The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX The Rev. Hon. Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph. D., D. D., and The Hon. Thos. Wallace Swann, Secretary of the Illinois State Commission BROKE UP OR DISRUPTED THE FAMOUS AND ARISTOCRATIC FELLOWSHIP CLUB. NOT LONG AFTER ITS MEMBERS GAVE ITS LAST HISTORY-MAKING INVITATIONAL BALL AT OAKLAND MUSIC HALL, THE LATTER PART OF FEBRUARY, 1908. THE HON. THOMAS WALLACE SWANN BLEW INTO CHICAGO THE LATTER PART OF JUNE, 1908, POSING AS THE PRIVATE SECRETARY TO BISHOP ALEXANDER WALTERS. AND AS ONE OF THE CHIEFS OF THE MIDWAY WESTERN DIVISION OF THE ANTI-TAFT LEAGUE. SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, 1908, IN CONNECTION WITH SEVERAL OTHER PARTIES, HE ATTEMPTED TO WORK THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE OUT OF $5,000. IN CASE IF HE SECURED THE MONEY HE PROPOSED TO PUT 2,000 COLORED MEN TO WORK AT THE POLLIS IN THE FIRST AND SECOND WARDS IN THIS CITY. DURING THAT CAMPAIGN HE SPENT MONEY LIKE A DRUNKEN LORD AND BOUGHT MANY CASES OF WINE, SPLURGING AROUND TOWN AND AS FAR NORTH AS EVANSTON AND AS FAR SOUTH AS GARY. IND. IN FAST SPEEDING AUTOS. Vol. XIX. The Rev. Hon. Jackson O. D. D., and Thos. Wal Secretary, nois State BROKE UP OR DISRUPTED THE LOWSHI NOT LONG AFTER ITS MEMBERS INVITATIONAL BALL AT OAK PART OF FEBRUARY, 1908. THE HON. THOMAS WALLACE S. LATTER PART OF JUNE, 1908. TARY TO BISHOP ALEXANDER. AND AS ONE OF THE CHIEFS OF OF THE ANTI SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION WITH SEVERAL OT WORK THE DEMOCRATIC NATION. IN CASE IF HE SECURED THE M COLORED MEN TO WORK AT THE OND WARDS IN THIS CITY. DURING THAT CAMPAIGN HE S LORD AND BOUGHT MANY CAT TOWN AND AS FAR NORTH AS GARY, IND., IN FAST SPEEDING. It will be recalled that the Fellowship Club, which was by far the most famous and the most aristocratic social club ever founded and conducted by Afro-Americans in this city, gave its last history-making invitational ball at Oakland Music Hall the latter part of February, 1908, for it was on that occasion that one of its members and one of its head officers with a big revolver sticking out of his hip pocket, wildly ran out into the street and called into the hall a big burly White policeman to throw or order a lady out of the hall who had duly received an invitation to attend the ball from one of its members, but the presence of the lady in question caused the sweet and talkative wife of one of its most prominent officers to turn real light in the face and deathly sick like unto a cat at the stomach, but the final up-shot of that whole disgraceful affair was that the lady and her husband and the policeman withdrew from the hall in the midst of much excitement, while on went the dance. For none of the ladies and gentlemen who were present at the ball—especially those who had enjoyed free eating and other free doings at her home at her expense had the manhood or the womanhood to step forward and come to her rescue and stand by her to the last ditch, though the heavens fall and the stars and the sun refuse to shine forth to the end of time. The members of the Fellowship Club for some time after their last famous ball were awfully sore at each other, so much so that they felt like grabbing each other by the throat and no room was large enough to hold them, until after they had all cooled off, which was along about the first of September, 1908. At that time they held their first live meeting at the home of Mrs. Ampey, Wabash avenue near 26th street. Prior to that time several of its members held their meetings at J. L. Park's dead rooms at 3155 State street. Later on in that same year all the members held another get-together meeting, and at roll call the following members answered present: Dr. J. A. Kelly, Mr. J. Gray Lucas, Mr. David M. Manson, Dr. George C. Hall, Mr. John R. Auter, Dr. Asa D. C. Barnes, Mr. Edward M. Blackwell, Dr. M. J. Brown, Dr. W. A. Buckner, Dr. J. C. Davis, Mr. Alfred Anderson, Dr. W. F. Garnett, Mr. L. N. Jones, Dr. A. W. Mercer, Mr. George H. Walker, Dr. E. S. Miller, Mr. J. L. Parks, Mr. HEW. TO THE LINE: LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Adam P. Perry, Dr. A. W. Williams, Mr. R. A. J. Shaw, Dr. A. L. Smith and Mr. William R. Sobers. At that meeting they all agreed to shake hands all around, to bury the hatchet or meat ax of war and to forget the past. It is said that the members of the club entered into a further compact to the effect that if any member attending the meetings after that time was caught tooting a revolver around in his hip pocket he should be heavily fined for his rash act or rough-house conduct. Not long after that meeting while all the members were engaged in hugging and kissing each other like real brothers, when it was understood there would be no more fighting and wrangling among them, the then vice-president of the Fellowship Club smilingly arose and proposed that the Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph.D. D.D., and the Hon. Thomas Wallace Swann should be admitted to full membership into the club, some of the manly members wanted to fight against their admission, but as they had a gentleman's understanding to refrain from further fighting and quarreling, Messrs. Carey and Swann without any further trouble became full-fledged members of the Fellowship Club; that was in the early spring or summer of 1909. Several more meetings of the Club were held after Messrs. Carey and Swann had butted into it, and at each meeting it is said that Mr. Swann would do more cussing and bossing than all the rest of its members, and it may not be true, and we do not believe it is true, nevertheless it is claimed by some of the ex-members of the Club that it cost too much money to buy cool, sparkling bottled beer and wet goods other than water for Messrs. Carey and Swann, and that there was only one way to get rid of them and that was to remain away from attending the meetings of the Club, and the final result was that the Fellowship Club was broke up and disrupted on account of their actions. Much has been said lately in these columns in relation to the Hon. Thos. Wallace Swann, secretary of the Illinois State Commission, and many people have asked us where did he come from and in reply to their questions all that we can say is that he blew into this big town the latter part of June, 1908, with a cloudy reputation trailing behind him, posing as the private secretary to Bishop Alexander CHICAGO, DECEMBER, 6 1913 M. Popular German-American citizen, vice-president of the Stockmen's Trust & Savings Bank, and the up-to-date and progressive city comptroller of Chicago. Mayor Carter H. Harrison made no mistake when he selected Hon. John E. Traeger city comptroller of Chicago. In other words, he acted wisely, at the same time using much foresight, for Mr. Traeger is not only one of the most popular German-Americans in Cook county and has long since proven himself to be an up-to-date and progressive business man, being vice-president of the Stockmen's Trust & Savings Bank. He thoroughly understands how to handle large financial affairs. That fact alone has greatly aided him in selling the $1,880,000 City of Chicago 4% Gold Bonds at par and accrued interest. These bonds are exempt from income tax, and it is the first time in the history of Chicago that any bonds have been offered for sale direct to the people by the city comptroller, which means that the people who have saved up $1,000 can secure one or more of them, for they are just as good as gold. Shortly after January 1, 1914, many of those with money in the banks after they receive the interest or their savings, will more freely invest in the bonds, for the faith and the credit of the City of Chicago is pledged to pay both principal and interest as they mature, and an annual tax levy is therefore required under the constitution. They are dated July 1, 1913, and some of them run to January 1, 1933. So far, Mr. Traeger has saved the taxpayers $50,000 in interest while negotiating the sale of these bonds, showing that he understands his business and that he is an up-to-date man of affairs. Walters. He was not here very long before he became one of the head chiefs of the Midway Western Division of the anti-Tafta League and the late Dr. H. C. Cress, Mr. Henderson and others assisted him to successfully conduct its affairs in the way of raking in the money from the greenhorn politicians who looked upon