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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. "HOPEFUL W OUR NEGR "HOPEFUL VIEW OF OUR NEGRO PROBLEM" BY SIR HARRY H. JOHNSTON IN THE FEBRUARY (20th) NUMBER OF THE DIGEST. HE IS THE AUTHOR OF A HIGHLY INTERESTENTITLED "THE COLONIZATION OF ALIEN RACES." NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO SIT IN JULY THE PAST ACHIEVEMENTS, OR THE SIBILITIES OF THE NEGRO. UNTIL HE HAS FAMILIARIZED HIMSELF BOOK REFERRED TO. IN THE FEBRUARY (20th) NUMBER OF THE LITERARY DIGEST. HE IS THE AUTHOR OF A HIGHLY INTERESTING BOOK ENTITLED "THE COLONIZATION OF AFRICA BY ALIEN RACES." NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO SIT IN JUDGEMENT ON THE PAST ACHIEVEMENTS, OR THE FUTURE POSSIBILITIES OF THE NEGRO. UNTIL HE HAS FAMILIARIZED HIMSELF WITH THE BOOK REFERRED TO. That there will be no Colored question in the United States in twenty years, and that the difficulties of the problem at present are aggravated by the ignorance and prejudices of the Southern whites is the view of Sir Harry Johnston, an experienced British colonial administrator who has studied the black race both in Africa and on this continent. He believes in their capacity as civilized, educated, and useful members of a white republic. The Southern white people have not sufficiently considered these points, he thinks, and we read in his summary of his investigations in the London Times: "The Negro is destined to be nothing but a hewer of wood and a drawer of water" is the parrot-cry that each untraveled, ignorant white Southern politician utters oratorically and in the press. Fortunately, there are many thousand sane, educated, farsighted white men and women in the South who know better. And all the time this stale mense is being repeated there are Negro doctors, electricians, botanists, agronomists, musicians, poets, preachers, teachers, lawyers, architects, masons, cabinet-makers, mechanicians, and chemists at work giving the lie to this worn-out expression." He points out finally what he considers to lie at the foundation of all the excited discussion of the Negro question, and he tells us in plain words: "It is the Southern white man and woman who require a better education almost more than the Negro. The far-reaching, magnificently modern culture of the Northern and Northeastern States needs no praise from me; and I have no personal experience of the West. But, putting aside the fine fear of intelligence which, of course, is present in individuals all over the South and Center, I must confess I was astonished at the childish ignorance manifested both in the press and on the platform, which characterizes the Southern and Central States in all matters but those immediately concerning the borough or the plantation. And it is a self-satisfied ignorance, one that boasts that the affairs of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania are of no importance to the citizens of America. It is this narrow, eminently provincial intellect (often unhappily permeating State governments, Federal Congress, and Senate) that causes all the trouble and exacerbation over the Negro question, as over any general, far-reaching proposition such as plans for the preservation of forests, the improvement of internal waterways and roads, or the intelligent conduct of State, Federal, and foreign relations. --- Vol. XIV NUMBER OF THE LITERARY HIGHLY INTERESTING BOOK ONIZATION OF AFRICA BY TO SIT IN JUDGEMENT ON ENTS, OR THE FUTURE POS- EGRO. IZED HIMSELF WITH THE "When the South closes down all stale discussion of that indefensible Civil War and matches the physical beauty and vigor of its white population with an equally high mental development, the Negro problem in the United States will be finally solved and kept in a state of solution—assuming, of course, that the Negro likewise continues to advance on the lines laid down by the white and Colored teachers of Tuskegee and Hampton." The Times editorially comments on these remarks and says that President Roosevelt has taken the right path in regarding the issue as a moral one. Thus we read: "The optimistic view taken by Sir Harry Johnston of the progress he has noted is significant when it comes from a man of his authority. The difference between the Negro in America and his brother in Africa may not be conspicuous; but it is, at any rate, a difference, the existence of which has not, we believe, been hitherto appreciated fully. This consideration, together with evidence that the gravest charges brought against the Southern Negro are sometimes exaggerated and sometimes untrue, offer a basis for argument, and something more. If we are to accept the views of President Roosevelt as an expression of the best opinion in the United States, the American people are determined to treat their Negro fellow citizens not only according to the guidance of history, but also according to the light conscience. The Negro problem can not be narrowed down into a purely political issue. Like every great political issue, it is also a moral issue." This writer has confirmed not only President Roosevelt's view but that of every Englishman, declares the London Spectator, in which we find the following comment: "Sir Harry Johnston, who as administrator and scientific observer has watched the Negro carefully in Africa, tells us that the assumption by the Southern States of America that the Negro is 'a hopeless proposition' is based on no just evidence of any kind, that it is in fact wild prejudice, and that the effect of civilized surroundings on the American Negro is a recognizable improvement in the racial type. This type in America has higher moral and intellectual faculties than the original stock to be found in Africa, and these might easily be made higher still by humane and reasonable treatment. This conclusion is, of course, only in accordance with the long-established feelings and beliefs of Englishmen, but it is a satisfaction to have them encouraged and confirmed by so competent a witness as Sir Harry Johnston." ```markdown ``` HEW TO THE LINE. Mr. HON. THOMAS GALLAGHER. Popular West Side merchant and statesman who Washington, D. C., Thursday, March 4th, as Congressional District of Illinois. Popular West Side merchant and statesman who will be sworn in at Washington, D. C., Thursday, March 4th, as Congressman from the 8th Congressional District of Illinois. From the Literary Digest, New York City, Feb. 20, '09. Sir Harry H. Johnston, is one of the very best authorities on the "Negro Question." His history entitled, "The Colonization of Africa, by Alien Races," and "British Central Africa" etc., shed much valuable information on the past and present civilization of the dark races inhabiting all parts of the African continent, for our part we would not take ten dollars for our copy of his interesting and highly instructive historical work, and no Negro, has the moral right to pretend to be a deep student of history, nor to sit in judgement on the past achievements or the future possibilities of the Negro, until he has familiarized himself with the history of the "Colonization of Africa by Alien Races." By Sir Harry H. Johnston.