The Afro-American

VOL. XIX NO. 28. SELMA IS A THRIVING CENTRE OF BUSINESS. SOME MENTION OF THE MEN WHO ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN THIS VERY PROGRESSIVE CITY Business League Has Much To Do With Making Out Line Of Progress For Its Members,—Some Of The Most Valuable Property In The Business Centre Of The City Owned By Afro- Americans—They Are Marking An Impress On The Life Of The City. (Staff Correspondent.) Selma, Ala., March 15.—Much of the success that attended the meeting of the third annual session of the Alabama State League was due to the remarkable condition of the local Negro Business League at this place, of which the well-known Prof. R. B. Hudson is president. At. Selma the Negro Business League is regarded by the Negroes just as any other commercial organization is regarded by the white people. The Negro Business League under Prof. Hudson's direction, has to do with all progressive movements, inaugurates many of them and sees to it that any other movement is carried to a successful culmination. The Business League here has been instrumental in placing colored porters on two railroads running out of Selma and is now at work on the third one. It succeeded in securing an extension of time, when necessary on the payment of the extra tax on a sewer system for Negro citizens, and has encouraged and aided many other landable undertakings. One sees in Selma a greater spirit of cooperation than in most towns of the size, even where there is present quite as many Negro business establishments. Among some of the leading spirits of the local League, are E. W. Stone, who is a blacksmith and large plater. Mr. Stone owns a large tract of land, which has recently been included within the extended city limits, which portion has become a fashionable residence district. The land is conservatively estimated to be worth about $70,000. He is an active member of the A. M. E. Church and has been a delegate to several general conferences. No man is more popular with the masses than Duncan Irbay, who like Mr. Stone runs a large blacksmithing establishment. Mr. Stone is a slave to his work, works night and day and as a matter of course, has reaped the attendant reward. He holds the contract for carrying the United States mail, runs a half dozen of the fastest carriages in city for public hire, and right in the heart of the downtown region a three-story brick building, valued at $15,000. He has other real estate holdings running up to at least $30,000. Prof. R. B. Hudson is the one Negro living in Selma who has attained a national reputation. He is the only layman holding office under the National Baptist Convention. He has been secretary of that large body for five years, his election being always accomplished by acclamation. Professor Hudson has been principal of the Clark School in Selma for 21 years, and holds the confidence of the entire people. He owns valuable real estate, lives in one of the handsome homes in the city, and is the proprietor of the only coal and wood yard managed and controlled by Negroes. He is uniring in his efforts to make the Negro Business League a factor in the development of the people. Dr. D. M. Brown is a young man who has made himself. He has the distinction of being the only Negro optician in the State and runs a first-class jewelry store. He is rated in Bradstreet and Dani's and with the National Jewelers' Association, and carries a complete line of jewelry. He does clock and watch repairing and has a well fitted up place of business. He has been in the business in Selma five years. gro physician of the city and is counted as one of the most valuable citizens. He uses in his drug store and for his practice a rather unique and original system of accounting. Dr. Burwell is rated at about $25,000 and owns a handsome pressed brick structure downtown across the street from the City Hall. He has a private infirmary for the accommodation of his patients, to which other physicians send colored patients. In considering the valuable property down town, it is well to call attention to another three-story brick structure, owned by a Negro, just across the street from the City Hall. Professor Hudson owns this property, and it adjoins the three-story structure owned by Mr. Duncan Irby. Both these buildings are valued at about $15,000 each, and stand rented all the time. In this building and in this block is found the centre of all the Negro commercial activities, the Alabama Penny Savings Bank comfortably quartered here. Professor Hudson is cashier of this institution, which is one of the branches of the parent concern in Birmingham. SHRINERS ENTERTAIN IMPERIAL POTENTATE. (Spec. 10 The Afro-American Ledger). Atlantic City, March 15—The residents here are still talking of the canata, "David, the Shepherd Boy," which was rendered at Ashbury M. E. Church Tuesday evening. The canata was conducted by Prof. W. F. Miller, of Philadelphia. John Rucker, the well-known comedian, is spending a week here. Messrs. Engene Phillips, of New York, and J. T. Griffin, prominent Mystic Shriners, were the guests of B. G. Fitzgerald, of Azure Temple, of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. John Pratt gave a banquet in their honor. The annual fair of the congregation of Price Memorial A. M. E. Zion Church will begin the latter part of this month. Mrs. J. C. Edwards has gone on an extended trip South. While she will attend the commencement of the State College at Orangeburg, S. C. She is a former member of the faculty of the school. Mr. William Ludlow, of the local postoffice force, visited Philadelphia last week. Miss Estelle Wilson spent several days in Philadelphia last week. SHIPPING COMPANY ORGANIZED SALISBURG, Md., March 16 — The Farmers' Shipping Company has been organized here. It will do a general business on the co-operative plan. The officers are: H. H. Rogers, Parsonburg, president; Ware W. Conway, Jesterville, Vigil Burrell, Delmar, vice presidents; George H. Williams, Salisbury, corresponding secretary and general manager; Mrs. B. T. Gordy, Pittville, recording secretary. The local auxiliary of the Woman's Home Moravian Society of the Delaware Conference celebrated its sixth anniversary Sunday. The secretary, Mrs. Sarah Church, reported that $600 was raised during the year; Mrs. S. D. Wright delivered a most helpful address, and Mrs. M. J. O'Connell presided. Bishop Alexander Walters is expected to fill the pulpit at the A. M. E. Church this Sunday. A good deal of interest is being manifested in the theri-country institute, which will be held here next fall. CHESTERTOWN HÄPPENINGS Chestertown, Md., March 15-The ladies of Bethel Church are preparing to give a series of concerts for the benefit of the new building fund. Rev. J. H. Holland, pastor of the M.E. church is winding up his affairs here preparatory to leaving for the Delaware Conference, which meets in Philadelphia next month. Rev. P. H. Green, of Baltimore, was the guest of his daughter, Mrs.J. A. Young, this week. Mf. Mitchell Bell, who has been ill with the grip is improving. Mr. Guy Chambers, son of Rev. W. H. Chambers, is ill at his home. LEDGER THE COLONEL IS STILL GOING THE ROUNDS OF THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS SOUTH What He Has Seen In His Travels Since Last Week. Hundreds Of Boys And Girls In The School Rooms Striving To Get An Education. -- Will Make Their Mark In The Days To Come. -- Talks To Many Of Them. -- Meets Teachers And Numbers of Business People. COL. J. O. MIDNIGHT. Jonesboro, Ark.—Here I am in this place and I have been on the move since I wrote you last and I am going to continue to move, and it is hard to tell where I will be when I write to you the next time. I have been to Sherman, Texas, and had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Prince, who is at the head of the Pythians for Texas, and I am told that he is making good and at the same time making many friends. He is one of the best physicians in the country. He was delighted to see me and made he feel right at home. He had the pleasure of stopping with Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell in Sherman. I say it was a pleasure because it was really a pleasure. When I left them I went to the church where I spoke to the people of Paris. This education \ business is great, and I am glad to say that the people of that place have good schools and they seem to like them. Everywhere I find hundreds of boys and girls of our race in the school room struggling to get an education. I go in and look at them, and then I go back to the days of slavery, when it was a crime for us to learn to read and write. Now everywhere the school room is opened to our boys and girls, and many of them do not care to go into it. I cannot understand this when the slaves would give almost life to have had this pleasure. So the good education is doing for us. It is helping to make thinkers, and when we put the race to thinking it is then when you will see our condition change. What little I have, I am using it to operate my think tank, and as I think I find that it brings me more friends. I want to be something in this world and if I fall it will not be my fault. In Paris, Texas. I visited the graded schools, and I have never seen a more enthusiastic set of young people in all my life. They were there from all parts of the city of Paris. These little boys and girls looked up into my face with smiles, and seemed to say that they intend to make the world know that they have been here. May God bless them all. Professor Bailey was as busy as could be striving to educate them. He loves the young people and they love him and this is half of the battle. They have good teachers all through the school. Rev. C. X. Hampton, pastor of the Baptist Church is a man you can count on for his people. He believes in education, and he is doing his part toward making things happen, and they are happening. He is now erecting a fine church. Dr. Freeland Etter was on hand, and he certainly has a large practice. He got his medical education in Nashville, and to my mind he is one of the best in the country. I had the pleasure of stopping with Mrs. Cordie Davis in Paris. Her husband is one of the leading carpenters in the city and was as busy as could be. Mrs. Davis knows how to make fine dresses and she was busy at that kind of work. I left Paris early in the morning for Marshall, via Terrell, but it is strange that one iron horse will not wait for another; but this truly was the case. We got there just in time to see the tail end of the horse I was to go to Marshall on, hence I had to wait three hours. I spent the time in the school, and I was glad that I did not make connection, because I was able to see what Professor Burnett and its teach- ers were doing. He has been able to hold the young men in school also, and because he takes an interest in them, Paris and Terrell both have bands among the boys. I met Rev. Noone and others, spoke to the school, and while they did not give me any money, a little boy came to the stable with 2 dozen fresh eggs for me, and I carried them to Marshall and sold them to President Dogan, President of Wiley University, for thirty cents, thus you see I was money in Dr. Dogan paid the price willingly, and I was glad to get the money. At Marshall I had the pleasure of visiting Wiley University, and they have a full school, and it is one of the best schools in this country for our people, and I don't mind telling you about it. I talked with these people and they talked with me, and we were glad to see each other. To graduate from Wiley, you can teach anywhere in Texas without taking an examination. Hence the scholarship is held high and sacred there and you must earn your diploma at this institution. I tried to purchase one, but President Dogan said that while he was willing to buy my eggs, he was unable to sell me a diploma, it mattered not how much money I had. "You cannot buy education," said Dr. Dogan to me, "but you must study for it. Get you something to eat and clothing to keep you warm and then get down to books. I do not mean to discourage you, but I want you to start right even at your present age. I am willing to do all in my power to assist you." On to Little Rock and visited the Arkansas Baptist College and the beautiful home erected by President Booker, or the people, headed by the Alumni Association and trustees of the college, but I am waiting to get a picture of the college and then I will send it to you and a full description of the mansion for the president. Now comes Hon. John L. Bush, and I have told you about him before. He holds an important position in Little Rock, and we are all proud of him. We have a right to be, because he is an able man. For one I praise God for his life and happiness and prosperity. Now Mr. Bush has erected a home, and I have told you about it before. He is getting ready to assist in the work of entertaining the National Negro Business League, and he will just the man. His palatial home will he occupied by Dr. Cooker from the Bank of Scotts. Hon. Charles Banks and perhaps one or two others. He has the home and then he has a queen in it. Rev. J. M. Conner has erected him a new home. It looks like a Bishop house, and I suppose he will be a Bishop after May, 1912. We shall all look forward to it. Now I have been to Newport, will not speak of it in this letter. The wife of Rev. L. H. Jackson was not well, but I shall not mention it now. She was at church Sunday. When the preacher looks after things it is done right, but when left to deacons it is not so right, and I will not say more about this. Well now I must leave you and go to another part of the world. If you have any mail for me and desire to reach me, send it to 4221 Papin street, St. Louis, Mo. I am going there for a short stay, thence to Jefferson City and other places. ODD JOBS DID NOT SUIT THIS GENTLEMAN (Spec. to The Airo-American Ledger.) Hutchinson, Kan., March 14.—"Back to the farm" appeals to some of our people quite effectively. Thirty years ago, John W. Thomas landed here, almost penniless. For a while he cked out a meagre existence by doing old jobs here and there in the city. Being unwilling, however, to rely altogether upon such a precarious chance for support, he went to the country and engaged in farming for a livelihood. Today, Mr. Thomas by hard work is the owner of two large farms and some valuable city property, the total value of which is said to be about $50,000. He also enjoys some of the luxuries of life together with the ownership of a large-touring car. VETERAN EDITOR T. THOMAS FORTUNE GETS TESTIMONIAL IS THE NESTOR OF AFRO-AMERICAN JOURNALISM AND WIELDS A TRENCHANT PEN. Representative Men Meet And Present Veteran Editor With A Purse.—Was Subscribed By Friends and Managed By Dr. Booker T. Washington.—Life And Services Of Mr. Fortune Told By His Friends.—Was Born In Florida And Was In All Things A Self Made Man. (Special Correspondence.) New York, March 15.—The signal services which T. Thomas Fortune has rendered race journalism were the occasion for the gathering of a number of representative men of this city at Abyssinia Baptist Church last Thursday night, when the veteran wielder of a trenchant pen was presented a purge of $115, the gift of admirers in various sections of the country. The meeting was not largely attended, even by New Yorkers, as it had not been extensively advertised, and at first Mr. Fortune would not hear of any plan to recognize his work as a writer, and of which the public was not fully cognizant. The idea for a testimonial to Mr. Fortune emanated from Booker T. Washington, and was given a little notice in the race press, but the general public was not kept constantly informed, as was in the case of the affair given in the honor of another prominent race journalist a few weeks ago. The local end of the testimonial was managed by Fred R. Moore, publisher of the New York Age, with which paper Mr. Fortune's fame as an editorial writer spread throughout the country. Addresses praising the journalistic work of the editor were made by Rev. R. M. Bolden, James H. Anderson, publisher of the Amsterdam News, and Collector Charles W. Anderson, the latter of whom eloquently pictured the week of Mr. Fortune, and the attendant him the purse. Dr. Washington, who was unable to be present, sent a letter mentioning Mr. Fortune's services, and stating that each contribution had been entirely voluntary. HIS RISE TO FAME. Timothy Thomas Fortune was born in Mariana county, Florida, October 3, 1856. His father, the late Emanuel Fortune, was a conspicuous figure during the reconstruction period of politics in that State. He worked in the offices of several of the daily papers of Florida, and gained a fair knowledge of the art of setting type. After attending the Stanton School, at Jacksonville, he secured a position as office boy in the postoffice of that city. After being promoted to a clerkship, he had a disagreement with the postmaster and resigned. He held other Federal appointments, until he entered the normal department of Howard University in Washington, where he remained until after spending a year teaching in the public school in 1879, where he secured a job as composer on the Weekly Witness. The following year he entered the journalistic field as the editor of the New York Rumor. The paper subsequently became the Globe, and Mr. Fortune continued his connection therewith until 1884, when the partners had a disagreement. He started the Freeman in November of that year. About the same time he also secured a position as a writer on the New York Sun, which position he held a number of years. The Freeman was subsequently changed to the New York Age, and Mr. Fortune's fame as a writer began to spread. His editorials always had a snapping ring about them, punctuated with flights of poetic fancy. Some of his editorial outpourings read like he dipped his pen in vitriol and the Age soon found that it had readers in all sections of the country. OF INDEPENDENT VIEWS. views politically and he championed the cause of Grover Cleveland in 1884. His incisive writings against hypocrisy within the ranks of the Republican party have always been noteworthy. To Mr. Fortune's efforts is largely due the fact that New York State has no separate school for its colored children. During the first term of President Roosevelt he was sent to the Philippines on a special mission. Mr. Fortune is the author of "Black and White," an economic study into the race question, and a volume of poems. The New York Age passed into other hands a few years ago, and the veteran editor went into temporary retirement. The call of the game was too strong for him, however, and he again entered the field as an editorial writer on the Philadelphia Tribune. He is also a writer on the Amsterdam News, a paper which has leaped into great favor in New York during its short life of fifteen months. RECE PROBLEM NOT BOTHERING THIS MAN Gets What He Goes After And At The Same Time Is A Help To Others Of The Race. (Spec. to The Afro-American Ledger.) Hamilton, Iowa, March 13.