The Afro-American

THE AFRICAN AMERICAN LEDGER VOL. XXIV. NO. 3 WARNER T. M'GUINN MAKES POWERFUL APPEAL FOR WARBURTON'S NOMINATION Warburton Workers Hold Enthusiastic Mass Meeting on Monday Evening--Notable Speeches By Prominent Republicans. McGuinn Gives Reasons Why Voters Should Support Warburton. At a large and enthusiastic meeting of colored Republican workers, held at the Warburton headquarters on Calvert street, Monday evening. September 6th. a citywide organization was formed in the interest of the candidacy of Mr. Wm. T. Warburton for Governor. Mr. Alexander T. Williams was elected president and Thomas Harden, secretary. Speeches were made by Mr. George W. Cameron, chairman of the Warburton Campaign Committee and by Mr. Levi A. Thompson, Hon. Josiah Kerr, Mr. John W. Martin, Mr. H. H. Sharp, Alexander Williams and Warner T. McGuinn. Mr. Cameron advocated the necessity of the solidarity of the colored vote and said that if they ever hoped to accomplish anything politically, they must vote enmasse. He vigorously denounced as a libel upon Mr. Warburton, a circular signed by Frank E. Williams, and published by the authority of the opposition. He asserted that during the whole life and public career of Mr. Warburton, he had stood for the open door and equal opportunity for all men, especially the enfranchised citizen. Mr. Levi A. Thompson declared that the opportunity was now at hand to destroy the "invisible powers" that have hitherto controlled and dominated the Republican party, that Mr. Warburton was the peer of any man in the State of Maryland, unbossed and untrammeled, and had submitted his candidacy directly to the people, to whom alone he would be responsible in the event of his nomination and success at the polls. Mr. John M. Martin, vno was compelled to leave by reason of an important engagement, said that he wanted everyone to know where he stood. He was for Mr. Warburton, because he had known him for a number of years, knew that his Republicanism was of the soundest type: that his private and public records were stainless, and that if elected, he himself would be Governor of all the people. Mr. H. H. Sharp declared himself for Warburton and said that he would do all that he could to bring about his nomination. Mr. Alexander Williams, upon taking the chair, thanked the large number of workers for the honor conferred, and declared himself eager to continue the work he had already begun in Mr. Warburton's behl. The Hon. Josiah Kerr, former Congressman from the First District, made a telling speech. He told of the conditions on Eastern Shore and declared that Warburton would carry Dorchester County overwhelmingly. Mr. Warner T. McGuinn, when announced, received a flattering reception. He said in part: IS MR WELLER ASHAMED OF HIS PARTY? "If he is, his sense of propriety ought, of such a party to elevate him to the gov't lives in Baltimore county, to the gov't lives in Baltimore county, and received the state of that county—support that was sincerely support he would have, in all probability. When he landed his job—one of the best the State Central Committee has, there—he did not intention—an intention' which he religiously candidate for the nomination for Governor, so ignominiously casting to the scrap heap at his own invitation, and so brutally Zimmerman, party, Baltimore county; a mugging personality, high character and灵 Sparks, the well-known attorney and activist was John S. Enser, a man of splendid intellect of the county, stronghold of Democracy to the one year age, as a candidate for judge, a time had a clear registered majority of 62 publicans and independents; there was A. A. of the county, formerly of the county, a brightness man of the charm? The insult offered on that ocean individual', but it struck through them he represented. It was an insult to the his sense of propriety ought to deter him from seizing to elevate him to the governorship of the state county, and to have the support of the Republican party and received the support of the Republican-support that was sincerely and generously given and have, in all probability, been left at the post of his job—one of the best in the state county—until he then that he did not intend to have anything further which he religiously kept until he was the nomination for Governor. Who were the new men casting to the scrap heap—with whom he was evasion, and so brutally insulting, he had to be removed from the titular lieutenant in Baltimore county; a man of large business, high character and immense popularity. The all-knowledge attorney and active Republican. Assistant a man of splendid intellect and qualifications elected elect虹 of Democracy to the office of State's Attorney a candidate for judge, carried Baltimore county or registered majority of 6000 Democrats over 500 independents; there was no opposition, on the side of the Congress on the district business man of the state, and others of 15 insult offered on that occasion was not only an insult, but a struck through them back to the voters of the state. It was an insult to the Republican party of Baltimore. "If he is, his sense of propriety ought to deter him from seeking the votes of such a party to elevate him to the governorship of the state. Mr. Weller lives in Baltimore county, and when he was an applicant for this present Incentive position he sought and received the support of the Republican organization, that county's governor, and that county's mayor, in all probability, left at the post in the race. When he landed his join—one of the best in the state—he invited members of the State Central Committee for Baltimore County to attend a meeting there informed him that he would be further to do with the nomination which he religiously kept until he was discovered as a candidate for the nomination for Governor. Who were the men that he was thus so ignominiously casting to the scrap heap—with whom he was breaking bread, at his own invitation, and so our committee, he invited him to the county committee, the titular head of the Republican party in Baltimore county; a man of large business interests, of engaging personality, high character and immense popularity, there was Leban Sparks, the well-known attorney and intellectual attainments, a foremost lawyer of the county, whose popularity and eminent qualifications elected him in that entrenched strength of Democracy to the office of State's Attorney and who one year ago, as a candidate for judge, 1000 Democrats over all, including Republicans and independents; there was A. A. Blankey, one of the leading citizens of the county, formerly a member of Congress from the district, in which he lives and a leading business man of the state and overseas, a charming man, a man of great intellect and an insult to those they represented. It was an insult to the Republican party of Baltimore county. IS HE ASHAMED OF HIS PARTY? "In an interview between Mr. T. Irvington, Mr. Weller told Mr. Zimmerman when he met the state government and that if the events to make of prominence he would get the men to fill them. If he made this make an additiv to the fact that he deputy, the interstate judge, he wanted that old, views almost tinged, he has persistently refused to consider the men of Republicism to any of the num WELLER'S ATTITUDE TOWARD "The registered Republican vote is 44,513 or quite 43 per cent, the city is Baltimore at 32,066, the colored vote is 2,966 or 31 per cent of the whole. I increase, and in a few of them the Republic city without them. The colored voters are Interview between Mr. T. Trying Zimmerman and him told Mr. Zimmerman that William Shipman, the RD government and that intelligence enough in the RD government and that if the Governor had two or more of prominence he would have to go to the Demo fill them. If he made this statement—and Mr. Zimmerman to the fact that he was not only assailant, Entertainment came did, views almost thrued with hostility, it is actually refused to consider the appointment of any who faith to any of the numerous positions under WERS ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE COLORED VOTE. Reserved Republican vote in the state is 102,905, the 43 per cent which he was not only assailant, Entertainment is 93,905, the colored vote is 14,703, quite 48 per Reserved Republican vote in Baltimore county is 7.53 per cent of the whole. In some of the counties a few of them the Republican vote would be a minority. The colored voters are awake to a new "In an interview between Mr. T. Irving Zimmerman and blissmei, at Arlington, Mr. Weller told Mr. Zimmerman that William Sheppard Bryan was right when he said that there was not intelligence enough in the Republican party to run the state government and that if the Governor had two or more appointments to make of prominence he would have to go to the Democratic party to get the men to fill them. If he made this statement—and I will make an addendum to the fact that he is permitted to lead a party, the intelligence which so wontly assails, Entertaining such views as he views, almost tinged with hostility, is it any wonder that he has persistently refused to consider the appointment of any white or colored men of Republican faith to any of the numerous positions under his board? WELLER'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE COLORED VOTERS. "The registered Republican vote in the state is 102,905. the colored vote is 44,513 or quite 43 per cent of the whole; the registered Republican vote of the city of Baltimore is 33,988. the volunteers of the city are 39,116. the registered Republican county is 7,802. the colored vote is 83 or 31 per cent of the whole. In some of the counties the percentage increases, and in a few of them the Republican vote would be a negligible quantity without them. The colored voters are awake to the potency of their vote." BALTIMORE, SATURDAY, SEPT. 11, 1915 They know that their vote is not only a factor, but a determinative factor. They fully realize that any debt incurred by them to the party, by faithful activity, loyal service and devoted adherence has long ago been cancelled and wiped away. The public interest has always been to keep the party in the public interest. The Democratic party on the other hand can't cause their present political pulse, but mental pulse and active political effort are distinct attitudes. The usual "big feed and jolly" of prominent colored men on the eve of a political battle no longer appeases. If the party would retain this hitherto local element as a matter of fact, the party would be more likely to be a party that is not a real candidate. The 19th of that grinds out the corn should be permitted to go up to the crib at least now and then and eat, and he is not only entitled to eat, but he is entitled to have the conditions which stand his growth and prevent his well-being from being semi-prosper. The public interest is always the only way to get the party to the length of time that the public schools shall be kept open for white children, but not for colored children. There are laws prescribing the minimum salary for white teachers, but not for colored teachers. The result of these discriminatory measures is that in many communities of the state the public is not allowed to be a teacher. The state's school system is a very perilous one, only one of the teachers who teach them are under old. The education of the colored youth in a large section of this state is a mere travesty. When it is remembered that over 70 per cent of the state school fund is derived from taxes paid by Baltimore city it be-viewed as a very poor one, and the amount of taxes paid by the A样ityun which will accept a single colored liberal patient. What will be Mr. Weller's attitude in regard to these discriminatory race measures? I know of no other way of judging the future but by the past. The lamp of expression of the public interest is the fact that the A样ityun is not the only one to be true. If the declaration charged by Mr. Warburton be true, I fear that Mr. Weller is not wholly In sympathy with the white element of his party, and if he is not in sympathy with them, where on earth do we come in? Certainly there has been no demonstrated recognition or sympathy with the A样ityun. The A样ityun is not only a person who has been at his most recent expense but has spent eight or ten millions of dollars of the state's money in the construction of state roads. Has any of that enormous sum reached the pockets of colored men? I call up on the 45,000 colored voters of this state to pause and consider this situation. If the state is from its own角度 and intelligently determined to do so, it would be a very good choice for the public, and it will be a very good choice for the state. "Mr. Warburton repressizes the new system of government. Mr. Weller the old. No man in this state now before the people for nomination is a better or more efficient agency for the prosecution of the reformers now demanded by public sentiment than Win, T. Warburton. He is mentioned, unhoused and bowed, in the public interest, and he is the only person who has been a member of the state. He has the nerve to do what his party pledges and he will not sink from the performance of a public duty more because it is not nominated in his party's hand. No one has this plain, honest, experienced, elified, and unnoticed, and I am sure that your voice will be asبرiled by the people of the state on November next. VILLARD URGES CLAIMS OF RACE Equal Rights Champion Wants Wilson to Name Negro Democrats For Important Positions Washington, Sept. 9.-- Oswald Garrison Villard, editor of the New York Evening Post has been here, for some weeks writing special articles for the New York Evening Post. He is regarded as a personal friend and supporter of President Wilson, and that has given rise to the rumor that the President and his advisers have freely sought his counsel on important matters. It was Mr. Villard who first gave out to the country that Dr. W. E. B. DuBois had suggested to the President that a commission be sent to Haiti to study conditions there. His suggestion has not found favor, it is believed, in view of the fact that American marines are now occupying Haitian territory and this government is demanding that Haiti agree to a treaty giving it control there for the next ten years. Though Mr. Villard is regarded as a Wilson supporter, he has never failed to speak out against the treatment accorded the race by the Wilson regime. He severely criticized the segregation policy inaugurated by the Wilsonites and Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo was one of those to feel the sting of his criticisms. Mr. Villard, it is said, has been urging Mr. Wilson to give recognition to the colored Democrats that so loyalty supported his candidacy in 1912. Gossip has it that he has pointed out that the President should send some highly capable man to Haiti as American minister and that the position of Recorder of Deeds here, as well as others, should be awarded colored Democrats. WHITE DIPLOMATS FAIL The two white men who have been sent to act as ministers during the present administration are said to have failed in their mission. Daily Blanchard, of Louisiana, who succeeded Smith of Missouri, is said to have not accomplished much in that country. He is now in the United States and business between Haiti and this country is being transacted through the State Department. Admiral Caperton is in control of things down there. Some able colored man whom the Haitians would have faith in, as they did in Frederick Douglass, is said to be needed there now as minister from this country. ELKS HONOR BALTIMOREAN Chicago, Sept. 8.--With a big ball the seventeenth annual session of the Grand Lodge of Improved Benevolent Order of Elks came to an end last Friday night. During the afternoon a big street parade was held, thousands of people lining the route. Great Lakes Lodge left no stone unturned in providing entertainment and comfort for the 300 or more visitors from distant lodges of the Order. The business sessions were held at the Odd Fellow's Hall. Reports from the various officers showed that the Antlered Herd were making substantial progress. It was decided to appoint a committee to find out a way for lifting the ban in New York State against colored Elks wearing pins of the Order. The Baltimore delegation were going to press the claims of their city for the next session, but when they found that Q. V. Catto Lodge, of Philadelphia, was making a strong bid for the next session, they threw their support to the sister city. Armand Scott, of Washington, and his friends were on hand to oppose T. Gillis Nutter, of Charleston, W. Va., for reelection as grand exalted ruler, but J. Frank Wheaton, of New York, made such an eloquent and winning speech in placing Mr. Nutter in nomination that Scott withdrew his candidacy. Attorney George W.F. McMechen of Baltimore, easily defeated Stewart Hoyt, of Boston, for reelection as grand esteemed leading knight. William Lewis, of Baltimore, place the winning candidate in nomination and Hoyt was defeated by a vote 97 to 49. Other officers elected were: George Hobart, Minneapolis, esteemed lecturing knight; Adolph Howell, New York city, esteemed loyal knight; George Bates, Jersey City, grand secretary; Dr. E. R. Carter, Richmond, Va., grand treasurer; Dr. Stevens, Wilmington, Del., grand outer guard, and William H. Stanton, Pittsburgh, Pa., grand attorney. The Baltimoreans in attendance were: Messrs. McMechen, Lewis, Raymond Coates, William Johnson and Lawson N. Duffin. The Daughters of Elks, the female auxiliary, also met with Mrs. Mary Hodges, of Hampton, Va., presiding. PRICE THREE CENTS CIST CONVENTION TORN ON ROCK OF DISSENTION Factions In Death Struggle for Control On At Annual Session in Chicago. and E. H. Morris Preside val Factions in Same Hall. THE COURTS PLAY IMPORTANT ROLES. That Two Conventions will be the graceful Scenes Being Enacted. NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION TORN ASUNDER ON ROCK OF DISSENTION Leaders of Rival Factions In Death Struggle for Control of the Convention At Annual Session in Chicago. E. P. Jones and E. H. Morris Preside over Rival Factions in Same Hall. POLICEMEN AND THE COURTS PLAY IMPORTANT ROLES. Generally Conceded That Two Conventions will be the Result of Disgraceful Scenes Being Enacted. Chicago, September 10.