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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY The National Association For the Study and Preven- tion of Tuberculosis WILL HOLD ITS 5TH ANNUAL MEETING AT WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 13TH TO 15TH. MANY PROMINENT PHYSICIANS AND EMINENT PERSONAGES WILL ATTEND ITS SESSIONS. AND TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN ITS DELIBERATIONS. ITS LAST ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS GREAT PROGRESS IN THE WORK OF COMBATING TUBERCU Vol. XIV The National Association for Study and tion of WILL HOLD ITS 5TH ANNUAL TON, D. C., MAY 13TH T MANY PROMINENT PHYSIC SONAGES WILL ATTEN AND TAKE AN ACTIVE PAN ITS LAST ANNUAL RE GRESS IN THE WORK LOSIS. New York, April 22d, announcement of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis was made to-day. The Convention will be held in Washington, D.C., at the New Willard Hotel, on May 13th, 14th and 15th. Owing to the present interest in the campaign against tuberculosis, the meeting will be of unusual interest and importance. The various sections of the Convention will meet simultaneously Friday evening, May 14th, a large public meeting will be held, which meeting will be of unusual interest and importance. The membership of the National Association now numbers nearly 2,000, and is distributed in almost every State in the United States. The National Association has also a considerable membership in Canada, Cuba, Porto Rico, Phillipine Islands, and in several of the European countries. Ex-President Roosevelt and Dr. William Osler are Honorary Vice-Presidents of the National Association. Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch of Boston is the President; Mr. Homer Folks, of New York City, and Dr. Charles L. Minor, of Asheville, N. C. George M. Sternberg, of Washington, D. C., is Treasurer; Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs, of Baltimore, is Secretary; and Dr. Livingston Farrand, of New York, is the Executive Secretary of the Association. The chairman of the various Sections which will meet in Convention at Washington are: Advisory Council, Alexander M. Wilson, of Chicago; Sociological Section, John M. Glenn, New York; Clinical and Climatological Section, Dr. Lawrason Brown, Saranac Lake; Pathological and Bacteriological Section, Dr. A. S. Warthin, Ann Arbor; Surgical Section, Dr. Rudolph Matas, New Orleans; and Section of Tuberculosis in Children, Dr. John H Lowman, Cleveland. Association's Good Work. The reports of the year's work of the National Association will be presented at this meeting showing a large amount of work accomplished by the organization. The most significant piece of work which the Association has carried to completion during the past year was the meeting of the International Congress on Tuber. COL. ABRAM DALE GASH WILL DELIVER HIS FAMOUS ORATION "THE MUSIC OF LIFE." On Thursday evening, April 29th, Col. Abram Dale Gash, lawyer, orator, poet, author and lecturer, will deliver his famous oration, "The Music of Life," at the Unity Evangelical Lutheran church, corner of Balmoral and Magnolia avenues, Edgewater. It will be delivered under the auspices of the choir for the special be- culosis at Washington, D. C., where nearly 7,000 delegates from 33 different countries were assembled. In preparation for this meeting, the National Association issued a special Directory of all of the Tuberculosis Associations and Institutions in the United States and Canada. Another feature of the year's work of the National Association has been its traveling exhibits. Three of these exhibits are now conducted by the National Association. One is at the present time in Georgia, another in Kansas, and a third in Porto Rico. As a result of the efforts of these exhibits, the State Legislatures of Kansas, Tennessee, Porto Rico, and Nebraska, have passed laws and appropriated nearly $150,000 for the relief and prevention of tuberculosis. A large number of local associations have been formed in the various cities where the exhibits of the National Association have been shown Under the stimulus of the work of the National Association, the number of State and local anti-tuberculosis societies in the United States have shown over 100% increase during the past year; the number of sanatoria and hospitals for tuberculosis, nearly 30% increase; and the number of special tuberculosis dispensaries and clinics, over 40% increase. The rate of increase in the number of workers is estimated as over 200%, and the amounts given for tuberculosis relief have been doubled during the year. Thirty-three Legislatures, out of thirty-nine in session up to May 1st, 1909, have been considering laws pertaining to the prevention or treatment of tuberculosis. In a large number of States legislation affecting this subject has already been enacted and more laws will be passed before the close of the Spring session. The National reports that this past year has been more successful in the amount of interest shown in the anti-tuberculosis campaign, and in the number of institutions and associations established than the entire period previous to May 1st, 1908. Dr. Frank Billings, Dr. Arnold C. Klebes and Ernest P. Bicknell, are among the prominent Chicagoans; who will take an active part in the 5th annual meeting of the National Association, for the study and prevention of Tuberculosis. nefit of the building fund for the church. There is a rare treat in store for those who turn out to hear Col. Gash, on this occasion. Mr. and Mrs. William Hale Thompson, 2000 Indiana ave., arrived home the latter part of last week, from a six weeks pleasure trip to Jamaica and other points in Central America. The trip was greatly enjoyed by both of them. CHICAGO, APRIL 24, 1909. Successful lawyer, grand chief high priest or master of the United Brothers of Friendship, who will address the North Side Sunday Club, at Wayman Chapel, at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon, April 25th, on the "Progress of the Afro-American Race." A LONG FELT WANT NOW SUPPLIED. Volumes have been written, orators have exhausted their store of language and newspapers