The Colored American

The COLORED American A NATIONAL REGRO NEWSPAPER Library of Congress VOL. 8 NO. 9. ISSUES OF THE HOUR ISSUES OF THE HOUR Prof. Dudley Offers a Key to the Solution of the Race Problem-The Subject Impartially Treated-Individual Merit and Success Factors in the Equation. [An address delivered before the Pethel Literary and Historical Association May 8th, 1900. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:—The Negro problem stated, the Negro problem solved, the Negro problem in all of its forms and phases has been discussed so often, so interestingly, and so exhaustively one might readily conclude that there is not enough left of the subject to hold continued interest or to engage further thought. But, coming from the great state of North Carolina, where since the famous revolution of 1898, the daily press has about excluded everything from its columns save "White Supremacy," and where the hustings have been kept resonant with the cry of "Negro Domination," you can easily understand why I cannot discuss with interest, the conditions of the habitants of the Fiji Islands, or the causes leading to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. You can easily understand why to my mind, the race problem in all of its varied forms and potential significance like Banquo's ghost will not down at my bidding. For the past two or three years, a great wave of opposition seems to have been gathering, and to be sweeping strength over this vast domain leaving in its wake a painfully surprising amount of indifference among the former friends of the Negro, and an unfortunate amount of dismay and despondency among the Negroes themselves. Instead of the dominant race, as it becomes more accustomed to the presence of Negro citizenship, accepting more freely the exercise of its privileges, we find the white men of the South increasing their opposition to the Negro as a voter, as a citizen, and as a laborer. South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana have recently disfranchised thousands of Negroes by constitutional disorimination in which North Carolina will soon follow suite. New York has had its race not, Michigan has banished the Negro from some of its towns, while lynching in almost every section where Negroes are found in considerable numbers go on practically unchecked and undisturbed. In a conversation with one of the most prominent Negro ministers of North Carolina, whose duties requires of him extensive travel, I remarked that I had WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1900. Graf A Popular and Unselfish Leader in Ohio Politics. Ex-Member of the Republican State Central Committee of Ohio and Alternate Deleg ate to the Philadelphia Convention. strong hopes for the future of my race. I can never forget the sad and dejected air with which he shook his head and replied "that a Negro must have large faith and great courage to entertain hope amid such unfavorable and depressing environments." In my native state, discouragement is plainly written upon the brow of thousands of thoughtful Negroes, while their wholesale annual emigration from the land they love, the breaking up of homes which they have spent years in securing, the ruthless scattering of life-long friends, the cutting asunder of the dearest earthly ties painfully attest the depths of their feelings, and more eloquently than words, portray the sufferings of their anguished and grief stricken hearts. Why is it that gloom and sorrow have so largely displaced the natural buoyancy of a race so little accustomed to melancholy? What can we do to strengthen our hold upon the great heart of the American people, and to bring us more in touch with their aims and aspirations, to give us a larger share of their friendship and to com- (Continued on third page.) Orange Blossoms. A very pretty and impressive marriage took place on Wednesday evening, May 23, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. George Bradley, 1319 W street when their daughter, Stella, was united in holy matrimony to Mr. Albert Poole by the Rev. Robert Johnson, pastor of Metropolitan Baptist church. The bride was handsomely gowned in lansdowne, trimmed with pearls and point lace, wearing a long tulle veil and carrying a very lovely bouquet of tea roses. She entered the parlor on her father's arm to the music of Mendelsohn's Wedding March played by Mr. Edward Howard. The maid of honor was Miss Julia Hardy, who was also very prettily attired; while the best man was Mr. Aloysius Adams. The ushers were Mesers. G. Washington Brooks and Ferdinand Bradley. The presents were very numerous and some exceedingly handsome and expensive. After a few weeks Mr. and Mrs. Poole will spend some considerable time in Chicago, Ill. PRICE FIVE CENTS PRIZE TO COMPANY B Throngs Cheered the Winners-Students of Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Divisions Compete for Medals and Ribbons An Enthusiastic Audience. Following the example set by Company B of the High School Cadet Regiment last week in carrying off prize honors, Company B of the Washington High School Cadets, colored, of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh divisions, won the prize medal and ribbons in the competitive drill of the battalion held at National Baseball Park. Monday afternoon. Flags and ribbons were in evidence everywhere, and the other students and their friends were most enthusiastic in their interest in the affair. Prof. R. H. Terrell, principal of the school, issued 10,000 tickets for the occasion, and from the crowd which filled both grand stand and bleachers it looked as though half as many again were present. All three companies which competed hailed from the same school, although each had its little band of followers. Commissioner H. B. F. Macfarland and Gen. George H. Harries were present during a part of the drill, Hons. J. W. Lyons, J. H. Deveaux, J. Milton Truner, W. A. Piedger, Col. Henry Johnson, Messrs. Wyatt Archer, E. B. Cooper, E. R. Bagby, Dr. Charles Harrison, Rev. S. N. Brown, Dr. G. F. Richardson, and Mrs. B. G. Francis, of the board of school trustees; Maj. Arthur Brooks, District of Columbia National Guard, military instructor of the cadets, and many of the school teachers of the colored schools were also present. Capt. Edith Wright, with a girls' battalion consisting of girls who assisted in defraying the expenses of the drill, occupiad conspicuous seats in the grand stand. COMPANY A CAME FIRST. At 4:30 o'clock Maj. Charles H. Ourand, inspector general District of Columbia militia; Captain E. C. Edwards, Company A. Second Battalion, and Capt. W. S. Hodges, Company D, Fourth Battalion, took their position in front of the stand, and immediately thereafter Capt. Allen N. Levy marched on Company A. The students were given a hearty reception and put up a good drill. Capt. Levy, as well as other company commanders, did not carry a programme of the movements. It is rather a hard matter to remember an entire drill consisting of ninety-five numbers, and Capt. Levy left out four. This happened after the volley firing, (Continued on fifth page.) ```markdown ``` HON. GEORGE A. MYERS, Alternate Delegate-at-large to the National Republican Convention at Philadelphia. Born in a slave state, and identified with a race held in slavery, living in the midst of all the crushing influences which human prejudice and caste could heap upon him, George A. Meyers, though only forty-one years of age, has risen to a station and influence in the counsels of the nation, unparalleled in biographical annals. Harriet Beecher Stowe, speaking of Frederick Douglass said: "Frederick Douglass, had as far to climb to get to the spot where the poorest white boy is born, as that white boy has to climb to be President of the nation." And the same thought may, appropriately be applied, to the subject of this sketch. George A. Myers was born in Baltimore, Md., March 5, 1859, being the eldest of the three children of Isaac and Emma V. Myers. In June 1869, he had the misfortune to lose his mother when he was only ten years of age, and consequently never had the full advantage of a mother's loving care. He was sent to Providence, R. I., and while living in the family of the Rev. J. H. W. Burley, attended the public school. Later he spent some time in the preparatory department of Lincoln University, Chester County, Pa.. From there he came to Washington, and entered at school, but upon the opening of grammar schools in Baltimore for colored children, he went there that he might be near his father, who had in the meantime married Miss Sarah E. Deaver. In this it will be seen that he was fortunate in having acquired a substantial educational basis; supplemented by persistent private study, that enables him to take his place with confidence in any circle no matter how exalted. In the years previous to 1879 there were scarcely any or very few opportunities for an ambitious colored youth, and in this short list the barber's trade was deemed the best, so he was put to learn the barber's craft and sent to Cleveland under the care of Mr. J. E. Benson of the Weddell House. Nine years after young Myers having acquired some means and a high reputation in the business he opened for himself in the Hollenden Hotel, Cleveland, one of the largest and best equipped shops in the United States, giving employment to eighteen hands. Isaac Myers, his father, for years was the foremost colored man in the state of Maryland, and transmitted to his son those traits of political sagacity which had made the father famous and are doing the same for the son. Thus we see he was born to fill his present station as a shrewd politician and organizer. From his advent into Cuyahoga County he has been an important factor in city, county and state politics, never asking place for himself except as a delegate to some convention, or something purely honorary in its nature. It is an undeniable fact that he has secured more recognition for his race than any other man in Ohio. He considers the success of his party and the welfare of his people his greatest reward and with that is content. Mr. Myers came first into prominence in national politics at the Minneapolis National Convention in 1892, where he appeared as alternate-at large, becoming fall delegate through the enforced absence of Colonel Black, who represented the 21st District. In this connection by his vote he caused the election of William M. Hahn as National Committeeman thus saving from defeat the Sherman-McKinley contingent in the convention, the result ultimately THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. leading to the triumphant election of Mr. McKinley as President. Mr. Myers was elected as one of the two delegates at large sent from Cuyahega County in 1895 to the State Convention at Zanesville, at which convention Gen. Bushnell was nominated for governor of the state. To be a delegate at large was a great honor one seldom conferred on a colored man, but Mr. Myers wore it with becoming modesty, and when the Hon. Mark A. Hanna sought for men to go to St. Louis, in whose hands the interest of Major McKinley would be safe, he chose George A. Myers and Bishop B. W. Arnett and the direction of Mr. McKinley's interests among the colored people were almost entirely given into their hands. Mr. Myers organized the Ohio colored delegation of which Bishop Arnett was chairman and he treasurer, and which rendered such signal service to Major McKinley in the campaign of 1896. He was also chairman of the entertainment committee for colored delegates, and many a foot sore and weary traveler was rejuvenated through the hospitality of this committee. It is very gratifying to know that at the end of the campaign Major McKinley went personally to thank him for his efforts and to inquire what he might do to further show his appreciation. Mr. Myers informed him, there was no office he desired; nor was there any office in his gift that could tempt him to give up his business. Mr. Myers is president of the Western Reserve Republican Club, a strong political organization and a power in Ohio state politics. He is also prominent in Masonic circles, and while not strictly a church man, has done much to benefit St. John's A. M. E. church by giving liberally of his means to its support. He was one of the assistant secretaries of the Toledo convention which nominated Governor Bushnell and indorsed the Hon. M.A. Hanna for Senator. It was through the personal efforts of Senator Hanna, that Mr. Myers was made a member of the State Executive Committee (of seven) which eventually proved to be the most important State Committee, in the history of the republican party of Ohio. No important political matter is ever undertaken in the State by his party until he has been consulted. In the bitter senatorial campaign of his chief, Senator Hanna, in 1898 Myers was in the thickest of the fray and did yeoman service for his chieftain. It was he that settled the doubt when anxiety had settled on every countenance by bringing in the 72d man at midnight on the day before the voting. That Senator Hanna appreciates his services, has been proved in numerous instances. The late republican state convention which met at Columbus, honored Mr. Myers for his services to the party by electing him an alternate at large to the Republican National Convention, which meets June 19th at Philadelphia. In this brief and imperfect sketch it is proper to note the fact that Mr. Myers owns a beautiful home, on one of the finest avenues of Cleveland. It is most elegantly furnished and presided over by a charming wife, Mrs Myers cordially joins in her husband's political life and assists in dispensing a genial hospitality which proved very consoling to the many weary pilgrims of the race who tarried a day in Cleveland, en route to Canton during the campaign of 1896. It must not be supposed that the whole life of Mr. and Mrs. Myers is given up to politics, they still find time to assist every deserving harity and thus make useful what in the providence of God they are per- mitted to dispense. OUR BELOVED DEAD, (Respectfully inscribed to the memory of C. H. J. Taylor who departed life May 25, 1899, by his beloved wife, Julia Shropshire Taylor.) But few can measure the depths and desolation where so much usefulness has died and where so many fondly cherished hopes have been ruthlessly blighted. Thou art gone, though yet living in the noon day glare of Heavens favor, in the warmest place of friends affection whose love knows no end. There was always a brightness of the eye, a gentle tone of voice and a warm grasp of the hand that told even strangers that a warm heart beat within. Words of wisdom too, were wont to fall from thy lips; and many a bright gem of thought is now cherished in my mind as a souvenir of the sixteen years spent with thee. Farewell; thy storm-tossed bark as it may have been in life's sea, is now safely moored in yonder port called "Peace." The years spent with thee have a fragrance about that time cannot destroy and the influence for good shall live long after thy form hath crumbled to dust. Earth with its joys and sorrows, will know thee no more for ever; and yet the sweet influence of such a life cannot die. No more to hear, no more to see; Oh! that an echo might awake, Await one note of thy psalm to me, 'Ere my heart strings break! I should know it how faint soe'r, And with angels voices blent, Oh once to feel thy spirit anear, I could be content. Oh once between the gates of gold, While an angel entering trod, But once—thee sitting to behold The Southern Industrial Convention Speaks Out for the Negro To the Southern Industrial Convention, Chattanooga, Tenn. : Your Committee on Industrial Interests to which was referred the papers of Dr. W. T. Cole of Waco, Texas, and Prof. W. H. Councill of Normal, Ala., upon "The Race Problem and its Relation to the Industrial Development of the South," recommend that every possible means shall be used to educate the public sentiment of the South to regard the Negro as a factor in upbuilding of the South, and that as such we should use all possible means to make him as efficient as possible and pledge him the fullest guarantee of earning a living in every honest field of human endeavor and protection to his God given right of self support. JOHN P. COFFI. Chairman Com. Industrial Interests. This is the only expression along business and industrial lines for the Negro since the war. This is a great step forward. The Convention was composed of leading white men from all parts of the Union. This resolution was prepared by Col. N. F. Thompson of Huntsville, Ala. We Have a Medical Association. One of Washington's most enterprising young physicians is Dr. J. W. Mitchell, who has been located for several years at 5th and H southwest, and has built up a prosperous practice. Dr. Mitchell graduated from Howard University in 1894, and later became Dr. William's trusted interne, when that system was brought into vogue. Dr. Mitchell has been instrumental in holding together the medical profession here by organizing a District Medical Association, and since its inception four years ago, he has filled the office of president. ```markdown ``` Washington, D. C., is prepared to furnish CAPABLE TEACHERS of every branch of instruction and DESIRABLE SCHOOLS in all parts of the country. 