The Afro-American

THE AFRICAN AMERICAN LEDGER VOL. XX NO. 20. DOUGLASS HOSPITAL FUND COMPLETED Fifteen Thousand Dollars Raised To Keep Institution From BOTH WHITE AND COLORED CONTRIBUTE The Amount Needed Is Over Subscribed By Nearly Three Hundred Dollars. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 11—The Douglass Hospital will continue to do the splendid work that it is doing in aiding the sick and afflicted as the $15,000 that the Public Ledger started to raise in order that the $100,000 home of the institution would not be sold under a builder's lien was not only raised but $294 in addition. The Public Ledger, in its issue of Tuesday, editorially suggest that any amount given in excess of the amount asked for be given to the hospital authorities to aid in carrying on the work. It says: The Public Ledger undertook this campaign only after receiving letters from Doctors Mitchell, Baldy, Tyson, Keen, Ransell and Curtin, giving assurances that the hospital was deserving that it was achieving useful results; that it was giving colored physicians and nurses the only opportunity they possessed for training in their professions; that it was well administered, and that its failure would deprive the colored people of the one institution where they could be cared for by nurses and attendants of their own race. This newspaper was glad to help the colored citizens in their efforts to help themselves. The solution of the race problem lies in the success which the Negro achieves in working out his own salvation and in demonstrating his ability in undertakings which inspire in him dignity, self-respect and ambition. The difficulties of the Douglass Hospital were due to no fault of management; the embarrassment was solely on account of a builder's lien. The hospital, while it has escaped this disaster, has other problems to face and any surplus over the $15,000 will prove an investible boon, increasing its opportunities for further usefulness to a material extent. Dr. Nathan F. Mossell, founder and head of the hospital, is extremely grateful for the success of the Public Ledger's campaign and speaks in the highest terms of those who helped to save the hospital. The contributors were from both races, and the last was one of $2,370, given by Mrs. M. C. Borie as a memorial to her brother, Henry C. White. Urge Advanced Training Meadville, Pa., Jan. 10—At a meeting of the heads of schools and colleges of the M. E. Church, held at Allegheny College a few days ago, a plea was made that the colleges maintained by the denomination for the Negro should offer the fullest opportunities for education. Dr. J. O. Spencer, president of Morgan College, Balimore; Dr. S. E. Idleman, president of Clark University, Atlanta; and W. H. Crawford, president of Allegheny College were among those who strongly urged advanced training for the Ne- DR. N. F. MOSSELL GOLDSBOROUGH NOW MARYLAND'S GOVERNOR The Second Time For a Republican Governor In Maryland Since the Civil War. (Special to The Afro-American Ledger.) Annapolis, Md., Jan. 11—Philips Lee Goldsborough was inaugurated as Governor of Maryland yesterday, the second Republican to be installed in the exalted office since the Civil War. Preceding his taking the oath of office in the room of the House of Deleates at the State Capitol, Mr. Goldsborough delivered a strong inaugural address, in which he declared for pure elections; the passage of the New Charter for Baltimore City; for a workingmen's compensation act and for compulsory attendance in the county schools. His address made a deep impression, and many expressed the view that he would give Maryland one of the best administrations that any chief executive has ever given. Following the taking of the oath of office, a street parade of representative men from all parts of the State took place. The Maryland Suffrage League, headed by its president, Rev Dr. William M. Alexander, of Baltimore was in line along with 50 well-known colored residents of the city. The men were cheered lustily as they passed the place where the new Governor and his party were reviewing the paraders as they passed. Mr. Delaware Williams, of Baltimore, was marshal of the Suffrage League's marchers, and Mr. Alfred Nixon, of Baltimore, assistant marshal. One of the first appointments made by Governor Goldsborough was that of John Cornish to be janitor of the State House. He has held the position since 1896. It is generally thought that the ne chief executive will not give many appointments to colored men, but the belief is prevalent among those seen here yesterday that he will be "on the job" in championing longer terms for colored schools in the various counties, and in other matters affecting the moral and civic interests of the race. Among the Baltimoreans noticed here yesterday were: Rev W. M. Alexander, William C. McCard, Rev. A. B. Callis, H. E. Macbeth, Delaware Williams, James H. Nutt, Louis H. Davenport, Alfred J. Nixon, J. W. Goldsborough and J. P. Coleman. They were all warmly greeted by Governor Goldsborough, when they met him at the public reception. THEY ARE PROSPEROUS AT MOUND BAYOU Have Organized Oil Mills With Capital Stock of Ninety-five Thousand Dollars Colored People Are Showing Just What They Can Do When Given a Chance. Columbus, Ga.—As I get over this country I am convinced more and more every week that there is a place for every man, and every man can have a place and every man can make something of himself if he only desires to do so, and will work in the right direction. I can see no reason why there should he any friction between the white man and the black man or the black man and the white man. Now I can see this, but it is hard for the other man to see out of the same lens, hence until this is done there will be a misunderstanding. But I am told that it is caused by white men and black men vying with each other for the mastery, but I do not know what that is hence I cannot say whether or not that is true. I know I have never had any mastery, and do not want it. The white man can have all the mastery he can get and I will never get in his way, nor object to him having it. I want to live and I want to have my being. I want to occupy a place in keeping with my ability just like other men. I want the privilege to run for office if I desire, and then I want to be accorded the right to vote, and help to say where the money shall go that I pay into the public. Do you blame me for this? I said that there is room for our people to make progress, and I mean every word of it, and I am in position to say these things. Just to look where I have been in the past few weeks, from Des Moines, Iowa down to this place, and I have seen how our people are making it. I have told you about the people in Des Moines and then I have told you about my visit to Chicago, thence to Decatur, Ill., where I meet Rev. Dr. J. A. Crockett, M. Davis, and his wife and many others. Theence by Louisville, or to Indianapolis, Ind., where I met only a few friends, and talked with them as I passed through the city. Next found me in Louisville, where I was when I wrote the last letter. I went to the city of Lexington, thence over to Paris, Ky., to see the teachers holding a meeting, then back to Frankfort. There I met with a matter which caused me to feel like man is just a little less than a brute. A man broke in a house to kill his wife and her mother, but killed a young man. I am not going to comment on it now. Then from Frankfort back to Louisville, and from Louisville, to Birmingham, Ala. I took a bed car went to bed, slept like a log, and enjoyed it to the highest. It was a big thing to have me sleep like a log in a bed car over the L. & N. road, and I had an old, "aunt". Dolly time. Now in Birmingham, I had the pleasure of attending a meeting known as an Emancipation meeting and it was just fine. I heard some big speeches and some big men, and then I turned attention to the other part of the world, and it was some attention I am here to tell Monday night the first day of the year, I spoke to men only and then left for Memphis, where I remained just a few hours. I rode from Birmingham to Memphis in a bedpan taking me a good sleep. I then, after spending an hour in Bown started for Mound Bayou, Miss. Now to show that we are making real progress and that we are able to do things, you have only to go to Mound Bayou, Miss, and if you never even dreamed of religion you will just shout right out, in the street. It is indeed a clean town, and as enterprising as any town of its size in the whole south. You will perhaps realize what this means when I tell you that it is composed exclusively of members of our race. It has been said that factories and manufactories or something like that will bring a town out, and now this is what we are to have in Mound Bayou. One of the greatest business men of this country, regardless to race or color is Hon. Charles Banks, who is cashier of the Bank of Mound Bayou, and first vice president of the National Business League and president of the Mississippi Business League, and secretary of the Masonic Benefit Association of the Stringer Continued on page five. Because He Was A Negro. Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 10. — Frederick L. Parker, a colored student at the University of Michigan was employed by the great Northern Railroad as an extra way bill clerk to assist in handling holiday freight He lost his temporary job because employees of the Adams Express Co. refused to handle freight that had been checked by a Negro. Dr. Hall Elected President Chicago, Ill., Jan. 10.—Dr. G. C. Hall, the prominent physician, has been elected president of the Chicago Negro Business League. He is also a member of the executive committee of the National Negro Business League, which will be held here next August. Father Uncles in New Orleans (Special to The Afro-American Ledger.) NewOrleans, La., Jan. 10.—Rev. C. R. Uncles, a teacher in the Epiphany Apostolic College, Baltimore spent the holidays here as the guest of Father Labau, pastor of St. Dominic's Catholic Church. While here he delivered an address before the colored Y. M. C. A., and was also the recipient of much attention socially. Appointed Deputy Sheriff (Spec. to The Afro-American Ledger.) New York, Jan. 12—Edward E. Lee, chief of the United Colored Democracy, has been appointed a deputy sheriff for Manhattan. His salary is said to be $1,500 a year. The muster roll of the provisional colored regiment has been sent to Governor Dix: Major Charles A. Fillmore is the first in command. Dr. Booker T. Washington was recently made one of the executors of the late Emmett Densmore, of Brooklyn, of the heaviest stockholders in the Garfield Tea Company. Samuel J. Battles, who was appointed a probationary policeman some months ago, has been made a regular member of the police force. The "Get-over Sal, Grizzly Bear," "Texas Tommy" and other suggestive dances will be placed under the ban, if [the Amsterdam News and Reformers have their way. W. Ashbie Hawkins and W, C. McCard, well known attorneys of Baltimore, were in the city this week. Plans On Foot For The Formation of A National Organization TO HAVE CLOSER FRATERNAL RELATIONS. (Special to The Afro-American Ledger.) Chicago, Ill., Jan. 12—Efforts are being made now to interest the colored postal clerks and other Federal employees here to form a National Association for the mutual benefit of themselves and for the improvement of their work. The name proposed is, "The National Association of Afro-American Classified Federal Employees." The colored clerks in every line of government work will have a separate organization made up of employees in that particular service, and each of these organizational will be represented in the general association. The promoters state that it is not to be a Union in any sense of the word and the general association will be more of a clearing-house for ideas for the betterment of their respective work, than anything else. The association and organizations will have a decided social side which will enable the different locals to maintain club and reading rooms and give visiting clerks the glad hand when in the larger centers where there are many government men. The white post office clerks and railway mail clerks have national aassociations—and though supposed to be for the betterment of their respective services—they will not let colored clerks join and they constantly use their united strength against the colored clerks in whatever department employed. There is growing prejudice against our people in the government service as two incidents in Texas will illustrate: Recently at Paris the white people refused to take their mail from a Negro carrier and forced his resignation, and the Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service (11th Division) recently virtually ordered a Negro mail clerk to call the white clerks "Mister." The young man had refused to call a young white clerk, "Mister" and the white clerk attempted to whip the colored clerk, but instead was whipped. Both were arrested and the white clerk was fined. Though the Negro was found blameless he was spended from his work for two days. The plans of the National Association of Afro-American Classified Federal Employees have not as yet been laid before the several heads of the Departments but it is thought their approval of the plans will not be hard to obtain. The hope is even indulged that they will rather encourage the organization, though opposition is expected from the white organizations which are now flirting with the American Federation of Labor, which is decidedly Anti-Negro. Maryland on Mayor's Advisory Committee. Atlantic City, Jan. 5. — Mayor Bacharac has chosen Isaac H. Nutter the lawyer, as one of the ten prominent citizens that will compose the Mayor's advisory cabinet. Mr. Nutter is the only colored lawyer in the city. He is a native of Mary- A. B. land, and was educated at Morgan College, Baltimore, and the law school of Howard University. ODD FELLOWS MEET IN PHILADELPHIA Semi-Annual Gathering Of Sub-Committee Of Management. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 12—The Semi Annual session of the Sub-committee of Management of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows was held here this week at the headquarters of the order, 1201 Spruce street. Repors submitted showed that all departments of the order were making commendable progress, and that the attendance at the meeting of the Biennial Movable Committee, which will be held at Atlanta next September. The session was presided over by Edward, H. Morris, the grand-master. Ben J. Davis, of Atlanta, chief justice of the supreme court of the order; was on hand and was enthusiastically greeted as the next grand master of the order. He told all of his admirers that Atlanta's latch string would be hung on the outside next Semester. Harry S. Cummings, of Baltimore, the genial attorney general of the order, was also on hand likewise the grand treasurer of the order, Julius C. Johnson, also of Baltimore. Henry Lincoln Johnson, who besides being deputy grand master of the order and recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, is one of the best known men in Georgia, enthusiastically told of plans that are being made in Atlanta for the next B. M. C. Among those attending the session were: James F. Needham, grand secretary of the order; W. Oavid Brown, New York; G. Ocala, Ela.; J. S. Noel, Montgomery W. Va.; G. W. Hays, Cineinmati, O.; C. A. Howse, Birmingham, Ala.; L. N. Porter, Little Rock, Ark.; W. W. Lawrence, New Bern, N.C.; T. P. Turner, Pulaski, Penn. grand auditors; W. R. Morris, St. Paul, Minn.; W. L. Houston, of Washington, associate justices of the supreme court of the order, and W. T. Francis, St. Paul, Minn., clerk of the court. Chrisfield Notes (Special to Afro-American Ledger.) Crisfield, Md., Jan. 10—The deep snow last week was responsible for a small attendance at the local churches Sunday. The oyster boat Ada May was capsized in a gale and the cook drowned. John Brown is captain of the boat: Mrs. Inez Davis, of New York, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Emma Whittington, after an abence of eight years. Rhodes Scholarship Student In Philosophic Address Says the Desire to Preserve the Past Connects Us to a Racial Consciousness—Race Stands Between Two Heritages. Yonkers, N. Y.