The Broad Ax

BROAD AX The United States Supreme Court Will Punish the Lynchers of Chattanooga, Tenn. FORMER SHERIFF J. F. SHIPP WHO WINKED AT THE MOB THAT LYNCHED THE NEGRO JOHNSON. SEVERELY SCORED BY CHIEF JUSTICE MELVILLE W. FULLER, THE VENERABLE JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRAT. ASSOCIATE JUSTICES HOLMES, MOODY, BREWER, HARLAN AND BROWN SUSTAINED JUSTICE FULLER IN UPHOLDING THE DIGNITY OF THE COURT. IN THE CELEBRATED CONTEMPT CASE, WHICH HAS BECOME FAR REACHING IN ITS EFFECT WHILE JUSTICES PECKHAM, WHITE AND McKENNA WERE IN FAVOR OF PERMITTING THE CONSPIRATORS TO GO SCOTT FREE. THE BRAINS OF THE SUPREME COURT WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE RIGHT AND JUSTICE. Vol. XIV The United Sta Supreme Court Punish the of Chattai FORMER SHERIFF J. F. SHI MOB THAT LYNCHED T SEVERELY SCORED BY CHI FULLER, THE VENERA OCRAT. ASSOCIATE JUSTICES HOLM LAN AND BROWN SUST UPHOLDING THE DIGN IN THE CELEBRATED CON BECOME FAR REACHING JUSTICES PECKHAM, W IN FAVOR OF PERMIT TO GO SCOTT FREE. THE BRAINS OF THE SUPR SIDE OF THE RIGHT A It will be recalled that in the early part of 1905, a Colored man by the name of Ed. Johnson, was arrested at Chattanooga, Tennessee, charged with raping a white woman, in short he was brought before the bar of justice, was found guilty of committing the crime and without wasting any time he was sentenced to be hung up by the neck until he was dead, by the high court of Hamilton County, Tennessee. In the meantime the lawyers for Johnson appealed to the United States Supreme Court, to issue an order to postpone or delay the execution until the case could be reviewed by it, and that august body concluded to hear the prayer of the poor and lowly for at least one time and it interfered in the case to the extent of granting an appeal, which had the effect of a supersed cas. On the evening following the announcement that the United States Supreme Court had decided to butt into the Johnson case, J. F. Shipp, at that time Sheriff of Hamilton County Tennessee, and all of his deputies except one withdrew from the county jail in Chattanooga and practically left it unlocked and unguarded and the result was that a mob composed of the very best citizens of Chattanooga rushed into the jail without the least trouble, grabbed Johnson, ranked him out into the streets with a rope around his neck and with the assistance of Sheriff Shipp, he was mobbed and lynched in the proper Christian form. Several months after that bloody scene had been enacted and there had been great rejoicing on the part of those who had assisted to bring it about, Sheriff Shipp and many of his boon companions in crime visited Washington, D. C. for the sole purpose of looking the members of the Supreme Court over, while their contempt proceedings were being argued before that court. President Roosevelt gave a reception at the White House in their honor and warmly grasped the hand of Sheriff Shipp whose hands were stained red with the blood of Johnson. On leaving Washington, after being warmly received by the president of the United States, Sheriff Shipp, and his friends were so full of self conceit that they easily arrived at the conclusion that all the members of the Supreme Court were a lot of ignorant HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY fools, that they could not tell their names from a hole in the ground, that only one "Nigger was hung any way; that it was useless for the highest court in the land to fool its time away in talking about the rights of the "Niggers" in the south, that it was all over in their contempt case but the shouting. So Sheriff Shipp and his egotistical band of bloody conspirators, on arrival at their southern homes, they began to give out interviews to the southern press and Sheriff Shipp, declared that the "Supreme Court had no right to break into the case, that its act in interfering brought on the mobbing and lynching of Johnson. Sheriff Shipp endeavored to make political capital out of the part he played in assisting to mob and lynch Johnson. He became a candidate for re-election but the great majority of the Negroes residing in Hamilton County paid their poll taxes just before he entered the running and they and many of the better class of white people in that county who evidently did not believe in mob and lynch law voted against Sheriff Shipp, and he was defeated for re-election which was a death blow to him and a great disappointment to his so-called friends. Nothing more was heard of Sheriff Shipp and his contempt case, after he was defeated until last Monday, for he and his case seemed to be dead to the world as far as the Supreme Court was concerned, but on that date, the opinion of the court was handed down and it woke up the long-haired natives of Tennessee and in many of the other southern states. The opinion of the court was read by Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller, the venerable Jeffersonian Democrat with his long snow white hair, severely scored former Sheriff Shipp, for standing around with folded arms and winking at the mob that lynched Johnson. Chief Justice Fuller in reviewing the proceedings pointed out that the jail had been left entirely unguarded and in charge of Deputy Gibson, when every precaution to guard the prisoner should have been taken. The chief justice quoted liberally from an interview given out by Shipp some days after the lynching in which Shipp said that he "did not attempt to hurt any of the mob," and CHICAGO, MAY 29, 1909. [Name not visible in the image] Republican candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, and one of the best and most wide ly known lawyers in Chicago, whose legions of friends and supporters, fe el sure of his calling and election. Kickham Scanlan, Republican candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County was born in Chicago, Oct. 23, 1864. He was educated in the public schools and high school of Washington, D. C., and at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. His legal education was obtained at the Chicago College of Law, he being a graduate of the first class of that institution in 1889. After leaving school he entered the employ of W. P. Rend, the well known minor and shipper of coal, and remained in his employ for several years. In the spring of 1886 he entered the law firm of Luther Lafflin Mills and George C. Ingham, and was connected with these eminent lawyers for a period of over seven years, in which he charged the Supreme Court with the responsibility for the lynching because of its interference in the case. Commenting on this utterance the chief justice said: "He evidently resented the necessary order of this court as an alien intrusion, and declared that the court was responsible for the lynching. According to him, 'the people of Hamilton County were willing to let the law take its course until it became known that the case would probably not be disposed of for four or five years by the Supreme Court of the United States. 