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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Booker T. Washington The Great Wizard Of Tuskegee IS SEVERELY SCORED BY JOSSEPH C. MANNING OF ALABAMA. WHO CHARACTERIZES HIM AS "COWARD LEADER OF THE COLORED PEOPLE. HE DECLARES THAT "THE DISFRANCHISEMENT OF THE NEGROES IN THE SOUTH WAS THE MOST INFAMOUS CRIME IN HISTORY." WHITE GENTLEMEN IN THAT SECTION OF THE COUNTRY SEEK SOCIAL EQUALITY WITH COLORED MEN AND WOMEN IN THE NIGHT TIME AND SPURN THEM IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. Booker T. Wash The Gro IS SEVERELY SCORED BY JOSEPH WHO CHARACTERIZES HIM AS "CO PEOPLE. HE DECLARES THAT "THE DISP IN THE SOUTH WAS THE HISTORY." WHITE GENTLEMEN IN THAT S SOCIAL EQUALITY WITH O NIGHT TIME AND SPURN In a fiery speech, during which he characterized Booker T. Washington as "a coward leader" of the Colored people, Joseph C. Manning of Birmingham, Ala., discussed the topic, "The Nation's Duty to the South," at the Union Baptist Church yesterday afternoon. He also pictured the Colored leader as circling the north like a buzzer lighting upon carcasses. Mr. Manning declared that the disfranchising of the Negroes of the South was the most infamous crime in history. Speaking of the peonage system in Alabama and the investigation following complaints made in 1898, he said: "The peonage camps were broken up, even though I got my nose broken by a mob for the part I took in the agitation." The speaker referred to "the coward leader" as being in the North supporting the man who sought Mr. Manning's removal as postmaster for the fight he made against the discharge of the Colored troops who figured in the Brownsville incident. "Being threatened with removal," he said, "I sent a telegram to T. Roosevelt, telling him to take his office and go to a warmer country with it." "Talk about supporting a political party that can't help you when your franchise is being taken away," said the speaker, contemptuously. "I'd fight it until hades froze over—and then it fight some on the ice." Mr. Manning, himself a white man, spoke fervidly in behalf of the Colored race, and his remarks were constantly punctuated by applause on the part of the audience that crowded the church. He began his address with a picture of conditions prevailing in the South before the war. Not only were the Colored people at the mercy of the slave-holding oligarchy, he said, but the non-slave-holding whites; and even the slaves imbibed from their masters a feeling against the 'poor white trash.' "That dominating spirit of the aristocracy of before the war," continued the speaker, "has been transmitted to us today, and its progeny dominates Alabama through the same tactics of repression." Regarding the election held in Alabama in 1901, on the adoption of the existing constitution under which a large number of Colored and white voters were disfranchised, Mr. Manning said that the vote was returned as 83,000 against it, and 125,000 for its adoption. Enormous majorities in favor of it, he said, were returned from counties populated largely by Colored people. "Not only were their votes counted different from what they were cast," he declared, "but the white vote was made powerless by the fraudulent count. The purpose of it was the same political intrigue, to eliminate not only the Colored vote but the white. In Alabama there are 300,000 white males of voting age, and 200,000 black men. But 73,000 ballots elected the present Democratic administration in Montgomery. Out of the 200,000 blacks in Alabama only 2,000 can register to vote, and out of 300,000 white men, perhaps there are 125,000 who are eligible. In the South, 1,500,000 men are exercising the voting privilege for 6,000,000 males of voting age. More men have been disfranchised in Alabama than Washington had in his army of revolution. "The crowning shame of it all is that Northern white men with money were able to get a Colored man from Alabama to come North and say amen to the intrigue of repression. To the statement that Tuskegee was settling the race question Mr. Manning replied: "It is an insult to the intelligence of the people of this country to suppose that any school of 1,500 students could settle the great race question." He added that he would not want any of his children to attend a school that was aided by money gained through the oppression of Northern workmen. The speaker touched upon lynching in the South, which, he said, had become prevalent since the Negroes were disfranchised. He stated that at the present time, the number of lynchings averaged about one a day. "The blood of these murdered people," continued the speaker, "tests upon the heads not only of the white men of the South, but of the North, and upon every Colored man and woman who does not cry out against it. I believe in protecting Americans abroad, but I still more believe in sweeping our own doors clear at home. 'When the 2,000,000 Colored voters in this country unite and demand recognition, you will find more consideration given to your people in this country. Surely you are as much entitled to the franchise as the foreigner who lands in this country and is allowed to vote before he can speak English. The Colored people have been the most shamefully treated of any who ever set foot on American soil. 'As to the plea by Southern white men that they do not want social equality, for the Colored people, they may think so in the day time, but they forget it in the night. 'As Blaine says, the final battle has not been fought. The constitution will yet be enforced in both letter and spirit. The right to vote is what distinguishes the free man from the slave. 'We want you to understand that it is a struggle for the same rights of man in Alabama that you have in Massachusetts. We ask no more, and, by the eternal gods, we are not going to accept any less.' At the close of Mr. Manning's address, a collection was taken in behalf of the cause he represents.—The Morning Mercury, New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 5, 1911. COMMUNITY CLEANLINESS. Community cleanliness counts for much as a factor in our health and comfort. A clean, well-kept neighborhood is always a more healthful place in which to live than is a locality where dirt and filth abound. We all know this is true; but we do not always realize our own duties and responsibilities in helping to keep our localities as clean and attractive as they should be. In all neighborhood work for the general good, we can do much by setting a good example for others. If I begin to clean up and make tidy and attractive the premises which I occupy and show that I am determined to keep them so, my near neighbors will most likely get busy to see if they can't make their places look even better than mine. It is a mighty hard job for one untidy, careless person in a row to continue so when all his neighbors are in lively competition with each other CHICAGO, AUGUST 12. 