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THE AFRICAN AMERICAN LEDGER. VOL. XVIII. NO. 16. BISHOP LAMPTON APPEALS TO NEGRO. BISHOP LAMPTON APPEALS TO NEGRO. MUST KEEP THE LINES OF RACE SEPARATION INVIOLATE SO AS TO GIVE MOBS NO EXCUSE. Tell His Ministers To Teach The People How To Live Decently And Cleanly, To Be Thrifty And Bar Immorality And Idleness From The Homes—Wants The Negro To Act So As To Give Mobs No Excuse For Lynchings - Other Ministers Make Strong Addresses. New Orleans, Jan. 22.—"O for a Thousand Tongues to Siug," was the hymn used to open the second day's session of the Louisiana African Methodist Conference yesterday morning in St. James A. M. E. church, North Roman street, presided over by Bishop E. W. Lampton, D.D., LL.D., and Rev. E. D. Williams read the scripture lesson. This was followed by an address by Bishop Lampton on the "Home Life of the Negro." In strong language the prelude condemned immorality, careless living, race strife and hatred, the divorce evil and many other things which he deemed were sapping the life out of the Negro race. "I appeal to every Negro in the land, led on by you ministers of the Gospel," he said, "to so stand in the fulfilment of his obligation, in the keeping of the letter and the spirit of the law, of both God and man, that the mob shall have no excuse to wreak its vengeance upon my people. I appeal to every Negro in the land to keep involate those lines of separation between the races, in public and in private, so that the mob will have no excuse to wreak its vengeance upon my race. I appeal to every Negro in the land, Norto.South, East and West, to turn his face from seeking any kind of commerce by law or by force, by agreement or intrigue, wit the females of the other race, so that the mob shall have no excuse to wreak its vengeance upon my race. "I believe that there is a future for my people, but it must be through separation along social lines. I do not seek admission into the parlor of any white man, nor do I invite him into my parlor in a social way. I want only for my people protection under the law, and we will make our own social circle, will entertain our own men and women, and will build up our race. "But let me remind you that there is much you can do. You must stop throwing away so much money on a good time, and invest more in land. Every Negro should have a family and should own his own home, though humble. He should pay his honest debts, educate his children and be true to his wife. "You must teach the Negro how to live here on earth. Too many of our people are getting tired of living with one woman, jump up and leave and marry another without getting a divorce. This thig must be remedied. They must live together. You can not build up a strong race this way, and we had just as well learn it today as any other time. "As ministers of the Gospel you are the leaders of the race, and you should t-ach our people how to travel. Study your Bibles and get closer to Jesus." R-v. K. E. Jones, D.D., editor of Southwestern Christian Advocate, New Orleans, was introduced and made an address. He paid a tribute to Bishop Lampton and his efforts to lift up the Negro. He termed the bishop "idol" if the Negroes in Mississippi—in fact, the Negroes of the country. "God never made a mistake in making the Negro. He had a purpose in making him, and if you will give God a chance He will show the world what He meant when He made the 150,000,000 Negroes in this world." Following Dr. Jones came Miss N. H. Burrows, who is devoting her life to the training of Negro girls for a life of service. Charles Stewart, A M., the noted press correspondent was presented to the conference. He has traveled very exten-ively and is posted on conditions among the Negroes. [Picture of a man in a suit and bow tie]. CITY OF SPOKANE THANKS SOLDIERS FOR THEIR ORDERLY LAW-ABIDING SOLDIERLY CONDUCT AT ALL TIMES (Special to Afro-American Ledger.) Fort George Wright, Washington, Jan. 13.—Lieutenant Col. W. R. Abercrombie, is in receipt of a communication from C. A. Fleming, city clerk containing a series of resolutions passed by the City Council of Spokana, commending in the highest terms the action of the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 25th Infantry for their soldierly bearing and correct deportment, the sympathy and moral support in the maintenance of good order, and by their constant example of orderly, law-abiding, sober and gentl-many conduct at all times, which greatly contributed to the aid of the police officers in handling a most serious situation involving in a large degree the great principle of law enforcement. The following resolution was passed: "Resolved, That the City Council do hereby tender to the enlisted men and officers of the 25th U. S. Infantry for their services and their support, the thanks of the City of Spokane." A FORMER BALTIMORE DIES IN NEWPORT A Requiem Mass Is Celebrated For The Repose of Her Soul. Newport, R. I., Jan. 26—Mrs. Mary Londin, who died last week, was a native of Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Londin was over 80 years old. She was a lady of a very agreeable disposition and a large number of friends mourn her loss. Her funeral took place at St. Joseph Catholic church, Friday morning when a vequiem high mass was celebrated for the repose of her soul by Father Mahar. The interment was at St. Columbus cemetery at Middletown, R. I. At the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Sunday evening 24 were admitted to membership and 4 converts. The revival will continue all the week. The friends of Mrs. Maria Reaster are glad to know that she is improving. Mrs. Reater-1 over 84 years old She was born in Baltimore. The Afro-American can be had at the Afro News Bureau, 74 Leven St. Newport, every Saturday. Please leave your orders for a copy. NOTED PRELATES SAIL FOR WEST AFRICA Bishops Walters And Scott Will Visits The Work Of Their Churches In Africa/ Nrw York, Jan. 26.—Bishop I. B. Scott, who has charge of the work of the M.E. Church in West Africa, and Bishop Alexander Waters, of the A.M. E. Zion church, sailed today on the Campania for Liberia. Bishop Scott carried along a large sum of money raised in this country for educational purposes. Bishop Walters will preside over the several African conferences of his denomination. A NOBLE TRIBUTE TO MRS. IRENE CAMP A NOBLE TRIBUTE TO MRS. IRENE CAMP A NOBLE WOMAN WHO SPENT HER LIFE IN HELPING THOSE WHO NEED ED HELP THE MOST Was Interested In A Large Number Of Social Organizations Which Had For Their Object The Uplift Of Humanity—The Col. In New Orleans Attending The Louisiana Conference—Hears Bishop Lampton Make A Speech Which He Thinks Very Well Of. COL. J. O. MIDNIGHT. New Orieans, La.-Just at a time when we are prepared for living, when we are getting ready to do our best work for mankind, then death comes along and takes us away, and some one must step to the front and take our places and carry on the work we begun. In all of my life, I have never been called upon to do a thing which fills me with so much sadness and gloom, as today, when it falls to me to tell the readers, that death has claimed one of the greatest women Chicago has produced, a woman who went about doing good for her people, a woman whose life was wrapped up in everything which meant good for all the people. A few days ago I received a letter from Miss Jessie Lucas telling me that Irene took seriously ill while attending the Cornell Charity Club and was in Providence hospital. This was to be regretted, and I assured her that she had my sympathy. I had hoped day by day that another, letter would come telling me that she was better, but it did not. A special delivery letter from Jessie reached me in Camden, telling me that Irene died Sunday morning about four o'clock. Now the question is in your minds who was Irene. It was Mrs. Irene Camp, of 150 North Wood street, Chicago. She was one of the most noted women in Chicago. Early in her life she finished high school in Chicago, and entered the office of the Chicago Conservator where she learned to set type, becoming an expert, but after her marriage she devoted herself to domestic life and things which meant for the development of the race. Mrs Camp was a member of the Garden City Chapter, Order of Eastern Star; Heroines of Jericho; Companion of Foresters; Order of Calanthe; Household of Iuth; Grand Court, O. O. C: District Grand Household, of Anna Walker Conscience Club; Relief Corps; Cornell Charity Club; O. E. S. Club; Woman's Federation; P. G. Officers' Council O. F., and Ways and Means Club of Grace Presbyterian church She has held grand offices in most of these organizations. She was secretary of the Cornell Charity Club, one of the finest organizations in this country. It was while attending this meeting that she was stricken. Having finished her work at that meeting she was getting ready to go home when death knocked. She fell unconscious to the floor, and medical aid was called in. She was sent to the Provident Hospital on Friday afternoon and never again uttered a word. Sunday morning about 4 o'clock the anger of death came and conveyed to its God all that remained of Irene L. Cemp. Tuesday, January 11th, thousands of friends, members of the various organizations assembled at St. Stephen's A.M. E. church to pay their last tribute to the fallen woman. "She done what she could." There were hundreds of white people who crowded in the church. The funeral was preached by Rev. Moses H. Jackson, pastor of Grace Presbyterian church, of which she was a member. The funeral services were solemn and impressive. The choir chanted "Abide In Me." as it was never chanted before. Major John C. Buckner was master of ceremonies. The pall bearers were Col. Radcliffe, Ferd. Coffee, P. W. Johnson, James Gordon, Jackson Gordon, George Kersey and Robert Lacy. James Camp has lost a companion. He had an ideal wife Alice and Irene have lost a mother, and Miss Jessie M. Lucas a sister. I think of the words of Job, who in his affliction said "The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord" MUST SHOW GOOD REASONS FOR COMING DR. WASHINGTON TELLS HIS HEARERS THAT THERE MUST BE RESULTS FROM ANUUAL CONFERENCE Must Not Come There To See and Hear—Want Fences Whitewashed, Churches And School Houses Improved—Wants Results—Must Learn To Grow Other Things Besides Cotton—And Learn To Work Three Hundred Days In The Year—Saturdays Good Working Days Tuskegee, Ala., Jan. 19—More than 2,000 Negro farmers, with their wives and children attended the 19th annual session of the Tuskegee Negro; Farmers Conference which is in session here today and tomorrow at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute The Farmers' Conference is but one of the many ways the institution makes its influence felt upon Negro life, and the real worth of the work is shown in the fact that this year farmers from as many states as Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, have taken a prominent part in the meeting, while a greater number of visitors from a distance, prominent white and black men from all portions of the country are attending the session. According to the usual custom at these meetings, Dr. Washington in opening the conference, gives what it regarded as the most important deliverance, with the possible exception of the declarat on to the public. This year, J. M. Parker, of New Orleans, who is perhaps the largest in individual planer in the country, gave a strong, sensible and forcible address to the conference. Various farmers detailed their experiences in the meeting all discussion the one general subject, "land Getting," which for the purposes of the morning session was sub divided, "How I Bought my Earm," and "Woman's Part in Farm Buying." Nearly all of the speakers told how lowly they began, and many admitted that they received their inspiration from Tuskegee. Rev. T. O. Fuller, president of Howe Instituto, Memphis, Tenn., opened the session with prayer, following which Dr. Washington delivered the opening address. Dr. Wa nington said in part: "As we meet in these annual Negro Conferences year by year we must keep in mind that the time and money spent in coming here will be absolutely wasted unless improvement can be on where we live, as a result of these meetings. It is easy for people to yield to the temptation of going to some large gathering and hearing ad dresses and then fail to put in practice what they have heard after they reach home. "The people in the community where you live should be able to see signs of improvement each year. They should see better school houses, better church buildings; should be able to note that the schoolhouse or church house is either painted or whitewashed, and that they have comfortable seats. "By reason of your coming to these conferences, when one comes or passes by your dwelling house, he should see that there is whitewash on the outside of the house, that the fence and outhouses are whitewashed, and the gate and everything about the house is in good condition and repair. He should be able to see that the window glasses are not broken. "Further, we expect every person who comes to these conferences to learn to grow not only plenty of cotton, but to grow plenty of good vegetables. He should have fruit trees, grain, poultry, pigs and plenty of th. m. By reason of these conferences we should see fewer people idle, and there should be far less crime in each community. Continued on page 5. B MISS NANNIE BORROUGHS HOTEL CELEBRATES ITS ANNIVERSARY HANDSOME W O M E N, WELL DRESSED MEN MUSIC, AND FINE DECORATIONS Special to The Afro-American Ledger.) Norfolk, Va.. Jan. 25.—All Norfolk, Berkley, Portsmouth and surrounding towns turned out en masse to celebrate the fourteenth anniversary of Hotel Mt. Vernon, which took place here last week. It was one of the most brilliant functions seen here in many a day. Manager Bright had issued invitations to one thousand guests and it seemed that every one must have accepted the invitation, for there was one constant stream of visitors from 5 p. m., until in the woe sma' hours of the morning. The woman were handsomely gowned, and the men in full dress. The handsomely gowned women, beautiful flowers, palms, music and electric lights made a gorgeous scene one which is seldom seen in this section of the country, more especially among Afro-American. It was a scene long to be remembered. The Splaag Orchestra was stationed in the buffet; Prof. Parker and a full orchestra was stationed in the parlor, while Prof. Jones, of Balmor- did the honors in the Palm Garden. The efforts of Manager Bright to cater to the traveling public in this city for the past fifteen years were shown to be duly appreciated by the people of this and adjoining cities in the outpouring at his anniversary. He was present everywhere and personally looked after the interest of every guest. The people of this vicinity did most assuredly appreciate the efforts of the genius host. REVIVAL SERVICES CLOSED Stork Pays A Visit To Home Of Newspaper Correspondent-He Is Glad (Special to the Afro-American Ledger.) Chestertown, Md., Jan. 20.—The revival services which have been going on at Jane M. E. church are now closed and the results have been very gratifying to the pastor and members of the church. The Allen C. E. League of Bethel church, under the direction of Mrs. Lydia Chambers and - Mr. George Waters is making considerable improvement, and a large number of persons are becoming interested in it. Mrs. Marie Brown, who has been quite sick at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. Chas. Hutchins, is slowly improving, Mr. and Mrs. L. H Chambers are rejoicing over a visit of the stork, who left a bouncing baby boy at their home. Mother and babe are doing well. Would Like To Succeed Dancy. (Special to the Afro-American Ledger.) (Special to the Xtra-American Leader Washington, Jan. 13.—Representative Langley, of Kentucky, saw the Presid'n today and introduced to him Dr. E. E. Underwood, of Kentucky, who wants to succeed John C. Dancy as Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia or some other good place in Washington. The President was noncommittal on the subject. "THE NEGRO MUST GET BUSY AND MAKE GOOD" MISS NANNIE BURROUGHS MAKE A CHARACTERISTIC SPEECH ABOUT WHAT THE NEGRO NEEDS "Must Get Busy And Make Good Or Be Beaten To A Frazzle"—Women Ought To Be Trained For Work.—You Will Do What You Are Fitted To Do.—If Are Fitted To Be A Rascal You Will Be One.—The Negro Now Adays Has Civilized Feet And Stomachs. New Orleans, La., Jan. 21.—"The Negro must get busy and make good or be beaten to a frazzle," declared Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, of Washington, D. C., to an audience of 500 people last night at the Tulane Avenue Baptist Church. Some years ago Miss Burroughs conceived the idea of solving the crush-talked-of race problem by turning attention to the servant girls who were so much neglected by the Negro leaders. She thought the first thing was to train the women to render better service. She called to her support the 2,000,000 Negro Baptist through the Women's National Convention, which forms an auxiliary to the National Baptist Convention which will meet in the city next September. After several years of hard word the National Baptist Training School was launched last fall in Washington, D. C. The only school of its kind in the world, is purely to train servants. Already 500 students are in the school. The speaker was introduced by Dr. E. D. Sims, pastor of the church. He said that it was a pleasure to have in the city the president of the first training school in the world. A woman who was doing much good to lift up the Negro He said her influence and work was far-reaching. He recalled her bringing to the city some of the girls from the jungles of Africa and developing them into strong, industrious women. Miss Burroughs was given an ovation which lasted fully five minutes. "What the Negro Must Do for Himself" was the theme discussed. "There are very many reasons in inspiration should come to me, stand here in this his oric city of 19. Orleans, because it was near this city, where Abraham Lincoln declared that if ever he got a chance to hit slavery he would hit it hard, and many of you can testify as to whether he carried out that declaration." she said. "If come to you because I am interested in the salvation, of my race, I believe that there is no greater power for the uplift of my people than the women. I repreent the colored women of this country, especially those who belong to the Christian councils of the country. We believe that we ought to train the women to do the work. I believe we all get to be what we are fit to be. If you are fit to be a grand rascal you will be a book. If you are fit to be a writer of a book you will do it. If you are fit to lead the people out of the wilderness you will do it. "We are to teach women to think, teach them to use their hands. "I come on the stage at a particular time, a time when the world is not making any excuse for the fellow who is left behind. It is demanding lug that you make good. The race is on in dead earnest in this country, so I have to tell you something that you have not to do in this country. There are people among us who believe in signs. I don't believe in signs. Make them take it down. Some of our people believes if a black cat crosses your path it is going to be trouble. A woman told me one time that she was going to walk on savage land because her foot itched. I told her that it was just a silent appeal for a bath. Signs are marks of interior. "I believe you ought to pull down signs. I saw a sign in a street car tonight. That sign was put there to teach you that you are interior. They have been putting signs ever since the war. Before the war there not many signs." Action Started By Roosevelt Is Thrown Out of Court. A STATE, NOT A FEDERAL QUESTION. Indictment Against Joseph Pulitzer For Attacks On Former President Roosevelt And President Taft Quashed By Judge House On The Ground That Federal Statute Applied Is Not Sufficient In Authority And That The United States Court Lacks Jurisdiction. New York (Special).