—The year end meeting of the Negro Research society held recently at the residence of the president, Mr. John Edward Bruce, in this city, was made notable by the presence of Alain Le Roy Locke, who is a graduate of Oxford university. He bears the distinction of being the only member of the race to win one of the Rhodes scholarships. Mr. Locke was the principal speaker on this occasion, and a reception was given in his honor by the society in view of the fact that he is to return to Berlin in January to complete his studies. Mr. Locke's subject was "The Negro and a Race Tradition." He spoke in part as follows: A historical society stands primarily as the expression of a practical duty toward a corporate past, and a Negro historical society stands therefore for an avowed duty toward a racial past. The Negro has special duties and specific problems with regard to his past; but, however specific and special those duties and problems are the duties and problems of any people in their acquisition of historical mindedness in the establishment of a tradition. Although the American Negro faces what all thoughtful observers must admit to be a historical dilemma, he can avoid it if he wishes. He has only to forget or repudiate his past or as much of it as he deems wise and consistent to forget and repudiate. As an American, indeed, he can claim the high but dangerous privilege of tak- J. E. H. ALAIN LE ROY LOCKE ing large liberties with his past both in the direction of adoption and that of repudiation. As an American he can exercise the rights of a mental republic. He can begin anywhere and claim anything. The question is therefore whether or not the Negro wishes to have a separate institution, a separate history of this country, or what justification there is other than the purely sentimental reasons he sometimes gives himself and the wholly unjustifiable reasons usually given him for having a separate tradition in contrast or addition to the tradition he can acquire and claim as an American, enjoying theoretically at least all of the benefits of free education and democratic institutions. For very different reasons and very diverse hopes then the speaker found himself forced to believe in a race history and a race culture. The desire to preserve our past commits us to a racial consciousness and requires of us the development of a sense for corporate interests and destinies. Indeed the tendencies and facts which threaten the solidarity and perpetuity of a distinct Negro tradition in this country may prove the ultimate stumbling blocks in the way of our progress. The historical dilemma of the American Negro is the need to be two heritages, one lost, the other not fully acquired; the one something for which we have as yet no definite use and the other something which may not have permanent satisfaction for us. This situation is both the price and the reward of the Negro's unique history. Later he may be as anxious to take the advantages of the alternatives as he is at present to escape the disadvantages of this situation. Our intellectual and spiritual problems have a different point of origin from social or political or economic issues we face, and they are as likely to have a different solution. History and culture are the attributes of nations and races. One cannot raise the question of history without raising the question of race or nationality. Any one who surveys at all closely the estate of culture or the field of history will find that it has its fences and proprietary rights; quite as material in their way as the fences and property, deeds of any civilized community. They will see that no people has acquired a passport to culture, citizenship and the exchange civilities of civilization until it has cultivated its own land, its own tradition and evolved its own culture. A people that proceeds in civilization is three armed under the present facts at least with the fate of mental pariads. Race is not only the key to history, as Disnell said; it is the most legitimate and indisputable claim to education and culture. We as Negroes need to distinguish sharply between the claim of education and the claim of a mental birthright. It may even be that we shall have to choose between them on certain occasions. Certainly we must always bear the distinction in mind. The very accidents of our birth and history make for us a claim upon a civilization and a heritage of ideas which no amount of mentaluggery and self sought mystification can conceal from us as not ours in the same literal sense that it is the hereditary culture and history of Aranye peoples. This one the condition and Scene from "My Friend From Dixie" Appearing at Holliday Street Theatre Next Week culture. Sooner or later if he persists in ignoring this distinction the Afro-American of culture finds he is an anomaly; finds that he is sharing and participating in a culture that is his only by right of acquisition and not by right of inheritance. To be mindful of the distinction does not necessarily make the civilization and culture we propose to claim and share any the less ours, but it does make it ours in a different way. This is the contention that with the proper approach and reservations the frank admission that we participate in an alien culture justifies us in a certain historic and actual pride of acquisition in having made our own was in the beginning not ours. Further, such an admission should enable us by our own position, our own derivations and allegiances, and to help us to build up in addition a tradition worthy of our united levities. Instead, therefore, of belittling us the great contrast of Aryan culture should make it more meaningful to be a Negro. The Negro's attitude toward his past has hitherto been a sentimental and mistaken one. There are grave dangers and difficulties in achieving a new attitude, but a new one must be achieved. We might in time succeed in getting the first slave ship into a historical perspective, which would make it a spiritual Małopowder of freedom from the past, and thus this would be an attitude which would insist upon the full and remotest tradition of the race. As a patrol the American is satisfied to go back as far as the Mayflower, but as a scholar he is forced to go back a little farther. We have then the phenomenon of Anglo-Saxon tradition, Anglo-Saxon civilization, Aryan culture! It should—indeed it must—be—the same with us. The American Nazi must in time change his attitude to the past. The stamp of the abolitionist experience and appear still upon us. It deserves a memorial memorial ties us to the abolitionist period of our history must not be allowed to control our historical attitudes. A generation that has not lived through such a time can never be expected to care for race history in exactly the same way. Already the younger generation is lapsing from that sentimental attitude, and it is well, since the attitude which frees us physically will never free us mentally. It binds us fast to what is, after all, only one period in the race life. It keeps us from the dispassionate, the scholarly, attitude toward history. It chains us to remain in the vicious circle of early American isolation, the hopelessly Quixotic whim of a people that has no interest in the world. We cannot afford to let our regard for our immediate past blind us to the remote racial past, a past which stands in need of patient and painstaking scholarship to recover, but even more perhaps in need of a worthier historical attitude to accept it. American thought and scholarship are in process of broadening out in the name of culture, and for the sale of tradition a period of reconstructive scholarship is beginning, a period that will retrieve the necessary damage of the democratic succession. This is being done that that an American need not leave the high price of expatriation for his culture. Our situation is parallel. Our involuntary transportation is analogous to the colonial Americans' voluntary revolution. We must, like him, go back to claim as tradition and culture all we have broken with as government and authority. There is for us no alternative to turning back toward an African and racial past. But such a course need no more than a single liberal education than race loyalty to Anglo-Saxon civilization interferes with American patriotism. America, standing, as it does, for the common ownership of the utilities of civilization, cannot stand for the amalgamation of cultures. America, at all events, is not sure of her own mental nationality, and behind the traditional uniformities of American life and thought it is significant to find certain latent racial traits and traditions in process of development and assortion. The fear that the acknowledgment of the ideals under the republican claims under the fear that a sense for race history and tradition shuts one out from an impersonal and more inclusive participation in general history and culture, can only be indulged by those who misunderstand the trend of American institutions. Indeed, freed from national responsibilities and governmental ambitions, racial pretensions are free in this country to develop without opposition or misconstruction. Certainly America has offered this country the opportunity to Irish ambitions and hopes impossible of realization elsewhere been realized in this country, but their realization, while contributory largely and patriotically to the sum total of American achievement, has reacted upon the whole status and welfare of that race in its native home. The Jewish communism in this country further has contributed to its racial life the world over and stands today as the champion of some of its most significant reform movements. America affords the unique possibility of a national existence without contradicting national and patriotic loyalty, and responsibilities. The historical dilemma of the American Negro is a great culture problem. It is also a great American problem. Its solution will prove or disprove whether or not culture by adoption is possible and whether a race can exist within a nation without disrupting the nation or contradicting itself. If we accept the burden of being an experiment in this land of experiment it is because we have additional reasons. These additional reasons are the desire to solve our own problems, to convert invidious distinctions into others rational and respected. Good Work of Women's Clubs In Texas. The Mothers' club of San Antonio, Tex., conducts a kindergarten in connection with its regular work. The Charity club in Houston is interested in the Working Girls' home, and the Nurses' club in the same town sustains a nursery for the care of children whose mothers have to work out by the day. These organizations have come about largely through the Influence of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. THE AFRO-AMERICAN-LEDGER O. C. H. H. MR. JULIUS C. JOHNSON Who is attending the sessions of the Sub-Committee of Management of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows which is holding its sessions in Phil adelphia this week. He is Grand Treasurer of the Order WHAT THE NEGRO PROBLEM IS NOT Subject Considered From an Impersonal Point of View. Professor R. R. Wright In Sociological Treatment of the Great Question Says It Is Not a Negro Problem if the Maladjustment Is Not Common to the Whole Group. Philadelphia. — Professor R. R. Wright, Jr., has recently issued in book form extracts from his two lectures on the sociological attitude in the study of Negro problems, which he prepared for and delivered to the social study class at the university of Pennsylvania. The first part tells of the attitude which social students ought to have in the study of race problems and the difficulties involved. The second part consists of an analysis of the Negro problem. The lectures attracted considerable attention, being regarded as among the most philosophic and logical ever delivered on the subject at any of the leading colleges. Under the caption the "Study of Race Problems" Professor Wright says: "In the study of the facts in human activity the very condition of scientific value must be the accuracy and impartiality of the observation of students. For accurate observation the student must be tolerant and open minded. He must be widely acquainted with the history and condition of peoples in different parts of the world in order to be entirely rid of national, sectional, racial, religious and political bias. "In spite of his race, religion and early education, he ought to be able to look at the facts of society entirely from an impersonal point of view. This is especially necessary in the study of nationalities and races different from our own. We are very liable to underwrite these peoples—to consider their mental and physical differences and mental and physical inferiorities; to call their religion heathenish; to look upon their racial tendencies as downward if they are not as ours. This will give us a provincial philosophy, but nothing of real scientific value. "In what consists the particular and peculiar Negro race problem of which we hear so much? A social problem may be said to exist with reference to any particular group when there is in any way maladjustment of that group with respect to its environment. Then the Negro problem must be a social problem of maladjustment between the Negro group and its American environment. A social problem is a Negro problem in so far as the social maladjustment is, first, common to the great mass of the Negro group and, second, peculiar to it. It is not a Negro problem if the maladjustment is not common to the entire Negro group—that is, only Negroes suffer it. This we must get clearly in our minds if we are to understand the problem of the Negro. What the Negro Problem Is Not: "Much confusion already exists as to just what this maladjustment is, and to avoid further confusion careful analysis is necessary. The average person with whom I have come in contact identifies in some way the Negro problem with the problem of ignorance and vice, or with poverty and immorality, or with industrial inefficiency, unemployment or some other pathological social condition. One says if it were not for the ignorance of the Negro there would be no problem. But let us examine this and we will see that the Negro problem is not a problem of illiteracy or ignorance. In the first place, illiteracy is not common to the Negro race, for the majority of them can read and write. "In the second place, illiteracy is not peculiar to them as a race, for there are more white illiterates in this country than Negro illiterates. In 1900 the census gave 3,200,000 as the number of white illiterates and 2,853,194 as the number of Negro illiterates in the United States. There are, according to the same census, fourteen times as many white illiterates in the state of Pennsylvania as Negro illiterates. "By the same authority in proportion to population there is less illiteracy among the younger generation of Negroes living in the north than in the same class of whites living in the south. The throngs which come to our great cities have a great deal more ignorance among the foreign white element than among the Negroes. It is plain, therefore, that ignorance and illiteracy are not the Negro problem, although many Negroes as well as whites are involved in the general problem of ignorance, which has no color whatever." The New York Vigilance Committee. Disregard for the laws of the state which guarantee to all citizens equal rights and equal protection has given rise to a new organization in New York known as the New York vigilance committee, which is a branch of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People. The committee will not take up cases involving claims for wages, damages for accidents or any other cases except those which involve an infringement of legal rights because of race or color. To Brighten the Eyes. Bright eyes are among the most radiant of beauty's jewels, since they give animation and light to the entire face. A dull eye means a heavy, drooping expression; a condition to be avoided by the employment of extreme measures on the part of the girl who would attract. A harmless and generally satisfactory way to bring brightness to the eyes is to bathe them with a solution of boracic acid and tepid water. Put in a basin full of tepid water as much boracic acid as can be placed on a dime. When it has entirely dissolved bathe the eyes gently. 