—The long-expected trouble between the friends of Rev. R. H. Boyd, leading spirit in the National Baptist Publishing House at Nashville, and Rev. E. C. Morris, of Helena, Ark., president of the National Baptist Convention, came at the opening of the thirty-fifth annual session of the convention at the First Regiment Armory Wednesday. The anti-Morris forces showed their disapproval at the opening and amid a big tumult the Morris element walked out and met at Olivet Baptist Church. The bolters soon returned, however, and after a struggle with Rev. E. P. Jones, of Vicksburg, Miss., who had been chosen to preside, they secured a big megaphone that President Morris had intended using. The trouble, which arose over a new charter proposed by the Morris clan, was resumed Thursday morning, when E. P. Jones came in with a deputy sheriff armed with an injunction order restraining E. C. Morris. The injunction was dissolved later in the day, however. A court fight is in prospect and rival conventions may result. The monkey and parrott time started when Rev. E. E. Brooks offered a motion Wednesday to change the arranged program and take up consideration of the new charter at once. President Morris ruled this motion out of order, an appeal was taken and the fun started. It looked for a time as some of the ministers would lose sight of both the church militant and the church triumphant and mingle with each others whiskers for awhile. As soon as the first session adjourned, Rev. E. P. Jones was elected chairman by Morris' opponents and a full set of officers was named and committees appointed. The convention was confronted with the spectacle of two presiding officers on the platform in the afternoon. Serious trouble seemed imminent when Dr. Morris attempted to preside Thursday. After he and his followers left, Dr. Jones seized the gavel and pounded in vain for order. Ten policemen and a lieutenant prevented any serious outbreak, however. Some persons pulled Dr. Jones by his coattail and pulled him backward. He fell on his knees but was not hurt. Finally he abandoned his attempt to preside and mingled with the crowd in front. Suddenly he pointed at a delegate and shouted, "Arrest that man!" The man lost himself in the crowd, however, and a number of others were ejected. Rev. C. T. Walker of Augusta, Ga., tried his persuasive eloquence to quiet the tumult, but in vain. The singing of hymns and efforts by Rev. C.H. Parrish, of Louisville, to bring about order also failed. Dr. Jones then gathered his friends about him and they filed to the east end of the armory in response to the call, "This way to the National Baptist Convention!" The feeling was somewhat tense what tense (Special Telegram) when the session was resumed this morning, but police were on hand to quell any trouble that may arise. Several thousand ministers and laymen are here, and the trouble has claimed the larger part of their time. The outbreak here was expected as Drs. Boyd and Morris have been sharply criticising each other for some time. In fact, it has been freely asserted that a break would come at this time. The woman's auxiliary is having a peaceful session with Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, of Washington, presiding. The convention has a fine exhibit at the exposition being held here. PROTEST AGAINST EXCLU-1 SION OF COLORED PUPILS Morton, Del., September 10. The colored citizens, augmented by a number of white people here, held an indignation meeting tonight to protest against the exclusion of the race from the new $15,000 school building here. The colored people were given the old school building and colored teachers are in charge. The building was erected from funds secured through a special assessment, and the colored people, who form 40 per cent of the population here, paid their proportion. Their exclusion from the new building caused their protests. J. Irving Beckett, a Democrat and one of the five members of the Board of Education, characterizes the exclusion of colored pupils as a rank injustice. He said that the colored people paid their just proportion of the money raised to erect the building and that he was opposed to segregation. LOTT CAREY RAPTISTS END SUCCESSFUL SESSION Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 7.--The nineteenth annual session of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention came to end Sunday. The next session will be held at Sharon Baptist Church, Baltimore. The convention voted to send Rev. C. S. Brown to Haiti to look into the feasibility of establishing mission and educational work there. It also decided to install an industrial department in the school and mission house that is being built in Liberia. The report of the corresponding secretary, Rev. W. M. Alexander, of Baltimore, detailed the activities of the convention during the past year. Over $6,000 was raised for missionary and educational purposes. WORD COLUMBUS TO BE ADMINISTERED Columbus, O., September 10. Gov. Frank Willis has ordered the State Medical Board to abolish the requirement that applicants for licenses to practice certain branches of surgery must state their rach and furnish their photographs. Complain had been made by two chiropodists in Youngstown. GEORGIA LEADER OF FINE ABILITY Son of Pioneer Religious Worker In Empire State of the South Makes Wonderful Progress as Educator and Methodist Clergyman — Member of Several Noted Fraternal Societies. Plains, Ga.—Georgia has given to the race many strong and able men in state and church. They have been heard from in all sections of the country. In the rank of young men is to be found one of the brightest pulpit orators, ministers and general leaders in the person of the Rev. William D Johnson, who was born at Glasgow, Thomas county, Ga. Nov. 15, 1869 He is the son of a minister, one of the pioneers of the A. M. E. church work in Georgia, the Rev. Andrew J. Johnson. Young Johnson was placed in school at an early age and pursued his course of study for several terms in the schools of his native county. His father died when he was fourteen years of age, leaving to young Johnson the care of a mother and four younger children. William D. Johnson, taught in the public schools of Georgia for quite a number of years. He was licensed as an exhorter in April, 1857 by the Rev. W. H. Powell at Way cross, Ga. . Reused as a preacher in [Name] October, 1887, by the Rev. J. B. Loffon at McDew, Ga., and recommended for admission into the Georgia annual conference in December, 1889, by the Rev. W. O. P. Sherman. He was ordained a deacon by Bishop W. J. Gaines in 1891 and as an elder by Bishop Abraham Grant in 1893. The Rev. Mr. Johnson has served the following charges during his eventful career as a minister: Westonia mission, 1880; district superintendent Thomasville district, 1880; Dawson mission, 1891-2; Cuthbert circuit, 1893; Blakely station, 1894-5; Arlington circuit, 1896-7; Albany station, 1898-9; presiding elder Bainbridge district, 1900-1-2-3; American station, 1904-5; presiding elder Thomasville district, 1906-7; presiding elder Columbus district, 1908; St. James' station, Columbus, Ga., 1909-10-11; presiding elder Cuthbert station, 1912-13-14-15. He was elected as delegate to the general conferences of 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912; delegate to the ceremonial conference of 1911; served on the church extension board 1904;8 on the missionary board 1912-16. He was assistant secretary of the general conference of 1900-4; chief secretary general conference of 1908-12; secretary of the Georgian conference, 1904-5-6; secretary of southwest Georgia conference, 1898-1915. Dr. Johnson was secretary of the bustee board of the Morris Brown university 1904 to 1915. He had the degree of D. D., conferred upon him by Morris Brown college. He is a prominent and active member of the following fraternal organizations of Georgia: A. F. and A. M. G. N. O. of O. F., K. of P. S. C. of B. American Woodmen. S. O. A. Q. P. N. I. O. O. C. H. H. of R. and Eastern Star. He is the founder and president of the board of trustees of the Johnson Home Industrial college, a school for the education of colored youth. He is very prominent as a public speaker and eagerly sought after on anniversary occasions. The Rev. Dr. Johnson enjoys the reputation of being one of the best secretaries the race has produced. He is being prominently mentioned as a candidate for episcopal honors at the next general conference of the A. M. E. church in 1016. The delegates of West Africa will ask him to consent to succeed Bishop Heard. Dr. Johnson is well known throughout the state and by his fidelity and manly bearing has won a host of friends. He is well qualified for higher episcopal honors. He has, in the common parlance, delivered the goods, as may he seen from his record as outlined above. His interest in the various secret and benevolent organizations is of the most substantial sort. Urban League Opens Valley Rest, at North White Plains, N. Y. New York—The National League on Urban Conditions Among Colored People is conducting a convalescent home for colored patients. This institution is located at North White Plains, N. Y. The name of the institution is Valley Rest, because of its beautiful location along the lines of the Harlem division of the New York Central railroad, where, located in a valley, it commands a beautiful view of the hills beyond. For the time being only women will be accommodated, and care will be taken to receive no cases of persons afflicted with pulmonary tuberculosis, communicable diseases, serious cardiac and renal affections, pronounced nervous and mental disorders and conditions offensive to others. Its main purpose is to provide complete rest for a period of two weeks or more, if necessary, to those persons who, following a period of illness, are wholly or partly unable to work, but Mary E. MRS. MARTHA HARRIS - VALLEY REST. who after a reasonable period of convalescence will regain sufficient strength to resume their employment. The capacity of the house at first will be twelve, but will be increased if found necessary. Applications for admission should be made at the office of the National Urban league, 2303 Seventh avenue, to E. K. Jones, associate director. The superintendent of the home is Mrs. Martha Harris, a graduate of the Lincoln hospital, this city. The examining physicians are Drs. A. S. Reed and E. P. Roberts. Those now being accommodated at the home are very loud in their praise of the institution. The equipment, which is new, has been installed at a cost of nearly $1,000 and is beautiful in its simplicity and comfort. The following letter was sent to Mr. E. K. Jones, associate director of the league, by the first four women to be admitted to the home. It says: "My Dear Mr. Jones—Words cannot express our gratitude to you. Everything is so comfortable and homelike that we are afraid you will have great trouble in sending us home again. Mrs. Harris, superintendent, is the best friend we have ever met. She is like a dear, loving mother to us all. About our meals, we think we will be silent for fear you may take ill and desire to come up here to convalescue. Thank you for your interest in our welfare." DEFENDER OF HIS PEOPLE. Hon. Harry C. Smith Prevents Inimical Legislation by Ohio Legislature Car Legislation by the Legislature The Platt-Ellis bill offered in the last session of the Ohio legislature, containing, among other provisions, that applicants for license to practice medicine or its allied branches shall state their color, race and complexion and furnish their pictures, was objected to by the Hon. Harry C. Smith, editor and owner of the Cleveland (O.) Gazette and a former member of the state legislature. Mr. Smith in a letter to Governor Willis recently called the chief executive's attention to the proposed legislation and received from the governor the following reply: State of Ohio, Executive Department, Columbus, Aug. 25, 1915. Hon. Harry C. Smith, Editor Gazette, Columbus, Aug. 25, 1915. Dear Mr. Smith. I thank you for your letter with inclosed clipping. I am glad to note that you published Mr. Boyle's statement in full. This, it appears to me, is a complete answer to the misrepresentations that were made in the letter. I have given my opinion. I thank you sincerely for your courtesy in setting the matter right with your good people. I notice the reference you make to the forms which have been provided by the state medical 'board under the "Platt-Ellis" bill. I took this matter up with the doctor and asked him to review the board. After quite a full discussion the doctor agreed to eliminate the objectionable provision. The new blanks will say nothing about race or complexion. Neither will photographs be required. I trust that the forms will be with your approval. Very truly yours. Evil influences at Work In the South. An Atlanta (Ga.) dispatch says there has sprung up recently in the rural sections of several southern states an expression of racial feeling which if allowed to take its course would, it is believed, do more to prevent the advancement of the Negro and the solution of the problem of the whites and the blacks living in harmony and proper social and economic relation than any influence which has put in its appearance in the last decade. THE AFRO-AMERICA I LEDGER National Situation Demands Closer Union of Colored American Citizens. Union of Colored American Citizens Boston. The year 1915 is a momentous year for the colored American. It is the midcentury year since the armies of the Confederacy and slavery surrendered to the armies of the Union and of freedom. It is the semicentennial anniversary year of the enactment of the thirteenth amendment, which made emancipation nation wide and legal. This year the movements against the fruits of that war have come in the form of inimical legislation and photo plays which create ill feeling against our race and also jimcrow laws never before enacted against a thrifty and law abiding class of American citizens. Never before has color disfranchisement been practiced in northern states as is true of the happenings recorded since Jan. 1, 1915. For the first time also the colored nation of the western hemisphere loses its full independence through our United States. Haiti is being almost smothered up under the guise of a protectorate. The world's most extensive and terrible war is waging over Europe, with African and Indian soldiers taking gallant part. Meanwhile for the first time in fifty years this country feels that war with outsiders is likely enough to need more soldiers, thereby giving colored citizens the first opportunity to press for concession of civil rights. Despite this situation, there has this year been no national gathering of colored Americans to deliberate and speak upon these matters. Is there any other civilized racial element of equal size which would not be nationally organized for self defense? Is it credible to us as a race not to assemble in national convention right away to consider and speak the sentiments of our own element as American citizens? Surely the crisis demands such a national gathering. The only organization the race has of its own along this line is the National Independence Equal Rights League. This body is now free from pertinent politics and is aggressive. On its policies all can come in with full standing. Its annual meeting will be held the last week of September. Will the colored American people make it a truly national equal rights race assembly on equality of citizenship? They should do so. The invitation is here extended freely to individuals and to secular and religious organizations to unite with the league in the meeting meeting. Correspondence is solicited at once from baity and elgy all over the country by the president, Rev. Byron Gunner of Hillburn, N. Y., and the secretary, William Monroe Trotter, 49 Cornhill, Boston. FIRST BISHOP OF OUR RACE. How Francisco Javier de Luna Victoria Rose to the Episcopate. The