The Afro-American

THE AFT AMERICAN LEDGER. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY IN THE INTEREST OF THE RACE. BISHOP LAMPTON LAUDS NEGRO PRESS. MISS GERTRUDE LAMPTON IS PRITATE SECRETARY TO THE BISHOP AND IS A GOOD ONE. The Col. Visits A Number Of Educational Institutions And Delivers Several Speeches To The Students—Attends A Meeting Of The United Reformers Of Which Dr. E. P. Jones Is The District Grand Master—Received A Small Donation Towards His Trip To Europe. COL. J. O. MIDNIGHT. Helena, Ark. I think I was in New Orleans when I took my pee in hand to write you a few lines last week. I was there attending the session of the Louisiana conference of the African Methodist Episcopal church, but I am away from there now, and I am at this place. The conference was in fine shape and they had a great time. Bishop Lampton show did have some few things to say. He spoke in words of praise of the Negro Press. He whimited it is one of the greatest agencies in all the world, and I think he is about right. His heart is in the right place. He has the right idea of things. I think I told you all about the conference last week and told you how Bishop Lampton is doing his work. The church made no mistake when it told him a bishop. He is serving his church, his race and his God, and this is all that you can expect from any man. I spent much of my time in New Orleans, and Sunday I had the pleasure of visiting the home of Supreme Chancellor S. W. Green, of the Knights of Lythians, and I am here to tell you he has some home. The Lord has blessed him. His wife is a fine woman, and both of them know how to treat their friends. I took dinner them and certainly did get on the outside, of some "Gumbo" and other good things. I told you about another place where I was in company with Rev. J. C. Caldwell. I was well is making good with this new position and the course should feel I proud of him, because I am. am I. I told you how courteous I am. I told you how courteous H. Cgwell and how he carried us around over the town. I forget all about the discomfort that was in getting around, and enjoyed myself Well, from that city I went to Baton Rogue, which is the capital city. I was the guest of Prof. Clark and his faculty of the Baton Rogue Academy. Visited the Baptist church and spoke to them, and then went out to the school, addressed the students. I shall never forget going to the institution, but as I am going back that way soon I will not have much to say about it now. H. R. Baronco was on hand and entertained us royally. Now leaving this part of the world, I had nothing to do but to go on my way rejoicing and I certainly did go up the road to Vicksburg, then on to Greenville, to attend the Supreme Lodge of United Reformers. It was a great meeting, presided over by Rev. E. P. Jones, D.D.; the Disbrict Grand Master of Odd Ivy. Rev Jones is a good leader, and he is making good this organization as I could. They have many members and some strong men around him who are doing all they can to make the meeting a success. I had the pleasure of seeing Bishop Lampton at home. It is indeed inspiring to see this young man, just in the prime of life, and to see the large amount of work he is doing. I could not count just the number of clerks he keeps busy all the time gtting out his work. Miss P. Gertrude Lampton is the private secretary, and her chief clerk. She I know has her father would do without her. She is indeed a busy young woman. While speaking of Miss Lampion, I am reminded that many of our young people cold do many things if th-y would. Now you take her work. she is private secretary to her father; leader in the choir, instructor in voice culture, and the same in the musee- this is all you could expect of one person. and he is pishing things for who shall last the longest. I am proud of him, and glad to see all I can about him. At the close of the meeting I left there for Mound Bayon. Miss I spent the night at the home of Rev. A. A. Cosey. Then I spent a little time in the home of Hon. Chas. Banks, but he was in New York. His wife was home just the same, and made me welcome. I visited the Bank of Mound Bayon. and mat James B. Garrett, who is private secretary to Mr. Banks. He is a graduate from Alcorn College, in 1908 and served as teller in the Bank until Mr. Charles Banks called him out and put him in charge of his affairs. Garrett makes a good secretary, and looks after the interest and affairs of Mr. Banks strictly. Wm. M. Warren is the present teller of the bank. He graduated from Tuskegee University in 1909. He started in as an assistant in the bank, and performed his work so well and took such a deep interest in the business until he was recently promoted to the position of assistant cashier. He has been in the world 30 years, and is climbing fast. I will not tell you about all the people there. Attended an entertainment. Met J. W. Francis and her daughter, and many others. Had the pleasure of going to the home of Mrs. S. M. Jordan, a Tuskegee graduate. You see I am at Helena, where lives the greatest man of the Baptist denomination in America. He is the greatest because for a number of years he has been recognized as the leader of the whole denomination in this country, and is still at the head of the National Baptist Convention. This is Dr. E. C. Morris. In addition to this one of the best fixed men of our race and church lives here, Rev. A. H. Miller. He has through industry, honesty and thrift made his way to the front. You will remember I told you about his daughter I wove a vestment. You bronchoscopy well she is not. Johnson, having a dentist, Martin Miller who has been attending Fisk University is at home. He was sick and had to come home. Katie Miller is in the public school. She will graduate in the spring. I will have a few things to say about Dr. Morris, and his work in another letter I am getting ready to make the trip abroad. I desire to acknowledge the receipt of $ 80 from Rev. Simms, pastor of the Tulane Avenue Baptist church, New Orleans to help me on my trip to the Old World. TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE AT CARNEGIE HALL (Special to the Afro-American Ledger.) New York, Jan. 28.—One of the problems of Tuskegee Institute for some time has been to find some method of showing people thousands of miles away from Tuskegee just the kind of work being done as Tuskegee by the students of that now famous institution. That difficulty has now been overcome, and people in New York, or even in Africa for that matter can now sit down in a comfortable hall or room and see just exactly what is being done at Tuskegee. Dr. Washington exhibited at Carnie Hall Monday of last week by means of moving pictures every phase of work going on at Tuskegee. By this means it was possible to show the students at work in the fields, planting, milking, working in the dairy, building roads as well as every other industrial feature of this great school. Even the students, sixteen hundred in number, are seen marching to the chapel. Tuskegee at last has gone to New York. PAYING THE DEBT. (Special to Afro-American.) Cumberland, Md., Feb. 3rd.—The Junior Ladies' Aid of the McKendrea M. E. Church, with Miss Helen Hall, president, has just completed a fine financial effort and has made a payment of $100.00 on the parsonage debt. The president and the young ladies who have worked so hard to accumulate this money, he eby extend their thanks to the many friends for their FIFTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONGRESS TO MEET IN THAT CITY. Thousands Of Sunday School Workers From All Parts Of The Country Will Gather In May Of This Year To Discuss Matters Relative To The Interests Of The Young People Meeting To Be Held In The Liberty Baptist Church-A (Special to the AIR American) Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 2.-At a special meeting of the officials of the Sunday-School Congress Movement the selection of a place to hold its 1910 session was taken up and disposed of. Invitations had been extended to the Congress from many cities throughout the United States, some of which were Muskogee and Oklahoma City. Dallas, Little Rock, Chicago, Meridian and Vicksburg, Miss.; Savannah, Atlanta and Atlantic City. After a careful examination of the invitations and inducements offered, it is learned that the officials chose for the next meeting place the city of Atlanta. The Congress has been invited to meet with the Liberty Baptist Church. The pastor of the church, Rev. J. W. Jackson, D. D., and the church clerk, Mr. W. D. Griffin, were notified today by the Congress officials of the action and the selecting of Atlanta and their church A letter signed by Dr. C. H. Clark, chairman of the Congress movement, and Rev. Henry A. Boyd, secretary was sent out as the official notice. The last session of the Congress was held in this city, and it is supposed that the impression made on the delegation encouraged them to make a decision. This will be the fifth annual session of this gathering of Sunday-school workers. The selecting of Atlanta for the place for 1910 argues much in the favor of the movement on account of the railroad facilities. The exact date of the meeting has been fixed from Wednesday, May 25th to Monday, May 30th which will include the fifth Sunday in May. Thousands of Sunday-school workers are interested in this Sunday-school Congress Movement, which, among Negroes, is regarded as one of the most important annual gatherings engaged in work among young people in the United States. Such men as Dr C. T. Walker, of Augusta; Dr Geo. W. Lee, of Washing, and Dr J. P. Robinson, of Little Rock; Rev S. W. Simms, of Brooklyn; Rev J. F. Thomas, of Chicago; Rev E. C. Carter, and P. James Bryant, of Alabama, have worked for people's meeting which also has the endorsement of the National Baptist Convention. The officers of the Congress are: C. H. Clark, chairman; B. H. Boyd, organizer; Henry A. Boyd, secretary; W. S. Ellington, Arbiter; Wm. Beckham, Missionary Superintendent, and R. B. Hudson, Recording Secretary, all of whom have served since its organization five years ago. SNOW HILL IS LIVELY Old Time Spelling Bee.-Wins Prizes. (Special to Afro-American Ledger.) Snow Hill, Md., Fd. b. 2—Capt. W. E. Rounds came home on business this week. Miss Helen Henry has been visiting her sister, Miss Mamie W. Henry in Berlin, Md. Rev. and Mr. E. J. Henry attended the marriage of Mr. Robert Covington of Snow Hill, to Mrs. Carrie Sommers, of Lewes, Del. Mrs. Georgia Deakin Martin is very ill at her home. Mr. Sidney Hubbell is on the sick list. Three candidates were 'baptized at the Mt. Zion' Baptist church. Jan. 30. Prof. John H. Spence and Mr. Wm. Fassett visited fr-nds in town last week. An old time spelling bee was held at the d. E. Church Thursday evening. The prizes were won by Master Ralph Forrest and Mrs. M. E. Long. GRAND ARMY OF THE RE PUBLIC NOT ALLOWED WEAR ANY INSIGNIA OF THEIR ORDER Secret Orders Of All Descriptions Prevented From Making Street Demonstrations - Boys Pull Badges Of Secret Orders Off Black Men-Mobs Will Not Allow Negroes To Meet In Secret -Are Sometimes Tipped Off By Black Men. Macon, Ga.—Great excitement prevails throughout the state Here in this city white boys and men are in mobs on the streets, and whenever they see a colored man or woman with any kind of a badge on of a secret order they walk up to them and pull it off, says a letter to the Chicago Defender. Several arrests have been made by the police of men who would not take off their badges or pins, and it is said each will be given 60 days on the chain gang. The G.A. B. will not be allowed to wear any sign of their order, not even a brass button. The entire state has this embargo. In several cities throughout the state where secret meetings were to be held Negroes would go and inform the authorities that a meeting was to be held and a mob would go after the meeting was in progress and run them out, breaking up the furniture and breaking out the window lights. Rumor has it that the G. A. R. was being slapped at because the body in the north objected to Robert E. Lee's statute in the hall of fame in Washington. At any moment there is expected a clash, which will be statewide. The Negroes have stood the discriminatory laws as long as they can, and now a great secret movement is on foot to force the United States Government for protection. It is said that in several cities all the paraphernalia of the K. of P.'s has been confiscated and burned by the state authorities. We appeal to our brothers throughout the United States and the civilized world to assist us in our fight for freedom. Something must be done, and that early; we have no protection, either by state or nation. We ask the prayers of all the civilized Christian world that we may let alone. We, as a committee, beg the Defender of this, although our names are not signed. You know that if they were the lives of our families and our home in jeopardy. We intend to fight to the last ditch, and will still hold to the stars and stripes until we see that the government will not assist us, then we will pull away. PASTOR'S WIFE DEAD Remains Taken To Baltimore For Burial. (Special to the Afro-American Leider). St. Michaels, Md., Feb. 1.—Mrs. Catharine Eunails, m.d., Rev. E. A. Ennails, pa-tor of E. Thomas M. E. church, philanthropy died here last week. Funeral services were held in M. E. church, Sunday, and on Monday the remains were carried to Balkimore. The funeral took place from Asbury M. E. church. Interment was in Asbury cemetery. Mrs. Ennails suffered a stroke of paralysis in December 1908, and never recovered from it. (Special to the Afro-American Leedger.) Cambridge, Md., Feb. 2.—A revival that has added over forty-five persons to the church is still going on at Bethel A. M. E. church, under the pastorate of Rev. S. H. Cooper, and there if a prospect of many more being added to the church before it closes. The lyceum at Waugh M. E. church is being well attended and there is being much interest manifested in it. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chase have gone to Atlantic City for the balance of the winter. It is probable that they will remain during the summer. The funeral of Curtis Lane took place from the Madison A. M. E. church Tuesday. He was 80 years of age and a deacon in the church. Rev. A. J. Ward, the pastor, officiated. The ladies of Bethel A. M. E. church are arranging for another Mock District Conference. EDITOR WHEELER DEAD Was For Many Years Editor Of The St. Louis Palladium. St. Louis, Mo., Jan 29.—John W. Wheeler, for many years editor and proprietor of the "St. Louis Palladium," and one of the best known men in the state died at his home on Jefferson avenue, Saturday night. Mr. Wheeler was well known as a preacher, politician and journalist. He was a member of the Missouri Conference of the A. M. E. church; voted 30 times for General Grant for a third term at the National Convention held in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1880. Was at one time sergeant-at-arm of the Missouri Legislature, and the only colored "man to hold that position. He was a well-known and fearless debater. A PROSPEROUS TOWN IN WEST VIRGINIA A PROSPEROUS TOWN IN WEST VIRGINIA Morgantown, W. Va.. Feb. 3.—The revival services which are being held at the A. M. E. church have proved very successful. Rev. T. A. J. West of the Pittsburg Conference, has been assisting the pastor, Rev. S. C. Christian with excellent results. He returned home Friday of last week. A literary society was organized at Jones Chapel M. E. Church Friday evening of last week and the following officers elected: Mvs. J. W. Bruce president; Okay Oqden, vice president; Miss Louis Jenkins, seer tary; Ms Jula Dixon, treasurer; Harvey Crawford, editor. After the adjournment, a reception followed. The Silver Leaf Club has opened a reading room at Wright's Oafe on Chestnut street, which is open daily for the convenience of the public in gen ral and visit rs to the city in particular. It is intended for pleasure and recreation. Business meetings will be held every Monday evening and receptions once a month. Rev. M. Offer preached an excellent sermon at Jones Chapel, Sunday night from the text: "Go ye out to meet Him." Mrs. Raph Garner was quite ill last week from an attack of acute indigestion. Miss Eva Lewis who has been confined to her room since an operation a few months ago is able to be out once more. Rev. A. J. Payne, pastor of the 1st Baptist church was a week in Clarksburg last week assisting Rev. Kryor in a revival at the latter's church. Mr. Lyman Powler, who has been visiting in Cleveland and other places is home in the city. Mrs. Ira Warrick, of Bretz, W. Va. who was in Fairmount, W. Va., a few days ago attending the funeral of Mr. Sally in the city. Mr. C. W. Alexander, has returned from a very pleasant visit to Fairmount and Clarksburg. Rev. S. P. West, D. D., pastor of the A. M. e. church at Clarksburg, was in the city Tuesday and preached at the A. M. e. church. He left for Washington, Pa., where he will attend the Presidency Eders' Council. Mr. Luther Coleman and Lawrence Ogden, who have been out of town visiting have returned home. Miss Lillian Olifford, of Fairmount is home akin after a pleasant visit to this city'. Mr. J. T. Castle is home from New Castle and other poi ts. The M. A. C. base ball club held a meeting last week and discus-sed plans for the future, and the prospects of having a winning team for this city. The team will be strength-ned and a number of new faces will be seen on the team. The officers for next year are: Ralph Garner, manager; Warden Parker, captain; H. H. Lewis, secretary; D.-C. Jenkins, assistant secretary, and George H. Jones, treasurer. A Business Men's Meeting-has been called for the purpose of organizing A Business Men's Meeting has been organized of organizing a Bison's League. LOOKING AFTER SOME OF LAHOMA INDIAN LAND CLAIMS IN INTEREST OF THE INDIANS Has No Further Ambition to Hol Federal Office—Satisfied to Wi Case For His Wards—Tuskegee Society Talked Off Among Former Graduates. And Teachers—Rev. Thomas J. Brown Receives A Call.