The Afro-American

THE AFRICAN AMERICAN LEDGER VOL. XXIII. NO. 2 STIRRING SCENES WHEN WAR BEGAN Quiet University Town of Yena Takes On Different Aspect When Kaiser's War Proc lamination is Read Jena.—All things become normal after a good night's rest. Lying abed the day after my arrival it began to dawn upon me how foolish it was to put up in the largest hotel in town, when a smaller one would have suited my pocketbook better. My eyes wandered from the splendid hardwood floor to the running hot and cold water so dear to the heart of the traveler—everything as one would find it in the modern American hotel, except the bed. That was a wonderful contrivance. A large four poster, that the fairy tales talk about. The pillow case opened at one side instead of at the end; the flaps of the case were provided with buttons and buttonholes, so that the pillow was buttoned in. Likewise the sheet was buttoned to the blanket, so that the two could not be torn apart by restless sleepers. I drew the cover from the bottom of the bed to see if it was bottomed there, and likewise was curious to know if the sheet-blanket buttoned to the under sheet, after one was tucked in, but these were lacking. Rolled at the bottom of the bed was the most wonderful thing of all. It looked like the mattress for another bed, put in a bag made by sewing two sheets together, except it was so light. This likewise was buttoned at the top. The chambermaid afterward explained that was for cold nights, that the Germans do not use blankets and quilts, but sleep between two mattresses. Why I should be provided with so much covering remained a puzzle until I saw the temperature chart in the newspaper. Average for the hottest month, July degrees, minimum. July 27, 46 degrees, maximum 59 degrees. Then I remembered that these people keep their carpets down the year round and do not take down curtains except for cleaning. I was attracted by a notice on one side of the room to the effect that guests who did not eat breakfast in the hotel are charged 12 cents per day; to avoid which fine I immediately went down to a typical German breakfast of coffee, rolls, butter and marmelade. Breakfast, I found out was usually taken in the hotel, the other two meals at restaurants. At the hotel office they informed me that the delegates of the American Medical Association some hundred in number had left the hotel the day before I arrived. Remembering Prof. William Pickens' experience with Americans abroad, I congratulated myself on having escaped them. The head porter continued: tomorrow we expect forty American school teachers under the leadership of a Columbia University professor. Here were two imperative reasons why the hotel was no longer attractive, and a change was necessary—but where? In the hour of indecision the University itself came to the rescue with a list of rooms for those studying in the summer courses. Board and lodging from $25 a month up. My problem was solved. For the munificent sum of 20 cents, a cab carried me, bag and baggage to my new boarding place. However not before I passed thru a line of chainbarmaid, baggage boy, elevator boy, waiter, headwaiter and head porter, all smiling and bowing good-bye. Some of them I had never seen before, but that mattered little to them, if they gained nothing they BALTIMORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1914. would surely use nothing. Here it was I learned the lesson, not to announce departure before hand, but leave wil out the formality of a farewell. How much to tip is often a matter of consideration; the American sea dard is much higher and therefor cannot be followed. For fi a cents you get two bows and for 12¢ cents anything in the hotel. The philosophy of a porter in the Bremen railway station is enlightening. On asking him how much he usually received for putting baggage on a car, he replied: "I know, but I do not like to say. You can give me as much as you want, but no one will say anything to you about it." My hotel bill, that I asked for with some predation read: two days lodging at 3.50 M., two breakfasts at 1.25 M., total 9.50 marks ($2.40) for two days. In the centre of the town is the market place. This as in olden times is the central place of gathering. The town hall, the town fountain and the shade trees are familiar landmarks in every German city. Here in this square come the country people three times a week to dispose of their warez, public meetings gather to discuss topics affecting the general welfare, and of evenings the market teems with burgers, soldiers and their sweethearts, peasants, and students in their vari-colored caps, who sit around at tables, drink their beer and smoke and chat. From a group of students comes the sound of a fraternity song, which, if sufficiently known is soon taken up al over the square. Here as well the whole student corps gather to honor an old professor who is about to leave the university, armed with lighted torches the parade thru the principal streets to the home of the teacher, where the leader of the student fraternity makes a speech of congratulations to which the continued on page 4. CAR MUH PHY STILL IN GERMANY A related letter from Carl J. Murphy, who went to Germany this summer to take a course at the University of Jena, states, that he is well. The letter was mailed the early part of August and reached the city this week. It had been opened and read by the German post authorities. Mr. Murphy wrote that he expected to stay in Germany until the middle of September, unless the war made it too unpleasant. BALTIMORE ELKS MAKE FINE SHOWING Norfolk. Va., September 4. With a big street parade Friday, in which the Monumental Lodge of Baltimore, won first prize, and ball and reception at night, the 15th annual session of the Grand Lodge of Elks came to an end. The next session will be held in Chicago. T. Gilkis Nutter, of Charleston, W. Va., was re-elected grand exalted ruler. He was opposed by Armond Scott, of Washington, who also ran against him last year. Scott was placed in nomination by G. W. F. McMechen, of Baltimore. Nearly forty men, under the leadership of Exalted Ruler William Smith represented Monumental Lodge in the parade. The fine appearance of the Baltimore men, won them the plaudits of the thousands who saw the parade. The Commonwealth Band, of Baltimore" won first prize for being the best band in line. The election of officers resulted as follows: Stewart Hoyt, Boston, Mass., esteemed leading knight; J. Starkey, Cleveland, grand esteemed lecturing knight; William Leonard, Philadelphia, grand esteemed loyal knight; George E. Bates, Jersey City, grand esteemed secretary; James Carter, grand treasurer; S. Johnson, inner guard. FISHER WINS ANOTHER PRIZE New York,' September 3.—The September number of Everybody's Magazine contains the announcement that Isaac Fisher had won the first prize of $500 for an essay on "What We've Learned About Rum, or Rum and Remedies." Mr. Fisher, who is editor of the Progressive Farmer, published at Tuskegee Institute, is an alumnus of the Institute. He has been the winner in a number of essay-contests dealing with economic and sociological questions. In speaking of Mr. Fisher, Everybody's Magazine says: "The article below is selected by us from some 9,000 letters as the best all-round discussion of Rum. Certain other letters have presented more extensive scientific analysis, but have confined the discussion to particular phases. Others have been brilliant in literary quality, but lacking in logical progression and care in the statement of facts. The letter below (Mr. Fisher's) sums up the facts about Rum with admirable comprehensiveness and a telling directive of style, and offers some remarkably same suggestions." Among the essay contests that he has won are: 1. What We've Learned About the Rum Question.....$500 2. German and American Methods of Regulating Trusts.....$400 (Alone and unaided, Mr. Fisher had to master in a few months sufficient reading knowledgee of German to be able to write this essay.) 3. Ten Best Reasons Why People Should Go to Missouri.....$100 4. A Plan to Give the South a System of Highways Suited to Its Needs.....$100 5. Scales and the Housewife 50 6. Digest of the Uses of Adding Machines.....$50 7. The Relation Between Manual Training in the Public Schools and Industrial Education and Efficiency.....$10 8. The Most Practicable Method of Beginning a Reduction of the Machine Motion. Tariff. Honorable Mention. (This essay was, upon the request of its Chief Examiner, sent to the United States Tariff Board for its use.) EASTON DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION Easton, Md., September 3.—The Easton District Sunday School Convention which opened here on Thursday evening closed its sessions here on Sunday night, after a very successful session. The interest which began with the opening was sustained to the end. The call of the financial roll showed nearly all of the Sunday Schools of the district represented and prepared to meet all requirements. A most interesting feature of the convention was an illustrated account of the work of the Boy's Department of Wartes A. M. E. Church, Baltimore, conducted by Mr. Charles A. Cary, the superintendent of that department. Among the many interesting subjects discussed were: "Music in the Sunday School," by Mr W. Wright, of Chestertown; "The Place of the Child in the Membership of the Church," by Rev. A. D. Holder, and the "Sunday School Teacher," by Miss Hattie Tilghman. Rev. D. D. Turpeau, addressed the convention on the "Work of the Anti-Saloon League" The convention unaniomously endorsed his work. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: J. W. Woodhouse, of Baltimore, district superintendent; Mrs. Helen Tilson, of Easton, assistant district superintendent; Miss Nettie Jenkins, secretary and Mrs. E. T. Addison, treasurer. The youngest delegate present was Master Harley, Cornish, of Preston, aged 12. He represented the Sunday School at that place and did it well. FORTUNE TO EDIT THE "SUN" Washington, September 3.—It is reported that Mr. T. Thomas Fortune, the Nestor of Negro Journalism, and former editor of the New York Age, will come to this city to become editor of the Sun, and president of the company publishing it. With the reentrance of Mr. Fortune into the editorial field in Washington, it is reported that the staff of the Sun will be enlarged and a number of improvements made in the general-make-up of the paper. EVERET J. WARING DEAD Philadelphia, September 4.—Everett J. Waring, a well known lawyer of this city died at his home 227 Catherine street, Wednesday night, following a short illness. He was born in Columbus, O., 56 years ago. After graduating from the high school of his native city he taught school and edited a newspaper. He received his legal training at Howard University, Washington. He was the first colored attorney admitted to the bar in Maryland. He practiced law in Baltimore for more than a decade and was attorney for the men indicted in the famous Navassa Island rioting case. He was president of the Lexington Savings Bank, in Baltimore, which institution failed. Following the failure he was indicted on charges made in connection with the affairs of the bank but was acquitted Mr. Waring was secretary of the endowment department of the Knights of Fythias of Pennsylvania. He was active in Republican politics and has filled the position of attorney for the State Factory Commission. His wife, Mrs. Katie Waring, and several children survive. Funeral services will be held at his late home tomorrow, Saturday. Interment will be in Eden Cemetery. BAN ON WHISKEY IN MEDICINE Raleigh, M. C., September 3. The use of whiskey in medicines was decried by delegates to the session of the National Medical Association, which was held here last week. A number of strong addresses against whiskey as a medicine were delivered and members of the pharmaceutical section passed a resolution commending the stand taken by the physicians. The sessions were largely attended. Clinics were held at the laboratory of Shaw University. A number of papers dealing with medical subjects were presented. The next session will be held in Chicago. The following officers were elected: Dr. H. S. Hargrove, Wilson N. C., president; R. C. Brown, Richmond, Va., vice president; W. A. Jines, Winston-Salem, N. C., vice president of the pharmaceutical section; W. G. Alexander, Orange, N. J., general secretary; G. Ferguson, Charleston, S. C., assistant secretary; J. R. Levy, Florence, S. C., treasurer; N. L. Edwards, secretary of dental section; H. B. Marhle, Yazoo City, Miss., secretary of pharmaceutical section. PRICE THREE CENTS OPPORTUNITIES IN OKLAHOMA. As I have said in the previous letter, Muskogee is a thriving little city with several railroads centering here. The colored population is about five thousand with a lagre territory to draw from surrounding it. It is a dry town, and in consequence the authorities have little to do in the way of making arrests for drunkness. As long as drink is made, there will, however, always be found a way to get it and consequently a few individuals will have it no matter what it costs. There are a number of thriving business houses here, chief among which are the large department stores of the Elliots and the Adamses. Several halls and a number of other business places. Muskogee, probably boast of more lawyers than any other city of its size in the country. There being no less than eight colored lawyers and all doing a thriving business, most of which, however is in settling land titles. I was told by one lawyer, that it would take fifty years to get all the land titles in Oklahoma settled on a real substantial basis. A number of the settlers having sold and leased their land to as many different people as they could induce to buy and lease them. I must not close this part of this letter referring to Muskogee without mentioning the Business League which held its sessions here. The League itself was well attended. A large number of members coming from all parts of the country, but the most from the South, Texas being probably the best represented. These included probably more farmers than any other branch of business or endeavor. The industrial parade was the finest thing we have ever seen conducted by colored people along this line. Kev. W. Jones was the leader of the movement and it was carried out without the least friction. A large number of most creditable floats were in line as well as about one hundred Cow Boys and Cow Girls. These colored folks had a veritable Wild West Show, and the way they rode their horses was as if they were a part of them. Some of the most intrepid riders were the Cow Girls, they rode as if horn on horseback. Not only did they ride well but they could throw a steer with a lariat as well as the best man in the bunch. The parade was well worth going miles to see. Friday morning we were off to the noted Negro town of Boley. On the way stops were made at Bayton, Orkmulgee and Clearview, all towns of a large Negro population. Mr. Washington made addresses at each place and was given a royal welcome. We arrived at Boley about noon. This town was established about ten years ago by T. M. Hayes, and has a population of about thirteen hundred persons, all of the Negro race. In the surrounding territory are about three thousand Negroes, all of whom deal in Boley. The Oklahoma Grand Lodge of Masons have built a thirty-five thousand dollar Temple here, and it is the largest and most imposing building in the town. There are some who have questioned the wisdom of the Grand Lodge in putting such a costly building in so small a town, where the revenue is hardly sufficient to pay the interest on the money invested. It is said that it has been a failure as an investment. Probably in the future it may do so. They have a pretty little park on the outskirts of the town, and the sidewalks are paved with cement, but the streets are yet to be paved and in consequence a cloud of dust is always at hand to make discomfort for everybody who has business on the streets. The principal street is well lined with business houses of all kinds and the town is lighted by electricity. Everybody in the town is colored and all the industries are carried on by colored people. The railroad agents, post office, electric plant, telephone plant, in fact everything is hands of colored folks. There are several hotels in name if not in fact. Boley has been widely heralded as the largest Negro town in the country, but while this may be true, it does not have the appearance of Mound Bayou, in Mississippi, as a business center. However, there is a chance for the future. Oklahoma City is the largest and most important city in