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We assure you polite and up-to-date features to our business. among us, the first and only colored lady dresses of the State at Shortest Notice. Lady Embalmer—Lady Shrouder. CHES: 630 N. Caroline Street. TOADVIN L STREET, E UNDERTAKER 0.00 and up; caskets for $3.00 and up; perils, Weddings, Parties, Receptions, best reasonable rates. You need not him, just call 142 W. Hill Street n 826 Druid Hill. W, Funeral Director and Embalmer public that I am still doing business T. Thanking the public for all past of the same. Carriage for hire for special attention given to all orders SLEY, Vernon 2578 Main Office. LAND, Manager. C. & P. Phone: 585 Y-Madison. E. ELLIOTT Billing Undertaker ERS AV. Attendants, Shipping Funerals pages for hire for all occasions. Day or Night. PYE, Sr., Near Calvert DIRECTOR Union 3603 Md. Courtland 1828. with any other firm. No Agents. Detects any person doing business under L. Pye, Sr. EINSURANCECO. age, President Saratoga Sts., Balto., Md. Fice Company in Maryland used on ages from 2 to 79 from the homes of the insured best Contracts Dr. Payn's Painless Dentistry Perfect Fitting Set of Teeth All Work Guaranteed For Twenty Years. Bridge Work $5.00 Fillings 50 cents Gold $1.00. Crown and Bridge Work $3.00 to $5.00. All work done by Small Payments. EASY TERMS EXAMINATION FREE 118 W. LEXINGTON St. MAY BUILD MODERN THEATRE IN THIS CITY Dame Rumor is afoot with the news that Mr. Wm. H. Daly, the local theatrical promoter and owner, has approached a number of progressive business men with plans for forming a corporation the purpose of which is to erect a modern theatre in the spring. The house is to be opened the fist of September and will be one of the most completely equipped theatres for people of color in the world. Ample accommodations being provided for the staging of the largest road shows and vaudeville acts, or the seating of a goodly number of people. The contemplated personal of the corporation are viz; Mr. Wm. H. H. Daly; Mr. Ernest Purviance; the popular dancing director; T. Henderson Kerr, director of Kerr's Orchestra; Mr. Rush Williams, proprietor of Pitt's Park. No stock of the corporation will be for saie. It is understood that Mr. Wm. H. Daly will furnish the required capital. Want Swimming Pool At Walters' Bath The Walters public Baths, No. 3, 1022 Argyle avenue, had 33,814 patrons during 1911, an immense increase. The result is said to be gratifying as the baths on Columbia avenue showed a decrease of several thousand. While a great many of the patrons were residents of the city, some were visitors who expressed surprise and gratification that the city maintained such a good thing for the colored citizens. An agitation has started to build a swimming pool on the lot in the rear of the building. Should the city decide to do it, the facilities for indoor bathers may also be increased. A laundry is also maintained and women for a very small cost are allowed to do their family washing. First Anniversary In Bethel Church The first anniversary of the occupancy by Bethel A. M. E. Church of its present handsome home at Druid Hill avenue and Lanvale street, was celebrated Sunday with special services. The pastor, Rev. D. G. Hill filled the pulpit at the morning service, and in the afternoon Rev, I. N. Ross, pastor of Metropolitan M. E. Church, Washington, preached an eloquent sermon on "The Church." In the evening Mrs. Sadie Anderson delivered an address on "The Love Story of the Man of Galilee." She gave a vivid picture of her travels in the Holy Land A 90 day campaign to raise $10,000 in subscriptions of $10 each was inaugurated. State Teachers Reorganized. A very interesting and helpful meeting of teachers representing Baltimore city and counties of Mary land was held at Normal School No. 3, Jericho Park, Md. Thursday and Friday, December 28 and 29. The result was a reorganization of the State Teachers' Association with the following officers: Prof. D. S. S. Goodloe, principal of Normal School No. 3, president; Prof. Mason A. Hawkins, principal of the Colored High School, Baltimore, first vice Miss L. T. Kennard, Supervisor of colored schools Caroline County, second vice president; Prof. Joseph H. Lockerman, principal of the Colored Training School, Baltimore, treasurer; Miss Martha Johnson, Baltimore County, secretary. Mr. Charles Woodland, Mr. Harry T. Pratt and Miss Charlotte Slowe, together with the president and vice president constitute the executive committee. Among those who took part in the program were Mr. B. K. Purdum, Asst. State Supt.; Messrs Williams; Lockerman; Hawkins; Goodloe; Gordy; Bailey; and Prof. L. B. Moore, of Howard University; together with Miss L. T. Kennard and Miss Charlotte Slowe, supervisors of colored schools of Caroline and Cecil Counties respectively. Those who remained over night at the school were most graciously entertained by Prof. and Mrs, Goodloe. There is no doubt but that a strong association will be built up and that the meetings will prove a source of great inspiration to those teachers who attend. MR. W. H. DALY MR. W. H. DALY Washington Conference To Hold Celebration Plans are being perfected for the celebration of the 15th anniversary of the oragnation of the Washington Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1913. The conference is the second colored oldest one in the denomination—the Delaware being the oldest—and was organized in the old Sharp Street M. E. Church. The conference has had in its membership at various times some of the most prominent ministers in the country. It was a forerunner in the great work of the Methodist Church for the Negro following the close of the Civil War. The 1913 session of the conference will probably be held at Sharp Street Memorial M. E. Church. Among the features of the day that will be devoted to the anniversary exercises will be the preaching of an anniversary sermon by Rev. N.M. Carroll, one of the first members of the conference, and the raising of a fund of $5,000 for the care of superannuated members of the conference. W. M. Mitchell Buried The funeral of Mr. William M. Mitchell, the oldest member of the Masonic fraternity in Maryland, who died last Saturday at his home, 1844 Druid Hill avenue, was held Tuesday afternoon at Sharp Street Memorial Church. The services were conducted by Rev. W. A. C. Hughes, assisted by Revs. L. A. Carter, Frank Tasker and Alfred Young. Interment was in Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Harry A. Vodery had charge of the funeral arrangements. He was born of free parents in Snow Hill, Md., nearly 100 years ago, and lived in Baltimore for more than 90 years. He joined the Masonic fraternity over 60 years ago and was one of the commissioners that arranged for the organization of the Southern jurisdiction of Scottish Rite Masons. He is survived by three daughters (Mrs. Sadie Holmes, Mrs. Ellen Sheaf and Miss Emma Mitchell) two grand children and three great grand children. CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY MARY FISHER'S STRANGE EXPERIENCES. By A. W. MACY. In 1656 Mary Fisher, a young English woman, landed in Boston, and was promptly taken before the court and convicted of being a Quakeress. The master of the vessel that brought her over was compelled to take her back to England. She then claimed that she was moved of the Lord to go to Turkey and warn the people of that country to flee from the wrath to come. When she reached Smyrna the English ambassador sent her back to Venice. Nothling discouraged, she set out again by land, and after traveling 600 miles she reached Adrianlon, where the Grand Vizier of Turkey was encamped with a great army. She managed to get word to him that she had a message "from the great God to the great Turk." He immediately gave her an audience, listened to what she had to say, and treated her with the greatest respect. When she departed a guard was offered her, but she declined, and went on her way unaccompanied, reaching Constantinople in safety. Banished from Boston because of her religious belief, she was most courteously treated by the Mohammedana. (Copyright, 1911, by Joseph B. Bowles.) THE AFRO-AMERICAN-LEDGER PREACHERS SHOULD HAVE MORE TIME Rev. Hurst Declares They Have To Work Too Hard Attending to Financial Obligations. "The financial obligations of our churches take up a good portion of the time of ministers nowadays, thus taking from them the time needed for pastoral duties seeking culture and in taking part in great civic movements." The foregoing utterance was made by Rev. John Hurst, financial secretary of the A: M. E. Church, in an address before the V. M. E. Ministers' Meeting Sonday. "With the increasing intelligence of the laity," he continued, "I am glad to say that the burden of ministers in looking after finances is not so great as formerly. The ministers must play a great part in the solution of problems confronting the race, and their cares should not be such that they are unable to rally themselves with movements that not only have the welfare of the race at heart but that of all people. To Have Another Newspaper. Baltimore is soon to have another weekly paper. A number of ministers prominent in the work of the Co-operative Baptist Convention have for sometime thought that a denominational weekly was a necessity, and to that end a company has been formed with the following officers: Rev. W. W. Allen, president; Rev. D. G. Mack vice president; Rev. David Bryant, secretary; and Rev. Junius Gray, treasurer. Rev. Or. W. M. Alexander will be the editor of the paper. In the Interest of Clayton Williams University A meeting in the interest of Clayton-Williams University was held at First Baptist Church, Caroline and McElderry Sts., Sunday afternoon. Addresses were delivered by Rev. W. J. Winston, president of the college, and Rev., P. Carter Neal. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Educational Circle of the church, of which Mrs. P. Carter Neal is president. Revival Services Revival services commenced at Grace Presbyterian Church Sunday Rev. W. Edward William is pastor of the church. Revival meetings are also being held at Union Baptist, Sharp Street Memorial, Ebenezer Baptist, Enon Baptist, Easton M. E., and Sharon Baptist Churches. To Hold Meeting in Interest Of Swimming Pool A public meeting in the interest of a swimming pool and gymnasium in the rear of the Public Baths on Argyle avenue will be held at the baths Monday night.. Quite a number of the most prominent men of the city have been invited. It is most probable that addresses favoring the project will be delivered by Mr. T. M. Beadenkopf, superintendent of public baths and Mr. W. A. Giles, instructor of physical training in the High school. Miss Edna Williams a Bride Miss Edna Williams of Towson, Md., was married to Mr. Charles Smith of Towson, on Saturday January 6, at the parsonage of Trinity A. M. E. Church. Rev. A. L. Gaines, pastor performed the ceremony. Miss Williams is the daughter of Mr. Alexander Williams the well known barber of 711 Druid Hill avenue. Announces Son's Marriage Mrs. Lotie Johnson, of Atlantic City announces the marriage of her son, William; Roger Lewis Evans to Edith M. L. Williams. The marriage took pace October 2, 1911. The groom is the grandson of Rev. Jas. L. Evans, deceased, the well known Methodist minister. Both bride and groom were formerly of Baltimore, but are now residents of Atlantic City. Speaks at Y. W. C. A. Mrs. Sadie B. Anderson, wife of Rev. W. T. Anderson, a retired chaplain of the United States Army, delivered an interesting address at the Colored Y. W. C. A. Sunday afternoon on "Customs of Wcmen in Foreign Countries." She has delivered lectures in a number of local churches describing her foreign travels. An Order Which Is Successful in This City and in Washington — Grand Master Garrett Re-elected The State Grand Lodge of G. W. O. B. and Sisters of Chaldean met on Tuesday evening Dec. 5, 1911 at St. John A. M. E. Church, W. Lexington street in its 56th annual communication. The Grand Master Wm. H. Garrett, sounded the gavel at 8.30, p. m. Regular exercises were conducted by the Grand Chapain, Rev. Nathan Johnson, the conductor gave the salutation then the Grand Master declared the Grand Lodge was open for all business pertaining to the Order. This order is one of the oldest orders in the state and in Washington D. C. It has nine adult Lodges and 5 Juvenile Tabernacle in Baltimore and 22 adults in Washington D. C. A large delegation from Washington, headed by D. C. Grand Master, WM. H. GARRETT WM. H. GARRETT Peter Boston was present and spent a pleasant time with us all. Sister Annie R. Jones, president of the Ladies' Auxiliary of Chaldeans, gave the Grand Lodge and the delegates a grand collation. Sister Annie R. Jones and her ladies deserve great credit for the good work they have done since they have been organized. Mr. William H. Garrett was elected to succeed himself. He has been Grand Master of the Order for nine years and has done great good for the order. He is identified with the following named secret orders: Masons, Odd Fellows, and Moses. He is the Past Grand Master of Good Hope, Deputy Grand Master of Fishermen of Galilean, E.W. H. P. and agent for the Mutual Benefit Society and a trustee in EDWARD POWELL EDWARD POWELL Ebenezer A. M. E. Church for 19 years. Edward Powell was elected to succeed himself. He is a past Grand Master of the order and is now serving his tenth year as Grand Secretary. He is identified with the Good Hope and past Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, a member of the Watson Drill Rank and member of Leadenhall St. Baptist Church. The following named members were elected Grand Officers for the ensuing year: Wm. H. Garrett, grand master; Henry W. Johnson, deputy grand master; Honrietta Norman, senior grand mistress; Edward Powell, grand secretary; Nathan Johnson, grand chaplain; Bettie Tilghman, grand treasurer; Jno. W. Harrison grand orator; Moses C. Cross, grand marshal; John W. Phillips, grand right support; Jno. Lenard, grand left support; Mattie Daniels, grand right conductor; Martha Planter, grand left conductor; Joshua Williams, grand inside guard; Jno. Brown, grand outside guard; Jos. Smith, grand warden; Solomon Cooper, grand lecturer. 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Governor Crothers and the Democrats in the State leigslaturein the very last moment of their existence did all they could to put the Negro voter out of business in the lower part of Maryland. The so-called "Wilson Bill" has gone and one hardly better, with every invention to prevent the Negro from voting, which will in the future be known as the "Bosley Bill," has taken its place. Both of them were passed for the purpose of preventing the Negro from voting, but they will have to do better than they have done to prevent not a few Negroes from casting their ballots. The Negro has made up his mind he is going to vote and all th Wilson and Bosley Bills in the country will not prevent him from doing it. He will learn how. Mr. Isaac Lobe Staus has in season and out of season tried his best ever since he was elected to office four years ago, to disfranchise the Negro in Maryland. Himself a Jew, and of a despised race, the same as the Negro, seems to have lost sight of that fact and has lost no opportunity to throw obstacles in the way of a people struggling through the hardest kind of opposition to make their way upward to a higher plane. Mr. Straus' election to a high and important office, like his friend and race fellow, Senator Rayner, seems to have lost sight of the fact that "Whatsoever measure you mete the same shall be measured to you again." But there are some people who cannot stand prosperity, and Mr. Strauss is one of them. A BANQUET DUE THESE GENTLEMEN. It is customary among a large number of business men that whenever one of their number does something out of the ordinary, builds a hotel, opens up a new manufactory or does something else which brings business and prosperity to the city and to the business men in particular that they conclude at once that they ought to recognize in some way the work he has done. The most popular expression is a banquet, where amid the feast of reason and the flow of soul toasts are drunk and general good feeling expressed by all concerned. In the business arena, no one has In the business arena, no one has done more to strengthen the race along that line, than has Messrs: Genge W. Brown and William Langly, familiarly known as Brown and Langly, the steamboat men. Out of almost nothing, these two gentlemen have built up a most prosperous business and have raised the credit of the colored people in this city correspondingly higher. Catering as they have to the excursion business, they have made it possible for many organizations to make money. Mr. W. H. Daly has for the past two or three years catered to the amusement loving public, and it is being whispered that in the near future Baltimore is to have a real theatre headed by this indefatigable little business man. Now why not give these three business men a real substantial testimonial in the shape of a banquet, and around a table of good things tell these gentlemen how much they have done to encourage the race along business lines. Who will take this matter up and carry it to a successful completion? Now don't everybody hold up their hands at once, but somebody get busy and the Afro-American Ledger will back it up. GET BEHIND THE SCHOOL QUESTION. We believe the time has fully come for the colored people of the state to wake up on the school question and see if some existing laws now operating to the detriment of colored schools cannot be changed. We believe the law fixes the length of the term of school for all white schools throughout the state, but the length of term for colored schools is left