The Broad Ax

[Picture of a man in a suit with a bow tie]. Democratic Candidate for the nomination for Alderman of the 30th Ward to be voted for at the Primaries, Tuesday, February 25. His name appears third on the ballot. Democratic Candidate for the nomination for Alderman of the 30th Ward to be voted for at the Primaries, Tuesday, February 25. His name appears third on the ballot. [Portrait of a man in formal attire, wearing a suit and tie.] ALDERMAN MICHAEL McINERNEY. Will retire from the City Council shortly after April 1, after serving in it faithfully for many years in the interest of all the people residing in the 30th Ward, securing many needed improvements for it and he is working tooth and toe nail to have his old friend, Martin J. McNally, to succeed him in that body. Vol. XVIII. MR. MARTIN Democratic Candidate for the nomination be voted for at the Primaries, Twelfth on the ballot. Martin J. McNally, Democratic candidate for Alderman of the 30th Ward to be voted for at the primaries Tuesday, February 25, is more than well and favorably known in all parts of the ward, for he has resided in it and has been successfully engaged in business in it for more than twenty years and it must be said to his credit that he is a business man of exceptional ability. He is one of the largest real estate holders in the ward and if nominated and elected to the city council, as all the signs of the times indicate that he will be, he will be in a much better position to understand the wants and the needs of its citizens and he is more able to look after them and their interests than anyone else. He has always been actively interested in Democratic politics; he has ever been true to the candidates and has spent time and his money for their success at the polls; at the last election he was an ardent supporter of --- Woodrow Wilson and Edward F. Dunne, whom he greatly admires. He received his education at the De La Salle Institute. He is a devoted member of St. Gabrils Church and its good and eloquent pastor, Rev. Father M. J. Dorney and Rev. Father Daniel Croke, pastor of St. Cecelia Church, would be highly delighted over his election as alderman of the 30th ward. Mr. McNally is also a member of the A. O. H., Division No. 6 Tom Moore Court Catholic Order of Foresters and the Chas. J. Kirkham Club. He is happily married and resides in a fine home at 4645 South Halsted Street. He always has one or two Afro-Americans employed in his up-to-date business establishment and as he treats them with due consideration, many Afro-Americans will assist to put him over at the primaries Tuesday, February 25. So just put a cross in front of his name and let it go at that—Adv. CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 22, 1913 Congressman Hardwick of Georgia "Sneaked" His Inter-race Marriage Bill Through the House of Representatives WHEN NO QUORUM WAS PRESENT CONGRESSMEN JAMES B. MANN AND MARTIN B. MADDEN BOTH WENT TO SLEEP AT THE CRITICAL TIME. AND FAILED TO DISCUSS OR PUT UP A STIFF FIGHT AGAINST THE MOST DAMNABLE MEASURE. Special Correspondent to The Broad Ax, By James C. Waters, Jr. Washington, D. C. sands of homes of Negro and other February 17, 1913. Colored citizens of this nation. I re- Julus F. Taylor, Chicago, Ill.: Some months ago a member of Congress was discussing with one of his office attaches, a Colored man, a certain measure which had been introduced in the House of Representatives He said, "Bill, why is it that you people, you Colored people, never define your position on the various measures which come up here from time to time! Now, here's this bill (giving the purpose of the measure), in which, it seems to me you people ought to be especially interested, and yet of all the members on the Committee I am the only man who has received as much as a post card from any Colored person in the whole nation. I received one letter protesting against this bill from a Colored man about two weeks ago, and he's some chap I never heard of before. What you people want to be doing is to wake up." Of course, the Colored office attache could do no more than look like a wooden chinaman and say nothing, for he was pretty sure that the distinguished legislator had spoken the complete truth. Accordingly when, a few days ago, that queer person, Hardwick, representing in Congress one of the whipped-cur States of our Federal Union, succeeded in railroading through the House that anti-miscegenation bill of his, I determined that at least one man of the race would file his protest, and file it at once. I, therefore, wrote several letters. A portion of the correspondence I append hereto and offer it for publication. It is no part of my purpose to be concerned over whether any of your readers will admire my actions as disclosed by the accompanying correspondence. All such measures as this infamous Hardwick bill strike at me personally just as much as they do at the race as a whole. My protest, therefore, is no assumed effort to speak for the Negro race (as many trimmers are constantly doing, much to everybody's disgust), but is the voice of a single individual, raised in his own behalf, against a measure which seeks to degrade him as well as millions of others of his brethern. In so far as any and every such protest may be said to be by implication a kind of brief for the Negro race, then, of course, to that extent, I too, speak for the race. The correspondence is as follows: Feb. 12, 1913. Hon. Elibu Root. On this anniversary of the birth of the immortal martyr, Abraham Lincoln, I have the honor to submit a few remarks in the nature of a petition to you and your colleagues from New York and all other lovers of fair play, honor and decency in both houses of the Congress, to kill that infamous measure designed ostensibly to preserve the purity of the white race in America, while leaving stripped naked and utterly defenseless thousands and thou- sauds of homes of Negro and other Colored citizens of this nation. I refer, Sir, to the Hardwick bill to make unlawful any marriage between a person of the Caucasian race and an "Ethiopian, or a Malay or a Mongolian"—a measure conceived in lechery and human fiendishness, and born of that monumental hypocrisy which has made Georgia, the home of its author, and other parts of the South, veritable shunbles of murder, rapine, debauched womanhood, sullied innocence and dishonor. Some months ago the domestic relations of a certain notorious member of the Negro race—himself, with all his questionable preferences and tendencies, a product of the white man's civilization (?) and belonging wholly to it—became the subject of undue prominence in the daily papers of this country. Since that time race prejudice in its vilest forms, insanity, littleness of heart, unreason and hatred, have all entered the lists, vying with each other to see which should bring forth the meanest plan for the humiliation of that race of people from whose nearly ten millions of members a solitary individual, trained and financed by white men, dared to maintain himself as the unwhipped challenger of the entire human family. The tournament, it would seem, developed contestants of unwonted skill who being unable to triumph one over the other finally agreed to compromise and all combined on THOMAS WILLIAM HARDWICK, of Georgia,—himself not a member of the tourney, because unfit—as the most resourceful agent to do the dirty work of the five. Thus we have the Hardwick bill against intermarriages. In connection with this matter, if you please, I wish to quote the following from an editorial which appeared in the New York Journal of Commerce of Jan. 30, 1913: "Public opinion is not right at all times; but in this country, when it is aroused and active in regard to any policy or course of conduct which may be made subject to governmental control, it is bound to rule, even though mistakes be made that will have to be corrected as the result of experience. Hence there must be a constant effort by information and discussion to enlighten and guide public opinion * * * There are all grades of intelligence and of reasoning capacity among the people of any country, and with reference to any particular subject there may be a predominance of ignorance and unreasoning prejudice dangerous to the common weal. Then it is for the wise and prudent not to give way, but to use their most strenuous efforts to spread information, to enlighten the common mind and to correct the errors of opinion. It is only the craven demagogue who will lay the flattering unction to the popular soul that it cannot go wrong and whatever it bids must be done." The foregoing words, though not written in respect of any matter