr. Wallace is busy all the time. I wish that I had time to enter into all this. Then there is Hon. Wm. McDonald. He has erected one of the fluest houses in town. I am sure you will remember him. I hear him make one of the best speeches I have ever heard a man make. He addressed the teachers, and I am here to tell you that he shirred on the white tokes. He told the Negroes that they use to have friend among the southern white people. That they were so few now they would have to take a magnifying glass to find them. He said many other things, and the white folks did not have to guess at what he was saying. It was published in the paper. The President of the School Board came to the front the next day after he had read the speech and had his speech. He declared that the Negro old have friends and would continue to have them. He told them that there was a thing which was not in the Bible, but it ought to be there. "Vinegar never catches flies." had his reasons for saying this, and he said it plain. He spoke right out in church. I am proud that I heard him. McDonald is the great man. We need men to speak out for ourselves, we are not able to speak for ourselves. God give us more men like that. Now as to P. C. Houston, Jr. I am sure you will remember him, because he is a ran. He is the registrar of the National Negro Business League and one of the busiest men in all the country, could see his building, his business. I want to extend my thanks to Prof C. S. Smith, for the book which he sent me having every day of the year in it. I am sure that I will have every day of this year. Then I want to pay my respects to Misses Inez Kickerson, Inz and Minnie Foote of Vicksburg for sending me Christmas cards. I do not think of any other just now. If you have a letter for me send it care Rev. T. S. Sandefur, Camden, Arkansas. Aged Colored Cripple found Dead In Street-Had Over One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dol- Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 6—An aged colored man, crippled and with one arm, was found dead in the Liberty Avenue Mission House here by the police. He had been a miser, but no one suspected that he had bank books which were found with him, indicating deposits of over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. These deposits are in five different banks and trust companies, and it was through these valuable documents that he was identified as William H. Thomas, aged 66 years. As far as known, he had no friends or relatives. Under the auspices of the women of Sharp St. Memorial M. E. Church This Operetta will be composed of some of Baltimore's leading singers ADMISSION 25 CENTS. Mrs. Jennie Ross, Pres. Mrs. Fannie Johnson, Sec. Rev. W. A. C. HUGHES, D. D., Pastor. The sermon will be illustrated with large Life-Size Paintings under Hooded Light. The whole service will be embellished with Spiritual Songs. making it a service for all the people, Ladies' coat suits, $2.50 to $10.00; separate coats, size 36, 25c; shirt waists, 25c; separate skirts, $1.00 to $6.00; trimmed hats, 25c to $1.50; shoes, 25c to $1.50; men's overcoats, $1.50 to $5.50; men's suits, $3.50 to $7.00. Clothing for children very cheap; also wedding and evening dresses. Lace curtains for sale. All business strictly confidential. Open from 8 A. M. to 11 P. M. Terms reasonable. LADIES LOOK! Every lady can have a beautiful and manicured head of hair if she uses a NAGIC. After a shampoo or bath the Mascot dries the hair, removing the dandruff, and it will straighten the cutest head of hair. The Magic will not burn or injure the hair, because the comb is never heated. The steel heating bar which hones its surface is heated by the heat of the steel. The comb is easily detached from the heating bar, then after the bar is heated the comb goes back into place and is held by a turn of the handle. The Magic Henser is also suitable for curling fins, has a cover and can be carried in a bag. Fill with alcohol and light here Magic Shampoo Drier $1.00., Magic Alcohol Heater $2.50. Liberal torrs to agents. Write for literature today. Magic Shampoo Drier Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota. M. B. MINISTER ERNEST LYON. IS NOT A CANDIDATE FOR REGISTERSHIP The Friends Of Minister Lyon Denies Emphatically That He Is A Candidate For The Job. (Thompson's News Bureau.) Washington, Jan. 5.—The report that Minister Lyon, of Liberia, is a candidate for Registrar of the Treasury, is emphatically denied by those in the confidence of that gentleman. Dr. Lyon, his wife, Loreal at, the expulsion of his leave of absence. The solid gold elephant scarf-pin, presented to Auditor Halph W. Tyler by Minister Ernest Lyon as a token of the latter's appreciation of Mr. Tyler's splendid service in connection with the recent Lyon-Scott banquet, was made of gold taken from one of the richest mines in the Liberian Republic. Naturally, Mr. Tyler values the unique gift very highly. IN THE SOCIAL WHIRL AT SNOW HILL Two Weddiings In One Week—Many Strangers In Sown—Socials and Clubs Make Merry. (Special to the Afro-American Ledger.) Snow Hill, Md. Jan. 8—Mr. Joseph Smith and Miss Margie Stokes were married last Wednesday evening at the residence of Mrs. Amanda Davis. Mr. Arthur Martin and Miss George Dakins were united in marriage at the M. E. Church last Thursday evening. Mrs. Alice Robins gave a social in honor of the Silver Leaf Choral Society last Tuesday evening. Miss Margie Henry, of Berlin, Md., is the guest of Miss Lillie Durdell. Messrs. David Henry and Stephen H. D. xx of Berlin and Pocomoko City College. A very fine banquet and ball held at the Odd Fellows' Hall. Wednesday evening given by the Mandolin Club. EXTRAORDINARY! Grand Merry Milkmaid Under the Personal Direction of F. AT UNION HALL, E. Balti Thursday Evening, Jar Under the auspices of the women of Sha This Operetta will be composed of some ADMISSION 25 Mrs. Jennie Ross, Pres. Rev. W. A. C. HUGHES SOMETHING A SERIES OF ILLUSTRATED S PILGRIM'S PR At Centennial M. E. Church, C By Rev. Daniel W. S. BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT The sermon will be illustrated with Hooded Light. The whole service will Songs, making it a service for all the peo Hear the First Sermon, January 2d. CLOTHING... M. C. BROWN, 21 (Private Dw Largest and Cheapest House i Ladies' coat suits, $2.50 to $10.00 shirt waists, 25c.; separate skirts, $1.00 $1.50; shoes, 25c. to $1.50; men's overco $3.50 to $7.00. Clothing for children evening dresses. Lace curtains for sale 32 WEST ST., Near the Station ANNAPOLIS, MD. First-class meals served at all times. Also Boarding and Logging. The Carthage Take your evening and Sunday Meals at The Carthage. Large light furnished rooms. Free baths. Board by day or week. M. I. PARKER, Pron. 218 WEST BIDDLE STREET. Camden House Formerly Brinkley's 225 and 227 West Camden Street Remodeled and refurnished with all modern conveniences. Buths, a specialty. Superb Restaurant. Furnished rooms 75c. and $1.00. furnished rooms for light house keeping $1.50 to $2.00 per week. Rooms with board $3.50 per week. Mrs. Leatha Smith, Prop. C. & P. Phone 3586-M St. Paul. Ford's Hair Pomade Fifty years of success have proved the merits of this preparation. What is more attractive than a beautiful head of hair? It has been the ambition of women in all ages. The use of Ford's Hair Pomade makes stubborn, harsh, kinky or curly hair softer, more pliable and glossy, easy to combed and any style desired, consists with its length, as long as the Pomade remains in the hair. This result may be obtained by one thorough application according to directions. Two to four applications a month will keep the hair in satisfactory condition, leaving of four bottles, regular sizes, are usually sufficient for a year. Directions with every bottle. Ford's Hair Pomade Ford's Hair Pomade removes and prevents dandruff, invigorates the scalp and keeps it from getting itchy. It also helps to halt hairfall from falling out or breaking off and gives it new life and vigor. Absolutely harmless. Used with splendid results even when it is used as a constant pleasure. A most satisfactory toilet preparation for ladies, gentlemen and don't buy anything else allowed to be "just as good": if you want the best results buy Ford's Male Power. A must have for men. "No more package. If your drugrist or local dealer cannot supply you with the genuine, we will send you." We pay postage and express charges to all points in Order. All orders shipped immediately on receipt of price. Order. The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. 118 West Kinzie St. Chicago, Ill. FORD'S Hair POMADE is made only in Chicago by the above firm. Agents Wanted Everywhere. EXTRAORDINARY!! Paid Operetta.... of Prof. L. Ellsworth Toomey. Baltimore St., Near Exeter. January 20th, 1910. Sharp St. Memorial M. E. Church, some of Baltimore's leading singers IN 25 CENTS. Mrs. Fannie Johnson, Sec. GHSES, D. D., Pastor. NEW ED SERMONS ON BUNYON'S PROGRESS H, Caroline and Bank Streets W. Shaw, D. D. RIGHT, JANUARY 23, 1910 With large Life-Size Paintings under e will be embellished with Spiritual people, 2d. 2145 Division St. (Dwelling) House in Northwest Baltimore 10.00; separate coats, size 36, 25c; $1.00 to $6.00; trimmed hats, 25c; to overcoats, $1.50 to $5.50; men's suits, children very cheap; also wedding and sale. All business strictly confiden- l. Terms reasonable. THE MAGIC SHAMPOO AND HAIR-STRAIGHTENER MAILED ANYWHERE IN U.S. $100 POSTAGE PAID. SEND MONEY BY POST OFFICE MONEY ORDER. hady can have a beautiful man-made heath of a glass a MASK. After a shampoo or bath he has the hair, removing the dandruff; and it will the curtest head of hair. causes the comb is never heated. The steel heat- eater flame of the comb heats the heater, and the heating bar, then, after the bar is heath- by a turn of the handle. ring irons, has a cover and can be carried in a TOP Holster $0.50. Liberal terms to agents. Write Minneapolis, Minnesota. WHATCOAT M. E. CHURCH, Franklin and Pine Sts. "King's Hill" Rev. Alfred Young, Pastor. 11 A. M., Sermon by the Pastor, Subject: The Book of Revelation and the Revelation's of Books. 3 P. M., Sermon by Rev. P. C. Neal of the First Baptist Church his choir and congregation will be present. 5 P. M., Eoworth League. 8 P. M., Memorial Services for all deceased Coachman in the last thirty-five years of Baltimore City and vicinity. Mr. Addison White, chairman. Prayer meeting Wednesday night. Everybody welcome. W. C. Tongue, Supt. Miss E. Cooper, Pres. E. L. ASBURY M. E. CHURCH, Lexington St. and Rogers Avenue, Rev. C. G. Cummings, B. D., Pastor. 9.30 A. M., and 2.30 P. M., S. S. 11 A. M., Sermon by the Pastor, subject: "The Prophet Jonah." 5 P. M. Epworth League. 