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THE BROAD AX Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones And Other Eminent Divines Bitterly Scored Mayor Carter H. Harrison IN THEIR SERMONS ON SUNDAY AND VARIOUS MEETINGS LAST MON- DAY FOR GROSSLY INSULTING THEM AND REFUSING TO RECEIVE THEM. AT THE TIME THEY CALLED ON HIM FOR THE PURPOSE OR URGING HIM TO ENFORCE THE ONE O'CLOCK CLOSING ORDINANCE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE. ON THAT EVENING MANY DISGRACEFUL SCENES WERE GLEEFULLY ENACTED BY HIGHLY CULTURED AND RESPECTABLE CHRISTIAN MEN AND WOMEN. ONE YOUNG LADY ON A COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE CAR HUNG WITH HER HEAD DOWNWARD AND HER FEET HOOKED UP IN THE STRAPS TO THE GREAT DELIGHT OF THE MEN AND WOMEN PASSENGERS. Vol. XVIII. Rev. Jenkins And Other Divines Bits Mayor C Harrison IN THEIR SERMONS ON SUNDAY A DAY FOR GROSSLY INSULTING THEM. AT THE TIME THEY CALLED ON HIM TO ENFORCE THE ONE NEW YEAR'S EVE. ON THAT EVENING MANY DISGRA ENACTED BY HIGHLY CULTU MEN AND WOMEN. ONE YOUNG LADY ON A COTTAGE HER HEAD DOWNWARD AND STRAPS TO THE GREAT DEED PASSENGERS. Mayor Carter H. Harrison or "The Man of Destiny" who can never be elected president of the United States came in for more than his share of denunciation at the hands of Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones and many of the other most eminent divines in this city who boldly and bitterly scored him from their pulpits last Sunday and in their various meetings on Monday for grossly insulting them and absolutely refusing to receive them at the time they invaded the city hall for the purpose of calling on him for the sole object of urging him to manfully do his sworn duty and enforce the one o'clock closing ordinance on new year's eve. Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones in his sermon Sunday morning compared him to the "Czar of Russia, before his powers were curbed by the constitution and the present Grand Lama of Thibet." "He said that the mayor had overlooked the fundamental principles of democracy, or that he was guilty of moral cowardice, or that he considered that the ministers represented a negligible quantity, or that there must be behind "this open insult to law, a tremendous 'push' or 'pull' either in the way of dollars or votes." Other preachers in their Sunday morning discourses likened him unto King George III, the Grand Lama of Thibet, King Ahab and Belshazzar, the Prince of Babylon, and in short most every prominent preacher in town struck out at him and they dealt him many awful upper cuts and very heavy body blows. The following are a few of the sharp and pointed remarks of some of the ministers who fired into Mayor Harrison: The Rev. J. S. Dancey, pastor of the Auburn Park M. E. Church, said: "Mayor Harrison's autocratic refusal to meet the ministers after having been notified four days before by letter of their intended visit can only be compared to the foolish attitude of King George III, toward the demands of the colonists. Predicts Political Revolution. "A political revolution will result which will place a man in the mayor's chair who believes in enforcing the laws and has respect for the requests of law abiding citizens." The Rev. Albert J. McCartney, pastor of the Kenwood Evangelical church likened the mayor's attitude to that of King Ahab and said that history had strangely rejected itself. "The mayor of Chicago," he told his congregation, "evidently resented the interference of the clergy in the affairs of the city. Very well. That is his prerogative. We sincerely question his discretion. "I regard it as a public discourtesy not only to myself, but to the members of my congregation and to all churches of the city, and a discourtesy to all good men and women who are working for the betterment of public morals and a chance to rear their boys and girls to manhood and womanhood with some sense of decency." HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY In an address at the North Congregational Church of Chicago, H. H. Van Meter said: "The papers have recently published the statement that the chief of police declared that he was about to permit open violation of laws and ordinances on New Year's morning, 'because some of the churches asked it.' There may be those who doubt the truthfulness of this statement, but there are many witnesses to the awful fact that intoxicating liquors are sold in this city upon church property, not only to men, but to women, and what is worst of all, to children. The press of Chicago, deserves unstinted praise for efforts for reform along those and other lines leading to the moral improvement of our city." Says Attitude is Weak. The Rev. J. S. Ainslee, in his sermon in the North Shore Congregational church said: "The attitude of the mayor seemed to me weak and cowardly and from every standpoint reprehensible. Time and again Abraham Lincoln was cheered by groups of ministers who called and gave their moral support to him in his high task. Mayor Harrison prefers the approbation of the underworld. This incident makes imperative the demand for a man of large caliber and fine type to occupy the great office of mayor of Chicago." The Rev. Louis P. Cain, in his sermon in the Edgewater Presbyterian church, said: "The mayor openly and deliberately insulted the clergy of this city. Would he have likewise insulted any saloon-keepers, whose servant he is? Church people ought to wake up to the fact that the saloon dominates Chicago politics and should be overthrown. The saloons cannot be regulated. They own the mayor and the chief of police, who dare not say that their souls are their own." "I was with the company of not less than $00 ministers to wait upon the mayor last Monday," said the Rev. Austin K. Hunter, pastor of the Jackson Boulevard Christian church. "The bold contempt which the mayor showed for these men who are interested in the moral welfare of the city in refusing to even see them identifies him with the vicious and lawless element of our city life." On Monday morning in their various meetings the preachers again lit into Mayor Harrison and they fairly made his ears burn at the way they handled him without gloves. At the meeting of the Baptist and Congregational ministers, Arthur J. Francis, pastor of the Pilgrim Congregational church asserted that "Mayor Harrison manifested an asininity only matched by his ignorance of good politics." The Rev. Mr. Francis continued: "The ministers visited the mayor's office to protest against a violation of the law, and his refusal to even see us was a grave political mistake and M. one that will take some time to overcome. Man may sin with a high hand, but there comes a time when his sin is found out and he suffers the consequence. Ample evidence is available showing the law has been violated, and it will come to light some day." The Rev. Judson B. Thomas, pastor of Austin Avenue Baptist church, in speaking of the Baptist ministers, said: "In turning down the 200 or 300 ministers Mayor Harrison made a blunder which he can never counteract, for whatever his personal preference and purpose he should have paid a courteous attention to the character of the 500,000 of Chicago's citizens represented by this body. "It was an act of colossal stupidity. These citizens are his best supporters. They not only cause no special trouble to our police force, but are the backbone of a lawful and perpetual strength in our city's future and its government. Our mayor's blunder was as stupid as it was colossal. the slippers of their best lady friends. Great crowds or droves of young white gentlemen, who constantly delight to boast of their superiority over all Colored people, roamed the streets indiscriminately, they pawed and maudled over the women that crowded the loop district. They would rush on young couples and separate the young lady from her male escort and if he resisted them and attempted to protect the lady, from their ungentlemanly assaults, they would bounce upon him and give him a beating for his trouble. Many innocent young women, who left their homes on that evening, fully intending to have a good time, were freely dealt with in this manner. Being separated from their gentlemen escorts, by the crowds of rowds and toughs, who swarmed the streets, they were compelled to return to their homes alone, sadder and wiser after their bitter experience on New Year's eve. One young lady while returning home It is clearly evident now even to all the blind men that Mayor Harrison made a grave mistake by turning the preachers down refusing to see them and treating them as a huge joke and let his honor take it from us, that they, the preachers will not do a thing to him when he comes up for re-election in 1915. On that evening or on New Year's eve. many very disgraceful scenes were gleefully enacted by the most highly cultured and respectable Christian men and women, throughout Chicago. It was no uncommon sight to observe this class of men and women who were bent on having a good time, staggering around the streets in the down town district and in and out of the cafes in a half drunken condition and several instances the waiters in the cafes were compelled to drag or pull helpless and half drunken young girls and older women too from beneath the tables where they had fallen in their stupid condition and deposit them in some of the side rooms where they could sober up. In many of the leading hotels and cafes, the