him as a man of great weight and of much importance. Mr. Swann and Dr. Cress started a newspaper called the Leader and ran it for two weeks. It was supposed to be Democratic in politics. It was edited by the Hon. Col. A. N. Fields who was at that time the editor of the Chicago Advocate which was a strong Republican newspaper and by working both ends and the middle they started out or in to skin everybody, dead or alive, but as stated before the Leader failed to lead but twice, then it breathed its last and that was the end of it. Several days before the national election in November, 1908, Mr. Swann, in connection with some of his associates, attempted to work the Democratic National Committee out of five thousand dollars. They wanted the money by nine o'clock on the morning of the election for they claimed that they would not put the money in their pockets and keep it there, but that it was their honest intention to pay it out to two thousand Colored men whom they wanted to put to work at the polls in the First and Second Wards in this city. It is useless to state that the National Committee failed to come across with the $5,000 to Mr. Swann and his associates, but banker Hall of Omaha, Nebraska, vice-chairman of the National Committee, who was acting chairman in place of Hon. Norman E. Mack, and Mr. Charles Bryan, brother which means that the people who have saved up $1,000 can secure one or more of them, for they are just as good as gold. Shortly after January 1, 1914, many of those with money in the banks, after they receive the interest on their savings, will more freely invest in the bonds, for the faith and the credit of the City of Chicago is plodged to pay both principal and interest as they mature, and an annual tax levy is therefore required under the constitution. They are dated July 1, 1913, and some of them run to January 1, 1933. So far, Mr. Traager has saved the taxpayers $50,000 in interest. while negotiating the sale of these bonds, showing that he understands his business and that he is an up-to-date man of affairs. of Col. William J. Bryan, did inform us, however, that they had paid large sums of money to a Colored printer on 31st street, not far from State street, for printing circulars announcing that Colored meetings would be held by the Midway Western Division of the anti-Taft League, and that upon investigation they felt reasonably sure that some of the meetings were never held and that at least a portion of the money which was supposed to be expended for printing the circulars somehow or other found its way into Mr. Swann's pockets. During that campaign Mr. Swann spent the money like a drunken lord and bought many cases of real wine at the buffets along the stroll and he splurged around town as though he was the king of the entire universe. He rode in a fast touring car to his so-called anti-Taft meetings as far north as Evanston, Ill., and as far south as Gary, Ind. DOCTOR ULYSSES GRANT DAILEY SETS FORTH HIS STATEMENT AS TO THE CONDITION OF MAJOR JOHN C. BUCKNER. Major J. C. Buckner is convalescing from a breakdown of heart complications following a campaign of speechmaking in the east. It has been necessary to exclude visitors on account of the condition of his heart and the almost complete loss of voice, the latter due to over use. It is pleasing to report that at this time the crisis is about passed, and within the next week or ten days, according to present indications, the Major will be able to greet his many friends. U. G. Dailey, M. D. Gov. Edward F. Dunne and His State Commission Have Raised the Taxes in Illinois From 38 to 70 Cents On THE HUNDRED. IT IS THE HIGHEST RATE IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE. THE PRESENT STATE ADMINISTRATION HAS HAD FROM $7,000,000 TO $9,000,000 MORE MONEY AT ITS COMMAND THAN WAS AVAILABLE DURING EITHER OF THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF GOVERNOR CHARLES S. DENEEN. THE SMALL TAXPAYERS RESIDING IN ALL PARTS OF ILLINOIS WILL NOT DO A THING TO THE PRESENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE WHEN HE COMES UP FOR RE-ELECTION IN 1916. The latter part of last week Governor Edward F. Dunne and his tax commission met at Springfield, Ill., and after hasty deliberations raised the taxes from 38 cents to 70 cents on each $100 worth of real estate, and it is the highest rate of taxes that has been put into effect at any time since the formation of Illinois; and it will place an extra burden on the small taxpayers to raise the money to meet this increase in taxes in 1914. The present state administration has had from $7,000,000 to $9,000,000 at its command to pay out in fat salaries, to those who do not honestly earn the money by rendering a fair day's work for a fair day's pay. There may be a part truth in the explanation he offers that the retiring Republican administration was not careful to leave a Democratic administration a fair amount of capital. This trick is not beyond the conception of politics, and we'd be loath to assert that the Republicans were above it. But Mr. Dunne's difficulty is this: His explanation is at best only a half truth, and it far from explains the whole situation. If the Republican administration had levied what the governor would have said was a fair tax, he nevertheless would find his administration obliged to give it a tremendous boost. He ought to thank the What we mean is simply this, that it has had $7,000,000 to $9,000,000 more money to expend than Governor Charles S. Deneen had under either one of his administrations. Notwithstanding this fact, the raid on the state treasury had been so strong that according to Governor Dunne it has been almost cleaned out and a mighty little money is left in it. Hence, the doubling.up in taxes, and the small taxpayers will not do one thing to him when he comes up for re-election in 1916. The Chicago Tribune in a recent editorial sums up the situation pertaining to Governor Dunne as follows: Good Advice: "Get Busy." Gov. Dunne may be pained but he will not be astonished if something like a laugh runs over the state. His tax predicament may be distressing, but it is not without humor, and we fear that although Mr. Dunne explain until he be purple above the collar it will avail him nothing. The unimpassioned freemen of Illinois will remember that in the fall of 1912 a genial, almost Bryanic, Jeffersonian came among them, speaking with good old fashioned and quite impersonal partisan fury, of Republican malevolence and disaster. Some of it was old stuff and some of it was poor stuff, but the candidate with genial ways and furious words campaigned and was elected. It will be remembered that upon no other subject was Mr. Dunne so impassioned as upon the subject of Republican extravagance. If the state ever could be convinced that by electing a man or a set of men it could get an economic administration, which would spend much money wisely where it was needed and refuse to spend money foolishly where it was not needed, the state would turn to that man or to that set of men and give the chance of making good in a minute. It happens, however, that when partisans talk of extravagance the state instinctively knows that it is hypocritical stuff; that the opposition is apt to spend two dollars where one has been spent before. Nevertheless Mr. Dunne was a scourge of the wicked. His embarrassment now is that the tax rate must go to a figure never contemplated by any Republican administration in the state, and when he offers explanations to men whose dollars have been taken away we fear he will not get on amazingly well. No.10 RD F. Dunne State Commis- e Raised the Illinois From 10 Cents On TEST RATE IN THE HISTORY OF THE DATE. RATION HAS HAD FROM $7,000,000 MONEY AT ITS COMMAND EITHER OF THE ADMINISTRATIONS CHARLES S. DENEEN. G IN ALL PARTS OF ILLINOIS WILL PRESENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE WHEN ION IN 1916. There may be a part truth in the explanation he offers that the retiring Republican administration was not careful to leave a Democratic administration a fair amount of capital. This trick is not beyond the conception of politics, and we'd be loath to assert that the Republicans were above it. But Mr. Dunne's difficulty is this: His explanation is at best only a half truth, and it far from explains the whole situation. If the Republican administration had levied what the governor would have said was a fair tax, he nevertheless would find his administration obliged to give it a tremendous boost. He ought to thank the Republican administration for leaving him with any kind of an excuse with which to meet the embarrassment. The secret is that the Democratic administration is a loosely run affair, consulting at every turn the interests of politicians who want to cash in. The "outs" are in and they want the profits. Mr. Dunne is not withstanding them successfully, and they are making government expensive. The fact is bound to stand above any explanations the governor endeavors to make and it will grow in every citizen's eyes. 