the State. There are not so many colored people here nor are they doing so well from a business standpoint as in Muskogee. The streets of the city are wide, clean and well kept. The business houses are imposing and look prosperous, but we were informed that business was not as good as in former years. The town grew too fast and as a result there came a set back, which it is hoped will be improved in the future. Here as in all of the cities of Oklahoma are to be found the Afro-American and the Indian mingling and co-mingling. There are here what might be called "Negro-Indians", and "Indian-Negros. The Negro-Indians, are what might be called half-breeds, who have cast their lots entirely with the Indians and are know as Indians, while the Indian-Negroes are those who have cast their lots with the Negroes. They all, however mingle freely one with the other and frequently intermarry with each other. Which will outlast the other is hard to tell. Many of these people are well to do, and own large farms, and live in good style. The oil discovery has made many of them independently rich, and they are enjoying it, at the same time not being able to take advantage of the opportunity which came to them, many of them sold or leased their lands for a small pittance and in consequence are from hand to mouth much like other poor people. This is a splendid country and a young man with a few dollars in his pocket and a good amount of energy stored in his brains, with a determination to take hardship for a few years, has an opportunity which is not to be had without a much greater struggle in the congested cities of the East. Many of those who took Horace Greely's advice, and went West to grow up with the country, are now living on the shady side of Easy street with a good many of Uncle Sam's greenbacks or silver dollars laid by for a rainy day. One of the things we must give the Afro-American Oklahomaans for is their persistent fight against "Jim-Crow" and disfranchisement. Both of these cases are now in the Supreme Court of the United States, and the people there are very hopeful of the outcome. They have fought hard and persistently, and if they win it will mean that in the future Oklahoma will be one of the very best States in the Union for the black man. The opportunities there will be great for the soil has hardy been scratched and is capable of sustaining a population a hundred times a great as there is today. There is a great future of this country once "Jim-crowism" and its twin brother disfranchisement have been driven out of it. Atlantic City, September 3. Mr. Harvey Nicholson, of this city, has been appointed to a position with Hon. Frederick A. Delano, on the Federal Reserve Board at Washington. ABSORPTION OF , AFRO-AMERICANS Roosevell’s Brazil Articte Pro- ’ yokes Lively Discussion. MULATTOES ARE INCREASING | mie neni lation by the Whites Believed to Bo Multiplying. Ro the race alserplion process golng ion in Brazif sitracts attention to the wosstble alwurption by the whites of ithe Negro iu the United States. as Webings are driftins st the present time there Is hut vw alernitive for the Negro in this wuntry—viz., either re waoval by alsorption, or becoming 1 weparate nud distinet race in all things. } Phe faccevinz Ztatesinanship of Dr. WBooker ‘'. Washington doubtless. be jeame coxnizit of a possible race Wweparativy wexrly twenty years ago, yond hig “In sill ihiuzs that are purely jeoclal we. can tw ax separate: ag. the Hingers, yet tie as the band in al jihings ossetiil tw mutual progress,” renee Jn his address at he Atlanta osition in iS5, in ihe light of ac pramulative evidence showing the trend vof the supirition mevement, appears to have been proplivtic. And his ear mest efforts 19 prepire his people for an economic independence seems to wonfrm the statement that hls wise yetatesmanship foresaw and foresees 8 (possible separation into distinct races itn all things: The fact. however, that Dr. Wash- sington's father was a white man and this mother a colored woman shows hat the absorption process tn thls fcountry is not of recent begining and ithat the whites, not the Negro, prior te rhe abolition of slivers. paved the way {for the ndinisture uf races. > Were it ul for his recundity the thne when the Nexro shail have become ex- Rinct might be prophesied with rea- wonable aceurcy’. so high ts his death irate in cities. ‘The Indian fs no,longer 8 @erious. protien Uecmuse. rapid’ extine- Mion by death is proving the’ solution. But while Uie. Negro's death rate is high tis birth rate is relatively higher. ‘he death rate of the Negro Is bighest in ‘the conzusted cities, but Jess than onethird of the negro population fs In the cities. ‘Two-thirds is a rural popu- Aation, the death rate of whieh ts prac: idically normal. In’ the congested cites the death rate of the Nexro, as compared with the rate fur the whites, is as 10 to 6 and the birth rite among Negroes, as compared with the birth rite among whites, nitive whites, Is as 10 to 4%. By far the larger per cent of white dirths is among the foreign born whites, and the heavy immigration of foreign whites each year, which favar- able immigration laws make possible, qgaures white supremucy in this coun: ‘ay. The per cent increase of whites in this country from 1900. to 1910 was 22.3, and tle per cent increase of the (Negro fur the same period was 14.2 he per cent increase of foreign born swhites in this countrs from 1900 to 1910 was 20.7. 84 pier cent grenter than the toval white increuse. ‘When it is considered that the 223 per cent: increse of tbe total white population ovsr that reported for the Gecade preceding was swelled by the arrival’ af neitrly three million fm: migrants tl will he seen tit the per rent incresise of the Negro population for the samo period, and which was due-exctusivels ta births among native Negroes. is relatively higher than that of the nitive whites, ‘The Negro prob- Jem, therefore, will hardly be solved, ag isthe {rdiun problem, by extinction by death. Absorption is unlikely 10 prove a solution In the very. near ft ture, and yet absorption is playing a much renter part in the solution of ¢he Negru problem. than is generally known. For instance. in this elty, which has the largest Nezro population of ang in the Unlled Stites, the mulattoes ine creased: nearly £0 per cent. ‘The close stadenl.af the race problew knows that each generation of mulattoes more nearly nyproach the point where they wan cross the honidary tine, and be-| come, uncharted hy their color. lost among tose af Me dominant raee.| Every close stident ef ie race te aware of the fact that a large per cent of the Negrovs collated as mulattoes are today in all large cities safely “passing.” occasionally ae permanent Jy. as whites sind enjoring the result- ant unrestricted rights and privileges enjoyed by pure whites. They occupy. undiscovered. choice seats at theaters whose practire Is to sezrewate the race ip the balcany and gallery or exclude them: they dine at fashionable cafes whose practice is nat 10 serve Nezroes. and they are suests at hotels whose rule fs fo refuse: accommodations te Negroes. Bven in the south they frequently ride in security on railrond coaches and in street ears reserved for whites exclusirely, dine at southern cafes. ex: elusive for whites and rest an downy beds at white hotels from Cincinnat to Galveston, Mnstratine how diff SU ee Oe er are ee ae some time ago and wittessed the at tempt of ‘a very light complestoned Negro to board the car réserved for Negroes. { knew the man personals and knew that he was identified with the Negro race. but the conductor touching him on the shoulder, said “This car's for ‘uiggers. white people Ain't "lowed to. ride on it: take:the next ear back.” And he did so and rode tc his joucney's end, In Washington so many mulattoes whose complexion. is as fair as any whites’, were securing choice seats a theaters whose policy is to restrict “Negroes to- the balcony or gallery: or exclude them altogether it'was found “expedient to employ Negroes as spot. ters, ‘The duty: of the Negro spotter— an insufferable traitor—ts to stand on the outside of the ticket window, and whenever one of these “white Ne “groes” apply for seats tip it off to the ticket seller. ‘There are $,000,000 blacks in this | country as against 2,000,000 mulattoes ‘Without a. recognized and honored “propaganda in favor of absorption at the rate black is being evolved inte mulatto and mulatto crystallized Inte white it will take many generations for the whites to absorb the Negro race in this country. ‘The increasing restric “tons nnd exclusions the Negro is meet. “ing with, north as well as south, sug: gests that scxregation, harsh as the | tera) may sonnd and oi-Ameriean as some may chink the policy to be, is bui in its infancy. Schools at which Negro students may now matriculate,do not recognize bh beyond the chissroom, with the result that he becomes an isolated buman be- ing. Desirable as'edneation Is, worthy “of every sucritice as we acknowledge Ht to be, the number of Negro students who have the courage fo become’social outcasts at white universities grows “perceptibly less each sear. ‘This: very discrimination and restriction frequent: ly indnces very lrizht mulattoes te pass for while either ro zain entrance to a White mniversity or to enjoy e “measurabie sociil equality, so desira- dle in student life, after gaining en: france, It is this discrimination and restriction that induces thousands of molattoes te assist absorption by pasa: ing unknown as whites, Once a Next» drops on the other side to secure sin edtneution, euployment or citizen's rights and privileges when the fear of detection hus fwen entirety dis: sipated, the uresiricted rights and privileges he enjuys sre so vompensat ing he frequently. tnses Iimself perma. nently among the whites aud (hus as sists absorption. The sule tason for « Negro desiring tw pass as white ts tw enjoy rights and privileges vouchsafed: by the constituiion whites enjoy and te} sectire emjloyient cotnmensurate with bis abilities it is easy for the white man to secure. hut almost tmpossitle| for him as a Negro te ubtain, I bare just eoucluded 2 1onr of 35, 000 miles, during whieh 1 nade “# close stndy of this posetihe race ab sorption, 1 learned thay few. Hf amy traction lines will cmplug a Nexto as motorman or conduetur, amd set Ten countered many of ihein serving Jn these capneities whe aro passing as white, 1 found thot raitread aud sleep Ing car comperivs, whether north 1 south, decline fo empley Nexto ne conductors ar trait braketien, and yet Tlearied that many Nezravs are s6 employed while pussing unknown as white. Whe disinetination wn the part of de partment bends and burst chiefs im the governmeut servien to appoint a Negro to it clerieal position or psition requiring. technical knowlodse, whee certifled by the civil service connnis sion, if discovered that the eertitied i & Negro, hs indie) hundreds of mu: lattoes to sovure feder:tl appointments Dy not betraying their racial Wentity. And many of these, fearing the loss ot their positions shunid their identity become known. are. permanently pass: tog ns white, and not a few have iar ried on the other side. In every Jarge city in this country there are bna areds of very fulr mulattoes who are occasionally or permanently passing as White, nnd the larger the city the easier it is for Uiem to hide theit identity. ‘Taking the percent Increase of mu Jottoes durinz the Inst decade as a basi> for making camputations, in the nest fifty years the mulatto popilation of the United Stites will have equaled that of the blacks. Iw the sume period. by absorption, (7 per cent of thase Physically. untattoes will have lost themselves among the whites. J: 1920, if the present ratio of increase continnes, the mitiattoes will farm 26.0 per cent of thw tut:il Negra population ee i gig ee ae ____ THE _AFRO-AMERICAs! LEDGER BISHOP HURST'S |. Zoshe tren FOREIGN WORK) ss csosipare — Siimhing fore contac Growth of the A. M. E Church SAMUEI In Bermuda, == FUNERAL DIR FLEVEN ISLAND GHURGHES) haps? of the Colored People in Little British Colony Given In Report of Zealous Churchman, Who Labors Among Them—Dr, Patton Delivers Optimistic Address. Hamilton, Bermuils,—Imagine a coun. try with fewer than 20.000 inbabitants Fe which the colored people Inrgels jdominate in nimnbers: one where the climate Is delightful and ts attractive to many tonrists; one where the col ‘ored people are segreguted in all things in about the same way as they are in ‘the southern states, and you will hare a fair idea of Rermnda. ‘This little colony of Great Britain ts situated In the West Indies, and the dominating characters are all white, N has a.coloniat psuytiament, iu whieh only two of thy members ary colored. No colored man holis any other govern- mental position. ‘There are no colored lawyers in the enuntry, and there are only four or tive physicians of the race. There are several colored merchants. however. and they du. a business amounting tw mare than $250,000 yearly. There is nv legiskition here, as In the United Sintes, ugainst colored people. but there seoms to be 1 tueit under- standing that the colored people must be segregated in all things. Separate schools exist, not. by Inw, hut at the whims of the ruling class. Motels will not take colored patrons, and In tire ehurebes the colored people are allow. ed to occupy only the.rear sents. ‘The only distinctly colored religious denomination here is the African Methodist piscapal church, whieh bas C. and P. Phone, Madison 692 i Ke 2 So GEO. H. HOLLAND 4743. Formerly Manager for the late Alex- . foes eS ander Hemsley Be aa no ‘ Pie te Funeral Director and | 88. 2.: Ge ee 517 Robert Street (os GE = (2 3 Will f rnis. funerals ata price that Yee ai. a will: ac t yo . Polite, courteousand % of. wed expert iter ion guaranteed. Se Seda Carr ages ‘o hire for all occasions. Se Ope day and night. oe 4. JOHN H.* TOADVIN...-« 142 W, HILL STREET, | AE UP-TO-DATE. UNDERTAKER ‘Whoean urvish s funeral for $10.00 and up; caskets for $3.00 and up He ex: furnish you carriages tor Funerals, Weddings, Parties, Receptions, ste., “on. ois own stables at the most reasonalle rates, You need no! id come to see him, just call : South 422 ot Seuth 396-¥. 142: W. Hill Street anc Mount Vernon 5138 826 Druid Hill Ave. ee Py, Gi es oe CY ae eG FELIX B: PYE, Sr. 102 E. Mulberry St. Nr. Calvert. i: FUNERAL DIRECTOR:::: Cc. & P, PHONE ‘ No Branches. Not Connected with any oth 9: firm A reward will be offered for the detectio of per» sons doing business under the nam: 0," Felix B. Pye Sr. Phone, Mt. Vernon 3603 nisnor JouS HORST. ; ‘eleven church edifices and Is dotag 4 most eredtable work, At the recent session of the Bermnda A. M. E. cop ference, held xt Somerset, Bishop Job Hurst presided. ‘The reports received showed increases along all lines, The sessions of the conference were belt in Allen eliapel. ‘A notable feature of the session was the reception tendered Bishop and Mrs Hurst, ‘Addresses were delivered by Si Thomas Wadson, spenker of the colo lal pitriument: the Rev. Dr. Cameron pastor of the Seotch Presbyteriny church, and the Rev. Dr: Francis T. Patton, president emeritus of Prince ton university. Dr. Patton made an most thonghtfnl address, in which he ventured the hope thatthe coming ot the African Methodist church to Ber mudi may awaken In the colored peo. ple a serike of larger responsibility: Bishop Hurst in his response mer: toned the incidents that led up to tn starting of the denomination in 1787 whieh, he asserted, was a protest against prejudice toward the colored race, “Born as a protest against unright eousness, receiving Its first. imprint from ment wiiearned and poor, the Af rican Methoilist Episcopa) chureh has accoiptished that for which it aimed— namely, the establishnent of 2 Chris tian brotherhood worldwide, where ex: ery man, be he Caurastiu, Attican ot Mongolian, stands on the sme foot- ing.” said Bishop Wurst. “Ht contrib. uted lis influence toward the ahatition of slavery In the United States, under. took the work of education In the south in 1865, sent missionaries in the vanguard of the Union army, and as the shackles fell from the slaves gath ered them inte squads and organized them into Christian bodies." 