particularly related to the Negro race, come home to this nation in connection M. H. Elected to the City Council from the 2nd Ward in 1905; re-elected in 1907, in 1909, and in 1911, and will be re-nominated at the Primaries; Tuesday, February 25, and re-elected at the April election in 1913. As he has a splendid record, and is solid with all of his constituents, Democrats and Republicans alike, he will win in an easy walk. [Name] Eminent lawyer, popular with all classes of his fellow citizens, who is on the square at all times and Democratic Candidate for the nomination for Judge of the Superior Court, to be voted for at the Primaries, Tuesday, February 25. with this Hardwick bill with a truthfulness and simplicity of appeal that cannot fail, it seems to me, to command the attention of every open-minded man or woman who reads them. The Hardwick bill comes of an overwrought public opinion which has been inflamed and abused by an unprincedible newspaper propaganda without parallel in the history of the world. There is need, Sir, not only in the District of Columbia, but all over the country, for that wisdom and prudence which the Journal of Commerce so notably counsels in the lines just quoted. Happily, in New York and Kansas men like yourself, Senator O'Gorman, Senator Clapp, and many others whom I might mention, have succeeded in No.21 2nd Ward in 1905; re-elected in 1907, re-nominated at the Primaries; Tuesday, April election in 1913. As he has all of his constituents, Democrats and an easy walk. maintaining the rule of reason and sound judgment, to the end that measures similar to the Hardwick bill have died the ignominious death which is their due. I urge and beseech you to grip this infernal measure with an iron hand when it shows up in the Senate and throttle it as one throttles a pilfering cur. Search the records of every county clerk's office in this country and see how many licenses have been issued in the last ten years to Negro men to marry White women. You will find that the number is so small in comparison with the total number of licenses issued as to be too ridiculous for con- Continued on page 2. THE BROADAX ee ae Cathetics, ‘Single else aot Sl seme ‘The Broad 4x is whose Sa eee ee ‘Lecal_communieations wil! recetre atten- tien: Write only on one side of the paper. ‘must be ia rE Fee ae ‘A@vertising rates made knows om appil- Radrees oll communications to 7) THEJBROAD AX__ AT Tmm0ve “averve, curcac, m1. ‘PHONE DREXEL 4500. JULIUS ¥. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher » SES Ps tee THE HARDWIOK MARRIAGE BILL. (Concladed from page 1.) sideration. And not only thst, but you will find that those who were the ‘contracting parties in the marriages represented by the few licences issued to Negro men to marry White womer were persons who had made up thei minds to-live together ‘according te the law and God's holy ordinance,” if possible, and if not possible, then notoriously or in secret se cording as the needs of the site ation dictated. ‘They could not have been kept-apart save by the murder or life imprisonment of one or the other of the parties. Unions of this sort are unusual and when attacked are apt to bring out the bidden hu man grain as few things ean bring it out—even as was at Chi scan chee sup tunel ofa Bel was not sufficient to keep spart the man and woman in the ease, and 90 the one decent thing that eould be done in the whole miserable affair, the marriage of*the parties, was con summated under the lews of the State whict-forbade it not, and wisely-vo~ I make no mention of those licences which were issued to white men te marry Negro women because the number is even smaller than the mumber jost referred ‘to. Besides the Hardwick bill is aimed primarily at Negro men— as if White women needed to be guara ed against saying ‘‘Yes”’ to offers o! marriage from dusky Romeos who come searcely one in @ million per annum The whole idea is too preposterous tc mention, But the Hardwick bill eon tains 2 source of degradation ever more damnable than anything I have suggested to you as yet. It is this: im those rare oecasions where sous of White men have seduced girls of the ‘Negro race and seek to repair the in jery by going through the legal form ‘of a marriage ceremony, in these cases Bir, the poor, blasted girl would be robbed of even this pro forma repara tion, and set adrift » moral derelict upon the filthy tides of the underworld. Meanwhile, lechery, with white face and black heart, would forsake the pro tecting eover of seerecy as is now the case— to the eternal shame of Georgis and the entire South— and stepping forth into the open, would assume tne role of Honor, wounded and fettered, saying, ‘‘I was willing to do what 1 could for the poor girl, and I'd do it even now, but the Isw forbids.’” In the name of nearly ten millions of the men and-women of my race in this nation, Sir, I urge you to do your ut most to throttle this infamous Hard. ‘wick bill when it comes up for con: sideration in-the Senate. ‘Very respectfully, ‘Your very humble servant, _ * James C. Waters, Jr. ‘What do you Colored Men of Chicago ‘think about Mann and Madden? Feb. 14, 1913. Hon. James R. Mann, House of Representatives, ‘Washington, D.C. My Dear Sir: ‘When I note that the Hardwick Dill, introduced ostensibly to preserve the purity of the Anglo-Saxon race, Dut designed as a matter of fact to ‘humiliate and degrade the men of the Negro race and at the same time te blot out another of the few remaining sources of protection for the women of our race—when I note that this bill passed the House the other day with- out even ‘a voll call to apprise us of the fow friends we had in the House at the time the vote was taken; and ‘when I recall the almost slavish politi cal support which has been accorded you and._Hén. Martin B. Madden by the men -of my ace in Chicago; when I note that, although or ace ag ‘a quorum present, Me. make the point of no quorum; snd im opposition to the midasure whose evil porport is a well known to them as it is to me; then, Bir, the words of that sterling “MAN from Ifsho, Wil liam B. Borah, come back to mo with greater force than éver before. Standing in Howard. ‘Theatre some two years ago, Senator Borsh urged the throug of Negro men which packed that bouse, to turn from the ways of those who see ‘‘as through s glass darkly,’’ and take on the habit of looking squarely in the face, every measure, every, situation, that affects the interests of your race. Quoting as nearly as I ean from memory, Sen- ator Borah said: ‘‘For a long, long time to come it can matter very little to you men of the Negro race, whether a candidate be Democrat, ‘Republican or anything else. My sdviee to you here today is this: VOTE FOR YOUR FRIENDS.” It would seem, Sir, that you lave abandoned to the enemy the old guard that for years has stood by you through thick and thin. If the Negroes of Uli neis do not treasure up this fact in their memories, it seems to me they will forfeit all right to be known as Men. Respectfully, your humble servant, ‘James C. Waters, Jr. THAT MISCEGENATION LAW. ‘The Democratic House of Repre- sontatives at Washington, D, C. has passed » miscegenation Dill, making ‘the inter-marriage of White and Col- ‘ered people in the District of Colum bia and the territories » erime punished as & felony. This: section handicaps ‘the average citizen of eolor who might feel disposed to protest in that it wil ‘be charged that such » citizen believes in the inter-marriage of the races. It is argued, why should @ Colored citizen protest, if be is opposed to mis cogenntion? At the risk of being mis- understood, we have always opposed the ensetmont of laws prohibiting the inter-marriage of citizens of the United States. We do so for the reason that it only serves to put » premium upon eoneubinage end makes the innocent off-spring suffer as the result of the im- moral conduet of the parents. We have miscegenation laws upon the statute books of Southern States ‘and yet in this section there may be found more illegitimate mulsttoes in these same States than can be locate] ‘else in the-country. White men serving in Congress, and many of whom no doubt voted for this measure ‘are fathers of Colored children. Ae a Colored man cannot marry a White female without her consent, to our mind the bill is virtually a meas- ure to prohibit white females from marrying Colored males and White males from marrying Colored females. The law is a dead letter so far as inter mingling is concerned in houses of prostitution. We are in favor of maintaining ra- cial purity and if the solons will enact a law to keep White men from invad- ing the sanctity of Colored men’s