The Broad Ax
Saturday, June 3, 1911
Chicago, Illinois
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HON. JOHN E. MILHOLLAND OF NEW YORK CITY RUBS IT INTO BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
GOOD AND PLENTY THE GREAT WIZARD OF TUSKEGEE IS SHARPLY TAKEN TO TASK FOR DEALING IN MUCH FALSE LOGIC IN HIS ARTICLE IN THE OUTLOOK.
HIS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL IS NOT AND NEVER WILL BE A PANACEA FOR THE MANY ILLS AND WRONGS WHICH BESET THE AFRO-AMERICAN RACE IN THIS COUNTRY.
HE IS NOT THE PROPER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COLORED RACE FOR HE SEEKS TO MAKE ITS MEMBERS AND THE WORLD AT LARGE BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE HAPPY AND CONTENTED.
WHILE THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN THEY ARE DEPRIVED OF RIGHTS AND WRONGED TO AN EXTENT UNPARALLED IN THE HISTORY OF ENLIGHTENED GOVERNMENT AND CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION.
AN INTERESTING ARTICLE WHICH SHOULD BE CAREFULLY READ AND DRANK IN BY EVERY AFRO-AMERICAN THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
Vol. XVI
HON. JOHN
OF
RUBS IT INTO
GOOD AND PLENTY THE GREAT
FOR DEALING IN MUCH
HIS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL IS IN
ILLS AND WRONGS WHILE
HE IS NOT THE PROPER REP
MAKE ITS MEMBERS AN
HAPPY AND CONTENTED
WHILE THROUGH NO FAULT
WRONGED TO AN EXTEN
GOVERNMENT AND CHIE
AN INTERESTING ARTICLE W
EVERY AFRO-AMERICAN
Mr. Booker T. Washington's series of articles in "The Outlook," ostensibly reflecting his observations of laher and social conditions in Europe in comparison with the Colored man's lot in the South, represents his latest and most ambitious effort to reconcile our race to the infamy of existing conditions, and thereby enabling Tuskegee's principal to earn anew the gratitude of the Bourbons from Maine to Mexico, while he placidly continues to receive the shekels from the fool philanthropic North.
No Reply from Washington Yet.
All this and much more is pointed out in the subjoined interview with Mr. John E. Milholland by a representative of "The Guardian" in New York last week, and we urge its careful perusal by every friend of the Race, of Justice and of Freedom. Mr. Milholland, after referring to some of the incidents connected with Mr. Washington's tour of Europe last year and his various interviews and speeches that were intended to reassure English and continental opinion on the Race question in America, continues the indictment of Mr. Washington which he began to draw in London months ago when he refused to accept an invitation to the dinner in Mr. Washington's honor and gave his reasons for not doing so—reasons that yet remain unchallenged.
Ignores Subsidized Organs.
Ignore Subsidized Organs.
"After eight months of silence Mr. Washington replies to the protest I filed against some of the remarks he made while in England on the condition of the Negro In the United States. My first remonstrance was published in the London Standard' on the sixth of September last; on the sixth of May he makes his defence in 'The Outlook.' If he has spoken on the subject. I am not aware of it. What he may have said through the hireling writers of his subsidized Negro press is of no consequence, except to himself."
"Mr. Washington's answer is absolutely unique. Merely as a specimen of his logic, of his intellectual craft, it is eminently wroth of consideration. I know of no brighter illuminant of his mental processes."
His Mental Processes Illustrated.
"Within sixty days after that ghastly massacre down in Texas, last July — where more than sixty Colored people were done to death by mob violence, lynched, shot down in the fields while at work, dragged from their homes at night, kicked, clubbed or stabbed to death, and all on account of an ordinary street brawl between a white man and a Negro and all without any subsequent investigation by local, state or federal authority—Mr. Washington calmly informed the English people that Race conditions were 'much im
man cars in the Southern states, that is, given an opportunity to sleep at night while travelling, a privilege no longer denied to hogs or-cattle, thanks to humane sentiment and the Inter-State Commerce Commission."
School Not a Panacea, Only an Allevi- vant.
"To Americans familiar with he actual situation his statements were too palpably erroneous to have any weight whatwere; to the English people with an imperfect knowledge of the facts and the vast amount of misinformation constantly spread before them by those who are interested in depriving the Negro of his constitutional rights, Mr. Washington's statements assumed a serious import, and I challenged not only the truth of what he said but undertook to demonstrate that the Tuskegee idea had been more a curse than a blessing to the Negroes of America in that, it had helped to render our National opinion uncertain by deluding the North with the notion that the proposition embodied in his school was really a panacae for all Race troubles, whereas at best it is only a trifling alleviant however warmly indorsed by intelligent Bourbons North and South of Mason and Dixon's line."
Proved Him Unrepresentative.
Proved Him Unrepresentative.
"I went further. Mr. Washington
I insisted, did not really represent
the Colored people of America in
what he said and I proved it by that
memorable appeal to Europe signed
by Trotter, Sinclair, Morris, Pickins,
Mossell, Bentley, Waller Du Bols,
Chestnut, Stewart, Buckley, Waldron,
Moore, Wallis and other real
Race leaders in this country. He
stood, I said, either ignorantly or
intentionally, for the Reactionaries
of the South and a misguided philanthropy of the North rather than for the great mass of liberty-loving, in justice-hating people of the United States."
Booker's Near-Reply to Milholland-
Paliates Wrongs of His Race.
"To all this, what was and is Mr. Washington's reply? Silence, silence and crafty transparent evasion of the issue. I quote his exact language from the current number of 'The Outlook," which a Philadelphia friend has been good enough to send me:
"Not infrequently when in my public speeches I have made some reference to the condition of the Negro in the South, certain members of my own race in the North have objected because, they said, I did not paint conditions in the South black enough. During my stay in England I had the unusual experience of being criticised in the London newspapers for the same reason, this time by an American white man. At the very moment that this man attacked me because in my public interviews I emphasized the opportunities rather than the wrongs of the Negro in the South, I had in my possession the document to which I have referred, which gives the official history of fifty-two persons, one for
CHICAGO, JUNE 3, 1911.
every week in the year, who had died in the city of London alone for want of food. I have never denied that the Negro in the South frequently meets with wrong and injustice; but he does not starve. I do not think a single case was ever heard of, in the South, where a Negro died from want of food. In fact, unless because of sickness or some other reason he has been unable to work, it is comparatively rare to find a Negro in an almshouse.
A "Platitudinous Narcotic Deliver ance."
"It would be difficult to find in all the platitudinous narofic deliverances with which he has beguiled the American people for the last twenty years, anything that reflects more acurately his peculiar quality of mind, his plausibility, his seeming cosmopolitan viewpoint, his apparent largeness of vision, his deftness in escaping any dilemma, his marvelous ability to hoodwink the unwary and deceive shallow-thoughted, well-meaning people who never can or at least never do) acquire the wisdom of the serpent, emphasized so strongly by the Greatest of all Reformers."
"What was the issue raised by him and discussed by me? The pauperism of London? Certainly not. The awful condition of the East End. Nothing of the kind. We were not talking about the starving Americans or famished Britishers any more than we were about the social waste of New York, Paris or other great cities. He had attempted to mislead the English public on the condition of the Negro in America. For this I rebuked him. Now he comes back to admit not that Colored American citizens are lynched by the hundred, beaten by the thousand and politically ensloved by the million, but that nevertheless, they do escape the occasional fate of an English beggar they really do not starve to death.