first bishop of Negro blood on the American continent to wear the miter was Right Rev. Francisco Javier de Luna Victoria, who was the son of a freed slave who pursued the vocation of a charcoal burner, near Roca de la Rio Grande, and peddled it on his back in the streets of Panama, as one there may see many Negroes still doing. This old man lived for no other purpose than to rear and educate his son and other him for the sacred ministry, and he saw his purpose accomplished. Luna Victoria was not only a man of virtue and learning, but a successful man of affairs as well. When the see of Panama became vacant by the promotion of Bishop Juan de Casterida to the see of Cuzco, Peru, it having been offered to and refused by several members of religious orders, the miter fell upon the head of the priest Francisco Javier de Luna Victoria, a native of the country, who had ascended in the degrees of the ecclesiastical hierarchy by his merits and virtues. He was well received and accepted by the people of Panama in those days, when it was known as a "proud and wealthy city." He took possession of the diocese on the 15th of August, 1751. The new prelate, it is recorded, furnished at his own expense the cathedral and enriched it with jewelry and precious vestments, placed the bells on the towers and was transferred to the see of Trujillo, Peru, in 1750. He continued to furnish the money until the building was completed on the 3d of December, 1760. He was the first man of Negro blood on the American continent to wear the miter and the flowing robes of a bishop of the Roman Catholic church. Ohio Pythians to Honor-W. L. Anderson. The following named lodges of the Knights of Pythians of Ohio have contributed to what is known as a surprise fund with which the lodges will present to Grand Chancellor W. L. Anderson a gold watch, chain and charm when the fund is completed: Logan, Pride of the West, Prosperity, Odessa, Pleckaway, Border City, Ohio River, Guilding Star, Polar Star, Damon, Diamond, Garnet, Harmony, Gallipolls, Miam Valley, Mystery, Hill City, Minton Stitth, R. B. Bance, Carination, R. V. Thomas and A. Moore, W. H. Ford and P. A. Stamps. Activity of the Woman Suffrage Party. Among the capable and ambition-colored women in New York who believe in votes for women in Miss Lydia Newman, who has been placed in charge of a branch headquarters recently opened at 207 West Sixth-third street. New York, by the Woman Suffrage party. Miss Newman will make a thorough caucus among the voters of that section of the city in behalf of votes for women. Blue Ridge Summit, Pa., Sept. 9.--The services at Blue Ridge Summit were well attended Sunday. Rev. A. J. Washington preached a helpful sermon. The services will soon closed for the season. The following committee was appointed to meet the white committee to secure a piece of ground to build a new place of worship: Alfred W. Washington, Isaac Bessie, Wm. Miner, Wm. H. Harkins, Elijah Johnson, Garnet Lee. NEWS FROM BENNINGS Bennings, D. C., Sept. 9.-Mrs. Virginia Snowden represented the Women's Mite Missi onarySociety for Ward Memorial A. M. E. Church. Miss M. Pender, M. Douglass, O. Queen, will also represent juniors. Mrs. R. A. Greene will leave for an extended trip to Harford county, Pa. Sunday was Communion day at Ward Memorial A. M. E. Church. Mr. Frank Steward of Beninggs and Irella Hawkins were married last Thursday. Mrs. M. Peters, S. Chase, S. 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Rtb wi RIBINO. THE Maryland Normal & Industrial School At Bowie, Maryland, will open its fifth annual session on September 21, 1915. Its diploma exempts the holder from further examination for teachers' certificates in the counties of Maryland and after two years, wilb the State Superintendent's signature becomes a life diploma. This is a privilege no other school in the state is able to offer colored students. The school offers modern courses and modern conveniences for expenses that are more than reasonable. A few scholarships yet to be granted. For information write, D. S. S. GOODLOE, Principal. MORGAN COLLEGE & BRANCHES JOHN O. SPENCER, PRESIDENT. J LOCATION: Corner Fulton and Edmondson Avenues. OPENS: September 24th, 1915. ENTRANCE AND DEFERRED EXAMINATIONS: Sept. 24th-25th. COURSES: Regular collegiate, academic and normal. SPECIAL CLASSES: Meeting late in the afternoon and evening for teachers and others. College credits given when desired. Candidates for these classes please report to the Registrar at the College. Advance courses in Philanthropy, also beginners' class under direction of Mrs. Grace Howard Smith, who has recently done special work in the New York School of Philanthropy. DEAN: Prof. William Pickens, Lit. D., newly elected dean have-charge of certain classes. PRINCESS ANNE ACADEMY, PRINCESS ANNE, MD. (Eastern branch of the Md. Agricultural College) COURSES: Academic, industrial, domestic science. PRINCIPAL: Thomas H. Kiah, A. B. VIRGINIA COLLEGIATE AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE COURSES: Academic, normal, domestic science. PRINCIPAL: Frank Trigg, A. M. When you Are Sick Doctors' Bills, Nurse Bills, Medicine Bills and Dollars--By Going to 413-15 W.BIDDLE ST. stood, medicine, attention of les, and doctors day and no 00 per week. to Dr. D. Grant Scott, Superinten Bed, tood, medicine, attention of trained nurses, and doctors day and night, all for $5.00 per week. Apply to Dr. D. 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J. -G, Bryant, the entertaining pastor. : The convention went on record as favoring the peace plan suggested ‘by Cardinal Gibbons and without a dissenting. vote endorse the move- ment for a constitutional amend- qment. prohibiting the manufacture vand sale of liquors. ‘The liquor traffic was hard hit by the ministers, and the delegates were urged to work against the -saloon. Formal welcoming services were held last Thursday night, Attorney ‘Leo Weinberg delivering a well re- -eeived address in the absence of Mayor Fraley. w, Rev. I. N. Ross, of Baltimore, made an eloquent response to the _address of Mr. Weinberg, saying in part: “Go back and tell your race that we do not seek so-called social equality. “1 believe that I express the sen: timent of my conference and my race when’ I declare that we shall never forget the kindness and sym- pathy and assistance given us by your great race. Our people are a grateful people. Our race ha: erie ai et ea at ene «Rex aere oo pee ie a a ee ered teens eee oes pe Po ee ce Eo ee Eg Oo an ae REV. DR. I. N. ROSS never gone back on their friends. ‘Our race has never turned its back to the flag and to your able repre- sentatives of a world-conguering race, I bring the assurance that my race shall never go back upon you or your great principles. You have tunnelled: the mountains, ° drained the swamps, briged chasms and made this the greatest republic that the king of day looks down upon-- one great, big, neighborhood. “Go back and tell your great race that we do not seek social sequality. Social equality: is misnomer, It is the great bug-ga- boo. We are seekers equally with your race for equal justice and ar ‘equal chance in the race of life. ‘And we contend for the supremacy cof law everywhere, We affirm owt Ripllezionce to our republic, the form of government’ in thé world, and we are proud of the faet the first English bullet painted rec in he struggle for American. Inde pendence as fired into a Negro’s body.”” _» Rev. J. W. Norris urged the as: sembled ministers and delegates t work ardently for the religious an¢ sociale - uplift of the people. Me morial services were held for the late Bishop Turner. : The. Sunday School Convention ‘convened Friday, with Elmer Hen: derson, of Baltimore, presiding ‘Among those who tookgpart in th session were: Howard D. Brent, “Miss R. Browne, J. W. Jackson, “Mrs, Geneva Butler, Miss Maude ‘Beell, Mrs. Edith Sharps,J. Edwar: Neal, Mrs. Annie Stafford, Mrs ‘Alma Thomas,; Daniel W. Garrett Mrs, M.: Priscilla Butler, Miss M Alice Johnson ,raq, Charles Tolson ™ Special services were held all da ‘Sunday. * Mr, Eldridge Warner was i ‘Baltimore Sunday. ‘Miss Annie Rebecca Green die: ‘Thursday. Rev. W. A. Englis cofficated at the funeral: The Sun iday Schoolgirls and Campfire girl “turned out in full uniform: +. Those who attended the Epwort! League Convention. in» Baltimot “were: Rev. W. A. English and wif > Helen Coursey, Della Jenkins, Edit Leaking)’. Claudia.” Walker, Lero; “Wansel and:Ignatius Snowden. ~ POCOMOKE ITEMS thi Pocomoke City, Md., Sept. 8.— Quarterly meeting was observed al St. John’s Chureh Sunday. The presiding elder, $. H.. Cooper preached two sermons to large con- gregations and on Monday night held the second quarterly confer- ence. The reports showed. that every department of the church is in a healthy condition under the leadership of the pastor, Rev. E, . Addison. ‘Mr. London-and Frank Quinn Jr. of Shadyside, Va., are here on a visit to their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Quinn, Sr. Mr. James Savage, of Philadel- phia, is here on a visit to his wife. Mesdames Sarah Sutton, Ella Taylor, Alice Jones and Mr. Carl Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Banks all of Philadelphia are here on a visit to the family of Mr. Edie Ginn. Miss Beulah Quinn who has spent the summer in Washington and other points returned home last week. The Macedonia Baptist Church eitnp nes largely attended on Sun- lay. ‘Mrs, Marie Wicks, of Crisfield, left ‘Tuesday after spending a few days in Pocomoke and Snow Hill, ‘Mr. Frank Anderson is detained at home on account of sickness, Mr. Riley Corbin of Baltimore, is the guest of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Millie Matthews. Rev. E. 1, Addison preached Sunday afternoon at Christ M. B. Chureh to a large gathering... “Mr, Willian: Addison is spénding a few days visiting his sister, Mrs. Levi Wright, of Chesapeake City. “Mrs, EB, 'T. Addison and Mrs. Annie Schoolfield Jeft ‘Tuesday for Catonsville to attend the Women’s Mite Missionary Convention. Mr. William Lane, who has been contined to his home in Somerset county for several months grew worse on Sunday and his childrer ‘was summoned to his bedside. A\ this writing he is resting easily. LONG GREEN NEWS ‘Long Green, Md., September 8.— Sunday was the opening of camp at Mt. Zion A. M.E. Chureb, Rev. Brown the pastor, preached in the morning and Rev. Trusty at the afternoon ani night service. ‘Mrs. Maggie Levere was the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Proctor and family of Rider- ‘wood. Mrs. Mary Anderson has returne¢ to her home from St. Joseph’s Hos- pital much improved from a serious operation. Messrs, John and Howard Crom: well having spent the summer in Atlantic City have returned home. Mr. and Mrs. John Proctor of Riderwood, entertained Mrs. Lilly Fowler on last Saturday evening. Mr. George Flemings has moved with his family to Govans. Mrs. Carre Cornish and_ little daughter of Baltimore, spent Sun- day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs James Hawkins. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Batson, o Towson were the guests of Mis Margaret Winder on Sunday. Mr. Thomas Foster has returne from attending the funeral of hi aunt at St. Michael. Mrs, Robert Collins and Mis Sedonia Collins of Baltimore, wh spent. the summer with Mrs. L. J Pennington have returned home. Those on the sick list are: Mr James Hawkins, Mr. Archie Smith Mr. Solomon: Norris, Mrs. Birdi Fields. SNOW HILL ITERS Snow Hill, Md., Sept. 9.--Miss Mabel Jones has returned to school in Baltimore.” Mrs. Mary Ward, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Florence Jones left here for Baltimore Mon- day morning. Mrs. Rebecca Shepherd, of Balti- more, who has been. visiting her father, Rev. Wm. Ginn and her sister, Mrs. Alverta Armstrong has returned home. Rey, E. J. Henry, who attended the Odd Fellows’ meeting at Tow- son and visited friends in Wilming- tontand Philadelphia, came home last Thursday. Six candidates were baptised at the Mt, Zion Baptist Church Sunday night. Rev. Mrs. Downs left here Mon: day for Baltimore. Mr, Chance H. Wilson, who ha: [been staying at Ocean City, Ma. came -home Saturday for .a short stay. Mr. Peter L, Henry who has beer working at Ocean City, Md., cam home this week: » He will return t Virginia Union. University this fall Miss Laura Purnell, who attendes the Household of Ruth Convention ee AFRO-AMERMCAN LEDGER came home last Saturday. ‘Miss Emma Hubbell, of Wilming- ton, Del.,who has been the guest of Rey. and Mrs, E. J. Henry, return- ed home last week. ‘TRAPE PERS ONALS ‘Trappe, Md., Sept. 9. --After spending two weeks as the guest o her neice, Mrs, Annie Slaughter, Mrs, Annie Wilson has returned t her home in Baltimore. Mr. S. Harris of Baltimore ba: been visiting his sister, Mrs. Anni Slaughter at Beaverdam. Mrs. Lydia Brummell is visiting her nephew, Mr. Harry Wilson, 1822 Kossuth street, Camden, N. J. Emily Nixon of Easton, Md., is visiting her cousin, Dora Brown, ‘Trappe, Md. Mrs. Emily Jackson and Miss Sadie Wilson, of Belevule, Md., were Trappe visitors last Sunday. ‘Mr. and Mrs. George Rake movet from Salem, N. J. to Trappe where they expect to make their futur home. Mrs. Annie Camper and daughte1 Lettie were the dinner guests of Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Norwood, Sun: day. Mr. Lloyd Smith and family have moved to Camden. ‘Those on the sick lst are Mr. John Wilson and Mr. Clarence ‘Thomas. - Mr. Charles C. Woodland spent the week-end with his sister, Mrs. Mamie L. Potts of Trappe.’ Mrs. Charles Woodland and chil dren and Miss Jesse Washington re turned home Sunday after spend: ing two weeks. CARROLL NEWS Carroll, Md., Sept. 9. --iMis Marie Hawkins. of Washington, is visiting Mrs. Bessie Ryan. Little Miss Sarah Roberts, of Baltimore, spent a few days with Mrs. Ida Brown. Mrs. Marie Saundles of 3113 Leads street, is visiting Mr. anc Mrs. William Harrid at Sudly, Annie Arundel county. Mr. Sawney Brawner, of 331 Ellemont street, who was struck by an electric cat some weeks ago, is able to be out again. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Washington of Anne Arundel county paid z brief visit to Mr. and Mrs. Loui H. Green Sunday. “Little Miss Julia Blaine, of 62 LLohrs Lane is visiting her sister a Sudly. # ‘Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ray, their little daughter, and Mis: Bertha Lewis of Philadelphia, are visiting Mrs. Lydia Lewis and Mrs Mabel Johnson. Mrs. Mary lane Johnson and Bfis Welzatta Cooper are on the sick list. | CRISFIELD JOTTINGS * Crisfield, Md., Sept. 9.-- Rev. James King, a local minister, filled the pulpit at Shiloh M. E. Chureh Sunday morning. The congregation attended the Girls’ Day services at St. Paul A. M. B, Chureh in the ‘afternoon. / Mr. and Mrs. N, C. Hearn and ‘children have returned from a visit to Fairmount. William Waters and 'N. C. 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(@- All communications intended for zablication ehould be addressed to THB Khoseroan Lapess, 628-Nerth Entaw Brrect, Baltimore, Bid en es GH Advertising rates made k iow nnoanpplicatire ficial ew, Al Cheoks, Morey ‘Orders_an ati ahould be made payable to THE ‘\FRO-AMEBIOAN CO. ——————— TWO WISHES Two were fishing b'low the bridge, ‘Where the river tumbles down, The one was a barefoot country boy, ‘And the other a circus clown, “Gee, but I'd like to be a clown’ ‘Said the boy with eager light, “Fo follow the circus all around, ‘And be painted in red and white, ‘The clown thot of the quiet home ‘He missed in the after years, “Gee, but I'd like to be a boy"; ‘On his red and white cheeks were tears. School 39 remains in the hands of the whites. As usual there was no member of the school board to present our side of the question. The need of a colored member on the Board of Education was never more pressing than now. Phila- delphia is making the same demand of its city government, What we want may not come this year or next, but it is worth fighting for ‘ntil it does come. (LYNCHING—THE SOUTHERN ¢ PASTIME. # Lynching goes merrily on in the jouth, and if it continues the Salance of the year as it has gone “20 far it will easily outdistance all former years. Every week from ‘one’ to three and sometimes four ‘are announced. In fact they have Decome so frequent that the daily papers seareely give the most out- yageous more than three or four jines, Georgia as usual leads, ‘When, oh! when will we get to the ‘end. of mob law in these United States? 