entirely to the discretion of the school commissioners of the several counties. Now this arrangement has witnessed the cutting down of the school term in many places to just a few months. Such treatment of our people is so manifestly unfair that we feel it can be changed if the work is gone at intelligently and persistently. Why should the state law fix the length of the school term for all others within our borders and then leave the colored schools to the mercy of school commissions who might for various reasons political and otherwise, cut the Negro schools short? If the state is to endure it must have an intelligent citizenship. The state cannot afford to slight any of its people in the matter of education, for the heaviest weight on the neck of any state is ignorance. Ignorance of the black men is no less a state burden than the ignorance of white men. And if there is any sinister purpose in the shortening of the school term of the colored people it will be well to remind the school commission that it is a demonstrated fact, that any man who tries to hold another man down in the ditch, must stay in the ditch with him. If therefore, the white man attempts to keep the colored man ignorant, he will also remain in ignorance with him. We advise the getting together of our leading men and making a strong concerted statewide effort to lengthen the term for our colored schools. A noticeable fact is this: the shorter the county school term grows, the fewer and less regular does the attendance become. The very fact that the school is to run only six weeks or three months is a discouragement to begin with, and many fail to make any preparation for the school term at all or they send their children to a nearby town or city, thus reducing the school population. Let us get behind the schools. Who seconds this motion? Let us hear from you. When we first read, years ago of the famous old Diogenese who went through the streets of Athens with a light in his hand peering into the faces of those he met, declaring that he was looking for an honest man, we thought it exceptionally strange; but as years passed and we have come through the decades passing many years of life and social contact, we do not wonder so much at his action. Truly has some one said, "An honest man is the nobest work of God." Lying today in the Charlestown jail, in the state of Massachusetts, is a man, a criminal, condemned to die, because he lacked honor. If there had been a bit of honesty or conscience in this man, who posed as a preacher of the moral law. These days of sadness and gloom would not now shroud his sky, withering the heart of those who reared and loved him. But the man's life was miskeyed in that he failed to loose himself in the grip and teaching of the moral law and get that spirit of honesty always created where the mandates of the moral law have the right of way in the human heart. Two great tragedies have recently stirred the Amercian people and each one was the creation of an iniquity in human life, born of a condition which shows the perpetrators were lacking in honor. Beattie who could blow out a young life which he declared he would protect lacked honor the basal element of manhood. The man Richeson lying in the court and guard of safety with the death watch ever present is brought to this sad plight for lack of honor. Both of these men whose crimes have startled the nation, were driven by lust and a satiety that beggars description. Richeson had weed and won the heart of an honest trusting girl who for very love risked her all in his hands and he was beast enough to run the gantlet of sin and passion and then turn from her to another, who has fortunately escaped the maw of this man's iniquity. To this poor trusting woman, he was cruel enough to give the death dose that his own lack of honor might not be brought to light. But every step that he took to get rid of her was the step of a passion-driven fool, and safely wove the web which would surely hold him, when the trusting girl dropped out. No word of condemnation for such men is too severe. The men who pose in decent society and prey upon the honor and chastity of young women and then slink away, leaving the poor girl in disgrace, ought to be coroneted on the summits of hades, until the last arrow of divine wrath pierced their infernal souls. Down, down with the moral leper, every where and let us call on manhood to deal honorably with womanhood. Richeson will die for lack of honor. Let this awful tragedy be a lasting lesson to other men who are now following the ways of passion and let them go back and read the decalogue. God's old old law to man, which will, if followed, create in him the very soul of honor. THE NEW GOVERNOR AND THE COLORED RACE. One of the arguments used by the Democrats in opposition to the election of a Republican as Governor of the State, was to the effect that the Negroes would feel less timid with a Republican executive than with a Democratic Governor at Annapolis. Of course, this is certainly true, but not in the sense the Democrats would have the public believe. There have been a number of Democratic governors in Maryland, and so far as we know, not one of them has ever personally visited the House of Reformation for Colored Boys. Not one of them, as far as we are able to recall, has ever manifested any real concern about the educational needs of the colored race dwelling in the various counties of Maryland. No, not even interested himself in the educational needs of the colored race of Anne Arundel County; not even of those people of color living in the capital city of the State. It would seem that all such Democratic governors had for the colored citizens of Maryland, was the glad hand, but frozen heart. With a Republican governor, we are less timid than with a Democratic governor; and such an attitude upon our part is indicative of common sense, and a keen appreciation of the practical difference between a Democrat, and a Republican. It is not office that we expect of a Republican governor, but we do hope and trust that such a reputable citizen, who welcomed our suffrages, in assisting in his election, will have the heart, as well as the mind, to give some little attention to the charitable and educational needs of his Colored fellow citizens. We are much less timid, with respect to Mr. Goldsborough in this matter, than with the late Governor of Maryland, Mr. Crothers. We can at least hope that Mr. Goldsborough can find the time to visit such an institution as Cheltenham, and learn for himself what is being done to convert one of the weakest elements of our civil life into strength and helpfulness. We dare, also, indulge the hope that the present governor will find it both a pleasure and duty to closely examine into the educational provisions made for the colored children of the state of Maryland, and display such sympathetic interest and concern as will lead to the improvement of the wretched conditions which now exist. Inasmuch as unfortunately too large a number of colored people have dealings with the various courts, especially the police courts, we are less timid in urging upon the new-governor that he appoint a different set of men from the Loden or Garland stamp to deal out justice to our people. Refined and cultivated gentlemen, not curb- stone politicians, should be appointed to such courts. Men can give only what they have. It is essential, therefore, that wise, sympathetic, and kind hearted men be appointed to such positions who are constitutionally constructed in their higher and manly nature, as to be most helpful to these unfortunate people, who, oftimes, need pity rather than censure. Still victims of the deadly fruits of slavery, bereft of the influences of a proper home life, they need inspiration help and guidance, with which they may summon courage and strength to begin agian, in an endeavor to lead better and worthier lives. The sympathetic feeling, upon the part of Negroes, towards a republican administration, rather than a democratic one, is due to the fact that the warm heart is more attractive than the glad hand and frozen heart. We congratulate Hon. Philips Lee Goldsborough on his accession to the Goverorship of Maryland, and hope for him prosperous administration. Good bye Governor Crothers, we are glad you are gone and hope you will never come back. The idea of a Governor signing an important bill and then making an excuse that he did not know what it contained. And yet we talk about an intelligent electorate. All of which goes to show that a partisan Democratic Governor and partisan Democtic Legislature will pass any kind of bill for party advantage. Notes From Denton. Bureau of The Afro-American Ledgerr, Denton, Md., Jan. 10—Mr. S. M. Bailey hass returned from Baltimore where she has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. F. Duke. The ladies of Union Bethel A. M. E. Church are arranging for a fine leap year party. A revival is in progress at John Wesley M. E. Church, conducted by the pastor. Mrs. A. J. Bailey and daughter were guests of Baltimore friends last week. The Misses Mary A. and Dela Bailey hve returned home from Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Mrs. Adeline Lewis and Mrs. O. G. Flamer were guests of honor at their sisters, Mrs. A. M. Bailey last Sunday at luncheon. Mr. Carrie Gurry, of Baltimore is spending a few days at the A. M. E. parsonage. Mr. Geo. Flamer who has for the past season been employed on the M. M. T. Company plying between Philadelphia and Savannah Ga. is at home on a vacation with his wife, Mrs. O. G. Flamer. Rev. and Mrs. E. T. Addison were in town last week visiting Mrs. Addison's parents! Messrs. Arthur Bryant and Harry Thomas has returned to Dover State College. Mr. Chas. Boston is at home in Denton for the winter. Mr. Boston has been employed in the city for several years. The thermometer has been hovering around zero for several days. Rev. Jas. H. Smith one of our local Deacons filled the M.E. pulpit at Easton on last Sunday. The Afro-Amercian can be purchased every Saturday at Mrs. O. G. Flamers. Snow Hill Notes. Bureau of the Afro-American Ledger, Snow Hill Md., Jan. 10.—Reggie Porter died Monday and was buried Wednesday. Mrs. Annie Dicks, who died in Philadelphia, was brought home Thursday and buried in the M. E. cemetery. Mr. Robert Covington of Lewes, Del., was the guest of Mr. Phillip Q. Castle. Dr. C. W. Pullett, the District Superintendent, preached an able sermon at the M. E. Church Sunday night to a large audience. Mr. Hasty Waters and Miss Aline Truitt were married December 27. Mr. Jerome Johnson and Nettie Hayward were married last week Cockeysville Items. (Special to The Afro-American Ledger.) Cockeysville, Md., Jan. 10—The Christmas amusements and entertainment were very largely attended throughout the holidays, among them being an entertainment given by the stewards of the Bazel A. M. E. Church which was very successful. Prizes were awarded to Misses Agnes Smith and Caroline Davenport for their work THE NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ART ODD FELLOWS' HALL, PHILADELPHIA Where the Sub-Committee of Management held their meeting this week ALL RACES PRESENT AT PEACE DINNER Charles Anderson Represents Afro-Americans and Delivers An Address (Special to The Afro-American Leager.) New York, Jan. 8—The peace dinner given by the Sunday New York World, Thomas McVeigh Jr., editor of the Metropolitan Section presiding, at the famous Hotel Astor Thursday evening Jan. 4th, was attended by representatives of almost every race of the earth. The speakers at the banquet were Col. W. D. H. Washington a great great great grand nephew of George Washington; Hon. W. Burke Cochran; Police Commissioner Rhinlander Waldo; Count Spaarwart; Prince Paleologue; Dr. J. E. Hoving; Mr. R. Ichinomiya, President of the New York Branch of the Yokohama Specie Bank; Nassad Bey; John O'Hara Cosgrave, editor of Collier's Magazine, formerly editor of Everybody's Magazine; and Hn. Charles W. Anderson, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Second District of New York City, who represented the Afro-American people. Among the races represented at this Peace dinner were Americans, Armenians, Australians, Arabians, Austrians, Bulgarians, British Hondurans, Chinese, Cubans, Canadians, Danes, Dutch, English, Egyptians, French, Finns, Greenlanders, Germans, Greeks, Hungarians, Hindoos, Hebrews, Hawaiians, Italians, Japanese, Mexicans, Poles, Swiss, Spaniards, Scandinavians, Swedes, Serians, Turks and quite a number of others as well. Among the men present at the dinner, in addition to the above were the Persian Consul General, H. H. Topkyan; the Russian representative in New York City; Hon. Robert Adamson secretary to Mayor Gaynor; Hon. Frederick R. Coudet, the famous corporation lawyer and a host of others of the highest importance in the life of New York city. Collector Anderson had one of the special places of honor and his name appears third on the seating list of the Peace Banquet. The Afro-American people of New York City and of the country have especial reason to feel proud of their representative at this banquet. His address is reported to have been one of the oratorical gems of the evening Hagerstown Jottings. (Special to The Afro-American Ledger.) Hagerstown, Md., Jan. 11—Rev. David Johnson is conducting a successful revival campaign at Bethel A. M. E. Church. He is preaching a series of sermons upon the opening of the Book of Seven Seals. Milton Johnson, a student at Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va., and Miss Cora T. Johnson, a student at the Baltimore Colored High School spent the holidays here with their parents, Rev. and Mrs. David Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dersey spent the holidays in Carlisle, Pa. Mr. Walter Jenkins, a popular young man, is seriously ill at his home on Antietam street. BASKETBALL PLAYERS ARE GETTING BUSY Boys are Practicing for the Tournament at Commonwealth Hall Every Scores of boys from the schools of the various groups are pouring into the hall for practice at some hours of the afternoons, they are there as thick as table flies after black molasses. *Is your school represented? Have you an 85lb. a 110lb., and an unlimited class team from your school? If you have not "wake up" and "get busy." Start the ball rolling. The kids like to roll and toss the ball—that's the game you know. If you have a team of each class of weights, roll up your sleeves and shovel enthusiasm, energy and practice into the kids as a stoker on an ocean liner. Do not wait until your time at the hall, but start in your own school yard. All you need is a basket ball in your school yard. If you have not that get a volley ball, if you have not that take an old hat. Anything so long as you do something. Let the boys learn to pass and catch the ball accurately. That in itself is nine tenths of the game. Then when your day comes to be at the hall, let every mother's son of the different teams be on hand on time and work with all your might for victory and life, because better and more useful life comes with work. Practice pass ball every day in your school yard and don't let the cold interfere. Only two easy requirements are made for all the boys and both are for the interest and health of themselves. The first one is that no boy is allowed to spit on the floor. It is dangerous. The second requirement is that every boy who goes on the floor to practice must wear tennis shoes. These are cheap and can be had for from 50 cents to $1.25 per pair. Remember you can not go on the floor to practice in your street shoes. Each boy can buy himself a pair or his school can furnish them for him. The c'ampionship series begins Saturday night, January 20, for the schools that began practice early and will continue for 6 or 8 weeks for each team or until it is out of the running. The High School Inter-class championship will begin also on the above date and the regular High School team will play some out of town team. This will be a game worthy of anybody's time and money and a long distance run to see. Don't miss it. So get ready. Draw up your chair and unfold your napkin to feast your soul on the inspiration from the manly art. A "Commercial" Smile. A London haberdasher instructs his clerks after this fashion: "Our employees are reminded that while serving customers they are expected to wear a commercial smile." The phrase is a valuable contribution to the literature of the subject. The "commercial smile" is the kind that has no heart in it. This is how a little girl reported the text of the sermon: "Pride goeth before destruction, but a haughty spirit wata titt fall"—Judge. THEY ARE PROSPEROUS AT MOUND BAYOU Continued from Page 1. Grand Lodge. He is a man who does not do much talking himself, but he is always doing, and rousing his people to do for themselves and not stand around and complain. In