The Broad Ax

United States Senator James K. Vardaman of Mississippi Starts on The War Path TO DISFRANCHISE ALL THE AFRO-AMERICANS. HE CONTENDS THAT AS THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH AMENDMENTS WERE NEVER PROPERLY RATIFIED THEREFORE THEY SHOULD BE REPEALED. IN HIS OPINION THE TARIPF QUESTION, THE ALL-IMPORTANT AND THREATENING JAPANESE QUESTION, THE MONEY QUESTION, THE AGGRANDIZEMENT OF THE TRUST BARONS AND INDUSTRIAL KINGS AND ALL OTHER QUESTIONS EFFECTING MORE THAN A HUNDRED MILLION AMERICAN CITIZENS PALE INTO UTTER INSIGNIFICANCE IN COMPARISON TO THE NEGRO QUESTION. THE NEW MISSISSIPPI SENATOR NOT IN HARMONY WITH THE BROADER PRINCIPALS OF HUMANITY AS EXPOUNDED BY PRESIDENT WOODBOW WILSON. Vol. XVIII. United State James K. V. Mississippi The W TO DISFRANCHISE ALL THE AFEQ AS THE FOURTEENTH AND NEVER PROPERLY RATIFIED REPEALED. IN HIS OPINION THE TARiff QU THREATENING JAPANESE Q THE AGGRANDIZEMENT OF TRIAL KINGS AND ALL OTH THAN A HUNDRED MILLION UTTER INSIGNIFICANCE IN O TION. THE NEW MISSISSIPPI SENATO BROADER PRINCIPALS OF HU DENT WOODBOW WILSON. At the Democratic National Convention held in St. Louis, Mo., in 1904, the Hon. James K. Vardaman, at that time governor of Mississippi, now one of its United States Senators, was a delegate to that convention, in time appearing before the committee on resolutions where he, with much noise, introduced a resolution in favor of repealing the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Many of the leading politicians at that time labored under the impression that such a movement would be unwise on the part of the Democratic party. And among those leaders who assumed that position were Roger C. Sullivan and John P. Hopkins of Illinois. Both of those gentlemen appeared before the members of the committee on resolutions with their fighting clothes on and with much force they declared that it was not the business or the function of the Democratic National Convention to mix up in the fight or in the so-called troubles existing between the White people and the Colored people residing in the Southern states; that they must settle their own troubles; that the most important troubles that the Democratic party had to deal with at that time was to figure out how to secure enough votes to elect Parker and Davis, President and Vice President of the United States. That was the keynote of their talk and manly fight they let it be known that in Illinois and in other Northern, Eastern and Western states that many Colored men who were not tramps nor leafers without pay voted and worked hard for the success of the Democratic party that they and many other White men who entertained the same ideas were not in favor of driving this class of voters away from the party and so on. The final result of their contention was that the committee on resolutions turned Governor Vardaman and his resolution down cold, then he put it in his pocket and returned to his home in Mississippi, at the same time vowing that at no distant date he would be elected to the United States Senate, where he would introduce the same resolution and deliver the speech of his life against the Colored race. There should not be the elightest desire on the part of anyone to prevent Senator Vardaman from introducing his resolution, for it will never pass the Senate nor be adopted or become effective anywhere except in the Southern states and for many years in the past as well as at the present time, they and their people, their would-be statesmen utterly fail to cut much of a figure in the onward march of civilization. Once and for all time to come the Americans have firmly put their hands on the handles of the plow in favor of the enfranchisement of the Negro and the vast majority of them, not that they have any particular love for the Colored man, can never be induced to turn away from that proposition which has irrevocably become a part of the Constitution of the United States. More and more according to our way of thinking the great majority of the HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY American people favor the disenthrallment of all mankind and not their enslavement nor disfranchisement. When Senator Vardaman introduces his resolution in the Senate it will be referred to the committee on privileges and elections, of which the Hon. John W. Kern, of Indiana, is chairman and the other members of which are Lea of Tennessee, Pomerene of Ohio, Reed of Missouri, Johnson of Maine, Vardaman of Mississippi, Hughes of New Jersey, Walsh of Montana, Thompson of Arkansas, Dillingham of Vermont, Clapp of Minnesota, Sutherland of Utah, Oliver of Pennsylvania, Bradley of Kentucky and Kenyon of Iowa. It is evident to our mind that Senator Vardaman entertains very narrow and contracted views pertaining to the immensity of not only the universe, but of this country as well, for he is willing to put the so-called Negro question or the race problem, which interests no other class of citizens in the world, except those residing in the Southern states, far above the all-important tariff question, the burning and threatening Japanese question, the undisputed rule of the money kings, the aggrandizement of the trust barons and the industrial lords. These are world-wide problems, but they are nothing to Senator Vardaman and his followers who have the Negro question on their shallow brains, which is a mental disease, which they seemingly are unable to cure or rid themselves of. For it is a false vision which constantly haunts them day and night. Senator Vardaman is not in harmony with the broader principals of humanity as eloquently expounded by President Woodrow Wilson at a banquet given in his honor in Chicago prior to assuming his duties as President of the United States. On that occasion he expressed himself as follows: "New, gentlemen, we are witnessing a new age. The nation has awakened. We have asked for and obtained a change of venue. Annual New to Whole People. "We used to try every governmental case before a selected jury, and the jurors selected were always the same men. Now we are trying it before the people of the United States, and the people of the United States are going to reach a true verdict. "There is not going to be any disagreement in the jury. It is not going to be hung, and it is not going to stay out long. Just as soon as the facts are laid before it it is going to come in with its judgment, and its judgment is going to be executed in the political action of the United States. That is what I mean by a change of venue. "The jury is drawn from a wider panel, there are more things in the hat, and that jury is now of the temper of the people who witnessed the setting up of the institutions under which we have been so long free and so long happy. "I feel—and I believe that every one assisting with me feels—in the atmosphere of this age the stimulation of that elder day in which men went [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie]. about to set up a government which was not intended to serve their private interests, but which was intended to serve mankind, not merely to serve the people of America. "The view of that elder age was not confined to the three million people then constituting a little fringe of civilization along the Atlantic shores. The vision of those men was of the coming in of the nations across the waters to this haven of freedom and of emancipation. "They foresaw the day when men of every sort—and how their vision has been fulfilled!—when men of every nation and every sort should seek the shores of America in order to take a free share in institutions intended not for the private benefit of any one but for the elevation of the race as a whole. "Some of those gentlemen whose names we remember with such acclaim, who used to be in little neighborhood coteries down in the old dominion of Virginia, met in order to devise changes which were distinctly against the economic interest of Virginia, and they contrived then upon the principle that it was their duty to embark their fortunes and their honor in the enterprise of setting men everywhere free of every kind of trammel and restraint and unfairness. Appeals for Broader Spirit. "Ah, that day has come back. Don't you feel it? Do you look at your business any longer within the four walls of your office? Don't you feel the thrill that comes to you from the rest of America? "Don't you know that men everywhere are looking to you with confidence and with hope on the assurance that you are not waiting for the whip of the law, but that you are also Americans, that you also are born with that unconquerable spirit of aspiration which is the only distinction that ever belonged to the country that we love! "America is not distinguished because she established a stable government—other countries have established stable governments—but because she established a government meant to be shot through with the hopes of humble men. "The only glory of America is her spiritual glory, and when she takes down those ensigns of spiritual freedom she will have surrendered to the greed, the deposed spirit that has wrecked so many governments, that has disappointed so many parties, that has made it impossible to lift the race to the standards to which we all aspire." Let Senator Vardaman drink in to the full the above enabling sentiments and