3 Maryland .came periously near peing in the bunch this week, and ‘that with a white man, notwith- standing all that Governor Golds- borough said up in Boston a week OF 80 ago. JAIL THE RABBLE It seems that there are lots of ‘our people in this city that have ‘nothing else’ to do but follow after every band of music that comes down: the streets. As is usual, ‘every thing that a colored person does: that is not just right, the whole race is condemned for it. ‘And so it is with these crowds that follow the bands, they are looked ‘upon by the white people as samples of our race variety and the ‘whole race comes under condemna- tion. The police authorities could do-much to help us in this direc- ‘tion if they would, but it seems to.us that they take a delight in ‘allowing the ragtag and bob-tails ‘of “the race to make monkeys of ‘themsevles whenever there is a parade of a colored society in the ‘streets... The better element’ ‘of the Zolored people of this city would be ‘more.'than delighted if the police ‘guthorities would take this matter ‘ip-and settle it for all time. WARBURTON AN IDEAL ee CANDIDATE. It is riot often we take sides in a primary election, more epecially in contests like the present, but we think it wise to write a line or two on the election which takes place next Tuesday, and give a word of advice as to- which of the two candidates the Afro-Americans of this city should support and a reason or two why, It is not our purpose to enter into any long discussion as‘ to the merits of the two candi- dates, suffice it to say that we believe that in William T. War- burton, the Republicans of this state have at last an ideal candidate for the Governorship of this State. He is an old line Republican, of ‘the Abraham Lincoln type and, if elected will give his State one of ‘the best administrations it has had for years. And after all said and done would it not be a real treat to have a real Republican in the Gov- ernor’s chair in Annapolis? We think it would, and so we are for William T. Warburton for the nomination for Governor on the Republican ticket. Another reason is because Mr. Warburton is not the candidate of the bosses of the Republican party which has lead it to defeat for the past fifteen or twenty years. Of Mr. Weller, we have only this to say, that we do not believe that if he is nominated and elected we will, have a reai dyed-in-the-wool Republican, in Annapolis. To our mind, interests of the Democratic party. will be more intimately sub- served than will the interests of more than one third of the Republi- can party. We are honest enough to acknowledge that Mr. Weller would give the State a good busi- ness administration, and so we be- Neve would Mr. Warburton. Mr. Weller is backed by the ‘‘organi- zation’? Mr. Warburton is not, and we are for Mr. Warburton. / WE NEED A NEW ScHOOL We had hardly supposed that the School Board would have been in- fluenced, at its last meeting Friday evening of last week, in not turning over school 39 to colored children, because of the old bugaboo con- stantly paraded whenever a question of better conditions for colored people comes up, either in school matter or better housing. It does seem to us that the old bug- gaboo has been worked overtime. Every real estate man in the city will tell you that property in color- ed ndighborhoods bring the very highest prices, and in some neigh- borhoods cannot be bought or rent- ed at any price. There are blocks in which colored pecple live where there has not been a vacant house for years, and others where a house for rent never has a sign put upon it, simply because there are stand- ing offers for every rentable house in the block, ‘The argument put up last week will not hold water. However, it is now up to the colored people to go before the School Board and de- mand a new school house in the Northwestern section of this city. School 112 is overcrowded; it has several portable school houses and several unsavory annexes, and should a_ fire break out at any time in one of the buildings the lives of hun- dreds of children would be in dan- ger. It is up to us to get busy and get busy at once. WE MUSI HAVE A NEW SCHOOL HOUSE IN NORTHWEST BALTIMORE. RACK TO THE SCHOOL The opening of the city schools is a little more than a week off. The children, who have enjoyed a summer vacation out of the city, together with those whom play- grounds and excursions have made happy, realizing that life is more than sport and fun, get out the book bags of last year and dust them off preparatory to another season of service. With no definite feeling do they approach the be- ginning of the new year. With something of trepidation they are going to enter Miss Brown's room, for Miss Brown has the reputation ‘of being avery strict teacher. But Willie Jones and Mary Simms were in Miss Brown's room last year,and they got along alright. | Moreover they were mighty pleased in the collecting of tree leaves; wonder whether we are going to collect leaves this fall? So it goes with the younger folk. ‘At the high school, .new students are confronted with courses of study divided into the mainflines: commercial, industrial and academ- ie. Do I want to bea clerk, a worker in the trades or a professional man, older students are asking ?{them- selves at the approach of the school year. They talk it over with mother and father, who knows their ability as well as their teach- ers, and whose suggestions carry weight, High school students have the same teachers from year to THE AFRO-AMERICAN LEDGER year. There is uncertainty, how- ever, in the taking up of new courses. They have had algebra, now what is geomety like? German must be dreadfully hard, for the letters are so oddly formed. Here as in the primary school, satisfaction comes in knowing that someone else did it last year and what they did, we can do. All of last year's children are not coming back. Some are going to college, and some to earn a livli- hood, others drop out entirely, tired of the monotony of school work. Here parents must step in to make these last two classes as small as possible. It is the parent's duty to give their children at least a high school training and, if they can afford it to send them toa universi- ty. Children who falter need en- couragement, some of them the strong hand of compulsion. ‘Those who fail in school, generally fail in life. Who tire too easily of the drudgery of school are to find that life’s drudgery is more tiresome still, and what they might have gotten to make it lighter has been lost by leaving the school. Let parents insist on keeping their chil- dren in school; all need not be pro- fessional men, for the need is as great in the ranks of bookkeepers and machinists. Find out what the child can do and set him at it thru the agency of the public school. TWO LETTERS The mob spirit of the South is with us, no one doubts that. We have arrived at the point where we no longer deny it, we apologize for it, and this is the next step to set- ting the remedial ax to the root of the tree, and hewing with lusty blows at its malignant growth. Two very recent evidences of this spirit come to light from the states of Georgia and Louisiana. The first is a letter from a white man to the Boston Traveler. “You haye no idea of the horrible con ditions in Georgia The depths of infamy into which people in this state have sunk is fearful to contemplate. People in this community exult over the awful crime of Iynching Frank. Old men with grand- children, church members, officers of Sun: day schools, and all classes of people re joice, exult, and make the lynching o Frank a source of merriment. I know this sounds unreasonable, but itis true. How Tregret it, God only knows, Life is no! held sacred here in the eyes of professed followers of the lowly Nazarine. ‘They openly sympathize with flagrant violations of the law notwithstanding that the Bible, Romans XIIL, 12, says all such shall re ceive damnation to themselves. Mexico is a far safer place than Georgia in which to live. Twas born and reared in Georgia. Tam exceedingly unpopular on account of not Sropeibaing with dastardly crimes of mobs. Conditions here are awful. J write for your information. Do not divulge my ie ‘or postoffice. It would cost me my life” The other comes from a colored minister, who was forced to resign a charge in Louisiana because he dared speak in his pulpit about a flagrant case of adultery in which a white man and a colored woman were concerned. “A brother of my church came to. me one day and related his domestic troubles, how he had been made to stay from. his own home because a white man_ fancied his wife, And asked me to help him with money sohe could go north and take his family from such conditions, as he did not even have the right to protect his own wife down there. Well, I helped him, and took occasion to protest to my brethren,on the following Sunday, from the pulpit,and received word to not be in town Monday morning. Nothing is sacred in that par of the country, Why even the schoo! teachers cannot possibly hold their posi tions unless they havea white patron, Perhaps I could tell you many things that mey start you thinking, and as I said be fore, things that the general public dows ‘there make no comment on. Of course | dare say, it's not safe.” ‘The cases are entirely different, ‘the one involving the murder of 2 white man and the other the break- ing up of a colored home, the letters come one from a white man and the other from a colored minister, but the orge that prompted the writing of them is one and the same--a protest against the uncon: trolled mob spirit of the South. It jis worth noting as well that the protest is filed with the Northern Press. _To talk about these things in the South meant banishment to the minister; the white man dares not divulge his name, it would cost him his life. These are not isolated cases, Lynching is no longer the punish: ment for the nameless crime alone, it may be the punishment for theft, nor does it limit itself to colored men only, but to any: who arouse the ire of he mob, The number of colored men and women forced tc leave their homes in the South is legion,--no! alternative, go or b lynched. This is the mis-government unde which the whole South labors, under the impression that it i: asfest for the whites and best fo! the blacks. MINISTERS RESUME MEETINGS ‘The Methodist Episcopal Minis- terial Meeting resumed its weekly sessions at. Sharp Street Memorial M. E, Church Wednesday. ‘The minsters told of their vacation ex- periencea).: Colored Schools in Maryland Their ORIGIN and Their NEEDS By HOWARD E. YOUNG Maryland relating to scnools for colored children, few have been ad- ministered in a genuine spirit of helpfulness and racial uplift. On the contrary their administration has been characterized by an almost criminal disregard for the rights and welfare of the Negro child. ‘That there have been and are oases in these deserts of educational in- difference is admitted, but in the main the statement is true that little effort has been exerted to so administer the affairs of colored schools as to make them efficient agencies in the making of desirable citizens, Not infrequently politics, not the higher form which we know ‘as the science of government, but that base struggle for office and power for selfish ends, has often jentered into questions affecting the ‘intellectual training of the colored youth, much to th embarrassment pe a backward people and to the detriment of the State, Mistaken ideas, often foolish and absurd, as to the adverse effects of education ‘on colored people have been held by many. Some holding these views have really been sincere, but a far larger number have: found such ideas politically profitable or in keeping with traditions of a darker period in the history of the Amer- ican State. Such an attitude of mind with regard to educational needs of colored people would very naturally find reflection in the laws passed, in the failure to pass others, in meager appropriations, in an un- fair distribution of the funds ap- propriated and in general of their school interests, ‘This is exactly what has happened,and such neglect has been rendered the more easy by an utter lack of a righteous public sentiment to make its influence felt in behalf of a liberal educational poliey towards the children of the 'State’s most needy class. Our State ‘Legislators have passed laws length- ‘ening the school term, creating a minimum salary schedule of three hundred dollars and otherwise plan- ning tofplace Maryland on an equali- ty with other progressive States in the matter of public education. The local school boards have im- portuned their respective boards of county commissioners for funds to erect up-to-date school buildings, to provide liberally for the establish- ment and maintenance of high schools and for the training of teachers. _ The counties are realiz- ing that without modern, sanitary structures and equipment, without liberal compensation and kindly treatment and without a corps of well trained and efficient teachers the schools can. not do the tre- mendous work they are called upon to do in this wonderful wentieth century civlization. But these generous provisions are not for those who need them most. ‘They are not for those whose means are so very limitedwhose opportuni- ties for improvement are more re- stricted and whose environments are generally less favorable for bringing out the best there'is in one, They are for white children land white teachers. With colored ‘children and colored teachers the case is different. ‘The length of the school term, the salary of the teacher and his attainments are entirely at the diseretion{ of the local school authorities. For the people the |State Legislature and an enlighten- ‘ed public opinion are working won- ders in bringing the schools up to a high state of efficiency. For color- ed people neither the Legislature nor an enlightened publicsentiment is doing anything like its duty to- wards making the schools for Negro children worth the while. It is not that less should be done for the education of white children, indeed in this matter the State is just beginning to realize her obli- gations and to discharge some of her duties, but that far more should be one for the colored people if they are to measure up to that high ‘standard of citizenship necessary to the progress and perpetuity. of the world’s greatest democracy. The average school term fot colored children in the counties is 6.5 months, the average for white |children being 9.4. Baltimore spent DUC g/o.UU TOP Material anu $1427.00 to work upon it. Under such conditions it is hardly likely that the State will derive any high- ly favorable results from such an administration of its industrial school fund. Six years ago the Legislature established a normal school at Bowie for the training of colored teachers. The Jast annual report shows re- ceipts of $8052.47, including $1500 from the State Industrial fund. ‘There are in the school seven teaeh- ers and seventy-two pupils, giving a per eapita cost of more than $100. To what extent it is meeting the needs for which it was established will be reserved for a future dis- cussion. But it is not in the letter of the law alone that colored teachers suffer in the provisions made for their qualifying as efficient in- structors of the Negroyouth. In very few cases is the spirit of the thing as it should be. The result is that many schools are manned by teachers who are not at all equipp- ed for the important tasks they are called upon to do. Teachers hold- ing certificates of the first grade are few in number, many counties making no salary provisions for such, thereby indicating supreme satisfaction with the crude work of their inefficient teachers, Colonel Charles B. Rogers, a former super- intendent of schools of Baltimore county in replying to a query of the Honorablz Alexander Chaplain of Talbot as to how the Stata’s premier county managed to secure such a high grade of colored in- structors replied that it paid them the same salaries and required of them the same grade of work. It should be the earnest hope of every colored citizen that at an early day the consciences of the people of Maryland who manage its affairs will be awakened to the seriousness of the matter of Negro education, to a knowledge of the fact that ignorance cures nothing months. Charles and Prince George give seven; Howard, Talbot and Caroline content themselves with six and one-fourth; Worcester six and two-thirds; Wicomico, Somer- set and St. Mary’s five, Dorchester leading these by half a month, But it remains for Anne Arundel, where the state’s political capital is locat- ed, to take the cake for an abbrevi- ated school term,giving as she does but four months, It is not, how- ever, merely in the short school term that this county shows its neglect and maladministration of its colored schools,as a study of the following facts will show: In the year 1913-14, from whence all the figures here used come, there were in the colored schools 2643 pupils. The total cost of running these schools was $869.66, or a per capita cost of $3.27. The per capita cost for white children for the same year exceeded $21. There was expended for books $727.38, or about twenty-seven cents per child. One colored teacher (an average case) received $94.00: for her four months’ work, and for aparatus and furniture for all colored schools there was expended the munificent sum of $9.00. Baltimore county furnishes a pleasing contrast. Dur- ing the same period her 2201 color- ed children received for their edu- cational support $33,166.66. While this county is by far the richest in the state, it is in its effort at fairness that commands praise. With the exception of Frederick, Washington, Cecil and Allegany, the same wide disparity in experdi- tures between white and colored schools exists. Some years back the idea gained ground that industrial training was the prime need of colored children. In obedience to this opinion the State Legislature made provisions for giving to every county desiring it the sum of $1500 annually for providing such train- ing. In the year from which we quote fourteen counties received the full sum of $1500 each, and two others the sum of $750 each, making a total for the year of $22, and that the proper.training of all the children of all the people is the honorable, righteous and safe cours¢ Mrs.