'But,' he added, 'the people would not submit to this, and I do not wonder at it.'" "In other words, his view was that because this court, in the discharge of its duty, entered the order which it did, therefore the people of Hamilton County would not submit to its mandate, and hence the court became responsible for the mob. POLITICS SEEN IN AFFAIR. "His reference to 'the people' was significant, for he was a candidate for re-election and had been told that his saving the prisoner from the first attempt to mob him would cost him his place, and he had answered that he wished the mob had got him before he did." The chief justice also declared that after Johnson was taken from the jail the sheriff had made no effort to go after the lynchers or to reach the police or militia or others. "When," KICKHAM SCANLAN. participating in many of the notable cases tried by these attorneys among which might be mentioned the Cronin murder case, the boodle cases and the jury bribing cases. Mr. Scanlan was the special prosecutor for the people in the last trial of the Cronin case. For the last five or six years Mr. Scanlan has been engaged almost exclusively in the practice of civil law, occupying a fine suite of rooms on the 12th floor of the Ashland Block, and at all times conducting himself like a highly cultured gentleman, he has made thousands of loyal friends among all classes of his fellow citizens and every man who wants a square deal at all times, should on Monday, June 7th, record his vote in favor of Kickham Scanlan for Judge of the Court Court. he said, "Shipp had reached the jail he could have gone about three blocks to the police station and got the police. No attempt was made to summon a posse. He sent no one after deputies. He made no effort to send anyone for help. Although Shipp was in the midst or near the members of the mob for about an hour, he did not seek to obtain information so that he could identify any of them, and he testifies that he does not know any member of the mob. Associate Justices Holmes, Moody, Brewer, Harlan and Brown, in fact the brains of that body, sustained Justice Fuller in upholding the dignity of the court, in the celebrated contempt case, and the decision of the court, will be far reaching in its effect. While on the other hand, Associate Justices Peckham, White and McKenna, handed down a dissenting opinion in favor of permitting ex-Sheriff Shipp and his holy band of lynchers and conspirators, to go scot free. Tuesday, June 1st J. F. Shipp, former sheriff of Hamilton County, Tenn., Nick Nolan, Henry Paddgett, Luther Williams and ex-Deputy Sheriff Gibson, who are all under heavy bonds will be brought before the United States Supreme Court, by the United States Marshal to receive their sentence, for participating in the lynching of Ed. Johnson, at Chattanooga, Tenn., in March, 1905, and for disregarding the orders and mandates of the Supreme Court. The Promoters of Fake Life Insurance Companies ARE GROWING FAT AND RICH AT THE EXPENSE OF THE IGNORANT AND UNSUSPECTING NEGRO. ONE OF THESE FRAUDULENT COMPANIES HERE IN CHICAGO ENDEAVORED TO BEAT AN OLD COL ORED WOMAN OUT OF $200, FOR THEY DID NOT WANT TO PAY HER THE MONEY BEFORE OR AFTER HER DEATH. MANY COLORED PEOPLE FEEL THAT IT IS A HIGH HONOR TO BE DEFRAUDED OUT OF THEIR MONEY BY SCHEMING AND UNSCRUPULOUS WHITE MEN AN INTERESTING ARTICLE FROM THE MAN ON THE CORNER Julius F. Taylor, editor of The Broad Ax. One of the strangest things in this enlightened age is the manner in which many Chicago Colored people manage to get into fake insurance companies. There are many of these fraudulent concerns in this city that prey on poor people. Negroes are their special victims and these companies seek out Colored people because they are less likely to contend for their rights and are often without means to follow up a long and tedious lawsuit. Our attention was called not long ago to an instance where a Colored woman had paid over a hundred dollars into a concern and then without any default on her part the concern notified her that she no longer belonged to it and cancelled her policy. It seems as if the company discovered that she was in poor health and cut her off before she died in order that they might not have to pay anything at her death. Another case was called to our attention by a young Afro-American lawyer, who had occasion to sue a company where it refused to pay an old Colored woman two hundred dollars on the death of her husband. By some hocus-pocus they figured out that there was only ninety nine dollars due her and stood a law suit rather than pay the policy, although the face of it plainly called for two hundred and ten dollars. The court gave the old Colored woman judgment for the full amount of the policy and scored the insurance company and its officers as frauds. I simply cite these two examples out of many to show what is going on and to warn Colored people, if they will take any warning, that they ought to deal with reputable insurance companies or with none at all. The final decision of the Supreme Court should teach the American people, to entertain a greater respect in favor of law and order and the orderly administration of justice; that in many instances, justice moves with laden feet and strikes with an iron hand. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Caldwell have removed from 4733 Dearborn St., to 4734 Dearborn Street, where they are at home to their friends. No.34 s of insurance Companies MICH AT THE EXPENSE OF INSUSPECTING NEGRO. NT COMPANIES HERE IN D TO BEAT AN OLD COL- F $200, FOR THEY DID NOT THE MONEY BEFORE OR FEEL THAT IT IS A HIGH RAUDED OUT OF THEIR ING AND UNSCRUPULOUS FROM THE MAN ON THE Every one of these fake companies referred to are conducted by white men. Somehow it seems as if a white face has a rather too fascinating effect upon many of our people. If they read something in a white paper though it is hurtful to them they take it as gospel truth, while they are inclined to ridicule Colored papers even when such papers are trying to protect their rights and warn them of pitfalls that lie in their path. The Broad Ax has always been a paper that has stood up and fought for the very best things for the Colored people, but sometimes it seems that many Chicago Negroes would rather follow a bad white man than a good Colored man. There are several Colored insurance companies here that are sound and do business on an honest basis; but they have great difficulty in existing because of lack of confidence of Colored people in anything Colored. They stand ready to criticise, tear down, and utterly destroy any Colored enterprise; while a white man may cajole them into putting their money into a fraudulent concern and they will lose their money and keep their mouths shut about it. If they lost one dollar in a Colored concern they would send up a cry that would reach the very heavens. The object of The Broad Ax in publishing this article is to warn Colored people against the many swindling concerns that have agents running around Colored neighborhoods collecting money from which, those who pay, will never derive any benefit. If a word to the wise is sufficient, then the number of words I have used ought not only convince all sensible Negroes, but set the foolish to