'We'd advise Mr. Dunne to remain less on the defensive and get more on the offensive. He'll never succeed with explanations. He'd better have some positive accomplishments to talk about. We can think of nothing better than the achievement of constitutional reform. As we have said, the tax situation itself shows the necessity. The governor will not go far with excuses. He'd better show the state something he has done—The Chicago Tribune, November 30, 1913. FOUETH ANNUAL ESSAY CON- TEST AT QUINN CHAPEL. Dec. 14th, at 3:00 O'Clock p. m. Quinn Chapel church is putting on gala attire for the great Essay Contest to be held there on Sunday afternoon, December 14, 1913, at 3:00 o'clock sharp. The following clubs have been appointed representatives: The University Society, The Bethel Literary Club, The Criterion Club, The Lo Gos Literary Club, St. Mark's Lyceum, The Tuskegee Club, The Negro Fellowship League. Each club has also appointed two young ladies who will act as ushers on this occasion. This is expected to be the greatest literary and society event ever held in Chicago. Come early if you want a good seat. Admission free. Mrs. F. H. Artis, 927 E. 42nd place, entertained twenty-five ladies at a seven-course dinner in honor of Mrs. W. H. Jones who left Tuesday for Los Angeles, California, for an extended stay. The ladies presented Mrs. Jones with a handsome gold bag as a token of remembrance. Mrs. G. T. Kersey made the presentation speech. --- PUBLISHED WEEKLY. ll promslente and ot ait ines epbeld Cacnoties, "Presestanta,, Prisetn, tatdsis Sent tore, tnctr 825, asta’ ae their tame Seage to proper and reapensibilty to Bed. The Breed Ax whose pistterm te tesed enous ee motes eee ee ee ‘Local communications will receive atten- tion. "Write only en one side of the paper. Tp aeecenadadigenniet ir Agrertising rates made known om sppll- “Address all communications te THE BROAD Ax tr AMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL PHONE DREXEL a0. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Eéitor and Publisher asta ‘at the Pont Oe at Chicago, tfcols, Under Act’ of March "% 187%. SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR As is well known, gasoline, unles used with great care, is a very dan gerous product and often is the caus of serious and distressing accidents Every one should know that a pint o! gasoline left open in a basin in a room will entirely evaporate inside of 24 hours. The vapor thus formed is equal to 200 cubic feet of a highly explo- sive mixture, being about seven times more powerful than gun powder. The vapor from gasoline being heavier than air, sinks to the floor, where, un- less disturbed by air currents, it will remain for several hours. Every gas cline explosion that occurs in the home is due to either ignorance or carelessness on the part of the user, usually, no doubt, the former. People who use gasoline for cleaning gloves and fabrics in their homes should have all the information pos- sible concerning its dangerous charac- ter and how # may be used with safety. Gasoline should be used in the open air whenever possible; but if it must be used in the house, the win- dows should be opened and a sufii- cient draft created to drive all the va- por from the room. It is almost crim- inal idiocy. to use gasoline in a room where gas is burning either for light- ing or cooking purposes. The vapor from gasoline has been known to jump thirty feet from a tank in the open air and to explode with such violence as to wreck the tank car and to set fire to several buildings in the imme- diate vicinity. A spark will explode gasoline vapor as readily as will an open fiame; because this is true, the automobile is a success. sae Articles dipped, washed or soaked in gasoline give off an explosive va- por for several hours after being treated. They should be thoroughly aired before being used and always kept away from exposed flames. Here is an illustration: A woman cleaned her gloves with gasoline. An hour Jater she put them on to go out, be- fore leaving the house she stopped to light a gas jet. The gloves caught fire and instantly the gas blazed up, burning ber hands and arms 50 seri- ously that her afternoon call was post- poned and she was under a doctor’s care for several days. So, you see, there is a health side to the use of gasoline in the home. oe 8 For the past six months the 12,000 regulars of the United States army have been in camp in Texas, and dur- ing that period of camp life there has not been a single case ‘of typhoid fe- ver. Nor has there been a single case of smallpox. Uncle Sam has all his soldiers vaccinated against these two dread diseases and therefore is losing no lives due to ailments that are clear- ly preventable. It should be added, too, that the camps are kept so free from mosquitos that only = few cases of malaria have been reported. Of course, they have no flies. ole = As is well known, both rats and squirrels spread Bubonic plague. In 1912, from March to October, 29,544 squirrels were shot on infected terri- tories in Colifornia; of these, 902 or 3.05 per cent were found to be in- fected with plague. From March to October of 1913, according to = re cent issue of the Public Health Be Ports, 18,722 squirrels were shot on in- fected territories, of which 417 or 2.17 er cent were plague infected, a redue- tion of 53.7 per cent in the number of plague infected squirrels found. The report also states that while fewer squirrels were killed in 1913 thar there were in 1912, yet the hunting was carried on in s more extensive way, more men being employed and 1 much larger territory covered. ‘The ladies of the Building Aid So ciety of Bethesda Baptist church gave = house social at the home of Mrs ‘Mand Brown, 214 W. 30th street, Tues day evening. The money raised from the affair will be used to pay for th esrpeting the rostrum of the church Mrs. Martha Graz, president of the ‘Aid Society, worked hard to make the ‘ofieic @ euesems,. WRITERS TO BE CORRECT MUST ADOPT NEWSPAPER STYLE. ‘News Writers Best Writers, Fresh from the Things They Write Abont Give Readers. Truth in Concise but Interesting Way. . MODERN NEWSPAPERS PRAISED. Madison, Wis., Dec. 3.—Publishers o! newspapers and reporters in particula: are elated because a professor of jour nalism has declared that America: newspapers surpass every other pub lication. This great praise came from Professor FP. W. Beckman, of the de partment of journalism of Iowa Stat College, in addressing professors o! eighteen colleges and universities ai the American conference of teacher: of journalism which met bere las week. ‘Newspaper Style Best. Professor Beckman said that ‘the newspaper style, which is becoming more and more essential in the equip ment of every successful writer, is the cleanest, most complete and most in- teresting style in which things can be written. “The news sense, the ability to see what is new and its new meaning to the great mass of humanity is neces- sary to men in every field of endeavor, but especially to men who write.” Quickest, Clearest Way Possible. “It is the news sense which ena- bles the writer to see through a mass ‘of non-essentials to the essential, through dead rubbish to living facts, through husks and shells to the ker- nels of truth. «Wit all its faults I believe in the news style as a most efficient style of this modern day for presenting infor- mation through the written word. It has been hammered out in the heat and stress of newspaper work to meet the demands of the millions for some- thing to compel their attention, in- terest them and give them information in the quickest, clearest way possible. Energy and Life in Stories. “The news writer comes fresh from the things of which he writes and puts the energy and life, or, it may be, the joy and sorrow of what he has just seen or heard into the living, breath- ing words of his story. “There is a vital, living quality in news writing that demands attention and grips interest. “The demand of editors and pub- lishers everywhere is for matter writ: ten in the same clear, concise, inter- esting way that has made the Ameri- ean newspaper the iaost readable pub- lication printed eithe now or in any time.?” OBITUARY. Mrs. Mamie Boyee, 43 years old, who died at her residence 3455 State street, Friday, November 23th, was buried from Ebenezer Baptist church Tuesday morning. Burial was at Oak- woods Cemetery. - PECULIAR TRIALS OF AFEO- | ‘AMERICANS. Executioner for Lifetime Refuses to Hang DarkSkinned Murderer—oit | izens talk of Africa in Preference t the Infemal Conditions in Okla | teense, SKemenn anil Bleed. New York.