+H. Annie Owings of 2105 Druid Hill avenue gratefully ac- knowledges the kind expression of sympathy of her friends in her hour of bereavement one month ago. il SPORTS & ATHLETICS The first tennis tournament con- ducted by the Young Men’s Chris- «in Association opened Thursday n the Druid Hill Park Courts, The tournament was open to all ““B”” class players and a silver medal is offered the winner. ‘The first round was played Thurs- day with the following results: L, G. Hubert won from Hammond 4-6, 6-3, 6-0; William Harris won from Wm. T. Griggs 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; and Emerson Hillen won from Dr. A.O. Reid 8-6, 6-0. S. S, Booker won from Marshall by default. ‘The matches were interesting and close to the finish, each man was confident of victory. The most hot- ly contested match was between’ Reid and: Hillen in which there were more than ten deuse games played. The matches Priday will be be- tween Emerson Hillen and William Harris, and L. G. Hubert and S. S. Booker. The winner of these matches will play Saturday for the silver medal offered by the association, ‘The general secretary is pleased with the interest manifested in the matches and he. predicts that di- vision ‘A’! will be composed of some new faces next year. ‘The open-to-all tennis tournament that has been in progress for the past week injWashington has result- ed in nothing less than the upset- ting of the championship held by the national title holders Holmes and Cromwell of the Capital City, who were defeated by Savoy and McGriff, the latter of Virginia. McGriff’s overhead work was the marvel of the spectators and the greatest discomfit of his opponents. In the singles, Reckling of Balti- more was defeated by McDuffie the Washington crack, after having de- feated him the first set 6-2. Reck- ling seemed to loose his nerve after the first set while the Washington man came up stronger every game. F, N. Cardoza also of Baltimore de- feated Smith of Washington, and was in turn beaten by thefinvineible Wilkerson, in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. Murphy failed to get started with Lodgman, who took his measure 6-2, 6-1. Rhetta another local star was the only Baltimorean coming thru in the trials, by defeating Green 6-2, 6-2. ‘The other scores follow: Monroe-Amos 6-0, 6-1; Haynes- Perry 6-8, 4-6, 6-2; Monroe-Haynes 6-3, 6-2; Robinson-Yarborough 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Holmes-Turner 6-3, 6-4; Holmes-Robinson 6-0, 6-0; Cardoza- Smith 8-10, 6-0, 6-2; Wilkinson- Cardoza 6-3, 6-8; McGriff-H. Free- man 6-1, 6-3;Dr. Freeman-Beaseley 6-4, 5-7, 6-3; Savoy-Carpenter 6-0, 6-0; Reetor-Hunter 6-8, 8-10, 6-4; Lodgman-Murphy 6-2, 6-1; Rhetta- Green 6-2, 6-2; Douglass-Menard 6-4, 3-6, 6-0; MeDuffie-Reckling 2-6, 6-0, 6-0; F. Cork-W. Savoy 6-4, 6-2, Jones and Recton, Green. and Savoy 8-6, 9-11, 6-2; Smith and Freeman, Rhetta and Cardoza 6-0, 6-8, 7-5; Savoy and McGriff, Holmes and Cromwell 6-2, 2-6, 6-2. PROMINENT COUPLE MARRY Miss Erma B. Bruce, instructor of German in the High School, and Mr. Carrington L, Davis, head of the department of languuage sin the same institution, were the prin- cipals in a fashionable church wed- ding in Leavenworth, Kan.,Wednes- day. A reception followed at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Bruce, Both are college graduates,the former finish- ing at Harvard University in 1903. Mr. and Mrs, Davis will reside at 1821 McCulloh street, this city. HITE MISSIONARY CONFERENCE -* The Baltimore Conference Branch of the Women’s Mite Missionary Society held its nineteenth annual meeting at Grace A. M. E. Church, Catonsville, this week. Delegates from nearly every church in the conference were in attendance, along with a number of ministers, Mrs, L. M. Beckett, of Elkton, Md., presided. Mrs. Mary F. Handy, president, of the Parent Women’s Mite Mis- sionary Society, told of the work that the women are doing for missions and urged interest in the coming quadrennial session of the society, to be held in Detroit, Miss Sarah R. Jackson read a thought-provoking paper cigg"* How to Awaken Interest in “ Sunday School Children for Missions’’ Wednesday. Mrs, E. L. Stepteau conducted a class in mission study and Mrs. Annie E. Waddleton told of the work that the juniors are doing. Mrs, E. A. Waters delivered an address of welcome Wednesday night, Mrs. Stepteau making the Jresponse, The annual addres: » the president of the society, Mr. }Beckett, was a general reviewof the work accomplished, MRS. JENNIE H. ROSS SUPREME COURT HOLDS SESSION Male and Female Departments Of The Order Elect Officers At The 14th Biennial Session New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 10. This city has been the mecca for hundreds of visitors this week, the magnet being the fourteenth biennial session of the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias, Eastern and Western Hemispheres. The session practically opened at Bethel A. M. E. Church Sunday night, when memorial services were held at Rev. W. Spencer Carpenter, of Philadelphia, preached a stirring sermon. The Supreme Court of Calanthe, the woman's auxiliary, also met during the week. The Supreme Lodge held its initial business session Monday morning, at which time the various committees were appointed and the report from the committee on credentials received. The Uniform Rank, under command of Brigadier General W. A. Heathman, of Providence, R. I., gave an imposing street parade in the afternoon. At night a military ball was given in honor of the Supreme Lodge and the Supreme Court of Calanthe. The Beneficiary Board, which met here last Saturday, submitted what is regarded as a good report. All claims were reported as having been met promptly. The various supreme officers made gratifying reports. A reception was given the visitors by Harriett Tubman Court Wednesday night. The election of officers took place at the closing session, Thursday, there being no changes in the principal officers. The Supreme Court, presided over by Supreme Councilor Jennie H. Ross, of Baltimore, had a most interesting session. Good reports were made by all departments. The New England Grand Lodge and Grand Court of Calanthe were the hosts for the session. SERGEANT PATTERSON IN THE CITY James E. Patterson, a quartermaster sergeant in the United States Army, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Patterson, of 127 East street. He has been in the army for the past 15 years, and has seen service in the Phillipines, the Far East and Hawaii. Sergeant Patterson says that he likes life in the army and intends remaining until he has seen thirty years of service. He has been all over the world and tells an interesting story of his travels. He came here from Honolulu and is on his way to the Mexican border. Since his visit here he has been given much attention in a social way. His sister, Mrs. Mary Hill, of Mt. Winans, gave a reception in his honor Monday night. An enjoyable time was spent in music and games, after which a midnight supper was served. PROMINENT VISITOR IN THE CITY. Mr. Wm. H. Rodgers, brother of Elder G. P. Rodgers, and wife, and Miss M. Rodgers, visited last Sunday and Monday at the parsonage of the Seventh Day Church. Mr. Rodgers is the president of the People's Choral Society of Philadelphia, and ex-organist of Wesley M. E. Church of that city. He was a visitor at the Afro-American Ledger office, Provident Hospital, enjoyed an auto trip thru our beautiful city, and was the guest of Mrs. Clara Noble, of Presstman street Monday afternoon. Mrs. Annie Chickester, Mr. and Mrs. J. Rodgers and Mrs. Robert Keene of Philadelphia were visiting relatives and friends in the city this week. RICHMOND EXPOSITION GETS NICE COAT OF WHITEWASH RICHMOND EXPOSITION GETS NICE COAT OF WHITEWASH Richmond, Va., Sept. 9.-The committee appointed by the Exposition Commission to investigate rumors that Col. Giles B. Jackson, as rector general, did not manage the financial end properly, has reported to Governor Stuart that the finances were properly handled. The committee, which was composed of John H. Braxton, William Miller and Theodore W. Jones, says that a thorough examination was made, that Colonel Jackson accounted for the $55,000 given by Congress and that Jackson "has turned over an assessee the association value at $16,000." This is presumably the history of the race that Mr. Jackson is alleged to have sold the commission. FORMER BALTIMORE PASTOR SUES DEACONS FOR LIBEL Morristown, N. J., Sept. 6. Rev. S. S. Crockett, formerly of Baltimore, now pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, has sued three former deacons of his present charge for $25,000 for alleged libel. The suit is based on an article that appeared in the Morristown Daily Record, of August 21. The publication came as a result of church trouble, in which the three deacons were ousted from office. The financial management of the church was attacked and Rev. Mr. Crockett was asked a series of questions concerning his moral character. The three men sued are: Morey W. Grant, James A. Moss and William E. Perry. Elmer W. Romme, attorney for Mr. Crockett, says the case will be fought to the bitter end. MOTOR HERE FROM PHILADEPHA Mrs. Malinda E. Williams, of 1024 Argyle avenue motored from Philadelphia last week, where she had been visiting her cousin, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Jones, proprietor of the Roadside Hotel. Accompanying her was Mr. and Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Warwick, of Philadelphia. They were entertained at luncheon by Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Dennis of 1024 Argyle avenue. During her visit Mrs. Williams motored to Chester, Wilmington and Atlantic City. CLEBRATION AT PARADISE GROVE A Labor Day celebration was held at Paradise Grove Monday. Rev. Dr. J. W. E. Bowen, of Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, delivered an eloquent address on "Passing Through the Wilderness." Rev. Alexander Willbanks, of Washington, was the speaker at night. Rev. Dr. Ernest Lyon presided. FOR SALE OR RENT Grocery and Provision store located at 921 N. Howard street, near Richmond Market. Good business location. Terms can be made to suit prospective buyer or renter. Apply at the store, 921 N. Howard street. HOME COMING! Madison St. Presbyterian Sunday School SUNDAY SEPT. 12th SUNDAY, SEPT. 12th "Let us rally from the woodland Breezy hills and sunny plain From the seashore, from the farm- From the seashore, from the farm lends lands-- Rally to our school again. Teachers dear are here to greet us With the Word of Life for all; Loving friends are here to meet us; Let us rally to the call. Roscoe Mitchell, Superintendent Rev, L. Z. Johnson, Pastor. M. B. Recently elected Grand Master at Arms K. of P₁, who was tendered a reception by Golden Link Lodge last Wednesday night. THE AFRO-AMERICAN LEDGER Sunday and Monday, Sept. 12 and 13 FOUR CORNER RALLY N. Mr. James Fuller's Class E. Stewardess Board S. Elexes Williams' Class W. Ushers' Association Each Corner is Requested to raise $25.00 Reopening of Baltimore A. M. E. Preaching Meeting, Sept. 18th At St. Luke Church, Ellicott City 11 a. m., Sermon by Rev. P. W. Wortham. 3 p. m., Balto. Conference Problems and How to Deal With Them. Discussion opened by Rev. D. G. Hill, D. D. followed by 5 minute addresses. 8 p. m., Sermon by Rev. I. N. Ross, D. D. A special invitation to the many churches of Baltimore to attend. In connection with opening of the Preachers' Meeting there will be a Church Picnic. We extend an invitation to all. James Fuller, Secretary Rev. A. A. Murray, Pastor Rev. J. W. Norris, P. E. Rev. L. J. Coppin, Pres. Bishop Take Ellicott City car and get off at the church. WELCOME HOME FIRST DANCE OF THE SEASON GIVEN BY KERR'S ORCHESTRA GALILEAN PISHERMEN AUDITORIUM TICKETS, 25 CTS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th, 1915 FIRST ANNUAL MOONLIGHT Baltimore and Annapolis District Woman's Home Missionary Society FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th, 1915, TO BROWN'S GROVE boat leaves Miller's Wharf, foot of. Caroline St., at 8.30 P. M. Fare Round Trip 25 Cents. Marcato Orchestra Mesdames, Naomi Wright and M. J. Camper, presidents Mrs. Ida W. Norris, Secretary BUY ON EASY TERM S COMFORTS LACE CO 1646 PEN OUR WAY IS N The Maryland Home 'Phone, I GEORGE D CARPENTERING Cabinet Making, Furniture Re First Class Work Satisfaction DEATHS AND FUNERALS Roney W. Carroll, son of the late Rev. and Mrs. Henry A. Carroll, died at his home, 1706 Baker street, last Friday, after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held at his late home Sunday, Rev. A. J. Mitchell, of Ames Memorial M. E. Church, officiating. Interment was in Mt. Auburn Cemetery. The deceased was 38 years of age. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. L. B. Robinson; one brother, Rev. Julius F. Carroll, of Charleston, W. Va., and one sister, Mrs. Sadie Robinson, of White Plains, N. Y. Rev. N. M. Carroll, pastor of Centennial M. E. Church, is an uncle of the deceased. Rev. J. W. Goldsborough, a retired minister of the Baltimore A. M. E. Conference, died at his home 506 Myrtle avenue, last Thursday, following a long illness. He was born in this city 77 years ago and was educated at the private school conducted by the late Rev. George T. Watkins. His widow, Mrs. Frances Goldsborough; one son, three daughters, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren survive. Funeral services were held at Bethel A. M. E. Church Sunday afternoon. Rev. J. W. Sanders officiated, assisted by several other ministers. Interment was in Laurel Cemetery. Mrs. Alice Hicks departed this life August 27, at the home of her daughter, 1125 Carrollton avenue after a lingering illness. She is survived by her husband, Richard H. G. Hicks; daughter, Bertha B. Turner and Campbell M. Hicks; two sisters, Ella Bond and Lettie Jackson. Funeral services were held at Bethel A. M. E. Church on Sunday August 29th. Bishop Hurst, Rev. J. W. Sanders and Rev. W. E. Williams officiated. The deceased was for many years an active member of Bethel Church. The family wish to thank their many friends and relatives, also the organizations for their kind words of sympathy and beautiful floral tributes. In giving an account of the career of the late Rev. Dr. C. W. Mossell in the Afro-American Ledger of August 28, 1915, the writer, not being acquainted had with the facts made some omissions concerning which inquiry has been made. In making necessary corrections it should be stated in referring to the early education of Rev. Mossell that after receiving his collegiate training at Lincoln University he graduated from the M. E. Seminary of Boston, Mass. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ella Smith Mossell; one daughter, Mrs. B. F. Lee, Jr.; one sister, Mrs. M.E. Denny; and two brothers, Attorney A. A. Mossell and Dr. N. F. Mossell. --- BUY ON EASY TERMS INA AVE. EASY TO PAY Home Furnishing Co. Mad. 3134 D. GILBERT G AND JOBBING repaired, Electric Bells Installed Guaranteed Reasonable Prices —A Specialty UTAW ST. Mad. 342 In Memoriam HARDEN--In sad but loving remembrance of our dear mother, Julia Jackson Harden, who departed this life five years ago, September 11, 1910. The 11th of September once more is here To us the saddest of all the year For her memory is a dear today As in the hour she passed away. Out in the lonely grave yard Down in the deep cold clay There they laid our mother Five years ago today. By her husband and children. In loving remembrance of my dear son, Ernest M. Horrode, who died one year ago, September 8, 1914, well known as Dodly. Oh may we meet dear son Where friends no more shall weep For those that die in Jesus No more to wake or to weep He is smiling upon us from heaven My dear son has fallen asleep. By his loving mother,Mamie Brown, 925 Pierce street. CARDS OF THANKS Mrs. William Spriddle wishes to thank her many friends and relatives for their kindness and sympathy during her recent bereavement. Relatives wish to thank their friends for acts of kindness to them and expressions of sympathy in their bereavement. Mrs. Frances Goldsborough and children wish to thank the many friends of their husband and father, the late Rev. John W.Goldsborough for their kindness during his long illness and for their expressions of sympathy and floral tokens following his demise. --- WHYE—Entered into rest on the 8th inst. Dollie E. Whye, beloved wife of John H. Whye at 212 Forrest street, beloved mother of Hattie Cromwell, Georgie A. Govam, Mattie E. Berry and Howard I. Berry of Philadelphia; Alice Nash, Daisy Gordon, Evans Berry and Elena Berry. Aged 70 years, six months and 20 days. Funeral will take place from Mt. Joy A. M. E. Church, Phoenix, Baltimore county, Md., on Saturday September 11th. She also leaves 32 grand children, 21 great grandchildren and a host of other relatives. Joseph White and his daughter, Mrs. Lulu White Burgess celebrated their birthdays last night. Open house was kept at Mr. White's home on George street. Father admits to have seen 51 winters, but daughter was somewhat shy on admitting her age. AMES MEMORIAL M.E. CHURCH Carey and Baker Streets Rev. A. J. Mitchell, D. D., Pastor Parsonage 1363 N. Calhoun St. 6.30-9 a. m., Olass. Thomas Lane, Leader. 