thinking of their rights and interests. From the man on the corner. Dunn and Hight, 5050 State Street, will in the near future construct a theatre in the rear of their place of business, which they will run in connection with their buffet and English chop house. Everything will be run first class, and it will become the leading pleasure resort in the Town of Lake. Mrs. Clara Anderson, 5013 Dearborn Street is still confined to her bed with neuritis. THE BROADAX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, Catholics, Protestantism, Protestantism, Indiana Street Town, Republicans, or anyone else can have their say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever 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 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 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. HOT SHOT FOR PRESIDENT TAFT ON HIS NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC APPOINTEE. Disfranchiser of the Negro Becomes United States Judge. Henry G. Connor, a judge of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, the parlor of the most corrupt political house in Dixie, has been selected for the honor. Mr. Connor is a democrat, and if he were elevated to the Federal Bench for another reason than that he is a democrat, and a stinking one at that, THE REVIEW is thankful in advance for such information as will assist in its discovery. Usually THE REVIEW is able to find an excuse for Mr. Taft when he overlooks Southern Republicans in appointments of high character, only, however, because Colored men are out of the running before the bell rings. Mr. Taft has no position within his power to fill that could not be well and honorably filled by a Southern Colored man. Edward A. Johnson would make a better judge than Henry G. Connor or any other Democrat in North Carolina. Johnson, in addition to being an able lawyer, believes in our Constitution. Connor not only does not believe in it, BUT HE HAS NO RESPECT FOR IT, OVER AND AGAINST THE WAR ENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION, CONNOR PLACES THE REVISED CONSTITUTION OF NORTH CAROLINA which came into the world puking on the Federal Law, THE REVIEW means not to be abrupt nor is the REVIEW hostile to President Taft, but this appointment of Connor is a CRIME DEEP ENOUGH TO EXERCISE THE PATIENCE AND FAITH OF A JOHN THE BAPTIST. Indeed it is AN EXTOLLATION OF UNDILUTED INFAMY, and THE REVIEW cannot remain mouth-closed. Feeble may be the word, but the word must be spoken. The Wilmington Riot Recalled. Judge Connor's hands are soiled, soiled with as wicked a crime as ever man was guilty of. He can never command the respect and confidence of almost one-half of the population of his district. We all remember 1898 in North Carolina; we none of us can forget the cruel massacre of Colored citizens at Wilmington, and we know how swiftly upon these moving and shameful events came the disfranchising laws of that State; what a campaign of abuse and persecution swept over a community heretofore a cradle of liberty and a home of tolerance. CONNOR—JUDGE CONNOR—TAFT'S JUDGE CONNOR—STOOD FOOT TO FOOT WITH CHARLES ALCOCK IN THE FLOWING BLOOD OF INNOCENT MEN AND WOMEN, waving aloft the red banner of riot and anarchy. Connor was Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, and he was ONE OF THE LOUDEST SHOUTERS, OF THE HARDEST WORKERS FOR THE NEW CONSTITUTION, now called by honest men a disgrace to civilization, defaming the good name of a harmles people, stealing their right of ballot and turning loose upon them the vicious hounds of prejudice. First in conceiving the iniquitous disfranchising amendments to the North Carolina Constitution, CONNOR WAS FOREMOST IN DECLARING BEFORE THE PEOPLE IN THEIR BEHALF. As a reward for his services he was placed on the Supreme Court bench of his State. Is this newer and still higher elevation additional compensation for his conspicuous services to our innovative civilization? Is this new seal the RECOGNITION THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLACES UPON HIS BROW? God forbid. [Picture of a man in a suit with a bow tie]. JESSE A. BALDWIN. Prominent and honorable lawyer, and Republican candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court, who is highly esteemed by his fellow citizens throughout Cook County. Jesse A. Baldwin, Republican candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court was born at Greenwood, McHenry Country, Ill., August 9, 1854. His boyhood and early life were spent on a farm, and his education was acquired in the common schools and in the University of Illinois. He taught school for about five years, and while so engaged began the study of law under the direction of Judge T. D. Murphy, of Woodstock. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed Asst. U. S. Attorney in Chicago, and served from 1877 to 1884. He has practiced law in Chicago for over 31 years, and has had large experience in the trial of important cases in the State and Federal Courts, and is Attorney for the Chicago Association of Commerce, in endeavoring to secure lower freight rates for Chicago. Mr. Baldwin, whose family consists of wife and four children, has lived in Oak Park for twenty-two years, and has been active in local affairs, having served as Town Attorney, as Red-Handed Disfranchiser Made Judge. These be trying times, comrades. A red-handed disfranchiser elevated to the bench by a Republican President; Tillman sitting with his feet under President Taft's dinner table, when only yesterday he stood tip-toe and cried down President Taft, and once more thrust his spear into the already prostrate form of 10,000,000 American citizens. The Colored People. But sadder than these things is the stupidity of the Colored people, who seem not to know that heights by races reached were gained by combat and strife, by sacrifice and sleepless vigilance. But Connor—pity is the word.—The New York Review, May 22, '09. It appears that before President Taft, had fully made up his mind to select Judge Connor for United States Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, he conferred with Senators Overman and Simmons, both Democrats like Judge Connor. Senator Simmons was in 1899, chairman of the Democratic State Committee of North Carolina and Judge Connor was speaker of the House of Representatives of that State, and they both worked very hard to bring about the disfranchisement of the Negro in North Carolina.