—The indictment against the Press Publishing Company, publishers of the New York World, charging Joseph Pulitzer and others with criminal libel against Theodore Roosevelt, President Taft and others, was quashed in the United States District Court. Judge Hough ruled that the statute upon which the indictment rested was not sufficient in authority, or, in other words, that the court had no jurisdiction. Delancey Nicoll, counsel for the defendants, interpreted the decision as a signal victory for the freedom of the press. "The curious and ingenious mind," he said, "that brought to life, for the first time in 85 years, the law under which this prosecution was begun has retired to private life, but has left this legacy behind it. "This is not a prosecution brought by aggrieved or injured private individuals," was begun by the President of the United States in an attempt to show that a label had been committed upon the American people. "The statute under which this suit was brought was drafted to punish offences not covered by the laws of the section in which they were committed. In construing the statute it is not for us to consider what a fair-minded attorney general might do under it; it is for us to consider what can be done with it. We had better have the sedition law, or even the star chamber, again than such a monstrous practice as the government advocated in this proceeding." Roosevelt's Scathing Words. President Roosevelt, in his message of December 15, 1908, to Congress, thus characterized the publications of which he complained: "It is idle to say that the known character of Mr. Pulitzer and his newspaper are such that the statements in that paper will be believed by nobody; unfortunately, thousands of persons are ill-informed in this respect and believe the statements they see in print, even though they appear in a newspaper published by Mr. Pulitzer. "These statements are false in every particular from beginning to end. The wickedness of the slanders is only surpassed by their fatuity. So utterly baseless are the stories that, apparently, they represent, in part, merely material collected for campaign purposes, and in part, stories originally conceived with a view of possible blackmail. "I do not believe we should concern ourselves with the particular individuals who wrote the lying and libellous articles. The real offender is Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, editor and proprietor of the World. It should not be left to a private citizen to sue Mr. Pulitzer for libel. He should be prosecuted for libel by the governmental authorities. There is nothing to choose between a public servant who betrays his guilty (rust, a public servant who is guilty of blackmail, or theft, or financial dishonesty of any kind, and a man guilty as Mr. Joseph Pulitzer has been guilty in this instance. It is, therefore, a high national duty to bring to justice this vilifier of the American people." Belongs In State Courts. Judge Hough in rendering his decision said, in part: "It is charged here that the crime of sending libelous matter through the mails is punishable at the place of destination of the libelous matter. If it is so held that the offense of libel on federal territory is a crime cognizable in the federal courts, the question is a broad one. In this case we have an alleged libel that was published in New York City and sent out into Orange County. But we find that in the distribution made by the defendant it was changed to be disseminated at West Point, a territory ceded to the government, and, therefore, the action comes up in this court. "It cannot be denied that by the same act a crime may be committed cognizable by the State and the nation, but this affords no reason to confine the punishment of the offender to one jurisdiction. The law which has been involved here is, I take it, simply a territorial convenience, and, therefore, in this case, if any crime has been committed, it is to be regarded rather as an offense against the State of New York, which happened to be committed on government land, then an offense against the government under the statute. "The burden of proof rests upon the prosecution to show that it was the intent of Congress to intrust to the courts of the United States the punishment of offenses other than those primarily committed on United States territory." 100 Dead In Religious Riot. St. Petersburg (Special). — More than 100 persons have been killed and many wounded in religious conflicts, waged in old Bokhara between the Sunnites and the Shiahs for two days past. The Sunnites demand the replacement of the Shiah officials with Sunnites. At the request of the Bokhara authorities, Russian troops and machine guns have been sent from Samarkand to the scene of the fighting. Its Constitutionality Before the Supreme Court. If No Decision Is Rendered Before March 1, The Nation's Solons May Be Asked To Extend The Date For The Law Becoming Operative—Solicitor General Bowers Files Brief. Washington, D. C. (Special).—In event of the failure of the attempt to obtain a decision from the Supreme Court of the United States as to the constitutionality of the corporation tax provisions of the Payne tariff act before March 1, the date by which the return on the income of corporations must be filed, Congress may be asked to extend the date for the law becoming operative. The suit in which the point arises, that of Stella P. Flint, as general guardian of the property of Samuel N. Stone, Jr., a minor, against the Stone-Tracy Company, of Windsor, Vt., was decided in the lower court last Thursday. Solicitor General Bowers asked the Supreme Court for permission for the government to submit oral arguments and briefs in the Vermont case. At the same time Mr. Bowers asked, in his brief submitted to the court, that the case be advanced for an early hearing. This suggestion was made in connection with a similar request by Maxwell Evarts, for Stella P. Flint, in a brief submitted to the court Saturday. "The deep interest of both the government and of citizens affected by the tax throughout the country in a determination of this court concerning the constitutionality of the taxing act before the close of the period for payment of the tax, June 30 next," said Mr. Bowers, "is apparent." Mr. Bowers said in his brief that among the specific questions of highest importance which are involved in the general inquiry concerning the constitutionality of the taxing law are these: "Whether the tax is direct in the constitutional sense and is void because not apportioned among the states in proportion to their population. "Whether the tax improperly interferes with the general taxing power of the state to create corporations. "Whether the tax is invalid in so far as the net income of a corporation may be made available to state or municipal bonds held by the corporation as part of its business capital. "Whether the tax is invalid in the case of public service corporations chartered by a state. "Whether the tax act makes an improper distinction between corporations on the one hand and partnerships and individuals on the other hand, engaged in the same business. "Whether the exemptions enumerated in the statute are sustainable." In open court Mr. Evarts asked that the case be advanced. When Mr. Bowers formally submitted his motion for the government to be permitted to submit arguments and briefs and that the case be advanced, Chief Justice Fuller inquired if the tax could not be refunded if later it was declared invalid. The solicitor replied that such a course might be a great burden on the parties concerned. The court took the matter under adjudgment. AUTO WITH SIX DROPS 40 FEET. Three Occupants Killed; Three Expected To Die. Kansas City, Kan. (Special). Three persons were killed and three badly injured when a motorcar, owned and driven by John Mahoney, a contractor, of Kansas City, Kan., became unmanageable at Cliff Drive and Agnes Avenue and plunged 40 feet over an embankment into what is known as Cliff Drive Canyon. The machine was demolished and the occupants were badly mutilated. It is feared all of the injured will die. Tarown Into Acid Vat. New York (Special).—Bathed, in sulphuric acid inside and outside, Roman Tahirsky is dying in a hospital. In a rough-and-tumble fight at a brass founday a fellow-employee burst into a tubful of acid. He swallowed some of the solution, which, though not of full strength, was powerful enough to burn him horribly. Lightning Brings Wealth Dalhart, Texas (Special). — Mrs. Josie Pettis declared that a bolt of lightning struck the ground on the mountainside near her farmhouse recently and uncovered a spring of crude oil, which is now producing 200 barrels daily. The land, before the uncovering of the spring, had barely yielded enough to support her. Smoked Cigarettes 106 Years. Patagonia, Ariz. (Special)—Mrs. Juana Corona, said to be the oldest person in Arizona, died here at the age of 116 years. Her youngest driving child is 60 years old. Mrs. Corona was born in Sonora, Mexico, October 20, 1794. She had been married three times. From her tenth birthday until her death she was a constant user of cigarettes. Kills Woman Instead Of Dog. South Bend, Ind. (Special). While attempting to kill a dog Edward Hostetler, a farmer, shot and killed Mrs. Melford Price, 21 years old. The bullet entered the woman's temple, and she fell dead at her husband's feet. Hostetler chased the dog from his farm to the highway, and there fired at the fleeing animal. His aim was bad and the bullet struck the woman, who was walking in the road with her husband. ENGINEER AND FIREMAN BOTH DEAD. Former Fails To See Signal To Slow Down And Dashes Onto A Cross-Over Between the Tracks At Full Speed—Locomotive Topples Over And Slides 300 Feet—The Train "Smeared" Over Four Tracks—No Passengers Hurt. Utica, N. Y. (Special).—The locomotive of the New York Central Twentieth Century Limited east-bound, turned completely over about a quarter of a mile west of St. Johnsville. It slid 300 feet before it stopped. Under the engine firesman Melyn J. Handville, of Syracuse, was crushed beyond recognition. The engineer, John Scanlon, of Fort Hunter, attempted to when the engine left the tracks, but he was caught between the engine and tender and cut crushed in a terrible crash. None of the trucks of several of them are detailed. Most of the passengers were thrown from their berths and some were slightly injured. There is a signal tower about a quarter of a mile west of the St. Johnsville station, and from this the switches and crossovers are controlled. For some reason, not yet explained, it was necessary for the operator to shift the train from track No. 1 to track No. 2, and he had thrown the switch for the crossover and set the signals. The supposition is that the signal cautioning Engineer Scanlon to slow down was not seen by him in time to bring his train under full control, and when the locomotive struck the crossover the ponderous machine bounded in to the air turned upon its side in a twinkling and then, as it struck one of the rails, rolled upon its back and plowed ahead through the rails, ties and ballast at least 300 feet. The sudden twist wrenched loose the coupling between the engine and baggage and mail car, and this saved the train from the ditch. The heavy coaches bounded from the track in front, but they fell back right side up and remained in an upright position. The passengers were mostly all asleep, and some of them were scarcely disturbed. No blame appears to be attached to the tower man, Joseph Battle, for the accident, as he had set the signals in proper time. The engineer, who apparently misled the spartan, is dead. All the coaches were derailed, and they stood at an angle, reaching from track 1 to track 4. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH Representatives Bennet and Mason had a bitter colloquy in the House based on the latter's charge against the Immigration Commission. Delegate Wickersham, representing Alaska in Congress, accused Major W. P. Richardson with lobbying in behalf of the special interests. The Senate Committee on Post-offices has taken up the various postal savings banks bills for consideration. The House of Representatives passed a bill to create a bureau of mines in the Department of the Interior. The Fortifications Appropriation Bill, carrying $5,817,200, was passed by the Senate. A motion was made to advance on the docket of the Supreme Court a case that will test the constitutionality of the Corporation Tax Law. The Senate committee will recommend the issue of certificates of indebtedness to the amount of thirty millions to complete irrigation protects. The Ballinger-Pinchot Congressional Investigating Committee will give an equal chance to be heard to all persons interested. Secretary of the Navy Meyer has completed the draft of his bill for the reorganization of the personnel of the Navy. The government officials have planned to prosecute the big men of the Beef Trust for violations of the law. Secretary Knox told the House committee that good roads keep the rural population from flocking to the city. The two big battleships to be built for the Argentine government will be built in American shipyards. Former Representative Grosvenor is slated to become a member of the Chickamauga Park Commission. the Cincinnati The National Waterways Commission has completed its report to be submitted to Congress. The Senate committee perfected the bill for the creation of a legislative council in Alaska. President Taft declared himself in favor of "all big guns" Dreadnoughts. The government suit for the dissolution of the merger of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads will not be dropped. No Tax On Masonic Requests No Tax on Masonic bequests Des Moines, Iowa (Special).—The Iowa Supreme Court here held that a Masonic Lodge is a charitable organization and is not required to pay the State a collateral inheritance tax on any bequests that might be left to it. Robbers Capture Police Chief Robbers Capture Police Chief. Mohawk, N. Y. (Special)—Chief of Police Bronner, of this place, was captured by four burglaries while on the street and was taken to a room in the postoffice, where he was bound and gagged. BY MOTHER'S GRAVE Navy Deserter Says He Choked Anna Shumacker. THE CEMETERY MYSTERY IS SOLVED. Hall Could Not Sleep After Arrest For Desertion and Is Glad To Relieve Mind—Nary Holds On To Prisoner — Wants Assurance He Will Be Returned If Not Convicted. Portsmouth, N. H. (Spectal).—James E. Hall, sailor in the United States Navy, who has confessed to the murder of Anna Schumacher, strangled and assaulted in the Holy Sepulhore Cemetery in Rochester, N. Y., is still held a prisoner on the United States prison ship Southerly, although the Rochester police have insistently demanded that he be turned over to them for trial by the civil authorities. It is said the prisoner will be held here until the Rochester police give a satisfactory guarantee that Hall will be returned to the prison ship in the event of the Rochester courts failing to convict him of murder. Hall's crime, according to his story, was atrocious in that he admitted that he had buried the girl without even knowing that she was dead. Hall enlisted in the Navy at Columbus, O., but soon deserted. He was arrested and sent to the prison ship. He could not sleep and finally was driven to confess. Hall, in his confession, says he got off an Erie freight train at the Rochester Cemetery, hoping to find a place to sleep. He saw Miss Schumacher a mother's grave and insisted her. She screamed, and to Grown her cries he choked her. Hall declares that he choked to kill the girl, but that his grip was too tight and her windpipe broke. Then, without ascertaining if she had died, he buried her in a shallow sand grave and fled, escaping from town on another freight train. To Sheriff Gillette, of Monroe County, New York, who is here, Hall made an amplified confession and signed it. He made no effort to the details of his crime and said he had he at last gotten it off his mind. Hall Will Be Released. Washington, D. C. (Special). James Hall, the sailor now in prison at Portsmouth Navy Yard for fraudulent enlistment in the navy who is alleged to have made a confession in connection with the murder of Anna Schumacher, of Rochester, N. Y., will be discharged by the naval authorities so that he may be arrested by the civil authorities. The Navy Department issued orders to this effort. 15 MEN BLOWN TO PIECES. Five Others Bally Hurt When Nitroglycerin Explodes In New York Tunnel. Fishkill Landing, N. Y. (Special). —Fifteen men, three of them Americans, were killed by a premature explosion of nitroglycerin in a tunnel which is to form part of the great aqueduct to carry water from the Ashokan dam, in the Caskills, to New York. Five men were terribly mutilated, but happened to be so near the mouth of the tunnel that they could be resued alive. The other 15 were found beneath a mass of rock and debris, literally hammered by the force of the explosion into a bleeding mass of heads, limbs and torsos. The squad of 20 men involved in the accident, having drilled the holes and placed the explosive, were trooping from the excavation, the 15 killed in the rear, and 5, all of whom were foreigners in the lead. As the five neared the mouth of the tunnel there was a terrific roar, the country-side shook and the five foreigners were hurled senseless to the ground near the opening. Inside death was instantaneous to the others. The contracting firm, R. K. Everett & Co., employs 150 men in all, and the explosion indicated immediately that there had been a disaster. A hundred laborers rushed to the mouth of the tunnel and, after dragging forth the injured, set to work clearing away the rock and earth to get at the dead. As the nitroglycerin had been purposely set to shatter rock, it did not damage the interior of the tunnel more than the contractors had planned, and after two hours*work the bodies were reached. The scene of the accident was near the top of a small mountain, a mile and a half southeast of Cold Spring, eight miles south of this place. The explosion marks the first serf that many work connected with the aqueous. Former Pastor Steals Pens. Clineinnati (Special). — George Waverly Briggs, at one time Methodist chaplain to the Texas Legislature, was fined $50 and costs for stealing a package of pens from a drug store. Briggs ran down the street with the pens, pursued by a policeman. When he saw he could not escape he endeavored to swallow laudanum, but was prevented by his captor. Briggs once held pastorates in Galveston and Houston, Texas, and at Owensboro, Ky. He said drugs had undone him. Cuban Minister Resigns. Havana (Special).