4 p. m., Sermon, under the auspices of the Parsonage Committee. Cancelation of debt on parsonage furniture. 8 p. m., Sermon by the Pastor. Communion at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday night, Sept. 19th, 8 p. m., Sacred Concert by the Alphion Singing Society. Silver offering. ST. MATTHEWS M. E. OHURCH E. 23rd Street. Mr. H. M. Washington, Supt. Mrs. Elise Hall. Pres. E. L. Mrs. E. B. Fuller, Pres. Ladies' Aid. Miss Ida Williams, Supt. Jr. League. Mr. K. D. Bagland, President of the Brotherhood. The 13th anniversary of St. Matthews Church will begin Sept. 17th, and continue until Sept. 28th. All the pastors of the city and their people are invited to take part. All are welcome. WHATCOAT M. E. CHURCH Franklin and Pine Streets Rev. S. R. Hughes, A. M., Pastor Parsonage, 1424 Argyle Avenue Something new every Sunday. 11 a. m., Preaching by the Pastor. Subject: "You and Me." 3 p. m., Sunday School. W. C. Tongue, Supt. 4 p. m., Class No. 5 J. W. Gibson, Leader 8 p. m., The Pastor. Subject: "In the Harbor." Wednesday night, Prayer Meeting. CENTENNIAL M. E. CHURCH Caroline and Bank Streets Rev. N. M. Carroll, D. D., Pastor 11 a. m., Sermon by Pastor, subject: "Christ's Message to the Church at Sardis." 2.80 p. m., Sunday School. 8 p. m., Preaching by the Pastor. Special Song Service with one hundred voices. Under the direction of Mme. Helen Cooper. Great time. Everybody welcome. Amen! ASBURY M. E. CHURCH East and Lexington Sts. Rev. Geo. C. Curry, D. D., Pastor Residence: 1830 E. Eager St. 11 a. m., the famous Railroad Sermon by Rev. Alfred Young. 2.30 p. m., Sunday School Mr. O. T. Stewart, Supt. 8 p. m., Sermon by the Pastor Subject: "Encouragement for the Dependency." Every one cordially invited. JOHN WESLEY M. E. CHURCH Sharp and Montgomery Streets Rev. Ernest Lyon, D. D., Pastor 11 a. m., the Pastor, Dr. Ernest Lyon, subject: "The Mission of Christ", Sacrament immediately thereafter. At Paradise Grove, 3 p. m., the Rev. John W. Warren, the great pulpit genius. 8 p. m., Evangelistic Service conducted by Rev. Warren. Commencing Monday night at John Wesley, Dr. Warren will conduct a Ten-bight Evangelistic Campaign. Come and hear this great man. All Singing Bands are invited. EASTERN M. E. FIRE AND HOLY GHOST CHURCH McElderry Street and Patterson Park Avenue Rev. Alfred Young, Pastor Residence: 618 Dolphin Street 11 a. m., Railroad Sermon at Asbury M. E. Church, Lexington St. and Rogers Ave. All candidates for heaven please be on time. 2 30 p. m., Sunday School. 8 p. m., Holy Communion. GILLIS MEM. M. P. CHURCH Stockton St. near W. Baltimore St. Rev. B. H. Knight, Pastor 10 a. m. Class. 11 a. m., Preaching by Rev. John Taylor. 2. 30 p. m., Sunday School. 7 to 8 p. m., Prayer and Praise Services. 8 p.m. Preaching by Pastor. Special subject Rev. A. Young will deliver the famous Railroad Sermon at Asbury M. E. Church, Lexington St. and Rogers Ave., Sunday, sept. 12th, at 11 a. m. Accompanied by his choir and congregation. Revs. C. G. Curry and A. Young, Pastors. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST TENT Services every night at 8 p.m. Special sermon Sunday night, Sept. 12th, 8 p.m. A true exposition of the txt: "Christ the End of the Law." All invited Questions will be answered. We only wish to notify you where to get the Old East Indian Hair Pomades. We do not advertise as our pomades advertise themselves, a 15c. size will convince anyone. The 15c. size at all Grocery stores, 35c. size, at the Robinson, Livingston Drug stores, Pennsylvania Ave.; Dr. Pennell's, Biddle and Druid Hill Ave., Washington Drugstores, all the peoples. O. Donald's, Dr. Napper, Dr. Hailstork, S. W. 2nd and 16th Streets. Agent wanted in every city. East Indian Hair Pomade Co. Elizabeth, N. J. ADVERTISE TRINITY A. M. E. CHURCH Linden Ave. and Biddle Street Rev. S. M. Johnson, D. D., Pastor 11 a. m., Sermon by Pastor 2.30 p. m., Sabbath School. 8 p. m., Sermon by Pastor T. J. Holliday, Supt. ST. JOHN'S A. M. E. CHURCH Lexington Street near Pine Rev. P. W. Wortham, D. D., Pastor 634 George Street 11 a. m., Sermon by the Pastor 2.30 p. m., Sabbath School. 5 p. m., Opening Service of the A. C. E. League. Special program. 8 p. m., Sermon by Rev. L. S. Flaggg Charles Oliver, Supt. FIRST INDEPENDENT A. M. E. CHURCH Cor. Orchard and Tessier Streets Rev. L. C. Curtis, D. D., Pastor Parsonage: 1232 Argyle Ave. Women's Day. 11 a. m., program by Women. 2. 30 p. m., Sunday School. 3 p. m., Sermon by Rev. Ida Nelson. Her chair and congregation invited. 4 p. m., Class meeting. 8 p. m., Address by Mrs. Hannah C. Smith, Sec'y of the t. Y. W. C. Association and other prominent speakers. Every women is asked to bring one dollar on Sunday. Wednesday night Class. Everybody is welcome to our services Frederick Dabney, Sec'y. C. H. Hanley, Treas. Rev. J. A. Briscoe, Pastor Sunday, Sept. 12th Old-time Quarterly Meeting Day and Basket Dinner at the Church. 6 a. m., General Class. 11 a. m., Sermon to the Mothers and Father by Rev. Briscoe. Subject: "The Lord's Day. 2.80 p. m., Sunday School. 8 p. m., Short Sermon by the four local preachers. Ten minutes each. EBENEZER A. M. E. CHURCH Montgomery Street near Charles Rev. I. N. Ross, D. D., Pastor 7 a. m., Class 10 a. m., Bible Class. 11 a. m., Preaching by the Pastor. 2.80 p. m., Sunday School. Charles Tolson, Supt. 6.80 p. m., Allen Christian Endeavor. J. Murray, President. 8 p. m., Preaching. Monday night great recital by Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis. Charles Henry, chorister. Thomas Mitchell, Organist. ALLEN A. M. E. CHURCH Lexington and Carlton Streets Rev. P. J. Jordan, D. D., Pastor Second Quarterly Meeting Day. 11 a. m., Sermon by Rev. John W. Norris, D. D., Presiding Elder. 2.30 p. m., Sunday School. Parents and children are welcome. 8 p. m., Sermon by Rev. John W. Norris, D. D., Presiding Elder. You are cordially invited. H. D. Brent, Supt. S. S. PAYNE MEM. A. M. E. CHURC Laurens and Calhoun Streets Rev. James G. Martin, Pastor Parsonage. 134 Calhoun St. Trustees' Day. It is hoped that all members will pay their monthly contributions t day. 11 a. m., Sermon by the Pastor. 2.30 p. m., Sunday School. The delegates who attended the Sunday School Convention will make their report. Don't miss it. 4 30 p. m., Sermon by Rev. David Bryant, of Israel Baptist Church. 7.30 p. m., Sermon by the Pastor. James E. N. Reut. WATERS A. M. E. CHURCH Aisquith Street near Orleans Rev. A. L. Gaines, D. D., Pastor 11 a. m., Sermon by Pastor Sub ject: "Elijah's Translation." 2.30 p. m., Sunday School Session. 2.30 p. m., Sunday School Session. 8 p. m., Sermon by Pastor. J. F. Waters, Supt. J. W. Woodhous, Secretary HANDY M. E. CHURCH maker and Bruce Sta. Rev. J. M. Boston, Pastor. 11 a. m., Preaching by Pastor. 2.30 p. m., Sunday School. 3.30 p. m., Sermon by Rev. J. G. Martin. 8 p. m., Preaching by Rev. D G. Hill, presiding elder of the Baltimore district. Monday night, Quarterly Conference. Tuesday night, Camp Meeting services will resume under the direction of Rev. P. H. Green. Look up! Lift up! The great opening day of the C. G. Key Chapter, Eppworth League of Eastern M. E. Church, Patterson Park avenue and McElderry street. Sunday, Sept. 19th, at 5 p. m. We expect representatives from the various leagues. D. I. Fowler, Pres. May Fowler, Secy. Rev. Alfred Young, Pastor. CHRIST INSTITUTION CHURCH Dr. G. W. Kennard, Pastor 11 a. m., Sermon by Rev. A. Hill 2.30 p. m., Sunday School. 8 p. m., Sermon by Rev. J. J. Strickhouse. All are invited. THE PEOPLE'S UNION CHURCH Orleans and Ann Sts. Rev. C. Edw. Browne, Pastor. Residence: 1611 McElderry St. 9 a. m., Class. 11 a. m., Sermon by the Pastor and Communion. Friday night, Prayer Meeting. All welcome. 3. 30 p. m., the Paster will preach at the Camp Ground, 28th and Simpson Sts., Waverly. Prayer meeting by Pilgrim Bapt. Band, Bro. Wm. Spicer, Capt. C. Y. W. C. A., Sunday, Sept. 12th. King Daughters' Day, Mrs. S. R. Turner, chairman. Vesper Sunday from 5 to 6 p. m. Rev. L. Z. Johnson will make an address. Miss Dean Chambers, Mr. Milton Reed and Dr. O. D. Jones will furnish the music. Remarks by Mrs. A. R. H. Miller. Mrs. C. B. Watson will preside. Miss Charlotte Davage, Pres. Miss E. E. Bright, Secretary. Mrs. H. C. Smith, Genl. Sec'y. Is Now In Chicago After Spending A Very Pleasant Time Getting Around In The Monumental City. Chicago, Ill.--It is a long way from Chicago to Baltimore, yet you will find me right here this morning writing to you. Last week was a riding week for me, and I am at rest for a little while. You will have to refer to the letter of last week to get a slight idea of just how much riding I had to do. Every night was spent on a bed car, and I reached this City last Sunday morning. Coming to Baltimore because I spent a little time in the city before leaving for New York, I had the pleasure of seeing all the people in the office, and then turned away. It was Thursday that I reached the city in the morning and went to Freedman Hospital for repairs. Before going over there, I went to the Metropolitan M. E. Chureh, of which the Rev. John Holmes is pastor. There was in session there the Twenty-third annual session of the Epworth League and Sunday School Convention, of the Baltimore district. Over this presided the Rev. Dr. Daniel W. Hays, district superintendent. There were present delegates from every direction, and I certainly did enjoy looking at than it has been for years. Had the pleasure of shaking hands with Prof., John R. Hawkins, and called to see Mrs. R. T. Nelson and found her husband at home who shook my lily black hand and gave me my overcoat which he had been keeping for me during the summer months. Then I returned to Baltimore, and found Editor Murphy waiting for me. I went by to see some other friends. Called at Provident Hospital where Mrs. John Collett, is in charge, then called to see Mrs. Handy, met Madam Bruce, and then in company with Editor Murphy went to Trinity A. M. E. Church where I was booked to make a few scattering remarks. Now you will want to know about this, and of course I will have to tell you. The pastor was out of the city, hence Brother Martin was in charge, and after he had opened he introduced the editor of the Afro-American Ledger, and he in turn introduced me to that crowd of people. He told all about me, how he had met me, and how he was impressed with me the first time, and then step by step how he had learned to admire me. He made me feel like I was really some pumpkin. At Trinity there were people from everywhere. Some who had been reading after me for years, and desired to look into my blue eyes and shake my lily black hands. They were granted to them all. After spending the time there, then I took up my things, and wended my way to the stable where I got in a bed car and started for New York, getting up the next morning in the big city. It was a nice ride, because I slept all the way. Reaching the city, I got myself in shape for this city, and then went down to Orange, to see Mrs. Lottie Cooper. She lives in East Orange, N. J., and has a lovely home there. Dr. Copper, is one of the best doctors of our race, or any other race. He has purchased him a fine home in East Orange, but has them. It was indeed a great meeting. I had but a short time in town and thought that I would go over and take a look at them myself. I slipped in the church, as I thought, and heard a learned man making an address. When he had finished then Mrs. E. J. Truxon, secretary spied me, and notified the presiding officer that "Col. J. O. Midnight was in the house." Dr. Hays right then and there came down and invited me to come forward and make a few scattering remarks. The young people gave me strict attention while I said a few things to them. But there was one young woman who was very much excited and came running down stairs almost stepping on my little feet. I shall refrain from using her name this week, and may not use it another time. She seemed to be angry and tried to take out her spite on the poor door. I got out of her way. I hope she will not allow her anger to get away with her common sense in the future. Miss Mary J. Knight, who was perhaps, secretary of the local committee, furnished me with a meal ticket, which entitled me to eat in the church all the week during the convention. I desire to thank her so very much for the kindness also the local committee and all those who had anything to do with the meeting, for it was indeed a fine Vacation time is over. Wake up! Get busy! SPORTING EDITOR TELEGRAPH EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR AFRO-AMERICAN CITY EDITOR REV. E. C. MORRIS President of the National Baptist Con- Head of the National Baptist Publishing REV. DR BOYD Rev. E. P. JONES Who may succeed Morris as President os the Convention. meeting. Afternoon found me in Washington before that big doctor, and then too, I had the pleasure of meeting Rev. B. F. Watson, D. D., secretary of the Church Extension Society, of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Watson is one of the strong men of this race. He is just the man for the position and he is doing his work well, because he has devoted his time in studying it instead of trying to be a bishop. He has said that he was willing to develop the Church Extension Society of his church and make it the saving department. It is in better condition his office in New York. I am sure you will remember Mrs. Lottie Cooper, because she was a Meredith, and has made her record She comes from Chicago, and every citizen of this place knows Lottie Meredith. It was here where she made her record, and it is here where she has many friends. The Lord gave her a good husband. From there I went to the office of Dr. J. W. Rankin, and was informed that he had left the city, but his clerks did not know where he was gone, nor just when he would return. Well I did not discuss the matter, but had of course my own opinion. I would like to tell you just what I thought, but will not do so. I went up in Harlem and called on one of our great men, Bishop Alexander Walters, of the A. M. E. Zion Church. Bishop Walters is in love with his race, and he is willing to do all in his power to reach the whole race. He is trying to help his people to rise. We need a few more like him. You cannot look in his face and tell just what side of the political fence he is on. I am proud of it. I went to see other people in New York, and at night I went to the Sirene Mission, of which Rev. R. C. Ransom is pastor, and while he was not there, yet his people gave me a big time. I am now in here, and I would like to tell you all about my trip from Baltimore to Washington, from Washington to New York and from New York to this place, but it would take too much time and space. I am here, and I am proud that I got here to see the Lincoln celebration showing what this race has done in fifty years from freedom. As you are reading this the Baptists are in session in the National Baptist Convention, and they are having a time of it. I have many things to tell you next week. I may have to do a little cussing, but I hope not. Look out for my next letter. THE AFRO-AMERICAN LEDGER COMMENT BY OUR EXCHANGES If any little love of mine May make a life the sweeter, If any little care of mine May make a friend's the fleeter, If any lift of mine may ease The burden of another, God give me love and care and strength To help a toiling brother. —Omaha, Neh. Monitor KIPLING'S NEW CREED Speaking at Southport, England recently Rudyard Kipling said: "But, however the world portends to divide itself, there are only two divisions in the world today—human beings and Germans." How refreshing it is to read this latest utterance of Rudyard Kipling, the man who said not long ago. "The black man is an infinitesimal part of the white man's burden." Mr. Kipling has no doubt modified his creed; he has classed the black man as a human being after all, for he particularly notes that "there are only two divisions in the world today—human beings and Germans." What has made Rudyard Kipling let down the bars of racial distinction? What has compelled the narrator of Gunga Din's story to cast Turcos, Sengalese, Hottentots, Kaffirs and all the dark-skinned races of the world into a common melting-pot to be labelled "human beings," as against the other division, "Germans?" France and her magnificent African troops have opened the eyes of the world. The glorious charge of the 600 Turcos, of which 500 fell, was epoch-making. They were not infinitesimal parts of the white man's burden. THEY WERE HEROES! And Kipling has modified his creed. Not