—Editor. "Now, if you read the Congressional Record," he started, and the audience smiled audibly, and Mr. Taft also smiled out loud as he recalled one senator who wanted to make people read the Record. It was, he said, a source of instruction and amusement. This statement he applied to his subject by saying the Record had contained a reference to moving the ten million Negroes out of the country backed by "the solemn scientific statement that the races cannot live together." The answer was that they are living together and any attempt to take any number of Negroes out of any community would create a riot. "We have the problem and we have simply got to solve it," he asserted. "We have a race feeling. It does exist, and that's a part of the problem. Race Problem to Be Solved. "I believe in my heart you are going to work it out by realizing that it is not to the advantage of either to make it difficult for both to live to NEGRO IS NEEDED, SO TAFT ASSERTS. America's Race Problem Must Be Solved on the Soil of This Country. Booker Washington Praised in New York Address for Hampton Institute. New York, Feb. 23.—President Elect Taft was the principal speaker at the meeting tonight in the interest of Hampton institute under the auspices of the Armstrong association at Carnegie hall. A drenching rain failed to keep away a large throng eager to hear Mr. Taft and learn of the industrial progress of the Hampton students, nor did it dampen the enthusiasm of the welcome to the president elect. Mr. Taft was given hearty applause as he was escorted to the platform with William J. Schleffelin, president of the Armstrong association; Robert C. Ogden, Booker T. Washington, and Bishop Greer. After a short address by Robert C. Ogden, Bishop Greer introduced Mr. Taft in a few words, saying that no one in American public life better understood the problem of race and class adjustment than the president elect. Mr. Taft began his remarks with the statement that nine of the ten million Negroes in the United States live in the southern states. "Now, if you read the Congressional Record," he started, and the audience smiled audibly, and Mr. Taft also smiled out loud as he recalled one senator who wanted to make people read the Record. It was, he said, a source of instruction and amusement. This statement he applied to his subject by saying the Record had contained a reference to moving the ten million Negroes out of the country backed by "the solemn scientific statement that the races cannot live together." The answer was that they are living together and any attempt to take any number of Negroes out of any community would create a riot. "We have the problem and we have simply got to solve it," he asserted. "We have a race feeling. It does exist, and that's a part of the problem." Race Problem to Be Solved. "I believe in my heart you are going to work it out by realizing that it is not to the advantage of either to make it difficult for both to live together. "The Negro is absolutely essential to the south. Hence it is that the work of the Hampton institute has such tremendous importance. It is the solution of the race question." He did not believe in too many crutches for those who were just learning to walk, but rudimentary and industrial education were the necessary fundamentals to the development of the Negro race. No unprejudiced person, Mr. Taft said, could read the statistics of the Negro race in the last fifty years and not feel convinced that a solution was to follow. "Why he declared, "a race that can produce Booker Washington in a century ought to feel confident that it can do miracles in time."—The Chicago Tribune, Feb. 24, '08. REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDER LANE IS DOING GOOD WORK IN THE LEGISLATURE OF ILLINOIS. He Has Introduced and Championed A Bill Through That Body to Provide The Eighth Regiment With An Armory In Chicago. Doctor Alexander Lane, the only Afro-American member of the legislature of Illinois; is coming to the front right along. Within the past few weeks, he has made his presence felt in many ways, in the legislature, Isaac N. Powell Has Been Selected At the Primaries To Make the Race FOR CITY TREASURER ON THE REPCBLICAN TICKET. HARRY. R. HIDRETH WILL RUN FOR THE SAME OFFICE ON THE DEMOCRAT TICKET. ALDERMAN FRANCIS D. CONNERY, AND J. H. MARKS, CANDIDATES FOR CITY CLERK. JOHN R. McCABE FELL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BREAST WORKS. SEVERAL ALDERMEN FAILED TO MAKE GOOD AT THE PRIMARIES. ALDERMAN MICHAEL McINERNEY WON OUT IN THE 30TH WARD. The Democratic and Republican primaries were held on Tuesday, and Issac N. Powell was selected to make the race for city treasurer on the Republican ticket and Harry R. Hildrth, will run for the same office on the Democratic ticket, and it is expected that there will be a hard fight between Messrs. Powell and Hildrth, to see who is who on the day of the election. April 6. Jr.*; 3rd ward, Milton J. Foreman* 4th ward, Joseph Zillinger; 5th, Ale J. Burke*; 6th, Theodore K. Long 7th ward, Charles E. Merriam; 8 ward P. H. Moynihan*; 9th ward, Jaco Perbohnier; 10th ward, Michael O Hoy; 11th ward, A. R. Flifer; 12th ward, (long term), Rudolph Mulac 12th ward) vacancy), Rudolph Mulac 13th ward, Arthur W. Fulton*; 14th ward, James H. Lawley*; 15th war Alderman Francis D. Connery and J. H. Marks, are the opposing candidates for city clerk and as Alderman Connery is so well and favorably known and has always stood on the side of the people in the city council, everything indicates that he will be the next city clerk of Chicago. John R. McCabe, the present efficient city clerk, put up a stiff fight against J. H. Marks, at the primaries, bu as the well oiled Republican machine was against him in most of the wards he fell on the outside of the breast works, and after one term in that office he will be forced to retire to private life. Alderman John W. McNeal, was laid out stiff and cold at the primaries, in the 4th ward on Tuesday by James M. Dalley, who was a member of the city council, in the days when the boys could pick up one or two hundred dollars before breakfast time. Alderman William C. Hunt, after making the fight of his life, was driven to the wall in the 33rd ward by A. C. Metzer, much to the regret of the many friends of Alderman Hunt. Without much trouble on his mind, Alderman Michael McInerney, easily won out in the 30th ward, receiving 1,588 votes as against 494 for Joseph J. Healy, who will do all he can from now on to the election to assist Alderman McInerney to retain his seat in the city council. The following are the regular Republican and Democratic Alderman candidates, who won their spurs at the primaries last Tuesday and they will all make an effort to have their names connected with the city payroll on the 6th of April. Republicans:—1st, ward, William A. Bush; 2nd ward, George F. Harding, and the first of this week he introduced and championed a bill through that body which has gone to the appropriation committees, asking for $150,000 to construct, an Armory in Chicago, for the Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guards. Representative Lane, is making good and it looks more than favorable that he will get what he is asking for in this respect. Every Afro-American throughout the State of Illinois should assist to uphold his hands, and cheer 5No. 21 well Selected Primaries Make the Race THE REPCBLICAN TICKET. RUN FOR THE SAME OFFICE TICKET. BONNERY, AND J. H. MARKS, BY CLERK. IN THE OUTSIDE OF THE ED TO MAKE GOOD AT THE BONNERY WON OUT IN THE Jr.