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A If interested in this Associationwrite to Home Office, 514 South 12th street, Philade If interested in this Associationwrite to Home Office, 514 South 12th street, Philade Boys if you want to get a run for your money just stop by the Delmo Koonce cafe. ISSUES OF THE HOUR. (Continued from 1st page) mand a greater portion of their respect and esteem. In the discussion of the first question propounded, I suppose I must not expect an unanimous acceptance of the opinion which I shall advance. But however fallacious my opinion or un sound my conclusion, the effort will not be in vain if in some way I can as sist in directing more attention and thought to whatever errors the past may hold up to our view, and through such study, prepare ourselves for the fewer errors and the greater triumphs of the future. EMFRAMISMENT NOT A CRIME. I believe it is the fashion to speak of the enfranchisement of the freedmen as the gigantic crime of the century—as the blunder without paralell in political history. But in this matter, I must confess that I am not fashionable. To my mind, ignorance is not the greatest obstacle in the way of a proper exercise of the rights of enfranchisement. In the great cemetery of the nations of the world, not ignorance but corruption hiding its hideous deformities beneath the splendid attire of intelligence and opulence, has dug the grave, and pronounced the funeral obsequies of nearly all past national greatness. Of the old, untutored ex slave many of whom long since have been gathered to their peaceful graves, some of whom still linger upon the shores of time, I confidently assert my unwavering conviction that no body of men ever marched to the ballot box with purer motives and nobler intentions than, when with all the religion of their souls, "with charity for all and malice towards none," they cast their ballot for that great party which they sacredly and religiously regarded as God's instrument in their emancipation. The hand of violence is being laid heavily upon the Negro in some parts of the country. State legislatures are grinding out with discouraging rapidity legislation which tends to humiliate the Negro, and to crush his ambition, but these untoward events must not be attributed to the blunders of the unsophisticated ex slave, who usually contented himself as a citizen with the privilege of casting his ballet without regard so much as to which way it was counted. For him despite his voting, the friendliest relations existed and do now exist on the part of the ex slaveholder and his children. In those parts of the South where the relations between the whites and the blacks have been strained, where racial prejudice has been intensified, where the opposition of the white man has assumed its bitterest form, it is easy to trace these conditions to the activity, the ambition and aspiration of the educated Negroes of a younger generation What means the cry against "Negro domination," for "White supremacy," which has been heard in every southern state? It is the protest of the whites against Negro office holders, and Negro politicians. It is the announcement that wealth and intelligence have determined that ignorance and poverty must take a back seat. It is a declaration to the educated, ambitious young Negro that the question of official prominence and power cannot be settled by an ignorant and helpless majority adversely to the wishes of a wealthy and intelligent minority. It is the announcement that intelligent men, whether white or black, must not aspire to positions of prominence and political prestage unless they have the approval of the wealth and intelligence of the community they represent. It is a reiteration of the world's heartless creed of a "survival of the flutest." In my native city of Wilmington, North Carolina, I have seen a government supported by a majority of voters, too weak to protect its citizens or even to protect itself. I have seen the mayor and the sheriff fugitives—fleeing for their lives from the wrath of an intelligent, wealthy and well organized minority. I have seen this minority dictate to the government of the majority, the terms of its surrender. I have seen this minority say to the President of the greatest republic on earth, "although the man whom you would appoint to the highest local position is of your political faith, and we are not; although he has previously made a re- THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. G. cord in the position to which you would appoint him, which we have commended, and against which we can raise no criticism, yet this man is to us personal non grata, and he must not be appointed,' and a wise and powerful President bowed to this ultimatum. MUST GET INTO BUSINESS. If we would strengthen our hold upon the American people, if we would bring ourselves more in accord with their spirit and civilization, if we would enjoy a greater share of their friendship, sympathy and support, we must identify ourselves more intimately with the financial and commercial interests of the country. We must demonstrate more clearly and generally our ability to construct or to capture large business interest for ourselves. When we learn to be as interested in business matters as we have been in political affairs; when we shall have achieved financial prominence and influence as great as the political that we have wielded; when we shall have produced business men and financiers as useful to the commercial growth of our respective communities as our orators, politicians and statesmen have been to the republican party, when we shall have our representatives on Wall street and other financial centers as conspicuous and well qualified as we have in legislatures and in Congress, we shall see the average of intelligence and wealth among the ninety thousand Negroes of Washington move up to a point of equality with that of the dominant race; and the greatest representative government on earth give to its Capital City a charter for municipal regulations in keeping with its time-honored and blood bought principle that "taxation and representation go hand in hand." We shall find everywhere our foundations not resting upon teacherous and shifting sands, but upon the immovable rocks of Gibralta against which the waves of prejudice may harmlessly lash their unavailing fury. At the republican state convention in North Carolina last week, it appeared as though the white republicans of the state were vicing with the democrats in the campaign for Negro debasement. It seems now that both parties are lining up against the activity of intelligent and ambitious Negroes in political affairs. If I could read between the lines correctly, it seems from newspaper reports that not even a Negro ex-Congressman, who is noted for his conservatism and political sagacity, who is generally regarded as standing high in the confidence and esteem of the Administration and whom the Negroes of North Carolina proudly and cheerfully recognize as a wise, prudent and experienced leader, and whom the public men of all parties of the statement admit to be an accomplished gentleman, and a skilled diplomat—not even such leader because of his racial identity could receive honors from the convention of the party which he had so long and so faithfully served. But such rebuffs and adversities will not discourage the Negro nor hinder his progress. Twice in a decade a man whose election to a seat in the English parliament was unquestioned, was denied membership because he was a Jew. Recently when the Americe Spanish war was on, when Spain was appeailing for the intervention of European nations, France and Germany, it is said, abandoned their sympathies because this financier's secretries would have been damaged had those countries become involved in war; and today he has made it probable that a member of his family will at some time sit on the throne of England. He and his people understood how to meet the prejudices which everywhere confronted them and instead of launching their craft upon the perilous waves of the political sea, they quietly worked to secure a foothold upon the immovable rock of financial independence and power. I know the world admires the hero. But as long as the desperate stand of Leonidas at the Pass of Thermoplyae excites the admiration of succeeding generations, as long as the thrilling cry of the magnetic Patrick Henry—"give me liberty or give me death" arouses the righteous indignation and manhood of a brave people. The Fabian policy of the illustrious George Wash ington, and of his celebrated Roman prototype will receive the endorsement of the thinkers of the world, who are always measuring results accomplished rather than the enthusiasm excited. Therefore I believe that we should accept the inevitable curtailment of our political privileges in the South with out despondency, but with determination and with hope. THE NEW SOUTH. The South is a great country of undeveloped resources. It is not overridden with trade unions which exclude Negro labor, and discourage Negro enterprise. Its cheap lands ladened with luxurlant vegetation, nourished by a delightful climate, are receiving the impetus of Northern capital and enterprise, are welcoming thousands annually within its gates, while we are leaving. Business enterprise is taking hold of the South as never before. Corporations are rapidly being chartered for mining, manufacturing and other business purposes. Factories are being established everywhere. Agricultural pursuits are being studied, developed and improved. Therefore I believe we should accept the situation with the determination to make our presence and influence felt and needed in the development of these rapidly and varied increasing enterprises. As new railroads span the valleys, and circle the mountains, as the music of machinery of new factories awaken the energies of slumbering communities the Negroes of the South must have sense enough and energy enough to become intimately identified with this march of industrial improvement and to make his interest and the communities in which he resides as near as possible, one and inseparable A SUCCESSFUL AFRO AMERICAN. A few days ago I read of a Negro who was the president of a five million dollar concern. While the efforts of us all will naturally be attended with varying degrees of success or failure, there can be no doubt that when a large number of the thinkers and leaders of our race pursue the policy of this Negro president, there will be no race problem so far as we are concerned, to excite our fears or to distract the attention of the American people. From all parts of the country, we have encouraging reports of progress which Negroes are making in the business world; but with less attention to politics, and more to business, we shall make greater progress still, we shall bring to ourselves power and influence which cannot be won upon the political fields, and we shall throw around ourselves an armor of protection stronger than that which legislatures or laws will give. It does not seem to me, however, that we are introducing ourselves in the business world in the most promising and profitable manner. The color line in business has its disadvantages as well there as elsewhere. Inexperience, lack of confidence, limited capital, contribute to enhance the chances of failure and to reduce the prospects of success to a minimum degree. Why should we introduce weak, struggling enterprises of our own that must meet all kinds of obstacles when we can quietly invest in strong and well established enterprises, that are backed by unlimited capital and directed by unquestioned experience? In these days of pools, syndicates, trusts and monoplies, it may be all right for us to start our small individual enterprises, but if these combinations are so powerful in influence and rich dividends, can we not secure to ourselves some of the advantages which these stock holders enjoy? If instead of complaining of Jim Orow car laws of the South over roads in which we have not one dollar's worth of stock, we should acquire interest, and from time to time increase the same, could we not confidently expect the day to come sooner when we could make effectual protest against inferior railroad accommodations. If we could control a few of the prosperous railroads of this country; if we could have a few Negro conductors, Negro engineers, and other Negro officers of influence and experience, a wonderful, wonderful change in our favor would come over this country, and a sick Negro bishop would hardly be denied sleeping car accommodations any where. At Concord, N. O., Warren O Coleman and other enterprising Negroes have erected a cotton factory which is now about ready for occupation. It is the first Negro cotton factory in the world. As such we all want it to sue --- # ceed. If the Negroes all over the country would give just a little help to this commendable movement, we possibly could make it the largest cotton factory in the world, and place its success beyond question. And thus as individuals or as organizations we could by railroad stock, by bank stock, enter the financial circles of the country where color would not determine our treatment and where prejudice would no longer hold us In most ancient times it is said the fire worshipping Medes and Persians at stated periods would form one great circle about their country, when the Zeroastrian priest would approach the holy altar upon which the sacred fire were kept continually burning. When the great line would be formed, the priest would light his torch from the altar and turn to the one behind him. This second terch bearer after lighting his torch would turn to the third and so on from one to another down the line, through the valleys, over mountains, in the country, through the towns, this holy flame would spread from one to another until the entire country would be illuminated and inspired by the presence of the sacred fires. And thus the Negroes of North Carolina mean to talk business, to organize for business, to take hold of business in such a way as will quicken the people all over the state, as will develop a spirit of enterprise, as will inspire them to such financial power and influence, that as the 0,000,000 Negroes of the country are now indebted to us for their only representative in Congress so they may again be indebted to us for the financial inspiration and encouragement which we hope to give them and to the country. Mr. Marshall Acquitted. Mr. W. H. Marshall, for eleven years a most popular letter-carrier of the City Post Office in this city and who some months ago was suspended for a violation of the Postal law, had his trial last Friday and to the delight of his many friends was acquitted by the United States Court after a most bitter fight made against him. A. B. At the time of his arrest no one believed Mr. Marshall guilty and many of his friends thought it a case of persecution rather than prosecution. His aoquittal substantiates this belief. Mr. Marshall will probably go into business for himself. It is regretted by his many friends that there is no redress for a man who has been arrested and dismissed from the service on trumped up charges. He is to be congratulated, however, on sustaining his well earned and life-time reputation made in this community. MEN! "A WARNING VOICE," Is the title of an interesting little book that shows how SEXUAL STRENGTH Is LOST and how it may be REGAINED. It is securely sealed in plain envelope Free, on receipt of 2 cent stamp for postage. We are the leading specialists in curing all cases of Kidney and Bladder Trouble, Sexual weakness and Impotency, Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Night Losses, Gleet, and Scripture, quickly and permanently. We have cured thousands at their own homes. All letters kept strictly private and answered in plain sealed envelope. Consultation by mail free. Write today. Address Dr. W. H. Saunders, Co. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. News Notes and Social Flasnes from the Classic Burg of Charlottesville. Charlotteeville, Va., Special—The annual election of officers of the Y. M. C. A. was held at the headquarters of the Y. M. C. A., Tuesday night, May 2nd, resulting in the following officers for the ensuing year: Mr. J. H. Dickinson, president; Mr. S. B. Logan, 1st vice president; Mr. J. H. Thornton, 2nd vice president; C. H. Bullock, secretary; Mr. Ernest B. Allen, aest., secretary; Mr. J. N. Baker, treasurer; Mr. A. F. Angel, chaplain. The executive committee is as follows: Messrs. S. B. Logan, S. H. White, A. F. Angel, Dr. A. Smith, C. H. Bullock. The men's meeting at the Y. M. C. A. was well attended Sunday and the Lord's prayer or ably explained. The monthly meeting of the Sunday school union was held at the Shiloh Baptist church, Sunday evening at 8 o'clock, Mr. G. P. Inge, president, presiding. Excellent papers were read and the recitations, etc., were highly enjoyed by all present. The meeting of the Union showed that even the small children are beginning to think for their betterment. The annual sermon to the Good Samaritans was preached at the First Baptist church Sunday night by the pastor, Rev. R. C. Quarles. The order turned out in a body, in full uniform, led by Mr. R. J. Ward, worthy chief. Mr. P. Y. Wyatt who has been sick at his home is able to be at his post of duty again. Mrs. A. W. Curtis and son left for Washington, D. C., Wednesday the 23rd, where she will spend a few days with her son, Dr. A. M. Curtis, surgeon in chief of Freedmen's Hospital, and thence to Chicago where she will reside with her son, Mr. A. W. Curtis. Hon. John H. Smyth, president of the Negro Reformatory of Virginia, was in the city last week. Dr. J. J. Quarles of Louisa, Virginia, was in the city last week. Mr. A. C. Mabrey has returned from Richmond, Va., where he has been visiting, his former home. Rev. Joseph Perry, missionary for Western Virginia, of the Home Missionary Society, has returned from a visit to North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Cephas Cosby are home from Richmond, Virginia Mesers. S. L. Bundy and Henry Reeves have gone to Warm Springs, Va. Miss Rosalie Brown is home from New York. Mrs. Sallie Sellers Ray and daughter, Mrs. James Bias, are home from Pittsburg, Pa., on a visit to their parents and friends. Rev. Clarence Martin is home from Virginia Union University. Mr. D. A. Smith went to Washington, D. C., on business this week. A high class concert will be given at the Mt Zion Baptist church Monday night, June 4th, for the benefit of the church. Among those who will participate are Mr. B. H. Baker, cornetist of Washington, D. C., Madame S. L. Lindsay of Philadelphia, Pa., Mr. W. H. Parago, of the Cable Piano Company, and other local talent. This entertainment promises to be a rare musical treat. The closing exercises of the city public schools will be held at the First Baptist church next Thursday, and the fifth anniversary of the Jefferson School Alumni at the Ebenezer Baptist church on Friday night, accounts of which we will give in the next issue. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Higginbotham of Lynchburg, Va., were in the city last week, stopping at the Maceo Cofe, Mrs. W. H. Dabney, proprietor. The American can be had at Pollard and Nobles, or from Mr. A. F. Angel at the University. MONTICELLO. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. U. GREAT INSTITUTION. The True Reformers' Bank at Richmond and the Great Institution Which Supports it and the Many Tributaries Which Supply it-A Worthy Example of Negro Possibilities. A representative of The Colored American was in Richmond, Va., a few weeks ago and among the many places and points of interest he visited was the True Reformers' building, which contains not only the bank, but all the main bodies of the institution. Being a True Reformer he was readily introduced to the principal officers and to the chiefs of the various divisions. He was the guest for a few hours of Grand Worthy Secretary, w. P. Burrell, who after giving him a most delightful hack ride in company with Mrs. Burrell and Miss Rosie B. Moody, a most brilliant and charming young school teacher, escorted him to the True Reformers' bank building at 604, 606 and 608 North Second street. He was turned over to Mr. R. T. Hill, the cashier of the bank. Mr. Hill is a factor in this institution and a veteran financier. Mr. Hill showed us through all of the departments of the bank, opened the great vault of the bank and we had the pleasure of handling and looking at between $85,000 and $100,000 in currency. Besides this there were great sacks of gold and silver which were dusty and musty from want of handling. Leaving this department, Mr. Hill introduced us to Mr. J. C. Robertson, chief of the real estate department and attorney for the Grand Fountain. Mr. Robertson though youthful in appearance is learned in the law, a most gifted speaker and has proven himself a strong factor in the order and department. An idea may be gained of the magnitude of his responsibilities when it is told that the order owns fifteen halls, three farms, two dwellings and two hotels. The total valuation of the property is $180,000. We were next introduced to Mrs. M. A. Brown who has charge of the Regalia Department. As the day of our visit was the closing of the week, Mrs. Brown did not have time to give us any facts and figures. But her department is an important one. We were then introduced to Mr. B. W. Brown, the editor and financial business manager of The Reformer, the official organ of the order. Mr. Brown has with a small beginning run the circulation of The Reformer up to more than six thousand papers weekly, and has put the paper on a paying basis. To those who are acquainted with the struggles and tribulations of race journalism, the work of Mr. Brown is highly commendable. Mr. Edward Ellis, Jr., is the accountant. It is his duty to visit the chiefs of the different departments and to get a statement of their receipts and expenditures and of the amount of work done, so that at the weekly meetings he makes a separate and distinct report from each of the different chiefs. But their accounts must tally with his. Mr. T. W. Taylor is chief of the Old Folks' Home. This department is one of the most important as well as the most commendable feature of this great order. It consists of $634\frac{1}{4}$ acres, known as Western Farm, in Henrico County, within six miles of Richmond and cost the order $14,400. It is now on a paying basis and under Mr. Taylor's direct supervision is doing a great work. The Hotel Reformer is a new feature of the order and is under the direct charge of Mr. A. W. Holmes. It is first class in all of its departments, and and in addition to serving the public, it furnishes a home for all of its unmarried employees. It is spick'span, clean and worthy of a large amount of patronage. One of the brightest young men it was our pleasure to meet was Mr, R. J. Kyles, President Taylor's private secretary. Mr. Kyles is not only an expert stenographer and typewriters, but as an orator is known as a spell-binder. Washingtonians will remember his magnetic speech at the Vermont Ave. Baptist church in the early spring. We met President W. R. Taylor in the afternoon who invited us to attend their weekly meeting. These meetings are held Friday of each week and all of the chiefs, clerks and employees assemble in one of the fountain rooms and either make reports or hear the reports of the different departments. At this particular meeting withon DULIN & MARTIN CO. REBUILDING SALE. 10 Per Cent off FOR CASH ON Everything in the House. Rich Cut Glass, Gold Decorated Glass, Glassware, Silverware, Cutlery, Bric-a-Brac, Lamps, Globes, &c, China, Dinner Sets, Toilet Sets, Refrigerators, Ice Chests, Ice Cream Freezers, Kitchen Utensils, &c. —with the single exception of the Monroe Porcelain-lined Refrigerators. Just think what an opportunity this affords to furnish your Home, and especially to buy those summer necessities—a Refrigerator, Ice Chest, and Ice Cream Freezer—at this big reduction from regular prices. DU LIN & MARTIN, CO. SUCCESSORS TO M. W. BEVERIDGE. 1215 F Street and 1214 G Street. going into details the receipts of the various departments amounted to some $26,000 for the week. The expenses of the different departments including death benefits, etc., amounted to some $6,000 leaving a net balance and profit of more than $19,000 for that week's work. These figures may seem a little steep but the writer examined them personally and verified them. After this meeting we were the guests of the main officers for a while and in a five minutes talk at the meeting said to them as we are saying to the rerders of The Colored American that the Grand United Order of True Reformers is a magnificent demonstration of what the Negro can do in a business way, of what he can do by organization. Those who read of the work of the True Reformers cannot get a full idea of the great scope of the work done. One must visit the fountain head or bee hive as it were, and see the "living picture." A large first class grocery store has just been opened up; a new site purchased for a big dry goods store as well. The grocery store is now in successful operation. In addition to this large six story building is being erected in the rear of the large hall and bank building to accommodate the new departments and to instill a large and first class printing outfit. The writer is under obligations to Grand Worthy Secretary, Mr. W. P. Burrell, for the many courtesies shown him and to President Taylor and other officers of the order. Hurrah, for the True Reformers! Hoffman's Big Musical Festival. All is in readiness for Hoffman's Second Annual Musical Festival June 8th next at the Academy of Music. The following magnificent program will be rendered: PART 1. Symphony Orchestra 25 musician in grand orchestical numbers as follows: 1. Overture, Musica, Rollinsor. 2. Selection, The Ameer, Herbert. 3. Valse the Viceroy, Herbert. 4. Intermezzo, from Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascani. 5. March, Up Broadway Toler. 6. Idylle Hearts and Flowers, Tobani. PART 2. VOCAL. 1. Solo and chorus, Gounods Gallia, Gounod, Mme Martina Irving and Washington Permanent Chorus 60 voices. 2. Tenor solo, Come Back Dear Heart, Arnold, Mr. Wm. Goodrich. 8. Chorus, The Gallant Troubador, Watson, Washington Permanent Chorus 60 volces. 4. Medley of 80 minutes in Operatic chorus under the direction of assistant leader Nathaniel Bowles. 5. Violin Cello Solo, Awakening of Spring, Bachr, Mr. Alexandria Lee. PART 9. The appearance on the stage of Hoffman's Concert Band of forty musi cians handsomely unified celebrating their first anniversary previous to their trip to the National Republican Convention to be held at Philadelphia. PROGRAM. 1. March, Singing Girl, Herbert: 2 Overture, Lustpiel, Keler-Beler; 8. March, The Man Behind the Gun, Sousa. 4. Cornet Solo, Russian Fantasia, Levy, Mr. William Robinson; 5. Valse, Wedding of the Winds, Hall; 6. Comic, The Patrol of the Boers, Schleiffarth. M. REV. CHARLES S. MORRIS The Elocquent African Missionary Who Captivated an Arkansas Baptist Convention. The well-known Unity Pleasure Club, No.1 will give their first grand Moonlight Excursion to Notley Hall, June 8th, 1900. There will be a grand concert given by Misses Sarah Price, Ida Day, Bessie McCoy and Mamie Lewis. The Unity Pleasure Club quintette will render some of their choice selections. Prof. Holmes and orchestra will also assist in some of their latest compositions. The Unity Pleasure Club quintett is as follows: Richard Newton, Jas. Budd, Fitzhugh Marshall, John Johnson, and Will Lemons. J. REV. P. A. HUBBARD, The Dollar King-Elected Financial Secretary of The A. M. E. Church. 8. n, n- 5. 11; s, AGNOSTICISM DEFINED. Mr. Chilcoat Turns The Light on Religious Mountebanks Who Take the Livery of Heaven to Serve the Devil In. Editor The Colored American—We had thought at least by this time all persons of ordinary intelligence and information would be familiar with the life and character of the late Col. Robert G. Ingersoll. It is strange that honest men will sometimes resort to injudicious methods in their endeavor to promote an otherwise laudable and worthy object. A visiting gentleman to our city recently related to his hearers apparently a little personal history of himself. Our informant quotes the reverend gentleman as saying that he once met the late Mr. Ingersoll in open debate and that Mr. Ingersoll on meeting him decided he could not stand before such a store house of facts (win) as he (the reverend gentleman had packed away for him). And furthered it appears that this man is using such argument in collecting money for some object no one seems to know. Persons who have seen and heard Mr. Ingersoll are fully aware of the utter lack of veracity contained in such statement. It is untrue and no one of common intelligence will for a moment tolerate such stupendous lies. If any one wants to know what Mr. Ingersoll's real position was, what he really said himself and not what some person who never took the palms to inform himself says he said, we would refer such persons to his masterful addresses which can be had at many of the book stores and most of the News Stands, and read for themselves. The intellectual pigmy above referred to reminds one of the doleful braying of a disheveled jackass hopelessly tied to a sinking ship doomed to the inevitable condition where all such must at last be consigned. Under the caption of a "New Reformation" appearing Monday morning May 28, in one of the local dailies, is contained food for thought calculated to shed large light on the problems of life and destiny. One idea which has doubtless dominated in the intellectual realm of the Anglo-Saxon is that the source of his great growth is the brain. That great race has learned as all races must learn that every reformation of whatever character or kind is germinated and developed by the genius of man's brain. That all creeds, all cults, all dogmas, all books, no matter how saired men may held them to be are the product of man's origination. And sensible people are coming to understand this. Just as men used to misquote and put words in Mr. Ingersoll's mouth and then attempt to answer him, failing to answer his arguments they would often resort to calling names as if names were arguments. It was not the Mr. Ingersoll, but the dramatic and inconsistent religion that was on trial. Truth is always safe. All that Christ really taught is safe. But his real meaning has been distorted ann changed so that we hardly think he would know his own words if he were to again appear. The fact is, a question is always new until it is answered. Mr. Ingersoli's arguments have never been answered and in the nature of things we feel safe in the statement that they never will. And any person who will study both sides and carefully compare, will inevitably reach similar conclusions as all gone before. Mr. Ingersoll was not an infidel, and any one who says so certainly exhibits small information. He was an agnostic. The term agnostic comes from two Greek words which mean there are some things man does not know. And we should like to ask is not this about the true condition of things? Man knows more in this age than perhaps at any other period in the history of the world, and yet there are still in the dim distance other and may be larger victories awaiting the approach and mental grasp of man's brain. At any rate we think it for more profitable for all concerned that persons posing as leaders should at least learn the truth themselves before attempting to instruct others. The Afro-American has had enough of the incorrect and false ideas. It is time we call a halt, and be guided only by truth. Sensible clergymen and others know the folly of ignorant leaders. No matter how some may differ on questions about which neither knows absolutely, yet it must never be forgotten THE COLOMED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. U. that what the Afro-American needs most is true friends. Friends that practice what they preach. With Phillips, and Sumner, and Garrison, and Lincoln, Col. Ingersoll must and ever will be regarded by all thinking people as one of the best friends we have ever had. And we should never forget this. Gratitude is the fairest flower that sheds its perfume in the human heart. Mr. Ingersoll was a humanitarian in the highest and best sense of that term. No one ever went to Mr. Ingersoll with a just cause and was turned away. And right here lies the true key to real religion. And this fact is convincing thinking people everywhere that true religion does not depend on what a man says or professes, but rather upon his life, upon what he dees for his fellowmen. Already a liberal university has been founded, and for these three years its halls have been crowded. Liberal religion, that which is based upon rational standards will be the religion of the future. All that's reasonable man will accept, and that which is not he will neither accept or reject. He will will investigate and wait for conclusions. The preacher who contents himself with simply "banging away" with no practical ideas; need not be surprised if he finds his audience no other than the benches. Mr. Ingersoll thirty years ago predicted this and it is coming to pass rapidly. Men are thinking and you have got to give them mental food. Mr. Ingersoll's life work was to make this world better, by doing this it prepares us for the other one if there be another. Then may we say with the poet that Mr. Ingersoll was indeed "The friend of man, the friend of truth, The friend of age, and guide of youth: Few hearts like his, with virtue warm'd, Few heads with knowledge so informed: If there's another world, he lives in bliss, If there is none, he made the best of this." J. J. CHILCOAT. City. Corbett threatens to sprint and side-step his way into politics. Unlike Dewey, he believes in capitalizing his fizz of popularity before the foam dies away. Dr. L. H. Singleton, the well known and capable pharmacist, formerly with Dr. Pride in Georgetown, is now associated with Dr. Howard E. Young in Baltimore, where they are doing a rat tling good business at the corner of W. Hoffman street and Druid Hill avenue. To the good thinking people of Wash ington, if you are thinking of given a party don't forget to consult the Delmo Koonce. PRIZE TO COMPANY B. (Continued from first page.) which was a little rogged and probably unnerved the commander. The alignment of the company, however, was as good as ever seen here, and the platoon movements were excellent. Company C, which carried of the prize last year, next came on, under the command of Capt. James E. Slaughter, and went through the programme with an easy swing which showed much practice. By the rooting from the grand stand it was easy to be seen that they had their following, and they tried their best to bear out their reputation. While their alignment was not up to the standard set by their predecessor, their firings, in volleys, as well as lying down and at will, were all that could be expected. They completed the programme in fine style, and it was the general opinion that they had made a better showing than Company A. THESE PROVED THE WINNERS. Captain William J. Howard next brought Company B—which had been touted as a winner—on the field, and that it was the favorite was evidenced by the cheers arising from many throats. The feminine contingent almost unanimously showed their liking for the men under Capt. Howard. They were drilled to perfection, and every order was executed with a snap and vim which showed much careful training. They went through the program SUMMER RESORTS The Summer season is about here, will be lots of money spent this summer classes at resorts. The Colored American announcements of all hotels, cottages and entertain summer visitors. Send us you to spend a few weeks away from home rates will be. Our price for printing these per month. Terms in advance. Send you to spend. The Colored American will be institution. The Summer season is about here, and the good times are also here. There will be lots of money spent this summer by the intelligent and well to do classes at resorts. The Colored American with its usual enterprise solicits the announcements of all hotels, cottages and property holders who desire to entertain summer visitors. Send us your cards and rates that those who wish to spend a few weeks away from home may know where to go and what the rates will be. Our price for printing these cards for the season is $5.00 or $2.00 per month. Terms in advance. Send your cards and the amount you desire to spend. The Colored American will be sent free during the life of your advertisement. THE HOTEL This Hotel is situated on an elevation cent view for tea miles. At the base of wample opportunity to those fond of sailing WOODLAWN is on the Whitehorse Pike, seven miles fro side daily. The service at the Hotel is still large and airy with all modern conveniences 35 feet front and is surrounded with a best For terms, address MRS. CHAS. SMITH This Hotel is situated on an elevation which furnishes one with a magnificent view for tea miles. At the base of which is a wide sheet of water giving ample opportunity to those fond of sailing or fishing. WOODLAWN TERRACE. is on the Whitehorse Pike, seven miles from Camden. 