keep step with this progressive age, use his talent to assist to elevate and improve the condition in every way of each and every citizen of this the greatest Republic on earth, regardless of their race or nationality. Then and not until then will he become a great statesman and reflect undying honor and glory upon the most eminent statesmen of the South, who have gone on into the next world before him. Then it will slowly dawn upon his mind that his so-called "Race Problem" will in time disappear from these beautiful shores as silently and as noiselessly as the peaceful river which flows on and on between its banks without a ripple or a murmur into the deep blue sea! THE ROBERT E. BURKE END OF THE COUNTY DEMOCRACY WILL GIVE A FAREWELL RECEPTION IN HONOR OF ROGER C. SULLIKAN AND JOHN B. HORKINS This coming Sunday afternoon in the Federated Musicians' hall, in the old Chicago Chronicle building on West Washington street, the Robert E. Burke end of the Cook County Democracy will give a farewell reception and banquet in honor of Roger C. Sullivan and John P. Hopkins, the founder and the first president of the County Democracy, on the eve of their departure on an extended trip through South America. Daniel J. McMahon, president of the organization, will act as master of ceremonies and formally tender to Mr. Sullivan and to Mr. Hopkins the wishes of the organization for a pleasant and happy journey. At the same time the new officers of the club, elected two weeks ago, will be installed in their respective positions. The number of these has been increased last year by two additional vice-presidents and fourteen new members of the executive committee, thus giving representation to every ward in Chicago. A committee to arrange for the auspicious event attending the farewell to Mr. Sullivan and to Mr. Hopkins, has been appointed with James M. Slattery as chairman. The committee is composed of John H. Mack, William J. Graham, Frank H. Novak, Joseph F. Flanagan, Dr. Anthony Kryzewski, T. J. Crowe, Dr. Ernst The Hampton Institute Virginia Celebrated Its Forty Fifth Anniversary ROBERT C. OGDEN, ONE OF THE GREAT MERCHANTS AND FAR-SEEING BUSINESS MEN OF NEW YORK CITY HIGHLY PRAISES IT AND-TTS GOOD WORK. THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT FROM IT IN THE PAST FORTY-FIVE YEARS WHO HAVE MADE THEIR MARK IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES. HAMPTON, VA. "Every time I think of Hampton, I get a new definition of education and a new ideal for human training. I believe that Hampton is, after all, the real American university. I believe that this institution comes nearer having found the clew to the maze in this great process of training people for life, in life and by life, than any other institution in the world." This striking tribute was given to Hampton Institute by Dr. Wallace Buttrick, secretary of the General Education Board, at the closing exercises of the school's forty-fifth anniversary. Over 1,800 people assembled in the Hampton Institute gymnasium and enjoyed the striking demonstrations in roof framing, bed making, cooking and bricklaying. Interesting addresses were delivered by Rev. Dr. Wilton Merle-Smith, Mrs. Walter C. Roe, Starr J. Murphy and Job E. Hedges. An excellent summary of farm demonstration work among Negroes in Virginia was given by Griffin E. Oliver, of Crewe, Va., a Hampton graduate of 1883. Frank J. Stoney, of Sumpter, S. C., related his up-hill struggle "from nothing to a carpenter." A special feature of the forty-fifth anniversary of Hampton Institute was a demonstration of the work of the girls. Members of the Special Hampton Party from New York, Brooklyn, Boston and Philadelphia inspected the girls' dormitories; visited the large kitchen where the students' meals are prepared; saw the girls at work in the laundry; were served with a luncheon which had been prepared by the students; visited girls' classes in rug weaving, elementary science, household handicrafts, gardening, selection of cuts of beef, butter making, hand and machine sewing. The visitors were also given the opportunity of seeing the Jentzsch, Robert B. Bickerdike, Stanley Kufewski, Colonel Moriarty, Martin J. O'Brien, Henry L. Fick, John J. Coburn, Daniel J. McMahon and Robert E. Burke. NOTES ON THE FLY. The time is now right near at hand When we must swat to beat the band The dirty, dangerous fly. And also don't forget to swat the dirty, dangerous manure piles, the places where the flies are, born and bred. It is a good plan when the flies begin to make their appearance in your neighborhood to go out after the nearby manure piles; for if you can get rid of all the manure piles you will soon be rid of all the flies. Of course there are other kinds of filth in which flies may breed; neglected garbage cans for example. But as a rule garbage, even if removed as often as once a week, cannot breed flies, as it takes ten days from the time the eggs are laid until the fly is full grown and ready to carry on its business of spreading disease wherever it goes. It is estimated that 95 per cent of all the flies born come from stable manure; so it is easy to see how important it is to wage war on the manure piles as a most effective way to rid our communities of the fly. If the alleys in your neighborhood are filled with full and overflowing manure boxes, or if neighbors are maintaining nuisances of this kind on their premises, notify the Department of Health and efforts will be made to have such conditions corrupted. No.32 teacher-training class at work among the children of Whittier School, which is attended by boys and girls of the Hampton community. Tribute to Mr. Ogden. Dr. Merle-Smith referred to Robert C. Ogden, the devoted friend of Hampton Institute for forty-five years, as "a man big in heart, big in brain, with inspired and philanthropic purposes." Dr. Merle-Smith read the following telegram from Mr. Ogden: "In giving endowment to Hampton you help the institution that is doing the best work for peace in the country. There is vitality in its spirit and wisdom in its method." This was in reply to a telegram sent to Mr. Ogden by the Special Hampton Party: "Recalling the sweet fellowship of bygone years and rejoicing in your glorious work here, Hampton Pilgrims send affectionate greetings." Owing to the illness of Dr. Hollis B. Frissell, the principal of Hampton Institute, the anniversary exercises were presided over by Dr. George P. Phenix, the school's vice principal. Sketch of African Life. For the entertainment of the Hampton guests, a sketch of African life—"For Unkulunkulu's Sake"—was presented out of doors, on the evening before the close of the anniversary. This four-act play presented vividly and sympathetically existing conditions of ignorance and superstition in Africa and outlined the possibilities of improving life in the Dark Continent through the introduction of Hampton's industrial and agricultural ideas of education. The play was written and staged by Allen H. Gates, a Hampton worker who is the general secretary of the Hampton Institute Y. M. C. A. It shows what the Christian religion and the right idea of education can do for the forgotten children of Africa. --- Here is a simple mixture that will kill flies, and as it seems to have an attraction for them, is most effective for keeping your premises rid of the nasty little pests. Take one pint of milk and water in equal parts. Add two tablespoonsful of formaldehyde. Pour this mixture into plates or any shallow vessel with two or three small squares of bread in each vessel. The squares of bread furnish lighting and feeding places for the flies, as the bread absorbs the poison and adds to its efficiency. It is a good plan to place the vessels on the back porch just outside the kitchen door, being careful to see that no other food is there for the flies to get. As is well known, when a meal is in preparation flies will be attracted from quite a distance by the odors of the cooking and will swarm on the kitchen doors and windows, seeking to get inside. Have the milk and formaldehyde mixture ready for them and they will not live long to bother you with their unwelcome and dangerous attentions. In the fight to keep flies out of our homes it is most important that all doors and windows be carefully screened. Do not neglect this. Do it now. Dirt and filth accumulate. Cleanliness does not. It requires eternal vigilance and labor to maintain clean and healthful surroundings. But it pays to have clean, attractive neighborhood—pays in dollars and cents and in pride, joy and self-respect. THE BROAD AX Will promulgate and in all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, best Outcalls, Protestants, Prisoners, Bibles, can have their way as long as they have language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, over claiming the editorial right to speak in own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year. $2.99 Six Months. 