The Afro-American

THE AFRICAN AMERICAN LEDGER VOL. XX NO. 35. MUST WIDEN SCOPE OF EDUCATION International Conference At Tuskegee Comes to a Success- DELEGATES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD "Education Must Touch Life At As Many Points As Tuskegee, Ala., April 25 — The problem of the Negro from various angles was discussed at Tuskegee Institute last week, where the first International Conference of the Negro was held. One result of the conference was that Dr. Booker T. Washington was asked to go to South Africa to help the natives in reaching an agreement by which missionaries will be freely allowed to labor among them, and another was a memorial presented by the delegates from the West Indies asking for the establishment of a school modeled after Tuskegee. The memorial invited Dr. Washington to Jamaica to assist in the establishment of the school. The delegates came from West and South Africa, the United States, the West Indies, Central American and South America, and represented, for the most part, various missionary and educational interests. The freedom and the wide knowledge shown by the various delegates in discussing from many angles questions affecting the race in this and other countries are regarded as most valuable in bringing about concerted action in the amelioration of the race in various counties. Among those who spoke at the conference were: Prof. W. I. Thomas, professor of sociology at the University of Chicago, who spoke on "Education and Racial Traits;"'Bishop H. M. Turner, Dr. J. W. E. Bowen, both of Atlanta; Dr. R. E. Parks, former secretary of the Congo Relief Association; Bishop I. B. Scott, who has charge of the work of the M. E. Church in Liberia; Bishop Alexander Walters; Rev. P. A. Luckie, of British Guiana; Dr. L. G. Jordan, secretary of the Foreign Mission Board of the National Baptist Convention; Dr. Samuel D. Bawden, of India; Rev. D. J. Bustin, of the Catholic Church; Dr. H. B. Frizzell, of Hampton Institute. A. Bruce McFarland, of Kingston, Jamaica; Dr. C. H. Parrish, of Louisville, Ky. Dr. Washington made the opening address. The conference adopted the following resolutions in part: "The conference has been strongly impressed with the great advantages that must result from the coming together of such various interests as here found, representation, racial, industrial, educational, and religious. The importance of meetings of this kind to the United States, Africa, and the West Indies is obvious; the interests of European governments having colonies in tropical regions directly concerned and the questions here discussed are not without importance in their effect upon the native races in all parts of the world. "As far as concerns education, no point has received more unanimous support than the need to widen the scope of education so that it may touch life at as many points as possible, although the application of this principle must differ with the different conditions of various localities. AN "AX-MAN" MYSTERY San Antonio, Texas, April 25 The colored people of this city and of Texas are much disturbed at present over what is known as the "ax-man." With in human fiendishness colored families over this State are being murdered in the stillness of the midnight hours and in every instance so far recorded an ax or such implement is the weapon used. In this city a family of five was destroyed and in other Texas towns including Beaumont, Hempstead and lidden the same outrages have been permitted. Also in Louisiana similar crimes are recorded. Newspaper correspondents have named the murderers as members of some religious sect called by them the "Church of Sacrifice" but as nothing definite is known this name is but the creation of writers. It has been noticed that in more than one instance light complected Negroes have been murdered and with the insidious power of suggestion the white press is directing the attention of the public to the fact that the dreadful crimes are probably directed at miscegenation. Negroes of light color are beginning to become alarmed fearing that some irresponsible persons may see in the present state of excitement an opportunity to avenge imaginary personal wrongs and escape unpunished. In Louisiana, a confession has been obtained from a girl who caimed that she was a member of some sect which was responsible for the killings but the authorities seem not to believe her. While it is possible more effort is being made than is apparent it looks as though but little attention has been given to locating the person or persons guilty of the foul murders. Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church New York, April 25—The fourth quarterly conference of the Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church was held Monday evening. Reports read from all departments showed the church to be in a splendid financial as well as spiritual condition. There is no indebtedness to the church outside of the regular current expenses and the splendid progress made during this quarter improved the standing of the church materially. During the course of the conference resolutions were passed asking for the return of Dr. J. M. Henderson as pastor of the church; and of Dr. Lynch as presiding elder. Rev. W. A. Lynch, of Pittsfield Mass., addressed the Mt. Zion Literary Association last Sunday afternoon at its regular meeting. His subject was "The Negro." The first and second teams of the Douglass Athletic Association put up a fast game last Saturday afternoon at the Basin Field. Many of the regulars showed up good form and executed some difficult plays; the captain was in good form and used a great deal of speed with his balls; especially when he came near knocking out Manager Willard who was playing first base; he threw the ball swiftly over to first and hit the manager a hard crack on the chest, nothing serious resulted. Bethel A. M. E. Church, located in 28th street, expects to locate up town. Cockeysville News Cockeysville, Md., April — Miss Elizabeth V. Fairfax, assistant teacher in the public school, is recovering from a brief illness. A successful concert was given last Friday, night, under the auspices of the public school. Mr. Royal G. Addison is principal A rally was held at Bazel A. M. E. Chapel Sunday night. TRIAL OF W. P. BURRELL BEGINS Charged with Receiving Deposits When He Knew The Bank Was Insolvent OFEICIALS WILL BE TRIED SEPARATELY. (Special to The Afro-American Ledger.) Richmond, Va., April 25—With the beginning of testimony today for the defense, it looks as if the trial of William P. Burrell, former director of the wrecked True Reformers Bank, who is being tried in the Hustings Court on the charge of receiving a deposit after he knew the bank was insolvent, will last until the middle of next week. Mr. Burrell's case has been severed from those of T. W. Robertson, W. L. Taylor, and Edward Ellis, who were indicted jointly with him. As the others will be tried separately also, the trials will likely last a month. The outcome of the present trial will most likely determine the decision in the cases of the other men. At the opening of the trial Monday, Mr. Burrell's attorneys contended that he was being made a scapegoat, and laid the blame upon R. T. Hill, the absconding cashier of the defunct institution, who is charged with making way with $30,000 of the bank's money. CHARGE AGAINST BURRELL The specific charge against Mr. Burrell is knowingly permitting a deposit from T. C. Tinsley when he had been to the day before that the bank was insolvent. Accountants who had examined the condition of the bank in October 1910, testified that they had found the bank insolvent, and so informed Mr. Burrell. Among the large number of witnesses examined was William Watson, bookeeper and assistant teller for the bank, who explained the workings of the bank, and who testified that the bank was not closed until October 26, 1910, the day that R. T. Hill disappeared. Commonwealth's Attorney Foulkes, assisted by Montague and Montague, who have been retained by depositors, are representing the State. Mr. Burrell is represented by H. M. Smith, Jr., and R. Evelyn Byrd. The jurors hearing the case are as follows: A. L. Straus, Jr., A. L. Davis, J. W. Gibbons, H. E. Gregory, Leon Ruskell, H. I. Barfoot, Hamilton White, J. H. Nolde, John F. Heintz, Meyer Greentree, Raphael Levy, and W. P. Lawton, Jr. Dramatic Recital a Success Montgomery, Ala.; April 24—Richard B. Harrison, of Chicago, gave a dramatic recital at the State Normal School last night. Miss Marguerite Egbert, a soprano singer, and local talent also took part. The recital was given under the aspices of the Colorad Men's Business League, and the proceeds will be devoted toward the fresh air fund. Discuss Plans for Gymnasium Local alumni of Howard University held a meeting at the colored Y. M. C. A. last Friday night, and, among other things, discussed the project for a new gymnasium on the college campus. W. Ashbie Hawkins is president of the local Alumni Association. A FIGHT OVER ESTATE. Court Will Decide Who Are Rightful Heirs to $20 000 Left By William B. Williams Richmond, Va., April 25 -- A $20,000 estate and who are rightful heirs thereto is the problem that the State Supreme Court of Appeals will be called upon to decide. The estate is that of William B. Williams, who died here at an advanced age, April 7, 1909. He sold produce in the second Market for years and accumulated considerable property. Miss Gertrude Jackson who averred she was a daughter of Mr. Williams, said that the deceased had drawn a will making her the sole heir. Other claimants came forth, but the will was not found. Judge Grinnan, of the Chancery Court, decided adversely against Miss Jackson. She claimed that the will was drawn in 1906, and that she bequeathed $11,000 in cash and ten of the testater's fifteen houses. Following the decision of the Chancery Court an appeal was taken, and the Supreme Court of Appeals handed down its decision reversing that action Tuesday. The disappearance of the will has complicated matters, and the court will attempt to disentangle affairs. The other claimants to the estate are: Walter J. Williams, Margaret Hewlett, Ellen Ricker, Ellen Taliaferre, Ida B. Jackson, Mary P. Brown and Coleman Williams, who now in the Virginia Penitentiary. One of Boston's Oldest Boston, Mass., April 24—Charles L. Mitchell who set type on William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator, who was a pallbearer at the funeral of the abolitionist, Civil War veteran and one of the first colored members of the Massachusetts Legislature, died at his home here a few days ago. He was born in Hartford, Conn., but had resided here since 1854. The remains were taken to Dover, N.H. for interment. The funeral of Rev. Charles G. Mead, one of the old abolitionists, was held here last Thursday at the Church of the Disciples, of which he was pastor. He was S4 years of age. Gamblers Are Angry New Port, R. I. April 25 — The sporting fraternity is grumbling because the Governor of the State has put his foot down on all gambling and other illegal business that have been side attractions for the many who came here in summer. The churches are a unit in backing the Governor's efforts. The funeral of James Knight, who was found dead, was held Tuesday. Rev. T. W. Henderson officiated. Mrs. C. Drew, who has been ill, is improving. Dr. Stewart removed a 25 pound tumor from Mrs. Ida Davis a few days ago. Mr. R. C. Watson of Worcester, Mass., is here for the summer. Mr. J. Wood spent Sunday with friends at Providence, R. I. Farmers' Annual Conference Princess Anne, Md., April 26 The tenth annual farmer's conference held under the auspices of the Princess Anne Academy, took place tuesday and farmers from all parts of Somerset and neighboring counties attended. The visitors displayed keen interest in the talks delivered by the several experts on farming methods, who were present. Dr. John O. Spencer, president of Morgan College, Baltimore, and Charles H. Evans, a trustee of the academy, were among the Baltimoreans present. PRICE THREE CENTS BAHAI LEADER AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY Head of Oriental Religious Sect Delivers Lecture to the Student Body. FREEDOM HERE BROUGHT FREEDOM ELSEWHERE. Washington, April 25—Abdul Bahai Abbas Effendi, oriental seer and world leader of the Bahai movement, delivered the last of his series of lectures here tonight. In an address to the students of Howard University, he said: "Let us recall the fact that the first proclamation of liberty, of freedom from slavery, was accomplished in this continent. The white man went into war for the sake of the colored. They were forfeiting possessions and sacrificing lives in order that the colored might be freed from bondage, and this has had tremendous effects upon the sociology of other parts. The colored people of Africa were in a most terrible state of bondage, and the European powers, emulating the American altruism, accomplished a proclamation of universal liberty. So you were the means here of liberating your fellow beings elsewhere. This effort on the part of the white people in America should never be lost sight of, and therefore you must be very grateful and must be very kind to the whites here. And the white people in this country should be most happy and grateful to you, so that both may develop in the degrees of altruism and humanitarianism. "May you be further drawn together with the whites, in order that extraordinary development may be accomplished by you and in order that fellowship may become a reality, a true fact, among you. In short, you must be grateful to whites, for they were liberators of your people not only join this country, in the continent of America, but elsewhere in Africa. "Were it not for your freedom here one can see that freedom elsewhere would not have been accomplished, and up to the present day bondage would have been present. But now, praise be to God, the bondage has passed away and the white and the colored are both free from it, and I pray in your behalf that you may develop and advance in ethics and morality; that you may achieve it in such a superlative degree that there shall be no name other than one humankind. So that one appellation may be invoked, and that is humankind." Kansas City, Mo., April 25—Dr. W. S. Scarborough, president of Wilberforce University, will call a meeting of the lay delegates to the A. M. E. Geneal Conference to effect an organization. The object will be for the laity to have a mutual understanding on the great questions affecting the church. Rev. John J Plantevigne, who was taken to St. Agnes Hospital several weeks ago, suffering with a nervous breakdown, has been removed to Mt. Hope, where it is hoped after special treatment and rest he will be able to resume his work as assistant pastor of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. To Organize Lay Delegates Father Plantevigne's Large Attendance At First Commencement at Public School. Easton, Md., April 25—The first annual commencement of the Easton Public School was held last night at Asbury M. E. Church. The exercises were largely attended. An attractive program was presented, consisting of selections, by the glee club of the school, an essay on "Education" by Miss Pauline Beatrice Bailey and a select reading by Miss Jennie Frances Hall, the two ladies composing the graduating class. The address to the graduates was delivered by Rev. James U. King, of St. Michaels, Md., and Mr. W. M. Tyler delivered the address to the patrons. Diplomas were presented the graduates by Prof. R. H. Gibson, principal of the school. The invocation was by R. H. Wallace, and the benediction by Rev. S. H. Cooper. Besides Prof. Gibson, the other teachers of the school are: I. M. Turner, vice principal; Miss Mattie E. Tilghman, Mrs. Nellie E. Turner, domestic science and art, and Everett L. Brown, manual training. Commencement Exercises Hampton, Va., April 26—Hampton Institute was thronged with visitors this week, who came here to attend the annual commencement and founder's day exercises, which ended last night. Conspicuous among the visitors were Robert C. Ogden, of the Armstrong Association, and a party of 150 New Yorkers. Baseball games, an exhibition of the work in farming and the trades and a drill by the battalion, under command of Major R. R. Moton, were among the many things to interest the visitors. A meeting of the trustees was also held. President of Realty Company Brooklyn, N. Y., April 5 — John H. Atkins, former president of the wrecked Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Company was convicted of conspiracy in Criminal Court, Part 4, Wednesday. Sentence will be passed Monday. The conviction was the result of an allegation by R. L. Stewart, who paid $475 for lots in Rahway, N. J., on which it is alleged that the title was clear. The failure of the company caught colored people in various sections of the country, including Baltimore, where the company operated a department store and other enterprises. L. C. Collins, another official, has already been sentenced to a year in prison for his alleged concession with some of the transactions of the company. Mr. McAbee Again Principal Mr. William H. McAbee, who was deposed as principal of the Druid Hill avenue School more than five years ago, after a clash with Dr. J. H. N. Waring, former principal of the High School, was elected principal of the Carey street school at the meeting of the School Board Wednesday. Commissoner Biggs championed the cause of Mr. William H. Lee, who has been acting principal of the school for some time. Mr. McAbee's friends have always claimed that he was deposed without a trial, and his restoration to a principalship is regarded as a vindication for him. New Treasurer for Reformers ETHIOPIANS IN ANCIENT TIMES Greek and Hebrew Scholars Sung Their Virtues. Book by the Late Edward Wilmot Blyden Gives Many Interesting Facts About the Achievements of the Ancestors of the Colored Race in the United States. In his book entitled "Islam Christianity and the Negro Race" the late Dr. Edward Wilmot Blyden delved deeply into both sacred and profane history, showing that