1911. [Picture of a man with white hair and a dark suit, looking slightly to the side.] THOMAS TAYLOR, JR. Master In Chancery and Republican Candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court To Be Voted for At the Judicial Election the First of November. to see who shall have the most attractive and best kept premises. But in order for us to have community beauty, health and comfort, we must have community effort, common effort for the common good. We must look at things from the viewpoint of community good and we must all work together to that one end. "One swallow does not make a summer," so the old saying goes, and neither does one neat and well-kept lawn make a neat and well kept community. It is true that as one swallow means more will follow and summer will surely come, so one bright spot in a row is likely to be followed by others until in time the whole street is made clean and beautiful. One other thought in this connection, and it is this: Time and labor spent in cleaning up and beautifying our surroundings adds to the money value of the property. People are always favorably impressed with a locality of this kind and whether renting or purchasing, are willing to pay more in order that they may have clean, pleasant and healthful surroundings. THE LORIMER INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE HAS CONCLUDED ITS SESSIONS IN WASHINGTON, D. C. It Will Convene in This City the First Part of October. So Far the Blond Senator Has Gotten the Best of the Investigation. The Lorimer investigating committee, concluded its sessions in Washington, D. C., this week and it will reconvene in this city the first part of October, and it must be admitted by those who have carefully read the testimony of the various witnesses that so far the Blond Senator has gotten the best of the investigation. Under the steady fire of former Judge Haneey, Charles A. White, who seems to be devoid of all sense of honor admitted that while being shown the many sights of this city by an escort furnished by State's Attorney Wayman, that he frequented many fast houses where he blowed in some of the money he received from the Chicago Tribune, far the mass of lies which he sold it that he borrowed money from Lee O'Neil Browne, and wrote him letters which where also full of lies with the view of entrapment him, into making some kind of a confession in the way of receiving money for his vote and support of William ```markdown ``` Lorimer, that he also wrote Senator Lorimer, after his election to the Senate commanding him to secure him a good position either in Washington, D. C., or in Chicago and that he must or should pay him seventy-five thousand dollars for his long false story in relation to bribery in connection with his election to the United States Senate. In his long cross examination it was clearly proven that he is a morial pervert or degenerate that he deserves no consideration whatever, from the hands of honorable and respectable men, that in the estimation of decent people he is far beneath a slimy reptile. H. J. C. Beckemer, who claimed on the witness stand that he cast his ballot for Senator Lorimer, on his own volition without receiving or the promise of receiving any money or anything else of value for his vote; that one of the aids in the State's Attorney office, under the direction of John E. W. Wayman, took him out several nights here in this city filled him full of whisky, that while he was in that condition he was forced to confess under the threat of being indicted and sent to the pen at Joliet, that he had sold his vote and had voted for Senator Lorimer for money and in order to escape punishment and for the sake of his sick wife he had told and retold many bare-faced lies respecting his vote for William Lorimer. Former State Senator D. W. Holst-law, who seemed at all times to have his hands on his back ready to receive some easy money, for his vote declared in his testimony before the committee that he had made up his mind to vote for Wm. Lorimer one month before he did. That he received no promise of any money before or after voting for him; that at no time nor place had he ever laid his hands on any money from the so-called one hundred thousand dollar Lorimer "Jack Pot" that Attorneys Fitzgerald and Gillespie, who had been recommended to him by Gov. Charle s Deneen, drew up his confession placing all the questions and answers in it to suit themselves, and when it was finished he was compelled to sign it without having had time to carefully read it; that he did not know that it set forth the fact that he had received $2,500 for voting for Lorimer. In view of the fact that so much false testimony has been sworn as the absolute truth before the committee, in the final round-up, there is nothing else for its members to do but to absolve Senator Lorimer from all attempts to bribe anyone to vote for him in order to buy his way into the United States Senate. The Official Program of The Memorial Services IN MEMORY OF THE LATE ROBERT T. MOTT, TO BE HELD AT THE PEKIN THEATRE, SUNDAY EVENING. AUGUST 13. THE EIGHTH REGIMENT BAND, THROUGH THE COURTESY OF COL JOHN R. MARSHALL AND SERGOT. WILLIAM E. BERRY, WILL BRENDER SACRED SELECTIONS FOR THE OCCASION. HON. EDWARD D. GREEN, MAJOR BOBERT B. JACKSON AND A. H. ROBERTS WILL DELIVER THE PRINCIPAL ORATIONS. THE ENTIRE SERVICE PROMISES TO BE VERY INTERESTING AND EDIFYING. The Exercises and Entertainment arranged by the Robert T. Motts Memorial Association for Sunday evening, August 13th, bids fair to be a success of the highest social and artistic standard. Every effort has been made in arranging the program to secure numbers which are fitting to the dignity of the occasion. Besides the citizens have through their interests and subscriptions more than assured the committee that the audience will be more than a brilliant one. Arrangements have been already entered into with the sculptor who will model the bust and tablet. In an interview with this artist at his studio in an unpretentious little room where the light comes through the translucent glass, on the grey brown walls are hung portraits of his work, while on his clay modeling stand is the work that he is now engaged upon; a bust of Archbishop Quigley. Segnor Rammell showed great interest and expressed pleasure in having an opportunity of modeling the bust of Robert T. Motts, as his face held such strong characteristics. The committee was so favorably impressed with the high artistic ability of the sculptor that this bid for the Bronze will have a great weight in their decision after they are placed in possession with the proceeds of the Entertainment. To the participants who are rendering their services on the program, the Association is deeply greatful. The special preparation and appropriateness of their selections have entailed no little work on their part. Many of the professionals are regulating their engagements and a number of them have refused paid work in order to give their services on this occasion. The Eighth Regiment Band by the courtesy of Col John R. Marshall and Sergt. Wm. E. Berry will render a series of sacred selections. The program in its entirety will be of the highest class. Among the distinguished patrons are Dr. and Mrs. Hall; Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Williams; Prof. and Mrs. Wm. Emanuel; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R. Cowan; Col and Mrs. John R. Marshall; Dr. A. A. Wesley; Mr. and Mrs. Julius WHERE THE LORIMER CASE NOW RESTS The second investigation of the Illinois senatorial election of 1909 has rested. It will not be resumed until October. This case has impeded national legislation for many weeks. It has spread millions of irrelevant words upon the record at the cost of tens of thousands of dollars. It has shown the futility of all the "new evidence" on which a political faction demanded a "rehearing." The Senate committee has investigated thoroughly the curious stories circulated by Funk, Kohlsaat, Burgess and Cook, either because they wished to injure Edward Hines and Edward Tilden. The result has been the complete vindication of Mr. Hines and Mr. Tilden. To the same extent it has been a complete vindication of Senator Lormer. So now we are back just where we were a year or more ago, when Charles A. White, for $3,500, made his celebrated "confession." Messrs. Hines and Tilden have dropped out and Sen- PROGRAM OF MORIAL SERVICES T. MOTTS, TO BE