1.49 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 8007 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 18, 1862, at the Port Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 8, 1879. NOTES ON NEGEO PROGRESS As Furnished by the National Negro Business League. Johnson & Brown is a Negro baking and restaurant firm of Allenworth, California, with establishments in Allenworth and Delano. The Lexington Co-Operative Association of Lexington, Kentucky, has purchased a site on which to establish a departmental grocery store. The stockholders of the H. G. Hill Grocery & Baking Company of Nashville, Tennessee, recently met and declared their usual two per cent quarterly dividends on common stock. A Colored Men's Business Association is being formed in Sedalia, Missouri, to promote the "business interests, improvements and general material development of the Negroes of Sedalia." A new drug store, known as the People's Drug Store, was opened in Durham, North Carolina, on Saturday, April 19th. The store ranks among the best of its kind in Durham, regardless of race. The legislature of Missouri has appropriated $130,000 for the building and equipment of a home for incorrigible Negro girls. The home is to be located at Tipton, Missouri, and $50,000 is appropriated for the first maintenance. Taylor & Company, a Negro undertaking firm of Nashville, Tennessee, is celebrating their 25th anniversary. During these 25 years the company, beginning in a very small way, has acquired Greenwood Park and Greenwood Cemetery. The Colored population of Greensboro in 1900 was 4,089; it had increased to 5,710 in ten years. These 5,710 Negroes are listed as owning 688 town lots or one town lot to every eight black persons who walk the streets of Greensboro, N. C. The Farmers' Improvement Society of Texas, located at Wace, is in the act of reopening an overall factory. Of the $2,000 needed to begin the plant, members of the society have already subscribed $1,920. The society has already in operation a school and a bank. An interesting study has been made of the Negro property owners of Greenabor and Guilford county, N. C. In 1900 the state auditor listed the Negro property value of the county at $203,607. In 1911 the property value of the same county was listed by the tax commissioner at $583,473, an increase of 53.6 per cent in a little more than ten years. This tabulation omits the valuation on school, church and lodge property and as assessed value is from 1-2 to 1-3 of real value, it is estimated that the Negroes of Guilford county are worth in fact about one and one-half million dollars. THE INSTITUTIONAL A. M. E. CHURCH $825 Dearborn St. Rev. A. J. Carey, D.D., Ph.D. Minister. To-morrow is "Mother's Day" and it will be observed with appropriate and befitting exercises at the Institutional church. The White Carnation is the flower of the day, and all who worship at the Institutional church have been invited to bring one or more carnations in respect to Mother, especially if Mother has passed into the beyond. These flowers will be "Consecrated" and carried then by the deaconesses to the hospitals and distributed among the mothers there. Our pastor will preach a special sermon on "Mothers—Their Debt to the World and the World's Debt to Them." Last Sabbath our pastor preached two interesting sermons: in the morning on "The Tares and the Dragon" --- and in the evening on "The Great Supper." Monday evening the Deaconess's Board will present Mrs. R. A. Jackson, the famous elocutionist. At the Church Conference last Monday evening plans were perfected for the celebration of the thirteenth anniversary of the founding of the church. It is planned to make this an elaborate affair. During the week of the anniversary, life-sized paintings of Bishops Arnett and Grant (both of whom manifested so much interest and did so much for the Institutional church during their respective administrations as bishop over this district) will be presented and unveiled. Bishop B. F. Lee will preside. Bishop H. B. Parks will speak on the life of Bishop Grant and Rev. H. P. Jones on the life of Bishop Arnett. Others who will participate are Revs. H. E. Stewart, J. M. Townsend, B. S. Watson, D. P. Roberts and others who have manifested interest in the work. M. H. F. Scales, the successful real estate dealer and chairman of the "Boosters' Club," has presented the church with an 8-foot bulletin board and promises that his part of the work will be kept up-to-date. The Ushers Association has been organized with Mr. B. J. Stovall as president and they have at once undertaken the task of placing two hundred hymnals in the church."C." WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHUECH Cor. 38, 39 and Dearborn Sts. Rev. H. J. Callis, D.D., Pastor. The "World in Chicago" now on exhibition at the Coliseum offers possibly the best opportunity to study the effects of the religion of Jesus on mankind that the people of Chicago will ever have. The managers of District 26 (the Negro exhibit) are to be congratulated upon the impression it is making. The demonstration by the stewards from our church setting forth a graduating class of Livingstone College, under the direction of Miss Mary J. Anderson, is to be highly commended. There will be special services at our church Sunday. The pastor will preach at 11 o'clock. Subject, "The Rod of Faith." At 3 p. m. will occur the Sunbeam Clubs' rally. This rally is to finish paying, if possible, the debt on our organ. At this service the pastor will preach a special sermon to church auxiliaries. The auxiliaries from all the churches are invited to this service. The choir will render special music, and every member of the church is expected to be present. Dinner will be served all day at the church. In the evening will be a special sermon to the Good Samaritan Order, who will attend in a body. Our pastor will preach the sermon. The Sunday School and Christian Endeavor will hold their regular services. The first report for the June Rally will occur on the 19th instead of the 12th. All captains are earnestly requested to report at the first roll call. On Sunday, the 18th, the pastor will resume his series of sermons on "God's Message to Men." It is expected that the Hampton Quartette will be present in the evening on that day and render several selections. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society will be entertained by Mr. and Mrs. James Green, 4637 Evans avenue, Wednesday evening, May 14th. All members are asked to be present. Bishop G. L. Blackwell, S.T.D., made a flying trip through the city this week on his way to Wisconsin.—"T." WAYMAN CHAPEL. A. M. E. CHURCH NOTES. Mothers' Day will be celebrated at the church all day Sunday. At 11 a. m. the pastor will preach a special sermon, following out the suggestion of the bishop of the district. The sermon will deal with some of the things which are vital to the development of the manhood of the race. "The future society is in the hands of the mother; if the world was lost through woman, she alone can save it." Special service of song will be a special feature of the services. At 2 p. m. the Sabbath School will render a program, at which time the dedication of the new piano will be a part of the program. The night services will be of the character appropriate to the occasion subject of the sermon, "What About the Fathers?" One of the features of the evening service will be a solo, "Mother o' Mine," which will be sung at some time during the service. Sunday, May 18th, the pastor will give another illustrated service, taking an important theme for the occasion. COLORED WOMAN'S BURIAL UP TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. Chicago Husband Takes Case Against the Forest Home Cemetery Before the Highest Supreme Tribunal on Appeal. Washington, D. C., May 9.—Whether Chicago cemeteries are violating the Constitution of the United States in excluding Negroes from burial is a question that will be decided by the Supreme Court in consequence of an appeal filed here recently by John B. Gaskill, a Chicago Colored man. Gaskill buried four children in Forest Home cemetery between 1890 and 1906. In 1912 his wife died, but the cemetery company refused him the burial privilege as a result of a rule it had adopted in 1907 excluding Negroes. Mandamus proceedings were brought against the company by Gaskill, but Judge John P. McGoorty dismissed his petition. This decision was affirmed by the Illinois Supreme Court. Gaskill then appealed to the Federal Supreme Court while the body of his wife lies in the receiving vault of Waldheim cemetery awaiting permanent burial. MRS. GUSTAVUS F. SWIFT GIVES $5,000 TO COLORED Y. M. C. A. Plans Under Way to Dedicate Building at Wabash Avenue and Thirty-eighth Street on June 15. Mrs. Gustavus F. Swift has donated $5,000 to the fund for the erection of the Young Men's Christian Association building, for Colored men and boys, at Wabash avenue and Thirty-eighth street. It is planned to dedicate the building on June 15, at a total cost for land, building, and furnishings of $195,000. Toward this sum the following subscriptions have been received: Julius Rosenwald, $25,000; Cyrus H. McCormick, $25,000; N. W. Harris, $25,000; Pullman company, $10,000; Mrs. Gustavus F. Swift, $5,000; $20,000 paid in by Colored men, representing 4,000 payments. It is hoped that public spirited citizens will make further substantial subscriptions to this fund in order that the building may be dedicated free of debt. The Chicago Dental Club met at the office of Dr. J. H. Plummer, 3400 State street, last Friday night at 8 o'clock. One of the aims of this club is to present to the public from time to time talks on "The Care of the Teeth." By way of recreation this summer the dental baseball team is now busily engaged in practice for a game between the medical team some time in the coming month. The members of the Chicago Dental Club are doing a good work in the way of educating the people how necessary it is for them to keep their teeth clean and in good condition, and how disgusting it looks to see ladies rigged up in all their finery and two or three teeth knocked out in front of their gossiping mouths. This coming Sunday afternoon some of the members of the Chicago Dental Club will hold forth at Bethesda Baptist church and enlighten its members along the lines of modern dentistry.