Africans were not unknown to the writers of the Bible. Their peculiarities of complexion and hair were as well known to the ancient Greeks and Hebrews as they are to the American people today. And when they spoke of the Ethiopians they meant the ancestors of the people of black skin who for 250 years have been known as laborers on the plantations of the south. It is to these people and to their country that the psalmist refers when he says, "Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hand unto God." Of the hospitality and kindness of Africans he writes, "And this peculiarity of Africans is not a thing known only in modern times. The ancients recognized these qualities and loved to descent upon them. They seemed to regard the fear and love of God as the popular gifts of the darker races. In the version of the Chaldean Genesis as given by George Smith the following passage occurs: The word of the Lord will never fall in the mouth of the dark races whom he has made." Homer and Herodotus have written immortal outloges of the race. Homer speaks of them as "the blameless Ethiopians" and tells us that it was the Ethiopians alone among mortals whom the gods selected as people fit to be lifted to the social level of the Olympian divinities. "Every year," the poet says, "the whole celestial circle left the summits of Olympus and betook themselves for their holidays to Ethiopia, where in the enjoyment of Ethiopian hospitality they sojourned twelve days. Luciai represents a skeptic, a freethinker, of his day, as saying in his irreverence toward the gods that on certain occasions they do not hear the prayers of mortals in Europe, because they are away across the ocean, perhaps among the Ethiopians, with whom they dine frequently, on their own invitation." It shows the estimate in which the ancients held the Africans, that they selected them as the only fit associates for their gods. The country itself has been called the cradle of civilization, and so it is. The germs of all the sciences and of the two great religions now professed by the most enlightened races were fostered in Africa. Science, in its latest wonders, has nothing to show equal to some of the wonderful things even now to be seen in Africa. On African soil stands that marvelous architectural pile, the great pyramid, which has been the admiration and despair of the world for a hundred generations. Scientific men of the present day, mathematicians, astronomers and divines, regard it as a sort of key to the universe—a symbol of the profoundest truths of science, of religion and of all the past and future history of man. Boydton Institute Alumni Meeting. The twentieth annual meeting of the Boydton (Va.) Institute Alumni association will be held in the chapel of that institution on Tuesday afternoon. April 30, at 2 o'clock. Mr. J. Graham Scott and Mrs. Bessie M. Morton, president and secretary respectively of the association, have sent out invitations to every alumnus whose address they have, urging attendance on this occasion. About 100 students are enrolled at the school this term, and the institution is in good working condition. Independent Political League Busy. The National Independent Political league is busily engaged with important matters pertaining to its next annual meeting, which will perhaps be held earlier this year than usual on account of this being the year for the nomination and election of a president of the United States. President John R. Clifford of Martinisburg, W. Va., will be heard from in no uncertain way as to the men and measures brought before the country for the consideration of voters. How the Recall of Decisions Works. Disrespect for law and order breeds crime of the most violent nature. Think of a person pronounced by a civil court as being innocent of the crime charged against him being lynched by a mob because it did not agree with the decision of the court. If this is the way the recall of decisions is to be operated American jurisprudence is far on the way to chaos and ruin. An instance of this kind recently happened in a southern city. Miss Carrie H. Bundick's Stage Work. Miss Carrie H. Bundick of Indianapolis. Ind., a dramatic performer of note, is filling engagements in St. Petersburg in a vaudeville show as Mime, Jadaha in the "Dancing Girl" Miss Bundick received her education for the stage in Chicago. She went to Europe about eight years ago. Auxiliary of Sons of Virginia Ends Prosperous Year. BY N. BARNETT DODSON. Brooklyn.—The recent installation of the newly elected officers of the Women's Auxiliary of the Society of the Sons of Virginia, at Granada hall, in this city, was the occasion for a large gathering of the members and friends of both organizations. The reports of the fiscal year, which ends with the April meeting, showed great progress in membership, finance and activity among the members along all lines of work for the advancement of the society. Among the more important features of the annual report, which reflects much credit upon the business management of the organization, were the financial statement of a total amount in bank of $1,857.66 after meeting all stated and current expenses and a financial membership of 113. Besides the general officers, the society has a board of directors consisting of A. nine, which looks after the payment of the claims of heirs of deceased members, money due members, when ill and other matters, as per constitution. The officers were installed by the Rev. Dr. William M. Moss, who had an appropriate message for each officer. The list includes the following: Mrs. Jennie Stewart, president; Mrs. Annie Harkless, vice president; Miss Lucy Anderson, recording secretary; Mrs. C. H. Turner, assistant; Miss Cora L. Robinson, financial secretary; Mrs. Harriet Martin, assistant; Mrs. A. Hill, chaplain; Miss Florence Henderson and Mrs. Simmons, ushers; Mrs. Annie Calvin, marshal; Mrs. Annie Durrell, treasurer, and Misses Julia A. Johnson and Laura Cassell, banking committee. The board of directors are Mrs. Harriet N. Poultry, chairman; Mrs. Laura A. Carter, Mrs. Ellen Cothran, Mrs. Sarah Keeling, Mrs. Amie Durrell, Mrs. P. H. Quarles, Mrs. Jennie Stewart, Mrs. Josephine Dabney and Mrs. Escola D. Gross. Those who made encouraging addresses to the auxiliary, on this occasion were Mrs. M. C. Lawton, Mrs. W. M. Moss, President Edward H. Wilson and Vice President Charles H. Turner, of the Society of the Sons of Virginia, and Financial Secretary Peter H. Fisher, Mrs. Jennie Stewart received substantial tokens of appreciation from the members of the auxiliary for her excellent work as president. BETHEL'S CAPABLE PASTOR Future of Famous Old Church Reassured by Dr. P. A. Scott. Pittsburgh. Pa.-It is very gratifying to all who are interested in the welfare of the race and the Christian church to note the marvelous progress that is being made in the spiritual, financial and social affairs of Bethel A. M. E. church. in this city. Those who have any knowledge of the history of this church in recent years know that it has passed through a long period of adversity and discouragement and that during those conditions hundreds of its members withdrew their membership. Many others being discouraged went adrift on the "sea of neglect," leaving less than half its former membership to grapple with the great problems facing the church and the nearly $50,000 debt incident to the building of the beautiful and commodious structure now in use, which was erected during the pastorate of the Rev. Dr. J. M. Townsend in 1906. When the present pastor, Dr. P. A. Scott, took charge of this church about eight months ago he found the congregation discouraged and scattering in almost every direction, with creditors threatening and instituting lawsuits and the mortgage preparing to foreclose the $22,500 mortgage. The new pastor was not long, however, in getting a strong grasp on the troublesome situation and began at once the paying off of the old debts and warded off the foreclosure. In the past six months $1,750 has been paid on the large interest arrease and more than $1,000 on old floating debts, besides meeting all the current expenses of the church, which sum amounts to nearly $400 per month, and a happy state of confidence is being restored among the people of all classes. During this brief period 130 new members have been added to the church, most of whom have been new converts to the Christian faith as the result of the great revival meetings recently held at this church, in which the pastor was ably assisted by the noted evangelist, Dr. J. G. Robinson THE AFRO-AMERICAN-LEDGER TAFT MAY QUIT THIS WEEK: KNOWS T. R. WILL WIN T. R. LEADS TAFT BY 15 "Standpatters" Swamped In Managers of Administration Campaign in a Panic, Which Has Become a Rush to the Roosevelt "Gand Wagon." REPUCLICANS IN LINE THROUGHOUT NATION Overwhelming Majorities In Illinois and Pennsylvania Show Drift-Taft Welcome to His Two Lorimer Men. New York.-The present indication in the political race for the Republican nomination at the Chicago convention in June is that President Taft is expected to withdraw from the contest this week. It is quite evident that the managers of the administration campaign are in a panic, and the efforts of the senators and congressmen who have been fighting for Mr. Taft to get "on the band wagon" are interesting, for they realize now, as they have not realized before, that Mr. Taft cannot secure the nomination. The results from those states where the people have had an opportunity to express their choice by presidential preference primaries show that should Mr. Taft receive the nomination his defeat be inevitable. In Illinois the progressive movement showed its popularity with the people by the overwhelming majority of 133,000 votes in favor of Colonel Roosevelt. The entire state delegation to the Chicago convention will be solid for the colonel, with the exception of the two delegates from Senator Lorimer's district, a fact significant in itself. In Pennsylvania the people voted as they shouted, and when the bailors were counted it was found that the Taft forces had been routed by nearly 200,000 votes, and it was found that the machine politicians, the professional politicians, like Penrose, Governor Tener and Oliver, were buried in the debris to such an extent that they cannot be extricated in time to be allowed in the convention hall at Chicago or to have any voice in the proceedings. Mr. John Wannmaker, the merchant, and Mr. Stotesbury, the Wall street magnate, are two of the six Taft delegates from Pennsylvania who will be able to get into the convention. The situation in the west is the same. In Oregon and Nebraska, where Senator La Follette, with his progressive ideas, was a strong factor, the people showed that they prefer the progressive ideas of Colonel Roosevelt by giving him a majority in Oregon of over 7,000 votes and over 30,000 votes in Nebraska, and the delegates in those and other western states who are now for Senator La Follette will at the Chicago convention on the second ballot cast their votes for the colonel. In Wisconsin and North Dakota the people have emphatically rebelled against the Taft candidacy. Already the southern delegates are beginning to break away from the Taft camp. The machine roller methods, based on federal patronage, had for a time kept the southern states in some sort of line, but even they are now beginning to wake up to the fact that it is useless to hang on to a losing proposition any longer and are willing and eager to cast their lot with Colonel Roosevelt. Six of the South Carolina "Taft" delegates have wired Senator Dixon to the effect that they are delegates at large from that state to the Republican national convention, having been instructed for Mr. Taft at the state convention, held Feb. 29, at which time Colonel Roosevelt was not a candidate, and that it did not appear that Mr. Taft could now be elected. Since the colonel has entered the field, however, it is evident that he is the choice of the great mass of Republican voters in the states that elect Republican nominees and that they had reached the conclusion that it was their duty to the party and the country demanded that they should vote for Colonel Roosevelt; and they stated they would so vote. In the east Maine is solid for Colonel Roosevelt, and, while the Vermont delegation is now divided, there is no doubt but that this state will cast a solid vote for Colonel Roosevelt at the convention in June. The indications are that a great surprise is in store for the managers of the Taft campaign when the results in Massachusetts have been tabulated. Colonel Roosevelt's position is growing stronger and stronger each day and President Taft is becoming weaker and weaker in the fight, and by the time set for the national convention it will have been that the voices of the plain people have been raised so loudly for the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt and the sentiment so strong for him that it will not be well for the welfare of the Republican party to ignore the emphatically expressed wish- T. R. LEADS TWIT BY 154. "Standpatters" Swamped In the Drift Towards Colonel. Of 644 Delegates Roosevelt Has 239, Taft 85 and 118 Are Uninstructed. Contested, 160, Including 88 From New York—Senator Dixon's Figures Show Nation Wide Trend. Washington, D. C.—Senator Dixon at the Roosevelt headquarters today said: "Six hundred and forty-four delegates to the Republican national convention have been elected up to date. Of these 239 are for Colonel Roosevelt, 85 for Mr. Taft, 6 for Senator Cummins, 36 for Senator La Follette, 118 are uninstructed, including 88 from New York state, and contests are pending in the cases of the remaining 160." State. Roosevelt. Taft. Cummins. La Polette. Uninstructed. Contested. Alabama 2 2 2 2 18 Alaska 2 2 2 2 2 Colorado 19 19 2 2 Connecticut 12 12 2 2 Dist. of Col. 2 2 2 2 Delaware 2 2 2 2 Florida 2 2 2 2 Georgia 2 2 2 2 Tennessee 6 6 2 Illinois 56 56 2 2 Indiana 8 8 8 2 12 Iowa 8 8 6 2 12 Kansas 2 2 2 2 10 Kentucky 3 7 7 2 10 Louisiana 2 2 2 2 2 Maine 12 12 2 2 6 Michigan 8 12 2 2 6 Mississippi 20 20 2 6 Missouri 16 2 2 6 Nebraska 16 16 2 6 New Mexico 6 2 2 6 New York 2 2 2 38 North Dakota 2 2 10 2 Oklahoma 16 2 2 2 Oregon 10 2 2 2 Pennsylvania 58 58 2 2 Philippine Is. 2 2 2 2 South Carolina 4 4 4 16 Tennessee 12 12 6 14 Vermont 12 12 6 14 Virginia 2 2 2 2 2 Wisconsin 2 2 26 10 Totals 229 83 6 36 118 106 COLONEL ROOSEVELT MAY WIN IN OHIO Indications Are That He Will Carry Cleveland, O.—In the present contest for the nomination for president the indications are that in Ohio, President Taft's own state, Colonel Roosevelt will receive forty-four out of forty-six delegates to the national convention. This will be a bitter pill for Mr. Taft's managers to swallow. The progressive movement has not only stirred the voters of Ohio, but of the whole country—the plain people to assert their rights of enfranchisement as guaranteed them under the constitution, and the wholesale breaking away from the rule of the bosses in this state and elsewhere is like a tidal wave sweeping over the land. Never in the political history of this country have the voters given so much thought to the right of the people to rule as is manifested in this campaign, and when the Ohio state convention takes place on May 21 the policies of Colonel Roosevelt will be indorsed by the voters in no uncertain language. NEW JERSEY JOINS THE MOVEMENT TO STOP BOSSES. Indications That Roosevelt Will Secure Every One of the Delegates. Trenton, N. J.-Interest in the campaign for the Republican nominee for president is growing hotter and hotter in this state as the day for the New Jersey state convention. May 28. approaches, and the indications are that Colonel Roosevelt will secure the whole number of state delegates, twenty-four, to the national convention. "The right of the people" to rule and the desire to break away from the "rule of the bosses" are just as strong in this state as in any throughout the country, and as Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maine, Nebraska, Oregon and other states have set the example of indoering the progressive movement as enunciated by Colonel Roosevelt, showing that this is a country "of the people, for the people and by the people." MARYLAND TO BE IN LINE. A Solid Roosevelt Delegation Expected From State Convention. Baltimore. Md.-The Maryland Republican state convention will be held on May 6, and the interest in the outcome of the contest to secure the Republican nomination for president is becoming more intense each day. Colonel Roosevelt's candidacy and the principles for which he stands have caused such an upheaval in the political history of this state and the country at large as has never been known before in the history of the country, and Maryland will be in line with the other great states which have emphatically gone on record as indorsing the progressive, and it is predicted that a solid Roosevelt delegation will go to the national Republican convention at Chicago to register in no uncertain manner its choice of Theodore Roose- R HARRY A. ..Baltimore's Popular Main Office and H. 1725 ORLEA We solicit your friendship and patron date service. We have added several ne- which is an experienced Female Directress rectress in the State. Coffins and Caskets shipped to all pa- Carriages and ambulance for Hire. BRANCH 2023 Oak Street. .. 1-12:2-8t JOHN H. T. 142 W. HILL THE UP-TO-DATE Who can furnish a funeral for $10.00. He can furnish you carriages for Funer- ete., from. his own stables at the most come to see him. South 422 or South 396-Y. Mount Vernon 5138 Alex. Hemsley Wish to announce to the generous at my old stand, 578 W. BIDDLE ST. avors and hoping for a continuance of weddings, parties and funerals, and s- lay or night. Yours, ALEX. HEMS Mt. W. GEORGE H. HOLL ROBERT A. Baltimore's Leade 506 ROGE Expert Embalming, Courteous A Specialty. Rubber Tire Carri- Both Phones. TELIX B. 102 E. Mulberry St. FUNERAL BOTH PHONES—C & P. Mt. Vern the branch offices. Not connected award will be offered to anyone who the name of Fel —THE BALTIMORE LIFE F. S. Strobridge Home Office: Cor. Charles & The Leading Life Insurance Life Insurance Policies iss Premiums collected weekly f Issues The B The Old MME. BAUM'S H Our Specialty Real Creole Cri Natural Wav We absolutely guarantee our Hai- its Quality and Color. We make a All Kinds of Wigs, Rats, Frontpri- Order. 