HELD AT THE EVENING. AUGUST 13. THROUGH THE COURTEST OF COL. BERGT. WILLIAM E. BERRY. WILL ONS FOR THE OCCASION. ROBERT B. JACKSON AND A. H. THE PRINCIPAL OBATIONS. TO BE VERY INTERESTING AND Avendolph; Mr. and Mrs. Bureguard Moseley and a host of others. The program of the evening follows: PART I. Opening, Music; "The Song of the Soul," Mme. Ada Banks Davis; Introductory, Mr. Henry Jones; Violin—Largo, Mr. Clarence Lee, accompanist, Prof. Lee; Selection, Mr. Clerence Tisdale; Address, Hon. Edw. D. Green; Piano Solo—(a) Sonata, Pathetique, Beethoven; (b) March, Funeral, B. Minor, Chopin, Prof. Edw. Morris; Address, Mr. Wm. Cowan; "Ave Maria," Gounod, Violin Obligato, Bach, Solo, Miss Fanny Wise; Violin, Prof. Chas. Elgar; Address, Major R. R. Jackson; Violin Solo, (a) Fantaisie, Sanasati, Miss St. Clair White, 1st movement; (b) Sing me to Sleep, Green, Prof. B. E. Johnson; (Miss White Appears by the courtesy of Mr. Frank P. George.) Oration, Mr. A. H. Roberts; "Inflamatus," from Rossini, "Stabat Mater," Operetta Club; Prof. Edw. F. Morris, Conductor; Miss Fanny Wise, Soloist; Soprano, Misses: Collins, Cosly, Harris, Mrs. Claybrook; Alto, Misses: Harris, Buford, Kinchen, Townley, Tenor, Messrs.: Settles, Powell, Wicson; Bass, Messrs.: Henderson, Seawright, Chalmers, Wooden, Settles; Picture of Robert T. Motts. PART II. The Entertainment. All of the Artists have volunteered and their position on the program is arranged to meet their convenience. Permission of Col. John R. Marshall, Eighth Regiment Band. Direction of Sergt. Wm. E. Berry. (a) Pilgrams Chorus, Tannhouse, Wagner; (b) Selection; (c) Selection. Orchestra under the direction of Prof. Oliver Perry. Fidler & Shelton, Davis & Walker, Sims & Thompson, The Clippers, James Sisters, Miller & Green, Reese Bros., Then Ten Dark Knights, Byron Bros., Jones & Morris, Rosa Lee Tyler, Miller & Lyles, Richard B. Harrison, Chas. S. Gilpin, Bert Murphy, Sylvester Russell, Craig Williams, Clarence Tisdale, Chas. Young, Edward Grey. THE GOATS SOCIETY. ator Lorimer is being tried a second time on the White "evidence." The cesspool character of White has again been stripped of every cover. Beekemeyer and Holstlaw have again asked the public to believe that they got money for votes which they already had given publicly and freely, without price or promise. The inquiry has paused just where it was before Funk, Kohlsat, Cook and Burgess appeared on the scene. There is nothing left now except the matter on which judges, juries and committees have been acquitting Mr. Lorimer almost incessantly for a year and a quarter.—The Inter-Ocean, Aug. 12, 1911. Rev. W. S. Braddan, Pastor of Berean Baptist Church, 4848 Dearborn street, after receiving seventy-five dollars from the members of his flock and orders to take a vacation for one month, left Sunday evening for Crawford, Neb., where he will visit his father whom he has not seen for many years. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Infidels, Single Taxes, 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 ..... 1.80 Advertising rates made known en application. 5027 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO. PHONE DREXEL 4590. 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. PEONAGE IN AMERICA. Labor Committee of the House of Representatives Brings to Light a Terrible Condition in Pennsylvania. THREE MONTHS FOR MURDER. Men Refusing to Work, Deprived of Liberty and Fed on Bread and Water Until They Yielded. Washington, August 5.—The Labor Committee of the House, to which had been referred by the Committee on Rules the Wilson resolution calling for an investigation of the alleged peonage in Westmoreland County, Pa., held a hearing on August 1. Attorney McNair, who has been attorney for the miners and other labor organizations, appeared on behalf of the resolution. The testimony brought out in reference to the Irwin field coal strike showed an appalling state of affairs. During this contest sixteen miners were killed by deputies of the company, many of them in cold blood and without prevocation, and the extreme sentence for these murders by the courts in Westmoreland County has been on the average three months in jail. In connection with this hearing, Attorney McNair and a Mrs. Fox brought out a most terrible condition of affairs which existed during the strike in the Pressed Car Wheel Company's plant at McKees Rocks, Pa., among unorganized workmen. When the strike occurred men were brought in to take the strikers' places under false pretenses and were not allowed to leave their employment even though they desired, the company claiming that they must work until their transportation had been paid for. This is in direct conflict with the statutes and has been decided to be peonage under the law. Attorney McNair filed information of peonage before United States Attorney Jordan at the time of its occurrence, but Mr. Jordan refused to issue a warrant on the information produced. A little later an immense mass of information, charging peonage came from men who had been held against their will in the works, declaring that they had been made prisoners and forced to work for the Pressed Car Company against their wishes. This evidence was presented by witnesses under oath and subject to cross examination by the Company before the authorized representative of the United States Bureau of Labor. This information, however, up to the present time, has not been made public. It developed at the hearing that United States District Attorney Jordan had taken up the matter with the Department of Justice at Washington and the Department of Justice had refused to take cognizance of it. This is one of the most reprehensible acts ever committed by the Department of Justice and also places the legal representatives in a peculiarly conspicuous position of disregarding the laws relating to labor. It was stated before the committee that where the men who were compelled to take the place of the strikers refused to work, they were placed in a box car and fed on bread and water until they would agree to again return to work. While the committee has not yet taken any definite action, as soon as the testimony and brief is printed the entire matter will be certified to the Rules Committee, which, in turn, will undoubtedly take definite action. NICE FIVE ROOM FLAT FOR RENT. Nice five room flat for rent, first floor, strictly modern except heat, 5025 Armour ave, key at 5027 Ar- vine. THE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH. 3825 Dearborn Street. Rev. A. J. Carey, D. D., Ph. D., Minister and Warden. Beginning with tomorrow our especially attractive feature will be added to the music of the worship at the Institutional Church. Mme. C. R. Knopp, formerly of New York, one of the leading vocalists and trainers of America has been engaged to take charge of the choir. Mme. Knopp will render a solo at the morning worship. Lovers of music will enjoy a rare treat. Sunday Afternoon Musicals. Another pleasing feature is the inaugurating of a "musical hour" every Sunday afternoon from 3 to 4 o'clock. Some of Chicago's best talent have already been secured for these afternoons and programs such as will please the most highly critical are being presented. The attendance last Sunday was inspiring. The enrollment in the vacation Bible School has reached 180, and new pupils are daily coming in. Dr. Boville, of New York, head of the system of Vacation Schools, visited ours this week in company with Prof. Ransom of the University of Chicago, and pronounced it one among the best conducted of the entire system A corps of four competent instructors is in charge and they are diligently striving to keep up the standard as this is only one of the schools in charge of a faculty of our own teachers. The present faculty consists of Prof. C. J. Davis, Miss Louie Cummings, A. B., Miss Eloise Carey, and Miss Blanche Early. Peace Conference. Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 8 o'clock, at the request of some of the friends from the South who will come into our city in great numbers, there will be held a "Peace Conference" in the Institutional Church. Prominent speakers from North and South will appear. WAYMAN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH. Woman's day proved to be quite a success at Wayman Sunday under the North Side Woman's Club, a good program was rendered, short talks were made by Mrs. L. E. Stewart, President, Mrs. Ida Lewis, Mrs. Jennifer, Mrs. L. E. Davis, Mrs. Macon and several others. Sunday, August 13, at the morning service Dr. Jennifer will preach at 11 A. M. A special program of song, etc., will be rendered at the evening service. On Monday night, August 14th, the Pastor will give an exhibition or sereopticon illustrated exercise on the subject of Character and Characters. This will illustrate on canvass life size views as well as songs, etc. This will be the event on the North Side among religious people. Wayman Chapel members have formed a benefit association based upon the active membership of the church, the organization working through the membership will begin after the annual conference. A weekly allowance will be given each person in case of sickness. August 29th and 30th will be a special service from 8 to 10 P. M. known as reunion service, a short sermon will be preached on an important subject, after which a general testimony and registration meeting will be held. The Industrial Club had a splendid bazaar . Mrs. Cooper deserves much credit for her excellent work. The Sabbath School will serve refreshments to the scholars Sunday, August 20th. Also the Cradle roll will have a special meeting for the mothers. Miss Bosley, Superintendent of the department. WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHURCH. Cor. 38th and Dearborn Sts. Rev. H. J. Callis, D. D., Pastor. The Womans Home and Foreign Missionary Rally held on last Sunday afternoon was a decided success. Although the audience was somewhat disappointed in the non appearance of Mrs. Nora Taylor, they seemed to enjoy the short exposition made by the pastor on Isaiah 61-1. The other numbers on the program were also greatly appreciated. Mrs. Callis the president, and the members desire to thank the many friends who so kindly assisted them in this effort. All the services were well attended and the general offerings were good Our Connectional Council of Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Convention will convene in Knoxville, Tenn, the 11th Inst. Miss Lillian I. Browder will attend that gathering from our church. Dr. Tipton our Presiding Elder passed through the city this week on route to South Bend where he holds his next Quarter. At II A. M. Sunday, Rev. Callis' subject will be: "A Clean Heart." At 8 P. M. "A Christian and Successful Man." The strangers who are visiting our city are very cordially invited to this service. There will be special music by the choir.—"S." ADVICE FOR THE YOUNG GIRL. She Should Try to Imitate Some Older Woman of Marked Grace and Charm. Good manners are not hard to cultivate, but it is difficult for the young girl to realize their importance. Yet if she will only stop to think she will remember some older woman who, in her eyes, holds everything of grace and charm. Then why does she not try to imitate her? Why does she not study this woman's personality and find out her charm? The young girl should be considerate of all things. In being that she will find nearly everything else will be comparatively easy. She will not talk in loud, breezy tones, because she will know that in doing so she is disturbing others. She will not hurry through the streets in a bold and pushing manner, nor stand on the pavements with a group of giggling girls, because she knows she is making of herself a nuisance. Nor will she enter shops and engage in high pitched conversation plentifully sprinkled with slang and incommoding other customers by blocking the counters. Once a girl accepts consideration as a foundation she will soon find herself possessed of a charming personality. OFFICERS OF NEGRO SOCIETY ARRESTED AFTER BANK FAILURE. Officials of Order of True Reformers Charged With Wrecking and LootING kichmond Institution. Richmond, Va., Aug. 10.—The grand jury today indicted five general officers of the Grand Fountain of the Order of True Reformers, a Negro fraternal Order, for complicity in the looting and wrecking of the True Reformers' bank. The officers indicted are W. L. Taylor, grand master; Edward L. Ellis, Jr., vice grand master; W. P. Burrell, grand secretary; J. C. Robertson, general attorney, and Reuben T. Hill, cashier of the True Reformers' bank, who is now a fugitive under indictment for grand larceny of indefinite sums. The grand jury estimated the amount of shortage as traced to date at $290,000. Richmond Negroes are highly excited by the developments. Many of them have lost the savings of a lifetime in the crash of the True Reformers' bank and in the collapse of the fraternal order which founded it. There are upward of 3,000 subordinate fountains, and the membership of the Order of True Reformers is spread over twenty-eight diehard states. ZION FORUM Strangers who are visiting the city will not get a correct impression of Chicago if they fail to attend the Zion Forum on Tuesday nights. The last session was of a high literary and musical character, an original poem dedicated to the late President McKinley by H. David Murray, took the audience by surprise. The splendid paper by Mr. J. Van Allen Doreey on "The Conservation of Natural Resources" was received with a great deal of enthusiasm. The Piano Solo by Mrs. Elenor E. Claytor and the vocal sols by Miss L. E. Ellis, of Knoxville, Tenn., and Mrs. Adah Williams, of Troy, N. Y., were all of a high order and greatly appreciated as was shown by the encores. On next Tuesday a paper will be read by Mr. John Van Camp, subject, "Race Prejudice." The ladies of the Forum will serve Lemonade and cake to all who come. CHIPS Mrs. Mattie Richardson, Cincinnati, O., is visiting her brother, O. H. Clemens, 5747 La Fayette avenue. Prof. Holder, of Kansas City, Mo., is in the city stopping at the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Williams, 3408 Vernon avenue. Mrs. Charles R. Davis, 3546 Forest avenue, entertained Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 in honor of Mrs. William Brown, of Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. E. M. Clark of 3909 Dearborn St., has as her guest her sister, Miss Elizabeth M. Hampton, who is a teacher in the city schools, of Zenia, Ohio. Mrs. E. W. Carter, 5025 Armour avenue and Mrs. A. E. Taylor, 5027 Armour avenue, returned home the latter part of this week, from Grand Haven, Mich. George L. Martin, the successful cigar and news dealer, 18 W. 31st street, left Wednesday evening for a short business and pleasure trip to South Haven, Mich. Mrs. Carrie Warner, 5223 Dearborn street, spent last Sunday at the West Michigan Resort, near Benton Harbor, Mich., and she enjoyed her short outing, and later on she will spend two weeks at the resort. Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Lewis, have removed from 5016 Armour ave. into a brand new house at 5047 Armour ave., and they now have one of the neatest little homes on the South Side. The Claflin University Jubilee Club, whose members have sang in all parts of the world, will sing at Olivet Bap tist Church, 27th and Dearborn streets, this coming Thursday evening, for the benefit of the church. Mrs. John L. Fry of the Cranford Flats, 3600 Wabash avenue; has been the guest this week of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Denison at their country home near Benton Harbor, Mich. Henry Jones, President of the Robert T. Motts, Memorial Association, left Sunday evening for Boston, Mass., where he will attend the Elks convention and return home in time to preside at the memorial services at the Pekin Theater Sunday evening. Mrs. Ed. Mead, 6351 Vincennes ave., left Tuesday morning for Detroit, Mich., her old home, Buffalo, N. Y., Niagara Falls and Montreal, Canada, where she will visit at the home of Mrs. William Hurd, until September 1st. Rev. J. F. Thomas, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, was somehow on other the first of this week pushed off from a 35th street car at 35th and Vernon avenue, by a white gentleman, and in falling he severely hurt his right shoulder. The Lincoln—Oak Hill Cemetery Association, has opened offices at 3101 S. State street, South East corner of 31st street, J. L. Patton general sales manager; James H. Moody, assistant sales manager, and these gentlemen are ready for business and invite their numerous friends and others seeking burial places to call on them! VACATION. [By the office boy.] I hate to hear these schoolboys lays of swimming holes & summer days they give my hart a pang they bring me back no days when I would wend my way with menny a sl whenair the school bell rang it brings back oakden days agen & makes me almost blubber when they rite about vacation thair aint no fun like days of yore i aint a regular kid no more i got a occupation. -Milwaukee Sentiment. Why It's Done. "Did the mother of the bride cry at the wedding?" "Yes, indeed. That was the only way she could attract attention to her new gown."—Detroit Free Press. Time Is Money. If time is money some folk try Their best to turn the trick And that is why they always buy On tick. -Philadelphia Ledger. Modern Slang. "Did he fall for it?" "Yes: he didn't tumble." - Boston Transcript. Cheese was mentioned by Aristotle in 350 B. C. The Hornpine Hornpipe takes its name from a wind instrument on which is produced tuneful strains as an accompaniment for this country dance, which originated in England. Sailors' hornpipe is better known to Americans. Strongous Fishing Winter fishing in Masitoba is a strenuous occupation. The mercury often touches 60 degrees below zero, and nets must be fished several times each day. London. Bondon was founded by the Romans in the year 50. Franking Privilege The franking privilege, which was characterized by Sir Henese Finch as "a real poor mendicant prevoi," was originally granted to knights and others chosen to represent the commons in the English parliament in 1660: Kind Lady—Why, my little fellow, what are you crying about? Tommy—Boahoo! I lost my candy. Kind Lady—Did you drop it through a crack in the walk? Tommy—No; I swallowed it! Boo- foo!—Chicago Daily News. Jack and Jill went up the hill. At clip o'er things to hurtle. They tried to take a six foot wall, And then their car turned turtle. Motts Pekin Theatre Sunday Evening, Aug.13 Memorial Exercises and Entertainment in Memory of Robt. T. under A The Robert T. Motts Famous Musicians Distinguish Admissi Funds to Secure Brow Ticket issued only to of the The Robert T. Motts Memorial Association Famous Musicians Noted Singers Distinguished Speakers Admission $1.00 Funds to Secure Bronze Bust and Tablet Ticket issued only to the Seating Capacity of the Theatre German Gleanings. Physicians practicing in Germany number 32,449, or 5.01 for each 10,000. German suffragettes want to abolish the use of the word "fraulein" and propose "frau" for general use. Consul Iftt of Nuremberg writes that there is no soda fountain in that city and he has never seen one in any German city. In Germany offensive billboards are no longer to be tolerated. Orders have been issued for the destruction or removal of those along the railroads and on the roofs and walls of houses. Short Stories. Venezuela recently launched its first home built war vessel. It is said there are 2,000,000 women smokers in the United States. There were 35,807 patients issued by the patent office at Washington last year, and 22,708 expired. The public drinking cup will be outlawed in Chicago on Aug. 6, as it will be in New York on Oct. 1. Physicians battling with the plague in Manchuria protect themselves with rubber coat, gloves and helmet, the latter soaked in iodoform. The Schoolroom. In Russian schools pupils have the option of learning "French or German, and 70 per cent choose German. Last year there were 17,317 permanent teachers in the elementary schools controlled by the London county council. Bremen's new common schools are provided with bathing halls, where the students take weekly shower baths. At present the bath is not compulsory, but is under the regulation of the school board. You Would Smile at an Englis at an English Gas Range They call it a cooker. In this country a Gas Company must carry over 40 different shapes of ranges. In London they have but one—a boxlike affair with a deep oven that extends from surface burners to the floor. The roast hangs on a hook and the drippings fall through the bottomless oven into a pan that sets on the floor underneath. From our point of view it is rather a crude, insanitary affair. Yet there are almost threequarters of a million of them in use in London. Without question Chicago housewives have all the best of it. We think our new "Composite" type of gas range is "miles ahead" of anything they have in Europe. Or "miles ahead" of anything in the range line ever built in this country. The "Composite" range makes it possible to cook a meal of seven sorts of food all at once with one and the same fire. Thus saving much time and fuel. No kitchen is complete without a range of this type. We explain the good points of the "Composite" and the small payment selling plan at our downtown or any of our many outlying stores. Or we will be pleased to send you our illustrated catalogue on request. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company, Peoples Gas Building, Michigan Boulevard. --- T. Motts uspices of Memorial Association Noted Singers ed Speakers on $1.00 onze Bust and Tablet the Seating Capacity Theatre Cheer Up. When wealth gets so common That none will pursue it Because there is no one Will sit up to view it, A great deal of show And of fool ostentation Will yield to the pressure Of civilization. For nothing is ever So commonplace as it Becomes with discovering Every one has it, And doubtless when all of us Revel in clover And will in money The show will be over. -St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Worried. "Yes, a strange thing happened yesterday. I have been trying all day to figure it out." "What was the nature of it?" "When I got home last night my wife didn't have a single complaint to make to me about things the children had been doing during the day. I'm trying to decide whether the children have become cunning enough to deceive her or whether she has something to absorb her and doesn't care any more."—Chicago Record-Herald. Wife (with paper) Well, well! Here's another aeroplane accident and, as usual, a lot of innocent bystanders hurt. Hub—Bystanders! You mean the innocent understanders. —Boston Transcript. The climate on its way proceeds In ignorance and sin. 'Tis evident it never reads A weather bulletin. Hubby-We must be economical. Wife-Why? Hubby-If I should die I wouldn't be able to leave you much. Wife-That's right, whereas while you're alive you leave me most of the time.