—Editor. OLD BEN TILLMAN AND THE NE GRD. Senator Ben Tillman says Negroes and white women marry in the North and Cuba, and the Mulatto children of these amalgations can be seen on every street. The respectable Negro of the South does not want to, and should not if he could, desert his race to, marry a white woman. We believe in a complete separation of the races along this line. If Mr. Tillman would use more of his vindicates to keep white men from Negro women, and succeed at it, we would call him blessed. In the North it is legalized and in the South the amalgamation goes on just the same by the white man illegally. One has only to travel on the cars to see how low down some white men are. They will have a Negro woman in a first class coach for the Negroes, and they are so afraid that some Negro man will talk to his strumpet, he stands at the door and watches her, and every chance he gets he is whispering to her to let other Negroes on the train know that he is boss of the situation. Oftimes ```markdown ``` President of the Board of Education, as President of the Parents' and Teachers' Association, and as a Trustee of Library Institute. In addition to attending to his extensive law practice, he is a Trustee of the University of Chicago, and of Rush Medical College. He is a member of the Union League, Hamilton, Chicago and City Clubs and of the Chicago Bar, Patent Law, Illinois State Bar, and the American Bar Associations. His candidacy for Circuit Judge has been approved by the Bar Association. In all truthfulness it can also be stated that more than fifteen hundred of the leading lawyers in this city regardless of their political inclinations and more than one thousand of the best business men in Chicago are working early and late for his election and as Mr. Baldwin, has always been friendly disposed towards worthy Afro-Americans, it goes without saying that every Colored man in Cook County will assist to make his election doubly sure by recording his vote for him Monday, June 7th. it is a girl, who takes it to be an honor to have a white man, and she will attempt to play smart depending on Mr. John to protect her. The Hunsicker law should be enforced; and each race should be made to stay on its side of the fence. When the judge and constables, who are to see that the law is enforced, are guilty of the same thing you can see where the enforcement comes in. Men who are guilty themselves will hardly get after others. The better class of white men should see to it that the law is enforced. It is unjust in every particular. We don't have to go North nor to Cuba to find Mulatto children. Some parts of this state, very near all the Negro children are Mulattoes, and the Negro men dare not raise their voice about it. We hope the law will get every one of them and put both man and woman in the penitentiary; that will stop it awhile.—The News-Enterprise, Shreveport, La. The new Anti-Racial Law, referred to by the News Enterprise, was enacted in Louisiana, and went into effect last year; that is to prevent white men from consorting with Negro women and to punish Negro men from attempting to make love to white women. But as it has been stated, the law is only enforced against the Negro and not against white gentlemen who spend their leisure time in the company of their Negro mistresses, and that is what they call even handed justice in Louisiana.—Editor. CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM LORIMER ELECTED UNITED STATES SENATOR WITH THE AID OF 53 DEMOCRATS. FORMER SENATOR ALBERT J. HOPKINS WENT DOWN TO HIS POLITICAL GRAVE. Wednesday the long senatorial deadlock was busted higher than a kite at Springfield, for with the aid and votes of 53 Democrats and 55 Republicans, Congressman William Lorimer was elected United States Senator. And former Senator Albert J. Hopkins, after a long and bitter fight went down to his political grave. Of the two men, Congressman Lorimer seems to be the best fitted for the place for after all that can be said and done he believes in doing things and that is the kind of man the people of Ill want for United States Senator. ```markdown ``` Big Musical Programme: Vocal Solos, Swings and Easy Chairs: Pictures that move Band Concerts. Meals Prepared by Bell & Daniels of the Pekin Inn served in open air verandas, are a few of the pleasures that await you, at this now famous Summer Home for Chicago's elite. KELLOG FAIRBANK, SECRETARY OF THE MUNICIPAL VOTERS LEAGUE HAS PROVEN HIMSELF TO BE A REFORMING TAX DODGER ALDERMAN FRANK W. KORALE- SKI HELD HIS TOES TO THE FIRE AND DISCOVERED THAT BROTHER FAIRBANKS HAS DE- FRAUDED THE CITY OUT OF $85,000 IN TAXES SINCE MARCH 27TH, 1903. Prior to the last municipal election, Kellog Fairbanks, who sets himself up as a god and a first water reformer and who posed as the saintly secretary of the municipal voters league, rushed into the public press and among other nasty things said by him, he declared that many of the outgoing aldermen and many of them who were candidates for re-election were dishonest in every way and utterly unfit to serve the city in the council. He intimated that many of the Aldermen who would not permit themselves to be controlled by the Municipal Voters League, always stood ready to sell their votes for money and that they would not do one thing for the benefit of Chicago or the public at large unless they first received a rake off. Alderman Frank W. Koraleski, was among the few members of the city council who had the courage and the manhood to resent the insulting remarks and black mailing insinuations belched forth by the secretary of the Municipal Voters League, in reference to the grafting and sandbagging grafting Aldermen and on noising around a little Alderman Koraleski, discovered that Kellog Fairbanks, is a dishonest taxdodger; that since March 27th, 1903, he has each year successfully defrauded the city out of more than $85,000 in taxes and this tax money which should have been expended to educate the poor little school in Chicago, Kellog Farbanks has spent to maintain his own family in grand style and yet this eminent and respectable reformer and taxdodging rascal has the blas nerve to sit in judgement on what he is pleased to call the dishonest acts of other men. Alderman Koraleski, should not rest one hour until he forces Kellog Fairbanks, through the courts, to pay over to the city of Chicago and Cook County, every dollar he owes as back taxes. RACE DON'T READ RACE PAPERS A correspondent to the Freeman says: Many of the so-called "big Negroes" never buy a Negro paper, or even read a race journal of any kind. On the other hand, they subscribe to a daily paper from the white man. A Negro paper never finds the way to their home. The white paper will never employ a Negro as a printer; no, not even as a janitor. In fact, the average Negro doesn't read enough. He is ignorant of the doings of the race, spending most of his time reading papers of the other race. Then when he reads a Negro paper, it is one that he borrowed from some good, thinking Negro, and he will never return it. I trust they will awake to their sense of duty and read more Negro literature, and be better informed of the doings of the race. Set aside a few cents each week for a Negro paper, or subscribe. The Negro press is the only avenue through which we can defend our race from the powerful white press. Don't worry! the white paper will be looked after. It is your duty to patronize the Negro paper in preference to any other, and you can not deny it. You can visit hundreds of Negro homes and not find one that reads or subscribes for a Negro paper. Yet you can see the little white youth every day and the collector on Sunday. This is murdering the Negro press in the most shameful manner. Suppose your own boy aspires to be a printer where will he go? These Negro enterprises must be looked after more than they have in the past, if you want your son or daughter to be more than a common servant. Instead of sending missionaries to foreign lands, remember the many thousands, of Negroes that are ignorant of the doings of the race. How will we reach them if they never read, will not go to church, and will not welcome a Negro paper?