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We have added several new features to our business, among which is an experienced Female Directress, the first and only colored lady directress in the State. Coffins and Caskets shipped to all parts of the State at Shortest Notice. Carriages and ambulance for Hire. Lady Embalmer--Lady Shrouder. BRANCHES: 2023 Oak Street. . 630 N. Caroline Street. 1-12-2-8t Who can furnish a funeral for $10.00 and up; caskets for $3.00 and up. He can furnish you carriages for Funerals, Weddings, Parties, Receptions, etc., from his own stables at the most reasonable rates. You need not come to see him, just call South 422 or South 396-Y. 142 W. Hill Street n Mount Vernon 5133 826 Druid Hill. Alex. Hemsley, Funeral Director and Embalmer Wish to announce to the generous public that I am still doing business at my old stand, 578 W. BIDDLE ST. Thanking the public for all past favors and hoping for a continuance of the same. Carriage for hire for weddings, parties and funerals, and special attention given to all orders lay or night. Yours, ALEX, HEMSLEY, Mt. Vernon 2578 Main Office. GEORGE H. HOLLAND, Manager. C. & P. Phone: 585 Y-Madison. ROBERT A. ELLIOTT Baltimore's Leading Undertaker 506 ROGERS AV. Expert Embalming, Courteous Attendants, Shipping Funerals Specialty. Rubber Tire Carriages for hire for all occasions. Both Phones. Day or Night. FELIX B. PYE, Sr. 102 E. Mulberry St. Near Calvert FUNERAL DIRECTOR BOTH PHONES—C. & P. Mt. Veronon 3009 Md. Courtland 1025 with branch offices. Not connected with any other firm. No Agreements will be offered to anyone who detects any person doing business using the name of Felix B. Pye, Sr. LIFEINSURANCE Probridge, Pre Charles & Sarato Insurance Com publicies issued on weekly from the The Best Co BALTIMORE LIFE INSURANCE CO. F.S. 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Edward Tyler, who was transferred to the New Jersey Conference in order that he may pursue special courses in Drew Theological Seminary and Columbia University. He will be stationed at Madison, N. J., which place was held by Rev. M. H. Davis who was transferred to the Baltimore Conference and stationed at Campbell Church, Acapestia, D. C. The property owned by the conference is valued at $17,000. The collections during the session amounted to $10,165.45. The position of financial agent for the Aged Folks' Home, 207' Aisquith street, was created and Rev. Joseph Gwynn elected thereto. Among the changes was the sending of Rev. James G. Martin to Payne Memorial Church to succeed Rev. P. W. Wortham, who takes the place of Rev. Robert E. Ford as presiding elder of the Baltimore district. Rev. Ford succeeded Rev. P. J. Jordan as presiding elder of the Easton district, the latter taking the place of Rev. James G. Martin at Allen Church. Rev. C. W. Worsell was succeeded at Frederick, Md., by Rev. John Porter, the former succeeding Rev. William A. Harris at Wayman Memorial Mission, Carroll street. Revs. D. G. Hill, A. L. Gaines, J. W. Norris, M. F. Sydes, D. P. Seaton, I. N. Ross, and C. H. Young were returned to their respective charges. The next session will be held at Ebenezer Church, Hagerstown, Md. The full list of appointments follows: Baltimore District—Plummer W. Wortham, presiding elder: Trinity, Baltimore, A. L. Gaines; Bethel, Baltimore, Daniel G. Hill; Handy Memorial, Baltimore, John Offer Custis; Oak Street, Baltimore, Joseph Gwynn; Bohemia Manor, Frank S. Dennis; Elkton, Md., William H. Williams; Port Deposit, Md., James R. Nelson; Steward-ville, Md., P. H. Green; Havre de Grace, Md., J. H. Pritchett; Berkley, Md., P. O. Bundick; Rocks Circuit, J. P. Cordell; Long Green, Md., Samuel T. Crawford; Quaker Bottom Circuit, J. H. Bundy; Cockeysville, Md., W. H. S. Bailey; Carroll Circuit James A. Briscoe; East Baltimore Circuit, T. R. Sinkfield; Grace, Catonsville, Md., Chas. Murray. Potomac District — C. Harold Stepthean, presiding elder: Metropolitan, Washington, I. N. Ross; St. Paul, Washington, Charles H. Young; Ebenezer, Washington, U. G. Leeper; Brown Memorial, Washington, Daniel P. Seaton; Campbell, Anacostia, D. C., M. H. Davis; Allen, Garfield, William A. Harris; Mount moriah, Annapolis, Md., L. C. Curtis; Ward Memorial, Washington, A. D. Holder; Dent ChapelJ. D. Banks; West River Circuit, William Chew; Charlotte Hall, Md., C. C. Wheatley; Tee Bee,'Md., R. C. Curtis; Wheaton, Md., J. W. Wing; Lakeland, Md., J. H. Robinson; Camp Parole, R. T. Lock; Della Mission, W. H. Trusty; Nesbo and Galilee, Circuit, W. T. Brown, Gross Mission, E. Q. Plummer; Conference evangelist, J. G. Guttridge; chaplain United States Army, Oscar J. W. Scott. Easton District—Robert E. Ford, presiding elder; St. John's, Baltimore, Lewis S. Flagg; Waters, Baltimore, Marion F. Sydes; Bethel, Cambridge, Md., W. H. Manokey; Crisfield, Md., Chares A. Williams; Bethel, Chestertown, Md., J. A. Young; Unionville, Md. J. H Fitchett; Union Bethel, Denton, Md., J. O. Bryant; Cecilton, Md., S. H. Cooper; Pocomoke City, Md., John S. Collins; Church Hill, Md., W. W. Barham; Winchester, Md., E. T. Addison; Ridgely, Md., D. J. Beckett; Worton, Md., J. M. Boston; Centerville, Md., Charles Thomas; Fruitland, Md., S. R. Drummond; Bells Circuit, C. H. Green; Preston, Md., Charles Bailey, Oxford, Md., A. J. Ward; Vienna, Md., R. T. Queen; Salisbury, Md., J. W. Wheatley; Embry Circuit, A. McDowell; Roseville, Md., John Still; Pocomoke Mission, Samuel Matthews; Snow Hill, Md., J. H. Dutton Hagerstown District—Samuel M. Johnson, presiding elder; Frostburg, Md., W. C. Armstrong; Cumberland, Md., Andrew Robinson; Cearspring, Md., J. M. McElderry; Ebenezer, Hagerstown, Md., David Johnson; Peterville, Md., J. W. Basil; Frederick, Md., John Porter; Mount Pleasant, Md., Henry Young; Ellicott, City, Md., W. D. Naylor; Jonestown, Md., J. D. Hall; Elkridge, Md., L. H. Stevens; Randallstown, Md., A. A. Murray; Mount Winans, Md., Columbus Handy; Allen Baltimore, P. J. Jordan; Ebenezer, Baltimore, John W. Norris; Wayman Memorial, Baltimore, Charles Morsell In the course of his sermon Sunday morning, Bishop Coppin declared that practical christianity was the watchword of the present day. The ordination Sermon was preached by Rev. S. H. Cooper, of Easton, Md.,. Revs. W. Armstrong, J. M. McEderry, and J. M. Boston were ordained elders; A. J. Ward, a traveling deacon; and Samuel Rozier and John M. Royal, local deacons. Though past 75 years, Dr. J. T. Jenifer, is, active, mentally and physically as ever, and displays the same keen interest in affairs. Rev. A. L. Gaines was wished success on every, hand in his candidacy for the editorship of the Christian Recorder. Rev. R. R. Wright told the conference Friday of his work of as editor of the Christian Recorder. Revs. W. R. Gullins, of the New Jersey Conference; T. M. D. Webster, of the Philadelphia Conference; E. H. Hunter, and W. D. Jimmerson, both of the Virginia Conference, were among the ministerial visitors. The appointments gave satisfaction in most cases, and many were glad to learn of the return of Revs. D. G. Hill, A. L. Gaines, J. W. Norris, and M. F. Sydes to their respective charges. J. Frank Blagburn, cashier in the office of the Recorder of Deeds at Washington, was on hand several days. He and Thomas J. Hilliard will represent the laymen at the General Conference. Rev. W. Hilary Coston was transferred to the New Jersey Conference. Owls Name Changed. The members of the local lodge of the Afro-American Order of Owls are wondering where they are "at." It is all because that since they have secured their charter from the headquarters of the order in South Bend, Ind., the name has been changed to that of the Orioles. Now the local contingent is wondering whether to continue calling themselves after the bird of the night, or whether to name themselves for the gay plumed bird for which Baltimore city has been named. A meeting was held at the house of Past Hoot President Daniel Richardson, 90S Argyle avenue, as held Sunday night, and the question of Owls vs. Orioles discussed at length. Well-known Sporting Man III. Oliver Hebron, one of the best known men in the sporting fraternity, is confined to his home by a stroke of paralysis. Though he has been suffering with an affection that prevented his using his legs freely for a number of years, he has been a daily figure around the lower end of Druid Hill avenue for quite a while. He was born in this city about 55 years ago. A Delightful Surprise. Mr. and Mrs. James Robinson, of 106 S. Caroline street, gave a delightful surprise party to their daughter, Miss Lillian, in honor of her 17th birthday on Wednesday, April 17. After a lovely program of music, recitations, and plays, the guests were ushered into the dining room and served with a delicious repast. Mrs. Robinson was assisted in receiving by Madam Helen A. Cooper and Misses Laura Tascoe, Matilda Burke, and Laura Conway. Among the beautiful presents received was a handsome purse from the Third year Class of Morgan College, of which Miss Ropinson is a member. Those present were Misses Roberta Hawkins Mudge Miller, Florence Owings, Jennie Tinsley, Catherine Squirrel, Sara Lewis, Lauretta Dunlap, Messrs. Gant Holt, John Mitchell, James Carper, Joseph Dennis, John Scott, Robert Dawson, Lawrence Chamberlaine, and Jesse Robinson. Rev. E. D. W. Jones, pastor of the Pennsylvania [avenue. A. M. E. Zion Church, will preach the baccalaureate sermon tomorrow to the Edenton Normal and Industrial Institute, Edenton, N. C. Bishop Alexander Walters will occupy the pulpit at the Pennsylvania avenue Church this Sunday night. THE AFRO-AMERICAN-LEDGER Wanted 100 People to Eat! DALY'S=WHY? American and European Plan NOW OPEN 1117 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE In these day of greed for addition to the numerical strength of chruch many have left the old practice of the baptist churches; and admit to their membership any and all who may chance to come to them for membership, even though they come from a sister church, and that without letters of commendation and dismission, thus we are led to ask what is the regular practice of the Baptist churches as to the admission into fellowship of Baptist churches and dismission of members. There are three modes of admission into the fellowship of Baptist churches, and a study of Baptist practices and principles will, indeed, show this to be true. First — By baptism. A person upon profession of faith in the Lord Jesus. Christ may become a member by baptism. But never without having first made this profession. This must be the warrant for the church to baptize said person. Second—By letter. This is advisable from the fact that changes are constantly transpiring in our domestic and social life, which cause us to move very often from the vicinity of our churches into other communities and thereby make it impossible for us to attend service at our church. So it becomes desirable for us to connect ourselves with some church where we can conveniently work and worship. In this case, if in good and regular standing, we are granted letters of commendation, dismission upon application, which letters we may offer to a church of the same faith and order as our church; and if received into the fellowship of that church, and when so received, our membership ceases in the church from which we go and not until then. It should be remembered that letters are not granted to individual members just because they can call for them, and neither are they entitled to them for every cause. They must have moved from the vicinity of their church, or have some other reason equally valid, before they can rightfully expect to get letters from their church. Nor can a church grant letters to members whom they regard not in good standing, and at the same time have a conscience void of offense. Third-By experience. It happens sometimes that members lose their membership, and can not get in communication with their former church, and therefore can not by any means bring a letter of communication and dismission from their church. In this event they make application to a church, and the church to which they apply require them to give a satisfactory confession or account of their conversion and Christian life, after which the church may vote to receive such Christians into fellowship. Without writing further on this subject at this time, believing that by referring to any of the directories commonly used by the Baptist any and all may become truly enlightened upon this subject, I will make a few observations more and be done. In the light of all that has been said there is not a single reason existing for a church to receive the members of her sister church in the same community. Further I would like to have the time to emphasize the importance of PRIEST Baptist churches studying principles and practices that we may have less trouble, and less disturbance of the fellowship of the sisterhood of churches. I long to see the churches contending for the things that were contended for by the fathers so we could give to the world as pure churches as our fathers did in the days of the past. I shall write also on the modes of church dismission at an early date. Rev. Junius Gray, D. D. Pastor of the Psalmist Baptist Church, Baltimore City. Snow Hill Notes. (Special to The Afro-American Ledger.) Snow Hill, Md., April 24--Mr. James H. Purnell and Mrs. Mary Dashields were married last Wednesday night, at the home of the bride by Rev. I. D. Paine. Miss Daisy Fisher is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lee Henry. Mr. Joseph Taylor, who has been ill, is out again. Rev. J. W. Jewett made an able address to the Masons at Pocomoke City last Thursday night. Rev. I. D. Paine has moved to Girdletree near his charge. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Waters entertained several friends Friday evening at their residence on Martin street. Mrs. Hester Purnell is quite sick. Miss Hennie Boyer has gone to Baltimore to visit her sister, Mrs. Ida Whiting. Mr. William Gains is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Rebecca Shepherd in Baltimore. The American League, of Snow Hill, played a tie game with the Mt. Wesley High School team Saturday. Profs. Dix and Pinkett, of Princess Anne Academy were in Snow Hill Sunday, the guests of Mr. John E. Ginn, a former schoolmate. A week's mission will begin at St. Baranbaz Catholic Churehh this Sunday. It will be in charge of the Redemptist Fathers. Men and women will be admitted at each service. TO THE LADIES MRS. LUCY S. DAY Announces the re-opening of her HAIR DRESSING PARLOL 1308 Nort Fremont Street Above Lafayette Market Full line of Human Hair Goods,also Tonics, shampoos and pomades. Hair work of all kinds made to order. Scalp treatment, massage and Shampooing. Hair Culture, Manicuring. I LEAD-OTHERS FOLLOW I carry a full Line of Colored Human Hair Goods Combings made in puffs and braids Madame J. CREDITT'S Hair Dressing, Face Massage and Manicuring Parlors 1140 Druid Hill Avenue Entrance on Dolphin St., 3rd floor. "Hairdresser to Society" Of course there are other Hair Dressers BUT ONLY ONE POINDEXTER EXPERT MASSAGING AND MANICURING 831 DRUID HILL AVE. OSTRICH FEATHERS, CLEANED, CURLED AND RENOVATED. Willow Plumes and Bands Made to Order. EDITH P. BUTLER, 1230 Etting Street C. & P. 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REGOR & SONS Makers of Perfumeries and Toilet Articles Baltimore. Washington, D. C. ruggist and Notion Stores should keep this Superior Hair Dressing in stock Please ask in the next store for it or write direct to us. Price for wholesale sent on application. A. TREGOR & SONS ruggist and Notion Stores should keep Please ask in the next store Price for wholesale s M. TREGOR Price of Princess Comb, $1.50 Directions to be used will be M. TREGOR Wholesale Manufacturers of P. 1131 E. Baltimore Street, 1229 E. Street, N. W., PRINCESS Price of Princess Comb, $1.00. Heater 50c. extr Directions to be used will be mailed with every order. M. TREGOR & SONS Wholesale Manufacturers of Perfumeries and Toilet Articles 1131 E. Baltimore Street, Baltimore. 1229 E. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Spring Opening Spring Opening Our advance Spring woolens just arrived from New York, will satisfy the most tasteful people. 1302 PENNA. AVE., Near Lanvale. Ladies' suits made from $12.50 up. 