old established custom of first class ladies dancing on the tables kicking at the chandeliers, kissing every good looking man in sight, dancing the bear cat, the bunny hug, the tango, and many other fancy steps, with many hectic embellishments, were pulled off, to their hearts content. Many prominent business men, including the leading politicians and other high priests of society were in evidence at these hotels and cafes and they considered it a great honor as in times past to drink their wine from the slippers of their best lady friends. Great crowds or droves of young white gentlemen, who constantly delight to boast of their superiority over all Colored people, roamed the streets indiscriminately, they pawed and mauled over the women that crowded the loop district. They would rush on young couples and separate the young lady from her male escort and if he resisted them and attempted to protect the lady, from their ungentlemanly assaults, they would bounce upon him and give him a beating for his trouble. Many innocent young women, who left their homes on that evening, fully intending to have a good time, were freely dealt with in this manner. Being separated from their gentlemen escorts, by the crowds of rowdies and toughs, who swarmed the streets, they were compelled to return to their homes alone, sadder and wiser after their bitter experience on New Year's eye. One young lady while returning home on a Cottage Grove avenue car, in company with her gentleman escort, livened up things considerable on it, on New Year's eve. Her gentleman friend assisted her, to get her feet into the straps and for some time she hung with her feet up in the air and her head towards the floor of the car. She was extremely pretty and faultlessly attired and in hanging in the manner in which she did displayed a large amount of her most dainty and artistic lingerie. She repeated that performance three times and each time she was heartily applauded by those occupying the crowded car. One man passed the hat and gathered in a stocking full of money for her. Twenty to twenty-five, seemingly highly respectable Christian ladies were on the car and they also greatly enjoyed the wild escapade of the young lady. In our article a few weeks ago on "Christmas or the holiday season" the whole truth was set forth in it in the following manner, after relating how those who pretend to reverence the name of Jesus would crowd into the various churches on Christmas morning to sing or chant praises unto his name, and then: "The remainder of the holiday season the theatres, the ballrooms and the banquet halls will be crowded, and the Christians, or those who pretend to reverence the name of Jesus, will vie with the ungodly, the Jew, the heathen, the freethinker and the infidel in indulging in social excesses, eating, drinking and in celebrating his death upon the cross in grand Bacchanalian style. They, the Christians, will cling to the olden idea, "eat, drink and be merry today, for tomorrow you may die." The Demagogue in the Legislative Halls in the Various States Throughout the Union BEING LARGELY AIDED BY YELLOW JOURNALISM IN HIS ONWARD MARCH IN ASSISTING TO MANUFACTURE RACE PREJUDICE. HIS SPECIES ARE PECULIAR TO AMERICA. IN NO OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WOULD HE AND HIS ASSOCIATES BE TOLERATED. SUCH EMINENT CHARACTERS AS BENJAMIN R. TILLMAN, JAMES K. VARDAMAN, HOKE SMITH, COLE BLEASE AND REV. THOMAS DIXON, JR., WOULD BE NAILED TO THE CROSS. FOR THEIR VILE AND ANARCHISTIC UTTERANCES IN FAVOR OF MOB AND LYNCH LAW AND AGAINST SOCIETY, LAW AND ORDER. THE NEGRO MUST UNITEDLY FIGHT THIS SPECIES OF THE DEMAGOGUE ON HIS OWN GROUND A STRONG AND LOGICAL ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED BY THE MAN ON THE CORNER. In a previous article we told you the story of a prize fight which made a black man champion of the world in his class. How this black champion—petted, fawned upon, self-centered—became so obsessed with the notion of his own greatness that he defied all the conventions of decency and brought upon his thoughtless head the condemnation of the reading world. before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Then, too, he gave to the country two centuries and a half of unrequited toil, saw his kith and kin bartered like cattle in the markets; saw his women despoiled by the brutal master, and their tawny offspring sold to fatten the purse of arrogant greed. He fought for Independence on Boston common, against the impressment of American Had this almost universal execution fallen upon the one who alone deserved it no sensible Colored man would have "raised a finger" in protest. But the white man has a peculiar method of easoning when dealing with black men. Like one, like all, is his logic. When we say white man, we mean the American white man. The malady is strictly Dementia Americana. In no other section of the world is it found. If a black man committed a crime in England, or was guilty of some breach of ethics, no member of the British parliament would make himself ridiculous by introducing some sweeping measure aimed at all black men. Neither would the marriage of two underworld characters in France cause a deputy to harangue the chamber with silly vaporings. In the old world the demagogue rarely ever gets into the halls of legislation. The authorities either shoot him or put him in jail. In America he flourishes. Under our system of government, with its laxity of law enforcement, and aided by yellow journalism, he has waxed so strong and turbulent that he threatens the safety of the Republic. In what other country could a Tillman, a Vardaman or a Blease publicly advocate the lynching and burning of citizens? Where else but in America could they incite to riot and bloodshed and go unpunished? How keenly the black man feels this persecution is known only to himself. He sees courts and juries arrayed against him, opportunities for employment denied him, and brutal laws enacted to harass and hamper him as he moves about the country. And all this, too, in a land that he has greater right to call his own than millions of white men who have found asylum here. For be it known that the Negro was here THE TWENTY-EIGHTH STREET BRANCH OF THE AMERICAN BANK, WILL THIS COMING WEEK REMOVE TO THE SOUTH-EAST CORNER OF THIETY-FIRST AND STATE STREETS. The middle of this coming week, the 28th street branch of the American Bank, which has been located for the past seven months in the American Apartment Building, 28th street and Wabash avenue, will remove into its new up-to-date and modern banking rooms, on the 2nd floor of the building at the southeast corner of 31st and State streets. William D. Neighbors, will still continue to serve as its cashier. The parent or the head bank of the American Bank, is located at 117 N. Dearborn No.15 before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Then, too, he gave to the country two centuries and a half of unrequited toil, saw his kith and kin bartered like cattle in the markets; saw his women despoiled by the brutal master, and their tawny offspring sold to fatten the purse of arrogant greed. He fought for Independence on Boston common, against the impressment of American seamen on the high seas, and gave his life blood on many a storied field to save the Union, only to find himself in the end discredited and despised as a soldier. What measures shall the Negro take to apply the knife to this national cancer? What form of inoculation shall he employ to relieve the white man of colorphobia? How shall he match the yellow journal and the demagogue? Never were these questions of such vital concern as now. Already much hostile legislation is threatened, and we shall not be surprised to see many bills of a discriminatory nature thrown into the legislative hoppers this winter. Fearless agitation, persistent fighting, are our only hope. Fortunately for us in Illinois, we will have in the governor's chair at Springfield a man who believes in the doctrine of fair play—a just and Christian gentleman who will not allow his administration to be used to oppress any class of citizens. In the national capitol we shall have an executive who has pledged himself to administer his office for all the people and in the spirit of the Christian religion. Washington will have her Wilson. Let us hope that every Northern state will have her Dunne. We must not, however, lose sight of our own shortcomings. Every shadow of excuse must be taken away from our enemies. The Negro must indulge in no little self-castigation. Our own ship must be drydocked and the barnacles scraped off. The bad Negro, loud of mouth, vulgar in manner, the street corner loafer, the rag tag and bob tail of our people must be whipped into submission. The elements among us that cannot distinguish between liberty and license must be put down with a strong hand. street and it is successfully engineered by its millionaire President Mr. John W. Worthington. It and the 31st street branch, will be capitalized for $500,000 and be under State control. Its stock will sell for $110 per share. A more elaborate account of this new banking institution will appear in the next issue of The Broad Ax. Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, 6450 Champlain avenue, returned home Sunday morning from Louisville, Ky., where she spent New Year's day, and the last week of the holiday season with friends which she made in that city during her former visit to it in 1910. THE BROADAX WEI proarsignéc 4s, apbold "rm is be SP SAE —— Advertising rates made knows en appil- Saanen ot ennsyintlinigs THE BROAD AX | (0 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGo, Li. PROrR DREXEL see ‘SELIUE F. TAYLOR, Béltor and Publisher! See BANQUET AT THE APPOMATTOX CLUB IN HONOR OF THE INSTAL- LATION OF ITS NEW OFFICERS POR THE COMING YEAR. Last Saturday evening « delightful banquet was held at the Appomattox Club, 3441 Wabash avenue, in honor of the installation of its new officers for the coming year. The long ban- quet tables were arranged very taste- folly by Mr. Smith, its steward, and his assistants, and the following mem- bers of the club enjoyed the tempting repast, which was served in six courses im the latest art: L. B. Anderson; Chas. 8. Washing- ton; Prof. Thomas Tivis; Hon. E. H. Wright; David McGowan; A. L. Me- Bride; Col. J. H. Johnson; F. L. Hamil- ton; H. A. Isases; John T. Morton; Col. John B. Marshall; W. T. Johnson; A. A. Wells; LeRoy P. Thomas; James A. Parker; J. H. Longhorn; A. L. Jones; R. I. Collins; Capt. James 8. ‘Nelson; E. M. Sutton; James M. Wood- ard; H. F. Catlin; William Adams; @. ‘M. Allen; James B. Newsom; Capt. John L. Fry; John B. Trott; Dr. D. H. Anderson; Joseph Brent; W. D. Neigh- bors; H. 8. Anderson; Julius F. Taylor; RB. W. Lacey; Henry Sterrett; M. C. Cowan; W. B. Cowan; G. H. Walker;: Major F. A. Denison; B. 8. Abbott; Dr. H. H. Boger; Adolph C. Harris; D. J. Bullard; 8. A. T. Watkins; Charles BS. Jackson; Alonzo A. Thompson; George W. Holt; A. A. Wood; A. Ma- lone; Henry Jones; Charles A. Jor- dan; B. F. Moseley. ‘The invited guests were: Major John R. Lynch, U.S. A.; 8, B. Turner, Cary B. Lewis, William H. Clark, A. N. Fields and Mr. Lawson. ‘The new officers for the coming yeat are: Frank L. Hamilton, president; H. F. Catlin and Charles 8. Washington, vice-presidents; Col. James H. Jobn- son, financial secretary; John Trott, corresponding secretary; Henry 8. An- derson, treasurer; Capt. James 8. Nel- gon, LeRoy P. Thomas and E H. Wright, members of the board of di- pectors for two years, snd David Man- yon, A. A. Wells and John T. Morton, members of the board for one year. |, ‘Tho standing committees for 1913 are 8 follows: . Auditing Committee—David Manson, | fisirman: R. W. Lacey, 4. F. Catlin.| House Committee—James 8. Nelson, | hairman: L. B. Anderson, M. C.|, jowan. Entertainment Committee—John T.|, Morton, chairman: David MeGowss, | William Emanuel, A. A. Wells, Chazles | , Washington, : ‘Library Committee—Col. J. B. Mar-| hall, chairman: Hon. E. H. Wright, | fajor ¥. A. Denison. ‘William Randolph Cowan in winding p his duties as president of the club, | mtroduced the new officers to the ban- neters and the following speakers who delivered toasts on subjects as- igned to them. Edward H. Weight, the ‘‘Appomat- ox Club”? and What is Stands for mong the Afro-Americans in This ity. Attorney B. F. Moseley, ‘‘Man- ood.’* ‘William H. Clark, ‘‘Loy- ity.” Major Franklin A. Denison, (The Negro ss = Soldier.” . Major, john R. Lynch, ‘‘Ozganitation.’’ ‘Frank L. Hamilton, the new presi- jent, at considerable length, outlined is new policies, plans and purposes or the coming year, and if he strictly heres to them he will have the united | mpport of each and every member: |1 hat is, progressive member, of the Ap-|f omattex Club. . WHITE WOMEN WAITERS FOR THR DINING CARS. Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 4—Officials of the Toledo & Ohio Central railroad to- day announced that white women will be substituted for Negro men as wait- ers on the dining cars operated by that read. White women will also syeceed the peotent Colored. chefs. ‘Steadily in all lines of labor, Whites ‘sre ehesaching upon the places for merty-beld by our people, From even ‘Louisville, Ky, comes the news that ‘the contractore are bringing White ‘men to clean the big offies buildings and thus get rid of Colored janitots, ete. We need to get together at once if we would not see our people de jprived of their bank accounts—Ex. In these little health articles we have often talked about the diseases that are preventable? that is, the diseases due to filth, dirt and iguerance. Such diseases as cholera and yellow fever are fine examples of the ailments that people need not have if only their sani- tary surroundings are what they should be. The best illustration of how such diseases yield to sanitary administra- tion is found im the Panama Canal zone, where there has not been a sin- gle case of yellow fever for six years. In the same district, too, malaria has also been practically wiped out; and all because the sanitary conditions have been improved to the point that Pan- ama, once « pest hole, is now more healthful, that is, has a lower death rate than some of our northern sea port cities. ‘The city that has an abnormally high death rate from the preventable diseases is guilty of criminal neglect in its administration of public health work. ee ee laid upon the health officials, ft de- pends whether or not these officials have been given the men and means with which to carry on those activi- ties that, when properly performed, will safeguard effectively the public health. The ancient Israelites found they could not make bricks without straw; neither ean the health official of today carry on an efficient health work without money. As a rule, city councils are liberal with their appropriations for fire and police service and, justly so. But when it comes to appropriating money for health purposes, these same bodies are either indifferent or ignorant, or both, as to the importance of conserving the health of the people. It is quite nat- ural, no doubt, that the burning of an old frame structure that is an eye sore to the community, should cause more excitement than the desth of s dozen people from consumption in the same locality; but why not have money and men to fight consumption as well as to fight fire? Both are important and neither should be neglected. Peo- ple are as much entitled to protection against sickness, disease and death as they are against fire, thieves and hold- up men. PLEASE A TYPE. ‘The people of South Carolina are evi dently satisfied with Cole Bloase as s governor, no matter how foul mouthed he is, nor how silly and embarrassing the positions in which he ‘places his state through his cowardly: and bar- barous remarks. The southern White people and Biack people know very well when they hear » man bleating jas he has been respecting Negro men and White women marrying, that all his noise is for the purpose of throw. ing dust into the air to prevent them seeing what the White men and Black women are doing witbout marrying. Black women were forced to yield their virtue to the White men of the south during the 260 years of chattel slavery. The vast majority of slave owners had a White family and a Black family. Indeed, this was the persistent practice, and it became sec- ond nature, as it were, and no people are more familiar with it than the White and Colored people who live in the south today. And even today White men of the sguth maintain Col ored mistresses. And yet ® man who is the titular head of the people of a great state dares to seatter broadcast a string of filthy words against the institution of marriage. If it bad ever been possible for us to marry a White woman, we should have failed to do so, But it does seem to us that it is far better for persons to marry than to live in a state of shameless concubinage, whether the people be White or Black or Black ‘or White—The Independent, Denver, ‘Colo., Jan. 4, 1913. : PAROLES ASSAILANT. Wealthy Planter, Convicted of Attack on Girl, Freed by Gov- exnor. Columbia, 8. C., Jan. 3—Governor Biease, who expressed himself s0 vio- ently at the governors’ conference in favor of lynching Negroes who attack white women, and said: ‘‘To hell with the Constitution’’ if it prevented him from defending feminine virtue, to day paroled B. A. Richey, s wealthy ‘White planter of Abberille county, who was convicted in 1910 of asgsulting © young girl and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. Mr. Blease imposed ag ‘8 condition of the parole that Richey shall give $5,000 bond; that he will personally appear before the executive ‘on November 23, 1913, ‘*to receive what is then and there ordered by the gov- The South Carolina governor is like all pther hot headed, prejudiced men; they often mest themselves coming back The crime is but = erimo, be ‘the perpetrator black, White or red. ‘But all criminals should have a fair ‘trial, and if found.guilty, let the law take its course. Frank L. Hamilton Plainly Sets Forth His Views Pertaining To His Duties As The New Presidint Of The Appomattox Club Mr. Toastmaster, Members and Guests: I desire first to express to the mem bers of this club my sincere appre ciation for the high honor which you have conferred by electing me to fil the chief executive office for the ensu- ing year. A peculiar sense of pride is felt from the fact that for the first time in the club history its president was elected to this office without op- position and as the unanimous eboice of its members. My hope is, that when my administration shall have closed, I may be able to point with the same degree of pride to the retention of this great measure of confidence, by ‘the officers and members. This hope, however, must be a forlorn one, if from the beginning and lasting through- out the year, I cannot count upon the