—The State Department announced that the resignation has been received of Gen. Carlos Garcia Velez, Cuban Minister to the United States, who will shortly return to Havana. General Velez will probably be succeeded by Carrera Justiz, Minister at Madrid. Velez will likely go to Argentina, while Jose Garcia Velez, the former Secretary of State; will assume the post at Berlin, and Senior Quesada the post at Madrid. Madriz Will Not Recognize Former's Government. Successor Of Zelaya In Nicaragua Declares Revolutionists' Terms Preposterous, As Their Acceptance Would Negitimize His Government—Madriz Puts Up A Bluff And Talk About Rushing More Troops Into The Field. Managua, Nicaragua (Special). President Madriz announced that General Estrade's reply had served to end abruptly the peace negotiations and that reinforcements had been ordered to the front with the purpose of striking a decisive blow at the insurgent army. General Estrada's reply was to the President's message inviting the insurgent leader to send peace commissioners to meet representatives of the government at Greytown. The communication, which was signed by Estrada and General Chamorro, flated that they would accept Greytown as a meeting place for peace commissioners provided Madriz would recognize the revolutionists as constituting a provisional government. President Madriz declared that the insurgent terms were preposterous and their acceptance by him would be tantamount to illegitimizing his own government. He added: "This means an open break in the negotiations for peace by the resurgent military activity. I regret deeply that this is so, as I am sincerely desirous of affecting a reconciliation of all factions. Apparently this is impossible without further blossomed, and orders have been issued to send more troops to the front. "All of our energies will be directed now to administering a swift and decisive blow. It will be better to have one severe battle than an endless season of inconclusive skirmishes. The government troops are in fine mettle and not apprehensive of the result of the conflict." San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua (Special).—Salomon Selva, who appeared as prosecuting attorney before the court-martial that sentenced the American who allied themselves with the insurgent cause, and General Medina, who was charged by President Zelaya, with the execution of the sentences, were arraigned in court accused of having convicted the prisoners illegally. FOUR MEN HOLD UP TRAIN. Get Possession Of Car Said To Contain Thousands. St. Louis (Special).—A Missouri Pacific train from Kansas City was held up by four masked men between Glencoe and Eureka. The four men mounted the cab and, after binding the engineer and fireman, detached the mail and express cars. The four masked men bagged the train one mile east of Eureka and 30 miles from St. Louis with a red lantern. As the train stopped the men shoved revolvers into faces of the engineer and fireman. The baggage and the mail express cars were detached from the train, and, with the robbers in the cab, the engineer was compelled to run with them toward St. Louis. The passengers were not molested. The baggage and express cars and the locomotive have not been found. Deputy sheriffs and railroad detectives are scouring the line for them. It is believed that the express safe was blown in some desolate place and the robbers fled, leaving the cars on a branch line. The place in which the hold-up occurred is sparsely settled and the news of the robbery did not reach St. Louis until after the train was due here. Conductor E. H. Butts got off the train when it stopped and the robbers fired at him. After the locomotive disappeared Butts walked back to a farmer's house near Eureka and telephoned to St. Louis for help. Japan's Note To China. Peking (Special).—Japan has notified China informally through the Japanese Legation here that Japan and Russia with concerted action will decline the proposals of the United States for the neutralization of the Manchurian railways. Japan charges China with having been responsible for the proposal, and thus of having committed an act unfriendly to the former. Girl Knocks Out Footpad. Cleveland (Special)—An incait-ous highwayman hold up Miss Lulu Van Fleet, teacher in Lincoln High School. Miss Van Fleet, after severely punishing him, threw him in a snow bank and jumped on him. In her agitation, however, she left her purse where it had fallen on the ground, and the robber got it after all. Explosion Injures Seven Miners. Uniontown, Pa. (Special).—Seven men, all foreigners, were seriously burned and internally injured when carbonite, which they were thawing on a stove, exploded, demolishing their house. The men were miners and employees of the Pittsburg Coal and Coke Company. Cynnoss "Dcath Farm" Sold. Gunnies. Laporte, Ind. (Special).—The 50-acre farm of Mrs. Bella Gunness, who was burned to death with her three children in the fire which destroyed her home, April 28, 1908, was sold to the superintendent of a boy's school which adjoins the Gunness farm and of which it will become a part. It is stated that large mills are to be built in Denmark, which are expected to consume about 30,000 tons of beans annually in the manufacture of soya cake. Some Cold Figures as Submitted By Bradstreet's. NECESSITIES HAVE GONE WAY UP. Recent Upward Advances In Prices Of Ninety-Six Commodities That Enter Into Daily Consumption Have Made The Wholesale Cost On January 1 Higher Than In The Flush Days Before The 1907 Panic—Figures Submitted. New York (Special)—Bradstreet's has compiled a record of prices on 96 commodities that enter into daily and direct consumption by the people, and the result shows that the cost of living has now reached an absolutely high record, exceeding even that of March 1, 1907, when prices went soaring in an anticipation of the panic which came in the fall of that year. The figures for December 1 last were below the previous high record of 1907, but the continuous skyward movement of prices in the last month of 1909 had established a new high-water mark by January 1. The figures compiled by Brad street's are known as "Index Numbers." They are based on actual wholesale quotations per pound for the commodities in question, which to make them comprehensive, are averaged over a wide area of markets. When it is said that the index number for January 1, 1910 was $9.2310, it means that a man buying at wholesale one pound each of the 96 commodities on that date would have to pay that sum as a total. No attempt is made to compute retail prices because of the wide fluctuations. The new "number" surpasses the previous high record of March 14, 1907, $9.1293 by 1.1 per cent. This ratio also measures the advance that was made on the 96 commodities in the month of December last. At the same time the present index number reflects a gain of 11.7 over January 1, 1909, which means that the prices of the 96 articles rose approximately 97 cents within a year's time. The lowest point for commodity prices for which Bradstreet's have any record was touched by July 1, 1909, when the index number was $5.7019. The latest figure shows a gain of more than 61 per cent. over this number, indicating, of course, that for every dollar you spend then for living expenses you are spending $1.61 cents now. The new index number mirrors an increase of 19.5 per cent. over the comparative low point reached on June 1, 1908, but it is only 3.5 per cent. over January 1, 1907, also a time of ascending prices as forerunners of the panic. The gain over January 1, 1908, is 10.8 per cent. while the rise over the same date in 1905 is 14.2 per cent. and increase of January, 1904, is 15.5 per cent. Here is a table showing the important swings in the index number on the 96 commodities since January 1, 1892: High... January 1, 1892...$8.1382 Low... July 1, 1896... $7.5019 High... February 1, 1900... $8.2307 Low... July 1, 1901... $7.4181 High... December 1, 1902... $8.1413 Low... July 1, 1904... $7.6318 High... March 1, 1907... $9.1283 Low... June 1, 1908... $7.7227 High... January 1, 1910... $9.3210 The 96 commodities included the tabulation are added into 12 general groups as follows: Breadstuff, cheese, meat provisions, fruits, and leather, textiles, metals, coal and coke, oils, naval stores, building materials, chemicals and drugs, and miscellaneous. Necessities Of Life Gone Up. Necessities Of Life Gone up. While all of these enter into the cost of living to a greater or less extent, the higher cost is more pronounced when the groups are selected that enter more directly into personal consumption. Take these seven groups, embracing 59 commodities: July 1, Mar. 1, Jan. 1, 1896. Breadstuffs. $0.0524 $0.0817 $0.1050 Livestock. 0.1855 0.3315 0.4010 Provisions. 1.3619 2.1049 2.3577 Hides and leather. 0.8250 1.1975 1.2850 Textiles. 1.5799 2.7369 2.7333 Coal and coke. 0.0048 0.0080 0.0069 Oils. 0.2082 0.3428 0.3728 Total. $4.2177 $6.8033 $7.2617 In other words, the man who would buy a pound each of the commodities embraced in this list would have paid $4.2177 on July 1, 1896; $6.8033 on March 1, 1897, the former high record-date and $7.2617 on January 1 of the present year. Declines in general prices as between the high of 1907 and that of January 1 last have occurred in the item of fruits which is more or less of a luxury, chemicals and drugs, building materials and naval stores. Thirty Miners Entombed. Richmond, Mo. (Special). — Two miners were killed and several others injured, none fatally, when 30 men were imprisoned in Mine No. 6, owned by Pence & Catenan and situated one mile from here, the result of an explosion. 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Many of them are free of debt, and on the average all are pastored by able ministers, who are laboring earnestly for the moral and spiritual uplift of their respective congregations. Among the clergymen who have achieved more than ordinary success within a short time and whose influence for good has attracted the attention of other churches in and out of the city is the Rev. J. A. S. Cole, pastor of the Pennsylvania Avenue A. M. E. Zlon church. Mr. Cole is a native of Maryland. He came to Baltimore at an early age. He received his education in the public schools of Baltimore, which he supplemented with a course in theology at Boston university. He accepted the pastorate of the Pennsylvania Avenue A. M. E. Zion church about eighteen months ago, during which time he has made a most enviable record both as a pastor and financial leader. When he began his pastorate the interest on the mortgage debt of the church was more than $000 in arrears. To the majority of pastors who are familiar with church debts and the difficulty of raising money with which to pay them the situation which confronted the new pastor would seem anything but encouraging. But with true courage and undaunted faith the Rev. Mr. Cole began to devise plans for raising the money necessary to pay off the debt. How well he has succeeded may best be shown from the fact that the full amount of interest has been paid, current expenses met and the membership increased. The pastor's zeal for the success of the church was made strikingly plain to the members when they found that he was willing if necessary to have his salary reduced until the church was out of debt. Before his present charge the Rev. Mr. Cole pastored churches in North Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania and at Troy, N. Y. At the latter church he raised $4,500 and left the church clear of debt. He made many friends while in Troy, and when it became known that he was to leave Troy to pastor elsewhere strenuous efforts were made by his church and by influential citizens in the community to [Picture of a man with a mustache and a suit]. REV. J. A. S. COLE have him remain. The record which the Pennsylvania Avenue A. M. E. Zion church has made since the Rev. Mr. Cole became its pastor shows conclusively what can be done when both pastor and congregation are unitedly working for the spiritual and temporal welfare of the church. It is sometimes thought by many of our people that too much attention is given to the spiritual side of racial uplift, but experience shows that along with the material development of the race the church has always furnished the men and women who have won special distinction in nearly every instance where the interest of the masses of our people required individual leadership in any given cause. The principles of Christianity have been and ever should be the precursor of reforms, the defender of justice, the strong arm of the home, the basis of social intercourse and the all important essential to true success in a life of usefulness. Garrison Post Installs New. Officers. A large number of representatives from the various Grand Army posts of both races witnessed the recent annual installation of the officers of William Lloyd Garrison post. No. 207. G. A. R., at Grenada hall. Brooklyn. The ceremonies were performed by Past Commander John Thomas and staff of Rankin post. The first Grand Army post among Afro-Americans in Brooklyn was organized by the late Dr. William T. Dixon over thirty-seven years ago. Is Advice of Miss Maude Fitchette to Students of Music. Among the many talented young women of Norfolk, Va., who have won distinction along musical lines is Miss Maude Fitchette, who at an early age showed great fondness for the piano. She studied under some of the best teachers of Norfolk. Her advancement was so rapid that at the age of twelve she was offered the position of organist of the Calvary Baptist church of Norfolk. Miss Fitchette is a graduate of the Norfolk Mission college and is very popular in musical, social and educational circles. Her mastery of classical music has attracted the attention of many persons in search of a capable teacher of piano and organ music and voice culture. She is the possessor of a splendid mezzo soprano O MISS MAUDE FITCHETTE. voice of wide range, which has been heard by many cultured audiences in and out of Norfolk. Miss Pitchette's work as an accompanist and soloist has been indorsed by some of the leading professional musicians and teachers of tidewater, Virginia. She discourages the study and use of ragtime songs and urges her pupils to stick to the classics. Miss Fitchette has had considerable experience as an organist. She has been organist at different times for many of the churches in Norfolk and vicinity and is officiating at the present time as organist of the famous Bank Street Baptist church, which is noted for the culture and thriftiness of its general membership. The choir of this church is made up of specially trained vocalists. Its rendition of "Saul" during the recent holidays received high praise from critics and the public generally. The choir rehearsed under Miss Fitchette's direction. To Mrs. Sarah S. Collins and the late Mrs. Carrie Gibson O'Kelly Miss Fitchette attributes much for the success which she has had as a teacher and singer. TUSKEGEE IN NEW YORK. Public Given Birdseye View of Our Greatest Industrial School. It has long been one of the problems of the Tuskegee institute in its effort to interest the public in its work to find some method of showing people a thousand miles away just what the school is actually doing and what industrial education, as Booker T. Washington conceives it, means. This year a new method of solving this problem has been adopted. At the public meeting which was held on Jan. 24 at Carnegie hall, New York, under the auspices of the Armstrong association, the work of the school home at Tuskegee was actually brought to New York by showing it in the form of moving pictures. By this means it was possible to show students at work in the fields, planting, plowing, milking, working in the dairy and building roads, as well as showing the whole body of 1,600 students in motion, marching to chapel, all in life size moving pictures. The plan to put Tuskegee into a moving picture show did not originate at Tuskegee, however, but in Boston. A group of Negro business men in that city recently organized a company to present moving pictures to audiences of our people throughout the country. They conceived the idea that it would be a good thing as well as a paying investment to produce some pictures that would show Negroes what Negroes are doing. One of these scenes pictures the cotton industry. Another series shows the fighting Tenth cavalry at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt. It has been the plan of the company to send its pictures about the country and show them in our churches. They have thus far performed an important educational work among the masses of the race, because the pictures of what Tuskegee is actually doing are the best argument that can be made in its favor, and it is important to the success of the work that Dr. Washington is trying to do that all the Negroes as well as all the white people should understand and appreciate the large and novel educational experiment he has undertaken for the masses of the race. Famous Writer Makes New Discovery. "Old Hickory," writing in the Dallas (Tex.) Express recently, says there is a town in England which has a population of 6,000 persons, and it also has 6,000 dogs. That is the doggondest town I ever heard off. He also says that there are about three real saints among the women to one among the men in every denomination. Irish Cook Drew No Color Line --- Court Decides That James E. Johnson is the Legal Heir to the Estate of Bridget Torpay, According to Her Last Will. True Friendship Richly Rewarded. Next of Kin and Nurse Routed. By N. BARNETT DODSON. Afro-Americans throughout the country will no doubt be interested in the recent decision of Surrogate Thomas of New York, in which he holds that James Edward Johnson, an Afro-American, is the legal heir under the last will of Bridget Torpey, the superannuated Irish cook, who bequeathed her fortune of $30,000 to him. The decision comes after a bitterly contested fight, in which the next of kin, two brothers and a sister, resisted the probate of the will, and Margaret M. Bennett, a trained nurse of 46 West Twenty-fifth street, New York, who introduced a will purporting to have been executed sequestral months later than the document which left the estate to Johnson. Surrogate Thomas now throws out the will presented by Miss Bennett, which left the bulk of the estate to her, and decides that Johnson, who, according to the decision, was Bridget's "best and last friend," is the proper person to have the estate. Bridget Torpey came to the United States when she was eleven years old, and for over twenty-five years she worked in the kitchen of Mrs. N. B. Taff's boarding house, at 46 West Twenty-fifth street. During this time she accumulated $30,000, of which amount $10,500 was in cash in banks. In his decision the surrogate comments on Bridget's cleverness in amassing the considerable fortune which she left. He repeats the testimony, showing that after she left Mrs. Taff's Bridget went to live with Miss Bennett in One Hundred and Second street shortly before Jan. 1, 1908. She remained there until she removed to an apartment hired by Johnson in Eighteenth street, because, it is stated, she was unhappy in her previous abode. "There was unquestionably an understanding between her and Johnson that if he would care for her during her lifetime he should inherit the estate," says the surrogate. "I do not think it surprising that the decedent chose to reside with Johnson. She had worked with Johnson and other Negroes for a quarter of a century and was accustomed to them. She only went to live with Johnson after she had diligently sought a place elsewhere." In the Bennett home, according to the decision, Bridget was constantly unperturbed for money and her trunk ransacked. This, says the surrogate, had a tendency to destroy her confidence in the household. "Her characterization that it was a 'bell on earth' is not to be wondered at," says Surrogate Thomas. The testimony showed that Bridget next moved to a Mrs. Kelley's, where a son threatened her that if money was not forthcoming and that immediately the old woman would be thrown downstairs. Then it was that Bridget arranged with her friend Johnson, with whom she had worked for some years, to engage a flat, and it could only be had by him where Negroes were accustomed to live. "Apart from the fact that Johnson and her neighbors were black," says Surrogate Thomas, "the arrangement gave the old lady comfort. There she cooked her meals as she liked them and was happy and contented and treated with great respect and kindness. The only offense against propriety with which Johnson is charged in his relations with her is that he was not white." World Power For the Reign of Peace. Freemasonry is indeed a world power in the best and truest sense of that term, says Ira A. Chase, for its influence and power for good among men are worldwide. From the rising to the settling sun, on every continent, on the islands of the sea. Freemasons frequently are assembled, in grand lodge or in particular lodge or by twos and threes, for the propagation of Masonic tenets and truths and the discontinuation of the excellent principles incarcerated by the order which mark the reign of peace on earth and good will among men. The Moses Honor Memory of Founder. The most noteworthy event in secret society circles in Brooklyn recently was the grand celebration of Founder's day, under the auspices of the various tabernacles of the Sons and Daughters of Moses. The principal speakers were the Rev. Dr. Holland Powell and Mr. James C. Tappen. The music for the occasion was furnished by Mine, Lucy Mayhew. The order was founded many years ago by Peter Paul Brown. It has a large membership in many sections of the United States. Victory For Both Jersey City Teams. The junior basketball team of the Carlton avenue branch Brooklyn Y. M. C. A. played an interesting game with the Jersey City (N. J.) Athletic club juniors at Phoenix hall, Jersey City, recently, which resulted in a victory for the latter team. The game between the Montclair (N. J.) Y. M. C. A. seniors and the Jersey City Athletic club seniors, played on the same occasion, also resulted in a victory for the Jersey City team. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "The disturbances in Wall Street is apparently without effect on the industrial and trade situation, which, measured by best tests, continues in a healthy and active condition. A further perceptible broadening of demand for pig iron is noted at many leading centers, and in the matter of prices also the situation generally is more satisfactory to producing interests. In some districts new business is still light, but on the whole there is marked improvement, with basic and Bessmer grades attracting much attention. Irregularity is still apparent in finished lines and there is evidence that the railroads are holding back considerable new business, although car orders at the West are quite liberal and several large contracts are pending. Recent sales of rails aggregated 40,000 tons, while about 18,000 tons of structural material were booked this week." Wholesale Markets. New York—Wheat—Spot firm; No. 2 red, 129c. elevator domestic and 1.29 f. o. b. afoil nominal; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 1.23½ and No. 2 hard, winter, 1.23½ f. o. b. afoil nominal. Corn—Spot steady; No. 2, 73½c. elevator domestic, 74 delivered and 72 f. o. b. afoil nominal. Oats—Spot steady; mixed. 26@23 lbs. nominal; natural white. 26@23 lbs. 52½ @55c.; clipped white. 34@42 lbs. 53½ @57. Hay—Prime, $1.15@1.20; No. 1; $1.15; No. 2, $1.05@1.07½; No. 3; $1 Butter—Steady and unchanged, records 3,992 pkrs. receipts. Cheese — Irregular; state: now, full cream, special, 17½ @ 18c.; do, September, fancy, 17½; do, October, best, 16½; do, winter made, best, 15½ @ 15½; do, common, 13½ @ 15½; skims, full to special, 13 @ 14½; receipts, 972 boxes. Eggs—Easier; state, Pennsylvania and nearby hennery, white, fancy, 42@48c; do, gathered, white, 42@45; do, hennery, brown and mixed, fancy, 43@45; do, gathered, brown, fair to prime, 40@42; Western, extra first, 41@42; first, 39@40; lower grades, 36@38; recepla, 5,581 cases. Poultry—Alive steady; Western chickens, 16c.; fowls, 17; turkeys, 12@17. Dressed firm; Western chickens, 15@23c; fowls, 14@17½; turkeys, 22@24. Philadelphia. — Wheat — Steady; contract grade, January, 123@125c. Corn—Firm,½c. higher; January and February, 69½@70c. Oats—Unchanged. Butter—Steady; extra Western creamery, 36c.; do., nearby prints, 37. Eggs—Weak and 4c. lower. Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts, free cases, 38c., at mark; do., current receipts, in returnable cases; 36, at mark; Western firsts, free cases, 38, at mark; do., current receipts, free cases, 22@36, at mark. Cheese—Firm; New York full creams, choice, 17½ @ 17½ c.; do, fair to good, 16 @ 17. Live Poultry—Steady; fowls, 15@ 16c; old roosters, 11½@12; chickens, 15@16; ducks, 17@19; geese, 14@16. Baltimore—Wheat—The market for Western quiet. No. 2 red spot, 125½c; May, 1.16½. Prices improved slightly, and at the mid-day call No. 2 red spot was quoted at 125½c. Corn—Contract, 69½c; No. 2 white, 72; steamer mixed, 67½; No. 4, 65½. Oats—We quote: White—No. 2, as to weight, 53½@54c; No. 3, ar to weight, 52½@53; No. 4, as to weight, 51@52. Mixed—No. 2, 52 @52½c; No. 3, 50½@51. Rye—The market for rye is firm on desirable grades of No. 2 Western, for which there is some demand, but rye must be choice to attract attention. Sales, car No. 2 rye, Western, track, 86c. We quote per bush: No. 2 rye, Western, as to quality, 85@86c.; No. 3 rye, Western, domestic, 81@83; No. 2 rye, nearby, 80@81. Hay—Quote, per ton: No. 1 timothy, large bales, $21.50; No. 1 do, small blocks, $21.50; No. 2, $20.50@21; No. 3, do., $18@19. Choice clover mixed, $20.50@21; No. 1 do, do., $20@20.50; No. 2, do., $18@19; No. 1 clover, $20; No. 2 clover, $18@19. Eggs—We quote, per dozen, loss off: Maryland, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts, 37c.; Western firsts, 37; West Virginia firsts, 37; Southern firsts, 36; guinea eggs, 18. Dressed Poultry — We quote, per lb.: Turkeys—Choice, small, 22c; do., medium to large, 20@21; fair to good, 18@20; old toma, 18@19; Chickens—Choice, young, 17c; old and mixed, 15@16; old roosters, 10 @11. Ducks—16@18c. Geese—Nearby, 14c; Western and Southern, 12@13. Capons—Large, 22c; medium, 21@22; small and slips, 19@20. Live Stock Chicago. — Cattle — Market 10@ 15c. lower. Steers, $5@8.40; cows, $3.50@5.50; heifers, $3.40@6; bulls, $4@5.15; calves, $3@9.75; stockers and feeders, $3.75@5.50. Sheep—Market steady. Sheep, $5@6.25; lams, $7@8.75; year- lings, $4.25@8.25. Kansas City, Mo. — Cattle — Market 10c. lower. Choice export and dressed ed beef steers, $5.90@7.20; fair to good, $4.75@5.80; Western steers, $4.50@6; stockers and feeders, $3.50@5; Southern steers, $4@ 5.75; Southern cows, $2.60@4.25; native cows, $2.50@5.25; native heifers, $3.50@6; bulls, $3.60@ 5.10; calves, $3.50@8.75. Hogs—Market 5c. lower. Top, $8.60; bulk of sales, $8.25@8.50; heavy. $8.35@8.60; packers and butchers, $8.30@8.50; light, $7.85 @8.42½; pligs, $7.25@7.75. AFRO-AMERICAN CO. J. H. MURPHY, Manager. UP-TOWN OFFICE: 1320 Druid Hill Avenue. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year.....One Dollar Six Months.....Fifty Cents Three Months.....Twenty-five Cents Single Copy.....Three Cents Postage Prepaid by Publishers. Entered at the Baltimore Post Office as second-class matter. 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That is the question now worrying the brain of a number of would-be statesmen at Annapolis. The Maryland Legislature has got down to work. Hope it will have so much to do that it will have but very little time to give to Sambo. It is news that the better class of doctors, pharmacists and lawyers are yearning for a respectable (?) saloon. It remained for a prominent druggist to put us wise. We shall investigate. They do many things down in Georgia that other people never think of. Just now they have solved the meat problem by eating rabbits, car loads of which have been recently received there. Now that the public schools of this city are practically in the hands of colored people from supervising down, it behooves them to get a good sized hustle and MAKE GOOD. Nothing else will do for us along this line. We shall have more to say later on. We have heard of lawyers that could make their best arguments while under the influence of spirits, but it never occurred to us that spirits other than aqua fortis were needed as stimulants to druggists in putting up prescriptions. Now we understand that some of them need Aqua Vitae. It is up to the better class of Afro-Americans in this city to see to it that New street does not spread its death dealing disease of immorality any further than it is now doing. It is a pest hole that ought to be closed up, but until the so-called "better class of lawyers, (?) doctors (?) and others" keep away from it there is little hope of anything being done with it. Eternal vigilance is the price of keeping any more saloons from locating on Druid Hill avenue. There are enough saloons, dives and gambling places there now, more are not needed. It does seem strange, however, that gambling places can be conducted as openly as are some of them, that the police, sharp-eyed (?) as they are cannot see them? Perhaps they do not want to see them. Perhaps Sergeant Plum might find them if he would "Granny Sunpaper" in a lengthy editorial bewails the powers of the majority in the United States Congress to make it decidedly unpleasant for the minority, the minority in this case being the Democratic party. And among other things, speaking of the late alliance of the Democrats with the kepublican insurgents, has this to say: "But in one short week their joy is turned into sorrow embittered by ingratitude and the indignation of the deserted. The insurgents are gayly filing up to the pre counter, while the Democrats are standing outside in the cold, cold world and shiver with the neglected and forgotten. 'Twas ever thus. When the Democrats furnish the votes and do most of the fighting and win the few Republicans who urge them on to get the fruits of victory. "This is what they get for being a minority in a country where the majority not only rules but rubs it in." Perhaps our dear good friend of the Sun Place corner, while writing the above forgot that the Maryland Legislature is in session, at least when it is not busy adjourning, at Annapolis, and that it is there because of the fact that it is now the majority power, by fair means or otherwise, and up to the present no Republican has been invited to even look at the pie counter much less to walk up to it and take a piece. It forgets that there is a howl, even from itself, that the pie business is being worked overtime and for the benefit of the majority. If the Republicans in Congress is rubbing it into the Democratic minority, what under heavens is the Democratic majority doing to the Republican minority in the Legislature? After all its largely depends, in this case as in most others, whose ox is being gored. When the Democratic ox is getting it in the neck the Sun is sick nigh unto death, but when the Republican ox is getting all that comes to it and then some, it has no word to say; it is as dumb as the proverbial oyster. --- One John Hancock signed an immortal document in which it stated that all men are "entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but he lived quite a few years ago. Recently another Hancock, but evidently of another breed, wants to promulgate a document, the principals of which are, that only a certain class of men are entitled to such privileges, and so he wants people who are a little off-color confined to certain seats in trollly cars, and to that end wishes to give certain police powers to street car conductors. The only comment we have to make on this degenerate Hancock's attitude is that all fools are not dead, and if the "foolkiller" should happen around his way, we would be tearful of his life. PUT ON THE BREAKS. Good old Bishop Wayman, often, when presiding over Conferences, when much confusion was, in evidence, used to vigorously shout out in that heavy voice of his, "Put on the breaks." With respect to the general status of the race, along moral and other lines, we have need to apply the moral truth indicated in that expression. It is not a strange thing, in this and in many other communities, to be told that there is a large class of well educated persons, both men and women, who are doing fairly well in material things, and who are regarded, by reason of the material and intellectual progress they have made, as "leaders" of the race. Many of this class of race "leaders" are conspicuous for their absence in the various activities of the many Negro churches. Many of them not only do not attend with any degree of regularity, or contribute of their means towards the support of the same, but they indulge very freely in pointing out the defects of the Negro church. And yet, strange to say, whenever it becomes necessary to take public action, or address the representative people of the other race, with respect to the creation of certain condition of the race, members of this very class are not at all slow in coming forward to represent our people, and to take everything that may be in sight. The honest men and women of the race, who, with pure motives, are giving themselves, soul and body, to the work of upbuilding of their people, in sheer self-defense must, increasingly, "put on the breaks;" they must draw the line, and follow only such as are morally clean, and who prove that they are the "best and most representative" of the race by the manner in which they bring themselves into the closest and most helpful contact with the life of the masses of our people. The reason that it seems difficult, in so many instances, to make suc- cessful, many of the organizations started, from time to time, for the good of our people, is not because the idea is a bad one, or the plan incapable of being wrought out, but rather because there is little or no confidence, upon the part of the enterprises. The ordinary people are quick to discern behind such attempts, both coveteousness and selfishness. When men and women, of the race, keep themselves from the life and activities of the great masses, in connection with our churches; when they refuse to sustain the closest possible contact with their brethren in ordinary worship, and social fellowship, but holding themselves apart, only to make a rush when they have discovered some industrial plan, which, if successful, will still further widen the gulf which separa es them from their humbler brethren, ought not to be surprised when the toiling masses refuse to accept of their leadership. We have abounding confidence in the masses of our people. Classes, and grades in society we must have, but such distinctions must rest upon solid character and worth. Any man of genuine character and worth, with intellectual attainments, and who has made, at least, some success in life, knows, if he knows anything, that his continued success and usefulness in life is absolutely dependent upon sustaining the closest and most helpful relations with the masses of his people. There is something absolutely rotten in that kind of education, and culture, which disposes a man, who has gotten a little job above the ordinary, to isolate himself from the life of his people, as though he could possibly exist in the air, by himself. Have we education? Have we been able to save a little money? Have we a little experience which has come to us as the result of our endeavor? The way to answer such inquiries is to bring all these advantages which we have into the closest contact with those of our brethren who have them not. The result will be, not only will they be helped and these gifts and advantages multiply in the using, but we ourselves shall surely get both honor and increased means. The Almighty has so arranged it that we cannot get what many of us ardently desire, save and except, at the same time, we help our brother up the very same road. "We shall not see my face, except your brother be with you." We must either conquer the mean, selfish and coveteous spirit, or else we shall not attain our desire. We must, in the best sense of the phrase, "Hang together or else hang separately." Which do we prefer? THE BATTLE IS ON. Without a doubt we are on the borders of a change, or in the first throes of a social revolution. To the student of history, two great facts are evident, which present grave dangers to the social quietude and political perpetuity of the State. These two things are: First, the centralization of power, and second, the discovery by the people of their actual power to cop, with organized oppression of any kind and secure their rights, liberty and just treatment. The history of centralization is the history of oppression, and the history of the discovery of the power of the people, is the history of revolution. The English Revolution of the Seventeenth Century, the American and French Revolutions of the Eighteenth Century, and the Italian Revolution of the Nineteenth Century all bear witness to this regnant truth. No man can carefully scan the horizon of present day events, without seeing a cloud, some what larger than a man's hand, pointing toward social revolution. As lightly as some may esteem it, the boycott on the beef or meat trust has a dark and lengthening shadow, and there has been started a social molecular movement which no one is now wise enough to tell what the end will be. The work of centralization has been going on for years, prompted by the greed of men for wealth. Trust and monopolies are but different names for centralization and the outcome is oppression. Against this octopus of greed the people are rising up, and the trusts which have thrived upon the people will be overthrown by the people, and if great wisdom is not exercised in the work of reaction it will result in revolution and demolition. When the people discover that they are the real masters in the social fabric, there is always serious danger of the swoolen stream of popular indignation against existing wrongs, jumping its bounds and spreading havoc in its wake. Unless this 'nation is ready for a mighty upheaval which shall shake the foundations of government, we would advise caution and moderation in the timely fight now on to break the power of centralization. Perhaps one of the chief dangers rooting in the present movement is the power of contagion. The reader will remember that when France passed through the revolution of 1848, when the nation rose up against Louis Philippe and adopted for a time a Republican form of government, the spirit of revolution spread throughout nearly the whole of continental Europe. A few days ago a boycott against high prices was begun in the Nation's Capitol, but today the contagion has gone throughout the