only may the black man be considered admirable--he is also a brother, for Rudyard Kipling says, "But, however the world portends to divide itself, there are only two divisions in the world today--human beings and Germans:-" Thanks, Mr. Kipling, thanks! --Cleveland Advocate. MISREPRESENTING GOD When will our preachers stop charging God with taking the lives of all who die? He has no more to do with it, than they have. If those who cease to live come into this world with sound bodies and die early they have simply violated the laws of nature--that's all. God's death for mankind is by euthanasia. By this method death is as painless to the departing as were their births to them. A horse matures in five years; a dog in two. The former's life limit is 25 years and the latter ten, and so on we could go proving the life limit, but let us take man. He becomes full fledged in twenty years, and should and could live a hundred years. That we take ourselves out of this world is as true as there are night and day, and we should learn to know it. Pioneer Press--Martinsburg, W. Va. HAS READ NEW TESTAMENT THIRTY-THREE TIMES J. M. McDaniel was born a slave sixty-seven years ago. He lives at Empire, North Carolina, in good health and with strong faith in God and man. Brother McDaniel says that the New Testament has been read through thirty-three times in family devotions in his home. Is it a surprise that this man has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for forty-five years, has reared nine children, all of whom are married and prosperous, and owns one hundred and nineteen acres of fine farm land? Verily the Word was a lamp unto his feet and a light unto his pathway. Old-time family devotions still have their place in the rearing of children and the getting of land. --Southwestern Christian Advocate. LOVEJOY'S PRINTING PRESS. Chicago Visitors Attracted by Historic History of Europe Abolitionist Relie of Famous Abortionists. Chicago. The Lincoln jubilee and half century celebration, designed to show the progress of the colored race in America during the past fifty years, was formally opened in this city on Monday, Aug. 24. This is perhaps the last and doubtless the greatest of any similar exposition held in commemoration of the first half hundred years since the civil war. One of the very first objects to attract the attention of the visitors on the opening day was a hand printing press such as was used fifty years ago. This little relic was surrounded by a cluster of automobiles of the 1915 model, which formed a striking contrast in mechanical construction. The printing press was the historic one on which Owen P. Loveloy printed his abolition newspaper at Alton, Ill. his reward being death at the hands of a mob. The press was thrown into a river. The motorcars on exhibition are for the inspection of well to do colored farmers and business men of the present generation. In the center of the Coliseum, where the exposition is being held, is a life size statue of Lincoln, which FELIX B. PYE Sr. 102 E. Mulberry Street Phone, Mt. Vernon 3603 JOHN H. TOAL 142 W. 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Send two cent stamps for booklet, mentioning name of this paper. HUMANIA-HAIR CO. Department 23 Duano Street, NEW YORK South 422 or South 396-Y. Mount Vernon 5136 284 142 W. Hill Street 326 Druid Hill Ave. SCHOOLS TO OPEN TUESDAY Carey Street School Will Be Un comfortably Overcrowded as Result of Action of the School Board "Say, Jimmy, it will be hard sledding for us after next week. We go fishing, swimming and robbing-peach orchards no more." "Why do you say that, Sammy?" "Cause schools opens next Tuesday and we'll have to be gittin' our lessons again." Well, school does open next Tuesday and thousands of tanned children will be trudging their way to school. The pupils will be of all ages, ranging from a tiny tot of six to the sweet girl who will graduate from the High School next June. Many of the children spent their vacations in working, while others just had a grand old time. Nearly 500 pupils attended the summer classes at the Colored High, Division Street and East Street Schools. The majority of these will enter advanced classes in the fall. Many of the teachers have enjoyed trips to resorts, while others put in their time studying. A few of the lady teachers resigned to enter upon the sea of matrimony. There will be new building occupied by colored schools, none having been built within the past ten years. Ground has been broken, however, for the new school at Jefferson and Caroline streets. It will completed within twelve months. The Carey Street School will remain overcrowded, the School Board having succumbed to the protests of the Negro phobes around Lafayette Square by refusing to turn over School No. 39, at Riggs and Carrollton avenues. This building was at one time occupied by colored pupils and is now in the heart of a thickly settled neighborhood of colored people. The principals of the various schools have been at their buildings daily since Wednesday arranging for the reopening. The Baltimore county colored schools resumed sessions on Wednesday of last week. NEWS FROM TOWSON Towson, Md., Sept. 9--Dr. Wm. Pickens, the newly elected dean of Morgan College, addresses the Sunday School Fall Opening Sunday at 3:30 p.m. September 12th, at Mt. Calvary A. M. E. Church. The public school of Towson started its year's work, Wednesday, September 1st. An additional teacher has been added to the crops of instructors. Mr. S. S. Booker, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. made an inspiring address at the Labor Day Service held at Mt. Calvary last Sunday. Mrs. Agnes F. Stewart and Mrs. Ada B. Randal represented the Woman's Mite Missionary Society at the sessions held at Catonsville, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. Rev. Kenny Barnes, chairman of the good order committee of the Colored Improvement Association reports that some reforms have been secure through the efforts of his committee, which are planning more work to benefit the citizens. Mrs. W. N. Edwards has returned from her vacation spent in Virginia. THIEF TAKES JOY RIDE IN DR. SHORTS' CARRIAGE Trouble usually travels in double quantities, that is, according to recent experiences of Dr. Edward Short. His wife, Mrs. Nettie Short, was taken ill several weeks ago and taken to Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, where an operation for appendicitis was performed successfully. Then if the worry from her illness was not enough someone took his team from the front of Calvart Bank a few days ago. Dr. Short was in the bank and came out to find that his team had vanished. Inquiry was made and he found out that a white man had driven away with the team. Horse and buggy were found out on the Harford Road the following day looking decidedly the worse for wear. Mrs. Lilly Arundel, of Argyle avenue and her sister, Miss Gertrude Fisher of 1112 N. Carey street, have returned from their vacation to Atlantic City and Norfolk, Va. FIELD and TRACK ATHLETICS. BOXING and TENNIS TIS SAD BUT TRUE The Chicago Defender referring to the fact that the Johnson-Jeffries fight pictures will be shown there, observes: "How great is the difference between this picture and the "Birth of a Nation?" In the former we view the camp life of trained athletes and subsequently their wonderful skill. In the latter the terrible picture of white men raping colored girls and women, and burning of colored men at stake. SAM LANGFORDS' RECORD Speaking of Sam Langford in the Indianapolis Ledger Abe Pollack has this to say: "Langford is without doubt the greatest of the whole list of heavy weights who might aspire to the championship of that division. He made an enviable record for himself at a time when fights were real. He was there from the sound of the gong fighting like a demon throughout each round. He is best known for his knockout decisions, sending along that route such men as Jim Barry, Bill Watkins, Jim Flynn, and other lesser celebrities. In less than five rounds he has sent to the mat for the count such renowns as Gunboat Smith, Kid Cotton, Jack O'Brien, Dixie Kid, Tommy Sullivan, Jim Smith, and Porky Flynn." "With such a record Langford is entitled to a go with the Champion, Jess Willard. Johnson after becoming champion refused Langford because he remembered the Boston's man's deadly left hook in the battle in 1906. Today in his thirtieth year Langford is the most dangerous of the heavies, and if turned loose among the white hopes would be standing alone with none other than the champion to face him. Will Jess Willard dare give him a chance?" NEW BASKETBALL RULE For the first time in the history of basketball, amateur and collegiate rules will be similar. There were a number of different points on which the two sets of rules differed, but the most important and most troublesome was the dribbling question. After much discussion the following rule was adopted. It is in substance: Dribbling will be permitted, and at the end of a dribble the player will be allowed to throw for goal, and if he makes a goal it will count. Heretofore the amateur rules did not permit the scoring of a goal after a. dribble, but the amateur authorities have conceded this point to the college men. It was the opinion of the amateur officials that the dribbling was intended more for individual style of play than for team work and tended to make the game rougher. JEANETTE RETIRES Speaking of the retirement of that famous colored fighter, Joe Jeanette, the New York Sun observes the following: Joe Jeanette has retired from the ring. The easy-spoken hero of many a fierce glove encounter says that Jess Willard's determination to bar colored opponents has brought about this decision on his part. With the possible exception of George Dixon and Peter Jackson, no man of color has been quite as popular as Joe. Always in the finest possible condition, wonderfully built up, and a past master at the art of fisticuffs Joe always made the fur fly when he entered the ring. He was one man whom Jack Johnson and Sam Langford feared as an opponent. Joe says of his retirement: "I have battled with all of the second raters, and Jim Coffey and Battling Levinsky are the only ones with class or promise. I should have liked to make one more fight, but feel it would be unfair to the public to ask for a match with any of the present crop of hopes. With no one to fight my boxing days are over, so I intend to devote all of my time to business. "I want to thank the public for its years of support, and as I step down, know that I was always on THE AFRO-AMERICAN LEDGER the square and tried my best." Jeannette is now running a successful jitney-bus line in Hoboken. It is said that Jeannette formerly trained in the Hoboken car-barn, but after he started a jitney line the car company asked him to look for other quarters. COLORED TRACK ATHLETES AGAIN IN THE LIMELIGHT Labor Day track and field events found colored athletes prominently placed nearly all of the events in which they were entered. At the track and field games of the Michelin Athletic Association at Milltown, N. J., Roy Morse, the national 100-yard senior and 220-yard junior champion, celebrated his first appearance since winning the championships at the Exposition games by running away with a fast field in the 100 yard dash, in the wonderful time of 10 seconds. Morse's performance was considered the more brilliant because of the slowness of the Milltown track. Morse came up like a whirlwind at the tape nipping Don Lippincott the University of Pennsylvania spinner, who had several yards leeway. W. R. Granger, the Irish American star and 1000-yard champion failed to place in the 1000-yard run finishing fifth. The St. Christopher Club relay team finished third in the medley relay with the Salem-Crescent Club third. In the New York Fair Games at the Empire City race track A. D. Pendleton, a Salem-Crescent flyer, won the 150 yard dash by what looked to most of the spectators and a majority of the judges, to be a full yard, but after wrangling for ten minutes the judges unfavorable to him were overruled and he was awarded first place. Pendleton's time was 15 1-5 seconds, with two yards iceway. O. Hawkins of the Salemi-Crescents took second place in the 600-yard run, pushing the winner, F. Lott all the way to the end. The Salem-Crescent relay team, composed of LaBeet, Hawkins, Gorham and Pendleton placed third in the mile event. At the games of the Great Neck Carnival Association, L. I. Herman Foster, the clever little sprinter of the Salem-Crescents came through in the century run with a yard to spare over J.B. Moonan of the Irish A: A. C. with three yards, and R. A. Austin who had three and one-half yards. Foster's time was 10 2-5 seconds. In the 1000 yard run J. Brunson, also of the Salems proved to be too fast for his white rivals and with twenty-seven yard handicap negotiate the distance in 2:23 2-5. Abel Kiviat the national marathon champion failed to make a place in this race. MCVEY TAKES A BEATING Harry Willis of New Orleans gained the decision over Sam McVey, the colored California heavyweight, in Boston Tuesday night, after twelve rounds of clever fighting. While the fight was fast neither of the men appeared anxious to hit the other hard. Willis was wary of McVey's left hook and fought cautiously at first, but shortly returned the compliments with his own left, which worried the colored man considerably. NOTES OF THE COURT By defeating McDaniels Wednesday of last week and the same day this week M. A. Hawkins maintains the position in "A" class among local tennis cracks, which he wrested from Mac last week. Mac made a fine attempt to regain his old position but Hawkins cut strokes put him hors de combat. Doc Reid failed to gain a place in class "A" when he was defeated by Weaver. Reid made a game stand and seemed desperate but Weaver had too much "stuff" for the medico. JOHN A. BISHOP Funeral Director and Embaln 1107 DRUID HILL AVE. ... Shaving Parlor ... All Styles of HairCutting 15c. Children's Hair Cutting 10c. Electric massage Electric Shampooing 1537 Penna. Ave., near Mechen C. & P. Phone Frank A. Simmons HOUSE PAINTER 1932 Druid Hill Avenue Work Guaranteed GEO. F. BLACKISTONE 1216 PENNA. AVENUE Opp. N. W. 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For Cleaning the Hair and Scalp, use Parrish's Head Wash, per jar 250 For Cleansing and Softening the Skin use Parrish's Velvet Liquid Powder, per bottle 25c and 500. For Developing and Beautifying the Skin, use Parrish's Orange Flower Skin Food, per jar 250 We manufacture all other kinds of Toilet Articles—Hand Made, Natural Look, Wigs, Switches, Braids, Puffs, etc. Free Catalog, guge. Parrish's Never ail Hair Food is absolutely one of the best hair preparations on the market. It stops the hair from Splitting at the ends and falling out. It will make your Hair Grow. It is praised by people in all sections of the country. Send 10 cents for a sample jar. Artists wanted. Write for terms. Mme. L. C. PARRISH. 