—Editor. CELIBRATED THEIR FIFTI WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Clinkscale celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary Wednesday evening, April 30, at their home, 5851 Wabash avenue. A large number of friends and relatives were present. They received a large number of valuable presents. CHIPS Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Wilson have removed from 3552 Forest avenue to 3815 Vernon avenue. A Colored man by the name of Sherman Cheeks has the contract for carrying the U. S. mail from Glasgow to Burkashville, Ky., a distance of forty miles. All the drivers are Colored. Dr. and Mra. George C. Hall, 3249 Wabash avenue, have the sympathy of a large number of friends over the loss of their infant baby girl, who passed away and was buried the latter part of last week. Charles Morrison has removed from 3521 State street to 3723 Armour avenue, and he is still holding down his job as special messenger to Mayor Carter H. Harrison. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson visited the Bureau of Engraving and Printing at Washington recently and shook hands with quite a number of the Colored young women. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Green, 343 W. 47th street, will the latter part of June start on a short pleasure trip to Louisville, Ky., where Mrs. Green was born and raised and spent her girlhood days. Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Miller have broken up housekeeping at 3642 Wabash avenue and have rented their home to Mrs. Lewis, late of Memphis, Tennessee, and for some time in the future Dr. and Mrs. Miller will do light housekeeping at 3247 Wabash avenue, the home of Mrs. Beatrice Smith. The Knights of Pythias held forth Sunday afternoon at Olivet Baptist Church, where their annual sermon was preached to them by its pastor, Rev. E. J. Fisher. An imposing street parade was indulged in prior to entering the church and it was witnessed by a large number of people all along the line of march. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan passed through this city Wednesday morning on his way to Washington, D. C., from California, where he spent several days in an effort to prevent the legislature from enacting legislation to prevent the Japanese from getting a permanent foothold in it, which in time may plunge this country into a bloody war with Japan. Sir Knights William Copeland and Wellington H. Brown, of Cincinnati, Ohio, are in the city visiting with their old friend Col. William Lewis, proprietor and manager of the Mineral Spring Cafe, 3517 S. State street. They are stopping with mine host, George W. Holt, proprietor of the Brunswick Hotel, 3004 S. State street. Col. "Pony" Moore, who for a long time was looked upon as the sporting king or the lord mayor of the red light district, returned to the city the latter part of last week from Austin, Texas, where he spent the winter months. He is somewhat improved in health and is residing at 39 W. 31st street with Mrs. Moore and their bright little daughter. Rev. Father John S. Morris, pastor of St. Monica's Roman Catholic church, 36th and Dearborn streets, and the members of his increasing congregation are working tooth and toe nail in an effort to raise $50,000 to be expended for erecting a new schoolhouse. They are gathering in nickels and dimes as well as dollars and will soon conduct a church raffle for the purpose of raising funds along this line. Mrs. Nancy J. Nelson, 1013 Buymiller street, Cincinnati, Ohio, has been a subscriber to The Broad Ax for the past six or seven years and she is always Johnnie on the spot with the money to pay her subscription to it. She cheerfully forwards it without being requested to do so, and in a recent letter she states that "she hopes that The Broad Ax will still contain good news all this year, as it has been fine in the past." Mr. Andrew J. Smith, pioneer resident of Chicago, died Tuesday morning, May 6th, in the Passavant Hospital at Jacksonville, Ill. He had been a resident of Jacksonville but two years, having gone there to take charge of the Odd Fellows Home. He was an old patriarch of Hutchinson Lodge, G. U. O. of O. F. Services will be held from Salem Baptist church Sunday at 4 p. m. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Frances Sparks Smith. Seattle, Wash.—John Gayton, for many years messenger in the federal court for Judge C. H. Hanford and later for Clinton W. Howard, was lately sworn in as bailiff and messenger of the federal court under a permanent appointment authorized by the attorney-general. Oath was administered by Clerk Frank L. Crosby. Prior to his connection with the government Gayton was steward at the Rainier Club for several years. Mr. George W. Claussenius, member of the firm of H. C. Claussenius & Co., 100 N. LaSalle street, western agents for the North German-Lloyd Steamship Company, is one of the popular and high-class German-American citizens in Chicago, and being an excellent business man he would make a dandy candidate for treasurer of Cook county in 1914, and his present efficient private secretary, Miss Cohen, would be just the person to serve him in the same capacity in the county treasurer's office. Office Phones: Residence Phones: Randolph 4758 Douglas 3183 Auto 48438 Auto 75155 Violette N. Anderson FINANCIAL BOARD MEETS. Secretary Hawkins Tells Church How Money Matters Stand Washington - The African Methodist Episcopal church raised for general church purposes $206,910.17 for the fiscal year ending March 31, according to the report of Professor John R. Hawkins, financial secretary of the denomination. The annual meeting of the financial board was held in this city on Wednesday, April 16. This money does not include the thousands of dollars raised in collections on Easter day, children's day, educational day, those for special missions, church extension, the payment of the salaries of pastors and presiding elders or for the expenses of running churches. The money that comes into the financial department is known as "dollar money." each member of a church being obligated to give a dollar each year for general church purposes. The report submitted by Professor Hawkins is a solendid showing for ```markdown ``` PROFESSOR JOHN R. HAWKINS. the church and places the work of the denomination on a plane with that of other churches which do effective work. There seems every indication that the collections during the present quadrennium will exceed $1,000,000. Of the money raised during the year $16,552.81 was turned over to the missionary department to aid it in its work and a large sum to both the educational and church extension departments. Seventy-four thousand four hundred and eighty-seven dollars and sixty-six cents was retained by annual conferences for the aiding of superanuated ministers, widows and orphans, and $82,764.81 was used for the payment of the salaries of the bishops and general officers and for other denominational needs. The amounts raised by each Episcopal district follow: First, $14,253.69; second, $16,465; third, $6,899.77; fourth, $13,184.29; fifth, $14,509.29; sixth, $30,724.79; seventh, $18,556.26; eighth, $15,799.36; ninth, $24,521.50; tenth, $12,565.83; eleventh, $17,360.19; twelfth, $15,064.63; thirteenth, $405; fourteenth, $4,910; fifteenth, $1,709.72. Bishop H. B. Parks, who presided, and the other members of the board congratulated Professor Hawkins on the businesslike manner with which he is conducting the financial affairs of the denomination. He is the first hayman to hold the position and was elected thereto in May, 1912, succeeding Dr. John Hurst, who was elevated to the bishopric. He has spent thirty years in working for the advancement of the A. M. E. church. For a number of years he was president of Kittrell college, Kittrell, N. C., and from 1906 until his election to his present post he served as commissioner of education for the A. M. E. church. WHAT TEACHERS' COLLEGE GRADUATES ARE DOING Dean Lewis B. Moore's Report Reveals Encouraging Results. Washington.