all this he has met with success. He has them to organize, and then shows them how to push their organizations. The last thing he has brought to light has been the Mound Bayou Oil Mills, and it is the only one of its kind in the world owned by our people. It was erected at a cost of $95,000 and all has been paid for now except about $12,000. The people of the country have purchased the stock, by paying one dollar a share. Some only purchased one share. The stock has been purchased by people all over the country. Many of our people who have money in various parts of the country, and desiring to invest it have found good and safe investments in the enterprises in Mound Bayou and they are pushing them. In this there have been many things advanced. The Oil Mill Stock is now selling above par, but I do not know what that means. Mr. Banks has so conducted the business end of it, that the mill will be able to pay a dividend the first year. He knows about the cotton business, purchased the latest improved machinery, and then he has an oil mill expects to operate it and this means business. The men are as busy as can be putting the machinery in order and getting ready for business. There was a big meeting held, an account of it is published in the paper. I am so proud that I was there and that I was able to contribute my little mite to the success of the meeting. There were many of the leading men of the race present. I had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Minnie Jordan, who is now the "hello" girl. It is the first time in my life that I have seen the inside working of the telephone business. We have a plant of our own there, and we are operating it. Now what will we find in Mound Bayou? We will find a ticket office, with a Negro railroad ticket agent. We will find a bank with clerks, president, cashier, stenographers, and the like all belonging to our race. You will find a post office with Mrs. Booze postmaster, and clerks of our race. You will find a large general department store, with us clerking and an express-agent. Groceries, drug stores, the office of the Masonic Benefit Association with a number of clerks and Mr. Green, one of our best educated young men, chief clerk, and private secretary to the chief secretary and treasurer; then there are headquarters of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor, Rev. A. A. Cosey, the man who notified me not to attend his meeting. He explained it all to me. I could just sit down here for a month and tell you the things I saw there. The men of money from Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee were on hand to discuss the oil mill and many of them increased their stock. Rev E. G. Morris started out with an increased which was followed by Dr. W. A. Attaway, of Greenville, who planked down $250 cash for more stock, and I am unable to tell just how many other men who put down like amounts. They were not there to talk but for business. They saw the buildings, and had explained to them the work, and then they said "Let our money talk." I am so proud that I was there to see all this. Mrs. F. A. Turner, of Helena, Ark., put down one hundred dollars for more stock. These people invested their money in good things. I returned to Birmingham spent a day or two talked there, then to this place where I spent Sunday and Monday, getting ready for other things. I returned to Birmingham spent a day or two, talked there then to this place where I spent Sunday and Monday getting ready for other things. The people are now getting things in shape for the general conference, and I shall have something to say to you about general conference and general conference matters at another time. God bless you. Let me hear from Ministers' Alliance Ministers' Alliance will meet Monday, January 15 at 11 a. m. at Grace Presbyterian Church. Rev. J O. Custis will preside. Paper will be read by Rev. Thos. H. Lee Ph. O. subject: The New Testament Evangelist. [Name] PROF. D. S. S. GOODLOE, President of the Colored State Teachers' Association. The Struggle for Arthur It dawned on Miss. Violet Mills in a surge of regret that there were disadvantages connected with being 16 years old. For example, if one were displeased with a friend one could not make up a face and say "Smarty! You think you're smart, don't you?" And no other method of procedure really seemed to fit the present case. There was not a particle of doubt that Elsie Wangness had deliberately set out to trap Arthur. He had come to visit in the Mills home, displaying the full glory of his gray summer suit, hellotrope silk socks and tie, and with a businesslike assortment of golf clubs and tennis rackets and accompanied by Speckle, the sportiest looking Boston bullpup that ever was seen on that street. Since Arthur was tall and architecturally designed after the pattern of the young man who makes modern clothes advertisements things of beauty, it is easily seen that there was nothing for any girl in the neighborhood to do but fell desperately in love with him. After Arthur's arrival there began a perfect surge of girls toward the Mills residence. It appeared that they all loved Violet half to death and were sitting up nights planning entertainments for her to show their devotion—entertainments to which she was requested to "bring along your brother John—and his guest." But Elsie Wangness was the most devoted of them all, for she took to bringing over her fancy work and sitting on the porch with her dear friend Violet. Of course, she could not help it she was there when John and Arthur happened to be there also. Violet recalled, when she thought it over, that Else most generally had been sitting there on the porch when the young men were around. It was no wonder, then, that she actually began wearing Arthur's fraternity pin—no doubt she had wrested it from him by main force! Violet had observed that pin two seconds after Arthur's arrival and instantly wild hopes of wearing it herself before his departure, seized upon her. Only a week of Arthur's visit had gone by before Else ostentationally displayed the pin and also a maddening air of ownership of Arthur before Violet's very eyes. Any one can see, therefore, that Violet was justified in longing to say "Smartly!" and wrinkle up her nose. The unwritten laws of girlhood frown upon one girl's flirting with a young man to whom another girl has a prior right. As Violet told herself hotly, if she didn't have first right to a visitor in her very own home, she'd like to know who did! What was hardest to bear was Elsie's sweet commiseration. Her every glance seemed to say how sorry she was for Violet because Violet's attractions were so limited that it was impossible for her to capture a handsome young man. Violet, however, was convinced in the depths of her heart that if she had used one-sixteenth of the artful wiles of Elsie, she could have beaten Elsie in the first inning. That was what came of being reserved and modest—it wasn't true that men wanted to do the chasing themselves. Hereafter-Violet set her lips in a way that presaged ill for any beiless and unsuspecting masculine individual that fate, henceforth threw in her path. "Arthur says he just loves brown eyes." Elisie would confide to her. Violet's eyes were blue. Or "Arthur says he much prefers smooth" hair like miffes." Violet's hair was naturally THE AFRO-AMERICAN-LEDGER way. After these little episodes Violet would retire to weep in rage and meditate revenge. If only in some way she could get even with Elsie it would assuage the bitterness ranking within her. That she should have been such a simpieton as to let another girl get ahead of her was a dreadful reflection. In the last week of Arthur's stay, when Elsie dropped frequent remarks that were calculated to show Violet that Elsie expected to hear from Arthur frequently Violet broke six embroidery needles. Arthur had said nothing about writing to her! The day the visitor was to leave Arthur and John came home to lunchon and Elsie, who had the chair nearest the porch steps, bestowed her sweetest, most bewildering smile upon them. It was as though she said to Violet: "See how Arthur rejoices at my welcome!" Then Arthur paused instead of going indoors. He smiled down at Elsie and for an awful instant Violet wondered if he was going to make love to her before Violet's anguished eyes! Then he spoke: "Say, small girl," he said from the height of his 22 girl, "don't forget that I'm going today and want my pin back that you browred. You see, there's a lady back east that I've given that pin to—she's going to be Mrs. Arthur some day. She just loaned me the pin to wear on this trip! Thanks!" Fastening on the pin, which Elsie had torn from her dress feverishly, Arthur went whistling into the house. Violet drew a long breath as she recovered from the shock. She smiled happily now, for she saw her revenge. "Why, how surprised you seem to be to hear that Arthur's engaged!" she murmured, languidly. "I knew it—all the time!" Harve de Grace Notes Havre de Grace, Md. Jan. 10—A successful fair has just closed at St. James A. M. E. Church. The revival opened last Sunday night. Mr. Elmer Bowser, of this city, who is now in his third year in the Medical Oepartment of Howard University, Washington. C., spent the holidays with his parents. Miss Viola White of Baltimore Md., has returned home after spending the holidays with her parents. Mr. Warren Bowser, of this city, who is now attending the Oowningtown Industrial School, Oowningtown, Pa., spent the holidays with his parents. Mrs. Eva White, of New York City, returned home after spending some time with her parents. Mrs. Cole, of Peekskill, N. Y., returned home after spending the holidays with her parents. Day Nursery Ass AT TRINITY A. M. E., Linder ary 21st, 3 P. M. Special program of Washington, D. C., and other pr under direction of Mme. Maud Gro Please return your envelope with t Mrs. Cornelia Anderson, Pres. Rev. A. L. C You are invited to attend the S day School Superintendents Coun ference at Trinity A. M. E. Chu M. An interesting program will solos, etc. Address by Miss San Study the Child." Address, Mr Training." G. Sumner White, I Rev. A. L. C Day Nursery Association KALLY AT TRINITY A. M. E., Linden Ave. and Biddle St. Sunday, January 21st, 3 P. M. Special program address by Miss Mattie R. Bowen, of Washington, D. C., and other prominent speakers. Musical program under direction of Mme. Maud Gross. Please return your envelope with the sum of $1.00 enclosed. Mrs. Cornelia Anderson, Pres. Mrs. Ellen Gleaves, Sec'y. Rev. A. L. Gaines, Pastor. You are invited to attend the Second Public Meeting of the Sunday School Superintendents Council of the Baltimore Annual Conference at Trinity A. M. E. Church, Friday, Jan. 19th, 1912, 8 P. M. An interesting program will be rendered including addresses, solos, etc. Address by Miss Sarah R. Jackson, "How and Why Study the Child." Address, Mr. John W. Woodhous, "Teacher Training." G. Sumner White, Pres. Harry W. Hiner, Sec'y. Rev. A. L. Gaines, Pastor. C. & P. Phone; Madison 1084. ...J. H. DENNIS, Funeral Director and Embalmer... 1303 PRESSTMAN STREET ...J. H. DENNIS, Funeral 1303 PREST First-class funerals from $39.00 up Money or no money see me first. Branch Office: 92 West St., An The shabby story of the Maryland Democrats' dealings with the ballot has now a new chapter added to it in the bill which was passed by the House of Delegates on Monday, it having already been passed by the Senate. This bill has the merit of repealing the Wilson law, which resulted in making each election in certain counties of the State, the occasion for disgraceful tricks in the form of the ballot, perpetrated by the Supervisors of Elections; but while these indecent performances will no longer be possible, the Democats cannot be said to deserve much credit, either for the repeal or for the law that they have put in place of the one that is got rid of. In the first place, the motive for repealing at all was furnished by the unexpected circumstances that a Republican Governor had been elected, so that the Supervisors next to be appointed if they played tricks at all, would be playing Republican tricks. Secondly, instead of doing a clean job—no matter what the motive—the Legislature still gives the "Wilson law counties." a ballot different from that in other parts of the State, and one designed to make voting difficult; for there will appear on the ballot nothing to indicate the party affiliation of the candidates. As Mr. William Reynolds, a prominent independent Democrat, puts it, the ballot requires of the voter "the nemonic feat of remembering the professed political creeds of thirty-six or more candidates for office." There is something almost pathetic—if it were not so contemptible—in the everlasting struggle of the dominant party in Maryland to hang on to some form of unfairness by which their almost sure hold on power may be rendered absolutely sure.—New York Evening Post. Politics Hot in Atlanta Atlanta. Oa., Jan. 10.—The republican State Central Committee, at a meeting held here last week, decided to hold primaries for the selection of Georgia's candidate for President on February 6. Both the names of William H. Taft and Robert M. LaFollette will appear on the ballots. The State Convention for the selection of delegates to the coming Republican National Convention will be held here on February 14. National Committeeman Blun, whose course has been strongly opposed by influential colored Republicans, will not be a candidate for reelection. Col. Henry S. Jackson, collector of Internal Revenue, may get the position. Carl Diton in Town Mr. Carl R. Diton, the well-known violinist, was a caller at the office of the Afro-American Ledger a few days ago. He is a native of Philadelphia, where he received his early musical instruction, later supplementing it with study in Germany. He is at present giving recitals around the country. PERSONALS. Mrs. Eiffle Williams, of 914 Booth street, has returned from a visit to Philadelphia. Mr. William Isaac Henderson and Mrs. Nellie M. Dozier were quietly married Thursday evening. They have both been married before. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson will reside at 634 N. Caroling street. Miss Lucy P. Yeager, of Culpepper, Va., after spending the holidays visiting her sister, Mrs. Robert Washingtin, of 1611 Division street, has returned home. Mrs. Wm. S. Johnson, of New York spent a few days in the city last week as the guest of Mrs. Johnston, of 1729 Druid Hill avenue. Association RALLY On Ave. and Biddle St., Sunday, Janu- al address by Miss Mattie R. Bowen, prominent speakers. Musical program iss, the sum of $1.00 enclosed. Mrs. Ellen Gleaves, See'y. Gaines, Pastor. Second Public Meeting of the Suncilil of the Baltimore Annual Conchur, Friday, Jan. 19th, 1912, 8 P. will be rendered including addresses, Eah R. Jackson, "How and Why J. John W. Woodhous, "Teacher Pres. Harry W. Hiner, Sec'y. Gaines, Pastor. Director and Embalmer... MAN STREET Our $75.00 funeral best in the city. Carriages for hire for all occasions napolis, Md. C. & P. Phone. CENTENNIAL M.E. CHURCH Cor. Caroline and Bank Sta. Cor. Caroline and Bank Sts Rev, D. W. Shaw, D. D., Pastor 11 A. M., Sermon by the Pastor Topic: "What Did You do to Save Him?" 2.30 P. M., Sunday School, W. L. Gibson, Supt. 4.30 P. M., Epworth League, Literary and musical program Mrs. Helen A. Cooper, President 6.30 P. M., League Devotional Service. Mr. Wm. A. Smith, First Vice President. 7.30 P. M., Sermon by the Pastor. Topic: "Men. and Women Wanted." AMES MEM. M. E. CHURCH, Carew and Baker Sts. Sunday, Jan. 7th, 1912. 11.00 A. M., sermon by Pastor. Subject: "The Old Path". 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 5.30 P. M., Epworth League. 7.30 P. M., Sermon by Pastor. Subject: "The Revival that Counts" WHATCOAT M. E. CHURCH, Franklin and Pine Sts. "King's Hill" Rev. Alfred Young, Pastor. 11 A. M., Sermon by Rev. J. A. Brisco, of Towson. 2.30 P. M., Sunday school. 4.30 P. M., Epworth League. 8 P. M. Sermon by the pastor. G. U. O. True Reformers. Rev. Hezekiah Brown, chief. Special music by the choir. Don't fail to be present. W. C. Tongue, Superintendent Edyth M. Cooper, Pres, E. L. ASBURY M. E. CHURCH Lexington and East Sts. Rev. C. G. Cummings, B. D. Pastor. 9.30 A. M., Bible Class. 11 A. M., Sermon by pastor. Subject: "Jesus What Shall I Do With Him" 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 5 P. M., Epworth League. 