—Chaplaincy. O 10th Cavalry Still Unfilled Washington, Feb. 3—Hon. J. Miller Turner, of St. Louis, former Minister to Liberia, is in the city, looking after some Oklahoma land claims, in the interest of Indians and half-breed Mr. Turner disclaims any further ambition to hold federal office and will be satisfied to round out his career with a victory for the nation's wards whose lands are now in jeopardy. Mr. Turner seems to be enjoying perfect health and his mellifluency of diarrhea and silver-violet periods—with signs of deterioration with age. A "Tuskegee Society" is talked by the hundreds of former graduates and teachers who have spent profitful easions at the great bee hive industry in the South's Black Belt. Rev. Thomas J. Brown, who has great satisfaction as累累 of St. Luke's Episcopal church, here has called to the St. Mark Episcopal church. Wilmington, N. C. but is being urged to decline the filtering offer extended and remain. Washington, Dr. Brown is one of all ablest puilt orators of the Episcopal church and has been mentioned connection with the office of suffrager-Bishop, suggested by the last General Convention of the church. The chaplainy of the 10th Cavaliere remains unfilled. Chaplain Anderson was retired a short time ago on an account of ill-health. Prof. Kelly Miller was given a fine reception at Charlottes, N. C., where he was emancipator orator. Mr. G. W. Ellis, secretary of Legation at Monrovia, Liberia, is expected in America in the spring. GRAND CHANCELLOR RECEIVES HONORS PYTHIAN LODGES HONOR OR SIR. GEORGE A. WATTY AND WILL WORK FOR HIS RE-ELECTION. (Staff Correspondence.) Cambridge, Md., Feb. 2nd—George A. Watty, Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythia, paid an official visit to this city on Thursday of last week and was entrained by St. Joseph and Star of Hol-Lodges, which had convened in joy session to receive the Grand Chancellor. The Grand Chancellor was escorted to the Lodge room by Grand Dame John H. Jones, and was given usual honors, after which he was cursed to the presiding office, from which he gave a very few lectures on the principles and work of the Order. The Grand Chancellor made a very favorable impression much so, that the two Lodges, upon honors, that the delegated to Grand Lodge, which meet in Haven town in July, use their best endorses to secure hi re-election. After the work of the evening over, the Grand Chancellor wavered a recession by Mr. Cyrus Clair at his home on High Street. While in the city, Mr. Warty guest of Grand Master of Exeter H. M. St. Clair. One Warehouse in New York Has Been Filled a Year. Investigation Of Cold Storage As A Means Of Maintaining High Prices Is Under Way In Hudson County. N. J.—Tons Of Poultry Also Held For Nearly A Year—Indictments For Conspiracy To Raise Prices Pending. New York (Special).—There are 36,000,000 eggs—enough to provide eight eggs apiece for every man, woman and child in New York City and all its boroughs—in one cold storage warehouse in Jersey City, according to the information placed before the Hudson County (N. J.) Judicial Jury in its investigation of the big packing and other concerns which maintains extensive warehouses on the other side of the Hudson River. The eggs have been there since last March, it was learned, together with 100,000 pounds of poultry, stored since April last. Prosecutor Pierre P. Garren, of Hudson County, has subpoenaed the managers of the Union Terminal Cold Storage Company, in whose warehouse the eggs and poultry are said to be stored, and officers of the other large refrigerating company to appear. Judy Jury, the prosecutor hopes to trace other large consignments of ancient meat and produce. Witnesses from Swift & Co.'s cold storage plant, in Jersey City, were before the Grand Jury, but little valuable information was elicited. This particular Swift plant happens to be a small factor in comparison with other warehouses in the vicinity. FOOD LEAGUE CHARTERED. National Association Is Incorporated In Washington. Washington, D. C. (Special).—"For mutual benefit and protection," the National Anti-trust Food League was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia with J. Lyan Yagle, Eminent, Scharf and Representative Courey, of Missouri, at members of the board of directors, as incorporators. This league, which is to be national in scope, alms at a reduction in the cost of living by having its members refrain from purchasing those articles of food which rise to exorbitant prices. FRIGHT CAUSES BLINDNESS. Typewriter Whose Desk Shut With Bang Loses Eyesight. Minneapolis (Special)—Suddenly frightened by the swift closing of typwriter desk, Miss Christine Canfield, a stenographer, 21 years old, has been, totally blind since last Friday. On that day her desk started to close automatically. Anticipating the crash, Miss Canfield placed her hands over her eyes. The desk hanged shut and Miss Canfield took her hands off her eyes—to strange darkness. A surgeon believes Miss Canfield will recover her sight gradually. FAMILY OF SIX POISONED. Mother And Child Dead; House Was On Fire. Washburn, Wis. (Special).—Mrs. P. Behrante and family of five children were found poisoned at their home here. The mother was dead and one child has since died. The recovery of three of the other children is doubtful. The poisoning was reported, by Behrante who says that he also was poisoned. An investigation will be made. When neighbors first arrived the house was on fire and Behrante was running about in his night clothes. GIRL SCARED BALD HEADED. St. Paul Jury Awards Factory Employee $2,000 Damages. St. Paul, 211n. (Special)—For being scared until she turned bald-headed, Tillie Opinsky, a factory girl, was awarded $2,000 by a jury in the Circuit Court here. Tillie was employed, a little more than a year ago, at a machine which elevated paper boxes to the floor above. Her waist caught in the wheels and shafting, and she was drawn tight against the machine. Physicians and surgeons testified that fright had so affected her nervous system that her hair fell out. STAND FOR OLD CLERKS. Massmeeting Soon To Protest Against Their Removal. Washington, D. C. (Special).-- The patriotic organizations of Washington will hand themselves together to fight the proposed elimination of old clerks from the Government service. At the call of Col. John McBray, editor of the National Tribune, a mass meeting will be held in the near future at which the organizations and their auxiliaries will discuss plans for the coming campaign for the old clerks. Duel Challenge Is Assault. Abboville, La. (Special)—Mrs. Mary Schexnalder, 60 years old, recently challenged a woman of about the same age to a duel near here. The challenger stipulated shurguns a weapons. Saturday Mrs. Schexnalder was called before the District Court, and fined for assault. "My challenge was not accepted," she protested. The Court held, however, that a challenge to a duel constituted a assault. Bold Robbery Of The Store Of Max Mayer By Skillful Cracksmen—They Climbed Up Fire-Escape And Entered Through Trapdoor By Rope Ladder—Watchmen And Police Saw Nothing, Though Light Was Burning Philadelphia (Spectal). — Diamonds, watches and jewelry valued at $10,000 were stolen from the store of Max Mayer by cracksmen, who bored a hole in the safe large enough to admit an arm. They evidently were well acquainted with the premises and climbed up a fire-escape in the rear of the building, forced a trap door on the second floor with a jimmy and let themselves down into the store by means of a rope ladder. Mayer occupies only half of the room with his store. Thirty feet from the front he built a partition and covered it with burlap. In the center of this he had a big steel safe installed. Though a light burned in the store proper, the cracksmen were not noticed by private watchmen or police. With their drill they made 18 holes in the back of the safe and then ripped in a large piece of steel. CHOKED TO DEATH ON MEAT. Louisville Councilman Was Eating Lunch In Saloon. Louisville (Special).—Henry V. Wolff, a City Councilman and clerk in the Southern Railway office here, shook to death on a "piece of meat, which he was eating at the lunch counter, in a saloon. counter Mr. Wolff had taken only a few bites when he bleak in the face and fell to the floor. A physician was called, but Mr. Wolff died before the doctor arrived. To Fly Across Atlantic. Paris (Special).—It is understood here that Walter Wellman, who sailed from New York for Europe, is arranging for a balloon flight across the Atlantic from New York to England or France, in his Arctic airship. This, it is said, will be equipped with new propellers and engines. The shed at Gonnevillees, where the aero craft is housed, is under water. The attempt has been set for July. That month, according to the records of the past 20 years, is the most propitious for such an undertaking. Cigarette In The Powder. Atlanta (Special).—The stump of a lighted cigarette, carelessly thrown into a pile of loose blasting powder, resulted in the fatal injury of William White, aged 16, and Vestile Moss, aged 11. Following the explosion, which set fire to their clothing, the boys leaped into a nearby creek and succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but it is not thought that either can recover. One Train Kills Four. Mansfield, Ohio (Special)—Pennsylvania train No. 9, west-bound, struck and killed Mrs. Roy Covert and fatally injured her husband at a crossing near Loudonville. Proceeding further, the train struck an automobile on the outskirts of Crestline, a few miles away, and killed J. H. Sigler, aged 60, and Charles Echelberger, both of Hayesville. Three In Auto Killed. Denver, Col. (Special)—James A. Baker, of Attleboro, Mass., and two women whose identity is unknown were killed and Russell A. Talbot, of New York, was fatally injured when a trolley car crashed into the automobile in which five persons were riding. Morris Mayer, owner of the machine, who was at the wheel, was stunned, but suffered only minor injuries. Farmer Kills Wife And Himself, Charleston, Ill. (Special)—After taking his 3-year-old baby from its mother's arms and sending his 6-year-old child to the home of a neighbor, Claud Fred, a wealthy farmer, believed to have been insane, shot and killed his wife and committed suicide. The tragedy was witnessed by Fred's two daughters. 7 and 5 years old. Would Make Peary Admiral. Washington, D. C. (Special).—That Commander Robert E. Peary may be officially recognized by Congress as the discoverer of the North Pole and promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral of the Navy the Main-delegation voted to empower one of its members to introduce a resolution to that effect. Commander Peary is a resident of Maine. His Beefsteak Killed Him. Pittsburg (Special). — A dozen foreigners discussed the meat in a Mulberry Bay oak at breakfast in a Mulberry Bay boarding house, and all except "Mile" Skovhek, a Slav, agreed to eat no meat. Skovhek, delighted with having the breakfast steak to himself, tackled it so violently that he choked to death with the first monthful. Two Perish In Burning House. Scranton, Pa. (Special) — Mrs. Patrick Joyce and her granddaughter, Mary Sweeney, lost their lives in a fire which destroyed the Joyce home at Milkooka, near here. Michael Sweeney and his wife, parents of the child, and Martin, Thomas, Peter, John and Mamie Joyce, children of Patrick Joyce, were seriously burned and are in a hospital. Patrick Joyce, and his daughter Bettina were the only persons in the house to escape injury. The Bodies of the Dead Are Terribly Mangled. OCCURRED 170 FEET BENEATH THE GROUND Explosion Of Gas Occurs In Browder Mine 170 Feet Below Surface And 700 Feet Back From Main Shaft —Seventeen Of The Twenty-Seven Who Did Not Escape Have Not Been Located On Account Of Falls Of Slate, But They Were Doubtless Killed Immediately. Drakesboro, Ky. (Special).—Ten men are known to be dead and 17 others are missing, presumed to be penned up in entries by falls of slate, as a result of a gas explosion in the Browder mine, one and a half miles from Drakesboro. P.M. eight of the bodies had been recovered, all mutilated and some past recognition. Four of the dead have been identified. Jesse Jonghan was rescued alive, but is so badly burned that his recovery is doubtful. Because of the accumulation of gases in the entry where the explosion occurred, 170 feet beneath the ground, and 700 feet back from the main shaft, it was impossible to begin active rescue work until six hours after the disaster occurred. The damage to the mine, investigating parties have discovered, was not material, and is confined to the east entry. There were 100 men in the mine at the time of the explosion, more than half of them in the west entry. All of them hastened to the cages and were quickly drawn to the top. Later all in the cast entry except the unfortunate 27 fought their way to the shaft and were brought out to safety. As soon as it was safe to begin with the rescue work miners were sent down in relays. In the immediate vicinity of the explosion 10 men had been working. The 17 missing men were in entries but a few feet distant from the workings where there was the greatest known loss of life, and the searching parties have been unable to locate these entries. It is believed all the men entombed there are dead. It is believed that the explosion was caused by a track repairer going into an abandoned room with an necrowed lamp, as the room is shattered almost to atoms and the body of the repairer is nowhere to be seen. An inquest will be held at once. The Browder Mine, together with three others in this vicinity, was recently purchased by a syndicate of Tennessee and West Virginia capitalists. C. D. M. Freer and T. B. Caldwell, of Memphis, are now holding the properties as trustees pending the formation of a company to take over the four properties. The mine is not on fire and the fans are working. This gives rise to the hope that all the bodies may be recovered by daylight. BIBLES TO GO UP NOW. increase Due To Leather And Paper Tariff Chicago (Special)—The price of Bibles will go up on March 1, according to an announcement by a large Bible publishing house, which has branches in Cincinnati, Kansas City and San Francisco. The cause for the advance is the enforcement of the new tariff on imported leather and paper. "Bibles are now about 20 per cent. higher than they have ever been before," said a member of the firm. "The materials for the best Bibles have gone up so high in price on account of the tariff that we cannot afford to sell our output at prices now listed." Magazine Publishers Appeal. Atlanta (Special).—Declaring that the proposed increase in postage rates on magazines and other second-class matter would practically force them out of business, representatives of 80 magazines published in Atlanta, through their organization, the Southern Magazine Publishers' Association, have appealed to Southern Representatives in Congress "to do all in their power to avert this real and threatened danger to the welfare of the American people." Three Drowned From Launch. Memphis. Tenn. (Special). — Floating helplessly in a disabled gasoline launch, three men were drowned when the launch was run down by the towboat Enterprise off Hopefield Point. Charles S. Aufferth, a fourth officer of the launch, saved himself by seizing the gunwave of a heavy boat barge, which the Enterprise was towing. Fever Shuts Up 23,000 Men. Newport, R. I. (Special). —More than twenty-three hundred naval apprentices will be shut up at the naval training station for the next five days on account of scarlet fever quarantine regulations. Only one case of the disease has appeared thus far, but having in mind the epidemic of last year, when three cases proved fatal, the authorities have taken prompt repressive measures. Shoots Wife And Her Mother. Chicago (Special) — Charles Barnes, an actor, shot his wife in the mouth and through the wrist and her mother Mrs. M. Servoss, in the chest at a hotel here. Neither is thought to be fatally injured. The shooting was the outcome of the separation of Barnes and his wife, who has been living with her mother. It is said Barnes concealed himself in the women's room and opened fire when they entered. He escaped after the shooting. Colorado is the Scene of the Latest Mining Disaster. Disastrous Accident In Tunnel Of The Colorado Fuel And Iron Company. Near Trimidaid—Cause Of Explosion Is A Mystery, As The Men All Use Safety Lamps—Men From Neighboring Mines Are Hurriedly Sent To Assist In The Rescue Work. Primero, Col. (Special)—More than a hundred men are believed to have been killed by a terrific explosion in the Primero mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company at 4.30 P.M. Eight bodies have been recovered and rescue parties are making desperate efforts to reach the interior workings cut off from the outside by the eaving of the main shaft. Three men were killed at the mouth of the mine stone by the force of the explosion and their bodies blown to bits. Both fans with which the mine is equipped were shattered and it was impossible to enter the mine until they were repaired at 7.30 P. M. As soon as the fans were repaired General Superindent J. F. Thompson and a rescue party entered by the main airshaft, but were unable to reach the main shaft which is completely blocked. The party returned to the surface after securing five bodies which were badly burned. A party equipped with oxygen helmets replaced this party, the workings were reached through the airshaft and are now being searched for more bodies. Miners were rushed to Primeor from Trinidad, Segundo, Starkville, Supris and Cokeville and are laboring frantically to clear the main shaft, relieving each other every few minutes. It is impossible to determine how far the main shaft has caved and it may be days before the shaft is cleared and the total death list known. There is little hope that any of the men in the mine are alive. The company clerk reports that 79 safety lamps are missing, and it is sure that that number of men are entombed. Many of the miners, however, say that 150 men are missing. Most of the victims are Slavs and Hungarians. Pit Boss Wilhelm is known to be among the missing. The camp is a scene of indescribable horror tonight. Will every able-bodied man is taking his turn with pick and shovel to clear the shaft, weeping women and children, keep off ropes, have gassed the shaft by the calling wildly upon their loved ones who have not been found. Experts from all the coal camps of the State have gathered to assist Superintendent Thompson. Members of the first rescue party say that the effect of the explosion underground is indescribable. The bodies recovered, were horribly burner and unrecognized. One body was impaled on broken timber. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH A sweeping investigation into the increased cost of living, to be conducted by the Ways and Means Committee, of the House of Representatives, is provided for in a resolution introduced by Representative Payne. The resolution empowers the committee to administer oaths, employ experts, send for papers and persons, and hold meetings anywhere in the United States. Ex-Senator Davis gave a dinner to President McCrea, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with a number of prominent railroad men as guests. Fountain L. Thompson, recently appointed a senator from North Dakota, resigned, and W. E. Purcell was sworn in as his successor. A meeting of the United States delegates to the Brussels Maritime Conference was held at the State Department. Rear Admiral Schroeder reported that seven of the new battleships in the recent trials exceeded contract speed. Henry S. Graves actively assumed the role of forester of the United States as the successor of Gifford Pinchot. Capt. Joseph F. Shipp, former Tennessee sheriff and Deputies Luther Williams and Nick Nolan, who have been in the District Jail for contempt of the Supreme Court were released. Miss Rachel Flora Wheeler, daughters, of Representative Wheeler, of Pennsylvania, was married to Joseph A. Farley, of Rochester. The Army Appropriation Bill as completed by the Senate committee carries $55,000,000. The destroyer Lamson has been delivered to the government by her contractors. The gunboat Paduch reported to the Navy Department that the schooner George A. McFadden, of Bath, Me, was wrecked off Cape Hatteras Thursday. President Taft has determined to press to a conclusion the suit against the merger of the Union and Southern Pacific Railroad Companies. The Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes will escort the cruiser North Carolina, bearing the body of the late Ambassador Ibacuco, to Brazil. If the ratio of immigration for the first six months of the fiscal year 1910 is kept the total for the year will exceed that for 1909. Dr. Wiley gave the House subcommittee a demonstration to show fresh eggs can be told from the cold storage variety. The Senate received the. Postal Savings Bill, which is an administration measure, and referred it to committee. Was Bound and Gagged and Then Placed on Stove. HUSBAND OF WOMEN IS UNDER ARREST. Mrs. Alice Van Zandt Choked Into Unconsciousness. Bound With Strips Of Lace. Curtain And Laid Across Gas Stove In The Kitchen Of Home In Cincinnati—Her Slayer Poured Two Jars Of Coal Oil Over Her—Burned To A Crisp As Children Played Nearby. Cincinnati, O. (Special).—Bound and gaged, the body of Mrs. Alice Van Zandt, burned to a crisp, was found lying on top of the gas stove in her kitchen. The woman had met her death while her three young children were playing, unconscious of the tragedy, in the adjoining room. Jesse A. Van Zandt, the murdered woman's husband, is being held as a witness by the police. The man admits that he quarreled with his wife all Friday night and up to the time he left the house next morning, an hour, he claims, before the discovery of the murder. According to the coroner, Mrs. Van Zandt was first choked into unconsciousness, then bound and gagged with strips torn from a lace curtain and placed across his chest, with her head in the frames of the burned room. The horror of the crime is increased by the coroner's statement that the woman must have recovered consciousness before death. When found all the clothes had been burned off the body and the flesh charred to cluders. The police discovered that Van Zandt had been paying marked attention to a young girl for sometime. The father of this girl had protested strongly against his daughter's conduct, and had finally brought her before a police magistrate, who ordered her committed to the House of Refuge. On her father's recommendation, however, she was sent instead to a convent. Burned To A Crisp. The crime was discoverer when a neighbor smelled smoke, and summoned the fire department. The body was burned almost to a crisp, only remnants of the clothing sticking to it. The police claim that the clothing had been saturated with kerosene. A proof of this was found in two empty fruit jars which had contained coal oil and in an oil-stained flat iron. Because no outcry was heard, the police believe that the woman was taken unawares and choked into unconsciousness with the curtain. Mrs. Clara Garner, the neighbor who gave the alarm, told the police that when the smoke had subsided sufficiently for her to enter the kitchen, she found the rear door locked. The front door, she said, was open. When Van Zandt, who had been summoned home by his eight-year-old son, arrived, he was asked: "When did you see your wife last?" The question was repeated to him several times before he answered: "I saw her at 10 o'clock. When I left she was going to prepare dinner. What has happened?" He refused to answer further questions and was locked up. The Van Zandt came here from the East. One neighbor to whom Mrs. Van Zandt had confided her troubles said that Mrs. Van Zandt was preparing to leave her husband. TRAIN WRECK KILLS FOUR. Three Others Injured When Freight Fargoine Track. Titusville, Pa. (Special)—Four men were killed and three others were seriously injured when a freight train on the Chautauqua Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad jumped the track about a mile north of this city. Three southbound freight trains had been coupled together, with one engine ahead, one in the middle of the train, and the other near the rear. The train was traveling very fast, when the leading engine left the rails and plunged across the track. The cars behind piloted upon the engine. All the victims were in the cab of the buried engine. The road was blocked for many hours. CHILDREN KILL THEMSELVES. Boy 16 And Girl 14 Take Stychnine Because They Couldn't Marry. Des Moines, Iowa (Special)—Because of parental opposition to their marriage on account of their youth, Vernon Barr, aged 16, and Lina Ammer, aged 15, killed themselves. They were and near Monroe, clasped in other her arms, slitting upright in young Barr's buggy, in they were riding home from a dance. On the girl's lap rested a cup partly filled with strychnine and water. The horse proceeded on his way and stopped at the gate of the girl's home. Editor And Dramatist Dead Rochester, N. Y. (Special)—Albert R. Haven, editor of the Rochester Union and Advertiser, died, aged 50 years. He was a dramatist and wrote several successful plays. In 1890 he was editor of the New York Times. Fortune In Corner Lot. Portland, Ore. (Special)—Fifty-one years ago, rather than lose his week's wages and a shotgun which he had loaned to his employer, Peter W. Seversen took under protest a corner lot of land in this city 50 by 100 feet in dimensions. Thursday Seversen sold the same lot for a quarter of a million dollars cash. The total area under cotton in India amounts to nearly 19,000,000 acres. One Killed, Two Wounded, in Break for Liberty. Attempt. To Escape From The Naval Prison Made By Men Serving Short Terms For Minor Offences—Guards Fire On Them With Riot Guns Loaded, With Buckshot When They Disregard Demand For Surrender. Portsmouth, N. H. (Special)—One man was shot and killed and two others seriously wounded in a daring break for liberty from the naval prison at the navy yard here. The dead man is Raymond F. Sperling, in Indianapolis, Ind., aged 24 years, a marine private who was serving a two-year sentence. The wounded men are Harry McGarvey, a coal passer, serving a sentence of 2 years and 11 months, shot through the right elbow and Albert J. Montgomery, a coal passer, under a year and six months' sentence, shot through the left leg and right arm. The three men were in a party of five, under a marine guard, who had just left the naval prison after the dinner hour to, work about the yard. Sperling, Montgomery and McGarvey made a break for liberty and managed to get to a floating stage, where there were several boats used by navyard workmen. Sounding of the jail-break signal on the fire-alarm whistle brought every g.ard to his post. Nevertheless, the fleeing trio, by dodging around various buildings, managed to reach the banks of the Piscataqua River and jump into a skiff. Guards followed fast and the fugitives had gotten only a few hundred feet out into the stream when the pursuers, their demands for surrender disregarded, opened fire with riot guns, which are sawed off repeating shotguns loaded with buckshot. Sperling almost immediately fell into the bottom of the boat with a bullet lodged over his heart. A mournful Montague fell shot in the breast, and another bullet went through one of Montgomery's arms. The boat drifted helplessly with its wounded crew for sometime before guards could put out and tow it back. BATTLESHIPS POWERLESS. Their Day Has Passed, Says C. B. Harmon. Aeronaut. Pasadena. Cal. (Special). — Clifford B. Harmon, a New York aeronaut, said in a lecture before the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce that the day of the battleship had passed. No nation, he said, would dare send a fleet of these ships on a hostile mission with so many masters of the air ready to meet it. "It has already been demonstrated," said Mr. Harmon, "that one balloon or aeroplane can carry enough explosives to annihilate any fleet in the world, while the warships would be powerless to protect themselves. The aeroplane has not yet reached its full stage of efficiency, but now it insures the safety of our coast against hostile invasion." WOMAN BEATS BURGLAR. Knocks Him Out And Then Takes Him To Police Station. New York (Special)—A bantam burglar was no match for Mrs. Clare Lindenauer, a welterweight, in a rough-and-tumble fight in her apartments, where she found him packing up the silverware. Mrs. Lindenauer returned from a shopping tour, and landed a strong right on the little man's back she took. She took a few more well-directed punches, and her query, "Got enough?" brought the ready response, "You bet." With a firm hold on his coat collar she led the curtsey to the nearest police station. In court the judge said she deserved a Carnegie medal, and held the man, who said he was idiotic Rothman. 20 years old. in $3,000 bail for trial. "Chauffeur's Arm" Now. Albany, N. Y. (Special).—Dr. William S. Thomas, of New York, read a paper on "The Chauffeur's Fracture" at the meeting of the State Medical Society here. He declared it an occupational disease caused by the slipping of the crank handle of an automobile. If the handle strikes the chauffeur's arm it causes a fracture which Dr. Thomas found to be of a peculiar character. He told of several cases where chauffeurs with dangerous fractures from being struck by a crank handle have driven their machines for miles after the accident without knowing that they were badly hurt. For A National Cotton Association. Atlanta, Ga. (Special).—A meeting to organize the National Cotton Products Association has been called for Atlanta for February 10. The call asks the purpose of the new association will be: "To concentrate the heretofore scattered efforts of helping the government to improve agriculture by means of states, press, colleges, railroads, experiment, stations, industries and individuals into one great cooperative movement through which alone we can hope to achieve the highest results and secure enduring prosperity." Working For Morse's Pardon, Washington, D. C. (Special)—Acting for some unknown person or persons a number of agents began a house to house: canvas in this city seeking subscriptions to a monster tent to be presented to President, staff for the pardon of Banker Morse, who has just begun to serve a 15-year sentence in the Atlanta penitentiary. Representative Alken, of South Carolina, wants the capital of the United States to be dry territory. FOR SALE One of the prettiest two-story homes in West Baltimore, situated on N. Carey street. This home can be bought with $100.00 cash, balance can be paid in weekly payments of $5.00 which covers all expenses. This is a bargain. Expert Embalming, Courteous Attendants, Shipping Funerals a Specialty. Rubber Tire Carriages for hire for all occasions. Both Phones. Day or Night. Wish to announce to the generous public that I am still doing business at my old stand, 578 W. BIDDLE ST. Thanking the public for all past favors and hoping for a continuance of the same. 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Paulus Sannon, Haitian minister at Washington, attended the first diplomatic reception of the year at the White House recently and was cordially received and shown every courtesy due her as the wife of a foreign minister. The Sannons have made a favorable impression upon Washington society, both in and outside of their official station. Mr. Sannon presented his credentials to ex-President Roosevelt a few days before he retired from office and was officially received. He has kept up with the trend of international affairs and is said to be well versed in statecraft; therefore he is eminently qualified to fill the post which has been assigned him. For many years he was minister of foreign affairs in Haiti, a position which corresponds to that of secretary of COPYRIGHT 1810 BY CLINEDEN state in this country. As such he was the director of the foreign policy of the Black Republic and gave orders to all her foreign ministers. Not only by training, but by education and by nature, is Mr. Sannon well fitted for diplomatic honors. The best schools of Haiti and France were attended by him, and such environments added to the dignity and culture with which nature had endowed this dark skinned gentleman, who at thirty-eight finds himself representing his government at Washington, holding his own among the members of one of the most brilliant diplomatic corps in the world. The Haitian government provides for her minister here in keeping with the dignity of his official station. He entertains lavishly in the beautiful legation in fashionable Rhode Island avenue and attends all the state functions given at theite House and the official reception, given by the members of the diplomatic circle. To keep on this expensive yet necessary legation the Haitian government allows its minister $13,000 per annum. Change In Date of Inaugurations. The joint resolution recently offered by Representative Moon provides that the term of the president, vice president, senators and representatives in congress shall commence and terminate on the last Thursday in April at noon; also that their existing terms shall continue until the last Thursday of April. 1913; at noon. It is also provided that senators elected prior to the adoption of this amendment shall continue in office until the last Thursday of April succeeding the 4th of March of the year in which their terms would otherwise expire. Some Indications of Real Progress. One of the most encouraging signs of the real progress which our people are making may be found in the success which they have had in conducting large financial concerns. For instance, the Mechanics and Farmers' bank of Durham, N. C., was launched Aug. 1, 1908. At the end of twelve months of business $230,000 had been placed on deposit. The amount of business done within the same period was $125,000. The officers of the bank are: R. B. Fitzgerald, president; John Merrick, vice president; George W. Adams, cashier. Note of Warning In League's Fiat Executive Committee of National Independent Political Organization Denounces Government Officials Who Discriminate Against the Negro- Its Cause Vindicated. the executive committee of the National Independent Political league, an organization with members in thirty states, recently held a two days' session in New York prior to the departure for Africa of Bishop Alexander Walters, president of the league. The next annual meeting was fixed for Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 4 and 5, and committees on program, entertainment and finance were appointed. The resolutions committee, consisting of William Monroe Trotter of Boston, Dr. O. M. Waller of Brooklyn and Rev. L. G. Jordan of Louisville, Ky., formulated the following declaration to the country, which was adopted: The national executive committee of the National Independent Political league congratulates the nation on its material prosperity and on peace at home and abroad. In the five months, however, since our last meeting tendencies have continued and events have transpired injurious and unjust to colored citizens and bodiling ill to the republic. No single incident in the country's history represents more injustice to colored citizens and a graver repudiation of the fundamental principles of jurisprudence and free institutions than the Brownsville discharge. We regret the procedure of the present Brownsville board, which inspires doubt and suspicion because we have been deprived of the degree. We deprecate the astounding declaration of the head of the United States census specifically drawing the color line as to the appointment and work of census enumerators, which with the inaugural of President Taft for the first time makes color discrimination a part of the country's executive history. We declare as erroneous and mischievous the official assertions of President Taft in his first message to congress that most of the lynchings are due to the law's delay. The awful record of eighty-seven lynchings in the past year proves this. Eighty of these cases were in the south and the victims colored. In that section, where the entire machinery of the law and courts is in the hands of white men, dominated by bitter color prejudice, there never has been any delay in the accused of crime against white persons. On the other hand, the rapidity of trial and execution amounts to judicial lynching. We declare we cannot accept the sop of a celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of emancipation for our equal rights under the national executive. In fact, if President Taft's policies continue we shall have in 1873 only a return to serfdom to celebrate. All patriotic citizens may well take alarm at the presence in the national capitol of a statue of the commanding general of the war of the rebellion to disrupt the Union. It is but the concrete crystallization of the pandering of President Taft to the unconstructed south and of its consequent aggressiveness. We find our league again vindicated in our election fight against this Republican candidate, who as a Republican president has gone to the furthest extreme contentment for the feelings of colored citizens, Republi-can, and for their constitutional rights in making an ex-Confederate Democracy a justice of the supreme court of the United States, the dire contingency which the Republican leaders held up as a bugaboo should a Democratic candidate he elected president. We denounce the public expressions of army officers at West Point against a colored man being admitted on examination to West Point. Finally, we appeal to all Americans to save our republic from caste of class or color. We especially appeal to all colored Americans to agitate for equal rights and to organize locally and nationally to secure liberty for all in this land of ours. MRS. A. C. DIXON'S PROTEST. Objects to Method of Raising Money to Honor Husband's Memory. Mrs. Angela C. Dixon, widow of the late Rev. William T. Dixon, D. D., who was pastor of the Concord Baptist Church of Christ, in Brooklyn, for more than forty-five years, has sent out a protest against the use of her name in connection with the raising of money for a memorial to her husband by any entertainment at which dancing or card playing is to be the form of amusement. It had been recently proposed to raise a fund by a dance, the fund to be used in the building of a girls' dormitory at the Howard Colored Orphan Asylum farm at St. James, N. Y. When Mrs. Dixon heard of the dance, which was proposed by a subcommittee of the committee of 100 women, she immediately announced her opposition. Dances, card games and theatrical performances. Mrs. Dixon declares, were contrary to the religious principles of her husband, and she doesn't propose to consent to have his name connected with any memorial built by money raised that way. The movement was started last July. Mrs. G. H. Fayerweather was leader in the project. The Sarannah (Ga.) Tribune says: From all parts of the country, especially in our beautiful southland, reports are received of the opening of various enterprises among our people. These reports are inspiring and cause every race lover's pride to increase. In our community our young men of means and ability should branch out for themselves, and if they conduct their business along proper lines they will receive the unstinted support of a loyal people. St. Benedict's Dramatic Society. On Monday evening, Feb. 7. St. Benedict's Dramatic society will present a comedy drama, entitled "Under a cloud," at St. Benedict's hall, on Overhill street, Pittsburgh. The participants in the play have gone through many rehearsals and are prepared to give the public an evening of profitable amusement. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "Measured-by such tests as bank clearings and railroad earnings there is no visible dimunition in the volume of industrial and mercantile transactions, and yet with such happenings as the English elections, the Paris flood, the agitation over the high prices and the rather violent break in the New York stock market attributed to exaggerated fears, it would be strange indeed if the various trades, sensitive to financial and political influences, did not in some degree feel the effect of these disturbances. Then the weather conditions have been in places unfavorable to distribution. Therefore the situation presents an irregular appearance due to an uneven trade development." Bradstreet's says: "Business failures in the United States for the week ending with January 27 were 295, against 275 last week, 311 in the like week of 1909, 359 in 1908, 211 in 1907 and 228 in 1906." Wholesale Markets. New York.—Wheat—Spot firm; No. 2 red, 130c. elevator, domestic and nominal f. o. b. afoft; No. 1 Northern Duluth and No. 2 hard winter, 1.26½ nominal f. o. b. afoft. Corn—Spot steady; No. 2, 74½¾ elevator domestic; 75 delivered and 72½ f. o. b. afoft, all nominal. Oats—Spot steady; mixed, 26@32 lbs., nominal; natural white, 26@32 lbs., 52½½@55c.; clipped white, 34@42 lbs., 53½½@56½. Option market was, without transactions, closing ½ net lower. May closed 52½%. Receipts, 41,175 bush. Butter—Firm; receipts, 5,283 pkgs. Creamery specials, 32c.; extras, 31; process, 26½@28½. Cheese steady, unchanged; receipts, 1,802 boxes. Eggs weak; receipts, 7,534 cases; state, Pennsylvania and nearby hennery, white, fancy, .36@ 41c. Poultry—Alive, steady, Western chickens, 15c.; fowls, 16; turkeys, 13@17. Dressed steady; Western chickens, 15@23c.; fowls, 14@17; turkeys, 22@25. Philadelphia—Wheat—Qulet but steady; contract grade; January, 125@127c. Corn—Steady; January and February, 69½@70c. Oats—Dull, ½¢ lower; No. 2 white, natural, 53½@54. Butter—Firm, good demand; extra Western creamery, 33c; do, nearby prints, 34. Eggs—Firm; 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, 32@36, at mark. Cheese—Firm; New York full creams, choice, 17½@17½c.; do, fair to good, 16½@17. Baltimore. — Wheat — Western opened quiet; No. 2 red spot, 127c; May, 1.18½c. The market was firm, but there was very little trading. Sales: Car No. 2 red, domestic, 127½c. Settling prices were: No. 2 red Western, 127½c; No. 2 red, 1.27; No. 3 red, 1.22; steamer No. 2 red, 1.20; steamer No. 2 red Western, 1.22½. The closing was firmer; No. 2 red spot, 127½c; bid; May, 1.19 nominal. Corn—Spot, 69%@70½c; February, 71%a70%a70%; March, 71½%@71½%; May, 72½%@72½%. Prices hardened after the opening and at the second call spot was quoted at 70@70½c. Offerings were light. Sales car spot, 70c; 15,000 bu. March, 71½%; 4 cars spot, 70; 2 cars spot, 70½%; 10,000 May, 72½%. Settling prices were: Contract, 70c; No. 2 white, 72½; steamer mixed, 68; No. 4, 66. Oats—We quote: White—No. 2, as to weight, 54c; No. 3, as to weight, 52½@53½; No. 4, as to weight, 51½@52; Mixed—No. 2, 52@52½c; No. 3, 50@51. Rye—We quote per bu: No. 2 rye, Western, domestic, 85@86c; No. 2 do, S1@S2; No. 2 rye, nearby, 80@S1. Hay—Receipts, 339 tons, including 71 for export. Demand fair for good, sound timothy, mixed and clover hay, but top figures extreme for car lots. We quote per ton: No. 1 timothy, $21@21.50; No. 2 timothy, $20@20.50; No. 3 timothy, $17.50@19. Butter—We quote, per lb: Creamery, fancy, 31@32c; creamy, choice, 29@30; creamy, good, 28@29; creamy, imitation, 24@26; creamy, prints, 32@34. Cheese—The market is steady. Quote: Jobbing prices, per lb, 18@ 18½c. Eggs—The market is steady, with fairly good inquiry for fresh eggs. We quote, per dozen, loss-off: Maryland, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts, 35c; Western firsts, 33; West Virginia firsts, 33; Southern firsts, 32; guinea eggs, 16@17. Dressed Poultry—The market is firmer on choice to fancy stock. We quote, per lb: Turkeys—Choice, small, 24@24c; choice, medium to large, 21@22; fair to good, 19@21; old toma, 19@20. Chickens—Choice, young, 16@17c; old and mixed, 15@16; old roosters, 10@11. Ducks, 15@17c. Geese—Nearby, 12@13c; Western and Southern, 10@11. Capons—Large, 24c; medium, 21@23; small and slips, 19@20. Live stock. Chicago—Cattle—Market steady. Steers, $4.75a8; cows, $3.50@4.25; heifers, $3.40@6; bulls, $4@5.25; calves, $3@8.75; stockers and feeders, $3.75@5.40. Hogs—Market -10@15c. higher. Choice heavy, $8.40@8.50; butchers, $8.35@8.45; light mixed, $8.15@8.25; choice light, $8.25@8.30; packing, $8.20@8.40; pigs, $7.25@7.85; bulk of sales, $8.25@8.40. Sheep—Market steady to strong. Sheep, $4.65@0; lambs, $7@7.25; earlings, $4.25@7.65. 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Pee Advertising rates made known fon, application. : [@- All Checks, Money Orders and afte. should be made payable to The o-American Co. fo) Mb. Paone 6891 W. 0,6 P, Puone, St. PAUL 8804 M. PBALTIMORE, FEB.. 5, 1910 {Did Mr. G. Hog see his shadow? jell rather guess he did. i —-— =Mayor Mabool intimates that hete was stealing going on at the ity Hall before he became Mayor. Yby not tell us about it Mr. fayor. : —-— Thavk the Lord one month of the me of the Maryland Legislature ‘pasted and gone. Hush! Keep iil! It may forget all abaut the affrage Amendment. Let us hope will, a : Warts lots of folks like to see Gerames in the paper, but judg- Swom some remarks we have ps some that were in the paper fweek are not telling it on the buse tops. t ae Can't even let the poor Grand smy fellow alone down South. The sor fellows are not allowed to har the uniform thev fought in for |; union of all the states. Poor fel- His: woader what they fought for lig way? FLuskegee, has takea to moving tures, It was impossible to take rw York to Tuskegee, so Tuskegee is goue to New York, Moving pic Bres of the students of Tuskegee in Ifthe departments, from farming B teaching, were showa ia New fark last week. | We wish to congratulate the Bal. fnioze Sun in having passed into ey hands, That new life has been deded for @ con iderable time’ no jewill deay. It has been a family per for so long that it has be Sme musty with age. Now that ir. Gasty, formerly manager of the altimiore News, is president and trollidg force, we may well look ward to a brighter future for the fa; We cougratulate Mr. Grasty, id welcome him to the fold of Bal- fore Newspaperdom. FF oh oc en eMTi id WORST ENEMIES OF THE NS pacr. ‘he great body of Negro people ‘alight. Industrious, courage: faithful to each other, and tc ‘no. oneis able to foretell the iy.ofsupsriority which awaits mis of Ham. The Negro race iu fica Will be heard from in com: in such a way as to re- EAA glory and praise. The ithe race is alright; its main erest disadvantage arises ‘om its poverty -or ignor- fany of the- most capable ikntial Negroes of this conn- récome up trom both mental yand:from the very. depths ‘cverty. This very minute large army .of Negroes othe. march from : the Lird environments. \The rhe race should rather Pegin'another direction— Fhere‘is that wortbless class 55 'far edne-ia~both iss tellectual:darieness ands: More” set7y versity,that tliey are well-nigh past, redemption. Of course. this is a great and heavy ‘burden for the race tocarry. The most of them must, necessarily, die off in the wilderness of sin, with only here and there a few rescued and saved to ef ficiency.and moral.worth. But, by far, the most malignant and barm- ful force with which the race has to deal, in its onward march to’ bigher ‘and better things, is the class of Ne- groes “with a little learning’ but rotten in immorality. These are found, in abundance, in all our benevolent and fraternal societies, and in many instances, they occupy, like their illustcious predecessors of old the chief seats in the syna- gogues ‘They like to be styled “great,” and covet most ardently ail the insignia of the pomp and vanities of this world, They be- lieve that it is more blessed so “get” than to give, hence their bigness consists in perpetually exploitiog and robbing their humbler brethren. And many of them are conspicuous only for their excessive immorali- ties, in drinking, lying, carousing, aud a general diregard of the truth, in their daily actions and relations with their fellows. And, yet, be- cause of the high sounding titles ap- plied to them, the accumulations they bave wade, by nelarious and unworthy methods, and their gen- eral reputation for sbrewdnesss, they are perpetually held up as “big” men of the race. There can hardly be the least doubt, that were the Good Master upon carth, at this present time, He would say to them: ' Ye hypocrites, how can ye escape the damnation of hell.” Until the race has wholly given up its belief in God, it must ever be on the alert against ticse miserable monsters; who, because of the gifts which they possess, are the most dangerous foes to our progress. » Nothing is more isportant thau that in all of our lodges, benevolent orders, churches, and other enter- prises, that we insist upon moral cleanness upon the part of those call.d to leadership. We must de- mand truth telling, honest hearted and God-fearing mea and women, who love nothing so much as they love righteousniss, and the “appro- bation of a good conscience. There is something more important than money, which either must ~ have “fiest™ place or no place, Many of the men and women who are now the worst enemies of the race, ought to bethe most helpful ageocy in race redemption. In order so to be, they must get, what they have not, CHARACTER. “TUO GOOD FOR ‘NIGGERS.’” It is reported that the saloon keeper at the corner of Druid Hil avenue and Biddle street used the above remarks when endeavoring ‘to purchase the Dawson property on the opposite corner, when the owa- er wasted to sell it to a colored man for whiskey purposes. Now when it istaken into consideration that the aforesaid saloon keeper is evidently making a good living out of a large number of colored men and women, for his place is well patronized, hav. ing been chlargened several times, it does not seem to us that it lies well in bis mouth to speak in this way o! those who are fattening his purse and roofing his house while un- roofing theirs. | His children look well and fat, while it may be just possible that the children ol bis patrons are not luoking either well or fat. Ie matters very little to us whether he used the quotation above or not, but the thing we wish to call attention co is the tact that onr people patronize a class of peo- ple who do not care a rap for them, and as soon as they reach a certain point they are gone and a Negro cannot put bis foot in the place ex- cept as a servant or something of that kind. Just as soon as Mr. Sa- loonkeeper has amassed a snug sum of money the probability is tbat il he desires to stay in that business he will move to some more favored lo- eality and open a place for white people, and the time aud place that knew him once will know him no more, nor will his farmer patrons dare to poke their noses into his new place. On the corer opposite to this sa- loon keeper is a drug store which was the bone of contention last week, and which we are glad to say he Liquor License Commissioners as relused a license for. This same irug store bas been for years well yatronized by colored people, al- nost ever since colored people have een ia that neighborhood.. Here olored people could go and get oda water when almost every. ther store in Baltimore refused hem. They bave‘nidde this gentle- nan rich by their patronage. A ‘ey years ago he had a desire to get at of the business among colored eople and so his place was leased ra term of Years. Recently he ascome back and how he again ants to-get away from the. colored } vople. who. have’ made? him. fat. ae eee RTE CTL RT RE CRE RE EEE BG LES OS ESE eR oe en Oo tee eee WW fp heey oA si colored people ju:this section ‘of-the city keep ‘fattening’ white people wlio dotiot care a snap ‘for’ them, ‘and as soon as possible get away from them? It does seem to us that the time bas come when we ought to have atleast a small bit of race pride about us and stop. fattening bogs for others people to kill. Hundreds of people each week can be seen going into this class of places and after a while the proprie- tor moves away and sells out to some other fellow, and he proceeds to get rich and move away only to give place to another and so it goes on interminable. How much longer are we going to keep this sort ol thing up? We have no earthly use for liquor drinking nor liquor drinking péople, but if we aré to drink and get drunk and go to the devil, we just as well step arouné the corner and go to the ‘devil from some place kept by a “nigger? as our friend terms us. 61 Jeourse yon can get there as fast from a place kept by a Negro as you can from a place kept by a white man, frobably a little faster, we ¢6 not know, but you will eventually get there just the same, and if you have no particnlar choice ia ‘the ‘matter go to the devil making one o your own race iat and you will ave the satisfaction of knowing that you will not be discriminated in the company you are traveling in. STOCK TAKING. In all of our great stores the coun: try over, where special attention is given to the question of profit and loss, the process of stock taking is now ia progress. Preliminary and preparatory to that, however, is the clearing out adil selling ont all superfluous stock, even if it has to bedone at a sacrifice. In this gen- eral clearance, preparatory to reno- vation, a special sale is ordered on certain lines of goods, that they may be closed out as they are not to be continued in stock the coming year. They are to be discontioued because they have been poor sellers and have therefore paid no prolit worth while, Should you visit these great stores after stock and renovation, you would find many changes and some lines of trade missing and some new ones in their stead. Nowthat is notall. Ifyou look carefully over the working force, you will find some faces are gone and new salesmeu stand in their places, ‘he merchant not only gets tid of bad seilers, but also of poor salesmen. Now that is the wisdom of the {men of the world of ‘whom the great Teacher said: “They are wiser than the children of light.” Tn our judgment it would be wise for the Chureb, the only representa- tive of a kingdom, which has a plaa to conquer the world, to use the ‘wisdom of the world, take: stock and renovate. In this stock taking it would, upon careful investigation, find that some forms ol life aud ef fort, might profitably be dispensed with, and some workmen mht be given another task, the doing of which would prove profitable both to thekingdom and the workmen. ‘The man about the streets and all others of our great city who have hitherto refused to adjust them- selves to the Ruler of the Universe, might takea lesson from the mer- chant and look over the moral stock of life and begin a renovation. In going over a man’s moral stock, he might’ search for such desirable| things as faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness and charity. Should be find that these valuable essentials are lacking in his life it would profit him to scgure these valuable iife commodities and place them in the golden casket of life, where tike jewels they might shine 10 the glory of his Maker and the help of bis fellowman, Should you ask how to acquire these valuable assets of character, We refer you to rhe declaration ‘of the Jewisi casant made in the night scliool to 2 class of one, when he said: “Mar. val not that I said unto thee, ye nust be born again.” OUR COLORED PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. For the first time since the organ: ization of the pudlic school system inthis city thefcolored schols are practically in the hands of colored people, Bya recent action of the ‘School Board, three colored super: vising principals have been appoint- cd and are known as “Group Prin- cipals”’. These three gentlemen have supervision of all the colored schools in the city, and are responsible to the Board. of Superintendents and the Board of Public School com- missioners..What they do and what they do not recommend as to the future of the colored schools willin all probability be given full con- sideration. ; | In the High School we have Mr. Mason.A,. Hawkins, as principal: in the Teachers’ Training School we! HS re cere aay cae enh econ Nr knees ne) Prof Git Locker man as. fprincipalaad also ‘gtoup’ principal, land then we have Messrs: Harry T. Pratt. and Hebér -E. Wijarton as group principale, Thus in measure the School Board has. turned the Practical administration of the’ col- ored schools over into the hands of | teachers, several of whom have had their practical training in ths public sckools‘f this city, Messrs. Haw- |kias and Lockerman, being the only ones who have gone through col- lege, or have had the benefit ot a college training, whatever that may amouut to. ‘* This being the case, the thing for which ‘the