—Reu- ben Gaines, Sr., of this city, is not bothered very much by what is called the "Race Problem," so far as it con- cerns himself, for during the last ten years he has been quietly forging ahead, until he has accumulated farm lands and city property, the value of which is from $90,000 to $60,000. Ten years ago, Mr. Gaines was digging coal in the Buxton mines, while his wife run a restaurant near the scene of his labors. By economy, frugality and industry they were enabled to buy land, upon which they have had built a row of houses for business and residences three and a half blocks in length. In other words he has built up a community known as Gainestown. Notwithstanding their great personal wealth they have time to give to the betterment of the settlement; for both Mr. and Mrs. Gaines are active in fraternal, business and social life, besides giving largely to charity. INTERMARRIAGE LAW KILLED. Peabody Flayed By Trotter and Others For Introducing Measure. Boston, Mass., March 16—The bill to prevent marriages between colored and white people; has been killed by the legislature. W. Monroe Trotter, editor of the Boston Guardian Moorefield W. Storey and others who appeared in opposition to the bill, scored Frederick Peabody, its author, in scathing terms. Haverhill, Mass., March 16—Sidney Mason, for over 40 years, one of the best brown residents of this community is dead. He had been a member of the Fire Department since 1897, and had proven himself a man of merit in every particular. Richmond, Va., March 16-Of the 127,528 inhabitants of this city, 37 percent are colored. The people have are regarded as among the most successful of the race in this country, and many fine residences and business establishments attest that fact. Denton, Md., March, 15.—Funeral services for Mr. William Wheeler were held at his late home yesterday after noon. Rev. F.T. Johnson conducted the services. Men's Mite Missionary Society held a meeting today at the residence of Mrs. J. O. Bryant. Miss Ida Maxine Bailey entertained a number of friends last Saturday night, the occasion being her twentieth birthday. Mr. Charles H. Lewis is in memory of GROWTH OF SHARP STREET CHURCH Record of the Rev. Dr. W. A. C. Hughes, Whose Pastorate at Sharp Street Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church In Baltimore For Six Years Has Been Unprecedented. BY FRANKLIN F. JOHNSON. Baltimore—Many have proclaimed this "the day of the young man." Our age, with its intense mental and physical activities, calls for the spirit of youth in every phase of life. However this may be, the Rev. W. A. C. Hughes, D. D., pastor of the Sharp Street Memorial M. E. church, a young man of thirty-three summers, has demonstrated the worth of young men in positions involving large responsibilities. Dr. Hughes is the pastor of one of the oldest Negro congregations in America, an organization that dates back to 1802. This church has grown in wealth and influence until today it has a membership of 1,200 and a property valuation of $156,000. The Sharp Street church has long been a great religious center and has M. fostered many race movements which have told mightily in the uplift of our people, chief among which was the organization of the Washington conference of the M. E. church. For six years this energetic young minister has been the pastor of the church. This is the longest pastorate of the church, and the officiary pronounces it the most prosperous period of its history. Dr. Hughes has striven to make the church a great intellectual center as well as religious and from time to time has secured men of the foremost rank to deliver lectures. Financially he has led the forces with the result of averaging $600 per month for six years. The benevolent work of the church has increased 100 per cent, and this year the church will give to charity, missions and conference collections at least $1,700 and besides contribute to the Carnegie fund of Morgan college $880. As an expounder of the gospel Dr. Hughes is convincing and through his ministry here has won nearly 500 souls to Christ. Besides the large amount of work he does in his church, he stands among the foremost of our city in civic and social movements affecting racial life, and he has become so thoroughly identified with the community life of Baltimore that in these days of his strength and vigor it would be a loss were he removed. As an expression of confidence in the leadership of their pastor the church has elected a strong delegation to visit the session of the annual conference in March and pray the bishop for the return of Dr. Hughes, and already preparations are being made for a big banquet to signalize what the church expects to be the beginning of the seventh year of a strong, intelligent, unselfish ministry. Sunday Schools to Meet In Providence. The eighteenth annual meeting of the New England Baptist Sunday school convention, of which N. Barnett Dodson is president, will be held with the Sunday school of the Congdon Street Baptist church, Providence, R. I., for two days, beginning on Tuesday morning, June 13. The convention is composed of the Sunday schools of the churches of the northern and New England states belonging to the New England Baptist convention. West Virginia's Good Citizens. The Martinsburg (W. Va.) Pioneer Press under date of March 4 says edi- torially: "We never had any fear of a jim- crow car law passing in this state. There are too many good and liberal minded men in West Virginia. Berkeley's delegates, all Democracies, fought it to a finish, and Cleveland Selbert made himself a hero in our defense, and we honor him for it, together with His Primary Aim Should Be to Win the People to Christ. Under the caption, "The Pulpit" the Portland (Ore.) Advocate says: "We continually hear complaints from churchgoing people, both saints and sinners, of the manner in which the modern day preacher entertains his congregation. The Advocate believes that there should be more teaching by the preacher and less whooping of the good things and good times that we will have when we reach the pearly gates. "The people are starving for bread and they are getting stones. The Bible is full of material for all kinds of instruction, and no man should essay the role of a preacher or a teacher until he is able to expound to an intelligent public the things most helpful and peaceful in life." Now, really, we do not believe that the Advocate meant to ascribe the above to the modern day preacher, else it would have put in a modifying clause in the first sentence. The modern day preacher is one who seeks to instruct his congregation by intelligently explaining the meaning of the Scriptures with a view of winning men to Christ. This at least should be and we believe is the primary aim of the modern day preacher. MARCH OF CHRISTIANITY. It Knows No Race or Nationality, Says Dr. William A. Creditt. Speaking at the first meeting in March held under the auspices of the Lemon Hill association in Arch Street M. E. church, Philadelphia, in the interest of colored people, Dr. William A. Creditt, president of the New England Baptist missionary convention, said: "The Negro believes in that Christianity which has a religious system that knows no race or nationality. Unlike all other systems, Christianity is a missionary system that must make a conquest of all lands, races, people and religions. "The Negro believes, in that Christianity that has as its motto, 'The world for Christ, the Magna Charta of which is, 'Go preach my word.'" Professor Reynolds of Normal, Ala, Captivates Large Audience. Under the auspices of the Climbers, a well known social and charitable club of Birmingham, Ala., Professor Thomas H. Ieynolds, director of music in the Agricultural and Mechanical college, was recently presented to a large and appreciative audience at the First Congregational church in a song recital. Mr. Reynolds so delighted his audience that he was forced to answer three encores and promised a return engagement. He appeared four times, giving a repertory that embraced some very difficult classical productions, among them being "Zueignung," by Straus; "Botschaff," by Brahms; three of Lohr's garden songs; "My Dreams," by Tosti; "Mother o' Mine," by Tours, and "Before the Dawn," by Chadwick. This appearance of Professor Reynolds before one of the most intelligent and representative audiences of the south brings to the public eye one of the most promising musicians of the race. In the reorganization of the Agricultural and Mechanical college under the new management Mr. Reynolds is one of the important officials, having direct charge of all the music, which in most southern schools is a very important portion of the training. He is a product of the Indiana State university and for three years studied at the well known Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He carries a very strong recommendation from C. W. Morrison, director of music at Oberlin. Mr. Reynolds also studied voice culture under the eminent Herbert Harount for three years. In the Oberlin music circles he was prominent, being for a portion of the time a member of the Second church choir, which work he relinquished to do solo work for the white Baptist church choir of Oberlin. During his three years at Oberlin he was a member of the high class and exclusive Musical union. His work at Normal is above the average for southern schools not making music a specialty, and he is the proud possessor of a lovely tenor voice. Growth of Theban Literary Society. The Theban Literary society, which was organized in the spring of 1010 by Mr. John E. Bruce in Yonkers, N. Y., has a membership of sixty. At the last meeting of the society, in February, the members and visitors were given a rare treat by Mr. Ernest Braxton, who exhibited a number of pen sketches and crayon portraits, which were among the best the young Brooklyn artist, has thus far produced. Fourteen of the number shown were sold, and orders for special subjects were secured. Mr. Braxton is now at work upon several portraits of some noted men of the race, which when finished will greatly add to his collection of paintings. Coming Event of Unusual Interest. An event to which the athletic fraternity in New York is looking forward with unusual interest is the basketball game which is to be played between the All Stars of New York city and the team of the Tenth United States Cavalry band. The tryout will take place on Saturday, March 25. THE AFRO-AMERICAN-LEDGER A Century's Lapse What Was Accomplished Under an Indian Fakir's Instructions There are many singular processes known in the east that are not understood in the west. In India we hear of people being buried and a long while afterward resurrected. Ordinarily persons shake their heads at such stories, but there has been so much testimony as to these strange doings that the feeling has gained ground that there is something in them. There is certainly nothing new in them. What these Indians know has been handed down to them through centuries. During the reign of terror in France a young girl, Marie de Maurier, the daughter of a nobleman, was condemned to death with others of her class whom the revolutionists desired to eliminate. She was expecting to be taken to the guillotine and executed when the door of her cell was opened and a man of swarthy features, with a fez on his head, entered. He lighted a taper he held in his hand, and a strange odor soon pervaded the cell. The girl sat on a pile of straw in a corner, but the man stood with his face near a window, holding at the same time a vial under his nose. Mlle de Maurier sank down apparently dead. The man took her in his arms and carried her out to the prison dead house, where she was put into a coffin. The coffin was then placed in a cart and driven away in charge of the swarthy man, who before leaving dropped several gold pieces into the palm of the jailer. The body of Mlle. de Maurier was carried to the laboratory of a distinguished French savant, Professor Chantan, who received it from the swarthy man. Both entered the laboratory with it, and the professor locked the doors. That was the last seen of Marie de Maurier for a hundred years. In 1808 Paul Chantan, the great-great-grandson of Professor Chantan, a young scientist of promise, went to the family vault in the cemetery of Pere Lacalse and, taking down from an upper shelf a casket, had it removed to his laboratory. There be lifted from the coffin the body of a young girl. Having laid it on a table, he took from his pocket a manuscript and began to read: Record of the case of Mile. Marte de Maurier, who was to have been fulloutlined on the 8th of March, 1858. Her father was bribed to permit Heyd Cassim, an Indian fakir, to take the body, being considered dead, was taken to the laboratory of Professor Antone Chanant, where the Indian in the presence of Chanant prepared her to lie dormant for an indefinite period, the hundred years after the execution, let the oldest born linear descent of Professor Chanant take the body from the family vault. In Pere Lachaise and determine if it can be resuscitated under the following instructions, to wit— Then followed minute instructions, which young Chanant read carefully again and again. Finally, when he had thoroughly familiarized himself with them, he began to apply them. Two hours after the commencement of the process Mile, de Maurier showed a faint tinge of redness in the cheeks, and in thirty minutes more the operator noticed a pink tinge under the finger nails. Placeing a mirror under the nostrils, he detected a slight moisture on the glass. Listening for the heartbeat, he discovered that it throbbed very slowly. All these symptoms gradually gained ground until three hours and fifty minutes after the young scientist had begun the resuscitation, when the subject opened her eyes. "Is it time?" she mounced. "Don't excite yourself," said Chantin. "You are in a critical condition, but if you can avoid giving way to any strong emotion you will come out all right." "But why do I care, since I am to be escorted?" "That matter is past and gone. You have been unconscious for a long while. The revolution is accomplished. The republic is established on a permanent basis, and there is no longer need for executions." "Thank heaven!" The professor had prepared a lounge and, taking the girl in his arms, lifted her from the table on to it, covering her with an afghan. He noticed that the body was quite warm. "Have the emigres returned?" asked the girl as soon as she was made comfortable. "Long ago." "I wonder if my uncle and my cousins are here." To this the young man made no reply. Presently he asked her if she had any consciousness whatever before recovering her faculties. "I fancy it could not have been long before I opened my eyes. The first thing I knew was you standing over me saying what you said." A blush overspread his features. "What did I say?" He was obliged to urge her, but she finally told him that he had said: "If I succeed in bringing you back to life I will love you forever." He had spoken the words believing that they were said to a dead person and never dreamed that a living being heard them. He was silent a few moments and then said with great feeling: spoke. Her joy at having been told that she was not to be beheaded, but instead that this young man, who had brought her from nothingness to life, loved her, knew no bounds. She threw her arms about his neck. Notwithstanding that Chantan re-elicprocated the emotion that caused this act he smuddered. A terrible gulf stood between him and this new and suddenly born love. A hundred years intervened between her going to sleep and her awakening. How could he tell her that during that long period she had been on a shelf in a tomb in Pore Lachaise; that those she would expect to find alive to rejoice with her in her escape from death on the guillotine had been in their graves for many years? And what would he do with her? He had kept the secret that he intended to obey an injunction handed down to him from his great-grand-fatfather to resuscitate one supposed to be dead. How could he take this homeless girl to his mother and sisters dressed in a fashion of a hundred years ago? Indeed, he dreaded lest the faded and rotten fabrics of her clothing would fall to pieces as soon as she left the laboratory. He had prepared a luncheon in case he was successful in his experiment, realizing that food would be at once needed, and now, noticing a pallor come over the girl's face, he brought her a glass of wine and offered her some daltry bits to eat. She partook of both and seemed refreshed. Then she began anew her questionings. "How long have I been asleep?" "Oh, a long while." "What has happened 'since I began my slumber?' "Many things. Napoleon Bonaparte made himself emperor, but was overpowered by the other European sovereigns and abdicated." "I never heard of him. What a long time I have slept! Go on." "Then the Bourbons were placed again on the throne of France, but the people would not remain tranquil under their rule and drove them out. After that Napoleon's nephew was elected president and afterward made himself emperor. He was conquered by the Prussians and a republic was proclaimed. This is the government we live under now." "Heaven, how old I must be!" "I have told you all of what has happened since you went to sleep that I can tell you now. I must take action with regard to your future. Since you are comfortable here and I don't dare for the present to permit you to make the slightest effort I will leave you, though only long enough to make certain provisions. You will need a woman to attend you, and that is the first matter for you to arrange. Do you fear to remain, say, half an hour, alone?" "No." He bent over her and kissed her. There was a cold clamminess to her lips he did not like. He was much troubled. This bringing a woman back from a past century appalled him. The brief synopsis of what had passed since she had become unconscious was in itself narrowing. What would he say, when she began to ask where were those who had been near and dear to her? At the door he turned for another look. He started. It seemed to him that since her resuscitation Marle had grown ten years older. Looking his charge in the laboratory, he went out, thinking as he went what course to pursue. He felt that but one plan was practicable—he must go to his mother and give her his confidence. Calling a flare, he directed the driver to take him home. Arriving, he called for his mother to follow him and, leading her to his own room, showed her the mandate of the first Chantan to resuscitate the body of Mille, de Maurier. Mine, Chantan read the paper without displaying any especial interest, but when her son began to tell his story her face assumed a very different expression. When he recounted his taking the body from Pere Lachaise her features grew anxious. But when he told her that he had actually brought back to life a body that had been in the tomb a hundred years she had no doubt whatever that her son was insane. Mme. Chantan was a remarkably self contained woman. As soon as her son began to tell her that he wished her to help him take care of the resuscitated girl she arose, stepped to the door, passed out, closed it and turned the key. Paul Chantan was a prisoner. The idea that Marie would be left alone locked in his laboratory with but such provisions as he had provided for immediate use throw him into a terrible agony. He hammered on the door, called, screamed and acted like a veritable madman. In an hour two men came, overpowered him and, taking him down to a carriage, drove him to a lunatic asylum. How long Chantan remained in the asylum he did not know, for he was attacked with brain fever and passed into delirium. When he came to himself he could see by the leaves on the trees without his window and by the heat that the season had changed. Before the attendants knew of his altered condition he had had time to lay his plans. He wrote to his mother that he was aware he had suffered from insanity, but had recovered. Mme. Chantan came at once to see him, and within a few days he was permitted to order a fractre and drive away. He drove at once to his laboratory. After he had inserted the key in the lock it was some time before he could nerve himself to turn it. When he entered, there on the lounge was a body, but it was not the body of a young girl. He saw instead a small dried up figure the hue of papier mache. The eyes were entirely sunken away, and the teeth had disappeared. It was the corpse of a woman more than a hundred years old. HOMESEEKERS. ATTENTION! Thousands of satisfied customers are buying houses from us on the EASY PAYMENT plan. Why not call on us and let us explain to YOU what we can do. We have for sale a large list of houses all on easy terms on Druid Hill avenue, Argyle avenue, Bloom street, Division street,Dolphin street Mosher street and cross streets. We have over half a million dollars to put out on homes for you. 