have written long editorials, endeavoring to point out a way that would lead to real success for the Negro of this country. It has been said that the Negro has no pride in himself, and that a race without pride can never make real success. This is true; and yet the foundation of pride must always be a knowledge of one's history. When the Negro knows himself, he will be proud of himself, and having had his pride once aroused, success is fully assured. We find no hesitancy in saying that nothing has been done since emancipation that has aroused the Negroes to a sense of their own importance, or injected stronger hope into the hearts of his friends, as the great Negro Exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition, that was conceived in the mind of Col. Giles B. Jackson, and carried to a most remarkable and successful termination. Senators, Governors diplomats, Representatives, and the President, himself, were loud in their praise. Col. Jackson not content with achievement, believing as he does that thousands upon thousands of our people were unable by reason of the shortness of time and the stringency of the money market, to see this great exhibition, he has decided to put this in permanent form. He has called to his ald the well known D. Webster Davis of literary fame, and together they have written "The Industrial History of the Negro Race of the U. S. A.", as gleaned from the Negro Exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition. This book is destined to be of incalculable benefit to the race, placing, as it were the Negro Exhibit into every home by means of numerous cuts and illustrations. The reading matter is not only fascinating and entertaining, but instructive and reliable. The price is merely nominal ($1.00, $1.50, and $2.50), and it seems to us as a matter of race pride that the newspapers of this country should do all in their power to encourage the placing of this book into the home of every Negro and into the hands of every school boy and girl. It is confidentially expected by the editors that this book will be adopted as a text book, and certainly nothing fairer or better could be done to uplift the people. We commend this book most heartily to the reading public and urge that they purchase it in great numbers for only by this means can the pub lishers find result for their painstaking and arduous labors of love for the good of the race. It is a complete history of the race from its origin to the present time and deals with every possible phase of the Negro question from every point of view. It shows his remarkable progress along social, economic and industrial lines, his accumulation of property, his business enterprises, his schools and colleges, all backed up by statistics obtained from the most reliable sources. It is absolutely astounding to see what has already been accomplished, and the dullest and most pessimistic soul must receive inspiration from reading this splendid volume. The editors are calling for 10,000 agents to sell this book. Liberal arangement will be made by writing to Giles B. Jackson or R. T. Hill, 602 N. 2nd Street, Richmond, Va. THE NEGRO AS THE BALANCE OF POWER. That is right which might makes right. The Negro, politically, is a poor, deluded creature. When he is treated unjustly or wrongfully by this or that political party, he talks a great deal about being the balance of power and what he will do. The truth is in some states and cities the Negro is the balance of power when conditions are normal and party lines are strictly drawn, but whenever the Negro injects the racial issue into politics and undertakes to bring about the defeat of the one party or the other because of an actual or imaginary or injustice done him, the other fellow will drop party lines and vote with the party which the Negro hopes to defeat. When the racial issue comes up there is practically, a unanimity of sentiment with the other fellow. The Negro as a voter is in the minority and his vote can only be effective in the one party or the other when the racial question is eliminated. Politically, the Negro is now and always has been used as a tool. He is not consulted or advised upon questions, of policy or principles. It is true he has a constitutional right to vote, but he can only vote for those policies and measures which the other fellow has formulated. The Negro is generally regarded, and so treated, as constituting the venal and mercenary element which goes to make up the rabble in politics. Politics are no longer played in the open. In the club rooms, in the lodge rooms, in the different secret organizations and around the festal board, the other fellow meets and determines whom he will vote for and (Continued on page 2.) How the Afro- Americans Will Fare For the Next Four Years THE BREACH BETWEEN THE RACES WILL WIDEN LYNCHING AND OTHER OUTRAGES AGAINST THE NEGRO WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE. SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS ARE HAND IN HAND WITH PRESIDENT TAFT TO RELEGATE THE COLORED BROTHER TO THE REAR. It is not the policy of the News to concern itself with Politics as that term is generally understood and applied. Its policy, as expressed on the title page is the Economic Development of the Race. But with the Science of Government as such commonly referred to under the appellation of Politics, the News could not well divorce itself. Therefore, to concern itself with "politics" from the standpoint of race-interest and race-presentation is the connection of the News with that perplexing and dangerous subject only. This it could not well afford to ignore, since our race is so vitally involved in this most intricate and trying subject. The subject or question of one's politics is similar to that of one's denominational faith or religion—it cannot withstand temptations and the tests of a cynical and scrutinizing public opinion. Like religoin, men seldom exercise reason and expedition when dealing with "politice." The doctrine of "might versus right" applies, and as a general rule principles are lost sight of and promises are made simply to be afterwards broken. Considering the very unusual and