The Afro-American

THE AFRICAN AMERICAN LEDGER Don't you know," said Dr. at the old figure. VOL. XXI NO. 23. B.C. & A. RAILWAY BEFORE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD B.C. & A. RAILWAY BEFORE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD They Are Charged With Giving Inferior Accommodations to Colored Passengers. "JIMCROW" CARS ARE NOT FIT TO RIDE IN. Attorney Hawkins Contends that Separate Car Law is Being The alleged poor and dirty accommodations that the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway furnishes its colored passengers were exposed in a hearing before the Public Commission Tuesday. The hearing followed a complaint made by Prof. Thomas W. Turner, who, with Mrs. Turner, was a passenger on a train running from Claiborne to Salisbury, Md., November 27 and 30. W. Ashbie Hawkins, who represented the defendants, declared that the colored passengers did not have the equal accommodations that the separate car law made mandatory. The attorney for the railroad, Samuel K. Dennis, sought to show that the colored people were given as good a quarters as the whites. After the testimony was all in, Mr. Hawkins made a summary of his side and the facts brought by his witnesses. The attorney for the corporation rested his case without making any closing argument. Decision as reserved until after the commission makes on investigation of conditions on the road. Prof. and Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Carr, af 2037 Division street, and Clifton A. Jones., of St. Michaels, asserted in their testimony that the road not only did not provide good accommodations for colored people, but that their apartment was invariably in a car, part of which was reserved for either white or colored smokers, or both. They also said that the colored section was usually dirty and that toilet arrangements were insufficient. Superintendent Polk, who lives at Salisbury, asserted that the road not only provided good accommodations for the colored people, but in some instances they had better accommodations than the whites. He said that in the winter season, when traffic is cotaratively, light, there are only two cars used. One of these cars is given up entirely to white men and women. The other car, he said, has usually three compartments—one for white smokers, another for colored and the rear for colored men and women. Two cars, he said, had been purchased within the past few months, and these were only divided into two compartments. He declared that the cars were cleaned at both Claiborne and Ocean City, the terminal of the road. Upon cross examination. Mr. Hawkins brought out the fact that the superintendent mainly relied upon reports from his subordinates as to the conditions obtaining on the cars, and that the condition of the road was only inspected by him or some of his assistants on the tenth of each month. He said, however, that in his various trips on the road he had found that the colored car was clean. He said further that there was not much colored traffic, while that of the whites was heavy. He contended that he would do everything to get and keep the colored patronage. "Don't you know," said Dr. Hawkins, "that many colored people rather than submit to conditions on this road take the loger route of the Pennsylvania because the cars are cleaner and better." "I do not," responded the superintendent. Says Road Discriminates. Mr. Hawkins, in his closing argument, declared that the railroad did not furnish equal accommodations for its colored passengers. The fact that it did not was a violation of the separate car law, he said. He cited the decision of the Court of Appeals in the case of Prof. W. H. H. Hart, to wit: That the separate car did not apply to interstate passengers traveling from one point in the State to another, but that the accommodations for colored people must be in every way equal to that for the whites. He asserted that the reservation of a section of car for smokers and the other part for colored men and women was not equal accommodations, when white men and women could occupy a car where they would be far removed from the annoyance of smokers. He said, in closing, that he was not there to argue against the separate car law, but against any difference of quality, convenience, and accommodations for the colored people traveling on the trains of the alleged offending road. Meet in Dayton Dayton, O., Jan. 27.—There has been in session here this week the Sunday School Council of Evangelical Denominational Publishers, representing the religious press and publishing interest of the Protestant churches in America and Canada. The National Baptist Publishing Board is the only Negro institution that is a member of the organization and Rev. Dr. R. H. Boyd representing the Baptist Publishing Board is one of the committee on "Postal Laws and Regulations." In view of the reorganization of the postal service, the inauguration of the parcel post system, and the expressed desire of the government to reclassify mail matter, this committee is one of the most very important ones. Accompanying Dr. Boyd is his son, Henry Allen Boyd, the energetic corresponding secretary of the National Negro Press Association. Oklahoma Legislature Probably Improving Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 29.—Often you hear some one speak of the "fool laws of Oklahoma," but you will not hear any teacher, black or white, so characterize one bill now introduced, should it become a law. This, bill seeks to make it a misdemeanor for any person to visit a school and upbraid a teacher or to make willfully, false statements concerning the management of a school. Especially will the colored teachers welcome such a law for in some rural communities—and in some cities and towns too—parents prohibit teachers from chastising their children, and at will visit the schools and speak their opinions of the teachers. Appropriations Made For District Schools Washington, January 31—Among the appropriations that Congress has made toward colored schools is $20,000 toward the complete equipment of the Colored Normal School, $150,000 toward a $550,000 building for the M. Street High School and $8,500 toward lots for the John K. Cook school. The salary of the engineer instructor in the Armstrong Manual Training School is increased from $1,000 to $1,200 and the appropriation for the instruction of colored blind and deaf kept Topeka, Kan., January 30. A bill has passed the lower house of the legislature preventing the intermarriage of the races. Herr, a Democratic member of the legislature from Barton county, introduced the bill. Sixteen of the members of the lower house voted against the bill. It is now in the State Senate. The bill has aroused opposition among the colored peole and the Topeka Plaindealer gives the following reasons in glaring headlines as the cause for the introduction of the bill: "White Men Doubt Honor Of Their Women! Intermarriage Law a Frank Admission That Kansas Legislators Have Lost Faith in White Womanhood"— The bill is said to be the result of the Jack Johnson agitation and, if it becomes a law, will likely be followed by other Jim Crow measures. Among those that sent in letters endorsing the Jim Crow measure was one Prof. J. Silas Harris, colored, of Kansas City, a Democratic candidate for Minister to Liberia. The text of the proposed law follows: In relation to marriage and prohibiting the marriage of persons of the Ethiopian and Caucasian races and the Mongolian and Caucasian races and prescribing penalties for the violation of this act. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for persons of the Caucasian and Ethiopian races or for persons of the Caucasian and Mongoian races to intermarry with each other; and all marriages hereafter contracted between members of the Caucasian and Ethiopian races or between the Caucasian and the Mongoian races, are hereby declared null and void. Sec. 2. Any person of the Caucasian race who shall knowingly contract marriage in fact with any member of the Ethiopian or Mongolian race, or any person of the Mongolian race who shall knowingly contract marriage in fact with any person of the Caucasian race, and any person who shall issue any license for or solemnize any such marriage knowingly, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum of not less than one hundred dollars hor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three months nor more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment. Sec. 3. For the purpose of this act any person who is descended from the Ethiopian race and being of the one eighth blood Ethiopian or greater degree, shall be deemed to be Ethiopian and any person who is descended from the Mongolian race and being of the one eighth blood or greater degree Mongolian, shall be deemed to be a Urges Good Schools Praises Efficiency of West Virginia and Bluefield Institutes (Special in The Afro-American Ledger. Charleston, W. Va., January 30 —In his recent annual message of the State Legislature, Governor W. E. Glasscock praised the work being done at the West Virginia Colored Institute and the Bluefield Institute. He recommends that each school be liberally provided for and adds: "Our colored people have made wonderful progress since the abolition of slavery and the white man is as much interested in the education and preparation of colored men and women for good citizenship as colored men and women themselves. Fifty years ago the Negro was a slave; today he is competing with the white men as leader, lawyer, doctor, farmer, and, in fact, in almost every profession. And I believe that the colored people of West Virginia are above the average of the colored citizens of the country in educations, intelligence and respect for law and order. They have their short comings, and so do we, but they are a part of our citizenship, and it ought to be a source of pride to every West Virginia that we have been liberal in our treatment of the colored man in every respect. Any other course would not only be a reflection upon us, but a positive injury to both races. Industrial Department in Cambridge High School Cambridge, Md., January 29. The Industrial Department which has been recently installed in the Cambridge High School has created a growing interest not alone in Cambridge, but in the surrounding towns of Dorchester County. The teachers throughout the county, together with the local teachers meet bi-monthly on Saturdays at the High School. The first part of the meeting deals with reading circle work while the latter part is devoted to the industrial phase, under the supervision of the supervisor assisted by the remaining teachers of the High School Much has been gained by these Saturday meetings. The Academic, Manual Training and Domestic Science Departments of the High School are progressing along all lines and has caused much favorable comment. Rev. and Mrs. T. O. Johnson conducted a successful revival at Waugh Chapel last week. Bishops Council to Guarleston, S. C., January 29. The semi-annual session of the Council of Bishops of the A. M. E. Church will begin at Emanuel A. M. E. Church on Friday of next week. All of the bishops, except Bishop J. Albert Johnson, who is in South Africa are expected to be present, along with various general officers and prominent ministers. Veteran Actor Tendered Testimonial New York, Jan. 29. —Sam Lucas, the veteran comedian, was tendered a big testimonial at Young's Casino last night. Mr. Lucas is nearing 70 years of age, and was forced to give up work on the vaudeville stage several months ago on account of an affliction. Among those who took part in the testimonial were Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Stewart, Balmche.Deas, Marshall and Trbble, Wilbur Sweatman, R Henrie Strange, Carter and Bluford, J. Lubrie Hill, Gances and Brown, Lulu Robinson Jones, Karle Cook, J. Ras Jones. Williams and Stevens, Sonie Soners and Grace Lee Cook. FATHER PLANTEVIGNE BURIED WITH HONORS Cardinal Gibbons Pays Touching Tribute to His Sterling HUNDREDS PAY LAST TRI BUTE OF RESPECT. With all the honors: due a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, Rev. John A. Plantevigne was laid to rest in Bonnie Brae Cemetery Thursday morning. A solemn high equiem mass was celebrated at St. Francis. Xavier Catholic Church. Father L. B. Pastorelle was the celebrant. Father Glancey, of Wilmington, was deacon and Father Denis sub deacon. Rev. James J. Nally, of St. Peter Claver's Church, delivered the eulogy. Cardinal Gibbons paid a touching tribute to the deceased priest, declaring that he upheld every tradition of the priesthood, and that there was not a spot or blemish against him. Rev. Charles A. Evers was master of ceremonies. Among the priests noticed in the sanctuary were: Fathers Gavan, Fletcher Hannigan, of Richmond, Va; Murphy, of Leavenworth, Stopleton and Uncles. For the 24 hours preceding the funeral, the remains of Father Plantevigne lay in state, and hundreds of white and colored people came to take a last look at one they honored. The deceased priest, up until he was taken ill a year ago, was assistant pastor at St. Francis Church. It is said that some differences at the church preyed upon his mind and caused him to lose his reason. He had been at Mt. Hope Asylum since last spring, and the nervous breakdown; combined with a stroke of paralysis, had entirely changed his appearance. Father Plantevigne was born in Louisiana 40 years ago, and came of family of devout Catholics. He was educated at Epiphany Apostolic College and St. Joseph's Seminary, this city. He was ordained priest in 1906. His work at St. Francis Xavier gained for him many admirers among both races. His death leaves only four colored Catholic priests in the country. They are: Revs. J. Henry Dorsey, of St. Joseph, Ala; Joseph Burgess, of Philadelphia; Samuel Theobald, of St. Paul, Minn, and C. R. Uncles, of this city. Father Augusta Tolton, the first colored priest in this country, died in 1891 from sunstroke. Florida Masons in Session Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 31—Prominent Masons from all parts of the State were here this week attending the annual meeting of the Florida Grand Lodge of Masons. Grand Master John H. Dickerson delivered an address Monday reviewing the work accomplished during the past year. Other officials made reports of their work also. Formal welcoming services were held Wednesday night and a big street parade took place yesterday afternoon. A banquet was held last night Grand Master Dickerson, D. M. Pappy, of St. Augustine, and J. H. Murphy, of Baltimore, were among the speakers. The Order of the Eastern Star also held its annual session here this week. P. Washington, Jaunary 30—"The possibilities of the Home and School Association" were outlined by Dr. William Davidson, supreintendent of public schools of the District at a joint meeting of the home and school association of the eleventh division at the Mett School last evening. The meeting which was held under the auspices of the principals of the several schools of that division, was attended, by more than a thousand parents of children in the schools friends, teachers and officials. Dr. Davidson urged the continue cooperation between the homes and the schools saying that he favored "the extension of the school to the home as well as bringing the home to the school." Dr. Charles H. Marshall; membre of the board of education, told the parents the effect of good food good clothes and fresh air had on growing children. A child could not do his best unless properly nourished, said the speaker. Other speakers included Roscoe C. Bruce, assistant superintendent in charge of colored schools; R. R. Horner member of the board of eduction; Miss M. P. Shadd, supervising principal of the eleventh division; Rev. J. E. Wiseman S. N. Brown, and Dr. L. B. Moore, dean of the Teacher's College, of Howard University. M. Grant Lucas, one of the school principles, spoke of Dr. Davidson as the "home and school supreintendent." A musical program was given by Mrs. R. A. Pelham, Miss M. C. James and J. T. Layton, assistant director of music in the schools. Presidents of several home and school associations and other similar organizations were present, including Mrs. B. K. Bruce of the Bruce School Mothers' Club; John H. Cook of the Mott School Association Rev. William A. Parker of the Military Road School Association, President Barnett of the Garnet School Association, Z. P. Moore of the Garrison School Association, O. P. Taylor of the Slater School Association, Mrs. A. Green of the Langston Association, Miss L. Robinson of the Bunker Hill Road School Association, P. C. Green of the Patterson School Association and M. Hill of the Fort Slocum School Association. Other guests included Dr. W. S. Montgomery, supervising principal fo the twelfth division. Prof. Kelly Miller of Howard University; Dr. L. E. Moten, principal of Normal School No. 2; Mrs. A. A. M. Curtis, Prof. C. S. Syphax and G. C. Wilkinson, principal of the Armstrong Manual Training School. Principal in charge of the meeting were Misses K. C. Lewis, M. E. Shorter, S. C. Lewis, M. L. Washington, A. E. Thompson. E. D. Barrier, R. A. Boston and N. A. Plummer, and A. P. Lewis, R. A. Gillem, G. S. Wormley and M. Grant Lucas. Grant Lucas "America" was sung by the audience in closing the exercises. WELL PREPARED | FOR HIGH POST Public School Medical Inspec- F tor Proves Worth HATIVE OF ORTH CAROLINA PPhiladelphia—When the fifty-five permanent medical inspectors of the public schools of this city were sp- pointed by Dr. Joseph $. Neff, director ‘of public health and charities, iu Feb- roary, 1912, the Philadelphia Courant ook the position that the sole Afro- American, Dr. John Patrick Turner, the only successin! candidate of the race to pass the required examination. feat fill the position with bonor and ‘Ereait. |*How wel! Dr. Turner has made good is amply revealed in the work be has inecomplished in the district in which the has bad charge since bis appoint- ment as medical inspector of the ‘Thomas Durham school, Sixteenth and Zombard streets: James Pollock school, Bitzwater street below Sixteenth, and the James Reynolds school, Twentieth ee | ALES i We — eo ; ee ak ae) ef pee et es i So (ee = ‘DB. TOWN P. TURNER. ‘and Jefferson streets. ‘The work done iat these schools gives ample evidence tof the commendable ability of this young man. Dr. Turner bas done his work well. ‘his fact is testified to by Dr. Walter iS, Cornell, director of the medical in- sspection of public schools, who said: 'T am glad to xdd this. word of testi mony by way of commendation. Dr. J, P. Turner is efficient in every way jand is doiug excellent work, and the ‘department is gratified with what be lis doing in successfully caring for the frork under ‘bis charge.” P Dr. John P. Turner represents. the Mest of our Foung men practicing the rofession of inedicine and bas been success. Kor the appointment 3s ‘medical inspector of public schools Dr ner received the cordial indorse- amsnf of prominent white avd Afro eerie leone. r. Turner is a vative of Raleigh, ¥. ©., but took bis preliminary training {n'the public schools of New York and ‘subsequently in the College of the City of New York, He is a graduate in ‘medicine Zrom Shaw university. class ‘of 1906, which same sear he came to - Bhiladelphia and beeatwe house physi Bau fh the Frederick Douglass hhospt veal. : : Lape Waller W. Moach, supervisor {Medical inspection of schools of the iPigth district. iu commending the work ‘of Dr. Turner, said: Ds. Turner is 7 jrery ellcient inspector. His work i (satisfactory bot to the teachers am myself. He is tactful and of pleas dng appearance. ? Dr. James McG. Hinckeu, supervise ‘anedical inspection of schools of ik ‘Second district, speaks commendatory et the work of Dr. Turner. as fol flows: “it is with pleasure that <igpeak of the high grade of work Dr ‘Torner as 2 school medical inspector {He is certaimy making good. and I fee ‘that his work and its results are du ito bis kindly and tactful attitude to < qward the pupils of the public schoo! “with whom be comes in contact.” | The editor of the Philadelphia Cou rant says he is.always gratified to bea witness to the work that is being ac ‘complished by our young mev who et jter the public service, and in this iv + gtance he feels proud that our optimist “gegarding Dr. ‘Turner. that he woul “make good, bas been verified. Dr. Tu <iner has the exceptional distinction o “ Anspecting iv two districts, the Secon ‘jana’ Fifth. respectively, of whieh Dr <oHlineken and Toneh are supervisor ,. jthe only instance-of this kind amon “ithe ‘sixty Inspectors of the city. 2 Within’ the: two districts ‘be bas tt = jThomas, Durham school.’ Sixteenth ax [emer sueetnn itt 1.200 pupils; tk #7 James Reynolds school, Twentieth an re with 700 pupils,: ar >e(James’ Pollock. :school,: Fitzwater, b 2! ow Sixteenth: jith 600. pupils. “CHURCH PROUD OF PASTOR. Concord Baptist Giving Dr. William ‘Maurice Moss Loyal Support. The ‘steads progress of the Concord Baptist church in Brooklyn, under: the pastorate of the Rev, William M. Moss, D.-D., for the past two years is the best evidence that the church made no mistake in the selection of a pastor well qualified for Igadership. ‘The pas- tor's New Year's gift to the members of the church and congregation was his annual report, neatly printed and [bearing these ‘words from the book of Numbers, xxili, 23: “What hath God wrought!” ‘The report covers the twenty aux- Mliaties of the church for the fiscal year. Jt gives the number of mem- Vers in each, the amount of money col- lected, how spent and balance in treas- ury or bank, ‘The-Sunday schoo! mem- bership is reckoned at 583, with 2 total collection for the year of $883.33. Next in financial rank is the Doreas Home atssion society, which donated to mis: sions and educational work $550.92. The pastor's individual vecord of work is given as follows: Number of visits in aad out of the membership, /454; added to the church by baptisw. BG; by letter, 16; by experionce, 104: joy restoration, 37. ‘Che total member: ‘ship of the church, Jan. 1, 1913, as ‘recoried. by the clerk and the pastor. ig 1,345. ‘The receipts for the past year from all sontces were $11,309.64. Of this amount $2,512.80 was donated to missions, education and various. be- nevolent objects. The success of Dr. Moss at Concord fs all the more remarkable from the fact that he Is pastoring a church which bas had only one other minister during forty-six years upto two years ago. Naturally the new pastor has had much to consider in. methods of administering the affatrs of a congre- gation tlins trained under one leader for so long a time. But Dr. Moss has succeeded in giving entire satisfaction, and the people willingly follow his Jeadership.. : NEW FORCE IN EDUCATION. American Church Institute to*Have Auxiliary In Philadelphia. | Risbop Rhinelander recently held a meeting of clergymen in Philadelphia for the purpose of organizing a Phila- delpnta auxiliary to the American chureh institute, whieh fosters educa. tions! work among Afro-Americans. The meeting was barmonions. and the Vishop appointed a committee to ar. range for and organize the proposed auxiliary. Tne Amezican Church Institute For Colured People has under its supervi: sion the following named eduéational institutions: ‘Ibe Bishop Payne Divin- ity school, Petersburg, Va.; St. Augus tine’s school, Raleigh. N. G.: the St HPaul Nornjal and Industrial schoo! Lawrenceville, Va.: St. Athanasins school, Urunswick, Ga.; St. Mark's school, Birmingham, Ala. and the Vicksburg Industrial school. Vicksburg, no NATIONAL LEAGUE SEEKS TO UPLIST THE PEOPLE. Opens Housing Bureau In Heart o Thickly Settled District. ‘Phe Natiunal League on Urban Con: ditious Among Colored People ints re- cently extabisived at 11 West Oue Huu. Grea und Thirty-tifth street, New York, a housing bureau, which is destined to perform a much needed mission in (tis district, ‘The main purpose of this bu- yeuu is lo furnish to the public a list of respectable apartunent houses in which tenanis may be assured of diguitied aug retined Associations. This movement is a result of the clamoring of the better elasses of col ored fiddjte for clearer line of dewtiy eation between the respectable and the disreputable, for su uncertain are the tenants uf te houses in whicl the lat ter class moves that it has been stated over and over again by responsible resideuts of this distriet that sueb pro Ylsiou 25 the leagug is now making is absolutely necessary. The pian of the housing burean ts simple. Lists of Houses which rea! esitie agents desire to have approvec are fUknished by these agents to the bureau. which after inspection and in terviews with respousible individual residing in these bouses are formal}; certiGied to. Complaints are receives from persons who are annoyed. atu when ouly one or two families in + house are known to be responsible fo’ stich undue annoyance, with the co operation of the agent and owner, thes jndividnals are summarily dispossessed it is apparent that only through th creation of clear moral consciousnes and av advenced community spirit ea such an effort prove efficacious. Pub ic opinion, coupled with the support 0 reat estate agents and owners, will eis fly bring about the desired chanse One sent has testified to the fact th in the past. it was lick of mort cous age which made it impossible for hit to get rid of objectiouable families. ‘An owner of a large amount of prot erty in’ this district bas said that th cause of higher rents and indiscrim nate mixing lies at the door of the ter ‘ants thems2ives. ~ Work of Street Manual Training School The Street Manual ‘Training. schoo! in-Richniond; Aln...of which | Professor Rmavuel M, Brown is president. shows stendy growth “in its ‘enrailment and proficiency in its work. ‘The students are diligent in their studies and are wont to make the best use of every op: portunity whereby they may advance ‘themselres. eae THE A FRO-AMERICAN LEDGER ee “DEARTH IN PLAYHOUSES. , SMALLEST BEAST OF PREY. Amusement Companies Show Lack | It ls a True Weasel, but Is Only About Efficiency In ‘Management. Six Inches Long. Qklaboma Clty, Ollt.—Lbat the the- atrical profession among the colored performers of the southwest is sadly jn need of proper leadership aud’ the individual players alniost discourized has been recognized by every one con- yersunt with the sluw business in this territory recently. In this city « the- ater where colored players perform was closed all during the past boll- days because it could not get actors. At the sume Unie there were iv this elty, Dallas and Fort Worth, Tex.. and fn Kansas City and other show cen- ters an bnndunce of actors who bad played in these diiferout towns, but whose plays wonld be new in other towns. In this section a team or a troupe stays at a house from two to three months, not because it Is popn- lar or house packers. but most of the time beeanse it hus nowhere else to go. Such conditions as these. however, fare to he remedied if present plans CS ee re SD Wee gy Peon f MP nny ee a2 ire ee Bee beeen. Saecam ee ~ EEE Bag * pappison Mf. GIELIEAN. ‘for a circuit covering thls territory fare carried throngd, ‘That a civonit movement is ov foot was made known here when a represeutative of the Chisolm news service visited here a few weeks ago and made a careful in- vestigation of the local conditions. Previously the other lurser towns in this state and ‘esas had been visited Hand first hind iurermation obtained. ‘The proposed circuit is wo include this city. Muskogee amd MeAlester, af Hin Oklahoma: Dallas, Fort Worth. eo ‘Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Galveston, Mulestine, Smithville, Mur- shall, Greenville and Denison, in ‘Tex as, with Texarkana and Shreveport Ark, 8 the other towns The foundation of the plan really resis on the co-operation of the Negro press, and the plans eall for liberal use of advertising space in the papers. supplemented by a theatvieal press service, H. M. Gilliean, brother of-Dr B. B.-Gillican. is to have eWarge of the nress urea, TF the plan. oe | tbrovgh and the interests behind it are hustlers. in all probabiiity several new houses will be established in the ter- | ritory served. + CORNELL PROFESSOR | ON COLORED SOLDIERS. No Truth In Rumor They May Be Dis- banded, Says War Secretary. Professor Burt G, Wilder of Cornell university, Ithaca, N. ¥., sent the fol lowing letter to the presiding oflicer at the emancipation prockimation celebra- tion held in Washington recently: “Dear Sir—Referring te the Fecent re- ports that oue of the topics to be dls- cussed ut the conference of the general officers of the army was the proposal to ‘disbaud colored regiments, 1 submitted to the secretary of war some facts’ ud- Feiss is suc proposal «nd offered to appear personally. 1f necessary. for the ‘santé piniposs: “phe secretary of war informs me nat ‘there is no tyuth whatever In the rumor; that the four Negro regiinents have been established by law ind ee nots “he believes, ‘be ellmfuated except bg the action of congress." | "A previois engtement prevents ais attendance at {he meeting. ‘The matter above referred to inight vaturally be mentioned. and it is well that there ‘shold be no. misapprehension.” | DR.S. N. VASS’ LECTURE TOUR. Superintendent D. A. Scott Announces Itinerary of Noted Biblicist. Thon the completion of 1 course of lectures it Benedict cullege, Columbia, S.C, the last week in January. the Rey. Dr. S. N. Vass, the well known Bible instruetor, will make a tour of ‘exas under the auspices of the execu- ‘tive board of the state Sunday school convention, accompanied by Dr. D. A. Scott. genera) superintendent of Syin- | day school missions. | The schedule of places and dates for | Dr. Vass’ lertures is as follows: Mount | Olive Baptist church, Gainesville, Rev. B. J. Brown, pastor. Feb. 3-9; Mount Gilend Baptist chureb, Fort Worth. Dr. L. K. Williams, pastor, Peb. 10-15: Bt. Paul's Baptist church, Paris, Dr. C. N. Hampton, pastor. Feb, 17-23; Beth: lebem Baptist church, Tyler. Dr. A. A. | Gordon..pstir. Feb, 27-Mured 2: Beth Iehem Baptist churek. Terrell. Dr. A. L. Bodwe. “pustor. March 3-9: Sevond Baptist Giureh, El Paso. Dr. AR Wilson, pastor, Mareh 16-22 | Rare"Paintings to Go on Exhibition, | ‘Muth interest is being manifested in | art circles in NewYork: over the pros- : Pect of viewing some of the rare paint. ! fiige'of Henry O. Tanner, the renowned Fartist. which Mr. Tanner will put on fexbibition in, New York in February. /'T.G. MARSHALL, —DEALER IN— Groceries & ‘Provisions, Buiter, & Eggs ,..and Poultry... 585 Dolphin St. Baltimore, Md. a wmPaaTr nr £ SMALLEST BEAST OF PREY. It ls a True Weasel, but Is Only About Sis tnahes bene. The smallest carnivorous animal in ghe world is an American weasel which js numerous in northwest Canada and ‘Alaska and is oceasionally seen about the great Inkes, It is a true weasel put only six iuches long, with a tall only one {och in length, Il its upper surface is in summer. pure wmber prow, but the throat, abdomen and inside of the legs are pure white, and. unlike any other weasel, it has no black at the end of the tail: hence, although the animal turns white in the north in winter, it does not show the black tipped tail which characterizes an er- mine pelt, and so it is not sought by trappers and fur traders. . ‘Whis fact, with its small size and se- eretive life, lias made ils habits vers little known. but they seem to be much like those of other weasels. It feeds on iusects, which it finds alive in sum: mer and iv winter digs out of rotteo logs; upon smull birds, etc., but lives mainly on mice. ‘These it ean follow into their narrowest holes and run- ways, for it is scarcely larger than a field mouse ‘self, or, striking the trail of one, it will trace all its wanderings and a8 soon us it catches sight of its prey will spring after it with amazing and fatal rapidity. It is frequently caught by naturalists in their mouse traps. An old Indian told W. HL. Osgood of the biological! survey. who thns captured one in south- ern Alaska. that it was a promise of rare good fortune. His brother, he re- lated, had taken one when a boy and had in consequence become a big chiet. ‘A good name for this least of the car- niyores would be “mouse hunter.” It ig known to science as Putorius tixo gus.—Harper's. Groceries. SSS Groceries. SELECT GROCERIES Winchester and Calhoun Streets. We all cannot teach school, nor can all be dress makers, hence we have entered’business. We are here to serve you. Let us fill your Grocery orders. We will call for and deliver all orders in Select Meat and Groceries, Write or Phone Us. Madison 3875 M. Minnie lola Martin, 1160 Calhoun & Winchester Sts, . GROCERY STORE ° Robert A. Elliott ..Baltimore’s Leading Undertaker., §O06 ROGERS AVE. Expert Embalming, Courteous Attendants, Shipping Funerals Specialty. Rubber Tire Carriages for hire for all occasions. Both Phone. Day or Night. LT OTE SE SEG ee i ‘i ee LZ Ri SU Gia UY ern ae tages Oe Ce GO NOs Wee ay Nea oe oaiianconGan nage ae ae oe Saree IB Ep AM A RA ES, at f ST TERT RS Bie absane avesee ale aie tant oa RO Ra GO Ee eS Toasting SY Funeral Director and ~Embalmer Coaches to hire jor all occasions Funerals from $75.00 U: Res., 1131 Argyle Ave. OFFICE: 942 DRUIDHILL AVE. *Phone Mt. Vernon 1791-Y SCIENTIFIG PUZZLES. BENG User Pe ‘Study of Chemistry. Every one knows that the diamond is ouly charcoal crystallized, but there ave a great many other things in na- ture thit, though possessing widely different properties. are composed of exactly equal quantities of the same elements. ‘he white of an egg and rattlesnake poison are formed of Identicully the same amounts of the same clements. ‘Tho ol] of roses nud common coal gas are each formed alike, both being com- posed of four atoms of bydrogen and four atoms of carbon. Sugur and gum arabic are likewise brothers of the same welght and tex- ture, All the hydrocarbons, known to sci: ence 2s 2 combination of sixteen atoms of hydrogen and ten atoms of carbon. are alike in their composition. ‘To eotimerate some—oil of orange, lemon. cloves, ginger aud black pepper. *-"Phe’ suggested explanation of these peculisrities is that.the atoms are plac: ed- differently toward one another in the molecules ef the different sub stances. ‘Other things just as peeniiar are evi dent when certain substances are unit ed chemically. ‘Thus hydrogen ss. which is odorless, and nitrogen gus. which ix also odorless, when united #5 to make ammonia, which has a very stron odor. Copper, which bax no odor, and zine, which also bas none when melted and mixed to give us brass, produce a substance with a very characteristic one. — Chicago Record Herald. ... JOHN H. TOADVIN.... 142 W. HILL STREET, ss» 'T@E- UP-TO-DATE UNDERTAKER Who can urnish a funeral for $10.00 and up; caskets for $3.00 and up. He ean furnish.you carriages for Funerals, Weddings, Parties, Receptions, etc., fron. ais own stables at the most reaSonahle rates. You need noc come to see him, just call - South 422 or South 396-Y. 142 W, Hili Street and Mount Vernon 5133 826 Druid Hill Ave. eet en pene eee ann oc At z Funeral Director Alex. Pemsiey, | Ad een tiie | Wish to anaounce to the generous public taat 1 am still doing business at my old stand, 578 W. BIDDLIS SY’. ‘Thanking the public for all past favors and hoping for a continuance of the same. Carriage for hire for weddings, parties and fnnerals, and special attention given ro all orders day or night. Yours, ALEX, HEMSLEY, Mit. Vernon 2578 Main Office. GEORGE H. HOLLAND, Manager. C. & P. Phone: 692 Madison An Easy Tongue For Poesy. Burns, of course. is untransiatable for when he attempted common Enz lish he wns consmonplace, But be toot his opportunity with the Scotch poet who have the delightful language tha has no consonants, You can rim anything with anything, Seotel ts th eagiest language for rine, Amone Uy most beaufiful of Jtnrns’ poems i SMfary Morison," with Yesireen when to the trembling string ‘The dance went through the lighted ha Fo thee my fancy took its wing: “1 gat, but neither heard nor sawv, But saw Aoesn't rime with balt up less yon speak Scotch and omit tly consouants, Yon will perceive that 1 Scotehinan caimot help writing pete when be can make anything rime wit anything.—Tondon Chronicle. _ a FELIX B. PYE, Sr. 106 E. Mulberry St. Nr. Calvert. niFUNERAL DIRECTOR:::: : c. & P. PHONE No Brancites. Not Connected with any other firm: A reward will be offered for the detectionof per- sons doing business under the name of | Felix B. Pye Sr, Queered Himself, ‘he detective bad just congratatates the housewtfe for fringing alont the arrest of 4 nured sneak thief, "Ob. | kndw he, ws a evenk the iinute he opened Mis twath.” she replied stil ingiy. “How did son spot, him so quietly? “Why, We told me the sas compan had sent hiue to examine our mete and sce if we were nyt entitled to 3 Yeligte."— Argonaut. —THE— ' BALTIMORE LIFE INSURANCECO.. F.S.STROBRID # President Home Office: Cor. Charles & Saratoga Sts., Balto.,. Md:. The Leading Life Insurance Company}in Maryland Life Insurance Policies issued on ages from 2 to 79: Premiums collected weekly from the homes of the insured w Issues The Best Contracts + The Old Reliable The “Inthemis.” “Well, James Heury William, did yeu enjoy soursulf at the seaside?” “Yes teacher, very nmeh 1 Liked i sea, but Lecuidiet find the inthents.” “Phe what, dames Henry Willian? “Phe wthemis, teacher: where It xy: in the Bible, “The sea and all that i them fs.’