8 P. M., Sermon by Rev. G. B. Williams, of Morgans, Va. Revival services in progress. Strangers cordially welcomed. Chas. T. Stewart, Supt. Julian W. Ross, Pres. of E. L. EASTERN M. E. CHURCH McBeldry St. & Patterson Park Av Rev. James H., Jeikius, Pastor. Woman's Day. 9 30 A. M., Class Meeting, D. I. Fowler, leader. 11:00 A. M., Sermon by Rev. Mrs. Carrie B. Moloch. Address by Mrs. Virginia Lawson. 2 30 P. M., Sunday School 2.30 P. M., Sunday School 3.00 P. M., Address by Mrs. Mary R. Burkett, of Reisterstown; solo, Mrs. Lucy Jordan. 3.30 P. M., Class Meeting, Israel Barnes, leader. 5.30 P. M., Epworth League 8 P. M., Address, Mrs. Henrietta Brown, of Waters A; M. E. Church, Solo, Miss Ella Davis of Ames Mem. Church, Address, Mrs. A. R. H. Miller, also assisted by the O. O. C. K. of P. and Juveniles, Mrs. H. A. Hilliard and Stanley Company. John M. Barnes, Supt. GREEN SPRING M. E. CHURCH, Rev. R. A. Green, Pastor. 9 A. M., Class Meeting. 11 A. M., Rev. Lee Ashley. 3 P. M., Sunday School. 6.30 P. M., Epworth League 8 P. M., Rev. J. W. Bowyer. Mr. S. S. Oliver, Supt. Mrs. Jane Milligan, Pres. E. L. Rev. D. W. Hays, Pastor. 6 A. M., Class-meeting. Thos. Lane leader. 11 A. M., Rev. G. W. W. Jenkins. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 5.00 P. M., Epworth League. 7.00 P. M., Brotherhood, Prayer and Praise service. 8 P. M., Rev. M. J. Naylor, D. D. Special Rally Day. Everybody invited. W. A. Jones, Supt. Chas. Pulley, Pres. of League. B. M. Rhetta, Pres. Brotherhood. JOHN WESLEY M. E. CHURCH Sharp and Montgomery Sts. Rev. W. H. Gaines, D. P. Pastor. 9.30 A. M., 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 11 A. M., Sermon by the Pastor. First of a series of sermons on "Joseph." 5 P. M., Epworth League. 8 P. M., Sermon by Rev. E. M. Mitchell. Each sermon to be followed by Evangelistic Services. C. Y. W. C. A. 1200 Drudg Hill Avenue. Sunday Afternoon at 5 o'clock Rev, Dr. Finest Lyon, Minister to Liberia will address the women. Come out and hear him. Under the auspices of the religious Com- Miss Charlotte Davage Chairman. The Maryland Shoe Repairing We desire to call your attention to this branch of our business. We are using the best stock and material in the market, and therefore our prices are as low as can be. We do first-class repairing. Let us do your work and you will always get the best results. Satisfaction guaranteed. Read a few of our wonderful low prices. Men's half soled, 20 cents " hand sewed, 60 cents Ladies' and boys' half soled 25 cts. Heels, 15 cents. Come and bring your shoes and you will be astoished to look at them; they will be equalled to new. The Maryland Shoe Repairing 705 Druid Hill Avenue, between St. Mary's and Orchard Sts. tf Rev. E. J. Gregg, D' D., Pastor This Sunday will be quarterly Meeting Day, when Dr. P. J. Jordon, P. E., will be with us and preach at 11 A. M. The Conference will be held on Tuesday evening, January 11th, at 8 o'clock. 2.30 P. M. Sunday School Leaders will make their reports to pastor on Sunday, so as not to interfere with the Trustees collection. WATERS A. M. E. CHURCH Aisquith St., near Jefferson. Rev. Dr. D. P. Seaton, Pastor. 11 A. M., The Pastor, subject (by special request) The War in Heaven 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 4.30 P. M., Allen C. E. League. 7.30 P. M., Sermon by Rev. P. J. Jordan, P. E. Sunday is our third quarterly meeting day and special collection for the Trustees. J. F. Waters, Supt. ALLEN A. M. E. CHURCH Lexington St., near Carrollton Ave. Special Services All Day. 11 A. M., Sermon by the Pastor. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 4.30 P. M., Allen League. Special program. 3.30 P. M., Preaching. Roll call and Class Leaders must report or vouch for their members or their names will be reported left without certificate. Howard Brent, Supt. Wm. Butler, Pres. League. TRINITY A. M. E. CHURCH. Linden Ave. and Biddle St. Rev. A. L. Gaines, Pastor. 11.00 A. M., Sermon by the Pastor 2.30 Sunday School. 7.30 P. M., Sermon to the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, F. & A. Masons, by Rev. D. G Hill, D. D. pastor of Bethel A. M. E. Church. All Masons invited. 11.00 A. M., Sermon by Rev. Jos. Gwynn, Conference Superintendent. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 3.30 P. M., Sermon by Rev. A. A. A. Murray. 6.00 P. M., Allen C. E. League 7.30 P. M., An Illustrated Sermon. Revival Services continued. Classes-Sunday at 6 A.M., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at St Herbert Frisby, Supt. John Murray, Pres. of League. PENNA. AVE. A. M. E. ZION CHURCII, Penna. Are. near Dolphin Street Rev. J. A. S. Cole, Pastor. 11 A. M. Preaching by Pastor. 2.30 P. M. Sunday School. 6 P. M. Varick C. E. 7.30 P. M., Preaching. Revival Services. GILLIS MEM. M. P. CHUKCH, Parrish St. near Mulberry St Rev. B. H. Knight, Pastor. 10.00 A. M. Class Meeting. 11.00 A. M., Preaching, kev. Lun- field. 2.00 P. M., Sunday School 3.00 P. M., Rev. L. W. Fowler. 6.30 P. M., Christian Endeavor. 8.00 P. M., Rev. Perry Robertson. Stewards' Day. G. W. Richardson, Pres. C. E. T. H. McGowan, Supt. CHRIST'S INSTITUTION, Revival Services. 11 A. M. Sermon by Rev. A. Hill. 2 P. M. Sunday School. 7:30 P. M. Preaching by Rev. Apuilla Brooks. Dolphin and Etting Sts. Rev. W. Edward Williams, Pastor, "The Manse," 623 W. Lanvale St. C. & P. Phone 2513 Madison. Sunday, 11 A. M. Holy Commun- ion. Preaching by the Pastor. (In the hour, hear in the Service at the usual hour in the evening. Rev. B. F. Glasgo, of Lincoln University, Evangelist, under the General Assembly's Committee, will conduct the services each evening during the week. All invited. SHILOH BARTIST CHURCH Cor. Clinton Ave. and George Sts. Rev. W. W. Aller, Pastor. 9.30 A. M., Bible Class. 11.00 A. M., Sermon by the Pastor 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 3 P. M., Annual Sermon of the Willing Workers' Auxiliary No. 1; by Rev. Junius Gray. 5 to 7 P. M. B. V. P. U. 8 P. M., Sermon by Rev. Johnson Lewis, of Orange county, Va. Revival continued, conducted by Rev. Wm. H. Skipwith, the singing evangelist. Aged Couple Pass Half-Century Mark In Wedded Life Celebrate Anniversary With "Family" Dinner Mr. Fragg The Only Surving Member of Vestry in the First Colored Episcopal Church in Virginia M. B. Louis Aidt's Shoe House For Your Shoes Mr. and Mrs. George F. Bragg, the father and mother of the rector of St. James Church, Baltimore, on Sunday, December 26th, celebrated the Fifthieth Anniversary of their marriage, which occurred in Emmanuel Church, Warrenton, N. C., on the 26th day of December, 1859. It was more than a celebration of that event; it was likewise a celebration of, practically, 50 years of continuous service in Church work. At the 11 a.m. service in St. James Church, the rector was both preacher and celebrant, and preceding the general communion, the whole "Bragg family" partook of the Blessed Sacrament, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Bragg, Senior, the rector's wife and four children, and Dr. Lucie Bragg, a sister of the rector. The only assent one was Mrs. Carrie Bragg Campbell, of Petersburg, Va., who was hindered by sickness of her husband, from being present. Following the service at the church, there was a "family dinner" at the rectory, at which time a purse of "gold" was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Bragg, in which shared all of the children and grandchildren. With the close of the late Civil War, Mr. and Mrs. bragg moved to Petersburg, Va., where they made their permanent home, and almost simultaneously with their advent in Petersburg, under the leadership of Mrs. Caroline W. Bragg, the mother of Mr. Bragg, Senior, St. Stephen's Church, that city, the first Colored Episcopal Church in Virginia, was organized. Of the seven first vestrymen four were sons of Mrs. Bragg, and one of the others married in the family. Mr. George P. Bragg is the only survivor of that first vestry. For a number of years past, in the northern part of the city, where they reside, Mr. and Mrs. Bragg, have been the constant promoters of a mission Sunday-school, and on the first Sunday in each month the rector of St. James, Baltimore, celebrates in the little chapel the Holy Communion, for his parents, and the dozen or more communicants living in that vicinity. With respect to the late Mrs. Caroline W. Bragg, who was the "mother" of the colored work in Virginia, the late widow of the late Bishop Payne, some years ago, in communicating her departure, to the "Spirits of Missions," among other things, said: "St. Stephen's Church was crowded at her funeral with white and colored persons, many of our best ladies and gentlemen delighting to show their appreciation of a Secret Divorces. UR boasted equality means, at least, equality before the law, not in social standing or in inherited wealth. Still the rich litigant must always have the advantage of his purse in procuring astute counsel and in that sore of subtle judicial notice which some judges may take wealth and social position, even where some of the parties to the suit must be recruit to the responsibilities which that wealth and position entail upon them. So far as I know, the annals of our idle rich justify no such judicial notice. The divorce now the occasion of your inquiry was doubtless just on its merits and free from any taint of collusion. Still, although carried through with legal form, it has all the earmarks of being proceeded with as concerted. all the earlmarks of being married. The contract of marriage is a peculiar contract, as it involves a change of status of the parties touching our standards of civilized living, and so it is held to be a matter of public interest. Divorce by collusion is always feared and scrupulously fended against by the law. In some jurisdictions the trial is attended by counsel for the public as if a third party, to the suit. I recall an instance of a divorce procured here on the written detailed sworn confession of the wrongdoer, witnessed by several important merchants of this city, where the judge in open court went into the facts minutely and properly acted as counsel for the State. This wrongdoer, though unsuspected, had been faithless for years. The parties were above suspicion of collusion, were of excellent family, but not of inherited wealth or noted socially, yet an attempt to glide through even on this damning confession no doubt would have met with scrutiny to which objection could be well taken. Where the proof necessary for divorce comes from third parties—maids, flunkies, and others—while the parties immediately interested are dallying afar in the pleasant places of the earth and depending, so to say, on their "rank," collusion should be narrowly-watched for, lest precedents might arise on which collusion might be based later. Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Terms. $3 a year. Four months, $L Sold by all news dealers. MUHN & Co. 961 Broadway, New York Broadway Office, 525 F St.-Washington, D. C. CARRYING THEM OUT. The secrecy of the court proceeding is entirely out of consideration for the public decency; it intends to suppress the prudent. All right-minded people must desire to shield the innocent members of the family involved and feel deeply for them. But so far as those innocent members are concerned the facts are known, in effect. Then the persons most largely benefited by this present secrecy are the very ones who least deserve any public consideration, but who in fact should be known—the wrongdoers. They are, it seems, possibly subject to penalties on the other, and necessarily the public, side of the court. Let justice be administered with an even hand even though the rich and mighty must be known as they deserve to be and as they dustrial Institute. Will re-open under last year's in-agement, October 4th, 1869. Teachers from Tuskegee Inst., Hampton Inst., Armstrong Manual, and other reputable institutions have been secured for teaching, both in the academic and industrial department s. Instruction will be given in 17 occupies comprising: Dressmaking, Millinery Plain-sewing, Art and Needle-work, Cooking, Basketry and Upholstery and Domestic Science Carpentry, Cabinet Making, Architectural Pairing, Dairying, Poultry Raising, Truck Gardening, and Agriculture. Those wishing to enter,'should apply at once for admission. Knooms are being rapidly taken. Twice as many students as last year are now enroll'd Those entering on opening day will receive special rules. Board, tuition, washing, ironing, room, etc. $3.00 per month. All students work out a part of their board. No worthy student refuted. Those wishing to enter should apply at once. All visitors are welcome. Cars every few minutes in the day. If you wish your boy or girl to enter an institute in where they will he will receive the best home training, send him to Laurel Institute. Geo. W. Clarke, Graduate Borden town Inst., and Tuskegee Inst. Principal. LAUREL INSTITUTE, LAUREL, MD GO TO.... A full line of Ladies', Misses, Chil Jren, Men, Boys and Youth Fine Shoes at reasonable Prices. Present the "ad" in this paper and ten (10) exra stamps will given with your purchase. A full line of Rubber Boots and Ladies' and Children's Rubbers. We Give Green Trading Stamps. 704 and 706 Druid Hill Ave. BALTIMORE, MD. CRITIS BAY, Candlen Station, 12:32 A.M. LIBRAY, Candlen Station, 12:32 A.M. P. M. Candlen Station, 12:34 A.M. Royal Blue Line for Philadelphia and New York. New Terminal at 23rd Street, New York, con- venient to hotel, theatre and shopping district. Eastward. L. Candlen. L. M. Royal Bleeper. Daily 3:21 A.M. 3:23 A.M. Bullet. Diner. Daily 3:21 A.M. 3:23 A.M. Bullet. Diner. Excursion. 9:50 A.M. 9:54 A.M. Parlor. Diner. Sun only 9:22 A.M. 9:25 A.M. Parlor. Diner. Daily 1:53 P.M. 1:21 P.M. Diner. Diner. Daily 1:53 P.M. 1:21 P.M. ROYAL LIMITE. Parlor. Observation and Fishing Cars. Daily 3:48 P.M. 3:52 P.M. Diner. Daily 3:48 P.M. 3:52 P.M. Parlor. Diner. Daily 6:00 P.M. 6:00 P.M. Crochet. Phila. Daily 12:33 P.M. 12:41 P.M. Local Bleeper for New York ready for occupancy in Mt. Kiskamack. Daily 12:33 P.M. 12:41 P.M. Local Bleeper for New York ready for occupancy in Mt. Kiskamack. Daily 12:33 P.M. 12:41 P.M. Atlantic City 6:00. City weekdays. B. for ATLANTIC CITY 6:00. City weekdays. C. steps at CHESTER. Phil. Accom.....Sun, only 835 A.M. 8:30 A.M. Phila. Accom.....Ex. sun, 8:15 A.M. 8:30 A.M. Aberdeen Accom.....Sun, only 1:00 P.M. 1:00 P.M. Phila. Accom.....Ex. Sun, 5:40 P.M. 5:40 P.M. Phila. Accom.....Ex. Sun, 3:10 P.M. 3:10 P.M. Aberdeen Accom.....Sun, only 5:10 P.M. 5:10 P.M. Phila. Accom.....Sun, only 9:00 P.M. 9:00 P.M. Phila. Accom.....Daily 9:00 P.M. 9:00 P.M. Tweed Offices, N. W. Cor. Charles and Saratoga R.A.Y. N. C. A. Bldg. 528 S. Broadway, M.C. Rural Station of Camden Station. D. B. MARTIN, Mr. Pass, Traffic. G. W. BASSETT, Mr. Pass, Art. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C. An answer defining a sketch and description may balsaise usher us certain our opinion whether we wish itation is probably intonable. Commun- ment where strictly confidential. HANDBOX on Patente gent two. Oftest neglected. Muni & 00, receive notices, without charge, in the Would-Be Contributor—"I sent a few contributions to you a day or two ago, sir, which I am sure would improve your paper. Have you carried out any of my ideas?" Editor—"Did you happen to notice a red-headed office boy with a waste paper basket going down stairs?" Contributor—"I did sir." MR. AND MRS. GEORGE F. DRAGG. By Thomas Fenton Taylor UR boasted equality means, at least, equality before the law, not in social standing or in inherited wealth. Still the rich litigant must always have the advantage of his purse in procuring astute counsel and in that sore of subtle judicial notice which some judges may take wealth and social position, even where some of the parties to the suit must be recruit to the responsibilities which wealth and position entail upon them. So far as 1 singularly, holy life. The Rev. Dr. Gibson preached her funeral sermon, a most beautiful tribute to departed worth. All who heard it wished that they could deserve such a tribute from such a man, and all felt that every word was true. We owe to her the Colored Episcopal Church here; but what do we not owe her? The late Rev. Thomas W. Cain, who lost his life in the Galveston disaster, as well as the present rector of St. James Church, Baltimore, are, respectively, sons of the first and second husbands of the late Mrs. Caroline W. Bragg. IN HONOR OF THE 50th ANNIVER SARY OF THE MARRIAGE OF MR. AND MRS. BRAGG THOU AND I. I AND THOU We've lived so long together No word could part us now We've lived through storm and weather, Thou and I, I and Thou. Yes, our sight is growing dim, And our form from age is thin, And our locks are turning grey For we've traveled many a day. See our steps are slow, not fast, As we listen for the sounds Of the echoes of the past, That true love which knows no bounds. All these fifty years now flown, In time's garden, all our own, All our buds have grown so fair, Only one has gone up here. How much longer we will stay, Through Thy favors on life's way We can't tell, Thou knowest all, Make us ready for thy call. Thou hast lent us to our children Long to guide their erring feet, Keep them in the straight path, bring them Safely, to Thy Mercy seat. Grant our prayer, Oh God of love, Bring us all to heaven above. When at last our mork is done, And our earthly race is run. Affectionately dedicated to father and mother, December 26, 1909, by DR. LUCIE BRAGG. SES. They Do Not Shield the ocent Fenton Taylor. at least, equality before the law, not union wealth. Still the rich litigant avantage of his purse in procuring astute of subtle judicial notice which some and social position, even where some must be recrent to the responsibilities position entail upon them. So far as I no such judicial notice. The divorce obtracts just on its merits and free from carried through with legal form, it has BRILLIANT EDUCATOR. Dr. E. R. Roberts of Florence, S. C. Exponent of the True Teacher. Few Afro-Americans are perhaps aware of the fact that one of their race once matriculated at South Carolina university. Dr. R. Roberts. Sunday school missionary for the American Baptist Publication society for the state of South Carolina, who is an alumnus of Benedict college, enjoys the distinction of being a member of the freshman class of 1875 at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Roberts is regarded as an able divine and has served his denomination in various important positions, especially as general missionary and home missionary. In his present honored position he has done effective work for the cause he C E. R. ROBERTS, so intelligently and effectively represents. He is an artisan and an experienced harpess maker. Dr. M. W. Gilbert of New York and Rev. Mr. Roberts were conspicuous in the quarto centennial held by the Sons of Mount Morlah Baptist church, Camden, S. C. Dr. Roberts is an acknowledged scholar and a forceful speaker. He is an exponent of the True Teacher and regularly lectures to the divinity students at Bettis academy and Friendship college. At Florence, S. C., where he resides, he is held in high esteem in the community. VIRGINIA'S FAIR RECORD. State Auditor's Report Shows Happy Conditions—No Lynchings in 1909. While some of our editorial brethren are opposed to the constant recital of statistics showing the progress of the race in business, property holding and the professions, there are some facts along these lines in our possession which we believe it to be our duty to inform the public of. For instance, the report of the auditor of public accounts at Richmond, Va., recently published, says: Negroes in Virginia own $13,500,000 in personal and real property. Richmond comes first in this estimate. Norfolk second and Petersburg third. Norfolk county leads the counties, the next four in order being Halifax, Southampton, Mecklenburg and Brunswick. Buchanan and Dickinson counties are shown by the latest census to have practically no Negro population, a most unusual condition. There are eight banks in the state owned by our people and five insurance companies. There was not a single lynching in Virginia in 1909. Virginia is said to be the only southern state that can boost this condition. SHE IS FIT TO CE A QUEEN. Brave Woman Who Personally Investigated Horrible Lynching at Cairo. Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnette at her own expense hired two detectives and went to Cairo, Ill., and in person investigated the causes that led up to the horrible lynchings of recent happening in that city. She found a lot of cowards and "pooitoous" in the race. But that didn't dunt our Ida, for she ferreted the matter out and marched herself boldly up to headquarters at Springfield and as boldly demanded that the sheriff be not reinstated, and the governor has refused to reinstate the derelict sheriff. Why wouldn't the race be proud of such a woman? She is it to be a queen. Here's to you, Mme. Barnette, and may your days be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee—Indianapolis (Ind.) Freeman. Business Men Cited to Action. The seminarian report of the supreme grand temple of the United Brotherhood of America, incorporated, with headquarters at Savannah, Ga., shows progress for this fraternal commercial organization. A large number of reputable Afro-American citizens of Augusta, Ga., a few weeks ago invited Professor W. D. Kennedy, the executive head of the organization, to visit them at Augusta. An enthusiastic temple was formed, and these energetic and successful business men are highly elated, over the good their community will derive from this business movement. Carnegie Hero Medal For Weldon Wray. A movement is on foot by leading white persons at Athens, Ga. to secure a Carnegie hero medal for Weldon Wray, an Afro-American in the employ of S. W. Bailey of Athens, for rescuing little Mary Stone, a niece of Mrs. Bailey, from the flames which destroyed the Bailey home last September. Mr. Bailey has written a letter to the Carnegie hero fund stating the facts in the case, urging favorable action in his employee's behalf. Mr. Bailey says Weldon Wray has been faithful, steady and honest ever since he has been to his enlistment. ```markdown ``` SUPERIOR HAIR DRESSING Is recommended by testimonials from far and near as the finest Hair Dressing, especially for Ladies and Children. of Superior Hair Dressing in original Red Boxes. Sent by Mail Small Size.....15c. .....25c Medium Size.....25c. .....40c Large Size.....50c. Druggist should keep Superior Hair or it or write direct to us. Prices for M. TREGOR WHOLESALE MAN PERFU 1181 East Baltimore Street, 1229 E treet, N. W. The Baltimore Life F. S. STROBRIDGE Home Office, S. E. Cor. Liberty The leading Life Insurance Issues the best Life Insurance Policies issue Premiums collected weekly free ...YOU CAN MAKE WE HAVE A PLAN WHERE Every Boy in PRICES..... Air Dressing in origi- Red Boxes. Sent by Mail 15c. .....25c 25c. .....40c 50c. Should keep Superior Hair Dressing in stock, direct to us. Prices for Wholesale Orders on m. M. TREGOR & SONS, WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF PERFUMERY Baltimore Street. Seet. N. W. Baltimore Life Insurance P. S. STROBRIDGE, President, S. C. Cor. Liberty and Clay St. Balti. Using Life Insurance Company in Mar- Issues the best contracts. Insurance Policies issued on ages from 2 collected weekly from the homes of th U CAN MAKE MON A PLAN WHEREBY Every Boy in Baltimore Druggist should keep Superior Hair Dressing in stock. Please ask or it or write direct to us. Prices for Wholesale Orders on application. 1181 East Baltimore Street. Baltimore, Md. 1229 E street, N. W. Washington, D. C. The Baltimore Life Insurance Co., F. S. STROBRIDGE, President, Home Office, S. G. Cor. Liberty and Clay St. Baltimore, Md. The leading Life Insurance Company in Maryland. Issues the best contracts. Life Insurance Policies issued on ages from 2 to 70. Premiums collected weekly from the homes of the insured Can Make Money. It is generally supposed that the ONLY PERSON in the to MAKE MONEY, and sume to be in a position HUSTLING BOYS not the MONEY but to make GO Now if you are a HUSTLER MONEY and make it fast to call at the Afro-American Saturday morning get an can Ledgers and go out an BOY OR GIRL can do the We do not want you unless you and girls need not con HUSTLERS ARE MAKE you do not believe it just of good live hustling felt themselves, and you can as well as boys. Don't Cost You A Call at the Afro-American C you can make real chance in rally supposed that YOUR UNCLE SAYS ONLY PERSON in this country that has MAKE MONEY, and possibly he has, so be in a position to show any WELLING BOYS not only the way YOU but to make GOOD MONEY at you are a HUSTLER and WANT TO MOVE and make it fast, all you have got at the Afro-American Office, 307 S. Day morning get a bundle of The Adjgers and go out and sell them, and a DRY GIRL can do that. I want you unless you can HUSTLE. Girls need not come around. MAKERS ARE MAKING GOOD MONEY, and not believe it just ask them. We'd live hustling fellows working for ourselves, and you can do the same. Girls as boys. It's Cost You a Cent To Train Afro-American Office and let us exert you can make real good money. Best chance in Baltimore. It is generally supposed that YOUR UNCLE SAMUEL is the ONLY PERSON in this country that has the right to MAKE MONEY, and possibly he has, but we assume to be in a position to show any number of HUSTLING BOYS not only the way to MAKE MONEY but to make GOOD MONEY at that Now if you are a HUSTLER and WANT TO MAKE MONEY and make it fast, all you have got to do is to call at the Afro-American Office, 307 St. Paul St., Saturday morning get a bundle of The Afro-American Ledgers and go out and sell them, and any SMART BOY OR GIRL can do that. We do not want you unless you can HUSTLE. Dull boys and girls need not come around. Many of our HUSTLERS ARE MAKING GOOD MONEY, and if you do not believe it just ask them. We have a lot of good live hustling fellows working for us. no, for themselves, and you can do the same. Girls can do as well as boys. Don't Cost You A Cent To Try It. Call at the Afro-American Office and let us explain how you can make real good money. Best chance in Baltimore. 307 ST AUL STREET Chesapeake Steamship Co. "Chesapeake Line" ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMERS "COLUMBIA" AND AUGUSTA For OLD POINT CONGRESS NORFOLK COMFORT and NORFOLK. Steamers leave Baltimore daily (except Sunday) at 6:30 P. M., arriving Old Point Comfort at 6:00 A. M., and Norfolk at 7:00 A. M., where connection is made with the Rail Lines for all points South. "York River Line." Fox WEST POINT and RICHMOND Steathers leave Baltimore Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5.00 P. M., and arrive West Point at 7.45 A. M. and Richmond at 9.80 A. M. Steamers call at Gloucester Point, Yorktown Clement's, Clay Bank and Allmonds, weather and ice condit on permitting. STEAMERS LEAVE BALTIMORE FROM PIERS, 48 and 19, LIGHT STREET WHARF. Through tickets to all points may be secured, baggage checked and state-rooms reserved from the City Ticket Office s., 119 E. Baltimore Street; AKTUKRUBSON. Agent, 127 E. Baltimore Street; T. H. DIENER & CO. Agents, 127 E. Baltimore Street; J. 11. EAGER, Agent, 808 N. Charles Street or the General Offices. Light and Lee Streets, Baltimore, Md. E. J. CHISAL, Genl. Pass. Agt. N. CHAPMAN, Asst. Genl. Pass Agt NELSON WALKER. Carpenter & Builder 2123 Division St. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Shop 918 Morris between Middle and For cleansing the Scalp and removing Dandruff, use our ARABAIN SHAMPOO CREAM. Nothing better PRICES.... In original Glass Jars. Small Size.....15c Medium Size.....25c Large Size.....50c Only sent by Express. Hair Dressing in stock. Please ask for Wholesale Orders on application. R & SONS, MANUFACTURERS OF JUMERY Baltimore, Ed. Washington, D C. Life Insurance Co., DGE, President, and Clay Stn. Baltimore, Md. The Company in Maryland. Just contracts. Used on ages from 2 to 70, from the homes of the insured MAKE MONEY. EBY in Baltimore YOUR UNCLE SAMUEL is in this country that has the right and possibly he has, but we as soon to show any number of only the way to MAKE GOOD MONEY at that ER and WANT TO MAKE best, all you have got to do is American Office, 307 St. Paul St., a bundle of The Afro-Ameri- and sell them, and any SMART what. you can HUSTLE. Dull boys come around. Many of our LING GOOD MONEY, and if it ask them. We have a lot allows working for us. no, for do the same. Girls can do A Cent To Try It. Office and let us explain how good money. Best Baltimore. BALTO. STEAM PACKET CO. OLD AND RELIABLE · BAY LINE CARRYING U. S. MAIL Elegant steamers daily except Sunday from "BAY LINE" PIBRS. 16-13 LIGHT ST., 6.80 P. M., direct for OLD POINT COMFORT, NOPOLL PORTSMOUTH and, ALL POINT SOUTH. Connect at Old Point, C & O. R. R. for Richmond. Connect at Portsmouth with Seaboard Air Line. SOLID TRAIN PORTSMOUTH TO ATLANTA. At Norfolk connecting with Atlantic Coast Line Norton and Carolina, Norfolk and Southwest Norfolk and Western and Old Domination Line for Newberne and Washington, D. C. Meals on European plan, Luxury Staterooms Electric Lights Bream Heat. Berths free. Reserve Staterooms at Bay Line Ticket Office. 102 B. Baltimore Street. Phones: C. &. P. 1435 St. Paul; Maryland 445, Courtland, also at Albangb's 15 N. Charles street EMMET BROWN, G. T. Agt. N. RANDALL, G. P. Agt. John A HERWOOD. Vice-Pres. and G. M. Ice Coal and wood 1345 WHATCOAT STREET 1345 WHATCOAT STREET Give us a trial as we want, your patronage. The best Burning Coal Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Cleanses the System Effectually; Dispels colds and Headaches due to Constipation; Acts naturally, acts truly as a Laxative. Best for Men, Women and Children-Young and Old. To get its beneficial effects, always buy the Genuine, manufactured by the SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS one size only. regular price 50¢ per bottle. Children Like PISO'S CURE THE BEST MEDICINE FOR COUGHS AND COLDs It is so pleasant to take stops the cough so quickly. Absolutely safe too and contains no opiates. All Druggists, 25 cents. PATENTS. Trade-Marks, Pensions, Bounty, Pay, Claims Against the Gov- ment. Soliciting. Atty-at-LA 312 Ind. Avg. Washington. D. G. 97 YEARS' PRACTICE. Not Guilty. "It is the duty of every man and woman to be married at the age of 22," said the lecturer. "Well," said a woman of 30, with some asperity, "you needn't tell me that. Talk to the man."—Philadelphia Ledger. Boy Tortured by Eczema. "When my boy was six years old, he suffered terribly with eczema. He could neither sit still nor lie quietly in bed, for the itching was dreadful. He would irritate spots by scratching with his nails and that only made them worse. A doctor treated him and we tried almost everything, but the eczema seemed to spread. It started in a small place on the lower extremities and spread for two years until it very nearly covered the back part of his leg to the knee. "Finally I got Cutcura Soap, Cutcura Ointment and Cutcura Pills and gave them according to directions. I used them in the morning and that evening, before I put my boy to bed, I used them again and the improvement even in those few hours was surprising the inflammation seemed to be so much less. I used two boxes of Cutcura Ointment, the same of the Pills and the Soap and my boy was cured. My son is now in his seventeenth year and he has never had a return of the eczema. "I took care of a friend's child that had eczema on its face and 'lumbs and I used the Cutcura Soap and Ointment. They acted on the child just as they did on my son and it has never returned. I would recommend the Cutcura Remedies to anyone. Mrs. A. J. Cochran, 1823 Columbia Ave, Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. 