—Although filling the job for nearly a lifetime, last week a hangman ‘‘bucked’? when he found out that he would have to “‘string up’? a dark-skinned murderer. The story runs like this: ‘‘Sandy’? MeMickle, the gray-hnired executioner of Bér- muda has not (it is alleged) hanged a man in thirty-seven years, but he has drawn the silary that goes with the job. When told that he would have to hang a Colored man ‘‘Sandy’? asked to be excused. The authorities decided to let him off and engaged a British soldier in prison for assault- ing an officer to do the job. The sol- dier, Piper by name, was willing, pro- vided he obtained £20 and free trans- portation to England. This was read- ily granted and ‘Sandy’ is still drawing: his salary, Guthrie, Okla—The latest bit of news here is the announcement that s formal invitation from royal chief tain of Ashantee, West Africa, to the Afro-Americans of Oklahoma, Kansa: and Missouri to locate in that country is to be delivered soon at Bolay, Okla homa, a race town in the Creek In dian country. Notice that Chief Al bert Sam of the Akim tribe, Ashantee ‘would immediately start for Americs with the invitation was received las week by the committee in charge of the movement who declared ‘‘thai in Afriea or any other place in prefer ‘there are many who would prefer lif ‘ence to the slavish treatment aceorde¢ Afro-Americans in many parts of thes states.”? Chief Sam comes in response t queries sent to him by citizens of Oklahoma as to the advantages pros peetive residents would find in Wes Africa. It is stated that in the hold ings of each of the twelve tribes sixty four acres of land have been promise: ‘the possible pilgrims from these part om which to build modern cities. Is ‘addition, all unoccupied farm lands ar ito be given to them. e & a) > ALDERMAN GEORGE F. HARDING Valuable and influential member of the city council from the nd ward since 1905. Millionaire real estate owner who lately bought the extensive build- ing on the southwest comer of Sist street and Cottage Grove avenue, which brings in $5,000 a year in rent, and who may become the Republican candidate for treasurer of Cook county in 1914. Alderman George F. Harding, whe after a red-hot fight or contest wa: elected to the city council from the fold second ward in 1905, with the aid lof ‘The Broad Ax, and has been one of its strong and influential members from that time to the present, easily ranks among the millionaire real es: tate owners of Chicago. ‘This summer he constructed a num: ber of glazed fronts, white brick buildings, startig from the corner of 36th and State streets, running south to 37th Place. They are all modern and first-class in every respect, and the stores and flats in them, with one or two excep- tions, are all occupied by wide-awake Jand progressive Afro-American men and women who are successfully en- gaged in various lines of business and professions. Next spring Alderman Harding will construct other new buildings, com- mencing at the southeast corner of State street and 37th place, running south on State street to near the cor- ner of 38th street. The new buildings will contain a large hall, offices and flats, ‘which when completed will be rented to the better class of Colored people. + Alderman Harding has great faith WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHURCH 38th and Dearborn Streets. Bev. J. H. Callis, Pastor. Last Sunday was Woman’s Day and the services were in charge of the Woman's Home and Foreign Mission- ary Society. In spite of the inclement weather the services were well at- tended, and“as usual the women dem- onstrated their ability to do success- ful work. The pastor preached in the morning. At the afternoon service Dr. J. T. Jenifer, Historian of the A. M. E. church, delivered an eloquent and instructive sermon. In the evening the congregation was favored by an ad- dress from Miss Edith M. Bell, of the ‘Methodist Episcopal eburch. Miss Bell talked earnestly and interestingly upon conditions among the natives in Af- riea, more particularly in Rhodesia, where Miss Bell, although a young and charming woman, has spent already four years of her life in missionary ‘work among the Africans. Those who failed to hear Miss Bell lost an exeel- lent opportunity to learn much about the true power of real Christianity and to learn not only of the dense igno- rance and superstition of the Afri- cans, but also of their eagerness to know of Christ, their fidelity to the new and better religion, and their great desire to acquire knowledge. Miss Bell testified also to the readi- ness with which the native African assimilates knowledge. ‘Those who attended Sunday’s serv- ices appreciate very much the consid- eration of those friends who were kind enough to visit and help us, es- pecially the young women who favored us with solos at the afternoon and evening service. The receipts for the day were $80.30. The pastor, Dr. Callis, left the city Monday evening to attend the annual meetizig in Baltimore Md, of the Ex- ecutive Committee of the Federated Council of Churches of Uhrist in America. Dr. Callis is a member of this committee. He will return to conduct the services on next Sunday ‘as usual, ‘The next Sunday in the month is Supplementary Rally Day. The bishop will be here. We must raiso the re- mainder of the thousand dollars for in the property on State street, and for two blocks either side of it. For when the new subway is constructed it will run south right straight through the center of State street, and proper: ty near the subway will greatly in- crease in value. Lately Alderman Harding bought the large building from the Porter es: tate at the southwest corner of 3lst street and Cottage Grove avenue. It is four stories high and contains many stores and flats. Jt has one thousand feet frontage and it brings in a little over $5,000 a year in rent, and it is Worth between $450,000 to $500,000. For some time past Alderman Hard- ing had more than 800 tenants, and with the addition of this new building be will have over one thousand ten- ‘ants. ‘He owns property in every section of the south side, and he always finds time with all of his extensive real es tate business and his duties as a mem- ber of the city council to exchange pleasant greetings with his army of friends and to slap those he knows real well on the back, and legions of his friends and supporters will greatly de- light to see him become the Republi- can candidate for treasurer of Cook seeping ey the mortgage. The second quarterly meeting will be held on the third Sunday in the month.—'‘@."