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E, As- Kew, pastor of the church. Rey. C. §, Brown, D.D., i President Rev. Dr. W. N, alexander, Cor. Sect’y. 1625 Druid Hill Ave., Bakimore, Md. BROWN’S PHARHACY,. Jefferson: and Eden Sts. Prescriptions -scientifically com-- pounded. Toilet Articles, Soda Water and Patent Medicines at: reduiced: prices. Dr. Chas. Brown, Prop, Mrs. of Baltimore, is visiting ususin, Mrs. Annie Slaughter. Mr. John Wilson, who was taken to the Cambridge hospital for treatment, has returned home, and is not much improved. Miss Ellia Smith has returned home after spending several weeks with her brother in Camden, N. J. Miss Ellen Freeman, of Baltimore, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Harriet Freeman. Little Pres Freeman is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Lloyd Smith. Special to the Airo-American Ledge Rockvi Md., Sept. 3—Miss and Luca of Fredericksburg, Va., is visitin relatives and fireends. Mrs. M. Bradley is visiting relatives friends. Measdar Margaret Fry. Maud McRoy ar Mises Loretta Robertson and M. Taylor, have left for Gordonsv Vi. Rev. E. Conn, of Wilmington, and Rev. Carroll, of Metropolitan, Washington were in Rockville last Sunday. Rev Dr. Carroll preached ah able sermon at the A. M. E. Zion church. Easton, Md., Sept. 3.—The quarterly conference convened at Bethel A. M. E. Church Monday evening of this week. Presiding Elder R. E. Ford, presided. Reports from some of the departments were not up to the standard. Two local preachers, Messrs. Griffin Turner and Charles Handy resigned. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Jenkins of 137 Port street, entertained their sister, Mrs. Rosetta Noland, and Mr. George F. Blackston, both of Baltimore; also Master Schuyler E. Wise, the agent of the Afro-American Ledger in Easton. The remorss, visitors and friends of Beth A. M. E. Church, who attended the Sunday School convention last week, spent a very pleasant time, and a cordial reception was attended to all. Frederick, Id., Sept. 3—The Frederick County Teachers Institute was held at the Girls' High School, Mt. Piscina Butler, principal. Prof. John Bruner is the superintendent of the county. About 250 teachers are in attendance and the program of instruction is proceeding according to schedule. The instructors were Prof. D. S. Goodloe, principal of the State Normal School at Bowie, Md.; Prof. J. W. Bruner, and Miss Emily Taylor, of Washington. Prof. Goodloe gave the teachers many models for their future work. Miss Tayle explained sewing by the making of garment. Dr. C. S. Brooks has returned from Raleigh, N C., where he attended the session of the National Medical Association. Rev. Richard Dixon, of Lessburg, Va. is visiting friends at 107 Allsaints street. Mrs. Horace T. Walker has gone to Atlantic City for a few weeks to visit her daughter, Miss Martha Walker. Mrs. Lilie Lee, who has been the guest of Mrs. Brooks, left for Philadelphia, Thursday. Miss Nathalie Duvall has returned from Atlantic City. Miss Elizabeth Barron, has returned to Washington after visiting her father on Allsaints street. Mrs. Ed a Desborough has returned to Baltimore. Mr. John leasant made a trip to Baltimore last week. Mr. George Clark was a delegate to the A. a. E. Sunday School Convention ed in Baltimore. Mrs. Lett e Cross, of Pittsburg, Pa., is visiting Miss Mollie Wise, 131 W. Alls its street. Mrs. Rober. Hilton and Mrs. Ellen Tingle, of Baltimore, are visiting Mrs. Florence Diggs, 122 E. 5th street. Happenings in SNOW HILL ITEMS Snow Hill, Md., Sept. 2.—Mr. Fred Cottingham, Mr. Thomas Wealth, and Miss Ivery, all of Philadelphia, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cottingham. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Waters gave an outing to the bay last Thursday, taking several of their friends with them in their handsome car. Rev. Charles Finnie, of Exmore, Va., preached all day at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Mr. David Allen and wife, who have been spending their vacation with their parents, returned home to Wilmington, Del., Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hutt, of Philadelphia, who have been visiting their parents have, returned home. Mrs. Nellie Robinson, of Pocomoke City, formerly of this town spent several days here this week with her husband and little daughter. Mrs. Mary Brown, of Baltimore, is here visiting her mother and friends. LONG GREEN NEWS Special to The Afro-American Ledger.) Longgreen, Md., Sept. 2—Sunday was Womans' Day at Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church. Mrs. Grace M. Diggs preached in the morning. In the afternoon a very appropriate program was rendered by the ladies consisting of solos, papers, etc. A number of visitors were present. Mrs. Lydia Hoy who has been visiting her niece, Mrs. Ella Quickley has returned to her home in Baltimore. Mrs. Margaret Hawkins is visiting her daughters in Atlantic City. Rev. Brown has been called to Winchester, Md., on account of the illness of his brother. Miss Emma Mitchell, of Baltimore was the guest of Mrs. Nellie Winder last week. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Gwynn, of Baltimore are visiting his mother, Mrs. Margaret Gwynn, of Glenarm. Mrs. Mary Anderson, has gone for a short stay at Kuxton, Md. Those on the sick list are Mr. Samuel Johnson, Sr., Mr. Arch Smith, Mrs. Andrew Gassaway, Mrs. Florence Young. GRISFIELD HAPPENINGS Crisfield, Md., Sept. 3—Sunday was a great day in Shiloh M. E. Church. Rev. Abraham Scribner preached an excellent sermon in the morning. Our Epworth League is improving greatly, under the leadership of Mr. Storer W. Chatman. Dr. and Mrs. W. W. J. Barclay left Tuesday to spend their vacation in Atlantic City, New York, Boston and other points. Mr. George T. Palmer and Miss Pauline Waller passed through the city Monday night enroute from Accomac County, Va., to their home in Baltimore. BERKLEY ITEMS Special to The Atro-American Ledgen. Berkley, Md., Sept. 2—Presiding Elder D. G. Hill held his second quarterly conference at Hosanna A. M. E. Church last Saturday evening and preached two able sermons Sunday. At three o'clock Rev. Hill preached at The Cedars, for Rev. Parker. The Queen's Contest between Hosarna and Mt. Zoar A. M. E. Churches held last Thursday resulted in victory for the Hosanna queen, who won the crown. Miss Gertrude Johnson, is the guest of Rev. and Mrs. G. F. S. Dennis. Mr. and Mrs Asbury Presberry have announced the marriage of their daughter, Minnie M... to Mr. Alcade Roberts, of Centerville, Md. BELLS SIFTINGS (Special to The Afro-American Ledger.) Bells, Md., Sept 2—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tyson Bell, and little son, Robert Leon, of Philadelphia are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Esau Bell. Mr. Harry Wisher, is visiting his parents. Miss Bessie Wright, of Fort Deposit, and Miss Sadie Wright, of Wilmington, Del., and James Wright of Washington, who have been spending the summer at Asbury Park, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wright. Mrs. Marion Booker and Miss Elizabeth Bell, of Philadelphia were visitors here over Sunday. Mrs. Fannie Spears, of Baltimore who spent her vacatio nhere with her niece, Mrs. Bessie Baker, has returned home. Mrs. Dodson and Miss Bertha State of Maryland re, are the guests J. J. Baker. Wright, who has quite a while, is Burry, or of Rev. a Mrs. been si slowly in INGS AT TRAPPE SOCIA! ro-American Ledger.) sept. 2-The Camp y after a most suc- Rev. Mr. Norwood afternoon, and Rev. local preacher of quit, preached at converts were the RI. EVIL: HAPPENINGS FASTON CHIT-CHAT (Special to Afro-American Ledg F1 DER CK JOTTINGS Mrs. Priscilla Butler, has returned from Balti The 26th Annual Co the A. M. E. Church, here. Rev. L. J. Val tor. Mrs. Helen Corsul S., Claude Walker, A Esther Wise, Pres. of Pocomoke City, Md. sept. 3— The campmeeting held'2 Johns Church on Sunday was largely attended throughout the day. The Rev. Bratcher, of Waym, preached an excellent sermon in the morning. Rev. J. N. Watts of the Pocomoke circuit preached in afternoon and Rev. J. Banks preached at night. Mr. Charles Coston night an automobile a few weeks ago. Rev. J. S. Collins and Mr. Horace Dickerson returned Friday from Easton, where they attended the A. M. E. Sunday School Conventi Messrs. Edward J. Victor, John E. Gillett and Samuel Matthews, trustees of the public school board, gave an entertainment on the beautiful campus of the school Monday evening and was ably assisted by a host of friends who were enthusiastic in making the entertainment a success. rof. S. H. Long was master of communications and when he outlined the movement of the trustee, sentiment spread and made easy speaking for those on the program. Among the speakers were Prof. tephan Dix of Princess Anne Acad my; dev. J. H. Dodson of Macedonia Baptist Church; Rev. J. W. Bond, of the M. E. Church; Rev. W. A. T. Miles, of Fairmount and Rev. J. N. Waters Music for the occasion was furnished by the Southern Star Band. Mrs. Minnie Hargis Aydlotte, of New York is on a visit to her parents and friends and has as her guest, Mrs. Marable, also of New York. Prof. Carter, of Princess Anne Academy was the guest on Sunday, of Prof. Stephen Dix. Mr. Daniel Archer, of Keller, Va., spent a few days in the city last week. A large number of our people attended the annual water party at Red Hills on Wednesday. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Gephas have returned to their home after a delightful six weeks' sojourn at Atlantic City, Asbury Park and Philadelphia. Miss Mary L. Gaines, of Atlanta, Ga., who recently attended the Women's Federation at Wilberforce, visited Kansas City, Mo., and who has been spending some time at Harpers Ferry, is in Baltimore visiting Mrs. John Hurst and Mrs. A. L. Gaines. Mrs. M. U. Ross, of 1510 Milliman street and Miss Mary A. Bennett, of 1361 Calhoun street, have returned from a most enjoyable visit to Atalntic City and Pleasantville, N. J. On their way home they paid a visit to Rve. E.R. Bennett, priest in charge of St. Augustine's P. E. Church at Camden. Mr. William A. Dozier has returned from a trip to Atlantic City. A GREAT PROPHECY TELEGRAM Sewaren, N. J., Aug. 5. Leo S. Osman: Some years ago you predicted the Greatest European War to start in 1914. It has come. You are wonderful. Please pray and work for peace. a telegram recan be seen at us to show that spiritual Prophet TO CALL The above is a copy of a telegram received and the Origin can be seen at Osman's office. 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Haynes, director of the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, recently completed a course of ten lectures on social problems given before the teachers attending the summer normal at the Virginia Union university, Richmond, Va. Tuskegee institute, the Tennessee Normal school and the West Virginia institute. These lectures are designed to stimulate an interest among leaders of Negro groups in community needs and to lead those Favorably impressed to organize their followers in the various sections for general improvement in conditions that have been made better by the branch organizations of the Urban league in New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah and Louisville. Dr. Haynes' opening lecture emphasized the relative importance of heredity and environment in their effect on future and immediate generations. He urged the teachers to guide the young while acquiring characteristics toward those habits of life which would lead the race to achievement and higher standards of living. In subsequent lectures housing, industrial and health conditions were treated intensively. By means of lantern slides the various types of homes and occupations of Negroes were indicated to the audience. The lecturer was unusually frank in his treatment of the industrial problems. He urged upon his hearers the importance of efficiency in service—the absolute necessity of well trained, competent artisans in the skilled trades and regular, sober and reliable unskilled labor. "An employer of labor," he said, "wishes a job well done in as brief a period of service as the most skilled workman can execute it in. It does not matter to the employer whether black or white hands bring about the results so long as the desired result follows." Dr. Haynes' final lecture was on "The Faith of the Fathers," in which he showed the earnestness with which the Negroes of the years just before and after slavery stuck to the ideals of progress and kept the faith with their country, their race and their God. He emphasized the necessity of the present generation of the race keeping faith with their progenitors by sticking to the same ideals and improving upon their methods because of the added advantage in intelligence and opportunity for service at the command of the race today. Dr. Haynes also delivered this series of lectures at the Teachers' institute at Tuskegee institute, the Tennessee normal school at Nashville and the West Virginia normal institute, near Charleston, W. Va. The National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, with headquarters at 110 West Fortheth street, New York city, has for its main purpose the improvement of the general social conditions of Negroes in the cities of America and is following the plan of work as suggested by Dr. Haynes in his lectures. PROMOTERS OF PLAYHOUSES FAVOR NATIONAL CIRCUIT Good Work of Lester A. Walton at the Lafayette Noted. New York. Active plans are afoot to form a circuit of colored theaters throughout the United States with the Lafayette in this city as the keystone of the proposed chain. Beginning with New York the circuit would embrace playhouses in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Norfolk, Meuphis, Nashville, Monta, New Orleans, Jacksonville (Fla.), Pittsburgh, Columbus, Indianapolis, Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. At this time the plans are of a tentative nature, although more tangible developments are expected before the inaugural of another season. 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Advertising rates made known upon application. All Checks, Money Orders and Crafts should be made payable to THE AFRIC-AMERICAN CO MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION BALTIMORE, SEPT. 5, 1914 When will the Provident Hospital front be finished? Unless something is done pretty soon winter will catch them. It looks as if all colors and all nations will be represented in the world's war now going on in Europe. Japan is helping the British, the East Indian will also give a helping hand while Africa is well represented in the French army, and Germany is kicking because of the black brown and yellow men. The white man is not to have everything his way all the time. "A CALL TO THE COLORS" Chairman Taite has issued what he is pleased to call "A Call to the Colors," of the Republican Patry. We have carefully noted the names that have been called, and as well acquainted as we are with the very large contingent of those who formerly followed where the "Old Flag" led, we have failed to see the name of a single Afro American. Among those who are expected to rally to the "colors" are Colonel Carrington, Governor Goldsbrough, Collector Stone, Former Senator William P. Jackson and General Felix Agnus Where, O where is the Colored Brother? Echo answers, "Where?" WHAT ARE THEY DOING? We do not know what the Board of Directors of the Young Men's Christain Association is doing towards securing a new secretary to take the place of Mr. Debardelaben, but we do know that something ought to be done, and done quickly. It is now nearly two years since the rally was held for the new building but up to the present we have not reached the mark where the building is to be commenced. Its seems to us that the management has been very tardy in making its collections. Since we started to get a new building, other cities have started and have their buildings on the way or in process of completion. Kansas City, Mo., will soon have its splendid new building ready for occupancy and we have not even started to look out for the ground to build upon. It is about time that either the present management should get down to real work or get out of the way for a new board that will do something. One of the troubles in this city is that there is always someone who is anxious to be at the head of every movement and when they are there they are simply in the way of a good man. We are not saying this is true of the Young Men's Christian Association, but it looks very much that way. Someone is to blame, for we cannot believe that the people of Baltimore, who subscribed to the fund did not mean to pay, simply lack of initiative on the part of the managers to do the right thing towards getting the money. It is to be hoped that something will be done in the near future and the fund will be secured and the building commenced. THE WAR IN EUROPE The various peoples who are at war one with the other, are Christians. That is, they profess the Christian religion. And all the trouble is just there, they "profess" and do not. The very opening sentence of the