homes and make it s felony for either a White person or a Colored person to eohabit one with the other the axe will hove been laid at the root of this social cancer in our governmental fabric, Of course, we believe that the Jack Johnson episode has been used as an ‘argument in the securing of the pas sage of this measure. It seems to us that Jack Johnson has had bis roward and has paid the penalty. Col- ored men who want White women as wives are very scarce in this neck of the woods. We have never been: able to understand why a Colored man should feel so inclined. Still, it is a right and a privilege of the contracting parties and we have never been able to see where any good resulted from the stringent laws now jupon the statute books, ‘Law or no law, Colored men should marry Colored women and Colored wo- men should marry Colored men. We do not need any laws to make us do this. “If the White women, of both high and low degree will keep away form Colored men and keep Colored men away from them, the suggestion of ‘& miscegenation law will appear ridicu- lous and this how! in the country against vs will cease—The Planet, Richmond, Va. Feb. 15,13. Mae aOR a oes ‘ MIXED MATINGS LAID TO WOMEN. ‘They Mske Advances, Mrs. Celis Parker Woolley ‘ells Woman's Cind Andience, Noted Settlement Worker Declares That ‘Wogroes’ Lack Is Not Racial But Cultural. Negro men should not be conspred because of interracial marriages, it is the White women who make the ad- ‘vances; Mrs. Celia Parker Woolley, noted Chicago settlement worker told members of the Womax's Club in an address on Thursday, ‘(No Negro would dare propose marriage to 2 White wo- man unless she made the advances,”’ said Mra. Woolley. ‘‘Lesile Cameron, deol eoee on MY soca tn be = ‘tre but rng a Salaun Pace yc Gane st wklng 2 le Soo 1 oe ” Sar Wesas aims ae ne breath of some of her anditots. They jelared the lack of the Negro is not }@ue to evil but toa inck of ‘They were reluctant ie betionas im ber conclusions even thongb |she has for years been putting -all her energies into practical settlement |work among the Negroes of Chicago. Mrs. Woolley is the founder of the Frederick Douglass social center in the Negro section of the city. An lowering query Mrs. Woolley said she believed interracial marriages unwise. “The Negro is not given s chance to maks good,’’ Mrs. Woolley enid. ‘‘ He is fighting against tremendous odds. Even though he is capable and indus ‘trious and honest be is denied em- pleyment,’? Mrs. Woolley declared. “He is berated for fancied errors, he is reproved and seowled upon if he at- tempts to make anything of himself.’’ “‘True democracy,’’ Mrs, Woolley said, is the ideal and aim of all reform- fers and the only solution of the vex- ing problems, Three of these she as serted were so distinctly analogous ‘that the arguments in each are almost identical, Blames Social Scheme. ‘The labor question, the woman, ques tion end the race question all persist Decause of social chasms which should not exist. Employer and employed, man and women, White man and Black ‘man are held apart by a chasm of what Mrs. Woolley calls easte—the em- ver, the woman and the Black map being all in measure subject. ‘The race question is world-wide— a problem in south Africa and in the Philippines as well ss our own coun- try. Everywhere, said Mrs. Woolley, it is not a matter of color but of caste. In spite of one declaration of equal: ity it is ‘‘previous condition of servi- tude’? which accounts for the Anglo- Saxon prejudice against the Negro. ‘We have freed the slaves but have not emancipated the Negro. Their emancipation can only come when class distinctions are swept away and the White man is willing to accord to the Black the opportunity which he seeks for himself. Pleads for Black. This was Mrs. Woolley’s plea— equal ‘opportunity—just a fair chance. Her ‘audience was surprised to learn that no business college or kindergarten in Chieago would admit Colored students. The Negro office worker can seldom find employment owing to the preju: dices of other White employes. Yet, said Mrs. Woolley, we are con: tinually urging the Negro to St bim- self for self-support and then close the doors in his face. The absolute essential in the solu tion of the race problem is the creat. ing of just and amicable relations be tween the two races—a breadth of ‘mind whieh will judge questions en tirely upon their merits. “*The lacks in the Colored race are not racial but eultural and their re form waits only upon opportunity,” said Mrs. Woolley. ‘‘Frederick Doug: lass said, ‘I know of no race, problem, it is a buman problem. ’ ’’ and it is for this attitude on the part of the White race that she and others like her are working for, Mrs. Woolley said. Mrs. Woolley briefly sketched the work being done in her eenter and told of the 40 Colored women’s elabs in Chieago whieh are trying to better conditions, working under the signif eant motto, ‘Lifting as we climb.” Mrs. C. Francis sang a delightful ‘group of songs.—The Aurora, Ill. Daily Beacon-News, Thursday February 13 1913. ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF BANKING AMONG THE AFRO-AMERICANS. Article 3. | As it is with the Jew, so it is with the American Negro. His sueceis in making a place equal to that of other ‘yaces, in Ameriea, will depend upon ‘the concentration of his resourees. There must be # goncentration of all the forees. at his command, in order that he may demand and receive the respect from his fellowmen, to whieh such concentration will entitle him. "The policy followed by the White man, and acquiesced in by the Colored gaan, hes served. to increase the disre- spect, if not contempt with which the ‘Negro is held in the commercial world ‘That poliey bas been one of permitting the White people to control not only his ‘own financial resources, but has placed jm the hands of the White bankers ‘the funds of Colored people collected from all sourees, and through every agency, with the result thst the Negro jassists in furnishing the clsb with [which the White man has cracked bis It is reported that in one White finan- cial institution, there is something over two and one heif million dollars de- posited by Colored people, This institu- ‘tion in which these funds are deposited, ‘does not employ » single Colored per- son, loans extensively to many of the industrisl and quasi public corpore al psy yer hap and gas light plants, ete, and boys and girls in the mere Ivera- people in the most meni Reps ce ill nie talan son ed, is leaned to these ‘with which they pay salaries and other orgie eros to White people. ‘46 & Gouble loss to the Colored (people, in that it keeps their own peo ple from employment whieh could be easily furnished by the use in similar enterprises, of the money loaned to ‘White institutions, and makes it pos sible for the White boy and girl to continually forge abead and keep the Colored bey and girl in the menial positions which they now occupy. Concentration of capital in the bands of finsncial institutions in sympathy with the Colored business enterprises jand the Colored people generally, #0 [that such funds can be easily obtained ‘and used by such institutions, is the only means by which lucrative posi- tions for Colored people can be obtained, beeause the institution that must de- pend for its support and success upon Colored patronage, must necessarily study the needs of the people upon whom it depends, in order that they may mutually succeed financially. ‘This financial loss, great though it may be, does not equal the moral loss by Teason of the lack of independence, self-respect and the respect of others, which only iifancis! independence can bring, and the Colored people will never be socially or politically free until they become financially independent, this ‘ean only be accomplished by organized jconcentration of their resources in the eae in sympathy with their needs. ROBERT E. BURKE ARE ON THE DEAD RUN. Along in the first part of January; out of pure meanness and cussedness; some of the political enemies of Rob- ert E. Burke, had him indicted by the grand jury, charging him with stealing between $5,000 and $6,000, belonging to the Cook County Democracy. At the same time he held properly signed notes showing that the club is at the present time indebted to him well onto $20,000. After his indictment, he gave a bond and his ease was set for trial. Then at the request of State's Attorney Hoyne, or some of his assistants, when the day arrived for the trial, it was continued to Monday, February 17, ‘and then on that date, the State’s At- torney, asked for another continuance #0 as to have the indictment banging as a club over the head of