—Dr. L. B. Moore, dean of the teachers' college of Howard university, in this city, in his annual report to President S. M. Newman, D. D., concerning the distribution of the graduates of the teachers' college, class of 1912, reports an increasing demand in the public schools for professionally trained teachers. He says that the "stimulus" which has come to southern education through the Jeanes fund, the Slater fund and other gifts to education has put additional emphasis upon the importance of thoroughly equipped teachers throughout the south and especially in the colored schools. The demand for trained teachers in special academic subjects and in the manual and domestic arts has been especially pressing. Of the 213 students who have been graduated from the teachers' college in the last twelve years more than 85 per cent, he reports, have gone directly into the work of teaching. Of those who have not become teachers several are active in the development of education in their respective communities. The reports which have come to the dean's office from superintendents of education say that the graduates of our teachers' college in this university "are making themselves more and more serviceable, not only as professionally trained teachers giving satisfaction to their superintendents, but also as community builders, taking part in the larger movements for the upift of the colored people." His Absentmindedness In a Washington club some time since a member of the senate started to light a cigar, but became so engrossed in some other thought that he forgot the burning match in his hand until the same reached his fingers, whereat Attorney General Wickersham smiled. "A case of absentmindedness," he remarked, "that reminds me of the experience of a certain professor. One evening, on returning home to dinner, the professor was met at the door by his wife, who led him into the house with a reproving glance. "Do you know, John," said she, just a little poutry, "that you went away this morning without kissing me goodby? "You don't really mean it?" returned the professor. 'You must be mistaken. "Oh, no, I'm not!' declared the good lady. 'Not a single kiss did you give me!' "Is that so? responded the professor, with a thoughtful expression. Then whom in the deuce did I kiss?"—Philadelphia Telegraph. For Peace and Safety. We have got the finest water For ships one ever saw. Got ten thousand miles of coast line, With harbor long the shore; We have voted the peace money, If congress so will vote. We can have the finest navy That was ever yet afloat. They are building ships the world o'er, So ours we should increase. Dreadnoughts for the battle line are a great success. It takes lots of time to build them— No job of but a day— With feet out on the sea. -Tom W. Jackson in New York Press. Hia Lack of Will. "I used to think my husband had such a strong will," she complained. "He has never seemed to me," her friend replied. "to be a man who was lacking in will power. Is he a slave to drink or to tobacco or anything like that?" "Oh, no! He gave up smoking three years ago, and I got him to go on the water wagon at the first of the year. He hasn't tasted any kind of liquor since." "It seems to me you ought to be proud of him. A man who can give up smoking and absolutely refrain from tasting any kind of strong drink must have a will that is extraordinary." "Perhaps it is as you say, but I have been trying for more than a year to get him to give up the habit of nodding in the affirmative when he says yes at the telephone. He just can't seem to quit it." -Chicago Record-Herald. Take a Chance. Take a chance. The scientists inform us that there's danger lurking in the kiss. They conjure up a misleading gauze that to be carried by every miss. The gauze will keep the microbes from the spreadin' of a grim disease. For kissin' microbes, so they say, will sting a fellow just like bees. Though I have lived a lot, I've yet to see the fellow, old or young. Who walked on top of this old earth who wouldn't just as soon be stung. Them old professors don't seem able to give other folks a rest. They're always thinkin' up some scheme to knock Dan Cupid gallet west. Why don't they 'tend to their own business, dopin' grammar out and laws. Instead of spoilin' all our fun by boostin' shakes for kissin'? If my Irene, the village queen, does mix up microbes with romance. They won't sell me no kissin' screen. A good sport always takes a chance. —Brooklyn Eagla Belling Efficiency. "An alert resourcefulness is the hallmark of the efficient salesman or saleswoman," said Jerome S. McWade in one of his noonday talks to the business men of Duluth. Mr. McWade, smiling, then added: "That was an efficient saleswoman to whom a man shrieked despairingly from the mob about a bargain counter: "Help, help! They've broken my arm." "Very good, sir," the saleswoman said promptly. "Splints and bandages at greatly reduced prices are to be found at our emergency counter, seventh floor, center, ninth aisle to the left, north side."—Pittsburgh Post. Ann Martin's Dilemma. Ann Martin, charming maid. Two suttors had. Gay Tom his dollars paid For each new fad, Sent orchids off to her And sweets galore. Spent all his "thirty per" sweet for her. John was far more sedate. Widower, too; Five children, large estate, Name in "Who's Who:" Asked for her hand, but tried No orchid bida. "Which shall I choose?" she cried, "Orchids or kids?" A number of clergymen were going to luncheon one day after some ecclesiastical function when an unctuous dignitary remarked: "Now to put a bridle on our appetites!" Quick as a flash another retorted: "Say, rather, now to put a bit between your teeth!"—New York American. Talk. Why is talk cheap? The reason why We all should understand. It is because the great supply Exceeds the small demand. —Cincinnati Enquirer. Why is talk cheap? Well, if we must, Well rime our answerette. It is because no blooming trust Has bought it up as yet. —Denver Republican. The EIGHTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD will give their Eighteenth Annual Ball,]7th Regiment Armory, 34th Street and Wentworth Avenue, Monday evening, May 26th 1913. The feature of the evening will be Band Concert, Dress Parade and Presentation of Long and Honorable Service Medals. ADMISSION 50 CENTS 3 Per Cent Paid on Savings SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES, $3.00 PER YEAR Stocks and Bonds for Sale. Best Investments. Come Here to get that Loan You Need. Visit Our Real Estate Department for Positively the Best Bargains on the South Side. Fire, Plate Glass, Automobile I N S U R A N C E Wm. D. Neighbors, Cashier S. E. Cor. 31st and State Sts.: Bank Floor Phones: Douglas 31 Automatic 74-259 SAVE DIMES and dollars may save you. 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A nice modern furnished room to rent to one or two single gentlemen. Apply first flat, 5257 Wabash avenue. The EIGHTH ILLINOIS NATION will give their Eighteenth A Armory, 34th Street and W evening, May 26th 1913. Music by the full 88 A suspension bridge over a Bavarian river has but one tower, the cables at the other end being anchored in a high rock bluff. It is a curious fact that the shells of certain animals, such as cephalopods, brachipods and some bivalves, are commonly marked by retrogressive changes as age advances. "The old man returns to second childhood in mind and body," states a scientist, "and the shell of the cephalopod has in old age, however distinct and highly ornamental the adult, very close resemblance to its own young." The Capitol Statue The bronze statue of Freedom which surmounts the dome of the capitol at Washington is nineteen feet six inches in height and weighs 14.985 pounds. Polar Regions. The polar regions are said to cover 4,888,800 square miles. Lobstars Lobsters from Roumania. Hungary and Russia have little flesh on them and turn a dull color when they are boiled. Manhattan Island Indians who accepted $24 from Governor Peter Minuit for Manhattan Island in 1628 did not make such a bad bargain, for if they had invested that sum of money at compound interest at the prevailing rates since then their heirs would now have $12,000,000.00. Gas Stove Toasting. A cheap and durable toaster for a gas stove is a piece of sheet iron. Over this a five cent wire toaster can be used without danger of burning or blackening the bread. Doctors' Incomes Despite the fact that some of them manage to get enormous fees, it is said that the doctors as a class get poorer and poorer financially every year. New York's First Graveyard. The first graveyard in New York city was established in the year 1633. It was situated on the west side of what is now Broadway above Morris street. The oldest grave of which there is a record is that of a child, marked with a sandstone slab, with a skull, crossbones and winged hourglass. Green Turtle The green turtle is found most extensively all along the coast of Magdalena bay. Lower California. The natives in a great many localities subsist almost entirely on its meat. An Ill Fated Vessel The steamer President, which left New York for Liverpool March 11, 1841, with 136 persons on board, was never heard from. New Zealand Parliament New Zealand, like Canada and South Africa, has long possessed a bilingual parliament. In 1867 Maori members were for the first time admitted to the house of representatives and allowed to address the assembly in their own tongue. Lunar Gravity. Because of the lower surface gravity on the moon a body which weighs twenty-one pounds here would weigh only three pounds there. I REGIMENT NATIONAL GUARD Annual Ball, 17th Regiment Ventworth Avenue, Monday SENIOR LAW CLASS BANQUET Future Legal Lights of Howard University Make Their Initial Bow. The "coming out" banquet of the senior class of the law department of Howard university on Feb. 21 at Gray's, in Washington, was a veritable "feast of reason and a flow of soul." A larger or more progressive gathering of young men of the race have never put their feet beneath a