No Proper Comparison.
No Proper Comparison.
"Surely in this day no argument is necessary to prove that, all in all, the American masses, black and white, are better off materially that is in the matter of food and drink, than those of most world nations. This is no longer a debatable proposition. As Benjamin Harrison tersely remarked more than twenty years ago 'the gates of Castle Garden swing in and out', and the million or more immigrants that flock to these shores every year are a cloud of witnesses to the same effect."
More Color Oppression in America
More Color Oprission in America
Than England
"It would have been more to the point had Mr. Washington drawn comparisons between our Negro policy, or lack of it, and the treatment of its Colored population by the British people. That would have been relevant and quite in order. I am more or less familiar, with the troubles in India, real or imaginary; of the Egyptian ambition for self-government I have some knowledge, as well as of Race relations in the West Indies and Canada and in the light of that knowledge I challenge Dr. Washington or any one else to deny that
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ALDERMAN WILSON SHULFELT.
Member of the City Council from the 2nd Ward who is getting ready to put up a strong fight at the primaries in the spring of 1912 to be re-elected to that body.
there is more oppression, injustice and cruelty witnessed in Mississippi, the Carolinas and other states, North as well as South, during one year than among all the 300 Colored millions of India for a decade."
When Did English Lynch?
When Did English Lynch?
"When was an Egyptian lynched by his British neighbors? When was a Colored man in Hindustan burned at the stake? What disturbance do you hear of in Jamalca and why is it that in the vast territory known as British America, with all its mixed Races and Indian tribes, a few hundred policemen are sufficient to maintain as perfect order as exists throughout any rural region of the civilized world?"
"On one point I agree with Dr. Washington but it requires no 'official statistics' to convince people that English pauperism is a dreadful thing. The English people themselves realize it and the unprecedented ed measure introduced last week in Parliament by the chancellor of the exchequer, and accepted in principle by all political parties, evidences the national determination to grapple with the problem along the boldest lines, just as my old friend, General Booth, of the Salvation army, urged a quarter of a century ago."
The Difference.
"Right here is afforded the real antithesis, the most striking contrast between the British and our own government. England has a race problem in India but she has grappled and is grappling with it and with a prospect of solving it successfully. She has a race problem on her hands in Egypt but it also is in the process of solution, notwithstanding the gratuitous advice given her by that ex-president of the United States, who 'trying to teach his grandmother to suck eggs' attempted to tell the great liberal government of England, the most progressive that ever ruled the British empire, how to do something that his own administration at home utterly failed to accomplish and failed in the most contemptible, ignominious manner."
In America.
"In comparison with the statesmanlike efforts of England to deal with this question, what have we to offer? Mob murder without protest, lynch law as thoroughly established
as though it were upon the statute books, shooting men to death on a public theatre "age by an audience pawing for the privileges, trial by jury suppressed, free speech denied, elections a farce and the constitution in practical operation a mere sectional document!"
Thanks Washington for One Thing.
Thanks Washington for One Thing.
"Mr. Washington acts wisely in pressing his comparisons between the nations no further than the poorhouse or the unfortunate tramps asleep on the Thames Embankment, and it may alleviate the tortures of the next poor devil roasted at the stake down in Georgia to know that fifty-two English beggars starved to death although they escaped his fate.
"For this consoling contribution to the literature of lynching, we will all thank Mr. Washington."
Some Comfort to the Opprassed.
"It may comfort the hundreds of petty offenders wholly innocent victims of perverted police justice that are now forced to disgrace humanity and shame American civilization, working by day in chain gangs and sleeping by night like beasts of the field in stockades, to know that English paupers do not always receive sufficient food to sustain life."
"It may content the one hundred and fifty thousand disfranchised Colored voters of Louisiana to know that while deprived of all the rights of citizenship guaranteed to them by the constitution of the United States, they nevertheless will have all the hog and hominy that they want to eat and, according to Mr. Washington's version of the Scripture, I suppose that immortal Psalm will hereafter read 'Man shall live by bread alone.'"
Great Compensation This!
"And what a compensation it is to the five million black and white children of the country who are growing up in gross ignorance, deprived of every facility to acquire the most rudimentary form of education, to learn as the result of Mr. Washington's European itinerary, that, unlike the British hobo, they can really sleep at night under some other cover than the clouds and stars, and may reasonably hope to escape the fate of the fake organ grinder who, plastering his musical instrument
No.35
is getting ready
of 1912 to be re-
with placards about his ambition for legitimate employment, seems to have appealed particularly to Tuskegee's president—it was abrand new game in London last year."
"The late Dr. Watson, 'Ian MacLaren,' was blessed with an unfailing sense of humor but the term "Moderator" as applied to the presiding officer of the Presbyterian General Assembly to which the Doctor was a loyal but discriminating adherent. 'If there is any body on earth,' he used to say, 'that requires a stimulant rather than depressant it is we Presbyterians,' and what undear heaven made our forefathers think we needed a Moderator is be bond Calvinistic imagination.'"
Seek to Make Tnem Content.
"In like manner I am tempted to say that if every effort was misguided, superfluous, unpatriotic and really inhuman, it is that which seeks to make satisfied with their unhappy lot ten million or more American citizens who are, through no fault of their own, deprived of rights, and wronged to an extent unparalleled in the history of enlightened government and Christian civilization. The American Negro has no business to be satisfied with his present condition. It is a duty which he owes to God and man to be thoroughly dissatisfied with it, to protest against it, to fight for its bequest and for the abolition of the infamous injustice under which he suffers and the lawlessness that disgraces our Nation."
An Abominable Business.
"Mr. Washington has undertaken to do in Europe that which he, with other influences, has almost succeeded in doing in the Northern States: alienate sympathy from the Negro by bulriling the National perception to the actualities of the case. He may succeed in deceiving the English people, but I don't think so. He certainly win not if the Colored people of the United States exhibit one-tenth as much courage, common sense and ordinary perception as they have patience through all these long years of tial and suffering."
"It is a deplorable abominable business in which he has engaged himself. As an American citizen, I denounce it here as I have in Europe."
—The guardian, Boston, Mass.
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DR. YOUNG MAY BE NEW HEALTH
HEAD.
Mayor Offers Post to Surgeon in
Charge of United States Marine”
Hospital.
DEPENDS ON MAC VEAGH.
Government Must Grant Leave ©
Abence, for Which Precedents
Exist.
ee MSESOFSe Bright TOURg, Surgeon
im command of the United States
Marine hospital of Chicago, has been
Offered the post of health commis
sioner. There is every reason to be
lieve that he will be appointed by
Mayor Harrison next Monday even.
ing.
‘The only element ot chance is that
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh
T™ay Tefuse the leave of absence al-
Teady requested through Surgeon
General Wyman. It is believed, how.
ever, that the leave will be granted,
@s there are several precedents for
the step. Word of favorable action
is expected from Washington at any
time.
“Tribune” Forecast Verified.