Mr. Burke. But Judge W. F. Cooper, sitting in the criminal branch of the Superior Court, would not ‘fall’? for the sec- ond continuance; so he ordered the State to go to trial as its witnesses were all in the court room; at the same time ordering his clerk to call a jury and as Assistant State’s Attorney ob- served that he could not run Judge Cooper, he had the ease dismissed and Mr. Burke continues to wear a broad smile and to laugh at his politieal enemies. State’s Attorney Hoyne made a big or little Tom boy of himself by writ- ing a letter to Judge Ben. M. Smith, chief justice of the Superior Court, re- questing or demanding him, to remove Judge Cooper, from the criminal court simply beeause be could not run him to suit himself, which seems to indi- eate that Mr. Hoyne is not the proper gentleman for State’s Attorney of Cook County. . Health Notes. Antitoxin is a eure for diphtheria if only it is used soon enough. Delay means death. Don’t delay. Plenty of fresh air in the home 1 like having money in the bank; both give you that good feeling. Our lungs ere intended for air, not for dust. It is important, too, that the air we breathe should be pure. There is little need of wasting sym pathy on the person who gets smallpox for the reason that there is an absolute Preventive for this terrible and loath. some disease. No one that has been properly -vaecinated ean have small pox; why then, have it In these days vaccination as performed by carefel medical men is not as a trimming a corn. — Have you organized 8 Clean Chicago Club in your locality yet? Get busy, boys. The Department of Health has the buttons, membership application blanks, report blanks, stamped and addressed envelopes, plan of organiza: tion cards, ete., all ready for delivery. Any boy or girl desiring to organize a Clea Chicago Club may obtain the buttons and other supplies by applying to the Secretary of the Department of Health; Room 710, City Hali. Dr. W. 8 Rankin, Secretary of the North Carolina State Board of Health does not believe in quarantine for those who get smallpox, His idea is that only those who refuse to be vaceinated ean possibly get the disease and that if they prefer smallpox to vaccination, oe Soe ar aes ever We may Position it must be admitted thet he is sin eave hss ad »-smaliper is = menace only HUBLS HER NEWBORN BABY TO STREBT FROM THIRD FLOOR. Girl Throws Infant from Bed Through Window Page Ten Feet Awsy ‘and It Dies on Pavement. “Miss Margaret Dobson, = 19° year ‘old White indy rooming st the home ot Aaron Widnes, 1914 Indians aye- sue, harled her new bora baby girl ‘early Wednesday morning from her bedroom window on the third floor of the building, The child was born a short time before. There was no phy- siclan in attendance. Bhe threw the child from her bed, which was ten feet from the window. ‘The window was closed and the in- fant was hurled through the glass and its body struck on the pavement. Dr. J. H. Dennison Cook, 2139 South Wa- bash avenue, was called by a pedes- trian who had seen the baby fall. ‘The police of Twenty-second street station were notified, but made no at- tempt to get a report snd not until night were detectives detailed to wateh the girl. Tt seems to us that Miss Dobson is rather a cold-blooded proposition and that she is not far removed from the lowest order of the female animal or the sow.—Editer. THE MASQUERADE DANCE AND EXHIBITION DRILL. By the Young Ladie’s Culture Drill Team Was s Very Successful Affair. Last Friday evening the Young La- die’s Culture Drill Team gave their first Masquerade dance and exhibition arill, at the K. of P. Hall, 3856 State Street. ‘The music was furnished by the First Regiment Band and in every way it. was a very enjoyable affair. _ Col. H. H. Biggs conducted the drill. ing and the young ladies went through the various execution of it to perfec: tion, or in true military style. Each and every member looked ever so natty in their blue skirts, white waists, blue red neckties, capes and soldier caps ornamented with beautiful gold tassels. In place of guns they carried wands and they presented 2 very fascinating appeazance. The following are the officers and members of the Young Ladie’s Culture Drill Team: ‘Mrs. W. A. Seames, President; Min Nellie Platt, Treasurer; Mrs. Rose Howard, Miss Amelia Young, Miss A B. Bowman, Mrs. H. 8. Bramlett, Miss Rebecea Young, Miss A. M. Weaver, ‘Miss 8. C. Hudgens, Miss C. Daniels, ‘Miss Etta Jones, Miss E. B. Harris Miss M. Burnett, Miss Margrett Hanie, Miss R. Hamlet, Miss E. W Walton, Mrs. W. E. Brown, Miss B Boyd, Mrs. G. Biggs, Mrs. H. Mitchell, ‘Secretary. WAYMAN CHAPEL A. M. EB ‘There will be held at this church all day Sunday Feb. 23rd, an extraordi- nary service. At 11 a. m. the Pastor will preach from the subject, “The ‘Triumph of the Cross.’ Several im- portant questions will be answered, ‘one will be ‘Virtue and christian piety among the Colored people, is it on the inerease?’’ A second question will be ‘Why is it that some Colored people are leaving the evangelical church and following isms??? At three o’clock in the afternoon, will be given by the morning choir, another one of their song recitals. At this recital will be heard some of the very best talent of the city, men and women who have made thelr mark in ‘the musical circles. The choir will not give another recital until after the ‘month of April. At the evening services the Pastor ‘will deliver the third sermon on the Book of Daniel, this one Sunday night will be ‘‘The Hand on the Wall and ‘Its Significance in Modern Times.’’ The church will give a banquet next ‘Thursday night Feb. 27th, this prom- ‘ines to be @ very important affair, it is given by the Trustee Aid of the jehureh. : ‘The Pastot preached for Dr. Graves last Sunday morning, Brother Boyd preached at Wayman and gave an ex- cellent sermon, ‘The church bas been divided into eleven sections for a speciat effort for the main debt of the, chureb, to be ‘known as the Main Debt Rally; $150.00 has already been raised, and it is ex- pected to be the most successful rally in years. IMPORTANT EVENTS DURING THE INAUGURAL WEEK AT WASH. INGTOH, D. 6. March 3rd —Suffragette Parade— Penna. Ave. March 4th—Inaugural cotemonies followed by ‘parade, 12 o'clock noon. Mareh 4th, 8p. mi--Reception snd banquet to Bishop Alexander Walters and to all visitors, given by the iti- tens of Washington. ¥. M. 0. A Building, 2816 28th BNW. Mareh 5th—Citizens’ Inaugural Ball, Convention Hall, 5th and K Sta. ‘Ths committee has arranged to have automobiles for sightseeing, at 03. erate rates, on request. THE NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE PAVORS THE HARDWICK rx. ERMARRIAGE BILL [> Tr I8 AMENDED. At the Negro Fellowship League's meeting at Quinn Chapel last Sonioy afternoon, Mr. William D. Neiehjory offered the following resolutions whick were unanimously adopted. Whereas the House of Reprosonts- tives has passed the Hardwick pi, prohibiting the intermarriaze of race, im the Distriet of Columbia, ant mai. ing the penalty fine oF imprisonment, Resolved, that the United States Son ate be, and it is hereby petitioned to amend said Bill, so that the same pen. alty shall attach to all miscezonacioxs cohabitation between the races, and that the children of such relatiousiiy shall bear the name of the father. Resolved further, that the thaoks of this assembly be extended to our rep- Tesentatives, Congressmen Mann snd Madden especially, and to the six other Congressmen, namely, Fowler of Ilinois, Mondell of Wyominz, iis:nit ton of Michigan, Barthbolit of \i.. souri, Kendall of Iowa and LaFollette lof Wisconsin, for the broad statesinan- ship exhibited in voting against the Hardwiek Bill. Ida B. Wells Barnett, Pros. THE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH. 9825 Dearborn St. Rev. A. J. Carey, D. D., Ph. D., Minister. “The Contrasts of Life’? was the theme of our pastor’s last Sabbath’s discourse. The text was chosen trom the parable of Dives and Lazarus, “Remember that in thy life time thos hadst thy good things and Lazarvs his evil things’’. The characters of tlese two were clearly analyzed ani set forth, their condition typical of cox trast today was lucidly presented and then the ‘‘fized gulf". A deep ani lasting impression’ was left upon the entire audience. Sunday evening furnished another rare treat. Prof. Buchanan, principle of the State Normal Institute of Als bama delivered a most pleasing ad- dress, replete with facts ani figures. He showed that 370,000 White chil- dren of Alabama have annually ex pended on their edueation by the state $2,400,000, while in the same state les ‘than $300,000 are spent upon the edu- jeation of 322,000 Negro