practical’ and. thinking mea of this city have made a deter- mined stand for bas at last come to pass. It is now up to these gen- tlemen to see to it that there is jno going back, but on the con- trary there is to be a steady going forward not oniy in the curricylam of the colored sebools, but fn character and stand ing of thesame. ‘There must be no deterioration, no falling of in any directiou, but an onward and up: ward movement that will place the colored schools of this city ov as high a plan as that of the white schools or the schools of auy other city. ‘These gentlemen will nave a0 idle time on their hands. It means that they must -work and work Ward, early and late to accomplish the task set before them. It is going to be no p'enic or sum- mer excursion, for the people of this city are going to hold these gentle- mea square up to the resgonsibility that has beea placed upon their shoulders. We do not know, but we have reasuns to believe that there are a number of loose screws in the sys- tem here and there, It has been said,twhether it was {true or not, that the white overseers have not had the samo interest, because uf racial differences, as colored men would have and we have harped agein and again ou this subject un- tut it bas become almost threadbare. If it is true, it stands to reason'then that the colored teacher must make good, or the race leaders of the past must acknowledge they have made a mistake jn asking for colored teachers in colored schools. Upto the present we have sot bad reason to complain of tne work of ‘a majority of the colored teachers. Ofcourse there are drones ia this as in all other hives. ‘These drones must be made to work and toe the mark, and the fact that the supervi- gor iscolored must make only the difference that the work of the future must be better than the past. {Phe Afro-American Ledger stands ready to help in any direction it’ thay becalled on to carry on the good work,at the same time apy re- lexation on the part of any member of the system, when made kaown to us will call for the well merited re- buke.it deserves, and:that.withour favor or affection. * We hope there- fore, that it will never be necessary, for usto do anything more, thaa: from time to time, commend tne very excellent work done by these | geatlemen all the way down the: fine. Aud it will be a pleasure for us; to do so; much miore of a pleasure to | commend than t> condemn. if cou- demo we must at‘anytime, which | occasion we hope will never arise. | TATE TITMPRPARV NEW | © Physical Culture For February, {fhe Bebruary issue of “Physical Culture, in addition toa auinber of interesting contributions, contain- not a few notable asticles from the pen ofits editor, Beraarr McFadden Among the latter a series of exer- cises for “Straightening Round Shoulders,” with @ supplement in colors, is particularly worthy of mention. ‘Accompanying especially’ timely contributions on arctic life and on manners aad customs of the natives who are serving as porters and at- tendants for Swano ‘Tumbo in Africa, there appear in this number articles on “Moral Life in Our Col- leges,”” Beauty Culture for the Hair” “The Dust Nuisance,” The Prob: fem of, Heat and Ventilation,” “Home made Gymnastic Appara- tus," and other sub ects akia to out door life aud health building. | In, addition to a remarkable serial (now being published) by Upon Sinclair, who isa member of| the ‘editorial staff of Physical Cul- ture, its publishers make the announcement that a sensational se- quel to his much discussed book, “Phe Jungle,” will appear in a forth- oming number of the magazine. | Miss Ida Herbert Dead. Mrs, Addie Duffin, of 529 Biddle stréet, received word last week of the death of Miss Ida Herbert, a prominent resident of Trenton, 'N. | Miss Herbert was a teacher in the pablic schools of Trenton for the jast 35 years and wasa sister of the late.R. Henri Herbert,a prominent New lersey’politician, who died last Ostaber,: Eo? Maat Slates sees ~~“ PRESENTED eral Of Mrs. Mary A. Campbell, Widow Of The Late Bishop J. P. Camp- beli. In answer to tite call of the Bishop ‘of the Second Episcopal District the majority of the ministers of the Bal- timore Conference assembled, and were in session at the Metropolitan A.M. E, Church, Washington, D, C., January 20th, 1910, ‘The first announcement at the opening ses- sion by the president, Bishop L. J. Coppin, was the sad news of the demise of the venerable and highly esteemed sister, Mary A Campbell, lute widow of the sainted Bishop J. P. Cacpbell, who resided in your city, but who passed to his reward twenty years ago. The announcement of the death of this good and useful woman was felt aid seen in the pang of regret that seized every heart, and. the shadow of saduess which flittered over every countenance. 1t was not the regret aud saduess which takes ‘po-s:ssion of one, who looks for the fast time upon the fading morning glory, the youth once full of hope and promise; but rather that deeper emotion, the sense of loss and sepa- ration for all time, from an eventful life, which had spanned the greater part of the nineteenth: century and one decade of the twentieth, grow- ing more beautitul and fragrant in the sacred precincts of the home, in the larger groups of society, in the sweet communion of the militant church, in each of these spheres taking--firmer root,” and gaining larger endearment as it unfolded in service and sacrifice for the Master. The members of our committee, six in number, at the suggestion of the Bishop, volunteered to tepre: sent the Maltimore Conference in this assemblage of sorrow which marks the passing from time to eternity of our beloved sister, Mary A. Campbell, so long and favorably known among us for her good works and benetactions. The. subject of this memorial sketch very beautifully adorued the responsible positions which she was ealled upon to fill uatil age and in- firmities disqualified her. She was suficieotly well informed to trans- act ia a most satisfactory mann.r the increasing volume of business which mazked the pregress of what is now one of the most potent insti- tucions or departments of African Methodist Episcopal Church, name- ly, the Woman’s Mite Missionary Society. Doubtless there were those of her contemporaries who could huast of more systematic training, but few, if any, of superior intelligence, more correct judgment, a higher quality of executive ability, and of any better sort of integrity; andoubted ‘and unquestioned, in- viting the strictest scrutiny and the most critical investigation. Her mental and moralendowments were of the highest order. She reached conclusions by a lightning” process; without knowing ir, a miad reader aud an interpreter of cfrcumstances and conditions—intuition, if you| please. Her conclusions were, however, al- nost always justified by,subsequent happenings. Through it all there ‘an the fiae thread of humor which nade it impossible for ber nut to be | ateresting in conversation, not to} ix and hold the atteation of those | © whom she often narrated the]: wents of her experieuce and: Ife. | and illuminated her soul, indicating at ail times to. what kingdom she belonged and in whose ‘service’ she was engaged. There was neven enca-ed incom. mon clay a nobler miad or a ‘purer soul, Perhaps not always thus, but whatever were the faults, failures and sins of nature, they were over- come and corrected by the power of divine graze. Separated from and elevated above, all things which tended to detract, our dear Sister Campbell possessed a charming per- sonality, which, like a micror, re- flected the sweetness, purity and goodness of the higher life, and the peace of the better world into which she’ has finally entered to be forever with the Lord, : Duriog the long period through which she lived and worked, Sister Mary A. Campbell was engaged iu many activities and benevolent ex- terprises, but the spheres in which she touched most sensibly the'ureat body of African Methodist itiner- ants, were the Home dnd the Mis- sionary Society, of . which’ she was one‘of tne founders, and: for-.a.num-- was a model of DEAN Ss, Oe Tee, in it; the arraygement ‘and’ the: things scraugad; Weutly but .elo- quently proclaimed the thorougaly equiped and generous matron; the good mother, the faithful’ wite, the Bospitable hostess, the neighbor who had compassion’and showed mercy: Ja this home.the weary was given bed to rest in; the hungry was fed; the sick cared for; the poor assisted and helped; the despondent encour- aged; the friend entertained and the erring directed by counsel and pray- erin the right, paths. . When the family © moved: frou Addison strect to 1923 North Lith street; into @ more commodious house and a wealthier neighbor- hood, the"moral and religious at- mosphere of the home remained un- changed. The itinerant, whether a poor preacher or a Bishop of the district, was at home when he en- tered the retreat over which Sister Mary A. Campbell presided. ‘There are rwo'standards by which men aud women are often iudged— one is intrinsic worth, the other is the resules of their individual or or- ganized efforts. ” Under neither of these standards could she be consulted, who is ab- sent irom the body to be present with the Lord, would she permit us to claim anything for her ot excel Iggce or merit. Such was her sense Stanworthiness and humanity. Her though was to decrease that hrist might become a'l and in all. Allthe day long her joy and song were: Unto Him who loved me and gave Himself for me, and washed me in His own blood’ be the honor aud glory forevever, Amen. : Itis therefore true and‘just to say. that under either‘or both of the standards referred to, Sister Mary A. Campbell will take high rank when the historian of the Church shall record her name and deeds. Then, doubtless, it will appear that the most salutary and far-reaching influence of her life and character was that exercised by her because of organized Missionary effort, thra which her name will be banded down to posterity, who sball rise up and call ber blessed. ‘This organized effort proved the greatest good to the greatest oum- ber and made it possible to cast the bread upon the waters, which was seen and gathered after many days. Without this helpful influence, the African Methodist Episcopal Church would not have been able in the year 1877 to re-establish avd con- cinue its mission work in Hayti, and more recently on a. more exten- sive plan, in the interest of Missions and Christian education to begin operations, which promise much, both in West and South Atrica. ‘The substantial good which reach: ed distant shores through the agency of the Mite Missionury So- sety, such as, aad in the shape of ooks, clothing, furniture, building material, provisions and checks were foliowed by the prayers of this izhteous woman, whose mortal re- nains repose in this beautifal asket. Inthe establishment and nerease of the work, we have” seen ulfilled that whicu is written. The ervent earnest prayer of a righteous erson availeth much. If we could collect the letters writ- en to comfort and encourage our Missionaries and Christian workers yy the hand that has’ lost. its cun- ing, such a volume would: prove etter than anything else her devo- ion to the work and the deep inter- st sqeretained to the last, ia the ause of Christian Missions. We bear to you on this sad occa- ion the condolence of the ministers nd members of the Baltimore Con- erence. We come to mingle our ympathy with the sorrow of the ereaved family and pray God to onvert your loss into a blessing qual to the gain promised to those rho diein the Lord, Let her who s worthy wear the mantle which as fallea from the shoulders of our eparted Sister. We say not “good night,” for Committee: | REY. D. P.. SEATON, REV.LN. ROSS, . REV. A. L, GAINES, BEV. F.A, SEATON, REY, P. J- JORDAN, REV. 0, W. MOSSELL, ; Secretary. Bishop Levi]. Coppin, presiding bishop of the second Episcopal . Dis- trict, was in the city this. week.. He preached at Bethel A. M.’E: Chirreh, Sunday morning, and at Ebenezer A. M. E; Oburch Sunday'sight Af ter attending the Preachers’ Meet: ing on Monday, the Bishop. left for Philadélphia. "He -is expected -in. the-city again shortly...) 22354 --: REGENDIA WARING. Miss Regendia A. Waring, one of the first teachers of cooking to be appointed in the public schools of Baltimore, died Friday evening, January 28th,1910, at the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. H, N. Waring, 414 N street, N. W. Washington, D.C. Miss Waring suffered an attack of Miss Waring suil pneumonia three weeks before the Christmas holidays but recovered sufi- ciently to resume her school duties after the holiday recess. After one week's work she was again confined to her bed and was removed to Washington a few weeks ago. The late Miss R. A. Waring. 22 years of age and was born in Washington. She received her education in the public schools of Washington and Baltimore, having graduated from the High School here in the class of '05. After spending one year at Columbia University, New York, she received an appointment as cooking teacher which position she held until her death. She was active in church circles and was a prominent church member. Grace Presbyterian Church, of which the deceased was a member, has lost one of its most worthy members, faithful to her obligations and earnest in her endeavors. Baltimore have lost a loving friend, a cheerful burden bearer, and a worker of great energy, force and power. The school system, a teacher whose place will be hard to fill, wise in council, strong in purpose, able in execution, and agenial friend Revs. W. E. Williams, Francis K. Grimke and Thomas, delivered eulogies to Miss Waring, speaking of that most excellent vulture, "The value of a belief in the Providence of God", her desire to lift the burdens of her mother, to whom she was both a daughter and sister, the apparent humaneness, that was her strength, and consciousness of purpose, and anxiety to fulfill her mission in life. The funeral services were held in the 15th street Presbyterian Church of which Rev. Grimke is pastor. Mr. Staunton Wormley, sang Burleigh's "Jean". The choir sang Miss Waring's favorite hymn, "Something For Thee" and a quartette rendered "Come Ye Disconsolate". The guards of honor were, Messrs. Harold Murray, and John Fearing members of the High School Cadets. Pallbearers were; Dr. C. A. Signor, of Washington, E. Beruard Taylor, Harvey Young, Walter Harris and Dr. E. Verry Stokes. Resolutions from the class of 1905 were sent. In Memoriam In loving but sad remembrance of our dear mother, Pannie Latney, who died ten years ago, January 24, 1900. Gone but not forgotten Life's morn will soon be ended. And the evening bells will toll Then our hearts will know no sorrow. When the pearly gates unfold. There we'll meet our dear sweet mother, Who h's journeyed just before; There we'll walk and talk together On that bright celestial shore. By her husband, Thomas Latney and her daughters, Rebecca, Kate, Maggie and Kaaherine. DAVIS—In loving remembrance of my dear husband, Jacob Davis, who died four years ago to-day, February 2nd 1906 in full triumph of faith. One less at home The charmed circle broken, a dear face missed, Day by day from its usual place. But cleansed, saved, perfected by grace, One more in heaven One less on earth. It's pain it's sorrow it's toil to share One less the pilgrim's cross to bear, One more the crown of the blest to wear. On December 22nd 1909; twelve years has passed And still your memory with us lasts For when with us your loving ways. Are still with us as if to-day. Rest on mother, grand mother dear. For at rest these many years, we For at rest these many years, we know you are For while in life we still do live We are trying to live, when through with this life, We can rest with you. By her loving daughters, and grand-son, Amelia J. Griffin James E. Griffin. TAYLOR—In sad but loving remembrance of my dear mother, Eliza Taylor, who died one year ago to-day February 6th 1909, My mother is sleeping so free from all pain Oh! wake her not sweet spirit to She is sleeping so soundly. Oh! let her sleep on. Oh! think how she suffered and moaned with pain, In the long hours of night as I watched her in vain, An angel that whispered a message of love. PORTRAIT UNVEILED Bishop A. W. Wyman's Portrait Uveiled at the Wayman Memorial A. M. E. Church. The unveiling ceremony at Wayman Mem. A. M. E. Church last Sunday afternoon was a grand success. The eulogies upon his life and work were impressive and inspiring. Rev. J. W. Norris conducted the devotional exercises. The speakers were: Mrs. Marv F. Handy, Miss Emma Norris, Rev J. W. Martin, Mrs. Hanna Anderson, Bishop L. J. Coppin. Miss Jennie Jones and Madame Maud Gross render select solos, Little Miss Pauline Johnson the pastor's daughter delivered a very touching cology after which she drew the unveiling cord of the handsome portrait. The auxiliaries of the various churches responded liberally and a large collection was taken. The church was crowded to the doors. The pastor, Rev. David Johnson, and the members of the church extend their hearty thanks for the generous response of the various churches and auxiliaries. The church is in a flouring condition and Bishop Coppin predicts a great church if the present rate of growth is continued. Mrs. Harriet A. Hilliard who has been very sick is convalescing The New, Baltimore Assembly. At the rooms of the Y. M. C. A. on Thursday night, last, the Baltimore and the Tuesday Assemblies agreed on articles of consolidation, the result of which was the forming of a new social organization, the New Baltimore assembly. A constitution was adopted and the following persons were elected members of the Board Directors. Meerss. Wm. E. Bishop, C. L. Davis, James W. Hughes, M. A. Hawkins, J. C. M. thews, J. C. Chambers, R. Y. C. R, R. D. Price T. Mallory E. B. Taylor, S. DeCoursey, Truly Hattett, J. E. Lausey, Ambrose Brisier, G. Brown, J. A. B. Callis. The Board of Directors elected the following officers for the year. Wm. A. Bishop, President, S. DeCourseur, 1st Vice President, J. Edward Lansey, 2nd Vice President J. W. Hughes, Treas, C. L. Davis, secretary pro. tem. WIN PRIZES IN CONTEST Neat Sum Raised For the Church (Special to the Afro-American Ledger.) Chestertown, Md., Feb. 3.—Mrs. Sophia Barber, Mrs. Mary Coleman and Mrs. Julia Johnson were the successful contestants in the prize our and coal contest at Bethel A. E. Church Thursday night of last week. The amount raised being $83.74. Mr. Joshua Johnson was buried from his home Monday morning. His death took place on Saturday. Mrs. Mary Moore is sick at her home on Twilie street. Mrs. General Ham ilton, who has been sick is improving. Miss Mattie B. Wright and Miss Airy Waters of Philadelphia, are home. Centreville, Md., Feb. th.