By a practical confirmation of the
disclosure of Dr. Young's selection
yesterday Mayor Harrison verified
the statement published in The Tri-
Dune shortly after. his installation
that he would seek for health com-
missioner a man of thorough experi-
ence in the federal pubiie health and
marine hospital service.
After consultation with a number
‘of men intimate with national work
Of this character he elected Dr.
Young because of the unusual com-
Dination of his twenty years’ serv-
tee of @ general sort at a score of
stations throughout the country and
his six years’ residence in Chicago,
which has brought him into contact
with many of {fie most important
phases of the lo%al health situation
The selection was declared purely
“non-political” and the result of
Mayor Harrison's personal determin-
ation to select his commissioner on
the basis of efficiency alone. The
mayor declined to discuss the fitness
of Dr. Young beyond a statement
that he considered him “ a very good
man.”
Borg and Educated in South.
Dr. Young has been in the public
health and marine hospital service
since 1889. He was born in New
Orleans, La, on May 12, 1860, the
son of George Bright, Young and
Ann Tweed Rogers Young. His
father was for forty years editor of
the New Orleans Prince Current and
Commercial Advertiser. In 1870 the
family moved to Charlottesville, Va,
and there the son received his early
collegiate education in the state uni-
versity.
He was graduated trom the Uni-
versity of Maryland with a medical
degree in 1887, practiced medicine
lor @ year, was on the staff of the
New York Gity Insane hospital an-
ther year, nd then became an in-
jerne at the New York Marine ‘hos-
pital, receiving his commission in
1890. Since that time be hms serv-|
oi at St. Louis, Mo.; Csiro, Ti; Mem-
this, Tenn.; New Orleans, La; Port-|.
and, Ore; Pittsburg, Pa; dew
fork City; Hey West Fis;
ie, Ey. and Chicage. For three}
ears he was in charge of the United
Mates quarantine station at the Del-
wnre preskwater. in addition he|’
as been assigned to isboratory and
ther special work st Washington
uring @ifferent period- 4
‘Worked for U. &. in italy. '
‘He spent 0 year in special 1
sental work, guarding the country
rom the importation of chelera from | '
‘Italy and Sicily, with
w at Magies. ‘Duclos the
yer epidemic of 1887 be had _
of the interstate quarantine work in
western Tennessee, southern Missis
‘sippl, ang & part of morthera Als
Dama. He was ordered south for the
‘second outbreak the following year
Dut the order was changed and bh
was sent to Washington to aid Sur
geon General Wyman in directing
the work from there.
In the last yellow fever trouble in
1905, he was sent to Jackson, Miss.
and placed in charge of a big part
of the quarantine work, covering all
the movements of trains, etc. in all
of Louisiana and Mississippi except
the immediate gulf coast. ana the
neighborhood of New Orleans.
He has represented the service in
the American Medical association,
doth in its councils on medical legis-
lation and medical education, and in
its houge of delegates for the last
four years. For several years he bas
been a member of the Lake Michi.
gan water commission, of which he
now is president, and under the last
administration was a member of the
municipal milk commission. — The
Cheago Tribune, June 2, 1911.
DIAMOND DUST.
It was @ pretty game last Sunday
until the elements defied the Booster:
President's ukase, rained like belle.
Wickware was putting them over too
‘swift for the Athletics, for when fie
game was called the score stood 1 to
© im favor of the Leland Giants.
Among the substantial men of the
Race present were Dr. A. W. Wil.
Hams, R. T. Motts of the Pekin, Thos.
W. Allen City Inspector, Jess F. Boll.
ing, Prop. of the Burlington, David
Manson, Manufacturer ang Mining
expert, Mr. Allain and others. The
ladies were also present and looked
&s cute 2s ever. Come out next Sun-
day and see them.
° +. =
‘Tne Boosters were all there and
Mr. David Manson was unanimously
elected Chairman of tne Executive
Committee, this means a royal good
time for the. Boosters and they are
to be congratulated upon their splen-
did selection. Julius F. Taylor Editor
of The Broad Ax has been suspended
for three hours by the Boosters for
failure to be at Sunday's game and
will be compelled to face the music
at the Burlington next Saturday night.
We sympathize with ye Editor.
Don't forget to see Sunday's game.
The Spaldings is a cracked team,
having beat the American Giants with
Skel Roach in the box, who on Sun-
‘day will be opposed by Wickware, the
‘Leland's man of iron. Come out and
see this battle,
e 8 *
The Leland Giants won last Sunday
and Decoration day and lost one game
out of the iast three played. They
play at Chicago Heights today and
they are at home tomorrow, 69th and
Halsted.
DR.: BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
NOT IN HOT WATER.
Now why The Broad Ax of Caicago
should say that Booker T. Washing-
ton is in hot water because h2 is not
breaking his neck to prosecute that
German for slugging him we cannot
Well see for the life of us. And
why and how he will be “shown up
good and proper” as The Broad Ax
further states if the affair is aired
in Court we cannot grasp the idea for
such an assertion. Mr. Washington
will take care of himself, whether
‘he prosecutes Ulrich or not. His ene-
mies need not be bother in the
least—The Clarion, Nashville, Tenn.
As far as we are concerned, we
are not now nor never have been an
enemy of Booker T. Washington, we
are only bitterly opposed to him set-
ting himself as the “Jim Crow” lead-
er of the Afro-American race, in all
things in order to rake in money, so
that he can maintain his. family in
the grandest style, educate his chil-
dren in the best white schools in
this and in the old country, while
advocating industrial education, for
all other Colored children, and if he
will only prosecute Albert Ulrich,
and then return to Tuskegee, and
devote his time to his school work,
and refrain from urging the Negro
tne up Me i) and plc
rights, and tamely submit to every-
thing which tends to unhorse him, as |
a full-fedged American citizen, then
and mot until then can he neason-
ably expect to bave the united sup-
port of all the Colored peaple resid-
ing north of the Mason sd. Disn|
Line at his back.—éitor.
PHYLLIS WHEATLEY CLUB NOTES
Becton of offers June 7
‘Many good situations are awaiting
those seeking employment by apply-
ing at the Home, 2539 Forest ‘Ave.
Ali donations of bedding, table
nen, kitehen utensils, rocking chairs,
screens of which the Home is greaty
im need will be gratefully appreciated
and thankfully received by the house
committee, Mrs. Nora Lee, Ch.
WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHURGH,
‘Cor. 38th and Dearborn Sts.
RBY. 8, J. CALLIS, D D,, Pastor.
Childrens Day exercises will be
held in this church ou the 18th of
June that will be the last General
Fund Rally day before the annual
conference.
‘The United Order of True Reform-
ers will have their annual Thanksgiv-
ing sermon at 3 P. M. on the same
day in this church The Children
Day program will be in the evening.
On the 11th our last Quarterly Con.
ference for this year will occur. P. E.
Dr. Tipton will be in charge.
|. The qinner given by the Gunbeams
‘Decoration day and the program
rendered in the evening by the
Cherry Blossom Glee Club were both
& grand success. The Baby Wedding
on Wednesday night for the benefit
of the South Side. M*%sion was as
well attended as could be expected
under the circumstances a neat little
sum was raised to help the Mission.
The Spinsters or (Old Maids) Con-
vention held on Thursday evening
was well attended all of the Old
Maids acquitted themselves with,
credit. The proceeds were for the
benefit of the Woman's Home and
Foreign Missionary Society.