festal board in the nation's capital. It represented an inspiration for the present and a glowing promise for the future. The program of speeches, embracing a number of topics of practical value and strong contemporaneous interest, was as follows: "The Progress of Criminal Law Reform," Chester A. Carpenter; "The Position of the United States Relative to Panama Canal Tolls," Peter R. Lee; "The Political Status of the American Negro," John H. Berry; "Evolution of Law and Its Relation to Modern Sociology," Harry A. Capehart; "The Relation of Judicial Procedure to Government," Garfield C. Thompson; "Federal Control of Corporations," Edward R. Dryer; "Our Moral Duty as Lawyers," E. E. Jones; "Fifty Years of Freedom," Huver I. Brown; "Class of 13," Arthur E. Briscoe. Mr. Arthur A. Rhambo acquitted himself admirably as toastmaster. An opportunity for brief discussion was allowed, and a brilliant array of supplementary talks was given by members of the class not down on the regular program. Felicitous addresses were delivered by Professor W. H. H. Hart of the faculty of Howard Law school and Mr. R. W. Thompson, president of the National Negro Press association, who were special guests of the occasion. The class yell was a delightful feature. The officers of Howard's law class of 1913 are: President, John E. Roundtree; vice president, Robert D. Brooks; secretary, Arthur E. Briaso; assistant secretary, William H. Tabbs; treasurer, Harry J. Capehart; sergeant-atarms, Garfield C. Thompson. The social committee was made up of Alonzo Ware, chairman; E. R. Dryer, Hover I. Brown, William. H. Burrell, John H. Clinton, C. A. Carpenter, Artee H. Fleming, J. Arthur Davis, Henry E. Dunne, Marion F. Harris, Edward E. Jones, Bernard I. Jackson, B. T. Montgomery, William H. Martin, James E. Buckner, John W. Robinson, Jacob L. Reld, Philip G. Reed and Joseph A. Thornton. The remaining members of the class are: William B. Bruce, J. H. Berry, Walter L. Browne and Alfred H. Rhambo. They hall from every section of the country and from the West India islands. Gray's mirror encircled dining room was a bower of beauty. American flags and bunting being displayed on the walls. The table sparkled with cut glass and Haviland china, and huge bouquets of tea roses added picturesqueness to the color scheme. Musical selections were played on a high grade planola during the discussion of the menu and between the speeches. The menu was got up in fine style. TIDAL WAVE OF INIMICAL LEGISLATION WIDELY FELT Afro-Americans Still Have Many Friends—Rabbi Hirsch is Optimistic. In the midst of the great tidal wave of agitation and introduction of legislation against the intermarriage of white and colored persons in the various states let the colored race remember that it still has friends among the white people. Neither segregation nor prohibitory marriage laws can stop the progress of a race united in heart, purpose and constructive effort. There will always be strong defenders of truth and righteousness, persons of wealth and influence, who love justice and hate injustice to follow human beings. As the enemies of the race increase, so will its friends multiply. Character, honesty and integrity are not judged by the color of a person's skin. They are virtues by which the world measures mankind. They are not to be bought or sold. They are nature's priceless jewels. Rabbil E. G. Hirsch, the great Jewish scholar, in a recent tribute paid to Dr. Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee (Ala.) institute recently, used the following expressions to convey his meaning: "Have you ever thought that the great Son of Palestine was a carpenter's son? He did not have a classical education, but he learned the lesson of life in his father's carpenter shop. He did not go to academies, but he heard his divine Father's call. "Whatever message he had he clothed it in the phraseology not of the counting room and not of the drawing room, but in the impressive vocabulary of the farmer and the artisan. "In practicing and learning to practice the religion of labor you at Tuskegee become Christianized in the spirit of the great Teacher and Judaised in the spirit of the Jewish prophets." New Branch Library In Louisville. The library board in Louisville, KY., has appropriated $4,000 toward the starting of a branch library in the eastern section of the city. The library will be greatly appreciated by the colored citizens of the east end. The committee which has charge of the work will raise $1,000 from among members of the race. Interest in Iowa Masonic Affairs. Much interest is being taken by the members of the Masonic fraternity in Iowa. Grand Master John L. Thompson spent the third week in February making official visits to lodges in the western part of the state and in Nebraska. The jurisdiction of the order in Iowa is divided into three districts. SOCIAL SERVICE PLUS RELIGION Graphic Story of the Achievements of a New York Pastor Who by Diligence Has Wrought a Wonderful Change For Good Among the People of His Immediate Community. By CLEVELAND G. ALLEN New York.—That God has chosen men for certain work and endowed them with peculiar gifts for such work is strikingly seen in the efforts of the Rev. G. H. Sims, pastor of the Union Baptist church in this city. Dr. Sims' church is located in a section which less than ten years ago was known as one of the worst sections of the city. It was a district in which lived the most criminal element of both races, where crime predominated. It was known as "Hell's Kitchen" and had such a bad reputation that the police department was taxed to its utmost as to the most effective method of dealing with the situation in the neighborhood. Before Dr. Sims took up work in the neighborhood, the influence of the church had not been felt, and it was a district that was shunned and untouched by the religious and social workers. The invasion of Dr. Sims into this neighborhood required the utmost confidence and strength of purpose. He began his work in West Sixty-third street in 1901, and during his twelve years of labor in this section he has completely changed the tone of the neighborhood. The Union Baptist church has been so influential in its religious work that it has been felt throughout the neighborhood. The social and moral life of the community has been completely revolutionized. The earnestness of Dr. Sims soon manifested itself, and the once disorderly element soon began to take notice. From a thriftless and careless community, where the worst social and moral conditions existed, Dr. Sims has changed the community into one of M. B. REV. DR. G. H. SIMS. thrift. People of refinement now seek residence in this section as in any other well regulated part of the city. The district since 1898 has been known as San Juan hill, and Dr. Sims is frequently referred to as the bishop of San Juan hill. His work has been one of effort, which required patience and persistency. When Dr. Sims began his work the church was worshiping in West Sixty-eighth street in a little hall. The new church in West Sixty-third street was dedicated in 1801. It is valued at $52,000 and is modern throughout. It has a seating capacity of 1,000 and is well organized. The membership of the church is rated at 2,000, but the influence of the church is felt throughout the district. Dr. Sims is one of the strongest and most conscientious men of the race and has brought about this miraculous change in this city through the sheer force of his character. He was born in Cumberland county, Va., and was educated in its public schools. He was converted at the age of eleven and was baptized by the Rev. J. H. White of his native home. He was licensed to preach in New York in 1895, and his first charge was at Nyack, M. Y., where he did much pioneer religious work. As a recognition of his service in June, 1905, Guadalupe college of Seguin, Tex., conferred upon him the degree of doctor of divinity. Dr. Sims is one of the foremost men in Christian work here and is a strong figure among the Baptists of this city. Dr. Sims is known as the friend of the unfortunate, and he is constantly doing something to aid those in need. He takes an active part in all race movements. He is ably assisted in his work by his wife, Mrs. Louise D. Sims, who was formally a school teacher. Mothers' Congress Piana Uplift Work. For the purpose of doing more effective work among the girls and young women of the city there was recently organized at the Macedonia Baptist church in Philadelphia a mothers' congress. The women at the head of the movement will direct their attention first to conditions in West Philadelphia. HOLSEY ON ADVERTISING. Some Essential Elements in Successfully Conducting Ad. Agencies. "Many are called, but few are wanted." Many ambitious, well meaning colored men have felt the call to enter the advertising agency business, says Albon Lewis Holsey, but few have been able to "stick," and if I were asked to give the reasons for this contention they would be stated in part as follows: Colored advertisers do not conduct national publicity campaigns in the real broad sense of the word. Therefore they do not have occasion to show their "race loyalty" by placing their business through the colored agent. To be sure, there are many colored enterprises whose annual business goes into the thousands and who should conduct