-Mme. Carrie V. Gurry, a promotive evangelist, has been conducting a revival at St. Paul A. M. E. church, Rev. S. T. Crawford, pastor, with excellent results. Quite a number of persons have been converted, among whom was one lady 75 years old. Several have been added to the church. REVIVAL SERVICES CLOSED. Results Were Satisfactory In Ev- Pocomoke City Md., Feb. 2.—The revival services which have been going on at the Mr. Zion M. E. church closed this week with very gratifying re-ults to the pastor and members of the church, Rev. J. H. Winters of Trinity M. E. church will start his revival this week. Sunday was rally day at St. John's A. M. E. church and a good collection was taken. Mrs. Sallie Sturgis, Mrs. Mary Hudson and Misses Sarah and Florence Dickerson who have been quite sick, are improving. Mrs. Maggris Edilips and Miss Cassie J. Quinion are on the sick list. Mrs. Lula Drewery, has returned ther home in Philadelphia, after a very pleasant visit to hersister, Miss Jessica Campbell. Lad and Lassie Concert Company composed of some of the leading singing in the city at Asbury M. B. Church, Lexington and East streets. Monday, Feb. 21st, 8 15 P. M. Admission 15 cents. Chas. T. Stewart, Sunt. Season Tickets 25 Cents L. Z. Johnson, Pastor. Madams Ringgold, of the Baltimore School of Music; Maud Gross, Directress Trinity A. M. E. church choir; Lovey Smith, Ellen Tingle, Mary Hunter. — Wilson. Misses Lillian Reed, Anna Vanderhoop, Rose Murphy, Pearl Waler, Delia Butler, Anna Creditt, Pearl Fi-bier, Lucy Slowe. Prof. T. R. Parker, Messrs. Wilson, Geo. Cornish, Howard M. Gross, Amgoza, of Dahomey, W. Butler, G. B. Murphy, U. Chambers, H. Wharton, W. McCard, W. L. Fitzgerald. P. Young, C. C. Fitzgerald, W. A. Hawkins. Brig.-Gen. George H. Carter, with Knights of Pythias Drill. The Maryland Shoe Repairing ---READ, AND WONDERI--- We desire to call your attention to this branch of our business. We are using the best stock and material in the market, and therefore our prices are as low as can be. We do first-class repairing. Let us do your work and you will always get the best results. Satisfaction guaranteed. Read a few of our wonderful low prices: Men's half soiled, 30 cents hand sewed, 80 cents Ladies' half soiled 25 cts. Heels, 15 cents. Come and bring your shoes and you will be astonished to look at them; they will be equalled to new. 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If your druggist or local dealer cannot supply you with the genuine, we will send you One bottle, regular size, for $ . . . $ .50 Three " " " " " " 1.40 Six " " " " " 2.50 Cse " small " " . . . 25 The Carthage Take your evening and Sunday Meals at The Carthage. Large light furnished rooms. Free baths. Board by day or week. A Grand Sacred Concert By the choir of Sharp St. Memorial M. E. Church, Dolphin and Etting streets, Sunday Evening, Feb. 27th, at 8 P. M. All are welcome. Silver Offering. Rev. W. A. C. Hughes, Pastor. Madam A. Hazelton Lee, Directress. Dance Cotillion And German Given by the IVY PLEASURE CIRCLE and the Instructors of Prof. Dabney's School in Dancing on Tuesday evening February 8th, 1910 at Moses Hall, 608 N. Eutaw street Music By The Imperial Orchestra, Prof. Fred Dance, Director Admission 20 Cents N.B. Prof. Fred. Dabney's school open at Moses Hall every Tuesday and Saturday night 8.30 to 11.30 Thursday afternoon 4.30 to 8 P.M. Lessons to all classes 15 Cents. FOUGHT FOR LIFE WITH FANATIC A copy of an order issued in the Philippines, which calls the attention of the army to the gallant conduct of Private Jeremiah Cronin, of the Twenty-third Infantry, has just been sent throughout the army by the War Department. The orcor, officially, captioned "gallant conduct," tells what Cronin did, and this, according to officers on Governors Island, was one of the bravest acts in the history of the service. Army men who have served in the Moro country in the Philippines are a unit in declaring that the hardest man to kill in the world is the Mohammed dan fatalic among the Moros. Colonel Scott, Superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point, who was for several years in command of operations against the Moros, has said that the Moro bolo is the deadliest thing in the world in the hands of a Moro. Jerry Cronin, according to the order issued in the Department of Mindanao and signed by Lieutenant F. S. Young, his battalion adjutant, did nothing more or less than fight with a stick of kindling wood a Moro armed with a bolo. This was in a district of Mindanao, where the Twenty-third Infantry was on duty. The Moro's weapon, the order states, was "a heavy, keen edged working bolo." The order says that Private Harry Smith, of the Twenty-third, "while walking unarmed, about seventy-five yards in the rear of his barracks at 6.40 a.m." was surprised and assaulted by a bolo-armed Moro. The Moro first inflicted a wound in the back of Smith's head, then he struck him on the left arm. The force of this blow threw Smith to the ground with such force that his shoulder was dislocated. Thus he was absolutely at the mercy of the Moro. At this point Cronin comes into the affair. Cronin happened to leave the barracks and, hearing Smith's cry, hurried to the rescue. Cronin had no arms of any kind, but he knew he had no time to lose if Smith's life was to be saved. Seizing a stick of kindling wood that was lying on the ground Cronin started for the Moro. The Moro was just about to end Smith's struggles with another blow of his bolo when Cronin rushed upon him. Then began the strange single combat. For ten minutes Cronin and the Moro fought, the soldier deftly parrying every swing of the bolo with his stick of kindling wood. The noise of the struggle was heard in the barracks and an armed detachment of soldiers was sent to aid Cronin. The rescuing soldiers were unable to fire at first without danger of hitting Cronin. He shouted to them to take up a certain position, adding that he would fight the Moro into range, at the same time covering himself. He did it, and the soldiers began firing. Half a dozen steel capped bullets were imbedded in the Moro's body before he gave up fighting and fell to the ground, dead. The order in which the story of Jerry Cronin is told closes by stating that his "coolness and presence of mind and his fearless attack with only a club on a desperate well armed Moro, indicate high soldiery qualities and reflect credit not only upon himself, but upon his company and regiment as well." In passing it may be added that "Jerry" is on the way home with his regiment now.—New York Times. HOW TO KNOW THE TWINS. The Beverly twins, Fred and Frank, were such exact counterparts of each other that none of the neighbors could tell them apart, and even their mother sometimes had her doubts. The resemblance is accentuated by the fact that they are dressed exactly alike. "How in the world can you yourself tell which is which, Mrs. Beverly?" asked a caller one day. "To tell the truth," she answered, "I can't always; but if I hear a noise in the pantry and I call out, Freed, is that you? and he says, Yes, mamma, I know it's Frank, and that he's in some kind of mischief."—Youth's Companion. The flour mills of Minneapolis grind 130,000,000 bushels of wheat CENTENNIAL M. E. CHURCH Cor. S. Caroline and Bank St. Dan. Revil W. Shaw, D. D., pastor. Revival Services All Day. 11 A. M., Dr. Shaw will preach, Topic: Free Dispensary. 2.30 P. M. Sunday School, Mr. D. W. Jones, Supt. 4 to 5 P. M., Men's Meeting for Prayer and Praise. 4 P. M., Epworth League. 9 P. M., Subject: The Palace Beautiful. This is the sixth sermon on Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Revival fires still burning. Services continue all next week. Come get right with God. WHATCOAT M. E. CHURCH, Franklin and Pine Sts. "King's Hill" Rev. Alfred Young, Pastor. 11.00 A. M., A Sermon by that Disciple lesus loved. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 3.00 P. M., Sermon by Rev. N. M. Carroll, pastor of Ashbury M. E. church, of Annapolis. Subject: "The Footman and Horseman." 5 P. M., Epworth League. 8.00 P. M., Sermon by the Pastor, followed by the Holy Communion. Prayer meeting Wednesday night. Everybody welcome. 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 fifth of a series of sermons by the Pastor, subject: "Joseph and Mrs. Potipher." 5 P. M., Epworth League. 8 P. M., Sermon by Rev. R. A. Green, pastor of Green Spring Valley M. E. Church. EASTERN M. E. CHURCH McElderry St. & Patterson Park Av Rev. James H. Jeankas, Pastor 9 00 A. M., Morning's Watch with the 4 classes invited, continued until 11 A. M., with Pastor and Local Preachers, each speaking five minutes followed with the Communion services. All other preachers that are in good standing are invited to be with us. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School 3.30 Class Meeting, Israel Barnes leader. 5.30 P M., Epworth League 7.30 P. M., Sermon by Pastor subject: Christ the Branch. Tuesday and Wednesday nights Class Meeting. Thursday night Prayer Meeting. John M. Barnes, Pres. of E. L. J. W. Jones, Supt. AMES MEM. M. E. CHURCH, Carey and Baker Sts. Rev. D. W. Hays, Pastor. 6.00 A. M., Class-meeting. 11A. M. and S P. M., Preaching. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 4.00 P. M., Prof. Kelly Miller will speak to men. 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. 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., The Lord's Supper. Sermon by the Pastor, subject: "Some Laws of the Kingdom." All converts are expected to,commune at this service. 5 P. M. Epworth League. 8.00 P. M., Sermon by Rev. J. H. Wilson. Strangers cordially welcomed. Chas. T. Stewart, Supt. Julian W. Ross, Pres. of E. L. Sunday, Feb. 6th. 11.00 A. M., Sermon by Rev. J. B. Warner, Boly Communion. 2.30 Sunday School. Literary Programme. 6.30 Epworth League. 7.30 P. M., Sermon by Presiding Elder Warner. Rev. J. W. Norris, Pastor 11.00 A. M., Sermon by Pastor. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 6.00 P. M., Allen C. E. League 7.30 P. M., Sermon by the Pastor and Communion. Classes—Sunday at 6 A. M., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8 Herbert Frisby, Supt John Murray, Pres. of League. WATERS A. M. E. CHURCH Rev. Dr. D. P. Seaton, Pastor. 11 A. M., The Pastor, will preach after which the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 4.30 P. M., Allen C. E. League. 7.30 P. M., The Pastor, subject: "Iuward Awakening." Special Conference Collections. All are invited. J. F. Waters, Supt. BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH Saratoga Street near Gay. Rev. D. G. Hill, D. D., Pastor. 11 A. M., Sermon by the Pastor. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. Thaddeus Copeland, Supt. WAYMAN MEM. A.M.E. CHURCH WAYMAN MEM. A.M.E. CHURCH Carroll Street near Carey Rev. David Johnson, Pastor 11.00 A. M., Sermon by Pastor, subject: "Jacob's Dying Request to Joseph." The 11th sermon upon the life of Jeseph." 7.30 P. M., Sermon by Pastor, Text: "Do this in Remembrance of Me." The Holy Communion will be administered. All are welcome. Geo. Hewlen, Supt- Mrs. Lucy Jennings Richardson, Pres. A. C. E: L. PENNA. 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: Inherting All Things." 2.30 P. M. Sunday School. 6.00 P. M., V. C. E., Mrs. Araminta Cox, President. 7.30 P. M., Sermon by Pastor. Subject: In the Midst of Seven Candlesticks." MADISON ST. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. From Jan. 30th to March 6th. March 6th will be "Ingathering Day." The following sermon will be preached by the pastor: Feb. 6th—"A Deceptive Safety." Appropriate music will be rendered by the choir, under direction of Mr. J. F. Fessenton, chorister. The most cordial welcome extended to all. SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH, Cor. Clinton Ave. and George Sts. 11.00 A. M., Sermon by the Pastor 2.00 P. M., Sunday School 5 to 7 P. M., B. Y. P. U. 7 to 8 P. M., Prayer and Praise Service. 8 P.M.,Special Sermon to Willing Workers by Rev. Gatfield, the evangelist. Revival continued. Mrs. Joseph P. Elliot will speak at the C. Y. W. C. A., at 5 P. M. All are invited to be present. Good music. M. E. Murphy, Pres. E. E. Bright, Secretary Annoncement I wish to call the attention of my manv 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, propetor 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. 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A negro died without medical attendance, and the Coroner went to investigate. "Did Samuel Williams live here?" he asked the weeping woman who opened the door. "Vassuh," she replied between sobs. "I want to see the remains." The Return of Dr. Ernest Lyon After Three Months' Sojourn In the United States Our Minister Sails Back to the Liberian Republic With New Hopes and Aspirations For Its Ultimate Salvation. Dr. Ernest Lyon, United States minister resident and consul general at Monrovia, Liberia, who has been in this country on a furious since last October, will sail on Feb. 5 from New York for his post of duty. He will be accompanied by Lieutenant B. O. Davis, who has been detailed by the war department as military attache to the legation at Monrovia. Dr. Lyon and Lieutenant Davis will stop in London, where they will be presented to King Edward. Minister Lyon will in all probability carry along instructions from the state [Name] DE. ERNEST LYON. department regarding the attitude of this government toward the recommendations made by the American commission which visited Liberia last spring. Since his arrival in the United States Minister Lyon has been the recipient of marked attention. His ability to handle many difficult affairs which probably saved the life of the West African republic gave him more substantial influence and weight with the government and people of this country. One notable instance of the esteem in which he is held was shown in the testimonial and banquet in his honor at Washington, which was attended by prominent men from all sections of the country. In his efforts to improve the industrial condition of the Liberians he met the hearty co-operation of Dr. Becker T. Washington and other race deaders, the result of which will be the establishment of an industrial and normal school in Liberia under the US MILITARY ATTACHIE B. O. DAVIS. supervision of Tuskegee institute. This was decided upon at a conference at Tuskegee between Dr. Washington, Minister Lyon and Bishop I. B. Scott, who has charge of the work of the Methodist Episcopal church in West Africa. Dr. Lyon spoke proudly of his visit to Cardinal Gibbons at Baltimore before sailing for Africa. HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM Provides Your Own Theaters and Going Through Front Door. The Birmingham Reporter is making a magnificent fight against the "jim crow" theaters in Alabama's principal city and is justly condemning the colored people who patronize them and pay first class prices for the questionable privilege of climbing up a dark stairway in an alley to get a seat in the "peanut gallery." The colored people of Birmingham should make a practical settlement of their amusement problem, as the colored people of Washington. New Orleans and other Negro centers are doing, by providing theaters of their own, says the Indianapolis (Ind.) Freeman, where they may march in through the front door without fear and trembling and occupy the best seats at a reasonable price of admission. New Business Venture at Washington. The National Afro Art company, recently organized at Washington, is engaged in the manufacture of busts of prominent men of the race who have achieved greatness, along special lines. The busts are miniature in size and are of rich brown and ivory color. The officers are Charles E. Hall, president; William L. Beard, vice president; general manager; and J. Mitchell Sea- Prominent Visitors Made Stirring Additions at Its January Meeting. Gresses at its January meeting. Council No. 4 of the Original Rights Society of the United States, which was, organized a few months, ago, in Brooklyn with the Rev. G. F. Miller as president, is increasing in membership very rapidly. At its meeting the last week in January Dr. C. F. Taylor, second vice president of the state society, delivered an interesting address. He said that twenty years ago his faith in the colored people was born. He stated the occasion and said he concluded at the close that gray matter was going to win. He recognized difficulties and problems where ten millions of people are involved, but common sense and practical men can solve them. He also said that they were not to be sticklers on methods, but must believe in certain principles; not to fight any one who contributes to the success of the cause and should compromise on things not essential. He further said that the problem was in the keeping of the colored man; that they (the whites) stood behind them to succor, etc., and that they should have faith in their ability. As to politics, he said that the movement was neither partisan nor independent; that the people are generally a unit on great moral issues and common rights; that sentiment in unity is what is wanted to swing against wrong; that numbers do not count greatly, but the solidity of ideas, beliefs and convictions they must get. W. M. Troter of Boston, editor of the Boston Guardian, was the next speaker. He said that he had heard much of the society and had come to the council to more fully understand its objects. He laid special emphasis on the full possession of the ballot by his race and said that with it they would take chances as to success. Mrs. S. J. S. Garnet, a retired principal of the public schools of New York city and superintendent of the Equal Surfrage league of Brooklyn, was recorded the floor. She told of her deep interest in the enfranchisement of her race and pledged her support in every possible way to the council. Dr. Charles Leuz, chairman of the executive committee of the state organization, read a very able paper setting forth the principles of the society. CONSISTENCY IS A JEWEL. Reasons Why Our Pastors Should Patterning Race Enterprises. With special grievance we cannot help but call attention to the fact that our pastors should patronize race institutions, as they themselves are engaged in just such an institution and make their living thereby. We cannot see the consistency of a pastor of a Negro church passing by a Negro print shop to patronize a white one when as good work is done at a Negro shop which makes reasonable charges and employs all Negro labor. The great proportion of the race's printing should aid in building up the race's enterprise. There can be found no rational reason why not. We hope this little lecture will be received in the light it is delivered and accepted as simply that consistency is a jewel. You not only get first class printing, promptness in delivery, reasonable prices, but you are helping to support a race paper that fifty-two issues in the year champions the race's cause.