95 Camden St., Boston, Mass. Phone 888 R Tremont. Nention this letter when written. PERSONAL MENTION Mr. John De' Shields has leased the Brocho Theater and is planning a series of entertainments for the coming season. Miss Jennie M. Hughes and Mrs. Lena E. Wilson are spending their vacation visiting friends in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Mrs. Lillie P. Barnett is visiting relatives and friends in Cambridge, Airy and East New Market. Mrs. Laura Baker of Henrietta street and her granddaughters, Gladys and Naomi Baker, are spending their vacation at Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bishop, are spending the summer at Ocean City, Md. On their way home will spend sometime with relatives and friends in Snow Hill, Md. Repeated, Purviance's Opening Cabaret Singing Dansant Fisherman's Hall Monday, Sept. 13, 8 to 2. Eubie Blake's orchestra. Mr. and Mrs. George Palmer, of 1110 Argyle avenue, had a very pleasant trip visiting his sister. Mrs. Riggs in Philadelphia and Mrs. Banks in Orange, N. J. Mrs. Hester Hillard and son Elmer Hillard, of 1609 E. Monument street, have returned after a two-week trip to Atlantic City and Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Trusty of Philadelphia, Pa., while on their vacation trip through Baltimore last week, visited their cousin, Mr. Engene Hilliard, of 1609 E. Monument street. Mrs. Amanda V. Scott and daughter, Mrs. K. A. Jackson, spent last Sunday in Atlantic City, the guests of Mrs. Scott's sister, Mrs. Mary Counttee Lytle. Purviance's closing Drexel Twilight Sat. Sept. 11, Brown's Grove; Eubie Blake's orchestra. Mrs. John E. Chester, of 1555 Argyle avenue and Miss Jessie Johnson, of 878 Boyd street, have gone to Philadelphia and Germantown, Pa. Mrs. Michael Green, of 1028 Argyle avenue entertained at luncheon Monday Dr. J. W. Bowen, vice president of Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga., before leaving for Martinsburg, W. Va. Mrs. Ella Scott, of 522 W. Lee street, has recently returned from a two-week vacation in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. She was the guest of Mrs. Cathere Harris, Mrs. Alverta Wharton and Miss Mary Queen of Atlantic City and the guest of Mrs. Amelia Smith of Philadelphia. Mrs. C. H. Bond and daughter Isabell, and Mrs. A. B. Banks and daughter Bernice, 1833 Druid Hill avenue, have returned from a ten-day trip to Asbury Park where they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Jones of Myrtle avenue. Mrs. S. G. Gilpin of Richmond, Va., and two daughters, Miss Emily and Kate spent three days in Baltimore last week on their way home from Atlantic City. They were the guests of Mrs. James Peaco of West Hoffman street. Mrs. B. F. Amy and her son, Master Walter B. Amy of 1606 Druid Hill avenue, are spending several weeks as the guest of Miss Alberta Green, of Bloomfield, Md. Mr. Amy will join them for the week-end. Purviance's closing Drexel Twilight Sat. Sept. 11, Brown's Grove; Eubie Blake's orchestra. Mr. George Johnson, of W. Biddle street and Mr. Jolly, of Linden avenue were among the many who spent their vacation in Atlantic City during August as the guests of Mrs. Emma Johnson Lane, of N. Tennessee avenue, formerly of Baltimore. Miss Genevieve C. Holland, one of the public school teachers here, has returned home from Boston, Mass., where she has completed a special course in sewing and art work at Simmons College, where she received her diploma. Mrs. Sarah Williams, of N. Carrollton avenue and Mrs. Allen Brown and son of 1108 Riggs avenue, spent last Sunday in Washington as the guests of Lawyer and Mrs. Briscoe. Mrs. Mary F. Bond has returned home after a brief visit to Asbury Park, N. J., where she was the guest of Mrs. Mary Palmer. Repeated, Purviance's Opening Cabaret Singing Dansant Fisherman's Hall Monday, Sept. 18, 8 to 2. Eubie Blake's orchestra. Mrs. William N. Holt and son Master Tyler, of 1711 Lorman street, have returned from Montgomery county, where they spent the summer and are now visiting relatives and friends on the Eastern Mrs. Lillie M. Carroll Jackson and daughters are in the city for a few weeks. Revs. John W. Jones, Junius Gray, R. T. Winn, W. J. Winston and John H. Taylor are among the Baltimoreans attending the sessions of the National Baptist Convention in Chicago. Mr. Thaddeus Copeland has returned from Frederick where he attended the Hagerstown S. S. Convention. Miss Alma McGuinn, daughter of Attorney' and Mrs. Warner T. McGuinn, has been appointed instructor of domestic science in the Colored High School. She is an alumnus of both the High School and Howard University. Mr. Samuel Crockett, who runs a grocery store at 515 Laurens street, was kicked in the head by a mule in front of his store Monday. He was badly injured and is now in a local hospital undergoing treatment. Mrs. J. Edward-Neal and daughter Justine, of 1716 Division street, have returned from Cape May. Miss Lula M. Forrest, of 954 W. Saratoga street, has left the city to spend the winter in Phillipi, W. Va. Miss Mary U. Thomas, Maggie Harper and Mary Cook, who have been visiting friends at Norfolk, Portsmouth, Old Point and Hampton, Va., returned to the city Tuesday. While in Portsmouth, they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Greenbury Howard and Mrs. George S. Howard of Montgomery county, Md., were visiting relatives in the city this weke. Misses Estelle and Maud Peaker have returned from their vacation in Virginia. Mrs. Bettie Cornish has returned from Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark, Jr., are rejoicing over the arrival of a fine son. MRS. ARCHIE VISITING HERE Mrs. Bessie Boone Archie, of Philadelphia, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Emma Smith, of 1208 Riggs avenue and her brothers, Messrs. Wm. D., George H., and Harry S. Bone, of this city. Sunday evening a reception in her honor was given by her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Boone at their new residence, 325 Schroeder street, at which time a house warming was held by the family. Mrs. Archie expects to return to Philadelphia in a week or ten days, accompanied by her niece, Miss Manilla Smith. KILLED BY FALLING BOX Mr. Joseph Spencer, the son of Mrs. Sophia Spencer, formerly of Baltimore, but now of Scranton, Pa., was instantly crushed to death by the falling of a heavy box at the place of his employment. He is survived by a mother and one brother, Mr. Alpheus Spencer of New York. MISS IDA HARGE MARRIES Miss Ida W. Harge, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harge, was married to Mr. Frank E. Jenkins Tuesday night, September 7th, at 8 o'clock. She is the organist of Allen A. M. E. Church. Rev. P. J. Jordan performed the ceremony. STAR PLUMBING CO., 919 East Lombard Street RESIDENCE PHONE VERNON 6530 MACHINE FOR BOTTLED WATER Send postal or call St. Paul 7557 CLARKE L. SMITH ...Attorney and Counselor at Law.. Office: 21 E. Saratoga St. Phone: St. Paul 2367 Residence: 406 1 restman St. Phone: Madison 4180-9 Practice in the Course. Special attention to AFRO-AMERICAN LEDGER TURN YOUR BACK ON THE Landlord & Doct MAKE UP YOUR MIN RIGHT NOW To Secure A Building Lot PATAPSCO That beautiful strictly Location--High, Health 10 minutes ride from city Prices--Within the No taxes No g Terms--To Suit You Most reasonable It will p "Get on the Road to W Patapsco Park 106 LAW BU Phone:St. Paul 3119 GRAND BY Miss Henrietta THE TREAT OF A LIFE The Noted Traveler and Eloe Fame, who has been entertain EBENEZER A. M. E. CHURCH Monday Night, Sept. COME, GO WITH US PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE A. To Brown's Grove on the Palat THURSDAY, SEPTI Music furnished by the Crew ROUND TRIP, REV. G. L. WHI THE PARKER AMUSE Will give a Moving Picture Entertainment Corner Riggs Avenue and SEPTEMBER 15, 16, 1915 Mrs. Birdie Savage, Chairman We hope to have the patronage Fourth Annual Excursion o DR. CHAS. A. FOWL Sunday, Sept. 12th AT CAPSCO PARK beautiful strictly colored ton--High, Healthy, and Com- 10 minutes ride from city No narrow street prices--Within the Reach of A No taxes No ground rent arms--To Suit Your Pocket, most reasonable It will pay you to invest on the Road to Wellville" apsco Park Land 106 LAW BUILDING Paul 3119 BALTIMORE AND RECR BY Henrietta Vintom THE TREAT OF A LIFETIME TO BE Traveler and Elocutionist of In- ho has been entertained by Royalty A. M. E. CHURCH ADMISSION by Night, Sept. 13th, at WITH US MIA AVENUE A. M. E. Z. n's Grove on the Palatial Steamer DAY, SEPTEMBER furnished by the Crescent Great O RIP, REV. G. L. WHITE, Pastor PARKER AMUSEMENT COM- oving Picture Entertainment at Psalmis Corner Riggs Avenue and Woodyear Street 5, 16, 1915 ADMISSION page, Chairman Rev. J. hope to have the patronage of our many f Annual Excursion on Steamer R. CHAS. A. FOWLER, CHAIRM PATAPSCO PARK That beautiful strictly colored suburb Location--High, Healthy, and Convenient 10 minutes ride from city No narrow streets Prices--Within the Reach of All No taxes No ground rent Terms--To Suit Your Pocketbook Most reasonable It will pay you to investigate "Get on the Road to Wellville" Write to 106 LAW BUILDING Phone :St. Paul 3119 BALTIMORE, MD. THE TREAT OF A LIFETIME TO HEAR The Noted Traveler and Elocutionist of International Fame, who has been entertained by Royalty appearing EBENEZER A. M. E. CHURCH ADMISSION, 10 CENTS Monday Night,Sept. 13th, at 8 p. m. To Brown's Grove on the Palatial Steamer Starlight. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1915 Music furnished by the Crescent Great Orchestra ROUND TRIP, 25 CENTS REV. G. L. WHITE, Pastor THE PARKER AMUSEMENT COMPANY Will give a Moving Picture Entertainment at Psalmist Baptist Church Corner Rings Avenue and Woodyear Street SEPTEMBER 15, 16, 1915 ADMISSION, 10 CENTS Mrs. Birdie Savage, Chairman Rev. Junius Gray, Pastor We hope to have the patronage of our many friends. Down the Bay. Returning will Positively land at Oambridge Boat—Foot of Broadway 8.30 a. m. FARE,ROUND TRIP, TO THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS OF THE 4th Legislative District D P. B. L. H. Davenport Candidate for Membership on State Central Committee 17th Ward be careful scrutinize your ballot and give him your most favorable consideration. Primaries September 14. The Profit Sharing Building HAS MONEY TO PROPERTY AT SHORT N Liberal Interest Paid on Time OFFICE: 307 ST. PAUL STREET Directors: Clarke L. Smith. President James E. Doughertv. A. E. Anderson. GET IT AT..... STOKES and 1016 Druid Hill Aven Sharing Building and Loan HAS MONEY TO LOAN TO PROPERTY OWNER AT SHORT NOTICE Interest Paid on Time Deposits. T. PAUL STREET PHONE With, President H. M. Burkett, Sec'y Wm. Dougherty. A. E. Anderson. Wm. C. McCarthy AT.... Popul OKES and DERR 5 Druid Hill Avenue, Cor. C DRUGS Liberal Interest Paid on Time Deposits. Open Daily OFFICE: 307 ST. PAUL STREET PHONE: St. Paul 3541 STOKES and DERRY'S 1016 Druid Hill Avenue, Cor. Oxford Landlord & Doctor MAKE UP YOUR MIND RIGHT NOW SO PARK actly colored suburb healthy, and Convenient unity. No narrow streets The Reach of All No ground rent Your Pocketbook will pay you to investigate "Wellville" Write to Park Land Co. BUILDING BALTIMORE, MD. RECITAL In Vinton Davis LIFETIME TO HEAR Relocationist of International tained by Royalty appearing ADMISSION, 10 CENTS at. 13th, at 8 p. m. A. M. E. ZION CHURCH Palatial Steamer Starlight. TEMBER 16, 1915 Crescent Great Orchestra 25 CENTS WHITE, Pastor SEMENT COMPANY Installment at Psalmist Baptist Church and Woodyear Street ADMISSION, 10 CENTS Rev. Junius Gray, Pastor image of our many friends. on Steamer Dreamland... WLER, CHAIRMAN Monday, Sept. 13th Down the Bay. Returning will Positively land at Annapolis Boat—Foot of Broadway 8.30 a. m. MOORE'S Restaurant Sunday, September 12th. Roast or Boiled Dinners, 25c. Poultry Dinners, 35c. MENU RELISHES Olives Cucumbers SOUPS Fresh Vegetable or Mutton Broth Broiled Blue Fish ROAST MEATS Prime Ribs Beef Au Jus Chicken Croquettes--Green Peas Roast Leg of Young Lamb Stewed Chicken Select 3 VEGETABLES Select 3 White or Sweet Potatoes Lima Boans Green Peas Pickled Beets Stewed Corn or Tomatoes SALAD Salmon Salad DESERT Floating Island Brown Betty Watermelon Sliced Bananas Tea or Coffee FOR RENT—Two unfurnished rooms in small family. Apply 107 N. Bruce street. Basing and Loan Association TO LOAN TO Y OWNERS NOTICE Time Deposits. Open Daily PHONE: St. Paul 3541 Burkett, Sec'y Wm. H. J. Wheeler, Treasurer son Wm. C. McCard, Attorney Popular Prices d DERRY'S venue, Cor. Oxford 50 CENTS BROWN'S GROVE AND THE NEW STR. STARLIGHT The Following Dates Have Been Booked: STARLIGHT 12 Chosen Few 12 Penny, Ave. 16, G. A. R. 12 Penny, Ave. A. M. E. Zion Church MRS. Wishes to introduce a method. The more more you will be driv prepared to give the Walkers' H 521 MO Ccombings Made Up ONLY THE BEST AT FENNE We use only Pure and d Compounding. That Physician. If you let us compound you We will introduce our we allow you 5 per cent time you spend One Dollar your SALE CHECKS for the WE WILL REPEAT We Are Agents For MME. W IT NEVER FAILS. PER BOX. 5 We Are Agents For OVERT Which we are selling in large We send goods by PARCEL PO with us THE BUSY Young' Makes the Hair Long, scalp. One Scientific Drus C. & P. Phone Madison James Mt. Aubu MRS. L. J. PECK to introduce to you the superiority of the d. The more you use the Walker M. you will be drawn irrestibly to the use o- ned to give the treatment or teach the m. Walkers' Preparations For Sale At 521 MOSHER STREET Made Up Phone, Madison FENNELL'S PHARMA Only Pure and Fresh Drugs and Chemicals founding. That's why we have the confi- dian. If you are ill, consult your Phy- compound your prescription at a reason- ful introduction our NEW PROFIT SHARING SYSTEM you 5 per cent on your spendings. In other- sides One Dollar with us you get back five cents. CHECKS for they are worth saving. WE WILL REDEEM CHECKS EVERY MONDAY. For MME. WALKERS WONDERFUL HAIR LIS. PER BOX. 50C. WALKER'S SHAMPOO 50C. G S FOR OVERTON'S HIGH BROWN PREPA- tions are selling in large quantities. Try their High Brown FAC- cks by PARCEL POST to any part of the country. We invi- dse with us and be convinced of our prices. FENNELL'S BUSY CORNER Druid Hill at L ung's Hair For Hair Long, gives control of it and pre- calp. One 25 cent can will convin- scientifically prepared at— YOUNG'S PHARMA Druid Hill Avenue and Hoffma phone Madison 3224 M James F. Hall Auburn Marble MRS. L. J. PECK Wishes to introduce to you the superiority of the Walker method. The more you use the Walker Method, the more you will be drawn irresistibly to the use of it. I am prepared to give the treatment or teach the method. Walkers' Preparations For Sale At 521 MOSHER STREET Combings Made Up Phone, Madison, 3236-Y ONLY THE BEST AT FENNELL'S PHARMACY We use only Pure and Fresh Drugs and Chemicals in all our Compounding. That's why we have the confidence of your Physician. If you are ill, consult your Physician and let us compound your prescription at a reasonable price. We will introduce our NEW PROFIT SHARING SYSTEM whereby we allow you 5 per cent on your spending. In other words every time you spend One Dollar with us you get back five cents. Ask for your SALE CHECKS for they are worth saving. WE WILL REDEEM CHECKS EVERY MONDAY We Are Agents For MME. WALKERS WONDERFUL HAIR GROWER IT NEVER FAILS. PER BOX. 50C. WALKER'S SHAMPOO 50C. GLOSSINE 85C. We Are Agents For OVERTON'S HIGH BROWN PREPARATIONS Which we are selling in large quantities. Try their High Brown FACE POWDERS It's fine. 25 and 50 cents a box. We send goods by PARCEL POST to any part of the country We invite you to deal with us and be convinced of our prices. Makes the Hair Long, gives control of it and purifies the scalp. One 25 cent can will convin Scientifically prepared at YOUNG'S PHARMAC. David HILL AVENUE and HOFFMAN STREET C. & P. Phone Madison 3224 M Special Prices On All Church Work Interior And Exterior Work . . . . Monuments and Tom Cemetery Work. Ma Residence: Baltimore's Lea JOHN UNDERTA Plants and Tombstones, Corner Posts and My Work. Marble Work of All Kinds. M Residence: 1216 Argyle Avenue Baltimore's Leading Cotored Undertaker in Prist JOHN H. OWEN UNDERTAKER & EMBALM $73.00 FUNERALS $75.00. 9 Set worth $65.00, in black clot steel gray oak or walnut outside case; beautiful rub ray or white, to match casket, as desired; up-to-date; fine burial robe, embalming, al, six pairs of gloves, door crepe, candles, ceded, rugs, chair s etc., all of the latest design cost elsewhere..... $73.00.....$75.00 Saving you $61.00 as low as $25, $35, $40, $50. Higher Grade $50 charge for removal of remains from Hospital hoping Funerals, $25.00 and $50.00 Compl 22 Division St., bet. Dolphin and Lanval C. & P. Phone. Mad. 4067 Madison 4 BEST IN PRINT AT THE PLANT OF THE Pro-American C EUTAW ST. AT DRUIN ALTIES Monuments and Tombstones, Corner Posts and Curbing Cemetery Work. Marble Work of All Kinds. Mantles. Residence: 1216 Argyle Avenue JOHN H. OWENS UNDERTAKER & EMBALMER Complete $73.00 FUNERALS $75.00. Complete A fine casket worth $65.00, in black clot steel gray or white plush highly polished sask or walnut outside case; beautiful rubber-tired hoarness either black, gray or white, to match casket, as desired; five heated ear riages, new and up-to-date; fine burial robe, embalming, opening graves advertise funeral, six pairs of gloves, door crepe, candles, candelabra, sra sifix when desired, rugs, chair s 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, $35, $40, $50. Higher Grade $100, $150, $175. No charge for removal of remains from Hospitals. Shipping Funerals, $25.00 and $50.00 Complete. 628 N. EUTAW ST. AT DRUIDHILL AV. Wedding Invitations ```markdown ``` 10. Golden Arrow Pleasure Social 11. St. John's Commandery No. 2 12. St. John's Metropolitan M. E. Church 13. f. O. C. Association 14. Women's Home Mite Missionary Society of Baltimore and Annapolis 15. St. Mary's Temple Rd. 16. Willing Workers of Ames M. E. Church J. PECK the superiority of the Walker house the Walker Method, the resistibly to the use of it! I am ment or teach the method. ations For Sale At R STREET Phone, Madison, 3236-Y S PHARMACY drugs and Chemicals in all'our we have the confidence of your consult your Physician and cription at a reasonable price. OFFIT SHARING SYSTEM whereby spendings. In other words every you get back five cents. Ask for worth saving. ECKS EVERY MONDAY WONDERFUL HAIR GROWER KER'S SHAMPOO 50C. GLOSSINE 30C. BIGH BROWN PREPARATIONS Try their High Brown FACE POWDERS 50 cents a box. Gets of the country We invite you to deal inced of our prices. ELL'S Druid Hill Ave. at Biddle St. Hair Food control of it and purifies the can will convin shared at— G'S PHARMAC. Avenue and Hoffman Street F. Hall Marble Co. Corner Posts and Curbing Mark of All Kinds. Mantles. Argyle Avenue Sheried Undertaker in Prices M. OWENS Q. EMBALMER MERALS $75.00. Complete Back clot, steel gray or white plusb case; beautiful rubber-tired hearse casket, as desired; five heated ear al robe, embalming, opening graves door crepe, candles, candelabra, ara ard of the latest designs. ... $136.00 Saving you $61.00...$63.00 $50. Higher Grade $100, $150, $175 remains from Hospitals. 10 and $50.00 Complete. Dolphin and Lanvale. 4067 Madison 4921-M PRINTING. N T OF THE American Co. ST. AT DRUIDHILL AV. Envelopes Book Work Placards Invitations 1