Gospel which they profess is, "Glory to God in the Highest and on Earth, peace and good-will to men." Strange contradiction it is. And yet, the chief men in the church in the times of our Lord were "professors," and not doers, and they made war on the Master himself and put him to death. All of us, doughtless, are praying to God to bring about peace. Praying is alright, but something is also necessary and that is obedience. There is no peace, saith God to the wicked; and the wicked are those who profess the Gospel, and practice something else. Peace is only to be had by giving Glory to God, and the practice of real and genuine brotherhood towards all men. This is a thing not for profession, but for doing. The present war ought to teach us that only that nation is blessed who has the Lord for their God, not on their tongue, but in their hearts and lives. However, all powerful a nation may think itself to be, there is One who is mightier, and who putteth down the proud from their seats, and exalteth the humble and meek. And, verily, one of the prophecies shall yet be fulfilled, and it may be that it is in fulfillment. "When God shall scatter the nations that delight in war, then shall princess come out of Egypt, and the Morians land, (Ethiopia) shall soon stretch out her hands unto God." "The nations which delight in war." These are emphatically the Japhetic nations, nominally Christians, but armed at this moment to the teeth to destroy one another in defiance of the Gospel, which they profess to believe, whose first sentence as we have said is "Glory to God" and universal human brotherhood. Heaven and earth may pass away, but this declaration concerning God's glory and the brotherhood of all men must be fulfilled. The Almighty moves in mysterious ways His wonders to perform, and although His ways are past finding out, we are not without hope, that even this dreadful war may lead to the realization of conditions where alone there may be abiding peace. And such peace must find expression in genuine brotherhood. Let us work with, and not against the Almighty. THE PHILANTHROPY OF ALLEN Dr. Crummell, in closing his masterly eulogium of Henry Highland Garnett, said: "If in the future as in the past, men continue to prize noble gifts used for the highest purposes; to honor our devoted service freely given for the maintenance of truth and justice; to applaud lofty, speech used rorthe upbuilding of humanity and the advancement of the race; to revere pure and lofty character, a life-time illustration of the finest qualities of our kind, Then o'er his mould a sanctity shaU.brood "Till the stars sicken at the day of death!" This was a grand and noble tribute, to a grand and noble man. And in all sincerity may we apply the same tribute to Richard Allen. It is not that our people are unappreciative of the greatness of the characters of many of our honored forbears, but the genuine truth is, they know such a little of them, the times in which they lived, and the magnitude of their accomplishments. And, then again, during the past generation so much stress has been placed on material things, that men have almost forgotten man as a moral and spiritual being. When the life of Richard Allen is considered it would be well to forget that he was a "Methodist," and think of him only as a man among men. If Richard Allen were not a philanthropist, then the word has entirely lost its meaning. One could no more fit him into the present day African Methodist measurement than they could get a peek measure into a quart. It should be constantly borne in mind, that at the time Allen projected his great movement, practically, the black people were as sheep going astray, morally, religiously and every other way. The idea of "competition," with other bodies, was then inconceivable. Thus, in the resolution adopted calling into being the African Methodist Episcopal Church it was a noble aspiration, a century ahead of his time, that that poor black man, should crave the gathering together of the poor, despised African "into one body." BOY SCOUTS AT C What's the matter with ternial Scouts? They're Who said so? Everybody is Everybody? 'Baltimo How's that? Listen and I you why. No sooner than Rev. Carroll gave his special ta scouts on the evening of August 23rd, they proceed had he ambition for personal greatness, and a life of comparative ease, he could have been rector of St. Thomas' Church, instead of Absolam Jones, his warm and lifelong friend. He had it in his heart to bless the great masses of his people. He was convinced that the system of the Methodists was best suited for that purpose. He was absolutely unselfish, and the proof of his self-abnegation, and devotion to conscientious conviction is witnessed by his declining to be the minister of St. Thomas; the voluntary sufferings and persecutions which he sustained in trying to remain in connection with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and lastly, the readiness and cheerfulness with which he gave himself, and his means, in establishing an institution for the welfare of the race, when he knew well that there was absolutely nothing in it for him, but a life of labors and sacrifices. As a matter of fact, his whole life was an oblation of loving service on behalf of others. In less than two years time, we shall reach the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the African Methodist Church. Such a celebration has a far greater significance than the mere centennial of a religious organization. In the days before the Civil War, the African Methodist Church was the general medium of expression and inspiration of Negro life. And since the Civil War, it has unloaded itself of many hitherto burdens, simply because of its good and faithful work, in so many directions, diverse racial institutions, and enterprise, have been brought to birth to more efficiently care for the ever expanding life of a growing people. It seems to us that the fore thought and the wisdom of the Bishops of that Church ought to vouchsafe some well considered and fitting plan, whereby the race, the country over, whether in or out of that church, may share in paying tribute to the memory Richard Allen, one of the greatest Philanthropists of the age in which he lived, and the special benefactor of the entire Negro race. We have received through the Geo. W. Helrum Co., 500 Star Spangled Banner buttons, from the Square Scotch Sun Company for distribution among the Colored Orphan Asylums of this city. These buttons have no advertising on them and will be greatly appreciated by the Orphans. They can be obtained at this office—FREE. FUNERAL OF ELLIUTT JOHNSON The funeral of Elliott Newton Johnson, who died at his home, 35 N. Pine street, Monday after a lingering illness, was held at his late home Thursday afternoon. Rev. Dr. Harvey Johnson officiated, assisted by Rev. Robinson. Interment was in Laurel Cemetery. The deceased is survived by his mother, four brothers and two sisters. BALLIMOREAN WINS PRIZE Bushnellsville, N. Y., August 31. — In a prize contest held here this week Mrs. Julia Washington, of Baltimore, a well known Cook won the first prize of twelve dollars which carries with it much praise and honor as she was the first colored woman to win the prize which is offered each year. The judges of the contest were wealthy men from New York. Much regret is being expressed at the departure of Mrs Washington, which will take place at the close of the hotel season on Labor Day. GAMP AT CHARLOTTE HALL A SUCCESS Charlotte Hall, Md., Sept. 2.—The Camp meeting which has been held here for the past three weeks came to a close on Monday evening when seven persons professed conversion. The camp was held under the direction of Rev. W. H Willis, pastor of the A. M. E. Church, and is said to have been one of the most successful held for years. Rev. Williams was assisted by Rev. Elias Q. Plummer, and Mrs. Helen Lee, a revivalist. The attendance was excellent. Mrs. C. C. Wheatley was the guest of Mrs. Williams during the last week. Mrs. Eliza Henderson, of 1154 N. Carey street has gone to spend the month of September with friends in New Jersey. What's the matter with Centennial Scouts? They're alright. Who said so? Everybody. Who is Everybody? Baltimore City. How's that? Listen and I will tell you why. No sooner than Rev. N. M. Carroll gave his special talk to the scouts on the evening of Sunday, August 23rd, they proceeded to the lecture room of the church where they slept on their cots till 3 a. m. The bugle call was sounded and everybody was up for his ten mile hike in the woods. The tramp was on and square after square was passed until the roads were reached and day broke its way through the western skies. At 7.30 a. m., the Middle River camp ground was reached and amid raptuous cheer to think every one of the thirty-four boys made it without a stop. The army tents were pitched and the feast was on. Hear this song to the tune of Sunnybrook Farm. When the bugle gives a call To the table we do haul Awake or sleep w run like sheep To eat and peep. When the bugle gives a call That's a signal for us all To get our pork and beans Hot dogs and fried fish And scrambled eggs for us all. On Thursday afternoon an openair concert was rendered and was supplemented by latest "tackticks" and modern manoveurs. Suffice to say that Baltimore society was in attendance. Shall I tell you of the evening camp fires? Ask the villagers. They know. Our songs and gymnastic staunts won for us a reception and three watermelon feasts, and when the last stake was pulled and our farewell song was sung, from every side came appeals of good cheer and an invitation to camp among them next year. HAGERSTOWN HAPPENINGS Hagerstown, Md., Sept. 3—The Helping Hand Auxiliary of Ebenezer A. M. E. Church raised $80.00 for the trustees. Mrs. Nannie Waters, president. Rev. David Johnson has returned from his vacation. Mrs. Isabella Johnson and Mrs. Hannah Harris have returned from Atlantic City. At the grand rally held at Asbury M. E. Church Sunday night, $130.00 was collected. The pastor Rev. E. W. Cobert, was assisted by Rev. S. A. Lewis, of Harpres Ferry, Rev. Edward Moore, an exp pastor and Mrs. Daisy Thurman, organist. Mrs. W. E. Brekley is visitng in Virginia. Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Coberth, of South Carolina, is visiting friends here. Mrs. Leonard Brooks and children are visiting friends in Cincinnati. Mrs. Joseph Jones and her two children have returned from several weeks stay in Missouri. Mr. H. S. Dixon, of Harisburg, Ia., is visiting Miss Marv Nelson. Mrs. Martha Douglass, of Harisburg, Pa., is the guest of her brother, Mr. S. E. Nelson. Prof. Benjamin Smith, who has been in Baltimore for several weeks has returned to the reopening of the schools. He is supervisor of colored schools in Washington county. Mr. Isaia Hatten, the oldest citizens of Haerstown, and one of the founder of Ebenezer A. M. E. Church, died at the home of Mr. Joseph Truan last week. His funeral was held at the church, and in the osseance of the pastor, Rev. M. W. traverse officiated. Mrs. Lil. Miller, who has been quite sick, convalescent. VILLAGE : 4P MEETING GLOSED. Turners Station, Md., Sept 3. The Village Campmeeting closed here last night after a very successful season, with a jubilee and "Shout in the Camp." The singing and praying bands of Waters A. M E. Church, Asbury M.E. Chufch and Mt. Zion Baptist Church were in attendance during the camp and rendered assistance. Rev. C. G. Cummings, district superintendent' of the M. E. Church and Rev. W. Cornish, of Zion Baptist Church preached during the Rev. John M. Barnes is tor in charge. AMES CH H HAS NEW PASTOR Bishop Cranston has appointed R. A. J. Mitchell, of Sykesville, as pastor of Ames Memorial Church, to succeed Rev. D. V. Shaw, who recently gave up life. Charge on account of illness. Rev. Mitchell comes highly recommended and will be, no doubt cordially received by the members of the church. professor responds. Returning to the market all torches are tossed in a heap that makes a considerable bon-fire and burns for an hour or so. The old town hall does not always look out on such peaceful gatherings and such occasions for mirth. In its three centuries of existence, it has perhaps seen before an assemblage like that of July 31, when all Jena stood in the market place or as near it as they could get to, hear the Kaiser's proclamation. Those who could, found better places of observation—from the windows of the houses, looking down into the square. Over the Bismark fountain they swarmed and on the sides of the sacred statue of Elector John the Magnanamus. There was a tense stillness as a university professor read the proclamation of war between Germany and Russia and the order for the mobilization of forces. War with Russia in the long run, means war with all Europe, except Italy and Austria. Nobody knew that more than those gathered in the market place. There's is therefore, no wild passionate enthusiasm, but a grim earnestness to accept the inevitable with a stout hearl the rest of Europe will not sit us sturdy folk the right to and prosper, cannot without enlarge our trade and industries flesh, our intellectual culture lead by our teachers and universities over the world: if they will take these things from us, it is necessary for us to defend ourselves. This and more said the speaker: Germany does not with war, but if war must be, then trusting in our splendid army we face the foe with a united front. United, for here son of the working man and the son of the privy councillor stand side by side, the one will reach the other a cartridge, or a draught of water when thirsty. United and above us all stands Germany. With bared heads they sang and shouted "Germany, Germany above all." The song resounded over the market. The city orchestra, played patriotic airs and the crowd sang as they marched homeward thru the streets. PRETTY WEDDING SOLEMNIZED Atlantic City September 3.—Mr. David B. Williams, of Washington, and Miss Lelia E. Fitzgerald, of th city were the principals in a pretty wedding which took place at St. Augustine's Church last week. The coronary was performed by the Rev. Mr. Deaver. The bride was charmingly attired in a gown of white crepe meteor silk, trimmed in white silk shadow lace and pearls. She wore a veil of white tulle, trimmed with bridal flowers and carried a bouquet of bridal roses and lilies of the valley. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Estelle Fitzgerald, as maid of honor, who wore a gown of pink crepe meteor, trimmed in white silk net. She wore a hat of white satin with pink plumes. Miss Lillian Moore, of Richmond, and Miss Mareda Creditt, of Baltimore, were bridesmaids. Mr. John A. Nelson, of Baltimore, was best man, and the ushers wore R. D. Holden, and Lewis H. Fisher, of Washington. GIVES DINNER IN HONOR OF FRIENDS Miss Ella Barks of Silver Springs, Montgomery county, Md., gave a dinner last Sunday, August 30, in honor of her cousin, Miss Marion V. Carroll, of Batilimore. Among the invited guests were: Mrs. Jeanette Anderson, Mrs. Lillian Miller, Misses Edith and Sadie Hill, Janie Johnson, Margaret Barks; Messrs. Malcolm Barks, Richard Hill, Levin Ross, James Johnson, and Oliver Barks. ENTERTAINS AT DINNER Mrs. Robert A. Young, of 1016 Argyle avenue gave a dinner last Sundav evening in honor of her sister, Miss Jestina Roy, of Philadelphia, who paid a short visit. While here she was highly entertained by her nieces and nephews. The table was handsomely decorated with flowers. The invited guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Young. Mrs. Eliza Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. James Carter, Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson, and son, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dudley, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shepard, and Mr. Abel S. Godfrey. Mrs. Alice M. Holland Williams accompanied by her little daughter, Alice Constantia, of 1583 E. Monument street, has gone for a week's vacation, the guest of her brother, Mr. James A. Holland, of Philadelphia. M. B. WILLIAM J. BUTLER Who has been reelected grand chancellor of the Maryland and Virginia Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Eastern and Western Hemspheries; PERSONAL HAPPENINGS Mrs. A. T. Waller, and her son, have returned to the city after spending a pleasant summer at Atlantic City and Harpers Ferry. Mr. Solomon V. Randall, of 1723 Druid Hill avenue, will remove to 1932 McCulloh street. Mrs. Carre P. Washington, president of the B. W. U. C. A.. has returned from a trip to Washington, where she attended the Mt. Bethel Association Convention. Misses Ethel and Geneva Randolph have returned from their vacations at Philadelphia and Virginia, respectively. Messrs. Clatyon Chambres and John Mason, and Misses Della Trippe and Etta Cheadon, spent Sunday at Georgetown, Kent Co., Md., as the guest of Mr. Harris. Waters A. M. E. Church will carry one of the best and largest excursions of the season to Annapolis, Wednesday, September 15th, on the Steamer Louise from Pier 16, at S a. m., sharp. Music by Prof. Martin's Band. Mrs. Louise Simms, of Mt. Winans is confined to her home. Mr and Mrs. David Y. Johnson, of 1435 Myrtle avenue, who have been visiting relatives and friends in Hampton and Charles City, Va., have returned home after a delightful stay. Miss Marian Holland her little brother, Leroy Hall, of 1387 Woodyear street, spent several weeks visiting their uncle, Mr. James Spriggs. at Chaney's Calvert Co., Md. Mrs. Lillian Stewart Johnson wishes to announce that her husband is improving and they will welcome their friends at 900 Brevard street. Mr. Andrew Hawkins and Miss Cora Shipley spent last Sunday in Atlantic City. At 8 a.m., sharp from Pier 16 on Wednesday, September 15th, the Steamer Louise will carry Waters A. M. E. Church to Annapolis, also it will be a historical trip down the Bay—the banner excursion of the season. Will look for you on board, September 15th. Mrs. Nathan Johnson, of 2208 Drudg Hill avenue, is spending two weeks in Atlantic City. Mr. Charles Carroll, of 1134 Drudg Hill avenue, is spending a few days visiting his cousin, Mrs. Gilpin Gantt, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. May Countee, of Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rich and their two daughters, Misses Bernice and Alma, and their son John, have returned home after spending the summer on the banks of the Miles River. Mrs. Charles Tolson and son, of 506 Baker street, and Mrs. George Palmer, of 1110 Argyle avenue, are spending two weeks in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Miss Lillian M. Heron, of Oxford street and Miss Mary I. Wooden, of West Lanvale street, are visiting in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Wait for the annual Day's Outing to Annapolis on the Steamer Louise. Waters A. M. E. Church invite you to go on Wednesday, September 15th. Boat leaves Pier 16 at 8 a. m., sharp. RIDGELY NOTES Ridgely, Md., September 2.