“—Londow Chronicie. Three Times as Much Business For “1913’” ene Owing to the favorable: contract offered us- iat ral down the line from the Singer Sewing Machine i factory, we shall put out in your homes three times ltt as many machines as last year. If we sell you on ee} payments at $1.50 or $1.00-per-month. There will ‘not ve any reason‘why!you should not deal with us.. Machines Cash or Credit will be much cheaper than elsewhere, . See us first before purchasing a machine. We want to sel! everybody that has- any use for a sewing machine at payments suitable to your condi- tions. From BU TLER’S most equipped repair-shop up town.- ‘ 1211 Druid Hili Avenue: ‘ Phone Mad. M, 3778 Untair Comparison. Pa, sehen fst mn well to aay” When ne gin alard to spend 2 fue we Year For nis etothies ax ts svlfe does In month for ters” A" gage Record-Hurait Luckily It 1s No Werss, Te palf thee exeeptinnaliy stmt ths nies were to develup inte smart a and waren there wail ie sharps. competion in every walk of tite dude. ee It is far netier to graw noble cise 1 de burp voble, THE NEW EMANCIPATION Fy A Southern Journalist It means little to the average man to be told that Negroes own more than $22,000,000 worth of land in North Carolina. No lasting impression is made by the statement that in this or that Southern State there are so many hundreds of thousands of acres of unused and unreclaimed land, some of it excellent without drainage, and all of it of a superior quality if drained. The significance of Negro ownership does not lie in the fact that he is reaching out to develop waste country, but in the fact that he is obtaining legal possession of some of the choiciest acres in the section, and originally selected by the planters of generations ago as the best land. There can be no very great national importance even in this, unless it is due to economic causes that point to at least a partial elimination of the white man as the dominant factor in cotton production, due to its inability to compete with the Negro. The Negro is obtaining land from three chief sources: First, from heirs to large plantations which were deserted by their owners shortly after the war, to which plantations these heirs have no sentimental attachment; secondly, from owners of small plantations who have striven to retain the old plantation system and do none of their own work; thirdly, from timber companies which are glad to dispose of cut over lands and find no market for them among the whites. The South has always been, and still is, an agricultural section. Agriculture from the beginning was carried on under the plantation system. in the Gulf States and the interior, plantations generally comprised from one to ten thousand acres. In the Atlantic Coast region they were smaller. Those on the sea islands seldom containing more than a thousand acres, and very often not more than one hundred acres. Plantations steadily became smaller as they were cut up and divided among heirs of each generation. The owners hired overseers to see that the slaves worked. Slaves were produced to wealth in two ways: by the production of crops and by the reproduction themselves. This raising of slaves was the most lucrative business of many plantations. It was not until the period immediately preceding the Civil War that extravagance crept into plantation life. Previously living had been bounteous but simple. The younger generation that went into the war was made up of thousands of men who had been to college, at home or abroad, but had not received their professional educations. They did not know how to plant. They depended on the overseers to bring them an income on which they could live before their professions began to pay. So, after the war, without either profession or income, they were in a desperate situation. They not only did not know how to plough but did not know how to tell if a hired man was ploughing right. Emancipation made the plantation system obsolete. The poor white, never of much importance economically or politically in the South, was as well after the war as before it. He was soon to see that emancipation meant more to him, possibly, than to the slave. "I went back to my fields, as thousands of my comrades did, after Appomattox." Said a rich cotton broker recently, explaining the sale of his old family seat to Negroes. "In two seasons I think I learned how to plant. I also learned that the city was the place for me. For sentimental reasons I held the place for almost half a century. But my children care nothing for it. They have visited it once or twice land that is all. I have sold it to the children of our old slaves. They ought to have it and they ought to have it on easy terms. That man's experience was the experience of thousands of others. They moved from the coast region into the growing towns of Alabama, Louisiana and Texas. Many, like Patrick Calhoun, went to the Pacific coast. Others migrated to New York and the great cities of the North. They had native ability and grit, and most of them succeeded. The custom was to rent the plaintations to Negroes. There were few actual sales then; there have been many lately. A man owns, say, a plantation of 300 acres. It may be worth on the open market $20 the acre, if good cotton land. It can be rented, perhaps, for three or four hundred dollars the year, or for share of the proceeds. In either case it is a poor investment. On the other hand, the owner can divide it into the thirty-acre farms. He can find Negroes eager to buy these plots at from $40 to $60 the acre, if the terms are easy. A Negro, say, has managed to accumulate $200 sometimes more and sometimes less. For a thirty-acre tract he will pay this $200 in cash and give a mortgage for not less than $1200 bearing interest at eight per cent. The white owner has now received $2000 in cash for his plantation and he owns a mortgage on it for $12,000 yielding an annual interest of $960. Add to this the interest on $2000 at six per cent, $120, and his gross annual income from the plantation is $1080. The sale has resulted in a net gain to him of not less than $680 the year. He has sold a $6000 plantation for $14,000. There is the further chance that many Negroes may not be able to meet the interest charges, if the season is bad, in which event the original payment of $200 is confiscated and the property is of sold again. When Negroes are willing to buy under such onerous conditions, it is obvious that they are preferred buyers, and their ultimate ownership of much of the best land in the South is certain. There are men who make a business of buying old plantations from absent owners, dividing and selling them to Negroes. Some drain the lands before selling and assist the Negroes with advances for the first year or two. Their returns are eventually the greater therefor. The Negric is getting very little land from large planters. Cotton is a very profitable crop if planted on a large basis. It is profitable also to those who do their own work on small plots. There are, however, thousands of small planters, using the word in its technical sense. A planter is not a farmer. He is a man who hires labor and endeavors to live as his ancestors did in slavery days. He plants perhaps fifty acres of cotton. He spends at least $10 the acre for commercial fertilizer, paying for it by note. He employs a couple of ploughmen by the month, he has some hands who work for him two days each week in return for a house and a plot of ground any where from five to ten acres in extent. He pays from one half to one cent the pound to have his cotton picked. He pays fifty cents the day for the hands he hires by the day. A good hand can often do in half a day what is accepted by custom as a day's work. The most exact estimate of the cost of production of one pound of cotton by such a planter is nine cents. Take the case of a Negro who owns ten acres of land. He raises sweet potatoes on which to live and buys only homony and salt meat. His wife and his children help him to cultivate the fields. He uses wha compost he can get for fertilizer, buying but little of the commercial product. His chief expense is for seed and for ginning. If he makes only three bales of cotton, he has fifteen hundred pound of lint and something over two tons of cotton seed He can get for this seed at least $35, which is a low estimate. Even if he has used some commercial fertilizer, his crop has not cost him in money more than $60 at the most. That is four cents the pound. It approximates very closely the average cost of production by Negroes on their own lands in the South. When the Negro makes cotton to four cents the pound and the white man who hires labor makes it at nine cents the pound. there can be no question as to which must ultimately succumb. The small white planter sooner or later either labors in his own fields or gives up the fight. He goes to the city and his lands go to the people who are economically able to make a living out of them. Even the white farmers, who do their own work, find competition with the Negro increasingly difficult, and this in spite of the fact that the Negro is not a scientific or a careful farmer. If statistics could truly tell the story they would show that a greater and greater proportion of the cotton crop each year is being made by the Negro for himself, and more and more of it on land to which he holds title. Even thirty years ago the amount of cotton produced in the sea islands of South Carolina by Nergoes for themselves was insignificant yet it is estimated today that at least half of the sea island cotton of South Carolina, the finest cotton in the world, is grown by Negroes partly on rented land and partly on land of their on. The Negro owner of a small farm is in a position economically impregnable. Where cotton at eight cents the pound would spell ruin to his white neighbor, it means a real profit to him. Lands therefore have more value for him than for anybody else, and that is why he is getting possession of THE AFRO-AMERICAN LEDGER them. With the cutting of the pine forests throughout the South, much land hitherto waste is being opened for agricultural purposes. It sells for about ten dollars the acre. Much of it is being taken by the Negroes, though they prefer in general, to buy and which has been cultivated for years and has been tested. Most of the cut-over land has to be thoroughly drained before it can be profitably used and few Negroes have enough money to undertake this drainage. The acquisition, therefore, of waste land by the Negro is not now of sufficient importance to warrant diagnosis. This evolution in land ownership is necessarily somewhat slow. It would be much more apparent than it is were it not that the Negro pays, on the average, double what he fought to pay for every acre of land that he gets. This is due to his lack of capital and his longing for ownership, a longing so intense that it paralyzes his judgment. The influx of the Negroes into the towns had beclouded, too, the real progress that is being made by the substantial members of the race, whose contempt for the vicious ones of their own color is very great. The Negro farmer is preyed on also by the factors who advance to him at ruinous rates. They often rob him additionally by a system of undergrading, and the white farmer suffers in this way also. Most communities drive these fellows out when they discover them, but the graft is one very hard to prove. There is one cotton buyer, a bully, who practically forces Negroes in his vicinity to sell to him, and he persistently under weighs their offerings. If they object he is very likely to do them personal harm. There used to be more white men of this type than three are now. Southern sentiment does not support them. It is beginning to dawn even on the politicians, usually the densest of all persons in their economic views, that the South can never have any real prosperity until the Negroes have prosperity. That is so evident a truth that it needs no emphasis. This prosperity the Negro is rapidly acquiring, and he is being accorded fairer and fairer treatment in business every year. There are Negroes in agricultural communities today more respected by their white neighbors than many of the whites. "That fellow Thorne lent me $150 without security when every one of my white friends had refused to help me," remarked an old aristocrat, who was one of the most gallant of the garrison at Fort Sumter during the war. "I did not ask him. He heard I was in trouble and he offered it in such a way that I could not refuse to take it. He is prosperous and he ought to be. I have known few finer men, white or black." A half century after freedom there are thousands of Thornes. They are not worrying about election laws. Their children are being educated and will be landowners. There is no qualification for the ballot that they will not have. The high mortality among the Negroes is not among those who are substantial and own land. It is the vicious Negro whom disease is attacking. Diversified farming by the whites, planting on a large scale by agricultural corporation of living conditions in rural districts serve to hold back the Negro land-ownership movement. The salient fact, however, is this: the Negro is rapidly acquiring choice land in small plots, thereby solving largely his own destiny and making of himself a desirable citizen. He has already become directly an important factor in cotton production. NO MODE. "But why doesn't your mother like me?" "She thinks you are a mollycoddle, and she says no girl of hers shall ever marry a mollycoddle." "But I will show her." "You will?" "Yes. I will beat up that bulldog next door the very next time I call on you." "Then she'll say you're a brute and would tyrannize over me." Doing Well. "And how is your dear daughter Julia?" "Splendid!" "Getting on nicely at college?" Getting on nicely at college. "Fine! She was conditioned in several branches, but she was rushed by three sororities and got on the basket ball team." Accounted For. "Yes. Why, all summer long every second man I meet on the street has stopped to remark upon it." "Yes. Almost everybody in town has been running for office this year." EDUCATION... Instruction given in Hair Work, Facial Massage and Manicuring. Also in the making of Braids, Puffs, etc. Combings made up. MADAME M. A. HUNTER What's the matter with your Hair What's the matter with your Hair If you want it long and beautiful it can be made so with Mme C. J. Watkins Wonderful Hair Grower. Write, Call or Phone Mrs. J. S. Fennell, Madison 1345 or 1509 Druid Hill avenue. "Hair Dresser to Society" Of course there are other Hair Dressers BUT ONLY ONE POINDEXTER EXPERT MASSAGING AND MANICURING 831 DRUID HILL AVE. I LEAD-OTHERS FOLLOW I carry a full Line of Colored Human Hair Goods Combings made in puffs and braids 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. WANTED Agents, male and female, to sell our Hair Dressing and Scalp and Hair Cleaner in the City of Baltimore. Can make big money. We furnish everything and credit you. Address Johnston & Sons Co. BROAD & 25th STREET RICHMOND, VA. FRIENDS ALL WANT IT. Mrs. D. B. Simmons of Silex, Ark. writes: "I tried one bottle of Ford's Hair Pomade and found it to be the best preparation I have ever used. It stopped my hair from falling out and breaking off and my hair is now as soft as it can be and is longer than it has been for a long time. My friends all want it. Ford's Hair Pomade, the old, reliable dressing for stubborn, curly hair makes harsh hair more pliable, glossy and easy to comb. Try it and Ford's Royal White Skin Lotion, for the complexion For sale by druggists, accept no other, see that it is Ford's and manufactured by the Ozonized Ox Marrow Company, Chicago, Ill. Mme. L. C. Parrish EAR CULTURING, MANICURING AND SCALP TREATMENT M. Largest Manufacturer of Hair Preparations in Boston. Largest Importer of Pure Human Hair. Trained in the best schools. Many years' experience. Honest dealing with the public. Bestest dress with the public. For Growing Hair on Bald Heads and Bare Temples, use Parrish's Never Fail Hair Food, per jar 25c. and 50c. For Stimulating the Growth of the Hair, use Parrish's Wonderful Hair Tonic, per bottle 25c. and 50c. For Cleaning the Hair and Scalp, use Parrish's Head Wash, per jar 25c. For Cleansing and Softening the Skin, use Parrish's Velver Liquid Powder, per bottle 25c. and 50c. For Developing and Beautifying the Skin, use Parrish's Orange Flower Skin Food, per jar 25c. We manufacture all other kinds of Toilet Articles—Hand Made, Natural Looking Wigs, Switches, Brushes, Puffs, etc. Free Catalogue. Parrish's Never Fail Hair Food is absolutely one of the best hair preparations on the market. It stops the hair from Splitting at the ends and falling out. It will make your Hair Grow. It is praised by people in all sections of the country. Send 10 cents for a sample jar. Attachs wanted. Write for terms. Mention this paper when writing. Druggist and Notion Stores should keep this Superior Hair Dressing in stock Please ask in the next store for it or write direct to us. PRINCESS Price of Princess Comb, $1.00. Heater 50c extra Directions to be used will be mailed with every order. M. TREGOR & SONS Use The Eureka Comb Price $1,50 With Lamp Cap For Heating. A combination of metal electrifying influences Straightening crimpy hair Most convenient and Satisfactory. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. MAKES HAIR GROW Mrs. Mitchell's Improved Hair Cream Price 35 Cents Large Jars. Makes the Hair Soft and Glossy. Stops falling Hair. Try it for the thin places on your temples. Not greasy—will not gum. Scalp Treatment. Hair Straightening. Mail Orders Promptly Attended. Mrs. Alice E. Mitchell—Office for The Eureka Comb 2121 Druid Hill Avenue Mrs. M. V. Travers Graduate of Elizabeth King School, New York City i Will Call by Appointment Terms Reasonable 225 W. Biddle Street Baltimore, Md. MRS. MARY S. MILLER Dressmaking. - 525 McMechen Street. BEAUTY PARLOR MRS. HELEN ASH-JOHNSON Hair Culture, Massaging, Straightening Manicuring, Dyeing. 1317 N. CAREY STREET Phone: Madison 3551 M. Office Hours: 8 A. M. to 7 P. M. Other hours by appointment. NOTICE—DO YOU WANT LONG AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR? If so, MADAM M. THOMPSON will treat your hair with Mme. C. J. Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower, which is guaranteed to make hair grow grow. 2143 DIVISION STREET The Baltimore School of Hairdressing Under the Management of Mrs. Lucy S Day and Mrs. Susie E. Gross WILL OPEN FEBRUARY 1st, 1913 Hair work taught in all of its branches, including manicuring, facial and body Massage, Scalp Treatment, Dyeing and bleaching For terms apply nt hair store 1308 N. Fremont avenue or 2016 Duision Street. Night classes from 8 to 10 p. m. In another part of this paper will be seen THE AFRO-AMERICAN BUSINESS DIRECTORY. See if the Afro-American business man in your neighborhood has his name enrolled. If he has not tell him to get busy and call up Mt. Vernon 2833. Ask for "The Ad Man." THE FOP. E. SONS SUPERIOR HAIR DRESSING HAIR FOOD Unequalled for softening and beautifying the hair and promotes a luxurious growth, guaranteed to be free from all injurious chemicals and should be used as the most proper hair Dressing for Ladies and children. DIRECTION—Rub thoroughly into the hair and comb hair to suit style Prices of Superior Hair Dressing in the known original red bozes: Large boxes, 25c. Single box. 15c., ordered by mail, 25c. Medium red tin box. single 25c. ordered by mail, 40c. should keep this Super- next store for it or w wholesale sent on appli- REGOR & SON PRINCESS umb, $1.00. used will be mailed w REGOR & SON Sources of Perfumeries Ella Comb Lamp Cap For Heating strifying influences St avement and Satisfac should keep this Superior Hair Dressing in stock next store for it or write direct to us. wholesale sent on application. EGOR & SONS mb, $1.00. Heater 50c extra and will be mailed with every order. EGOR & SONS Arts of Perfumeries and Toilet Articles Baltimore Md. Washington, D. C. Extra Comb Price $1.50 Camp Cap For Heating. Shrifting influences Straightening crimpy hair fewient and Satisfactory. E OF IMITAT KES HAIR GRE 's Improved H 35 Cents Large Ja ossy. Stops falling temples. Not greas nt. Hair St OF IMITATIONS. ES HAIR GROW Is Improved Hair Cream 5 Cents Large Jars.assy. Stops falling Hair. Try it for the temples. Not greasy—will not gum. t. Hair Straightening. --- Published Every Saturday AT THE AFRO-AMERICAN BUILDING, 628 N. EUTAW ST. BY THE Afro-American Co. J. H. MURPHY, Manager. C. & P. Phone, Mt Vernon 2533. UP-TOWN OFFICE: 1320 Druid Hill Avenue. O & P. Phone, Madison 342. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable In Advance One Year.....One Dollar Six Months.....Fifty Cents Three Months.....Forty Cents Single Copy.....Three Cents Postage Prepaid by Publishers. Outside of the United State the price is double. Entered at the Baltimore Post Office second-class matter We are not responsible for the return or preservation of unsolicited contributions on any subject. All articles sent to this office for publication, must have the writer's signature or otherwise such article will be ignored. Churches and others having news notices will please have the same in the office by Thursday to insure publication in the week's issue. Correspondents will please have all communication, in one office by noon on Wednesdays. All communications intended for publication should be addressed to THE AMERICAN LEDGER, 628 North Eutaw Street, Baltimore, Md. Advertising rates made known upon application. All Checks, Money Orders and Drafts should be made payable to THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CO THEY ARE DYING OUT It is a good thing, now and then, for the country to see in the executive chair of South Carolina such a specimen of humanity as now holds forth in Columbia. The fact that such a man could actually be elected a governor of any Southern State, eloquently proclaims how the race has been forced through such fiery trials and vexations since it undertook the march to freedom and complete citizenship. More than that, it would intimate that we have been blessed with the guiding presence of the Great Deliverer during our march. Our patient endurance tells how patiently we have borne our cross of Bleasism. A brighter day is just ahead. A passing of the Bleases has begun, and there will be no successors. A HUSTLING MAYOR There are some people who may regard Mayor Preston as only interested in boosting his and his friends' political fortunes, but Baltimoreans may yet wake up to the fact that he is fully alive to the needs and is doing his best to place Baltimore among most modern communities. His recent annual message to the City Council speaks values for his efforts in behalf of the city. THE GOVERNOR'S SLIGHT Governor Goldsborough seems to lose sight of the fact that there are colored people in Maryland. He appointed a commission to probe the penitentiary sometime ago, and not one was colored He just announced the appointment of a Country Life Commission, and, though the race, has peculiar problems in rural districts, no colored man is named. He will next appoint a vice commission, but, judging by the past, colored people need not expect any voice in a matter which concerns them greatly. 0 W. Ashbie Hawkins deserves the thanks of the colored people of this State for his consistent attitude in fighting race discriminations. Whether it is disfranchisement, mob violence, segregation or poor accommodations on public carriers he has always been ready to volunteer his services as an attorney. Men of his public spirit and active interest for the welfare of the race should be honored for they are blazing the way for all to enjoy that for which Mr. Hawkins has fought for all, and that without remuneration, and, sometimes, not even kind words. OVER HERE WORDS. Such was Fannie Jackson Coppin. If there be any thing in this world more beautiful, inspiring and ennobling than a gracious woman in whose character are blended with perfect harmony all of the requisites for the highest expression of the noble type of womanhood, we know not what it is, Fannie Jackson Coppin, so lofty and towering in intellect, gentle and queenly in goodness, was almost in a class by herself. She stands forth as one of the richest productions of this Negro race, and who would readily fill her place as a gracious queen in any grouping of the most select and cultivated women of our day from any and all races. The mortal remains of that great and good women were laid to rest in the city of Brotherly Love on last Tuesday. As long as the Institute for Colored Youth shall be recalled before the imagination in memory, there will rise before the imagination the one who for many long years was its soul and very life, and her own person furnished the energy to strive towards the attainment of the ideal. We can not estimate the greatness of our indebtedness for the helpfulness and inspiration of that life which has been withdrawn that it may so much the more shine with attractive beauty and power in the regions of Paradise, and through the laws of the great spiritual universe continue the eternal work which was set into motion in the days of her sojourn in human flesh. May the women of the race, in particular, give the Almighty hearty thanks for her good example, and ask for such divine energy as will enable them, more and more, to rise towards that towering ideal. DEATH OF FR. PLANTEVIGNE. The death of Father Plantevigne is a genuine loss to the race. Just about five years ago was he ordained in this city by Cardinal Gibbons, and he began his priestly ministrations with promise of a great and useful future. We say that the death of Father Plantevigne is a genuine and heavy loss to the race. The significance of this statement is not at all apparent to the ordainary reader. To thoroughly understand, one must call before his mind the sad fact that there are altogether not more than a half dozen Negro priests of the Roman Catholic Church in this country. The Roman Catholic, like all of the other Christian churches, ought to have its share of colored communicants of the millions of the race in this country. Why should it not have such? When we consider the faithful work performed by that Church, in this city and state, as well as in other parts of the country, it is most reasonable and natural that there should be large increase in that Church during the coming years. The greatest obstacle to its growth among the race is because of a lack of a sufficient Negro priesthood. It is absolutely unreasonable to look towards the white race for a sufficiency of material to serve both of the two races in this country. However devoted any particular white priest may be to the interests of Negro people none knows better than he of the hopelessness of that expectation which anticipates the recruiting of the priesthood, for the colored field, solely from the white race. And even if such were not a hopeless expectation, it is nevertheless a fact which can not easily be changed that racial development, and increase, render a native ministry an absolute and indispensable requisite, for successful and aggressive work among Afro-Americans. Almost alone, of high ecclesiastics, Cardinal Gibbons, for years, has most heartily backed up this policy. If we mistake not the exclusive honor of having ordained every Negro admitted to the Priesthood, in that church, in this country, with one single exception, belongs to our Cardinal Gibbons. The Josephite Society which has championed this particular work has ever received his Eminence most cordial indorsement. We do not know any one in the entire Roman Catholic Church who has more plainly demonstrated the real necessity for an Afro-American Priesthood, in that church, than Cardinal Gibbons, and whatever the future may bring forth, the place and position of the Baltimore Cardinal, on this matter, are a matter of history. The late Father Plantevigne, physically, intellectually, and otherwise was a splendid type of just the kind and character of men most sadly needed among us, in all the Christian churches. He had the right attitude of mind on the complex relationships. He had a warm heart for his people, and he was enthusiastic beyond measure. He knew how to touch the inner lives of the race, and draw near to them, despite their prejudices towards the Catholic religion. Had he lived, he had a double work to perform. THE AFRO-AMERICAN LEDGER and from our knowledge and personal intercourse with him, we are quite certain that he would have fulfilled his mission with such wonderful success gas to present his Church in an entirely new light to the masses of the race. In the first place he had to overcome that almost unconscious influence which too frequently disposes colored Roman Catholics against priests of their own race. His sweet and cherry disposition, and great strength of character, would have surely removed this difficulty, and paved the way for a more hearty reception of future Negro priests. His intercourse, on the other hand, with his colored brethren who do not profess the faith as taught by Rome, would have resulted in enlarging their Christian charity, so that with a tolerance borne of love, and with open minds, they could more worthily weigh matters. It is because of this distinct and needed contribution in the larger interests of the race and true religion, that we view his early removal as a most serious loss to the entire race. But, in charity, let us believe that his priestly work continues, and although out of sight, the ideal as typified in him, will continue to draw forth from the ranks of the young men, of the Church he so dearly loved, many to consecrate their lives to the salvation of their poor suffering race. In the fulfillment of the same. We shall begin to interpret the mind of the Most High, in such mysterious workings of His Providence. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE "I did not know you were keeping store here, else I would been around to patronize you" was what a man was over heard to say to a colored business man a few days ago. This business man had been at the one stand for several years, but this friend did not know it. He was managing to make a living, but he had not gotten his friends' trade because he had neglected to let his friends know that he was in business. How many friends were there just like the first? How many dollars had this colored man lost thru neglect to notify the public which includes his friends. This buisness man did not even resort to the somewhat out of date method of scattering circulars. He had never considered advertising. He too knew that white merchants who have built their business from small beginning to large proportions had been large users of advertising space in the newspapers. He did not seem to care to know that the public largely patronized these merchants because they let the community know what they had for sale. He was still in the beginning class, making but little more then a laborer gets. Mr. Colored Buiness man, the opportunity is yours, like that of the white man who began small. The race wants to support you, but wants you to let the public know what you have. A little judicious advertising will not cost much, but the returns may be many. You have it within your own grasp to rise out of the hand-to mouth class. Dollars jingle in the pockets of the people, and they will be yours if you have the wares and let the world know that fact. Publicity marches in the vanguard of progress, and you surely would not always lag behind. Quarterly Conference Princess Anne, Md., Jan. 30. Rev. E. H. Curry will conduct quarterly conference at Mt. Hope A. M. E. Zion Church, Princess Anne, this Sunday. A $400 rally is now in progress at the church. Rev. Joseph L. Butler is the pastor. The A. M. E. Church at Bladensburg is reported to be in a flourishing condition under the pastorate of Rev. J. D. Banks. St. Lukes Notes A special meeting was called of the several Councils of the I. O. St. Lukes in the city, by the new State Deputy, Mrs Bessie B. Anderson of Washington, on January 17th at the residence of Mrs. E. McCormick 1929 E. Biddle sreet. About fifty members attended and received the new deputy with great appreciation, expressing themselves to stand by her to push the work in the city Mrs. Mary E. Collins, the Organizing Deputy, was also present and both of the esteemed officers gave very instructive and interesting talks on the work. In accordance with suggestions by Mrs Anderson Mrs. M. E. McCormickwas elected as district deputy; Mrs. Emma Smith, associated deputy, and Mrs. Lovey Husketh, newspaper correspondent. At the close of the meeting the members of Lane's Excelsior Council, tendered a fine repast to the guests present. [Image of a man with a long white beard and a suit with a bow tie. The background is a solid black oval.]] REV. HARVEY JOHNSON DR. JOHNSON AGAINST LOCAL OPTION Issues Challenge to Debate The Question With Superintendent Anderson. Rev. Dr. Harvey Johnson has issued a challenge to debate with William H. Anderson, of the Antisaloon League, his reasons why absolute probition of the liquor traffic is more desirable than local option. His only condition is that he be allowed to talk in his own way. His challenge followed an address before the Baptist Ministerial Meeting last Monday by Rev. Dr. D. D. Turpeau, who has charge of the work of the Anti-saloon League among the colored people of Maryland. Dr. Turpeau asked that the ministers support the fight for local option, urged that they write their congressmen to vote for the Kenyon Sheppard bill to prevent the shipment of liquor into "dry" territory, and gave a summary of the annual meeting of the Anti-saloon League, held at the Lyric last Sunday afternoon. "I read very carefully," said Dr. Johnson, "the press reports of the annual meeting. Mr. Anderson says the hostility of the brewers to local option is only hastening the day for a constitutional amendment for prohibition. The passage of a local option bill will keep the Anti-saloon League in existence until Gabriel blows his trumpet. As long as the government licenses the manufacturers and dispensers of liquor, then will local option be a failure. I am for absolute prohibition, and I must say, Dr. Turpeau, that nothing would be greater pleasure than to debate the question with Mr. Andersn." "The Anti-saloon League believes in prohibition," replied Dr. Turpeau. "We go on the principle to taking a half loaf, if we cannot get more. Up in West Virginia, when over half the counties went dry it then became possible to make the whole State dry." Conditions in West Virginia. "There was more drunkenness there than before" retorted Dr. Johnson. "Absolute prohibition, not local option is what those who are uncompromising in our attitude against liquor traffic want. If it is wrong to sell liquor one place, it should be wrong to sell it elsewhere, and the national government should remove its protecting arm. 'Tell Mr. Anderson I am ready at any time.' Dr. Johnson is one of the original prohibitionists in Maryland. Dr. James E. Chrochman, of Orange, N. J., also delivered an address before the meeting. He urged his hearers to contend for every right that other people enjoy. He preached at Bethel A. M. E. Church Sunday night and delivered an address to the Y. M. C. A. that afternoon. Snow Hill Notes (Special to The Afro-American Ledger.) Snow Hill, Md., Jan. 28.—Dr. Joseph Waters and wife brought the remains of their daughter. Miss Grace Waters, here Saturday for interment in the M. E. Cemetery, Rev. J. W. Jewett and Rev. Charles Spencer, officiated at the grave. Miss Sadie Blackwell, came home Saturday, to attend the burial of her cousin, Miss Grace Waters, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Jane Collick, who has been quite sick, is much better. P. L. Henry and company have a mystic entertainment at Stockton, Md., Monday night. Mr. James Purnell and Mrs. Leah Harman were married Wednesday night, at the residence of the bride. N.A.A.C.P. HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING Commends the Fight Being Made Against Inferior Accommodations on Railroads The poor accommodations for colored passengers on the trains of the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway were criticized and the night made by W. Ashbie Hawkins against the segregation ordinance was commended at the annual meeting of the local branch of the Association for the Advancement of Colored People, held at the Y. M. C. A. Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Hawkins, who is the attorney for the association, told of his efforts before the Public Service Commission, against poor Jim crow accommodations on boats and trains, as well as his efforts attacking the validity of the segregation law. Rev. Dr. G. R. Waller told of the work accomplished at the annual business meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, held in New York last week. Mr. and Mrs. T. Turner told of the alleged unfair and unhealthful conditions that colored people undergo in traveling on trains from Clajborne to Atlantic City. Some reference was made to the apparent delay of Judge Elliott in rendering a decision on the first segregation case. Resolutions were adopted expressing regret at the loss of Prof. T. W. Turner, who will take up his duties' as professor of biology in Teachers' College, Howard University in a few days. A public massmeeting will be held at Payne Memorial A. M. E. Church next Thursday night and one at St. Johns A. M. E. Church in the near future. Dr. M. C. B. Mason and Prof. Springarn, formerly of Columbia University, will be the chief speakers. Officers were elected as follows: Dr. F. N. Cardozo, president; Gough McDaniels, secretary; E. B. Taylor, treasurer; Rev. G. R. Waller, Rev. W. E. Williams (each three years); W. Ashbie Hawkins, George B. Murphy (each two years); Mrs. Mason A. Hawkins and Mrs. Minnie L. Gaines (each one year), executive committee. What will the Bishop do The ministers of the Washington M. E. Conference are in the air about whether their Conference will meet here on April 2, as had been argued upon by Bishop Cranston and the district superintendents. The Baltimore Conference (white), over which the prelate also presides has asked that their conference begin April 2. The bishop cannot hold both conferences at the same time, and many are wondering if he will cancel the date for the colored conference in order to please the white folks. City Briefs Attorney George L. Pendletons being congratulated by his friends for his successful efforts in having the death sentence of Lindsay Harris commuted to life imprisonment He recently secured the acquittal of a colored man charged with raping a white woman The Willing Workers' Club had charge of the services at Mt. Veron Baptist Church last Sunday. The officers are Madames Alice Leynolds, president; Teresa Wienbery, vice president; Martha Scott, secretary; Mary Williams, treasurer; Nettie Johnson, chaplain, and Rosa Johnson, assistant secretary. Bishop Murray will visit St. James Church on Sunday evening, February 9, at 8 p. m., and administer Confirmation to a good sized class. Henry Lee and Harry S. Boone, managers of the Queen Theater, have a good bill of pictures and vaudeville this week. Daly's Theater has a good bill of vaudeville. Revs. J. W. Saunders, of Roanoke, Va., and G. C. Taylor, of Oceana, Va., were the guests of Rev. M. F. Sydes this week. The collection of the first enlistment of $31,000 subscribed toward a $100,000 building for the Colored Y. M. C. A. begins today. Rev. Dr. E. W. Scott preached at the Roland Park M. P. Church Sunday. Miss Mary Jones is ill at her home in West Roland Park. Mrs. W. D. Naylor, who has been ill at her home in Ellicott City, is improving. 1911 Though a deal, which was consummated-Wednesday, Melvin J. Chisum, editor of the Tri-State News published at Salisbury, becomes the publisher of the Balitmore Times, a local weekly. The deal is said to be in the nature of a lease from Harry T. Pratt, the owner. Hugh E. Macbeth, who has been the editor of the paper, will be retained in some capacity. The paper will be a Republican organ. Mr Chisum is widely known having been connected with various enterprises throughout the country. He will assume control next week. Big Crowd Greets A large and appreciative audience greeted Mr. Joseph H. Douglas, the greatest violinist of the race, at Sharp St. M. E. Church Friday evening in the Jubilee Volin Recital. This was the first of a series of Emancipation exercises arranged by organ College. The program was an excellent one. Mr. Douglas has never played more beautifully than on this occasion. With every selection the audience was held spellbound by his wonderful technique and charming melody and he was forced to respond with several encores. Mrs. Fannie H. Douglas was a very pleasing and efficient accompanist. Mr. Douglas was ably assisted by Miss Louise B. Anderson, the well known pianist. Three very exquisite selections were charmingly rendered and the Annie Laurie Transcription played entirely with the left hand was indeed remarkable and won for this artist special applause. The entire program was a rare treat and was thoroughly appreciated. A Pretty Wedding A pretty wedding took place Wednesday evening, at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Louise Holland, 1933 Druid Hill avenue, when Miss Bertha E. Egans, daughter of Mrs. Mary and the late James E. Egans, was married to Mr. A. H. Talbert, formerly of the U. S. Navy. The ceremony was performed by Rev. A. L. Gaines, pastor of Trinity Church, in the presence of a large aasenblage. The house was decorated with flowers. The bride wore a gown of white crepe de chine, trimmed with lace and rhine stones; her veil was caught up with orange blossoms and she carried white narsissus and carnations. Miss Elsie Johnson was her maid of honor and wore white lace over white silk and carried pink carnations. Edith Holland, neice of the bride, was flower girl and carried a beautiful basket of tulips and wore a white lace dress. Among the out of town guests were: her sisters, Mrs. Joseph McRae and Mrs. Joseph Simms, of Atlantic City. The couple left this city for a brief visit to New York and Mass. Moses Celebrate The forty-fifth anniversary of the Order of Moses, as well as the bridgment of the founder, Peter Paul Brown, wsa celebrated at Moses Hall last Monday. Addresses were delivered by Grand Master Solomon Bond, Deputy Grand Master W. S. Jones, of New York; Mrs. Lillie G. Jones, L. H. Davenport, A. A. Spriggs, James H. H. Seward and others. A collation was served after the excercises. Democratic Headquarter Open The Colored Democratic Club is preparing to have a big opening at their headquarters the old truck house on Biddle street The building has been fitted up. The upper floors will be used for the club and the lower fo a garage. --- Miss Whitcomb's Association By ESTHER VANDEVIER Miss Bonfield, a lady of fifty-two, still handsome, her florid complexion contrasting with her white hair, was sitting in her boudoir one morning when she received a card bearing the name of Eben Furnsworth. In a corner of the card was written, "Miss Whitcomb's Association." Miss Whitcomb, not having had any experience in matrimony herself, surprised her friends by organizing an association for the promotion of matrimony among those who had passed the heyder of youth. Her plan was to introduce the men members to the women, not in assembly, but by sending the men to call on the women. Sue would suggest to a certain man to call on a certain woman. All he had to do by way of introduction was to write "Miss Whitcomb's Association" on his card. This plan gave great success to the association. Miss Whitcomb knew that elderly persons could not be got out in assembly for such a purpose, but she also knew that any lonely unmarried man would be pleased to meet any unmarried woman with a view to matrimony. By a call neither party would be observed by others or would be subject to ridicule. It must be admitted that the organizer was very shrewd. Miss Bonfield looked at the card which was handed to her by her maid for some time, during which thoughts seemed to be coursing through her brain. Then she told her maid to tell the gentleman that she would be down presently. In this case presently meant half an hour, for Miss Bonfield changed her costume and had her hair done in a different style. When she took a last look at herself in a mirror she had reason to be well satisfied. Mr. Farsworth was fifty-five, a well preserved man of dignified appearance and old style in manner. He arose at Miss Bonfeld's entrance, made a courtly bow and said: "Having placed ourselves in Miss Whitecomb's hands, madam, nothing remains for us to do but abide by those arrangements that have been made for us. Therefore I take it for granted that no apology is necessary. It gives me great pleasure to make your acquaintance, madam." "I approve." replied the lady, "of Miss Whitecomb's idea, and she has shown great delicacy in carrying it out. I have joined the association rather for the purpose of supporting the-abem"— "I understand you perfectly. It is not necessary for you to join a matrimonial association for the purpose of being married yourself, but you approve of its object and have given it your patronage by becoming a member." "In my own individual case there is a special reason for not caring to marry. I am going to confess to you that I suffered a disappointment in my youth." "Some unworthy scamp, I suppose, trifled with"— "Not at all. He was a young man of great promise and. I understand, has turned out remarkably well. It was I who was at fault. I was young, foolish and infatuated with the game of love. I rejoiced in torturing my lover and finally, by pretending dissatisfaction with him, drove him away." "I dare say that many members of our association have had the same experience. I myself in my youth loved a beautiful and accomplished girl. We quarreled. It is the lady's privilege after a quarrel to await the coming of the man with the olive brunch. I was too proud to offer it." The lady was silent for a few moments, then said: "I doubt if you can undo at this late date what has been done. Even if you should meet the girl who possessed your heart when you were young she would not be the same to you as if you and she had grown old together. You must remember that she would now be, I suppose, over fifty years of age." "Just fifty-two, madam." "You seem to have kept everything concerning her in your memory." "I have. She was exactly five feet seven inches in height, tall and stately, slightly taller than you, though much lighter in weight. Her hair was a lovely chestnut." "It would now be mixed with white." "Her name was Mary Pauline. I called her Marie. Her last name was—By the by, there is a singular coincidence between you and her. I noticed it when Miss Whitcomb gave me your name and address. You are Miss Bonfield, I believe." The lady did not reply. She was gazing at vacancy, and it seemed that if one could look through her eye into her brain he could see the vision she saw. "Am I mistaken?" asked Mr. Farnsworth. "No; my name is Mary Pauline Bonfield." "Marie! You Marie?" Marie: You Marie. "Yes; you have not recognized me as I have recognized you. Had not your name been brought to me on your card I should have known you the moment I saw you, looked into your eye, heard the tenes of your voice." Marie: Marie! Am I dreaming? The next morning's mail brought Miss Whitcomb the resignation of two members of her association who were to marry; also a liberal donation to the funds of the association from the gentleman and heartfelt thanks for what she had been instrumental in doing for them. AIDA OVERTON WALKER. AIDA OVERTON WALKER Aida Walker at Hammerstein New York, January 30.—Aida Overton Walker and a company presenting musical numbers are among the attractions at Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre this week. Prejudice in Kansas Kansas City, January 30.—In an effort to prevent the building of a colored school of high grade on a big lot at 33rd and Jackson streets, prejudiced whites have asked the Park Board to buy the lot and turn into a public park. Dead at 93 Mitchellville, Md., January 30. Mrs. Ellen Turner is dead here at the age of 93. She leaves eight children. 52 grand children, 71 great grand children and 41 great grand children. She was a member of the M. E. Church. Educational Needs of the Race Richmond, Va., January 30. Rev. Dr. Charles S. Morris, pastor of Pank street Baptist Church, Norfolk and president Smallwood Memorial Institute, delivered an interested address on the educational needs of the race Tuesday night. His visit here was at the invitation of the Dunbar Literary and Historical Society. A Dinner Last Monday evening the men of St. James Episcopal Church gave dinner in the lecture room of the church, which proved most enjoyable occasion. The object was to get together in a social way and talk over parochial affiars. IN MEMORIAM In loving memory of our dear son, Joseph A. Clinton, who died January 31, 1911. Gone but not forgotten. Beyond all change and safe from time imputation, And grieved no more by earth's forlorn complaints; Thou pictured face dim semblance of his mother, How dost thou look among the crowded saints. By his father and mother, Thomas and Mary E. Clinton In sad and loving remembrance of my dear husband, Jacob Davis, who died seven years ago today, February 2nd, 1906. We miss thee from our home dear, We miss thee from thy place; A shadow o'er our life is cast, We miss the sunshine of thy face We miss thy kind and willing hand, Thy fond and earnest care; Our home is dark without thee We miss thee every where. By his wife, Kate Davis. EVERETT—In sad but loving remembrance of my dear son, William Thomas Everett, who departed this life two years ago, February 2, 1910. Thou art gone but not forgotten, Though the days have passed away. Sweetet memories linger with me; Waiting for the meeting day. By his mother, Mrs. Patience Harris. --- Mr. Peter Francis and family wish to thank their many friends and relatives for their sincere and kind sympathy during the illness and death of their wife and mother, who departed this life. January 24 1913, at her late residence, 1428 Druid Hill avenue. Also for the beautiful floral tributes. THE AFRO-AMERICAN LEDGER Grand Union Concert at Sharp St. Mem. M. E. Church Sunday, Eve'ng, Feb. 2, 1913, 8.15 o'clock Ebenezer A. M. E. Choir, C. Henry, Director Sharp St. M. E. Choir, Mme. A. H. Lee, Directress John Wesley M. E. Choir, W. O. Johnson, Director. SILVER OFFERING Rev. M. J..Naylor, Pastor The Independent Private Waiters will present the 1913 Jolly Informal PRE-LENTEN DANCE at the Fishermen's Auditorium, Monday evening, February 3rd, 1913. Dr. Kerr's Six Talent Musical Orchestra will render continuous music. $2.50 in gold will be presented to the person holding the lucky coupon. The first couple appearing at 10 p.m. will receive complimentary tickets. ADMISSION 25 CENTS. H. L. Keller, Pres. Edw. Slaten, Sec. Jas. H. Wise Treas, Robert Smith, Manager. Paul L. Lewis, Ch'n. ...The Drexel Tango Tangle.. Al tickets bought at Drug Stores before February 6th, 20 Cents SPECIAL SERMON TO THE WOMEN OF BALTIMORE at Bethe A. M. E. Church. Druid Hill Ave. and Lanvale St., Sunday, Feb. 2nd at 3 P. M., by Rev. P. J. Jordan, D. D., Pastor of Allen A. M. E. Church. Under the auspices of the Day Nursery Association, and for the benefit of the Association. All organizations are cordially invited to attend. First Baptist Church, Caroline and McElderry Streets. Rev. P. C. Neal D. D. Pastor. Revival Services conducted by the Singing Evangelist, Rev. W. H. Skipwith, B. D. Song service each evening 7.45 to 8.30 Services.— I1 A. M., Subject, "The Voice of God on Baptism," Baptizing. 3 P. M. Communion. 8 P. M., Subject, "The day that will right all wrong." THE ARTISTIC DOCKINS COMBINATION will appear at Bethel A. M. E. Church, Druid Hill Avenue and Lanvale Street, Monday, February 3rd, 1913, at 8 P. M. In one of their Grand Concerts and Musical Entertainment, under the auspices of the Class Leaders of the Church. All other Leaders are cordially invited to attend this rare musical treat. Admission 15 Cts. Ice Cream and Cake Free. Committee: Leaders of the Church. Rev. D. G. Hill, Pastor. A Rev. D. G. Hill. Pastor First Baptist Church, Carol P. C. Neal D. D. Pastor. Reviv- ing Evangelist, Rev. W. H. Skip evening 7.45 to 8.30 Services.— God on Baptism." Baptizing. Subject, "The day that will rig THE ARTISTIC DOCKINS COMBIN E. Church, Druid Hill Avenue ary 3rd, 1913. at 8 P. M. Inor cal Entertainment, under the a Church. All other Leaders are musical treat. Admission 15 Committee: Leaders of the Chu For Sale or Rent HOMESEEKERS. ATTENTION! Now is the time to select your home for the Spring. We are offering for sale a number of homes in Northwest Baltimore on easy terms of a small deposit and the balance in weekly or monthly payments. It will pay you to get tour lists. We have for sale houses in het HOMESEEKERS REALTY CO. 11 E. Fayette Street HOUSE FOR SALE— 2206 Druid Hill avenue -Large three story dwelling. Can be bought with $100 cash and balance in weekly or monthly payments. Homeseekers Realty Co., 11 E. Fayette street. Telephone, St. Paul 2870. FOR SALE Magnificent three story home in 1200 block Argyle avenue, near Dolphin street, in perfect condition and contains all modern improvements. Easy terms. For particulars. write, telephone or call, Homeseekers Realty Company, 11 E. Fayette street. Telephone, St. Paul 2370. A BASE OPPORTUNITY A RARE OPPORTUNITY.. We offer for sale one of those new homes recently built in the 600 block Mosher street. Absolutely the most modern and finest two story homes in the northwest section. Contains all modern conveniences and improvements not found elsewhere. If interested, get particulars from Homeseekers Realty Company, 11 E. Fayette street Telephone, St.Paul 2370. FOR SALE—Several two and three story houses. Modernly improved. Easy terms. small deposits. Apply to P. H. PRATT 1322 Argle avenue. TYPEWRITERS FOR SALE Rebuilt and second hand. Machines of all makes from $8.00 up. Sold on easy terms. Machines rented an repaired. Wellington Typewriter Co., 117 N. Eutaw street. 1mo-11da-3t. ```markdown ``` Mrs. Cornelia Anderson, Pres. of Asso'n. Mrs. Lydia Burke, Chairman. Caroline and McElderry Streets. Rev. Revival Services conducted by the Sing- Skipwith, B. D. Song service each times.— 11 A. M., Subject, "The Voice of Sing. 3 P. M. Communion. 8 P. M., I'll right all wrong." MBINATION will appear at Bethel A. M. venue and Lanvale Street, Monday, Febru' In one of their Grand Concerts and Musi' the auspices of the Class Leaders of the s are cordially invited to attend this rare in 15 Cts. Ice Cream and Cake Free. e Church. Rev. D. G. Hill, Pastor. Dr. Payn's Painless Dentistry Perfect Fitting Set of Teeth All Work Guaranteed For Twenty Years. from $5.00 up. Bridge Work $5.00. Fillings 50 cents Gold $1.00. Crown and Bridge Work $3.00 to $5.00. All work done by Small Payments. EXAMINATION FREE 118 W. LEXINGTON ST. Licensed Employment... ...AGENCY... 448 West Biddle Street Phone, Mt. Vernon 1234 Y Furnishes help men and women in and out of the City. No charge for registering your wants. Ladies While Shopping Give us a Call ..Dining Room.. In The Business District 103 Mercer Street Two doors east of High Street Meals 15 and 20 Cts. Open all day on and after Feb. 10 W. H. Brown, Prop. NOTICE—There will be a public entertainment given at St. Johns' A. M. E. Church Lexington street near Pine, Monday evening February 10,1913. Proceeds for the bene- fit of the mortgage debt. Admission 5 cents. R. Marceline Ridgeway, Captain. Rev. L. S. Flagg, Pastor. BENEVOLENCE There will be a matinee given at Daly's Theatre on Pennsylvania avenue by a committee of ladies, February 14, 1913. From 2 to 5 p.m. Admission 5 cents. A souvenir will be given to the first 100 persons. CHURCH NOTICES AMES MEM. M. E. CHURCH Carey and Baker Sts Rev. W. S. Thomas, Pastor. 11 a. m., P. teaching by Pastor 2.30 p. m., Sunday School. 6 p. m., Epworth League. 