unreasonable attitude of President Taft before and since his inauguration and the Negro Planks in the Republican Platform of 1908, at Chicago, so quickly forgotten or ignored, and yet an extra session of Congress has been called to carry out other planks in the same platform the question might be fittingly asked. Does the Negro owe further allegiance to the Republican Party? And the corollary of this question might also be put, Does he rightfully owe allegiance to any party? The reader is left to suggest the proper answers. A race can owe no allegiance to a party that forsakes it in its most critical condition, after being more than loyal to it; commits the race into the hands of its enemies, and what more, commits treason by joining with and aiding those enemies, and give them an unwonted advantage by placing them in positions of honor and trust, which have always been the spoils of the party in power. More than this, the Negro is not only forsaken, but turned out in the cold and positions which have been his by prigomenite since the Negro has been empowered with the ballot, given over to white men, the majority of whom are most outspoken in their hatred and contempt for the Negro. Neither can such a race justify itself by now reverting to the Party which has always oppressed them. What then is the solution? The solution is simply this: The time has come for the Negro to play politics just as the white man plays them—in a higher realm than the vulgar one for greed and position—but with an eye single to the interests of the Negro race throughout the country. President Taft has promised a Southern representative to make good his No. 29 Will Fare For ext Four Years THE RACES WILL WIDEN. OUTRAGES AGAINST THE UE TO INCREASE. RE HAND IN HAND WITH RELEGATE. THE COLORED AR. promises concerning the Negro in his inaugural speech. This he assured him he would do. He has done so by already replacing many Colored appointees with whites. There does not seem to be any surety concerning tenure of office for Negroes anywhere. Rumors has it that all will be displaced, that even the office of Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia will go to a white man. That General Luke E. Wright, formerly in Ex-President Roosevelt's Cabinet, Ex-Governor of the Phillipines and recalled because of his hatred for the natives, Ex-Confederate Soldier of Tennessee and at one time controlled the policy of The Mirror of Tennessee, a paper unusually outspoken against Negroes, will be Chief Justice of the Supreme Bench; while Jacob M. Dickinson, an Ex-Confederate Soldier and Democrat, is a member of Taft's Cabinet. The question might be asked: "Where are we at now?" It looks like compromising with the South for the sale of the Negro, and as a consideration to the Republicans the solid South is to be broken up. The Negro once more is sacrificed. He is in the same predicament as was Julius Caesar, when having been surrounded by his enemies in an attempt to take his life, looking up he saw his beloved Brutus among them. Until he saw Brutus, he was able to defend himself, but when he saw that he was betrayed by his friend and beneficary, Brutus, he gave up and exclaimed, "Et tu Brute," and fell dead at the base of Pompei's Statue. But the main question with the Negro is: Will he profit by this change of attitude on the part of the Republican Party? Will this drive him together as a race or will he continue to remain the scapegoat for the Republican Party? The South has already become more arrogant and intolerable in its treatment of the Negro began in the City of Washington on the day of the inauguration. The day following the inauguration, a Negro was burned at the stake and since that time considerable clashes have occurred South. The future of the Negro in the South and country for that matter, is ominous in the extreme; lynching therefore will be increased during this administration, with no hopes whatever held out to the Negro. Neither in the Courts nor in Congress may he look for support or protection. What therefore must he do? The answer is simple—protect yourself. Get together and organize. The race is as scattered and divided and divergent in their thoughts and ideals as the slaves were before emancipation. Instead of getting together, the Negro is still fighting himself. "A house divided against itself must fall."—The Metropolitan News, New York City, April 16'09. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholism, Protestantism, Islam, India, Single Worship, Roman Catholicism, anyone else can habe their way, as long as the purpose is proper and responsibility is wise. The Brand air is a newspaper whose platform is based on evidence for all ways claiming the cultural right to speak its own mind. Local communications will require attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year.....$3.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 5033 Armour Avenue, Chicago. 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. Mr. Geo. Smith and Mr. Harry Johnson were among the many guests at the Chateau last week. The Skate Fest given at the Chateau last week was a grand success. Every person present reported a good time. The only live place of amusement in the city is at the Chateau. Come out and join the crowd, and have a good time. Something new at the Chateau. The Perusian Grand March will be introduced to the skaters Saturday and Sunday evenings by Mr. Wm. Hughes, Chicago's best known roller skater. Come out and join the Grand March. Commencing April 26th there will be special attractions at the Chateau each evening, racing contest, trick skating and the famous Cadets drill, also a double picture Show. As this is the Spring vacation week for school children they will be admitted to the Chateau Rink matinees free from 2 to 5 P. M. Mothers let the little ones have a good time at the Chateau. Don't fail to visit the Chateau Friday and Saturday to witness the Barrel race on rollers. Patrons, while visiting the Chateau do not fail to visit the Tepsichorean parlors, upstairs. Good' Music and Dancing free. Saturday, April 24th from 2 to 5 P.M. M. all children under 18 years of age admitted