such campaigns, but as a rule they are local advertisers, because their business has been built up in some locality through years of patient toll and energy of perhaps one person who depends entirely on local trade. Again, advertising agents lack capital. To establish an agency requires sufficient backing to carry the business at least two years under present conditions. Postage, stenographic help, etc., make rapid inroads on a small bank account, but these helps are essential to the establishment of such a business. The publisher must have confidence in the new concern, and the advertiser who is responsible will not trust his advertising business to any concern unless reasonably sure that it will make a judicious investment of his money. To obtain this confidence necessitates a great deal of advertising. Furthermore, the white advertiser knows and appreciates the value of the service offered him through the advertising agent, and his demands for better qualified workers in this field and the natural growth of his business have opened the way for thousands of white agencies to handle their enormous business. Thus none of the business from white concerns is left to the colored agent with his limited experience and resources. NEW DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED National Association Fills Vacancies on Board at Annual Meeting. At the annual meeting of the National Association For the Advancement of Cooped People, held in the banking room of the Evening Post building, in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 21, Charles H. Studin, Mrs. Max Morgenthan, Jnr., and Wilson M. Powell, Jr., were elected to the board of directors for the term expiring in 1916. The Rev. Hutchins C. Bishop was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. F. R. Keyser, whose term would have expired in 1914. Dr. V. Morton-Jones was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mrs. M. D. Maclean, whose term would have expired in 1914. The following were also elected for terms expiring in 1916: George W. Crawford, New Haven; Thomas Ewing, Jr., New York; Paul Kennaday, New York; Joseph P. Loud, Boston; Dr. William A. Sinclair, Philadelphia; Miss Lillian D. Wald, New York, and Rev G. R. Waller, Baltimore. SHOULD PRACTICE THE GOLDEN RULE AT HOME. Example of Puritane Exemplified in Afro-Americans Who Go Abroad, The following letter, the writer of which sign the initials E. H., recently appeared in the Philadelphia Press: Sir-I read in the columns of a Philadelphia evening paper of the 5th a note of warning from an unknown source, pointing out the danger in England's tolerance of the colored man in the British isles. Assuming the author of the letter to be an American citizen and that his sentiments are already too widely indorsed, I feel justified in submitting the fact that if this nation's moral ideals were higher and its common sense kept pace with its material development none of its people would have cause to go elsewhere in search of life, liberty and happiness. History repeats itself. Human nature is always and everywhere the same. Therefore why discourage them in seeking relief from oppression when they are but following the examples set by the pilgrims, Puritans and Huguenots, who sought relief in this country from religious and political persecution? The class of colored people who go abroad are of a higher order of intelligence than the hordes of emigrants who flock here, and yet no note of warning is sounded against their coming. I think that all the world, America excepted, realizes the fact that the colored people have, on the whole, a creditable idea of moral responsibility and are, of all races, the least to be feared. President Boyd Makes Clear Report. The address of Dr. R. H. Boyd, president of the One Cent. Savings bank in Nashville, Tenn., at the annual meeting of the stockholders recently held was a well defined and exhaustive statement of the progress and internal workings of the institution. The bank was organized Jan. 16, 1904. It started business with a capital of $1,000 paid in by sixteen persons. The reports at the meeting showed a clearance of $832,000 for the past year, which is an increase of $45,000 over the previous year. Andrew D. White, now eighty, of Riaca, N. X., has taken up the study of criminology. Glovannii Pace, a Philadelphia musician, the other day played the march for his own wedding. A. G. Hailst of Brooklyn has set out to visit every state capital in the United States. He journeys a-foot. Sir John Kirk of Sevenoaks, England, now an octogenarian, was with David Livingstone in exploring Africa. Alvey Augustus Adee, second assistant secretary of state, who recently celebrated his seventieth birthday, has been in the government service since 1870. Sir Roger Casement, British consul general at Rio Janeiro, who prosecuted the British investigation of the Putumayo rubber district atrocities, has been appointed consul general to a number of other states in Brazil. Charles D. Sigsbee, son of Bear Adminal Sigsbee (retired), commander of the ill fated battleship Malne, works eight hours a day in the power plant at the Charlestown navy yard to perfect his knowledge of mechanical engineering. He is twenty-two, thoroughly self made, and his knowledge of chemistry, necessary in his work, has been largely acquired outside of any school. College and School Minnesota's public school bill for 1912 was $15,981,085. More than four-fifths of the elementary schoolteachers in Prussia are men. A chair in social hygiene has been established in the University at Munich, Germany. An editorial council to have supervision over all university student publications and to consist of both students and faculty members is under consideration at the University of Wisconsin. The woman's law class at New York university is probably unique in that it is not intended to prepare women for the practice of law, but to give them sufficient legal knowledge to conduct the administration of trust estates and other forms of business. Pert Personals. Forty thousand dollars to play baseball Geewhillikins, what a Chancel—New York American. Roald Amundsen is curious to know whether there are not two north poles, Philadelphia Record. "Rockefeller and Morgan Ancestry Traced Back to Monarch"—headline, Probably one of the seizers. Columbia State. William has lost his voice, and John D. lost his hair long ago, but you never hear of a Rockefeller losing any money. St. Louis Republic. While the country is thinking up nice things to do for Colonel Goethals the colonel might confer a lasting blessing on the country by giving out the correct pronunciation of his name—Denver Times. The Royal Box. King Victor Emmanuel of Italy is the only monarch in the world who has the right to vote. As a youth Ferdinand of Bulgaria was not very robust. His face was pale, and his nerves would twitch of their own accord. When he entered the Austrian army it was as a lieutenant in the Eleventh hussars, but he was never at ease in the saddle and exchanged into the infantry. Prince Gustavus of Denmark, regarded as a strong contender for the nebulous Albanian throne, is the sixth child of the late king of Denmark and a brother of the reigning king. King George of Greece is his uncle and the dowager queen of England his aunt. Prince Gustavus is quite young, having been born in 1837. Sporting Notes. Keene Hitzapatrick, the varsity trainer, and William J. Clanke, the baseball coach, have both signed contracts to remain at Princeton. Frank Chance, the new manager of the American league team in New York, wants the name Yankees dropped. He will call the club the New Yorks. In twenty-three years De Oro has lost only four pool matches. He has been beaten several times in tournaments, but has been almost invincible in matches. Congressional Cuts. Congress can also economize by talking less and making it less expensive to get out the Congressional Record—Boston Journal. If the new member of congress who is preparing a speech of ringing denunciation will look through the files of the Congressional Record he will find that most of it has been said before—Washington Star. Timely Tips. Now is the time to come out for a sane Fourth of July.—Jacksonville Times-Union. All the new counterfeit money is in the form of ten and twenty dollar bills. That lets a good many of us out of danger.—Cleveland Leader. The law of compensation is right on the job. This is 1913, but there will be only one Friday, the 13th, this year. It will come in June, though, and brides may as well be warned.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. $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 71-703 FRANK L. GALE PIANO CO. 3159 S. State Street : 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. Tervalen, 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 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. F. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 8 W. 27th St., near State. Sylvester McGloffin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State 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 Supervisors, $100,000 deposited with the State.