8 p. m., Sermon by the Pastor. Seats Free All Welcome ASBURY M. E. CHURCH Lexington and East Sts. Rev. C. G. Cummings, B. D. Pastor. 9.30 a. m., Bible Class 11 a. m., The Lord's Supper 2.30 p. m., Sunday School. 5 p. m., Epworth League. 8 p. m., Sermon by the Pastor. Subject "The Leperosy of Sin" Strangers Cordially Welcomed Chas. T. Stewart, Supt. Leon Carrington, Pres E. L ST. PAUL M. E. CHURCH Saratoga and Creevy Sts. Rev. S. H. Norwood, Pastor 574 Oxford Street. 1 a. m., Sermon by Dr. J. O. [Spencer President of Morgan College 230 p. m., Sunday School 5 p. m., Epworth League 7 p. m., Special Revival Service. 8 p. m., Sermon by the Pastor, followed by the Holy Communion ST. MATTHEWS M. E. CHURCH E 23rd Street Rev. R. A. Green, Pastor 11 a. m., Sermon by Rev. Joshua Fuller. 2. 30 p. m., Sunday School 7 p. m., Epworth League. 8 p. m., Sermon to the Lodies' Aid by the Pastor. Mrs. Elizabeth Fuller, Pres. Ladies Aid Mr. S. E. Swann, Supt Mr. Joshua Fuller, Pres. E. L. GREAT DAY At John Wesley M. E. Church Rev. Ernest Lyon, Pastor. Sunday February 2, at 11 a m, special sermon by the pastor, subject "Responsibility" 3 p. m., sermon by the District Supt. Dr. W. A. C. Hughes, subject "Ropes" 8 p. m., General Jubilee. All are invited. All converts are invited to be present at the 11 o'clock service. WHATCOAT M. E. CHURCH, Franklin and Pine Sts."King's Hill" Rev. Alfred Young. Pastor. Residence; 618 Dolphin Street. II a. m., Sermon by Rev. Levi Miller. 3 P. M. Preaching by Rev. Edward Williams. Choir and congregation. 3 p. m., Sunday School. 4.30 p. m., Epworth League. 7.45 p. m., Sermon by Rev. George Williams, of LaPlato Communion Revival services every afternoon at 4 and every night at 8 Prayer meeting every Wed. night. Everybody welcome Miss E. M, Cooper, Pres. W. C. Tongue, Supt. SPECIAL NOTICES Colored Young Women's Christian Association, 1200 Druid Hill Avenue. You are cordially invited to attend the regular service on SUNDAY, FEB. 2nd, jat 5 P. M. Association Day The Rose Bubs of Waters A. M. E. Church will furnish the program. Misses Helen Reid, Pres., Mabel Addison, Vice Pres.; Lillian Francis Treasurer; Mary Cooper, Sec.; Mrs. Mary C. Banton, Secretary Good Speaking, Good Singing Good Speaking- Good Singing M. E., Murphy, President E. E. Bright, Secretary SPECIAL. Mr. Harry S. Cummings, will deliver an address at St. Paul M. E. Church, W. Saratoga street, Monday evening February 10-13, at 8.30. Subject: "Fifty years of Freedom, and the Blessings it has brought." Under the auspices of the Brotherhood. A cordial welcome to all. Thomas S. Tilden, Chairman of Committee. Thomas Franklin, President. Rev. S. H. Norwood, Pastor. SPECIAL NOTICE! The A. C. E. League of Waters A. M. E. Church will render a special program this Sunday 5.30 p.m. Musical selection by the Ellwood Quartet of East Baltimore. Mr. Edward Brown, director. Everybody welcome. Mamie Woolford, Pres. C. A. Carey, Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICE. The officers and members of Lincoln Lodge, No. 3, Progressive Order of Samaria, wish to announce the death of Brother Wm. Shero, better known as Wm. Edwards, of 582 Orchard street. He passed away last Sunday after a long illness. The floral tributes were numerous. Interment was in the National Cemetery. Mary E. Sedgewick, Guardian. A. C. E. LEAGUE from 6 to 7 o'clock, at Bethel A. M. E. Church. Special programme and good music. W. E. Burton, President D. G. Hill, Pastor BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH Druid Hill Ave and Lanvale St. Rep. D. G. Bill Pastor Rev. D. G. Hill, Pastor 11 a. m., Sermon by the Pastor. 2.30 P. M., Sunday School. 7.30 p. m., Sermon WATERS A. M. E. CHURCH Aisquith St., near Jefferson. Rev. Dr. M. F. Sydes, Pastor. 427 Aisquith Street 11 a. m., Sermon by Pastor, 2.30 p. m., Sunday School 5.45 p. m., Special program by the Allen League. 7.30 p. m., Sermon by the Pastor TRINITY A. M. E. CHURCH, Linden Ave. and Biddle St. Rev. A. L. Gaines, D. D., Pastor. 11 a. m., Sermon by pastor. 2.30 p. m., Sunday School. 6.30 p. m., A. C. E. League 7.30 p. m., Sermon by Pastor ALLEN A. M. E. CHURCH Lexington and Carlton Sts. Rev. P. J. Jordan, Pastor 11 a. m., Sermon by the Pastor. 2.30 p. m., Sunday School. 4.30 p. m., Allen League. 8 p. m., Sermon, by the Pastor. Special invitation to the unsaved at both services. HANDY MEM. A. M. E. CHURCH Cor. Baker and Bruce Sts. Rev. John Offer Custis, Pastor. 1514 Druid Hill Ave. General Review. One month series of sermons. Epistles of St. Paul 11 a. m., Sermon. 2.30 p. m., Sunday School. 4 p. m., Special Program. 6.50 p. m., A. C. E. League. 8 p. m., Holy Communion All invited. EBENEZER A. M. E. CHURCH W. Montgomery St., near Charles Rev. J. W. Norris, Pastor 11 a. m., Sermon by Pastor and Communion. 2.30 p. m., Sunday School. 3.30 p. m., A sermon by Rev. A. L. Gaines, D. D., Pastor of Trinity A. M. E. Choir and congregation. 6.30 p. m., Allen C. E. League. 7.30 f. M., Sermon 10 to 11 a. m., Pastor s Bible Class. Friday, 4 p. m., King Solomon's Training Class of sixty children, Mrs. Rachel McCay, Leader. John Murray, Pres. of the League. Charles Tolson, Supt PENNA. AVE. A. M. E. Z. CHURCH Penna. Ave. near Dolphin St. Rev. J. C. MacDonald, Pastor. 11 a. m., Sermon by the Rev. J. W. Robinson 6 p. m., Varick Christian Endeavor. J. E. Alkins, President. Music by orchestra. 8 p. m., Sermon by Rev. Jeanette Johns. GILLIS MEM. M. P. CHURCH Stockton Street near W. Baltimore Rev. B. H. Knight, Pastor. 10 a. m., Lovefeast 11 a. m., Sermon by the Rev. L. H. Stevens Revival Services 8 p.m., Communion. Great revival continued. G. W. Fowler, Pres. C. E. L. T. H. McGowan, Supt. CHRIST INSTITUTE Dr. G. W. Kennard, Pastor. Ensor Street. 11 a. m., Special Sermon. 2.30 p. m., Sunday School. 8 p. m., Sermon by pastor GRACE PRESBYTER'N CHURCH, Dolphin and Etting Sts. Rev. W. E. Williams, D. D., Minister. The Manse. 623 W. Lanvale Street. 8. p. m., "The Trembling God." Prayer and praise service every Wednesday, 8 p. m. Rev. L. S. Flagg, Pastor. 11 a.m. Sermon by the Pastor. 2.30 p. m. Sunday School. Bertha Fleming, Supt. 6 p. m., A. C. E. L., Chas. Roberts, President. 7.30 p.m., Sermon by the Pastor. Meeting continued all next week In the strength of the Lord Let us labor and pray. Let us watch as a winner of souls. John Wesley M. E. Sunday School, Sharp and Montgomery streets, invite the public and our sister schools to come with us on Sunday at 2.30 p.m., and hear Rev. Dr. W. A.C Hughes, former pastor of Sharp St. Memorial M. E. Church, now District Superintendent of North Baltimore district. Dr. Hughes will preach a special sermon to the Sunday School in the closing of our revival services. Subject: "Ropes". Don't fail to hear him. School from 2.30 p.m., to 4. o'clock Mrs. Jennie Mills, Supt. Mr. Joseph Norris, Asst. Supt. Rev. Ernest Lyon, D. D., pastor. GREAT DAY At John Wesley M. E. Church Rev. Ernest Lyon, Pastor. Sunday February 2, at 11 a. m., special sermon by the pastor, subject "Responsibility." 3 p. m., sermon by the District Supt. Dr. W. A. C. Hughes, subject: "Ropes." 8 p. m., General Jubilee. All are invited. All converts are invited to be present at the 11 o'clock service. Hundreds of Persons From All Parts of the Countrs At Funeral Philadelphia, January 30.—The funeral of Mrs. Fannie Jackson Coppin, wife of Bishop Coppin, who died last Tuesday, was held at Bethel A. M. E. Church Monday. Prominent men and women from all parts of the country attended the services, which were very impressive. Bishop B. T. Tanner, who knew the deceased educator for years, preached the funeral sermon. He paid a glowing tribute to the life, work, ability and character of the deceased. Rev. W. A. Creditt, pastor of Cherry Memorial Baptist Church, the reverable Rev. John B. Reeve and Bishop H. M. Turner also eulogized the deceased. Others who took part in the services included the Revs. R. H. W. Leake, Raleigh, N. C.; E. B. Tyler, Madison, N. J.; D. P. Seaton, this city: W. S. Carpenter and C. C. Dunlap, this city. Numerous telegrams and letters of sympathy were read. Among them was a cablegram from Bishop J. Albert Johnson, who is at Cape Town, South Africa. The Women's Mite Missionary Society of the Baltimore Conference, the Parent Women's Mite Missionary Society and the Alumni Association of the Institute for Colored Youth, of which the deceased was for years the head, were among the organizations presenting resolutions of eulogy. Among the Marylanders attending the service were: Mrs. B. K. Hurst, Mrs. Mary F. Handy, Mrs. Ruth M. Collett, Mrs. E. L. Norris, Revs. A. L. Gaines, D. G. Hill P. W. Wortham, M. F. Sydes, S. M. Johnson, I. J. Jordan, J. G. Martin, C. H. Murray, J. W. Norris, J. O. Custis, Joseph Gwynn, J. A. Briscoe, C. H. Stepteau all of this city; L. C. Custis, Annapolis; A. T. Addison, Tee Bee, and D. J. Beckett, Ridgely. Married in Philadelphia Philadelphia, January 28—One of the most fashionable weddings of the season took place here today. Miss Blossie Hall, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Hall, was married to Dr. Joseph W. Roberts of Salisbury, Md. Rev. H. H. Cooper, of Bethel Church, and Rev. R. G. Waters, pastor of John Wesley M. J. Church of Salisbury performed the ceremony. The bride was given away by her father in the parlors of his palatial residence. Prominent among the guests were, Mrs. Mary [F. Handy, of Balimore. Mrs. J. Albert Johnson, Miss Martha Roberts, Mrs. H. Winder, Dr. Thomas Powell, Mr. S. Morris and many others. Immediately after the ceremony a splendid dinner was served and the bride and groom accompanied by Dr. Waters left for Salisbury, where the happy couple will make their home. Dr. Roberts is the most prominent physician on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Reception To Newlyweds Salisbury, Md., Jan. 30.—Miss Blassie Hall and Dr. J. W. Roberts, of this city, were married at the bride's home in Philadelphia, Tuesday afternoon. The ceremony was performed by Rev. H. S. Cooper, assisted by Rev. R. G. Walters, of this city. Upon their arrival here on the evening train they were tendered a reception at the home of Mr. and Mrs. U. G. Langston. Among those preent were: Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Johnson, James Steward, Samuel Houston. U. G. Langston and Rev. Augusta. Misses Maud Smothers, Gladys Crutcher, Annie Lee, Mayme Houston, Blanche Lee, Josephine White and Bessie Lenard. Messrs. Ira Plummer and Clarence West. Anticipation In order to impress his congregation the length of eternity, a colored preacher used the following illustration: "If a sparrow, breddern, should take a drop of water from the Atlantic Ocean at Coney Island and with this drop of water in its beak should hop a hop a day until it reached the Pacific Ocean at San Francisco, and when it got there should let the drop fall into the Pacific, and when this was done should turn around and hop a hop a day all the way back to Coney Island and get another drop and do the same thing until it had carried the whole Atlantic Ocean over into the Pacific, it would then only be early A Call Issued To Men Who Will Attend the Inauguration. Washington, January 29.—The annual meeting of the Theological Alumni Association of Howard University was held Wednesday at the First Baptist Church, Georgetown. The Rev. E. E. Ricks, president of the association, presided. Among the Washingtonians who attended the funeral of Mrs. Fannie Jackson; Coppin in Philadelphia, Monday were: John R. Hawkins, financial secretary of the A. M. E. Church; the Revs. B. F. Watson, secretary of Church Extension for the A. M.; E. Church; I. N. Ross, pastor of Metropolitan A. M. E. Church; C. H. Young, pastor of St. Paul A. M. E. Church; U. G. Leeper, of Ebenezer A. M. E. Church; M. H. Davis, of Campbell A. M. E. Church, Anacostia; D. P. Seaton of Brown Memorial Church, and L. M. Beckett The will of the late Mary F.Carroll provided that the Philadelphia House of which she was the proprietor be left to her brother, William J. Edelin. Other bequests are made to her two sisters and certain relatives. Mrs. Carroll died Monday of last week at Freedmen's Hospital, following an operation for appendicitis. Believing that the change of administration warrants conference of leading men of the race who will be here to attend the inauguration a call has been sent for the conference to be held here on March 3. Those signing the call included: Rev. I. N. Ross, W. Calvin Chase, Rev. A. C. Garner, Rev. S. L. Corrothers. Richard E. Toomey, James L. Neil, W. A. Denny, G. C. Scurlock and A. Wilbanks. John W. Patterson who was caught in New York City, after he had skipped his bail, has been sent to the Leavenworth Penitentiary to serve a sentence of four years for alleged embezzlement. He was a member of the local bar. A large and appreciative audience listened to a musical given by Blankey's Orchestra at John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church Tuesday evening, under the auspices of Bethel Literary and Historical Society. Salisbury Jottings Salisbury, Md., Jan 30.—The funeral of Mr. Elmer Purnell, who died in Philadelphia, was held at St. Paul Church on Sunday. Rev. E. W. Jones officiated. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Houston, of Manton Ill., are visiting his father, Mr. Solomon T. Houston. The funeral of John Stemons, who died in Baltimore, was held at John Wesley Church Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. R. G. Water. Miss Mayme L. Houston entertained a number of friends Sunday evening in honor of her brother and sister-in-law, who are visiting her this week. Remembered By Her Friends Mrs. Addie L. Kyler who has been confined to her home for some time was surprised by a number of friends and co-workers of Metropolitan M. E. Church on Monday evening, January 27, at her home. 515 W. Biddle street. Mrs. Kyler is one of the most efficient workers of her church and the gathering was to show the appreciation of her services. The company entered her bed chamber singing, "Blest be the Tie that Binds," after which a most feeling prayer was offered by Mrs. E. J. Cummings. She was presented with a small token of $15.00 Mrs. S. E. Ross made [the presentation address. Mrs. Kyler being so impressed with the occasion asked Mrs. S. D. Simpson to make the response, which she did in a most feeling manner. Each lady present gave epression suitable to the occasion, after which a collation was served during which Mr. Thomas H. Campbell, her nephew from Philadelphia presided at the piano. Among the selections rendered were: "It may be the best for me" and "I'm on Business for My King."—Adv. Richmond, Va., Jan. 30.—N. J. Lewis, an attorney, has been sentenced to six months in jail and to pay a fine of $50 for the alleged refusal to refund $70 to a client. He has been released on $500 bail pending a rehearing of the case. There are 12,229 pupils enrolled in the white schools, and 6,109 in the colored. 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Wilson is crowded with work these days as there are many on the sick list. He has number of white patients also. Rev. David Johnson attended the funeral of Mrs. Fannie J. Coppin at Philadelphia last Monday. Elaborate preparations are being made to entertain the Baltimore annual conference here in April. Easton Notes Easton, January 30.—The ladies of Bethel A. M. E. Church are arranging to give several entertainments next month. Mrs. Laura Peck is ill at her home on South Aurora street. Mr. Frank Price, who has been ill with the grip, is improving. Rev. R. H. Wallace is conducting a successful revival at Asbury M. E. Church. Miss Emma Sprouse is suffering from a bad cold. Henry Skinner is dead after having been paralyzed sometime. Mr. Ezekiel Henson is ill with a complication of diseases. Mrs. Harriett Cooper died at Unionville a few days ago. A brigh young boy or girl is desired to handle the Afro-American Ledger here. The daughter of Mr and Mrs. R. H. Gibson has been operated on for appendicitis. Mrs. Emma Gibson is quite ill Catonsville News Catonsville, Md., Jan. 30.—Mrs. Mary Gibson, of Baltimore, her two daughters were the guests of Mrs. Nancy Ebb Sunday. Rev. A. L. Jones, of the Morning Star Baptist Church, with congregation, will be in charge of the services at Grace A. M. E. Church, at 3 p. m., Sunday. Mr. Samuel Lee is remodeling the house were his mother lived while in Catonsville. Mr. Charles Crawford, leader of the Sunday morning class, is recovering from an attack of rheumatism. Mr. and Mrs Edward Pye gave a dinner in honor of Mrs. Pennington and her friend, Mrs. S. E. Boyd, of New York. Some of the out-of-town guests were: Mrs. T. F. Bailey, Miss C. A. Beckett, of East Orange, N. J; Miss A. C. Clemmings, of Philadelphia; Mrs. E. Jackson, Mrs. C. Cornish, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. K. Turner and Miss Ruth Johnson, of Baltimore. The funeral of Mr. Caleb Hall, of Mt. Gilboe, was largely attended. 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Birmingham, Ala.