? SEALS INSTEAD OF SLED. A little boy in Houston, Texas, bas been so thoroughly imbued with the meaning and significance of the Red Cross Seal Campaign that he an- nounced his intention Saturday of foregoing all the pleasures he expected to gain from a new cart, which he in- tended to purchase with the nickels he had been saving, and of buying $2 worth of Red Cross Christmas Seals instead. He says he believes he would rather buy Red Cross Seals, and in that way help some one enjoy Christ- mas who has been having sorrow in is home during the year. WRAPPED GIFT IN RED CROSS ‘SEALS. A big-bearted purchaser of Red Cross Seals in a southern city recent- ly complained because the seals did not come in sheets larger than 100. He had prepared a Christmas package for his daughter and bad conceived the idea that he would wrap it entire- ly im Christmas Seals. As the pres ent was bulky, the sheets of 100 were not sufficient. He solved his prob lem, however, by pasting several sheets of seals on a large piece of ‘wrapping paper, in which be enclosed his daughter’s gift. WAS IT WORTH WHILE? “You would have:laughed to see the fellows look at me when I went back to work after being away five months,’’ said = rugged and healthy looking boy after his first day back in the factory. Undersized, a victim of tubereulosis, pinched and thin, with a bloodless skin, and apparently half dead when he quit work, there was little wonder that few knew him when fhe reappeared 23% pounds heavier and some inches taller, with a healthy color im his face. During his absence he had been at the tuberculosis sanato rium. The compaty paid half of his ‘expenses and Red Cross Seals has pro- vided for the rest. Was it worth IN MEMORIAM. ‘Nelson Hayes, born July 3, 1851; died Dee. 2, 1912. How we miss him, miss our loved one, Who while on his bed of pain, Clasped death’s cold and icy fingers ‘And will ne’er return again. One whole year we have been grieving, ‘And our hearts still sadly yearn; But he bas crossed that silent valley From whence no traveler returns. His loving wife, Mamie Hayes, and his children, Luroy, Walter, ‘Morris, William and Helen. Dee. 2, 1913. THE APPOMATTOX CLUB AND THE ADVISORY BOARD OF ‘THE PHYLLIS WHEATLEY HOME Present their Twelfth Night Dance Monday evening, December 15, 1913, for the benefit of the mortgage fund of the Phyllis Wheatley Home. The public is urged to support this dance, for it is for a worthy cause. Commit- tee: Frank Hamilton, Mrs. Clara Studymire, John T. Morton, Mrs. Adams, Secretary, Mrs. J. H. Johnson, ‘Treasurer. Miss Nellie Calloway, 3300 Rhodes avenue, has been on the sick list this week from the effect of a severe cold Mrs. Harry Boger, 3524 Calumet ave- nue, was taken suddenly ill Tuesday November 25th, and she was unable to enjoy her Thanksgiving dinner at Aurora, ll, Thursday, November 27. ‘Mrs. Nora E. Lee successfully conducts china painting classes daily Jat 3522 South State street, upstairs, room 9, phone Douglas 8805. Orders for card parties and wedding gifts a Henry Jones, half owner of the Elite Cafe, 3030 South State street, has been confined to bis home 6641 Evans a. this week with illness. He will be able to look after business again the first of the coming week. Miss Hazel Harrison, of Laporte, Ind. one of the most talented young Afro-American women in this country, will return home~ before Christmas from her second tour abroad. For sev- eral years past she has been a pupil of the Berlin Conservatory of Music. Last Sunday was Thanksgiving Day rally at the Grace Presbyterian chureb land the captains or heads of the eleven different bands turned in $442. ‘Mrs. M. J. White, 3253 Rhodes avenue, head of band No. 3, collected and turned over to the keeper of the money box, $44.50. Tuesday evening the Pennant Dan- ‘cing Club held its grand opening and ‘will continue to give dances every ‘Tuesday evening from 9 p. m. to 1:30 ‘a. m. at the old Butler Hall, northwest corner of State street and 57th place. Richard T. Drew and James B. Thomas will manage the club. — Mrs. Nora E. Lee, 5257 Dearborn street, after spending a few days in Champaign and Urbana, Ill, returned ito the city much benefited by the trip. This was a business trip combined with pleasure, and Mrs. Carolyn Brewer, her hostess, left no stone un- turned to make it pleasant for her. The reception in her honor Sunday afternoon was a very brilliant affair ‘Many ladies of both cities were pres ext. Mme. Jennie Watts-Brown appearsd at the States theater last Friday after- noon before a large and fashionable audience which filled every nook and corner of the house, and greatly de- lighted it with her fine character im- personations. Mrs. Brown recently re- turned {yom a successful and flatter- ing tour through the east. Her vari- ous costumes are elegant, very striking and pleasing to the eye. She possesses great dramatic art, and if she con- tinues to press forward, in time she will become a leading star. The ever popular Mr. Joseph Shoecraft was stage’ manager. BARGAIN HOME HUNTERS. Go over to 3223 Calumet avenue or 3338 Forest avenue, betweeh 2 and 4 P- m. and see what you can buy in a [two apartment, all newly decorated. A small cash payment and balance like rent and they are yours. Don’t delay. ‘They must be sold in a day or so. FURNISHED BOOMS TO BENT. Nicely furnished rooms to rent. Fur- Inace heat, bath, gas. Call at 5132 Wa- bash avenue, fiest fist. Mrs. Nora E. Lee . Teacher of - China Painting Classes Daily Orders for Card Parties; Wedding Gifts Speciality PHONE, DOUGLAS 8805 anz2 State Stret ae, PROGRESS MADE AT LIVINGSTONE North Gerdina lstitution Adds Several New Features, PROMOTION OF W. HHANNUM sor eet Salisbury. N. C—Every year Living- stone college. this city, the most prom- inent educational Institution of the a. M. E. Zion denomination and one of the foremost colleges for the training of Afro-Americans, is constantly add Ing-new features. Thus it ts affording ite hundreds of students from all sec- tions of the country an excellent chance for mental, moral, spiritual and physical development. Dr. W. H. Goler, its progressive and affable president, has a faculty for procuring for bis teaching corps men and women of exceptional ability—the class that distinguishes itself by mak- eS Foe Y A om ee \ i) <j ne Fe ing the welfare of the resident body one of its principal objective points: hence the best work is accomplished. which each student can do. Being a man of rare administrative ability and a master of Gnance. Dr. Goler saw the steady ascendancy of the race in the commercial world and appreciated the increasing demands for thoroughly trained young men and women to maintain the splendid prog- ress of Afro-American enterprises. He recognized the peculiar fitness of one of his professors who bad proved bimself capable of making = business department of the college a signal suc- cess. Present indications of the work of this new department inaugurated this college year fully sustain the ac- tion of the president im causing its inception. Dr. Goler was elected president of the college because of bis qualifica- tions for the position. Professor W. Hannum began his work at this inst! tution during the school year in 1901. He has filled the position of treasurer of the college since 1902. He fs a na- tive of Maryville, Tenn. and a grad- uate of Maryville college, formerly 8 mixed institution, now attended en- tirely by white students, which is due to an act of the Tennessee legislature. Professor Hannum was the only col- ored man in his class, and when be graduated at the age of twenty he was the third Afro-American to graduate from this institution. Nine colored men have graduated from this institu- tion, and they have all distinguished themselves in their chosen activities. For several years Professor Hannum has been principal of the normal de- partment of Livingstone college. He is fond of music and athletics and bas brought up the latter feature to its present high standard. He is well known in this section of the state as the director of the college orehestra, which he conducted with such fine success until it was disband. ed, the members having completed their studies at ths school. During the time the orchestra was conducted here furnished music for the opera house. playing for an exclusive class of white people. Professor Hannum is espe- cially fitted for bis work at Livingstone ‘on account of his baving completed the teacher's course at the Bliss Alger ‘Business college in Saginaw, Mich. His ‘home is a Mecca for music lovers. He fs a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellow fraternities. Siloam Presbyterian Church Notes. ‘The Siloam Presbyterian church in Brooklyn, pastored by the Rev. Wi- liam A.