Sanday services as follows: Early
morning prayer meeting 6 A. ¥.
Preaching at 11 A.M. Subject, “The
Baptism of Jesus.” Sunday School at
1 P. M. W. J. Burdine, Supt. Chris-
tian Endeavor 6:30 P.M. C. J. Jack
con, Pres, Preaching at § P.M. Sub.
Sect, “The Conversion of the Eunuch.”
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CAPT . AVENDORPH’S FAILUREi
TO GET THE BALL, BRINGS
DEFEAT TO HIS TEAM.
The Emergencies and Mysterious
Nine played @ ten inning game of
base ball last Tuesday afternoon, at
‘Washington Park, which proved rath-
er an amateurish affair, notwith-
standing the line up of both teams
which was made up of Grace and
other semi-professional players. The
feature of the game, aside from the
four home runs that was made, two
on each side, was the anxiety on the
part of the Mysterious Boys to beat
Avendorph, his team, seemingly be-
ing an after consideration. Aven-
dorph, played in his old time form
up until the most crucial moment,
when the score stood 21 to 20 in his
team’s favor, in the last half of the
tenth inning, with three men on bas-
€s, two cuts, two strikes and three
balls on the batter: a chance that
seldom comes to a man to make him-
self a hero on the ball field, but it
came to Capt. Avendorph, but he
failed and defeated his team. Every-
doy had their eyes open to see what
would happen, and when the crowd
realized what really had happened,
it seemed as though everybody sald
in one voice, Julius lost the game.
The final score, Mysterious Boys, 22.
Emergencies 21. The line up, Emer-
gencies, Madden, P, L. Green, C.,
Oglesby, ist B., Hill, 2ndB, M. Wil-
ams §. 8.2 Avendorph, 3rd B.,
Gaines, L. F., Motley C. F., B. Irwin,
R. F. Mysterious Boys—C. Lewis, C.,
M. Washington, P., W. Harsh ist B.,
L. Thompson, 2nd B., W. Peters, 3rd
B., F. Wooden, S. 8. Thompson, C.
F., Roy French R. F. Lough, L. F.,
ne
FRANK P. GEORGE WAS AT HIS
BEST MONDAY EVENING IN HIS
ANNUAL DANABEGAY AT OAK-
LAND MUSIC HALL.
Last Monday evening, Frank P.
George, assisted by Miss St. Clair
White, violinist, Miss Gladys E. Eé-
wards, soprano, Miss Gladys Ander-
son, dramatic star, Mr. George RB.
Garner , Jr, presented his annual
Danabegay, at Oakland Music Hall,
and the following program was rend-
ered:
The Melange.
Selection, The Wilson Orchestra.
ed, Mr. George. Songs—(a) Joy of
the Morning, Mace, (b) Dearest,
Donier, Miss Edwards. Violin—(a)
Concerto, No. 7, Rode. (b) Sing Me
to Sleep, Greene, requested by Al-
fonso Anderson, Miss White. Song—
(a) Cleste Aide, Verdi. (b) The Ros-
ary, Requested, Nevin, Mr. Garner.
Violin—(a) Legende, Wieninski. (b)
Wait, Hormits Bowen, requested by
Mr. George, Miss White. Songs—(a)
Nita Gitana, DeKoven, (b) To My
‘The Piayiet.
Kilty. Wheaton, Miss Anderson;
Jim Crothers (The Burglar), Mr.
George. B. incidental Music of
Piayet, Mies St. Cisir White.
It was freely admitted by all who
bed witnessed Mr. George on prior
occasions, that “be was at his very
best on Monday evening, he was in-
dead very clever in the parts he so
dramatically performed and Mr.
George, should make up bis mind to
burn all his bridges bebind him and
devote the reminder of hhis life to
icting on the gage for withoyt any
gestion about st ho possesses 2.
arke amount of reel dramatic tglent.
PEKIN THEATRE.
Om Monday evening another inter.
esting bill of vaudeville will be of
fered at the Pekin Theatre. The
two shows a night policy with bright
and clean entertainments has prov-
en very attractive to the patrons
especially the liberal numbers of
real high class Colored acts that are
engaged each week. Many new and
Pleasing novelties have been engaged
for the coming week. An entire tra-
Yel production has been booked for
the coming week. The Reese Bros.
Africanders will be a nove? street
display every evening. Southern
quartet, Taylor and Price, a singer
and dancing couple and Clarence
Tisdale in new and bdesutiful illus-
trated songs should again’ provide
pleasing entertainment. Seats are
Teserved for the first performance
only. The second show patrons are
entitled to any vacant sest. Only
the best acts and at popular prices.
Ten cents balcony twenty cents
main floor, boxes twenty-five cents.
WAYMAN CHAPEL A. M. E
CHURCH.
‘The Pastor will preach at both the
services Sunday 11 A.M and 8 o'cléck
P.M. At the evening service a
special report will be made relative
to the Bee Hive effort.
| The morning choir gave a very fine
Program Monday night which was
appreciated very much by the au-
dience present.
The Pastor H. E. Stewart and wife
‘will leave for Wilberforce, Chio, next
‘Tuesday.
‘The contract will be let for the
decoration of the main auditorium
of the church. The platfornr will be
enlarged and a choir box made which
will accommodate the choir. The
plans are now for a great Reopening
service the first Sunday in July.
Mrs, Ida Wells Barnett will deliver
an address at Wayman Chapel Sun-
day evening, Jane 11.
Mrs. Nora Taylor will preach at
doth of the services June 18.
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HON. & A. T. WATKINS.
Selected Assistant Corporation Coun-
sel.
Attorney Watkins of Chicago Ill.
is the supreme attorney for the su
preme lodge of K. of P. and has been
for a number of years. He is a bril
Mant scholar and one of the foremost
men of Illinois. He "has recently
been appointed by Mayor Carter H.
Harrison as assistant corporation
counsel. Judge Watkins is fully quali.
fied to ill this position with credit
and dignity—The Baptist Reporter,
Jackson, Mississippi, May 27, 1911.
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| ZION FORUM.
The Forum will meet in regular
session Tuesday evening, among the
numbers on the program will be a
paper by Mr. H. C. Fox. Subject
“Modern Age.” Baritone solo by Mr.
Jas. P. Norwood, Instrumental solos
by Miss Evans and Mrs. E. E. Clay-
ton. The paper read by Mr. Fox will
be for open discussion. ‘The social
committee will entertain the Forum
with refreshments ut the close of the
session. er
iil el iain
Gray unrelenting skies hang o'er
The landscape pale with bieak distress,
But in the millinery store
“Tia blossoming =pringtime none the leas.
Washington Star.
‘The Old and the New.
‘OLD STYLE.
“Ah. Binks. I bear son tiad an arrival
fm your family thix morning.” said
Dickens.
“Yep.” said Binks, with » beaming
face.
“Boy or girl?” asked Dickens.
“Both.” cbortied Binks.
NEW sTrLe.
“Ab. Binks, { bear you bad an arrival
fn your, family this morning.” said
Dickens.
“Yep.” said Binks. with 2 beaming
face.
“What make?" axked Dickens.
“Pierce flier. 1911’ model.” shortled
Binks—Harper's Weekly.
ee
Another Version.