**State**Policies of all kinds, ranging from five cents to ten thousand dollars, are available to the policy holder more than any other, company for the same weekly premium. Clerk 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. Randalph S. 72 West Adams Street TELEPHONES Oakland 1609 Res. Oakland 17601 Auto. 79156 HENRY C. BOMAR & SON FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVERS, PACKERS AND SHIPPERS OFFICE HOURS Phone Oakland 4662 From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Automatic 73-858 From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday by Appointment DR. THEO. R. MOZEE DENTIST] 4709 S. State St CHICAGO Botary Public Office Phone Automatic 44-185 Ret. Phone Automatic 78-137 W. G. ANDERSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Suita 5, Methodist Church Block 8. E. Cor, Clark & Washington Sts., CHICAGO Residence: 3642 Prairie Ave. Suite 708, 184 Washington St. Notary Public CHICAGO, ILL. Phone Franklin Res. 508 E. 36th St. 2727 Tel. Douglas 4397 J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney-at-Law 118 N. La Salle Street Oxford Building Suite 403 CHICAGO Franklin A. Denison ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 W. Randolph Street, CHICAGO Suite 708 Delaware Bldg. Tel. Central 3142 A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 North La Salle St. Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 SIRES AND SONS. Major W. N. McKelvey, Chicago, now owns the sword of Balboa. Dr. G. L. Hogan of Los Angeles has autographs of every president of the United States. John Dennis Lewis, aged seventy-two, of Philadelphia, believes himself to be the only surviving son of a Revolutionary soldier in the United States. Ralph C. Watrous, formerly lieutenant governor of Rhode Island, has been made the first president of the new National Association of Allied Interests Pertaining to the Horse. Joseph Steinhart, known as the apple king, having handled as high as a million dollars' worth of fruit in one deal, trundled a pushcart in New York and sold apples at two for a cent not so many years ago. Matthew Wellington, one of the six Nasik "boys" who carried the body of David Livingstone from the heart of Africa to the coast, is still living at Mombasa, British East Africa, and is in the government service. Charles Teiller, discoverer of the secret of cold storage, has recently been decorated in Paris with the Legion of Honor. His discovery was made in 1876, but he had to endure years of hardship and comparative poverty before he could convince the Academies des Sciences that cold storage was practical. A hint for the man who likes to work about the house: To avoid splitting a board when driving a nail, says a mechanical magazine, cut off the point of the nail with pilers. Such a nail will punch rather than wedge its way through and may be driven almost on the edge of the board without splitting it. THE MUSEUM JESSE BINGA BANKER S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed Safety Deposit Vault REAL ESTATE As agent buy and sell Real Estate on co- dents, including payment of taxes and li- on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patro The Cranfor- Building. The finest building ever open Steam heat, electric light, tile ba per cent allowed on Savings Access ity Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estate ing payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Real Estate. especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business m e- Cranford Apartment building. 3600. Wabash Ave. best building ever opened to Colored tenants, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. Slowed on Savings Accounts at Vaults, $3.00 per Year ESTATE DEPARTMENT State on commission, manages estates for non-resi- xes and looking after assessments. Money to loan the patronage of Chicago business men. Anford Apartment 45. 3600. Wabash Ave. Over opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. tile baths, marble entrance. 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. 1 The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, 'Phone Randolph 803 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. like These Cut high Cost of Living Dinners Like the High ners Like These Cut the High Cost of Li Dinners Like These Cut the High Cost of Living Thousand School Girl Can Tell You All About and School Girl Cooks You All About It Fifty Thousand School Girl Cooks Can Tell You All About It These girls are being taught kitchen economies in Chicago public schools. They see, handle and cook real food in some 170 school kitchens. From demonstrations and actual experience they learn how to turn the cheaper things from the grocery and meat market into wholesome, square meals good enough for anybody. "Compost" Range No. 18-39 with double seams and stair-dow in corn down. JOHN BLOCKI, Prez. F. W. BLOCK JOHN BLOCKI & S PERFUMERS GO TO C. E. Kreyssler, Drugs 5057 S. STATE STREET NOT ON THE CORNE BLOCKI, Pres. F. W. BLOCK JHN BLOCKI & S PERFUMERS GO TO E. Kreyssler, Drug 5057 S. STATE STREET NOT ON THE CORNE F. W. BLOCKI, Tresas.] BLOCKI & SON PERFUMERS GO TO eyssler, Druggist STATE STREET ON THE CORNER JOHN BLOCKI, Pres. F. W. BLOCKI, Treas.] JOHN BLOCKI & SON PERFUMERS GO TO C. E. Kreyssler, Druggist 5057 S. STATE STREET NOT ON THE CORNER For high grade Drugs, Chemicals, and Medicinal Preparations All Prescriptions Carefully Compounded ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF Blocki's Ideal & Blocki's Flower In Bottle Perfumes J. W. Casey, Agent, 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. They learn also how to cook these meals with the least possible amount of gas. They learn that the old way of cooking a meal on a hot plate—with many fires burning, is a wasteful way. They are shown how the same meal can be cooked in a "Composite" range with but one fire burning. Using a range of this type our school girl cooks would put the meats in the lower oven—the breads, rolls, vegetables, etc. in the upper ovens, and light the one fire in between. The top burners would be used but a few minutes for the coffee and soup. Composite Ranges Some fifty shapes are sold at all of our stores and our big show room in the Peoples Gas Building down town. They are the finest and most economical ranges in the world. "A STORE FOR EVERYBODY" HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. Everything to eat, to wear and for the home. Ready to wear attire for man, woman and child as lowest prices, quality and workmanship considered. Make it a point to visit this store every day and take advantage of the special bargain offerings that we give in all departments. JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO The BEL 5059 Cor. Telephone Oakland 1787 BELLE MEADE The BELLE MEADE CLUB Buffet and Cafe FRANK H. LEWIS, Proprietor 1959 Armour A Cor. 51st Street, Chicago douglas 4482 HARRY auto 73-974 auto 74-478 LA VERDO BUFFET LITED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARS e Street Phones { Douglas 4482 Auto 73-974 Auto 74-478 LA IMPORTED AND 3100 State Street Hotel BUFFE LA VERDO BUFFET IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARETTES 3100 State Street CHICAGO. Hotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS State Street Please Elite Buffet and Caf Hotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS. Elite Phone Douglas 6200 WILLIAM LEW 'Phone MINERA BUFF 3517 HIGH CLASS RANK DUNN B. M. MOCAHEY TRUSTEES Elite Buffet and Cafe AM LEWIS, Prop. HENRY C. SNEE 'Phone Douglas 3309 Automatic]75-173 GENERAL SPRING CITY F F E T A N D C A 3517 S. State Street, CHICAGO CLASS INTERTAINERS EVERY E WILLIAM LEWIS, Prop. HENRY C. SNEED, M'tr Phone Douglas 3309 Automatic]75-173 MINERAL SPRING CLUB JOHN J. DUNN WHOLESALE COAL RETAIL FIFTY-FIFTY RAIL FRANK DUNN Douglas 5576 BEAUTY The Most A new concrete two FIFTY-FIRST STREET and ARMOUR AVENUE RAILYARDS 51st St. and L. S. & M. S. 51st St. and ARMOUR AVE. UNN C A BEAUTIFUL MOUNT GLENWOOD CEMETERY The Most Perfect Burial Ground in the Northwest concrete two-story building is now being erected whi ton room and a perfectly appointed lunch room. The Most Perfect Burial Ground in the Northwest. A new concrete two-story building is now being erected which will contain a cony reception room and a perfectly appointed lunch room. A deep well for the purpose of supplying the purest and coolest water will be drilled. Further, plans are being made for their new vault to be constructed during the summer. Terms: $2.00 cash and $2.00 per month, with a free Sick and Accident Insurance Policy to protect your payments. Telephone for an agent to come and tell you about it. FREE To all Colored churches, Sunday-schools, lodges and clubs, beautiful Oak Glan Grove for picnics or outings. Train stands at the gate. A day's cutting for young and old as Oak Glen, under oak trees, on the banks of a nice stream of water, in the pure country air, will not soon be forgotten. Make dates at once. Office 3125 S. State St. Open evenings. 3004 State Street A. F. Codename Telephone Yards 693 Phone Aldine 3653 3030 State Street ESTABLISHED 1877 E CLUB afe for r Ave Chicago HARRY J. KELLY Prop. FET AND CIGARETTES CHICAGO. wick IARDS. Chicago Moury Jones Cafe C. SNEED, M'g'r 75-173 CLUB CA FB MAGO ARY EVENING TEL. OAKLAND 1580, 1551, 1552 TAIL AVENUE M. S. CHICAGO Automatic 71-866 MEMBERY. Northwest. expected which will contain room. heat and coolest water will to be constructed during movements now being made. 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