helpful co-operation of the officers and the unselfish support of the members. You may, however, be assured that I shall give the office and its duties the best that lie within my power. More I cannot do, and I am sure, more you will not expect. Before touching upon some of the subjects, which to me are of much im- portance both in connection with our club life and civic duty, I desire to give expression to a sentiment regard- ing the outgoing president. It is doubtful if there can be found in the entire membership of this elub a sin- gle man who will not agree with me when I say that for aggressivencds, genuine enterprise, enthusiastic club- fellowship and constructive adminis- tration, no president since the club was organized has excelled Mr. W. B. Cowan. I have no doubt that but for the unwritten law which forbades more rhan two successive terms, he would have been continued at the helm as jong as he would be willing to serve. [ know I voiee the sentiments of the entire membership when I say to him that we are the better off for your wo administrations and we all fond- ly cherish the hope that you will eon- sinue to give us the benefit of your experience, wisdom and co-operation in carrying out plans which we hope will make the Appomattox Club the peer of i Enlargement of Quarters. ‘The steady increase of the member- ship of the club has unquestionably brought us face to face with the need of larger quarters. When the present building was purchased the club resi- dent membership was about 50 per cent. of its present membership. This building, with the alterations made by the out-going administration, has serv- ed us well; but none will deny, even in its present excellent condition, that it is wholly inadequate for the require- ments and purposes of the present large membership, and certainly never designed to accommodate the needs of the varied membership which forms our roster, ‘This administration, with the active aid of the officers and members, hope jo pat imto operation some plan by which other and more commodious quarters, suitably located, and better ydapted to our growing needs, may be sbtained. I have given to this sub- ject considerable study and will at the sarliest meeting of the new board of lay before them my plans ni ae tie hg me ob fiseussed, and if found feasibie, pat into execution. The scope of this brief address will not admit of a de- railed explanation of my plans in this regard. I simply mention it st this rime as one of the pressing needs which [ think you will all agrec, is s much felt want. ' ‘Membership. At the last annual election an amend- ment to our constitation was adopted reducing the limitation of the resident membership from five to 200. The al- most unanimity of its adoption, in my humble judgment, was.o display of wisdom which only time will, bring us to a complete sense of appreciation. By its adoption = preminm is placed upon a membership hitherto unappre- ciated. We are now within about thir- ty of the limit. In passing upon those who may hereafter apply until the limit is reached, there devolves upon the membership committee a high re- sponsibility. This committee in its in vestigations when passing upon an ap- plicant should, and I hope they will always keep constantly before them the fact that the club in limiting the mem- bership in effect solemnly declared that all who hereafter enter must square with the test of high character, good citizenship, and honorable dealings with his fellows. ‘Library Committee. For a long time, in fact, only one ad- ministration that I can remember in the elub’s history, has recognized the importanee of this committee. In truth and fact, this is, perhaps, the most im- portant of all standing committees if the functions which properly ate with- in their power were put into opera- tion. Through this channel the club membership and their friends could be brought into touch with the literary life of this great and growing city. Through this committee a close rela- tionship could be maintained with oth- er clubs in this city which deal with questions of civic interest. Questions vital to the development and mainte- nance of a high standard of citizen- ship among the members of the race with which we are identified should be matters which this committee ought to \ddress itself. Only through this com- nittee can the club hope at any time o realize that its existence is for yurposes other than socialising in the ub rooms for the sole pleasure of the members and their guests. This bought is dropped with the hope that sliese who shall constitute the Library committee will inaugurate plans at once ooking to consummation of some of the things I have here briefly ad- verted tn. Public Conduct of Members. No one will gainsay that as a race we are face to face with a rapidly growing prejudice, the like of which has not been edperienced since the im- mortal Lineoln signed the proclamation, which liberated four million bondmen. Events crowding one upon another of recent years in all parts of the coun- ‘try, have had the effect of thinning the ranks of those stalwart white eham- pions of manhood rights, until today few are left bold enough to front the fray in our battle for equal opportu- nity. Upon reflection we must sdmit that in the gradual growth of this con- dition we are not wholly blameless. The unscrupulous public eonduet and dishonorable private dealings, in many cases, have contributed to the forms- tion of the publie opinion, which to- day falls so heavily upon us all. In times gone by the acts and deeds of the ignorant and criminally inclined mem- bers of the race were treated as prop- erly they should be by our, white neigh- bors, as the acts of the individuals. It is to be regretted and deplored that those days are fast fleeting away. Now the consequences of the conduct and deeds af the individual member of the race fally alike upon the just and un- just. And this is intensified where un- serupulous methods are resorted to in the pursuit of the coin of the realm by those of the race who are numbered among the highly educated. ‘Unquestionably, we must bestir our- selves, representing as we do, the best that the race affords in the member- ship of this club, to the end that this growing adverse sentiment may be turned in the direction whieh will make for closer relations and a better understanding between the two races. To the membership of the Appomat- tox Club, severally and collectively, it that we must so let our public iat nd ie noi the ideals, as will bring to us, not ee eee te Se Se maton sll the citizens of whatever ity. In this proportion only can we hope to curb the unreasoning preja- dice which is making such banefal in- roads upon our lives in every line of en- deavor. ‘Entertatuments. It is to be regretted that too little attention has been paid by those upos whom rests the duty of providing for the entertainment of the members and their guests, to = more diversified char- seter of entertainments. For some reason it has coms to be regarded that the only form of amuse- ment necessary is card playing. As & result only those members, about 25 per cont., who appreciate this character of entertainment, are regular clab pa- trons. This is manifestly wrong and it shall be the purpose of this admin- istration to offer to those who do not indulge in card playing, features from time to time that will be both attrac- tive and congenial. In this manner it is our aim to attract that large num- ber of members whose visits to the elub are s0 infrequent because of the absence of amusement in which they do indulge. This administration hopes to allay some of the adverse sentiment sustained by the women whose hus- bands, ete., are members of the club, by inaugurating and putting into oper- ation a series of entertainments to which the women may come and enjoy themselves. By this means we hope to elicit the co-operation and friendly in- terest of the Indies, and thereby make the visits of the men less calculated to cause ‘‘curtain lectures’? when they return home with the statement that “IT have been to the Appomattox Club.”