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It was the writer's good fortune the other day to make a trip of a hundred miles aboard a dairy demonstration special. The itinerary of the special had been arranged beforehand, and at each place where stops were made crowds of interested people, mostly farmers, were present to receive the benefit of the hour's instruction given by the several members of the party. There were four coaches, in each of which a half hour's lecture was given by as many speakers, who took up the matter of testing the cows with the Babcock test, balanced rations, burn ventilation, silos, etc., while the last half hour was devoted to giving a cow demonstration from the door of a baggage car which was equipped as a stock car and at the time referred to contained a Holstein cow with a milk record of 18,000 pounds, a Jersey bull worth $1,000 and a Jersey cow with a butter record of 500 pounds per year. At the proper stage in the demonstrator's talk these animals were led to the door of the car and their strong points as dairy representatives pointed out and contrasted with traits and characteristics of beef animals. Among the traits emphasized for the good dairy cow were vigor and constitution, depth of body at the heart line, a big panch or barrel, a well developed udder extending well forward and back, large and winding milk veins, a soft pliable skin, a bright and prominent eye and a condition of flesh along the back indicating that the feed given was put into the udder in the shape of milk and not on the back in the shape of fat and flesh. At all stops made a rare degree of interest was manifested, and there is little question that scores of those who attended the lectures went home with a determination to put more brains into and to get more revenue out of their dairy operations. PUT OUT THE LIGHT. It is hard to believe that a dairy barn could be battened so tight and have windows and doors so close fitting as to virtually put out a lantern because of a lack of oxygen, but such an occurrence was related the other day by a farmer to one of the speakers on the Iowa dairy special, which has been making a tour of the state. This chap thought at first that his wick was short or the oil low, but on going outside of the barn, where the air was pure, the light revived. This fact was noticed on two other occasions, so that there was no question as to the cause of the poor light. Yet in the face of this terrific condition of infants cows were kept housed within this stable and were expected to give a profitable milk return when they had virtually no oxygen with which to purify their blood and make milk production possible. After hearing the lecture we understand this fellow went home and put in a window between every other set of studding and insorted glass and cheesecloth alternately over every other opening. This let in the sunshine, which is the best germ killer, and admitted fresh air without making a draft. A whole lot of barns need ventilating in the above manner when the air isn't so absolutely foul that it will extinguish a lantern. TOP GRAFTING TENDER APPLES. As a result of observing the thriftiness and hardiness of top grafted apple trees the writer has much faith in the possibility of producing semi-tender apples of the Jonathan and Crimson Golden type on hardy stocks like the Hibernal and Virginia crab in northern latitudes, where the former varieties could not be sufficiently hardy to withstand the severe winter weather. It is true that for its season there is no apple which will fetch more on the early winter markets than a juice, well colored Wealth, but if the two varieties mentioned could by top grafting be added to the rather limited list of known hardy apples northern horticulturists would be materially benefited. The writer would like to hear from any reader who has given the above plan such a trial as would demonstrate its practicability. It would seem to give much promise. GIVE THEM A LIFT. GIVE THEM A LEFT. In latitudes where snows are deep and winter temperatures low a kindly service may be rendered some of the birds which remain and bear the rigors of the cold weather by putting out food in shrubs or trees so that they may have access to it. Nothing answers the purpose better than pieces of beef suet. If this should not be handy scraps from the table will do. If a little platform is fixed and suspended from a limb screenings or other grain may be scattered there, and the little feathered friends will be very grateful for it. Such slight help as this may be the means of carrying many insect destroying birds through the season of short fare and cold nights. Denmark is a diminutive country, about one-third the size of an average state, yet it produces annually eight times as much in dairy products as Illinois. In starting a dairy herd it is much better to pay two prices for the cows that the other fellow would like to keep than to take the ones he is perfectly willing to part with for a song. The same difference in atmospheric conditions which relieves the dweller of low and humid sections' of his asthma when he removes to a higher and drier country rids horses of the heavens if they make the same change. One of the largest certified milk dairies in the country, which is located near Boston, is owned and operated by a woman, Mrs. Ware, and is known as the Wareland dairy. This field has been occupied by women in several instances and with eminent success. There are many who hold that when the farmer in the northern half of the corn belt knows as much about raising alfalfa as he already does about growing corn and oats he will have little trouble in raising the legume. There would seem to be something in the contention. The most important factor in the choice of a sire for the dairy herd is not the length of his pedigree or a bifalutin name, but the number of pounds of butter fat produced in a year by his dam, his granddam and great-granddam. This will be the only safe guarantee that he will beget beef calves of a fixed milk giving habit. Feeding tests which have been made by two or three experiment stations seem to show that if alfalfa is ground into meal there is a loss in feeding value of 5 or 6 per cent over that realized when the bay is fed in its natural state. Just why this is so is not stated, but it seems to be due to the beneficial effect of the thorough mastication given the coarser feed. There is no asset with which young folks start out in life which begins to compare in importance and value with good health. In all too many cases we take this endowment as a matter of course, underrate and often despise it and wake up too late to a realization of the fact that we have impaired or destroyed it. It is a pretty good idea to look after our health as we go along. It is all right to feel a keen interest in the conservation of the country's natural resources in the shape of timber and mineral wealth, but the average farmer has a good deal more pressing conservation problem on his hands in the matter of so handling the homemade manures that he will realize their approximate value of $2.25 per ton instead of allowing them to steam and leech and get but one-half or one-third of this amount from them. With the fur business becoming more and more important each year and trappers getting handsome returns for their pelts, more interest should be taken by both trappers and buyers in a changing of the open season from Nov. 1 to Dec. 1. It is the consensus of opinion among those who have given the matter attention that much fur caught prior to Nov. 20 and classed as unprize would be rated as prime and fetch a much higher price if caught after Dec. 1. The forest service is conducting an experiment in the foothills of southern California that is bound to be followed closely by all who are interested in the reclamation or use of millions of acres of rough and inaccessible desert land. Briefly the experiment is the setting out in representative localities of 100,000 eucalyptus trees, for which the ground will not be prepared beyond the digging of a hole two feet across and fifteen inches deep. No attempt will be made to cultivate, the little trees nor to keep the chaparral from growing about them, nor will there be any way in which they can be irrigated. If the field on which the stalks are standing is well supplied with humus—decaying vegetable matter—there is no particular reason for cutting them to pieces and plowing them under, as the mineral fertilizing elements—phosphorous and potash—will be left in the soil in the shape of ashes in case the stalks were burned. But the fact remains that the vast majority of soils are deficient in humus; hence it is better to cut the stalks to pieces and plow them under. When silos are installed on every farm, as they ought to be, this question of what to do with the stalks will take care of itself, as the bulk of them will be converted into ensilage, with nothing but six to eight inches of stubs left afield. Some figures which have been compiled the past season on the subject of pastureage for hogs are interesting and may be put to good use next spring in providing such pasture. They show that an acre of mixed oats, rape and clover produced 831 pounds of pork at a cost of $3.34 per hundred; clover alone, 748 pounds at $3.51 per hundred; rape, 713 pounds at $3.44 per hundred; oats, rape and field peas, 694 pounds at $3.63 per hundred, while an acre of blue grass and timothy produced 367 pounds of pork at a cost of $3.81. It is interesting to note the economical production of pork with the first two pastures, in which clover appears. Had alfalfa pasture been available in the experiment it would probably have made an even better showing than did the clover. In Arizona at the present time mining bears to agriculture the ratio of seven to one, but this will not long stand, as irrigation projects are being undertaken and completed which will make agriculture a much larger factor in the state's development. It is not a particularly reassuring thought that about 95 per cent of all hogs and cattle found affected with tuberculosis are used as human food, this being due to the fact that the flesh of such animals is considered wholesome for food unless tubercular lesions are found in it. Give old Biddy the right kind of raction and a warm spell of weather in midwinter and she will knock in the head the tightest egg corner ever promoted. It is largely because of this combination of circumstances that eggs are now down so that a man with a family can afford to have them once in three days. Any farmer living near a railroad track would do well to carry insurance on his stock, as he never can tell on what day a gate may be left open and valuable stock be killed by a passing train. We read of a farmer the other day who lost four fine colts at one time in such a manner. While the railroad can usually be made to pay damages, they do not always cover the loss. It is a pretty sensible thing to steer shy of the fellow who is dead anxious to sell you something that is going to fetch you health or wealth by a short cut and with the investment of a relatively small amount of money. In nine cases out of ten he does not belong to the benefactor class at all, but is a plain grafter and eager to get his hands on your hard earned money. At the national corn show held the latter part of January at Columbus, O., the first prize of $1,000 for the best ten cars of corn exhibited was awarded to Roy Clore, a lad nineteen years old of Franklin, Ind. It will be remembered that his father, L. B. Clore, won the championship prize in 1907 and 1908 and was barred from competing, but it is a fair assumption that the boy had some of the old gentleman's seed corn as well as the benefit of his many years of experience. In serving as a judge of an exhibit of grains at a farmers' institute a short time since the writer weighed a sample of Swedish select oats that tested forty-two pounds to the bushel and two other samples of white oats that weighed forty pounds to the bushel each. Several samples of wheat examined showed a like plumpness and soundness of berry, which furnished proof that the heat moisture conditions for the maturing of the grain were as nearly ideal as could be. In the mining of gold and silver at Leadville, Colo., for years past little attention has been paid to the thousands of tons of oxides or other metals which have been cast aside as worthless. Laterly, however, it has been found that this waste contains a very large per cent of zinc oxide of a very high grade, while there are literally millions of tons of it untouched in the neighborhood. It is estimated that this newly realized source of wealth will bring to Leadville more revenue than was ever received for all her silver and gold. To one who has made the rail trip across the Utah deserts it seems impossible that men from the more humid eastern states would have the hardship to locate there and undertake dry farming, and yet this is exactly what is being done. As a result the big sheepmen who have herded their flocks on the mountains in the summer months and in the winter on the deserts, where they subsist on sagbrush and cactus, contend that this movement of settlers to the desert means the ultimate extinction of the grazing business as it has been known in years past. Among the diseases which are known to be caused by microbes are tuberculosis, pneumonia, diphtheria, typhoid fever, lockjaw, blood poisoning, malaria, sleeping sickness, bubonic plague, cholera, dysentery and cerebro-spinal meningitis. Other diseases not yet proved to be caused by germs, but believed by scientific men to be are scarlet fever, measles, yellow fever, rabies and infantile paralysis. Of all these maladies several have been deprived of their former terror by the serum treatment, chief among them being diphtheria, for which the antitoxin treatment is now given with most gratifying results. In a general way that type of farming has most to commend it from the standpoint of the welfare of the soil and the owner of it in which the amount paid to railroads for transportation of products is reduced to a minimum. It is because of this fact that raising hogs, sheep and cattle is a better type of farming than grain selling and why butter production is better than either. With grain the value of the shipment is from a cent to a cent and a half a pound, with stock 5 to 10 cents and with butter 25 to 35 cents. Not only this, but the amount of fertility removed from the farm is in a quite accurate indirect ratio to the value per pound of the product shipped. There is something in the above facts that the general farmer might well take note of. J.E.Jippg Afro-American Co. J. H. MURPHY, Manager. C. & P. Phone, Mt Vernon 2833. UP-TOWN OFFICE: 1320 Druid Hill Avenue. C. & P. Phone, Madison 482. 