children. He closed with a most earnest plea for the young men and women of the IMerth to thoroughly equip themsclves and ‘‘eome to the South and help us”. The pastor will preach tomorrow morning and evening. Ses —, CHIPS | Miss Delphia Boger, of Aurora, lll, spent the first part of this week ia visiting friends in this city. Mrs, King Jefferson of 33 West Sist Street, has taken suddenly ill. Her family and friends are very attentive. ‘Mrs. E. Azalia Hackley, the noted song bird, is basking in the sunshine this week at Habana, Cubs. County clerk, Robert M. Switzer, re- turned home Monday morning from 3 pleasant visit to Chattanooga Teun. Attorney J. Gray Lueas bas re moved his law office from 145 N. Clark street, to 118 N. La Salle strect, Os ford Bldg. Suite 506. Hon. Jobn E. Owens returned home to the city the latter part of last week, from a vacation trip to Panama ant he was favorably impressed with the construction work of the great canal. ‘Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jones, who com duet the Hotel Pullman, 3639 South ‘State Street, in a business-like manner, and it is the largest hotel for Aico Americans in the United States ‘Mr, Richard B. Harrison wil! «cle brate his twentieth anniversary ix (i gaine by appearing in a recite! af Qainn Chapel, Wabash avenue ani 21th street, Monday evening, February °! ‘Miss Anna Schulman, 2536 W. Di- vision Btrest, will on Saturday, Apr! 19th, celebrate her umpteenth birt day. She will give a Juvenile party ** honor of the occasion. ‘Mss. Nettie Lewis’ Female Band, gave-® grand musical concert and "= Pas’ pall, ‘Thursday evening ** : Ye Mall, 2522 8. State street. The affair was well attended ond © jored w all who heard them. “Rev. De-D. Buck, who is now author faing = History on the Colored Bact, poe taken Miss B. Jefferson as is of sisting secretary. ‘The daugbter of aM end Mrs. K. Jefferson, 33 West ist Street. é ‘William ¥. Taylor, formerly i '* drug business at 29th street and AT mour avenue, and for some years in the same line of business at Cairo, Ill., visited the city this week, and he may decide to relocate here. Col. H. H. Biggs will lead the grand march at the masquerade ball to be given by the First Regiment Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias, at Masonic Hall, 3954 South State Street, Monday evening, February 24. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Makle, 4832 Langley Ave., on Wednesday evening celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. About one hundred and fifty of their many friends called during the evening to extend their hearty congratulations to them. They were the recipients of many costly and beautiful presents. Rev. J. M. Webb, of Seattle Wash., has returned to the city, to reside for some time. He has opened up a studio at 3519 S. State street. He is the author of an interesting book that proves that the Black man was the father of civilization and that Jesus was a Black man. His home address is 3545 Prairie avenue. Phone Douglas 1569. The funeral of Alderman John J. Brennan, who passed away at his home last Sunday evening, 227 South Center Avenue, was held on Wednesday and it was largely attended, by all of the politicians in town. He was a member of the City Council from the 18th Ward, for more than 20 years and he will be greatly missed by many of his old friends and associates. President Walter S. Buechanan and his wife, Ida Councill Buchanan, of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Normal, Alabama, met several of the graduates and ex-students of Normal Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. E. Lindsay Davis, 3226 Prairie Ave., and organized a Normal Club. The Club decided to hold another meeting Saturday evening, February 22nd, at the residence of Mrs. Cleola Cook, 3638 Wabash Ave., Telephone, Auto, 71-010, for the purpose of enrolling any other graduates and ex-students who were not present at the first meeting. At the close of the Saturday evening session a photograph will be made of the Normal Club. Those interested are invited to be present. ON TO WASHINGTON. D. C. ON TO WASHINGTON, D. C. All persons desiring to get to Washington during the inaugural period may get information as to places to stop, rates, etc., by writing to the sub-committee on Public Comfort, 1816 12th street, N. W., Washington, D. C. London debating societies are discussing the question, "is Shaw Overrated?" Not in George Bernard Shaw's estimation. As oil continues to go up, remember Mr. Rockefeller's advice and save your pennies. He evidently needs them—Boston Journal. Of course the inveterate punster will be in wait for a chance to designate the man who put the "Tumult" in Tumulty—Washington Star. Flippant Flings. Dissolving trusts may be comparatively easy, but wait until they tackle the glue trust. By a new device one can talk thirty-five miles without a wire. What chance has a benpecked man now?—Milwaukee Sentinel. New York bankers are still favoring an elastic currency. Most of us, however, would favor a currency with the adhesiveness of chewing gum.—New Orleans Picayune. Facts From France Five france (66.5 cents) is more than the average laborer gets for a day's work in the Lyons district of France. The old fashioned smacks of French fishermen are being replaced rapidly by steam trawlers of from sixty to 600 tona. A landlord in Sartouville, near Paris, has offered to let a three roomed cottage at a rental of $50 a year, with a reduction of $2 for every child in the family. Train and Track. Over 51,000 locomotives are daily operated in the United States. Chicago street railways yearly collect over $10,000,000 in fares. American railways now carry a billion tons of freight annually. The London and Greenwich railway, the first in London, was opened in 1835 Swedish railroads have decided to adopt flashlight in the signaling system. The Parcel Post. If babies are to be shipped around by parcel post, as that one was to Ohio, the postmen ought to be supplied with gocarts. The parcel post has its disappointments. A runaway boy to Oklahoma wrote home for money, but mother sent him sandwiches by mail instead. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. SIRES AND SONS. Charles Tiege of New York, fourteen years old, is six feet tall. Samuel Moore Felton, recently elected president of the Pore Marquette railroad, began his career in 1808 as a rodman for the Chester Creek line. "Sally" Gordon of New York has persuaded the court to change his name to "Saul" because "the name Sally has frequently been mistaken for that of a female" and has caused great inconvenience. A. Shadino, who has been appointed consul general at Boston by the Greek government, is president of the Fan-Hellenic Union of America. He is prominent in business, being engaged in the cotton trade. Sir Thomas Henry Elliot, K. C. B., the new deputy master and comptroller of the British royal mint, has been secretary of the board of agriculture since 1892. Prior to that time he was in the inland revenue department. General Powell Clayton, probably the only man alive who has sat as a delegate in every Republican national convention since the party came into being and for fifty years one of the leading political figures in the south, has resigned from the national committee, leaving Arkansas for Washington, where he will quietly spend the remainder of an active career. He is now eighty years of age. Short Stories Glycerin is a byproduct of soap. Last season 133 tourists were accidentally killed in the Alps. Manufacturers are seeking a substitute for glass which will not be brittle. The centenary of the birth of David Livingstone will be celebrated in March by the geographers of the world. Official figures show Africa led the world in the production of gold last year, with the United States second, Australasia third and Mexico fourth. Postal department statistics show that the souvenir postal card is competing seriously with Uncle Sam's regulation product. Last year the number of government postal cards used was only a little more than one-half that of 1911. Town Topics. St. Joseph, Mo., has been awarded a bathtub from the wrecked Maine. Probably it will be accompanied by the necessary explanation of its use—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Atlanta is proud of her decreased death rate. It may be safely assured that this is the first time in Atlanta's history that she is proud of a decrease in anything—Pensacola News. Having taken an inventory of its sheep, steers, swine and other live stock, the city of New York might apply for permission to issue agricultural bonds against them—New York World. Woman and Clothes. Another reason a woman thinks heaven will be a place of bliss is because she thinks she won't have to lace tight.