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BALTIMORE, APRIL 27, 1912 ee NOT A QUESTION OF BREAD AND BUTTER It is a bit amusing when one reads campaign literature, in the interest of a certain candidate for the Presidency, when the ground of such advecacy seems to rest upon the ‘bread and butter’’ argument: ‘The few political places held by men ef the colored race under the United States govenment, have little or nothing to do with the real issue presented to the Amer- ican people in the present pri- mary ‘campaign, There is but one naked issue. Shall we havea President of the United States who is pledged to securing the people the largest share possible in their own government, or shall we have one with tendencies in, the ther direction? ‘The unfortunate thing in the present contest. is, no man, among the Republicans, has been mentioned for the Presidency, who iseven comparable to Theodore Roosevelt along this line. The great mass of American people keenly appreciate the situation, and therefor, they find but little diffi. culty in making a’choice. There is an argument infinitely higher than the ‘bread and butter’’ one. It is the argument of geuine Democracy. Roosevelt “Zbelieves in the plain people. ‘There can scarcely be any doubt on this paint, on the part of the great financial barons. It is just this democratic leaning of Mr. Roosevelt which accounts for their uneasiness. _ The true nature “and inwardness of men are discerned by, small rather than by large things. And, in the life of Mr. Roosevelt, in all the publicstations he has filled, nothing shines out more prominently than his demo- cracy, and as a simple man among men, Mr. Roosevelt, not only pro- efesses the Christian religion, but he has carried, vigorously his re- ligion into his business; and the applied religion in action -has been as conspi¢ueus as his other business. In whatever position he has filled; he has filled it as a Christiaa man. ‘In his contact among men the same honest and straight-forward principles of ac- tion have been pursued. In» New York where there are mixed schools, the children of his Negro driver attended the same school with. his own children. .While occupying the:seat of the Chief Magistrate of ‘our-county, his family _ worshipped at. St. John’s’ Episcopal Church, ‘Washington, and one of his daught- ers, although living in {the: Exeeu- tive Mansion, found: it.a. pleasure very Sunday; to:teach a. class of Negro children, in a mission: con- gregation connected with ot. John’s parish. The simple demo- cratic nature of Theodore Roose- veelt is so manifestly in evidence that it would be passing strange ,if the people of this country were unable to detect the outlines. The man of all men for the Presidency is Theodore Roosevelt. _ The people want him. They have confidence in his honesty of purpose, and_ his great ability to safely and wisely jead and administer the. ‘‘square deal’ we can get ‘our own bread and butter. And, the one thing the Nergo so ardently desires, and this is true of the vast army of plain people of the country, is a “square deal’? and protection in the enjoyment of their rights. ‘Life plain people are for Roosevelt, be- cause Roosevelt is for them. True and tried, the people will exalt him once more to the place he _so honorably filled. . oo A PRECIOUS HERITAGE | Intelligent. peopelalways appreci- ate, yea almost venerate, some heir-loom, or thing, whichfhas come down to them through many gener- ations of their forbears. ‘The spirit behind such admiration is well worthy of our imitation, with re- spect to the thing which brought the greatest honor and praise to the whole Negro race in the past, even during the dark days of hu- manslavery. If there be any special thing wherein the race has demon- strated such superb excellence as to challenge the admiration of the whole world, that thing is the splendid type of Negro womanhood, whieh evinced such remarkable beauty and grace, even under’ all the disadvantages of slavery It is just.possible that we do. not begin to fully appreciate what a goodly heritage pertains to the whole race from this source. So exceedingly virtuous, and resplendent with “all moral qualities, were the women of out race, that to them:were in- trusted the rearing of many of , the most distinguished and useful men and women of the other race. The trouble with us is we neither criti- cise ourselves or welcome criti- cisms from others: In this we are far from being wise. If the un- solicited, and generous tributes to our Negro Women, from the people of the South, mean any- thing-.at all, it is confession of rare possibilities in the Negro race. With freedom, there has been too much of inclination to remove’ the restraints and discipline, which were largely responsible for the magnificent record of noble women which descended upon us at the elose of the Civil War. It should be enongh for us to know and realize that very much 2f our fresdom is generating into license, and that unless we are most watch> | ful we will suffer our heaviest loss in the lowering of that robust and strong moral type of womanhood | whieh was the glory of the race in, ante bellum days. We dare say, that there is no prablem which should sownuch con- cern us as of laying solid and endur- ing fobndations for good family life. This should be the chief business not only of the churches, but also of every moral agency among us. The increasing forms of pleasure pursued by our young people and the vast.amount of leisure at their disposal render the task’ before us increasingly difficult. But, for that very reason is the more neces- sary that such.subject should com- mand the earnest and aggressive attention of all among us who be- lieve that there is some peculiar mission for Negro .people to per- form, If we are to judge of the nature of that mission by the abor- iginal righteousness and .purity of the African in heathenom, and the peculiar gifts of patience, love, and musie Providence has implanted in the soul of the black man, then, such mission must be along the line of the world’s greatest need. Thus, if God*has singled us out for such exalted honor of more correct- ly interpreting for the nations of the earth, the true setting of the Gospel of the Son of God, it would seem hardly short of criminality for our leaders to fail in appreciat- ing the obvious ‘duties which the situation impose. At the very bottom of all our endeavor, must be the solidity and moral beauty of. our womanhood. Without this are lost. With it the race is won. The subject matter calls for noble and heroietreatment. Have we the courage and the loye for our kind to face the situation’. BROWNSVILLE us. TALT’S SOUTH- ERN POLICY On the assumption that, —inas- much as colored people generally are opposed to the renomination of President Taft, they must of neces- siy favor-the candidacy of Colonel Roosevelt, we are freqeuently asked how.we can balk -at the Southern policy of President Taft and swal- low Brownsville. We are accused of THE AFRO-AMERICAN-LEDGER SS eee training at aenat-and ‘swallowing| Polley ‘of. President Taft’ fs: the From our point of view the two propositions are radicallyand fun- damentally different. In he first place he Brownsville action was di- rected against the one hundred six- ty odd soldiers, some oneor more of whom are supposed tu have shot up the town, Roosevelt dismissed the men. in disgrace, laying. down the rule hitherto unheard of in either military or. civil jurisprudence that the accused soldiers, to clear them- selves of the charges and secure re- instatement, must prove themselves innocent. This was a reversal of the great common law principle that the accused is considered _in- nocent until proven guilty. How- ever in so far as the colored people as-awhole are concerned in this matter its immediate effects were limited to the one hundred sixty odd men against whom it was directed. It blackened and condemned those soldiers only, the innocent, it is true,alung with the guilty, if there were any. On the other hand, Taft’s Southern policy. is directed against a whole race. None es- capes. No black man needs apply for recognition as a full-fledged cit- izen, if any kind of a white man objects to him. ‘The most capable and cultured among us is entirely at the merey of the commonest cracker, the fruits of this policy to- ward us and in their train follow civic hopelessness, degradation des- pair. Roosevelt did offer the colored troops the opportunity to prove themselves innocent, preposterous though that proposition was. But with Taft’s Southern policy there is no saving clause. He has placed the label '‘For whites only’’ upon every. official position in the South, ‘and serves notice that ‘No black ‘man need apply."" That particular colored regiment has since been recruited up to its full strength and the victims of Roosevelt’s Brownsville orders are the one hundred-sixty men, many or al! of whom were so unjustly punished. But Taft's southern pol- icy not only brands a whole race’ as hopelessly and perpetually inferior but it forever denies them any kind of participation whatever in the government which their taxes help to support and their blood helped to preserve and perpetuate. Roosevelt’s order s.ood out in striking contrast with a long list of actions in which he gave practical demonstration of his belief in the “open door’’ and ‘every man up’” doctrines, and he showed from the’ very beginning of his presidential career his appreciation of the black delegates from the South and_ the| colored voters.of the whole coun- try. There was the Burleigh in- cident before Roosevelt came to Washington when tke hospitality of the executive mansion at Al- bany was offered to the singer against whom the Albany hotels had closed their doors. ‘There was the Crum incident which was practical proof that Roosevelt’s theory is the exact opposite of President Taft’s. There was the Indianola post office matter which put Roosevelt as far at one end of the question of the jfair treatment of the helpiess colored population of the South as Taft's cowardly Southern policy puts him at the other end. We might continue this list indefinitely. Roosevelt's life, before, during, and since his term as president, is replete with occurrences which show him a believer in human rights, courageous and determined in the face ef opposition and un- flinching in the discharge of his duty as he saw it. Taft has beena trimmer all his life, ever on the alert for the passing breeze. His service as president has been marked from the first by vacillation, weak- ness, cowardice, and ingratitude. Without fixed opinions or political policies he has been any man’s man and no man's man from the begin- ning. Adopting at one moment a policy of retaliation and vindictive- ness at some one's behest he would abandon it for one of conciliation Soe Eee One cee him Rae] policy of President Taft is the storm itself, deluging every dry spot, engulfing: all within itsreach; while Brownsville was the blunder of an impulsive friend, the “presi- dent’s Southern policy is the,fruit of indifference, if not dislike; the Brownsville order was limted in its effect to the discharged soldiers, but Taft’s Southern policy affects a whole race, extending unless check ed or overthrown to future gener- ations of colored people yet un- born; Roosevelt put a saving clause into the Brownsville order, cruel and preposterous though it was, but Taft’s Southern policy virtually means ‘‘Abandon hope, all ye, who enter here;’’the Brownsville order destroyed only the army relation of the soldiers it discharged, but Taft’s Southern policy destroys the last remnants of the very funde- ‘mentals of our very precious citi- zenship; the principle of the Brownsville order reversing as. it does a fundamental tenet of the common law affects whites as well ‘as blacks if it is allowed to stand, while the president’sSouthern pol- icy separates and segregates us from the American body politic, empaling us before all the world as social and political Pariahs; The- adore Roosevelt's Brownsville or- der is one unfriendly act among hundreds of acts of friendship ‘shown us when the action counted and when it required courage and sacrifice to perform them; will some one please name the acts of friendship requiring courage or sacrifice which have ever been shown to us by William Howard Taft? It only remains to be said that while many colored men honestly object to Rovsevelt and with what are to them good and sufficient reasons, he is so vastly superior to Taft in every particular from our point of view that the Browns- ville incident in comparison with the President’s Southern policy is asa pigmy to a colossus. ANNAPOLIS NOTES. — ’ (Special to The Afro-American Ledger.) Annapolis, Md., April 25—Mrs. M. F. King spent Sunday in Annap- olis, the guest of her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Johns. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Simmons spent Sunday in Washington. Mrs. W. H. Bates spent the week end in Baltimore. Dr. L. C. Curtis, was heartily welcomed on his return to Mt. Mor- igh A. M. E, Chuch. Mrs. ©. Johnson Connor, of Charles street, entertained the Ladies’ Whist Club on’ last Satur- day afternoon from 4to6 P.M, Mrs. Simms and Mrs. Carter wor the first prize and Mrs, Norwood aud Mrs. Rishop, the booby prize. Mr. J. E. Howard is still con- fined to his home by illness. DENTON HAPPENINGS. tSpecial to The Afro-American Ledger.1 Denton, Md., April 25 — Rev. John Bartise, of Camden, N. J., filled the pulpit at the A. M. E, [Chureh Sunday. Rev. J. H. Robertson, of Balti- more, preached at the M. E. Charch Sunday morning. “Mrs. C. B. Casson, Mrs. Eliza- beth. Dickerson, Miss Janet Thomp- 30, Rev. and Mrs, J. G. Bryant have returned from Baltimore, where they attended the A.M E. Conference. The W.C.T. U, met at Union Bethel Church last Sunday at which time Mesdames F. T. Johnson and Adaline Lewis made stirring ad- dresses against intemperanee.. Mrs. A. M. Bailey presided. Messrs. William E. Myers and ‘Armstead Williams are on the sick list. 7 . _ Mr. George James has opened _ a restaurant and ice cream parlor at Water and High streets. . Mr. A. J. Bailey is one of the most successful strawberry growers in Garoline county _ Miss Hattie Frazier has gone to Washington for an indefinite stay. Miss Ida M. Bailey entertained ‘Mr. Bennett Carter, of Ridgeley, ‘Mad., Sunday. SALISBURY BRIEFS.. {Special to The Afro-American Ledger.) Salisbury, Md., April 25 — See- tion No. 1, of the Teachers’ Reading Circle, held its last meeting for the present school year at the High School last Saturday morning. Among the topics discussed was plans for securing an inerease of pay for thé colored teachers of Wicomico county. = The officers of the circle are: Prof. A. H. Long, president; Mrs. Katie Williams, vice ~ president; - Mrs. Mayme Postle Johnson; secretary; and Mr. James L. ‘Johnson, treas- urer. Mrs. Maria, Morris died here a few days ago, aged 86 years. She was highly tespected. Mrs. Louise Powell and Mr. Alexander Morris were sister and brother of the de: ceased respectively. Miss.Martha Purnell lias gone to New York for an indefinite stay. Miss Mayme Houston, daughter of Mr.. Solomon Houston, is reeov- ering from anattack of pneumonia. Mr. Marion J. Armstrong stopp- ed here Monday enroute to ‘his home in Philadelphia. . A Reception Tendered A delightful supper in honor of Mrs. Mannadier St. Clair and Miss Mattie St. Clair, of Cambridge, Md., was given by Mrs. Alphua M. Peck.at her home, 1836 Druid Hill avenue last Sunday evening. ‘Those present were Mesdames Mannadier St. Clair, Charles Fowler, John Rich, H. Grafton Brown, Henriet- ta Jackson, Mary Adams, Misses Mattie St. Clair and Cora A, Tuck- er, A PRETTY WEDDING. Miss Estelle M. Jones, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. John Jones, and Mr. Reginald McCleary, of New York, were the principals in a pret- ty. wedding at Leadenhall Street Church Wednesday night. The bride was given away at the altar by her father, following which the pastor of the church, Rev. A. Brown, performed the ceremony. The bride was attractively attired in white embroidered satin. Her flowing tulle veil was caught with a diamond broach, the gift of the groom. ‘The bridesmaid was Miss Bessie Boyd and Miss Carina Roan acted as flower girl. The best man was Mr. William Gray, of New York. Messrs. Ernest C. Brown, John Scott, Toadvin Williams, and William Roberts served as ushers. ‘A reeption followed at the home of the bride's parents, 915 Pierce street. The young couple were the recipients of numerous presents in- eluding gifts of silver. Mr. and Mrs, McCleary will reside at 2188 Fifth avenue, New York. ‘The bride’s aunt ,Miss Estelle V. Mason, of New York, was among the out of town guests. PASHIONABLE MARRIAGE. Miss Lillie £. Lynn, daughter ot Mrs. Florence V. Lynn, and Mr. J. Maurice Butler, were the principals in a pretty wedding at the Pennsyl- vania Avenue A. M. E. Zion Church Wednesday evening. The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. D. W. Jones, pastor of the church, assist- ed by Rev. J. A. S. Cole: ‘The contracting parties have been sweethearts since their school days. A reception followed at the residence of the bride’s mother, 1131 Carrollten avenue. The gifts were many and costly. The bride is an alumnus of the colored High Schoo) and both parties are active workers in the A. M. E. Zion Church. Mr, and Mrs. Butler will be at home at 1832 MeCulloh street after Sunday, June 10 Kines On Sewerage Commission. Mr. William B. Kines, city edi- tor of the Baltimore American, has been appcinted a Republican men:- ber of the Sewerage Commission to succeed the late W. W. Melntire. He as a member of the first grad- uating elas: of the Baltimore Poly- technic: Institute and has spent nearly a quarter of a century in active newspaper work. His long service as city editor of the Amer- ican has made him the dean among local city editors. YOUNG—In sad but loving re- membrance of my dear friend, Ethel T., who died one year ago, April 24, 1911. Oh, how sweet: it will be in that beautiful land, So free from al} snow and rain; With songs on our lips and harps in our hands, To meet one another again. By her friend Carrie Smith Gross. Annual Rally. The annual rally by “The Pink Carnation Auxiliary to the Brother- hood of St. Paul ME. Church, Saratoga street near Carey Sunday April 28, 1912; 11 A. M., sermon by the pastor, S. H. Norwood. 