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There is lots of work to be done by this race of ours, and consequently there is no time to divide up nor stop because of simple obstructions in the pathway. It is to be hoped that some definite action will be taken at the earliest moment looking to make a test of the segregation law now in the hands of the City Council, and which will surely pass and as surely be signed by the present Democratic Mayor. This race question bobs up at the most unseemly times, and especially when folks are running for office. It is an awful thing to be continually explaining why one did this or that. But as long as men will let their prejudices stand in their way, such things will continue to happen, and this has reference to Jew, Negro and Gentile. FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER. There is no gift to man more valuable, precious and helpful as woman. Often we hear eulogies of our great men among the Negro race who have left behind them the impress of their great characters. Not so often do we hear the story of our great Negro women. Certainly, it is not because we are not rich in such production, for if the naked truth could be known the Negro race is far richer in its women of character, culture, and achievement, than in its men. In all that we have accomplished worthy of mention the real moving power has been in our women. In the passing of that grand old woman, of Maryland, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, womanhood has lost one of its most powerful forces for good, strength and beauty. If it is proper to speak of our own Frederick Douglass as the "grand old man," it is no less fitting and eniuently proper to speak of the late Mrs. Harper as "the grand old woman." The younger members of the race should read of Mrs. Harper, and her strenuous endeavors in days before the civil war, as well as in days since that memorable conflict. If such desire to be intimately acquainted with conditions of our poor oppressed people in those early days, let them peruse with care the pages of Mrs. Harper's book, "Lola DeRoy, or Shadows Uplifted." The late Mrs. Harper is a fitting representative of the superior colored women produced on Maryland soil when our own beloved Baltimore was the daily scene of the "slave pen" and the "auction block." It is immensely helpful to review those days; now and then, that we may be certified the more of the great: ness of the blessing of the Almighty upon the people whose for-bears came up through such great tribulations. The parents of Mrs. Harper dying when she was quite young, being partly raised by a relative, and partly trained in the domestic employment of a white family, she soon sufficiently inbined the thirst for freedom and fuller knowledge, as to impel her to leave the house of bondage for a clime more in keeping with the passion of her soul. She proved a very great blessing to the band of "Abolitionists," who were firing the hearts of the people of the North on behalf of the oppressed slave. All through the North the eloquent, pathetic, and moving pleadings of this gracious Negro woman carried conviction to many a heart of the inviguation of the slave system. Long before the smoke of battle was over, while hearts were still bleeding, and the passions of men were yet to be soothed, she was found throughout the Southern States, in the lowly cabins of her black sisters, heart to heart with them, pouring out to them the fullness of the treasuries of both her heart and head. Thus, she labored abundantly in every Southern State, save Texas and Arkansas, during the period of "re-construction" in advancing the manifold interests of the people who had been emancipated through the proclamation of Abraham Lincoln. She was an impressive speaker before all kinds of audiences; but in meetings made up exclusively of women of her own race she was at her best; most persuasive and effective. When one notes, sometimes, how difficult it is to attract some of our best women to close personal work and association among many of their needy black sisters, the noble heroism and self-sacrifice of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper can all the more be appreciated. And, it will remain for the Recording Angel, in that great day, to pull back the scroll, and reveal the manifold agencies set into practical action through the touch and influence of this good woman. The writer counts it a great privilege to have known well and lovingly this grand old woman, who by her illustrious and helpful life, sheds lustre upon Afro-American womanhood of this state, and country. While slavery has long since been abolished, the lingering effects of the system are everywhere manifest, pathetically calling the noblest of our womanhood to just such endeavor and self-sacrifice as enshrines the name of Mrs. Harper in perpetual fame and glory. A WICKED LAW The measure now pending in the City Council commonly known as the "Segregation" ordinance, is a wicked law, proceeding neither from the love of God or the love of man, but rather in contravention of the highest of all laws—the Law of Love. It is the duty of all citizens, of whatever race they may be, to cooperate for the highest welfare of the community which shelters them. The West segregation ordinance has for its object the emphasizing of race hatred and the stirring up of a strife between people who should earnestly strive to live together in amity and good will. As a result of many civilizing and christianizing instrumentalities, the masses of our people, who have been kept poor and ignorant through the operation of an institution for which they were not responsible, are now showing such a wonderful faculty of assimilation of the higher ideals of living that, taking advantage of properties vacated by their white neighbors, in more healthful localities, a strong tendency has set in, on their part, to move away from the back alleys, and other unsanitary places, into such properties as more fittingly correspond to their increasing life within. Because of this evidence of advance on their part, and an ardent desire to become the best of citizens, in every way, some people of the white race, who are not altogether sure of their superiority, less the wonderful advance of the Negroes should become so marked as to invite attention to the slowness of their own increase, towards the higher ideals, have inspired this wicked measure, which seeks to discourage and dishearten our people, and force them back to the alleys, and other unsanitary places of abode. But, we have good hope that with the working of our higher courts, officered by men far removed from such littleness, as well as by the dispensation of Providence, which "moves in a mysterious way," that in a short while this wicked, and nefarious legislation will be buried so deep that it will remain silent and irrespective to the mighty blast from the trump of the Arch-angel. One is compelled to ask himself the question whether the white people who favor "segregation" have ever read of the Jesus of the Gospel? There is a great deal being said just now about converting the heathen world in this generation, to Christ, While Charity should certainly not end at home, yet home is a most convenient starting point. Conference Of the M. E. Ministers Washington Conference Meets At Lynchburg, Va. Interest The white Christian Church of America ought to begin its work at home. The design of Providence in having ten million of Negroes in this country seems to be that of furnishing the "opportunity" of white Christianity to test itself. Instead of "segregation" the law of Christ demands the opposite. Says the Master, "A new commandment I give you, that ye love one another by this shall all know that ye are my disciples," This Law stands in the way of the very spirit of "segregation," and the Council of the City of Baltimore can not repeal it. They may defy it, but in the last analysis it will conquer as it has always gained the victory. The West ordinance is, radically and entirely wrong, and is an insult and affront to the Mighty God who hath make all men; and who hateth nothing that he has made. The Lord our God fighteth for us; if we are true to Him, we shall certainly win. Ninety thousand Negroes have to eat, drink, wear clothing, live in houses, and they occasionally have to die and be buried. From the time one is born to the time one dies there is a spending of money. Some body gets it. Now just as long as these ninety thousand people are above earth they will have to spend and some of them will spend all they can get. Now why not spend it in the right direction, and in the direction where it will not only do the individual good but the race. This is a question worth looking into. Let us stop a while and give it a little consideration. Here is food for thought; how these ninety thousand Negroes shall spend the money they earn to the very best advantage to themselves and to their race. THE FORUM I see by the advertising columns of the Afro-American Ledger that Mr. Goldsmith, candidate for the First Branch City Council from the Fourteenth Ward, offers a reward of One Hundred Dollars for the proof that he has at any time said or done anything against the colored people, in any manner or form. Now if Mr. Goldsmith will make his offer a little plainer or a little more tangible, or put it in a form without a string to it, there is a strong probability that some one will take it up. Now if Mr. Goldsmith will offer to give to any charity that any committee of reputable colored men may recommend, and that the money shall be placed in their hands for that purpose, on proof being offered, it will then look like he meant business. Now I make this proposition: Let the editor of the Afro-American Ledger appoint one person, the editor of the Baltimore Times appoint another and these two appoint a third person, and these three to constitute a committee into whose hands the money shall be paid and then either paid out to a charity they select or returned to Mr. Goldsmith if the proper proof is not submitted to them. This is I think a fair proposition and if Mr. Goldsmith will take it up, he will at least show that the is in earnest. He will then stand or fall upon the proof submitted to these gentlemen. Yours for fair dealing. A Constant Reader. TO THE EDITOR OF There is circulating through the 17th Ward a circular of a Grand Demonstration protesting against the passing of the West Segregation Ordinance. That is a very improper course to take at this late date. Had there been meetings held all over our city and petitions circulated and signed by the citizens of our city when Mr. West began framing the ordinance, it would have been timely. But now they are determined to pass the ordinance and there is only one solution for it. That is to organize a protective organization by electing the proper officers and raise money in order that it could be carried from the lowest court to the United States Supreme Court. If such a plan is adopted, I will contribute $100.00 to light it in the courts which are our only refuge. L. H. DAVENPORT. Mrs. Dallas Frazier, of 1808 Etting street, spent Sunday in Washington, the guest of Miss Vashti Frazier. M. E. Ministers Washington Conference Meets At Lynchburg, Va. Interest Centers In Appointment Of Rev. Hugnes The ministers of the Washington Conference have about completed their year's work and are now turning their attention toward Lynchburg, Va., where the annual session of the conference will begin Wednesday at the Jackson Street M. E. Church. Considerable uneasiness exists among a number of the ministers and their friends as to whether the local pastors will be returned to their present charges." The appointment of general interest is that at Sharp Street Memorial Church, where Rev. W. A. C. Hughes is winding up his sixth year. Some opposition has been brewing in the church against him for the past two years, and these opposing forces may carry their side of the case direct to Bishop Anderson, who will preside over the conference. The general opinion, however, is that Dr. Hughes will be returned. It also seems most likely that Rev. J. A. Holmes, who has been pastor of the Metropolitan Church for the past 14 years, and Rev. A. Young, pastor of the Whitecoat M. E. Church, will again be at the helm at their respective charges. An element of doubt exists in regard to many of the appointments, as Bishop Anderson has visited points all over the conference and gotten much information as to the actual status of things. Should some of the big men be changed, a general shifting of the pastors may result. Most of the churches will make their final reports on the money they have raised toward the Morgan College Carnegie Fund. The ministers will leave Union Station in special coaches Monday night for Washington, where connections will be made with the Southern Railway for Lunchburg. Ministers Now Winding Up Their Work, For the Annual Session of Confeaence The ministers of the Baltimore Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church are now winding up their work preparatory for the annual session of confidence, which will be at Ebenezer A. M. E. Church the latter part of April. Few, if any, changes are expected in any of the larger appointments as none of the pastors' time expires by limitation. The filling of the vacancy caused by the death of Rev. J. B. Waruer, presiding elder of the Baltimore district, and the appointment of a new man to succeed Rev. C. H. Murray, whose term of five years as presiding elder of Hagerstown district will expire, may cause some changes among the other pastors. Among those of in connection with the Baltimore district are Rev. C. H. Murray, Rev. L. M. Beckett, of Washington; Rev. J. A. Briscoe and Rev. John Porter, whose pastorate at Grace Church, Catonsville, Md., expires this year. According to current gossip, there will be about 20 aspirants for election as delegates to the General Conference of the denomination, which will be held in Kansas City, Kan., in May, 1912. As the election of Rev. J. Albert Johnson to the bishopric, and Rev. John Hurst to the position of financial secretary for the denomination and the superannuation of Rev. John T. Jenifer two years ago removed these three men from the opportunity to be again elected as delegates, consequently several new men will sit in the next session of the General Conference. SPLENDID RECORD OF THE REV. B. E. MEYERS. A record of the services of the Rev. B. F. Meyers of the Washington Conference in building churches organizing them and helping to pay for them, buying lots and parsonages and getting clear deeds for all, also raising sums of money to pay off old indebtedness on churches in the Washington Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church: Churches organized...Harrisburg, Pa., 1881; Pittsburg, Pa., 1882; Lots bought clear and deeds gotten—Lot for Simpson's Church, 1883; Simpson's Church built, deed, 1994; Buchannon, W. Va—Lot for Mt. Lebanon church, Berkely Co, W. Va., 1886; Mt. Lebanon church deed, Hodgerville, W. Va., 1886; Church bought and deed, secured at Berkley Springs, W. Va., 1886; St. Andrew's church built, lot for same, deed, 1886, lot for Douglas Grove church, built church, 1887; a deed for St. Marks church, Tennallytown, D.C., 1890; lot for burying ground for Asbury church, Germantown, 1894; two deeds gotten for Boyd's station, built church, 1892; church built and deed gotten, Skyesville, Md., 1898; deed gotten at Mt. Gregory Co., Md., 1899; parsonage bought at Marlboro, Prince George Co., Md., 1901; deed gotten; Parsonage bought at Bennings, D.C., and deed gotten, 1903; deed gotten at Groomes Station for church, 1901; built church and got deeds at Mt. Airy, 1897; two deeds gotten at Nash Memorial, Washington, D.C., 1909; amounts collected by Nash Memorial for trustee indebtedness. $1,666.57 Anniversary Celebration The Calender and Embroidery Circle celebrated its first anniversary with a display of the handwork of the members of the circle, at the Baptist Orphanage, 509 McMechen street. The display was an elaborate one and elicited much favorable comment from the many present. After an address of welcome by Mrs. O. Crediti, the president of the circle, Mrs. Mary C. Carter delivered her annual address. An interesting musical and literary program followed. The annual report of the work done by the circle showed that a number of garments had been made for the Orphanage and $128 given to other charitable objects. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Mary C. Carter; vice president, Mrs. C. B. Cook; financial secretary, Mrs. M. Ginandler, recording secretary; Mrs. M. Johnson; treasurer, Mrs. C. Senger and chaplain, Mrs. M. B. Carter Funeral Of Mrs. Pitts The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Pitts, which took place at First Baptist Church, Caroline and McBlderry streets, last Sunday afternoon, was one of the largest in that section of the city in years. The church was crowded inside, and many could not gain admittance. The services were conducted by Rev. P. C. Neal, pastor of the church, assisted by Brews G. Waller and C. G. Cummings. An eulogy was also delivered by Mr. Henry R. Hooker, instructor of Lily of the Valley Court of the Order of Nazarites, to which the deceased belonged. Among the many resolutions read were brief eulogies from the Grand Pasture and other departments of the Nazarite Order, the Order of Good Hope, the Independent Aid Association and the People's Benefit Society. Two wagons were necessary to convey the numerous and handsome floral designs. Interment was in Laurel Cemetery. Mrs. Pitts had been in ill health for over two years. She was born in Virginia 57 years ago, but had lived here many years. Besides her husband two married daughters survive her Death of Rev. Wm. G. Reid Rev. William G. Reid died at his home, 921 Rutland avenue, Sunday after a lingering illness. He was a son of the late Rev. James H. Reid, founder of the Israel Baptist Church and for a number of years president of the colored Baptist State Convection. Funeral services were held at the Israel Baptist Church, Wednesda morning, a number of ministers participating. Interment was in Laurel Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gertie Reid, Funeral Of Louis R. Wilson Louis R. Wilson, beloved husband of Katie Wilson, departed this life. Sunday, March 5th, 1911, aged 48 years. His funeral took place from his late residence 871 Watts street. He is survived by his widow and four children. Interment was made in Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Answer to Correspondents. George Mitchell.—We know of no club or organization in the city by the name of "The Octoroons." A good name for your club would be: "The Out-Door Pleasure Club," and then live up to the name. Taking long walks in the country, and in the summer giving picnics and things of that sort, of course taking your wives along. "The Hustlers" is another good name, providing you do it. Rev. W. J. Robinson of Bridgeton, Pa., was in the city this week. He was formerly stationed at Woodardville, Md. EPWORTH LEAGUE NOTES By Miss M. Edyth Cooper, Editor. Mrs. E. J. Truxon Asso. Ed. Address all contributions to gEditor 1216 Druid Hill ave. or to this office The C. G. Key Chapter of Eastern M. E. Church gave a Jubilee Concert on Monday evening, of this week. There were about 250 persons present and the chapter realized. Much of the success of the affair was due to the energy of the organist of the League, Mrs. Josephine Wilson and other Epworthians The Allen League of Allen A. M. E. Church held a very interesting service last Sunday. This League presented Miss Mamie Jones with a gold ring and Miss Mamie Johnson with an umbrella. These ladies sold the highest number of tickets for the Tri Party. The Alpiahia Male Singing Society rendered several pleasing selections and Rev. Joseph Gwyon, State Superintendent, gave a wholesome and helpful address on the conditions and needs of the Leagues of the State. Mr. T. J. Robinson, of E. 20th street addressed the Whatcoat Sundap School's last Sunday afternoon. Mr. Robinson's subject was; "The Reasons Why I am a Christian". The pupils enjoyed the address so much they requested the speaker to visit the Epworth League at an early date. The topic, Numerous and Dangerous Foes, was opened by Mr. S. P. Jones at the League hour of the Whatcoat Church. This subject was discussed by Messrs. William Brown, and Diggs. Solos were rendered by Messdames Sophia Bond Alexander and Lucy Walker. The Epworth League Choir also render several selections which were well received. The John A. Holmes Chapter held its Second Social on Friday evening. The following program was presented. Scripture, Miss Carrie A. Cooper; Piano Solo, Miss Hattie Tyler; Recitation, Miss Susie Elliote Vocal Solo, Miss Daisy B. Briggs; Paper, the Value of the Literary department to the Epworth League, Miss Mary K. Owens; Violin Solo, Miss Bertha Milburn; select reading Mr. Julius C. Johnson; Chorus, Miss Briggs, and Company; remark Mr. Garrett Rawlings; Miss Helen Jackson was pianist and Mr. John Purviance, violinist. Misses Violet Holmes and Ellen Dutton had charge of this program. PORT DEPOSIT NOTES.. Port Deposit, Maroh 15—A rally for the stewards was held at Bethel A. M. E. Church, Sunday. Rev. Moses Martin, of Havre de Grace, filled the pupit in the morning and Rev. Oscar Mason at night. The Silver Leaf Band gave a successful concert Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Scott buried their infant daughter Monday. POCOMOKE CITY NOTES Pooomoke City, Md., March 15—Rev T. H. Kiah, principal of the Princess Anne Academy, preached at both services at the Methodist Church last Sunday. Mrs. J. H. B. Hubbard was in the city a few days ago. She was on her way to Virginia from Philadelphia, where