—The establishment and maintenance of Miles Memorial college, a local institution of learning under the auspices of the Colored Methodist Episcopal church in this state, present the most remarkable example of self help among the colored people of the south per- ses yet on record. The institution has been in existence for several years, but recently it has received a character of support from members of the race in Alabama who are members of the church in this state that has placed it in its equipment and in the character of work on a par with any other institution in the state, with the exception of Tuskagkee. For four or five years the ministers and laymen in the various churches have given of their meager earnings on an average about $12,000 per year. But with the increased needs of the work and the demands made upon it by its constantly growing influence this amount will hardly be adequate for all purposes. In keeping with a well acknowledged conception of the needs of education in the south, no colored school is considered able to fully meet the demands made upon it unless it has a well developed manual training or industrial department, giving training to its young people in such callings as they are most likely to follow in the future. Miles Memorial college has just got to the place where it feels that it can with wisdom and justice to all concerned give attention to the development of its industrial plant. The management feels that the people have done so well in developing this institution so far that it will be encouraged in the effort to provide for its young people such industrial training as they undoubtedly need. They have accordingly called in an experienced man to develop the industrial work of the institution. J. W. Oveltreu, who has charge of the work, is a Tuskegee graduate. He was for fourteen years at the East Tennessee Normal and Industrial institute, located at Herriman, at which place he did some effective work. Two years' work in Anniston, Ala., as principal of the colored public schools secured for Mr. Oveltreu the best commendation of the authorities and all the local journals, and he is now working manfully to build up in this great Birmingham district such an industrial plant that will be able to train the young people so that they may cope with the larger demands of this high industrial section. These who appreciate the situation have given generously of their means, and the management of the institution has always expressed a grateful and sincere acknowledgment of the sacrifices the more thoughtful of the race was making. Encouragement of these people by the friends of education generally will have a twofold effect—that of helping to place within immediate reach of practically 15,000 young people the very kind of education they desire. To meet this situation the trustees decided to call in Mr. Ovetree, who is regarded as one of the most experienced men available for industrial leadership. Developments thus far since the beginning of the work have proved the wisdom of their choice. The students do not by any means manifest that distaste for work that is so often held up to be the truth. The race itself has got entirely away from that. The girls do sewing, ruffa work, basketry, housekeeping, cooking and laundering. Some good results are also seen in the practical and scientific farm work attempted on the twenty acre farm which the school owns. The needs of the institution for the development of an industrial plant sufficient to meet the demands of the people can therefore be very plausibly seen. It does appear that one good, well developed school in this district, where our people in such large numbers are depended upon to do practically all the work—work of a character that places Greater Birmingham in the class with the world's greatest industrial centers—will appeal especially to people who would want to do anything for a race of people that is making such a heroic fight for development. Certainly the needs of the work and Mr. Gorelea's ability to develop and maintain it on a high character should commend it to every one who for the moment gives thought to the vast amount of work yet to be done for the larger emancipation of the masses. Bishop Leete to Hold Conference. Bishop Leete of the South Florida conference of the Methodist Episcopal church is meeting with satisfactory success in his field. The bishop will hold his next conference at Palatka, Fla., on Jan. 30. Much interest is being manifested in the work among the various churches belonging to the conference. Some Essential Elements in Successfully Conducting Ad. Agencies. "Many are called, but few are wanted." Many ambitious, well meaning colored men have felt the call to enter the advertising agency business, says Albon Lewis Holsey, but few have been able to "stick," and if I were asked to give the reasons for this contention they would be stated in part as follows: Colored advertisers do not conduct national publicity campaigns in the real broad sense of the word. Therefore they do not have occasion to show their "race loyalty" by placing their business through the colored agent. To be sure, there are many colored enterprises whose annual business goes into the thousands and who should conduct such campaigns, but as a rule they are local advertisers, because their business has been built up in some locality through years of patient toil and energy of perhaps one person who depends entirely on local trade. Again, advertising agents lack capital. To establish an agency requires sufficient backing to carry the business at least two years under present conditions. Postage, stenographic help, etc. make rapid inroads on a small bank account, but these helps are essential to the establishment of such a business. The publisher must have confidence in the new concern, and the advertiser who is responsible will not trust his advertising business to any concern unless reasonably sure that it will make a judicious investment of his money. To obtain this confidence necessitates a great deal of advertising. Furthermore, the white advertiser knows and appreciates the value of the service offered him through the advertising agent, and his demands for better qualified workers in this field and the natural growth of his business have opened the way for thousands of white agencies to handle their enormous business. Thus none of the business from white concerns is left to the colored agent with his limited experience and resources. NEW DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED National Association Fills Vacancies on Board at Annual Meeting. At the annual meeting of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, held in the banking room of the Evening Post building, in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 21, Charles H. Studin, Mrs. Max Morgenthan, Jr., and Wilson M. Powell, Jr., were elected to the board of directors for the term expiring in 1916. The Rev. Hutchins C. Bishop was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. F. R. Keyser, whose term would have expired in 1914. Dr. V. Morton-Jones was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mrs. M. D. Maclean, whose term would have expired in 1914. The following were also elected for terms expiring in 1916: George W. Crawford, New Haven; Thomas Ewing, Jr. New York; Paul Kennaday. New York: Joseph P. Loud; Boston: Dr. William A. Sinclair, Philadelphia; Miss Lillian D. Wald, New York, and Rev. G. R. Waller, Baltimore. SHOULD PRACTICE THE GOLDEN RULE AT HOME. Example of Puritans Exemplified in Afro-Americans Who Go Abroad. The following letter, the writer of which signs the initials E. H., recently appeared in the Philadelphia Press: Assuming the author of the letter to be an American citizen and that his sentiments are already too widely indorsed, I feel justified in submitting the fact that if this nation's moral ideals were higher and its common sense kept pace with its material development none of its people would have cause to go elsewhere in search of life, liberty and happiness. History repeats itself. Human nature is always and everywhere the same. Therefore why discourage them in seeking relief from oppression when they are but following the examples set by the pilgrims. Puritans and Huguenots, who sought relief in this country from religious and political persecution? The class of colored people who go abroad are of a higher order of intelligence than the hordes of emigrants who flock here, and yet no note of warning is sounded against their coming. I think that all the world, America excepted, realizes the fact that the colored people, have, on the whole, a creditable idea of moral responsibility and are, of all races, the least to be feared. President Boyd Makes Clear Report. The address of Dr. R. H. Boyd, president of the One Cent Savings bank in Nashville, Tenn., at the annual meeting of the stockholders recently held was a well defined and exhaustive statement of the progress and internal workings of the institution. The bank was organized Jan. 16, 1904. It started business with a capital of $1,000 paid in by sixteen persons. The reports at the meeting showed a clearance of $832,000 for the past year, which is an increase of $45,000 over the previous THE AFRO=AMERICAN-LEDGER CAREER OF HEAD WORKER AT SHAW Success of Professor G. E. Edwards as Architect. LEADER AMONG YOUNG MEN Graduate of Agricultural and Mechanical College Shows Fine Example of Courage and Persistence Despite Close Competition in Chosen Profession—Enjoys Wide Acquaintance. By GEORGE F. KING Raleigh, N. C.—One of the leading architects in the race and a fitting example of the kind of men produced by the Agricultural and Mechanical College For the Colored Race at Greensboro, N. C., of which Dr. James B. Dudley, the well known educator, is president, is Professor G. E. Edwards, head of the industrial department of Shaw university. He is also a most successful business man. Professor Edwards is one of the leaders of that class of young men that are making the best of their opportunities and by their ability are gaining the recognition and support of the better element of the southern white people in their work. Despite the competition of experienced architects in this section and other parts of the country, Professor Edwards' design for the beautiful $40,000 hospital, known as Leonard hospital, Shaw university, was accepted, and this hospital, which was recently completed, was built under his direction. It is the pride of the graduates of the medical and pharmaceutical departments of Shaw university. Because of the peculiar character of the architecture of the hospital it is one of the most complicated buildings he has had to design. Its hearing apparatus, ventilation, silent signal system for calling the nurses and the fine sanitary arrangements throughout the ```markdown ``` PROFESSOR G. J. EDWARDS. building and every detail of a modern hospital conducive to the speedy recovery of the patients place this hospital among the best in the country. Morehouse hall, one of the best buildings for its purposes in the eastern section of this state, at Waters institute. Winton, N. C., is among the many beautiful structures designed by the quiet but progressive Professor Edwards. All kinds of the buildings for both races have been designed and constructed by him, and he recently designed a building, in course of construction at Lumberton, N. C., which will add much to the civic pride of the town. But the pride of Raleigh among mercantile activities of the race is the Capehent-Edwards building, which is a "native ideal" for the race. It is one of the best modern two story brick buildings to be found in the state. It is known as the "Negro business corner," and in it will be found the Raleigh Drug company, a sanitary barber shop, with all the appurtenances necessary for a modern shop; a well stocked grocery store, one of the nearest cafes in the city, and on the third floor there is a well kept hall, where the elite society people hold their entertainments. Professor Edwards designed a roof garden for this building, which is the only one of its kind for Afro-Americans in the state. It is well lighted and affords the better element of the race in the city and those visiting here a place for recreation during the warm weather. Being part owner of this building, he is part owner of the race a stimulus. He is part owner in a $25,000 building which he designed and built. In fact, he is a substantial factor in every movement for the material ascendancy of the Negro in this section and other parts of the state. Another evidence of the appreciation of the strong character and steering worth of the graduates of the A. and M. college at Greensboro is the recent appointment by the city council in Raleigh of Professor Edwards as a member of the board of trustees of the new Afro-American cemetery and the appointment by the governor as one of the representatives from the state at the national Negro educational convention that met at St. Paul, Minn. COL. MIDNIGHT iATTENDING COLLEGES Jackson, Miss.—It is just a few days since I turned over a new leaf, and whether or not I am going to be able to keep that is to be seen. I fear not, because it is boiling up in me as big as a mountain, and I will let you know about him in my next letter perhaps. I have been to so many colleges in the past few days until I feel very much educated, and I am going to the next Sunday School Congress in Muskogee, Okla., and it strikes me that I am going to have a few things to say about the things that will be going on there. I have been to a few schools. You will recall the last time I wrote you I was in Durant, Miss., attending a session of the Upper Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. I said that it was a successful session, and every thing passed off in peace and harmony, but there was lacking either peace and harmony. Things went along like a clock until Saturday, and then Rev. M. C. B. Mason, of Cincinnati, dropped on the scene and that is where either peace or harmony went off on a vacation and there was a deal of whispering around. Bishop Thirkield presided over the conference, and he declared that Dr. Mason should not speak. I put up cheek enough to ask about it, and was informed that I would learn about him in a few days. I have not heard it yet but am told that something is going to drop. The bottom is going to drop out of the tub. I shall await developments. From that conference came to Jackson, thence to Hattiesburg, thence to Laurel, and from there to Jackson, and down to Utica to see the Utica Normal and Industrial college. The school is in better condition than I have ever seen it, and want to congratulate President W. H. Holtzcaw on the splendid work he is doing in the 1,500 acres of land. He has brought this school into existence, and because the people had confidence in him, placed at his disposal money to buy and erect buildings, and carry on the educational work, which is really a young Tuskegee. I reached the school on time, which is just four miles from the Utica railroad stable. Reaching there found Prof. Holtzlaw out inspecting his farm, but there were his clerks to receive. Miss Pauline Willis is chief clerk in the president's office, and I am here to tell you that she knows her business. The other office help are Misses L. Linusay and M. B. Powell, stenographers. Then I returned to Jackson, and went out to Jackson college, and there I found Rev. J. E. Ford, D. D., of Jacksonville. Fla., getting the students converted. At the head of this school is Prof. Z. T. Hubert, and he is doing a good work. They are now preparing for a special course for ministers which will star Monday, March 31, and continue for three weeks, which will be busy as they are to do two days' of work in one, hence while the course is six weeks will be covered in three. The course will be in charge of Dr. John E. Ford, of Florida, and it is expected that Rev. S. N. Vass, of North Carolina will be on hand and that mean good work. Lectures will be delivered by two white men of this city Drs. Forum and King. This will be a rare opportunity for the ministers. Then I took trip out to Tougaloo University and as I am going back I shall refrain from saying anything about it now. Then I spepped over to see Dr. W. T. Vernon president of Campbell college. Right by his side in the school room is to be found his efficient wife. He is just pushing his school work and the enrollment of students is way up in the hundreds. Dr. Veronn is now also engaged in active church work. He is pastoring a mission in addition to doing the work of the school and both are flourishing. The college has the best faculty it has ever had and everything is moving along as smooth as possible. Bishop J. M. Conne is supporting in fine style the work of President Vernon. He is now preparing to do social settlement work ad already an organization with Dr. Vernon at its head has already been perfected. This will be under the direct charge of Mrs. Vernon. You may send all mail for me to 826 Jefferson street, Montgomery, Ala. I. O. MIDNIGHT. SUNDAY SCHOOL. Lesson V.—First Quarter For Feb. 2, 1913. Text of the Lesson, Gen. vi, 9-12; vii. 11-24—Memory Verses, Gen. vii, 12- 14—Golden Text, Rom. vi, 23—Commentary Prepared by Rev. D. M. Stearns. In the end of chapter iv we see the descendants of Cain getting on in the world, building cities, inventing musical instruments, working in brass and iron and improving things generally, but not with the blessing of the Lord, nor any acknowledgment of Him. The outcome of such disobedience is seen in chapter vi. 5, 12, "All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth." In chapter v we see the line of Abel or Setb, who took Abel's place as a progenitor of the race, but there is nothing written of any of them on the line of world improvement. It is written of Enoch, the seventh from Adam, and of Noah that they "walked with God" (Gen. v. 22, 24; vi. 9), but what it cost them to do so and the worldliness which they condemned by their lives and their testimony may be inferred from Jude 14-16 and Heb. xi. 7. So it went on, the godly few and the ungodly crowd, for about 1,600 years until the time of our lesson, when God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. He was therefore compelled to change His method with man, remove the race from the earth and begin anew with Noah and his family. God never repents in the sense of changing His mind about anything, for "Known unto God are all His works from the beginning of the world" (Num. xxiii. 10; Aes xv. 18. We change our minds and then act differently. God at certain times, before appointed, takes a different line of action, but always knew that He would. These turnings in His mode of procedure are spoken of as His repentings (chapter vi. 6). Nothing has ever taken place on earth or ever will take place that God has not foreseen from all eternity and prepared for, and the end He has in view He will surely reach in His time and way in spite of the devil and all his demons and his hosts of human followers. As it was in these first centuries so it has been ever since and will be till the kingdom comes. The world lieth in the wicked one, who is the prince and god of this world. In matters political, commercial and religious he is the leader, and the crowds unconsciously follow him. Those who believe and follow Jesus Christ are about like Noah and his family compared with the multitudes. This ark which Noah built was to preserve all who were in it. Jochelbed's ark was to preserve the labe she placed in it. The ark of the command was to preserve the tables of testimony. These are the three arks of Scripture and all suggestive of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom alone there is safety. As in the story of Cain and Abel, he who accepts God's way is accepted, but the rejector is rejected. The people who helped Noah to build the ark knew all about the ark, but all perished who were not in the ark. A good knowledge of the Bible will not avail, nor a knowledge of God's plan of salvation, nor a knowledge about God and Christ. The sinner must receive Christ or truly come to Him and take refuge in Him. God Himself and He alone was the architect of Noah's ark and of Moses' tahunacle and of the temple of Solomon. They had only to go by the plan. Salvation is of the Lord from start to finish, and the one only thing we can do and that God asks of us is accept what He has provided without question. Notice the great invitation in chapter vii. 1. "Come thou and all thy house into the ark." The Lord must therefore have been the first in the ark, and then Be called Noah and his family to come to Him. He said concerning Israel. "I brought you unto Myself" (Ex. xix. 4), and His word to us is ever "Come unto Me" (Matt. xi. 28). Make a study of His "comes" from here to Rev. xxii. 17. In chapter vii. 16, note that "the Lord shut him in." How safe, how restful, shut in with God! We cannot but think of the words "Your life is gid with Christ in God" (Col. vii. 3). More than a full year was he shut in (compare chapters vii. 11; viii. 13, 14), but the Lord was with him, and that is true prosperity (Gen. xxxix. 