20, 1903." A young oak grows three feet in three years. In the same time an elm grows 8 feet 3 inches and a willow 9 feet 3 inches. Only One "Bromo Quinine." That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look for the signature of E. W. Grove. Used the World over to Curve a Cold in One Day. 25c The average yield of wood an acre of forests was raised in Germany from 20 cubic feet in 1830 to 75 cubic feet in 1908. FOR HEADACHE-Hicks' CAPUDINE Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach or Nervous Troubles, Capudine will relieve you. It's liquid—pleasant to take-acts immediately. Try it. 10c. 10c. 25c. at drug stores. There are more outbreaks of fire in London Saturday than any other day. Constipation causes many serious diseases. It is thoroughly cured by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One a laxative, three for cathartic. In Russia the railway guage is five feet, as against 4 feet $ \frac{1}{2} $ inches in this country. Break up that cough with Allen's Lung Balsam, the popular family remedy. Cures where others fail. 25c., 50c. and $ 1.00. The soya bean of China has entered into competition in Europe with American cottonseed products. Hamlins Wizard Oil will knock the spots off a sore throat. It's use makes tonsilitis, quinquefluorida is irreversible. It is simply great for the relief of all pain, soreness and inflammation. Wheat exports of this country are declining because the home consumption is increasing. Itched in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At drunks. At the age of 70 years the average man has consumed 95 tons of food. The velocipede was invented by Draals in 1817. B. N. U. 1. Baltimore as Social Center. Brilliant Function Given by City's Most Exclusive Society Attracts Wide Attention. Lively Music and Gayly Dressed Women Add Enchantment to the Occasion. Baltimore, as far as Afro-Americans are concerned, is known all over the country as a city of homes. Here perhaps, as in no other city, they live according to their means, and thus they have homes that are comfortable, inviting and well kept. It is also noted for its many handsome women. During the winter season society leaders will vie with each in the style, character and elaborateness of their select gatherings. Especially is this true during the Christmas and New Year's holidays. Entertainments, house parties, concerts and balls are given in great numbers. The great event thus far was the reception and ball given by the Baltimore assembly on Dec. 29. The assembly was organized a little over two years ago by a few men who realized the need in Baltimore of an organization which would meet the social needs of the better class of Afro-Americans in contradistinction to the usual public functions at which the only qualification for entrance is the payment of the admission fee. Although young in years, the assembly has proved the wisdom of its founders to be unselfish, and it has steadily grown in public favor and is today the leading organization of its kind in Baltimore. The recent reception was one of the fittest yet given by the society, and those who were fortunate enough to secure invitations were overwhelmed by the guests of their host. The reception was held in the beautiful pink room of the Lyric theater, which was gorgeously decorated with potted plants and cut flowers for the occasion. Hidden behind a huge bower of flowers and plants a large orchestra furnished music for the excellent dance program arranged by the board of governors. Never before in the history of Baltimore has such a scene been witnessed. Here handsome women in bewitching gowns trailed by leaning upon the arms of the gallant swains of the Monumental City. There were business and professional men and women, representing the highest type of manhood and womanhood of the race, tripping the fantastic toe in a manner and with the ease and grace surpassing even those who make claims to belonging to the "smart set" of the white race. Washington, Philadelphia. New York and Boston were all represented at this brilliant reception, which was conceded to be in national importance only excelled by the inaugural balls which are held in Washington every four years. At midnight a buffet supper was served, and in the wee sma' hours carriages, taxicabs and other vehicles of conveyance in which the guests came were numerous. To the president of the Baltimore assembly is due in a large measure the great success attending this society function. William H. Bishop, who has been president since its organization, is one of the most prominent men in Baltimore in both social and business life. He belongs to one of the oldest families of the state and is well qualified to guide the destinies of the organization over which he reigns supreme. He has not only succeeded in bringing all the social factions together under one banner, but has succeeded in interesting older men to the extent that they are now more mindful of their social obligations than ever before. Clarence Chambers, secretary of the assembly, also deserves a large share of credit for his arduous labors in behalf of this event. He is a young benefactor, and his hand could be seen in all details which such a large affair entails. The other officers are James W. Hughes, treasurer, and John C. Matthews, vice president. Both of these gentlemen are well known in the social life of the city. The officers are assisted by a board of governors whose members are the following: Messrs. Mason A. Hawkins, Carrington L. Davis, E. Bernard Taylor, Ralph V. Cook and Des. William H. Wright and Lewis H. Fenderson. Boys' department of Y. M. C. A. The boys' department of the Carlton avenue branch of the Young Men's Christian association in Brooklyn and the basketball team are among the most interesting features of the work. The boys meet once a week for Bible study, business and physical exercise. This department of the work is in charge of Norman D. Johnson, a capable young man, who is devoted to association work. The boys are genteel, earnest and manly in their deportment and are given every encouragement in their work by Secretary R. P. Hamilton. Lawmakers Should Have Clean Hands. Lawmakers should have Clear Rules. We have not heard anything more of the bill recently introduced in congress by J. Thomas Heflin of Alabam providing for separate street car accommodations in the District of Columbia for whites and Afro-Americans. If it is true that this man Heflin still has an indictment hanging over his head for attempted murder he should be the last man to father such a resolution. That the bill will die in the committee room is our firm belief. So should Heflin and his kind. Clean men are wanted for lawmakers. AN INFLUENTIAL CITIZEN. Activity of C. F. Holmes in Business and Religious Work. Mr. C. F. Holmes of Orangeburg, S. C. is among the leading Afro-American journalists of the country. He edits the People's Recorder, which is a dissinformant of a class of matter that is farreaching when it comes to wielding an influence among Afro-Americans in South Carolina and elsewhere. Editor Holmes has a modern plant, which is in a commodious building owned by him and built especially for the printery business. He appreciates the patronage of his subscribers; hence he employs good workmen in getting out the Recorder and also in the job department. He owes valu- [Pictorial portrait of a man in formal attire]. C. F. HOLMES. ble real estate in Orangeburg and Columbia, S. C., which is an evidence of his thrift and industry. Mr. Holmes is conservative, yet he carries an atmosphere that has a tendency to cause one to admire him. As a state officer of the Baptist Young People's Union of South Carolina his influence is felt in many sections of the state. As a speaker he has his own peculiar persuasive manner, which has caused him to be termed a "spellbinder." He is an exemplary man and full of civic pride that brings him recognition from his white citizens. Editor Holmes is a power for good. SOME STARTLING FACTS. Statistics Refute Theory That Negroes Alone Commit Rape on Women. Alone Conflict Hype of Women. John C. Minkin, who has made a study of trichings to force against white women committed by Afro-Americans, reports his findings in the following statistics: "Among the 620 men convicted for this crime and serving sentences in 1904 only 170 were chased as colored, which term includes Japanese, Chinese and Indians. At least 450 were white, or 73 out of every 100. Only 157 were credited to the south, while there were 100 convictions in Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania. Fifteen former slave states and the District of Columbia had but 171 convictions for the major crimes against chastity out of 2,431 for the entire country, and the Negro offenders of the south are included among these 171, yet these southern states contain 89 per cent of the American Negroes and nearly a third of the county's population. They furnished but 18 out of 534 cases of adultery for which conviction were obtained, or 3 per cent; only 7 out of 57 cases of seduction, or 12 per cent, and ten states did not furnish even one conviction." TO BENEFIT YOUNG MEN. Boston Afro-Americans Plan Young Men's Christian Association. The movement recently started by Boston Afro-Americans to establish a Young Men's Christian association for the moral, intellectual and social benefit of the young men of Boston and vicinity meets the hearty approval of all fair minded persons who are interested in the welfare of our young men. There need not be any fear as to whether such an institution can be financially maintained by our people. The plans and methods of working for Young Men's Christian, associations are so arranged that the fees from membership, contributions from public meetings, from the apportionment of the various committees and the amount allotted by the central or general association to each city branch will sufficiently cover the general and current expenses of a branch association. It would be a fine thing for Bostonians, and if they want such a work lack of money will be no hindrance. The power lies with them. Preventive For Race Conflicts It is not proper for a body of white men on the least pretest to arm themselves in order to hunt down a colored man accused of the least offense. There are sufficient officers in every community for this purpose, and when this is found to be inadequate there is a legal way (to secure additional numbers). Prevent these white men from promiscuously arming themselves; and it will be found that much of the so called race conflicts will be events of the past. -Savannah (G. n.) Tribune. Honor to Whom Honor Is Due The Brooklyn Eye saw: Professor R. R. Wright of the Georgia State college for colored youth is being credited by many race papers as giving first suggested the idea of a semicentennial Xegro exposition. We believe so