she attended the funeral of her husband. Rev. J. S. Collins preached at both services at St. John. A. M. E. church Sunday. BROWN—In loving remembrance of my grandfather, Perry Brown who died 16 years ago, March 6th You are not forgotten, Grandpa dear Nor ever will you be For long as life and memory lasts' Ever will remember thee. BROWN—March 14, 1911, at 6:15 P. M.; Ridgely Vernon Brown, age 2 years, 2 months, 11 days, youngest son of I. P. and Mattie Brown, will be buried March 15th at 3 P. M., from their residence 312 South Sharp street. A precious one from us has gone His voice we love is still A place is vacant in our home Which never can be filled. MURRAY-In loving remembrance of our dear father [jacob H., who departed this life two years ago to day March 17, 1909 When thy soft round form was lying To the Republicans of Baltimore: The incident Friday, March 10th, of Mr. E. Clay Timanus calling Detective Coughlan's attention to a colored man, James Williams, because he had in his pocket $50, speaks for itself. He was arrested, taken to Central Station and confined to a cell over night and released by the Justice the next day, when it was proven that it was his own money. No case has arisen since the famous Dred Scott Decision which will attract such wide attention as this one. To realize its significance we must consider how it is veiwed under the common law. It has been a fixed legal principle that no man can with impunity injure the character of another by actions which would lead to arrest and imprisonment without being answerable to heavy damages if innocent. This law makes no distinction as to color. Even if surrounding circumstances furnish evidence of the possibility of a crime. Yet when the prisoner is tried the courts hold he is entitled to the presumption of innocence until he is proven guilty. In this case there was not the slightest circumstance to prove that James Williams was guilty of stealing that fifty dollars. Not only was he entitled to the presumption of innocence, but he actually was innocent of the slightest offence. To realize the grave offense committed against the laws of our State it is only necessary to look at it: if, instead of James Williams (colored) it had been John W. Smith, a white man, the whole city would have been aroused with indignation against such a wanton violation of the law in a cruel and unjust act. Looking at it calmly and without prejudice, no man would have dreamed of having another white man arrested because he had asked him to change a fifty dollar note. But when a candidate for Mayor who claims to have Republican principles, without just provocation, orders the arrest of an innocent colored man, it shows he has a total disregard of a colored man's legal rights under the law. He is not merely an ordinary man who hates a Negro because his color is black, but he is one who despises an unfortunate Negro who is defenceless. ALFRED J. SCHULZ, Chairman Campaign Committee. To the Readers of This Paper In the last issue of this paper, in an advertisement uttered by Mr. Binswanger, I am referred to as being conspicuously absent at a meeting of the Council Committee, to hear opposition to the West Ordinance. Inferring that the gentleman desires to convey by this to the Colored Voters that I have not their interest at heart, and your interests are only safeguarded by him, permit me to say, so that you may yourselves judge. Four years ago by your votes, the gentleman received the Republican nomination for the City Council and by your votes he was elected. What has he done in those four years for you as Colored Citizens? Upon the eve of his coming to you again for your suffrage, he fearlessly by his voice opposed the West Ordinance: if he had used his legal ability as loud as he did his voice, he could if he desired to do so have probably accomplished something. If he has done anything else for his Colored constituents, I know it not. He truly states when he says: that he stumped the City against the Poe, Straus. Disfranchising Amendments in 1905 & 1909, but he did that for his Party, not the Colored Man. His party in both Campaigns made that an issue, it was a plank in their platform, and every Stump Speaker during those Campaigns were instructed to speak against this measure. During the four years that he has been in the Council he has managed to get appropriations for improved pavements in front or back of every place of Worship for Congregations of White People: could he not have done the same for his Colored Constituents? There are surely houses of Worship in his baliwick where the Congregations are Colored. Again if he looked out for his Colored Constituents so fearlessly, or even if he was in touch with them, could he not have perceived the necessity and justice of introducing and the passage of Legislation creating one or more Colored Health Wardens. But what can explain this sudden awakening. I did not attend the Council meeting, there were 558475 other citizens of Baltimore that did not attend; does that signify that they were in favor of that measure; or does he desire to intimate that if I had been present, my influence was so great that the measure would have been killed right then and there. If he believes that, I trust his constituents will see the wisdom of supporting me unamously for nomination. In concluding, I take the privilege of saying, as Executive, upon my recommendation to the Supervisors of Election, Colored men were appointed as Judges and Clerks of Election as a Councilman (if it shall fall to my lot to be the Candidate) I shall show my colleagues the necessity of one or more Colored Health Wardens, knowing full well that amongst the Colored Physicians there are men fully able to fill these positions. I believe the Colored man of the Ward, know me, and knowing me, I believe they fully realize that I am no different to their interests after the election, than I was before the election. We are not crossing any streams, that we need fear of swapping horses (as he quotes Abraham Lincoln) whether that rider is satisfactory is for you to say: we have long ago crossed the stream, we are going ahead, and what you want is That's what the Colored Citizen in the City Council needs and that man you will find in 1631 Druid Hill Avenue CORNER WILSON. OPEN EVERY NIGHT AUGUSTUS C. BINSWANGER City Councilman, 14th Ward. The People's Choice Remen the Fourteenth Ward William Goldsmith SUBJECT TO THE Republican Primary Election APRIL 4th. 1911 "We believe that when a man stands up for the people, the people should stand up for that man, and we therefore call attention to Mr. Binswanger's fearless opposition to and vigorous squeches against both West Segregation Ordinances in the City Council. "We desire to call attention to his active and efficient work for the Republican party ever since his majority, As a legal representative of the party he contributed his services in contested election cases—that he has been a campaign speaker in behalf of its candidates and principles for many years —that he vigorously opposed the Poe Disfranchising Amendment in 1904 and the Straus Disfranchising Amendment in 1909—that he is especially to be commended for the leading part he took in the organization of the Lawyers Anti-Amendment League in 1909, which assisted in the defeat of the Straus Disfranchisement Amendment —again we commend his services to his party at the present time as associate counsel with Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte and United States District Attorney John Philip Hill in the election cases arising out of the vicious Wilson Ballot Laws. "We believe in the selection of Mr. Binswanger as the Party's candidate for First Branch City Council, the citizens of the 14th Ward will have placed in nomination a lawyer of recognized ability and standing—one whose intimate knowledge of the needs of the tax payers and of the City will be great benefit to good government—that the ward will be represented by him—that Mr. Binswanger is the strongest possible candidate by virtue of his ability and experience—that his nomination would attract a large following to aid the ticket at the general election, and that there is nothing uncertain about what his position in the Council would be on public questions in the light of his past excellent record." Mrs Mary A. Gross, of 1102 Druid Hill avenue, is still carrying on her business of shrouding, bonnet and regalia making also remodeling old and second handed regalus. Special attention is given to Societies. Thanking the Societies for their past favors, hoping to merit a continuance of the same in the future. ..Military Fair.. Grace Presbyterian Church March 13 to 24th, 1911 Big Supper Each Night Grand -- Unique Drills Tableaux Don't Fail to See the PANIER NATTE BRAID D. monstrated at WHITE'S 1229;Druid Hill Av. March 15 to 22nd. For First Branch City Council Your attention is called to the candidacy of Mr. William Goldsmith as a member of the First Branch CitA Council from the 14th ward. Mr. Goldsmith is a well-known merchant, a staunch Republican, whidse career as a successful business man eminently fits him to be a representative of this very independent ward. The next city will require the undivided attedtion of conservative business men. The Fourteenth Ward must have as its representative a Republican of the highest type of manhood. No other candidate who has presented himself for the consideration of the voters of the ward is nearer the ideal than Mr. Goldsmith. Your vote is solicited in the coming primary election with the assurance that in the election of Mr. Goldsmith as your representative from the 14th ward, a clean, upright citizen will be your representative, who will always remain the friend of all the people. Yours respectfully, 14th Ward Republican Association leil and Thomas. The United Colored Republican Club of the 23rd Ward, held its regular meeting at its club rooms, 937 Sharp street, Friday, March 10th. There appears to be nothing but success for Mr. George W. Wicklein for the First Branch, and Mr. J. Webb Thomas, for the Second Branch City Council. Able addresses were made by the following: Mr. George W. Wicklein, Benj. P. Stone, Mr. William Camphor, J. Webb Thomas, and others. MUSIC SCHOOL 436 W. BIDDLE ST. Instructor of Vocal Music, also Piano, Organ, Pedal Organ, Violin, Cornet Mandolin, Guitar, Banjo and Other Instruments THE NEXT STEP. Do not be too anxious to see all the way ahead of you. It may not be best for you. The man who carries a lantern on a dark night can see perfectly to take the next step. He does not need to see all the steps, for he can take only one at a time, and when he takes that step the light moves forward for the next one. Remember the 4th of April the issue in the 14th Ward, for Shall intelligence and proven ability give way to ignorance and inability. Resolutions adopted by a meeting of the voters of the 14th ward held Friday March 10th at 8 P.M., at 1631 Druid Hill avenue, endorsing for nomination at the Republican Primary election on April 4th Hon. Augustus Binswanger "We call attention to the splendid record make by Councilman Binswanger for the past four years as our representative. Dr. John M. Johnson, Chairman of the Meeting John W. Pembleton, Jr. Secretary of the Meeting. Mr. Maurice W. Moore Introduced the Resolution NOTICE. MADISON S.T. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday, March 19, 1911 11.00 A. M. Sermod by the pastor 4.00 P. M. Special SONG SERVICE by the Choir, assisted by Mr Nelson Tunstall, Baritone. Rose M. Murphy, Directress Rev. L. Z. Johnson, Pastor. All cordially invited. ST. MATTHEW'S M. E. CHURCH 23d Street near Barclay St. Rev. J. C. Love, Pastor 3 P. M., Sermon by Rev. Joshua Fuller. 7 P. M., Epworth League Joshua Fuller, President 8.00 P. M., The Pastor will preach his farewell sermon before going to Conference, assisted by Rev. Dr. James Briscoe. His choir and congregation will be with him. Two short sermons at night. Chattolanee, Md. Rev. R. A. Green, Pastor. 10:00 A. M., Class Meeting. 1.1 A. M., Pastor 3.00 P. M., Sunday School. 4.00 P. M., Epworth League. S. P. M., Sermon by Rev. M. J. Navlor. Mr. S. S. Oliver, Supt. Mrs. Jane Milligan, Pres. E. L. ST. PAUL, M. E. CHURCH, W. Saratoga Street, Rev. S. H. Norwood. Pastor. Widow and Widower's Conference Rally 11 A. M., Sermon, Pastor. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 3.30 P. M., Special Exercise, Sermon. 5.00 P. M., Epworth League 7.00 P. M., Song Service 8.00 P. M., Farewell Sermon by the Pastor. Any one giving one dollar will receive a handsome photograph of the Pastor, Thos. H. Franklin, Superintendent Thos. S. Tilden, President E. L. ASBURY M. E. CHURCH, Lexington St. and Rogers Avenue, Rev. C. G. Cummings, B. D., Pastor: 9.30 A. M, Bible Class. 11 A. M., Sermon by the Pastor, Review of year's work 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 3.30 P. M., 4th Quarterly Love Pcast. 5 P. M., Epworth League. 8 P. M., Special Sermon by the pastor to the Gideonites. Last Sunday before Conference. Strangers cordially welcomed. Chas. T. Stewart, Supt. Julian W. Ross, Pres. of E. L. Special Services all day at the JOHN WESLEY M. E. CHURCH, Sharp and Montgomery Sts. Dr. Ernest Lyon, Pastor. At 5 P. M., the Allen League of Ebenezer A. M. E. Church will visit the Christian Endeavor of our Church, All are invited. Carey and Baker Sts. Rev. D. D. Turpeau, Pastor. 11 A. M., General Lovefeast and Communion. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 7.00 P. M., Brotherhood Meeting 8 P.M., Farewell Sermon by Pastor WHATCOAT M. E.CHURCH, Franklin and Pine Sts. "King's Hill" Rev. Alfred Young, Pastor. 11 A. M., The Pastor will preach 3.00 P. M., Sunday School. 4.30 P. M., Prof Toomey and his Troubadors. Silver Offering. 8.00 P. M., Farewell Sermon by Pastor. Revival service every night during week. EASTERN M. E. CHURCH McElderry St. & Patterson Park Av. Rev. James H. Jenkins, Pastor. A Name Rally 11 A. M., Sermon by Pastor. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 6 F. M., Epworth League. Special program. — Some of the Southern Jubilee Singer will sing. 8.00 P. M., Sermon by Pastor Monday night, Officers' Concert. Admission 10 Cents. All are cordially invited. J. W. Jones, Supt. S. S. J. M. Barnes, Pres. E. L. Rev. B. H. Knight, Pastor. 10.00 A. M. Class Meeting. 11 A. M., Rev. Wilse Lane. 2.00 P. M., Sunday School. 3.00 P. M., Stranger. 6.30 P. M., Christian Endeavor. 8 P. M., J. R. Richarders. BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH Draid Hill avenue and Lanvale street. Rev. D. G. Hill, D. D., Pastor. 11 A. M., Sermon by Pastor 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 3 P. M., Enor Baptist Church, Re Jones Watkins 7.30 P. M., Knights of Pythias Address by Hon. Henry Lincoln Johson, Recorder of Deeds Rev. J. W. Norris, Pastor 11.00 A. M., Sermon by Pastor 2.30 P. M., Sunday School 3.00 P.M., Sermon by Rev. J. G. Martin pastor of Allen A. M. Church. His choir and congrega 6 P. M., Allen C. E. League 7.30 P. M., Sermon by the Pa- or a Stranger. WATERS A. M. E. CHURCI Aisquith St., near Jefferson. Rev. Dr. D. P. Seaton, Pastor. 11 A. M., The Pastor will preach a Special Sermon, Subject: "The divine solace for troubled hearts." 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 5.45 P. M., The Allen C.E. Leagr. 7.30 P. M., Sermon by Pastor. Dollar money is requested. TRINITY A. M. E. CHURCH Linden Ave. and Biddle St. Rev. A. L. Gaines, D. D., Pastor. 11 A. M., Sermon by the Pastor. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School session 3 P. M., Sermon 6.15 P. M., Allen C. E. League. 7.30 P. M., Sermon by Pastor to Coachmen's Union Aid Assoc'n. Miss A. L. Martin, Pres. T. J. Holiday, Supt. ST. JOHN'S A. M. E. CHURCH, Lexington St. near Pine, Rev. L. S. Flagg, Pastor. 11.00 A. M., Sermon by Pastor subject: "Fighting with Giants" 2.30 P. M., Sunday School, Girl Day, H. W. Ebb, Supt. 6.00 P. M., Junior League, Mis Sadie Chew, President 7.30 P. M., Sermon by the Pastor, "Christ our Reluge." March 26th, Woman's Day. ALLEN A. M. E. CHURCH Lexington and Carlton Streets Rev. J. G. Martin, Pastor, Sunday-Boy's Day. 11 A. M., Sermon by Pastor. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 3.30 P. M., Pastor, Choir and Congregation will worship at Bbe nezer Church. 4.30 P. M., League Service. 8.00 P. M., Address to the Boy? Brigade, Cadet and Boy's Club. Ed ward Gaugh, Captain. Howard D. Brent, Supt. Wm. H. Butler, Pres. League. Dollar Money Rally Day WAYMAN MEM. A.M.E. CHURCH Carroll Street near Carey Rev. David Johnson, Pastor 11 A.M. Sermon by Rev. Samuel Ringgold 2.00 P. M., Sunday School. 3.00 P. M., The Pastor will preach a special sermon to the G. U. O. or Good Hope, subject: "The Victorian Song of the Redeemed upon the Sea of Fire." Rev. 15.2. The Grand arc all Subordinate Lodges are requeste to be present, by order of William G. Pau, G. M.; Fannie Dashields, V. G D.; Herman Henry, G. Marshall; Wm Cornish, D. G. M.; Alfred Nixon, G S. In the event of a crowd an overflow meeting will be held in the Lecture Reom. Rev. Joseph Gwynn, pastor of Handy Chap-1 will have charge: 7.45 P. M., Sermon by Pastor, subject: "Building for Eternity. All wel come. To reach the church, Transfer to Columbia Ave., car get off at Carey or Bayard St. walk one block south to Carroll St. S.W. Baltimore. Ed. Sorrell, Superintenden The Sharp Street M. E. Church Epworth League will be favored with a special program of various churches at 5 P.M., conducted by the Stanley Sisters Co. Y. M. C. A. At Grace Presbyterian Church Sunday, March 19th at 4:30 P.M. Rev. Charles E. Young, Morgan College, will speak. Good Music. Everybody Invited. Rev. Harvey Johnson will preach the installation Sermon to the Officers of the C. Y, W. C. A. or Sunday, March 9th, 1611 at 5 p.m. All members and friends are cordially invited to attend. Mrs. Mary F, Handy will preside Mrs. M. E. Murphy, Pres Miss E. E. Bright, See y. AGRICULTURISTS VISIT COLLEGE Working Sketch of the Work Which Done by the Agricultural Mechanical College In Greensboro Under the Able Supervision ofident James B. Dudley. Greensboro, N. C.