free. Juvenile Handicap race. Prizes 75c, 50c, and 25c. Grand March and a good time for the little ones. APPOMATTOX CLUB. The Appomattox Club is now comfortably enconced in its new home, 2441 Wabash Ave. There will be given by the ladies of the Club an entertainment soon, for the benefit of presenting to the Club such tapestry and statuary as its new quarters demand. $ At the last meeting of the Board of Directors a dispensation of $5.00 for membership fees was promulgated and those wishing to become members of this famous organization will do well to file an application with the Secretary or with A. C. Harris, Chairman of the membership Committee, as the dispensation will close June 1st. Preparations for a Grand Reception are being made, wherein the Public will be invited to meet the members and inspect the Club's quarters. Sunday, April 25th, will be Ladies' Day at the Bethel Literary and Historical Society at Bethel Church, 30th and Dearborn Streets. The subject for debate will be a symposium upon "Woman Suffrage," led by Hon. Thomas Allen. Other speakers who will participate are: Col. Edward H. Wright, Hon. B. F. Moseley, Col. E. H. Morris, J. Gray Lucas, Mr. James T. Brewington, Mr. I. C. Harris, Mr. L. W. Washington, Mr. S. Ling Williams, Mr. Noah D. Thompson, Mr. S. B. Turner; also several prominent ladies. An excellent program has been arranged and the public is invited to ris, Mr. L. W. Washington, Hon. attend. The Negro as the Balance of Power (Consolidated from Page 1.) what course he will pursue politically. The Negro has no definite, well-defined policy. If he has been wronged seeks redress by passing resolutions and getting into the press which gives notice to the other fellow only to circumvent the Negro. Just so long as money and the promise of a public office will be an important and influential factor in determining the Negro vote, the Negro never will be at any time and place the balance of power politically. The disposition on the part of the Negro to be a political grafter, and the lack of power of cohesion will at all time preclude the Negro from becoming the balance of power. The Negro must learn that a venal and ignorant horde of voters can never become the balance of power so as to imperial the interests, prosperity and commerce of this country. The quicker the Negro learns that he is being used as a tool by politicians and that he is an unimportant and insignificant factor politically so far as the achievement of any substantial results for the race is concerned, and devote his time and ability in the accomplishment of something more tangible, lasting and permanent, the better it will be for him. The Negro must become an independent citizen instead of being a dependent citizen as he now is; and to become such he must devote less time to politics and more time to establishing himself firmly in business, the getting of property and becoming a producer of the soil. Whether the Negro will go up or down in the scale of civilization, it will depend very much upon the Negro himself. He must be the architect of his own success and fortune in business as well as in politics.—The Paul Jones, monthly magazine, Topeka, Kans., April 1, '09. THE CHAAPPELL-JOHNSON WED DING. Wednesday evening, Miss Therasa Chaappell, was united in marriage to Mr. W. A. Johnson, at the home of her mother, Mrs. Goodlow, 5033 Armour Ave. Rev. W. C. Stovall tying the knot. Miss Helen Collins was maid of honor; Mrs. Joseph C. Moon, was Motron of honor, Mr. J. C. Moon attending. Mr. Ralph McCarrell, acted as best man. The newly married couple immediately started to housekeeping in a beautifully furnished apartment at 5012 Armour Ave., and as both parties were quite popular among a large circle of their young friends; they received many useful and beautiful presents, and they all wish them the greatest joy and happiness throughout their married life. KILLED IN CHURCH FIGHT. Providence, R. I., April 19.—A butlet fired into his head during a church row caused the death of Nelson oMrgan, senior deacon of the Olney Street Baptist church (Colored) of this city. Sexton Robert Russell, a member of the faction supporting the minister, tried to get into the building but could not. In a fight with Morgan, Russell fired two shots, one of which took effect in the deacons head. There are many fighting Colored Christians in Chicago, who are ever ready to grab each other by the throat, at the drop of the hat, and hereafter they should remember the fate which ingulfed deacon Morgan, and think twice before they shot once. INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH. Special Gospel Sermon, Sunday morning, at 10:45. Sermon to the Foresters, Sunday night, 7:45 P. M. Children's Choir, 10:45 A. M., Master Hilbert Stewart, organist—"S." For ten days only we will sell the $1.50 size, Rhea's new Citizens' Directory for $1.00. Eighteen hundred sold. You should know more of Chicago and its suburban towns, also names from other towns and cities. Sold by the Faulkner News Co. 3105 State St., and H. W. Rhea, 6430 Vincennes Ave., Chicago, Ill. A thorough Race Book. The 9th annual military ball, dress parade and band concert, to be given by the 8th Regiment Illinois National Guard, at the 7th Regiment Armory, 34th street and Wenworth ave., Monday evening, May 10th, promises to be the leading social feature following the Lenten season. Admission 50 cents. Monday evening, May 10, the 8th Regiment, Illinois National Guard, will give its 9th annual military ball, dress parade and band concert, at the 7th Regiment Armory, 34th street and Wentworth ave. Admission 50 cents. Curry Institute Makes Progress. Industrial School Founded in a Shed Kitchen by Professor E. W. B. Curry Doing Good Work For Young Afro-Americans at Dufresne, O. The building of institutions of learning for the education of young colored men and women by members of their own race has been one of the most encouraging features of the progress of the Negro race in the United States since the close of the war of the rebellion. True It is that they have been successful in business, agricultural pursuits, politics to some extent and along some special lines, but the