8 P. M., sermon by Rey. Acquilla W. Brooks, The Empty Stocking Club of Ebenezer A. M. Ke. Church, the West End Pleasure Club, The ‘Trus- tees Avxiliary of St. Paul M. E. Church will also be with us Mon- day, April’29, 1912. . Tickets: 15 cents. Supper free. Welcome ad- dress by Mr. T: H. Franklin, presi- dent of the Brotherhood; solosjaby Miszes. Lizzie Walker, Floreace Ashton and Mr. W. H. Thomas; duet by Mrs. Hill and company and Miss Sarah Jackson and com- pany; trombone solo’ by {Howard Coleman, Mandolin solo by James Weldon; piano overture by Mrs. Westley Thomas; vocal solo by Daniel Williams; piano overture by Ida Harge. Mrs. L. Jobnson, president; B. Hall, seeretary; Mrs..M._L. 9ree- ‘and, pianist; Rev. S. H. Norwood, pastor. COLUMBUS GORDON. Li, Re ce oy Pt aoa | . el \ ae oe | Co ee uae oe GO Go 4 4 Mr, Columbus Gordon, national grand ruler of the Galilean Fisher- men, who has been ill at his home, 816 S, Eutaw street, for the past few weeks, is reported to he in an improved condition. He has re- ceived letters from all sections of the country wishing him speedy re- covery. “Rose of Allah” to be Presented at Albaugh’s “The Rose of Allah,’’ a musical play in three acts will be rendered at Albaughs Theatre Friday evening, May 3rd for the benefit of Provi- dent Hospital. The play was written by Mr. Lewis H. Murray. ‘The scene is laid in Arabia. The sacred ;rose of Allah, the Arabian deity, hav- ing been mysteriously spirited away, causes great anxiety on the part of the Arabian people. - They have lost the medium through which they communicate with the deity concerning matters of. love. Fearful lest there be a visitation of Allah’s vengeane upon them for not having guarded carefully this sacred medium, the Arabians im- portune Allah for mercy. At this point it happens that an American tourist in Arabia hearing of the great distress of the people, invents a substitute for Allah’s Rose, and constitutes himself as the custodian of love aftairs.. Here humorous complications develop but are unraveled by the restora- tion of this mystic rose, the super- natural power of which is found te be only the delusion of faith. There is a very happy finale to the play. ‘The principles of dramatic apti- tude have been carefully and studi- ously worked out and Mr. Murray deserves no stinted praise for this very excellent creation, Musical adaptions are from the songs of Mr. Ford Dabney,ia gentle- man who is popularly known as a song writer. Among those being featured in ‘musical numbers are Mesdames Anna Hazelton Lee, Lillian Dolman Weaver, Pauline Jackson Stevens, ‘Messrs. Otho Church and Lincoln Weaver. These individual musical feat- ures are supported by a well train- ed chorus of one hundred persons. ‘The humorous side of the play is to be eapably represented hy the well known comedian, Mr. Travis M. Tucker. ‘The most elaborate scenic effects have been produced and gorgeous costumes will be: displayed. ‘The play is produced under the auspices of the Lady Board of Man- gers of Provident Hospital. Mrs. Julia Carr, president; Mrs. Alice Ennis, secretary; Mrs. Minnie Har- vey, treasurer. Look up. Lift up. ‘The Third Year Class of Morgan Gollege will render the program for the. Riddick Chapter Epworth League of Centennial M. E. Church, corner Caroline and Bank streets, Sunday, April 28, at 4:30 P. M. Come bring your friends, Offer- ing at'the door. Mr. Gant Holt, president of the class; Mme. Helen ‘A. Cooper, president of the league; Mr. C. Wilbert Harris, 4th vice president; Rev. D. W. Shaw, D. D., pastor. - ‘Twelfth anniversary. celebration of the. William Jones ‘Association and Spring Contest at Asbury Hall, Lexington street and Rogers ave- nue, Monday evening, April 29, 1912. Come and hear the Roose- velt Singers. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission 10 cents. Cornelius Jones, president; H. L. Caution, captain; Elias . Murray, com. of arrangements; Bertina Brown, pianist; Josephine Jones, Jane Henson, L. Patterson. tveed the Afro-American :. Will be held at Leadenhall Street Baptist Church, between Henrietta and Hamburg street, Sundag, May 12th, 1912, at 3 p.m., Rev. P. N. F. Wm. A. Creditt, LL. D., of Cherry Street Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pa., will deliver the Sermon. All members of the Order will assemble in the Secture Room of the Church at 2 P. M., in Full Regalia. Do not miss hearing "ABIGAIL" The sweet Songbird of the Southland, in a Sacred Musical and Dramatic Program, assisted by the talented Pianist, Miss Clara W. Stanley, and the unexcelled Dramatic Reader, adam L. F. Jones, at each of the following Churches: Thursday, May 2. 8 p. m., Union Baptist Church, Sparrows Point. Friday, May 3. 8 p. m., Perkins Sq. Bapt. Church, George & Ogston Sts. Thursday, May 9. 8 p. m., Trinity Baptist Church, 23rd St. and Guildford Av. Sunday, May 14. 8 p. m., St Paul M. E. Church, Saratoga and Calhoun Sts. Thursday, May 16. 8 p. m., Penna. Ave. A. M. E. Zion Church, Pennsylvania Ave. and Honnul St. Do not fail to hear this great singer. May is the only month she will sing in Bermore before leaving for California to begin a tour of the Western States. Admission Adults 15 Cents. Children 10 Cents at the door. MURRAY-In sad but fond remembrance of our dear father, Nelson H. Murray, who departed this life one year ago today, April 24, 1911. Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep From which he'll never wake to weep, A calm and undistubed repose, Unbroken by the last of foes. By his daughter, Rosetta, and his sons, William, Joseph, and Lewis. STEWAR1—In sad but loving rememrance of my dear mother, Caroline G. Stewart, who departed this life April 7, 1897, 15 years ago today. Mother is gone and how we miss her She has only gone before By and by I expect to meet her Where all parting will be over. God called her home, it was His will But in my heart I have her still, Her memory is as dear today As it was when she passed away. Her work on earth is ended Her toils and cares are o'er She has gone to dwell with Jesus Over on the other shore. In her health she sought the Saviour In affliction He was by her side And in death He sent a guardian angel Safely her spirit to Heaven guide. By her son, Geo. A. Stanley. COLBERT—In sad but loving remembrance of our dear daughter and sister, Annie E. Colbert, who departed this life one year ago April 30, 1911. In the grave yard softly sleeping Where the flowers gently wave, Lies the one I loved so dearly In her lonely silent grave. By her loving mother, Victoria A. Butler. Dear sister, how could we give you up? You, whom we loved so dearly, It was hard to drink the bitter cup And say the word farewell. By her devoted sisters, Nettie and Katherine. OVELTON—In sad but loving remembrance of my dear husband, Thomas R. Ovelton, who departed this life one year ago Thursday, April 25, 1911. I often sit and think of you When I am all alone, For memory is the only thing That grief can call its own. Days of sadness still come over me Tears of sorrow silently flow Fond memory keeps my husband near me Though Heaven claimed him one year ago. His loving wife, H. Ella Ovelton. BAILEY—In sad but loving remembrance of my dear wife, Mattie Bailey, who departed this life three years ago today, April 17th, 1909. Gone but not forgotten, Sleep, dear wife, seet be thy rest From all care all earthly test But how my saddened heart does swell And how I miss you no heart can tell. By her loving husband, J. H. Bailey, 1379 N. Carey street. YOUNG—In sad but loving remembrance of our dear daughter and sister, Ethel S. who died one year ago today; April 24, 1911. How slender is life's tender cord, How soon 'tis broken here; How soon 'tis broken here; Each moment brings a parting word. By Ree The Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Will Present Witty's 'FRG On the Evenings of Sunday May IN THE MAIN AUDITOR Orchard St. near D The production will be notable for the fo CALCIUM EFFECTS! KERR'S AUGMENT George A. Owens, Superintendent. John A. Holmes, Minister. And many a falling tear. God called her home, it was His will, But in our hearts we love her still; Her memory is as clear today. As in the hour she passed away. By the beautiful gates she stands and waits, Our dear one from pain set free; We shall clasp her hand in that Heavenly land, When the hinges turn for us. By her parents, sister and brother. YOUNG—In sad but loving remembrance of our dear niece, Ethel Southall Young, who departed this life one year ago, April 24, 1911. T'was morning when the Master's voice Called softly, "Come and rest," She smiled and sweetly answered, "Yes, my mind on Thee is stayed And through the valley of death I'll walk with Thee, I am not afraid." Whenever we speak her loving name Our eyes with tears are wet For one we loved so dearly And one we can't forget. Her heart was true Her life was young Yet not our will But God's was done. By her uncle and aunt, William and Kate Gwathney. THOMAS—In sad but loving remembrance of my dear friend, John H. Thomas, who departed this life one year ago, April 23, 1911. We wish to thank our many friends for their sympathy and floral tributes in the illness and death of our husband and father. Mrs. J. F. Murray and Annitta E. Murray. WATCH THIS ..SPACE.. ```markdown ``` Pitts' Park Opening quest ipal Sunday School MANGER TO CROSS" THE AFRO-AMERICAN-LEDGER HELP PROVIDENT HOSPITAL "THE ROSE OF ALLAH" By Mr. Lewis H. Murray At Albaugh's Theatre Friday, May 3rd, 1912, at 8.15 P. M. WITH MR. TRAVIS M. TUCKER And Mme. Anna Hazelton-Lee, Mme. Lillian Dolman-Weaver, Mme. Pauline Jackson-Stevens, Mr. Otho Church, Mr. Lincoln Weaver and Historical Romance Of The American Negro. By Charles H. Fowler, M. D. The greatest book of its kind published. Nothing like it on the book market. This book presents the trials, efforts and achievements of the Negro race from the first agitation of the slave question to the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt, all woven in the form of a pleasing romance. The book is instructive, contains much valuable data and is beautifully illustrated with fine half tone cuts. Price by mail. $1.00. Send all orders to Dr. C. H. Fowler, 1065 W. Lexington St., Baltimore, Md. Agenta wanted. Send application to Charles H. Fowler, 1065 West Lexington Street, Baltimore, Md. Grand Opera Concert and Piano Recital AT ENON BAPTIST CHURCH, Park Ave. and Dolphin St. Thursday Evening, May 2nd, 1912. Under the auspices of Prof. W. E. Howard This will be one of the finest events of the season. The following talent will appear: Misses Theodoric Jenkins, Mamie Davis, Gertrude Sheridan, Sarah Jackson, Emma Howard, Pauline Barnes, Mary J. Gould. Miss Lula Richardson, Soloist. Messrs. Howard E. Smith, James H. Bell, Wm. Young, Grant Holt, Wm. T. Bell and Samuel Smith. Admission 25 Cents. Rev. Jones Watkins, D. D., Pastor. PASTORAL RECEPTION... Will be Given at ST. JOHN'S A. M. E. CHURCH Lexington St., near Pine Monday Eve'g, April 29th, 1912, under the auspices of the Ladies of the Church Admission 15 Cents Refreshments Free Mrs. Fannie Chew, Chair. Mrs. Rachel Hackett, Sev. Rev. L. S. Flagg, Pastor We cordially invite our members and friends to attend The noted Fisk Jubilee Singers, of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., will give a Musical Concert, at Union Baptist Church, Tuesday, April 30th, 1912, at 8 P. M. These singers are giving concerts for colored audiences for the first time in its history, and this will be the only opportunity we will have to hear them probably for many years to come. CARDS OF ADMISSION ONLY 25 CENTS. "In the House of Simon the Pharisee." You and your friends are cordially invited to attend and enjoy the rendition of this beautiful and inspiring sacred cantata by the choir of the Trinity Baptist Church AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Caroline and McElderry streets, Sunday Afternoon April 28, 1912, at 6 o'clock sharp Exercises in the main auditorium under the auspices of the B.Y.P.U. Positively free will offering at the door. Miss Bertha Brownley, president; Mr. Raymond Anderson, chairman of the progam committee; Mrs. H. O. Wilson, accompanist; Mr. George S. White, director; Rev. P. C. Neal, A. M., pastor. ```markdown ``` Such as the Stay-On, Shur-Fit, Stick-Tite, Etc. Fitted With Our Famous "Duplex Crystal Lenses" AN AMAZING OFFER! P. S.—Prescription or Compound Lenses at Reduced Prices. Wednesday Eve'g, May 1- Galilean Fishermen Hall 8 to 1.30, Music by Kerr's Orchestra Percy Ilidout, President Warrenton Bowman, Secretary Lester Rice, Treasurer Cards of Admission 25 Cents $1 For Six Days Only Our scientific examination of your eyes by our graduate "DOCTOR OF OPTICS" (not an OPTICIAN) is alone worth $5.00, and of which thinking people will take advantage Every Mounting Guaranteed. 14-kt. Gold Shell and for 20 years sold at the leading optical concerns at from $3.50 to $5.00; complete with our Famous Lenses and our Doctor's Examinations this week for..... $1.00 Bi-focal Glasses this week also at..... $1.00 Don't Forget the Name Mrs. Helen Cooper, President. 8 p. m., Grand Sacred Music Concert given by the Commonwealth Concert Band assisted by Singers and Speakers Silver Offering at the Door. AMES MEM. M. E. CHURCH, Carey and Baker Sts. Rev. D. D. Turpeau, Pastor. Sunday, April 21th, 1912 11 a. m., sermon by the Pastor. Subject "Joseph" 2 30 p. m., Sunday School. 5 p. m., Special program by the E. L. with visitors from the A. M. E. Conference. 8 p. m., sermon by a member from the Conference. All invited and welcome ST. PAUL M. E. CHURCH Rev. S. H. Norwood, Pastor 3 p. m., Sermon.bv Rev. Wm. Matthews, of Forest Grove, Md. 8 p. m., Rev. David Johnson; of the Baltimore Annual Conference. Sacramental Sermon. JOHN WESLEY M. E. CHURCH, Sharp and Montgomery Sts. Dr. Ernest Lyon, Pastor. 11 a. m. Preaching 2.30 p. m. Sunday School 8 p. m. Preaching EASTERN M. E. CHURCH McElderry St., and Patterson Park Ave. Rev. S. R. Hughes, Pastor. 11 a. m., Sermon by pastor. Subj: "The Pulpit and Pew." 2 p. m., Sunday School 6 p. m., Epworth League. Bro. John M. Earnes, Pres. 8 p. m., Sermon by pastor. Subject: "What are they doing in Heaven? All Cordially invited The Parsonage Committee will give a May Festival Monday evening. May 6. WHATCOAT M. E. CHURCH, Franklin and Pine Sts. "King's Hill" Rev. Alfred Young, Pastor. 11 a. m., Sermon by the Pastor, subject "The Handwriting on the Wall and the Handwriting on the Sinking Ship." 3 p. m., Sunday School 4.30 p. m., Epworth League 8 p.m., Special Sermon by the Pastor Grand Rally All Day. Everybody welcome SOCIAL BAPTIST CHURCH Parrish street, nr. Riggs Avenue 11 a. m. sermon by pastor 2.30 Sunday School Second Sunday communion 8 p. m. sermon by Rev. T. W. Lane Rev. John Seigal, Pastor By Prof. Chas. Stewart - Col. Midnight—the well known newspaper correspondent and lecturer, at Trinity A. M. E. Church, Monday evening, April 29, 1912, under the auspices of W. M. M. Society. Don't fail to hear this noted speaker who will tell some interesting incidents and happenings in his travels through the country. Tickets 10 cents. Mrs. M. L. Gaines, president; Mrs. M. Pinder, financial secretary; Mrs. H. E. Frey, recording secretary; Rev. A. L. Gains, pastor. Boys Day in the Epworth League of Whatcoat M. E. Church, Pine and Franklin streets, Sunday, April 28th at 4:30 P. M. Mr. C. A. Carey and the boys of Waters A. M. E. Church will render a splendid program. M. Edyth Cooper, president; Rev. A. Young, pastor. Asbury M. E. Sunday School cordially invites the public to the celebration of its 86th anniversary, Sunday, April 23, 1912, at the church, corner East and Lexington streets. At eleven in the morning, the pastor, Rev. C. G. Cummings, will preach the anniversary sermon. At 2.30, the primary department will render exercises. At 7.30 P. M., the senior department, assisted by talent from First Baptist, Waters A. M. E., and Centennial M. E. Sunday Schools, will render an interesting literary and musical program. Mr. Charles T. Stewart, superintendent; Leon Carrington, chairman of the anniversary committee; Rev. C. G. Cummings, pastor. GIVE ME A TRIAL Satisfaction Guaranteed HARRISON M. DODD 1410 East Monument Street Merchant Tailor KNEE PANTS MFG. Gents Suits to Order $16 and up Boys Suits to Order $8 and up Trousers to Order $4 and up FREE A cap made to order with every boy's suit. A dress shirt with every Gent's suit. Call or drop postal. Will show samples. FOR SALE — Two latrobe stoves and marble mantle-piece. First class equal to new. Apply 2028 Duid Hill avenue. ST. JOHN'S A. M. E. CHURCH, Lexington St. near Pine. Rev. L. S. Flagg, Pastor. 11 a. m. Preaching. 2.30 p. m. Sunday School. 6.30 p. m., A. C. E. L. Meeting Joseph Holman, Pres. 8 p. m. Preaching. HANDY MEM. A. M. E. CHURCH Cor. Baker and Bruce Sts. Rev. John Offer Custis, Pastor. 1514 Druid Hill Ave. 11 a. m., Preaching 2.30 p. m., Sunday School 8 p. m., Evangelistic Service. Special invitation to all beginning a new conference year. H. W. Hiner, Supt. WATERS A. M. E. CHURCH Aisquith St., near Jefferson. Rev. Dr. M. F. Sydes, Pastor. 427 Aisquith Street 11 a.m. Reopening Services by the Pastor 2.30 p.m., Sunday School 8 p.m. Preaching by Rev. R. E. Ford, presiding elder. Star Concert given by Miss Mayme Woodford and company on Monday evening, May 6, 1912. Tickets 10 cents Rev. J. W. Norris, Pastor Progressive Circle Day. 11 a. m., sermon by Rev. Thomas Hehron, of New York. 2.30 p. m., Sunday School 3.30 p. m., sermon by Rev. C. H. Stepteau, D.D. 6 p. m., Allen C. E. League 8 p. m., Sermon by the Pastor to the Chaldeans. TRINITY A. M. E. CHURCH, Rev. A. L. Gaines, D. D., Pastor 11 a. m., Sermon by Rev, Chas. Stewart. 2.30 p. m., Sunday School Exercises. 6.30 p. m., Allen G. E. League. 8 p. m. Sermon by Pastor. Miss A. L. Martin, Pres. T. J. Holliday, Supt. PAYNE MEM. A. M. E. CHURCH Laurens and Callioun Streets Rev. J. G. Martin, Pastor. 11 a. m., Preaching by Pastor. 2.30 p. m., Sunday School. Epworth League services. 8 p. m., preaching. Class Meeting Tuesday nights—All classes meet. ST. JAME'S U. A. M. E. CHURCH Dover street near Fremont avenue 11.30 a. m., Sermon by the pastor to the Tribe of Gideon 3 p. m., Sermon by Rev. Scribner 8.30 p. m., Sermon by Presiding Elder Accoe to the Tribe of Gad. All are welcome PLENN. A. M. E. ZION CHURCH Rev. E. D. W. Janes, D. D., Pastor 11 a. m., Rev. W. E. Shaw, a missionary to South Africa will prerch. 2.30 p. m., School hour 4 p. m., Class Meeting 6 p. m., Christian Endeavor. 8 p. m., Sermon by Bishop Alsxander Walters. GILLIS MEM. M. P. CHURCH Stockton Street near W. Baltiunre Rev. B. H. Knight, Pastor 10 a m., Class 11. a. m., Rev. Arthur White 2 p. m., Sunday School 6.30 p. m., C. E. D. 8 p. m., Sermon by Allen Lodge No. 4 and Golden Link Lodge, No. 44. K. of P., by the Pastor. CHRIST INSTITUTION Ensor Street. Rev. Dr. G. W. Kennard, pastor 11 a. m., Rev. G. W. Kennard. 2.30 p. m., Sunday School 8 p. m., Rev. J. Spence. GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CU. Dolphin and Etting Street Rev. W. Edward Williams, Min. 11 a. m., Sermon, "The Age-Long Conflict" 3 p. m., Sunday School 8 p. m., Sermon "The Christ Life" Prayer Meeting and Lecture Wed- nesday, 9 p. m. Seats free. All welcome. William Anderson, Supt. Miss Ruth Lee, Directress Miss Margaret Rusk, Organist ASBURY M. E. CHURCH Lexington and East Sts. Rev. C. G. Cummings, B. D. Pastor. 88th Anniversary of Sunday School 9.30 a. m., Bible Class. 11 a. m., Anniversary Sermon by the Pastor. 2.30 p. m., Sunday School Exercises by Junior Department. 