-Alexander for the past four- years. is free of-debt. Exercises Le ee nae male eel 19 BANKS THE VICTOR IN DAMAGE SUIT Pullman Porter Injured In Wreck Awarded $1,250. FOUR YEARS' LITIGATION. Decision of Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County, Pa., Upheld by Superior Tribunal of the State. Pittsburgh Railroad and Allied Lines Lose Case on Appeal. By Rev. P. A. SCOTT. Pittsburgh—William J. Banks, reslding at 39 Fullerton street, Pittsburgh, a former Pullman car porter, was recently given a verdict against the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railway by the superior court of Pennsylvania, which means a great victory not only for Mr. Banks, but for Pullman porters and other colored employees of the great Pennsylvania company. A little more than four years ago, while Mr. Banks was in the employ of the above named company as a porter, he was seriously injured in a railroad wreck, from which he has not yet fully recovered. Believing that he was justly due some indemnity for the suffering and the loss of time and money and failing to see a disposition on the part of the railroad company to make satisfactory restitution, he brought suit for damages. His attorneys were Wishart & Dickey, a prominent law firm of this city. The case was tried in the common pleas court of Allegheny county and, finding that the wreck in which Mr. Banks was injured was due to carelessness on the part of the employees of the railroad, the court gave Mr. Banks PETER H. WILLIAM J. BANES. a verdict of $1,250. The railroad company appealed the case to the superior court of Pennsylvania. After carefully examining into the merits of the case, the superior court handed down a decision confirming the verdict of the lower court granting the said Mr. Banks the sum of $1,250, with interest from the time of the lower court's decision. It was brought out in this trial that when entering the employ of the Pullman company each employee is required to sign a release of all claims for damages which may subsequently accrue for injuries sustained, whether or not such injuries were caused by negligence of the Pullman company or of the railroad company hauling its cars. By its terms this contract is made to inure to the benefit of the carrying railroad. The real question in this case was whether or not such contracts are valid. The superior court held that neither the Pullman company nor the railroad company can relieve itself from liability for negligence by such a contract. It is the policy of the law of the state of Pennsylvania that a common carrier cannot by contract relieve itself from liability for its own negligence. In having the courage to press this matter and test the laws of Pennsylvania Mr. Banks has found a way that will force this and other great corporations to have a more just regard for the life and safety of their employees and has also placed many hundreds of his hard working fellow laborers under lasting obligations to him for this victory that means so much in their behalf. Archie Lewis Dies in Washington. The recent death of Mr. Archie Lewis in Washington removes from the community one of its old landmarks among both the white and colored people. He served as chief of the robing room of the United States supreme court. The deceased was a native of Virginia and had served in the above named position since 1849. He was eighty-two years of age. When Mr. Lewis began his duties in the robing room Judge Taney of the Dred Scott decision fame was the presiding justice. New Pythian Temple in Evansville, Ind. Indiana Knights of Pythias are receiving congratulations on the near completion of the Pythian temple in Evansville. The building complete cost $20,000. It will be ready for occupancy about Dec. 20, according to the present calculations of the contractors. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Phoebe Couzins, the first woman to be admitted to the bar in this country and once popular and famous, is now, in her old age, said to be destitute. Mme. Alice Deschamps, a well known French sportswoman, celebrated her eight-fourth birthday by taking part in a lawn tennis, a golf and a croquet match at Le Touquet. Mrs. Elizabeth Armstrong Reed, mother of the late novelist, Myrtle Reed, has for many years been considered an authority on Persian and Hindu literature and holds the unique distinction of being the only woman whose work has been accepted by the Philosophical society of Great Britain. Mrs. Amelia Fowler, under whose direction the navy's battleflags and trophies are being restored, took up the study of scientific embroidery when a girl as a pastime and later adopted it as a profession. She began her work at Annapolis last year and is assisted by several score of needlewomen. Mrs. Fowler is a resident of Boston. Current Comment. It's a wise currency bill that knows its own father.—Columbia State. Equal suffrage prevails in Mexico to a large extent. The women are not permitted to vote, and the men are afraid to.—Kansas City Journal. In France there is one saloon to every eighty-two inhabitants. Nearing the point where every householder is his own bartender.—New York American. In creating the puckerless persimmon the American Pomological society is violating the juvenile privilege of playing a time honored practical joke on innocence.—New York World. Flippant Flings. Utilize your spare moments. One can accomplish much in this way while dummy at bridge.—Pittsburgh Post, "What," asks Jane Addams, "could be siller than a derby hat?" Ofttimes, Jane, the man under it.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Maybe people would have more faith in the weather bureau if it wore long white whiskers and smoked a corncob pipe.—Exchange. A New York farmer raised a turnip that weighed eight pounds; otherwise it is understood he is all right to his family, etc.—Toledo Blade. The Cookbook. Add a teaspoonful of cold water to the white of an egg to whip more quickly. This increases the quality as well. The secret of flaky ple crust is the use of hot water (not boiling) rather than cold in mixing the dough. If this suggestion is followed the crust will always be flaky, tender and crisp. The addition of a little soda mixed with a teaspoonful of corn starch to the cream before pouring it into the tomato mixture will prevent curdling in the making of creamed tomato soup. Short Stories. The Sahara desert is three times as large as the Mediterranean sea. A Russian is not of age until he is twenty-six years old. Until that time at least four-fifths of his earnings must go to his parents. Artillery officers of the United States army have succeeded in directing the fire of coast defense guns from points as far distant as eight miles. By mere waste, caused by coins rubbing together, the civilized world loses one and one-quarter tons of gold and eighty-eight tons of silver in a year. Train and Track. It is expected that the Grand Trunk Pacific railway will be finished by next May. The government of New South Wales has placed orders for eighty new locomotives for the state railways. An acetylene flashlight has been invented for railroad crossing gates which is ignited by a pilot light as a gate is lowered. All woodwork employed in the construction of rolling stock for London's underground railways is rendered non-inflammable by a chemical process. Facts From France. Paris has more than 50,000 retired employees on its municipal pension rolls. France is considering a commission to make a study of the low birth rate of the country. Veal retails at 35 cents a pound in France, beef at 31 cents, mutton and pork. 26. Canned meats are becoming more popular. To decrease the number of accidents a French city is building a street with separate roadway for each kind of traffic-motor, horse and foot. Industrial Items. Austrian salt mines employ 7,000 miners. The petroleum industry of the United States has more than trebled in five years. Eighty per cent of cotton cloth in the United States is made in six states in New England and the south. In proportion to the number of men employed there are more fatal accidents in the metal mines of the United States than in the coal mines, according to government statistics. S:RES AND SONS. General D. E. Sickles of New York is now eighty-eight years old. J. A. Crandall aged eighty, of Brooklyn has been a toymaker for more than sixty years. John A. Kopp is heir to $160,000 in New York. But relatives haven't heard of him since 1896, when he started for California. Dr. Frederick Parker Gray, who has worked out a new method of typhoid vaccination, is professor of pathology in the University of California. Professor Waentig, recently recalled by his university in Germany, has for three years been professor of economics in the Imperial university, Tokyo. Prior to going to Japan he was an exchange professor to America. B. L. Baldwinson, deputy provincial secretary for Manitoba, Canada, is an icelander. He arrived at Toronto at the age of seventeen and was a shoemaker there for nine years. He is also a former member of the provincial parliament. Chevalier W. F. L. C. Van Rappard, whom the Dutch government has chosen to succeed Jonkheer J. London as minister at Washington, was formerly Dutch minister to Morocco. He has received a