—The New Age. THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEW BRANCH OF THE WORK OF THE PHYLLIIS WHEATLY WOMANS' CLUB. The first anniversary of the work to befriend woman and girls will be celebrated by the Phyllis Wheatly Woman's Club at the Home, 3530 Forest Ave., Sunday, May 30th at 4 o'clock. Rev. W. S. Braddan will deliver the leading address. The public is invited to hear reports of the work accomplished. Regular meeting, Wednesday, June 2, 2 P. M., under the auspices of the Domestic Science Section, Mrs. R. J. Collins, chairman, Mrs. Cecelia D Nellotz, of Washington, D. C., will give the address. Visitors are welcome. CHATEAU RINK NOTES. Grand Opening tonight at the Chateau. Come out and bring your friends and have a good time. Prof. Charles Simms' famous band will furnish the music at the Chateau Garden during the summer. Come out and hear some good music. A good time for the old as well as for the young at the Chateau Garden. Double picture show. Dancing free and a high class vaudeville show each evening. Come early and get a box seat free. Mr. Henry Bell and Mr. Ike Britton were among the many visitors at the Chateau last Sunday eve. Visit the Chateau Saturday and Sunday eve. and hear Mme. Cassie Burch in her latest song and dance. Special attractions every Friday eve. Amateur night, for the school boys and girls. After witnessing the show they can enjoy themselves skating in the Rink. Rain or shine, the Chateau Gardens will open tonight. In case of rain the Vaudeville Show, picture show and dancing free will be held in the Rink. APPOMATTOX CLUB NOTES. Regular meeting of the Board of Directors Monday, June 7th. The summer outing by boat to Michigan City will be arranged for early in July. Those who have moved since the last outing will do well to furnish the Club Secretary with his new address. Wanted----Agents Twenty-five energetic Colored Men and Women to sell stock in the greatest industrial proposition ever offered. CALL AT ONCE. North Fork Coal & Iron Co. 3724 STATE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. The President and his Cabinet meet every Sunday as usual from 5 to 7 P.M. THE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH NOTES. The program last Sunday morning and night was well received by the large audience. The solos and anthems were well rendered. The program for Sunday will be of special interest. The pastor will preach at morning and evening services. Mr. Morris and Mrs. Jesse Smith are to be congratulated for the excellent service they are rendered Next Sunday, June 6th, there is to be "Woman's Day." An excellent program has been prepared. Mrs. Amanda Smith will preach in the morning service, the Federation of Women's Club will take part in a platform meeting at 3 o'clock and Miss Hallie Q. Brown will deliver an address in the evening. On Monday night, June 7th, will be a reception for the women of the city in honor of Miss Brown and Mrs. Smith. This promises to be a great affair—"C. C. J." W M. WEBSTER OPENS A NICE BARBER SHOP AT 134 W. 51ST STREET. The latter part of last week. W. M. Webster, who worked for a long time for G. W. McKinley on 51st Street, near Dearborn, branched out for himself and opened a nice barber shop at 134 W. 51st Street, between Armour Ave., and Dearborn Street. He has easy revolving and reclining barber chairs, combination mirrors and everything in connection with his shop is neat and first class, and he will be pleased to have his friends and the public in general to share their patronage with him. NICE HALL TO RENT FOR PRIVATE DANCES AND SOCIALS Nice hall to rent at 3746 Wabash ave., to parties who desire to give select private socials, balls and to meet in for club purposes. For further information or particulars, call or address the Esoteric Club. 3746 Wabash ave. CHIPS Dr. A. B. McKissack, has removed his office, from 6258 S. Halsted Street, to 108 W. 47th Street near State. Mrs. W. S. Braddan, 5008 5th Ave. has been seriously ill for the past two weeks; but at this writing she is slowly improving. Mr. and Mrs. J. Harrison Carr. have removed from 533 W. 56th Street to 532 Tremont Street, which will be their home in the future. Major Benj. Brown, who was for a long time employed in the buffet at No. 5 Imperial Court, is now connected with the Burlington Railroad and is residing at 3324 Wabash Ave. Mr. and Mrs. William Robinson, 3511 Armour Ave., have lately painted and otherwise beautified the exterior of their home, which greatly adds to its appearance. Dr. Anna Cooper will present some of Chicago's best musical talent in a Sacred Song Recital on Ladies Day at the Standard Library of Bethesda Baptist church, Sunday, June 6th, 3 P. M., all welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams, owners of the Original Dixie Jubilee Company have returned to the city for a few days rest after a very successful tour through the western States and Canada. Mrs. J. S. Robinson, 451 35th Street, who is a great admirer and warm supporter of The Broad Ax, returned home the first of last week, from a two weeks spring outing in the country which greatly benefited her in every way. Thursday evening, Mrs. Martha Broadus-Anderson, assisted by Misses M. Gertrude Jackson, and Elizabeth Williams, pianist, gave a recital at Institutional Church which was participated in by the pupils of Mrs. Anderson. The affair was well attended and quite a success. Given the Mitten. One cold day a love sick young man who had for-some time harassed a young lady with his attentions was hurrying along the street behind this very young lady when he perceived, with delight, something drop from her muff to the sidewalk. 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NEIGHBORS & CO REAL ESTATE AT LOWEST PRICES Easiest Terms to be had in Chicago Loans on first and second Mortgages Fire Insurance placed in any company Renting Department 4546 Evans Ave., 1st Flat, 7 Room Rooms, each: Steam-heat, Hot- Rent for 1st Flat .... 2nd and 3rd Flats, Rents, $35.00 2966 Vernon Ave., 1st Flat, 6 Roof heat, Gas Range, Rent .... 4445 Dearborn St. 1st Flat, 5 Roof 5021 Armour Av., 1st Flat, 5 Roof Free to June 1st .... 4412-14 Dearborn St. 1st Flat, 6 Roof heat .... 2840 Armour Ave., 2nd Flat, 5 Roof clean) .... 5022-24 Dearborn, 2nd Flat, 6 Roof heat .... 4912 Wentworth Av., (Store and and Gas, barn in rear, .... 