-Galveston News. It is decreed that women's skirts this year shall be tighter than ever. Well, it's the women who have to wear them and suffer the inconvenience of being hobbled.-New York World. There comes from Boston a suggestion to make women wear aluminium hats and save $400,000 a year in millinery. Then somebody would corner aluminium.-Chicago Post. Tales of Cities. Greater Boston claims a population of 1,022,912. Cleveland has one policeman to every 913 residents. Detroit has a dog catching automobile. It is a double decker with twenty-two compartments. There are over 700,000 men and women working in the factories of New York city, considerably more than the combined factory populations of Philadelphia and Chicago. Three Kings. King George of England has been elected an honorary member of the New York Yacht club. King Alfonso of Spain will establish a home for aged officers on an estate at Bichon left to him by an admiring Frenchman. The tastes of Haakon VII of Norway are quiet and chiefly domestic. He spends a good deal of money, though, on ships and horses. Aerial Flights. The latest design in air craft is the gyro-diable-hydra aeroplane. It is a heavier than English machine. Army aviators think they have discovered how to build invisible aeroplanes. Now if the bird man can disguise himself as a piece of blue sky all will be well-Chicago News. Current Comment Old Turks for counsel. Young Turks for war.-Boston Herald. When a London newsboy shouts war news the public can't guess whether it is from Adriamone. Ulster or the suffragettes.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The new president of the Finnish diet was for more than ten years a miner in the United States. The exportation to Europe of "made in America" products now includes almost every conceivable line of industry.-New York World. A piece of mince pie is equal in food value to a slice of roast beef, a potato and a piece of bread and butter. If such a dessert follows an ordinary meal indigestion is the consequence. Narrow Streets. Chinese streets are often not more than eight feet wide. Florida. Florida is nearer sea level than any other state in the Union. Its greatest elevation is but 301 feet above sea level. Music and Mosquitoes In some parts of India where mosquitoes abound it is Impossible to play the violin because the music attracts the insects in great numbers. When the first notes are heard the mosquitoes swarm in clouds around the player and make the movements of the hand impossible. Orange Peel. Orange peel that is dried and grated makes a yellow powder that is a delicious flavoring for cakes and custards. It intensifies the yellow color which is desired in certain kinds of cakes. Suicides In Russia Fully 2,500 persons commit suicide in Russia every year. Crown Gall. The crown gall is a cancer of various plants. Investigations reported by the United States bureau of plant industry show that it is infections, due to an organism called Bacterium tunefaciens, and closely resembles the cancer of man and animals. Alaska Alaska is larger than Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland put together. It is about the same distance from the north pole as those countries. Much of it has a similar climate. Fuller's Earth. Fuller's earth, so named from its earliest use in fulling wool, is a rather rare, soft, friable rock whose value depends altogether on its texture and its filtering and absorbent properties. It has no definite composition, mineralogically, its physical properties rather than a chemical analysis determining its commercial value. Fuller's earth was first produced in the United States in the early nineteen. Bad Temper. Bad temper has an injurious effect on the digestion. Bad temper tends to a disposition of blood to the brain, and this leaves the stomach unable to perform its functions properly. Napoleon's Almanac In the time of Napoleon there was an almanac which every day recorded some achievement of the great emperor. Chicago and Wind. There are several points in the United States where the average hourly velocity of the wind is greater than that of Chicago, which is known as the "Windy City" but Chicago has a maximum record which has been exceeded but once. Diamond Back Turtle The diamond back turtle is about the gaint and best known fighter of the mud turtle family, and they range in weight from thirty to fifty pounds. Honeycomb There are 0.000 cells in a square foot of honeycomb. Oyster Farming. Hundreds of thousands of acres are now employed in oyster farming in the great bays and sounds of the country. Oyster farming under from thirty to sixty feet of water is conducted upon an enormous scale, with great expense and labor. While the natural oysters formerly grew in creeks and estuaries, where they were somewhat in danger from the water being impure, the present oyster production extends many miles from land in great bodies of salt water, where there is no chance of contamination. The Teapot. Always leave the teapot or coffeepot lid open a crack to admit the air and prevent mustiness when not in use. A piece of paper slipped in is sufficient to keep it open. Lake Michigan. Michigan is the deepest of the great lakes, with 1,800 feet. Packing Glass. Pack glass or china if to travel far in straw or hay made slightly damp. This will prevent the article from slipping about. Allow the largest and heaviest to be placed at the bottom of the box or hamper. Let there be plenty of straw and wrap each article separately. Sacred Crocodiles. The sacred crocodiles of Egypt were buried with her proudest kings. Eneray. Kinetic energy is the ability to do work, due to the motion of the body. Potential energy is the ability to do work, due to the position of the body. Land and ice. The sinking of land under a load of ice is believed by Professor Wegener of Marburg to explain some irregularities. He finds, for instance, that Greenland's shores have receded from Europe a thousand yards in eight-four years and that Cambridge, Muse, has added a hundred yards in twenty-six years to its separation from Greenwich. Then They All Laughed. A prosperous lawyer was recounting his career at a dinner party. "When I took my first brief," said he, "I was very nervous and excited, especially as my client was a bad egg. He was a man of good family, whose name would have been fatally tarnished had the rascal been convicted. Luckily I managed to get the beggar off." After dinner a millionaire entered. He was a friend of the host, who presented the lawyer to him. "I do not need to be introduced to this gentleman," observed the millionaire patronizingly. "I met him long ago; in fact, I gave him a start in life. I was his first client." The noisy bilarity which greeted the announcement was not explained to the late comer—New York Mall. A Winter Tragedy. A muffled figure softly stole On hands and knees into a hole As dark as night. The way was rough With coal and cans and other stuff; The place was clammy, damp and chill; As in a dungeon, all was still Excepting for the labored wheeze Of the explorer on his knees. Who sought a mystery to clear In this deep, ghostly cavern drear. A candle shed its trembling rays, Distorting objects forty ways. The grim explorer or the trail With trembling limbs and features pale Pressed ever on to be the first One of his kin to know the worst. Before him haunting fears did loom That he was near financial doom. He took a timely mental brace And searched about from place to place Until a pipe burst on his view. He found his sad suspicions true. He lost his moral courage then And madly creamed, "Fris up again!" Too Much Temptation A pompous merchant, arrogantly carrying the signs of his prosperity about him, accosted an acquaintance of his who conducts a successful rescus mission and said: "James, I'd like to attend one of your meetings." "Certainly," rejoined the minister, "but leave your watch and diamonds with the hotel clerk." "What?" asked the merchant in astonishment. "Are not the men of your mission converted thieves?" "True," answered the mission leader softly, "but. George, you look so easy and wholesome. Really, I don't want my men to regret they promised me never to steal again."