-The North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College For the Colored Race, located in this city, has become, under the most excellent administration of Dr. James B. Dudley, president of the institution, one of the best equipped colleges of its kind for the race in the state. This college has one of the best acculties for its peculiar needs in this country. Dr. Dudley is among the leading educators of the race and is a man who is truly devoted to his profession. This has been demonstrated in his life of excellent accomplishments. He is highly esteemed by both white and colored people in North Carolina because of his ability to reach the inner life of his people. This fact was strongly evidenced at the farmers' conference recently held for four days at the institution. This was the second annual conference, and the attendance and enthusiasm of the large number of farmers attending were indicative of an unusual interest on their part. Every section of the state was represented. Among the prominent farmers attending the sessions were: S. W. R. Slade of Wake county; J. F. Lyle, Oliver Pecker and Professor Stinson of Mecklenburg county; W. R. Richardson and Rev. Quick of Anson county; L. W. Alexander, L. W. White, Altusell and Benjamin Walker of Carrurus; Haywood Williams and A. J. Degraffsidth of Chatham county. Owing to the unavoidable absence of the president on the opening day, Professor J. H. Bluford, director of the agricultural department, welcomed thearmers. Professor Conover of the state department of agriculture began the lecture course by thoroughly arousing the vexers of the soil on the subject of "Dairying In the South." "The Common Diseases of Live Stock" was the subject of the lecture by Dr. B. Bowe, assistant state veterinarian, from the many queries answered by him this was a vital subject to thearmers. During the afternoon of the first day instructive talks were given by J. K. Lytte, S. W. R. Shade and others. On the second day farmers from many parts of the state increased the number in attendance by the scores, and the lectures and practical demonstrations during the day afforded them an opportunity that they had been seeking for years. A clinic of sick animals by Dr. Flowe and a lecture by Professor Conover were given. The people of the rural districts were deeply interested in the comprehensive talk of Professor C. R. Hudson, state agent for the farmers co-operative demonstrative work, bureau of plant industry, Washington. A number of farmers in a straightforward manner spoke of their success with their particular methods and their problems. Mr. W. R. Richardson of Apson county said that during the past year he had made on twenty-three acres of and 16 bales of cotton, 300 bushels of corn, 170 bushels of wheat, 100 bushels of oats and had sold $100 worth of pigs. S. W. White of Cabarus county had a witty way of saying things, yet they were philosophically put. Among the many practical sayings of his was the following motto: "Never let your wagon break down going away from town, but let it break down going to town with things to call." Professor C. K. Braham of Hampton institute and Mr. Long, a former trustee of the institution, but now connected with the department of agriculture in charge of the farmers' cooperative work demonstration, by their talks reached the plain men of the soil and entered fully into the chief affairs of their activities by their talks. President Dudley and his faculty and the work of the graduates and student body were highly commended by them. The features on the program on the last day were two lectures, one on the work of the department and the other on the work of the farmers' institutes by Dr. Stedman and Professor Sherman. New Science Courses at Howard. The demand for definite courses of study in the applied sciences to meet the demand for trained colored men in electrical, civil and mechanical engineering was discussed at the recent meeting of the board of trustees of Harvard university. The board authorized the enlargement of these courses in connection with the school of manual arts and applied sciences for next year. Progress at Carlton Avenue Y. M. C. A. At the February meeting of the committee of management of the Carlton avenue branch of the Brooklyn Young Men's Christian association the secretary's report showed that the branch was to a far better condition financially than it has been for the past three years. The fiscal year closes March 31. BUSINESS MAN AND MUSICIAN FOUNDER OF TUESDAY CLUB. Career of Edward Ellis, Jr., as Government Employee, Churchman, Educator and Composer, Whose Work Is Making Richmond Musical Center For Afro-Americans. Richmond, Va.-What has made Richmond quite a musical center for Afro-Americans is largely due to one of its citizens, who is possessed of such natural endowments that one may safely place him in the category of men of exceptional ability. Professor Edward Ellis, Jr., is regarded as a min of excellent attainments, which he first exhibited while a youth in his home, Cabin Point, Va. He was educated at Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute and Richmond academy, now Virginia Union university. Being affable and having the happy trait of mastering self, for nine years he filled the position of pedagogue in the public schools. He afterward rendered service to the government as an accountant in the navy department and also filled the position of bookkeeper so satisfactorily that he was promoted after a creditable examination to the position of auditor for the equipment department. As a rule, the special need of many Afro-American, organizations and corporations is trained bookkeepers and accountants. At the time Professor Ellis was in the navy department Rev. W. W. Browne saw that his fraternity sadly needed the services of a man of Mr. Ellis' caliber. He offered him the position of accountant and bookkeeper of the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain of United Order of True Reformers, which he accepted, and which he has held for the past nineteen years. He was also vice president of the Grand Fountain and the savings 1920 bank for thirteen years. Mr. Ellis resigned last September, declining a re-election. His literary attaintments are portrayed in poetry and prose. He is now engaged in writing a book that will become the cynosure of many readers of both races. He is touching on the relationship of the races in the south. The economic phase is a potential feature which reveals many well defined truths. He has completed a manuscript for the publisher, which is a novel entitled "Ortella." This work is an attestation of his ideals. The story has a thrilling tendency, yet reveals a strong moral full of optimism. His poetry has an exuberant tone, and yet there are some that reveal the sploit of a true writer of poetry. They are short and register the inspirations of the author. As a sacred musical composer he portends quite an enviable career. His poetry finds strong expressions in his productions, such as "Deum Laudamus," "Jubilate Deo," "And There Were Shepherds" and "O Father, Dear." These compositions have had the kind of sale and commendation which presages a decided success for him in this great field of endear. He is now composing a sacred composition entitled "The Ascension." About five years ago Professor Ellis saw that Richmond had a large number of persons of musical bent whose talents if properly developed could be used to good advantage in a musical society. This led him to form a high class musical organization in Richmond known as the Tuesday club, which is composed of 150 trained volces. The club gives musical festivals annually. Some of the best talent in the country is employed for solo work. The festival last year in the City Musical auditorium elicited many favorable comments. This was the first time that a colored organization had ever appeared in the auditorium. The club will render this year "The Rolling Seasons," by Slimper, and "The Last Judgment," by Spohr. The well known St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal church of thirty-nine voices was directed by him for fifteen years. He has held the office of senior warden in St. Philip's church for a number of years. SHREWD BUSINESS MEN. Bome Features of the Williams Cigar COMPANY IN PAMPUS By MISS MAYMIE G. WILLIAMS. Tampa, Fl. - Perhaps there is no city of similar size in the United States which has a greater number of cigar factories than Tampa. Realizing the necessity for business enterprises among Afro-Americans, Messrs. R. L. and J. Andrew Williams about four years ago took advantage of the opportunity open to them and organized a company for the manufacture of cigars. The difficulties in the line of supply, equipment and competent helpers were soon overcome, as the managers themselves had a thorough knowledge of the art of cigarmaking. The Williams Cigar company has long since passed the experimental stage and has become a reliable and progressive fixture in the business life of the community. The company has a large daily capacity for supplying its patrons. It hires a number of cigar-makers, besides its office force, and also has agencies in the various states. The J. ANDREW WILLIAMS. two story factory building of the concern located on Scott street reflects credit upon the thrift and industry of the promoters of the enterprise. A novel feature of the establishment is the instruction department, where boys and girls are taught how to strip tobacco, make and pack cigars. Many young men and women who have served their apprenticeship in this department are now holding good paying positions with other large manufacturing concerns. J. Andrew Williams, manager of the company, is a young man of much ambition and business sagacity. He believes in the possibilities of the race to organize and make business ventures succeed. The rice must engage in business along profitable lines of industry, says Mr. Williams. The bettering of conditions among us must come largely through self help. Individual effort is one of the strongest levers by which colored Americans may lift themselves and ultimately bring the masses up to a high standard of efficiency in the business world. KING'S DAUGHTERS' ANNUAL RECITAL AND ASSEMBLY. Home For Aged Colored People Principal Beneficiary of the Circle. For nearly a quarter of a century the Willing Workers' Circle of the King's Daughters has been engaged in philanthropic work in Brooklyn. One of the principal beneficiaries of the circle for over a decade has been the Home For Aged Colored People. The vernal and annual entertainments of the organization are always largely attended by the general public. The people seem eager to contribute to the institution through this source. The twenty-first annual recital and assembly of the circle will be held at Prospect hall on Monday evening, April 24. The proceeds will be donated to the home, an institution which has proved its worth in the community. Many prominent persons from out of town will take part in the musical and literary program. Among the participants will be Mrs. Louise Alston Burleigh, Miss Beatrice Rhelnbahr, Master Eugene M. Martin, Miss Helen Hogan, Messrs. Dalney; Wilson and Tuck (trio) and Mr. Melville Charlton. At the conclusion of the musical program Mr. Henri Strange, assisted by Mrs. Louise A. Burleigh, will present the second act of the well known play "Ingomar." Plans For National Aid to Education. In its first annual report, recently made, the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People announces its intention of taking an active interest in the reapportionment of congressional districts during the year. A national committee will be organized, and the association will formulate plans to extend national aid to education. New England Baptist Convention. The thirty-seventh annual meeting of the New England Baptist missionary convention, of which the Rev. Dr. William A. Creditt of Philadelphia is president, will be held in Providence, R. L., about the middle of June. The sessions of the convention will be held in the famous old Congdon Street Baptist church, Rev. Dr. S. W. Smith pastor. Eilson's History Facts Not Up to Us. There is absolutely no justice in faunting the facts revealed in Dr. H. W. Eilson's "History of the United States" into the face of colored women of the present. The relations which existed between former slave masters and their female servants is a question which reflects solely upon the morals of the slave masters. It is not up to us. Daddy's Bedtime Story The Monkey's Story ONE evening when Jack and Evelyn asked daddy for their usual bedtime story daddy said that he did not feel well. His head rched, he said, and he could not think of any story to tell the children. So he said that instead of telling a story he would read one. And this is the story which he read. It was called "The Monkey's Story," and it is sup- posed to be the story of a monkey's life told by himself. A beginner "My name is Mingo. I had a sister called Chippy. We were born in South America. We are called spider monkeys, and all of us have beautiful long tails. Birds and I lived in a coconut tree. We were very happy. Chippy and I lived in a coconut milk house. "Such fine times as we did have! Awake bright and early, we washed our faces and took a drink of coconut milk. It was very nice. Then we hunted for birds' eggs for breakfast or perhaps caught some tender beetles or butterflies or dragon flies. After that we spent our days in playing hide and seek among the branches of the trees or teased the lazy crocodiles basking in the sun by the riverside. But we never strayed far from home, for our parents had warned us that if we did so we might be stolen by hunters. One day when father and mother had gone out to walk we heard strange sounds near us. Going to an open space, Chippy and I saw several men looking at us. We started to run away, but it was too late. I felt something like a snake around my neck. I soon found that one of the men had thrown a rope around me, and I was caught. me, and I was caught. "What because of Chippy I do not know. I have never seen her since. I can just remember being placed in a dark box, in which I was kept prisoner for many long days and nights. When I was set free I was upon a big land, with water all around it, and with no land in sight. When we reached land again I was sold to my present master, who has taught me many tricks. "My master is good to me and treats me well. My tricks seem to please the boys and girls who come in to listen when my master turns the handle of his hand organ, and I enjoy making them laugh. Of course I would not willingly hurt any of the little boys and girls, but sometimes when they come too close to me it makes me nervous, and then I scratch or bite. I do not like this country as well as the one in which I was born, for it is sometimes very cold here, while in my country the sun shines every day and we never have any of that musty cold stuff which I am told is called snow. I have heard folks say that it is beautiful, but it is not beautiful to any one like myself, who comes from a warm country. Humor and Philosophy BY DUNCAN M. SMITH "He seems a nice, steady fellow." "He has one very bad habit." "What is it?" "Always breaking off a habit as soon as he has formed it for fear he will become continued in it." The Only Blessing They Get. "It is more blessed to give than to HER friends all think that a mother ought to trounce her young hopefuls four times a day, but if she happens to be only their stepmother and spends them occasionally they want to call the police. When you see one man avoiding another it is a safe bet that some old hen has hatched. Many an act that has started as a joke has finished with the undertaker. One of the tragedies of life is to be given some beautiful real face with nothing to hang it on. A man could credit his small son's excuses more readily had he never been a boy himself. The difference between what a man knows and what he thinks he knows sometimes explains his unpopularity. Nothing exasperates a man more than to have another beat him to it with a new story. Some friendships are strong enough to stand even the strain of comparing babies. There is nothing a bluffer wants less than a chance to show you. One Advantage. Mary Anderson is going to write a book about the American man, telling him, among other things, just where he gets off. Mary has made the mistake into which travelers fall. Seeing a few hundred masculine forms in white shirts and topped with high hats, she jumps at the conclusion that this is the American man. No guess could be wider of the mark. Without census figures we make bold to say that the American man as a whole doesn't possess that gawky harness known as a dress suit. Neither does he make his main diet on cane heads. A fellow in brown overalls handling a crane in a steel mill or a one gulliped person guiding a team of mules through a corn row comes nearer being the type. We are sorry for Mary, but her man, being purely ornamental, doesn't count. any business at all, now is your time to get busy and let people know all about your business. The best thing to do is to make a noise---attract attention---and the result is-increased business As a Noise Maker the "Ad" ..columns of... CANNOT BE EXCELLED WRITE, PHONE OR CALL WILLIAM JONES "I Was Upon a Big Ship" evelyn asked daddy for their usual bed did not feel well. His head ached, he did any story to tell the children. So he story he would read one. And this is "The Monkey's Story," and it is supersold by himself. It begins: called Chip. We were born in South Africa, and all of us have beautiful long tails. We were very happy. wake bright and early, we washed our sk. It was very nice. Then we hunted caught some tender beetles or butterflies our days in playing hide and seeked the lazy crocodiles basking in the rayed far from home, for our parents might be stolen by hunters. One day to walk we heard strange sounds near and I saw several men looking up at us. So late, I felt something like a snake of the men had thrown a rope around snow. I have never seen her since. I mark box, in which I was kept prisoner. I was set free I was upon a big ship, land in sight. When we reached land who has taught me many tricks. It is me well. My tricks seem to please when my master turns the handle to laugh. Of course I would not girls, but sometimes when they come and then I scratch or bite. I do not like I was born, for if it is sometimes very shines every day and we never have told is called snow. I have heard it beautiful to any one like myself, who "He seems a nice, steady follow." "He has one very bad habit." "What is it?" "Always breaking off a habit as soon as he has formed it, for fear he will become confirmed in it." The Only Blessing They Get. "It is more blessed to give than to receive." "Is that so?" "It is said to be." "Well, it is a mighty good thing for some of us." Easy Road to Wealth Would you succeed without delay Go get a hen and let her lay And to the neighbors and the trade Sell eggs, high price and newly laid. And with the money you can buy What ever may attract your eye. What's left it's well to show away For that annoying rainy day. I know-I read it in a book; It's there if you should care to look- The way the man who owns a hen Is most surprising, you'll admit When you have studied into it And in a little while get rich Without a single if or hitch. You know a man who tried the turn And didn't have results to burn? Did he, are you prepared to swear, Directions follow to a hair? To get the thing exactly as it is In the day and in night And get the little book by heart. And then it should be safe to start. Yes, it's as simple as can be and sure to be a winner. See? To be a bluest millionaire To be a bluest millionaire Procure a dozen and begin To pleure up and begin. To pleure up and begin would you be truly blest, a hen and let her do the rest. Spring is here and it any business at time to get busy know all about The best thing is a noise---attract the result is-in As a Noise Man ...colur The Afro-Am CANNOT BE WRITE, T. G. MA —DEA Groceries & Prov ...and 535 Dolphin St. Plate Work $5.00 Fillings 50 cents, Gold, $1.00 Crown and Bridge Work $3 to $5.00 All work done by Small Payments. —EASY TERMS— EXAMINATION FREE 118 W. LEXINGTON St. Tuskegee Institute SUMMER SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS June 19th to July 14th, 1911 Courses: Methods: Primary and Advanced Literary Subjects: Elementary and Advances. Industries, including Manual Training, Cooking, Sewing Baskettry, etc. Booker T. Washington, Prin. Tuskegee Institute, Ala. The Ladies are for POINDEXTER "Hairdresser to Society" FIRST, LAST and ALL THE TIME EXPERT MASSAGING AND MANICURING "The sailor after a long voyage," said a naval officer, "want ashore in the troops, and, it being a hot day, he drank in certain tropical bars too much beer. As the sailor hurried under his heavy load along a palm bordered avenue his captain hailed him indignantly. "Look here," the captain said, "suppose you were my commander and you met me in such a condition as you're in now. What would you do to me? "Why, sir," said the sailor, "I wouldn't condescend to take no notice of you at all, sir." If you are going to do all, now is your day and let people your business. To do is to make attention---and increased business maker the "Ad" anns of... American Ledger BE EXCELLED PHONE OR CALL MARSHALL, CALLER IN— isions, Butter, Eggs Poultry... Balitmore, Md AFRO-AMERICANS IN GULF STATE Progress of the Race In the Land of Flowers Within the Past Ten Years Has Been Remarkable—I. L. Purcell as Student, Master Mechanic, Attorney and Politician. By GEORGE FRANCIS KING. Jacksonville, Fla.