? Physical Management. Without any reflection upon past managements, and with a view only to enhance the financial interest of the club, these recommendations are made to the appropriate committees whose duties deal with the physical manage- ment: (2) A better system than now in vogue should be immediately put in operation for the control and manage- ment of the elub’s principal source of income. (2) The steward should account bi- weekly on a form of statement fur- ished by him to the Chairman com- mittee of all his receipts and expendi- tures covering the half week preceding. (3) The ebairman of the House committee should be given absolute sharge of the physical management of he club, subject only to rales for his yuidanee made by the board of direc- ors. (4) Some arrangement should be sade under the direction of the House ommittee by which members and their riends could obtain a buffet luncheon, bus adding to the attractions of the club as a meeting place. (5) Each source of the elub’s in- ome, rents, dues, ete., should be kept yy the secretary separately, so that wach source may independently show ts earnings. (6) Absolute authority should be vested in the House committee for the egulations and control of all forms if amusements, and the hours for open- ng and closing the elub house. Dr. M. J. Brown bas removed his of- fice from 3000 South State street to 3502 South State street, where he now oceupies fine and elaborate quarters. Some expert or wag has said that the hobble skirt has caused our beau- tiful women to become knock-kneed. We are from old Missouri. Attorney De Witt H. Hardin has moved his law office from 3333 South State street to 3522 South State street, Phone Douglas 3493; Auto 75-159. ’ ‘The Twentieth Century Whist Club gave a stork whist party lagt Satur- day evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. George C. Hall, 3249 Wabash ave- nue. Miss Indis' Deming and Prof. Gar- field Wilson were quietly married re- cently, and their many friends are heartily wishing them much joy and happiness. ‘Mrs. Blizabeth MeDonald, 6130 Ada street, will leave this evening for a two or three weeks visit to Clinton, Towa, where sho will be the gucst of Rev. and Mrs. George W. Slater. Sheriff Michael Zimmer, 2256 W. Zist Place, has been seriously ill, for the past ten or fifteen days. At this writing to the delight of his many friends, he is gradually improving. — ‘Miss Delpha Boger, neo Mrs. W. G. Andersos, who is still residing with her parents at Aurora, Ill, and she is more than making good with her studies at the Chicago Musical College. J. N. Higginbothan, the up-to.daty mason and general contractor, 4519 Evans avenue, returned home Monday from s pleasant visit at the home of his sister in the southern part of 1);. nois, William Lewis, owner and manager of the Mineral Spring Cafe, 3517 South State street, continues to run and con. duct it om high order and it is free. ly patronized by many of the best class of Afro-Americans in this city. Mrs. Monroe L. Manning, 3524 Ca}. umet avenue, through her attorney, Walter M. Farmer, secured her divore, the past week before Judge Richant T. Tuthill in time for her New Year's present. She is now a free grass wid. ow. She throws up both hands and exelaims: ‘“Never again for me!’? Bur we shall wait and see. Monday afternoon from 2 to 5 ovclock, Mra, Beauregard F. Moseley, 6243 Sangamon street, received and ea. tertained many of her lady friends, in honor of Mrs. Isaac Napoleon Porter, Miss Essie Arnold and Mrs. Anderson assisted Mrs. Moseley to receive and serve the choice refreshments. ‘The coming social event of the win- ter season will be the minstrel show and dance at Oakland Musie Hall, For- tieth street and Cottage Gove avenue, Wednesday evening, January 15, under the direction of Madame Minnie Adams and, of course, everybody will want to see the ‘‘end meu.”” Mrs, William Emanuel, Mrs. G. A. Thom ton, Mrs. Hattie Claybrooks, Mrs. Ash and Mrs. Martin. Jeff Davis, United States senator from Arkansas, died very suddenly at Little Rock, last Thursday evening from apoplexy. In all of his political career, being elected governor of his state three times and holding other jo- litical positions, he greatly delighted to imitate Senator Benjamin R. Tillman in his brutal and half savage assaults upon the entire Negro race, being coarse and unpolished in bis manner and possessing very little education. Senator Davis became the laughing stock of the whole world wien he be- came a member of the United States Senate and attempted to aidress it. In 1908 he was down for an oration at the Andrew Jackson banquet in this city. He was to epeak in behalf of the south, and whén the time arrived for him to orate, he had indulged ia too many mint julips. ‘SUNDAY SCHOOL CONGRESS. Eighth Annual Meeting to Be Held In Muskogee June 4. ‘Nashville, Tenn.—At a joint meeting of the National Baptist publishing board and the board representing the national Sunday school congress, held im this city, it was unanimously agreed to send out the following announce ment of the board's decision to the public on Friday. Dec. 27. The eight annual session of the Sunday schoo! congress will be held in Muskogee, Okia., for five days, beginning June 4, 1913. ‘The decision of the joint boards was reached after a careful canvass by the committee on special invitations which were received from such cities as Chi- ago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Mo., Fort Worth, Tex. Cincinnati, Memphis. ‘Washington. Atlantic City, N. J., and Binghamton. N. Y. Secretary Henry Allen Boyd of the Sunday school congress says that for several years the national Baptist con- vention has observed the second Sus- day in June as “Children’s day,” there fore the decision to hold the Sunday school congress on dates including the second Sunday in June was most time ly. ‘The last seasion of this cational gathering of Sunday school workers was held at Tuskegee ‘ostitate, Alt bama, and while they were in session several telegraphic iavitatious support: ed by © special delegation from Okls- homa with invitations were received inviting the eighth annual session to come west and see the possibilities for future development of religious Sua day school work. EQUAL RIGHTS IN COURTS. New York World Decries Unfair Treat- ment of Jack Johnson. ‘The prosecution of Jack Johnson is interesting in more ways than one, says the New York World. It is 0° longer a mere record of incidents ‘9 the life of a dissolute pugilist. It is n issue of equal rights in the courts ‘There is a growing suspicion that 0° matter how bad s man Johnson my be—and he bs bad, undoabtedly—pop Jar clamor and race prejudice are mak ing bim blacker than be is. Whatever he may be. he is entitied to his rights Under the laws impartially adminis = . bim amount of ball required for te larger than haa ever boca asked I? ‘similar eases. It is probable that 0° Such sum would be demanded of 127 other man in America upon a like charge. ‘The courts should be no respecter of ec No man sbogid bave to s° the supreme court at Washington t? get reasonable bail in a criminal cas? not capital MINSTREL SHOW By the Members of the Settlement Club WEDNESDAY EVENING JANUARY 15th, 1913 OAKLAND MUSIC HALL 40TH AND COTTAGE GROVE AVE Under direction of MADAM MINNIE ADAMS Interlocutor: MRS. G. W. LACEY "End Mion": Mrs. Wm. Emanuel Mrs. H. Claybrooks Mrs. G. A. Thornton Mrs. Ash Mrs. Martin OTHER INTERESTING SPECIALITIES DANCING ADMISSION 50c The Song of the Orange Peel Like a bar of the beaten gold Iream in the summer sun. But foolish is he who treetead on me. He'll wish he had never been born. Like the flower of the field, vain man Goeth forth at the break of day, But whom he doth feel my grip on his heel Like the stubble he faded away, For I lift him high up in the air, With his heels where his head ought to be. With a downcoming crash he falls like a flash, And I know he's clean gone upon me. I am much scorned by haughty mankind; I am modest and meek, if you will; Though my talents are few, yet the work that I do Has often taxed medical skill. I'm a blood red Republican born, And a unillust frailess I be. Though the head wear a crown, I would bring its pride down If it sets its proud heel upon me. —Tit-Bits. Why He Limped. "I admire a liar," says William Alden Seltzer, the Cleveland author of wild west stories, "even when his prevarications strain my credibility. A friend of mine who objects to my efforts to pry into his personal affairs recently limped into my west side workshop. "What's the matter with your feet? I asked, more to be polite than because I cared what was the trouble. Then he gained my everlasting admiration by a display of nerve and mendacity I never saw equaled. "An 'eel stepped on 'em! he said."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Getting the Future Meal. [Scientists declare they soon will be able to extract food directly from the atmosphere.—News Item.] All circumjacent atmosphere is packed and jammed with food. But means for its extraction are at present writing crude. Potatoes haunt the autumn air, and borne on every breeze Are onions, though invisible and quite unseen, there’s cheese. The pancake in the azure flats and maple syrup, too. While dandelion hybrids steaks may fall as gently as the dew. When science has contrived the way reach forth with either hand And from low lying strata pluck “soft boiled” and eke “ham and.” The future rain will be of tea or coffee clear and hot And heaven drop, of cake and pie, the kinds that hit the spot. —New York Evening Sun. FOUR FLAT BRICK BUILDING FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN. For sale, four flat brick building, at a bargain, located on Armour avenue, near $8th Street. Rent $60 per month. Price, $4,650. For further information, call on or address Julius F. Taylor, 5027 Armour avenue, Phone Drexel 4590. This is a good investment and good income property. FOR RENT. For Bent, 4431-33 South State Street, four (4) room apartments. 4519-23 Evans Avenue, six room apartments. 