8 P. M., Evangelistic Services. Strangers cordially welcomed. Charles T. Stewart, Supt. Mrs. Lena Thomas, Pres. E. L. STORE FOR RENT 536 ROBERT STREET Corner Division. Flat For Rent Flat or rooms for rent. Apply 2009 Druid Hill avenue. (This week). IN MEMORIAM SORRELL—In loving but sad remembrance of my beloved father, Charles A. Sorrell, who departed this life five years ago January 14, 1907. Little did I think the tender chain would be broke, But God knew what was best And God took my loving father home to rest, I will meet him in the morning. Gone but not forgotten. By his 12 year old daughter, Bertha A. Sorrell. ANTHONY—In sad but loving memory of my dear mother and grand mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Anthony, who departed this life January 3, 1910. From this world of grief and trouble To a land of peace and rest. You have landed in the arms of Jesus, There to find everlasting rest. By her loving daughter, Maggie Wilson and children. Card of Thanks I wish to thank my many friends for kindness during the long illness of my father, William M. Mitchell, and for their floral tributes and other evidences of sympathy on this demise. (Miss) Emma Mitchell. DIET AND HEALTH HINTS By DR. T. J. ALLEN Food Specialist FOOD SHOULD APPEAL TO THE EYE. The attractiveness of food is largely dependent upon its appeal to the eye, and hence the preference for white rice, which is inferior to the unpolished, containing all the elements of nutrition, and for white bread, which is inferior in nutritive value to the whole wheat. The popularity of the apple and the peach is largely due to their attractive colors, as indicated in the saying, "as pretty as a peach!" This should be recognized in the preparation and serving of food, but not unduly in substituting inferior foods because of attractiveness alone. (Copyright, 1911, by Joseph B. Bowlea.) 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., Sundav School. 6.30 P. M., A. C. E. League. Miss A. L. Martin, Pres. 7.30 p. m., Sermon by Rev. W.H. Chew. T. J. Holliday, Supt. EBENEZER A. M. E., CHURCH Rev. J. W. Norris, Pastor Memorial Day 11 A. M., Sermon by Pastor 2.30 p. m., Sunday School. 6.00 p. m. A. C. E. League. 7.30 P. M., Rev. A. L. Gaines, D. D., Pastor of Trinity A. M. E. Church, will preach to the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons Herbert Frisby, Supt. John Murray, Pres. of L. PAYNE MEM. A. M. E. CHURCH Laurens and Calhoun St. Rev. P. W. Wortham, D.D., Pastor $500.00 Rally. 11 A. M., Bishop L.J.Coppin D,D. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School 8.00 P. M., Bishop L.J.Coppin,D.D Strangers always welcome. T. Andrew Moore, Pres. A.C.E.L. HANDY MEM. A. M. E. CHURCH Cor. Baker and Bruce Sts. Rev. John Offer Custis, Pastor. Men's Day. 11 A. M., service. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 3.30 P. M., service. 6.30 p. m Christian Endeavor 7.30 p. m., a special sermon to the G. U. O. of Moses. Sunday, January 21st, 7:35 P. M., a special sermon by the pastor to the Past Officers, Grand Officers and members of the G. U. O. of St. Luke. ST. JOHN'S A. M. E. CHURCH; Lexington St. near Pine, Rev. L. S. Flagg, Pastor. 11 A. M., sermon by the Pastor 2.30 P. M., Sundav School. Henry Bbb, Supt. 6 P. M., Christian Endeavor. Joseph Holman, Pres. 7.30 P. M., sermon by the Pastor ALLEN A. M. E. CHURCH, Lexington and Carlton Streets Rev. J. G. Martin, Pastor 11 A. M., Sermon by Pastor. 2.30 P. M. Sunday School 4.30 A. C. E. L. 8 P. M., service. Miss Annie Russell, Supt. S. S. Wm. Butler, Press of League WATERS A. M. E. CHURCH Aisquith St., near Jefferson. Rev. Dr. M. F. Sydes, Pastor. 427 Aisquith Street 11 A. M., Special Sermon by the Pastor. Subject: "Beauties of Hell." 2.30 P. M. Sunday School. 6 P. M., A. C. E. League. Special program. Henry Lincoln Johnson, Recorder of Deeds of District of Columbia. Grand Chancellor Watty and others will deliver addresses. 8 P. M., Hon. Henry Lincoln Johnson has been invited to deliver an address. GILLIS MEM. M. P. CHURCH Stockton Street near W. Baltimore Rev. B. H. Knight, Pastor. 10 a. m. Class. 11 A. M. Rev. White. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School 6.30 C. E. League. 8 P. M., Rev. Aquilla' Brooks. J. W. Fowler, Pres. C. E. T. H. McGowan, Supt. GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CH. Dolphin and Etting Street Rev. W. Edward Williams, Min. 623 W Lanvale St. 11 A. M., "The Great Example." 3 P. M. Sunday School. 8 P. M. "The Lord's Supper." Reception of Members. Wednesday 8 p. m. Prayer meeting and Lecture. William Auderson, Supt. Miss Ruth Lee, Directress. C. Y. W. C. A. 1200 Drud Hill Avenue. You are invited to attend the regular services on Sunday, January 14th, 1912 at 5 P. M. Good speaking and good music. Good speaking and good music Kings Daughters' Day Miss Charlotte Davage, presiding Invents Twin Firing Machine Boston, Mass. Jan. 10.—Richard Myers has invented a twin firing machine to be used on automobiles and aeroplanes. Good Hopes Hear Sermon The annual sermon to the Grand United Order, of Good Hope, was preached at Perkins Square Baptist Church by Rev. F. R. Williams Sunday afternoon. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS DO MUCH GOOD WORK Special to the Afro-American Ledger. Washington, Jan. 10-The annual report of the United States Commissioner of Education, among other things, devotes considerable space to industrial schools maintained for the Negro in various sections of the country. Among other things, he says: "Industrial schools for Negroes are almost invariably philanthropic enterprises, and their work is usually hampered by insufficient funds. They have also had to face special difficulties owing to the fact that apprenticeships are practically never open to colored workers and hence their students must receive all their preliminary training before leaving school. "The difficulty Negroes find in entering a skilled trade, unless it is one to which they can work independently or as separate groups, limits the scope of their work and owing to the deficient education of a portion of their students much of their instruction must be elementary. As a further difficulty they have had to counteract the prejudices of their own race who have been inclined to look upon clerical, commercial and professional callings as the only ones which could be considered by the ambitious. "In spite of all those difficulties the Negro schools have done good work. Several have won for themselves a national reputation and are playing an important part in the adjustment of the race to the new conditions in which emancipation has placed it." The report also devotes several pages to both Tuskegee and Hampton schools and a number of other Negro industrial schools throughout the country, including Snow Hill Normal and Industrial school at Philadelphia, Watchman Industrial school at Providence, R. I., Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical college at Alcorn, Miss., State Agricultural and Mechanical college at Normal, Ala., Claffin university at Orangeburg, S. C., and other similar institutions. Four pages of the report are devoted to ArmstrongManualTraining school of this city, of which Dr. W. Bruce Evans is principal. In speaking of this school the commissioner of labor says: "It is said that graduates from the trade courses of this school are able to hold their own in their respective trades as finished workmen." Returning From Holiday Vacations Suuday School Elected. (Special to The Afro-American Ledger.) York, Pa., Jan. 10—Dr. G. W. Bowles, the able physician of this city, was appointed president of the Central Pennsylvanian Medical Society which convened at Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, January 5. Mr. Clarence Hopkins, of this city, who has lately returned from a short visit home is expected to leave this week for Palm Beach, Fla. Mr. Harry Burns, a prominent citizen of Harrisburg, spent Sunday in this city. He was the guest of Mr. Albert Foster, of Boundary avenue. Mr. W. H. Robinson, of 52 N. George street, spent the holidays visiting his parents and friends at Alexadria, Va. and Washington, D. C. On Thursday, he was the guest of honor at a dinner given by Mrs. Meeta Smith, of N. street N. W. Washington. On Friday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Edwards, [of 11 street N. W. gave a card party in his honor He returned Wednesday. Mrs. Samuel Johnson, who has been very ill, in Freedman's Hospital with typhoid fever, is very much improved. The following Sunday school officers were elected at Faith Presbyterian Church: Samuel Butler, superintendent; Mabel Robinson and Wade Robinson, assistants; Daisy A. Butler, secretary; Mrs. Basil Biggs, treasurer; Mrs. Ward, Rev. Burton, and Miss Mabel Brown, organists. The E. C. officers elected were Wade H. Robinson, president; V. Otis Butler, vice president; Josephine McKinney, secretary; Julia Baltimore, treasurer; Daisy M. Who was inducted into office at Annapolis last Wednesday. He is the first Republican Governor of Maryland since the late Lloyd Lowndes, who was elected in 1895. THE FARMERS' NEGRO CONFERENCE To Be Held At Hampton Institute On Last Of The Month Hampton, Va., Jan. 6—Hampton Institute extends a most cordial invitation to all who are interested in farming to attend the Hampton Negro Farmers' Conference, which will be held at Hampton Institute on Wednesday, January 31, and Thursday, February 1, 1912. The conference will open at 8.30 a. m. on January 31. The attendance of the women is especially desired About $300.00 will be offered in prizes for farm products, domestic art, domestic science, manua training, and public school exhibits. A "Negro Farmers' Conference Announcement," issued by the Hampton Institute Agricultural Department, contains a copy of the rules governing the exhibits, the official program, and the premium list. A summary of the program follows: January 31 (forenoon) plowing matches(Whittier Road); farm machinery demonstration; women's meeting; (afternoon) sweet and Irish potato culture (evening) addresses in Cleaveland Hall Chapel. February 1 (forenoon) cooperation of church, school and farm; butter making; (afternoon)'business methods on the farm; awarding of premiums. This announcement and invitation are issued by Dr. H. B. Frissell, the school's principal, and Mr. Charles K. Graham, director of the Hampton Institute Agricultural Department. ST. MICHAELS NOTES. (Special to The Afro-American Ledger.) St. Michaels, Md., Jan. 10—The rally at Trinity Church is continued until the third Sunday. The coldest weather we have experienced for years was here last week. Mrs. Clorpheni Smith has been on the sick list this week. Ermon J. Roberts is confined to his bed under medical treatment. Mr. James Kirby is suffering from la gripe and unable to follow his usual vocation. The sermon to men by Rev. Smith was an able one. Mr. Morris Stanford, of Preston spent a few days with Mrs. Eliza Lee Perry his cousin. Miss Josephine Moore is still on the sick list but she is convalescing. Mr. George Kury is suffering with an attack of neuralgia. The guitar, coronet, clarinet and organ were much in evidence at Zion last Sunday. The people are happy over the inauguration of Governor-elect Phillips Lee Goldborough as the future executive of the State of Maryland. Miss Mary Payne is very ill at her parents residence on Cedar street. Mrs. Carrie Caldwell has returned home from her visit to Philadelphia. Mrs. Celia Nichols returned home from her visit to her sister in Chestertown, Pa. Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Smith have returned home after spending a delightful time at the home of Rev. Jennett Johns. 1711 Keyser street, Baltimore city with Rev. and Mrs. E. D. W. Jones D. D. of A. M. E. Zion Church, Pennsylvania avenue. Miss Hazel Chaney returned home recently after spending several months with her relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mitchell has returned from the city after spending a few days with relatives. THE AFRO-AMERICAN LEDGER Wherever Horse Racing Flourished. The death, in impoverished circumstances of "Soup" Perkins at the Hamilton (Ont.) Jockey Club course recently emphasizes the practical extinction of the Negro as a race rider. Three decades ago the Negro was in his zenith as a jockey, says the New York Express. At that time the majority of owners of thoroughbred horses were in the South, and the Negro was the natural attendant of the horses. Gradually, with the coming of the sport to the North, the Negro jockey lost his ascendency. The white boy became the prefered one, and today a Negro rider is as rare on the tracks as is a gray horse. Of the great Negro jockeys Isaac Murphy was the peer in conduct and in judgment of any white rider. "Lonny" Clayton and his brother both were well behaved, well dressed and competent jockeys. "Pike" Barnes rode himself into the list of immortals by winning the first Futurity with Proctor Knott, leating the great Salvator; Willie Simms achieved success both in this country and in England; then there were "Coley" Stone and Tony Hamilton, "Soup" Perkins, who later made his debut in the East with Henry of Navarre, and Joe Harris, who was the star rider in California in 1907. The majority of these riders are dead. The others are poor. Those who are not dead have passed away from the turf. Isaac Murphy, the dean and the idol of the black race, as he was the pride of all horsemen, died in Louisville practically penniless. He was crushed by the accusation that he was drunk when Tea Tray in the midsummer of 1890 defeated the great Firenoze. He was suspended for 30 days by the stewards of the meeting—a most inadequate sentence if he was intoxicated and an unjust verdict if he had been drugged as was generally understood. Perhaps the association did not care to have its great park saddled with what promised to be the gravest scandal on the American turf. That practically ended the turf career of Murphy. He was tubercular, and in addition developed stomach trouble from his efforts to keep down to weight. This latter ailment was added to by his fondness for champagne. It was, he contended, the only liquor he could take that would strengthen without fattening him. He often said his champagne bills were equal to all his other living expenses, and he lived well. He spent about $12,000 a year for ten years for he had a number of camp followers. "Pike" Barnes for a time promised to maintain a high place in the jockey ranks but a fondness for night life dulled his judgment An accident, too, brought on a timidity that he could not seem to be able to shake off. He was riding in Chicago in a race in which a boy named Abbas fell. "Pike's" horse ...BIG FAVORITE COMPANY... ...BEST OF ALL COLORED MUSICAL SHOWS... J. LEUBRIE HILL AND 40 COLORED STARS MOSTLY GIRLS 40 ...IN THE BIGGEST HIT OF ALL... ..MY FRIEND FROM DIXIE.. WITH BROWN & SHELTON, EVON ROBINSON AND SAM GAINES HOLLIDAY ST. THEATRE WEEK--JAN. 15th. Daily Matinees. strode on the boy and literally crushed the life out of him. Barnes' nerve was gone forever after. He rode one or two good races subsequently—notably his victory on Teny in the Brooklyn Handicap—but practically his career ended with the accident. It was said that he could not be induced to sleep at night time sitting up until it would be time for him to go to the races. Of course, such a life meant ruin Barnes had the good sense not to dally about the tracts and become a wreck. He took with him what was left of his savings and started a saloon in Chicago. He lasted only half a dozen seasons. None of his race has since attained the eminence he achieved. Some may question this latter statement and point to Willis Simms but Simms was a consistent jockey rather than a sensational one. He earned large fees when he rode for Michael F. Dwyer and Richard Croker. But money seemed to flow from him. He had at one time or it was so reported a bank account of generous proportions and some land on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, but it has gone. The trip which he took to England in the ill-starred Dwyer and Croker invasion of 1895, it as said, was responsible for the bulk of his losses, and it probably was. He and Mr. Dwyer, it was believed, "stood a tap" on Harry Reed in the Steward's Cup when that fast horse was left at the post. Be that as it may Simms has passed from the saddle and has taken with him nothing of the fortune that once was his. Tony Hamilton was another of the great black riders. Friends rescued his body from a pauper's grave and gave it a decent burial. He must have earned at least $100, 000 in ten years. He had no particularly large vices, but he never had the slightest appreciation of the value of money. He was without education, and, except when in the saddle, as perhaps the most stupid and uninteresting person that ever passed through the gate of a race course. He could neither read nor write and it was difficult to understand what he said. No trainer ever was certain Tony understood what was said to him. He was, however, a natural horseman, alert at the post, a fair judge of pace and a powerful finisher. Most jockeys have a habit of talking to their mounts when on the way to the post, but Hamilton kept up a constant kind of gibber that was always a source of amusement. Most of the money he earned he gave away. He