foundation upon which his present status rests, the encouragement and inspiration which have given him his present prestige and upon which his future hopes and aspirations must depend, is in the education of the masses of his people. That the Negro has contributed largely toward his own education in the founding and fostering of schools and colleges is a fact well known to the white people of America. The slogan a few Locades ago was "Go west, young man." It doubtless meant for greater commercial development particularly, but with the great industrial awakening aroused by this prophetic advice came the necessity for better educational facilities among all classes of people. A young man who breeded the gathering cry, noted the signs of the times and caught the tide at its flood was E. W. B. Curry, who at the age of seventeen years founded what is now known as the Curry Normal and Industrial institute, which is located at Urbana, O. This school had its humble beginning in a shed kitchen, 12 by 14 feet, at Delaware, O., which was the property of one Isaac Meriday, on THE MUSIC OF THE MUSICIAN DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT David street, which Professor Curry rented for 50 cents per month. He built the chinney out of brickbats and picked up coal along the railroad tracks for fuel and opened the school with an enrollment of one student, who paid for his accommodations 25 cents per week. The number of students the first year was six. This was in January, 1880. In 1895 the school was removed to Mechanicsburg. O. and again in 1897 to its present site at Urbann, where it has grown into one of the most flourishing institutions of learning for the colored people of that section. Professor Curry believes in the trifo training-namely, that of can do many things. As an orator, publisher he most men of the advocate of the addresses are a quality express life and sincere terests place in Normal and Ind high and dignitary. One who wouf for the transfor it were, into it that the lessons in a gravel pit, swamps THE MASTER AND THE MASTER SHOEMAKING DEPARTMENT the heart, head and hand—and to that end he has surrounded himself with teachers who possess a firm Christian character, well prepared by training and experience, whose lives express a burning desire to make something real out of each student who comes to the institution for development. There are twelve teachers employed by the school. The business end of the affairs is looked after by a board of trustees composed of representative men of experience, who have the best interest of the institute at heart. The board recently purchased seventy-five acres of splendid farm land four miles south of Urbana, on the Springfield plike, at a cost of $80 per acre. Money is now being raised to finish payment for the farm and to erect suitable school buildings, which are needed for the extension of the work at the present time. Contributions in any amount will be thankfully received and off- --- cally acknowledged upon receipt of the same. Goodly mature, Bible school, music, carpentry, blacksmithing, showmaking, dressmaking, millinery, cement gaving, agriculture, domestic science, printing and other subjects are taught. Professor Curry says: "We are badly in need just now of 100 chairs, two sewing machines, two typewriting machines and two bookcases. We should be pleased to correspond with any one who might be interested in giving along this line." After graduation from the high school Professor Curry taught public school in Van West country, O. The A. B. PROFESSOR E. W. B. CURRY. then returned to Delaware, O., the place of his birth, and took a special course in Michael college and also at Ohio Wesleyan university. While at the university he taught school at night. He studied law in the firm of Marriott & Wickham for two years and attributes much of the success which has come to him to the training and advice which he received from Lawyer Marriott and Judge Wickham. Few men have had a harder struggle upward in building a great school with as little help and with a little noise as has Professor E. W. B. Curry. He THE FIRST WEDDING OF MARY AND JOHN can do many things and do them well. As an orator, educator, author and publisher he ranks among the foremost men of the race, and as a great advocate of the temperance cause his addresses are brimful of logic, eloquently expressed. His even tenor of life and sincere devotion to racial interests place his work at the Curry Normal and Industrial institute upon a high and diversified plane. One who would found an institution for the transforming of the human, as it were, into the angelic must know that the lessons of endurance taught in a gravel pit, a harvest field, a stone quarry, swamps, mud, rain, snow and the like are those alone that will test the stuff out of which a man is made and present him worthy of the critic's highest commendation. It does not matter what duties the day may bring—let it be an address before a cultured audience, the cleaning of schoolrooms, shopping wood, instructing a class at the blackboard, canvassing strangers for money to continue the work—it is all, as Professor Curry regards it, connected with the business of a builder, and it is a pleasure to him to be intrusted with such a part of the education of his race. Society of Thrifty Women Society or Thrifty Women. The Ladies' auxiliary of the Society of the Sons of Virginia at Brooklyn N. Y., is one of the most influential mutual benefit organizations among Afro-American women in the north. Its business is conducted by an able set of officers, headed by Mrs. Jennie Stewart as president. The membership has grown steadily within the past six months and is still increasing. The newly elected officers for 1909, who were recently installed, are as follows: Mrs. Jennie Stewart, president; Mrs. Alice W. Wiley, vice president; Miss Cora L. Robinson, financial secretary; Mrs. H. L. Brown, assistant secretary; Mrs. Josephine Dabney, recording secretary; Mrs. Louis Hall, assistant recording secretary; Mrs. Annie Durrell, treasurer; Mrs. Pauy Parigo, chaplain; Mrs. Adella Ladson, marshal. After the installation ceremony was over refreshments were served, and a social time was enjoyed. Scott's Philosophy Dear. Sir Walter Scott declared that these four lines were worth a thousand re-mances: Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met or never married. We had never been broken hearted. William C. Croftus, at one time mayor of Joliet Ill., is now residing at Gary, Ind., where he is making money in the contracting business. There are lots of people in the world who appear to have the brains of a mole. All they seem to be able to do is to eat, sleep and kick. Alderman John Burns, is again seen hustling around the City Hall in the interest of his constituents in the 30th ward, after a short spell of sickness. Alderman Michael McInerney, struck town Tuesday morning from West Baden, where he spent one week in drinking good cold spring water, and indulging in mud baths. Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis, 2444 Wabash ave., have bought a fine new home at 3310 $ \frac{1}{2} $ Rhodes ave., and after having it put in first class shape, they will move into it the first of May. The Quinn Chapel Athletic Association gave an entertainment Wednesday evening, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Anderson, 6450 Champlain ave. The affair was successfully managed by Dr. T. S. Officer. D. J. Summons, 6752 Ada Street, is one of the squarest Afro-Americans in Chicago. This is proven by the fact, that he never attempts to deadbeat his way with the newspapers to the extent of one cent. Mr. W. R. Sobers, 5606 Lake ave., entertained a small party of friends at dinner last Sunday afternoon, in honor of Miss Smith, of New York. Miss Smith is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. McElwee, 3230 Forrest ave. Mrs. Clara Belle Barley, 4157 Ellis ave., has given up her luxurious quarters at the above address and will shortly leave for one of the large eastern seacost cities where she expects to permanently reside. Frank H. Lewis, the successful owner and manager of the Railroad Inn, 51st and Armour ave., has been sick near unto death for the past two weeks, but at this writing he is gradually improving to the delight of his hosts of friends. The First Regiment uniform rank, knights of Pythias, will give their tenth annual May ball, at the Coliseum, 15th street and Wabash ave., Monday evening, May 3rd, the 8th Regiment band and orchestra will furnish the music. Mr. and Mrs. George King, 99th street and Vincennes Road, Washington Heights, are creditable and honorable members of the Afro-American race. They have charge of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Station at that point, and are greatly respected by its head officials. Monday evening, May 10th the officers and members of the Elthigh Regiment, Illinois National Guards, will give their 9th annual military ball, dress parade and full band concert, at the 7th Regiment Armory, 34th Street and Wentworth Ave. Remember the place and the date. On Sunday morning, April 25th, at 10 o'clock, Golden Fleece Lodge, No.1615, G. U. O. O. F., will hold memorial services, for those of their members who have departed this life within the past twelve months. The services will be held at the Odd Fellows hall. A special musical program has been arranged for the occasion. All are invited to attend. William H. Brown, sergeant-at-arms, of the city council, is one of the smoothest politicians in town, he is very popular with each and everyone of the Aldermen and other city officials, and he always has a roll of the longgreen in his hip pocket, which to stake his many friends when they are on the hog train. Dr. A. J. Carey left Monday for Washington, D. C., where he is spending the week as the guest of Hon. W. T. Vernon. Register of the United States Treasury. On Wednesday morning, Bishop Abraham Grant, Registrar Vernon, and Dr. Carey held an important conference with President Taft at the White House. Isaac N. Powell, was sworn in as city treasurer, Wednesday, and more than $12,000,000 of the funds belonging to the city, was turned over to him, by his predecessor John E. Trager. To the great surprise of the politicians, Mr. Powell has decided to retain Harry R. Hildreth, as his first assistant. The people decided at the late election, that they were not in favor of permitting Mr. Hildreth to serve them in that capacity, and as he was defeated, he ought to be willing to step aside and make room, for some one else to eat at the public crib, for at least one or two years. Oscar DePriest, who at all times loudly contends that "little (Nigger) newspapers are no good, that they are not worth reading" last week leased the flat building at 3726 and 3728 Walsh Ave., and 432-434 and 486 37th Place, from Mrs. Lina Levi, for ten years from May 1, 1909 to April 30, 1919, the rent for the full term of the lease is $50,000 or $116.67, each month in advance; it is claimed that Mrs. Levi was willing to sell the ground and building out right for forty-five thousand dollars, but Col. DePriest has agreed to pay her $50,000 for the use of it for ten years, to keep it up in good shape, and return it back to her in 1919; we may be mistaken, but it seems to us that someone has struck Col. DePriest in the face with a gold brick Bankers Confer With President. Delegation of Representative Business Negroes From the South Discuss Political Future of the Race With the President and Postmaster General. Recalling the palmy days when Lynch, Hill and Bruce held undisputed supremacy in Mississippi politics and in the politics of the nation as far as colored men were concerned, Charles Banks, the well known Negro banker of Mound Bayou, Miss., recently headed a party of twelve prominent colored Mississippians who went to Washington and by appointment called on President Taft. The party was composed of Charles Banks, cashier of Mound Bayon bank W. E. Mollison, president of Lincoln Savings bank, Vicksburg; T. J. Willson, merchant, Meridian; Wesley Crapton, merchant, Vicksburg; Lawyer Perry Howard, Jackson; J. C. Chapelle planter, Greenville; Isaiah T. Montgomery, planter and founder of Mound Bayon; John Strauther, banker, Greenville; W. A. Attaway, M. D., Clinton George H. Oliver and