—We have had quite a number of visitors during the past week., Mrs. Alverta. Wayman entertained Miss Pearl Wayman, of Philadelphia, her daughter and Mrs. Sarah M. Harris, her sister-in law. Miss Beulah Mosley, of Wayne, Pa., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Howard Wilson. Mrs. Eliza Brown, of Germantown, Pa., is visiting her mother, Mrs. Amanda Henry. VENTE EE EYE NEES ye ev RN e ye ry Menninger > guanine ens at ‘ e& ance! R. H. BUTLER ; Be 7 : ei THE COLORED SEWING MACHINE MAN 4 : } ‘ ‘I$ THE ONLY COLORED AGENT , : ; ESSE FOR THE SINGER SEWING MACHINE ; . lam here'before the public catering for your fall trade. I have been > made SPECIAL AGENT by the Company for COLORED TRADE. 3 > ‘See me when wanting to buy a machine.on small monthly payments. I< > havea new model, just out, The best machines that the Singer Company > has ever put onthe market, ‘The people should know who to get their > machines from, : -_ : Jam the only: Singer- Machine’ Agent that. Appreciates YOUR Trade: 4 , RAL BUTLER... 1211 DRUID HILL AVENUE? nn ; The Best’ Equipped Repair Shop Uptown Phone Madison'4984-Y 3 Og Oe ec a gat eger ik ht carne RE ESS US sasha ates esata ce Rare es sia io oO. oie Rao: PATONSVILLE HAPPENINGS Catonsville, Md.,.Sept. 3. —Kev- 3. Q. Custus filled the prlpit last Sunday morning at Grace A. M. B, Church and Rev.-R. ‘M. Hender- gon of Bermuda at night. The ser- ‘vices were well-attended. Mrs. Georgia Murray left Satur- day for a ten-day visit to Atlantic City and Asbury Park, N. J. Ms, Levi Dorsey. underwent 2 avecessiul operation last Friday. Mise Dora Marshall will be married to Prof Cordery, of Ken- ‘tucky on Wedeesdey. September 9, at her residence on Winters avenue. Me. and Mrs. Ellsworth Griffin of South Carolina are staving with hig mother, Mrs. Maria Murray. The Allen League ct Grace Church will open Sunday, Septem: ver @. “Mr. Edward Hollands had as his gvest Sunday his sister and two broshers, Mrs. Fannie Giles, and John and Isaiah Holiant, of Balti. more. Mise Grace Hall, who for the last 3 years has been making her home in the Green Spring Valley has re- turned to her hore in Taylor's Lace permanently. ‘vir. Ciarence Smith, of Norfolk, ¥a., formerly of Catonsville wa: visiting his old comrade Sunday. Bers. Robie Washingten, of Pitts: burg, Pa., granddaughter of My Sennah Bowler, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Gowler last week. Mrs. Mary E. Robinson, who ha: been visiting her father-in-law ir Yienmond, Va., has returned home Miss Ethel Washington, — wh spent the month of August in St Mary's county visiting her unele has returned home. ‘The Preachers’ meeting of tne A. M, E. Conference will bave their reopening at. Grace A. M. E Charch, Monday, September 14. CAT ESBIURY FAIR A SUCCESS Salisbury Md., September 3.— The annual Emancipation Fair at- tracted visitors from all parts of ‘the Eastern Shore this week. Spiendid exhibits in farm, pro- ducts, live stock, domestic science as well as racing events engaeed the attention of the visitors. ‘4 feature of the fair Wednesday ‘was the arrival of a special train with 300 excursionists from Balti- more, ‘shis excursion was. given under the auspices of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. ‘The steamer Tred Avon took them from Baltimore to Love Point, where the special train awaited them. Brig. Gen. G. 8. Carter, Com- mander-in-Chief of the lat Bat- talion of Boys Brigade, was in vharge of the excursion. He was ably assisted by adjutant Col. Cc. Medler, Major Chas, Moody, officer of the brigade of which Charles Powell is captain. The State: was represented: by, General Lewis E Williams, Col. J. Faward Smith, judge advocate;Col. John Hensvn, adjutant; Col. Chel- sar Hayes, Majors Morton and Lee; ist Lieutenant Perey ‘I. Borron, was in command of Monumental Cites Company, No. 4. DENTON HAPPENINGS Venton, Md., Sept. 3.—With a reat old fashioned shout and all around hand shake, the campmeet- ing which has been going: on here for the last several weeks came to a close Sunday night, lev. J. H. Fitehett, the pastor, conducted the services. He. was assisted by Rev. L. H. Stevens. Mrs. Mary. Jackson, of Baltimore, and her grandson are visiting. Mrs. Jackson's sister, Mrs. E. Dicker- 30n, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Brooks, entertained their daughter, Mrs. Hattie Duke, of Baltimore. Mrs. Lina Dixon is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Roberta Fountain. Mrs, Lilly Gant, of Baltimore, aod sisters are visiting Mrs. Charles Boston, Mrs. Viola Hunter has returned to Philadelphia. Mrs. Phyllis H. Taylor, of 428 E, 28rd street, has returned from a very pleasant trip to Hampton Va., where she has been for two weeks visiting her relatives in eompany with Mrs. Vandelia West- eott, of 23rd street. IN MEMORIAM ELLIS—In loving remembrance of my dear husband. and father, Thomas H. EHis, who died seven years ago, September 3rd, 1907. Seven years have passed our hearts still sore As time flies on we miss him more He sleeps, we Jeave him in peace ta rest ‘fhe parting was. painful but God knew best. aaa Bychis wife, daug iter and son KENDALL—In s@i. ant loving remembrance. of x1y dear sister, Emme J. Kendall. nee Burley, who departed this life one year ago, the 30th of August, 1913. O the memory of that morning A3 we stood with ac. g hearts Seeing the one we loved so dearly Pierced by death's most cruel dart. By hee devoted sister Mary B, Burley, CARD OF THANKS Mrs. Celia V. Taylor, of 535 Lanvale street, wishes to thank her many friends for their beautiful flowers and sympathy following tne deata of her brother, Rev. Ottoway Croxton. WILSON—-In sad. and loving re- membrance of our mother, Hannah Adell, who died one year ago, September 2, 1913. She was weary with her burden And she called on Gad for rest ‘Take me Jesus to Thy bosom Let me slumber on ‘Tay breast. ‘ Ry her children. COPPER—in sad but loving sé- membrance of my dear mother, Mary ©. Copper, who fell asleep in Jesus eigth years ago,September 2, 1906. : “bey Peaceful be thy silent slumber Peaceful in thy grave so low Thou no more will join. our number Thon no more:our sorrows know. Yet again | hope to meet her When the day of life. is fled, And with joy in heaven to greet her Where no farewell tears are shed. By her devoted daughter Frances Copper. HAZEL" N-—In sad and loving remembran.. of our sister Nannie, who. died one year azo, September 3, 1918. God called her’ home, it was His will But io our hearts we love her still Her memory is a3 dear today As in the hour she passed away. By her sisters. GRIFEIN—In | sad but loving temembranze of my dear mother. Adelaide Griffin, who died i7 years ago today, August 26, 1897. Seventeen years have passed My heart is still sore | As time flies on [ miss her more. She sleeps, leave her in peace tu rest The parting was painful but God knew best By her dauhgter, Lillie A. Glover. CARD OF THANKS Idesire to thank the many friends of my recently deceased son, Elliott N. Johnson, for their evidences of sympathy, and floral tokens. Sarah A. Johnson. ‘War Great Day Wat A Whirlwind Campaign to raise funds for rebuilding Church, Sun. day Sept., 13th, 1914, Eastern M. E. Chureh, McElderry St., near Patterson Park Ave. Great battle to be fought betseen Battalions: of young girls, married women, widows, old maids, laymen and class leaders of Balto., Grand March, 2 p.m. Music by orchestra at 8 p. m, Presentation of prize banner at 10 p.m. Carrie Brooks, Lottie Griffiin, Prof. Geruge Owens, class leaders, in command of battalions, Rev. S. &. Hughes, General; G. Hall, and William Green, secre- taries. Aug. 29-3t-ins, | We. Shall See Him! A GREAT QAY AT PARADISE CAMP MEETING, SEPTEMBER. 6 REV. J. L LOWS DAY 11.00 A.M.—Preaching. 2.30 P,M.—Clags by all the Leaders of Baltimore. 3.0u P.M.—Preaching by Rev. J. I. Lowe. 4.20 P.M.--Ali Bands. . 6.00 P.M.—Band March Seven Times. S P.M—Preaching hy Rev. J. I. Lowe, DD. The Junior Choir of St. John’s will sing. The one hundred -singers of Walbrook it church will assist. . ‘ James A. Briscoe, Pastor and Manager SPECIAL NOTICE. All stockholders of the Masonic Joint Stock’ Association are notified to meet at the Masonic Temple, Courtland street, Monday evening, September 7th, at §.30, P.M By order, J.. ft. Murphy, President. WATERS’ A. M. E. CHURCH GREATEST EXCURSION OF THE SEASON: FAMILY EXCURSION 10 ANNAPOLIS, MD. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1944 ON THE STEAMER “LOUISE” Steamer Louise leaves Pier 16, Light Street Wharf at 8 A.M. Boat will sail down the Patapsco River, pasiing Fort McHenry. the Shipping, Fort Carroll, Stealton, Fort Howsrd, Eort Armistead, United States’ Quarantine, the big [ Elevators, down the Chesapeake Bay, passing Seven Foot Knoll Light, New Balli- more Light, Magathe River, Sandy Point Light, Mouth of Chester River, Ploddy Point Light, West River, Euston Bay, Poplar Island, Chesapeake Beach, up 2 Severn River, Greensbury Light, the Great Naval Academy, the War Ships, then iand at Annapolis, the State Capitol. : MUSIU BY MORTON’S BAND Fare Round Trip, 50 Cents Children under 10 Years, 25 Cents: No Tickets Sold at Boat, Children’s Tickets Obtainable from the Pastor Only _ Gol. J. Proctor, Sect'y. Trustee Board __J. W. Woodhous, Sect’y Steward’s Board Rev, A. L. Gaines, D.D., Pastor [Steamer leaves Pier 16, Light Street Wharf, 8 A. M. Tie AFRO-AMERICAN LEDGER - - CHURCH NUTICES ee TDN ANNI CARL Se See ge ee tery Mere Tame RS See iy She oe re cowl HIRD “ANNUAL EXCURSION..... ON THE STEAMER “DREAMLAND” MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, (914 ; Families, Pleasure Parties and Clubs are’ rapidly ‘securing + punches of tickets for this noted outing with Dr. Fowler and ; his friends. Don't miss it and don’t be late. Two Bands * will Furnish Music and Refreshments of All Kinds Served, S FARE, ROUND TRIP = 80 CENTS CENTENNIAL M, E. CHURCH . Caruline and Bank Sts. Kev. N. M. CARROLL, D. D., Pastor Ila. m., Sermon by Rev. George D. Johusan. “Communion. 230 p,m. Sunday school. 8 p.m, Second Quarterly Love Feast WHATCOAL M. E, CHURCH, Franklin and Pine Sts., "King’s Hill. Rev. Alfred Young, Pastor Kesidence: 618 Dolpin Street . ear LPS Ben edt Ror} RR HE RR? 5, Be psy: ey Sense 11am Speciat sermon by the pastor, Subj., “Out of Him. came the corner, out of Him the nail and out of Him the battle bow " 3. p. m. Sunday School. 8p. 'm., Rev. G. Waters, pastor. at Salisbury,’ Md.. Delaware Conference. Haly Commynion. Fach member ig asked te contribute one dollar. Prayer Meeting Wednesday night. All Are Invited. J. F. Crowner Ghorister, WC. Tongue, Supt. Lhomias Johnson. Pres. EB. L. j PIV VV CIV ETT IV VV VIVE Ve FEVVV IVT IV VV VV VV TEV ve $10.00 GIVEN AWAY | For the TEN BEST’ REASONS why every. self-respecting ; person in Baltimore should send his or her laundry to : THE DRUID LAUNDRY 1634 DRUID HILL AVENUE : a. AND : : 926 DRUID HILL AVENUE : " (Fill These Lines) ‘ S RDDRESS scslessssstce- socigsessensecernnssernennceranee evneeeennstesten alate 3 Write your reusons plainly on side of peper only, and send them with your > tannery bundle, or mail to the Druid Laundry, 1634, Druid Hill Avenue, on or | pefore November ist, 1914, A committee of five judges. names io be an- pounced tater, will decide the winner. Don’t celay. “Send in your TEN; ; BEST REASONS early. Contest closes November Ist, 19U4.” \ CRISP : S NEW TEN DOLLAR BILL WILL BE HANDED THE WINNER ON’ > NOVEMBER 15, 1914 : - TRY YOUR LUCK! : ASBURY M. E. CHURCH “@s Rogers Ave. and Lexington Street Rev; Geo. U. Curcy, Pa-tor 11a, m,, Sermon by the pastor. Subj. “The Hour of Prayer.” Sunday School at 2;00 p. m. 5p. m., Vesper Service. ‘Every member is.earnestly requested | to be. present and turn in their envelop- es for Fall Rally, Be sure and meet the pastor on Sunday Morning. | All cordially invited. C:'T. Stewart, Supt, si MATTHEWS M. i, GHURCR E. 23rd Séreet | i Rev, KR, A. Green, Pastor iia m. Sermon by pastoi, 2,30 p. m., Sunday School. | 8p. m:, Sormon by Rev. Wen, Bell. Mrs. Peari Ai, Rice, Supt Mrs, Elizabeth Fuller, President of Ladies’ Aid Association Mrs. Aifrater Smith, Pres. Penny Club » 9 | a SS si as ae Moonlight pees a Excursion ‘Ke. eee? ws sroW'scnoe “ie CEPT, Il MASON ROBINSON e | | Boat leaves Miller's Wharf 8.45 P.M. sharp. || Yiexrrs Osn SQuivtiunm 1 AN ENGLISID 25 CENTS . | 1} HAVE SAID [1 UP SITALL BE DONE i | | A.H. Murphy, Jr, Potentate Geo, T. Duppin, Recorder ' || FRIDAY, SEPTEMBR 111. 14 THOMPSON'S ORCHESTRA AND . SHRINER'S TIN BAND EASTERN M. E. OHURCH Rey. 8. R. Hughes, Pastor dt a. m. Pastor. subj, “Vampires.’” 8p. m. Quarterly Love Feast. Second Sunday, Whirl Wind: Rally; Flagg Drill; Grand March and Music by Orchestra. AMES MEMORIAL M. &£. CHURUH Carey and Baker streets Rey. A, J. Mitchell, Pastor 11 a, m., Sermon’ by pastor. 2p. m, Sunday School, Mr. Hen y Johnson, Superintendent 8 p. m., Sermon by pastor. ST. MATTHEWS M. E, CEURCH- Turners Station Key. John M. Barnes, Pastor 9 a m. Union Class Meeting. iL a, m, sermon by Rev. J.P.James. 2.30 Sunday School. 8 p. m, sermon by pastor: Class meeting, Wedsesday rights. Prayer merting, Friday nights. Everybody Welcome Persors coming fronr Yaltimore, take Sparrows Point car, get off at Dundalk and walk three blocks to the church, Oh! The World's Wonder, Who? Why the GO-GIT-UMS Better known as The Kings of Pleasure will give their ” THIRD GRAND FAMILY EXCURSION | — Of the Season on. the Queen of the Chesapeake Bay The Steamer Dreamland TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 150 miles dowh the Bay. Leaves foot of Broadway at 8.30 a. m, | Ticxets, 50:Cents. “Full Commonwealth Band =” Jeremiah Palmer, President Edward Juhuson, See. Edgar Palmer, ‘Treas. : Charles Barsdale, Business Manager. | THE VEGETABLE STALLS OF JOHN HAYES & SON are now located at the Northeast corner of Fremont avenue and Laurens street, Lafayette Market opposite Cassidy’s Store, and N. ©. Cor. Pear and Lexington streets, Lexing: ton Market. The Maryland Lunch Room ; Riggs Ave. and Carlton St. MEALS AT ALL HOURS W.H.GILES, Proprietor MUENENENAZNZMM LNENU MANZE NAN ¢ THE OLDE EDERALS 8 N Fisk ow TWILL CIVE ITS... ¥ _ Annual Excursion to Port Deposit : A On Monday, September 14th ® ¢ And before returning a long trip down the Bay x | THE STEAMER LOUISE x x COMMITTEE Xx A JR. Williams, Isaiah Johnson, Wm. Hodge, S.R. Ringgold, ® Se Alexander Brooks, J. H. Webb, Henry Ennels, ¥ oi R. H. Johnson..J. L, Franklin, X Re ADULTS. 