‘Mother, may 1 go out to skater”
“You may. my litte Myrt,
‘But you must stay close by the stove
‘Aed wear your bobbie skirt.”
Chicago Tribune,
Sen Chane Gennes,
“It seems to me” remarked the ob-
servant man. “that your eburch is jos
ing ground. 1 notice you didn't en
Toll a single convert lest month.”
“My friend.” replied the Mormon
elder, who bad received his own mil-
‘Unery bil! that morning. “it's almost
Smponaible to get any man to jolo our
church around Kaxter time."—Catho-
Me Standard aud Times.
NEW MILLIWEBY PARLOR.
‘Mra. Anns Heymen, 3296 Wahash
avenue. Phone, Dongias 462.°
Latest styles in ladies’ bats, hate
made to order, trimmed and blocked.
Prices reasonable.
CunIPs
Ie has been said that if old man
Adam, had remained awake he might
still have that rib, which was used to
make beautiful women.
| Mrs. Josephine Jordan, 3800 Wa-
| bash Ave., will leave Saturday, June
| 3, for Cincinnati, Obio, and other east.
(erm points before returning home.
| Col. John R. Marshall, assistant
Game Warden of the State of Ilin-
‘ols, the first of the week, started on
a ten days tour through the South-
ern part of the state.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, 3226
Prairie Ave., President of the Illinois
Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
will leave June 7 on an extensive
tour through the State in the interest
of her work. |
Mrs. Nellie Phelps 31 W. 5ist st.,
and her son Harold, returned home
Tuesday morning from a short visit
to Davenport, Iowa, where she was
called to attend the funeral of her
late beloved mother Mrs. Fellows.
| Mrs. Carrie Warner 5223 Dearborn
St. who has proven herself to be a
successful business woman, and she
believes in beautifying her lovely
home outside as well as on the inside
and add to its attractiveness she
has planted a fine tree in front of it
Mayor Carter H. Harrison was
feeling mighty good on Friday, and
to make others feel the same way
he appointed James Miller, who is
one of the oldest Afro-American
Democrats in Chicago, as Street
Paving Inspector at one hundred dol-
lars per month.
ieaiccias
Mrs, George King, 99th street nd
Vincennes road, made a pleasant call
on Mr. and Mrs. Julius F. Taylor,
‘Thursday afternoon. Mrs, King, who
is a devoted member of St. Thomas
Church, has for more than five years
been a constant reader of The Broad
rey
Paul-Laurence Dunbar, memorial
services will be held Sunday after-
Boon June 25th, at Institutional
Chureh, at 4 p. m. The speaker and
soloist will be announced later. The
affair will be under the management
of Julius N. Avendorph. All are in-
vited.
Inspector William P. Clancy, long
im charge of the Stock Yards dis-
trict; now engaged in rounding up,
those who are inclined to violate
the laws in the Hyde Park police dis-
trict, and Inspector Clancy is more
than the right man in the right
place.
Representative John Hrubec, and
his family have’ removed from 1734
W. Sist street, to 5209 S. Robey st.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Hrubec, are ideal
citizens, and if he lives he will be
reelected to the legislature in 1912,
their bright little daughter Clara, is
One of our little friends and she is
fast learning how to read Tre
Broad Ax.
Police Inspector Nicholas Hunt,
who has honorably served the city
for many years, takes to his new
position as inspector of the down-
town or the first district, as natur-
ally as a duck takes to water, and
Chief McWeeny made no mistake,
when he transferred Inspector Hunt,
as his chief aid at the Central divi-
sion.
George ©. Jones, the enterprising
funeral director and embaimer 1904
West Lake street, Phone West 1761,
who has stood up and manfully and
Successfully fought the “undertakers
or the Funeral Trust” for the past two
years, is still doing business at the
same old stand and be at all times
sells first-class funeral goods much
cheaper than any of the leading un-
dertakers in this city.
‘The 16th biennial session of the Su-
preme Lodge and Court of Calenthe
Knights of Pythias, of the World and
the 6th National Encampment Uni-
form Rank, under the generalship of
Major Robert R. Jackson, will be
held at Indianapolis, Ind. from Aug-
Ust 21, to August 26, there will be
seven of the greatest bands in the
world on band to discourse music
for the fifty thousasd visitors who
ave expected to be ; went on that
occasion.
SCALP SPECHALIST AND HAIR
‘GROWER.
Mrs. Beulah Jackson, scalp special-
ist end hair grower, 3613 Dearborn
St. Phone Automatic 17382, is at
home at all times to all of those who
need an expert artist in her line ‘of
business.
‘ PLAY BALL
Gontee!, Scientific and Gestien;;',
Gall Playing by
LELAND GIANTs
Every Sunday at their Pork
‘S0tb and HALSTED sipcey
Gs the success of
Giant this yacenh a
inuance factor in tt
arena, Their Park is the
i i d co
Hogreos, HAE sheaia ns * :
every Negro to attend +
this Park.’?
B. F. MOBELEY, Sec. an
6221 Halsted s:
syne
MOTTS PEKIN THE: ig:
Week of June 5
BROTHERS
AFEICANDERS
GREAT SOUTHERN QuéRTET
TAYLOR AND Price
CLARENCE TISDALE
Two Shows Nightly—7:30 on.
‘Three Shows Sundays and =
6:30, 8:30 and 10.
Prices: Ten cents baicony. +--+)
cents main floor, boxes twe “we
cents.
$1,000 Death Benefit
$7.50 weekly benefit for aceilent.. <
weekly sick benefit; $100) for.
of limb or eyesight; $25.0) for bm.
ency Relief; Cost $5.00 per sear
other dues nor assessments. {i
Company with $100,000 Stat :
to guarantee the payment of eins
Men and Women between the »2<
16 and 65 accepted. For further ix
formation address Dept. 314. Amer.
Registry Company, Brie, Pa. giving
age, occupation and present ‘tate of
health.
Current Comment.
An eclipse of the sun which can't be
seen is about as exciting as a Halley
comet minus a tail—Philadelpbia Bui
Jetin.
It seems that a good many of our
spring baseball ~phenoms” have al-
ready made home runs—back to the
farm.—Milwaukee Sentinel.
Lutber Burbank bax produced a new
strawberry. and now be might tura bis
attention te growing a bux with tbe
bottom where a bettom ought to be
fustead of one-third of the way up.—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Timely Tips.
‘The oyster hax now entered upon his
well ecurned annual vacation.—Cleve-
land Leader
In & little bile the summer board
season will wake the American farmer
ap object of still more respect and
solicitude.—Wasxnrugton Star.
And now xpproachex that season
when the person who dwells in rhe
country bexinx to wax immensels|
Dopular with his eity coustos.—Phits|
Gelphia inguirer.
A Lively Illustration. |
‘Bearing « noise at midnight {no ove
of his rooms. a gentleman tiptoed t
the spot. thinking to take the burgia
unawares. Sikes, however. was not
be canght “napping.” and before th
owner of the house fully realizes
what was happening he was looking
down the muzzle of a revolver.
“You realize that you are at my
mercy?"
“Ye-s.” replied the house owner.
“And also realize that I could shoot
you dead if I wished?”
Another trembling affirmative.
“You did not hear me enter the
house?”