A. A. Cosey, planters, Clarksdale, and W. W. Cox, banker, Indianola. These representative men from the fertile state of Mississippi, a state containing 50,000 more colored people than white, called on President Taft and Postmaster General Hitchcock. The delegation told President Taft that the colored people whom it represented did not believe that any satisfactory or permanent results could well be brought about as long as such conclusions were reached with the Negro left out where his best interest was at stake. "Like you," the chairman of the delegation continued, "we don't believe that any satisfactory and lasting result can be obtained without the approval and co-operation of the dominant class, the whites, in our section, and any policy that makes for peace between us, that means to bring us more closely together so far as the public good is concerned and the general uplift of our section and in that uplift the uplift of the nation as well is much desired by us, and our presence here is to assure you that the Negroes of Mississippi will do their part in bringing about the desired ends and hope not to so conduct themselves at O COLONEL W. R. MOLLISON. any time as to embarrass your well begun administration." The wise ones say that "something is up" and that as a result of this trip something will soon happen in official circles. Walter L. 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Liberal arrangements will be made with agents. 10,000 are wanted throughout the country. For terms write to Giles B. Jackson, 602 N. 2nd St., Richmond, Va. Parties desiring to secure this book from the home office can send the price $1.00, $1.50 or $2.50 to R. T. Hill, Treasurer, 602 N. 2nd St., Richmond, Va. Postage 13c extra. Proved His Theory, but Died. The acme of realism was reached, though by accident, in a criminal trial a number of years ago at Lebanon, O. Two men had a personal encounter. One of them after vainly trying to draw his pistol from his hip pocket turned to face. A moment later he fell, shot in the small of the hake. One chamber of his pistol was found to have been fired. His assailant was tried for murder. The defense contended that the man had shot himself while trying to draw his pistol, which had become entangled in the lining of the pocket, and that the prisoner's shot had not taken effect. The prosecution contended that such a wound could not have been self inflicted. The defendant's counsel, Clement L. Vallandigham, undertook to demonstrate to the jury just how the dead man's pistol had hung in the pocket and just how possible it was to inflict such a wound. Suddenly there was a loud report, and the lawyer sank to the floor. The ball had entered the back almost in the identical spot where the dead man had been shot. The defendant was acquitted. Mr. Vallandigham died. — Exchange. Westminster Abbey's Posts' Corner. Turning from King Henry's chapel, with its wealth of fancy's "fairy frost work," to the poets' corner in Westminster abbey, we are attracted by a spell mightier than that of carven stones in the presence of those "serene creators of immortal things" who have enriched our literature, with gifts beyond all price. This "glorious company of paupers," as they have been termed, says a writer in Great Thoughts, have won a fame in the glow of which that of statesmen and warriors wanes and perishes, "touched to death by diviner eyes." Drawn together, as it were, by the spell of Chaucer, "our first warbler," what Spenser calls "black oblivion's rust" has failed to tarish their golden record. We move entranced amid the memorials of Drayton, Ben Jonson, Spenser, Shakespeare, Beaumont, Milton, Gray, Addison and many more, including the impassioned peasant singer, Robert Burns, and the great Victorians, Robert Browning and Alfred Tennyson—London Standard. Loafer the First—I thought this were unemployed fund was for charity. Loafer the Second—So it is, ain't it? Loafer the First—It ain't. It means work.—London Sketch. bought this player is for charity. it is, ain't it? n't it. It means "Smith got a other day." "What was it? "A lighted clo lessly dropped on."—London F Fifty.First St. and Armour Ave. Rail. 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In an Irish garrison town a theatrical company was giving performances, and some soldiers from the local barracks were engaged to act as supera. Their duties included the waging of a fierce fight in which, after a stirring struggle, one army was defeated on a given signal from the prompter. For a few nights all went well, but on the Friday evening a special performance of the piece was to be given under the patronage of the colonel and other officers of the garrison. The two armies net as usual at the end of the second act, when they fought and fought and kept on fighting, regardless of the agonized glare in the eye of their (actor) general, who hoarsely ordered the proper army to "Retreat, confound you." But the fight still went on, and soon the horrified manager saw the wrong army being driven slowly off the stage, still fighting desperately. Down came the curtain amid roars of laughter, and the fuming manager hastened to ask the delinquents why they had failed to retreat on hearing the signal. "Retraite," roared a burly fusilier whose venge had been badly battered, "and is it retraite ye'd have us, wid the colonel and all the officers In the boxes?"