*; 3rd ward, Milton J. Foreman*; 4th ward, Joseph Zillinger; 5th, Alex J. Burke*; 6th, Theodore K. Long; 7th ward, Charles E. Merriam; 8 ward, P. H. Moynihan*; 9th ward, Jacob Perbohnier; 10th ward, Michael C. Hoy; 11th ward, A. R. Fifer; 12th ward, (long term); Louis Besserer; 12th ward (vacancy), Rudolph Mulac; 13th ward, Arthur W. Fulton*; 14th ward, James H. Lawley*; 15th ward, Henry Utpatel; 16th ward, Lee Dunne; 17th ward, Lewis D. Sitts*; 18th ward, George Hampton; 19th ward, Louis Bonelli; 20th ward, John P. Stewart*; 21st ward, Francis W. Taylor; 22nd ward, Arthur W. Josetti; 23rd ward, Jacob A. Hey*; 24th ward, Otto W. Ulrich; 25th ward, Winfield P. Dunn*; 26th ward, William F. Lipps*; 27th ward, Joseph F. Capp; 28th ward, Harry E. Littler; 29th ward, Matthias A. Mueller; 30th ward, Henry Van Houten; 31st ward, James A. Kearns; 32nd ward, Albert J. Fisher*; 33rd ward, A. C Metzger; 34th ward, Lewis M. Jones; 35th ward, Frank L. Race*; Democratic—1st ward, Michael Kenna*; 2nd ward, Richard N. Noland; 3rd ward, M. A. Mergenthein; 4th ward, James M. Dalley; 5th ward, John J. Sheahan; 6th ward, Sidney Kahnweller; 7th ward, John A. McKewn; 8th ward, John R. Emerson; 9th ward, Dennis J. Egan*; 10th ward, Thomas F. Scully*; 11th ward, E. F. Cullerton*; 12th ward (long term), Michael Zimmer*; 12th ward, (vacancy), Anton J. Cermack; 13th ward, Henry L. Balley; 14th ward, Joseph F. Connery; 15th, Herman F. Kruger*; 16th ward, Stanley H. Kunz*; 17th ward, Martin D. Quinn; 18th ward, John J. Brennan*; 19th ward, John Powers*; 20th ward, David Rish; 21st ward, Jacob Levy; 22nd ward, Herman J. Bauler; 23rd ward, Peter F. Bretz; 24th ward, August Krumhols; 25th ward, Charles E. Zollars; 26th ward, August Peters; 27th ward, Hans Blase; 28th ward, Charles Twigg; 29th ward, John Downey*; 30th ward, Michael McInerney*; 31st ward, Patrick J. O'Connell*; 32nd ward, Thomas M. Crane; 33rd ward, Charles M. Reading; 34th ward, William F. Ryan; 35th ward, John S. Clark. him on, in his effort to benefit the race which he so nobly represents in the legislature of Illinois. Robert M. Leach, the moving spirit of Leach's Express and Van Company, 3228 State street, has lately bought a four story brick building, at 4430 State street, which will be used as a storage warehouse, and one portion for living rooms. This shows substantial progress on the part of Mr. Leach. THE BROADAX PUBLISHED WEEKLY Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Indola, Single Taxers, Republicans, or anyone else can have their rights, or long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, even claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year.....$2.00 Six Months.....1.00 JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902 at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. PRESIDENT MORRIS ISSUES CALL. The Boards In Connection With the Sunday-School Congress and B. Y. P. Chautauqua Will Be in Session at Nashville, Tenn. June 9-14, 1909. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 24.—According to an authoritative statement today it was learned that the President of the National Baptist Convention, Rev. E. C. Morris, D.D., located at Helena, Secretary of the Convention, to issue the official call for the Executive Board of the body to meet in this city June 9, at 10 o'clock. The meeting will be held in connection with the great Sunday-School Congress and B. Y. P. U. Chautauqua, which will be in session in this city from the 9th to the 14th of June. The call coming from the President means the assembling of the vice presidents of this convention, one from each state in the-Union. The purpose of this meeting will be to arrange a program for the next convention and such other matters as are usually taken up at these Board meetings. The Executive Board proper consists of more than seventy-five members. It was also learned from Mr. Henry A. Boyd, the Secretary of the Congress. Movement, that the call includes the seven Boards operated under the Notional Baptist Convention, namely: the Home Mission Board, with headquarters at Little Rock, Ark., J. P. Robinson, chairman; the Benefit Board at Helena, Ark., A. A. Aosey, chairman; the Publishing Board at Nashville, Tenn., P. James Bryant, Atlanta, Ga., chairman; Foreign Mission Board, Louisville, Ky., C. H. Parrish, chairman; the Woman's Auxiliary Board, Louisville, Ky., Mrs. S. W. Layton, of Philadelphia, president; the Educational Board, Rev. T. J. Searcy, of Memphis, Tenn., chairman. The chairman of each Board will send the call to their various memebers to meet here at the same time. These Boards have a member from each state and their assembling here will bring about 450 religious workers in addition to the already large delegation to the Sunday-School Congresses. There has also been a call made for the Educators! Conference to be held at the same time. This will bring the presidents or a representative from each of the 42 universities, colleges and academies now in operation by this denomination. The official call signed by Prof. R. B. Hudson, secretary of the National Baptist Convention, was sent out from Selma early this week and conveyed to the various boards and officials of the Convention the request to assemble. It was further stated at the headquarters of the Congress Movement that all railroads are now considering an extremely low rate, which if granted will bring thousands of people to Nashville for this occasion.—P. B. H. COMEDIAN PUT IN SANITARIUM. Dayton, Ohio., Feb. 20.—George V. Walker, the Negro comedian playing opposite Bert Williams in "Bandanna Land," was taken from this city late Wednesday night to New York, where he was placed in a sanitarium. He is suffering from incipient mental trouble. Walker played a three days' engagement here and during that time frequently forgot his lines. His peculiar actions attracted the attention of his partner and his manager, Jack Shoemaker, who afer a consultation, decided to take Walker to New York for a long rest. 1 CHATEAU RINK NOTES. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Walker visited the Chateau last Monday evening Mr. Willis Mason of Denver, Colo. paid a visit to the Chateau last Sunday and reported all O. K. The Secretary and Treasurer, of the Chateau, B. F. Moseley, is able to be around again and is a recipient of hearty congratulations. The Mask Mardigras Carnival last Tuesday was a grand success and the Mystick Crew of Comus under the leadership of Mr. Willie Chilton, John Winfield, Henry Sherwood, Chas Parson, Wm. R. Crawford, Harry Franklin, Isaac Thomas, Roscoe C. Johnston, and the Altanteans, under the leadership of Iola Isabell, Mary Hagan, Malinda Graham, Comelius Ethridge, Maude Echols, Pearl Galbreath, Julia Graham, Willetta Gayles, Mamie Graham, Edith Gordon taken the prizes of the occasion. Master Willie Chilton and Miss Iola Isabell were chosen respective, King and Queen of the Carnival. A large crowd attended and was well repaid for the splendid exhibition on skates given by these two Crews. The management deserves some praise for the splendid portrayal of the Mardigras Festivity in this Rigion. Big Program tonight and tomorrow night. All good people are invited. Mr. Perry and Mr. Lacasse of the Conservator were welcomed visitors at the Chateau during the week. Mr. Geo. Hight, and a party of friends taken in the Mardigras from the Gallery. The Annikators dropped in and made everybody feel happy and promised to repeat at their Ball March 4th. APPOMATTOX CLUB The Martha Washington and Bal-Masque party given by the Appomattox Club last Monday was a huge success and one of the most brilliant affairs of its kind conducted by the Club. Prominently among those present were: Col. and Mrs. John R. Marshall, Maj. and Mrs. R. R. Jackson, Lieutenant Col. and Mrs. J. H. Johnson, John F. Fry, Arthur Wells, E. H. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Cowan, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bolden, Mrs. Belle Paton, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Morton, Miss Ruby Thornton, Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. A. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jordon, Dr. H. A. Morton, Maud Seay and B. F. Moseley and wife. The prize for the George Washington Character was won by L. N. Brownie, peal Cuff Buttons, the prize for the Martha Washing character was won by Mrs. A. Jones, Japanese Vase, Most Comical Male, Mr. H. T. Catlin, most Comical Female, Mrs. J. T. Morton, loving cup. Prominently among those not participating in the prizes were Mrs. Brown, who was masked as Red Riding Hood, Miss Ruby Coleman, as a Colonial Dame, Dr. H. A. Morton as Fred Douglass and Chas. Jordon as Bona Part. COLORED WOMAN'S MAGAZINE. Should Be In Every Home. Nothing more needful 11 the way of literature has ever been published than the Colored Woman's Magazine, which is published at Topeka, Kansas. The Noble women writers of our race will write such articles as will attract the attention of the best scholars of the country. This Magazine should be in the hands of every family. The subscription price is low. One dollar per year, 60 cents for six months and 10 cents for a sample copy. The Watchman congratulates the noble effort of our women and hopes the day is at hand for the appreciation of such a Magazine. Call upon us, we are ready to assist in any way possible.—National Watchman. The Feb. number of The Colored Woman's Magazine, which lies before us is very interesting indeed, and in every way it reflects great credit upon its head and front Mrs. Minnie L. Thomas, who is a brainy and brilliant woman, and she has proven herself worthy to succeed in conducting the Colored Woman's Magazine—Editor. INSTITUTIONAL A. M. E. CHURCH. A Series of Sermons, Sunday morning, last Sunday's subject was Master and Slave; next Sunday, Freedom Special Boy's choir at morning service. Adult choir in the evening, illustrated service, 1st Sunday in March, subject: The Queen of the South Ruth and Booz, etc. Some great men of the Bible and of modern times. WALTER M. FARMER. Grand master and high priest of the United Brothers, of Friendship, and one of the most prominent Afro-American Republicans in this country, who richly deserves to be landed into a good federal position by his warm friend, the Hon. Charles Nagel, who will be a member of President Taft's cabinet. INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT-ELECT W. H. TAFT. Great preparations are being made by the Colored citizens of Washington, D. C., in anticipation of a great throng of visitors to the Inaugural Ceremonies, which are being planned on a scale of magnificence never before attempted. THE WOMAN'S AID MEETING. The Woman's Aid for the benefit of the old folks home met at the residence of Mrs. A. W. Williams, 3408 Vernon Ave., Tuesday, Feb. 23rd. This was a most successful meeting the attendance 33. Many friends of the home were present and contributed for this worthy cause Thirty-five The whole city will be illuminated at night during Inaugural week, and one night will be set aside for the display of fireworks which will excel in splendor anything ever seen before in this country. The Colored Citizens of Washington, D. C. have organized for the occasion, and have secured Convention Hall, the largest in the City, where they will receive and entertain the great throng of visitors expected. The several Auxiliary Chairmen of the local committee on Public Comfort are authorized to extend Invitations to the reception to all . . . people who expect to be in Washington on March 5th to the end that they may attend. The guest are admitted on their invitation, but must be provided with a supper ticket which will cost One Dollar. Invitations and supper tickets can be obtained through your local chairman or of Mr. Daniel Murray at 609 F Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. EUGENE FIELDS DISHES UP BOG- US NEWS. Someone residing at 3717 Armour ave, the home of the most honorable John G. Jones, lately has been dishing up a lot of bogus news for The Advocate, Portland, Oregon, the author of the many stale lies, writing under the name of Eugene Fields, stated in the issue of The Advocate of Feb. 13, that "the Rev. A. J. Carey, Hon. E. H. Morris, Hon John G. Jones and Rev. D. P. Roberts, were the leading speakers, at the Lincoln celebration, at the Seventh Regiment Armory, Feb. 12, and that they made the old hall ring with eloquence." If there is one man, woman or child in Chicago who heard the honorable Edward H. Morris, late chief attorney for the Gambler's Trust, or the most honorable John G. Jones, speak on the occasion referred to we are willing to eat up every bit of our last summer's straw hat sleek and clean. This is a sample of the mass of bare faced lies sent out from this city each week, to some of the best newspapers throughout the country, by Eugene Fields. DEATH IS THE END OF MAN. We find many people who accept every statement in the bible as being true and tell you there is another life beyond the grave. They are not consistent, for the bible says that man shall not be immortal, but shall perish utterly when his years are over. It also credits the Lord as saying to Adam: "Dust thou art and into dust thou shalt return." If you accept the above statements from the bible as true then there can be no hope of a future life. If we discard them as falsehoods—a part of the bible—we must discard it all—The People's Press, Chicago Feb. 20, 2020 the United Brothers, of Friendship, American Republicans in this country, a good federal position by his warn ill be a member of President Taft's THE WOMAN'S AID MEETING. The Woman's Aid for the benefit of the old folks home met at the residence of Mrs. A. W. Williams, 3408 Vernon Ave., Tuesday, Feb. 23rd. This was a most successful meeting. the attendance 33. Many friends of the home were present and contributed for this worthy cause Thirty-five dollars ($35.00) being collected at this meeting. The