50 CENTS CHILDREN, 25 CENTS ® ~~ NAKARANMNA RANANANARANAN | The Pacific Lunch Room MEALS AT ALL HOURS Board or Lodging by Day orWeek 852 S. EUTAW ST W. H. Giles, Proprietor. FOR RENT—Nicely furnished room or rooms with a quiet family of two. Modern conveniences, suitable for a settled person or two single parties. ‘For particulars call or write to A. H. care of Afro- American Co., Baltimore, Md. Prof. Harry A: Williams TEACHER OF SINGING Pupil of:- Delle Sedie Spriglia, Paris. Denza and Tosei, London. For Lessons Apply Young’s Pharmacy Mrs. M. E. Wilson” DRESSMAKER Evening Gowns, Bridal Outfits and First-class Work a Specialty 427 Mosher St.; Baltlmore, Md There seems to be some contro- versy’ us to who is at the head of the 8rd Regiment. of the Colored Boy's Brigade, of Maryland.. Mr. Clarence E.. Medley is. the organizer and the head of the said regiment. ‘The atock'is owned jointly between Mr "Medley and Mr, Clarence Martin. ST SS CHURCH NOTICES BETHEL A. M..E. CHURCH | Lanvale St. ‘and Druid Bill Ave. Rev. L. S. Flagg, D. D., Pastor | Parsonage. i405 ‘Argyle Ave. Ga, m., Class Meeting. a. m., Communion. 2.40 p. m., Sunday School. 3.30'p. m. Dr. A. UL, Gaines, will preach to the Missionary Society. All auxiliaries of other churches are invit- ed. Music-by St: John’s Junior Choir. 8 p, m., Sermon by pastor. ST. JOHN’S A.M. E. CHURCE Lexington St. near Pine ~ Rev. J. A. Briscoe, Pastor Quarterly Meeting” Day 25 Cent Day 10.30 a. m., sermon. by Rev. R. E. Ford D. D., P. E. 1130 a. m. The Lord's Supper. 8 p. m., Sermon by Rev. R. B. Ford, D.v., PLB. Preaching every Tuesday night in the church yacd. tr WATERS ALM. E. CHURCH Aisquith St., near JeMerson, Rev. 3. L. Gaines, D, D., Pastor. 427 Aisquith Street @il a. m., Sermon by pastor. 2,30 p.m. Sunday School. “ 8p. m. Holy Communion. Miss Mamie Woolford, L’res, J.W. Woodhous, Sec. ALLEN A. M, E. CHURCH Lexington and Carlton Sta, Rev. P. J. gordan, D.D, Pastor 11a. m. sermon by pastor, 2.90 p.m. Sunday schoo), We cordially invite young men to ome Bible Class: : 3p. m. Annual sermon of the Juve- ‘niles of the G. U 0. of Nazarites by ‘the pastor, All children, adult courts Gnd pastures are requested to be out He full regalia, Janie Grayson, G.G. & S. Charles YW. Howard, G, W. 8. Sp. m,, Class Meeting, Bro. rank Barber, leader. | 8 p.m.Sermon by pastor. : We welcome all | H. D, Brent, Supt. $, 8, INDEPENDENY 4. M. E. CHURCH GALILEAN FISHERMEN UEMPLE Biddle Street near Madison . Rov. L.C. Curtis, -D.1).. Pastor Parsonage, 1232 Argyle Ave. lla, m, Preaching by the pastor. 2.30 Sunday Schaol. “ Edward T, Martin, Supt. 8p. m.. Preaching by pastor. ‘Phe Lord’s Supper administered, Everybody 18 welcome to our services. Joseph Ridout, Sec. Georze M. Johnson, Treas. L Pennsylvania Avenue . A.M. B. ZION CHURCH [ George L. White, Minister 1a. m. Subj.,"The Lamentations of the Cross..” Holy Communion. | _,3.p.m. Special Sern on to “The Dock Builders.” All invited, ne p. m. Subj ,“Our Duty to God and, ani |Seats Free Strangers Welcome SS . (9° GILLIS MEM. M. P, CRURG ' Stockton Street near W. Haltimore St. Rev, B. H. Knight, Pastor, 0a. m., Class, * lia. m., Preaching by stranger * ; 2p, m., Sunday School. 7.80 p. m., Praise Meeting. 8 p. m. Stranger. P 'T. H, Me(towan, Supt, | Services in rear of church on account [of remodeling the church. | Universal Methodist Episcopal Chureb o} | CURIST INSTITUTION - Ray. G. W Kennard, D.D., Pastor Sunday Services. ait a.m. Sermon by Rev. Abraham 2:0 p. m. Sunday School. 8p. m. se:mon by Pastor. iF GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Dolphin and Etting Sts, Rev. W. E. Williams, D. D., Minister The Manse, 623 W. Lanvale St. 11 a. m., Sermon Hy minister. | 12.30 p.m,, Sunday School, 8 p. m. Minister. Seats free All. welcome Lecture and Prayer Service every Wed- nesday, 8 p. m. Mrs. Eulalia Reid Calloway Direetress Miss Margaret Rusk, Organist. Wm. Anderson, Supt. UNION CAMP MEETING ‘There will be an all day’s meeting at Towson, Md., Sunday, September 13th, 1914. Mt. Calvary A. M. E. aud Galilee C, M./B. churches are having their second Union Meeting. Come and hear the ‘singing bands, Preaching at 11 a. m., and 7.30 p.m_ Cume.to Mt, Calvary Church Get off cars Chesapeake Ave. and walk East. P. iH. Green & W. D, Wood, Pastor The Baptist Womens’ United U. A. A. meets every Sunday at 1221 Park Ave., from 5 to 6.30 P. M. This Sunday Missionary. Mrs. Carrie P. Washington, Pres, Miss Emma Lane, Sec’y. The annual oyting given bya committee of ladies of Metropolitan M. E. Chureh, for the inmates of our aged homes and the aged mem- bers of the church, at Druid Hill Park, Thursday, August 27th, was a’ day of much pleasure to all. who were present. In the morning a soul stirring experience meeting was held, conducted by Rev, John A. Holmes. At one o’clock dinner was served, which all enjoyed,after which Rev. C. G..Cummings left with the entire gathering some wholesome thoughts. We thaok our friends in being so kind as to allow: us the. use of their. automo- biles to convey the-inmates to and from the park. We pray God's blessing on their. every _under- taking. 3 _ Signed Mrs, E. Elizabeth Stevens, »: vos piptiemecovoncncl Chairman, COL. MIDNIGHT IN LONE STAR STATE Honey Grove, Texas.—Now you would think this is where all the honey in the world is made, but it is just like other places, the only difference being that you can find mud here that sticketh closer than a burher, and it is just like wax. But you will not understand me to be complaining, because I am not. I want to here thank God for giving me religion, and then for allowing me to live to see so many changes, and so much good accomplished by the race without a name, and yet full of names. They call me so many things until I hardly know just what I am and who I am, but then you will have to take what you find and trust God for the rest. I remember when we only had biscuits once a month, and then they got down where we could have them on Sunday. It was back when white folks owned us, and we had to work for them, for all we could eat and sleep, and then if you were real good we would get a nice suit of clothes after the white man got through wearing it out. We had to take it for what it had been. You go back to those days and now attend a session of the National Negro Business League and then around and see what wonderful progress we have made all that time, and you will join me in "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow." Perhaps you want to know what has happened to me this week, and what I am talking about, and since you want to know it is my duty to in form you, and if you will only listen you shall have it all and if I get hold of anymore I will send you that also. I have been to the 15th annual session of the National Negro Business League and this will make any man feel like shouting and saying other good things, because you come in touch with so many big men, and medium size men, and little men. You get such a good opportunity to see what we have done. I just had to shout all over the streets of Muskogee, Okla., and sh that you could have been there no shout with me. It looked like the white man was going to lock me up, thinking that I was dangerous, but then he did not, and I am glad that he did not. Attorney R. Emmett Stewart, assured them that I was perfectly harmless, that I was just one of the cranks shouting because the race had produced a Booker T. Washington, and then because I had been able to see such wonderful progress made by the race in these years. I thank the good Lawyer for keeping me out of jail. I was just happy, that's all. I was ready to shout, but then there was Editor Murphy, of the Afro-American Ledger, who shook my lily black hands and told them that I was perfectly "sane" and would do no harm. I thanked Mr. Murphy for letting them know I was so smart. There are some good business men in Muskogee, and I tell you we own some good business here in town. I was delighted to see all this. Big stores just like white folks are operated by our man, a big hotel, by Editor Nickens, and other big business places, made it worth while for the League to meet in Muskogee. You have read already about the meeting, both of the National Negro Press Association, and the National Negro Business League. I saw Mr. Murphy writing it, or directing a reporter what to say and how to say it, hence I did not take up time to tell you this. I can mention a few of the men I met, and tell you a few things about them. The president of the Oklahoma Business League is T. J. Elliott, merchant, and he is a man of business. Just to look at him you can tell that he is a business man. He was active in the affairs, and was assisted by the Lawyer R. Emmett Stewart, who is just up to the minute in law and courtesy and positeness and common sense. These two men headed fully five hundred people who met Dr. Booker T. Washington's special wagon, which consisted of 6 Pullman cars. I was glad to see this coming in to Oklahoma. The white folks just had to notice. Now what do you think was the feeling of them white folks, as their minds went back to just a few years ago, when he thought that he owned us soul and body and more than this, that it was his divine right and ownership and went to war to fight for what he considered his own personal property. There was a great ovation given to Dr. Washington and his party and of course them white folks took notice. They stopped their business to look at us, just like our own people. I met many of the people, and among them was Emmett J. Scott, the secretary to Dr. Washington, to Tuskegee Institute and to the National Negro Business League He certainly knows his business and knows how to make friends. He is one of the best all-around men in the race, and I am going to give him credit because he deserves it. Give a man what he wins in this world. The night Dr. Washington spoke, the church was so crowded that there was nothing, else the people could do, but look at him. A large number of white people got in, and there were fully a thousand people who could not get inside of that big hall where the meeting was held. Then there followed a petition from the white folks of Muskogee, asking Dr. Washington to talk to them at the opera house. "They wanted to hear him—they wanted to see him. They got to do both and, Mr. Washington talked right out in church, so to speak. He made a plea for the white people and then for our people. He is a great and I am real proud of him. I have told you about Charles H. Anderson before, the fish and oyster man from Jacksonville, Fla. He is treasurer of the National League and they have a good man in the position. Anderson is in a hurry just like he is at home when and where he conducts his own business. It is interesting to see him getting around. He made many friends on this trip, and I was real proud of this man. He is no bluff, but just a straight business man, full of business. Hon. J. C. Napier is chairman of the Executive Committee and I mention him because I had the pleasure of shaking hands with him, and then I have a bill with his name on it. You, see, while he is not in the office, still the money with his name on it is as good a gold itself. Mr. Napier has retired from that big office in Washington, but he has now a business. He is doing the banking business, and believe me when I tell you he is some lawyer. P. W. Howard, of Jackson, Miss., was elected President of the National Bar Association, and I wish you could have seen him take his seat. Howard ranks as the leading lawyer in Mississippi in my estimation. He makes his living on his law business. He knows law, and he is perhaps the only lawyer in Mississippi who attends the meeting of the National Negro Business League every year. He is anxious to contribute something to racial development and uplift and for this reason you find him wherever he can do good. Give us more men like him I believe in my soul I was cut out for a lawyer, but I had to serve them white folks so long that I could not get to do much law business. I am going to school in a short time if I live and nothing happens, and then you will see me just like Howard. I will tell you about this in another letter. I want you to go to the next session, although I do not know where it is going to be, but just as soon as I find out I will let you know. It will pay you to go to this great big meeting. It will either go to Washington, Boston, or Lexington, Ky., and if it goes to Kentucky I want you to get in line and attend for you will have great entertainment. I think it should go to Kentucky and I have several reasons for thinking this, and you will think with me about this matter. The war will be about over, and money will be scarce and the people will not be able to make them longs trips and most of the delegates are to come from the south. Kentucky is close and will furnish a great meeting. I took a trip from Selma, Ala., to Muskogee, going through Montgomery, Birmingham, Ala., Memphis, Tenn., Little Rock, and spending Sunday in Fort Smith, where I spoke to the people.. I was a big man in Fort Smith, but when I got to Muskogee I had to take a back seat. Had the pleasure of seeing Rev. W. Arlington Wilson, pastor of the First Baptist Church of the city and a man of ability. From Fort Smith I stopped at McAlister for a little while and talked to some friends there. I then went to Denison, Paris, and I am now here. I will tell you a bout Denison in my next letter. I stopped over here to see.T. Smith, a fine young man, who has made good in the world. I have never been to Honey Grove before, and I accepted an invitation from Mr. Smith to come by and look at the town and be his guest. No this young man is able to invite a fellow to be his guest. He is a native of Alabama, U.S.A. and came into this country along time ago, got hold of a farm and then a beautiful home right in town Then like other men he found that it was not good to be alone, so he went into Georgia on a visit and met Miss Ethel H. Starks of Atlanta University, who was one of the most writingest young women in that section of the country. Miss Starks was acting as stenographer to Dr. Dubois, when called upon to accept her position, and she accepted of it too. That is to say Mr. Smith asked her to be his wife, and after a long talking about it she accepted the offered place and took right hold. She is one of the best trained women of race, and then she knows how to look after herself. As a rule when you find women full of education they don't know much about housekeeping and cooking, but it is not so with Mrs. Smith. She is devoted to home life. It was a pleasure to see her. I shall have more to say about them and their home in my next letter. If you have any mail for me send it to 628 N. Eutaw street, Baltimore, Md. Tuskegee Institute, Ala., Sept 3. All over the country there is a big demand for practical electricians, electricians who can actually do with the wire what the books says can be done with the wire. Electricians get big salaries; and now that every where electricity is becoming a necessity they get steady work. Colored electricians are not numerous, but wherever they have gone into the business and put efficiency into it, they have prospered and built up independent business. In the South electrical engineering is comparatively a new trade, but it is nevertheless an important trade and offers an opening for young colored men most flattering in its prospects. The electrical school of Tuskegee Institute is planned to meet the demand for practical electricians. Having a three year course identical with the best electrical schools in the country, its equipment is such as to afford the student a practical knowledge of electricity and its application hard to gain anywhere else in the South. The institution planned the course with the idea of fitting young men not only to carry on electrical work themselves but to be able to contract for work in conjunction with the Negro architect and general contractor. The course covers work in bell and annunciation wiring, line construction, interior wiring, care of arc lamps, direct current, dynamos and motors, central station practice, telephoning and alternating currents and apparatus. The Tuskegee Institute equipment is most thorough, and consists of one 50 kilowatt and one 150 kilowatt monocycle alternators with an exciter and marble switchboard for each; one 150 kilowatt revolving field, three phase alternator with exciter and switchboard. These are used for lighting the grounds and buildings of the school. Also there are shunt and compound wound exciters, shunt motor, three-phase motors, a photometer, voltmeter, ammeters are and incandescent lamps and laboratory reformers and rheostats. This, equipment is used along with the theory of applied electricity. Master Vivian A. Wright, of 1812 McCullah street will return to the city next week. Mr. Joseph L. Hammond, of 709 George street, has returned from Connecticut, on a weeks visit to his parents and friends. He will return next week to remain until December. Mrs. Edith Harley and family are spending a week with her sister, Mrs. Pauline May Wright, of 1812 McCulloh street. Mrs. Flossie M. Peters, of 1506 E. Monument street have just returned from a visit to Winchester and Queenstown. IF A BEAUTIFUL HEAD OF HAIR IS YOUR TRADE and your scalp covered with dandruff be your dislike, then a healthy scalp should be your delight and KELLUM'S OINTMENT will bring it all right. We guarantee Kellum's Ointment to stop the hair from falling out, clear the scalp of dandruff, itching cease and make the hair grow, under a written guarantee or money refunded. Read what the people of this city say about Kellum's Ointment. 