land and every great city is organizing and placing buttons upon its sympathisers. This same spirit will run on until every hamlet and town has been caught in the grip of the spirit of opposition. Nor must anybody think that the tides of popular indignation will be spent against the beef trust. Nay! Nay! The beef trust is the object of immediate attack, but the people are rising up against all forms of oppression, and the literal fact is, they are after every other trusts in the dim distance. It may not be out of place to give the leaders in this movement a word of caution, lest after they have stirred up the American people against the centralization of power, they find themselves in the sraraits of the farmer who voked himself with his heifer. The start was easy, but who could stop them. LATE LITERARY NEWS. We are in receipt of the yearly number of the Lesson Commentary, issued from the publication department of the National Baptist publishing department, Nashville, Tenn. This is an unique publication, being the only one of its kind issued from any Afro-American publishing house in the country. Editor R. H. Boyd, D.D., is to be congratulated on this very excellent production. It is not for us, a layman, to enter into a discussion as to the merits of the publication as to its orthodoxy, but we do say that every Sunday school teacher in the land ought to be supplied with a copy for the more intelligent teaching of the lesson. Each lesson has both the Authorized and the Revised versions; lesson settings, lesson outline, daily home readings with illustrations and helpful suggestions. Price, single copy 75 cents; five or more to one address, 55 cents each; single copy in half-Morocco $1.00, National Baptist Publishing Board, Nashville, Teen. WILL MAKE PROTEST. Suffrage League Decides To Protest Against Any Anti-Negro Laws The Suffrage League of Maryland held a special meeting at the Y. M. C. A. last Tuesday afternoon. It was decided to send a delegation to Annapolis to protest against any distranchisement or Jim-crow bills that may be introduced in the Legislature. CARE OF INSANE. Public Meeting Held At Metropolitan Church To Urge State Care Of Pauper Insane. The necessity of the State taking adequate care of the insane was strongly urged at a public meeting at Metropolitan M. E. Church last Friday night. Addresses telling of the bad conditions under which the colored pauper insane are cared for in county almshouses were made by Messrs. John Henry Smith and H. T. Pratt. A letter from Dr. A. P. Herring, secretary of the State Lunacy Commission, asking that every effort be made to stimulate interest for the care by the State of the pauper insane, was read. The Maryland Progressive League has sent petitions all over the State asking that the Legislature provide suitable quarters for the insane. Among the volunteers to get signers are 93 young white women. THE VALUE OF MANUAL TRAINING A Mother Turns Her Knowledge To Account With Disastrous Results To Erring Son. A lady residing on Argyle avenue has a ten year old son who plays "hookey" from school. The other day the boy absented himself from school, and returned home about 5 o'clock. During the day, unknown to her son, the mother had gone around to the school, only to find her son absent. When the son got home the following dialogue, with disastrous results for the boy, took place: Mother — "Have you been to school today?" Son—Yes ma'am' Mother—"What made you so late coming home today?" Mother—"We had manual training." Mother—"Well I am going to give you some manual training. Take off your jacket." And the boy got some "manual training" long to be remembered. Prominent Residents Are Up In Arms About The Opening Of A Saloon At The Corner Of Druid Hill Avenue And Biddle Street A Well-Known Saloon Keeper Said To Be Backing The Venture. The application of John Spriggs, of 2021 Druid Hill avenue, for the transfer of the saloon lincense of Richard Boyer of 726 28 Chappelle street, to 450 W. Biddle street, corner of Druid Hill avenue, has aroused a storm of indignation in that saloon infested neighborhood. Spriggs, who is a railroad porter, is said to be a go-between used by "Fou" Smith, in order to secure a license. Within a block or two of the corner are three public schools, seven churches, the homes of a number of the best colored citizens, Provident Hospital and the Claycon-Williams University, a Baptist educational institution "Tom" Smith secured an option on the property where he proposes to start his new saloon venture from William Dawson, who owns the property and conducts a drug store therein. The price agreed upon is said to be in the neighborhood of $6,000, and the sale depends on whether or not the Board of Liquor License Commissioners will grant a license to sell liquor there. Smith's friends started on a campain to secure signatures a few days ago. Edward Hammond, who conducts a florist business in the 900 block of Druid Hill avenue, graciously performing part of the work in getting the same. Some of the signers arr white people who conduct small stores in the neighborhood, others live at a distance, while others are not even property owners. The application came up for consideration before the Liquor License Commissioners Wednesday, a large crowd of those favoring as well as those opposed, being present. Among those said to favorable to the application were Dr. Pope, a well-known druggist; Miss Bertina Poindexter, who conducts a hair dressing parlor at 829 Druid Hill avenue; Nelson Murray, of 536 West Biddle street; sexton of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church South; George H. Carter, proprietor of the Myrtle Dining Rooms, 502 West Biddle street. L. Miller, a grocer at 425 West Biddle street, W. Melville Lee, of Presstman street; James L. Hitchens, a capitalist; G. B. Maddox, a printer, at 911 Druid Hill avenue, and Rev. P. E. Robinson. The last named gentleman conducts a barbershop at 592 West Biddle street, and during his spare time exercises the functions or president for the Maryland Conference of the African Union Methodist Protestant Church, a denomination composed principally of mission charges. Dawson, in his testimony, said that he was conducting the drug store at less profit than in days gone by, and that he was willing that "Tom" Smith should have the property. He also stated that the Hebrew saloon-keeper on the other corner, S. Samuelson, had told him that the corner was too good a one for a "nigger" to have, and had offered him $5,000 for the property, but that he wanted $6,000. Samuelson, by the way, makes his living selling growlers, schooners, and five-cent whiskies to the lower five of the colored folks there-abouls. Quite a good deal of interest was created by a letter from Dr. W. E. Harris being read that Dr. J. Marcus Cargill, on of the protestants, had no right to sign for the Provident Hospital, and Dr. Cargill immediately withdrew that part of his protest which related to the hospital. Dr. Richard Johnson, resident physician at the hospital, was one of "Tom" Smith's signers. Preacher Robinson stated that he was at first opposed to the saloon, but upon assured that it would be conducted along respectable lines, withdrew his opposition. G. B. Maddox told the commissioners that he was not particularly favorable to saloons in the neighborhood, but that as the neighborhood was going to have them anyhow, he thought "Tom" Smith would conduct a more decent place than those run by white men in the neighborhood. Mr. "Tom" Smith said that the better class of Negro lawyers and Negro doctors need a place different from those now in existence, where they can get fifteen cent whiskey instead of the ordinary kind now pro- curable in the regular saloons on Druid Bill avenue. It was also stated in behalf of Mr. Smith, that he desired to have a first-class place altogether different from the "dives" lining Druid Hill avenue, where respectable people cannot go. The witnesses were very much interested in making it plain that the place would be an ornament to the neighborhood, and that it would be conducted for first-class colored people who do not desire to mix with the common class of white people who frequent many of the places in that neighborhood. Mr. Smith himself said that he would spend fifteen thousand dollars in making the corner an improvement to that section of the city, thereby adding to the tax rate. Revs. A. Young, I. A. Holmes, A. L. Gaines, Mr. G. T. Bowen, Dr. I. Margill, two white ministers, Mr. W. T. Greenwood and others entered vigorous protest against granting of the license, and the Board held the application under advisement. "Tom" Smith conducts a hotel at 410-412 New street, and is regarded as a very influential Democratic politician. The Law and Order League succeeded in having a number of saloons refused license two years ago in that neighborhood. Among those said to favor the proposed saloon were E. B. Taylor, the caterer; John II. Toadvin, funeral director and a prominent member of John Wesley M. E. Church; Ernest Kellier, a waiter, of 447 West Bidd e street; Charles Green, of 937 Druid Hill avenue, a porter; Daniel Smith, of 1909 Druid Hill avenue, a headwaiter; James Blackston, a lunch room proprietor at 823 Druid Hill avenue; "Tom" Minor, 833 Druid Hill avenue, lunch room; G. A. Mason, a waiter, of 427 W. Biddle street; Henry Brown, proprietor of a poolroom, at 838 Druid Hill avenus, and Richard Pinder, a porter, of 713 Druid Hill avenue. ATHLETIC NOTES. BY W. H. J. BECKETT. Notes for this column addressed to Mr. Beckett, care of this office, will receive careful attention.—Ed. Walking, nature's own healthgiving exercise is not taken advantage of by many people. Its an exhilarating, invigorating stimulant, designed to promote health; and give strength, force and elasticity of movement. Exercises such as raising on toes and heels, squatting, spreading of the feet, running and walking strengthen and develop the lower limbs and for curing weak ankles it has no peer. The indoor, confined life of winter tends to play havoc with health and beauty. Lack of ambition and loss of energy, that feeling of "Oh, what's the use?" deranged digestion, a torpid liver and accumulation of impurities in the blood are the results of constant confinement, get out in the air, breathe deeply, run and walk, then spring medicine will not be necessary. The Britons are being urged to send a Rugby team to the United States to give an exhibition in "sane football." Rugby football has become very popular among the Americans. Baseball authorities are contemplating making a number of minor changes which affects a few details of the game. The "hidden ball trick," error for misplay which relates to batter and several others. A change of diet is a good thing. Most people eat too much meat; a vegetarian diet also is a good thing. Beef trusts will then fail. Baltimore Colored High School basket-ball team will play the M Street High School in Washington at True Reformers' Hall, February 5th, 1910. Man is gradually learning to control the forces of nature. At Los Angles new records in aviation were achieved. The meet proved conclusively that ships of the air can do about anything that living creatures adored with wings do as as a matter of course and habit. Paulhan, a Frenchman, was the hero of the meet. Height—Louis Paulham, 4165 ft. Endurance and time—Louis Paulhan, 75.77 miles. 1.58, 32. Speed—10 laps, Glenn H. Curtiss, 16.11 miles, 23.43 3.5. Speed-3 laps; Louis Paulhan, 4.83 miles. 8.161-5. Rev. Virgil Carter, of Nottingham Md., was in the city this week and and called at the Afro-American office. ESTIMABLE WOMAN LAID TO REST. (Staff Correspondence.) Philadelphia, Pa., January 20, 1910—The funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Campbell, the wife of the late Bishop J. P. Campbell, took place Monday, January 24th. at 12 o'clock noon from Allen A. M. E. Church. 17th and Bainbridge streets. Mrs. Campbell died at her home 1928 North Eleventh street, Wednesday, January 19th, in the ninety-third year of her age. The funeral sermon was delivered by the Rev Dr. M. C. Brooks pastor of Allen church of which the deceased was a member, assisted by representative ministers from the New Jersey, Pittsburg, Baltimore and Philadelphia conferences. Fitting eulogies were also delivered by Bishops B. T. Tanner and W. B. Derrick. Bishop L. Coppin, presided at the service. Resolutions were read from committees representing the Baltimore. New Jersey, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia conferences. The Parent Missionary Society, the Minister's Wives, of Washington, District of Columbia, and the various organizations of Allen church, submitted resolutions. Many telegrams and letters of condolence were read. The attendance was large and the floral designs beautiful. The remains were rested in state from 10 o'clock in the morning until noon. Mrs. Campbell was one of the founders of the Women's Parent Mite Missionary Society, and was its treasurer up to a few years ago. Ten grand children, and eight great grandchildren survive her. Interment in Marion Cemetery. The committee representing the Baltimore conference was, Rev. Drs. Ross. Scaton, Guines, Jordan and Morsell. Mrs. Bishop Handy also attended the funeral. A full text of the memorial presented by the Baltimore conference will be published in our next issue. A Noble Tribute To Mrs. Irene Camp. [Continued from Page 1.] We can but make our plans for the future all subject to change by our Maker, because Mrs. Camp had planned to go to the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias next July in YazooCity, Miss., but she will not be there. Now here I am in New Orleans, I am here attending conference. It has been a great conference and I have been impressed with the work. I heard Bishop Lampton make a speech as I have never heard him, telling about the place and influence of the Negro press. I did not know just how much good our people and papers were doing until I heard him. He is a man every inch of him, and then he is a race man. The Louisiana conference was a 'success in every particular and the people were all pleased. Rev. R. E Jones, delivered one of his strong addresses. The Methodist Episcopal church is fortunate in having in its number a man like Dr. Jones. He is one of the leading men in our race, and if time will continue him, he will some day fill even a higher place in the Methodist Episcopal church. We need such great men, and I am sure they will be felt in this world. I have had the pleasure of hearings Miss Ellen Colwell, who is destined to become one of the great women of the race. She delivered an address before the conference, and she had many nice things to say. She is the daughter of A. H. Colwell, who was a delegate to the last general conference. There is no city in the country like New Orleans. It is mixed with creoles and other people, and the people possess genuine hospitality. All you need to come to the city properly recommended, get into proper company, and you can have an "Old Aunt Dolly time" This is what I had. I accepted an invitation to visit the school several times, and I was royally entertained and received by Prof. Albert Wicker, and the assistant principal Mrs. C. M. Keppard. While there I met many of the teachers. Among them were Misses Ora Wilson, C. E. Burleigh, Marie Despues, M. A. Jones, P. F. Murray, L. Murray, Cecil Carter, Virginia Heinz, Lorenza White, Claudia Gates, Mesdames L. M. Johnson, F. E. Chester, E. McCarthy. Now with the three already named this completes the list. On this I was accompanied by Revs E. Wittenberg, J. C. Caldwell and D. S. Moten of Texas. We had a fine time and I desire to thank Niss Nickerson for inviting us. Now here comes Mrs. L. M. Johnson, a widow, and a lover of flowers I don't know that I have ever seen so many different kind of flowers and plants in my life, and she had a name for all of them. She had a "French" dinner for us on Saturday. That is Rev. J. O. Caldwell and Col. J. O. Midnight, and invited Mrs. L. Dungey, Miss Carter, Heinz, Coulon, White and Nickerson. Miss Heinz knows what to do with a piano, and the same can be said of Miss Nickerson. The sweet singers were Misses Carter and Coulon, Caldwell is up on the music business and he did enjoy himself listening to them young misses sing, and I enjoyed it myself. Mrs. Johnson has a fine home. I think I have said enough for this time, and you will pardon me for not saying more. I have told you all I have seen in part. It would take me a whole month to tell you all. I must leave you now. Take good care of yourself and let me hear from you. Send mail for me to 519 Bloom street, Jackson, Miss. Must Show Good Reasons For Coming. (Continued from Page 1.) "One reason why so many of our people are poor is that they throw away too much money for cheap useless patent medicines, organs, lightning rods, cheap furniture and useless pictures. "We must learn also that no man can succeed as a farmer until he learns to work to work 300 days in the year instead of 150 days in the year. The farmer is the only man engaged in business who expects to succeed by working only half of the year. We must learn that Saturday is just as valuable as a working day as Monday. We must k-eep our women off the streets and from places where they have no business." Mr. Parker said in part: "These are clear, cut statements of conditions, which, if general throughout the South, would make it the happiest and most prosperous section of the world, and no man can do more to accomplish these results than Booker T. Washington, the leader of the Negro race. The spaker declared that he was born and raised in the South and that for the past thirty years he had dealings with Negroes as laborers tenants and share croppers and had traveled extensively in every cotton producing state." With reference to the shortcomings of the Negro Mr. Parker was frank. In this regard he declared: "You lose a fortune annually with the waste and neglect of your wagons, tools and agricultural necessities," he said. "Your live stock generally shifts for itself as best it may, is neglected and goes without food or water. "The Negro farmer represents the worst form of the cr-dit system, often starting in before the beginning of the year to borrow "Christmas money," and is willing to pay any exhortant rate. He asks supplies on credit, and bitter experience and heavy losses have strongly impressed the intelligent planter with the necessity of limiting advances on credit to rations only." REPUBLICAN CLUB The Sixth Ward Republican Club Holds Annual Election.—Visitors Come And Go. (Special to Afro-American.) Wilmington, Del., Jan. 26.—At a recent meeting of the Sixth Ward Republican club, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Amos Johnson, president; D. B. Sharper, vice president; Dr. W. H. Pipes, secretary; W. J. Johnson, treasurer. Board of Directors—G. W. Anderson, E. Russ, A. Boston, E. Rider, J. H. Armstrong, Wm. Wilis and Wilson Hemsley. Mrs. John Carter, of Willow Grove, is the guest of her nephew. Mr. John H. Robinson on W. street. Mr. Herman Rhine, of Denton. Md. and Mr. W. H. Ross and Miss Lillian Downes of Philadelphia, were guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Johnson recently. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Pertijohn were in Philadelphia recently. Mr A. F. Johnson was in Chester on Sunday week. SUCCESSFUL OPERA. The Merry Milk Maid Opera that was rendered on last Thursday evening January 17th at the Union Concert Hall of E. Baltimore street was a success in every. The Operetta was under the personal direction of Prof. L. Ellsworth Toomey, who is noted for his great ability in this line of work. The program was rendered without a bitch, and consisted of some of the leading artists of the city. The costumes which blended perfectly with the scenery, were pretty and neat while the whole scene was picturesque. The affair was given under the auspices of the women of Sharp St. Memorial M. E. Church. Mrs. Jennie H. Ross, the president and Mrs. Pannie Johnson, Sec'ty together with their ardent workers deserve much credit for this successful effort. A very large and appreciative audience present. Revival At Centennial Church The interest at the Centennial Chute revival is still at high tide and many souls are being saved. Mr. J. H. Murphy gave a telling address to the Men's Meeting Sunday afternoon and has born fruit among the men this week. Dr. Shaw and his good people are carrying on the revival in a most successful way. The illustrated sermons are proving both attractive and helpful. If you have not seen these great paintings and have not heard Dr. Shaw's exposition of Bunyan's Allegory, you better join the procession on Sunday night. Go early to get a good seat. The Order of Moses Will Celebrate The various local lodges of the Grand United Order of Moses celebrated Peter Paul Brown Day Tuesday evening with special exercises. Addresses eulogizing the founder of the Order were delivered by Mr. George W. T. MeMechen and Mr. L. H. Davenport, grand orator of the order. An excellent musical program was rendered, under the direction of Mr. A. A. Spriggs, Jr. Solos were sung by Miss Miss Mary Gilles, Miss Lizzie Walker, Miss Nellie Boulden, Master A. Booze, Miss Nettie Johnson, Miss Nettie Taylor and Master Herman Lorney. The closing chorus was by a number of juvenile members of the Order. Can Enter Primary Grades. The public schools of this city will be opened for the reception of put pils from February 1st to March 1s- Any child six years of age or over may enter at this time and need not wait until September. IN NEMORIAM. In sad but loving remembrance of our dear granddaughter, Magnolia D. Wright, who departed this life in full triumph of faith, December 31st, 1909. We miss thee in our home dear daughter. A shadow over our life is cast, As we miss the sunshine of thy face. By her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wright 926 Pierce street. In sad but loving remembrance of our dear brother, Abraham Augustus, who departed this life one year ago. January 23rd, 1909. Thou art sleeping, so free from all pain. Wake him not sweet Spirit to suffer again He slumbers so soundly, Oh! let him sleep on, his sickness ended his troubles all gone. The depth of sorrow, no tongue can tell. At the loss of our brother, we loved so well. And while he rests in peaceful sleep. His sacred memory we will always keep. How often when standing near thy grave. We sigh for thee in deepest gloom, Thy face our minds will ever hold, Forgotten, thou shalt never be. By His Sisters. Mrs. S. E. Durand Mrs. P. F. Beent. STANLEY In sad but loving memory of our dear beloved wife and mother, Margaret A. Stanley, who died one year ago to-day, January, 28, 1909 Poor wife, she's dead and I'm alone. 'Tis the debt which all mortals must pay. Yet of all the sorrow I felt, I never knew quiet, untit to-day. by her husband Bless thou us Lord, in thy kingdom above. Whence Thy grace is so freely given So long have we journeyed together on earth. Receive us together in heaven. By her daughter. Marion Griffin. T. J. Stanley, 246 S. Bethel st. . KEYS In sad but loving memory of my devoted son, Bernard Keys, who at the tender age of seven years, departed this life, one year ago to-day. Darling Bernard you have left me for the cold and silent tomb. My heart is filled with sorrow and my home is filled with gloom. Death's cruel dart has pierced my heart. And bowed me down with grief. For Oh, beneath the silent tomb, My darling child doth sleep. Oh Bernard dear, must I give you up. You whom I love so well. How can I drink the bitter cup, And say a long farewell. By his mother, Elizabeth Keys. Patterson, N. J. Lad and Lassie Concert Company composed of some of the leading singing in the city at Asbury M. E. Church, Lexington and East streets. Monday, Feb. 21st, 8.15 P. M. Admission 15 cents. Chas, T. Stewart, Supt. Madison St. Presbyterian Church MID-WINTER BAZAR Admission, Single Ticket 5 Cte Season Tickets 25 Cents P. D Blackwell, Genl. mgr. R. G Baker, Sec. Fin. Com. G. B. Murphy, Treasurer. L. Z. Johnson, Pastor. The Maryland Shoe Repairing READ AND WONDER! 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: Come and bring your shoes and you will be astonished 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 The Carthage Take your evening and Sunday Meals at The Carthage. Large light furnished rooms. Free baths. Board by day or week. New Officers Of The C. Y. W. C. A. For 1910. At the meeting of the Colored Young Women's Christian Association held on Thursday evening at their Building, 1200 Druid Hill Ave. the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. M. E. Murphy; 1st vice president, Miss Charlotte Davage; 2nd vice president, Mrs. M. F. Handy; 3rd vice president, Miss Evelyn Mackall; 4th vice president, Mrs. Mary Hughes; 5th vice president, Mrs. Bettie Cornish; 6th vice president, Mrs. Lottie Peaker; treasurer, Mrs. E. P. Calloway; secretary, Miss E. E. Bright; assistant secretary, Mrs. A. E. Butler. Dr. Lyon Calls On The Cardinal Dr. Ernest Lyon called on Cardinal Gibbons last Monday. His Eminence and Minister Lyon chatted pleasantly a few minutes about West Africa after which the Cardinal bestowed his blessing on the diplomat. Dr. Lyon was accompanied by Mrs T.R. Parker, of 1202 Druid Hill avenue and Mrs. Wilson, also of Druid Hill avenue. Dr. Lyon will sail within the next ten days for his his post at Liberia. He has been in this country since last October. MAUDISON ST. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Special Morning Evangelistic Services, 11 o'clock. From Jan. 30th to March 6th. March 6th will be "Ingathering Day," when a final plea and appeal will be made for confession of faith and uniting with the church. The following sermons will be preached by the pastor: Jan. 30th—"Asleep to Peril." Feb. 6th—"A Deceptive Safety." Feb. 13th—"Straight to Death." Feb. 20th—"Barely Saved." Feb. 27th—"A Wish that Saves." March 6th—"Now." Appropriate music will be rendered by the choir, under direction of Mr. J. F. Fessenton, chorister. The most cordial welcome extended to all. Regular attendance each Sunday is urged. Camden House Formerly Brinkley's 225 and 227 West Camden Street Remodeled and refurnished with all modern conveniences, Baths, 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. Leathia Smith, Prop. C. & P. Phone 3586-M St. Paul. Annoncement wish to call the attention of my many friends to our Piano Establishment at 504 W. Biddle street under the Myrtle Hotel. We do tuning and repairing at moderate prices. Instruments sold on easy terms. Charles Westly, propietor and operator. We have also opened a music parlor on the second with Miss Irene A. Randolph, of the Ithica Conservatory at New Haven who is thoroughly equipped to give perfect satisfaction to all who may favor us. We teach the first and second grades for 25 cents, third and fourth grades 35 cents and we teach up to the tenth grade. For further information call and see Miss Irene A. Randolph. Phone 836 W. and 4063 M. Ford's Hair Pomade Fifty years of success have proved the moris of this preparation. What is more attractive than a beautiful head of hair? 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GREEN SPRING M. E. CHURCH, Chattolanee, Md. Rev. R. A. Green, Pastor. 10.30 A. M., Class Meeting. 11.30 A. M., Sermon by Rev. Lee Ashby. 3 P. M., Sunday School. 6.30 P. M., Epworth League 8 P. M., Sermon by Pastor. Mr. S. S. Oliver, Supt. Mrs. Jane Milligan, Pres. E. L. JOHN WESLEY M. E. CHURCH Sharp and Montgomery Sts. Rev. W. H. Gaines, D. D., Pastor. 9.30 A. M., 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 11 A. M., The fourth of a series of sermon subject: "Joseph in Potiphar's House." Epworth League at the usual hour 8 P. M., Sermon to Hiram Consistory of Scottish Rite Masons. ASBURY M. E. CHURCH, Lexington St. and Rogers Avenue, Rev. C. G. Cummings, B. D., Pastor. Benevolent Collection Rally Day. 9.30 A. M., and 2.30 P. M., S. S. 11 A. M., Sermon by Rev. E. S. Williams, D. D., District Superintendent of Washington District. 5 P. M. Epworth League. 8.00 P. M., Sermon by Rev. Mr. Morton, Middlesex, Va. CENTENNIAL M. E. CHURCH Cor. S. Caroline and Bank St. Rev. Daniel W. Shaw, D. D., pastor. Revival Services All Day. 11.00 A. M., Sermon by Pastor, 2 30 P. M. Sunday School, Mr. D. W. Jones, Supt. 9 P.M., Dr. Shaw will preach the fifth sermon on Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Subject: "The Hill of Difficulty." Beautiful paintings used as illustrations. Revival fires still burning. Meeting continue all next week. Carlyle and Barker Rev. D. W. Hays, Pastor. 6.00 A. M., Class-meeting. 11A, M. and 8 P. M., Preaching. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 5.00 P. M., Epworth League. 7.00 P. M., Brotherhood Prayer and Praise service. Henry Johnson, Pres. of League. B. M. Rhetta, Pres. Brotherhood. BASTERN M. E. CHURCH McElidry St. & Patterson Park Av Shoe Social Rally at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. Please multiply your size by two but don't forget the shoe. 11:00 A. M., Sermon by Pastor, subject The Quiet Peaceableness of the Christian Method. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School 3.30 Class Meeting, Israel Barnes leader; 5.30 P.M., Epworth League 7.30 P. M., Rev. Aquilla Brooks. John M. Barnes. Pres. of E. L. J. W. Jones, Supt. GILLIS MEM. M. P. CHURCH Parrish St. near Mulberry St Rev. B. H. Knight, Pastor. 10.00 A. M. Class Meeting 11.00 A. M., Stranger. 2.00 P. M., Sunday School 6.00 P. M., Christian Endeavor 8.00 P. M., Sermon by Pastor or Stranger. G. W. Richardson, Pres. C. E. T. H. McGowan, Supt. JENNA. AVE. A. M. E. ZION CHURCH, Penna. Ave. near Dolphin Street Rev. J. A. S. Cole, Pastor. 11.00 A. M. Preaching by Pastor Subject: "Old Wheels." 2.30 P. M. Sunday School. 3.00 P. M., Rev. Lloyd Reed, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church. 6.00 P. M., V. C. E. 7.30 P M., Sermon by Pastor. Subject: "The Green Olive Tree." EBENEZER A. M. E. CHURCH Rev. J. W. Norris, Pastor 11.00 A. M., Sermon by Rev. John Offer Cistis, F. B. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 6.00 P. M., Allen C. E. League 7.30 P. M., Sermon by Bt. Rev. L. J. Coppin, D. D. He will also be present at the League, 6 P. M. The revival is going on and souls are being saved. Classes—Sunday at 6 A. M., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8 Herbert Frisby, Supt Rev. Dr. D. P. Seaton, Pastor. 11 A. M., The Pastor, subject: "The Deceptive Plot Foiled." 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 4.30 P. M., Allen C. E. League. 7.30 P. M., The Pastor, subject: "The Earnest Appeal Gratified." Revival Meetings are in progress, all are welcome. Extraordinary Announcement! Extraordinary Announcement: Allen's C. E., Waters A. M. E. Church, Sunday, January 30th, at 4.30 P. M. Miss Mamie Woolford has returned home from a successful tour of Pennsylvania and is now ready for engagements. She will appear on the above date with her company in jvibble and classic song. Also fine quartet by Mesdames Clara Jackson George, soprano; Carrie Giles, alto; Wm. Lee, tenor, and J. Edw. Fisher, bass. Also solos, addresses and papers. Papers by Mrs. Georgia Dobson Boston and Mr. J. Franklin Waters. Solo by Miss Mamie Cox. J. Edward Fisher, Vice Pres. C. A. Carey, Sec'y. BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH Saratoga Street near Gay Rev. D. G. Hill, D. D., Pastor Sunday, Jan. 30. 11.00 A. M., Sermon by Bishop L. J. Coppin. Every member come out to hear him. ALLEN A. M. E. CHURCH Lexington St. near Carrollton Ave. Rev. J. G. Martin, Pastor. 11 A. M., Sermon by the Pastor. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 4.30 P. M., Allen League. Ebenczer Allen League will render program Feb. 6th. Sunday, Jan. 30th, 2.30 o'clock the Memorial Service of the Good Hope Lodges will be conducted in the auditorium. No interference with Sunday School and League. You are invited. Howard Brent, Supt. Wm. Butler, Pres. Allen League. TRINITY A. M. E. CHURCH, Lincoln Ave. and Biddle St. Rev. A. L. Gaines, Pastor. 11.00 A. M., Sermon by the Pastor 2.30 Sunday School 5.00 P. Rushing The unveiling of a portrait of the late Bishop A. W. Wayman in the pulpit of Wayman Memorial A.M. E. Church, on Sunday, Jan. 30th, 3 P.M., the Mite Missionary Society of Baltimore and vicinity will have charge of the service. Mrs. Mary F. Handy will preside, Bishop L. J. Coppin will be present and deliver an address upon the life of Bishop Wayman. Solos by Munc. Maud Gross and Miss Jenbie Jones. Addresses by Miss Emma Norris, Mrs. Mary F. Handy and Mr. L. W. Martin on the Life of Work of the late Bishop. To reach the church transfer to Columbia Ave. car, going south on Park avenue, get off at Carey St. and Columbia Ave., walk one block south to Carroll street. The church is in sight at the cor. Carroll and Carey. SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH. Cor. Clinton Ave. and George Sits. 11.00 A. M., Sermon by the Pastor 2.30 P. M., Sunday School 3.00 P. M., Sermon by Rev. U. B. Johnson and Baptizing. 5 to 7 P. M., B. Y. P. U. 8 P. M., Closing Sermon of Rev. W. H. Skipwith, of Philadelphia, Pa with the singing evangelist. Revival will continue, conducted by Rev. Garfield, of Pittsburg, Pa. Come and bring your unconverted friends. C. Y. W. C. A. Sunday, Jan. 30th, 5 P. M. Rev, John A. Holmes will address the C. Y. W. C. A., at 5 P. M. All are invited to be present. 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SLATTER Two thousand Negro farmers and their wives and children attended the fourth annual session of the Negro farmers' conference, which was recently held at Utica, Miss., under the auspices of the Utica Normal and Industrial Institute, of which William H. Holtzelzw is principal. The establishment and maintenance of the Utica Normal and Industrial Institute are the direct outcome of the Tuskegee institute idea, its principal being a typical Tuskegee product. The concrete examples of successful farm life of these Negro farmers who attended the conference show how this institution, with all its work, has become a part of the life of the people. Ten years ago they lived from "hand to mouth." Now, through the influence of this institution, some have A PRINCIPAL W. H. HOLTZCLAW. cleared themselves of debt, others have erected spacious modern homes for their families, while all, more or less, are bending their every energy to the task of obtaining a good education for their children to the end that they may be good and useful citizens. Whatever complaint may be lodged against industrial education, the accomplishment of such results with this system would appear to all right thinking people as proof of its effectiveness. The principal and teachers of the institute, all young, energetic and self sacrificing, become a part of the community, and in their dignified way, living a life of Christian uprightness, make the uneducated people about them feel that, after all, there is something in an education worth having. The community school, the extension meetings, house to house visitation and the farmers' conference all have a great influence on the lives of the people who come in immediate contact with the school. For example, note the common sense advice contained in Principal Holtzchaw's annual address before the farmers' conference. He said in part: The great possibilities of our state can never be fully realized until we get out of the habit of moving from place to place, until we write down somewhere and say these—make some place our permanent abode. No people that is continually moving from place to place can hope to amount to much in the world's progress. Health, happiness, even fortune, are all right here at your door. Too long have we seen the fantastic glories of great possibilities in some faraway place and have been all the while neglecting the opportunities at our doors. I have seen many parts of the country, but I have never seen a spot that I consider a better place for the Negro than right here in Mississippi. There are yet many things that we ought to have and many that will come with the progress of the years—will come, in fact, just about as fast as we can make the best use of them. But the questions that costfront us today are: What are we doing to help ourselves? How are we living our lives? Let us go home and answer these questions each in his own way. Go and buy you a little home if it is but an core of land. Build a house upon it and make it more than one or two rooms. Plant fruit trees and shade trees. Use some whitewash and paint. Begin the systematic education of your children and teach them how to work. Let everybody work, for our temporal salvation is largely bound up in our ability to become intelligent producers by work. I know you have many things to contend with, but you must not let these things overcome you. The individual who gets up in the world is the individual that conquers conditions, that masters surroundings, not the one who allows conditions to master him. Don't get in the habit of going about with a long face, a hung down head. Just look the world in the face with head erect and you will find that the world will make a place for you. Attending this conference were a large number of prominent visitors, among whom were: Charles Banks, cashier of the Bank of Mound Bayou, Isalah T. Montgomery, founder of Mound Bayou, the only all Negro town in the state; J. A. Martin, principal of the largest Negro city school in the state, from Jackson; L. K. Atwood, president of the Southern Bank of Jackson; John Green, representative of the Jeanes Rural School fund; G. W. Williams, principal of an industrial school, a direct outgrowth of the Utica institute. The products exhibited from the hor- nursery and agricultural departments were splendid. Frank admissions as to their own shortcomings. of the things that contribute toward their failure, were given by the individuals as freely as the proud statement of successful accomplishments. "I made good money, but I ain't got no home, 'cause I done eat it all up," said one man. And yet before that audience he determined to do more for his family than ever before. Strange enough, this same man has successfully educated his three children, two of whom hold responsible positions in southern schools. Another man detailed how, after ten years in debt, he covenanted with his wife that they would work for themselves, and now, after four years' hard work, they have a nice home, 120 acres of land, with all payments up to date. Thus in simple words the story of their experience was told. The boll weevil, too, contributes to the trials and misfortunes of the farmers. One man, speaking of the situation, declared, "I can't a-gwine to 'low de boll weevil nor de white foks to run me away fun my farm." Another man confessed that for a long time he wanted to save $500 before he would open a bank account, and when he finally came