officers and members and their friends are doing a good deserving work for this worthy cause. The caring for our aged and infirmed people which should engage more and more of our attention. CHIPS Mrs. Lulu Campbell, 689 W. Lake St., is confined to her bed with illness. Miss Corrine Hale is in Greenville, Miss., for the winter, the guest of Mrs. Mose Fleming. Mr. Jas. Obleton, of Detroit, Mich., is visiting the city stopping at 3247 Wabash Ave. Mr. and Mrs. James Simpson of Omaha, Neb., are the guests of Mrs. Fannie Smih, 3219 Dearborn S. Miss Pearl Wilson, 3211` Wabash Ave., has returned to the city after three month's stay in New York. Mrs. A. M. Hill 3827 Indiana Ave., is confined to her house with La Gripe. Mr. Arthur Shaw who has been out of the city the past two years, is visiting his relatives, 3261 Rhodes Ave. Mr. Oliver Bynum 3444 State St., who has been seriously ill for the past two weeks is again able to follow his line of duty. Mrs. H. L. Dean of 3349 Wabash Ave., was the guest of the Masons at their annual banquet at the Davis St. Hall, in Evanston, Wednesday night. Mrs. Chas. W. Lapsley left the city, Saturday last en route to New Orleans for the Madri Gras, from where she will go to Hot Springs, as the guest of Mrs Benj. Hoxter. Mr. Joe Selzer of Bevoit, Wis., took a crew of men to Indianapolis, where a new hotel is to be opened, he will act as head waiter. Dr. Curtis Chapman of Kansas City, Mo., spent a few days in the city this week on business, stopping at The Keystone Hotel. Mr. Scott Walker of St. Paul, Minn., spent a few days in the city this week enroute to Georgia where he will spend the rest of the winer for his health. Mr. J. W. Neely of Buxton, Iowa, general merchant, with his little daughter May is in the city the guest of his sister-in-law Mrs. A. W. Williams, 3408 Vernon Ave. It is said, that owing to the many social duties of Mrs. John R. Marshall, 3630 Calumet Ave., at home, she will be unable to accompany the Col. to the national capitol next week, and shine in Washington Society. Col. W. R. Sobers, 5606 Lake ave., has so many Easter suits on hand to finish up, that he will be unable to journey to Washington, to witness Judge William H. Taft, sworn in as President of the United States. Col. John R. Marshall, Maj. R. R. Jackson, Dr. A. B. McKissack and Attorney Walter M. Farmer; are among the many prominent Afro-Americans in Chicago, who will leave for Washington, D. C., Sunday evening, to take part in the inauguration of President William H. Taft. Dr. A. W. Williams, President of the Black Dismond Development Co., has just returned from Chanute, Kans. where he spent several days looking after affairs on the oil and gas fields of the company. Joe Warner, 5223 Dearborn st., who has lately been appointed to a steady position in the mail service in this city will return home, Sunday morning from Hot Springs, Ark., where he has spent the past five weeks for the benefit of his health. Enoch Cooper, 3426 Dearborn street, who is a taxpayer and a property holder, and who is a great credit to the Afro-American race, will leave the first of the week for Huntsville, Ala., where he will spend three or four weeks in visiting with his beloved mother and friends. Nancy Elizabeth I. Woods, the beloved daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Woods, 6132 Ada street, departed this life at 3 a. m. Wednesday, February 24th. Funeral services will be held at St. John's Church, 62nd and Elizabeth street this morning at 9:30 o'clock. Right Rev. C. T. Schaffer officiating, who will be assisted by other divines. The upper branch or the senate of the legislature of Montana, last week, passed some "Jim Crow" legislation. Republicans and Democrats both voted in favor of the proposition, namely, that it shall be unlawful for whites and Blacks to marry and so on. A movement is on foot to prevent the passage of the "Jim Crow" bill in the lower branch of the legislature. Robert E. Burke, Secretary of the Cook County Democracy; since the fire which occurred in its headquarters. 145 Randolph street; the latter part of January has had the rooms, remodled and put in apple pie order. The County Democracy, has the largest and finest hall, in the down town district, and the head officials of more than 60000 members of the various labor organizations in this city; hold their meetings in this hall. Jesse Bhinga, the only successful Afro-American banker in Chicago, corner of State and 36th Place recently, leased the flat building on Wabash ave., known as 2412 to 2428 together with the two story cottage in the rear. He will take possession May 1st and his lease on the property runs to April 30th, 1914, and the total amount of rent for the 5 year period is $21,000. Whites are now occupying the flats, and it is reported, that they will be put out May 1st to make room for Colored people. The Pekin Theater, State and 27th street, under the management, of Col. Robt. T. Motts, will on Monday evening March 1st, present, real Colored comedy, by the old original Pekin Stock Company, J. Ed. Green, Jerry Mills, Charles Gilpin, Lawrence Chenault, J. J. Mores, Harrison Stewart, Miss Netti Lewis, Pearl Brown, May White, Sadie McCarver and Lotta Grady All artists of great ability and old favorites, will greet the patrons of The Pekin each night, with an entire change of bill each week. Popular prices 10-20 and 30 cents. The Citizen, of Spokane, Washington, in its issue of February 20th, reproduced our article, in full, on the 92nd Anniversary of the Birth of Frederick Douglass," and in commenting on the same, it lamented the fact, that there was a strong tendency on the part of the majority of Afro-Americans, this year at least to pass Mr. Douglass by in silence, while they were devoting all their time in celebrating in other directions. The Citizen is right in this respect, and the Afro-Americans show very poor taste, when they attempt, to ignore the achievements of Frederick Douglass. The following gentlemen will be members of President Taft's cabinet: Secretary of State, Philander Chase Knox, Pennsylvania; Secretary of the Treasury, Franklin MacVeagh, (Democrat), Illinois; Secretary of War, Jacob M. Dickinson, (Democrat), Tennessee; Attorney General, George W. Wickersham, New York; Postmaster General, Frank H. Hitchcook, Massachusetts; Secretary of the Navy, Geo. Von L. Meyer, Massachusetts; Secretary of the Interior, Richard A. Ballinger, Washington; Secretary of Agriculture, James Wilson, Iowa; Secretary of Commerce and Labor, Chas Narel, Missouri A THRIFIT TOWN. Athol's Old Financial Contract With Lyman Jennings. By the terms of a contract entered into thirty-one years ago between Lyman Jennings, then fifty-nine years old, and the town of Athol, in Massachusetts, he gave the town $9,000 outright on its agreement to pay him interest on it at 6 per cent as long as he lived—$540 a year—and then to continue after his death to pay to his widow $180 a year and to each of his three children $120 a year, an amount equal to that which Jennings would receive yearly during his lifetime, as long as each of these four heirs might live. The results of the contract are being widely commented upon