25 trains stop at Lawnside daily. The service at the Hotel is strictly first class. The Bed Rooms are large and airy with all modern conveniences. The Hotel is three stories high, 35 feet front and is surrounded with a beautiful lawn and wide gravel walks. For terms, address MRS. CHAS. SMITH, Snow Hill, N.J. Will open Friday, June 1, 1900. in quick time, did their frings well, and executed the foot movements and manual of arms in fine style. They were given a lusty yell as they marched off. While the judges were in the rear considering their marks, Hoffman's Band came upon the field and started some lively music. Maj. Leon Turner formed the battalion in the rear of the grand stand and marched it on, taking position in the field, where he put the three companies through a drill. This required but a little time, and at its completion the judges took station with Maj. Brooks just besides Maj. Turner, and detailed Adj. M. T. Dean to notify the winning company. The crowd in the grand stand was anxious for a few moments, but when Capt. Howard was notified they shouted wildly, while even the cadets in the winning company danced with joy. The company was quickly brought forward, where Maj. Ourand, chairman of the board of judges, pinned two badges on the captain. One was the large "teachers' medal," which is contested for each year, while the other is a smaller gold medal, which becomes the personal property of the winning captain. On it is engraved "High School Battalion, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh Divisions, May 28, 1900." On the breast of each of the other members of the company Captains Hodges and Edwards pinned a blue ribbon, denoting the prize company. After receiving the congratulations of the judges and others, Capt. Howard marched his men back to their position, and Maj. Turner passed the battalion in review before the judges and other invited guests. Lieut, Kenney, with a squad of police, was present to preserve order, but it was all they could do to keep off the boys who wanted to gather the empty cartridges. After leaving the park the battalion, headed by a squad of mounted officers, under Sergt. Matthews, and a brass band, marched to the school on M street, near New Jersey avenue, where the companies were dismissed. SUMMER RESORTS. ATLANTIC CITY. FITZGERALD'S AUDITORIUM. Open all the year. Suitable for conventions receptions, balls, concerts and theatrical entertainments. Choice wines. Liquors and cigars. Attached the finest billiard room in the city. The Auditorium Cafe attached is strictly first class. Special attention given collation parties, weddings, receptions, etc. B, G. Fitzgerald, proprietor. 30 and 32 North Kentucky avenue. Atlantic City. N. J. 31 N. Ohio Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. Excells any in the city. All modern improvements. Two squares from the Reading Railroad depot. Two squares from the beach. I kindly thank my old as well as new patrons for their liberal patronage and hope for a continuance of the same. Mrs, J. F. Debity, proprietress. THE NEW HOUSE DEBITY COTTAGE. ere, and the good times are also here. There summer by the intelligent; and well to do american with its usual enterprise solicits the rates and property holders who desire to pay your cards and rates that those who wish come may know where to go and what these cards for the season is $5.00 or $2.00 and your cards and the amount you desire to be sent free during the life of your adver HOTEL WOODLAWN TERRACE. Lawnside. N.J. lon which furnishes one with a magnific of which is a wide sheet of water giving cling or fishing. WN TERRACE. Is from Camden. 25 trains stop at Lawn- strietly first class. The Bed Rooms are enclosures. The Hotel is three stories high, beautiful lawn and wide gravel walks. WITH, Snow Hill, N.J. ). THE HUB HOTEL CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS, J. C. SMALLWOOD, Proprietor. 15 N. Illinois Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. MANHATTAN INN. 17 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. THOMAS COLE, Proprietor. Choice wines, Liquors and Cigars. CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. HARRIS' HOTEL GEORGE H. HARRIS, PROPRIETOR, 1139 Baltic Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. Meals Served at all Hours. Madre's Park for the season. On the Bokington Street Railway. Twenty minutes ride from the city. A delightful trip, good cool water. A splendid dancing pavilion and all conveniences for picnics and private parties. Terms within the reach of all. The electric cars are now running and the park an be reached for one fare. Address M. Madre, Madre's Park, Eckington, D. C. HOIEL HENDERSON—120 N Mississippi ave., Atlantic City, N. J., two squares from Reading depot; three minutes walk to Bathing Beach. Special rates for families and permanent boarders. The hotel has been newly papered and has 32 neatly fitted up sleeping rooms. Terms moderate. European and American plan. Henderson and Murray, prop's. THE ELITE-6248. Washington street; Alexandria, Va., Ice cream, confectionery, soda water and milk shakes, all flayers. Lunches and sandwiches. Cool, exclusive, up to date. The only first class pleasure resort in the city. When in Alexandria call on us. Opens May 15th. W. F. Hammond, proprietor. CATLETTS, VA.—Summer Boarders: Parties desiring first class accommodations for the summer season will find it to their advantage to spend their vacation at Catletts Fauquier county, Va. Forty-eight miles from this city, there are three accommodation trains to the city per day. The house is situated about ¼ mile above the village. Board furnished for $12.00 per month, $4.00 per week, or 75 cents per day. Healthy climate, excellent board and comfortable rooms. Apply with stamp to Mrs. Kate McGuire, Catletts, Fauquier Co., Va. HOTEL SHEPHARDS HILL Open for the Season on June 1st. Beautifully situated near the Potomac River, on St. Patrick's Creek. Cool Rooms, Bathing, Boating, Fishing and Crabbing. For terms address Wm. D. Bond, Colton's Point, St. Mary's county Maryland, THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. O. --- ANELOQUENT MISSIONARY Rev. Charles S. Morris Electrifies a Southern Baptist Convention by His Pyrotechnic Description of Missionary Work in the Dark Continent The Southern Baptist Convention composed entirely of white people have just closed an interesting session at Hot Springs, Ark. This Convention was addressed on the night of the 14th of May by Rev. C. S. Morris who has recently returned from Africa. Rev. Morris' old home is in Louisville. We have known him for years. His mother lives in Louisville, and he is a promising man of the race. His speech before the Baptists stirred them greatly. The Associated Press at Hot Springs, sent out the following description of his appearance before that Convention: "Another Booker T. Washington appeared at the last moment of the Southern Baptist Convention last evening. He was Rev. Charles S. Morris, a young man of brown skin, and with eloquence that thrilled the big assem blage. He is in missionary work on the dark continent. But a dozen other missionaries had just told of their labors, and, while the convention listened with great interest, it remained for the Negro to stir the great gathering to tumultous enthusiasm, when, with splendid eloquence, he told his hearers that "Carey was not the first modern missionary, but the pioneers were the godly women who took charge of the slaves when they landed in old Virginia and taught them the gospel. The thousands in the audience overwhelmed him with their applause. It was some time before ex-Gov. Northen, the President, could obtain silence. "Brethren," said he, "I am in sympathy with your applause, but its against the law." The crowd saw the smile on his grizzled face and broke forth into fresh applause. Crowd pressed forward and struggled to get near enough to throw money on the plat from. Several hundred dollars in silver and notes were at Morris' stand. He said not to give money to him but to turn it over to the Treasurer and have it used to send messengers throughout the South to arouse the colored people to co operation in the mission work in Africa. The outpouring of money was so spontaneous that, even after the eloquent black orator had refused it, it was flung at his feet. There have been several great speeches and two other remarkable scenes during the four days of this gathering of Baptists of the South, but the speech of the African missionary and the incidents attending it formed the climax of a highly enthusiastic convention. The Christian Index. The True Ideal of Negro Education. Hampton does not intend to make a white man out of a Negro, but its aim rather is to help him to be himself in the very best sense. The so called "educated Negro" is sometimes a pathetic specimen of unhappiness and discontent. But the educated young Negro of the Hampton type is more, rather than less, of a negro than ever. He loves his race, and wants nothing better than the splendid chance he finds today in the United States to work with and for his people. He sees the true drifts of things, and declines either to be despondent or defiant. While he must see that the people of his race have to undergo some hardships and some injustice, he also sees that the white people of the South are in the main the Negro's friends and well- wishers; and he is taught at Hampton that since the war the white people of the South have paid out in taxes for the support of the Negro schools something like $60,000,000. It is the concern of the Hampton Negro and those whom he represents to see that the colored teachers are provived who shall know exactly how to secure good results from the money that continues thus to be expended.—(From "Learning by Doing at Hampton," by Albert Shaw, in the American Monthly Review of Reviews for April. "THE BRIGHT SIDE." Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Addresses an Agricultural and Mechanical College in North Carolina. Mr. H. C. Tyson of the Post Office Department and who is a trustee of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Greensboro, N. C., has just returned to the city after having spent a pleasant week as a guest of the college and to witness the commencement exercises of that prosperous institution. He gives a glowing account not only of the progress made by the school but of the great reception and ovation given Mrs Mary Mary Church Terrell and her most eloquent speech on commencement day. Among other things he said: "She spoke on "The Bright Side" and spoke for an hour, without notes, amid frequent bursts of applause for the manner in which she presented the subject to her hearers. She is a forcible speaker, and presents her views with ease and grace. The race has an ab'e representative in her wherever she appears. When she had finished her address in our defense, she was surrounded by hundreds who were eager to shower congratulations and praise upon her in cheering words of encouragement." Rev. Walter H. Brooks returned this week from Chicago, Ill., where he went as a delegate to the convention of the Anti Saloon League. General Henry Forrest, the star porter of the Pennsylvania service had his left hand severely cut recently by the sudden bursting of bottle of Appellinaris. He remains on duty though somewhat inconvenienced by the accident. The de Lam Orton Famous French Perfection Tailor System Academy MME J. A. SMALLWOOD, Sole Agent 1513Madison St. Northwest. 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Inspector to carry 1,000 passengers: WHICH IS OWNED BY The Notley Hall Independent Steamboat Co., To Run to Notley Hall, Lower Cedar Point and Other points on the Potomac RIVER QUEEN With its Large Dancing Pavilion, and other Attractions, has been Improved by an ELECTRIC PLANT to Light up the Grounds and other improvements and attractions will be added so as to make Notley Hall one of The Best Excursion Resorts on the Potomac River! FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO --- --- 1 5 DROPS [TRADE-MARK.] Books are nowopen for Charters. There are always choice dates to be had by applying early. 709 9th St. n. w. 407 14th St. n w. Telephone 152 1900 154 EAST CAPITOL STREET, OF STEAMER RIVER QUEEN: 6TH WHARF Sergt. William Harvey Carney's Bravery Recognized by the War Department. On Saturday, July 18, 1863, nearly 37 years ago, the assault upon Fort Wagner, S. C. was made; the result is history. Among the many conspicuous acts of personal valor none stands out in bolder relief than that of Sergeant W. H. Carney, Co. C, 54th Mass. Vols. When the Color Sergeant fell, he threw away his rifle, siezed the colors and dashed forward in the face of the storm of shot and shell, until he reached the top of the parapet into which he drove the staff of the flag and lay down behind it, and for nearly an hour held SERGT. W. H. CARNEY. it there until at length he found that he was the only one remaining, all others being shot or driven back. Not being willing to surrender himself or the flag, he pulled up the staff and made a break for the reserve lines, and although wounded in three places before reaching there he, succeeded. The officers at that part of the line wished to relieve him of the colors and send him at once for his much needed medical attention, but he positively refused to give up the flag to any one not a member of his regiment, so they placed him in an ambulance and drove to J. C. MR. LEWIS H. DOUGLASS. where the remnants of his gallant comrades had rallied; to them he gave up the flag, and when they cheered his brave deed to the echo, simply said: "Boys, I only did my duty. The old flag never touched the ground." And then allowed them to take him to the hospital. His conduct was noted in orders, and reported to the governor of the state. Gen. Gilmore, in command of the U. S. forces, gave him a medal of honor; but by some oversight no report was made to the War Department calling attention to the matter and there it rested. In connection with the Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition, Mr. Thomas J. Calloway conceived the idea of making a collection of photographs of colored men who had received medals of honor from the Congress of the United States, and requested an old soldier, at present connected with the War Department to take charge of the matter, which he did and succeeded in collecting after infinite painstaking, the portraits of sixteen (16) living and dead heroes, and the group is now a part of the exhibit. It was during this search that the gentleman in charge found to his great surprise that no medal from Congress had been issued to Sergt. Carney, and after corresponding with the gallant sergeant, took up the case personally, searched for and found the necessary evidence to establish the claim, put it in proper form, and submitted it to the Secretary of War for action. It is needless to say that the action was favorable, and now at all subsequent encampments, re-unions and other official functions, the bronze star with its broad striped ribbon will be conspicuous on the broad chest of the brave hero Sergt. William H. Carney. This gentleman is also authority for another statement that may be of interest to Washingtonians. Lewis H. Douglass, so well known to our citizens was sergeant major of the 54th Mass. Infantry, and was also present and participated in the fight on this occasion. And when the line where he was shook, and shrank under the terrible fire, Douglass sprang up on the parapet shouting, "Come on boys, we are on review today before Governor Andrew," and the line rallied and followed him with a cheer. "Ha'l them as heroes tried. "Shut the Negro out of your primaries and you have solved the Negro question," is the opening statement of a most nonsensical proposition enunciated by one Henry Standish, of Tennessee. "We democrats," said he, "do not allow a republican to vote at a democratic primary. The Negro is considered a republican voter. He can be legally shut out of the republican primary, if the republican party would just set him down as a democratic voter. There is nothing to prevent him being shut out of their primaries. If he is thrown out of the primaries of both parties, what chance will he have to vote? The democrats of the South hold the white voter because the Negro is considered a republican. It is by shutting them out of the primaries and force them to vote the republican ticket that this condition is made possible. The republicans haven't awakened to the fact that they can unload the Negro, and by thus getting rid of that incubus, stand a chance of dividing the white vote of the South on economic issues. When they do, the Negro will probably be looking for a party." Mrs. Terrell in the South Mrs. Mary Church Terrell left Sunday night for Greensboro, N. C., to deliver the annual address to the faculty and students of the A. and M. College at that place of which Prof. J. B. Dudley is president. Mrs. Terrell has been attending the A. M. E. General Conference at Columbus, O., and was not in good health, but faithful to her promise she determined to go South at any risk. It is useless to say that her reception was a royal one, and she acquitted herself with the distinction that marks every effort she undertakes. Mrs. Terrell takes the lecture field this summer under the auspices of a leading lyceum bureau. The terms offered are very flattering. To the good thinking people of Washington, if you are thinking of given a party don't forget to consult the Delmo Koonce. THE STATUS OF NEGRO. Speakers of Prominence Address Meeting Called for Thursday-Planning for the Future- A conference of the colored citizens of the District was held on Thursday morning in Carroll Hall, G street between Ninth and Tenth streets northwest, for the purpose of discussing the social, political, moral, education and industrial status of the Negro in this country. There were three sessions. The morning session was opened at 10 o'clock with addresses by former senator John P. Green, of Ohio, and Mr. Thomas H. R Clarke. The afternoon session, beginning at 2 o'clock, was addressed by former Senator Henry W, Blair, of New Hampshire; Dr. J E. Jones, Mr. Judson W. Lyons, Mr. H. P. Cheatham, and Mr. W. Calvin Chase. A public meeting was held in the evening, on which occasion Senator William E. Chandler, Congressman H. R. Gibson, of Tennessee; Senator William E Mason, of Illinois, and Attorney Thomas L. Jones, of the District bar, made brief remarks. A New Race Poet. 