37 E. 37th St., 8 Room (House) Story, .... Main Office: Suite 64, 95 Washington St., CHICAGO PHONE 4366 AGENTS Can Make From $5.00 It is the Best Seller That Has A NEW BOOK HAS MA "The Industrial History of the N By Giles B. Jackson and D. W. This book is a novelty. It con- never before published. It take- ious, ethological, domestic, inver- of the Negro. One of its most- of the Negro, why he is black a Although it contains over 400 tions the price has been placed for board back; $1.50, cloth b Liberal arrangements will be wanted throughout the country. Jackson, 602 N. 2nd St., Rich secure this book from the he $1.00, $1.50 or $2.50 to R. T. Richmond, Va. Postage 13c ext. BASE BAY The Summer Schedule at 7 Leland LOGAN SQUARES—May 9th, June WEST ENDS—June 6th, 19th, Aug. GUNTHERS—June 5th, 13th, July ANSON COLTS—June 20th, July MILWAUKEE—June 26th, Aug. 8 After the Game Visit the Open 5324 State Street. First Flat, 7 Rooms, 2nd and 3rd Steam-heat, Hot-water and Janet Rent, $35.00 Rent Free to J 1st Flat, 6 Rooms, Bath and Rent 1st Flat, 5 Rooms, Bath and G 1st Flat, 5 Rooms, Bath and 1st Flat, 6 Rooms, Bath and 2nd Flat, 5 Rooms, Toilet and 2nd Flat, 6 Rooms, Bath and V., (Store) and 2nd Flat, 6 F rear, Room (House) Furnace, Bath Bington St., CHICAGO, ILL. PHONE 4366 CENTRAL ENTS WANT From $5.00 to $25 Seller That Has Ever Been Up BOOK HAS MADE ITS APPROVED History of the Negro Race of the Jackson and D. Webster Davis of Lovely. It contains matter co- nished. It takes up the indust- domestic, inventive and busi- ness of its most important fea- ty he is black and why his hair contains over 400 pages, with a has been placed within the rea- $1.50, cloth bound and $2.5 ents will be made with agre- at the country. For terms of 2nd St., Richmond, Va. P from the home office can 2.50 to R. T. Hill, Treasurer postage 13c extra. USE BALL 19 Enter Schedule at 79th and Wentworth Grand Giant vs. May 9th, June 12th, Aug. 7th Se 6th, 19th, Aug. 1st and 14th, 5th, 13th, July 31st, Sept. 12th June 20th, July 18th, Aug. 29th, Se 26th, Aug. 8th, 28th and Se Visit the Open Air Musical E 4 State Street. Phone Went. 2 4546 Evans Ave., 1st Flat, 7 Rooms, 2nd and 3rd. Flats, 8 Rooms, each: Steam-heat, Hot-water and Janitor Service, Rent for 1st Flat ..... $32.50 2nd and 3rd Flats, Rents, $35.00 Rent Free to June 1st. 2966 Vernon Ave., 1st Flat, 6 Rooms, Bath and Gas, Steam- heat, Gas Range, Rent ..... $30.00 4445 Dearborn St. 1st Flat, 5 Rooms, Bath and Gas ..... $15.00 5021 Armour Av., 1st Flat, 5 Rooms, Bath and Gas, Rent Free to June 1st ..... $17.00 4412-14 Dearborn St. 1st Flat, 6 Rooms, Bath and Gas, Stove- heat ..... $20.00 2840 Armour Ave., 2nd Flat, 5 Rooms, Toilet and Gas, (Will clean) ..... $16.00 5022-24 Dearborn, 2nd Flat, 6 Rooms, Bath and Gas, Stove- heat ..... $18.00 4912 Wentworth Av., (StoreQ and 2nd Flat, 6 Rooms, Bath and Gas, barn in rear, ..... $25.00 37 E. 37th St., 8 Room (House) Furnace, Bath and Gas, 2 Story, ..... $35.00 Main Office: Suite 64, 95 Washington St., CHICAGO, ILL. Branch Office 3517 State Stree PHONE 4366 CENTRAL. AGENTS WANTED Can Make From $5.00 to $25.00 a day It is the Best Seller That Has Ever Been Upon the Market A NEW BOOK HAS MADE ITS APPEARANCE "The Industrial History of the Negro Race of the United States" By Giles B. Jackson and D. Webster Davis of Richmond, Va. This book is a novelty. It contains matter concerning the race never before published. It takes up the industrial, social, religious, ethological, domestic, inventive and business advancements of the Negro. One of its most important features is the origin of the Negro, why he is black and why his hair curls. Although it contains over 400 pages, with about 100 illustrations the price has been placed within the reach of all at $1.00 for board back; $1.50, cloth bound and $2.50, half morocco. 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. LOGAN SQUARES—May 9th, June 12th, Aug. 7th and 15th. WEST ENDS—June 6th, 19th, Aug. 1st and 14th. GUNTHERS—June 5th, 13th, July 31st, Sept. 12th. ANSON COLTS—June 20th, July 18th, Aug. 29th, Sept. 19th. MILWAUKEE—June 28th, Aug. 8th, 28th and Sept. 26th. After the Game Visit the Open Air Musical Emporium. 5324 State Street. Phone Went. 215. Loafer the First—I thought this year 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. Women The musicale which was recently given to nurses for the beautiful Providence Hospital and Training School For Nurses at Preston was brilliant social and financial success. The Afro-American physicians who are adding the hospital movement are very much encouraged at the progress of the new venture, and they speak words of praise and gratitude for the part which the women are taking to assist in maintaining this much needed institution among our people. Power of Public Sentiment. It ought to be clear to most thinking Negroes by this time that the federal laws which are supposed to throw the mantle of protection around them are mere subterfuges and that their efficacy as laws is subordinate to the strong public sentiment which has gathered strength and power since the day they were placed in the constitution. He Believed in the Cream. Some one was telling an Irishman that somebody had eaten ten saucers of ice cream, whereupon he shook his head. "So you don't believe it, eh!" With a sly nod the Irishman said, "Oil behave in the crame, but th' divil a hit in th' saucers!" "Fren don't now as brains out because you filleted him the other night," said girl friend No. 1. "He came over and proposed to me." "Did he?" replied girl friend No. 2. "Then he must have got rid of them in some other war." ad friend No. 2 times, but never got rid of them Yonkara Street Rent Free to June 1st. Roms, Bath and Gas, Steam- roms, Bath and Gas ... $15.00 roms, Bath and Gas, Rent ... $17.00 roms, Bath and Gas, Stove- roms, Toilet and Gas, (Will roms, Bath and Gas, Stove- roms, 2nd Flat, 6 Rooms, Bath urnace, Bath and Gas, 2 ... $35.00 Branch Office MAGO, ILL. 3517 State Stree CENTRAL WANTED 00 to $25.00 a day Ever Been Upon the Market DEI ITS APPEARANCE "Gro Race of the United States" Webster Davis of Richmond, Va. matter concerning the race up the industrial, social, religi- ative and business advancements important features is the origin and why his hair curls. pages, with about 100 illustra- within the reach of all at $1.00 round and $2.50, half morocco. made with agents. 10,000 are For terms write to Giles B. mond, Va. Parties desiring to home office can send the price Hill, Treasurer, 602 N. 2nd St., a. ILL 1909 th and Wentworth Avenue Giants 12th, Aug. 7th and 15th. 1st and 14th. 31st, Sept. 12th. 18th, Aug. 29th, Sept. 19th. 28th and Sept. 26th. Air Musical Emporium. Phone Went. 215. Established city. Phone 020-748-4999 John J. Dunn COAL WOOD Wholesale and Repair Drover Inc. Fifty-First St. and Arsenur Ave. Rest. Veneer. [part of L.A. COAL] [part of L.A. COAL] A Pleasant Winter Evening. ARE YOU IN SEARCH OF ONE? Then Visit the "Chateau," 5324 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 prescription. Special prize program every Saturday and Sunday. Admission, 10 cents—one dime LELAND GIANTS' BASE'BALL AND AMUSEMENT ASS'N. Cause For Regret. "I licked the stuffin' out o' Dick Smith this mornin'." "You bad boy! Aren't you sorry for it?" "Tesum—awful sorry. I just found out that he's goin' ter have a birthday party tomorrow."—Cleveland Leader. In the Tella. "Were you over sent up in a balloon, Sum?" PATRICK H. O'DONNELL WILLIAM DILLON CLARENCE A. TOOLEN Tel. 