516 N. 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Please send Money Order or Postage Stamps. Agents Wanted. Address, KELLUN REMEDY COMPANY BALTIMORE, MD. LEARN TO BE AN ELECTRICIAN A woman with long hair and a bird in her hand. To a traveler arriving at night Paris reveals a glamour and conceals a mystery—the excited, gesticulating porters that greet the train as though they were there to welcome friends and eager to serve them; the uncertain lights of the train shed, the diming in the ears of a strange language—a beautiful strange language—and the wild, exhibiting light in a trunk laden taxi through unknown streets. There is glamour, if you will, in the lights of the restaurants, in the dizzy crowds and in the broad, brazen avenues teeping with a race of people who like to believe that every day is a holiday, but there is mystery in the silent by streets, filled with high blank walls and darkened windows, where a footstep echoes dismay and the beat of a horse's hoof resounds like musketry, and there is mystery, too, in the stretches of fragrant gardens, with their treetops resembling up dark masses into the golden glow that brings like a halo above the City of Lights.—Gordon Arthur Smyth in Scribner's. Echoes. An echo is a sound repeated from some obstructing surface so that a person in the path of both the original and reflected waves hears the sound twice. Sound being produced by waves of the air, when such waves meet an opposing surface as a wall they are reflected like light waves. The sound so heard as if originating behind the reflecting surface is an echo. An echo returns to the point from which the sound originated if the reflecting surface is at right angles to it. An oblique surface deflects the sound in another direction so that it may be heard elsewhere, though not at the point where the sound originated. If the direct and reflected sounds succeed one another with great rapidity, as happens when the reflecting surface is near, the echo only clouds the original sound so that it is not heard distinctly, and it is this which interferes with the hearing in churches and other large buildings. -Philadelphia Press. Deals by Barter: Long as it is since deals were usually effected by barter money still does not enter into much of the business done in rural parts of Great Britain. The most general transaction by this system is grinding corn. Cleamers instead of paying the miller for converting their wheat into flour or barley into meal allow him to retain a certain proportion of the grain, and in Wales even farmers commonly do likewise. Village blacksmiths in Wales have many similar deals. Frequently one gets a neighboring farmer to haul him a load of coal to his smithy, and thus becomes indebted to him for so many hours' work, the number depending on the distance and whether more than one horse is employed. If before the next harvest the farmer requires any smithy work done the debt may be wiped out, but if it is still owing then the smith discharges it by going into the harvest field himself. -Pearson's Weekly. Witchery of a Barn. There is a spirit of poetry about a barn, and unconceiliously men are touched by it. In youth it kindles our imagination and fosters our susceptibility to the simple beauty of common things; daybreak, with the fresh sweetness of the wet grass about us as we go up the path toward the great barn still darkly silhouetted against the brightening sky, with the weathercock, high up against the topmost band of pink, pointing to clear. 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Dallas, Tex.-There are 23,000 colored people in this city, forming one-fourth of the total population. One who spends a little time here among the members of the race soon discovers that these 23,000 of our people also form one-fourth of the city's energy. I found little or no whining among them. Recognizing their present limitations and the odds against them, the race, under capable leadership, is spending no time in deploring, but rather striving to better conditions. Dallas is a beautiful city, the residences suggesting to the visitor that he is in some northern city famed for the architectural beauty of its homes. The vast amount of commerce, building operations and industrial enterprises here suggests to the visitor that he is in some bustling munt of commerce east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio. Dallas boasts of one of the strongest local Negro business leagues in Texas or any other state. The co-operative spirit engendered by a business league, and the activity resultant therefrom invariably make for business progress. The race's business men in this city have $300,000 invested in business enterprises; $600,000 of the city's taxable property belongs in fee simple to the members of the race, and $400,000 in Dallas' banks is deposited to their credit. Dallas has been enjoying an unprecedented business boom, and the establishment by the federal government of a regional bank served only to increase business and draw attention to this, Texas' metropolis, as a wonderfully progressive city, whose future has practically no limitations. In all the progress being made here the race is largely contributing, and in all the business success being achieved the race is shariu. I must Mr. W, Sidney Pittman here, an architect than whom there is none better, and he told me of his success. Coming from Washington, where his a chinoidal ability was well known, I in little employed by his own people, he care here in Dallas recognized and employed him. Here the race place a premium upon ability and efficiency. Mr. Pittman is enjoying prosperity here that is in contrast distinction to what he enjoyed in the north, and in every move for racial betterment he is an active, helpful factor. Largely through his efforts the Local Business league was given new life. W. E. King, solo editor and producer of the Dallas Express, one of the very best race newspapers published in this country, has done more perhaps than any single man to advertise Dallas and to accelerate race advancement. The race in Dallas recognizes that business, education and religion should go hand in hand, and, while making rapid and wonderful material progress, the educational and religious advancement is not lagging. Twenty-four churches conserve the religious interests of the race, and six public schools, with sixty-eight efficient teachers, conserve the educational interests of the race. I was much pleased with the character of the school buildings for our race. They are substantial, modernly equipped and sanitary. I was advised that the whites are very considerate of the requests made by the race for improved educational facilities. The amicable relations existing between the two races here is one of the very encouraging signs which points to that unrestricted freedom that is the hope of us all. Texas, one observes, is trying its utmost to dispel the long time held belief that the state stands for race retardance. The appropriations made down here for Negro schools—greater than any southern state—and the helpful assistance given by white men to men of our race in business indicates a condition just the opposite to that which many think. There are sixty-eight Negro teachers, sixteen physicians, four dentists and five lawyers to make up the race's professional class in Dallas. There are six business corporations, twenty-five excellent grocery stores, two drug stores, one moving picture theater, one hotel, a number of well conducted cafes, real estate agencies, a furniture store, three undertakers, an automobile repair shop and a number of enterprising contractors to represent the race's diversified business activities. In this city I find that among the men who have made possible the prosperity that the race is now enjoying and who are providing for a splendid future are Dr. B. R. Bluft, Rev. A. S. Jackson, J. C. Jordan, N. W. Harlee, S. C. Block, D. Romen, F. P. Mayes Rev. S. E. Watson, Dr. R. T. Hamilton, Jake Ward, W. E. King, Dr. M. C. Cooper, Dr. J. W. Anderson, Rev. C. W. Abington, S. R., Johnson, D. V. Hooper, W. Sidney Pittman, R. L. Logins, H. Strickland, E. T. Williams and the very active president of the local business league. Educational and Secret Society Work of Miss Pauline D. Owens. Mounds, Ill.-That merit, ability and worth count in this world is shown in the repeated reduction of Miss Pauline Dabney Owens to the position of grand worthy counselor by the Grand Court of Calabria of Illinois and the honors that have been conferred upon her from time to time in her native state along other lines for the advancement of the race. Miss Owens was born in southern Illinois. She received her early education in the graded schools of Illinois and then prepared for the profession in which she takes the front rank as a teacher. At the age of seventeen Miss Owens finished her training and began teaching in the public schools of Mounds, where she has worked ever since. She is ranked as one of the best primary A. E. MISS. CAMELINE D. OWENS. teachers in the state regardless of race or color, she comes from a literary family. She has four sisters and two brothers, and all are successful school-teachers. With a desire to render some tangible service to the race in another direction Miss Owens connected herself with the organizations which have for their object racial quilt and the saving of the youth. Her worth was soon recognized by the local Court of Calanthe, and she was promoted until elected grand representative. Three years she served in the position of grand register of deeds for the Grand Court of Calanthe, rendering such excellent service and making so many friends that she was called from that position to that of grand worthy councilor, to which she has been elected four successive times. Since she has been at the head of Calanthe it has been brought prominently before the people as never before. Illinois is regarded as one of the leading jurisdictions in the country. The officers and members are proud of their leader. As a public speaker Miss Owens is eloquent and convincing in her arguments, and these qualities have united in winning for her the position she now occupies in the hearts of the people. Wherever there is anything which means good for the race Miss Pauline Dabney Owens will be found assisting in any way possible. She is an inspiration to the girls and young women of our race. POET FRIEND OF EDUCATION. James Whitcomb Riley Hears Dr. Washington Deliver Address. Greenfield, Ind. - When Dr. Booker T. Washington spoke here recently James Whitcomb Riley, the famous Hoosier poet, although he was ill, motored out from Indianapolis to Greenfield so as to be present at the meeting and testified by his presence his sincere regard for Dr. Washington. Mr. Riley has been a friend of the Tuskegee "wizard" for many years and felt that he could in no better way show his friendship and good will than by being present at the Chantanqua meeting above referred to. As the many readers of the author of "When the Frost is on the Punink and the Padder's in the Shock" know, Mr. Giley is a native of this place. He came to Indianapolis in the eighties and laid the foundation of his career as a poet, litterateur and lecturer. Dr. Washington was presented with a picture of the old Giley home at Greenfield. Iowa Odd Fellows Hold Annual Meeting The thirty-two annual meeting of district grand lodge No. 30. Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, was held in Des Moines, Ia., from Tuesday, Aug. 25, to Thursday, Aug. 27. inclusive. The grand lodge was the guest of Silver Leaf lodge No. 1075. Among the social features held during the week in honor of the delegates and visitors were a reception in honor of the grand officers at North Star Masonic temple, a big parade, which was thoroughly enjoyed by the public, and a grand banquet at Namur's stairing rink. National Ideal Benefit Association. State wide interest is being taken in the sessions of the second annual meeting of the National Ideal Benefit association of Richmond, Va., which began in the Trinity Baptist church, Newport News, Va., Sept. 1. The National Ideal choir arranged four big concerts for the week as follows: Tuesday night at Taborian hall, Newport News, Va.; Wednesday night at Bassettss academy, Hampton, Va.; Thursday night at Queen St. Baptist church, Norfolk, Va., and Friday night at Third Baptist church, Portsmouth, Va. THE AFRO-AMERICAN LEDGER SUNDAY SCHOOL. Text of the Lesson, Mark xii, 28-34, 41-44—Memory Verses, 29-31—Golden Text, Luke x, 27—Commentary Prepared by Rev. D. M. Stearns. This lesson consists of three parts—the question of the scribe whom Matthew calls a lawyer. Christ's great question and the record of the widow's two miles. The first is recorded by Matthew and Mark, the second by Matthew, Mark and Luke and the third by Matthew and Luke. Having answered and put to silence the Pharisees, Herodians and Sadducees, He is now approached by one of the Pharisees, who was a scribe well acquainted with the law. His question is, "Which is the great commandment in the law?" or "Which is the first commandment of all?" Here was another toppler, and yet the Lord graciously condescended to answer him. If one came to us in the same spirit and we knew it, would we be grateful enough to make reply? Our Lord left us an example to follow Him in all things. He mostly replied to this erotic quoting from Deut. vi. 4, 5; Lev. xix. 18, the summary of the Ten Commandments, which His own hand had written twice on the tables of stone, that the righteousness which is required of us is to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and our neighbor as ourselves, adding, according to Matt. xxii. 40. "On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." The scribe confessed that He had answered well and said that to do this was more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, to which Jesus replied, "Thou art not far from the kingdom of God." The scribe saw more clearly than most of his follows that God looked for a right heart rather than anything merely outward. He understood the words of Isa. l. 10:15, and all similar words concerning the abomination that Israel's sacrifices were to the Lord because it was all mere form, all outward, without a thought of the for-giveness of their sins or their need of it. In the first sacrifice ever seen on earth man gave God nothing, and no hand in it at all. The Lord Himself did all and provided freely the redemption clothing that man needed (Gen. iii. 21). The law of God, which is so holy and just and good that man cannot keep it and which has been kept perfectly only by Jesus Christ, who is the true ark of the covenant and the mercy seat, is always intended to lead us to Christ, who is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth (from. x. 3, 4; xil. 30). The great and all important question is not what we should do or should not do, what we know or do not know, but what is Jesus Christ to us, what think ye of Christ (Matt. xxii. 42). To these Jews who expected a Messiah, a son of David, but who did not understand the prophecies concerning Him and that He was to be truly a man and yet truly God in one person, the question as to how the Messiah could be David's son and also David's Lord was what might be called aposer for them According to Mart. xxii. 42. He asked them, "What think ye of Christ?" or the Messiah. "Whose son is He?" They replied, "The son of David." Then came the difficult question for them, "How doth David in the Spirit, in the book of Psalms, call Him Lord, saying, The Lord said onto my Lord. Sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enemies the footstool?" (Ps. ex. 1). Jesus Himself answers the question. In John xvi. 28. He said, "I came forth from the Father and am come into the world." As Minipress says in his harmony, the question can only be answered aright as recognizing the fact that Christ proceeded forth and came from His Father in heaven, and thus is David's Lord, while, as being man, He was "of the house and lineage of David" and so was David's son. In Him were united the divine and human natures (John i. 1:34; I John i. 1.21). One of the very last titles that He gives Himself in the New Testament is "the root and the offspring of David" (Rev. xxii. 16). David came from Him as His Lord, and as man He came from David. He is the Son of Man, inheriting all things, and he is to sit on David's throne (Luke i. 1:33). Personally I am comforted by the fact that as perfect man He knows me thoroughly, and as God He is able to save, to keep and to present me faultless because I have accepted Him as my Saviour. He had taught them to hewear of Pharisees, Sadducees and Herodians, and now He says, "Howware of the scribes," mentioning their desire for praise of men, their seeming religiosity and at the same time their oppression of poor widows whose offering of as little as two mites sometimes counted more in His sight than the abundance of many rich people. The poor widow of our lesson cast in all that she had, even all her living. This drew her very near to Him. When any one says "This is the widow's mite" as they give some trifle to the Lord, say as kindly as possible. "Make it two, or do not mention it, and do not compare it with the Bible story unless it is all you have." A. B. Sent to all who write. Latest styles. 