-Toledo Blade. h Gas Range --- Worried. He will bury cheaper than the trust 2 We carry a large stock on hand suit the people. Funerals are conducted in any out extra charges. Large Chapel free to our patio of the United States and foreign prices. Phone, West 1761. Lady atten Lake St., near Lincoln St. 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 without 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. SIRES AND SONS. Lord Nortz.cliffe, who owns thirty English newspapers, is the son of a Dublin lawyer. Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin is a Canadian. For many years he was a skipper of a schooner on the great lakes. Sir Joseph Ward, the prime minister of New Zealand, began to earn his living in the New Zealand postal department and later was a clerk in a merchant's office. Vice Admiral Sir George Strong Nares, who commanded one arctic expedition and took part in another, recently celebrated his eighteenth birthday at his home in Surrey, England. Rev. Robert Collyer, pastor emeritus of the Church of the Messiah, New York city, who is now in his eighty-eighth year, was a factory boy and later a blacksmith in Yorkshire, England. He entered the Methodist ministry in 1849 at "nothing a year." Extra! Ext and from which to select, that will be part of the city or suburbs with- ons. Bodies shipped to all parts sign countries at the very lowest dant. Office and chapel, 1904 W. Governor Simeon E. Baldwin of Con- necticut, lawyer, judge and expert in penology, advocates the restoration of whipping as a punishment for juvenile offenders and a deterrent of juvenile crime. He has been a delegate to three international conventions on penology. Pert Personals. One of the most trying spectacles of a summer season is G. Bernard Shaw engaged in a continuous effort to startle the world with some audaciously original remark.—Washington Star. The manner in which J. Pierpont Morgan is slitting from throne to throne leads one to suspect that he may be quietly laying his plans for a reasonable combination of monarchies.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Andrew Carnegie predicts that millionaires will be very scarce in the future. Perhaps he bases his prediction upon the fact that, having made forty millionaires, he has retired from the business.—Chicago Record-Herald. And the Romance It Warmed Into Happy Realization. By VIRGINIA L. WENTZ. It was that most gracious season of all the year perhaps-St. Martin's summer—when the spirit of ripeness which seems to have fled once more holds the land with its intoxicating breath. The fields were studded with tiny Michaelmas daisies, and the hedgerows were brilliant with early goldenrod, but somehow you fancied you smelled the scent of the roses and mignonette as well. There was quite a group of people out on the small hotel veranda, and most of them were gossiping. Spinning up the poplar shaded country road was a smart little trap. Across the tennis courts the occupants were plainly visible. They were James Walsh and Mrs. John Burgess. "I say, girls," cried one of the group on the veranda. "it's a crying-shame to let that elderly person cut us out with the richest man we have up here—crying shame, that's what it is! And I don't think any of us has an atom of 'grit' or 'go' or we'd take the wind out of Mrs. Burgess' sails!" "Why, she must be all of a hundred!" exclaimed another. "They say that Mr. Walsh knew her years ago. Wonder where he picked her up. In the ark. I guess." "Oh, my dear, long before that," drawled another mockingly. "Long before Noah's time women had ceased to do their hair in that absurd fashion." Then the quiet girl with the embroidery on her lap spoke softly: "She has a lot of hair anyhow, and it's beautiful, and the way she dresses it suits her features. She reminds me of Albert Durer's 'Madonna.'" "Who's that, Miss Tyson?" interrupted a young fellow in tennis channels, suddenly appearing in the doorway. "Who's like Durer's 'Madonna.'" "We were speaking of Mrs. Burgess answered Miss Tyson without ever looking up from her embroidery. "Madonna? Folderoll!" cried a other girl in concert. "She's a p quiet poke of a woman and a de ing one at that. She's encou him fearfully." "You see, Miss Tyson." ch Billy, the young chap in flannel, get only one or two big mair catches a season up here. It is a of time nowadays to listen to the pecunious ardors of early youth sequently"— Billy's words were ambiguous, but the comprehensive sweep which he made with his glove and sun browned hand, including randa, girls and all, was inimitable. Miss Tyson's gray eyes laugh appreciatively. They were such nice understanding gray eyes, thought Billy. "Twas shame that embroidery should engross so much of their attention. Even now she showed signs of taking it up again and to avoid such a catastrophe Billy proposed a game of tennis. "All right." said Miss Tyson cheerfully, folding the bit of linen about the tiny hoop and stowing it away in a tiny bag. The fancied likeness between Mrs. John Burgess and the "Madonna" of Durer was not without some basis. There was, indeed, a similarity in the weary features, more interesting than beautiful, and in the dolorous, somewhat constrained grace of the stately figure. Mrs. Burgess was a woman of forty-five. Her manner, her aspect, was that of one who had long since ceased wishing to attract. In point of fact, the wish had never been pronounced. Since her husband's death, which had occurred ten years previously, she had never worn a color. It is to be exposed that Mr. Burgess had loved her. His had been her first and only offer of marriage, but in her girlhood her heart had been given to another. Most people who knew Mrs. John Burgess thought of her as the mother of her children. She had a son in the west who was making great ventures in cattle and horses, and she had a married daughter in Paris who was writing her constantly of her social triumphs and prosperity. Yes, her children were full of their own plans and projects, and once or twice later Mrs. Burgess had been a bit surprized to find herself feeling a little lonely and forgotten—a chill pressure of the autumn winds of life. Her summer indeed, had flown. Then, just at the correct psychological moment, he came—the man to whom as a girl she had given her heart. Ah, where were the chill autumn winds now? It was St. Martin's summer instead. James Walsh was a middle aged, pouly, rich man and a widower. He had married somewhat early in his career a noted beauty. A formlight of wedlock had convinced him that he and his lads had not a single taste in common, but, being a businesslike man, on his return from his tour de once he'd sized up the matter in this practical fashion: "Twas the pink chiffon dress at the Van Duyers' ball which was responsible. Only why wasn't it"—But the "why wasn't it" in this case hadn't worn a pink chiffon dress, nor had she been at the Van Duyers' ball. Mr. Walsh had been a widower now for three years, and he still sighed with a half abashed sense of relief. "No more matrimonial ventures for me," he'd say to himself, with a laugh, although he had reason to believe that he could lay successful allege to several feminine hearts; that he was still quite capable of victory. He had been spending August alone up in the mountains, and he had enjoyed a month of fishing, tramping and dreaming to his heart's content. On his way home he'd stop for a week or two at a certain little hotel reported to have good cuisine and rest a strained wrist before going back to business. Glancing casually over the hotel register, he saw the name of Mrs. John Burgess. There arose in the man's breast a curious sensation, but he pulled