to his seusses he began an account with $10. Now, he has a 311 acre farm worth on an average of $10 per acre. Strong and forcible resolutions were adopted by the entire conference, in which the state of Mississippi was congratulated for the increased agricultural development, with particular reference to the era of good feeling now prevailing between the races. The black people pledged themselves to use their best influence for the continuance of these relations. The resolutions read as follows: We regret that the good name of our state is still blackened occasionally by the frightful work of an uncontrolled mob. We are aware that the better element of the white race is one with us in the wish that this fact was different, but in spite of our combined wishes it remains the dark spot on our horizon. We implore the strong arm of the law to see to it that the statutes are respected by white as well as black, rich as well as poor. We further congratulate the state upon the abolishment of the legal sale of intoxicating liquors within our borders. The good effects of the law are now clearly seen. We pledge ourselves to render any assistance we can to the officers of the law to prevent the illegal sale of honors in our various communities. We urge our people to harbor no criminals, to see to it that the plotter "toter" is reported, that all lawlessness is put away as far as possible. We would suggest that the leaders of our people in every community get in touch with the leaders of the white race as far as possible and help them in the land co-operate with them in any movement which looks to the improvement of the people in any way. We cannot too earnestly entreat our people to become the proud possessors of bank books. Open accounts with the local bank if you have but a dollar. The habit of possessing a bank account will help, just as the habit of being poor will injure. As a parting word we want to warn our people that prosperity and happiness can never come to us until we learn to work twelve months of the year instead of eight, as the average farmer does. Let us mend our ways on all lines and make a tremendous effort to lift ourselves up. PASSING OF JACK NAIL. Well Known Politician and Financier Who Amassed a Fortune Retires. It is said that Jack Nail of Nail Bros., saloon proprietors and political organize who recently sold his place of business... at 401 Sixth avenue, New York, for the handsome sum of $155,500, is perhaps the wealthiest Afro-American in New York. Mr. Nail, whose fortune is estimated to be about $300,000, has retired from business. Twenty-seven years ago two youths, Jack and Eddie Nail, were employed as attendants in a sporting establishment in Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, then much patronized by senators, representatives and others in authority. The two boys saved a little money, staked it on a turn of the wheel and won. They started a restaurant business in Washington, but after several months decided to try their luck in New York. They sold out, came to New York and purchased a saloon at 450 Sixth avenue. They prospered from the first because it became known their motto was "Nothing crooked." After a career of fourteen years at the above number the Nails moved to a more commodious establishment at 401 Sixth avenue. Dick Croker was a frequent visitor in this place. Men prominent in the sporting world who visited it included Peter Jackson, George Dixon, Joe Gauss and Joe Walcott, pugilists, and Isaac Murphy and Frank Craig, jockeys. Jack Nail was a leader of the colored Democrats in New York city for years. He founded the Parqueto Political club and acted as its chief when he was leader of the Twenty-fifth assembly district. Eddie Nail died several years ago. Institution Worthy of Liberal Aid. More and more we are beginning to see the necessity for a more liberal support on the part of our people of the institutions conducted by and in the special interest of our young people. The White Rose Industrial association of New York is an example of the kind of material aid most needed for those seeking to better their condition along industrial lines. Last year the association sheltered 216 girls, gave free meals to 760 and secured positions for 245. Popular Bassball Team's Long Tour. A great deal of interest is being taken by lovers of baseball in the Leland Glant team of Chicago, which is on a 2,000 mile tour, playing exhibition games in the middle west and in the south. On leaving the western section the team will go as far south as Palm Beach, Fla. They are due to return to Chicago about the 13th of May. Afro-American Writer For Influential Southern Paper Well Qualified. Professor I. W. Jenkins, editor for the colored department of the Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, the leading daily of the state, is one of the ablest young journalists of the race. His exceptional journalistic ability will for him college honors at Howard university, where he was one of the editors on the college paper. Possessing the stamina that characterizes all men that achieve success in this profession, during the year 1901 this young pencil pusher actually entered the arena and established the Wilkesbarre Advocate at Wilkesbarre, Pa. He also rendered exceptional service to the Christian Banner, at Philadelphia. His native ability brought him recognition from a higher source, and he accepted the position of special correspondent for the Evening Bulletin of Philadelphia. His peculiar way of getting stories that left the correspondents of the other competing dailies of the city in a quandary made him a potent factor in the news gathering line. While Professor Jenkins was on the Bulletin, Havana, Cuba, was offering inducements for a well rounded newspaper man of his caliber. Professor Jenkins accepted a position on the editorial staff of the Havana Post. His fertile brain helped to make this daily a power in the Antilles. He never missed the opportunity to bring before the public in an unbiased manner the Cuban Negro, the backbone of the republic. His contributions are strictly professional matter. He has a style which makes him original and which is conclusive and convincing. His work upon the Times-Union is not excelled by [Picture of a man in a suit and tie]. PROFESSOR ISAAC W. JENKINS. those doing similar work upon the leading dailies of the country. He is recognized as one of the best journalists of the race in Florida. Professor Jenkins is a fluent and convincing speaker. He is always in demand as a lecturer in all sections of the state. He is a stanch advocate for the higher education of Afro-Americans, and he cannot be subsidized. He is an athlete of well known ability and especially upon the gridiron. NEW KIND OF HOSPITAL. Negrophobia Affects Its Victims Worse Than Hokwamw Disease If Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller or J. P. Morgan would contribute a neat sum for a hospital for the cure of those affected by negrophobia it would go a great way in helping certain sections of the country, says the Afro-American Ledger, Baltimore. It is infinitely worse than the hookworm and affects its victims to such an alarming extent that they cannot see straight, and they are always imaging awful calamities befelling the country, especially that part inhabited by colored folks. It has such an awful effect upon its victims that they actually think they are living fifty years back in the days before the war. They will not even believe the Bible, the disease affects them so badly. A hospital for the cure of this disease would be money well spent. Women's Clubs to Meet In Brooklyn. the fourteenth annual convention of the Northeastern Federation of Women's Clubs will be held in Brooklyn in August. The federation will be the guest of the Dorcas Home Missionary society of the Concord Baptist Church of Christ. Mrs. Clecly C. Gunner of Hillburn, N. Y., is president, and Miss Eliza Colley of Boston is the general secretary. Act Upon New Year Resolutions Now. The sympathy of the whole race is with the president, faculty and students of Morris Brown college. Atlanta, Ga., on account of the heavy loss by fire which that institution recently sustained. Now is the time to put New Year resolutions into action by giving financial aid for the rebuilding of the famous Morris Brown college for Negro youth. Colored Men's Business Directory. The business directory compiled by Professor R. R. Wright and published by the Colored Directory company of Philadelphia gives valuable information concerning the business activities among our people in Philadelphia. It fills a long felt need. W. H. Wright and Ernest Smith are the chief officers of the company. M. TREGOR @ SONS Superior Hair Dressing HIGHLY PERFUMED. 2 SUPERIOR HAIR DRESSING Is recommended by testimonials from far and near as the finest Hair Dressing, especially for Ladies and Children. ...Prices.... 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 or it or write direct to us. Prices for M. TREGO WHOLESALE MARK PERFU 1181 East Baltimore Street, 1239 E treet, N. W. ...YOU CAN M WE HAVE A PLAN WHERE Every Boy i Druggist should keep Superior Hair Dressing in stock. Please ask or it or write direct to us. Prices for Wholesale Orders on application. M. TREGOR & SONS. 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Don't Cost You A Call at the Afro-American you can make real chance in 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. 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Will re-open under last year's management, October 4th, 1909. Teachers from Tuskegee Inst., Hampton Inst., Armstrong Manual, and other reputable institutions have been secured for teaching, both in the academic and industrial departments. Instructions will be given in 17 industries comprising: Dressmaking, Millinery Plainsewing, Art and Needle work, Cooking, Basketry and Upholstry and Domestic Science. Carpentry, Cabinet Making, Architectural Drawing, Dairying, Poultry Raising, Truck Gardening, and Agriculture. Those wishing to enter, should apply at once for admission. Rooms are rapidly taken. Twice as many students as last year are now enrolled. Those entering on opening day will receive special rates. Board, tuition, washing, ironing, room, etc., $8.00 per month. All students work out a part of their board. No worthy student refused. 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 institution where they will he will recevie the best home training, send him to Laurel Institute. Geo. W. Clarke, Graduate Borden town Inst., and Tuskegee Inst. Principal. LAUREL INSTITUTE, LAUREL, MD. NELSON WALKER, Carpenter & Builder 2123 Division St. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Shop 918 Morris between Biddle and Preston Street P. W. BOOKER, Wholesale and Retail Dealer Ice Coal and wood 1345 WHATCOAT STREET Give us a trial as we want your patronage. The best Burning Coal at the Cheapest Prices. All orders promptly attended to. Open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. TO USE, BUB THOROUGHLY INTO THE HAIR AND THEN COMB THE HAIR TO SUIT STYLE. TRIALS of the NEEDEMS THIS IS A BUM SHOW. I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE! WHAT THE MATTER JOHN? YOU MUST BE A MATURE MAN. IT IS VERY FUNNY! THAT PAY=PAW PILL YOU GAVE ME LAST NIGHT MADE ME FEEL THAT I WANT TO SHOW TO NIGHT. THAT SHOW TO NIGHT LET'S TAKE THE KIDS THERE IS HOPE. 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HERZOG, 5722 Prescott Aye, St. Louis, Mo. Because your case is a difficult one, doctors having done you no good, do not continue to suffer without giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. It surely has cured many cases of female ills, such as inflammation, ulceration, displacements, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and nervous prostration. It costs but a trifle to try it, and the result is worth it. The Fateful Hyphen. It happens frequently and perhaps usually, where the hyphen is employed to phrase a controversy, that the losing party of the first part and the winning that of the party of the second part. Thus, in reference to a war, the name of a defeated nation, familiarly precedes that of the victor; the Spanish-American War, Franco-German, Russo-Japanese. It was the Cook-Peary controversy as generally phrased from the first; and the result confirmed the rule by a curious, fatality. Possibly in the psychology, of what seems to be purely an accidental arrangement, the first place is allotted to the apparently weaker controversialist, pending the decision. Possibly, too, a sense of rhythm is influential; though this may be more imaginary than real. "Peary-Cook" might not now sound odd had that been the original arrangements. Consider Ballinger-Pinchot. Secretary Ballinger has drawn the first blood; but will he be able in the end to overcome the mystic omen discoverable in the relation of his name to the hyphen?—Providence Journal. Holders Of Gold. The great holders of gold are the state banks of Europe and the United States Treasury, the latter institution, leading all the rest with the tremendous amount of $1,034,000,000, of which $875,000,000 is held against gold certificates in circulation, $150,000,000 as reserve against the green-backs and $9,000,000 in unpledged Treasury surplus. Next comes the Bank of Russia, with $713,880,000, of which part is security for $610,000,000 outstanding notes. Third in rank is the Bank of France, with $707,000,000 gold, held largely against notes, though this great bank, which carries much silver money, reserves the right, according to its judgment, to pay out silver—a sort of limited bimetallism, discreetly regulated in practice. The other large holders of gold, are in their order: Bank of Austria-Hungary, $255,000; Bank of Germany, $179,825; Bank of England, $172,545; A relatively small holding of gold sustains the mighty fabric of British credit.—Mexican Herald. The Chtef Requisite. Richard Watson Gilder had a dry wit of his own. He once received a call from a young woman who wished to secure material for an article of 3,000 words on "Young Women in Literature." "It was a fetching subject, full of meat," explained the young woman afterward, and I saw not only 3,000 words in the story, but at least 6,000. But I never got any farther than the first question. Mr. Gilder's answer took the very life out of me. I asked him: "Now, Mr. Gilder, what would you say was the first, the chief, the all-essential requisite for a young woman entering the literary field?" "I waited with hated breath, when he answered: 'Postage stamps.'"—Bronx Globe. No Grammar Desired. A school teacher having instructed a pupil to purchase a grammar, the next day received a note thus worded from the child's mother: "I do not desire for Lulu shall ingage in grammar, as I prefer her ingage in yuseful studies and can learn her how to spoke and write properly myself. I have went through two grammars and I can't say as they did me no good. I prefer her ingage in german and drawing and vocal music on the piano."—Burr Oak (Kan.) Herald. Rapid Transit. In response to a growing demand in his home, Henry Kitchell Webster, author of "The Sky Man," once went to his father's house, borrowed the family high chair and started taking it home by hand. He had to wait long for his car and, when it finally came, its conductor was waiting for that "Aren't you pretty big for taoa chair?" that offended me. Yeah. And Webster, wearily. "I grew up while waiting for the car."—Success Magazine. Newsboy's Logic. When the news that Tom Johnson was defeated for Mayor was received in the office of the Denver Times there was not time to do more than run a scare head, "Johnson Defeated!" The papers were on the street in a few minutes, and a freckled Irish "newsie" started off, yelling, joyously, "Jeff Wins!"—Success Magazine. INSOMNIA "Experiments satisfied me, some 5 years ago." writes a Topeka woman, "that coffee was the direct cause of the insomnia from which I suffered terribly, as well as the extreme nervousness and acute dyspepsia which made life a most painful thing for me. "I had been a coffee drinker since childhood, and did not like to think that the beverage was doing me all this harm. But it was, and the time came when I had to face the fact, and protect myself. I therefore gave up coffee abruptly and absolutely, and adopted Postum for my hot drink at meals. "I began to note improvement in my condition very soon after I took on Postum. The change proceeded gradually, but surely, and it was a matter of only a few weeks before I found myself entirely relieved—the nervousness passed away, my digestive apparatus was restored to normal efficiency, and I began to sleep restfully and peacefully. "These happy conditions have continued during all of the 5 years, and I am safe in saying that I owe them entirely to Postum, for when I began to drink it I ceased to use medicines." Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. THE WONDERBERRY OR SUNBERRY. The Wonderberry or Sunberry, the marvelous garden fruit originated by Luther Burbank, and introduced by John Lewis Childs, the well-known Seedman, of Floral Park, N. Y., has proved a great success all over the country. Thousands of people say it is the best thing they ever grew. Mr. John Burroughs, the well-known author, Naturalist and bosom friend of Theodore Roosevelt, says it is the most delicious pleberry he ever tasted, and a marvelous cropper. A Director of the New York Agricultural Experiment-Station says it fruits abundantly even in pure sand. In the short season of North-western Canada it is a godsend, and fruits long after frost has killed most garden truck. D. S. Hall, Wichita, Kan., says thirty people grew it there last season with perfect satisfaction. K. S. Enochs, Hammond, La., says it yields $250 worth of fruit per acre with him. Mrs. J. H. Powers, 4732 Kenwood avenue, Chicago, raised enough berries on a space 410 feet to supply herself and friends. J. P. Swallow, Kenton, Ohio, says its equal for all purposes does not exist. Rev. H. B. Sheldon, Pacific Grove, Cal., says he likes the berries served in any and every way. W. T. Davis, Enon, Va., says it is true to description in every way, and fruits in three months from seed. Judge Morrow, of U. S. Circuit Court, says the Wonderberry is simply delicious raw or cooked. Mr. Childs exhibited one plant five months old bearing 10,375 berries which measured about eight quarts. Mrs. Hattie Vincent, Hayden, New Mexico, says it stands long, hard droughts of that climate and fruits abundantly all summer. It is certainly the most satisfactory garden fruit and the greatest Novelty ever introduced. The raising of hogs is an important industry in Denmark. The last census, taken September 1, 1909, shows that there are 1,466,915 head of hogs in the country. In Winter Use Allen's Foot-Ease. The antiseptic powder. Your feet feel uncomfortable, nervous and often cold and damp. If you have sweating, sore feet or light shoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease. Sold by all drugstores and shoe stores. 25 cents. Sample sent free. Address Allen S. Olmsted. Le Rev. Y. London motor bus drivers are fined for being ahead of time, but rarely for being late. Eoldemic of Itch in Welsh Village. "In Downtails, South Wales, about fifteen years ago, families were stricken wholesale by a disease known as the itch. 