-The progress of Afro-Americans in Florida for the past decade has been remarkable. Scattered throughout the farming districts and in the large cities of the state there are to be found many individuals who have won special distinction along their special line of industry. In this respect Jacksonville has been especially fortunate in having in its midst Counselor I. L. Purcell, who has taken an active interest in most all good movements for the uplift of the race. In matters which require extraordinary legal ability and business foresight Lawyer Purcell has been a blessing to our people and has also won the respect and admiration of the white people by his honest and uncompromising methods in defense of the race. This has made the way easier for other members of the legal profession in Jacksonville and the state at large to obtain a respectable hearing before the courts in behalf of their clients. After receiving his preparatory training at Biddle university Mr. Purcell entered South Carolina university by competitive examination and graduated with honors in the class of 1870. Soon after graduation, while casting about in his mind for the best way to begin his career as a professional man, the Florida Southern railroad was in need of a well rounded mechanic. He at once took advantage of the opening, as his previous training also fitted him for the position. With headquarters in Palatka, Fla., Mr. Purcell served the railroad company with ability and satisfaction as M. B. ATTORNEY I. L. PORCELL master mechanic for one year. It so happened that the senior member of the law firm had charge of the legal interest of the Florida Southern road, Attorney P. B. Calhoun, was an alumnus of South Carolina university. Lawyer Calhoun at once became interested in Purcell and employed him as law clerk and notary for the firm. His knowledge of the law relating to railroads was so thorough that he was employed by the company as special counsel. His special duty was to look after damage cases, of which he handled many with great success. His influence was widely felt in railroad circles, and his services were sought by other concerns far and near. During Counsel Purcell's residence in Palatka he built up a large law practice. Although the majority of his clients were among the large white corporations and other business concerns, he never once neglected a call for service from his own people. Soon after juncrow cars were put in operation in Jacksonville Mr. Purcell came to the city and with J. Douglass Wetmore instituted proceedings to test the legality of such a law, which only served to disturb the peaceful relations between the white and colored people of the community. Counselor Purcell has figured in some of the largest criminal and civil cases which have come before the courts since his residence in the state. Out of 117 cases argued by him before the supreme court, of Florida only three were decided against his clients. The Jeter case, which involved title to property valued at $250,000, was won by him. In this case the opposing counsel consisted of five of the leading lawyers of Florida. Among the other prominent positions held by him were: Fourteen years chairman of the Republican executive committee for Putman county; sixteen years one of Palatka's city aldermen and a number of times delegate to the Republican national convention. Mr. Purcell's office is in one of the leading office buildings of Jacksonville and is among the best furnished offices, having a large and valuable library. PLACATING THE DEVILS. Paying Homage to Evil Spirits of Land and Sea in China. Once every year, during the first fifteen days of the seventh Chinese month, the curious ceremony of Yu Nan Whel is celebrated, being, in fact, the paying of homage to the land and sea devils. Seven priests carry out the ceremony by offering up various forms of prayer, says the Wide World Magazine, and making an unearthly noise by beating gongs. Any one wishing to show his respect to the devils can do so by a payment of 600 cash—about 22 cents—to each of the priests, for which amount they will continue their performance for twelve hours, a truly modest remuneration. For an extra payment of 2,000 cash a number of small red paper boats about six inches long, with lights inside, will be sent floating down the river with the current. These lights are for the benefit of the sea devils in order that they may be able to see their way about on dark nights. Having finished this performance, the person on whose behalf it has been carried out goes away happy in the conviction that he will not lose any of his family throughout the year either by sickness or drowning, so that the whole ceremony may be looked upon as an insurance policy. At this time of year many thousands of the small lighted boats may be seen floating down the Yangtseikang. CUSTOM HOUSE FLAGS. Having No Legal Existence, They Are Not Protected by Law. Tradition is responsible for the flying of the revenue flag over the custom houses of the country, according to a high ranking member of that department. The flag which floats from the roof of the custom house has not only no legal existence, but is not protected by law from popular use on land and sea nor from advertising, as is the national flag. The revenue cutter service was established under authority of an act of congress of Aug. 4, 1750, as an armed force. It soon became evident that the vessels of the service should have some distinguishing flag or mark to indicate their employment and authority, and under an act of congress of March 21, 1750, the marker was provided for. This act set forth that "the cutters and boats employed in the service of the revenue shall be distinguished from other vessels by an ensign and pendant, with such marks thereon as shall be prescribed by the president." As is apparent from the act of congress mentioned and various revisions of later date, the revenue ensign was intended especially for the cutters and boats of the service, but it has long been displayed over custom houses—Baltimore Sun. A Get Beautiful Quick Scheme. "If you have a hurry call to be beautiful without the time to work up to the permanent affair," said Mildred Holland. "here's your chance. First wash your face with warm water and almond meal. Make a sort of paste of those things and wash off with warm water and dry lightly. Then apply your skin food lest there be any reaction from the drastic treatment to follow. Now take a piece of lemon and rub it over the face till the skin smarts. Rinse again, this time with water that is gradually brought down from cool to cold. You are then ready for the final ceremony. Hold a good sized piece of ice in a towel and iron your face with it. Then look in the glass. This has been found an absolutely reliable recipe before asking for the coveted new bonnet."—New York World. Canvasbacks on the Wing. CANVASSACKS on the Wing. If you have any doubt as to the swiftness of the canvasback on the wing where business calls just fire at the leader in a string some time when you have the chance. Duck shot when propelled by the proper quantity of powder travels pretty quickly itself, but if your charge brings down any member of that string of ducks at all it will be the fifth or sixth bird back of the leader, and I'll bet a farm on it. "If you would have a chance of dropping the leader you will have to aim not less than ten feet ahead of him. Then he will more than likely run plump against your shot. When he drops it will be a quarter of a mile or so farther on, for he can't stop short of that distance even after he is dead." —New York Sun. His Striking Feature He was butler at the British embassy, and he was very English. He was at the telephone, and the society editor of a Washington newspaper was asking him about a distinguished Englishman who had just arrived as a guest at the embassy. "Tell me," said the editor, "what he looks like. Give me some striking feature by which I may recognize him." "Well," replied the butler in awe and adoration; "e'as a most intelligent face."—New York Tribune. One Suggestion. "Any suggestions as to the music for the dinner tonight?" "Well, play something loud with the soup course. You understand?"—Washington Herald. Golf Versus Motoring. Gov. The difference between learning, golf and motoring is that in golf at first you hit nothing, but in motoring everything.—Puck. Intellect annuels fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free—Emerson. THE AFRO-AMERICAN-LEDGER ICELAND IN SUMMER. When the Sheen of Sunset Greets the Golden Glow of Sunrise. SUNDAY SCHOOL Iceland. The name itself is a barrier to tourist travel. But let the tourist ignore prejudice and embark at Copenhagen or Leith and he will find a delightful voyage over a smiling summer sea if he should go during June, July or August. He will be hardly more than two days out of sight of land—the farreaching rockbound coast of Scotland or the snow crowned peaks of Iceland—but the journey across will occupy about four days. For his amusement the dolphins will tumble, the whales will spout, the seal will swim and the sea birds will fly, and there will be glorious sunrises and sunsets, with hardly more than two hours of night intervening. When he finally reaches Iceland he will see the sun set about 11:40 o'clock and rise again shortly after 12 o'clock, the golden glow of the sunset mingling with the golden glow of the sunrise. All these delights cannot be assured to the winter traveler to Iceland. In fact, he will be obliged to keep his lamp burning until 10:20 in the morning and then light it again at 2 o'clock in the afternoon...Mrs. W. F. Crafts in Christian Herald. A VOLCANIC MONUMENT. Wonderful Old Balancing Rock Near Portland, Ore. One of the most remarkable rocks in the world is that known as the "balancing rock," which stands on the bank of the Willamette river a short distance above the city of Portland, Ore. Rising from a broad base is a small column roughly round in shape. Just above this is a huge mass of rock bearing a tree on the summit, the total height of rock and column being about a hundred feet. Although a great deal larger, and heavier than the pillar on which it stands, the big rock is very accurately balanced. For how many centuries this odd freat has stood not even the wisest scientists are able to determine, but it has evidently been there for a very long period. The entire rock is of a volcanic nature, and the most singular thing about it is the fact that the knob and pillar are entirely disjointed from one another. Wind and weather no doubt are slowly wearing the "balancing rock" away, but the process is so imperceptible that, failing some unforeseen catastrophe, the monument will probably endure for many centuries.—Wide World Magazine. Making Up an Actor. Making Up an Actor. In making up an amateur actor should remember that as little paint as possible should be used, for, while it is easy to disguise by a thick mask of pigment, the heavier the makeup the more difficult it is to convey sensitive emotional variations by the changing expression of the face. If it is possible to arrange one's own hair in a way suitable to the character so much the better, for, though it may in no way seem more real than a wig, it will prove infinitely more comfortable. When the actor looks as much like the part as he possibly can without the aid of artificial disguise he begins to apply nose paste, paint and powder, obliterating one characteristic and accountanting another, painting the eyebrows out and redrawing them, changing the color of the skin, putting shadows around the eyes and sinister lines running from the nostrils. He adds a roughly shaped beard or mustache of crape hair if the character demands it.—Harper's Weekly. Wonderful Hats. On one occasion Lincoln was presented with two fine hats, each by a different hatmaker, neither knowing that the other had made such a contribution. In the course of events they called upon the president, and it so happened that both called at the same time. When both found themselves in the presence of the executive they asked how he had liked the hats they had sent him, and, taking advantage of the opportunity of securing a statement of superiority of one or the other make, the president was asked to state his preference. To many men such a question would be very embarrassing, but to Lincoln not at all. He took the hat, one in each hand, and then replied gravely, with a mischievous twinkle in his keen eyes: "Gentlemen, your hats do mutually surpass each other!" An Honored Pig. A four footed discoverer is honored in the town hall of Luneburg, Prussia. It is a memorial to a plg that breathed its last 300 years ago. This consists of a handsome glass case enclosing a ham in excellent preservation, and underneath a black marble tablet with the following inscription in gold letters: "Passersby, here you behold the mortal remains of the plg which acquired for itself imperishable glory by the discovery of the salt springs of Luneburg." Harvest Time. Teacher-Now, Earle, tell us when is the harvest season? Earle-From November to March. Teacher-Why, Earle, I am surprised that you should name such barren months. Who told you they were the harvest season? Earle-Pn. He's a plumber-Milwaukee News. Both Recovering. Friend—Ah, doctor, how did you make out that cranky patient of yours? Doctor—Oh, we're both on the road to recovery. He's able to be about and I am suing for my bill—Exchange. Nature fits all her children with something to do—Lowell. SUNDAY SCHOOL. Lesson XII.—First Quarter, For March 19, 1911. THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. Text of the Lesson, I | Kings xx, 12-21. Memory Verse, 13—Golden Text, Prov. xxxi, 4—Commentary Prepared by Rev. D. M. Stearns. When godly people seek the help of and rely on the ungodly it is not only a testimony against God on the part of those who bear His name, but it encourages the ungodly in their ungodilliness. In II Chron. xvi we read that Asa, king of Judah, was rebuked by the Lord through Hannah the seer because he relied upon Benhadad, king of Syria. It may have been that this fellowship of Asa with him afterward encouraged Benedhad to till treat Ahab, king of Israel, as he did, first demanding of him his silver and his gold and his wives and children and then threatening to send his servants to search the houses of the king and his servants and take away all their desirable things (verses 5, 6). Ahab seems to have borne the first demand with wondrous submission, but the second was too much, and Ahab by the advice of his elders so returned answer to Benedhad. This drew from him a great threat, to which Ahab replied in these words: "Let not him that gideth on his harms boast himself as he that putteth it off" (versse 11). We cannot but be impressed with the pains which God takes to wn people to Him and to deliver them from the wrath to come, and we are amazed to see Him working even on behalf of such a one as Ahab. But it was all for His great manesake that Alab might know Him as Jehovah (verses 13, 28). Compare Job xxxil, 27-30, and remember always I Pet. ill, 9. What He has done for Israel in the past and will yet do for them in the future was and will be wholly for His name's sake that He may be known and trusted (Ezek. xxxil, 22; xxxil, 28; xxxvill, 23; xxxix, 27-29). Even to this day He is wont to show Himself strong on behalf of very unworthy representatives if, only He may be known through them as the living and true God, who loves to save and is not willing that any should perish. The great hindrance to His saving and blessing people and showing Him self strong on their behalf is their unwillingness and unbelief. How often He has had to say: "And ye would not" (Isa xxviii, 12; xxx, 15; Matt. xxii, 37; John v, 40). "My people would not hearken to My voice, and Israel would none of Me." "They believed not in God and trusted not in IIs salvation" (Ps. xxxi, 11; lxxviii, 29). Ahab's record is, "There was none like unto Ahab, who did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord" (chapters xx1, xxv). The only good thing written of him is his penitence, which caused the Lord to delay judgment on him (xx1, 27-29). And yet in this lesson the Lord gave the Syrians into his hand twice, though his people were but few and the Syrians a great host. He even caused a wall to fall upon 27,000 of the Syrians. Such a manifestation of the power of God on behalf of such as Ahab is most unusual. We must think not of Ahab, but of Israel as the people of God, though in rebellion against Him, concerning whom He said: "How shall I give thee up, Ephrem? How shall I deliver thee, Israel?" (Hos. xi, 8). "O Israel, thou hast destroyed myself, but in me is thine help!" "O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God!" (Hos. xii, 9; xv, 1) As to the Syrians, who were at this time overthrown, it is plain that drunkenness was one of the sins of their leaders, for Benhadad and his thirty-two royal comrades were drinking themselves drunken (verses xi, 10) even while they were boasting against the God of Israel. It was not sinful Israel that they were talking against, but the wonder working God of Israel, who counts all that is done to His people, however unworthy they may be, as done to Himself (Zech. 4, S). After the first defeat of the Syrians they said that the God of Israel was a God of the hills, but not of the valleys, and for this they suffered their second defeat, though the children of Israel were like two little flocks of kids, while the Syrians lilled the country (verses 23, 27). The Lord loves to show Himself strong on behalf of all who trust in Him (II Chron. xv, 1). But proud, haughty, self sufficient people will always be overthrown. There is nothing that develops the self in man like wine or strong drink, and self or the carinal mind is that part of us that is incorrigibly bad and can never be improved (Rom. vill. 7). As to the way in which wine or strong drink works—and some instances of it in the Scriptures—the cases of Noah, David and Uriah, Nabal, Elab and others might be studied with profit (Gen. ix, 20, 21; II Sam. xl, 13; I Sam. xxv, 36; I Kings xv, 1). The record stands that drunkards shall not inherit the kingdom of God. And even such guilty ones have been and may still be saved. Then there is that staggering and drunkenness of unbelief always to be considered in which neither wine nor strong drink is at all in evidence (Iso xxii, 9-13). Sinners of all grades and kinds are all about us, whom God is ready to save, and we do well to consider whether while we are busy here and there they get beyond our reach (verse 40). 