too. Wright is president of the Georgia Fair association, which has held several successful fairs at Macon. Sunday = School INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JANUARY 9. Subject: The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus, Matt. 3:13-17, 4: 1-11—Commit Verses 10, 11. GOLDEN TEXT—"In that He hath suffered, being tempted, He is able to succor them that are tempted." Heb. 2:18. TIME—A. D. 27. PLACE—Bethany beyond Jordan and Wilderness. EXPOSITION I. Jesus Baptized With Water and With the Holy Spirit, 3:13, 17. Jesus Himself, the Bantitzer "with the holy spirit and fire," comes to John to be baptized with water. Could anything make more plain the great importance of water baptism? Jesus was baptized with water to "fulfill all righteousness." God commands water baptism as the form by which sinful man shall publicly confess his renunciation of sin. Jesus was not a sinner, but He took the sinner's place, was made sin for us (Rom. 8:3; 2 Cor. 5:21) at Jordan ("the water") and Calvary ("the blood"). (Comp. 1 Jno. 5:6, R. V.) The two occasions on which God bore testimony to the Sonship of Jesus was here, when He humbled Himself to take the sinner's place in baptism, and when on the Mount of Transfiguration He humbled Himself by turning His back on the glory that was then becoming His place, to come back and take the sinner's place on the cross (cf. Luke 9:31; 35; Phil. 2:6-8). That God thus spoke is settled by competent testimony and is conclusive proof of the divinity of Jesus. A Popular Floor. Whenever the man who runs the elevator in a Sixth avenue store feels particularly frisky he announces the third floor in this fashion: "Third floor—waists, dresses, alterations, and com-plaints, particularly complaints." Since a fair proportion of the passengers who get off at that floor are there for the purpose of registering complaints, they smile upon him brightly, for anticipating their needs—New York Times. TRIALS of the NEEDEMS SAY WATER! HAVE IT GORGON ANYWHERE IT TO EAT IN THE PLACE? EVERYTHING TASTES LIKE PUNK SAY WATER! FEED THE PUNK PAY PRAW LAXATIVE PULLS DEW IN MIGHTY FINE PURE APPETITE WATER! HAVE IT ANY LARGE STEAK, GULD EAT A CON SINCE THINGS HAS GONE PRAW PULLS YOU GAVE ME YESTERDAY THE PUNK DATE! WHAT ERRY BODY SAYS THE PUNK THAT WILL RESOLVED - THAT WHENEVER I AM BILLED CONSTRAINED SUFFER WITH INGRIDATION OF PAY PRAW I DO PULLS Means, the expression the man with it mean the event when you'd ordered the man eyebrows; 'but means the ne- concerned when lost. Munyon's Paw Paw Pills coax the liver into activity by gentle massage and tonic to the stomach, liver and nerves; invigorate instead of weaken. They enrich the blood and enash the stomach to expand its pills contain no calorie; they are soothing, healing and stimulating. For you need medical advice, write Munyon's Doctors. They will advise to the Munyon's ability absolutely. Munyon's MUNYON 53d and Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Munyon's Cold Remedy cures a cold in one day. Price $c. Munyon's Rhoamatium Remedies in a few hours and cures in a few days. Price $c. Delivery Guaranteed Direct from the German Mines to Your Farm mixed goods as he may have on hand at the close of the season. You know how it has been in the past. If you are contracting for other fertilizers, be sure that the contract requires delivery of the potash at the same time with or before the delivery of the other goods. Do not accept the other goods until the potash is delivered. Do not depend on the assurance of the salesman. Write it in the con- Japan has nearly 50,000,000 people—more than half as many as the United States. For GOLDS and GRIP. Hick's CAPDINE is the best remedy—relieves the aching and feverishness—cures the Cold and restores normal conditions. Its liquid-effects immediately. 10c. 25c. and 50c. atrung stores. The officers of the British Navy alone make a formidable squad of 109,210. Perry Davis' Painkiller has been for over seventy years a reliable remedy for lumbago, sciatica, pleuria, etc. A flower cut in the morning will outlive flowers cut later in the day. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days. Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any case of Blind Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refuted. 500 Mra Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 250 a bottle A single salt works in Brazil covers an area of almost 24 square miles. Rheumatism Cured in a Day. Dr. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism and Neuralgia radically cure in 1 to 3 days. Its action is remarkable. Removes the cause and disappears. First does greatly benefit. 75c and $1. All druggists. The dum-dum bullet is named after the place, near Calcutta, where it was first made. Women who suffer with disorders peculiar to their sex should write to Dr. Pierce and receive free the advice of a physician of over 40 years' experience—a skilled and successful specialist in the diseases of women. Every letter of this sort has the most careful consideration and is regarded as sacredly confidential: Many sensitively modest women write fully to Dr. Pierce what they would shrink from telling to their local physician. The local physician is pretty sure to say that he cannot do anything without "an examination." Dr. Pierce holds that these distasteful examinations are generally needless, and that no woman, except in rare cases, should submit to them. Dr. Pierce's treatment will cure you right in the privacy of your own home. His "Favorite Prescription" has cured hundreds of thousands, some of them the worst of cases. It is the only medicine of its kind that is the product of a regularly graduated physician. The only one good enough that its makers dare to print in every onion on its outside wrapper. There's no secrecy. It will bear examination. No alcohol and no habit-forming drugs are found in it. Some unsurprulous medicine dealers may offer you a substitute. Don't take it. Don't trifle with your health. Write to World's Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. R. V. Pierce, President, Buffalo, N. Y.,—take the advice received and be well. We Buy FURS Hides and Wool Feathers, Tellow, Besswax, Ginseng, Golden Seal (Yellow Roof), May Apple, Wild Ginger, etc. We are dealers; established in 1856 "Our bulk a country in Louisville" and can do better for you than agents or commission merchant. Refrances, any Beak in Louisville. Write for weekly proof list and shipping tags. M. Sabel & Sons, 227 E. Markol St. LOUISVILLE, NY. Overeating Again To Blame. Excessive eating is one of our handiest and most needful scapegoats. Almost-every sin and trouble of the human race is attributable to it. We grow fat because we eat too much. We die young because we eat too much. Rheumatism and all other ills of the flesh come from excessive indulgence in food. We are not sure but that earthquakes and volcanoes result from this common human vice. For could not a plausible thesis be maintained that the excessive eating of the inhabitants of one part of the earth so alters the pressure upon its crust as to cause cracks and adjustments along its weakest lines? It is not surprising, therefore, that an explanation which explains so much should also explain the present high cost of living, and accordingly a scientist in the Department of Agriculture has offered this solution of the present economic difficulty. All the nation has to do is to diet for the high cost of living. Let it eat less and grow rich. There is only one discomfort involved in this interesting and timely discovery. The whole dietary controversy will be inflamed.—New York Tribune. What It Usually Means. "What is meant by the expression 'a poker face?' asks the man with the wispy beard. 'Does it mean the ability to look innocent when you hold the winning hand?' "Sometimes," answered the man with the over-shot eyebrows; "but as a general thing it means the necessity of looking unconcerned when you lose."—Chicago Post. MINING POTASH IN GERMANY Delivery C Some fertilizer manufacturers may tell you that they will sell you potash cheaper than we will. We are offering carloads for cash direct from the German mines to the buyer at the lowest price ever quoted. If any one offers it to you for less than our price, before accepting his offer be sure that the manufacturer signs a contract with you absolutely guaranteeing delivery of potash salts and not some substitute in the. BOTAS Doubtless True. A teacher in a Birmingham school was endevouring to explain the term "booking," as applied to our railway system. "Now," he was saying, "can any of you tell me the name of the office at which railway tickets are sold?" "The booking office," replied one "The booking office," replied one of the lads. "Right," responded the teacher. At this moment his eye fell on a small boy at the end of the class who was evidently paying very little attention to what was said. "Did you hear that, Spry?" he demanded. "Wot, sir?" asked the youth, innocently. "As I thought, you were not listening. We will suppose you father decided to have a day's holiday and visit the seaside. What would he have to do before he could take his seat in the train?" Without a moment's thought the youngster electrified his teacher by replying: "Pawn his tools!"—London Tit-Bits. Getting Even. Miss Passay—What a lovely gown you have on! But haven't I seen it before? You see! Tartleigh. I, think not. You see, I've only worn it at very smart affairs this season.