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We brew from sterilized water and choice hops and malt. We have one of the most skillful brewmasters in the county. Visit our plant and insist on us proving our assertions. We will be glad to show all. ABE KING. Sec'y and Treas. E. L. JORDAN, Pres and Gen'l Mgr. The Gem of the Antilles Everybody who wishes to better their condition will find that Cuba offers the best opportunities upon this hemisphere. If you have not less than ($400 four hundred dollars and interested, see for necessary blanks and enclose (80cts.) thirty cents in United States postage stamps, to R. M. R. Nelson 26 C Barraconne St., Santiago de Cuba, J. E. Bruce, (Bruce Grit) 11 Congress Street Albany N. Y., or E. E. Cooper, The Colored American, Washington, D. C. Sugar offers an opportunity to make $5000 per annum, for eight years, after two years hard labor. Capital Savings -Bank- 609 F St. N. W., Washington, D. C Capital $50,000. Hon. Jno. R. Lynch, President. L. C. Bailey, Treasurer. J. A. Johnson, Secretary. D. B. McCary, Cashier. Directors: Jno. R. Lynch, Dr. W. S. Lotton, Whitefield McKinlay, I C. Bailey, Robt. H. Terrell, W. S. Montgomery, Wyatt Archer, John A. Pierre, Henry E. Baker, James Storum, J. A. Johnson, Dr. A. W. Tancil, Howard H Williams. Deposits received from 10 cents upward. Interest allowed on $5.00 and above. Collections meet with prompt attention. A general exchange and banking business done. Bank open from 9 a.m. to 4:30pm --- The Colored American Published by THE COLORED AMERICAN Publihing Company. A NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER Published every Saturday at 459 C St. N. W Washington, D. C. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year $2.00 Six months 1.10 Three months .60 INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Subscriptions may be sent by postoffice money order, express or by registered letter. All communications for publication should be accompanied with the name of the writer not necessarily for publication, but as a guar- antee of good faith. We solicit news, contributions, opinions and in fact, all matters affecting the race. We will not pay for matter, however, unless it is ordered by us. All matter intended for publication must reach this office by Wednesday of each week to insure insertion in the current issue Agents are wanted everywhere. Send or instructions. ADVERTISING RATES. Reading notices 50 cents per line. Display advertisements, $2 per square inch per insertion. Discounts made on large contracts. Entered at the Post-office as second-class matter. All letters, communications, and business matters should be addressed to THE COLORED AMERICAN, EDWARD E. COOPER, MANAGER 459 C Street Northwest. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, JUNE, 2, 1900. RECORDER CHEATHAM AS A LEADER. One of the very best and purest men in public life today is Henry Plummer Cheatham, our Recorder of Deeds. He is a man of ability, high character, and is a real leader, called to the premiership by a thoughtful and judicious constituency. North Carolina made no mistake when she sent him to represent her in the National Congress, and President McKinley showed the broadest wisdom in tendering him the position of Recorder of Deeds. This office, which has been capably administered by such race giants as Frederick Douglass, Blanche K. Bruce and James C. Matthews, has suffered no depreciation by his system of management. On the contrary, he has made many improvements, both in methods and personnel, and it is not too much to say that the office was never before in such excellent condition as the year of our Lord 1900 finds it. During Mr. Cheatham's incumbency, the book-typewriter has been successfully introduced, with the result that the records are more legible, more durable and occupy less space than was the case when "long hand" was used altogether. He has given employment to many Negroes, yet has so parcelled out his patronage, here and there, that the lynx-eyed critic has been unable to charge him with having "Negro-ized" the office. Mr. Cheatham is unquestionably a power in the politics of North Carolina. There is a disposition in some quarters (inspired more than likely by jealousy or failure to comprehend his breadth of vision) to asperse his action a few days ago in withdrawing from the race for delegate-at-large to the republican national convention. The Colored American is frank to say that the man is wise indeed who can at this distance from the scene of action, decide what is best to be done, or who knows better than Mr. Cheatham what course should be pursued to yield the most beneficial and lasting results. Mr. Cheatham was not defeated. He could have been elected. While certain con THE COLORED AMERICAN. WASHINGTON, D. C. ditions are ripening, it was deemed expedient that a solid white delegation be chosen. Mr. Cheatham sacrificed personal ambition for the good of the party and for the ultimate good of the race—as the outcome of the present crisis will eventually show. Mr. Cheatham understands the case in hand, and acted from a clear and immediate view of all the points at issue. We who are out of harm's way, with comparatively nothing at stake, should keep hands off, and leave the settlement of the North Carolina problem to Mr. Cheatham and the other far-sighted helmsmen at the wheel with him. Quay is still "in it." Extravagance is the Negro's beset ting sin. No Negro is concerned in the Cuban rascality. At least until further notice, it is Governor Beckham, of Kentucky. A new deal is wanted in the civil service regulations, which fail to regulate. The Indiana man as a fat-fryer is giving the Ohio man a run for his money. The professional political mendicant should be frosted early in the game this year. The Negro is not unreasonable in expecting three out of the seven members of the Board of Education. Let us have only men of character, intelligence, independence and lofty public spirit upon the new Board of Education. Commissioner Macfarland exhibits great wisdom in moving slowly in matters connected with the local educational issues. The sooner the Negro masses get out of the congested cities, and go to the country and progressive towns, the better it will be for them. Booker T. Washington urges wisely when he pedals hard upon his admonition: "Young colored man, get a bank account!" The mutability of fortune is shown by the fact that the mortal we congratulate today we are called upon to sympathize with tomorrow. In all discussions as to the material advantages of the higher or industrial training, the easiest settlement is a direct appeal to the natural law. What would 10,000,000 of white people do, were they persecuted, outraged and discriminated against as Negroes are? Only the ashes of great cities would be left to reply! We invite the attention of such thriving communities as Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, St. Paul, Omaha and Seattle to the assinine boast of a few self appointed censors that suffrageless Washington is the best governed city in the United States. If the people cannot be trusted to govern themselves —haven't sense enough to know what they want—wisdom would prompt all of our great municipalities to withdraw the suffrage, and pass under the control of a select junta, whe, like the --- local rulers, have secured a corner on all the available judgment, discretion and knowledge. The man who can write his check for amounts up in the four figures is generally addressed as "Mr." by everybody who is aware of his standing at the bank. With Senator Fairbanks on the national ticket for vice-president, Indiana would give McKinley 50,000 majority as easy as falling off the log The Negro who contends for what is his under the Constitution and the laws, is, in the eyes of certain Caucasian journals, a dangerous citizen, bent upon stirring up "race feeling," and a menace to the peace and social order of a community. The colored people are not a bit excited over the Porto Rican tariff What we want is our right to live in security on the American domain, and the right to work at whatever calling our talents fit us to engage in. The success of the Booker T. Washington meeting conclusively demonstrated that we have at least 2,000 citizens who would rather listen to wise words from a wise leader than to follow parades, brass bands and fireworks. We believe we speak for nineteenths of the intelligent colored people of the District of Columbia, when we suggest the retention of Rev. Sterling N. Brown as a member of the Board of Education. He is capable, public spirited and clean-handed. The recent papers by Recorder H. P. Cheatham and Prof. W. H. H. Hart upon "Industry" and "Agriculture" respectively, are pronounced by critics and authorities to be the best productions on those subjects ever heard before a local literary association. Both were full of ripe thought and abounded in sound advice. Religious conferences do not treat the Negro with much more consideration than do political conventions, when white people are running them. At the great Methodist conclave at Chicago, Dr. Bowen showed up like a winner in the index, but was out of the race for Bishop before the quarter post was reached. There is no one system of education that will satisfy the wants of the Negro race, and there is no species of education that some Negro cannot utilize to advantage. Moral: The individual should select that to which he is best adapted by nature, or which environment makes most essential to his material well-being. A comparison that is odious: Director of Posts Rathbone steals or permits to be stolen, thousands of dollars of postal revenues in Cuba. He is merely superseded in office. A Negro tries to work in a Georgia factory, to earn an honorable livelihood. He is lynched by his fellow citizens, and the state and national governments pass over the episode in silence and indifference. --- Suffrage for the District of Columbia is the only way out. Let us have qualified suffrage, if it please the powers. Restrict the ballot to those who have reached a proper educational standard or who have acquired a little property, if need be. But at any rate, suffrage is the only way out for the voiceless political eunuchs wwo have no home, except the District of Columbia. If any branch of the government service more than another should rigidly insist upon perfect honesty of administration from top to bottom, that branch is the postal service. Our money, our health, our business interests and moral development are all at its mercy. No suspicious character should be tolerated within an arm's length of the mails. THE SIDNEY WOODWARD CONCERT A Grand Musical and Literary Enterment at the Shiloh Baptist Church Paul Lawrence Dunbar to Read. Among the many musical and literary treats in store for the music loving people of Washington is the grand Sidney Woodward Concert which will take place at the Shiloh Baptist church, Monday Evening, June 11th. The pro- J. MR. WINSTON PAYNE gram is an interesting one and contains just enough spice and variety to make it a drawing card. The concert is under the direct management of Mr. Winston Payne, Washington's popular tenor. This is Mr. Payne's first attempt at managing a concert although he has for the past few years given his services to every public movement and has helped at all the different musical entertainments. He has a host of friends who are assisting him to make this, his maiden effort, a success in every way. Already assurances are given for a large attendance. Mr. Sidney Woodward who has just returned from a trip abroad is the greatest tenor the race has produced and is considered by many the greatest tenor living. Mr. Paul Lawrence Dunbar needs no introduction to a Washington audience. The program is as follows, and will be carried out to the letter: Mr. Paul Lawrence Dunbar, poet, who will make his first appearance after a journey in the Rocky Mountains. Mrs. Lulu Joy Brooks, soprano. Mr. Joseph Douglass, violinist. Prof. J. T. Layton, basso. Mr. Winston Payne, tenor. The Washington Star Quartette. Mr. Woodward will be a sisted by a chorus of sixty voicas with Prof. J. T. Layton as director. Come early to avoid the rush. The convert begins at 8 o'clock. Tickets can be obained from the Manager and Trustees of the church. Rev J. A Taylor, pastor. Mr. Winston D. Payne, manager, Miss Jennette Taylor, and Prof. Braxton, accompanists. Admission 25 cents. The public is cordially invited. CONFERENCE ADJOURNS. A. M. E. Boards for the next Quadrennium—All Efforts to Increase Officers and Salaries Were Blocked—Closing Features. Columbus, Ohio, Special——The A. M. E. general conference adjourned at noon, the closing session being one of the liveliest of the conference. One of the most important features J. REV. M. M MOORE, D. D. Newly Elected Bishop. was the announcement of the following quadrennial boards: Publication board—Chairman, Bishop Derrick; first district, W. H. Giles; second, J. H. Callett; third, J. M. Gilmere; fourth, R. C. Ransom; fifth, F. J. McLonald, North Missouri conference; sixth, W. O P. Shurman; seventh, N. L. Edmonson; eighth, P. H Fisher; ninth, J. A. Jones; tenth, J. P. Howard, eleventh, J. L. Moore; twelfth, J. C. Morley; thirteenth, J. H. Martin; fourteenth. Missionary board - Chairman, Bishop Handy; first district, W. H. Thomas; second, E. H. Bolden; third, J. H. Jones; fourth, R. F. Hurley; fifth, M. S. Bryant, North Missouri conference; sixth, J. A. Lindsey; seventh, L. Gardner; eighth, P. W. Walle; ninth, J. W. Frazier; tenth, E. T. Cotuman; eleventh, R. S. Quarterman; twelfth, A. Kersay; thirteenth, P. A, King; fourteenth, J. Z. Tantai. Financial board—Chairman, Bishop Arnett; first district, J. M. Henderson; second, John Hurst; third, Charles Bundy; fourth, N. J. McCracken; fifth, George H Shaffer; sixth, J. S Flipper; seventh, L R Nichols; eighth, E. W. Lampton; ninth, J. M. Turner; tenth, A. G. Scott; eleventh, A. J Kershaw; twelfth, G. A G. Dorce; thirteenth John Webb; fourteenth, M, M. Mokone. Educational board—Chairman Bishop Les; first district, J. P. Sampson; sec REV. EVANS TYREE, D. D., Newly Elected Bishop ond, George W. Nicholson; third, S. T. Mitchell; fourth, A. L. Murray; fifth, W. T. Vernon, of Missouri; sixth, W. D. Johnson, Sr.; seventh, E. H. Colt; eighth, P. W. Wade; ninth, B. A. J. Nixon; tenth, E. D. Winn; eleventh; D W. Geillislee; twelfth, R. H. Shirley; thirteenth, A. M. Green; fourteenth— Sunday School Union—Chairman, Bishop Turner, first district, N. D. Temple; second, D. G. Hill; third, W. G. Johnson, of northern Ohio; fourth, Georgie W. Galnes; fifth, W. B. Brooks of Kansas; sixth, F. F. Body; seventh, O. P. Nelson; eighth, W. H. Jones; ninth, A. J. Davis; tenth, J. W. Rankin; eleventh, S. William; twelfth, A. W. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. E. Hackley; thirteenth, John D. Haynes; fourteenth, . . . Southern Christian Recorder—Chairman, Bishop Salter, first district, W. Davis; Second, A. Strand; Third, D. F. Callinan; Fourth, Timothy Reeves; Fifth, W. B. White, of Missouri; Sixth, G. C. Cargile; seventh, A. W. Atwater, Eighth, E. R. Carter; Ninth, R. A. Hill; Tenth, J. E. Edwards; Eleventh, B. W. Wiley; Twelfth, J. P. James; Thirteenth, P. W. Williams; Fourteenth. Church extension board—Chairman, Bishop Grant; First district, D. P. Roberts; Second. A. L. Gaines; Third, D. S. Dentley; Fourth, A. J. Burton; Fifth, A. M. Ward, of Kansas; Sixth, Allen Cooper; Seventh, F. G. Dandy; Eighth, [Illustration of a man in a suit with a large beard and a mustache.] REV. C. T. SHAFFER, M. D., D, D. Newly Elected Bishop. REV. C. T. SHAFFER, M. D., D, D. Newly Elected Bishop. O. W. Childs; Ninth, G. H. Burks; Tenth, T C. Denham; Eleventh, J. W. Dukes; Twelfth L. Pieros; Thirteenth, A. M. Green; Fourteenth, Willian H. Gow. Historical and Literary society—Chairman, Bishop Tanner; First district, H. H Pinckney; Second, J. W. Beckett; Third, W. S. Scarborough; Fourth, Sandy Simmons; Fifth, G. E. Bailey, of Puget Sound; Sixth, J. A. Davis; Seventh, J. N. Fitzpatrick; Eighth J. M. Conner; Ninth, S. R. Reid; Tenth, W. B. Roberts; Eleventh, F Lavette; Twelfth' W. T. Artes; Thirteenth, Frank Wistheimer; Fourteenth, Allen Christian Endeavor board—Chairman, Bishop Shaffer; First district, W. D. Cook; Second, W. F Freeman; Third, H Y. Arnett; Fourth, Charles S. Smith; Fifth, S. W. Byrd, of Color de; Sixth, W G. Alexander; J. B. REV. L. J. COPPIN, D. D. Newly Elected Bishop. Seventh, S. L. Winns; Eighth, W. A. J. Phillips; Ninth, J. W. Pickett; Tenth, J. W. Watson; Eleventh, T. Moorer, Twelfth, Reuben Sealey; Thirteenth, H. M. Strady; Fourteenth. Board of directors twentieth century fund - Chairman, Bishop Gaines; First district, J. W. L. Rountree; Second James Dean; Third, G. G. Skinner; Fourth, Morris Lewis; Fifth, J. W. Sexton, of North Missouri; Sixth R. D. Stimeon; Seventh, J. H. Weloh; Eighth, T. H. Jackson; Ninth, A. H. Ross; Teenth, M. D. Brookens; Eleventh, Thos Loud; Twelfth, Thos. Henderson; Thirteenth, L. C. Curus; Fourteenth, — Preachers and society—Chairman, Bishop Moore; First district, T. E. Frnuklin; Second, D. P. Seaton; Third G. W. Maxwell; Fourth, T. E. Wilson; Fifth, S. J. Brown, of Puget Sound; Sixth, W. A. Fountain; Seventh, R. E. Wall; Eighth, J. W. Watson; Ninth, T. B. Caldwell; Tenth, P. C. Hunt; GIRLHOOD, WOMANHOOD AND MOTHERHOOD Are Renovated, Regulated and Restored by the Pelvic Catarrh Remedy Pe-ru-na. [Portrait of a man with glasses and wavy hair, set against a grid background. The man is wearing a dark shirt with a ruffled collar.] Mrs. E. C. Everly. 