-Outlook. Hail. Hail! Awake, ye poeta, smite the lyre And lift a song, we beg. For royalty comes from the shire— The haughty five cent egg. —Denver Republican. Another near divinity Now claims a low salam. It is the egg's affinity— The thirty cent smoked ham, —Youngstown Telegram. With trumpet and the beat of drums Obesence we make To king of kings whence'er he comes— The mighty two bit steak —Seattle Post-Intelligence. Impatient pards, just stop and think! Don't kick to beat the carls Just think how you can given up On four for the cedars —Yonkers Statesman. His Record. "I hope you like your work, my lad," said a benign elderly person to an errand boy as they waited to cross a street. "Men who take pride in their work are the men who succeed." "Oh, I'm a record breaker, the manager says." "That's the way for a boy to talk. Tell me how you do better than other boys." "I take longer to carry a message than any of them."—Tit-Bits. The World Improves. Cap Kidd he was a sailor bold, A reckless navigator. He buried his ill gotten gold Just north of the equator. The cap's great wealth was much admired. Though made me it. When he be a subsidy desired He went out and waylaid it. It's lucky for the cap that he Lived under a rude system. When folks who lost their goods would be Arraid to say they missed 'em. Suffered from being told they had to In days like these, 'the stated. A man who did like old Cap Kidd— He'd get investigated. FLAT FOR RENT. To Rent.-2424-26 Seminary Ave. 3 and 4 room flats with bath. Excellent location. Convenient to Fullerton Ave. L. Express Station. 20 minutes to loop. Rent, $14 to $16. See Dr. T. H. Wilson, 532 Grant Pl. Phone Lincoln 2483. POUB FLAT BRICK BUILDING FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN. For sale, four flat brick building, at a bargain, located on Armour avenue, near 90th Street. Rent $60 per month. Price, $4,650. For further information, call on or address Julius F. Taylor, 5027 Armour avenue, Phone Dresel 4590. This is a good investment and good income property. FOR RENT. For Rent, 4431-33 South State Street, four (4) room apartments. 4519-33 Evans Avenue, six room apartments. 3303 Rhodes Avenue, House eight rooms in perfect condition. Inquire, Chicago Real Estate Loan and Trust Company, 117 North Dearborn Street Room 504, Phone Randolph 6771 $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 Automobile 71-703 FRANK L. GALE PIANO CO. 3159 S. State Street : Chicago Greek and Washington Bank Phone: Central 1241) Auto: 414-8131 Phones Office, Malta 4153 Ree. D.renal, 7990 Auto. 33-736 ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 708, 184 Washington St. Notary Public CHICAGO, ILL Office Phone: Central 6624. Rn. Phane, Dong. 4397. No. 508 East 36th Street. J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney at Law Suite 405, 145 Clark St. Cer. Randolph St. Tel. Central 3143 Franklin A. Denison Attorney at Law 30 W. RANDOLPH STREET Suite 768 Delaware Building CHICAGO A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 1 18 North La Salle St. Chicago [Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 Notary Public Office Phone Automatic 44-185 Res. Phone Automatic 79-137 Suits 5, Methodist Church Black S. E. Cor. Clark & Washington Sts., CHICAGO Residence: 3642 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 3688 First Class Accommodation for Single or Married People HOTEL PULLMAN THE FINEST AND LARGEST COLORED HOTEL IN AMERICA Steam Heat and Bath Everything New and Up-to-date Rooms by the Day or Night 50c 75c and $1.00 Including Free Bath. Rates by Week $2.25 up (EUROPEAN PLAN) 3639-41-43 So. State St. CHICAGO J. A. JONES, Proprietor OFFICE HOURS 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. Tervalon, cigar store and news stand, 5004 State street. George I. Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. R. M. Harvey's barber shop and news stand, 3924 State street. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions and news stand, 15 W. 51st 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. Maxwell, notions, cigars, tobacco, confections and news stand, 5244 State St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 30th St. William Gaughan, 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 S. State St. J. H. Roberts, barber shop and news stand, 3308½ S. State St. Abram Aplin, cigars, tobacco, gents furnishings and news stand, 4730 S. State St. A. H. Harris, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2825 S. State St. White & Bell, toilet articles, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2942 S. State St. Fred M. Waterfield, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 1343 W. 61st street, near Ada. THE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS. Under State Government Supervision. $100,000 deposited with the State's Policies of all kinds, ranging from five cents to ten thousand dollars, giving you 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 of rates and values at your age will be furnished free, upon giving your age, name and address to The American Life Insurance Co., of Illinois, Tel. Randolph 5. 72 West Adams Street Telephones, CALUMET 4401--4428 AUTOMATIC 75-655 Artesian Pharmacy 2701 Dearborn St. CHICAGO Use Dorsay's fine Pomade for the hair. It will make it soft and glossy. Prescriptions carefully compounded. Phone your ORDERS Phone Douglas $820 Room by Day or Week Room 28 - 82-83 The Douglas Hotel For Men Only Batha, Steam Heat, Electric Light 1900 & State Street. CHICAGO TELEPHONES Oakland 1609 Res. Oakland 1760 Auto. 79156 HENRY C. BOMAR & SON FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVERS, PACKERS AND SHIPPERS 3 Trips Daily to All Depots 4706 Indiana Ave. CHICAGO $15 BUSINESS MAN Mott by Which A, 0, Smith Has Won Success BELIEVES IN RACE UPLIFT. roundings to Positions of Honor and Responsibility—Public Schoo! Teach- er, Tax Collector and Politician. New Orleans, La—Entering life just at the close of the war and using as his guide industry, honesty, thrift andre Uability, A. O. Smith bas pushed his ‘way to the frout and now ranks as one ‘of the foremost and best known men of the race in this section of the coun- try. He is directly connected with many enterprises for the development and uplift of the race. ‘Mr. Smith was bora in the hills of Kentucky fifty years ago, bis mother Deing left a widow with seven children ‘to develop into manhood and womap- ood, he being the youngest. As soon ‘as be was old enough be was placed in school, where be made rapid progress in his studies. Just how much time (was spent in school is not known. ‘Teaching school was to him a high position, yet he decided that he wanted to be of more service to bis people; hence be found his way Into Iowa and soon became well known. He took part in politics, believing that it was the avenue through which to help bis People. Step by step he advanced and ‘was recognized for his worth. During the deadlock in the legislature of 1888 he was chief doorkeeper, and so well @id be discharge bis duty that at the close he was rewarded by the body and holds today many testimonials from the men who made up the legis- lature. In Des Moines, Ia., he was recog- nized for service rendered and made assistant tax collector, which was up Ps =| , “ a & a se Ie 4 Cig ange to that time the highest position ever ineld by a member of the race in that section of the country. It was a posi- tion of honor and trust, which he filled well, making many friends both in the city and out His best recommenda- tion was his word, for when he told a man a thing was going to be-done it could be relied upon, and this went Jong toward making him a place in the world. In 1894 he concelved the idea that he could be of more service to his people im another section of the country where be could perhaps better serte their needs, bence be plunged right into the south, going to make good. He did not come to idle away his time and, not finding what he desired at the time, he ‘went into the railroad service as a por- ter, which position he held for three years, then later into the hotel busi- ‘ness, makiag a success of it and at the sume time taking bold of everything ‘that meant the uplift of bis race. He is Proprietor of the Chicago hotel in this city. ‘Mr. Smith “hax some very original ‘and practical ideas on bow to conduct large busines: enterprises which will afford &n opportunity to the public to ‘secure more profitabie employment. He 4s working oo plans now for several Hines of business which be hopes may prove of value to the race in several of the larger cities of the country when pat Into effect. He ts widely known in the south and west and bas many friends among the foremost white men in public and private life In speaking of his plans Mr. Smith said: “1 cogsider that {f the colored people ‘of the United States and the countries south of us are to be anything ‘aust do something. They must not Peet to sit down and bave others do ‘them what they should do for them- selves. .. ae Sy ms S turuing out our : 2S “tacoma of