—Brooklyn Life. WELCOME WORDS TO WOMEN No Matter what Liver or Bowel medicine you are using, stop it now. Get a 100 box—week's treatment—of CAS-CAREBTS today from your druggist and learn how easily, naturally and delightfully your liver can be made to work, and your bowels move every day. There's new life in every box. CASCARETS are their nature. You will see the difference! Cut it out, mail it with your address to Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago, Ill. and receive a handsome souvenir gold Bon Bon币. BROADWAY tract. It will pay you to do so. For COLDS and GRIP # WEDDINGS Miss Sarah Frances Brooks, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Salisbury Brooks, of Halethorpe, Md., was married on Thursday of last week, to Mr. Thomas Queen, at the home of Rev. Albert Johnson, 1551 Argyle avenue. The bride wore a beautiful tailored suit of blue chiffon Pauama broadcloth, with hat to match and carried a beautiful boquet of southern violets and lilies of the valley. After the ceremony the couple went to the home of the bride's parents at Halethorpe, where a reception was held. Mr. and Mrs. Queen will reside for the present with the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Queen Hullsville, Md. SCOTT-PADMORE Miss Elfrida Padmore; daughter of Mr. Joseph W. and the late Mary B. Padmore, was married to Mr. A. Harvey Scott, of Washington, formerly of Chase, Md. The wedding, which was a pretty one was solemnized at the residence of the bride's aunt, Mrs. Samuel Shannon 903 Bolton street. The bride was attired in a gown of white silk trimmed in silver spangled net. The bridesmaids were Miss Lydia Cawtown, of Washington, who wore a pink braided empire gown, and Miss Annie Ferguson, who wore a blue silk princess trimmed in silver spangled net. Mr. Charles Sedgwick, of Howard University, was best man, and Mr. Thorald F. Padmore, a brother of the bride, was usher. The ceremony was performed by Rev. John A. Holmes, assisted by Rev. W. A. Harris, of Chase Md. The bride, who is very popular in this city, was the recipient of many beautiful presents. Among the many guests were Mr. Charles Payne and Miss Maud A. Murray, of Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Scott will reside in Washington. A very pretty home wedding took place Sunday night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wells, 2008 Druid Hill avenue. The contracting parties were Mr. Thomas W. Reddick and Miss Ella Wells. Rev. D. W. Shaw, pastor of Centennial M. E. Church performed the ceremony in the presence of a number of young friends of the contracting parties. Elegant refreshments were served and a delightful social time spent. Carle B. Cook, Here. Mr. Carle E. Cook, a well-known theatrical writer, and baritone singer, is in the city. He has just closed a four week engagement at the Globe Theatre, a new Negro venture at Norfolk, Va. Mr. Cook is a loyal Elk, being a member of the Imperial Lodge of Elks in the Bronx, New York city. Entertained At Luncheon. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lowery, of 1808 Druid Hill avenue, gave a luncheon last Thursday in honor of their brother, Mr. C. Frank Lowery of Royal Oak, Md. Among those present were. Mr. and Mrs. Oyle, Mr. and Mrs. Kennard, Mr. and Mrs. Beory, Mr. W. W. Brown, Mrs. Fleming, Mrs. Harmon and Mr. Baker. Board Of Directors Choosen At the annual meeting of the Catonsville Cooperative Association which was held Tuesday this week, the following board of directors were choosen Charles C. Woodland, president, Samuel Jones, treas.; C. J. Woodland, genr'l mngr., Wm. Washington Park Agent, C. J. Woodland. Bishop J. B. Scott Coming. Bishop I. B. Scott, who has charge of the work of the Methodist Episcopal Church in West Africa, will be the principal speaker at a mass meeting in the interest of the African Missions at Sharp Street M. B. Church, Wednesday, January 19 A collation will follow the meeting Old Folks Made Happy. During the holidays a committee of ladies visited the old folks at Bayview Asylum, Biddle street and Bethel church home. After distributing fruit among the inmates a praise and song service was held, at which many spoke out of the fullness of their hearts and invoked God's blessing upon them, The committee was composed of members of the Allen Christian Endeavor of Trinity A. M. E. Church. Celebrate their Twelfth Wedding Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. William Evans celebrated their twelfth anniversary at their residence 2307 Division street on Thursday evening of last week. The bride of twelve years ago wore a lovely net dress over green silk. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. P. W. Wortham, and the wedding march was beautifully played by Mrs. Annie Wortham. After the ceremony the guests were ushered into the dining room where they were beautifully served. A very large number of presents were received. Among the out-of-town guests were Miss Nora Porter, of Hagerstown; Mrs. Mary E. Saunders and Mr. Wilmore Saunders, of Aberdeen, Mö. Officers Elected. The Sunday School Board of Ames M. E. Church, elected the follo wing officers for 1910. Wm. A. Jones; Supt., Miss Blanche Jessup, assistant supt., Orrie Oliver, sec., Wm. Jones, librarian; Thomas P. Kelson, chorister, who after serving as superintendent for 18 years, declined to be a candidate for re-election. Mr. Henry Johnson, has been elected president of the John F. Goucher Chapter Epworth League They were confirmed by the Quarterly Conference held on Tuesday evening of this week. Rev. M. J. Naylor, District Superintendent. Rev. D. W. Hays is the pastor. Memorial Services. Memorial services will be held at Whitecoat M. E. church, Sunday night in honor of deceased coachmen, of the Coachmen's Association of which Mr. Addison White is chair man. Mr. White has been a member of the Association almost since its organization and has been pall-bearer for more than one third of its deceased members in that time. he has attended more than half a hundred funerals of members of the organization. Mrs. Brown Entertains. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Brown, of 2130 Druid Hill avenue, entertained a few friends on Wednesday night of last week, in honor of her cousin Mrs. Lilly Stager, of Norfolk, Va. Amoug those present were: Mr. John Nottingham, of Cae Charles, Va., and Mr. Nelson Nottingham, of Hampton Institute, Va. Entertained. Mrs. Ella Williams, entertained a few friends at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Edith Smith, 1011 Argyle avenue, on December 28th. Among those present were, Mrs. W. M. Graves, of Govans, Mrs. M. Toyes, of Union Bridge, and Mrs. Hattie Harris, of Gettysburg, Pa. A very enjoyable time was spent by all present. Give An Informal Tea. Among the social events of the holidays was an informal tea given at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John Willis Brown, 933 Argyle avenue, in honor of Prol. MacDonald of Philadelphia, the noted tenor and choirmaster. The guests were highly entertained with several selections from the masters by Mr. Mae. Donald, accompanied by Mme. Thresa B. Stewart, whose playing in such difficult compositions was beautifully done, after which the guests were ushered into the tea 100m to partake of the many delicacies of the season. Among those present: Prof. and Mrs. T. K. Parker; Mme. M. Dean, of Annapolis; Mme. William Wilson, Miss M. Boone, Mme. Thresa B. Stewart, Rev. Dr. Ernest Lyon; Mr. Percy L. Johnson, of Brooklyn, N. Y. SUBURBAN NOTES. Brooklyn, Md. - Although the weather was very severe, the canfata "Santa Claus, Jr." rendered Wednesday evening, by the Public School was a success. The leading characters, Mr. Oles. Howard and Master Harry Susco, deserve much credit. Proceeds for the benefit of continuing the school. Miss Armanella Edwards spent the holidays in Brooklyn. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Green entertained a few friend at their home Sunday-evening. The table was laden with good thing, and a very pleasant evening was spent. Mr. Oregan Brooks has moved to his new residence on Patapsco avenue. Allen Church League Collects Donations For Aged. President Wm. Butler, and Supt. Howard Brent requested the League and Sunday School to unite with with the church in donating provisions, wood and coal to the old people of the community. Thongh Wednesday night was very incle- ment, the people came and many bundles of provisions were contributed as well as pecuniary contributions for wood and coal. A committee was appointed and the Homes visited, the donations given and song and prayer services held. A committee was appointed to vist Bethel home and several baskets were sent there. The pastor requested the young people to do such every month to help the aged. Mrs. Stanley Entertains Mrs. Annie Stanley gave a New Year's reception at her home, 515 W. Saratoga street, last Saturday. After spending an enjoyable time, the guests were ushered into the dining room and bountifully served. Among two presents were: Misses Grace Estella and Cecelia Stanley and Messrs. John Smith, William Webb, Charles Quonn, Andrew Stanley Parker and Master Allen Stanley. NOTICE! From now on, All Church Notices Will Be Found On The5th Page, Cols. 5 and 6 A Card of Thanks The nurses of Provident Hospital desire to thank Mrs, D, S. Mitchell and many friends for the splendid New Year reception, Sat. January, 1st. O. L. Kinsey,supt.of nurses. "A BACHELOR'S CONGRESS" Presented by a company of young ladies and gentlemen at Bethel A. M. E. Church, Saratoga street, near Gay. Thursday, January 13th, 1910, at 8 P. M. An elaborate program will be presented and good music in attendance. Cards of admission 15 cents. Rev. D. G. Hill, Pastor. We beg to say we are now ready for business. We heartily invite the public to help us one another's cause to bear. We intend to help to brew work for those who want it. Our object is to place reliable help in our many prominent families, male and female. Strict attention to all. Call and see us today and we will place you at once. Apply at the Industrial Institute, 500 W. Lee street. Mrs. M. L. Thomas, Manager. C. & P. Phone St. Paul 3880 M. Have your Hair Dressing, Manicur and Massageing done by. The Beauty Specialist The finest establishment in the Eastern Section of the City. Sole Distributor for Nu-Hair Restorer. S.E.Cor Jefferson & Caroline Sts Over the Drug Store. 