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Among those present Land Mrs. Collins, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Downs, Mrs. Nettie Wright Mary Henderson, Mrs. Henrietta Mon, Mrs. Diza Cottman, Mrs. Em- mundide; Mrs. Dale; Mrs. Alice Mnas, Mrs. Jennie Findlay, Misses a Woolford, Mamie Harris, Bertie Karner, K Walker, Grace Brown, Laura Richardson, Messrs. Zededee Free, Isaiah Free, Thomas Matthews, Cornelius F. Taylor, A. Gordon, Chas. L. Cambell, George Washington, Chas. Grayson, Clarence Watkins, Gerry Henry, Morey C. Drake, Robert Collins, John Pollard, John Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Williams of 909 Warner street, gave a reception in honor of their daughter, Mist Bether, who was 18 years of age Wednesday. Miss Davis was the recipient of a number of handsome presents. Among those present were: Misses Tekla Henson, Mary Lee Wilson, Pauline Payne, Cora Lassiter, Rebecca Gray, Ada Brown, Cora Forrest, Aurelia Williams, Virginia Williams, Lillian Williams, Elizabeth Green: Mesars, Winfield Bishop, Sherman Jackson, Clarence Walker, Charles V. Smith, George V. Williams, John Lassiter, Charence Palmer, Thos. Williams, Garrett Rawlings, Samuel Smalwood, William Johnson, Daniel Hawkins, Jno. Purviance, Walter P. Hughes, Rev. Dr. Ernest Lyon and Rev. Ringgold. A beautiful baptismal fount has been installed in Grace Presbyterian Church. The fount was the gift of Miss Emma McGinnis and Mrs. Mary E. Lee, both of Washington, as a memorial to their parents the late Frederick and Ellen McGinnis. In accepting the memorial, Rev. W. Edward Williams, the pastor, spoke of the long service of Mr. McGinnis as an elder in Grace Church and later at Knox Presbyterian Church. 1820 Patrons At Walters Baths There were 1820 patrons at the Walters Public Baths, 1016-22 Aryle avenue, during February, a substantial increase over the corresponding month last year. With the moderation of the weather, the patrons of the house have come out in larger numbers. Basket Ball Game Commonwealth Hall was the scene of a lively mix up in basketball, Friday night. The High School has six teams competing for the championship in a series of games. The first game of the evening was a scrappy little tussle between the Midgets and the Second Year Class the Midgets coming out victorious. Lineup—Midgets, Islanday, Casel Giter, Williams and Wing. Second Year: Marshall, Kent, Rush, Camper, and Phillips. The second event was the game between the Fourth Year and the First Year Class teams in which First Year boys won by a good margin. Lineup: — First Year, Thomas, Green, Johnson, Rice and Mason. Fourth Year: Wade, Stanley, Parker, Brown, and Dennis. The last game of the evening was that between the Tyrants and the High School Specials. The Tyrants took and early lead and maintained it throughout the game. Shipley's goal shooting was a feature of this game. Friday night of the 17th and 24th both promise to be exceptionally interesting as Armstrong High School will play the Baltimore High School at the same place. Mrs. Beckett Entertains Aged. Mr. M. S. C. Beckett, of Philadelphia, Pa., corresponding secretary of the Parent W. M. M. Society, on her return from Washington, enroute for home with a company of ladies of this city, surprised the inmates of the Shelter for Aged Women on W. Middle street last Friday afternoon with a fine treat or collation. Many hearts were cheered and were glad to see their tried friend, who was every soughtful of them when in the city. Mr. Hutchinson Visiting Here Mr. R. L. Hutchins, a stenographer in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, visited his sister Mrs. Ione H. Gates Monday. He had been to Washington along with 30 members of the Alpha Physical Club, of New York to take part in the big athletic meet that was pulled off there last Saturday night. MR TIMANUS IN ROLE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES? Purloiner. According to an article in the Evening News of last week, former Mayor P. Clay Timanus, and candidate for the nomination on the Republican ticket for another term in the Mayorality chair, was the cause of the arrest of an innocent Afro-American last week, and a consequent night in the police station. The afsaid colored gentleman approached the former Mayor and requested change for a fifty dollar note, a promise to pay Uncle Sam. The sight of so much money in the hands of a colored gentleman, more especially as it had been picked out of a pile of more of the same kind, was too much for the mayorality candidate. What any man of color was doing with so much was a puzzle to him, and here is where the role of Sherlock Holmes came in. With the idea that the plethoric bank account of some poor white man had been depleted (for how in in the world could any colored gentlemen come in possession of so much money honestly,) and that the aforesaid C. G., was richer on account of the same, he ordered his arrest by a passing detective, so an innocent colored gent was soon on his way to explain his connection with so much coin of the realm to the magistrate. The next morning the colored gent succeeded in satifying the magistrate that he had come honestly by the dough and was accordingly released. Up to the present however, Mr. Timanus has not apologized to the colored gent for his interference with his private business nor has he made, as far as we can learn any reparation to a man that he so wantonly injured. Tadies Aid Society of Ames M. E. Church wishes to extend their sincere thanks to the organist, choir and ushers and organization choirs of the various churches, the C. Y. W. C. A. for their noble service rendered March 12, 1911 of which was a grand success. The amount raised was $81.35 Louisa Jones, Pres., Mamie Curtis, Sec. Rev. D. D. Turpean, pastor. Galilean Fishermen, Attention! All persons having claims fordeath benefits against the Endowment Department of the Gallilean Fishermen are hereby notified to file their claims, properly authenticated with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, No.2, of Baltimore City, on or before April 4th, 1911, otherwise your claim will be barred. mr4-25 Receivers. The Juvenile Troubadours, and Mr. T. Henderson Kerr, Violinist DK SPECIAL REQUEST BY SPECIAL REQUEST Will reappear at, Whachtcott M. E. Church, Pine and Franklin Sts. Sunday afternoon next, March the 19th, 1911, at 4.30 oclock Rev. Alfred Young, Pastor SACRED CONCERT Mr. L. Ellsworth Toomey, Director Silver Service Telephone Mt. Ver. 569-W. 504 W. BIDDLE STREET We are experts on kid gloves, only 10 cents a pair. Join my Pressing Club. Your suit kept in perfect order for one month $1.00. Be wise and join. All goods called for and delivered. Best of work at lowest prices. 3-11-18. R.H.BUTLER T Says let him send you a machine on trial. The honest Sewing Machine Man. This year the prices and payments will suit you. Guarantees every article if not so. See us first. We correct all mistakes free of charge. Also repairing Graphophones. Call 2431M Mt. Veron. Address "My collector gets out of breath." "Out of breath?" "Yes." "Flow is that?" THE AFRO-AMERICAN-LEDGER Word has just reached me that a man is canvassing the city soliciting money for our New Bethel A.M.E. Church, Druid Hill Ave. and Lauvale street. He has fleeced several of our white friends under the pretense that he is assistant pastor. I wish to state first that Bethel has no assistant pastor. 2d No such person has ever been authorized by the pastor or officers. Anyone knowing or hearing of any such impostor will confer a lasting benediction upon the church and race by exposing him. SPECIAL NOTICE Prof. Tasker Rusk and family will render the musical part of the program in vocal and instrumental selections positively this Sunday at the Allen C, E. League of Waters A. M. Church at 5:45 p. m. Good singing. Everybody welcome. Mayme Woolford, pres. Mayme Woollard, pres. C. A. Carey, Secy. A Sacred Musical Carnival Alphian Male Singing Society Assisted by the Lyric Female Singing Society at the Sharp St. Mem M. E. Church, Sunday evening, March 26th, under the auspices of the parsonage Association of said Church, Silver Offering requested. Mrs. Naomi H. Wright, President Rev. W. A. C. Hughes, pastor Mr. Wm. Oscar Johnson, Director of both Musical Organizations Announcement The Avalon Pleasure Club requests your presence at their Dance Friday evening. March 24th 1911 Galilean Fishermen's Anditorium to hear the greas Avalon Rag. Henderson Kerr's full Orchestra Admission 25 Cents Percy Ridout. president Nat Emory, Secretary. Mr. Brnest Purviance, will play during the intermission Men's Day Celebration At Allen A. M. E. Church, West Lexington street, Sunday., March 26th, 1911 at 3 p. m. Speaker, Prof. Kelly Miller, Dean of Howard University, and City Councilman Harry S. Cummings. Rev. J. G. Martin, Pastor Special Program Of the Allen Christian Endeavor League of Oak St. A. M. E. Church, Sunday, March 19th, 1911 at 6 p. m. Program of the first sacred concert under the supevision of the League; The League of Ebenezer A. M. E. Church is expected to be present; paper by Miss Viola Isaacso, of St. Matthew's Church; Song service paper by Mrs. A. O. Winston, of Richmond, Va. Remarks by Prof. J. B. Cooper. Thos. H. Wilson, president. Rev. C. E. Herbert, pastor. Grand Old Time Union Meeting To be held at First Baptist Church, cor. Caroline and McLeddy Sts., Sunday, March 26, 1911 at 2 p.m. Mrs. D. G. Mack will address the meeting. Rev. P. C. Neal, D. D., pastor. DON'T MISS THE Village Wedding Marriage of Miss Lucinda Goback to Mr. Iceek Step Front on Friday evening, March 24th, 1011 at 8 p.m., to benefit Organ Auxiliary and Pulpit relief Association at Trinity A. M. E. Church, Linden avenue and Biddet street. Admission 10c. Refreshments on sale. Presidents, Mrs. Julia Monroe and Mrs. Ellen Gleese. Rev. A. L. Gaines, pastor. Mrs. Luther Smith of the Cauden House has opened the Wayfaren Industrial Institute at 1,500 W. Los St. At 500-502 W. Lee St. Near Eitaw street cor. Green St. All modern conveniences, Superb restaurant, Room with Board $3.50 per week. Baths a specialty. Has opened in connection an employment agency up so those seeking employment can get work, at short notice. RUTH Dramatized and rendered in costume. And Beautified with calcium lights. By Sharp St. Memorial M. E. Church Choir. Personal direction of Mr. Lewis H. Murray, tomorrow night, Sunday, March 19, at S o'clock, Positively, a silver offering at the door. $7,000 to loan on real estate, per persons having mortgages can borrow accordingly, small amounts preferred. Apply j. Winfield Thomas, 2127 Dudl Hill Avenue. m18-a8 FRIDAY, MARCH 24, AT 8 P. M. ADMISSION, 15 CENTS. will give a service of Sacred Song at CENTENNIAL M. E. CHURCH corner Bank and Caroline streets Sunday evening March 26, 1911. Silver offering at the door. Under management of Mr. L. Ellsworth Toomey. THE ANNUAL THANKSGIVING of the KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia will be held at New Bethel A. M. E. Chrch, corner of Lanvale and Druid Hill avenue, Sunday evening, March 19, at 8.30 o'clock. Address by the HON. HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON, Recorder of Heads, Washington, D.C., and on Sunday afternoon, March 26th, at 2.30 o'clock at Ames Memorial M. E. Chrch, Carey and Baker streets, an address by JUDGE ROBERT N. TERKELL, of the Municipal Court, Washington, D.C. All fraternal organizations and the public in general are invited to attend. George A. Watty, Graad Chancellor. 3-25 The Women's Day Reception will be held in the Lecture Room, Monday night, March 27, from 8:30 to 11. Admission free. 11 A.M. Mrs. Hannah Frey, presiding; addresses, Mrs Edith Brooks, and Mrs. Lula Scott. 3 P.M. Mrs. Minnie L. Gaines, presiding; welcome address, Mrs. M. M. Pinder; paper, Mrs. Annie McGwinn; paper, Mrs. Minnie Justice; three minute addresses, by presidents. 7.30 P.M. Mrs. Gornella Anderson, presiding; paper, Mr. Elinor Williams; paper, Mrs. E. L. Steptcau; address, "Women's Worth to the Church" Mrs. Harriett Hilliard; recitation, Mrs. Laura Logan. Mrs. Cornelia Anderson, Pres. Miss Clara Thompson, Sec. Mrs. Martha Allen, Treas. Mrs. Maud Gross, Musical Directress. Miss Sarah Toogood, Asst. Sec. Rev. A. L. Gaines, Pastor. THE NEW ELECTRIC STEAMER STARTIGHT Office: Mt. Ver. 2338-Y COAL AND WOOD Residence: Mt. Ver. 1837 PHONE OR WRITE We are now furnishing at the lowest market rates many of our private families and institutions with Clean High-grade coal, 2240 lbs to the ton guaranteed. Why not let us supply you? Wolfe PHONE 1577-Y TERMS REASONABLE BEFORE BUYING Ladies' Gents' Children's Spring Clothing. Rings, Watches, Diamonds, Furniture and Stoves. SEE CLARENCE E. MARSHALL Agent for James Wilson Co. 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; fire burial robe, embalming, opening grave, advertise funeral, six pairs of gloves, door crepe, candles, candelabra, crucifix when desired, rugs, chairs etc., all of the latest designs. Other Funerals as low as $25, $35, $40, $50. Higher Grade $100, $150, $175. No charge for removal of remains from Hospitals. Shipping Funerals, $25.00 and $50.00 Complete [222 Division St., bet. Dolphin and Lanvale. C. & P. Phone Mad. 4067 The well known resort needs no advertising but I only want to let you know that books are now open for dates. There are only 120 excursion days and I have in hand 150 applications that I could not afford to consider. As you may know I am only advertising for the benefit of the churches and organizations that have always supported Brown's Grove. Should you desire a date I would advise you to apply at once as there are many churches organizations and clubs that I have never heard of before both in the city and country that have their applications in for dates already. I hope that you will not put it off too late and then say that I should have held a date for you. The New Electric Steamer Starlight will be the Queen of the Chesapeake Bay this summer. Steamer's capacity 850. A greater inducement than ever will be given to all who can produce the goods. Don't forget the special inducements for moonlights. For dates or any information apply to George W. Brown, 1451 N. Carey street, or Walter R. Langley, 1418 Jefferson street. Mr. Brown can be seen every Saturday night and Sunday during the month of March at 1451 N. Carey street, or any day from the 1st to 15th of April on board the Steamer Starlight at Miller's Wharf foot of Caroline St. Mrs. Perry P. Clark of Argyle avenue, who has been sick at her home is now improving. Mrs. Gertrude Henderson of 1700 N. Spring street, who has been sick at her home is improving. Mrs. Evelyn Henderson of Philadelphia, is visiting Mrs. Hawkins, of McElderry street. Mr. Percy T. Borron, who had his hand severely injured by being caught in the big newspaper press of the Afro-American Ledger, is improving rapidly. Mr. William E. Tabb, who has been a member of the composing force of the Afro-American Ledger for the past 13 years, is confined to his home by illness. Mrs Nellie Hasty and daughter Aurelia, of 503 Robert St., is in Lexington, Va, visiting the mother of Mrs. Hasty who is very ill. Mrs. Mary C. Cephus, of 1306 Jefferson street, whas has been confined to her home for the past nine weeks, is able to be out again. Mrs. Josephine Stewart, of 687 W. Mulberry street, who has been confined to her home by illness is able to be out again. Mr. C. Wilson Collins, of 2700 N. Charles street, has been confined to his bed for the past two weeks with the grip. He expects to be out in a few days. Mr. James Wilson, county commissioner, is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Whittington. Miss Virgie M. Newton, has gone to Colorado Springs to visit her aunt, Miss Margaret M. Gray. Her stay is indehnite. Mr. James Gans, son of the late Joe Gans, was guest of honor at dinner given by Miss Lina Smith, of Wilson street, Sunday afternoon. Mrs. M. Olivia Chessley, of 514 Oxford street, is visiting relatives in Richmon, Va. Mrs. William H. Lee, of 1427 Jefferson street who has recently been confined to her home though illness is able to be out again. Rev. C. E. Hughes, of Easton, Md. was in the city this Week. A Ladies Muff which was lost at Nennert Belleme's dance can be had at 1221 Etting street. C. H. Herndon. Mr. Chas. H. Herndon, will spend Sunday Washington. A Fatal Accident. Robert Diggs, a new elevator boy at the Merchants Club, was fatally injured Thursday by being caught between the elevator and floor. He was taken to the Mercy Hospital, where he died several hours after ward. Diggs was 21 years of age, and he lived at 2040 Druid Hill avenue with his father, Josiah L. Diggs, Grand Keeper Of Records and Seal for the Maryland Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias. His funeral take place tomorrow afternoon from his late residence. Card Of Thanks Mr. Lloyd R.Foote of 2016 Division street, who whis recently operated upon at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, has recovered and takes this means to thank his many friends for their kindness during his illness. Card of Thanks The family of Mrs. Mary E. Harris, who departed this life on the 10th of March, desire to thank the many friends for their generous helpfulness and many floral offerings in honor of her mother. Respectfully for the Family, MRS. CORA WATTS Dr. Shaw's Farewell Sermon. Dr. Shaw's Farewell Sermon. Sunday is the last of the Conference year, and Dr. Shaw, urges all members and friends of Centennial, to be present Sunday night for the Farewell Sermon. ERONA PEER OF ALL ADVISORS MAKES NO CHARGE if the object of your visit is not explained without asking a question. Can be seen on all matters of business love, courtship, marriage, investments, etc. By my advice I remove the cause of mysterious troubles and unite the separated. Never fail what you parade. Never fail what you wish to know, this God given person can positive-dresses of miles away. A word to the wise is sufficient. Hours 9 to 9 daily and Sunday. Fees vary Moderate 217 S. CLINTON ST., near Pratt, Highlandtown, number on window. Take Roland Park car to Clinton street. Cut this out and call at once. My Prescription Department In charge of a registered pharmacist With the purest of drugs Fennell's Pharmacy Biddle St. and Drud Hill'Ave.