himself together. "How absurd!" he upbraided himself as he walked away from the desk. "As if there were not hundreds of John Burgesses. Why, I might even have coaxed myself into believing that I remembered her handwriting." An hour or so later, however, he met her on the lawn. Their eyes unexpectedly encountered one another. "Can it be?" cried he, with boyish incredulity. She extended her hand. "I think it can," she answered, with that little half smile on the corner of her pure lip which he remembered so well. Mrs. Burgess had escaped the half kittenish challenge of the middle aged woman who will not abjure conquest. She did not move to the shade of the tree nor even open her parasol. She stayed precisely where she was, with a streak of harshly revealing sunlight playing havoc with such loveliness as time had left to her. After awhile the warmth of the sun or some other warmth she knew not of brought into her pale cheeks that glow which James Walsh's first roses had brought, oh, so many years ago. That night time and again Mr. Walsh drove away the memory of the woman's feeting half smile, yet it returned to haunt him with all its old sweet allurement. Finally he fell asleep and dreamed of her. The next morning at breakfast he found himself unaccountably agitated. She was not in the room when he arrived, and all the other boarders, even the pretty young girl with the quiet gray eyes, seemed to him like so many figureheads. What if he had not really seen her yesterday? What if it had all just been in the dream last night? But at last she came, and the beauty of no radiant goddess could have pierced so straight into his breast as did this woman's tired loveliness. In her simple white morning gown she seemed to him the soul of sensitive delicacy and serenity. He recalled how, being essentially feminine, she always pitted suffering, so now he made his strained wrist a pretext for being near her. She herself ministered to him, binding it firmly and gently. Her breath, sweet as an infant's, touched his brow. They lunched on tee-a-tete and that afternoon took a drive together in a hired trap. Mr. Walsh's intended week was prolonged to a fortnight. During that time his eyes followed Mrs. Burgess, and, indeed, his feet did also, very much more frequently than she herself approved. She thought of her position, her children, of what might be ridiculous in the situation, of the gossip and espionage of the guests. Once or twice she had heard a few sofflings, with a note of mirth, at the devotion of Mr. Walsh, and it had made her super-sensitive. But all of these trivial objections vanished like mist before the syn on the day when he laid his heart bare before her, when he showed her that beneath his apparent prosperity he was hungry—he had always been hungry—for companionship and sympathy. "And you could make me so happy, oh, so happy, dear if you would marry me," he was saying as they walked slowly along the road the day before his departure. Her arm lay lightly upon his, his eyes were shining, and there was a warm girlish that in her pale cheeks. "Won't you? I need you so!" he pleaded. Just then they were passing a hurellow tree. Now, veiled and shadowed from the world by the willow's drooping green, sitting on the lush grass were two young people to whom love had just sung its first sweet song. Naturally they'd started a bit when they heard approaching footsteps, but they might have spared the start. Neither of them was observed. "I always did think Mrs. Burgess was sweet looking. Billy," said Miss Tyson, absently pressing a cool, bending branch of willow across her hot cheek, "but just then she looked positively beautiful." "Yes, sweetheart," acquiesced the wise Billy. "Why shouldn't she? She's having her St. Martin's summer, you see." William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison. President William Henry Harrison's inauguration day was dark and foreboding. The new president rode on horseback in a two hour procession through the streets of the city, after which he stood for another exposed, without cloak or overcant, to a keen chilling wind while delivering his inaugural address. When night came he was very much exhausted, but he seemed to recover, from the effect of this exposure, and the new administration was launched with Daniel Webster at the helm as secretary of state. The president was besieged with office seekers, and he overworked and was soon stricken with a chill which speedily developed into pneumonia. On the 4th of April, half an hour after midnight, Harrison was dead, his last words being, "May the principles of government be carried out." First Year at Maryland Normal Gratitude to Personal Goodness trying to Principal Goodes. The first year of the Maryland Normal and industrial school at Jericho Park, in Prince Georges county, Md., was a pronounced success. Professor D. S. S. Goodoe, principal of the institution, which is supported by the state, is very much gratified over the bright outlook for doing a much needed educational work in that section of the state among the masses of Afro-Americans. The present school building is the first of a proposed group which will in time be built upon the grounds of Jericho Park. The spot is one of the most beautiful in Prince Georges county. The present building is of red brick with granite trimmings and is three stories high, with a large basement. The latter is divided into a kitchen, dining hall, laundry and heating plant. The first floor will be divided into study halls and offices, while the second floor will be used as dormitories and will also contain the apartments of the teachers. Lockers, bathroom and toilts are also on this floor. The third floor is a large hall and will be used temporarily as a gymnasium. The building is heated by steam and illuminated by electric lights. The building cost about $17,000, while the ground on which it is located cost $5,000. There are 187 acres of ground which will be used as a farm and for the breeding of blooded stock. The fall term will commence Sept. 18. R. W. Thompson as Boy Statesman. According to the ipse dictat of the Pensacola (Fla.) Sentinel, R. W. Thompson of Washington and Indiana respectively, national newspaper correspondent and versatile writer, was the first colored boy to serve as page in the legislature of the state of Indiana. He was in the session of 1880-81, which elected Benjamin Harrison to the United States senate and in which sat James Sidney Hinton, the first colored man to serve as a lawmaker in the Hoosier State. Newspaper Men to Meet In Little Rock. It is hoped that editors throughout the country will so arrange their business as to be able to attend the next annual meeting of the National Negro Press association to be held in Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 15 President M. M. Lewey is leaving no stone unturned in his efforts to have a program in which all may participate regardless of politics, educational methods or what not. Progress Noted In Journalism: Progress Noted in Journalism. In order to keep pace with the latest developments in race journalism, Mr John H: Murphy, managing editor of the Baltimore Afro-American Ledger, has added a typesetting machine to the equipment of his newspaper plant. Since moving to his new office at 628 North Eutaw street Editor Murphy has added upward of $5,000 worth of improvements to his establishment. Suckers Always. "Trout stories are more plentiful than trout dinners," observes the Detroit Free Press. Yes, indeed. The great American sucker is the only fish that can be depended upon to furnish subsistence the year round.—Denver Republican. 