8308 Rhodes Avenue, House eight rooms in perfect condition. Inquire, Chicago Real Estate Loan and Trust Company, 117 North Dearborn Street Room 504, Phone Randolph 5771 MINSTRE By [the] Members of WEDNESDAY JANUARY PROGRESS OF THE CALHOUN SCHOOL FOUNDED TWENTY YEARS AGO Annual Report of the Principal, Miss Charlotte R. Thorne, Shows Growth in Buildings From One to Nineteen. Located on Tract Where Auction Block Once Stood. The growth of the Calhoun Industrial school, in Lowndes county, Ala., as shown by the recent annual report of the principal, Miss Charlotte R. Thorne, is highly gratifying to the trustees and friends of the school, who have aided the institution in a financial way. No feature of work by which the colored people in that section of the state might advance themselves in education or other lines of industry is neglected. Twenty years ago when the school was started there were only three teachers. They served in the capacity of officers as well as instructors. The force now consists of twenty-nine officers, teachers and other assistants. In 1882 there were only one school building and one frame cottage for the accommodation of students and teachers. Nineteen buildings now form the group of school property now used for various purposes. An interesting fact in connection with the Calhoun school is that it is located upon a tract of land upon which an auction block once stood, where slaves were sold as so much merchandise to the highest bidder. The first building erected was painted white and soon afterward took the name of "Morning Star," so named by the people of the surrounding country, as they saw in the efforts of the founders of the school hope and encouragement for the colored people. Twenty years ago, says the principal, four classroom teachers spent most of their time trying to accustom the young people in school to the "strange talk of the teachers," for our language was as strange to them as theirs was unintelligible to us. This past twentieth year the teachers have been carrying class work from the kindergarten through nine grades to academic work. In the day school the enrollment this year totals 265, of which 140 are girls and 125 boys. In the community class there are thirteen women and fourteen men. Four boys and four girls have graduated this year from this department. Saving One Cold. Ross—Why don't you get your hair cut? It needs it badly. Hicks—I will the first raw, cold, rainy day we have. Ross—That sounds strange. Hicks—It's this way: Whenever I get my hair cut I catch cold. Whenever it's a cold, raw, rainy day I catch cold. Therefore by having my hair cut on a cold, raw, rainy day I save one cold—New York Press. NOTABLE YEAR IN BUSINESS Brief Review of Race Progress During 1912. VICTORY IN THEATER GASE The Steady Advance of Afro-Americans In Many, Laudable Undertakings For Racial Uplift Furnishes an Inspiring Example For Future Efforts. Mound Bayou Oil Mill In Operation. By N. BARNETT DODSON. The year 1912 witnessed many successful achievements among the colored people of the United States. More than ever before they have directed attention along the lines of genuine constructive work. Remarkable advances were made in business, education, civic movements and religious culture. At intervals from Jan. 1 to Feb. 22 patriotic exercises were held in various sections of the country in recognition of the forty-ninth anniversary of the issuance of the emancipation proclamation and in the celebration of Washington's birthday. Early in the year legal steps were taken in a test case at the Lyric theater, in New York, to force recognition of the civil rights act. The case was that of Louis F. Baldwin, a mail clerk and real estate dealer, against the assistant treasurer of the Lyric theater for refusing Baldwin the use of orchestra seats which Baldwin had bought. The case was handled by the vigilance committee of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People. It resulted successfully. International Conference at Tuskegee. In April representatives from eighteen foreign countries or provinces attended an international conference at the Tuskegee (Ala.) institute, which was called by Dr. Booker T. Washington. The object of the conference was to make an investigation into the methods and systems used at Tuskegee with a view of having the same used by these representatives at their schools and business places. The months of May and June were notable for great religious gatherings of the various denominations. In Kansas City, Mo., the quadrennial conference of the A. M. E. church was held, at which four new bishops were elected. There were representatives from all foreign posts where the denomination carries on missionary work. The Methodist Episcopal conference was held in Minneapolis, Minn., and lasted nearly the whole of June. Prominent among colored men who received votes for bishop was Dr. Robert E. Jones of New Orleans, who polled the highest vote of any man who has ever been a candidate for the office. The New England Baptist missionary convention held its annual meeting in Orange. N. J., the latter part of the second and first part of the third week in June. Representatives were present from all of the northern and New England states. The reports showed M. B. R. W. TEKMISON. gains in new work, in finance and its home and foreign mission fields. The Rev. W. Bishop Johnson, L.L. D., of Washington was elected president, succeeding the Rev. Dr. W. A. Creditt, who had held the position for four years. The New England Baptist Sunday school convention and the young people's Sunday school congress each held interesting annual meetings during the month of June. Women's Clubs and Business League. In July women's clubs, both state and national, held their annual conventions. The New York State federation met in St. Mark's church in New York city, the Northeastern federation in Jersey City and the National association at Hampton institute. The principal events for August were the meeting of the National Negro Business league in Chicago, the National Press association, the Bankers' association and the Funeral Directors' association. The sessions of these organizations were held in the Institutional church on Dearborn street, of which Dr. A. J. Cary is the pastor. These gatherings were notable for the interest taken by the delegates and the reports, which showed advancement along all lines of work. The National Negro Press association is pashing a most vigorous campaign for the building up of a strong HANDIWORK OF ART STUDENTS LIST OF THE CONTRIBUTORS Company of Thirteen Ambitious Young Men and Women Hold Second Annual Exhibition of Their Art Work at Carlton Avenue Branch Y. M. C. A. Good Results Obtained. Brooklyn.—A very interesting collection of paintings and drawings by colored artists and students of Greater New York was on exhibition in Brooklyn in December at the Carlton avenue branch Y. M. C. A. The exhibition was held under the auspices of the Men's Social and Business Economy club of Brooklyn and was the second annual exhibition arranged by the club. Thirteen artists and students were represented on the walls, and a large number of paintings attested the originality of each exhibitor as well as the serious purpose and painstaking care of all of them. No copies were permitted, and the work of each exhibitor was clearly distinguisher by individuality in selection of type. Portraits, landscapes, marines, studies in pen and ink and in charcoal, caricatures, costume designs, etc., were shown in the collections, many of them bringing out expressions of surprise as well as genuine admiration that there were men and women of the race who could achieve such fine results in the field of art. Mr. Richard L. Brown, whose paintings made such a favorable impression among art lovers of New York a year ago and who later exhibited on Fifth avenue, had three landscapes and a marine in this exhibition. His pictures bear the stamp of true genius and bespeak for him a great future as an artist. He is only twenty years old. Ernest Braxton, whose work is always interesting by reason of the interesting types it presents and by the [Name] R. H. LEWIR. bold handling of the brush which it displays, exhibited seven paintings and a series of black and white studies. His painting "After the Shower" drew much favorable comment, as well as his many clever pen and ink studies. Mr. Braxton displayed talent very early, while still a school boy in Washington. After taking up his residence in Brooklyn he studied five years with Professor Whittaker at Adelphi college, winning a prize in drawing. This drawing, "The Torso of the Central Figure In the Laocoon Group," hangs on the wall at the Adelphi college now. Mr. Braxton is giving his time now mainly to portrait painting and illustrating. Mr. Robert H. Lewis exhibited eight paintings and a series of black and white studies. Among his pictures were two portraits and a painting of apples exquisitely executed, while among his black and white studies was a figure from the nude which wooa gold medal at Adelphi college last winter. Mr. Lewis studied at Adelphi college also and is at present a member of the Sketch club there. He is a very painstaking workman and is devoted to art. His career at Adelphi college was marked by several triumphs in drawing contests. Other exhibitors were Miss Louise Latimer, whose painting of roses was greatly admired; Mr. A. L. Comither, who exhibited five small landscapes and marines; Miss Cora Van Schaick, Mr. J. S. Wilson, Miss Gladys Douglass, Miss I. S. Conway, Mr. Waltet T. Brown, Mr. Arthur Queman and Mg G. E. Livingston. In general the exhibition was very creditable both to the artists and to the managers, and the example set may well be followed in communities where colored men and women are studying and working in art with practically no encouragement from the people. Scholarly Attainments of R. N. Swayne Out of a total number of twenty-seven applicants for license to practice dentistry at the recent Ohio state dental examination held in Columbus thirteen were successful. The highest average, 93 per cent, was made by Mr. R. N. Swayne, a young Afro-American. Mr. Swayne is well known for his scholarly attainments, and his friends predict for him a bright future in his professional career. $15 Victor-Victrola IV You never thought of getting a genuine Victor-Victrola for $15—yet here it is. And it is of the same high quality and perfection which characterizes all the products of the Victor Company. Come in and hear it—any time. Other styles $25 to $200. Victors $10 to $100. Telephone Douglas 4558 Telephone Automatic 71-763 FRANK L. GALE PIANO CO. 3159 S. State Street : Chicago Suite 100-320 Roper Bluff Clark and Washington Streets CHICAGO Phones: Central 1301 Auto. 41-613 Phones: Office, Main 4153 Ren. Drumel, 7990 Auto. 33-736 WALTER M. FARMER Satte 708, 184 Washington St. Notary Public CHICAGO, ILL. No. 508 East 36th Street J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney at Law Suite 405, 145 Clark St. Cor. Randolph St. Tel. Central 3142 Franklin A. Denison Attorney at Law 30 W. RANDOLPH STREET Suite 700 Delaware Building CHICAGO A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 11 8 North La Salle St. Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 Notary Public Office Phone Automatic 64-185 Res. Phone Automatic 79-137 Suite 5, Methodist Church Block S. E. Cor. Clark & Washington Sts., CHICAGO Residence: 3642 Prairie Ave. Fresh Dunn and J. M. McCoy Truckers Established 1877 John J. Dunn Coal Wholesale Retail FIFTY-FIRST STREET and ARMOUR AVE. Railbords Street St. and L. S. & M. S. Stok St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Yel. Aldine 1829 In Office at Night C. H. KNIGHT, M. D., C.M. (Canada) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours 9 to 11 A. M., 2 to 5 P. M. 3158 State Street, Chicago OFFICE HOURS Phone Oakland 4662 From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday by Appointment DR. THEO. R. MOZEE DENTIST 4709 S. State St. CHICAGO THE BROAD AX CAN BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: From on and after this date The Broad Ax, can be found on sale at the following news stands: A. F. Turvalen, cigar store and news stand, 5004 State street. George L. Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions and news stand, 15 W. 36th St., near Dearborn. W. S. Cole, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 34 W. 31st St., near Dearborn. T. B. Hall, laundry office and news stand, 11 W. 29th St., near State. B. Davis, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3532 State St. W. M. Marwell, notions, cigars, tobacco, confections and news stand, 5244 State St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 30th St. F. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3 W. 27th St., near State. Sylvester McGloffin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St. William Ganghan, laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 State St. Mrs. L. B. Taylor, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near State. A. D. Hayes, Cigars, Tobacco, Notions, Stationery and News stand, 3640 South State street. J. Hamilton, news stand, out of town papers, and shoe shining parlor, 3220 South State street. J. H. Roberts, barber shop and news stand, 3308½ State street. THE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS. Old Line Legal Reserve Co. In Illinois with the State's Government Supervision. 100,000 Deposits with the State's Policies of all kinds, ranging from five cents to ten thousand dollars. Our industrial Contracts give to the colored policy holder more than any other.company for the same weekly premium. Colored Agents to Write and Collect Your Business Information. Formally licensed, they will be furnished free, upon giving your age, name and address to The American Life Insurance Co., of Illinois, Tel. Randall S. 72 West Adame Street Telephones, CALUMET 4401-4428 AUTOMATIC 75-655 J. S. DORSEY, Drugglat 2701 [Dearborn] St. CHICAGO Use Dorsey's fine Pomade for the hair. It will make it soft and glossy. Prescriptions carefully compounded. Phone your ORDERS Phone Douglas 8230 Rooms by Day or Week Room 23-45-60s The Douglas Hotel For Men Only Batha, Steam Heat, Electric Light 2000 & State Street. CHICAGO TELEPHONES Oakland 1609 Res. Oakland 17601 Auto. 79156 HENRY C. BOMARI & SON FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVERS, 'PACKERS AND SHIPPERS 3.Trips.Daily to All.Depots 4706 IndianalAve. CHICAGO organisation of newspaper men, coffee pondents and publishers generally. The future of the organization is bright. The plans mapped out by the general officers for the work of the year are being successfully followed by the members, all of whom are deeply inter- ested in the association. Officers were elected as follows: President, R. W. Thompson, Washington; vice president, Joseph L. Jones, Cincinnati; second vice president, Gurley Brewer, Indianapolis, Ind.; cor- sponding secretary, Henry Allen Boyd, Nashville, Tenn.; recording secretary, Charles Summer Smith, Minneapolis, Minn.; treasurer, John L. Thompson, Des Molines, Ia.; N. Barnett Dodson, New York, chairman of the executive committee. Principal Events in Early Fall. In September the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows' meeting in Atlanta, Ga., was largely attended. At Hous- A. B. N. BARNETT DODSON. ton, Tex., the national Baptist convention held its session. It is the largest organization of colored Baptists in the world. It carries on an extensive home and foreign mission work and operates a publishing house in Nashville, Tenn., which supplies most of the literature used by the denomination. Unusual interest was manifested in political affairs on account of the split in the Republican party which resulted in a third candidate for the presidency in the person of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt. The three cornered fight resulted in a national triumph for the Democratic party. The completion and opening of the oil mill and manufacturing establishment at Mound Bayou, Miss., the 25th of November was the most noteworthy achievement of the race along business lines from the standpoint of capital invested and plan and scope as a purely commercial undertaking. Some of the more important events in December were the complimentary dinner to Bishop Alexander Walters in New York city by leading citizens from in and out of the city in recognition of his leadership in national, state, church and community affairs in the interest of the race. Dr. Booker T. Washington made a speaking tour through Greater New York and vicinity, and the Rev. A. Clayton Powell, D. D., of New York delivered several lectures in various parts of New England. In Washington the Jeanes fund board met at the White House, at which meeting appropriations were made for rural schools for 1913. The Jeanes fund was one of $1,000,000, bestowed by Miss Anna T. Jeanes, a Quaker of Philadelphia. The bequest grew out of the representation that the crying need of the colored children of the south was better schools in the back country districts; that the terms should be extended beyond the few weeks allowed by the local authorities and that properly equipped teachers should be provided. Miss Jeanes responded to Dr. Booker T. Washington's recommendation by giving the $1,000,000 for the relief of these poor children in the rural regions of the southland. The interest on the fund amounts to $50,000 per annum, and very satisfactory progress is being made in the work. Industrial features are being introduced along with the academic training, and education of the most practical sort is being more and more generally diffused throughout the counties of the "black belt." Samaritan Charity Club Organized. The Samaritan Charity club, recently organized through the efforts of Mrs. C. J. Walker in Indianapolis, Ind., is finding a wide field for active charitable work of the most worthy kind. During the Christmas holidays the members distributed many Christmas gifts of the most useful kind among the less fortunate people of the community. The organization of the club is but another evidence of Mrs. Walker's great interest in the welfare of the race. Alabama Penny Savings Institution. As a mark of distinctive progress of the race along financial lines at the end of fifty years of freedom the Alabama Penny Savings bank, Birmingham, Ala., and its branches held a joint celebration on Wednesday, Jan. 1. The occasion also marked the formal opening of the bank's new six story steel enforced building. Dr. W. R. Pettiford is president of the bank in Birmingham, which maintains branches in Montgomery, Selma and Anniston. American Soldiers Ordered to Hawaii. The war department has notified the Twenty-fifth United States infantry to prepare to leave for Hawaii early in January. The artillery companies ordered to go at the same time are the Tenth, Sixth and Seventy-fifth. REFUTES DARWIN'S THEORY. Rufus L. Perry Publishes Book In Defense of Judaism. Lawyer Rufus L. Perry of Brooklyn, who created a big sensation in religious circles the early part of the fall by renouncing the Christian religion and accepting Judaism, has again sprung into publicity. Mr. Perry has written and had published in French a pamphlet entitled "Mgn. According to Science and the Talmud." The learned barrister quotes freely from the Scriptures, scientists and philosophers in his contention to set aside the Darwinian theor In discussing the formation and origin of the world Mr. Perry says the deductions of the scientists are based on matter inferior to the Talmud. The fact that the book is published in the French language has caused as much surprise as the subject matter