had a sort of a mushroom growth, springing in short time from an undersized exercise boy with a cot in a stall to where he could earn hundreds of dollars in a day. Perhaps it is little wonder, under the circumstances, that he didnt appreciate money's value. Cham- THE BANK OF NEW YORK FREDRICK DOUGLASS HOSPITAL for which $15,000.00 was raised by public subscription by the Philadelphia Ledger. WE ARE MAKING A SPECIALTY OF WEDDING INVITATIONS CALLING CARDS CLUB INVITATIONS MOURNING CARDS AND OTHER KINDS OF SOCIETY PRINTING..... CORRECT FORM AS WELL AS GOOD TASTE DEMANDS THE USE OF THE BEST IN THE PRINTER'S ART. WE FURNISH THE BEST THE AFRO-AMERICAN CO. 628 NORTH EUTAW STREET. pagn and diamonds were his weaknesses. The $1,000 diamond that he would wear today would be the property of his valet or his favorite tomorrow. A "bank roll" to him was merely a bank roll. It might be of $1 notes or of $50 or of $100 notes. It was good for so long as it lasted. If it were of $1 notes it probably lasted him as long as would one composed entire of $100 notes. It was pathetic at times to see the way in which the black boy was parting with his money, but he apparently did not realize it and it was not until his money was all gone and necessity for bread shelter and medicine pressed him that it came to him how valuable a little saving might have been. The annual sermon to the Maryland Grand Lodge of Masons will be preached at Ebenezer A. M. E. Church this Sunday night by Rev. A. L. Gaines of Trinity A. M. E. Church. BEWARE SPOILED EGGS IN BAKERS' DELICACIES. An investigation recently made in Philadelphia proved that spoiled eggs are largely used in making custard pies. Rotten eggs are extensively used in many cities by bakers in making cake and other delicacies. Even if eggs are not spoiled they should not be indiscriminately mixed with other foods nor subjected to high temperature. The temptation to use inferior materials in the preparation of foods is great and it is advisable to be cautious in the selection of prepared food of any kind. (Copyright, 1911, by Joseph B. Bowles.) SOCIETY OF SONS OF VIRGINIA GRAHAM H. CARTER'S REPORT Annual Family Reunion and Reception of Strong Mutual Benefit Society Attended by Great Throne of Members and Invited Guests—Who the Newly Elected Officers Are. By N. BARNETT DODSON. Brooklyn—The most notable event among mutual benefit organizations in this city the first week in the new year was the annual installation of the newly elected officers of the Society of the Sons of Virginia on Thursday evening, Jan. 4. The occasion brought together not only the members, but their families and friends and a large number of visitors, who were the special guests of the society. Mr. Peter H. Fisher, the retiring president, presided over the business session, which was brief, including [Image of a man in a suit with a mustache]. CHARLES H. TURNER. only the annual report of the treasurer, Mr. Graham H. Carter, which showed that after paying all expenses the society has $3,250 to its credit in bank. Other holdings of the organization give it a total valuation of $3,500. The membership numbers over 100, and among them are some of the most influential men of the community. The newly elected officers were installed by the Rev. Dr. C. P. Cole, pastor of the Bridge Street A. M. E. church. They are the following: President, Edward H. Wilson; vice president, Charles H. Turner; treasurer, Graham H. Carter; financial secretary, Peter H. Fisher, Sr.; recording secretary, H. G. Minute Byrd; corresponding secretary, Arthur Durrell, Jr.; sergeant at arms, James S. Watkins, chaplain, Alexander Brown. The new members of the board of directors are Hugh S. Newton, C. H. Turner and H. G. Byrd. President Wilson is one of Brooklyn's best known and most highly respected citizens. He has been actively engaged in religious work and movements for civic betterment for over a quarter of a century and therefore brings to the organization ripe experience, influence and splendid executive ability. He holds a responsible position with the board of education, with which he has been connected for many years. Mr. Charles H. Turner, the vice president, comes from the ranks of the younger men and, like Mr. Wilson, has made an enviable record as an employee in a large financial institution. He is a native of Frederick county, Va., and has been a resident in the north for twenty-five years. Mr. Turner first attracted the attention of wealthy and influential persons while in the employ of the well known W. P. Whitlock family of Elizabeth, N. J., and also while employed by Mr. J. D. Fairchild of Brooklyn. It was through such influential persons that he secured his present responsible position with the Kings County Trust company of this city, which he has held creditably for the past eight years. Besides his work in the Brooklyn office of the concern, Mr. Turner attends to the Wall street end of the company's interests, making all loans and other financial transactions which require intelligence and adaptability. The occasion was a real reunion and reception ushering in the new year. Employment Bureau of Y. M. C. A. The employment bureau of the Carlton Avenue Y. M. C. A. in Brooklyn has been in operation one year. It was started by Arthur L. Comither, one of the younger members of the association, for the purpose of assisting unemployed members and nonmembers in getting suitable employment. Mr. Comither, who has risen to the position of assistant secretary and head of the department, has made the following report: Number of applicants for positions: 208; applications from employers for help: 297; number of positions secured for applicants, men and boys, 151. OREIGN MISSION WORKERS. Return to Their Respective Fields With Hearty Benedictions. Much credit is due the Rev. Dr. L. G. Jordan, corresponding secretary of the national Baptist foreign mission board, for the able manner in which he conducted the recent forewell meetings in honor of the Rev. S. A. Richardson, returning missionary to his field in Albanystown, South America, and the Rev. George E. Stewart, who goes to the West Indies. Meetings were held in most of the principal cities from Louisville, Ky., where the missionary headquarters are, en route to New York. In Philadelphia the meeting was held at the Shiloh Baptist church under the auspices of the Baptist ministers' conference. Speaking on the subject the "Case Stated." Rev. Dr. C. H. Farrish of Louisville delivered a forceful and instructive address on the condition of the foreign mission work of the demination. Other speakers were corresponding secretary, L. G. Jordan, and the Rev. Dr. John H. Frank, whose subject was, "And Now Finally Brethren." The people responded liberally to the appeal for funds with which to defray the missionaries' passage. The sum of $360 was raised within a few minutes. New York was the next objective point. The meeting was held at the Mount Olivet Baptist church, of which the Rev. W. P. Hayes is pastor. While the audience was not so large as the one in Philadelphia, nevertheless a snug sum was raised. The Abyssinian Baptist church, Dr. A. Clayton Powell pastor, gave $100 to the fund. Dr. Parish, Frank and Jordan, who came all the way from Louisville with the missionaries, were much gratified over the results of the trip and expressed sincere thanks to each of the churches for its liberality. CAPABLE NEWSPAPER MEN WHO ARE MAKING GOOD George F. King Retained by Greensboro (N. C.) Daily News. Among the younger men who are making their mark as reporters, correspondents and special contributors to daily and weekly papers is George F. King, a native of Norfolk, Va. Mr. King is well known in most every section of the country. He is ambitions, persistent and capable and never loses an opportunity to make good in whatever territory to which he may be assigned for duty. As correspondent for a number of weekly papers Mr. King has reported many notable gatherings, such as conferences, conventions and annual meetings, of secret and mutual benefit, organizations. In the prompt performance of his duty in this respect he has won the reputation of being accurate, quick and concise in his statements, always getting his matter to the editor on time and in good shape. In the early part of 1911 Mr. King accompanied Judge Pritchard and Dr. James E. Shepard on their northern tour in the interest of the National Religious Training school, of which Dr. Shepard is the founder and president. As an evidence of Mr. King's ability and usefulness it is interesting to note that the management of the Greensboro (N. C.) Daily News has retained his services for another year as one of the special contributors to that influential journal. Being connected with the Associated Press, Mr. King contributes to a number of evening papers in various sections of the south. He maintains headquarters in Wilmington, N. C., as well as in Greensboro, as a matter of convenience. Other correspondents who are Mr. King's seniors in the business are Charles Stewart, Horace D. Slatter, R. W. Thompson and Franklin F. Johnson. The first two mentioned are Associated Press correspondents. Mr. Stewart (J. O. Midnight) is the dean of the able coterie. Each of them has made good. THE TUSKEGEE CONFERENCE. Increasing Interest In Annual Meeting of Farmers and Teachers. Unusual interest is being manifested in the coming farmers' conference, which is to be held at the Tuskegee (Aln.) institute for two days, beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 17. As an evidence of how the work of the conference, is regarded by agriculturists of large holdings reference need only be made to President L. K. Salisbury of the Mississippi Delta Planting company of Nashville. Tenn., who has consented to deliver one of the principal addresses during the conference. Mr. Salisbury employs over 1,600 of our people in the operation of the Delta company, and therefore he knows the value of having trained workers in his employ. The conference for farmers will be followed on Thursday by the workers' conference. The conference, which was established twenty-one years ago with a meeting of a few farmers, ministers and teachers from the surrounding country, has extended its influence and strengthened its hold upon the masses of the people from year to year since that time. The record of its work is in thousands of individual lives which it has inspired with fresh hope and a new ambition in the struggle for better things. The South Carolina Race Conference. The annual South Carolina race conference will be held in Columbia, S. C. for three days, beginning on Monday, Jan. 22, Rev. Richard Carroll is one of the prime factors in the movement. THE AFRO-AMERICAN-LEDGER RACE PROGRESS IN SAVANNAH New Business Directory Contains Much Desirable Information. SOME FEATURES OF THE WORK Ambitious Young College-Student Devotes Vacation Period to Securing Data Concerning the Achievements of His Race In Thrifty Georgia Town, Public Covers Wide Scope. Savannah.-Whittier H. Wright, son of Major R. R. Wright, president of the Georgia State college, who is a student in one of the leading northern universities, spent his vacation in Savannah, Gn., last year, and as a result only recently there came from the press a very creditable booklet compiled by Mr. Wright giving interesting data concerning the business, social, religious and philanthropic activities of the colored people in Savannah, under the title of the Savannah Colored Directory. The book contains eighty-eight pages and gives a description of the city, some of its history, government officials, statistics of schools and churches, sketches of prominent colored citizens engaged in business, a list of property owners, together with pictures of prominent persons and buildings. There are four colored public schools, having forty-three teachers and 2,420 pupils enrolled. Less than half of the colored children of school age are in school. There are thirty-eight Baptist churches, six African Methodist Episcopal, four Methodist Episcopal, three Roman Catholic, three Episcopal and one each of Congregational, C. M. E. and Presbyterian churches. The first church established in Savannah was the First Baptist church in 1788. The Second Baptist church was established in 1802. Savannah has two colored city physicians, who treated last year 10,034 patients. J. WHITTIER H. WRIGHT. death rate among colored people is higher than that among whites. Three hundred and thirty-two colored business men are listed. They are engaged in forty-six different kinds of business. The largest number of persons are in the barbering business—seventy-five in number. There are four lawyers, eleven physicians, two dentists, two banks, five industrial insurance companies, one theater, one hotel, one livery stable, two real estate dealers, two newspapers, one drug store, one laundry and 713 owners of real estate. In the preface Mr. Wright in well chosen words states the purpose of the book as follows: "The purpose of this handbook is to present in systematic but concise form the most important facts concerning the colored population of Savannah. Because of the continuous growth of the city and its colored population it is not now possible for even a small minority of the members of the race in question—to say nothing of the citizens as a whole—to know of what is being done by the colored people of Savannah. "The progress of our race in business, in home owning, in our churches and social life is such that it is difficult for even one who gives his whole time to the subject to keep his information up to date, for not a week passes but a new business is opened, a new home bought and some new evidence of progress shows itself." It is Mr. Wright's intention to make a record of the facts concerning the social and business development of the colored population of Savannah biennially, although the compiler has endeavored to cover the field thoroughly. Changes occur so rapidly, however, that absolute accuracy is impossible. The hundreds of people approached practically as one commended the idea of a Savannah colored directory, and because of the interest so liberally shown by them no pains or expense in making the book appropriate as a souvenir and handy for reference was snared. Paintings by Two Eminent Artists. Among the costly paintings by colored men in the Louvre, in Paris, is one by Henry O. Tanner of the United States and another by a Mr. White of Cuba. Of the two great painters Mr. Tanner is the most widely known, but White's picture was hung in the Louvre long before Tanner won recognition. INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By Rev. William Evans, D. D., Director Bible Course Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. LESSON FOR JANUARY 14 BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. LESSON TEXT—Luke 1:37-80. MEMORY VERSES—57-69, or 76, 77. GOLDEN TEXT—"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He hath visited and redeemed his people."