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Rawlins The Modern Embalmer UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR When his work is finished you have no displeasure. 4817 State Street CHICAGO Phone Douglas 1839 THE BROAD AX CAN BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS. From on and after this date, The Broad Ax can be found on sale at the following news stands: A. F. Tervalon, a cigar store and news stand, 5004 State street. George I. Martin, maker of fine cigars, and news stand, 342 51st street, near State. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions and news stand, 131 W. 51st street, near Dearborn. W. S. Cole, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 354 51st street. I. P. Peters, cigars, tobacco MARKED GROWTH OF Y. W. C. A. West Fifty-third Street Branch at New York Man Caneble Officers YORK HAS CAPABLE OFFICERS. The growth in membership, interest, finance and personal helpfulness to the members of the West Fifty-third street branch of the Young Women's Christian association at New York is very encouraging. The executive committee and subcommittees are headed by capable women, who have the best interest of the work at heart and who are striving to make the association a place of social purity, culture and refinement for the members and the many strangers and visitors who come to the city from time to time. At the recent Easter exercises the assembly rooms were crowded at an early hour. The opening was conducted by Mrs. Emma S. Ransom. Mrs. Virginia E. Scott was in charge of the program, which included these numbers: Chorus, "Conquering King," by Y. W. C. A. choir; Miss Elizabeth Edwards, Mrs. Maggie Clay, Miss Hattie Montague, Miss Lula Gales, Miss Hodsen, Miss Engenia Ezelle, Miss Loraine Brigge, Mrs. R. Seon, Mrs. R. L. Cox in solos, and recitations were given by Mrs. M. R. Tate, Miss Gussie Hunter, Miss Martha Venable, Mrs. F. Miles, Mrs. M. L. Carter, Mrs. V. E. Scott and Miss Aramanthea Hodsen were the accompanists. Charles Hill and Mr. Simeon-were the violinist and cornetist respectively. ENTHUSIASM FOR Y. M. C. A. Opportunity to Hear Mr. Douglass and Miss Effie E. Grant Appreciated. Interest is at high pitch in the forthcoming spring recital of the Carlton avenue branch of the Young Men's Christian association, which is to be held at Memorial hall, Flatbush avenue and Schermerhorn street, Brooklyn, on Thursday evening, April 29. Joseph H. Douglass, grandson of Frederick Douglass, will be one of the chief attractions on the occasion. The Boston Globe said not long ago: "The most finished violin performer of the colored race is Joseph H. Douglass, grandson of the late Frederick Douglass of Washington. The young man has a worldwide reputation as a violinist. He inherited his talent for the violin from his grandfather, who was a great lover of the instrument and was himself a violinist of considerable ability, as was also his son, Charles Douglass, father of Joseph." Miss Effle E. Grant, a soprano singer of the Yale Conservatory of Music at New Haven, Conn., will also make her first appearance before a Brooklyn audience. Other prominent artists taking part will be H. L. Pryor, dramatic reader, of New York; Hollis Smith, the wonderful boy soprano; the Academy Male Quartet, Albert S. Williams, the able pianist; William R. Smith, tenor soloist, and Professor J. F. R. Wilson, accompanist. O'TOOLE'S HARD LUCK. Morse Which He Had Ridden Was Not Properly Upholstered. After the big parade in New York on St. Patrick's day on one occasion Felix O'Toole, who had been one of the marshals and who had proudly ridden past the reviewing stand with head erect and chest expanded, called on his sweetheart, Katie O'Flynn, to find out if she had seen and recognized him in the parade. When Felix entered Katie's little sitting room he greeted her effusively. "Good mornin', Felix. Come in and sit down," she said. For some reason Felix preferred to stand. "Did ye see me on horseback in th' pride yistidy, Katie?" he asked eagerly. "Ol did that," said Katie, "an 'ye looked foine. Felx, sure, an 'ye did. Sit down, Felx. Ol watched ye fer two squares, an' Ol would have follored yer division, but Ol couldn't get through th' crowd, it was so dine. Why don't ye sit down, Felx? Phwat ar' ye standin' there fer, l'anin' on th' mantel lookin' loike an ijut? ,Sit down!" she commanded. "Katie, darilin, Ol can't sit down today nor for sum tome, Ol fear, bekase the horse Oi wuz a-ridin' yisidst wasn't properly upholstered on th' top av his back, an' Oi'm not fallin' in a sittin' humor. Ol prefers fer to sittand." Proud He Voted For Bryan. At a recent civil service examination in one of the departments in Washington a cadaverous clay enter from the backwoods of Georgia, who had troubled the waters several times before without so much as producing a ripple, was asked by the examiner if he were a grammarian. He straightened up to his full height, shifted his "chawing turbucker" to his left jaw and replied, with a look of injured pride in his face: "No, suh. Ah am a Gawgegian, suh, an' Ah voted for Brine, suh, an' Ah am proud of it, suh?" The examiner fell on his face and loosened all his new store teeth. New York's Prominent Visitors. Among the many visitors of prominence at New York during Easter week were Dr. William T. Vernon of Washington, Miss Eltzabeth C. Carter of New Bedford, Mass.; International Secretary W. A. Hunter of the Y. M. C. A. and Dr. R. D. Stinson of Morris Brown college at Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Stinson said that the school was in a flourishing condition, with an enrollment of a thousand young men and women of the race as students, who are preparing themselves for future usefulness to their race." Register Vernon and Miss Carter were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Bansom. Old Wheel of Fortune. In the village church of Comfort, near Pont-Croix, in western Brittany, is a very good specimen of the now rare "wheel of fortune." It is made of wood, with a row of bells on its outer rim and pivoted between a couple of rough beams, altogether very primitive workmanship. By means of a cord attached to a crank the wheels can be made to revolve and set all the bells a-jangling. I have often heard that the peasants believe that it has miraculous power of healing when rung over the head of a sufferer who has placed a soul in the box to which the rope is padlocked. I received remarkable confirmation of this belief, for while making a photograph a well to do sailor's wife and her husband came into the church and looked round. The woman asked me if I thought there could be any truth in this belief, as her child was very backward in learning to talk. Her nurse, who came from those parts, had advised her to bring the baby and ring the bells of Comfort over his head, when he would be sure to talk. As she was passing she had looked in to see if it was worth trying!