as a ruinously reckless deal by that thrifty New England town. The selectmen decided to take up with Jennings' offer after applying the figures of a life insurance mortuary table to the five proposed beneficiaries. Jennings lived thirty years instead of the fourteen and a half years that they had credited him with. The town meantime had paid out to him $16,200. His wife and one daughter now survive him, and the town is paying them together $300 a year and must continue to pay one $180 a year and the other $120 so long as each lives. In other words, it is now getting the use of $9,000 for only about 3 1-3 per cent interest. If it invested the principal properly there ought to be a good profit in this. But supposing Jennings had put that $9,000 in a good savings bank back in 1877 he would have drawn $540 a year on it for at least fifteen years or so and after that only 5 per cent or 4 per cent or perhaps as low as $3½ per cent at times, but on an average interest of 4½ per cent for the full period he would have drawn $12,500 in all, and his widow and daughter would now be drawing 4 per cent on it, or $360 a year instead of $300, and, besides this they, not the town, would own the $9,000. Lyman Jennings wasn't nearly as good a "figgerer" as the town of Athol was, after all—New York Commercial. A Lucky Investment. John Roberts of Watkins, Schuyler county, a well driller, recently purchased of Angelo Dupree, a junk dealer, an old pump for 10 cents. It was apparently of no value, but he thought there might be some parts that he could use in his business. When Mr. Roberts and his assistant took the pump to one of the wells they were drilling and started breaking it up, they were greatly surprised to see gold coins drop out of the holes they made. They at once finished the job and found $4,000, nearly all in twenty dollar gold pieces. Whom the pump belonged to at the time the money was hidden or how long it had been there is a mystery. The latest date of any of the coins was 1888. Mr. Roberts at once deposited his find in the Farmers and Merchants' bank at Watkins.—Utica (N. Y.) Press. A King In a Hurry. Before leaving for France, after his recent visit to England, King Alfonso made a call on a well known firm of jewelers in Regent street, London. After a cursory glance around the showrooms he looked at his watch and exclaimed: "I wish to buy a few things, but am in a great hurry." He purchased a number of sets of game bird menu holders in silver and enamel, a gold elephant charm, some handsome diamond ornaments and other pieces of jewelry, then, remarking that he had only ten minutes in which to catch his train, suddenly swept up all the articles from the counter and, without waiting for them to be put in paper, thrust them into his pockets and was gone, the visit occupying just three minutes. Ceylon Camphor Trees It is estimated that the planting of between 15,000 and 20,000 acres to camphor trees in Ceylon would develop a production of 8,000,000 pounds, which, according to most authorities, is the quantity of camphor demanded annually at present. The camphor tree naturally grows to a height of forty feet, but in Ceylon it is being kept at the more convenient height of four to five feet. Japan's Enormous Debt. The public debt of Japan amounted on March 31, 1908, to about $1,108,861,375. Her population, exclusive of her island colonies, Formosa, the Pescadores and Sakhalin, is about 48,000,000. The national debt, therefore, amounts to about $24 per capita, the greater part of which is owed abroad, and the cost of her civil and military establishments is enormous. Eggshell Gas Mantles Eggshells as gas mantles is an idea from Germany. The contents are drawn or blown out, the ends are neatly cut off, and the body of the shell is fixed in position like the regular article. The light thus obtained is very good, while the new form of mantle is durable. The New Game They say that there is a new game in the academic department. It is called the James game. You read a chapter of Henry James and count one for Mr. James when you can't understand a line and one for yourself when you can—Yale Alumni Weekly. Europe's "Slick Man." 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I'm a dentist.”— ‘Minneapolis Journal. on el: aia Jagreen—I saw you talking to Bor rows on the street this morning. Bilbrown—Yes. Jagreen—Did he strike you for a loan? Bilbrown—Not exactly. He struck at me, but never touched me—Pitts burg Post. © Megsurably Mournful. é a £2) Y \ & \ a Y | i) dS 4 : ‘ y H hd Vv i { \f f\ | (3 a 1S SS a ‘Tourist—Where's the bulldog I sold you the other day? - “Ob, the poor baste swallowed a tape uieasure, and he died, so-r!” ‘Tourist (waggishly)—He died ty inches, eb? “No, sorr! He went round the back of the house and died by the yard."— London Opinion. "The Informer. “Teacher,” said Dicky Jones, sidling ‘up to the desk and speaking in 2 whis per, “Tommy Tucker's tryin’ to look ewoss eyed, like you look.” ‘Tt ts scarcely necessary to add that tt was Dicky Jones that got the subse quent whipping —Harper's Weekly. He Was a Mean Man. “What's the matter now?” “Before we were married you used to steal kisses from me.” “You mean when your face was tumed away?” “Yes.” “Well, if you'll turn your face away Fl see if I can get up enough courage t steal one now.”—Houston Post. ‘Ine Knowieoge ‘That Hurts, Towne—So Dumley married @ col- Jege woman. My, it must be Serce for IMim to be tied to a woman who knows #0 much that be doesn’t know! Browne—Ob, that doesn’t hurt him go much as the fact that she knows “how” much he doesa't know.—Catho- We Standard and Times. Striving to Please. _ “Ten” said the housewife, “yours is 8 and story. Bat ft iep’t the oume Pan yon geet wate’ apes me Sesser ho improvement!”— Washington ‘Meta bliabed 177. ‘Phone Oakland 159°-795 2 : JohnJ. Dunn Whstoea COAL#e mai WOOD Fitty-First St. and Armour Ave, Ram Vamos} Sesh and smear ane —— ae A Pleasant Winter Evening, ARE YOU IN SEARCH OF ONE? ‘Then Visit the “Chateau,” 6324 State Street, Tonight. There is a fine Picture Show, Roller Skating, Dancing and superb music, refreshments and a jolly good time for good people No proscrip- Saturday and Sunday. Admission, 10 cents--one dime LELAND GIANTS’ BASE BALL AND AMUSEFIENT ASS'N. ” @ MEMORY OF THE PAST. The Unailoyed Joy That Came With the Little Red Scarf. “I was wondering the other day what one thing had given me the most Pleasure in the worid,” said the village eacon. “I had to go back a long ways—clear back into the blessed San- ta Claus days—but I recalled it. It was a scarf I found in my stocking ene bright Christmas morning. I got @ Ted one, gnd my brother got a blue ue. I was a mighty proud boy that morning as I tradsed downtown with that red scarf around my neck. I wore it every day until the birds be- gan to sing in the springtime and the Kids were bunting up their marbles. I don't now remember who gave it to me nor what became of it, but I do mow that the memory of it still clings Mike a benediction. “Since the days of that little red scarf I have had things of far more fatrinsic value, I have worn lodge smablems of high degree; I have had a gold watch and chain; I once had a patr of shoes that cost $5 and = neclg tie that cost twice as much as the lit- tte red scarf. Nay, more, I once tackled ‘& plug hat, But among these things Go I recall none that gave me such genuine and unalloyed pleasure, such ‘& swelled up feeling, as did that little ted scarf way back in the days when the wolf sat out in the road and howled. *Tis the little red scarf days that stir the memory with ‘It might have been.’”