—Los Angeles (Cal), New Age. HAS BRIGHT FUTURE. N. R. Smith Appointed Alternate at West Point Military Academy. The recent appointment of Nollie R. Smith of Cheyenne, Wyo., by Senator C. D. Clark as alternate to the Military academy, West Point, N.Y., is received with much satisfaction among Afro-Americans and should be highly encouraging to our young men in high schools and colleges. Robert Dillman, however, is the principal appointee. Mr. Smith is now taking the final examinations at Fort Logan. In the physical examination conducted at Cheyenne he had a percentage of 91. He was a student and athlete at the University of Nebraska in 1908 and 1909 and was a member of the freshmen eleven and made an excellent record as a student. Mr. Smith is a nephew of Captain Charles Young, Ninth cavalry, who is a graduate of West Point. Good and Bad Results of Prohibition. The Rev. Dr. Oscar Heywood in a recent sermon at New York on "The Failure of Prohibition" is reported as saying that on a recent tour of the south he saw no signs of decrease in drunkenness, except among the Negroes. "I did not see a drunken member of the race and but little drinking among them," said he. "I should say that under southern prohibition drink is the white man's vice." Will Observe Lincoln's Birthday. The various political and literary organizations in Greater New York are preparing special programs for the observance of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, Feb. 12. Prominent orators and singers have been invited to take part in the exercises. The leaders of the different societies and clubs hope to make the occasion inspiring and helpful to all lovers of freedom. Neted Men to Speak at Tuskegee. The annual commencement sermon to the students at Tuskegee institute, Alabama, for 1910 will be delivered by Dr. S. C. Mitchell, president of the University of South Carolina, on Sunday, May 22. The commencement address will be made by the Hon. William H. Lowis of Boston. Sunday=School INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 6. Subject: Almsgiving and Prayer, Mitt. 6:1-15—Commit to Memory Verse 6. GOLDEN TEXT.—"Take heed that you do not your righteousness before men to be seen of them." Matt. 6:1, R. V. TIME.—Midsummer A. D. 28. PLACE.—Borns of Hattin. EXPOSITION—I. How to Give Aims, 1-4. We should avoid doing our righteousness to be seen of men. If we do it to be seen of men, it will be seen of men and we will have our only reward in their praise, the higher reward from our Father who is in heaven will not be ours. This does not necessarily forbid all gifts in public (1 Cor. 16:1, 2). Our Lord Himself commended a gift made in public (Luke 21:1-4). But while the gift may be in public, the object should not be to be seen of men. God knows the gift of which no man knows. He seeth in secret (v. 4; cf. Heb. 4:13). We should avoid to the uttermost all ostentation in our giving (v. 5). We need not fear that our alms will not be rewarded. We may not have a reward here, but we shall hereafter (Matt. 25:21, 32, 27:40; Mark 10:21; Acts 10:1-4). The best reward is in the very giving itself (Acts 20:35). The reward will be in proportion to the bountifulness of our giving (2 Cor. 9:6). The reward that God gives for well doing is a legitimate motive (cf. Heb. 11:6, 26), but it is not the supreme motive for the Christian (2 Cor. 5:14; 1 Cor. 10:21). He Wasn't Home. "Sure you weren't at home on that date?" "Possitive." "Be careful," cautioned the attorney. "Any man might make a mistake." "No chance for a mistake." 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There is nothing to be gained by such rose-colored phrases as William White employed. "William White's brother had killed a man in cold blood. "Well, William, how about your brother? a visitor to the town asked him one day after the trial. "Well," said William, 'they've put him in jail for a month." "That's rather a light sentence for a cold-blooded murder," said the gentleman. "Yes, sir," William admitted, "but at the month's end they're goo- to have him." LOUISVILLE, KY. A Dog in Good Humor A Canada boys American furs. Mrs. Winslow shoots Syrpus for children teething, softens the gums, pediculus mutilation, allay pain, curts wind colic, 25cm bottles Taxicabs have displaced the hansons of London to a very great exten. Davis' Painkiller should be taken without delay when sore chest and tickling throat warn you of an approaching cold. The Chinese decline to buy phonographs having black trumpets. Heh cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Never tails. At druggists Herbert Gladstone's Bull. Herbert Gladstone, who, it is understood, has been offered the pos of Governor General of United South Africa, was once guilty of an amusing bull in debate on the question of disestablishment. Dilating on the hold on the affe- tions of the people by the Church o England, he said: "When an English man wants to get married to whon does he go? To the parish priest When he wants to get his child bap tized to whom does he go? To the parish priest. When he wants to go buried, to whom does he go?" The house answered with a roar o loudly. Alldaston himself joined, adding: "As I wan contrasting the-English church with the Irish, a bull is, perhaps, excus able—Toronto Globe. It seems inconceivable that two men can be kept steadily employee the year-round-making checkers. Yet that is what is done in a mill at Bethel. The average output of checkers from this mill is 800 barrels. It has been as high as 1,000 and down to 600, but 800 is the average. This does not sound very large, but when the figures are worked out it is found to be a lot. In every barrel shipped there are 20,000 checkers of the ordinary size, while in 800 barrels there are 28,800,000 or 1,200,000 sets of 24 checkers each. That is to say, with the output of this Maine mill, 2,400,000 persons could be playing at the same time.—Kennebec Journal. A young Calif. wife talks about coffee: "It was hard to drop Mocha and Java and give Postum a trial, but my nerves were so shattered that I was a nervous wreck and of course that means all kinds of ails. "At first I thought bicycle riding caused it and I gave it up, but my condition remained unchanged. I did not want to acknowledge coffee caused the trouble, for I was very fond of it. "That time a friend came to live with us, and I noticed that after he had been with us a week he would not drink his coffee any more. I asked him the reason. He replied, 'I have not had a headache since I left off drinking coffee, some months ago, till last week, when I began again, here at your table. I don't see how anyone can like coffee, ar way, after drinking Postum!'" "I said nothing, but at once ordered a package of Postum. That was five months ago, and we have drank no coffee since, except on two occasions when we had company, and the result each time was that my husband could not sleep, but lay awake and tossed and talked half the night. We were convinced that coffee caused his suffering, so he return 1 to Postum, convinced that coffee was an enemy, instead of a friend, and he is troubled no more by insomnia. "I, myself, have gained pounds in weight, and my nerves have ceased to quiver. It seems so easy now to quit coffee that caused our aches and ails and take up Postum." 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. NEW YORK, N. Y. Herbert Gladstone's Bull. Maine Checker Maker HARD TO DROP But Many Drop It. Evil Effects of Modern Dance Baptist Pastors' Union of Washington Condemns Habit of Giving Public Balls. Clergym Preach Special Sermon Against Harmful Practice—Alarming Conditions Revealed. The following circular letter, which was recently sent out by the Interde-nominational Ministers' union of Washington and indorsed by the Baptist ministers' meeting to the pastors of churches in Washington and vicinity, reveals some startling facts which show the alarming conditions with which the churches are confronted. The appeal: Dear Fellow Pastor—The habit of giving public balls and dances and of attendance upon them by our people, especially the young men and young women in this city, is rapidly increasing. From the past, we have held in the public balls, on steamboats and on plain grounds in and around Washington by our people on every week night or day during the whole of last year. In addition to these gatherings there were held during the greater part of the year, in schools or schools in various parts of the city. These balls, public dances and dancing schools are patronized by old and young and by church members and those who make no pretension to being a teacher, think by many who frequent these gatherings and take part in them is a notorious fact. The public balls are the favorite gathering places for lewd women and vile men who seek to destroy the virtuous and the good, and it is known that scores of our young people have been taught their virtue through the opportunities afforded designate people at these balls, etc. The numerous dance classes and schools in this city are patronized by a large number of young children, these classes and schools may do is more than counterbalanced by the evil which they perpareate upon young children when they are most susceptible to impressions. Experience proves that children of our race who frequent these balls are rendered frivolous, given artificial ideas of life, trained in low conceptions of mor- J.E.F. DE. A. C. GAENER. als and in many instances familiarized with vice and crime before they have reached their majority and are undermined in health. Public balls and dances are a prolific source of disease, the most common of which is the part of adult patrons and are the greatest source of the worldly mindfulness which is playing such havoc in all of the churches. The habit of giving public balls and dances is the most common of our city to an alarming extent and is working into injury to the physical, intellectual and moral well being of the school children and the student bodies of Washington. It seems to many that this comes when the entire ministry among us should call a halt to this terrible evil and what they can to inform the people upon the hurtfulness of the modern dance, and with this end in view the interdenominational organizations unholy and one or more similar organizations in this city do herewomen unite in an earnest request to all the ministers of our race in and around Washington to proach a special sermon to their people. "The Modern Fancy and Its Ecil Effects." We believe you see the wisdom of this request and will no doubt be glad to comply with same. It is hoped by a united action in this matter on the part of all our ministers to argue our people to serious thought upon this subject and to rapidly growing habit of giving and patronizing dances and public balls and of sending their children to dancing schools is very harmful and is condemned by all of the ministers. Hoping that you will give this matter prayerful conglomeration and preach a sermon on the above named subject, we beg to acknowledge the INTENDENOMINATIONAL MINISTERS' MEETING OF WASHINGTON. J. Milton Waldron, President. A. C. Garner, Secretary. Struck the Keynote to Success. Suckuck A novel feature of the first auxiliary entertainment of the Booker T. Washington Literary society of the Carson Street Baptist church. Pittsburgh, which was held on Friday evening, Jan. 28, was that of having a representative on the program from each department of the church. A large audience enjoyed the program. The officers of the library are much encouraged by the cooperation received from the working forces of the church and feel that they have struck the keynote to the future success of their organization. Next Meeting of Political League. The next annual meeting of the National Independent Political league will be held at Atlantic City, N. J. Ang. 4 and 5. The officers of the league held an important meeting in New York previous to the departure of Bishop Alexander Waters for London. As president of the league the Bishop has done good work along with his coworkers in creating public sentiment in favor of a square deal for the race and the right of suffrage for Afro-American in all sections of the United States. WAGE SCALE EQUALIZED. Classification and Uniform Rate of Pay For Census Enumerators. The various wage scales in different parts of the country and the differences in the nature and extent of the local difficulties confronting the enumerators in the larger geographical divisions of the United States have influenced and guided United States Census Director Durand in the adoption of a classification of enumerator's rates of compensation within the limits prescribed by the United States census law enacted by congress. The different classes of rates will be so applied that in general the average enumerator will earn substantially the same actual amount in one district as in another, even though the population may be much sparser in one than in the other, with other conditions also different. Regard is paid to the fact that prevailing wages and salaries are higher in some parts of the country than in others; but, aside from this, the director's aim is to adjust the rates so as to make the earnings of enumerators substantially uniform. Where the per capita rates would not give sufficient pay the per diem rates are prescribed. The rates in general will be so adjusted as to give a slightly higher average amount to the enumerators than they received in 1900. There are three general rates—the per capita, the mixed and the per diem. The first and second general rates have five subdivisions each. The per diem rates range from $2 to $5.50, $4, $4.50, $5.50 and $6 and are to be paid for a day of eight hours' work. For enumerators on the per capita basis, which will be that most widely used, the pay for each inhabitant is: Class A. 2 cents; Class B. 2½ cents; Class C. 3 cents; Class D. 3½ cents; and Class E. 4 cents. Such enumerators will also be paid for each farm as follows: Class A. 20 cents; Class B. 22½ cents; Class C. 25 cents; Class D. 27½ cents; and Class E. 20 cents. These rates are in each case 5 cents or more higher than those paid in 1900, when the range was from 15 to 20 cents. For each establishment of productive industry the rate for each class is 20 cents. For each barn and enclosure containing live stock not on farms the pay is 10 cents for each class. Under the mixed rate, which is a combination of the per capita and the per diem, there are five subclasses alphabetically arranged, and the per diem is: Class F, $1; G, $1.25; II, $1.50; I, $1.75; J, $2. For each inhabitant the pay is: Class F, 2 cents; G, 2½ cents; II, 2½ cents; I, 2½ cents; J, 3 cents. For each farm: Class F, 15 cents; G, 17½ cents; II, 17½ cents; I and J, 20 cents each. For each establishment of productive industry the rate is 20 cents for each class. The rates for cities and towns will be 2½ cents for each inhabitant except in the outlying districts and where an enumerator's district covers a large territory. All applications for enumerators, properly filled out, were to be returned to the supervisor not later than Jan. 25, the date first set by the director of the census for closing the consideration of applications. PERJURED TESTIMONY. Virginia's Governor Desires Justice For These Convicted Men. The disposition of, white juries to accept on their face value the perjured testimony of witnesses who allege that they are turning state's evidence was never better exemplified than in the cases of Richard Pines, Calvin Johnson and Engene Dorsey, who were to have been electrorecruited for the alleged murder of Walter F. Schultz of Chicago, says the Richmond (Va.) Planet. Henry Smith now swears that his story was a base fabrication of the facts in the case. A white witness had previously established an alibi for these men, but upon the weight of this man, who was anxious to save himself, all three of them were sentenced to die in the electric chair, and finally he was given the same fate. White people who interested themselves in the affair succeeded in having Governor Swanson reprieve the convicted men from time to time. Governor Swanson has further resisted them for sixty days, thus transmitting to his successor in office a legacy which he would have done well to have retained in his own keeping. This wholesale execution of colored men upon the slightest provocation where a white person is involved has become a stench in the mastills of those Virginians who like justice and who abhor evil. This case is an object lesson, and in the future white men would do well to remember it. Perjury is a common asset in this commonwealth, and it is certainly time that the penal side of it be enforced. Georgia's "First Bale Man" a Hustler. Among the many successful farmers of Dougherty county, Ga... Deal L. Jackson is said to be the most thrifty and perhaps the wealthiest. He is familiarly known as Georgia's "first bale man" because of his ability to get his cotton picked and ginned sooner than other farmers; hence he generally turns out the first bale. Mr. Jackson says that he cleared $8,000 on his farm produces the past year. New Political and Social Club. New Pentagon The unique name "Thinking club" has been given to a recently organized club for political and social purposes among Afro-Americans at Pittsburg. The organization has opened headquarters on Morgan street, north side. Thomas Alsop is the general manager, and Julius Jordan is secretary. No one but a woman can tell the story of the suffering, the despair, and the despondency endured by women who carry a daily burden of ill-health and pain because of disorders and derangements of the delicate and important organs that are distinctly feminine. The tortures so bravely endured completely upset the nerves if long continued. 