“No”
“Well, if you had your windows ft-
ted with one of Ketchum's new patent
burglar alarms this wouldn't have
happened. I am an agent for the"—
But the bouse owner had swooned.—
Ideas.
The Great Cunctator.
Among the ancient heroes
Oid Fabius was no slob.
‘He rose to immortajity
‘By soldiering on bis job.
—Chicago Tribune
‘Chie iden
“A better boss you'll not find, zur.”
declared the old farmer enthusiesti-
cally. “Obeys every word you zay t:
*un and is worth three times the price
‘The prospective buyer did try ‘c”
and returned an hour later with ©
frowning countenance.
“Somewhat lavinh in your pwaises.
what?" quoth the dandy as he dis
‘Mounted. “Nevab wode a worse bore
fp all my lite
“Well. well:” exciaimed the old form:
er disappointediy. “And what's wronz
‘with “un. aur”
“Why.” retorted the dandy. “the
Dbwute kept on stoppin’ —stopped eve™)
twenty yards an’ ro-ked up its ears”
“Bt shat'« jest nix eppscientiour
Ress. zur.” replied the farmer. “Dou'’
Jou zee? He's wv afeared you ms!
say “Whoa” and be woo't bear Jo"
that he stops tu theen.”- Answers.
Weary Waes’ Plaint.
et ee ag
im awful fx.
«Pal hawp te Sock one day « wesk
And omy tome os atx
Ber dane Spokenman- Review.
Gore to Waste.
“I don't Hike the any ther reported
MY Speech” cenuapurivedd the vEW CD
(gresamon
“Why. ther sprinkie! in plenty of
danghter aud apyte -~
Fen, dst fiom tlk thew Be
tures Wa 4
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| Funeral Director and Embalmer who conducts, one of the most|
| successful undertaking establishments in Chicago. As a result|
,of the people’s appreciation of honest funeral direction.
I am the only Undertaker that furnishes automobile funerals for
the same price as Hearse and carriages, can save you from Fifty,
|to One Hundred Dollars on a funeral.
You are cordially invited to compare our prices with others before
making arrangements. |
$15 caskets that others ask $30
$20 caskets that others ask $40
$30 caskets that others esk $60
$50 caskets that others ask $100
$75 caskets that others ask $150
We carry a-large stock on hand from which to select, that will]
suit the people. .
Funerals are conducted in any part of the city or suburbs with-
out extra charges,
Large Chapel free to our patrons. Bodies shipped to all parts|
of the United States and foreign countries at the very lowest
prices.
Phone, West 1761. Lady attendant. Office and chapel, 1904 W.
Lake St., near Lincoln St.
| Serre
Free Excursion |
BEAUTIFUL !
-MOUNT GLENWOOD |
| CEMETERY
SUNDAY, JUNE 11th.
| ADVANCE IN PRICES JUNE 15TH. ;
| ter ene aie Re oe 2 ee
Bales
| se ee tecrere cana 9 odode Sone
| day evening June 10th. :
| ne he a et 50 =
| Mount Glenwood Cemetery Assn.
; 3125 SOUTH STATE STREET
Phone Douglas 5574. os Open Evenings.
DAMES AND DAUGHTERS.
Marie Dresser, the actress, was born
4m Canada. Her ren! name is Koerber.
‘Miss Esther E. Lape, instructor in
Swarthmore college, bas been appoint.
ed instructor of rhetoric and compos!-
tion in Wellesley college.
Mrs. Champ Clark. wife of the
speaker of the house of representa-
tives, is fond of walking and may be
een almost any day, despite the weath-
, taking ber constitutional in that
way.
‘In the agricultural department ts a
woman, Mrs. Mica Zeste Heidmann,
‘who makes models of the various bugs
‘thet prey upon grain, trees and farm
produce, in order that students of agri-
culture may recetve practical Geman-
stration in fighting them
Mme. Lawrence Fiedler, represent-
ing the French government, bss bees
sent to this country to study the school
aystem, the fight against tuberculosis
and industrial training schools, emong
other things. @he believes that the
task will require ten years to com-
plete.
Dr. Alice Hamilton has been ap-
pointed by the federal government to
wake an investigation of the lead in-
dustries similar to the investigation
made for the Illinois cbmmission on
cccupational diseases. Dr. Hamilton
4s a member of the staff of the Memo-
rial Institute For infectious Diseases
in Chicago.
The Writers.
Alfred Austin. the poet. is ap ama-
teur gurdener aud au expert fisher-
nian.
Witham ieun Howells. the author.
was # compositor on Obio pewspapers
before the war
tun Wheeter Wilcox bas a passion
for perfumes und teu gowns. Her fa-
verite Gower is the red carnation.
Marie Corelli was adopted in infancy
by Chariex Mackay, the song writer.
Her purenix were of Seoteh and Ital-
tap blood.
Lioyd Osbourne. the: novelist, is an
expert boxer and can hold bis own
witb the best of them with a pair of
mittx. He ix the adopted son of Robert
Louis Steveuson.
Tales of Cities.
‘In Columbus, O.. householders must
Gampen ashes before the cans ate set
out.
‘he official figures for the census of
St Petersburg. taken Dec. 15, 1910,
show @ population of 1.907.708.
‘The tiled and injured" Ly accidents
im London streets pumber nearly 10,
000 2 year. Of these 200 are killed on
the spot.
‘New York city. with more than three
times the population of Philadelphia,
bas vo more homex owned by thelr
occupants than bas the City of Broth-
erty Love.
Mithridates.
‘Mithridates, great ruler of Pontus,
gradually hardened himself against
every known poison by taking tiny
Goses, 80 that mo paison cogid ented
‘him napping.
Ether.
Ether as an anaesthetic was used by
‘Dr. Jackson for the first time in 1846.
Cooking Bests.
One must be careful not to break
the skin of beets and not to cut their
tops off too close lest the juice Sow
out and leave the beet colorless and
tasteless. :
Asia Minor.
‘Most of the people living in the vil-
lages and towns of ‘Asia Minor know
nothing about remedies of any kind
except the few made of roots and
herbs growing near by, and a physi-
cian's services are rarely called for;
consequently the mortality among the
People is very great. in the larger
cities and communities on the main
roads.there are many physicians.
Festest Plewtas Rives.
‘The fastest flowing river in the
world is the Sutlej. in India, which
rises 15,200 feet above the sea and
falls 12,000 feet in 180 miles.
Montreal's Earthquake.
A severe eurthquake at Montreal
Nov. 27, 1782, damaged 165 bouses.
Saxon and Norman.
The period of the blending of the
Saxon and Norman elements that form
the English race and language ex-
tended from 1008 to 1400.
‘The Charger at the Funeral.
‘The charger led at the funeral of a
cavalry officer Is @ relle of the custom
when a horse was nacrificed at the
grave. An officer led the charger be-
bind the bier to the brink of the grave.
and it was there slain and thrown in
upon the coffin. The last occurrence
of this kind took place at Treves, Ger-
many, in 1781.
Bekine a Sich.
If you desire to serve a baked Ssh
whole and have it stand upright on
the platter put a carrot inside the fish
before cooking and it will remain in
position.
‘The Dead Sea.
‘There is absolutely no foundation for
the statement sometimes heard in cer-
tain quarters that swimming the Dead
sea is imponsible. On the coutrary.
owing to the buoyancy of the water it
fe almost impossible not to swim.