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Thomas Hugh, 1650 West Huron St., Chicago, ill., June 29, 1909." The geological survey has completed an investigation of the smoke puissance in 13 cities. Dr. Dethron's Relief for Rhumatism and Neuratitis radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action is remarkable. Removes the inflammation. First dose greatly benefits. 75c and $1. All druggists. New York's Literary Girls. The young man who said he'd never catch any, to somebody who asked him if he liked Trollope, was outdone the other day in a Fifth Avenue book store. A girl of 17 came in and asked the clerk for "Prometheus," "by a man named Kelley or Sheets, or something like that." "Oh," said the clerk, "Shelley's Prometheus Unbound?" "Yes," replied the girl, "that's it. But, if you please, I'd rather have it bound. It's so easy to lose the pages, you know, if it isn't."—New York Sun. TERRIBLE ORDEAL A Virginia Woman's Sufferings With Kidney Disease. 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LEE, of 1100 Ninth St., S.E., Washington, D.C., and a lady who was a great sufferer from neuralgia to try Sloan's treatment one application the pain left her and she has not been worse." Sloan's treatment best remedy for Rheumatism, Stiff and Sprains and all Pains. All Druggists. Price 25c., 50c. and $1.00. 's Treatise on the Horse sent Free. Address EARL S. SLOAN, BOSTON, MASS. APLEINE A FLAVOR that is used or vanilla, almond, water and adding Maple juice made and a syrup better than is sold by grocers. Send it and recipe book. Crescent WIZARD OIL THE OIL THAT PENETRATES Mr. J. C. LEE, of 1100 Ninth St., S.T., Washington, D.C., writes: "I advised a lady who was a great sufferer from neuralgia to try Sloan's Liment. After one application the pain left her and she has not been troubled with it since." Sloan's Liniment is the best remedy for Rheumatism, Stiff Joints and Sprains and all Pains. PATENTS, Trade-Marks, Pensions, County, Pay, Claims Against the Govement, Soliciting. S. E., Washington, D. C., writes:— er from neuralgia to try Sloan's Lini- t her and she has not been troubled A FLAVOR that is used the same as lemon or vanilla is used in the treatment of wounds, including Maplein, adecious syrup is made and a syrup better than maple. Maplein is sold by grocers. Send 2c stamp for sample and recipe book. Crescent Mills Co., Scotia. DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY GIVES quick relief and easy care. Book of testinations and 40 Days' treatment Freco. Dr. h. h. GREYES-5085. Rot B. Atlanta, Ga. SLOAN'S LINMENT NILS PARK Bradfordshire The Haydn Oratorio Society Reorganized and Rehearsals Begun. The Haydn Oratoria Society is beginning active arrangement for its regular recital at Arbaugh's Theatre, this spring. The Societh will appeaa in Mendelssohn's dramatic oratorio of "St. Paul". The Society is auxions to have a large representation of singers, than it had last year, and therefore extends to all singers in the city a invitation to join them at the next rehearsal on Tuesday evening at the Y. M. C. A. building, 1619 Druid Hill ave. The Society urges all of its members to attend Tuesday night for full rehearsal and to determine plans for further enlargement. How The Barber Pole Originated By J. W. Allen. The striped barber pole originated in England in the Middle ages when the professors, the surgeon and the tonsorial artists were one. Pheletomy was then considered a cure for every ill. During the operation the patient hod to grasp a pole firmly in his hand, that the blood might flow more freely. This pole was usually painted red and to it were attached the white bandages which the barber-surgeon used to stop the blood. When not in use the pole was suspended outside the shop sometimes capped with a basin, to inform wounded traveler where he might obtain relief. The practice was finally made permanent by law. Even after the professions became separate both the barber and the surgeon had to erect poles outside their establishments. A Quiet Wedding. Miss Mazie Young, and Mr. John B. Smith, were married at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Cecilia Young, at 941 W. Saratoga street, on Sunday afternoon, by Rev. John W. Norris, pastor Ebenezer A. M. B, Church. The bride received a number of handsome and valuable presents. The happy couple was tendered a reception by the employees of the Holzman Manufacturing Company, Fayette and Eutaw Sts., on Tuesday afternoon, after which they took their departure for Atlantic City, where they will spend their honeymoon. Anniversary Celebrated The Laborers' Association, No. 1, celebrated its second Anniversary on Monday evening of this week by a collation at its rooms, 929 S. Sharp street. Among the many guests of the Association, were: Mr. and Mrs. James Hopper, Misses M. Smith, Estella Demines, and Mrs. Robegt Pindar. Robert Pindar is the president Jesse McClain, Vice president and Walter Bishop, secretary. A Pleasant Surprise Mr. and Mrs. George F. Bragg, of 3200 Barclay street. Waverly, who recently celebrated their fiftieth marriage anniversary, were most pleasantly taken by surprise on Thursday evening of last week, when a large company of their friends and neighbors, of the immediate neighborhood broke in upon the usual quiet of their home. As the Braggs, seniors, are to move in to the residence of the Rev. Geo. F. Bragg, where they will reside in the future, the neighbors, determined, ever their departure to give expression of their great admiration for the couple. The evening was pleasantly spent in diverse ways, including the presentation of a purse, the serving of refreshments and cheering remarks both from Mr. Bragg, senior, and his son, Rev. George Bragg. The committee in charge of the affair consisted of the following ladies; Mrs. Charles Lloyd, Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Marshall. Parents Meeting At High School. Mr. J. W. Magruder, Secretary of the Federated Charities, addressed the monthly meeting of Parents and Friends of the Colored High School, last Thursday at the Zion A. M. B. Church. The Mandolin Club of the High School, under the leadership of Mr. Daniel A. Brooks, rendered several selections. The Principal, Mr. Mason A. Hawkins, thanked the parents for their hearty cooperation and requested that they require their children to bring their monthly reports home promptly, and to return them to the school on the dav required. After a very helpful conference on the part of parents and teachers, the meeting adjourned with prayer by Rev. George Bragg, jr. Quietly Married. Mr. William Harris and Miss Alzada Maddix, we e quietly married in Washington, D. C., on Tue-day on Tuesday January 35th, the happy couple left on an early train for Baltimore where they will reside in the future at 1010 Wolf street. Hannibal Lodge Holds Annual Banquet Chancellor Commander Makes An Address — George Watty Presented With Jewel. Hannibal Lodge No. 11 Knights of Pythias, held their annual banquet on Wednesday of this week, at the Pythian Castle, St. Paul and Pleasant streets. Sir John C. Downs, chancellor commander made a very admirable address followed by Sir William J. G Jackson, after which each past chancellor was presented with a past chancellor's jewel. After the presentation, the members were escorted to the reception, where covers were laid for one hundred Sir George A. Watty, the present grand chancellor was presented with a grand chancellors jewel and made a neat speech in the acceptance thereof. The Lodge is in a flourishing condition financially as well as numerically. Sir John C. Downs is chancellor commander, and Sir Wm. J. G. Jackson, keeper of Records and Seals. Birthday Party. Mr. and Mrs. James Colton, of 1531 McFidderry street, gave a birthday party on last Tuesday evening in honor of their son James, who celebrated his 9th year. Among the little guests present were, Misses Bertha I. Brooks, Beulah and Gertrude Stanley, Elizabeth and Selina Green, Alice and Dollie Armstrong, Viola Manns, Pauline Bank. Helen Bantum, Mamie Smith. Masters Walter Anderson, Melvin Caution, Denver Young, Walter and Edward Brooks, Milton Thompson, Joseph Reed and R. Williams. A large number of beautiful and useful presents were received. Entertained. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fennell gave a tea at their residence on Druid Hill avenue Monday at 6 P. M. in honor of Bishop I. B. Scott, missionary to Africa and Rev. Ernest Lyon, Minister to Liberia. Others present were Rev. and Mrs. C. G. Cummings, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Cummings and Mrs. E. J. Cummings. Entertained. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Wright of 1237 Division street, entertained a few friends at dinner, on last Friday evening in honor of Messrs. J. H. Turner, and W. A. Spotts, of Chicago, who are railroad men and had the honor of being in charge of the car that bore the newly elected president, of the B. & O. Railroad company Mr. Willard to this city last week. A Double Funeral Took place from Ebenezer A. M. E. Church on last Wednesday, Jan. 26. They were the funerals of Mr. Charles Smothers, of 429 Druidhill avenue, and Miss Hill, of 829 Leadenhall street. They were both prominent members of said church. The services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. W. Norris. PRE-LENTEN RECEPTION Will Be One Of The Social Affairs Of The Season.—Large Number Of Prominent Matrons will Be Patronesses. Interest in the Pre-lenten Reception to be given under the auspices of the Lady Board of Managers of Provident Hospital, at Nazarite Hall, Calvert St., near Center, on Friday enuing, February 4th 1910, continues to grow. The following ladies are among the patronesses. Mrs. Henry Anderson, Mrs. Wm, H. Bishop, Mrs. John Bishop, Mrs. H. Grafton Brown, Mrs. M. E. Murphy, Mrs. Daniel Brown, Mrs. Wm. Carr, Mrs. Frank Cardoza, Mrs. Wm. C. Carter, Mrs. Harry S. Cummings, Mrs. Clarence Chambres Mrs L. H. Fenderson, Mrs. Evaus Fernandez, Mrs. George E. Frey, Mrs. E. Fitzgerald, Mrs. W. Ashbie Hawkiwius, Mrs. Mason A. Hawkins Mrs. James W. Hughes, Mrs. E. B. Hughes, Mrs. Truly Hatchetr, Mrs. Wm. C. McCard, Mrs. John Chew Mattinews, Mrs. George B. Murphy, Mrs. Harry Pratt, Mrs. Alfred Rohobt, Mrs D. Grant Scott, Mrs. Mrs. Emma Simms, Mrs. Edward J. Wheatley, Mrs. Heber Wharton. Mr. James W. Williams, of Wilmington, N. C. and Mrs. Mamie Patterson Haves were quietly married at the residence of Rev. C. H. Stepteen on last Wednesday evening: The marriage was witnessed by a few friends. They will now reside at 504 Lee street and on or about April 1st will go to their new home at 1560 N. Carey street. Science Will Begin Feb. 4 At 128 W. Franklin street at the Y. W. C. A. (white) $ 15. Lessons $5.00. Apply to G. Y. W. C. A. 1200 Druid Hill avenue or at 128 W. Franklin street, daily from 10 A. M. to 4. P. M. Special Notice! Hiram Consistory, No. 2, A. & A. Scottish Rite Masons will hold its annual Divine Services in John Wesley M. E. Church, Sunday evening, Jan. 31st, at 8 o'clock, accompanied by the Golden Circle. All members of the Consistory are hereby notified to be present in Regalia at 7 o'clock in Lecture Room. By order: J. Murray Ralph, C. C. Thomas H, Smith. Grand Sec, and Keeper of Seals. Y. M. C. A. ROOMS 1619 Druid Hill Avenue. Special Lecture by Rev. C. Miller, the Evangelist, subject, Judgment of the Wicked", Sunday, January 30 at 4:30 t. M. Special Music. First-class Motion Pictures. Illustrated Song and Light Vaudeville. Ladies are also invited to this service. On Sunday February 6th at 4.30 P.M. M. Prof. Kelly Miller, of the Howard University will address the meeting. Watch this space for further notice. VERONA The well-known chairvoyant, can be seen on all matters of Business, Love, Courtship, Marriage, Separation etc. No matter what your troubles are or what you wish to know, Verona can help you by her Spiritual power. Permanently located at 217 S. Clinton street Highlandtown. Take Roland Park car to Clinton street. Cut out this Ad. Special at the Renard. Daly's New Moving Picture Parlor, 1230 Penda. Ave., near Lanvale. Entire week of Feb. 7th, 1910, 7 to 11 P.M. Popular songs. Pictures changed daily. Matinee Thursday and Saturday, 2:30 to 6 P.M. Proceeds for the Eva Jenifer Neighborhood Club. Largest and Cheapest House in Northwest Baltimore Master Lincoln Weaver will renpopular songs, and Mr. Harry Thomas, the well-known Comedian, will amuse and interest you. Admission 5 cents. This advertisement and 3 cents will admit you at the matinees. A SACRED CONCERT By The Choir Of St. Paul M. E. Church, W. Saratoga Street. Rey. E. W. S. Peck, Pastor. Have your Hair Dressing, Manicur and Massageing done by ern Section of the City. Sole Distributor for Nu-Hair Restorer. S.E.Cor. Jefferson & Caroline Sts Over the Drug Store. 1m-11-20 The Banneker Reality & Investment Co. of Baltimore City Incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland. W. A. RILEY, 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. SHAVING PARLOR. Strictly up-to-date. All styles of hair cutting, 15 cents. Prompt service Carlos C. Jennings, Manager, 327 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Md. 1537 Pennsylvania Avenue, Near Mc Mechen Street. Special Mid-Winter and Clearance Sale ASTONISHING BARGAINS UNEXCELLED. COME AND EXAMINE. 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 METROPOLITAN DEPARTMENT STORE. 1637 Penna. Ave. bet. McMechen and Wilson Sts. Extraordinary Service-Sunday, February 13th, at 8 P. M. ASBURY M. E. CHURCH, Lexington and East Sts. Rev. C. G. Cummings J. D. Pastor. BRAIDS Combings Bought PUFFS At which time citizens will gather from all parts of the city for a special sermon to the Caterers, Public Waiters' Association, Waiters' Exchange, Hotel, Club, Restaurant and Private Waiters, Cooks and Stewards. The one turning in the largest amount will be presented with a beautiful gold medal. POINDEXTER Hairdresser to Society Manicuring Massage Sole Agent for Ideal Scalp Food C. Y. W. C. A. Employment Bureau 1200 Druid Hill Avenue. Since higher licenses have been made for Employment Bureaus, many of them have raised their fees; but we beg leave to announce that we still retain our prices as formerly. $1.00 From the Employer 25 Cents from the Employee. JOHN H. OWENS @ SON Undertakers & Embalmers $75.00 FUNERALS $65.00. 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. FOR RENT—Store room, at 545 Dolphin street, suitable for Gent's Furnishing store, Barber shop, Tailor shop, dressmaking or millinery, establishment. Applip on premises between 7 and 8 P. M. or at 1403, Jefferson street, from 8 A. M. to 6 P. M. 1-29,tt Persons sending articles for publication must sign name and address, not necessary for publication but for the protection of the publisher of the paper. 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. Letters must have a two cent stamp placed upon it to insure proper delivery. All written matter must be fully prepaid. Because a letter is unsealed gives it no right to a one cent postage. Our stock of Valentine Souvenir Cards is complete. Come and see Young's Pharmacy, Druid Hill Avenue and Hoffman street. Half block from Carey St. car. Elliott City and Edmosson Avenue cars pass the doors. Mrs. Nettie L, Short has gone to Philadelphia to visit her sister, Mrs. Ida Griffia, who is ill in the hospital where she has undergone an operation. 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 on the city. The lovely sl ope 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. Mr. James A. Giles, of 2241 Brunt street, who has been quite sick, is improving. Mrs. Charles E. Carr, who has been under the care of the doctor for the past several weeks, is improving and expects to be out shortly. City Councilman Harry S. Cummings has been ill with neurites at his home, 1234 Druid Hill avenue, for the past three weeks. He is now in a greatly improved condition. Mr. Wm. Butler, the popular Black Face Comedian and Back Dancer is with us again and offers a sketch with many a laugh. Special Vaudeville Each Week. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jackson, of Savannah, Ga., are visiting in the city and are guests at the hotel Goldfield. Mr. Jackson is in the Government service and will leave here for Seattle, Washington in a short while. A Pre-Lenten Reception IN THE INTEREST OF Provident Hospital At Nazarite Hall. Friday Feb. 4, 1910 If It's A Valentine, for grandpa-grandma-mother-father sister-brother-sweetheart or the baby. LUCY D. SLOWE, Chairman of Arrangement Committee. Miss Pearl Waller, Miss Isabelle Hughes, Mi s Marie Coleman, Miss Mandelle T. Brown; Mr. Walter Harris, Mr. J. A. B. Callis. Tickets can be had from the Committee, Young's, Pharmacy and Stokes and Derry's Drug Store. Stokes & Derry's "The Satisfactory Store." Drugs Chemicals Miss Ida R. Cummings, president of the Empty Stocking and Fresh Air Circle, is quite sick at her home 1234 Druid Hill avenue. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Cummings, 426 Mosher, street, entertained Rev. Ernest Lyon at a farewell dinner Tuesday at 6 P. M. 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 S. A. M. to 11 P. M. Terms reasonable. Dr. J. W. Prather of Montreal. Canada, was in the city last week. During his stay he was guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thaddens Gooceland of 1922 Drud Hill avenue. Mr. Wm. P. Waters son of the Rev. J. C. Waters, pastor at the A. M. E. Church at Chestertown, Md. died at the Hopkens Hospital this week after a brief illness. The funeral was held at Waters A. M. E. Church, the pastor Dr. D. P. Seaton conducted the services. Interments at Laurel Cemetery. Madame Rachel Tucker, and other of Baltimore's Famous Singers. Hear the new Miller Pipe Organ and see the newly renovated Church. Thos. H. Franklin, Manager. Miss Estelle Fields, Sec'y. Messrs. Z. Gaines, and C. F. Laws, entertained a few friends at supper on last Wednesday evening, in honor of Mrs. Robert L. Smith on Swartz avenue, Govans, and a number of invited guests. Dr. John Derry, of the firm of Stokes and Derry was on the sick list this week. Miss Rose Murphy, of 1320 Druid Hill avenue, who has been spending the past three months with her sister, Mrs. J. W. Purdy in Somerset, in the mountains of Pennsylvania will return home Sunday. Mrs. Mary F. Saunders is confined to her room at 426 N. Caroline street. Mrs./ Anna Williams, of 1032 Druid Hill avenue, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Eliza Sturgress of Morristown, N.J. Mr. Julius Thomas, of 2143 Division street, who has been sick for sometime is now much improved. The Peerless Quartette, Miss Mamie Woolford; directress, has returned to the city after giving a number of concerts in and around Philadelphia. Group Principals Appointed. The School Board at its regular meeting Wednesday, appointed Mr. Heber E. Wharton, and Mr. Harry T. Pratt group-principals. These with Prof. J H. Lockerman, makes three group principals, practically putting the control of the colored schools entirely in the hands of colored men. BOTH PHONES—C. & P. Mt. Veruon 3603 Md. Courtland 1926. No branch offices. Not connected with any other firm. No Agents. A reward will be offered to anyone who detects any person doing business under the name of Felix B. Pye, Sr. Johnson's Juveniles, Jobs No. 2, kindly return thanks to the parents and friends and well-wishers for their donations on Jan. 11, 1910. Respectfully, The Guardians. FOR RENT—A beautiful flat of four rooms all, conveniences for respectable people, 1530 Druid Hill avenue. 3 doors from McMechen. 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.