—Osborn (Kan) Farmer. —- @GuneT crnpicc —" ‘Béward Thompson, a watchman at Perth Amboy, N. J... says a rat comes to him every day and gets a chew of tobacco. At a Hiingarian wedding at High Jand, Til, in a parade through the streets the bride and groom were at- tended by a band and seventy brides maids, For nearly five miles along the Bev. arly Qiass.) shore the land is owned exclusively by wealthy summer rest- ents representing more than $100. 000,090. Harry E. Elliott of Rehoboth Beach, Del., says he found in.a house boried by sand on the beseb, used sixty ypart ago for storing ofl, few in a good state of preservation. In 1895 only one country in the world was infected with the bubonic plague while in 1908 fifty-one countries are more or less infeeted, so Surgeon Gen. eral Wyman reports. A white robim am-aliino, has made bis home ow Winter” island, Salem. ‘Mass. fo: this season. The curiovs bird bas attracted much attention. He has got s used to bind students fol- lowing him that he now allows persons te get close to him. (Caphigh—Surgery sb making wor (erfu! strides, Miss Cutting. Wings it ‘has actually enabled men te live with- out their normal quantity of bwains, doncher know. Miss: Cutting—Indeed! Are you speaking from personal experience, Mr. Chapieigh }Detroit Tribune. ‘Taking It Literally. “Bingle hasn't been himself since the stock stump.” “Bingie was one of the meanest cur- mudgeous 1 ever met. It must be great relief to-his wife when he isa't Dimeelf.”—Cleveland Pisin Dealer. Seema * B® the teeset Concress. Ant—I beer they tore the centiped gp a0 that be was completely out of the renning.- —~ ‘Bplder—Yes. They didn’t leave him a igs to stand on —Baltimore American. PATRICK H, ORONNELL: | DLARENCE A. FOOLEN | ‘Tel. Central 4600 a thie. . ATTORNEYS. AT LAW Sulte 1218-1219" Ashland Block RANDOLPH 4& “CLARK STREETS CHICAGO | JAMES J. GRAY ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 1518 Ashland Block RANDOLPH AND CLARK STREETS | ‘cHIGAGa . Tel. Central 4728 ‘Residence 57 Macalister Piece Telephone Ashland 263 MILES..J. 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Well, tell her that if it doesn't get in to rain and If Cousin Em doesn't come to take me to ride in her auto this afternoon, as she said she might, but you know how rockey Cousin Em with her promises, and it wouldn't surprise me if she never thought of it again, but if she should come I don't want to miss the ride, and I try to get Sue on the phone by that time and let her know if I go to ride, or if Libby Brayton doesn't come over to have me help her on that programme we are arranging for the benefit of the day nursery. Tell Sue I will meet her in the waiting room at Ridgeley's or, it may be a quarter after or a quarter before, or if she'd rather have me meet her some place else tell her to try to ring me up and let me know. I guess our phone will be working by that time. Tell her it wasn't working this morning and that is the reason I didn't ring her up, as I said I would, and tell her to try to think to bring me my hatpin and my lace handkerchief that I left when we stayed all night with her Monday night, and ask her if I didn't leave one of my gloves there, and tell her that, after all, I thought better meet at some place other than Ridgeley's because that is so far from where we are going, and ask her to try to think to bring me the recipe for that new kind of cake we had at dinner Monday night, for I'd like to try a loaf of it when we have the Brynlys here to dinner Friday. Yes, yes, of course you must get your train, Run along. Only be sure to ring Sue up and tell her that she'd better ring me about noon, and goodby! Don't forget!-Puck Future Peril. Terrified Passenger (on ocean liner)—Captain, why is the steamer going so slowly and using its searchlight? Captain—Don't be alarmed, madam. The ship is in no danger. But in a fog like this we are always likely to run into somebody's blooming old balloon and make a nasty mess of it.—Chicago Tribune. Proof. Gritty George—Ah, lady, at one time I was a prosperous dentist. Kind Lady—How can I believe you, my poor man? Gritty George—How can you doubt me, mum? Why, even de dog shows his teeth when I am around. — St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A Dressed Verdict. Mr. Patterson (as sounds of weeping come from the laundry)—Gracious, dear! Who is that crying? Mrs. Patterson—The washerwoman. John. She has sued for divorce and is afraid the judge will order her to pay her husband alimony. — Lippincott's Magazine. Chief of Them All. "He tried to flatter me, but I'm groud to say he couldn't." "No? You're a greater flatterer than he is, then, aren't you?" "How do you mean?" "You flatter yourself that you can't be flattered."—Catholic Standard and Times. An Old Family. "You must be proud of your ancestry. Does it go back very far?" "Oh, yes! To the reign of terrier."—Browning's Magazine. Tommy was about to leave the school where he had spent his first years. He went to the teacher to say goodbye and added: "I am awfully sorry to leave this school. I've had such good times at recess."—Lippincott's Magazine. A Useful Institution. "Do you believe in such a thing as luck?" "Of course," answered Miss Cayenne. "Otherwise it would be impossible to explain the success of people we don't like."—Washington Star. One Was Enough. "Will you tell me why you treat me so coldly, Miss Green?" "There are quite a number of reasons, Mr. Mushie. The first is that I don't like you."—Cleveland Plain Deal. Serious Alliment. "Yes," said Mrs. Lapsing, "my hus- NATURE AS A FAKER. She Sometimes Decives Even the Eye of the Scientist. On the so called table mounds of Iowa are numerous impressions of what look exactly cloven feet. It is not surprising that superstitious people should attribute them to the devil taking his walks abroad, though as a matter of fact they are not footprints of any kind whatsoever, but merely weather worn impressions left by a species of mollusk-like animal known to science as pentamerus. To the Smithsonian institution not long ago somebody sent from the Bad Lands of Nebraska what purported to be a fossil ham. It did in very truth look like a ham, and, to render the verisimilitude complete, the bone was actually sticking out at one end of it. Nevertheless an investigation showed that the alleged bone was in reality a "vaculite"—an extinct mollusk's shell, rodlike in form—and the rest of the "ham" was a mere accidental agglomeration of stony stuff. One day quite recently a young man walked into the National museum at Washington and presented to the anthropologist in charge a petrified foot. It was received with many thanks, though recognized at a glance as a water worm fragment of rock which had accidentally assumed