which it contains. That the object of the author in sending out this little volume is not to win converts to Judaism from among members of the colored race is plain. As a successful attorney at the Brooklyn bar Mr. Perry is the most widely known of any Afro-American practitioner in Greater New York and has figured in many notable criminal cases. He was born and educated in Brooklyn. His father, the Rev. Rufus Lewis Perry, Ph. D., who died about fifteen years ago, was the recognized leader of the Baptist denomination in scholarship in the north. The late Dr. Perry was for many years pastor of the Messiah Baptist church in Brooklyn. He was a voluminous writer, his best known published work being the "Crusite." OUR MINISTERS TO HAITI. Present Political Gossip Recalls Names of Former Representatives. At this time, when the political air is life with the speculation as to the probable appointment or reappointment of colored men to the various federal posts, at home and abroad, it is refreshing at least to call the roll of eminent colored Americans who have served as minister resident and plenipotentiary to the republic of Haiti. The record shows that up to and including the Taft administration there have been seven eminent colored men who have held the post as minister—namely, E. E. D. Bassett of Pennsylvania, John Mercer Langston of Virginia, E. W. Thompson of New York, Frederick Douglass of Washington, John S. Durham of Pennsylvania, W. F. Powell of New Jersey and the present minister, Henry W. Furniss of Indiana. George W. Williams of Ohio was nominated for the post at one time, but the senate did not confirm him. Grover Cleveland in his second administration appointed Henry S. Smythe, a white man, as minister to Haiti. With this single exception this important post has been filled by colored men of eminent executive ability and diplomacy in statecraft. AMERICAN NEGRO ACADEMY HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING Organization Composed of Learned Men Rounds Sixteenth Milestone. The sixteenth annual meeting of the American Negro academy was held at the Young Men's Christian association Twelfth street branch, Washington, on Monday, Dec. 30. The first period of the Monday session was devoted to the transaction of business and was private. Reports from the executive committee, secretary and treasurer were read. Dr. John W. Cromwell is the corresponding secretary. The literary program was both entertaining and instructive. Dr. R. R. Wright, editor of the Christian Recorder, Philadelphia, read an exhaustive paper on "The Colored Church In the United States," which created a great deal of comment among the distinguished group of scholarly men of which the academy is composed. The next paper, "A Comparative Study of the Occupations of Negroes and Foreigners," was read by Professor Kelly Miller, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard university. Professor Miller's discourse was logical and revealed much new information concerning the great economic question of employment and wage earning. The paper was a model in fairness to each class of workers and showed that it was the product of a ripe scholar who had given careful attention to the makeup of its contents. The features of the evening session were the annual address of the president of the organization, Dr. Archbald H. Grimke of Boston, and a paper read by Mr. Ernest E. Just of Howard university on the subject "The Mendelian Theory of Inheritance and the Skin Color of the Present Day American Negro." Both Dr. Grimke and Mr. Just are numbered among the most scholarly men of the race. Each more than sustained his reputation on this occasion. Judge Merritt W. Pinckney's Fairness. According to the Chicago Record-Herald. Judge Merritt W. Pinckney is reported as having said recently that not during his career on the bench in the criminal court has a jury given a colored man an even break. Judge Pinckney says he had to actually set aside one verdict of murder in the first degree because he knew that if the accused had been a white man he would have been liberated on the ground of self defense. Shame on such men as jurors! Judge Pinckney deserves the commendation of every man of honor for such a manly action. THE MUSEUM JESSE BINGA BANKER S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed on Safety Deposit Vault REAL ESTATE As agent buy and sell Real Estate on condiments, including payment of taxes and lock on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patron The Cranford Building. 360 The finest building ever open. 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The-Cranford Apartment Building. 3600 Wabash Ave. ```markdown ``` The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. 'Phone Randolph 803 No Operation on the Governor. Ex-Governor Hauser of Montana was a very eccentric man and exceedingly obstinate. One day he was taken ill and sent for a noted surgeon. The doctor thumped him all over and then announced in triumphant tones that the governor would have to be tapped. “What's that?” demanded the patient. “Oh, not much. I expect I will not have to cut into you but a few inches.” “A few—what?” roared the governor. “I'd like to see you try it on me!” the doctor went away, shaking his head, but next day, after another thumping, announced regretfully that an operation would not be necessary. Lucky For Him That They Met. "Tm sorry that we ever met," I heard ma tellin' pa last night. And pa said he was sadder yet. I guess he said it just for spite. Then ma she scolded pa some more and after that commenced to cry And threw her new hat on the floor and said she wished that she could die. Pa said that he was just a slave and hadn't any right to live. The more he earned the more he gave, the more ma wanted him to give. "I never get a chance to play. I'm just a drudge, what I am." Pa said, and then he went away and gave the door an awful slam. When I was gettin' into bed and ma bent down to hear my prayers She cried some more and turned her head and said her life was full of cares. I'm sorry for them both, and yet I'm glad they can't be free agen. Because if they had never met, why, I would be a norphun then. —Chicago Record-Herald. in't into bed and ma bent ar my prayers more and turned her head or life was full of cares. am both, and yet I'm glad be free agen. Excellent Plan. "I see," said Mrs. De Jones while Mrs. Van Tyle was calling, "that you have a Chinese chauffeur. "Do you find him satisfactory?" "that you "Do you "And are you sure she is not in?" He asked, unsatisfied. "I have her word for it," was all The little maid replied. Mrs. Van ellow com- Judge "He's perfectly fine," said Mrs. Van Tyle. "To begin with, his yellow complexion is such that at the end of a long, dusty ride he doesn't show any spots, and then when I am out in my limousine I have his pigtail stuck through a little hole in the plate glass window, and I use it as a sort of bellrope to tell him where to stop."—Harper's Weekly. Nervous Employer-I don't pay you for whistling. Office Boy-That's all right, sir. I can't whistle well enough yet to charge extra for it--Los Angeles Times. 一 --- "Then I'll die whole." J. W. Casey, Agent, 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. Memory. "I remember, I remember the house where I was born"— But forget to mall the letters friend wife gives me each morn. I remember Grover Cleveland's first inaugural address. But at my own street number I can only wildly guess. I remember books and plays and songs—oh, very well, indeed!— But not to buy the shoestrings that I chronically need. I remember dim traditions of the ancient tribes of meh. But even newer can I think to fill my fountain pen. I remember the beatitudes, the decalogue I mind, But the family alarm clock I never think to wind. So with a memory like this that clings to abstract things. One's apt to crown one's cabbages and eat one's bloomin' kings! —Chicago News. Train and Track. A locomotive that originally was built in 1847 has been reconstructed and given light work to do by an English railroad. In the latest style of Prussian sleeping cars two small staterooms can be converted into one large room with four beds by removing a partition. An aerial railway forty miles long, with fifteen or sixteen towers to every mile of cable, has been begun to connect Manizales and Mariquita, Colombia. Of all things hateful Most to me Is he who uses Etc. -Milwaukee Sentinel. "Why did she break the engagement with Tom?" "She advised him to be economical, and he started by getting her an imitation diamond."—Philadelphia Bulletin. North Side Whist Club Holds Reception Beatty's orchestra furnished the music for the North Side Whist club's year end reception, which was held at the Iron City college auditorium, Pittsburgh, on Friday evening. Dec. 27. It was an invitation affair, and many responded to the call of the club. The committee having charge of the arrangements was composed of such well known men as Scott Wood, Jr.; F. C. Holder, J. W. Farrington, J. O. Stevenson, Richard Fowler, Robert Small, Rush Doberty, B. F. Ellison and George Elliott. It was a distinctive society function of more than ordinary attractiveness. "A STORE FOREVERYBODY" HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. Everything to eat, to wear and for the home. Ready to wear attire for man, woman and child at lowest prices, quality and workmanship considered. 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