long training in the diplomatic service and is recognized as a man of brilliant attainments. Pen, Chisel and Brush. M. Brieux, author of "La Robe Rouge," "Les Avarices" and other plays, has declined to succeed M. Jules Claretie as director of the Theatre Française. "I wish to write dramas of my own," said Brieux, "not produce the plays of other men." Leonard Davis, whose paintings of Alaskan scenery have won him more than national fame, spent six years in the frozen north, having gone into the country as a miner, being unable to win success with his brush in New York. He is a native of Massachusetts and was born in 1864. Out of 142 models for the monument to Alexander II. of Russia sent in by French, German, Austrian and Italian sculptors, that presented by Professor Raffaele Romanelli of Florence has been selected by the czar for the first prize, and the model, with certain modifications suggested by the czar, will form the basis of the monument. The Royal Box. The emperor of Austria gets $4,500,000 a year. King George of England is frequently referred to as "Doddie" in Scotland, where "Dod" is the vernacular for George, though his subjects south of the Tweed prefer the plain George. Mad King Otto was recently formally deposed from the throne of the kingdom of Bavaria, which he had occupied twenty-seven years without being aware of his position. King Constantine of Greece has received the baton of a field marshal in the German army, the presentation having been made by the kaiser at the Potsdam headquarters of the army. The Odorous Onion. Hetty Green says the secret of health is in eating onions. Blist if we see how it can be kept secret—New York American. The world is growing better, but it would help some if onions cost $500.000 each and garlic was worth $57.000,000,000,000,000 an ounce—Cincinnati Enquirer. Physicians state that the oil contained in onions is a deadly foe to cold germs. Haven't the least doubt of it. Oil of onions ought to knock the tar out of almost anything.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Education Notes. A society for instruction in eugenics recently founded in New York already has 200 members. Joliet, Ill., aims to get rid of delinquents in its schools by putting the boys too big for their classes into a special class in charge of a man teacher of forceful personality. "In Edinburgh," says Sir James Grant. "the impression is gaining ground that physical culture comes before the humanities and hygiene is reckoned of greater importance than higher mathematics." Tales of Cities. Home claims to be 2,063 years old. Louisville's 1913 city directory shows the city's population is 254,078. Copenhagen annually spends nearly $50,000 for maintenance of parks. Chicago's public library employs sixteen auto delivery wagons to take books to patrons. The streets of Cairo, Egypt, most of which are absurdly narrow, are to be considerably widened at certain points. Town Topics. Chicago has a new chief of police. If we were unkindly sarcastic we might say that it needed one.-Detroit Free Press. Cleveland's league for the promotion of kindly feeling is another evidence of the enlightenment of that amiable city - Chicago News. New York papers are to be congratulated upon the noble way in which they have so far refrained from referring to Mr Mitchel as "the boy mayor."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. CHAMPION OF HUMAN RIGHTS Eventful Career of Dr. Caesar A. A. P. Taylor. SERVED IN MANY FIELDS. Nation Wide Campaign Against Segregation and Other Indignities Intended to Humiliate Afro-Americans. Recent Appearance of New Publication Creates Great Interest. Philadelphia.—So much interest has been aroused by the publication of "The Conflict and Commingling of the Races" that a word about the career of the author, Dr. Caesar A. A. P. Taylor, is justly beffeting. He is a man with Indian blood in his veins. He is doing heroic work for justice and fair play for Afro-Americans. He is again like an old warhorse in the harness and will be heard from all along the firing line of the efforts which are being put forth throughout the country to defeat the aims of segregation and race prejudice. Thoughts of over half a century, contemporary with Douglass, Bruce, Langston, J. C. Price, Tim Fortune, Calvin Chase, T. McCants Stewart, Henderson of the Torchlight, Clifford of West Virginia, Arneaux of the New York Enterprise, Cooper and Knox of the Freeman, the elder Trotter, D. Augustus Straker and the host of other stalwart champions of human rights and individual liberty, rise like ghosts in the memory when one reads "The Conflict and Commingling of the Races." More than twenty years ago Dr. Taylor was a traveler, writer and lecturer prominently before the public. He wrote and published "The Negro Race, Retrospective and Prospective; ```markdown ``` DR. CAESAR A. A. P. TAYLOR. or, The Negro Past, Present and Future." He was a contributor to leading publications by white and colored people, daily, weekly and monthly. His writings will be found a quarter of a century back in the files of the A. M. E. Church Review, Philadelphia; the Globe, Freeman and Enterprise. New York; the Freeman of Indianapolis, Ind., New York Tribune and other publications throughout the country. He published the Forum in Texas and Florida. He was a Florida tourist commissioner to the World's Columbian exposition. Chicago, in 1892-3, and commissioner for the state of Florida at large to the Tennessee centennial in 1897 by appointment of Governor William D. Bloxham. All this and more, but for many years Dr. Taylor has not been heard in active public life, and now he comes back again with his old time fighting vigor, as is seen in some of his latest efforts, notably in "The Conflict and Commingling of the Races," copies of which he has sent to and received acknowledgments from diplomats and representatives in Washington and to distinguished public personages, men and women of the white race throughout this country and abroad. To each of such persons to whom the book was sent it was accompanied by the following letter: In the interest of millions of tortured living men, women and children, the survivors of hundreds of thousands whose martyrned blood cries aloud from the ground like Rachel mourning and refusing to be comforted because her children were not, I send to her a copy of my book, *The Races*; and Commingling of the Races*; Lynchings, burning of human beings alive, denials of justice and legislative wrongs are not the products of a Christian land. When a country's own citizens are not free to exercise their prerogative as men and women, and this because they are not part of institutions, along with its churches, are a farce and a fraud upon civilization. It ill becomes such a country to arrogate the virtue of calling upon other governments to set their houses in order. Such is mendacious, arrogant, impudent, meddling. To change this in the United States of America should be the work of the people, not the prerogatives. To this end I ask that you read the indictment I make in these pages. In his library at 1700 Lombard street, Philadelphia. Dr. Taylor has a most interesting collection of curios and old manuscripts bearing on the struggles of the race through the reconstruction period, with accounts of the part taken by leading white and colored men in the fight for full citizenship for the colored people. He is a keen observer of men and things. With an indefatigable study of everything readable, he has possessed himself with a vast fund of information. He has been a traveler, lecturer, preacher, lawyer, promoter, editor, physician, rancher, newspaper correspondent and politician. He has worked on the farm, in the sawmill, steamboated and followed whatever occupation the exigencies imposed either in following his inclination or to survive the vicissitudes as he has made his way upward or been knocked and bumped in life. Discussing the Indian as distinguished from the Negro, he says: "Blood will tell' is an expression often quoted, and nothing demonstrates it stronger than the achievements of one individual or race as compared with the achievements of another individual or race; hence tell me of the hero's fight in horror's blackest night, for they alone are great who great deeds have done, who triumph against fate, who depths to heights have come." "I am proud that I am who and what I am, but I hate and despise my opposing