bors. nd if they are to have eat sada: edad ther tan el ~ eed eee “quaking places, and this will Y making places, end = (cs to eck thom, and the store Saat eee eg ee Notable Tribute From One Colored Poet te Another. ve ee Soe th ee ‘To Paul Laurence Dunbar, the noted eolored poet, the Rev. James D. Cor rothers pays the following tribute In the November Century: He came dark youth singing tm the “ Of a new freedom glowing o'er bis tyre, Refining as with great Apollo's fre Bis people's gift of song. And thereupon ‘This negro singer, come to Helicon, Constrained the masters latening, to ad- And roused a race to wonder and aspire, Gazing which way thelr honest voice was ‘fone. ‘With ebon face uplit of glory's crest. Men marveled at the singer, strong and sweet, ‘Who brought the eabin’s mirth, the tune- fut night. But faced the morning, beautiful with ight. To die while shadows yet fell toward the ‘west And leave his laurels at bis people's feet. Dunber, no poet wears your laurels now: None rises, singing, from your race lixe you, Dark melodist, tmmortal, though the dew Fell early on ihe bays upon your brow And tinged with pathos every halcyon) vow And ‘brave endeavor. Silence o'er you threw Flowerets of love. Or if an envious few Of your own people brought no garlands Gould ‘malice smite him whom the sods| ‘had crowned? I, ke the meadow lark, your fight was Your flooded lyrica half the hilltops drowned. A wide world heard you, and it loved you oo It atilied its Reart to list the strains you sang. And o'er your happy songs ite plaudits ee PRAISE FOR GIBEON YOUNG. Man Who Suilt Great Casino In New Wan: dtiahey Citeomel. | Young's sino, in West One Hun- red wind i sty -Tourtu street, in New Fork, contiues to be weil patronized by the vari fraternal and social or- ganizations ‘The erection of this finely equipped struciure comes as a long felt need amons the secret societies of the city, which before the opening of the casino were put toa coysiderable disad- vantage for lack of a suitable meeting place. ‘The formal opening of the structure in July, 1912, was a notable event in the business life of the colored people in New York. The building and its fur- nishings cost upward of $100,000. Many society functions have been held im the great banquet hall and several important meetings in the interest of race advancement, such as the dinner in honor of Bishop Alexander Walters, the meeting in celebration of the ff- tieth anniversary of the freedom of the race and some great religious gather- ings. Gibeon Young, proprietor of the es- tablishment, under whose direction it! was buflt, hs had a most successful career. He has many friends in both Faces and enjoys the confidence and esteem of the general public. He is generous to a fault and has given lib- erally of his means for the mainte- nance of charitable, religious and edv- cational institutions. Visitors to New York hardly consider thelr program completed if they fall to see Young’s| casino before leaving the city. FORMER SIMPSON COUNTY MAN’S ADMIRABLE RECORD. Rise of Dr. C. L. Barnes From Farm to Professional Life. Jackson, Miss.—From the rural dis- tricts back on his father's farm ip Simpson county in this state Dr. C. L. Barnes has become one of the most successful dentists in this section. He ‘was born at Dio in 1884. He received ‘the rudiments of his early education in the public schools and then worked ‘upon his father’s farm until be was wenty-one. = Tar bs a Masnelt tor a ts ot greater usefulness young Barnes en- tered the Alcorn Agricultural and Me- chanical college. He paid for his tul- tion and board in labor. His adapta- bility for agricultural pursuits soon at- tratted the attention of the faculty, and be was made foreman of the agri- cultural department, which position be held until his graduation from the col- lege course. At the opening of the University of West Tennessee in the fall of 1908 among the frst students to matriculate ‘was C. L. Barnes in the department of Gentistry, from which he graduated with bonors. He subsequently went before the Mississippi board for exam- imation to be licensed to practice den- ‘The questions were long, difficult and many, but young Barnes bad prepared for all of that. and taking the examina- tion was to him like sitting down to a good, well prepared dinner. ‘There ‘Were twenty-three to enter the exam- imation, and Barnes stood second, a white man xtanding frst, the examiner declaring that it would never do for a colored man to stand first. Dr. Barnes bas an office in a building owned by members of bis race and em- ploys ® competent young girl to look ‘after the various details. She is po- Ite and courteous to bls patrons, thos ‘securing © antisBel. Cianteli Hesperia Club to Hold Big Reception. One of the bigh functions to be given by society leaders in Pittsburgh for Easter week will be the reception of the Hesperia Social club, to be held on Moestay evening, March 25. The of ganization is quite widely Known, and tts public functions are always attend ef by 2 large number of out of town guests. Tovitation cards are being prepared for distribution. = (tt a2 le oe JESSE BINGA BSS SE. Gr. Sa and 361 Pay, Chia : Telephone Douglas 1565 GENERAL BANKING. 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-resi- dents, including payment of taxes and locking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. 2 Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. The- Cranford Apartmeit ‘Building, 3600 Wabash Are, ee a: Wesco SS he Be i a pe | 4 : Ee Se ee ee aa Cinp Steam heat, electric light, tile marble entrance. are : nas mae ies = a nner ee oe GRAND PRIZE Monday Evening, February-24, 1913 First Regiment K. ‘of P. Gniorm rank K. of P. AT THE MASONIC HALL, “Sitesr" This woe be See rate tes con and rwenr tive (25) ‘aluable ou can tein fre & Boer Gi tos Quen nd rely wit MUSIC BY Ist REGT. ORCHESTRA TIGKETS 35 CTS. DON’T MISS THIS —— ee | “Why do you keep me waiting oo @ “Ab, yes,” murmured Mrs. Screecher after the first selection at the musicale, “I have bad some exciting experiences. Coming home from Europe a terrible storm arose, and 1 had to sing to quiet the passengers. You should have seen ‘the heavy sea running.” ‘And the big. rude man in the pink ‘necktie gazed out of the window. “I don’t blame the sea,” he muttered. Fun. Cheer Up. If you have an old lead aime ‘Pass it on. Do not fuss and waste good time, ‘Pass it on. You may feel real mean, it's true, But tn just a week or two ‘It will come right back to you. ‘Pass it on. Cincinnati Engutrer, Whyt 5 ‘utter Gooking out in the front yard) That dog of yours seems to be very frieky, Miss Clara, + * Miss Pinkerly—Yes, be is simply Ge lighted. Just after you came pa took of his muzsle.— Philadelphia Tele Zous Goes A-riding, ‘Ho, Hermes! Catch my winged steed And bring him to the green. ‘Vulcan, adjust his steering geart Biense oon bin Tings, Miserva, Gena, a straight, Wor 3 would wee my monoplane ‘Pegasus up to date. 46 es ‘—Joden’s Loree A STORE FORE ee | eye, : Bverything to eat, to wear and for the home. Ready to wear attire for man, woman and child at lowest prices, quality and workmanship considered. Make it s point to visit this store every day and take advantage of the special dargain offerings that we give in all departments, Telephone Yards 693 JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance The BELLE MEADE CLUB Buffet and Cafe FRANK H. LEWIS, Proprietor Sos9 Armour Ave: Cor. Sist Street, Chicago seins { Aneto HARRY teh KELLY LA VERDO BUFFET IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARETTES 3100 State Street CHICAGO. Phone Aldine 3653 ( " EXotel Brunswick ; Geo, W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS. ( 3004 State Street Chicago | Elite Buffet and Cafe 3030 State Street “Why do you keep me waiting on this corner two hours” demanded the irate husband. “rou said you were merely going to step In and see how Mrs. Gab- ble was.” “Well. she insisted on telling me.”— Washington Herald. It's tact—deny It no one can: You'll find that it iw true— ‘That if you took up to 8 man ‘He will lox down on you. ‘Cincinnati Enquirer. “I never could understand why peo- ple dock their borses’ tails,” said Dubb- jeigh. “High cost of living,” said Jorrocks. “Got to dock something these times."— Harper's Weekly. Away trom the sovthiand #0 warm and Whew the old fashioned robin to regions of 28 Share on ¢ root tree began to sing. spring!” ss ™ ‘Then out from @ bole in the roof.popped "a heed, aoa [ROE 0, that noiee, Stevel” the roof ‘SE joms Son Be ott winter. ou vest te eae Setio-em Go ene 6 x —Citeage Hews. | WILLIAM LEWIS, Prop. HENRY C. 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