Equally fabulous is the idea that no
animal or vegetation can live near its
shores.
A Long Mile.
The German mile is more than four
times as tong as the Engiish.
Queer Indian Tribe.
‘There is an Indian tribe in Bolivia
which shuns the whites and lives as in
thé stone age, making tools and weap-
ons of stone, wood or bone.
Boe of Pich.
‘Until within recent years there bad
been ascertained no trustworthy way
of finding out the age of fish. It bas
been shown that mere size does not
indicate age. Relbiscb, Heincke and
others have discovered tbat many of
the bones, scales and otoliths of fishes
have annual age rings resembling those
in tree trunks.
The Australian Blacksnake.
The biacksnake is the danger of the
Australian bush. and a deadly reptile
it is, whose bite will kill any one in
about eight minutes.
; Baby's Bib.
The half of a large dress sbield is
used by ® young mother as an foter-
lining for ber baby’s bib. It prevents
the moisture from his mouth from
soaking through to bix dress.
Purifying Water.
A tanpoontul of a solution of a
Jevel teaspoonful of chloride of time
to four cupfuis of water will purify
two gallons of water from bacteria
without leaving taste or odor.
in it
Avgustux ax heir of Caesar came
into possesion of $80,000,000, ‘the
amount which the dictator bad
amassed from the spoils of war. When
he became emperor Augustus was but
thirty-three yearn of age.
Palm Wine.
In addition w being. a beverage.
palin wine mas be sed ax a seaat. an
insecticide aud n diyinfectant, and it
also will remove rust from meus.
‘The Speedy Salmon.
‘The greatest xperd exer known te
have been uttained by # Gab Ss twen-
ty-five miles an bour. The salmon is
reported to te eble 1o maimtalp this
speed for a sbort distance.
Bet! Founding.
‘The real art of bell founding reach
ed perfection in Beigium and Holland
In tbe xizteeoth and seventeenth cen-
turtes, and she belis of that time pil)
stand 2s modeis.
Cienety sie Gand Vii
‘The Australian aborigine when wes-
ry of a single Ufe looks about for a
partper and. Gnding ene to bis tiking.
stalks ber and. watching bis opporty-
nity. stuns ber with a heavy blow and
carries her of to ber new home.
where, it is to be hoped. on ber return
to consciousness bix after teaderness
makes some atonement for Ris some-
whet rongh and ready way of wooing.
“My new ~~. svwn soceived &
‘Very sincere cuwpliment the other
Gy.”
“hs to how?”
“The proprietor of a restaurant I
qrest into asked me to sit near the
window. Said it would lend tone to
his place.”"— Washington Herald.
“They say that time alone will tell!”
‘Exclaimed the maiden when
‘He finally left, and then she turned
‘The clock bands back to ten.
‘Philadelphia Ledger.
“Fanny, you were nearly half an
Dour telling Jack good night.”
“Indeed I wasn't. mamma. I wasall
that time trying to keep him from say-
ing it."—Chicago Tribune.
“Bow peaceful and how quiet, George,
It seems to be out here!”
She said. “No sound but of toe birds
‘Can one detect. my dear.”
Just then e rural district man
‘Who made one of = group
Disturbed that peaceful silence much
‘By starting in on soup.
Yonkers Statesman.
“What kind of a man would you lke
for a busband?”
“Ob, either a bachelor or a widower,
Ym not particular which.”—Universal-
ist Leader.
A controversy. waxing rude,
Is seldom rendered mute
‘Until it strikes an old time feud
(Or else « libel suit.
— Washington Star.
“But, why do you object to my man-
vers?”
“For one thing. you eat with your
knife.”
“Well. I have to—I'm left handed.”—
Toledo Blade.
“A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the best of men.”
Unless they learn before it's done
‘That they are paying for the fun.
—Chicago Record-Herald.
“You say you moved the people out
of the bouse we are going to move
into.” ¢
“Yes, madam.”
“How many loads did they have?”
“We moved them very nicely with
two loads.”
“Is that so? Then make three loads
of our stuff. We've got to create an
impression somebow.” — Detroit Free
Press.
Of all sad words
‘That pen has writ
‘The saddest are these:
“Please remit!”
juice
Mary—That top Goor boarder moved
‘out today.
Jane—I didn't see any luggage go
out.
Mary—There was none. I think be
placed his effects in an envelope and
posted "em to the new address.—Brook-
jyn Eagle.
Now, why King Solomon was wise
Is not quite plainly seen. oh!
“Tis said he had one thousand wives,
‘And not one went to Reno.
—Yonkers Statesman.
Willis—He is the most wonderful
man I know.
Gillis—indeed: Why so?
Willis—Hefore ne got bis machine
be promised the usual number of peo-
ple that be would take them riding,
and he actually kept bis word with all
of them!—Puck.
At ten o'clock I'm feeling rich,
At ‘leven just the same:
At twelve o'clock me for the: diteb—
‘The gas bill has just came!
Cleveland Leader.
“Just see thix picture. Doesn't the
train seem to be tearing along at ter-
rift speed?"
“Yes; the artist must have put a
taxi driver instead of an engineman
fp the cab."—Buffaio Express.
A sailor took to gardening once.
‘And all his neighbors laughed
‘When he spoke of an onion bed
‘That hed raked fore and aft
“Chicago News.
“Out to luncheon. Hack In Ove min
Lutes.” read the xizn on the door.
“Are you xure he will get beck that
soon?” axked the anxious eater.
“Yewm.” maid the wise office boy.
“He uin't got the price of a ten min
Ute tunch im nis clothes."—Tolede
Binde.
Bince cooking keeps ber bead awbirt
Gore folks have often said
‘They wondered how so light « girt
‘Could make such heavy bread.
“Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Gerald—At forts a man is either a
fool oF 2 phyxician.
Geraldine—I suppore it would be po-
Ute in me to say “You're the doctor."—
New York Press.
Had I the wealth of all this world
age locked wih bolts and bare
get a telescope
(And envy that of Mars.
—Washington Star. |
2 a RS ee
Beishatzar read. “Mene. mene. tekel
epbareln.””
“Probably my stenograpber's trans
lation of “Your favor of even date re
ceived.’ be cried.
Herewith be continued the feast
New York Times.
wie sho at last
eee
‘Whee making conversation.”
=Yorkers Statesmen,
“How do you suppose the fires of re
mance are kindled?”
“I shoulé judge by love matches.”
‘ew Maven Register.
Reread, Sete EL
= 2 Spat “a dollar” shape
0k a0 8 eee
ei 5
a a a
BMard Luck That Wea.
May tect means or ty tie
And 80 he left no stone unturned,
; Not s'ea a solitaire.
Chicago News.
‘An Advocate of Rapidity.
“Which party emblem do you prefer,
the elephant or the mule?” -
“Well.” replied Farmer Corntossel,
“as things go nowadays both them
‘animals is pretty slow. What one of
the great parties ought to do is to as-
sociate its ideas with something like
the automobile."—Wasbington Star.
‘Gade Oe.
‘He fired at ducks and begged the sail.
‘His dog got on the track.
And, seeing that the prey was duck, be
Drought the canvas back.
Galveston News.