environment, the conditions which hamper and hem me in. So by the eternals, I have sworn, I have determined to break through." "I will be a man among men, either living or dead. I will not be satisfied with any condition less than that which is due to a man and a gentleman." "Thus my soul, heart and brain—yea, all my combined powers—even as a giant hand I lay it hard upon the world around me, compelling where coxing does not avail the consideration accorded any other man." "Blood will tell. It is in me. I have done, am doing and will do until I die." "The world will know that in me a man lived. I will, even if there be one-sixteenth of Negro blood in me, I will be a man, for blood will tell, and I have seen that Negro blood is telling." The Negro as an economic factor in the American scheme of government as viewed in "The Conflict and Comingling of the Races" is july argument for the honest student in economics not less than for the real statesman and patriot. Beginning on page 66, the gifted writer says, "Surely competition begets rivalry anywhere among all peoples, but rash indeed are those, and insanely so, who do not realize that in this country the Negroes are industrial factors and have got to be considered in any economic scheme embracing capital and labor if this nation is to continue a free and prosperous republic." LIVELY INTEREST SHOWN IN FARMERS' CONFERENCE Recent Meeting Held at Hampton Was Largely Attended. Hampton, Va.—The colored people in Virginia are successfully working out their economic salvation and are winning the cooperation of the best white people in their struggles for better farms, better schools, better health, better homes and better morals. They are learning that alfalfa fields represent mines of wealth. Bright and well equipped schoolrooms in the country districts attract and hold orderly pupils and earnest teachers. These vital facts of life on the farm, in the school and in the home were vividly presented at the farmers' conference, its seventh annual session recently held at the Hampton institute. Hundreds upon hundreds of people passed through the Hampton institute gymnasium during the two days of the farmers' conference and examined the interesting farm, school and home exhibits, which had been sent from all quarters of Virginia, and, indeed, from some of the neighboring states. President Eggleston of the Virginia Polytechnic institute, Blacksburg, Va., declared that the exhibits certainly had reached bed rock and represented more reality and less frills than ever before. He was especially struck with the marked improvement in the quality of the work which school boys and girls, farm demonstration agents and their co-operators, homemakers, supervising industrial teachers and rural school workers had submitted for public exhibition. The conference program included an illustrated talk on "Irish Country Life," by Charles K. Graham, director of the Hampton institute agricultural department; women's meetings for the discussion of laundry problems and the safeguarding of girls, competitions in mule and cattle judging, an exciting plowing match; Negro rural school work, by Dr. J. H. Dillard. A visit to the Hampton institute trade school, a battalion parade, farmers' experience meeting and discussion of corn cultivation by farming experts among the many interesting features. Addresses were delivered by Governor Mann of Virginia, President Eggleston of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Dr. Hollis B. Frissell, principal of Hampton institute; A. B. Graham, Ohio State university; John B. Plerce, Wellville, Va.; Thomas C. Walker, Gloucester, Va., and others. The poem entitled "A Prayer For Salvation," written by James W. Poe, editor of the Richmond (Va.) Reformer, has real literary merit. It expresses the desires of an individual for freedom from the conflicts and turmils of life. It is also pathetic in its appeal to God for the salvation of mankind. The author has received many congratulations from literary folk on the merit of his poem. RESIDENCE 1262 MACALISTER PLACE TELEPHONE, MONROE 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. TELEPHONE CENTRAL 320 AUTOMATIC 41-916 CHICAGO A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 North La Salle St. Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 PHONES: OFFICE. MAIN 4153 AUTOMATIC 33-73-0 RESIDENCE, DREXEL 7990 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 708, 184 WASHINGTON ST. NOTARY PUBLIC CHICAGO Phone Franklin Res 508 H. 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. 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Colored Agents to Write and Collect Your Business. Irish Agents to Write and values at your age will be furnished free, upon giving your name, and address to The American Life Insurance Co. of Illinois. Tol. Randall S. Home Office-Harris Trust Building. 115 W. Moore St. CHICAGO. TELEPHONES Oakland 1689 Res. Oakland 1760 Auto. 79156 HENRY C. BOMAR & SON FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVERS, PACKERS AND SHIPPERS 3.Tripo Daily to All.Depots 4706 Indiana Ave. CHICAGO FOR RENT. Desk Room for business purposes in branch law office of W. G. Anderson & L. A. Newby, 35th and State St., N. W. corner. C. C. HOTEL & BUFFET DAVID McGOWAN, Prop. NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS WITH BATH FIRST CLASS BILLIARD PARLORS 3022 STATE STREET Four little old North America is now an island. There is no need of guide posts on the road to ruin. Football may be all right as a sport, but it is a dreadful strain on the voice. Wrist watches are usually worn by those who have too much time on their hands. If a man is going to make a row about every crazy new fashion he will have a life job. Mexico has a republican form of government, with the emphasis placed heavily on "form." If the country is being flooded with counterfeit fifty dollar notes ordinary citizens do not know it. It is news that a scientist has grown nerves in a bottle, but most cases of nerves grow from bottles. Philadelphia girls have pockets in their stockings. For safety it may be necessary to sew up the slit. Miss Jane Addams says she admires Mrs. Pankhurst's capacity for martyrdom. Believe use, it is some capacity. Experience shows that it is just as difficult to get out the woman vote as it has always been to get out the man vote. Of course France will criticise the Panama canal. And of course France did much better when it had the chance. With radium costing $10,000 more a gram druggists will still have to look to the soda and cigar counters for their profits. Every properly equipped historian now employs a force of cataloguers to index and cross index the various Balkan wars. A Boston talking machine company has gone into the hands of a receiver. Talk in this case seems to have been too cheap. A new comet recently sighted is said to look peculiar to the astronomers. Probably it is following the prevailing styles in skirts. When you go to a restaurant don't forget to order oysters. Finding pearls of great price in oysters is awfully common this year. The Suez canal is nothing but a level salt water ditch, while the Panama canal is a fresh water bridge for ships from ocean to ocean. Is there no way for congress to reduce the winter prices of American beauty roses? That would be a great help to the courting industry. So far wireless telegraphy has saved the lives of 5,000 persons who would otherwise have been lost at sea. It is doing more than pay dividends. No way has yet been developed to enable the American agriculturist to raise radium, but he can do the next thing to it. He can raise beef. Some predict that the time will come when people will read each other's thoughts like a book. Many fyleleaves will be discovered where least expected. A medical journal has an article on "How to Lie When Asleep." Of more value would be an article on how to induce people to tell the truth when awake. Russian explorers have discovered an island about half the size of Europe. Nature is very careless with her islands. One finds them lying around everywhere. People on Mars are burning blue lights to attract our attention, says an astronomer. May be nothing more than a celebration of some Martian football victory. Fierce Things. The fiercest thing on earth I wot— A thing to call for gibes— Would be a baseball game between A lot of baseball scribes. —Denver Republics. 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