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Suicide Slow death and awful suffering follows neglect of bowels. Constipation kills more people than consumption. It needs a cure and there is one medicine in all the world that cures it—CASCARETS. Cascarets—10c. box—week's treat-ment. All druggists. Biggest seller in the world—million boxes a month. Let You Know When curve pitching was introduced? Who holds the long-distance throwing record? How many feet the National League has how many innings? Who pitched for the Boston team in 1974? How many clubs have been members of the National and American Leagues since their organization? Which team has won the National League pennant the greatest number of times. Will we be playing in the World's Series from 1881 to 1999? The answers to above questions and a great deal of other interesting base ball information consulted in the new illustrated SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASEBALL RECORD FOR 1910. PRICE 10 CENTS. Catalogue of base ball goods mailed free. A. G. SPALDING & BROS PATENTS, Trade Marks, Pensions, Bounty, Pay, Claims Against the Government Solicited. Others Much Unnecessary Suffering PIISO'S CURE THE BEST MEDICINE FOR CUGARS & CUBS Gives instant relief—soothes and heals the little throats and prevents more serious illness. Changed like it too—pleasant to take one, does not upset the stomach. All Drugs, 25 cents. Annual Exhibits at Morgan College The yearly exhibit, bazar and Lincoln anniversary of Morgan College Edmondson and Fulton avenues, will be held on Thursday and Friday evenings of next week. Special preparations are being made to make the occasion an attractive one. Work from the industrial department, including woodwork, iron wprk, painting, upholstering, millinery, embroidery, fancy work, sewing, cooking, etc. The chapel will be beautifully decorated as well as the rooms in the entire building. Eancy booths will be erected and everything will be arranged to give the patrons of the college two evenings of full and complete enjoyment. Refreshments and various articles will be on sale. The object is to assist the work of the college in instruction and education. Progressive Club Elects Officers. The Young Men's and Young Ladies' Progressive Club, of Payne Memorial A. M. E. Church, at their regular meeting in January, elected the following officers to serve for the ensuing year: President, Miss Elizabeth Smith; Vice Pres. Mr. George Singleton; Rec. Sec. Chas T. Gilles; Fin. Sec. Mrs. Edna Boston; Treasurer, Miss Minnie Hawkins; chaplain, Robert Thompson; Sergeant-at-arms George Hall: Manager, T. Andrew Moore. It was decided to hold a members reunion on Monday evening February 6th. Well-Known East Baltimorean Dead Mr. John Thomas, a well-known resident of East Baltimore, died at his home 166 East street, last Saturday from spinal mengitis, aged 50 years. The funeral took place from his late residence on Tuesday afternoon The services were conducted by Revs. Joseph Seaton, and C. Gilmore Cummings. Interment was in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Robert A. Elliott had charge of the funeral. --- Application Rejected The application of John Spriggs for a license to sell liquor at 450 W. Biddle street was rejected by the Board of Liquor License Commissioners last Friday. The proposed saloon was the occasion for a strong neighborhood protest. It is said that "Tom" Smith would have been the real owner of the saloon had the permit been granted and that he intended to run a place that would appeal to the better element. Train Victims Buried. The funerals of William Knight and Peek Tucker, who were killed last Saturday by being struck by a train at Biddle street station, took place Tuesday. Knight's remains were interred in Mt. Zion Cemetery, while Jackson's remains were taken to Brunswick, Va. Robert A. Elliott had charge of both funerals. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Mrs. Mary Ann Jakes, a member of a well-known Maryland family died at her home 110 E. Centre street, Wednesday of last week. The deceased was born in this city 90 years ago. Though she lost her sight five years ago, she was active in mind until the last. In her girlhood days Mrs. Jakes attended school at the Oblate Sisters of Providence. Mrs. Jakes was the Widow of the late Henry Jakes, the famous Maryland caterer. Mrs. Jakes was deeply interested in religious work and was one of the first members of St. Francis Xavier Church. She is survived by 3 children, 16 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. The funeral took place at St. Francis Church last Saturday morning, Fathers Dunn, Evers and Plautevigne officiating at a solemn high mass. Interment was in in St. Peiers, Cemetery. The funeral of Mrs. Martha A. Gray took place Sunday Jan.30 th at 2 o'clock P. M. from Grace A. M. E. Church Catonsville and was very largely attended. She leaves to mourn their loss one daughter Miss Mary E. Gray a sister, Mrs. Mary P. Williams and other relatives and a host of friends. To The Housewife If you wish to save 30 cents on The Ladies Home Journal or $1.10 on The Saturday Evening Post, take out a years subscription at $1.50 for each, drop a card to ATHLETIC NOTES. Notes for this column addressed to Mr. Beckett, care of this office, will receive careful attention.—Ed. Carelessness in walking, standing and sitting is responsible for a great deal of sickness. The best blood purifier: Fresh air and plenty of it is the best blood purifier in the world. Get out of doors and get your lung food in its greatest purity. Walk erect, breathe deeply and wear your clothes loose about the neck and chest in order that your chest may be moveable. Princeton outlines several modification in the football rules. One is that no player on the side having the ball shall "pull, pnsh or hold on his feet the man running with the ball." The "forward pass" is advocated being changed, also the style of goals. Dunn is bending all efforts to bring together a strong and fast squad, a pennant winner for Baltimore. The Baltimore High School basketball team plays in Washington tonight. They feel confident of making "M" Street know that Baltimore is awake to team work. Victory boys. There is an urgent need for a place where our boys can engage in healthful sport. Training for track work is the daily attention of the athletes. Team work is the thing that counts in baseball now-a-days; "grand stand plays" are out of date. Learn the art of working together. Don't kick and grumble at the man who is making a success, use that energy in getting a hustle on yourself. All races who have observed and obeyed the laws of health have attained heights in civilization. The "Smart Set" basketball team of New York plays the Y. M. C. A. team of Washington, at the True Reformers' Hall, next Saturday night, February 12th, 1910. Douglass' Birthday To Be Celebrated. A monster celebration of the ninety-third birthday of Frederick Douglass, will be held at Sharp Street Memorial M. E. Church Monday evening February 14th. The principal speaker will be Rev. Dr. C. S. Moore, an eloquent platform speaker of New city. Kelly Miller To Speak Here. Prof. Kelly Miller, dean of the college department of Howard University, at Washington, will be the principal speaker at a mass-meeting held under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., at Ames Memorial M. E. Church, cor. Carey and Baker sts. this Sunday afternoon at 4 P. M. Annual Banquet. The annual banquet of the Board of Directore of the Joint Stock Association of the Grand United Order of Moses will take place at Moses Hall Monday night. There will be a number of invited guests. House For Sale. House at 1920 Division street, All modern conveniences Apply at 1379 N. Carey street. JACKSON-LOCKS Miss Susie Locks, and Mr. John F. Jackson, were the principals in a pretty home wedding last Thursday night at the residence of the bride's aunt, 522 W. Lanvale street. The ceremony was performed by Rev. John A. Holmes, pastor of the Metropolitan M. E. Church and was followed by a reception. The happy couple were the recipients of many useful and handsome presents. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, were tendered a dinner by the groom's mother, Mrs. Lonisa jack-of 810 Pierce street on last Sunday afternoon. Among those present was Mr. John A. Lock, the bride's father. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson will reside at 910 Pierce street. FOR RENT—Store room, at 540 Dolphia street, suitable for Gent's Furnishing store, Barber shop, Tailor shop, dressmaking or millinery establishment. Apply on premises by person? and 8 P. M. or at street, from 8 A. M. Committee Will Make Report Next Monday, Favoring Union Of Bethel And St. John's African Methodist Episcopal Churches. The Committee appointsd to confer with a like committee, appointed at a recent meeting of the members of St. John's A. M. E. Church, Lexington street, near Pine, met last Friday night and by a vote of seven to three, decided to make a favorable report for the union of the two churches. The committee had had a conference with a committee appointed appointed from Bethel A. M. B. Church, which recently paid a forfeit of $20.000 on St. Peters P. E. Church, corner Lanvale street and Drudid Hill avenue, and after hearing the proposals of the committee from Bethel Church, held a meeting with the above result. The committee will report to a meeting of the mem bership of the church, which, will be held on Monday evening next, at which time it is thought a definite conclusion will be reached and the report of the committee adopted. While there is considerable opposition on the part of some of the leading and influential members of the church to the union, it is expected that the report will be adopted by a very large majority of the membership. Several offers have been made recently for the property, but up to the present none of them have been considered, mainly because of the fact that no decision has been reached as to the removal of the congregation. It is thought, however, that in the advent of removal, the property will speedily change hands, as there are several parties already after it. "BORN IN BALTIMORE RAISED EVERYWHERE" Joseph Lee Tells Folks He Native Of Dahomey. Is asking aid To Get Back "Home." There is a young man visiting the home of well known residents uptown and telling them he is a native of Dahomey, a country in far-off Africa. Incidentally he unwinds a good story and solicits a donation to make up a hundred dollars so that he can go back to Dahomey, where he expects to teach This supposed native African tells His right name is Joseph Lee, and he was born in this city. He has brothers and sisters living here. Lee is of a roving disposition and has been to England several times. His short stay in the United Kingdom changed his accent into a genuine Cockney twang. He tells a glowing tale of his travels and prospects, and almost had Dr. Ernest Lyon, United States minister to Liberia, won over by his persuasive words, Minister Lyon however, did not give him a letter of endorsement. Amgosa, or Joseph Lee to be correct, is said to have delightter visitors to amusement place on Pennsylvania avenue by his tricks suppressed to typify the people of Dahomey. A Great Revival. The Centenual M. E. Church is enjoying a season of refreshing from the Lord. The meetings have taken on new power this week and the Church is crowded nightly with sinners and their friends who want to see them saved. Dr. Shaw, the pastor, reports that nearly a hundred souls have turned to God and the meetings show no abatement of interest. Following the sermon on Bungan's Pilgrims Progress last Sunday night, seven men cross and pledged themselves to Jesus. Meeting continue all next week. 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. 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. PENNA. AVENUE NEAR DOLPHIN STREET Can be Rented For Any and all occasions for $20.00 pernight with bar privileges. Apply to Emil Davidge, Manager, 211 North Carlton street. We advertise all affairs here. Extraordinary Service—Sunday, Feb. 13th, at 8P. M. 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, Cools and Stewards. The one turning in the largest amount will be presented with a beautiful gold medal. The People's Amusement Co OF BALTIMORE CITY. HAS OPENED- A First-class Moving Picture Parlor, AT 1115-17 W. SARATOGA ST. Half block from Carey St. car. Ellicott City and Edmonson Avenue cars pass the doors. The only Moving Picture Parlor in the city that is absolutely owned, operated and controlled by colored people, and opened to all the people. The prettiest, most convenient and best equipped house for colored people on the city. The lovely slope and situation of the chairs allows every one to sit comfortable and see. A four foot hallway on either side between two fire-proof walls, as exits, which makes it absolutely safe in case of fire. First-class Motion Pictures. Illustrated Song and Light Vaudeville. Mr. Wm. Butler, the popular Black Face Comedian and Buck Dancer is with us again and offers a sketch with mauy a laugh. Special Vaudeville Each Week. PROF. KELLY MILLER--Howard University... Will speak at AMES M. E. CHURCH, Baker and Carey Sts. Under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. Sunday, February 6th, 1910, at 4 P. M. A Solo by Miss Delia Butler. Everybody invited. Come early. Largest and Cheapest House in Northwest Baltimore 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. THE METROPOLITAN DEPARTMENT STORE. 1637 Penna. Ave. bet. McMechen and Wilson Sts. BOTH PHONES—C. & P. Mt. Veruon 3603 Md. Courtland 1926. No branch offices. Not connacted 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. 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, ruge, chairs etc., all of the latest designs. Shipping Funerals, $25.00 and $50.00 Complete. 1222 Division St. bet. Dolphin and Larvale. C. & P. Phone Mad. 4067 Children's bonnets.....9c “ petticoats.....5c “ dresses.....39c Infants.....23c Children's shirts.....9c 50c large size ladies' corsets.....25c Jet buttons.....91c 75c children's sweaters.....39c $1.00 ladies' sweaters.....75c Boys' suits, only a few; worth $2.50, 99c Toilet glycerine soap.....2 bars, 9c FELIX B. 102 E. Mulberry St. FUNERAL BOTH PHONES—C. & P. Mt. Vee No branch offices. Not conaected. A reward will be offered to anyone who the name of Fe JOHN H. OW Undertakers $75.00 FUNE A fine casket worth $65.00, in bighly polished oak or walnut outside either black, gray or white. to matriages, new and up-to-date; fine burial advertise funeral, six pairs of gloves, cifix when desired, rugs, chairs etc., a This funeral cost elsewhere.... Our price..... Saving you..... No charge for removal of Shipping Funerals, $25. 1222 Division St., bet. Dolphin and W. A. RILEY, SHAVING PARLOR. Strictly up-to-date. All styles of hair cutting. 15 cents. Prompt service 1537 Pennsylvania Avenue, Near Mc Mechen Street. 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 Tobaccos of all Kind Electric Massage. Pearl buttons ..... 4c Three packages pins ..... 5c Six spools sewing silk ..... 25c Safety pins ..... 2c 50c ladies' wool gloves ..... 19c 50c men's fleeced lined underwear ..... 29c Fancy jabots and collars ..... 9c Men's sweaters ..... 39c SPECIAL-one to a customer, men's laundered shirts. 19c Writing paper. 8½c PYE, Sr. Near Calvert DIRECTOR Bruno 3603 Md. Courtland 1926. with any other firm. No Agents. detects any person doing business under lix B. Pye, Sr. ENS & SON & Embalmer ORALS $65.00. rack cloth, steel gray or white plush; lee case; beautiful rubber-tired hearse, b casket, as desired; five heated car- ial robe, embalming, opening grave, door crepe, candles, candelabra, cru- all of the latest designs. $136.00 75.00 61.00 if remains from Hoepitals. $00 and $50.00 Complete. Larvale. C. & P. Phone Mad. 4067 Have your Hair Dressing, Manicur and Massageing done by ern Section of the City. Sole Distributor for Nu-Hair Restorer. S.E.C. Cor. Jefferson & Caroline Sts Over the Drug Store. 1m-11-20 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 $1,000 From the Employer 25 Cents from the Employee. Persons sending articles for publication must sign name and address, not necessary for publication but for the protection of the publisher of the paper. 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. Robert A. Campbell, one of the oldest employees of the Maryland Institute, is recovering from a slight stroke of paralysis. Messrs. W. M. Gould and P. E. Gaines entertained a few friends at a whist party at their residence on 544 W. Biddle street on last Saturday evening in the honor of the Misses Wineberger and Miss Handy of Atlantic City, N. J. Mr. Jacob Armack, proprietor of the Home Shoe Store, 600 N. Eutaw street is able to be out after a weeks illness. Mr. Joseph L. H. Smith, Past Grand Master of Maryland Grand Lodge of Masons, is ill at his home 1433 Argyle avenue, out is improving slowly. Mr. John R. Keene, who has been ill at his home, 543 Laurens street, with a complication of diseases, for the past six weeks. is improving. For over 30 years Mr. Keene has conducted a grocery store at Saratoga and Courtland streets. Miss Elizabeth Jones of 1111 Argyle Ave, who had a serious fall a few weeks ago, is much improved. A CORRECTION—The total indebtness of John Wesley M. E. Church, which was stated a few weeks ago to be 21,000 dollars, is, the sum of 2100.00 dollars. Mrs. Mary Galloway of 1111 Argyle Ave. who has been ill with the pneumonia, is now much improved. Rev. John H. Ross, pastor of the A. M. E. Church, Winchester, Va., was in the city this week the guest of Rev. A. L. Gaines, D. D. pastor of Trinity A. M. E. Church. Mr. Robert A. Campbell, of 726 ajax street, is convalescing after a slight stroke of paralysis. He has been a janitor at the Maryland Institute for a quarter of a century. Mrs. Emma Hudson, of 508 Lee street, has returned from a very pleasant visit to relatives in Centreville, Md. Mr. Charles Yets, who has been conflined to his room for the past three weeks is much improved and expects to be out again in a few days. Mrs. Annie Briscoe of 1538 Wood-year street, who has been confused to her bed for the pa-t three weeks by illness, is improving and expects to be around again in a few days. Miss Flossie Watt, of 1253 Or.leans street, has gone to Boston, Mass., to visit friends The Rt. Rev. Dr. Talbet, Bishop of Bettelehen, is expected to preach at St. James Church, Park avenue and Preston street, Sunday evening Mrs. Carrie Jackson, of Mulliken street, was in Washington last week attending the meeting of Eastern Star, while in Washington, Mrs. Jackson was the guest of Mrs. M. Trainor, of N. W. Washington. Mrs. Sarah A. Johnson, is confined to her home, 305 Pierce street write an attack of the grip. Mrs. Susan Addison, is confined to her home, 895 Pierce street with a severe illness, but is improving slowly. VERONA The old reliable clairvoyant, 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 through her Spiritual power. Permanently located at 217 S Clinton street, Highlandtown. Take Roland Park car to Clinton street. Cut out this Ad. If It's A Valentine, for grandpa-grandma-mother-father sister-brother-sweetheart or the baby. Get it at Stokes & Derry's "The Satisfactory Store." Drugs Chemicals For proper instruction in Dress Making and the McDowell System join the night classes now being conducted at 282 Dolphin St., on Tuesday and Friday evenings from 8 to 10 o'clock. Separate classes in Embroidery and Millinery. MISS MAMIE GILES, Conductress