Gan Oh
A Scotch student. supposed to be
deficient in judgment. was asked by @
Professor in the course of bis exam-
ination how be would discover a fool.
“By the questions be would ask.”
was the prompt and bighly suggestive
reply.—Tit-Bits.
To Head Her Off.
It's nearly time
“ ‘The young man squirms
And says ice cream
Is full of germs.
Houston Post.
One Blessing.
“There's one blessing about poverty,”
‘gays the poorly clad philosopher.
“Name it.” demands the agitator.
“Why. 2 man doesn't have to bire a
whole lot of expensive lawyers to
show him bow to stay poor.”"—Chicago
Post.
Financial Comparison.
‘The prima donna’s early state
‘Oft claims of wealth a giittering store.
Although her salary is great,
‘Sometimes her alimony's more.
—Washington Star.
Why He Likes Aeroplanes.
Howell—Rowell considers bis air-
ship his best friend.
Powell—Yes: you see. bis wife ran
away while he was on one of his
flights.—New York Press.
Or Do Thev?
‘Lives of coachmen all remind us
‘In our race for dally bread
‘We must sometimes whip behind us
‘If we wish to keep ahead.
—Chicago Tribuse.
Very Often.
“There's a differencé in children.”
“Yes. The poor man's children are
assets. the rich man's fiabilities."—
Louisville Courier Journal.
Town Topics.
‘Where will Cincinnati deposit tts
dead cats if the canal is abandoned?—
Dayton News.
New Yorkers are doing a lot of talk-
ing about fire protection, but the mem-
bership of their churches does not
seem to be increasing.—Cleveland
Leader. .
Speaking of common ¢rinking cups,
Chicago might take a bint from Cin-
cfnnati. which bas placed a “sanitary
policeman” at Fountain square—Chi-
cago Journal.
‘It appears that Philadelphia last year
spent about $5,000,000 more than it re-
celved. If that doesn’t wake the old
town up its case is honeless—Des
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A. F. Tervalon, cigar store and
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R. J. Jones, news stand, barber
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George 1. Martin, maker of fae
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Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions
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School Which Had Humble Beginning Has Become One of the Most Important Educational Institutions In the South—Part Taken by Professor John R. Hawkins.
By FRANKLIN F. JOHNSON.
Kittrell, N. C.-The twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of the founding of Kittrell college, which began on Friday, May 19, to run for six days, marks one of the most important educational events thus far held in the south this year.
The celebration will be attended by prominent educators from all sections of the country, as well as leading churchmen of the A. M. E. connection.
The speakers will include Professor John R. Hawkins, commissioner of education for the A. M. E. church:
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PRESIDENT D. J. JORDAN.
Professor D. J. Jordan, president of Kittrell college; Rev. Dr. G. D. Carnes of Wilmington, N. C., who will deliver the baccalaureate sermon; Rev. J. W. Sanders of Smithfield, Va., who will address the literary societies, and Rev. A. L. Gaines of Baltimore, who will deliver the address to the graduating class.
Kittrell college is one of the most important educational institutions in the southland. It was founded by Rev. B. H. W. Leak of Raleigh, N. C., and several others, representing the North Carolina conference of the A. M. E. church. The upbuilding of the school has been largely due to the great, and self sacrificing labors of Professor John R. Hawkins, who served as its president and is now treasurer of the college. The institution is supported by the North Carolina, the western North Carolina, the Virginia and the Baltimore conferences. Professor Hawkins has traveled all over the bounds of these conferences in the interest of the work.
The college opened in a small way in February, 1886, and the following year it was chartered by the North Carolina legislature. The school now has a group of six buildings, one of which, Duke hall, will be formally dedicated on the last day of the celebration, May 24. This building will replace the one destroyed by fire two years ago. The college authorities hope to complete the raising of a fund of $25,000 during the celebration for extending the work of the school.
The following men have served as presidents of the college: Professor B. B. Golnes, 1886-9; Professor John B. Hawkins, 1889-96; Professor O. G. O'Kelly, 1896-8; Professor J. S. Williams, 1888-1900; Professor P. W. Dawkins, 1891-8; Rev. W. H. Giles and the present incumbent B. J. Jordan.
During the several years President Jordan has been in charge of the affairs of the institution he has assistedly labored to place it in the front rank of educational institutions in the south. He is a native of southwest Georgia and received his collegiate
training at Allen university, Columbia, N. C. He has been teaching for the past twenty-five years, sixteen of which he spent in Atlanta, Ga., where he taught in the public schools of that city and Morris Brown college. He was professor of mathematics in the latter school and for eight years served as its vice president. Kittrell college offers excellent normal, classical and collegiate training. Courses in theology, domestic science and the trades are also given. The faculty includes the following teachers: P. C. McGill, C. W. A. David, Miss Victoria E. Dickson, Miss Lula Norris, Miss Minnie Thomas, Miss A. W. Moorehead, Miss M. Etta Stewart, Miss H. C. McBain, Miss Elinor B. Hawkins and Mrs. Alice Watkins.
The executive board is composed of the following persons: Bishop Levi 1 J. Coppin. president: Professor D. J. Jordan, Professor John R. Hawkins, Revs. R. H. W. Leak, J. E. Jackson, S. S. Morris, W. H. Capehart, A. Stroud, R. R. Nichols, K. C. Holt, C. H. King, J. W. Walker, G. D. Jimmerson, S. M. Johnson, N. W. Brown, P. J. Jordan, J. W. Norris and C. H. Stepean.
CONCORD LITERARY CIRCLE.
Holds Debate on Question of Better Kind of Education.
The subject for discussion at the recent meeting of the Concord Literary circle in Brooklyn was:
"Resolved, That industrial education is more beneficial to the colored race than intellectual." For the affirmative Frederick Lopez gave a historical review of the progress made from ancient times up to the present along industrial lines. He showed that the city of Rome, with its magnificent architecture, and Carthage and Athens, with their splendid buildings, were the product of industrialism. Mr. Lopez said that the men who run the mills, factories and machinery are the men who are running the government. This entire universe, so to speak, is being run by three men—Carnegie, Rockefeller and J. Pierpont Morgan. They have more real power than all of the other men put together.
Mr. Thomas E. Scott, who assumed the negative side of the debate, said that, while industry had built up these ideal cities, the great intellectual leaders had given to them their prestige and influence: that, while Rome was mistress of the world, to Caesar belonged the credit for her worldwide fame; that, while Germany, with its industries, was regarded as one of the foremost countries, its real value was computed because of Bismarck, its leader.
England has two kinds of education, one for the higher class and another for the lower, but its rulers are always selected from those receiving the higher education. Spain, because of its ignorance, was throttled and rated as a third class nation. Japan refused to accept industrial education as her standard and sent her children to the best colleges, universities and seminaries and today challenges the world.
College education brings with it a dignity and culture which the colored race needs. This age calls for men who can measure arms with the men of any other race—statesmen, lawyers, physicians, ministers, schoolteachers, etc. This can only be accomplished by getting the very best training available.
Messrs. N. B. Dodson, W. H. Major and Mrs. M. C. Lawton, the judges, after summing up the evidence adduced by both contestants, unanimously awarded the decision to Mr. Scott, who had the negative side of the question.
Many a politician changes his mind after he sees his interview in print—Toledo Blade.
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