a shape resembling a foot. Such chance imitations as these frequently occur in nature. Another one, deposited in the same institution, was supposed by the finder to be a petrified oyster. It looks as if on the half shell. All its parts are wonderfully distinct, and there is even a small pearl in it seemingly. Yet it is not an oyster at all. Many years ago the "eozoon" was introduced as a fossil to a wondering world by Sir William Dawson, an enlighten geologist. It was accepted by science for quite awhile as the earliest and oldest of known animals—the "dawn animal," as its name signifies. Recent scientific investigation, however, has proved that it is not and never was an animal at all. It is merely a curious crystalline combination of two minerals which has the look of something that once upon a time was alive. It has recently been proved that many markings on sedimentary rocks long supposed to be fossil prints of algae and other plants are in reality tracks left by insects, mollusks and worms. Some of these alleged "plants" had actually received names and been classified into genera and species. But it has been sufficiently shown that markings exactly similar can be produced by allowing such animals as those above mentioned to creep across a surface of moist plaster or wet clay, counterfeiting rock in a plastic and not yet hardened condition, and one well known vegetable frequently noted as fossil has in this way been satisfactorily identified with the traill of the larva of the dragon fly.—Saturday Evening Post. A Rusty Iron Nail. It has been discovered that a happy miller's family living in the vicinity of the battlefield of Waterloo has derived a regular income since 1815 from the sale of a rusty iron nail. It was not many years after the battle that an eccentric Englishman on the strength of an eyewitness' evidence discovered that Napoleon's hat had been hanging on that nail, the emperor having rested awhile at the mill during the battle. An offer for the old nail was immediately accepted by the previously guilleless miller, who after the deal replaced it by another old nail and painted an inscription round it on the wall pointing out its historical value. One nail after another has gone to enrich collections as priceless Napoleonic relics.—Argonaut. Without Orientation. The late Josiah W. Leeds of Philadelphia was notable for his lifelong fight against immodesty. He loved simplicity as he loved modesty. Ostentation he abhorred, especially the ossertation of funerals and cemeteries. He used often to quote an epitaph that he had once seen in a secluded graveyard. "The monument is very plain, no doubt, but all the money in the world would not have brought our poor dear father back to us again."—Washington Star. A Famous Perfume A Famous Perfume Queen Alexandra's favorite perfume, it is well known, is a certain scent which is a combination of rare essences, the secret of which is so carefully guarded that no money can purchase the recipe. The late Queen Victoria used this same perfume for more than fifty years. Nobody but the manufacturer knows the formula, but a Paris perfumer of long experience has pronounced it a blend of rose, violet, jasmine, lavender and orange blossom. London's Feeble Minded Children. There are eighty-four schools in London for the education of children who are not included under the extreme term "Idiots or imbeciled," but are "feeble minded and defective." They are attended by 6,000 children, of whom about two-thirds learn some useful manual work, while the rest are hopeless and require permanent custodial care...London Telegraph. Persian Humor. A recent Parisian caricature shows a bearded Turk in a turban upon the catenated roof of his house looking through a deliglass. "Allah is just," he exclaims. "Now that my neighbors wives go about with faces uncovered I see that they are quite as homely as my own." GENERAL BANKING nt allowed on Savings A eposit Vaults, $3.00 per 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. Fine Garriages for Hire to Parties and Weddings. ROBERT K. SLOAN FUNERAL DIRECTOR 2821-23 Archer Ave. - Chicago Telephone Yards 721 FIRST CLASS LIVERY M. F. LYNCH Plumbing, Gas Fitting and Sewerage 4740 STATE STREET, CHICAGO J. S. BARTLETT & SON Real Estate Renting, Loans and Insurance "Klein's Trading Stamps are the Best." "Always Ask for Them." Chas. Klein Co. DEALERS IN Everything to Wear for Men, Women and Children THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 GENERAL BANKING owed on Savings Accounts at Vaults, $3.00 per Year 727 Res. Phone, Douglas 5998 JACKSON MAL DIRECTOR STATE ST., CHICAGO Bingham St., Pittsburg, Pa. For Hire to Parties and Weddings. T K. SLOAN MAL DIRECTOR Per Ave. - Chicago Phone Yards 721 CLASS LIVERY LYNCH Gas Fitting and Beverage STREET, CHICAGO Prompt Attention to Jobbing PHONE DREXEL 3633 L. E. Bartlett TLETT & SON Estate ans and Insurance HILLMANS STATE & WASHINGTON STS. WHERE EVERY PATRON Saves ON EVERY PURCHASE Jacob Feinberg Wholesale and Retail MARKET AND GROCERY TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 565 81st and State Streets Telephone Yards 693 JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Good Colored Tenants Always Appreciated Heve Heated Flats TO SUIT EVERY MAN'S INCOME To Agent. I Rent only my own Property You will save many a weary step when you want a Flat if you first call on me. TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE OR PERSONAL PROPERTY El Richardson, 142 La Salle Street One Main 2133 CHICAGO Room 1, OTIS BLOCK (Please cut this out) Wis, Prop. Lou Seldon, Mgr. Phone Oakland 1787. THE RAILROAD INN Supported and Domestic Wines Liquors & Gigars Cafe in Connection L. Corner Fifty-first and Armour Avenue, Chicago, IL. American Brick Co. Agent and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER. Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFATURERS OF Limon and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: h and Robey Sts Stove Heated Flats I am no Agent. I Rent only my own Property You will save many a weary step when you want a Flat if you first call on me. MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE OR PERSONAL PROPERTY Imported and Domestic Wines LIQUORS & CIGARS Cafe in Connection N. E. Corner Fifty-first and Armour Avenue, Chicago, M. American Brick Co. President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFATURERS OF Common and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. Winter Yards ..... hape o per da Summer Yards ..... gimpe per da Telephone Yards 128. THE CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO FULL, Weight That’s merely honesty City Weighmasters Certificate PROVES IT QUALITY. Owners is the Secret of REAL Saving-Get it We furnish the BEST at the cost of the other kind WHOLESALE RETAIL CHARLES R. PRICE CO. MINES AGENTS RAIL YARDS CHARLES R. PRICE CO. General 800m. 800 W. 400d. 80h. Phone 087-817 OUR GUARANTEE - City Weighmasters Certificate With Each Load, 2000 Pounds To Each Ton. Frank H. Lewis, Prop. THE Important L N. E. Corner - Ameri President and Vic Gomm 45th a Output of Winter Yards Output of Summer Yards Telepl AND TREATED ACCORDINGLY Lou Seldon, 4gr.