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: W. M. Maxwell notions, cigars in bacco, confections and news stand 5252 State street. H. Hart, news stand, cigars, tobacco and laundry office; 15 W. 35th street. A. A. Dwelle, cigar store and news stand, 21 E. 33rd street near State. 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GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 Telephone Main 2027 J. A. TRIBUE Attorney-at-Law 171 WASHINGTON ST. Room 706 Chicago Henry C. Bomar & Son Easiest Term to be had in Chicago Loans on first and second Mortgages Fire Insurance placed in any company 3517 State Street CHICAGO, ILL. Phone Aldine 2532 stealing the vote from them. "In the north today you stand idly by and see the principles for which your fathers gave their lives in the civil war being swept away." Alumni Association Organized. An alumni association has been organized by the graduates of the Clayton-Williams university, Baltimore. This school was founded by Rev. Dr. Harvey Johnson and is doing a most excellent work. The officers of the association are Reva. W. W. Alen, president; C. O. Layne, vice president; Benjamin Thompson, secretary; George W. Carrington, treasurer, and David Bryant, chaplain. President Allen is one of the best known of the younger ministers in Baltimore and for a number of years has been pastor of the Shiloh Baptist church. New Book on Racial Emancipation. "Ethiopia Unbounded" is the title of a new book by Curley Hayford of the Gold Coast of Africa. The book contains about twenty chapters and dwells at length on studies in racial emancipation. WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY GETS BIG APPROPRIATION. Professor Joiner's Efforts Double State Aid For Noted School. Wilberforce, O.—The twenty-ninth assembly of the Ohio legislature which recently adjourned was quite severe upon most of the educational institutions which usually receive financial aid from the state. Wilberforce university was the only school whose appropriation for 1911-12 was not cut below that for the previous year. There are twenty-six state institutions for which the legislature was required to make appropriations. Out of the twenty-six all but one suffered cuts in their estimates for the next two years. On taking charge in the fall of 1910 Professor A. A. Joiner installed a new and improved system of accounts for Wilberforce university and suggested a change in the method of submitting estimates for the appropriations with the result that the appropriation for 1911 and 1942 almost doubles that obtained for 1909 and 1910. There are four educational institutions in the state for which the legislature appropriates. Wilberforce is one of these institutions. The three white colleges had their appropriations more than cut in half, while the amount asked for Wilberforce was allowed to the last cent. The special appropriations amount to $91,220.00; the pro rata of the general levy due Wilberforce for the two years will be $46.500. This added to the special appropriations makes for Wilberforce $137,720.80 for 1911 and 1912. Some of the notable increases are as follows: The appropriation for 1910 was $8,000, for 1911, $12,600; appropriation for industries for 1910 was $4,000, for 1911 it was $6,417.85, but probably the most important increase, both as to amount and significance to the plant at this time is the increase in the amount obtained for repairs and improvements which are badly needed upon the buildings and grounds. The appropriation for such purposes for the two preceding years was $1,800; the amount carried by the present appropriation for such purposes is $18,000, or just ten times the amount which was available for the past two years. Many of the buildings are much in need of repair and much improvement on the grounds will be made possible. But the work has not all been done on the outside. Every teacher who is now receiving less than $75 per month has been stated for an increase for next year. An Invidious Inquiry. It is related of the president of a famous college that at one time he allowed his wife to persuade him of the uselessness of fire insurance on household goods, and he allowed his policy to deap. But, better judgment asserting itself, he finally renewed his insurance. The same day a fire in his wife's room destroyed some of her dresses, which the professor enjoyed as a good joke. In one time the president of the insurance company wrote President Blank this letter: "Dear Mr. Blank—We inclose check for $500, paying your fire claim under our policy B5007." "I note in passing upon these letters that the policy want into effect at noon, Dec. 10, and the fire did not occur until 5 p. m., why the delay?" Qualification Which Each Should Possess-Wanamaker as Example BY ALBON L. HOLSEY. BY ALBON L. HOUSE Every business must have a head or executive department, which should embody three things—viz. ability to purchase, knowledge of salesmanship and knowledge of advertising. No successful business is complete without the three, and yet we rarely see a person capable of doing all three creditably. Perhaps John Wanashaker is the most acceptable example of the happy combination, and he is the originator of a certain style of advertising. A man who is skillful in the purchase of raw materials for his factory or of goods for his retail store and is a good salesman will "make a living" in any business. Many colored business meh whom we call successful are merely the "making a good living" kind. These men are in the main satisfied to drift along in this manner when if they would add an equal amount of advertising with the same care and judgment their business would in most cases double itself in a few years and give employment to these many persons. PAGE RETAINED. Continuing Head of University by Oklahoma State Educators. The State board of education of Oklahoma and itself proud by repointing Professor Inman E. Page to the presidency of the Oklahoma University For Afro-Americans at its recent meeting. The institution is located in Langston, Okla., and has under the efficient management of President Inman E. Page for the past fourteen years become widely known. He is a graduate of Brown university and before going to Oklahoma fourteen years ago was president of the university for colored people in Jefferson City, Mo. Professor Page knows both the value of a classical as well as an industrial education and is thus well qualified to give his students the best training for which their dental qualifications call for. Because of the satisfactory work of the school it received a gold medal from the Jamestown (Va.) exposition a few years ago. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE CENTENARY CELEBRATION. Public Exerioises Held In Many Sections For Great Race Benefactor Public meetings for the celebration of the centenary of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe have been held in many sections of the country thus far this month by Afro-Americans who appreciate the work which Mrs. Stowe did in creating public sentiment against slavery. Such meetings are eminently befitting, for all men who love freedom and personal liberty should revere those who with pen, money, sword and personal influence helped to break down and destroy the unjust traffic in human flesh whichasted for centuries in America. Perhaps the most notable meeting of the many was the one held in Faneuil hall, arranged for and carried out successfully by Afro-American women in Boston. Mrs. M. Cravath Simpson, president of the Afro-American Women's Anti-bynch society, and her supporters were prime movers of the celebration in which many distinguished persons took part, among whom were the Hon. Joseph C. 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