5 p. m., Epworth League 8 p. m., Senior Department, Strangers Cordially Welcomed Chas. T. Stewart, Supt. Mrs. Laura Thomas, Pres. E. L. You are cordially invited to be present at services, Sunday, April 28, 1912, at 5 p. m.-Helping Hand Day. Miss Emma Mitchell, presiding. Miss Anderson, of Morgan College, will have charge of the program. M. E. Murphy. Pres. E. E. Bright. Sec. PUBLIC MEETING In the interest of the Maryland State Normal School No. 3, under the auspices of the Alumni of the above school at St. Paul M. E. Church, Saratoga street near Carey Friday, April 26, 1912 at 8 P. M. Prof. Kelly Miller, of Howard University, will speak. Musical program by some of Baltimore's best talent. --- STORIES BY THE TITANIC'S SURVIVORS NEVER in maritime history had there been a sadder scene than was witnessed Thursday night when the Cunard steamer Carpathia came to her dock at her pier in New York bearing the survivors of the passengers and crew of the loss Titanic. Of these there were but a pitiful 652 left, or less than one third of those aboard the world's greatest "insinkable" floating palace. Many of the survivors were ill, some of them dangerously so, others were in a state of nervous collapse from the shock, and still others were reported on the verge of insanity. Among them were newly made widows, while many, perhaps a majority, had been torn from loved ones in the last black hour before the gigantic liner had gone down. Mrs. Candee's Graphic Story. Mrs. Churchill Candes of Washington gave the following account of the disaster: "I returned to my cabin shortly after 11 and had barely entered it when there were two terrific shocks, one immediately following the other. I was thrown to the floor and as soon as possible ran out into the companionway. There I met some passengers and went up to the ainin deck. As we were passing through the saloon a passenger ran through with a cake of ice and called out, 'Ice-fire from the iceberg!' There was absolutely no excitement, and the smatter was not regarded seriously, although steam was escaping from one of the smokestacks, the others apparently being silent. "The night was clear and cold, and I is seemed incredible that anything serious had happened. However, the order soon came to go down and put on heavy wraps and life preservers and return to the deck. We learned that the entire bottom had dropped out of the ship and the fires of all cast three of the boilers had dropped into the ocean. The order soon came to take to the lifeboats. I was in one of the first that was lowered. There was no disorder or confusion, and all of the women and children passengers in the first, second and third cabin were treated alike. "The order was immediately given to launch the boats, and both on the port and starboard sides the orders were carried out in an admirable manner. Only one collapsible boat was broken, but otherwise all the other lifeboats were safely launched. By the time the last boat cleared the船 she had sunk to the level of the second deck. Only two hours had elapsed. "She was settling fast at this timedow down. At the last she was poised for about thirty seconds with her stern clear of the water, then slipped gradually into oblivion. There was no snout whatever when she went down although there were horrible sounds of explosions, cries, etc. Up to this time the action of the men had been very courageous. Last Seen of Colonel Aster. "Colonel Astor was last seen standing on the top deck. All women and children were taken off except those who refused to leave. Mrs. Isikin Straus refused to leave her husband and went down. "The seamen after the boat went down were terrific. The people in the water struggled and fought. Many were picked up by the boats, although the boat I was in did not pick up any. The captain was seen hanging to a raft for some minutes and then slipped off. "The next morning we found we were in an ice field that they say was from fifty to a hundred miles in length. The iceberg we ran into was clearly to be seen. It had two enormous peaks, and it appeared to be very huge. The quartermaster, who was on the bridge at the time of the accident and who was at the helm of our life boat, said they were making full speed, and although the night was clear, they had absolutely no idea of any danger. The first they knew of the proximity of the iceberg was when the crash came. They were under orders to make 540 knots. Early the next morning we were taken up by the Carpathia." Saw No Evidence of Cowardice. "The crash came at 11:40," said one woman. "The lights of the Titanic went out at 2:20 o'clock. I saw no evidences of cowardice." "Women and children, frightened by the prospect of being set adrift upon the dark and ice strenuous ocean, refused to enter the lifeboats," said another of the rescued passengers. "Some of the boats were launched with only fifteen or twenty on board them, although they could have held seventy-five." Passengers Shot by Officers. Mr. and Mrs. Washington Dodge of San Francisco declared that some of the passengers fought with such des- ```markdown ``` peration to get into the lifeboats that the officers shot them and their bodies fell into the ocean. They said also that they saw John Jacob Astor and Major Burt standing together on the Titanic's deck and that they must have gone to death together. Mrs. Isidor Straus refused to leave her husband, they said. Many passengers agreed in the statement that 688 were rescued and that four died in the lifeboats and two died on board the Carpathia. One of the steerage passengers was buried at sea. Stories of all agreed that the Titanic struck the feberg at 11:45 o'clock, that she sank at 2:25 and that they were picked up by the Carpathia at 4:30. Four Lifeboats Drawn Down. William Jones, a Titanic stoker, who manned one of the lifeboats, said he was 700 yards away when the vessel sank and that he saw four lifeboats filled with women drawn down. Two women in his boat died of exposure. Margaret Hayes of New York city said: "When I was put into a lifeboat I found a two-year-old baby girl in my arms. I do not know who placed it there, nor who its mother is. I have been taking care of it ever since." Daniel T. Bailey, who lives at the Marlborough hotel in New York city, said: "I was adrift alone on a raft for six hours. I saw a woman in night clothing near by, swam to her side and dragged her to the raft. She was unconscious and slipped off into the water and was drowned." Mrs. Regina Steinert of New York city, who was a passenger on the Carpathia, said that when the $^6$Carpathia reached the scene of the disaster sixteen lifeboats filled with survivors were found floating in the sea of ice. All were taken on board and passengers rived with the crew in rendering aid. "The survivors were lying in the bottom of the boats, all alive, but the majority of them unconscious," she said. "Many were suffering terribly from the exposure, and many were already frozen. That afternoon about twenty of the survivors died, and four were given burial at sea immediately." Statement by Ismay. J. Bruce Isamay, president of the International Megaparticle. Marine com- Copyright, 1912, by American Press A CARPATHIA AT pany, when he left the Carpathian went to the office of the general agent on the pier. There he received the newspaper representatives and, after a few preliminary remarks, gave out a typewritten statement in which he said that he was in the last starboard collapsible lifebelt when he left the ship. He stated that he did not know what speed the Titanic was going at when she struck the iceberg, but the collision was one of a glancing blow, and on Monday morning, between 10 and 11 o'clock, he claims to have sent a wireless message. In his statement Mr. Ismay said: "In the presence and under the shadow of a catastrophe so overwhelming my feelings are too deep for expression in words. I can only say that the White Star Line officers and employees, will be writing him possible to suffer." THE AFRO=AMERICAN=LEDGER sorrows of survivors and of the relatives and friends of those who perished. The Titanic was the last word in shipbuilding. Every regulation prescribed by the British board of trade had been strictly complied with. The master, officers and crew were the most experienced and skillful in the British service. I am informed that a committee of the United States senate was appointed to investigate the circumstances of the accident. I heartily welcome the most complete and exhaustive inquiry, and any aid that I or my associates, our builders or navigators, can render is at the service of the public and the governments of the United States and Great Britain. And under these circumstances I must respectfully defer making any statement at this hour." Major Butt a Hero. One survivor asserts he saw Major Butt, aid. to President Taft, play a hero's part before he died. "An hour after the boat sank I hung on to a collapsible lifeboat for two hours and a half. Then I was picked up," said this man. "The last thing I saw was a man they say was Major Butt standing on the forward deck that was already under water. "He was holding back men who were fighting to get into boats that were putting off with women." First Woman Off Titanic. Mrs. Dickinson Bishop of Detroit, Mich., said: "I was the first woman in the first boat. I was in the boat four hours before being picked up by the Carpathia. I was in bed at the time the crash came and got up and dressed. I went back to bed upon being assured that there was no danger. On the deck, when I reached it, there was little or no panic." Told Ship Could Not Sink. N. C. Chambers said that the Titanic struck the iceberg head on. The passengers ran out, but being assured by the officers that the ship could not sink went back to their staterooms. After about two hours the alarm was sent out and the passengers started to enter the lifeboats. Mr. Chambers said that there was nothing like a Association. T HER DOCK LOWERING TITAN panic at first, as all believed that there were plenty of lifeboats to go around. Mrs. Astor Could Not Talk. Pale, trembling, and apparently ill. Mrs. John Jacob Astor was one of the first survivors of the wreck to pass down the Carpathia's gameplank. She stepped from the Carpathia wearing a long black aslastran coat, a small tquee covered by a blue chiffon veil, and at her throat reposed a large diamond and pearl sunburst. Mrs. Astor was completely broken down by the harrowing experience she had passed through, and the loss of her husband, and when asked to say something cried in heartbroken tones "I can't! I can't! I am unspeakably ill!". Mrs. Astor's mental suffering was terrible, though physically she was not much harmed. Physicians gave or- ders that neither she or her maid should be permitted to talk about the Titanic, and this rule was strictly observed. Nevertheless, before the order had been given, she had told Vincent Astor some of her memories. She thought she recalled seeing Colonel Astor by her side. Just before she got into one of the boats. She imagined he was safe, too, and it was only when she was on the Carpathia that she realized he was not among the rescued. Like most of the survivors, Mrs. Astor was too stunned at first to recall any of the incidents of the sinking ship. Other passengers said that Mrs. Astor displayed remarkable courage during the days on the Carpathia, walking about the decks and trying to cheer up other survivors whose sorrow seemed beyond relief. Aster Made Light of Danger. "Colonel Astor was walking the dock at the time the Titania struck the icebergs," said William David, assistant saloon steward on board the Carpathia, in reciting incidents which had been told to him by survivors. "He was approached by a frantic waiter. I was told, and urged to put on a life belt. The waiter had several life belts in his hand. Colonel Astor waved him away. "Pooh," he said, 'this is nothing. There is no need of life belts.' And that was the last seen of Colonel Astor." Band Played "Noarer, My God, to Thee." Mrs. A. A. Dick, who was saved with her husband, told the following story: "The boats lay in the vicinity of the foundering vessel for about an hour. No one believed she could go down. We had been assured to this effect by the captain. But as she began to settle it was soon seen that she was about to go to the bottom, and if we stayed near we would be drawn down with her in the vortex. "The marine band on board did its best to cheer up the waning hopes of the passengers. One or two airs were struck up. It was a spectacle that no one will ever forget. "Suddenly the band stopped. The leader moved his baton. In slow, solitous the air, 'Nearer, My God, to Thee,' was wafted across the water to our ears. "The band played the hymn continuously until their instruments were choked off by the swirling water that closed about their beads as they went to a hero's grave." Steerage Passenger's Experience. A Swede named Oscar Johansen was a steerage passenger on the Titanic. He said he was awakened in his steerage bunk by a sort of grinding, tearing thump at the moment the Titanic struck the leeberg. He run for the deck, but when he reached the saloon he found the band playing some popular air. "The officers of the ship were assuring the people that there was no danger," -said Johansen. "They told me to go back to the steerage and tell the people who knew my tongue that the accident was nothing. I went back, for the band kept on playing and the people in the saloon were leaving also for their beds. An hour after the boat sank. I hung onto one of the collapses. IC'S LIFEBOATS. life boats for two hours and a half. Then I was picked up." Mrs. Paul Shabert of Derby, Conn., said that when the collision occurred she came out on deck and asked one of the stewards if there was any danger, and he said he was afraid they was. Shortly afterward one of the officers shotted. "Ladies first to the boats." Mrs. Henry Stengel of Newark, N.J., said that she witnessed terrible scenes. Chinese stokers hit in the bottom of the lifeboats before they were launched. Men jumped into boatloads of women, injuring them. There were no lights and no provisions. The collision was terrific, but nobody appeared to realize how serious matters were. There appeared to be overconfidence as it was thought that the Titanic was uninhabitable. "I am sure that more might have been saved but it not been for this overconfidence. The boats were undermanned. My husband helped to row a lifeboat. Captain Smith stuck to the bridge like a hero. The behavior of the entire crew was perfer. It was a most beautiful night. The vessel was surrounded by icebergs. Some of the passengers were on the deck of the great liner, enjoying the strange and beautiful scene, when the crash came." Want Down, but Was Saved. Colonel Archibald Grace, U.S.A., the last man saved, went down with the vessel, but was picked up. Colonel Grace told a remarkable story of personal hardship and denied empathically the reports that there had been any panic on board. He praised in the highest terms the behavior of both the pass- SIR JOHN HENRY HENRY CAPTAIN ROSTROM OF THE CABPATHAS-sengers and crew and paid a high tribute to the herosom of the women passengers. "I jumped with the sea," said he, "just as I often have jumped with the breakers at the seabore. By great good fortune I managed to grasp the brass railing on the deck above, and I hung on by might and main. When the ship plunged down I was forced to let go and I was swirled around and around for what seemed to be an interminable time. Eventually I came to the surface to find the sea a mass of tangled wreckage. "Luckily I was unhurt, and casting about managed to seize a wooden graft floating near by. When I had recovered my breath I discovered a larger canvas and cork life raft which had floated up. A man whose name I did not learn was struggling toward it from some wreckage to which he had clung. I cast off and helped him to get on to the raft and we then began the work of rescuing those who had jumped into the sea and were floundering in the water. Hadi to Dery Succor to Others. "When down broke there were thirty of us on the raft, standing knee deep in the key water and afraid to move lost the cranky craft be overturned. Several unfortunate, benumbed and half dead, besought us to save them, and one or two made an effort to reach us, but we had to warn them away. Had we made any effort to save them we all might have perished. "The hours that elapsed before we were picked up by the Carpathia were the longest and most terrible that I ever spent." Colonel Gracie denied with emphasis that any man were fired upon and declared that only once was a revolver discharged. "This was for the purpose of intimidating some of the steerage passengers" he said, "who had tumbled into a boat before it was prepared for launching. This shot was fired in the air, and when the foreigners were told that the next would be directed at them they promptly returned to the deck. There was no confusion and no panic." Contrary to the general expectation there was no jarring impact when the vessel struck, according to the army officer. He was in his berth when the vessel sunashed into the submerged portion of the berg and was aroused by the far. "Before I retired," said Colonel Gracie. "I had a long chase with Charles M. Hays, president of the Grind Trunk railroad. One of the last things Mr. Hays said was this: 'The White Star, the Camard and the Hamburg American lines are devoting their attention and ingenuity in vicing one with the other to attain the supremacy in luxurious ships and in making speed records. The time will soon come when this will be checked by some apalling disaster.' Poor fellow, a few hours later he was dead. "The conduct of Colonel John Jacob Astor was deserving of the highest praise," Colonel Gracie declared. "Colonel Astor," he said, "devoted all his energies to saving his young bride. He helped us in our efforts to get her into the boat. I lifted her into this boat, and as she took her place Colonel Astor requested permission of the second officer to go with her for her own protection. "No, sir," replied the officer, not a man shall go