505 Diamond Street Philadelphia, Pa., says: "I feel well, never felt better; thanks for your attention and Pe-ru-na. I will be glad to do all I can in the way of advancing the sale of your valuable medicine. I do think Pe-ru-na the best medicine I have tried at any time. Since I began taking Pe-ru-na we have never been without it." 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Dr. John Pearson, field agent of the American Bible society, brought greetings form the M E conference in Chicago. The sum of $50 was appropriated for a life representative of the A. M. E. B. M. WOODSALL CHARLES SPENCER SMITH. Newly Elected Bishop. church on the board of control of the American Bible society. The educational bill now before congress was indorsed. A resolution providing for the incorportion of the A.M. E. church in all foreign fands where it is working, was adopted unanimously. The former action making stew and invigorates. It is a panacea for all irregularities of her monthly periods. It is a constant friend to the expectant mother; a never-failing stand-by to the nursing mother, both for herself and for her child, and finally when the change of life comes on, no medicine on earth is of equal efficacy to the woman in this critical period. Surely Pe-ru-na is the woman's friend." That catarrh has any relation to barrenness in women is surprising to many. It is one of the mysteries of catarrh. This insidious disease penetrates to every organ of the body. Mrs. L. M. Griffith, of Cambridge, Neb., says: "Your medicine did me a wonderful amount of good. It cured me of barrenness. I am thirty years old and had never borne any children, but since beginning your medicine I gave birth to a ten-pound baby A. girl. She is now six months old, and weighs twenty-five pounds. My friende were all surprised. Some would not believe it until they came to see me. My husband says he never saw such a change in anyone as there was in me after I had taken three or four bottles of Pe-ru-na. I am stronger than I have been since I was quite young. God bless you and your medicine forever." Address Dr. Hartman, Columbus, O for free catarrh took. ardesses voting members of quarterly conferences was reconsidered. They will be only honorary members. The report of the committee on the J. B. H. REV. W. D. CHAPPELLE, D. D., Elected Secretary of the Sunday School Union. state of the church was adopted, emphasizing the fact that the color line should not be drawn, but that the Negro should be allowed to progress in accordance with his social and economical efficiency. The episcopal committee decided that there was no ground for the charges against Bishop Handy, as preferred by the Norfolk conference. The book, "Dispensations in the History of the Church," by Bishop Tanner, was heartily commended for use in colleges. The presentation of resolutions was often accompanied by great confusion. The effort to increase the number of officers and to increase salaries was defeated by a blanket resolution by Dr. Leake, providing for no increases. Rev. G. H. Taylor, of Texas, was elected editor of the Southern Christian Recorder. A resolution was adopted (Continued on 12th page.) THE SUMMER SEASON IS ON. Captain L. J. Woollen, the manager of the River Queen, announces in another column to the public that the books are opened for excursions to Notley Hall, that popular summer resort, and that the River Queen has been repainted, refitted up in every way and new electric lights put in at the expense of five thousand dollars and is in better condition than ever to serve the public. The following dates have all been taken: June " 4, Belford Outing Club, " 5, Oceola Social Club, " 6, Junk Dealers' Business Men Club, " 7, to Cedar Point, " 10, Regular family excursion to Notley Hall, " 11, Crescent Social Club to Not ley Hall, June 12, Minutemen Club, " 13, F. W. Hedge and Dan Free- man Auxiliary Club. " 14, Hillsdale Business Men As sociation. " 18, The Keystone Pleasure Club, " 19, Odd Fellows, Georgetown, " 20, Lower Cedar Point, " 21, Young Men's Protective League. " 22, Young Men's Immediate Relief, " 25, Felix Lodge, Masons. " 26, La Tosca Social Club to Notley Hall, " 27, The Blooming Youth Social Club to Notley Hall, " 28, The Gay Hearts and Vondell Social Club to Lower Cedar Point, 29, The Epicurean Pleasure Club. " 2, Lafodonia Social Club to Notley Hall, " 3, The Masonic Fraternity to Notley Hall, " 4, The Ideal Working Club to Lower Cedar Point, " 9, The Old Folks Homestead Social Club to Lower Cedar Point, " 11, The Ten Americans Club to Notley Hall, " 13, 2nd Baptist church to Lower Cedar Point, " 16, The Boston House Porters Social Club to Notley Hall, " 17, Israel C. M. B. church to Notley Hall, " 18, Court No. 8, Daughters of Israel to Notley Hall, " 20, People's Congregational church to Lower Ceader Point, " 28, American Star Social Club to Notley Hall. " 24, N. E. Magnolia Social Club to Notley Hall. A list of the charters will be published in this paper from week to week so that the date of charters will be known. The Great Spring Medicine! 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Ae Ww We ZN \ A) N r i Veena WAYS WW RSs \\ *\ 3 Mp ; Sly ANA Loy ty ypiAN® Her remarks were timely and the club promises to take the matter up and push it toa success. I noticed among the prominent ladies present at this reception, Mrs. Dr. J. W. E Bowen, Mr, Dr. H. R Butler, Mrs. T. B. Kelly, Mrs. A. D. Carey, Mrs. Maj. 8. W. Easley, jr., Mre. W. F. McKinney, Mrs. Hodgers, Mra. H, J. White, Mrs. Giles of Spellman Seminery, Miss Josie E Holmes, Mrs. Prof. W. B. Matthews, Mrs. Nellie Cook Hamilton and others. Mrs. Hunton i* a great entertainer and a very pleasant and popular member of the woman’s club. Mrs. C. C. Wimbish at the head of the Jadies’ alumni of the Atlenta Uni- versity, arranged for a fice banquet and reception for the visiting gradu: (Gina bye ey WY ey Nee NS ~ & Ni) YS % Am BEY /| \ \ ee re NN \ ARENA AY \ VA Mrs.J WE. BOWEN ates of the “A, U.’? last Monday night the 28th inst, This wasa great event forthe old “A. U.”” Stone Hall and Ware Memorial Obapel were thronged with the finest gathering of people ever held any where, and the speeches and toasts were of the highest class, Mrs. Georgia Swift King was particularly happy in presenting the pictures of Prot, and Mrs, Chace to the alumni. Mra, Wimbish and the ladies with her deserve the thanks of the friends of the “A. U.’’ for this reception. = - Rey. L. B. Maxwell the field and in: terdenominational Sunday-scacel sec Jetary, preached the baccalaureate ser mon of the Atlante University last Sunday morning the 27th inst. Ite equal waa perhaps never delivered in that school. The hall coula not hol¢ the people who went to hear him. The Atlanta Baptist Coilege on las Thureday, conferred the degreeof A. M. upon Hon. Judson W. Lyons, Regieter of the Treasury. Mr. Lyons 1s an slumaus of this school. The school and people generally were much disap’ poimted when they received his tele: gram announcing that it was impossi‘ ble for him to be present. Rev. J. M. Henderson, D. D, presi: dent of Morris Brown College, preach: ed the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class of his school last Sun: day morning the 27th inst. The sermon was unusually strong. The doctor {a perhaps one of the strongest men in the A. M. E. Connection, He is cer- tainly one of the ableet preachers. Bethel’s congregation last Sunday morning was the Jargest it has had in many a day, the oceasion being to hear Dr. Henderson. Mi+s Josie B. Holmes, a teacher in Olark University and secretary of the woman's club, met with a very serious acoident oue day last week and as a Tesult she is almost unaole to walk. Mrs. A. F. Herndon of the Atlanta University, has been on the sick list fot some days, and this will perhaps delay her trip to Paris. There is some Cisappointment in Georgia because the state failed to re- ceive anything at the hands of the General Conference of the A. M. E. Church. This is not natural. Georgia |furnishts over three-eighths of the General Conference funds and has the -|sargest membership of any state in the || Connection. | Mz. H. J. White, one of Atlanta’s {most progressive businese men who _|conducts one of the largest and most _| successful tousorial parlors in the city, 3] will visit Washiogton, Philadelphia, Boston and other eastern cities during {the month of June. Mr. White is a _|Jarge-hearted man and a very liberal || citizen. Heis a regular subscriber to -| More than a halt dozen race journals, Prof. George 8. Chaires of Florida, [| has been in the city for a tew days vis: -jiting his brother Mr. R, O. Uhaires. ;| The professor is a graduate of the state ‘|college of Ficrida, and is one of the ‘| leading teachers of that state. He has served as Grand Lecturer for the Knights of Pythias for several years. His reputation as a natural born orator was verified while in this eity. He i called the Demosthenes of Florida. Prof. Chaires is a refined, learned, scholarly, Ubristian gentleman, and ts recognized as such in his state and wherever he goes. Mrs. Thurman spoke to one of the largest audiences last Sunday after- noon, at Allen Temple A, M. E Church, that the city has witnessed ix a lopg time. She was introduced bj Dr. A. A. Whitman the pastor, and the race’s great poet. People came from al _|parts of the city to hear this giftec | oman. The church choir under the t leadership of Prof. Alenzo Culbesror i rendered many rare selections of musi j | for the uecasion. z Isaac HuMPHREY. , —++ 2 + “The Patrol of the Boers’’ and Sou sa’s new marco‘ The Man behind the Gan” are new and sensational. Hear the famous dand render Loth at Hoff- man’s 2nd annual musical festival June 8. The prices for reserved seats now on Sale at musical bureau, 1180 15:h st, n.w., areas follows: orchestra, 75 cents; orchestra ¢ircle, 50 cents; dress circle, 35 cents; gallery, 25 cents. 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They are our friends and are giving employ- ment to hundreds of men and womem of the race. They publish the AFRO- AmerICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA COLLEGE or Lirr, Uxctn Toms Ossi, SP ABK- Linc Gems, LAMP oF WISBOM, oi., These books sell at sight. Agents are havingjagharvest, Write Quick for terms and Territery. The COLORED American Library of Congress NATIONAL ILEGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. 8 NO. 9. ISSUES OF THE HOUR ISSUES OF THE HOUR Prof. Dudley Offers a Key to the Solution of the Race Problem-The Subject Impartially Treated-Individual Merit and Success Factors in the Equation. [An address delivered before the Pethel Literary and Historical Association May 8th, 1900. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:—The Negro problem stated, the Negro problem solved, the Negro problem in all of its forms and phases has been discussed so often, so interestingly, and so exhaustively one might readily conclude that there is not enough left of the subject to hold continued interest or to engage further thought. But, coming from the great state of North Carolina, where since the famous revolution of 1898, the daily press has about excluded everything from its columns save "White Supremacy," and where the hustings have been kept resonant with the cry of "Negro Domination," you can easily understand why I cannot discuss with interest, the conditions of the habitants of the Fiji Islands, or the causes leading to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. You can easily understand why to my mind, the race problem in all of its varied forms and potential significance like Banquo's ghost will not down at my bidding. For the past two or three years, a great wave of opposition seems to have been gathering, and to be sweeping strength over this vast domain leaving in its wake a painfully surprising amount of indifference among the former friends of the Negro, and an unfortunate amount of dismay and despondency among the Negroes themselves. Instead of the dominant race, as it becomes more accustomed to the presence of Negro citizenship, accepting more freely the exercise of its privileges, we find the white men of the South increasing their opposition to the Negro as a voter, as a citizen, and as a laborer. South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana have recently disfranchised thousands of Negroes by constitutional discrimination in which North Carolina will soon follow suite. New York has had its raos not, Michigan has banished the Negro from some of its towns, while lynching in almost every section where Negroes are found in considerable numbers go on practically unchecked and undisturbed. In a conversation with one of the most prominent Negro ministers of North Carolina, whose duties requires of him extensive travel, I remarked that I had WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1900. Sraf A Popular and Unselfish Leader in Ohio Politics. Ex-Member of the Republican State Central Committee of Ohio and Alternate Deleg ate to the Philadelphia Convention. strong hopes for the future of my race. I can never forget the sad and dejected air with which he shook his head and replied "that a Negro must have large faith and great courage to entertain hope amid such unfavorab'e and depressing environments." In my native state, discouragement is plainly written upon the brow of thousands of thoughtful Negroes, while their wholesale annual emigration from the land they love, the breaking up of homes which they have spent years in securing, the ruthless scattering of life-long friends, the cutting asunder of the dearest earthly ties painfully attest the depths of their feelings, and more eloquently than words, portray the sufferings of their anguished and grief stricken hearts. Why is it that gloom and sorrow have so largely displaced the natural buoyancy of a race so little accustomed to melancholy? What can we do to strengthen our hold upon the great heart of the American people, and to bring us more in touch with their aims and aspirations, to give us a larger share of their friendship and to com- (Continued on third page.) Orange Blossoms. A very pretty and impressive marriage took place on Wednesday evening, May 23, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. George Bradley, 1319 W street when their daughter, Stella, was united in holy matrimony to Mr. Albert Poole by the Rev. Robert Johnson, pastor of Metropolitan Baptist church. The bride was handsomely gowned in lansdowne, trimmed with pearls and point lace, wearing a long tulle veil and carrying a very lovely bouquet of tea roses. She entered the parlor on her father's arm to the music of Mendelsohn's Wedding March played by Mr. Edward Howard. The maid of honor was Miss Julia Hardy, who was also very prettily attired; while the best man was Mr. Aloysius Adams. The ushers were Mesers. G. Washington Brooks and Ferdinand Bradley. The presents were very numerous and some exceedingly handsome and expensive. After a few weeks Mr. and Mrs. Poole will spend some considerable time in Chicago, Ill. PRICE FIVE CENTS PRIZE TO COMPANY B Throngs Cheered the Winners-Students of Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Divisions Compete for Medals and Ribbons An Enthusiastic Audience. Following the example set by Company B of the High School Cadet Regiment last week in carrying off prize honors, Company B of the Washington High School Cadets, colored, of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh divisions, won the prize medal and ribbons in the competitive drill of the battalion held at National Baseball Park. Monday afternoon. Flags and ribbons were in evidence everywhere, and the other students and their friends were most enthusiastic in their interest in the affair. Prof. R. H. Terrell, principal of the school, issued 10,000 tickets for the occasion, and from the crowd which filled both grand stand and bleachers it looked as though half as many again were present. All three companies which competed hailed from the same school, although each had its little band of followers. Commissioner H. B. F. Macfarland and Gen. George H. Harries were present during a part of the drill, Hons. J. W. Lyons, J. H. Deveaux, J. Milton Truner, W. A. Piedger, Col. Henry Johnson, Messis. Wyatt Archer, E. B. Cooper, E. R. Bagby, Dr. Charles Harrison, Rev. S. N. Brown, Dr. G. F. Richardson and Mrs. B. G. Francis, of the board of school trustees; Maj. Arthur Brooks, District of Columbia National Guard, military instructor of the cadets, and many of the school teachers of the colored schools were also present. Capt. Edith Wright, with a girls' battalion consisting of girls who assisted in defraying the expenses of the drill, occupied conspicuous seats in the grand stand. COMPANY A CAME FIRST. At 4:30 o'clock Maj. Charles H. Ourand, inspector general District of Columbia militia; Captain E. C. Edwards, Company