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Leakins, of 1333 Division street, who was the guest for several weeks of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bunch, of Wilkes Barre, Pa. Mrs. Bunch was formerly Miss Lula B. Young of Baltimore. Mrs. Leakins also visited her sister Mrs. Ella Thomas, of Philadelphia. She returned home this week. Mrs. William H. Dodd and her daughter, Miss Viola ta. of 1519 Druid Hill avenue, have returned from their vacation trip to Woodbine, Carrol Co., Md. Mr. Charles E. Carroll, of Druid Hill avenue is spending a few days in Philadelphia, and Atlantic City. Miss Marion V. Carroll of Druid Hill avenue returned home Wednesday after spending the month of August in Montgomery Co., Md., visiting relatives and friends. Misses Edith and Sadie Hill, of Silver Springs, Md., are the guests of Miss Marion Carroll, of Druid Hill avenue. Mrs. William Lynn, Mrs. Solomon Chase and Mrs. William Stanley are spending 15 days in Atlantic City. FREE CATALOGUE We manufacture all the Latest Styles of Creole Hair Goods, Electric Combs Raw Hair, Etc. We are the largest Hair Dealers, and show a larger variety of styles, and sell more Fine Creole Wigs than any other manufacturers in the United States. Write for New Catalogue. It is FREE. AGENTS WANTED larger variety of, styles, and sell more Fine Creole Writes than any other man- ufacturers in the United States. Write for New Catalogue. It IS FREE. YOUR OPPORTUNITY. WILL YOU GRASP IT? The Colored Man's Dream at Last a Reality TO FREE HIMSELF FROM LANDLORD SLAVERY. THE PATAPSCO PARK LAND COMPANY, strictly local—and incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland, are the owners of a large and beautiful tract of land, conveniently located, from waterfront to hill top bounderies. This Company is now subdividing and laying out this elegant land into most attractive building lots with a view of making one of the most desirable suburbs around Baltimore; and is now offering to the colored citizens of Baltimore and surroundings, the greatest opportunity of their lives to own a great big piece of Mother Earth at unheard-of low prices. WE THEREFORE TAKE PLEASURE in announcing to the large and small investors, rent payers, ground rent and high tax slaves, wage earners, money depositors in banks saving for the banks instead of themselves, and the public in general, THE GREATEST REAL ESTATE offering ever placed before them or ever will be again. PATAPSCO PARK is situated at Pumphries, on the Annapolis State Road and Brooklyn avenue; five miles from the City Hall. Eleven minutes ride on the Annapolis and Baltimore Electric R. R. from Camden Station and sixteen minutes ride on the W. B. & A. Electric R.R. from Liberty Street Station. Liberty Street Station. HOME SEEKERS AND INVESTORS—This is a rare chance to buy good land so near a great city at such bargain prices. You cannot lose, big profits sure to follow. Make money on your own investment. You can do it. to secure the pick of these beautiful lots as they are going like hot Buckwheat Cakes on a col winter's morning. PATAPSCO PARK is the only suburb is the only suburb strictly for colored citizens. This suburb was opened last year and already nearly 700 of these beautiful villa sites have been disposed of to the very best and most prominent colored people of Baltimore. Write at once for maps, etc., showing the location of this property. Better still, call that we may explain in detail the advantage of securing your selection early. We expect this to outsell any development ever put on the market; as the prices are the lowest, the terms the easiest location highest and healthiest, and railway facilities the best. easiest, location highest and heartiest. The beautiful Grove, with large pavilion, will be opened to Churches, Sunday Schools, and other organizations for Camp Meetings, Picnics and Conventions. To secure dates call on S. R. Hughes, Agent and Manager of the picnic grounds, 1204 Druid Hill avenue, Baltimore, Md. Hughes, Agent and Manager. Our refences are nearly 400 satisfied customers who are the present owners of these beautiful waterfront to hilltop sites. Send for a list of the lucky owners of these choice building sites. A grand Free Excursion from Camden Station, 1.45 and 2.45 p. m., daily or at any time by appointment. Excursions every hour on Sundays from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Residents of Patapso Park will be furnished with Commutation Books at 5½ c. each way. will be furnished with Free Tickets will also be furnished upon application at our City Office. Just think of it only $85 TO $350 For one of these Lots On Extremely Easy Terms to secure the pick of these beautiful winter's morning. PATAPSCO, ed citizens. This suburb was our sites have been disposed of to Write at once for maps that we may explain in detail the outsell any development ever easiest, location highest and highest. The beautiful Grove, with other organizations for Camp I Hughes, Agent and Manager of Our references are nearly 4 tiful waterfront to hilltop sites. A grand Free Excursion from a pointment. Excursions every sco Park will be furnished with Free Tickets will all PATAPSCO 106 HEAR Dr. Ernest Lyon SUNDAY MORNING, SEPT. 6 AT JOHN WESLEY M.E. CHURCH ON THE ISSUES OF THE EUROPEAN WAR CATASTROPHE SUBJECT: THE BASIS OF PEACE. PEACE SPIRITUAL AND PEACE MATERIAL. PEACE INTERNAL AND PEACE EXTERNAL In Connection with the discussion of the main subject the Doctor will give a diplomatic interpretation of "The Triple Alliance" and "Entente Cordiale," the foundation of European peace. All who have heard Dr. Lyon before on similar subjects will vouch for a rich and enlightening treat. Don't forget the Date. Dr. E. Mayfield Boyle, who formerly practiced medicine in this city, has again opened an office at 508 N. Caroline Street Phone. Wolie 1355. CHARLES TOLSON REALTY CO. OFFICE: 506 BAKER STREET Houses Sold on the Lowest Terms in Any Part of the City. See my Large Lis: of Two or Three Story Houses. Also Sewer Connection Without a Deposit. PHONE: 1903 Y--MADISON Or a Postal Will Bring Me to Your Door. THE AFRO-AMERICAN LEDGER ```markdown ``` Barelock. Don't Miss The beautiful lots as they are going by H ICO PARK is the only suburb is the opened last year and already near the very best and most prominent etc., showing the location of this the advantage of securing your sell- out on the market, as the prices a healthiest, and railway facilities the large pavillion, will be opened to Meetings, Picnics and Conventions of the picnic grounds, 1204 Druid I 100 satisfied customers who are the Send for a list of the lucky owner, Camden Station, 1.45 and 2.45 p. u. hour on Sundays from 10 a. m. to Commutation Books at 5½c. each also be furnished upon application PARK LAND (INCORPORATED) LAW BUILD Don't Miss This Golden Opportunity. They are going like hot Buckwheat Cakes, the only suburb is the only suburb strict and already nearly 700 of these beams and most prominent colored people of the location of this property. Better of securing your selection early. We extend, as the prices are the lowest, the railway facilities the best. It will be opened to Churches, Sunday Services and Conventions. To secure dates callBounds, 1204 Druid Hill avenue, Baltimore customers who are the present owners of the lot of the lucky owners of these choice buildings, 1.45 and 2.45 p. m., daily or at any time from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Residents in Books at 5½ c. each way. And upon application at our City Office. BK LAND COMPANY (ORPORATED) BUILDING BALTIMORE. MD. Everybody is Going Steamer To Spend the Magothy C Sunday, Sep The Steamer Starlight will lo and 2 p. m. Will leave the 7 p. m. and Mo The Starlight will stop a on S Fare for the Round T For Sale! 2 & 3 On Franklin street, George street, Carrollton avenue 1 Druid hill avenue, Carey street Mount, Stricker, Mulberry and Some of these houses have as low as $50. Balance weekl THEY REPRESENT MAG APP P. H. H. 1322 ARGY Phone St C. & P. Phone Madison 3224 James Mt. Auburn Everybody is Going on the Palatial Steamer Starlight To Spend the Last Sunday at Agothy Campmeet Sunday, September 6th. Steamer Starlight will leave Miller's Wharf p. m. Will leave the Camp Sunday after 7 p. m. and Monday at 1 p. m. Starlight will stop at Brown's Grove all on Sunday for the Round Trip, 25 Cents Sale! 2 & 3 Story H Franklin street, George street, Argyle avenue, Carrollton avenue 10 1100 blocks, Mosk Avenue, Carey street 11-1300 blocks, Tricker, Mulberry and McCulloh streets. Of these houses have Sewerage Connection 650. Balance weekly or monthly payment REPRESENT MAGNIFICENT INVESTMENT APPLY TO P. H. PRATT 22 ARGYLE AVENUE Phone St. Paul 1933 Phone Madison 3224 M James F. Hall Auburn Marble The Steamer Starlight will leave Miller's Wharf 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Will leave the Camp Sunday afternoon at 7 p.m. and Monday at 1 p.m. The Starlight will stop at Brown's Grove all trips on Sunday For Sale! 2 & 3 Story Houses On Franklin street, George street, Argyle avenue, Division street, Carrollton avenue 10 1100 blocks, Mosher street Druid hill avenue, Carey street 11-1300 blocks, Presstman, Mount, Stricker, Mulberry and McCulloh streets. Some of these houses have Sewerage Connections. Terms as low as $50. Balance weekly or monthly payments. THEY REPRESENT MAGNIFICENT INVESTMENTS 1322 ARGYLE AVENUE Phone St. Paul 1933 C. & P. Phone Madison 3224 M Special Prices On All Church Work Interior And Exterior Work . . . . Monuments and Tombstones, Corner Posts and Cemetery Work. Marble Work of All Kinds. Residence: 1216 Argyle Aven nts and Tombstones, Corner Posts and Dewy Work. Marble Work of All Kinds. M Residence: 1216 Argyle Avenue Monuments and Tombstones, Corner Posts and Curbing Cemetery Work. Marble Work of All Kinds. Mantles. Residence: 1216 Argyle Avenue. DON'T DELAY WRITE US TODAY GRASP IT WHILE YOU MAY Not Buckwheat Cakes on a colony only suburb strictly for color 700 of these beautiful village colored people of Baltimore property. Better still, callation early. We expect this to be the lowest, the terms the best. Churches, Sunday Schools and To secure dates call on S. R. Hill avenue, Baltimore, Md. Represent owners of these beautiful of these choice building sites daily or at any time by ap. p. m. Residents of Patapo way. at our City Office. COMPANY ING ting on the Palatial Starlight Last Sunday at campmeeting September 6th. Grove Miller's Wharf 10 a.m. Camp Sunday afternoon at day at 1 p. m. Brown's Grove all trips Sunday. p. 25 Cents to all B Story Houses street, Argyle avenue, Division 1100 blocks, Mosher street at 11-1300 blocks, Presstman McCulloh streets. Newerage Connections. Term for monthly payments. SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS DAY TO PRATT LE AVENUE Paul 1933 F. Hall Marble Co. Corner Posts and Curbing Mark of All Kinds. Mantles: 5 Argyle Avenue STARLIGHT BROWN'S GROVE The following dates have been booked: 7- Usher of Bethel A. M. E. Church. 18- Go.Get-Ems. 15- G. U. O. True Reformers 20- Brilliant House, No. 8 24- New Douglass Fraternal Society 27- Grand Court of Maryland, K. of P. MOONLIGHTS. SEPTEMBER 7- Bethel Drill Corps Calanthe. 9- Trustees of Eastern Chapel. CONFETTI ..THE DREXEL.. SHIRTWAIST DANCE Direction of Mr. Ernest Purviance 10- Opererella's Jr. Ass'n. 11- Shriners 14- Royal Arch, No. 6, D. 15- Troleda Circle of East 16- Excelsior Co., No. 2. 17- Brown's Circle 18- Invincible Co., and C. 21- Syracuse Rank, K. of 22- Eastern & Western 24- Morning Star Co., Dr. K. of P. GALILEAN FISHERMEN AUDITORIUM TICKETS 25 CENTS The Drexel Closing Excuse ...YOUNG'S Makes the Hair Long, gives o One 25 cent o Scientifically prepare YOUNG Druid Hill TEL. MADISON 3322--Y Harvey H SANITARY SEWERAGE Installation of Steam No Job Too Large. 1513 PRESSTMAN STREET Baltimore's Leading JOHN UNDERTAKEN Complete $73.00 FU A fine casket worth $65.00, it highly polished sak or walnut ou either black, gray or white, to m riages, new and up-to-date; fine o advertise funeral, six pairs of gloc cifix when desired, rugs, chain sete This funeral cost elsewhere. My price $73.00.....$75.00 Other Funerals as low as $25, $35, No charge for removal Shipping Funerals, $1 1222 Division St., L Residence C. & P. Ph. AD: 11 CY ONLY THE GALILEAN FISHERMEN AUDITORIUM LABOR DAY MONDAY, SEPT. 7, 8 TO 2 TICKETS 25 CENTS Kerr's Orchestra in Attendance The Drexel Closing Excursion to Brown's Grove, Sept. 12 Makes the Hair Long, gives control of it and purifies the scalp. One 25 cent can will convince. Druid Hill Avenue and Hoffman Street tf TEL. MADISON 3322--Y Installation of Steam and Hot Water Heating No Job Too Large. Terms Arranged 1513 BRESSTMAN STREET BALTIMORE MD. A fine casket worth $65.05, in black cloth, steel gray or white plum, highly polished sak or walnut outside case; beautiful rubber-tired hearse, either black, gray or white, to match casket, as desired; six heated car riages, new and up-to-date; fine burial robe, embalming, opening grave advertise funeral, six pairs of gloves, door crepe, candles, candelabra, cen cifix when desired, rugs, chain etc., all of the latest designs. This funeral cost elsewhere.....$136.00 My price$73.00.....$75.00 Saving you $61.00.....$63.00 Other Funerals as low as $25, $25, $40, $50. Higher Grade $100, $150, $175. We use only pure and fresh drugs and chemicals in all our compounding. That is why we have the confidence of your physician. PURITY compound your pre Patent Medecines at Cut-Rate Pri Druld Hill Ave. and Bidd Don't go down town when you d Sharing Corner GET IT AT..... STOKES a 1061 Druid Hill LABOR D HELLO CENTRAL! GIVE THE BIG DE AT GREENWOOD ELECTRIC PARK, W MONDAY, SEPTEMB MUSIC BY THE C TICKET STOKES and DERRY'S 1061 Druid Hill Avenue, Cor. Oxford LABOR DAY OUTING HELLO CENTRAL! GIVE ME AT GREENWOOD ELECTRIC PARK, Winters Lane near Edmondson Ave. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 1914--LABOR DAY MUSIC BY THE COMMONWEALTH BAND TICKETS 15 CENTS John T. Williams, President Mary C. Preston, Vice President P. Norton Chase, Secretary Wm. McGruder, Assistant Secretary If Music be the Food of .... OPENING Given by The LES At The GALILEAN FISHERMAN FRIDAY EVENING MUSIC BY DR. KERI Officers:—Thomas H. McCormick; I dent; Robert S. Chase, Treasure; Buckner, Business Manager ADMISSION 25 CENTS Given by THE LES JEUNES SCIVIATEUX At The GALILEAN FISHERMEN HALL, Biddle St., Near McCulloh FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1914 MUSIC BY DR. KERR'S FAMOUS ORCHESTRA Officers:—Thomas H. McCormick, President; Stewart R. Cooper, Vice President; Robert S. Chase, Treasurer; James R. Howard, Secretary; William Buckner, Business Manager ADMISSION 25 CENTS Dancing from 8.30 to 1.30 CONFETTI BELLS ```markdown ``` MIXING BOWL MOONLIGHTS 10—Operella's Jr. Ass'n. 11—Shriners 14—Royal Arch, No. 6, Drill Corps, K. P. 15—Troleda Circle of East Baltimore 16—Excelsior Co., No. 2, K. of P. 17—Brown's Circle 18—Invincible Co., and Cadets, K. of P. 19—Syracuse Rank, K. of P. 22—Eastern & Western Ben. Association 24—Morning Star Co., Drill Rank, No. 18 K. of P. RATTLEB REXEL. T DANCE SERPENTINE 1