—London Scraps. Mind Your Own Business. Mind Your Own Business. An old custom oce前 invailed in a remote place in England of giving a clock to any one who would truthfully swear that he had minded his own business alone for a year and a day and had not melded with his neighbors. Many came, but few, if any, gained the prize, which was more difficult to win than the Dunnm flitch of bacon. Though they swore on the four gospeles and held out their hands in certain hope, some hitch was sure to be found somewhere, and for all their asseverations the clock remained stationary on the shelf, no one being able to prove his absolute immunity from uncalled for interference in things not in any way concerning himself. At last a young man came with a perfectly clear record, and the clock seemed as if it was at last about to change owners. Then said the custodian, "Oh, a young man was here yesterday and made mighty he was going to have the clock, but he didn't." "And why didn't he get it?" "What's that to you?" snapped the custodian. "That's not your business, and you don't get the clock." The Chinese Sampans. In Canton 400,000 people spend their whole existence in boats, which are there called sampans. They are born in them, live in them from infancy to old age and finally die in them. Collectively these boats form a floating suburb to the city proper, one of the most amazing human settlements in the world. Every creek is crammed with them. Along the main banks of the river they are huddled twenty deep—so close together that the covering of mats appears continuous as far as the eye can reach. And each sampan houses a separate family, with its own big brazier lamp, which serves for heating, lighting and cooking the evening meal. The scene when a really serious conflagration once gets a proper hold in the midst of these floating wooden homes may be imagined. Escape is impossible except for those moored at the outermost edge. In one of these conflagrations over a thousand persons lost their lives. Wanted Her. "An old couple from the east," says the Detroit Free Press, "are visiting their son in this city. If the mother gets out of sight of the father, he is constantly asking for her and is not content till they are together again. The other evening she went to another part of the house while he was in the parlor and after he had asked for her a half dozen times the son said, rather curly: A thrifty Welshman at one time exhibited himself publicly in England attired in a costume composed from top to bottom of ratskins, which he had spent three years and a half in collecting. The dress was made entirely by himself. It consisted of hat, neckerchief, coat, waistcoat, trousers, tippet, gaiters and shoes. The number of rats required to complete the suit was 570. Most curious of the garments was the tippet, composed entirely of rats tails. Aviandanes: There are avalanches of different kinds, but when the term "avalanche" is used it is generally supposed to apply to falls of great bodies of snow or ice, says Mr. Edward Whymper in the London Strand Magazine. One of the first occasions of this kind which attracted attention took place in 1820, upon Mont Blanc, and it is commonly called the Hamel accident. Dr. Hamel, a Russian, set out on Aug. 18 to go up Mont Blanc, accompanied by two Englishmen and eight guides. They had ascended to a height of more than 14,000 feet, with five guides in front, who were cutting or making steps, when all at once the snow above them gave way, and the members of the party were carried down a thousand feet or more over the slopes up which they had toled. Snow again broke away above and more or less covered them. Some of them struggled out, but three of the leading guides were hurled into a crevasse and buried under an immense mass of snow. The bodies of these men reappeared at the foot of the glacier thirty years afterward. Two Bits of Wood. Importance cannot be reduced to a matter of size. The success of a piece of work may depend on a tiny detail. Such is the case in regard to that marvel of construction, the violin. Rev. H. R. Hawweis in his "My Musical Life" tells of the care and labor expended on two little pieces of wood which go to make up the perfect whole. The sound bar is a strip of pine wood running obliquely under the left foot of the bridge. A slight mistake in its position, looseness or inequality or roughness of finish will produce that hollow, teeth on edge growl called "wolf." It takes great cunning and a life of practical study to know how long and how thick the sound bar must be and exactly where to place it in each instrument. The sound post is a little pine prop, like a short bit of cedar pencil. It is the soul of the violin, and through it pours all vibrations. Days and weeks are spent in adjusting the tiny sound post. Its position exhausts the patience of the maker and makes the joy or the misery of the player. Moving on Short Notice. Moving on Short Notice. I was lying on the floor of an old country log house one summer day near a big open fireplace when I heard a peculiar, frightened squeak. I got up to see what looked like a huge mouse moving at a very rapid walk across the room. When I got a closer look I saw that it was a mother mouse moving her whole family. At least I hope there was none left behind, for very soon a small snake, but large enough to put into a panic the mother of four less than half grown children, came through the empty fireplace and after the little fugitive. The mother mouse had two in her mouth, and fastened to either side of her, apparently holding on with their mouths and for "dear life," were the other two. I killed the snake and watched the moving family disappear through a hole in the corner. I do not know whether they returned after awhile or whether the father mouse put up a "To Let" sign and joined them in a foreign country, but I do know that I saved a happy family.—St. Nicholas. The Creditor's Letter. Here is an interesting letter received by a well known English tailor in reply to a "final" application for settlement of a long outstanding account: "I have much pleasure in informing you that I have placed you on the list of my creditors, your number on the roll being 103. In view of your name appearing so far down my list and in common fairness to my other creditors who have been on my books now for some considerable time, I am afraid I cannot hold out the slightest hope of the 'early' settlement which you ask for. I think it will be well, therefore, if you discontinue forwarding your frequent 'reminders,' which can do no possible good and which are a constant source of annoyance to me"—London Pick-Me-Up. 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year Office Phone, Douglas 727 Res. Phone, Douglas 5998 E. JACKSON FUNERAL DIRECTOR 2959-61 STATE ST., CHICAGO Branch: 1310 Bingham St., Pittsburg, Pa. Fine Garriages for Hire to Parties and Weddings. 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