—Luke 1:66. Another fulfilled prophecy added to last week's lesson. "Hath God said, and shall he not do it?" Heaven and earth shall pass away, but one jot or title of his promises shall never fail. Strange that God should remember his promise to a single individual amidst the infinite multitude of the sons of men! Yet he does. He marks the fall of a sparrow. And so according to God's promise, the child was born. At the proper time, the child was dedicated to God in the temple. These righteous parents recognized that the child was God's gift. All Godly parents should. Do we? Have we presented our children in dedication to the Lord in the church? The first place these parents took their child was to church. Is this true of us? The naming of the child is interesting. John means, "gracious gift of God." Zacharias thought of God in naming the child. What did you think of when you named your child? Did you give it a Christian name, or called it after some heathen, godless novelist? Does the name stand for anything? Is it an inspiration to the child? Does it express your hope and faith in God? There are times when, in order to please God, we must differ with our friends. So it happened in the naming of John. Out of respect for Zacharias, and because of his advanced age, and knowing that he had no other child his friends proposed naming the child after him, probably to perpetuate the family name. But already God had announced the name. The angel said that the child's name should be John. These godly parents stood fast by the Word of God, irrespective of the opinion of even well-meaning friends. A striking question was asked: "What manner of child shall this be?" What strange thoughts must have been passing through the minds of those parents at this time as they recalled the angel's message and the predicted future of this child! As Zazharias looked into the unconscious face of his child he saw the prophet of the Most High. Parents, what possibilities do you see in your child as you look into its face? That little life is for you to mold. To some extend you can tell what manner of child he is to be. Teacher, what do you see in the child? Just a bundle of nerves to be kept quiet, or the possibilities of a great life? Zacharias' song is full of victorious and prophetic hope; it is itself a fulfillment of a prophecy; God hath visited his people. For over 2,000 years the righteous in Israel had looked forward to the fulfillment of this prophecy. The advent of this child brought joy, not only to Zacharias and his wife, but to their neighbors. The birth of this child brought forth this hymn of praise to God for his goodness. Did you ever thank God for your children? Who gave them to you? Children are the heritage of the Lord. How much would you take for them? All the wealth in the world could not buy them. Nor are you asked to sell them; but you are asked to think of the One who gave them to you. There are your children: Can they see, when so many have been born blind; can they hear, when so many have been born deaf; can they romp, when so many have been born lame; can they speak, when so many have been born dumb! Oh ye parents who have sweet children on earth—and it may be in heaven—does not their presence cause you to burst out in praise to God! Another thing that led to this song of praise was the fact that Zacharias was filled with the Spirit. Joy and gladness are always associated with the Spirit: "Be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord." The Spirit-filled man is the happy man. Are you a happy Christian? If no, why not? What a description we have in the song of Zacharias of the deliverance which Christ brings to every soul that trusts him: Deliverance from Satan, from death, from sin, from the world, from every enemy; a protection and covering from the righteous vengeance of God; freedom from the consequences of sin; the wonderful promise that some day—even now in a measure—we shall serve God with true holiness and righteousness in joy and blessing for evermore. 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The educational status and opportunities of the Negro in Maryland before and since the Civil War was discussed at the M. E. Ministerial Meeting Wednesday. The meeting was held at Morgan College on the invitation of the president, Rev. Dr. J. O. Spencer. Rev. N. M. Carroll, who was one of the first students of Morgan College, took up its being started in the hail of Asbury M. E. Church and of its later occupancy of a building at 44 E. Saratoga street, when the school was known as the Centenary Biblical Institute. He gave some interestinog sidelights upon the early teachers and students of the college. Rev. Dr. Ernest Lyon read a paper on "The Educational Status of the Negro it the Close of the Civil War," and Rev. C. G. Cummings presented an interesting paper on "The Present Status of Christian Education Among Negroes." Following a general discussion of the papers, Dr. Spencer spoke of the present needs of the college and its branches, besides telling of the work being done. A collation was served at the close of the meeting. Local True Reformers Hawkins and McMechen, who have been retained as attorneys for the Maryland division of the True Reformers, filed a demurrer last Saturday to the petition that has been filed by a number of the claim holders. The case will come up for argument in the near future. The trial of the former Richmond officials of the order, who are under indictment for alleged looting of the bank of the order was postponed last Friday until February. The installation of officers of the fountains of True Reformers was held at the hall of the order, 310 St. Paul street, last night. The annual sermon to the order will be preached at Whatcoat Epworth Church, Pine and Franklin streets to-morrow night. J. Thomas Newsome, of Newport News, Va., who has been chief counsel of the order, for the past year, has resigned because Grand Master Griffin wanted him to give his entire time to the legal work of the order. Entertain Their Friends Mr. and Mrs. J. Logan Jenkins gave their annual terrapin dinner at their home, 2028 Druid Hill avenue, last Sunday evening. Covers wer laid for twelve. Mr. Logan entertained a number of his friends at a stag Monday night. Mrs. Jenkins gave a reception Wednesday evening. She wore an evening dress embroidered net over old rose satin and trimmed with gold. She was assisted in receiving by Miss Alma McGuinn, Mrs. M. Dorsey, Mrs. John Saunder sand Miss Josephine Marshall. Those present included: Mrs. and Mrs. John Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Peck, Mr. and Mrs. John Bishop and daughter, Mrs. Charles Smith, Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. M. Dorsey, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. John Terrell, Mr. and Mrs. I. Tillman, Mrs. J. Addison, Mrs. B. Cornish, Mrs. A. Logan, Mrs. Albert Johnson, Mrs. Lottie Spriggs, Mrs. Pitts, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Campbell, Mrs. M. Garey, Mr. William White, Mr. A. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. A. Johnson, and Miss Helen Bishop. My Friend From Dixie At Holliday St. The record business last season for a colored musical show is due to J. Leubrie Hill and company in "My Friend From Dixie". After the first night the reserve police were on hand at every performance to handle the big crowds, every inch of room was occupied and the police stopped the sale of tickets. It can safely be said that a better colored musical show never visited Baltimore than J. Leubrie Hill and the Friend From Dixie Company. All next week we will again be treated by a week's stay of this excellent company, at the Holliday Street Theatre. Mr. Hill has many new numbers and the old favorites besides Brown and Shelton Evon Robinson and Sam Gaines are prominent in the cast. New handome wardrobe and scenery have been added and it safe to say that the Holliday Street Theatre will be much too small to accommodate the masses. Seats are Prize Winners in Afro American Ledger Contest Prize Winners in the Afro-American Ledger Contest for 2000 Additional subscriptions to January 1. First prize, Isaac C. Bannister; second prize, James Carter; third prize, Milton Jones; fourth prize, Leroy Taylor. The prizes will be awarded at the Young Women's Christian Association on Monday afternoon, January 15 at 5 o'clock. All the boys and girls of the city selling the AfroAmerican, will get tickets at the office for the annual treat. Bethel Sunday School Elect Officers. At the annual meeting of the Sunday School board of the A. M. E. Church, corner Lanvale and Druid Hill avenue, held yesterday, the following officers for the coming year were elected: superintendent, Thaddeus Copeland; assistant, Alexander Martin; secretary, Laura E. Campbell; assistant, William Proctor; treasurer, Henrietta Goldsborough; superintendent of primary department, Sarah R. Jackson; assistant, Violet Hill; chorister Frank H. Young; librarian of primary department, Alice Brooks; assistant, Arnett Heath; Librarian of senior department, George Cooper, assistant, Vivian Peck; pianist, Annie E. Nichols; assistant, Florence Jackson; trombonist, William Thompson; violinist, Leroy Davage, cornetist, William Summerville. Ushers: Daniel Hill, Ollie Nichols, Mary C. Preston. To Make County Responsible A number of prominent citizens, spurred on by the recent lynching of King Johnson, at Brooklyn, Md., are drafting a bill to make any county or city of Baltimore responsible should a lynching occur within their bounds. The contemplated measure is said to contain the main provisions of the Illinois law, which was recently declared constitutional by the United States Supreme Court. It will be presented to the legislature, shortly. Mrs. Hall Entertains Mrs. Minnie, Hall gave a tea at her residence, 345 W. Preston street, last Friday evening. Those present included Mrs. Leon Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, Miss Maggie Jones, little Miss Pearl Hall, Miss Ida Roan, Mr. Frank Jones and Mr. McKinley Daly. Gives Midnight Supper Mr. John W. Goodman, of 2315 Division street, gave a delightful midnight supper on January 4 in the honor of the yearly officers of the Bishop Wayman Lodge of Odd Fellows. Among those present were: Messrs. John C. Simpson, James Winston, James Robinson, Lewis Morris, Wm. Christian, Samuel Webley, Theo. Roberts, Carter Clark, Brown, and Johnson. A very pleasant evening was spent. Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary Rev. and Mrs. James I. Lane, of 1848 Eagle street celebrated the 50th anniversary of their marriage on Sunday December 31. Quite an enjoyable time was spent and a number of presents were received suitable to the occasion. Among the many friends present were: Mrs. Eliza Jones, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Cassell, Miss Goldie Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Leander Hawkins and family, Miss Beatrice Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Payne, Mr. and Mrs. Connor of Annapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hawkins and others Elect Sunday School Officer's The S. S. board of St. John A. M. E S. S. held their annual election January 3, 1912 and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: H. W. Ebb, superintendent; Bertha R. Fleming, assistant superintendent; F. Willmer Phillip, secretary; Joshua Kelly, assistant secretary; Amelia Washington, treasurer; Ida V. Costen, chorister; George Washington, librarian; Morris Oiggs, first assistant; Eugene Ridgeway, second assistant; and Florence Fisher, critic. Men and Religion Movement A meeting under the auspices of the Men and Religion Forward Movement, was held at the Y. M. C. A last Sunday afternoon. The speakers included Rev. L. Z. Johnson, pastor of Madison Street Presbyterian Church and Mr. George A. Owens, vice principal of the Hill Street School. A big massmeeting will be held at Grace Presbyterian Church the last Sunday afternoon in this month. THE AFRO-AMERICAN-LEDGER Pythians Purchase Property The Maryand and Delaware Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, Eastern and Western Hemispheres has purchased the property at 1138 Druid Hill avenue as a headquarters. The various local lodges and courts of calanthe will meet there. Wanted--200 W To Strip Paid While Learning Persons having e Apply from 8 Holds Monthly Meeting The monthly meeting of the Maryland Medical Pharmaceutical and Dental Association was held at the residence of Dr. D. Grant Scott, 354 W. Biddle street. Dr. J. C. Robinson read a paper on "Larngeal Consumption," after which a collation was served. DuBois-Circle Meet The monthly meeting of the DuBois Circle, an organization of ladies will be held at the residence of Mrs. A. L. Gaines, 1016 Linden avenue, next Tuesday afternoon. An attractive program has been arranged. Death of Mrs. Phyllis Taylor Rev. J. G. Martin left Sunday night for Charleston S. C. in response to a telegram notifying him of the death of his mother, Mrs. Phyllis Taylor. She had lived to a ripe old age and was a member of the church for 62 years. She is survived by two children, Rev. Jas. G. Martin, a member of the Baltimore Conference and Mrs. Sara Robinson of Charleston, S. C. The funeral will take place from old Bethel Church, Charleston and interment at Reserve Fellowship Cemetery, the family burying ground. To Open New Hall Robert Young, the well known musician, has purchased the building at 1901 Druid Hill avenue, which was used as an exchange by the old Maryland Telephone company. The building will be known as Young's Auditorium, and will be rented to organizations giving receptions and dances, after improvements are made thereto. Mrs. Lewis H. Fenderson Ill Mrs. Lewis H. Fenderson, widow of the late Dr. Fenderson, is reported to be seriously ill at a sanitarium in Pittsburg. She was taken ill before the holidays and her mother came to this city and took her to her former home in the Smoky City. Her husband was a well-known dentist, who died here two years ago. Donation to Provident Hospital The Dorcas Circle of King's Daughters, of Metropolitan M. E. Church, presented Provident Hospital with $10 Thursday evening. The presentation was made by Mrs. Annie Booze, treasurer of the circle. Mrs. Caroline Owens is the president. Second Benefit Reception The second annual benefit reception which a number of ladies of Baltimore county gave at the Gallilean Fishermen's Auditorium recently netted $76 for the hospital. Mrs. Redman Gray of Towson, was chairman of the committee that arranged for the benefit; Mrs. Fannie Young, secretary; and Mrs. Susan Johnson, of Towson, treasur- St. John's A. M. E. Sunday School Elect Officers The newly elected officers of. St. John's A. M. E. Sunday School held a collation on Wednesday evening January 10, 1912. After a review of the lesson the committee ushered the S. S. Board into a reception hall where a sumptuous repast awaited them. Among those present were: Rev. L. S. Flagg. Florence Fisher, Henry W. Ebb, Geo. Washington, Bertha R. Fleming, James Washington, Frank W. Phillips, Samuel R. Moore, Amelia Washington, Elizabeth Coates, Ida V. Costen, Ellen Turner, Julia Johnson, Mary Gordon, Louis A. Hamond, Sadie Chew, and Corinne Chew. Process Must Be Slow. Apples and potatoes when frozen can be restored in good condition if they are thawed slowly. But when thawed rapidly they became flabby and soon decay. The carpets and other covering we place over plants in winter do not prevent their freezing and thawing, but they do prevent their freezing and thawing too quickly. Hence the benefit. Bound to Get Even.. A 14-year-old French boy, angered the other morning at being awakened too early by his mother, revenged himself by breaking up the furniture in his room, afterwards mounting to the roof of the house and throwing tiles at the people below. Wanted=200 Women & Girls To Strip Tobacco Paid While Learning Can Make Good Wages Persons having experience preferred S. W. COR. BIDDLE AND PARK AVENUE BALTIMORE STRIPPING CO. This being the second time for the rendition of this Oratorio, we earnestly soilit the patronage of those who failed to hear the former and the public in general. Come and enjoy a rare musical treat and an evening of joy and mirth. SOLOISTS: Miss Gertrude Mason, Soprano; Mrs. Gertrude Hill, Contralto; Mr. William Hackett, Tenor; Mr. Nimrod Downs, Basso. MR. CHARLES HENRY, Director. MR. THOS. MITCHELL, Accompanist REV. J. W. NORRIS, Pastor. 2t-0 Agent for The Mutual Benefit Society, Fayette and Pearl Streets. 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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Randall, of 519 Gold street, gave a dinner on Sunday in the honor of their niece Miss Cora Gaines. Mrs. Mary E. Hicks, an evangelist of New York city filled the pulpit at Allen A. M. E. Church last Sunday morning. She will conduct services in local churches. Mr. Solomon Tripp, of 1936 Brunt street, is spending a few weeks in Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs. Nannie Butler was operated on for appendicitis at her home, 1020.Carrollton avenue, last Friday. She is reported as doing nicely. Master Samuel Mason is ill at his home, 607 Saratoga street, with typhoid fever. Mrs. Annie E. Williams is confined to her home, 618 Cornell street, with bronichial trouble. Mr. and Mrs. William Miller, of 2112 Druid Hill avenue had as their holiday guest, Miss Edith Myers, of Bryn Mawr, Pa. The Atlantic Social, Coming Event January 26. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. W. Scott have returned to their home in Washington after after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Soden, of 231 Arlington avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Gray, of 1916 Etting street, entertained a number of out of town friends during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. William Hawkins gave a reception a few evenings ago at their home, 1027 W. Lexington street, in honor of relatives who ere visiting them from Anne Arundel county. Mr. and Mrs. Hannibal Carroll, of Brunt street, gave a reception last Thursday night. The wave and a dip with the Atlantic rag January 26. Miss Annie Dotson of 1715 Druid Hill avenue, entertained a few of her friends at dinner a few evenings ago. A night of pleasure at Fishermen's Hall Friday January 26. ```markdown ``` Miss Estella V. Mason has returned to her home in New York after visiting relatives in the city. Mr. Charles Henry Jenkins, a well known employee of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, has returned home after a visit to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and other points. Kerr's Orchestra will play all the latest hits at the Atlantic Social Event January 26. 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