on a boat until the women are all off." Colonel Astor then acquired the number of the boat, which was being lowered away, and then turned to the work of clearing the other boats and in reassuring the frightened and nervous women." Says Fishing Boats Were Near. Mrs. D. W. Marvin, who was on a honeymoon trip with her husband, was prostrated when she reached the pier, as her husband was lost. She said: "He grabbed me in his arms and knocked down men to get me in the boat. As I was put in the boat he cried: 'It's all right, little girl! You go, and I'll stay a little while. I'll put on a life preserver and jump off and follow you.' The boat started off, and he threw a kiss at me. "There were fishing boats about the boat, and I think others must have been saved. Dan and I saw them before we went to our room. The men whom I saw were brave, for they pushed inside others when the cowards made for the boats before the women." "For God's Sake, Go!" Jacques Futrelle, the author, was one of the first cabin passengers who parted with his wife and steadfastly refused to accept a chance to enter a lifeboat when he knew that the Titanic was sinking under him. The story of how her husband went to his death was told times by Mrs. Futrelle: "When the Titanic hit the keeberg there was the most appalling excitement," said Mrs. Futrelle, "and who, after they have passed through such an experience, could blame those poor people for the panic that overwhelmed some of them? "I do not doubt that my husband is dead, but even that knowledge cannot make me suffer more. There could be nothing worse than the mental anguish through which I have passed since we were rescued. "Jacques is dead, but he dled like a hero; that I know. Three or four times after the crash I rushed up to him and clasped him in my arms and begged him to get into one of the lifeboats. "For God's sake, go! he fairly screamed at me, as he tried to push me away, and I could see how he suffered. It's your last chance—go! Then one of the ship's officers forced me into a lifeboat, and I gave up all hope that he could be saved." Calls Captain Smith a Hero. "Captain Smith was the biggest hero I ever saw. He stood on the bridge and shouted through a megaphone, trying to make himself heard. The crew obeyed his orders as well as could be expected," said Robert W. Daniel of Philadelphia. "Five minutes after the crash everybody seemed to have gone insane. Men and women fought, bit and scratched to be in line for the lifeboats. Look at my black eye and cut chin. I got these in the fight. "Then Captain Smith seemed to get some order, and the passengers were sent to the fore and att of the boat." Men Gave Garments to Women. Miss Gretchen Longley, daughter of former Judge Longley of Hudson, N. X. told this story of her experiences: "When we got to the deck we found a number of people gathering and heard the order to lower the boats given. Before we left another iceberg came along and scraped the sides, forcing ice through the portholes. I think that there were people on board the ship when she sunk who died THE MARRIAGE OF THE MEN 1912, by American Press Association. ITTANG SURVIVORS LEAVING THE CARPATHIA. without knowing that she had struck and who did not realize anything was wrong until the water rushed into their staterooms. "The men behaved splendidly. We were undressed in the bitter cold. The men in the lifeboat gave us their garments to protect us." "My Husband Was a Brave Man." Mrs. Henry B. Harris was hysterical when she on shore. She was met by a party of friends. She fell into the arms of her brother-in-law, crying, "My God! Poor Harry! He wanted to get into the lifeboats, but he stopped back. He was a brave man." EVENT OF NATION WIDE INTEREST Association For Race Uplift to Meet April 28 to 38. MANY NOTABLES ON PROGRAM Organization Composed of Prominent Men and Women of Both Races Takes Firm Stand Against Lynching--Believes In Equal Justice and Opportunity For Afro-Americans. Chicago.--The fourth annual meeting of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People will be held in this city for two days, beginning on Sunday afternoon, April 28, at which time the exercises will be held in the new Sinai temple. Miss Jane Addams will preside. The speakers for this session of the conference will be Dr. Emil G. Hirsch, Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard of New York and Professor William Pickens. This will be the first time the association has arranged for an annual meeting in the middle west, and as Chicago is easily reached from all sections the management expects a large representation of members, visitors and other persons directly concerned in human welfare. The sessions on Monday and Tuesday will be held in Handel hall. At the afternoon meeting on Monday Mr. Sherman C. Kingsley will preside. The speakers will be Dr. W. E. B. Du Bols, the eminent scholar, author, editor and lecturer, and Judge E. O. Brown of the appellate court. At the evening sessions Bishop K. T. Lee of Ohio will preside and will speak on "The Rules of the Strong." Miss Julia Lattrop of Hull House will open the discussion following Bishop Lee's speech. I. M. Rubinow of New York, Charles Edward Russell, magazine writer, and Professor Kelly Miller of Washington will be among the speakers. On Tuesday morning reports will be received from the different sections of the country. A reception will be held at Hull House Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Emmons Blaine will preside at the final meeting, which will be devoted to a discussion of "The Negro in the City." Among those on the program are Mrs. Ella Flugg Young, superintendent of schools; Mrs. Ida Wells Barnett, John H. Walker, president of the United Mine Workers of Illinois, and Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones. In the list of topics for discussion are: "The Negro's Progress During the Year." "Help For the Negro From the Silent South." "The Year's Record of Lynching and Other Manifestations of Mob Law." "Problems of Urban Life." "Segregation of the Negro." "Disfranchisement." "The Kansas City Dynamite Outrage." "The Psychology of Race Prejudice." "Denial of the Negro's Civil Rights in the North." The call for the convention declares its purpose in the following statement: its purpose in the following way: "The purpose of the association, according to the call sent out by its officers, is to uplift the colored man and women of this country by securing to them the full enjoyment of their rights as citizens, insist in all the courts, and equality of opportunity everywhere." The association upholds the doctrine of all men up and no man down. It abhors Negro crime, but still more the conditions which breed crime and most of all the crimes committed by mobs in the mockery of the law or by individuals in the name of the law. It believes that the scientific truths of the Negro problem must be available to uplift the colored man and aid the white man to peace and social content. "Lynchings in the United States during 1911 were many and terrible. The number recorded is seventy-one, eight white and sixty-three colored, but unquestionably not all are reported. Many entirely innocent persons are among the victims. Titus in the lynching at Lake City. Fla., six Negroes were strung up as targets to be riddled with bullets in revenge for the killing of one white man. In Oklahoma, Georgia and Kentucky innocent men have died deaths of torture at the hands of the mobs. Women, too, have been among the victims. As the terrible happenings have occurred the association has written to the governors of the various states demanding the punishment of the criminals. They sent courteous replies, but the end of the year 1911 saw no lyncher punished." District Republican Clubs Unite. The cooled Republican clubs of the Seventeenth assembly district in Kings county, New York, have united their forces for the purpose of doing effective campaign work in the coming national election. Mr. John H. Smith, long time prominent in Republican politics in the county, was elected executive member. He will represent the wishes of the voters in the councils of the general county committee, of which Mr. Lewis M. Swasey is chief. Higher and Industrial Education. Leaders of thought and action in educational affairs are pretty much agreed that for the successful uplift of the masses of the race both higher and industrial education should be given. The race needs above all else trained leaders in order to reach all classes and conditions. No one line of education should be lauded to the disadvantage of the other. UNIVERSITY AMONG PACIFIC FAULTS Matters of National Legislation Arouse Much Interest. VALUE OF WAR AMENOMENTS. Possibility of Endangering the Citizenship of Colored Americans Gives Rise to Nation Wide Inquiry—Note of Warning Against Any Unnecessary Changes in the Organic Law. Washington.—The often repeated statements by prominent colored men, as well as by prominent white men, that the Negro should evince more interest in and concern for the many economic questions that are up for discussion and solution instead of sticking so close to the race problem appears to be harkened to if the hundreds of letters pouring in to prominent men of Washington from colored men in every section of the country can be accepted as an interest and concern. These letters bear on the so called baltimore, referendum and recall of decisions now widely discussed and agitated from coast to coast. It appears that the colored people of be country, and especially those in the south and close northern states, have suddenly awakened to the fact that such a change might contain a "sleeper" that would completely nullify the fourth and fifteenth amendments to the federal constitution as any repeal of them by congress. There is not a single question under discussion today the finality of which does not affect in some measure the colored people. A small question bearing innermostness may only obstruct large issues, the adoption of which may mean wear or woe for the race. The referendum is a high sounding word, and because of this fact many of our people may be deceived into the belief that they are beyond its reach. As citizens we sometimes feel that we do not always get the same justice in courts of law and from juries that is meted out to others. But this fact should not argue against the stability of our institutions, which are the product of laws that are permanent and organic. Sentiment Rules Rather Than Law. Sentiment Rules Rather Than Law. If the Negro does not always get what is due to him in the courts when the issue is a denial of his civil rights it is not because of the nonexistence of the statute in his favor, but rather because of the existence of a local sentiment which is often substituted for a verdict in his favor. Regardless of these iniquities, the law remains fixed in the statutes, and his psychological moment may eventually come when he and those rights to which he is entitled will be on a par with any other man's rights and justice will be awarded him. But not so if the fixed laws are to be changed by those who have not the interest of the whole people at heart. Suppose in any community a question of denial to the Negro of certain rights was proposed under the recall of decisions. What would happen? A majority of the people, being white and more or less infected with race prejudice, would vote these rights away from him, and all the Negro votes in the country would not be able to stem the tide. Under the Australian ballot system of voting, where secrecy is jealously observed and preserved, this could be done by white men, regardless of party affiliations, who publicly profess friendship for the colored people. Again, suppose a southern state should pass a law disfranchising the Negro, or any northern state, for the matter of that. That disfranchising law would immediately get into the courts and, on appeal to the supreme court, would be held unconstitutional. Then if the right to recall decisions existed the decision of the court would be taken before the people and by them reversed and the constitutionality of the law confirmed, and the Negro would be out of politics and out of every right vouchsafed by the constitution. There is hardly a state in the south where the entire white vote would not be cast for the disfranchisement of the Negro. To say that the race is much alarmed over the possibility of such a law being enacted is putting it mildly. Annual Meeting of Alumni Association. The Rev. Dr. William Maurice Moss, corresponding secretary for the Alumni Association of the Virginia Union university, Richmond, Va., has issued a call for the annual meeting of the association, which will be held at the university on Tuesday, May 14. An effort is being made to reach every alumnus, as the coming meeting of the organization will be one of great importance to every graduate of the schools merged into the present institution. Those who expect to be present are requested to communicate with the corresponding secretary, whose address is 355 Cumberland street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Lynchings illustrated on Post Cards. Postal cards bearing foreign print which reproduce in horrible detail lynchings in the south are said to be circulating in the United States. According to the description given, one card shows a group of seventy white men and boys standing in a semicircle with the dead body of a colored man in the center of the picture. THE AFRO-AMERICAN-LEDGER COLONEL MAILED AS "INDUSTRIAL MOSES." Lawrence Strike Makes Voters Think, Also Slur on Pennsylvania Victory----Rank and File In Victorious Line. Boston. — Whatever the so called "Taft sentiment" might have been ten days ago, today it is all for Roosevelt. The conservatives in the Republican ranks—educators, lawyers, business men, farmers, operatives, the backbone of New England—were the first to hear the note sounded by Illinois and Pennsylvania, then taken up by Nebraska and Oregon, and today rock ribbed New England is in line for the one leader that can lead not alone the party, but all the people, to victory. The "third term" is today too weak to echo. It is lost in the same ridicule that meets Congressman Gardner's unconsciously humorous demand that the colonel meet him in "joint debate." The colonel has shown so strongly as THE man. THE leader, that all classes of Republican voters, assured until now that Taft alone could win, turn toward the misinformers and smilingly utter Missouri's unwritten motto. Of the incidental happenings that have kindled Roosevelt sentiment to enthusiasm none has been stronger than the suering comment of a Boston newspaper that the Roosevelt victory in Pennsylvania was "a triumph for professional reformers and the coal miners." This awakened indignation among the workers, the rank and file of the party, who are always keenest to detect the popular trend. The Pennsylvania workers knew what they wanted and voted accordingly. Those of Massachusetts will do likewise on Tuesday, April 30. The Real Progressive. In no state more than in Massachusetts have the silent voters had more striking cause for real deliberation on the presidential issue, and the leading element in this cause has been the spectacular Lawrence strike. Whatever individual circumstances went to make up that calamity, the fact remains that the strike itself proved the existence of an industrial unrest that could mean only one thing—namely, that the people were dissatisfied and demanded and would bring about a change. Would they re-elect President Taft? How could they re-elect him when the demand for a change was so obvious? Would they elect a Democratic president? Perhaps since there must be a change. But when has the election of a Democratic president ever meant anything but industrial disaster? Who, then, was the real progressive, the man of vigor—an initiative and a referendum in himself—the man of deeds, to whom all the people could look for leadership out of an industrial wilderness? The Workingmen Answered. The Workingmen Answered The Massachusetts workingmen asked this question. The candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt answered it immediately. But Massachusetts, one of the oldest of states and perhaps the most conservative, pauses to breathe before it begins to shout, and in the interim its own child, Maine, declared with emphasis for Roosevelt—Maine, in which the need of a strong, magnetic leader was not half so immediate as in Massachusetts. Nor was Massachusetts deaf to the shouts of Illinois and Pennsylvania. In its conservatism perhaps the Bay State was a little surprised at the magnitude of the Roosevelt victories in the west, but they were the spoken reflections of its own opinion rather than arguments for falling into a line of which Massachusetts was already a part. All For Roosevelt. The clamorous alone—the standparting machine, backed by an almost unanimous party press—did the premature shouting, invoked the dubiously sacred name of "precedent" as argument in favor of party suicide. The silent voters were silent still, waiting for the echo of their own thoughts. They heard it, not from one quarter, but from many, and perhaps no more impressively than from the Connecticut convention, in which the name of Taft was heard in silence, while that of Roosevelt called, forth cheers that were more than significant. New England is aroused and is all for Roosevelt. His candidacy stands for national expediency, surmounting any possible question of precedent. Massachusetts Republicans know it. SUNDAY SCHOOL. Lesson IV.