—London Chronicle. The Smooth Way. In the last generation Tyler Cobb, Esq., was a well known citizen of North Bridgewater, now Brockton, Mass. He was famous throughout Plymouth county for his witty retorts and dry humor. Never having taken a sea trip, Mr. Cobb one day conceived the idea of making a voyage to New York. Accordingly he sailed from Boston in a small schooner. The first day out a storm was encountered and Mr. Cobb became violently sick, but after several hours he mustered up courage and strength to look out upon the troubled waters. As he looked from the side of the little ship up the trough of the sea it seemed very smooth to him. The captain's cutting of the waves was senseless, he told himself. But as this mad steering continued the unhappy passenger finally crawled out on hands and knees to where the captain stood at the wheel and, raising his voice above the din of waves and wind, shouted: "Man, man, keep in the ruts, keep in the ruts!" Worked It Off. Just what may happen to a man who isn't strictly honest was illustrated on a street car a few days ago. A man handed the conductor a dollar and asked for a strip of tickets. He received his five tickets, and then the conductor fumbled around for change and managed to make a "mistake." He handed the man two half dollars instead of 75 cents. The man put away the money without saying a word and in a couple of minutes worked his way to the front of the car and got off. "Say, conductor," said an interested observer, "did you know you didn't give that man the right change?" The conductor smiled complacently. "That's all right," he said. "If he'd been honest and returned that bad half dollar I'd have given him a good quarter for it. I've been trying to get rid of that piece of money for a week. I guess he deserved to get stung."-Philadelphia Record. Deceitful Appearances. A remarkable experience once befell Mark Twain in Australia, which, he said, determined him never again to judge by appearances. He lmd just landed at an Australian port, and, to his chagrin, there was no porter in sight to carry his luggage. Seeing a rough looking, badly dressed old fellow leaning idly against a post with his hands in his pockets, the author beckoned to him and said: "See here, if you'll carry these bags up to the hotel I'll give you half a dollar." The man scowled darkly, and, taking three or four golden sovereigns from his pocket, he deliberately threw them into the sea, scowled at Mark Twain again and walked away without a word. Both Tainted. "You are in the employ of that billionaire up on the hill, aren't you?" snapped the sharp faced woman who ran the butter and egg shop. "Yes, ma'm," responded the man in the white apron, "and I want two pounds of butter for my master's table. He said he'd send to town after it, only the roads are so bad." "He did, eh? Well, we are not particular about his trade. Did you tell him I said his money was tainted?" "Gadget, I did!" Indeed, I did. "And what did he say?" "Said so was your blamed old butter."—Chicago News. A Fixed Law. "You are positive this happened on Tuesday?" demanded counsel. "I am," said the witness. "Sure it was Tuesday?" "Yes." "Why not Thursday or Friday?" "Because we had chicken that day. Chicken day is Tuesday where I board."—Louisville Courier-Journal. The Cook's Declension. She cook picked up an egg. She looked at it doubtfully. "It's bad," she said. She dropped it. "It's worse!" she hastily added.—Exchange. Not Acting. Actor—All the newspapers say my impersonation of Caesar last night was absolutely real. Rival—Perhaps that's so. Everybody I've met says it certainly wasn't acting. Preserve your just relations to other men. Their misconduct does not affect your duties—Epictetus. GENERAL BANKING ent allowed on Saving Deposit Vaults, $3.00 REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Real Estate on commission, management of taxes and looking after assessment. Invites the patronage of Chicago bu Telephone Blue 4601 H. JOHNSON AND EXPRESS Are Moving a Specialty Storage W E STREET Douglas 727 Res. Phone J. JACKSON GENERAL DIRECTOR -61 STATE ST., CHICAGO -chn: 1310 Bingham St., Pittsburg ages for Hire to Parties and F. LYNG ing, Gas Fitting, Sewerage STATE STREET, CHICAGO Prompt Attn TELEPHONE DREXEL 3633 lettt L. ARTLETT & Real Estate g, Loans and In street NOTARY PUBLIC 3 per cent allowed Safety Deposit Vault REAL ESTATE As agent buy and sell Rea Estate on c idents, including payment of taxes and l on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patr B. H. JO VAN AND E Furniture Moving a Special 4915 STATE STREET Office Phone, Douglas 727 E. 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"You rest your head, thus, on my shoulder, and I pass my arm about your waist in this manner. Now be perfectly calm and see if this does not relieve you." The position is maintained for five, or ten minutes, and then the obliging young man asks: "Does your head ache any more?" "Yee-ees." "Well, I'm sorry I don't seem able to relieve you." He is about to remove his arm when she looks up at him chidlingly and says: "It seems to me that if you have any confidence in your method you would be willing to keep on trying."—Chicago UNKNOWN tainted for five, or when the obliging she, any more?" don't seem able to love his arm when im chidlingly and but if you have any method you would trying."—Chicago in everything? "Because," she have some one to go wrong." P "I guess their over." "What makes you He's quit comi- nunch."—Detroit E Zeal without kn dition to a man in THE MUSEUM OF THE WORLD Estimates Given J. S. Bartlett 5126 State Street S. E. Cor. 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Bartlett Chicago HILLMAN'S 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 OHN J. BRADLE JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Red Colored Tenants Always Appreciate Good Colored Tenants Always Appreciated Save Heated FI TO SUIT EVERY MAN'S INCOME Agent. I Rent only my own land. 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 Richardson, 142 La Salle e Main 2183 CHICAGO Room 1, OTIS 1 (Please cut this out) L, Prop. Lou 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 Samuel Richardson, 142 La Salle Street Telephone Main 2133 CHICAGO Room 1, OT1$ BLOCK (Please cut this out) THE RAILROAD INN Ported and Domestic Wine Liquors & Cigars Imported and Domestic Wines LIQUORS & CIGARS Cafe in Connection N. E. Corner Fifty-first and Armour Avenue, Chicago, Ml. American Brick Co. President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFATURERS OF Common and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: 45th and Robey Sts. Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dyer. THE CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO FULL Weight That’s merely honesty City Weight Certificate PROVES IT QUALITY COUNTS In the Secret of REAL Saving-Get it We furnish the BEST at the cost of the other kind WHOLESAIL RETAIL CHARLES R. PRICE CO. MINES AGENTS RAILYARDS CHARLES R. PRICE CO. General Office: 532 W. 49rd St. Tuxedo 857-837 VUR GUARANTEE- City Weighmasters Certificate With Each Load, 2000 Pounds To Each Ton. Good Colour Stove I am no Agent You will s MONEY TO LOAN Samuel Ridgway Telephone Main Frank H. Lewis, Prop. THE Importe Telephone Yards 693 AND TREATED ACCORDINGLY Phone Oakland 1787. Appreciated Flats Own Property at a Flat AL PROPERTY Salle Street TIS BLOCK Lou Golden, Mgr. IN Wines