2, 3, 21-23). The perishing of all people and of all living creatures on the earth (vii. 21-23) points us on to II Thess. I. S. where we read of vengeance on them that know not God and that okey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ * * * when He shall come to be glorified in His saints. He Himself has told us that when He shall come in His glory as the Son of Man the condition of things on earth shall be as in the days of Nohan and of Loi (Luke xvii. 26-30). Not when He comes to the air for His church, though things will be bad enough then, are even now, but when He shall come in His glory, bringing His church with Him, according to Coli. 4. We are nowhere taught that the world will be converted before He comes again, but that He will come to a world in rebellion and angry because of His coming (lsa. lxv. 15, 18; Rev. I. 7; xx. 18). Weight! Tuberculosis!! Are you losing weight? Do you feel worn out, tired and drooping? If so, have your lungs examined. A stitch in time saves nine. Use the famous reconstructive Tonic "STRENGTH & LIFE" which prevents Tuberculosis and checks all incipient cases if the direction is followed. Don't allow your existence to be shortened by Tuberculosis. It is preventable by the defensive process of building up. Dr. Campbell is Specialist in Tuberculosis Indigestion, Neurosia & Rheuma, tism. Has the least death rate of the physicians in Baltimore. He examines thoroughly and tells if case is beyond remedial aid. 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A colored man is said to plan for the getting of these girls into the place unnoticed. One young colored man, who happened to be there last Sunday night, declared that the sight that met his gaze was sickening. The girls, for the most part, are said to attend school. Silver Cord Social Organized Members of the Galilean Fishermen, who have been connected with the order for the past 25 years, have banded themselves into an organization to be known as the Silver Cord Social. A big entertainment is being planned for May. The officers are: Mrs. Sallie E. Wason, president; J. Macauley Dorsey, vice president, and Mrs. Ella Freeland, secretary. Celebrate Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. James Colston of 419 N. Eden street, celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary Friday, January 17. Among their invited guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dodd, Mr. and Mrs. George Casey, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Morris. Mmes. Henrietta Brown, Mary Osborne, Elizabeth Bantum. Mr. John Thompson. They received useful and valuable presents. Entertained at Bridge Party Mrs. Robert Syears, of 1714 Etting street, entertained a few friends at a bridge party on last Thursday evening of last week, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Roberts. After a very interesting game the guests were ushered into the dining room, which was tastefully decorated and the table arranged with pink roses and pink shaded lights, where a repast was served. Among those present were: Mrs. R. Gun, Misses Lottie Jones, Annie and Viola Chester, Fannie Adams, Mamie Roberts, Venie Washington, Viola Brown. Eliza Mitchell, Messrs. L. Rawlings, J. Stewart, J. Hawkins, J. Jones, Benjamin Roberts, Thomas Johnson, J Williams and Mr. Bagby. Mr. Roberts is a. son of Mr. and Mrs. James Roberts, of Eastern, Md. Washington's Chauffeur Here The Colored Chauffeurs Association of Maryland, had as their guest at their grand reception and dance held on Monday evening, January 27, The Royal Chauffeurs Association, No.1, of Washington. After the dance a collation was served in the club room of the local boys, white Kerr's orchestra played the sweet strains of "Maryland, my Maryland." Speeches were made by members of both associations, which filled with joy the hearts of all those present. Those present were Messrs. Edward N. Simms, George Johnson, Richard Kidrick, Howard A. Thomas, Charles M. Miller, Benjamin J. Akers, William Edwards, James M. Henry, John D. Joyner, B. F. H. Walton, Clarence Murray, Frank Bailey, of Royal Chauffeurs of Washington. The Maryland boys lined up as follows: Messrs. William D. Rich, William F. Paul, Ernest Davis, J. A. Nelson., Lewis G. Tarter, Richard Sheard, Douglas Larkins, Harry Croxton, William E. Phillips, John L. Pied, George Brown, Cornelius Butler, Clarence Griffin, Willis J. C. Stewart, Carroll Williams, Gordon Boyd, Gerry P. Talot, Howard Cassell, M. Jack Nelson. The happy young secretary of C. C. A. of Md., is ready to mail an application blank to any chauffeur wishing to join the C. C. A. of Md. Birthday Anniversary Master James Colston, Jr. of 419 N. Eden street, celebrated his 12th birthday anniversary last Monday evening. Among his invited guests were: Misses Pauline Harris, Marguarette Saunders, Lola Brooks, Bertha Brooks, Eva May Morris, Selena Greene, Elizabeth Greene, Bertha Malanda, Pauline Banks, Helen Bantum, Mary Brown, Mable Sharp, Masters Milton Thompson, Herman Jackson, Milton Jones, Nelson Thompson, John Thompson, Daniel Wilson, Roiland Sharp, Edward Brooks' and Walter Brooks. He received many useful A fine casket worth $65.00, in black cloth, steel gray or white plush highly polished oak or walnut outside case; beautiful rubber-tired hearse either black, gray or white, to match casket, as desired; five heated car riages, 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, chaiis etc., all of the latest designs. W.C.A Workers The Second Conference of Employed and Volunteer Workers in Colored Young Women's Christian Associations will open Thursday February 6, 3 p. m., at the C. Y. W. C. A. Thursdav 8 p. m., the first public meeting will, be held. It is earnestly hoped that the women especially will attend in large numbers. Friday 8 p. m., the session will be held at Trinity A. M. E. Church. Sunday 11 a. m., at Asbury M. E. Church. At 3 p. m., Sunday afternoon the conference will close with a great massmeeting at Bethel A. M. E. Church. It is believed that the holding of the conference will greatly enthuse the local Association and much good will be seen. The various committees are working hard to make the meeting a success, and have the delegates spend a pleasant time. Saturday from 8 to 10 p. m., the delegate will be given a reception and the citizens will have an opportunity to meet them. Everybody welcome. Dr. Campbell Talks of Panama Dr. D. N.E. Campbell, who visited Panama some time ago, gave an inteesting description of the scenes in the Canal zone at the weekly meeting of the Forum last Sundafy aftrenoon. A memorial service for S. Coleridge Taylor, the English composer, will be held Sunday afternoon. It will be under the direction of Mr. Harry T. Pratt. Mr. James Bagely was called to Green Bay, Va, to attend the funeral of his grand mother Mr. C. E. Gillett was called home to Charlotte, Va., on account of the death of his mother Messrs. Jay Gould and William Wilson entertained a party at the Goldfield Hotel, Tuesday night. Mr. J. Edward Neal, of 1716 Division street has been appointed to a clerkship in the post office. Mr. James N. V. Stith was in Washington Wednesday, where he had conferences with Congressman J. Charles Linthicum and other members of the Maryland delegation. Messrs. Thomas R. Smith and Ford Dabney spent a day in Washington this week. Mr. William E. White after staying in Boston three years has returned to his home, 110 S. Caroline street. Mrs. Cora B. Holmes, of 210 Myrtle avenue, has recovered from an attack of pneumonia. Mr. George Anderson, who was seriously injured in a streetcar accident last week, is said to be in an improved condition. He is at St. Joseph's Hospital. Mr. Anderson is one of the most active members of Waters A. M. E. Church. Bishop and Mrs. John Hurst will eave next week to attend the semi annual session of the Council of A. M. E. Bishops at Charleston, S. C. They will afterward attend annual conferences in Florida. GREAT DAY At John Welsev M. E. Church Rev. Ernest Lyon, Pastor. Sunday February 2, at 11 a. m., special sermon by the pastor,. subjec "Responsibility." 3 p. m., sermon by the District Supt. Dr. W. A. C. Hughes, subject "Ropes" 8 p. m., General Jubilee. All are invited. All converts are invited to be present at the 11 o'clock service. Baltimore's Leading Co JOHN H UNDERTAKER Complete $73.00 FUN THE AFRO- AMERICAN-LEDGER WOMEN IN "CAGES." A Reminder of the Days When Crinoline Was the Vogue. Fifty-one private letters of Dr. E. Barthez, physician to the prince imperial, have been translated by Bernard Mall to form "The Empress Engenie and Her Circle." A letter from Blairritz (1850) describes the empress personally and discusses the fabulous amplitude of the dresses she wore: "All this stuff is supported by a sort of skeleton of flexible iron. The empress is greatly attached to this cage, which to us seems very ungrateful and inconvenient. She sticks to it in spite of the quils of the emperor, to whom she simply replies that she does not know how she lived so many years without a cage. "I can only find two excuses for this fashion. One is that women who wear it have their legs free in walking and are not hampered by skirts and petticoats hanging on their calves and thighs and impeding their movements; the other, in her case, is that there is a sort of harmony between the amplitude of the woman and the size of the apartments in which she lives. * * * Here a dozen women adorn the salon admirably and are in harmony with the wide spaces, the ample seats, the width and height of the doors. I knew nothing of this effect, which I now understand, and I now see why this taste—false in itself—has neverless a certain justness in its application." STAGE HANDS. From the Important Carpenter Down to the Lowly "Grip." To the outsider the term stage hand is applied to every one that works behind the footlights except the players, but there is quite an aristocratic line of demarcation. There are the stage carpenter and the assistant stage carpenter, who build scenery; there are the property man and the assistant property man, who make and shape all kinds of things out of papier mache for properties and look after the furniture and decorations of the stage; there are the fly men, who manipulate the ropes at the top of the theater, hoisting and lowering scenery and also raising and dropping the curtain. The natural habitat of these fly men is on platforms up in the flies, many feet above the stage, and when not otherwise employed they have the disconcerting habit of audibly gossiping and playing cards. Then there are the electrician and his assistants, whose business it is to operate the lights. The humblest of the regular staff is the "grip." This man handles scenery and does general utility work about the stage. When exigency demands the force is added to from the roustabouts who usually infest the stage entrance. eking out a miserable existence through casual jobs and "sponging" upon the members of the regular staff—Mary Shaw in London Strand Magazine. The Inevitable Comment. The inevitable command A committee of investigating scientists approached a lady. "Madam," said Professor Prewins, the spokesman, offering her a magnificent chrysanthemum of rare and lovely hue—"madam, permit us to present this flower to you as a token of our high regard." She clasped the splendid blossom in her lily hand. The Pecan. It is interesting to record that the first grafting of a peanut tree was accomplished by a negro slave, and it is doubtful whether any other member of the black race has ever performed an economic service to this country that is so signal in its importance. In 1847 Antoine, the slave gardener of Telesphore J. 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It will interest you to know that during the past four years, as a result of my fight for lower prices and against extravagance in funeral services, I have saved the colored people of Baltimore thousands of dollars. Before my advent into this war, widows and bereaved relatives were burdened with enormous exorbitant funeral bills. To remedy this condition I have waged a lone fight with great success. I have been encouraged by the support and cooperation of many of our best people, besides earning the thanks and good-will of grief-striken relatives, to whom I have given service at a reasonable price. I have been consured and criticised, by some misinformed persons for my attitude and position, but I have done "The Greatest Good to the Greatest Number" without regard to the "Other Fellow." Don't spend all of your Insurance and Society Money but patronize the Undertaker of courage and originality who has saved dollars for his patrons. $73 Funerals $75 Including a beautiful Casket worth $65, either Black Broadcloth, White Embossed Plush, Steel Gray Embossed Plush, or a highly polished Mahsgany, Oak or Walnut Casket. just as you select. This Casket is guaranteed to be sold everywhere at $65 alone. It is trimmed with fine quality silk or satin lining, six large silver handles and silver name plate engraved. Other items which complete the funerals: Outside Case, a fine Burial Robe, Embalming, Washing and Dressing, Opening the Grave, Silk Door Crepe, Gloves Candles, Crucifixes, Massive Candlebras, Draperies etc., Hearse either White. Black or Gray, Five New Rubber-tired carriages, Rugs, Chairs, Pedestals etc. I guarantee every item furnished to be the very best quality, and will save you $50 to $100 on every Funeral. The same will be furnished with Couch Caskets for $125 LICENSED I am the ONLY COLORED UNDERTAK ER $73 & $75 advertising a complete funeral for ..... Be sure and secure the best results as cheap as possible. There is no other colored undertaker in Baltimore who furnishes an up-to-date funeral for $75.00. My aim is to please the public and save them all unnecessary expenses, and at the same time, give such inducements as will warrant you in calling again. Do not suffer yourself to be deceived, I guarantee my $75 proposition, am indeed grateful to my friends for past favors and take advantage of this opportunity of thanking you for the same, and you may feel assured that I shall always seek to extend the same courtesy as in the past. I furnish Coffin and Grave and Carry the same to the Cemetery for $15 and $18. 1222 DIVISION STREET Between Dolphin and Lanvale Sts. Baltimore, Md. PERSONALS Mrs. J. Edward Smith, of 1402 Druid Hill avene, has returned from a 10 day stay in New York city. She was accompanied by her brother and daughter. A classie dance February 28. Messrs. Solomon Bond and Louis Davenport were in Philadelphia this week on business connected with the Order of Moses. At Fishermens hall 28th. Attorneys Hawkins and McMechen filed a demurrier last Friday the petitional for an injunction that the local lodge of White Lodge of Owls wants to get restraining the Baltimore Afro-American Lodge of Owls from using the name "Owl'. Mr. Reuben Wright is ill at his home, 755 George street. Mrs. Lizzie Wright has returned to her home, 747 Vine street, after undergoing treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Reunion and "Soiree" 29th Feb. Mr. Winfield Richardson, of 146 Dolphin street, has been confined to his bed for two week, is much improved and will be out and at his work soon. Mrs. Mary Clark, of 2002 Druid Hill avenue, who has been confined to her home by illness is out again. Mrs. Samuel Wise, of 1802 White street, who has been confined to her home by illness, is able to be out again. Kerr's Orchestra 28th Feb. Mrs. Jennie Newby, of 215 1 street, Sparrows Point. is confined to her home by illness. Mrs. Walter Green, of 328 Mount street, who has been confined to her home is able to be out again. Mr. James H. A. Hill, who has been ill with blood poisoning at his home, 424 W. Henrietta street, is on a fair road to recovery. Mrs. Florence Kelly, who is visiting friends in Connecticut is expected to arrive in the city today to visit her sister, Mrs. Jackson. Don't forget Fishermen's on 28. Messrs. Ulysses S. Wharton and Charles H. Garvin, will be the guests of Benjamin H. Matthews, of 512 Robert street, Sunday. They are students at Howard University. Mrs. Louisa Coe is ill with gastritis, at her home, 613 Cornell street. Mr. William Criss is ill with lumbago at his home, 1411 Argyle avenue. Progressives Porters Reunion 28th. George L. Williams, a member of the detective force of Philadelphia, was at police headquarters Thursday. He was looking for a fugitive from justice. $75 Rev. R. E. Ford and Mr. Thadeus Copeland were among the Baltimoreans that attended the funeral of the wife of Bishop Coppin in Philadelphia Monday. GREATEST BORN MEDIUM MAKES NO CHARGE If the object of your visit is not explained without asking a question. Can be seen on all matters of business love, courtship, marraige, investments, etc by my advice I remove evil influence witchcraft, spells, cure diseases and unite the separated. I never fail. I also teach hypnotism and how to become a medium. No matter what your troubles are or what you wish to know, this Gifted person can positively help you...if you are hundreds of miles away. A word to the wise is sufficient. Are you sick? Have doctors and medicines failed to help? If so, seek the advice and help from this wonderful man. Gives good luck, Hours 9 to 9 daily and Sunday. Fees very moderate 217 S CLINTON ST., near Pratt, Highlandtown. Md. The number 217 is on window. Take Roland Park car to Chinton street. and Eastern avenue, walk 3 squares north. I also sell books of the Egyptian Secrets, the 6th and 7th Books of Moses and Dream Books Remember, Verona transacts all Business at his office. Beware of mediums. im tators, etc going from door to door. Send stamps for Postage. Verona is wonderful! Verona is powerful. Friends common sense teaches you that a man has more power to help you in troubles thru this life than women. PURE DRUGS Bring all your prescriptions here. We compound them smoltly and with the highest degree of accuracy—charging just what they ork worth. Get a copy of the prescription you are now taking let us compound it and show you that we can save you 15 to 25 per cent. BALTIMORE, MD.