—Second Quarter, For April 28, 1912. THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. Text of the Lesson, Matt. v. 1:12. Memory Verses, 2-8—Golden Text. Matt. v. 3—Commentary Prepared by Rev. D. M. Stearns. the lesson today and the portion from Luke vi suggested to be read with this and which will be our lesson next week look somewhat like the same discourse; but, while the subject matter is similar, the words were spoken on two different occasions. This is seen by comparing Matt. v. 1, and Luke vi. 17. In the former we read that "He went up into a mountain and when He was set His disciples came unto Him," and in the latter, "He came down with them and stood in the plain." Both John the Baptist and Jesus had preaching, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matt. iii. 2, iv. 17), and Jesus had been through all Callie preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all manner of sickness and disease (iv. 23). In Matt. v to vii we have the principles of the kingdom which we then at hand, which was postponed because they rejected it and Him (Luke xi. 11, 12), but which He will set up on the earth at His coming again in glory. The teaching of these chapters does not set before us a life to be lived to procure salvation, but a life that can be lived only by saved people, for it is written, "His sermon came unto Him and he opened His mouth and taught them (verses 1, 2, 3), so that those who say that this sermon suits them and is gospel enough for them do not know utterance condemns all pride and self-sufficiency. Just as the first of the Ten Commandments lays all low in the dust and brings in the whole world guilty before God (Hom. iii. 19). There is a wonderful analogy between these beauties of our lesson and the petitions of the prayer in chapter vi. 9,15, commonly known as the Lord's Prayer, more correctly the disciples' prayer, an epitome of all true prayer. Only such as are saved, who have become children of God by receiving Jesus Christ as their Saviour (John i. 12), can truly say "Our Father who art in heaven." John vii. 44. applies to all others. Only the poor in spirit can say "hallowed be Thy name," for all others prefer to magnify their own name. All who mourn because of the Bridegroom's absence and sigh and cry because of the abominations they cannot remove (Matt. ix. 14. 15; Ezek. ix. 4-6) do pray, "Thy kingdom come," and, being meek enough to obey without asking why they can heartily say, "Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven." That will be the kingdom, and nothing less than that will suffice. These first three petitions refer to His name, His kingdom and His will, and suggest to us the Father, the Son, who will subdue all things to Himself and then deliver up the kingdom to the Father (I Cor. xv. 24), and the Spirit, by whom alone the will of God can be wrought in us or on the earth. The other four petitions concern us, as also do the beatitudes because of our relation to God. The hungering and thirsting after righteousness corresponds with "Give us this day our daily bread." The merciful are those who have been forgiven much and are always ready to forgive others. The pure in heart are grieved by the thought of being overcome by temptation and pray not to be led into it, while the children of God who belong to the God of Peace are peacemakers and not peace breakers, like the evil one from whom they pray to be delivered. All such may expect to know much of the hatred and power of the adversary, for all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer by the lord which lie in the wicked one (II Tim. ix. 12; I John v, 10. R. V.; John xv. 18-20; xvii. 14). But, thinking of the kingdom and the glory and that He has said that all who are persecuted for His sake are happy or blessed people, we can by His grace rejoice and joy even be exceeding glad and joy for even when ill treated for His sake (verse 12; Luke vi. 23). The Spirit, through Peter, tells us that we must not think few trials strange things, but rejoice in much as we are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that when His glory shall be revealed we may be glad also with exceeding joy (I Pet. iv. 12. 13). The Spirit, through Paul, says, "The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us" (Rom. vii. 18). It is only as we by His grace manifest this spirit of the kingdom that we can prove ourselves to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world (verses 13. 14). In His last prayer He made it very clear that He considers us as here in His stead, for He said: "I am no more in the world, but these are in the world. As Thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world" (John xvii. 11. 18). 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MORGAN COLLEGE TAKES FIRST PRIZE Declamation Contest Attracts Large Audience To Metropolitan A declamation contest between the students of Morgan College and Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va., attracted an appreciative audience at Metropolitan M. E. Church last Friday night. Miss Esther E. Sewell, of Morgan College, who recited "Horatius," won the first prize. Misses Dee A. Douglass and Roy Johnson, both of Storer College, were awarded the second prize. Grafton L. Moore, Miss Martha I. Boston, and John W. Love were the other representatives of Morgan. Messrs. Riddicks and Helm also represented Storer College. The judges were Rev. W. L. McDowell, of the Roland Park M. E. Church; Rev. L. Z. Johnson, of the Madison Street Presbyterian Church and Prof. George B. Murphy, principal of the Carey Street School. Music was furnished by the glee club and a chorus from the local school. President and Mrs. H. T. McDonald, of Storer College, were among the out-of-town persons present at the contest. Annual Opening The annual opening of Brown's Grove will take place next Thursday and it is expected that more than 2,000 persons will take the opportunity to sail on the remodeled and enlarged steamer Starlight and view the improvements that have been made on the 35 acres that comprise the grove. In having the Starlight remodeled and the grove improved, Messrs. George W. Brown and Walter Langley, the owners of the boat and grove, have spent about $10,-000 within the past few months. They have already booked a large number of dates for excursions for churches and organizations during the summer. These gentlemen are to be highly commended for the strenuous efforts they have put forth to please the excusion going public of this city. Rey L. L. Thomas For Bishop Rev. I. L. Thomas, field agent of the Board of Home Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church, spent several days this week with his family at 2111 Druid Hill avenue. He will leave Saturday for the M. E. General Conference of the M. E. Church, which opens in Minneapolis next Wednesday. He is being urged by many of his friends in various sections of the country to enter the race for the bishopric. Birthday Celebration Mrs. Rachel Henderson, 1123 Division street, celebrated the anniversary of her birthday on Monday evening last. Many of her friends attended the beautiful reception and she was the recipient of numerous handsome presents. Church for "Hardshell" Baptists The Three Hard Shell Baptist Church is the name of a small congregation that is located in Sarah Ann street near Fremont, among "hard shell" people. The congregation will give a "hard shell" entertainment in the near future. Death of Mr. Wm. Mills Mr. Wm. Mills, beloved husband of Mrs. Mary Mills, departed this life on Tuesday, April 23, 1912, at his late residence, 1102 Division street. His funeral was held from his residence Friday, April 26, 1912, at 2 P. M. Rev. Dr. E. Lyon officiated. Interment in Mt. Auburn cemetery. He is survived by his wife and three children and mother, Mrs. G. Mills. CARD OF REGIEC. CARL To King Darius Lodge No. 22. The Lord of Good Hope. G. U. Q. of Good Hope: In answer to correction, I am sorry to agitate this correction, but in justice to myself I am compelled to do so. I hope John R. Gross, W. S., and I. P. Brown, F. S., will wake up and take notice when a communication is received and accepted and not plead ignorance. Now if John R. Gross, W. S., and I. P. Brown, F. S., still persist in agitating this unfortunate affair, I will prove to the public that John R. Gross, W. S., did know of a sermon to be preached to King Darius Lodge No. 22, and also that officers of the Grand Lodge knew of the same. 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Booking excursions now for any place on the Chesapeake or Landings of Maryland waters, for a short excursion period of the month of July, 1912. Write, 'phone or call, WM. LEWIS, Baltimore Excursion Manager, on 3948 M. 1319 Argyle Ave., Baltimore, Md. less Opportunity—Books are now open for secur- Baltimore's favorite Park. —Hustlers on the amusements at Greenwood Park. We will let out for the season amusement or as a whole to right person or persons. WM. WASHINGTON, General Manager. C. WOODLAND, Agent, Catonsville, Md. LET ME SELL YOU A HOUSE Desirable houses for sale in any part of the City. $50.00 to $100.00 balance as same as rent. Pianos and Organs, Pianolas, Victor Victorias on Easy Terms. Any make you may desire. Satisfaction guaranteed. RESIDENCE: 506 BAKER STREET 0-12-9-4t Call Me up or send a Postal and I will be there immediately Over 1100 capacity, seaworthy, swift, fully equipped with every facility. York Harbor. Booking excursions. Bay or River Landings of Maryland 13 days during the month of July. WM. LEWIS, Baltimore Phone Madison 3948 M. Business Opportunities dates to Baltimore's favorite WANTED—Hustlers on the Electric Park. We will right in part or as a whole to re WM. W Phone 54 W. C. WO Phone, Madison, 3778 M. Over 1100 capacity, seaworthy, swift, commodious, wide open daylight Steamer, fully equipped with every facility for excursion purposes, formerly of New York Harbor. Booking excursions now for any place on the Chesapeake Bay or River Landings of Maryland waters, for a short excursion period of 13 days during the month of July, 1912. Write, 'phone or call, WM. LEWIS, Baltimore Excursion Manager, Phone Madison 3948 M. 1319 Argyle Ave., Baltimore, Md. Business Opportunity—Books are now open for securing dates to Baltimore's favorite Park. WANTED—Hustlers on the amusements at Greenwood Electric Park. We will let out for the season amusement right in part or as a whole to right person or persons. right in part or as a whole to right person WM. WASHINGTON, General Manager. Phone 54 W. C. WOODLAND, Agent, Catonsville, Md. 1211 DRUID HILL AVENUE. With a full line of SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES ready to serve you better than before. Prices and payments are less. Repairing of any make of machine at half price an guarantee same. Don't forget number. 121l Druid Hill Ave Dance=Japanese & May Carnival Will be the Closing Dance for the Season, of the JOLLY PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL v.e., May 16th At Fishermen's Auditorium T. Henderson Kerr's Orchestra Japanese Souvenirs, to first 100 ladies and gentlemen ADMISSION 25 CENTS With a full line of SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES ready to serve you better than before. Prices and payments are less. Repairing of any make of machine at half price an guarantee same. Don't forget number. 1211 Druid Hill Ave Closing Dance=Japan Will be the Closing D JOLLY PRO Thursday Eve., May 16th T. Henderson Handsome Japanese Souveni ADMISSION FOR SALE FOR SALE. CHARTER NOW COP THE AFRO-AMERICAN-LEDGER STARLIGHT ...GRAND COMPLIMENTARY OPENING... of Greater Brown's Grove The newly rebuilt Steamer Starlight will make two trips at 8.30 A. M. and 2.30 P. M. Persons not having tickets can secure them at the boat on the morning of May 2nd, at Miller's Wharf, foot of Caroline Street. The Steamer Starlight will leave Miller's Wharf foot of Caroline Street, every Sunday during the 'month of May, at 11 a. m. and 2,30 p. m: --- Fully equipped in every way according to law. Inspected by the government, will be allowed to carry one thousand or more passengers. We are fully able to take your excursion wherever you may desire to go: Havre de Grace, Port Deposit, Chestertown, St. Michael's, Easton, Oxford, Cambridge, Annapolis or to the Well-known Greater Brown's Grove. 30th. Grace Presbyterian Church 2nd. Maryland Union Company and Fountain Lodge. No. 2, Good Hope. 3rd. Rag Men's Association. 6th. Sharon Baptist Church Social and B. Y. P. U, to Port Deposit. 9th. B. & O. Porters. 10th. Syracuse Lodge, No. 23, K. of P. 13th. Johnson's Juveniles, No. 2, of Jobs. 13th. Coral Symphony Oratoria Society. 16th. Alphian Singing Social. 17th. Progressive Order of N. D. P. O. of K. & D. EXCURSION LATER R. H. BUTLER, 10th. St. Matthews M. E. Church and S. S 20th. Allen A.M. E. S. S. 21st. The Glanick: Laberors Association 23rd Seven Star House, No. 7, E. & S., S. & D. of Job. 24th Metropolitan M. E. Sunday School. 26th. G. U. O. of True Reformers to Havre de Grace. 27th. Willing Workers of N. W. Baltimore. 80th. Baptizing—Rev. Bolt's congregation. JULY. 1st. Fresh Air and Empty Stocking Circle. 4th. Furniture Men's Association. 7th. Knights and Daughters of David, Mt. Lebanon. No. 1. 9th. Asbury M. E. Sunday School. 11th. Macedonia Baptist Church and Sunday School. JULY. 1st. Fresh Air and Empty Stocking Circle. 4th. Furniture Men's Association. 7th. Knights and Daughters of David, M. Lebanon. No. 1. 9th. Asbury M. E. Sunday School. 11th. Macedonia Baptist Church and Sunday School. 12th. Church Aid of Metropolitan M. E. Church. 14th. The L. S. and P. S. Social. 16. John Wesley M. E. Sunday School. 17th. Sharon Bapt. S. S. 18th. Union Bapt. S. S. 19th. Furniture Men's Association. 22nd. Friendship Lodge, No. 29. K. of P., from Chestertown to St Michael 23rd. Providence Beneficial Society. 24th. Trinity A. M. E. Sunday School. 30th. The I. O. C. Soc. JUNE. 3rd. John Wesley Ch. 4th. Ivanhoe Auxiliar 6th. Stewardesses of Church. 10th. Doctors' Coach. 13th. Afro-American 17th. Avon Pleasure. 18th. The Free Willcial. 19th. St. John's Co. 3, K. T. 20th. The Six Brothe Association. 24th. The Imperial A. 25th. The Shriner's Uplifting Assoc. MOONLIGHT MAY. 1st. Go-Get-Ems. 14th. The L. S. and P. S. Social. 16. John Wesley M. E. Sunday School. 17th. Sharon Bapt. S. S. 18th. Union Bapt. S. S. 21st. Furniture Men's Association. 22nd. Friendship Lodge, No. 29. K. of P., from Chestertown to St Michael 23rd. Providence Beneficial Society. 24th. Trinity A. M. E. Sunday School. 25th. M. Nebo Lodge, No. 1366, G. U. O. of Odd Fellows. 28th. Wayman Circle. of Ebenezer A. M. E. Church. 31st. Willing Worker's of St. Matthews M. E. Church. 19th. St. John's Con. S. K. T. 20th. The Six Brothee Association. 24th. The Imperial A. 25th. The Shriners' Uplifting Association JULY. 1st. Go-Get-Ems. 8th. Nonpariel Benei 11th. Christian Churchimore. 25th. Brown's Circle Baltimore. 29th. Mignonette So ren. 29th. Mignonette Co. HOUSES FOR SALE on terms to suit on Druid sion St., Argyle Ave., My Carey St., Calhoun St., every cross street from suit on Druid Hill Ave., Etting argyle Ave., Myrtle Ave., Carro Calhoun St., Stricker St., Mow street from Hoffman to Bak on terms to suit on Druid Hill Ave., Etting St., Division St., Argyle Ave., Myrtle Ave., Carrollton Ave., Carey St., Calhoun St., Stricker St., Mount St., and every cross street from Hoffman to Baker. Don't buy before seeing my list. Call to see me, or telephone, or drop a postal. J. Welsh, 2024 W. Saratoga St., Telephone Gilmor 2253 to J. N. Fitzgerald, 1929 Druid Hill ave., Mondays, between 9 and 11 A. M. Baltimore's Leading Colored Undertakers in Prices JOHN H. OWENS @ SON Undertakers & Embelmora Complete 75.00 FUNERALS $75.00. Complete A fine casket worth $65.00, in black cloth, steel gray or white plush; highly polished oak or walnut outside case; beautiful rubber-tired bearse, either black, gray or white, to match casket, as desired; live heated carriages, new and up-to-date; fine burial robe, embalming, opening grave, advertise funeral, six pairs of gloves, door crepe, candles, candelabra, crucifix when desired, rugs, chairs etc., all of the latest designs. city when desired, bugs, This funeral cost elsewhere..... $136.00 ..... $75.00..... Saxing you..... $61.00 再 1st St Monica Lodge No. 37, G.U.O. of Good Hope. 4th. Dayton Club of Monumental Lodge, No. 3, I.B.P.O. Elks of the World. 11th. Afro-American Order of Oaks. 15th. Christian Knights and Mt. Zion S. S. 18th. Christian Church of W. Baltimore. 25th. Dorsey Venus Star House, No. 9, B. & S., S. & D. of Job MOONLIGHTS. MAY. 30th. The I. O. C. Society. JUNE. 3rd. John Wesley Choir. 4th. Ivanhoe Auxiliary 6th. Stewardesses of Asbury M. E. Church. 10th. Doctors' Coachmen's Union. 13th. Afro-American Order of Owls 17th. Avon I'leasure Club. 18th. The Free Will Enterprise So- cial. 19th. St. John's Commandery, No. 3, K. T. 20th. The Six Brothers' Progressive Association. 24th. The Imperial Association. 25th. The Shriners' Arab Patrol. 27th. Uplifting Association of Md. JULY. 1st. Go-Get-Ems. 8th. Nonparial Beneficial Assembly. 11th. Christian Church, of East Baltimore. 25th. Brown's Circle, No. 1, of East Baltimore. 29th. Mignonette Social. 11 Hill Ave., Etting St., Divi- virtle Ave., Carrollton Ave., Stricker St., Mount St., and Hoffman to Baker. Don't Call to see me, or tele- ratoga St., Telephone Gilmor Organizers that are right, Busy, and full of stle. Address or apply 9 Druid Hill ave., Mondays, Explored Undertakers in Prices WENS @ SOM & Embelmers NERALS $75.00. Complete black cloth, steel gray or white plush; side case; beautiful rubber-tired hearse; A Mrs. Hamilton N. Hayes, of 641 Pitcher street, spent the Easter holidays in Wilmington and Philadelphia. Mrs. Mary F. Saunders, Mrs. Eliza Gibson and their families, of 426 N. Caroline street, were called to Anacostia, to view the remains of their younger brother, Mr. George Caleb Watkins, formerly a Baltimorean. Misses Ella L. Peck and Mary Brown, of 1905 Druid Hill avenue, will spend the week end at Annapolis, Md. Mr. Robert Richardson, a well known local dealer of East Baltimore, is ill at his home, 633 Sterling street. Messrs. John W. and C. W. Johnson, both of Salisbury, Md., were callers at the office of the Afro-American Ledger this week. Prof. Mason A. Hawkins, principal of the High School, delivered an address before the students of of Lincoln University last Friday. Miss Mamie Poulson of 202 George street, who has been sick, is improving. Miss Mary E. Simmons, of 102 Bern street, New Berne, N. C., is visiting in the city the guest of her sister and brother Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Simms, of 318 W. 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