1m-11-20 W. A. RILEY, SHAVING PARLOR. Strictly up-to-date. All styles of hair cutting, 15 cents. Prompt service 1537 Pennsylvania Avenue, Near Mc Mechen Street. FINE H & R. BUTTER FRESH EGGS 2047 Division Street A clean towel to every customer Stylish Hair Cutting a Specialty Tools well Sterilized. Children's Hair Cutting a Specialty WILLIAM JOHNSON 544 W. LANVALE STREET Up-to-Date Anticeptic Shaving Parlor. Cigars and Tobacco of all Kind Electric Massage. THE COMMONWEALTH HALL PENNA. AVENUE NEAR DOLPHIN STREET Can be Rented For Any and all occasions for $20.00 per night with bar privileges. Apply to Emil Davidge, Manager, 211 North Carlton street. We advertise all affairs here. Now Open. The People's OF BAL —H A First-class M AT 1115-17 Half block from Carey St. on cars The only Moving Picture Pa- operated and controlled by colo- The prettiest, most conveni- people on the city. The lovely every one to sit comfortable and between two fire-proof walls, the case of fire. First-class Motion Pictures. Pictures ADMISSION A. H. PITTS & CO. Next Week Mr. Wm. Butler, the popu- is with us again and o Special W THE REAL Moving Picture 1230 Penna Under New Ma- SPECIAL XMAS A During The P. M. Jones Female B Choice and Catch Don't Fail to H Free to Patrons of this Paper Evening Performance 3weeks CONV FESTIVAL OF Of the Congress of All Nations 414 W. Hoffman St., beginning using each night until Monday, The Great Southern Temple No. 3 No. 31, B. P. O. E. of the World. This Coupon and 5 Cents will of all Nations at Elk's Hall. Thursdays, Christmas and N A GREAT REDU Prices below Cost. THE METROPOLITI 1637 Penna. Ave. b HAS OPENED Unclass Moving Picture AT 1115-17 W. SARATOGA S. from Carey St. car. Elliott City and Ed- cars pass the doors. Ving Picture Parlor in the city that is controlled by colored people, and opened most convenient and best equipped The lovely slope and situation of comfortable and see. A four foot hall proof walls, as exits, which makes it Pictures. Illustrated Song and Pictures Changed Daily MISSION 5 CENTS H. PITTS & C. H. JONES, Incorporated Next Weeks Attract outlier, the popular Black Face Comedian us again and offers a sketch with many Special Vaudeville Each Week. THE RENARD Picture Parlor 10 Penna. Ave. Under New Management ALL XMAS ATTRACTIONS During The Week. Female Band Will Furnish Se and Catchy Selections. Don't Fail to Hear Them. Ons of this Paper. See Coupon ing Performance at Usual Hours. KKS CONVENTION? FESTIVAL of ART and BIL of All Nations, will be in session at St. beginning Monday, December 20 until Monday, January 10th, 1910. Temple No. 30, Daughters of Elks, and of the World, Admission 10 cents, Sea and 5 Cents will admit Bearer any night at Elk's Hall. 441 W. Hoffman St., ex Christmas and New Year's nights. T REDUCTION AND MAY DOW below Cost. Come early and Get your MROPOLITAN DEPARTMENT Penna. Ave. bet. McMechen and W. A First-class Moving Picture Parlor, AT 1115-17 W. SARATOGA ST. Half block from Carey St. car. Ellicott City and Edmonson Avenue cars pass the doors. The only Moving Picture Parlor in the city that is absolutely owned, operated and controlled by colored people, and opened to all the people. The prettiest, most convenient and best equipped house for colored people onhe city. The lovely slope and situation of the chairs allows every one to sit comfortable and see. A four foot hallway on either side between two fire-proof walls, as exits, which makes it absolutely safe in case of fire. ADMISSION 5 CENTS. A. H. PITTS & C. H. JONES, Incorporators. Next Weeks Attraction Mr. Wm. Butler, the popular Black Fuec Comedian and Back Dancer is with us again and offers a sketch with many a laugh. Special Vaudeville Each Week. THE RENARD Moving Picture Parlor 1230 Penna. Ave. P. M. Jones Female Band Will Furnish Choice and Catchy Selections. Don't Fail to Hear Them. Free to Patrons of this Paper. See Coupon Evening Performance at Usual Hours. 3weeks CONVENTION 3 weeks FESTIVAL of ART and BEAUTY Of the Congress of All Nations, will be in session at the Elk's Hall, 414 W. Hoffman St., beginning Monday, December 20, 1909, and continuing each night until Monday, January. 10th, 1910. The Great Southern Temple No. 30, Daughters of Elks, and Monumental Lodge No. 31, B. P. O. E. of the World, Admission 10 cents, Season Ticket 25 Cts. This Coupon and 5 Cents will admit Bearer any night to the Congress of all Nations at Elk's Hall, 441 W. Hoffman St., except Mondays, Thursdays, Christmas and New Year's nights. Bring this Coupon. Open until 9 P. M. Ladies' Skirts (Panama dress) ..... Ladies' Coats. ..... Ladies' Suits ..... Ladies' Isabella and Sable fur neck pieces. ..... Ladies' Dressing Sacques, eider-down. ..... Ladies' Automobile Hoods. ..... Ladies' Coat Sweaters. ..... Ladies' Voile Skirts ..... Ladies' Silk Scarfs, all colors. ..... Childrens' dress plaids. ..... Outing Fannel. ..... Muslins| ..... Childrens' Coats ..... Childrens' Dresses ..... 3 Infants' Long Coats ..... 100 Children's Corded Silk, Vel- vet and Plush bonnets.... Infants' embroidered Silk Caps. The Banneker Reality & I Incorporated under the Capital Stock $5000.00, Sh for sale a small amount of or payable $1.00 down and pay 7 per cent. interest on all for any information desired. Carlos C. 'Jennings, More, Md. Our Reality & Investment Co. of Oregon under the laws of the State of Texas Stock $5000.00, Shares $25.00. We are o n all amount of our capital stock at $25 00 down and 50 cents per week o n interest on all paid-up stock. Write a motion desired. Jennings, Manager, 327 St. N. The Banneker Reality & Investment Co.of Baltimore City Capital Stock $5000.00, Shares $25.00. We are offering to the public for sale a small amount of our capital stock at $25.00 per share, cash or payable $1.00 down and 50 cents per week on each share. We pay 7 per cent. interest on all paid-up stock. Write or call at our office for any information desired. Carlos C. Jennings, Manager, 327 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Md. A fine casket worth $65.00, in black cloth, steel gray or white plush; highly polished oak or walnut outside case; beautiful rubber-tired hearse, either black, gray or white, to match casket, as desired; five heated carriages, new and up-to-date; fine burial robe, embalming, opening grave, advertise funeral, six pairs of gloves, door crepe, candles, candelabra, crucifix when desired, rugs, chairs etc., all of the latest designs. This funeral cost elsewhere..... $136.00 Our price..... 75.00 Saving you..... 61.00 No charge for removal of remains from Hospitals. Shipping Funerals, $25.00 and $50.00 Complete. 1222 Division St., Bet. Dolphin and Lanvale. C. & P. Phone Mad. 4067 SING Picture Parlor SARATOGA ST. Millecott City and Edmonson Avenue the doors. In the city that is absolutely own people, and opened to all the peo d best equipped house for color and situation of the chairs all A four foot hallway on either s, which makes it absolutely sa strated Song and Light Vaudeville changed Daily 5 CENTS. JONES, Incorporators. Attraction Back Face Comedian and Back Dancer sketch with many a laugh. Mille Each Week. NTION 3 week ART and BEAUTY will be in session at the Elk's H day, December 20, 1909, and con- v. 10th, 1910. Lighters of Elks, and Monumental L ession 10 cents, Season Ticket 25 C Bearer any night to the Congress. Hoffman St., except Mondays, dear's nights. Bring this Coupon. ION AND MARKED SAL DOWN early and Get your Choice. DEPARTMENT STOR Mechen and Wilson Sts. Children's Sweaters $1.50 Men's dark blue flannel double breasted shirts. 50c. Men's Ribbed Shirts & Drawers. 39c. Percale Shirts. 50c. Sweaters. 25c. Neckwear slightly soiled. Waiters' Jackets, white & black. Men's Gloves, worsted, buckskin, and Cashmere. 50c. extra size fleeced line shirts. Black Sateen wear line shirts. $1.00 Stiff bosom shirts slightly soiled large sizes. Left-over trimmed hats. White and black plumes. $2.50 & $3.20 Ladies' Shoes sizes 1 to 4 Boys' Suits Investment Co. of Baltimore Co. of the State of Maryland. $25.00. We are offering to the pro- pital stock at $25.00 per share, ents per week on each share, up stock. Write or call at our o inger, 327 St. Paul St., B This Coupon and 3 Cents will admit you to any of the shows during the week. weeks BEAUTY the Elk's Hall 1909, and continue Monumental Lodge Ticket 25 Cts. the Congress at Mondays, this Coupon. EXECED SALE Choice. T STORE on Sts. flannel dou- irts & Draw- y soiled. white & black. buckskin. $1.0 $1.0 Multimore City Maryland. going to the pub per share, cas each share. W Miss Dora Colo, of New York, is in the city for a few days as the guest of Miss Aldina Hawkins. Mr. Edgar Ballou, of Howard University has returned after a delightful, stay. Miss Mary McNeal, of Washington, D. C. has returned home. Mr. Nelson H. Nottingham, of Hampton Institute has left the city after a pleasant stay with his aunt, Mrs. Charles J. Stewart of 1411 Ward street. Miss D. E. E. Gordon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gordon, who has been spending her holidays in the city, with her parents has returned to St. Mary's county to take up her school duties. Miss Estilline Williams spent the holidays visiting friends in New York, and New Jersey Miss Ethel T, Johnson. of New York city, after spending a very pleasant time in this city as the guest of Miss Cornelia Brooks, has returned home. Miss Ella Walker. of 830 S. Eutaw street is still confined to her bed. Mr. Wilbert J. Henry, of 428 N. Pine street, had a sudden attack of illness Saturday which has kept him confined to his bed for the past week. Mrs. Katie Pitts, of 721 W. Mulberry street, is able to be out after a brief illness. Mrs. Carrie Yates, who spent the holidays in the city of Philadelphia, with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Marie Davis, has returned to the city after after a pleasant stay. Miss Delancey Pindar, of Airhey, Md., spent the holidays with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pinder, of 820 Stirling street. Mr. Charles H. Mackery, of Princeton, N. J., spent the holidays in the city as the guest of Mrs. and Mrs. James W. James, of 823 Lewis street. Miss Lottie Greenwood, who is teaching in Johnsville, Carroll, Co., spent the holidays with her parents in this city. Mrs. Rosa E. Bowen, formerly of this city, but now of New York, spent Christmas with her sister, Mrs. M. J. Bannon, of Etting street. Mr. Benjamin Stevens, of Annapolis, Md., spent a few days in the city this week envolute home from a visit to Philadelphia. Little Miss Meha Stevens, of 703 N. Dallas street is visiting her aunt Mrs. Annie Curtis, of 1553 Argyle avenue. Rev. W. H. Moses, of Staunton, Va., is conducting revival services at Union Baptist Church. Revival services are in progress at tte Pennsylvania avenue A. M. E. Zion Church. They are in charge of Mrs. Jennie Moore, an evangelist. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cornish, of Cambridge, Md., spent the holidays as the guest of their cousin, Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Young. Mrs. Ada Johnson, of 1038 N. Durham street, who has been ill (or sometime is improving. Miss Marie Coleman entertained last Saturday evening in honor of Miss Elizabeth Yarborough, of Philadelphia. Mr. Carl I. Murphy, of Howard University, who has been spending the holidays with his parents in this city, has returned to resume his studies at the University. Mr. and Mrs. H. Pierson Scott gave a reception in honor of Miss Luretta Handy, of Atlantic City, at their residence, 246 N. Arlington avenue. Mr. Robert A. Campbell, of 726 Ajax street, has returned from a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Lula Droery, of Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Young of 1820 Druid Hill avenue, entertained a few friends in honor of their cousins of Mr. and Mrs. William Cornish of Cambridge, Md., on last Thursday evening. Quite an enjoyable evening was spent by all. The musical selections for the evening were rendered by Mr. Wm. Oscar Johnson. NOTICE. For proper instruction in Dress Making and the McDowell System join the night classes now being conducted at 232 Dolphin St., on Tuesday and Friday evenings from 8 to 10 o'clock. Separate classes in Embroidery and Millinery. MISS MANIE GILES.