A. Second Battalion, and Capt. W. S. Hodges, Company D, Fourth Battalion, took their position in front of the stand, and immediately thereafter Capt. Allen N. Levy marched on Company A. The students were given a hearty reception and put up a good drill. Capt. Levy, as well as other company commanders, did not carry a programme of the movements. It is rather a hard matter to remember an entire drill consisting of ninety-five numbers, and Capt. Levy left out four. This happened after the volley firing, (Continued on fifth page.) 7 rea } es R 3 Se ae pe Oe % & 3 4 J ee ee HON. GEORGE A. MYERS, Alternate Delegate-at-large to the National Republican Convention at Philadelphia. with a race held in slavery, living in the midet of all the orusning influences which human prejudice and caste could heap upon him, George A. Meyers, though only forty-one years of age, bas risen to a station and influence in the counsels of the nation, unparalleled in biographical annals. Harriet Beecher Stowe, speaking of Frederick Douglass sald: ‘Frederick Douglaes, bad as far te climb to get to the epot where the poorest white boy is borm,asthat white boy has to climb to be President of the mation.” And the same thought may, appropriately be applied, to the subject of this eketch. Geerge A. Myers was born in Balti- more, Md., March 5, 1859, being the eldeat of the three children of Isaac and Emma V. Myers. In June 1869, he bad the misfortune to lose hie mother when he was only ten years ef age, and eonsequently never had the {ull advantage of a mother’s loving care. He was sent to Providence, R.1., and while livieg in the family ef the Rev. J. H. W. Burley, attended the public school, Later he spent some time in she preparately department of Lincoln University, Chester County, Pa.. From there he came to Washington, and en- tered at schoel, but upon the opening of grammar schools in Baltimore for colored children, ke went there that he might be near his father, who had in. the meantime married Miss Ssrah E Deaver. In this it will be se.n that be was fortunate in baving acquired a substantial edccational basis; supple mented by persistent private study, that enables bim te take his place with eenfidence in any eircle n0 matter how exalted. In the years previous to 1879 there were scarcely aay or very few opportunities for an ambitious colored yeuth, and in this short list the bar- ber’s trade was deemed the best, so he ‘was put to Jearn the barber’s craft aad sent to Cleveland under the care of Mr. J. E. Bensen of the Weddell House Nine years after young Myere having acquired some means and a high repu- tation in the business he opened for himself in the Holienden Hotel, Cleve land, one of the largest and best equipped shops in the United States, Siving employment te eighteen hands, Ieaac Myers, his father, for years was the foremest colored man in the state of Maryland, and transmitted to his son those traite of political sagacity which had made the father famous and are doing the same for the son. Thus we eee he was bern te fill his present station a8 ashrewd politician and or- ganizer. From his advent into Ouya hoga County he hss been an important factor in eity, county and state politics, never ashing place for himeelf except as & delegate to some eonvention, or some- thing purely henorary in its nature. It 18 an undeniable fact that he has geoured more recognition fos his race than any other man in Onie. He con: siders the success of his party and the welfare of his people his greatest re- ward and with that is content. Mr. Myers came first into prominence in mational polilics at the Minneapolis National Oonvention in 1892, where he appeared as aiternate-at large, becom ing full delegate through the enforced THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. 0. leading to the triumphant election of ‘Mr. McKinley as President. Mr. Myers was elected as one of the two delegates- at-large sent from Cuyahega Couutyin 1895 to the State Convention at Zanes- ville, at which convention Gen. Bush nell was nominated for governor of the state. To be a delegate at-large was a great honor one seldom conferred on 28 colored map, but Mr. Myers wore it with becoming modesty, and when the Hon, Mark A. Hanna sought fo1 men to goto St. Louis, in whose hands the interest of Major McKinley would be safe, he chose George A. Myers anc Bishop B. W. Arnett amd the directiox of Mr. MeKinley’s interests amoug th colored people were almost entirely given into their hands. Mr. Myers or. ganized the Ohio colored delegation o: which Bishop Arnett was chairmar and he treasurer, and which rendere¢ such signal service to Mejor McKinley in the eampaign of 1806. He was alec chairman of the entertainment commit tee for colored delegaies, and many ¢ foot sore and weary traveler was rejuy- enated through the hospitality of thi: committee Ii is very gratifying to kuow that at the end of the campaign Mejor Me- Kinley went personally to thank hiw for his efforts and to inquire what he might do to farther show his apprecia- tion. Mr, Myers informed him, there was no offiee he desired; nor was there any office in his gift tbat could tempt bim to give up his bueiness. Mr. Myers is president of the Westein Re- ‘serve Republican Club, a strong politi cal organization and a power in Ohio state politics. He 1s also prominent in Masonic eireles, and while not strictly & oburch man, has done much to bene- fit St. John’s A. M. E. chureh by giv- | ing liberally of his means to its sup- port. He was one of the assistunt secretar- ies of the Toledo convention which re- sominated Governor Bushnell and in- dorsed the Hon. M, A. Hanna for Sena‘ tor. It was through the perzonal efforts ef Senatcr Hanna, that Mr. Myers was made a member of the State Executive Committee (of seven) which eventually proved to be the most impertant State Committee, in the history of the republican party of Ohio. No important political matter is ever undertaken in the State by his party until he has been consulted. In the bitter senatorial campaign of his chief, Senator Hanna, in 1898 Myers was in the thickest of the fray and did yeoman service for his chieftain. It was he that settled the doubt when anxiety had settled on every counten ence by bringing mm the 72d man at midnight on the day before the voting. That Senatur Hanna appreciates his services, has been proved in numerous instances. The late republican state convention which met st Columbus, hoaored Mr. Myers for his services to the party by electing him an alternate at large to the Republican National Convention, which meets June 19th at Philadelphia. In this brief and imperfect sketch it is proper to note the fact that Mr. Myers owns a beautiful home, on one of the finest avenues of Olevclana Tm harity and thus make useful what in the providence of God they are per’ mitted to diepense. DanveL MURRAY. Washington, D. C., May i6:b, 1900- OUR BELOVED DEAD, (Respectfully inscribed te the memery of C, H J, Taylor who departed life May 25, 1899, by his beloved wife, Julia Shropshire ‘Tay lor.) But few can measure the depths and detolation where so much usefulness has died and where so many fondly cherished hopes have been ruthlessly blighted. Thou art gone, though yet liv« ing in the ncon day glare of Heavens favor, in the warmest place of friends affection whose love knows mo end, There was alwaye a brightness of the eye, a gentle tone of voice and a warm Rrasp of the hand that told eyen strangers that a warm heart beat within. Words cf wiedom too, were wont to fali from thy lips; acd many a bright gem of thought is now cherished in my mind as asouvenir of the sixteen yeais spent with thee, Farewell; thy storm-toseed bark as it may bave been in life’s sea, is now safely moored in yonder port ealied “Peace.’’ The years spent with thee havea fragrance about that time cannot destroy and the iu fluence for good shal) live long after tby form hath crumbled to dust. Earth with ite joys and sorrows, will know thee mo more for ever; and yet the sweet influence of such a life cannot die. No more to heas, no more to see; Ob! that an echo might awake, Awaft one note ef thy psalm to me, Ere my heart strings break! 1 should know it how faint soe’r, And wiih angels voices blent, Oh once to feel thy spirit anear, I eouid be content. Ob once between the gates of gold, While an ange! entering trod, But once— thee sitting tu behold On the hilis of God. The Southern Industrial Conyen-. tion Speaks Out for the Negro To the Southern Industriai Gonven- tion, Chattanooga, Tenn.: Your Oommittee on Industrial In terests to which was referred the papers «f Dr. W. T. Cole of Waco, Texas, and Prof. W. H. Councill of Norma, Ala., upon “The Race Problem and its Re lation to the Industrial Development of the South,” recommend that every possible means shail be used to educate the public sentiment of the South to regard the Negro as a factor in up- building of the South, and that as such we should use ali possible means to make him as eflictent aa possible and Pledge him the tullest guarantee of earning @ living in every honest field of human endeavor and protection to his God given right of self support. JOHN P. Corrim, Chairman Com, Industrial Interests. This is the only expression along business and industrial linea for the Negro since the war, This is & great step forward. The Convention was composed of leading white men from all parts of the Union. This resolution was prepared by Col. N. F. Thompson of Huntsville, Ala. We Have a Medical Association. One of Washington’s most enterprie- ing young pbysicians is Dr. J, W. Mitchell, who has been located for tev eral years at 5th and B southwest, and has built upa prosperous practice. Dr. Mitchell graduated from Howard Uni versity in 1894, end Jater beeame Dr. William’s trusted interne, when that system was brought into vogue. Dr. Mitchell hae peen instrumental in held. ing together the medical profession bere by organizing a Disirict Medical Association, and since 11s inception four years ago, he has filled the office ef president, a fF > % : ; The National > ; Colored Geach- > ers Bureau—~y, or , Washington, D. C., is prepared : to turnish - CAPABLE TEACHERS ————_{$——— | of every branch of instruction : = and - DESIRABLE SCHOOLS —<—<— in all parts of the country. | REGISTRATION FREE but applicants must be tully / competent to teach or possess - the ability to learn how to teach. NO SCHOOL—NO Pay 6 per cent of the first year's mee, will be charged those tor whom positions are secureded, payable Dec. 1, 1900. The Demand ex- ceed the Supply tor suita- ble teachers during the past year, hence our hiber- al indueements. Send for registration blank brief- ly stating your full qualifications | and enclose ten two cent stamps : tor postage. ‘ Address James G. Clayton, M.D. 459 C 8t, NW. = Secretary, | 2 LACK SKIN REMOVER See Jee fiance pe si a es a SS oe | a f * — a R = a) COPYRIGHTED. Pai = = we Pa = BEFOR ArtERS AWONDERFUL FACE BLEACH HAIR STRAIGHTENER, 297 tance iat * thrown in, enough to make any one person’s hair grow long and straight, A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. A PEACH-LIKE complexion obtained ifused as directed. Will turn the skin of a black or brown person four or five shades lighter, and a mulatto person perfectly white. In forty-eight hours @ shade or two lighter will be noticeable. It does not turn the skin in spots but bleaches out white. One box of this preparation is all that is required if used as directed, the skim remaining beauti- ful without continual use. Will remove wriukles, freckles, dark spots, pimples and black-heat:, smallpox pits, tan and liver spots without hers to the skin. ‘When you get the color you wish, stop using the preparation. The directions and preparation will be sent to any person for $1.00, orsend Post-Office Money Order, Express Money Order, Registered Letter. or we will send it€.0. D. Packed so that no one will know contents except receiver, THOS. B. CRANE, 12214 W. Broad St.. Richmond, Va. aS ih: el THE NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. 10 Departments Incorporated in One Viz.: irovision, Fuel, Banking, Insurance, Put lishing, Education, Purchasing, Manufact uring, Employment and Contracting. CAPITAL $100,000. Shares $10 to $100, p87% ble $1.00 monthly. Admission fee $1.00. OBJECT—Buy and borrow of ourselves. All kinds of societies and clubs can join. No PASS WORDS, GRIPS or SIGNS. Agents aud ores0- izers wanted, <alary, commission and territory given TillS ASSOCIATION buys properties f° members and gives long time to pay for it Saves them 10 to 25 per cent. on house fuel, provissions and dry goods bill. Loans then money when in need at small interest. G!v-* them $2 to $10 week when sick (women psi for all complaints). Furnishes doctor and mel: cine free. Gives $30 to $450 at death: also $10 to $500 if living 10 years. Secures all kids of EMPLOYMENT for them FREE at any pleco Incorporated 1895. Organized elnce then 34, branches and | purchased over $50.0") worth of real estate. Mention this, papers Dr. E. PARKER READ, Founder and Pres- Miss J. PARKER SHIELDS, Secretary. Rev. ALEXANDER H. NEWTON, Treasure’ LAWYER M. LUTHER NICHOLAS, Solicit If interested in this Associationwrite to ‘Home Office, 514 Sout 12th street, Philade Boys if you want to get a rou for ISSUES OF THE HOUR. (Oontinued from 1st page ) In the discussion of the firet questicn propounded, I suppose I must not ex- pect an ubanimous acceptance of the opinion which I shall advaree. But however faliacious my opinion or un sound my conclusion, the effort will not be in vain if in some way I can ss sistin directing more attention and thought to whateyer errors the past may hold up to our view, and through such study, prepare ourselves for the fewer errors and the greater triumphs of the future, ERFRAKOMISEMEMT KOT A ORIME I believe it is the fashion to speak of the enfranchieement of the freedmen as the gigantic crime of the century— as the blunder without paralell in po- litical history. Kut in this matter, I noust confess that I ana not fashioaabie. ‘Yo my mind, ignorance is not tae greatest obstacle in the way of a proper exercise of the rights of enfranuchise- ment. In the great cemetery of the nations of the world, net ignorance but corraption hiding its hideous de- formities beneath the splendid attire of intelligence and opulence, has dug the grave, and pronounced the fuuepal obsequies of nearly all past national greatness. Of the old, untutored ex slave many of whom long since have been gathered to their peaceful graves, some of whom still linger upon the shores of time, I confid:utly assert my unwavering coaviction that Bo b.dy of men ever marched to the ballot box with purer motives and nobler in teatious than, when with ail the re- ligion of their souls, “with charity for all and malice towards none,” they cast their ballot fur that great party which they sacrediy and religiously regarded a3 God’s instrument {a their emanci pation. Tne hand of violence is being laid heavily upon the Negro in some parts of the country. State legislatures are grinding out with discouraging rapidity legislation which tends to hu miliate the Negro, and to crush his ambition, but these uatoward events must not be attributed to the blunders of the ubsophisticated ex'slave, who usually contented himself as a citizen with the privilege of casting hie balle: without regard so much as to which way it was counted. Fox him despite his voting, the friendliest relations ex isted and do now existon the part of the ex slaveholder and his ehildren, In those parts of the South where the relations between the whites and the biaeks have been strained, where racial prejudice has been intensified, where the opposition of the white man has as- sumed its bitterest form, it is easy bo trace these conditions to the activity, the ambition and aspiration of the educated Negroes of a younger gene- ration. What means the ory against ‘‘Negro domination,’ for ‘*Whitesupremacy,”’ which hgs been heard :n every south- ern state? Itis the protest of the whites against Negro office holders, and Negro politicians. It is the announcement that wealth and intelligence have de- termined that ignorance and poverty must take a back seat, It is a declara tion to the educated, ambitieus young Negro that the question of afficlal prominence and power cannot be set- tled by ap ignorant and helpless ma jority adversely to the wishes of a wealthy and intelligent minority. It is the announcement that intelligent men, whether white or black, must not aspire to positions of prominence and politi cal prestage ualess they bave the ap- proval of the wealth and intelligeace of the community they represent. It isa reiteration of the world’s heartless oreed of a “survival of the fittest.” in my native city of Wilmington, North Carolina, I have sees a govern: ment tupported by a majority of voters, can aueaets ta. mmatant® ibn ose 2 ame. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. G raise no criticism, yet this man is to us personal non grata, and he must not be appointed,’ and a wise and powerfu: President bowed to this ultimatum. MUST GET INTO BUSINESS. If we would strengthen our hold upon the American people, if we would bring ourselves more in accord with their spirit and civilization, 1f we would enjoy a greater share of their friend- ship. sympathy and support, we aust identify ourselves more intimately with the financial and commercial in- terests of the country. We mast de mon- Strate more clearly and generally our ability to construct or te eapture Jarge busines interest for ourselves. When we learn to be as imerested in business matters as we have been in political affairs; when we shall have achieved ficancial prominenee and influence as great as the political that we have wielded; when we shall have produced business men and financieis as useful to the commercial growth of our re- -pective communities as our orators, politicians and statesmen have been to the republican party, when we shall have our representatives on Wall street and other financial centers as cons picueus and well qualified as we have im legislatures and in Congress, we shall see the average of intelligence and wealth among the ninety thous- and Negroes of Wathington move up to point of equality with that of the dominant race; and the greatest repre- sentative government on earth give to its Capital City a charter for municipal regulations in keeping with ite time- honored aad blood bought principle that “taxation and representation go hand in band.” We shall find every- Where our foundations not restiag upop teeacherous and shifting sands, but upon the immovable rooke of Gibralta against which the waves of prejudice may harmlessly lash their unavailing fury. . Atthe republican state cenvention in North Caroliaa last week, it ap- peared as though the white republi cans of the state were vieing with the demorcate ig the vampaign for Negro debasement. It seems now that both parties are lining upagainst the activity of intelligent and ambitious Negroes in political affairs. If I could read be tween the lines correctly, it seems from newspaper reports that not even a Negro ex- Congressman, who is noted for his eonservatism und political sa- gacity, who is generally regarded as standing high in the confidence and esteem of the Administration. and whom the Negroes of Nerth Carclma proudly and cheerfally recognize as a Wise, prudent and experienced leader, and wuom the public men of all parties of the statement admit to be an ao- complished gentieman, and a skilled diplomat—not even such leader because of his racial identity could receive honors from the conyention of the party which he hadso long and se faith- fully served) Bat such rebufts and ad- versities will not discourage the Ne- gro nor hinder his progress. Twice in a decade a man whose election toa seat in the English parliament was un- questioned, was denied membership because he was a Jew. Recently when the Americe'Spanish war was on, when Spain was appeailing for the inter: vention of Kuropean nations, France and Germaay, it is said, abaudoned their sympathies begause thia fi- nancier’s seeureties would have been damaged had those oeuntries become iavolved in war; and today he has made it probable that a member of his family will at some time sitom the throne of cngland, He and his people under: stood how to meet the prejudices which everywhere confronted them and instead of launching their craft axenn tha :.arilans wawaea of the nalirineal always measuring results accem plishec rather than the enthusiasm excited. Therefore I believe that we shoul accept the inevitable curtailment of ou: Political privileges in the South with out despondemey, but with determina tion and with hope. THE NEW SOUTH. The South is a great country of un developed resources. It is not ovel ridden with trade unions which exclude Negro labor, aud discourage Negro en terprise. Its cheap lands ladened with luxuriant vegetation, nourished by s delightful climate, are receiving the im: petus of Northern capital and enter: prise, are welcoming thousands annual’ ly within its gates, while we are leav: ing. Business enterpriseis taxing hold of the South as never before. Corpor: ations are rapidly being chartered for mining, maoufacturing and other busi: ness purposes, Factories are being es tablished everywhere. Agricultural pur: suite are being studied, developed and improved. Therefore I believe we should accept the situation with the determination to make our presence and influence felt and needed 1a the development ot these rapidly and yaried increasing en* terprises, As new railroads span the valleys, and cirele the mountains, as the music of machinery of new factor- ies awaken the energits of slumbering communities the Negroes of the South moust have sense encugh and energy enough to become itimately identi: fied with this mareh of industrial im- provement and to mske his interest and the communities in which he re sides 2s neay ss possible, one and in: separable A SUOCESSIUL AFRO AMERICAN. A few days ago I read of a Negro who was the president of a five million dollar concern. While the efforts of us a:i will neturally be attended with varying degrees of success cr failure, there can be no dcubt that when a large number of the thinkers and lead: ers of our race pursue the policy of this Negro president, there will be no race problem so far a8 we are concerned, to excite our fears or to distract the at: tention of the American people. From all parts of the country, we have encouraging reports of progress which Negroes are making in the busi: ness world; but with lesa attention to politics, and more to business, we shall make greater progrees still, we sha!l bring to ourselves power and influence which cannot be won upon the polit. cal fie'ds, and we shall throw around ourselves an armor of proteetion strong: er than that which legislatures or laws will give. It doee mot seem to me, however, that we are introducing ourselves in the business world in the most promis ing and profitable manner. The color line in business has its disadvantages as well there as elsewhere. Inexperi: ence, lack: of eonfiderce, limited capi tal, contribute to enhanes the chances of failure and to reduce the prospects of success toa minimun degree. Why should we introdace weak, struggling enterprises of our own that must meet all kinds ef obstacles when we oun quiet* ly invest instreng and weil established enterprises, that are backed by unlim: ited capital and directed by unques- tioned experience? In theee days of pools, syndicates, trusts and monop: (ies, it may be all right for us to start our small individual enterprises, but if these combinations are so powerful a influence and rich dividends, can we n.t secure (0 ourselves some of the advantages which these stock holders “njoy? If instead of complaining of fim Orow car laws of the South over roads in which we have not one dol- ars worth of sio'k, we should acquire interest, and from time ceed. If the Negroes all over the coun: try would give just a little help to thie commendable movement, we Possibly could make it the largest cotton factory in the world, and place its success be- yond question, And thus as individuals ox 8s Organ. izations we could by railroad Steok, by bank stock, enter the flnancial circles of the country where coler would nos determine our treatment and where prejudice would no longer bold sway. In most ancient times it ie said the fire worshipping Medes and Persians at stated perioas would form one great cirole about their country, when the Zoroasirian priest would *pproaoh the koly altar upon whioh the sacred firs were kept continually barning. When the great line would be formed, the priest would light his torch from the altar aud turn to the one behind him. ‘This second terch bearer after lighting his torch would turn to the third and 80 on from one to another dewn the line, through the valleys, over moun- tains, in the country, through the towas, this hily flame Would spread trom one te another until the entire country would be illuminated and in- soured by the presence of the sacred res. And thus the Neg-oes of North Caro: lina mean te talk business, to organize for business, to tske hold of business in such a way as will quieken the peo- ple ell over the state, as will develop a spirit of enterprise, as will inspire them to euch finsncias power and in fluenee, that as the 9,000,000 Negroos of the country are zow indebted to us for their only representative in Congress so they may again be indebted to ue for the financial intpiration and en: couragement which we hope to give them and to the country. Mr. Marshall Acquitted, — Mr. W. H. Marshall, tor eleven years & most popular Jetter-carrier of the Oity Post Office im this city and who some months ago was ous. fe pended for a viola: - ye tion of the Postal Re oa law, had his trial lace ‘g Gu Friday and to the ess “i delight of his many Riss friends was acquit- BV Zp to4 by the Unites HI ce— FRY states Court after a AS \\ If Nj? most bitter fight VQEYZ made against him. months ago was sus- pended tor a viola: tion of the Postal law, had his trial last Friday and te the delight of his many friends was acquit- ted by the United States Court after a most bitter fight made against him, At the time of his arrest no one beliey- ed Mr. Marehall guilty and many of his friends thought it a case of persecu: (lon rather than prosecution. His ac: quittal substantiates this belief. My. Marshall will probably go into business for himself. It is regretted by his wany friends that there is no redreas for a man who has been arrested and dismissed from theservice on trumped: up ¢harges. He is to be congratulated, however, on sustaining his well earned and life-time reputation made in this community. gym toe os See MEN! p “A WARNING Vorce,” — § Is the title of an interesting little book that shows how SEXUAL STRENGTH Is LOST and how it may be REGAINED, It is securely sealed in plain en- velope Free, ow receipt of 2 eent stamp for postage. We sre the leading specialists 10 curing all cases of Kidney and Bladder Trouble, Sexual weak- ness and Impotency, Syphillis, Gonorrhoea, Night Losses, Gleet, and Scricture, quickly and per- manently. We have cured thous- auds at their own homes, All let- ters kept strictly private and an- swered in plain sealed envalope. Oonsuitation by mail free. Write today. Address Dr. W. H.Saunders:Co. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 6 lint 2 THE HILLS OF VIRGINIA News Notes and Social Flasnes from the Classic Burg of Charlotteville' e. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. A GREAT INSTITUTION. The True Reformers' Bank at Richmond and the Great Institution Which Supports it and the Many Tributaries Which Supply it—A Worthy Example of Negro Posstblillities. A representative of The Colored American was in Richmond, Va., a few weeks ago and among the many places and points of interest he visited was the True Reformers' building, which contains not only the bank, but all the main bodies of the institution. Being a True Reformer he was readily introduced to the principal officers and to the chiefs of the various divisions. He was the guest for a few hours of Grand Worthy Secretary, w. P. Burrell, who after giving him a most delightful back ride in company with Mrs. Burrell and Miss Rosie B. Moody, a most brilliant and charming young school teacher, escorted him to the True Reformers' bank building at 604, 606 and 608 North Second street. He was turned over to Mr. R. T. Hill, the cashier of the bank. Mr. Hill is a factor in this institution and a veteran financier. Mr. Hill showed us through all of the departments of the bank, opened the great vault of the bank and we had the pleasure of handling and looking at between $85,000 and $100,000 in currency. Besides this there were great sacks of gold and silver which were dusty and musty from want of handling. Leaving this department, Mr. Hill introduced us to Mr. J. C. Robertson, chief of the real estate department and attorney for the Grand Fountain. Mr. Robertson though youthful in appearance is learned in the law, a most gifted speaker and has proven himself a strong factor in the order and department. An idea may be gained of the magnitude of his responsibilities when it is told that the order owns fifteen hauls, three farms, two dwellings and two hotels. The total valuation of the property is $180,000. We were next introduced to Mrs. M. A. Brown who has charge of the Regalia Department. As the day of our visit was the closing of the week, Mrs. Brown did not have time to give us any facts and figures. But her department is an important one. We were then introduced to Mr. B. W. Brown, the editor and financial business manager of The Reformer, the official organ of the order. Mr. Brown has with a small beginning run the circulation of The Reformer up to more than six thousand papers weekly, and has put the paper on a paying basis. To those who are acquainted with the struggles and tribulations of race journalism, the work of Mr. Brown is highly commendable. Mr. Edward Ellis, Jr., is the accountant. It is his duty to visit the chiefs of the different departments and to get a statement of their receipts and expenditures and of the amount of work done, so that at the weekly meetings he makes a separate and distinct report from each of the different chiefs. But their accounts must tally with his. Mr. T. W. Taylor is chief of the Old Folks' Home. This department is one of the most important as well as the most commendable feature of this great order. It consists of 634 acres, known as Western Farm, in Henrico County, within six miles of Richmond and cost the order $14,400. It is now on a paying basis and under Mr. Taylor's direct supervision is doing a great work. The Hotel Reformer is a new feature of the order and is under the direct charge of Mr. A. W. Holmes. It is first class in all of its departments, and and in addition to serving the public, it furnishes a home for all of its unmarried employees. It is spick-span, clean and worthy of a large amount of patronage. One of the brightest young men it was our pleasure to meet was Mr, R. J. Kyles, President Taylor's private secretary. Mr. Kyles is not only an expert stenographer and typewriters, but as an orator is known as a spell-binder. Washingtonians will remember his magnetic speech at the Vermont Ave. Baptist church in the early spring. We met President W. R. Taylor in the afternoon who invited us to attend their weekly meeting. These meetings are held Friday of each week and all of the chiefs, clerks and employees assemble in one of the fountain rooms and either make reports or hear the reports of the different departments. DULIN & MARTIN CO. REBUILDING SALE. 10 Per Cent off FOR CASH ON Everything in the House. Rich Cut Glass, Gold Decorated Glass, Glassware, Silverware, Cutlery, Bric-a-Brac, Lamps, Globes, &c, China, Dinner Sets, Toilet Sets, Refrigerators, Ice Chests, Ice Cream Freezers, Kitchen Utensils, &c. —with the single exception of the Monroe Porcelain-lined Refrigerators. Just think what an opportunity this affords to furnish your Home, and especially to buy those summer necessities—a Refrigerator, Ice Chest, and Ice Cream Freezer—at this big reduction from regular prices. DU LIN & MARTIN, CO. SUCCESSORS TO M. W. BEVERIDGE. 1215 P Street and 1214 G Street. going into details the receipts of the various departments amounted to some $26,000 for the week. The expenses of the different departments including death benefits, etc., amounted to some $6,000 leaving a net balance and profit of more than $19,000 for that week's work. These figures may seem a little steep but the writer examined them personally and verified them. After this meeting we were the guests of the main officers for a while and in a five minutes talk at the meeting said to them as we are saying to the rerders of The Colored American that the Grand United Order of True Reformers is a magnificent demonstration of what the Negro can do in a business way, of what he can do by organization. Those who read of the work of the True Reformers cannot get a full idea of the great scope of the work done. One must visit the fountain head or bee hive as it were, and see the "living picture." A large first class grocery store has just been opened up; a new site purchaed for a big dry goods store as well. The grocery store is now in successful operation. In addition to this large six story building is being erected in the rear of the large hall and bank building to accommodate the new departments and to instill a large and first class printing outfit. The writer is under obligations to Grand Worthy Secretary, Mr. W. P. Burrell, for the many courtesies shown him and to President Taylor and other officers of the order. Hurrah, for the True Reformers! Hoffman's Big Musical Festival. All is in readiness for Hoffman's Second Annual Musical Festival June 8th next at the Academy of Music. The following magnificent program will be rendered: PART 1. Symphony Orchestra 25 musician in grand orchestral numbers as follows: 1. Overture, Musica, Rollinsor. 2. Selection, The Ameer, Herbert. 3. Valse the Viceroy, Herbert. 4. Intermezzo, from Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascani. 5. March, Up Broadway Toler. 6. Idylle Hearts and Flowers, Tobani. PART 2. VOCAL. 1. Solo and chorus, Gounods Gallia, Gounod, Mme. Martina Irving and Washington Permanent Chorus 60 voices. 2. Tenors solo, Come Back Dear Heart, Arnold, Mr. Wm. Goodrich. 3. Chorus, The Gallant Troubador, Watson, Washington Permanent Chorus 60 voices. 4. Medley of 80 minutes in Operatic chorus under the direction of assistant leader Nathaniel Bowles. 5. Violin Cello Solo, Awakening of Spring, Bachr, Mr. Alexandria Lee. PART 3. The appearance on the stage of Hoffman's Concert Band of forty musicians handsomely unifored celebrating their first anniversary previous to their trip to the National Republican Convention to be held at Philadelphia. PROGRAM. 1. March, Singing Girl, Herbert: 2. Overture, Lustpiel, Keler-Beler; 8. March, The Man Behind the Gun, Sousa. 4. Cornet Solo, Russian Fantasla, Levy, Mr. William Robinson; 5. False, Wedding of the Winds, Hall; 6. Comic, The Patrol of the Boers, Schleiffarth. REV. CHARLES S. MORRIS The Eloquent African Missionary Who Captivated an Arkansas Baptist Convention. The well-known Unity Pleasure Club, No. 1 will give their first grand Moonlight Excursion to Notley Hall, June 8th, 1900. There will be a grand concert given by Misses Sarah Price, Ida Day, Bessle McCoy and Mamie Lewis. The Unity Pleasure Club quintette will render some of their choice selections. Prof. Holmes and orchestra will also assist in some of their latest compositions. The Unity Pleasure Club quintett is as follows: Richard Newton, Jas. Budd, Fitzhugh Marshall, John Johnson, and Will Lemons J. H. REV. P. A. HUBBARD, The Dollar King-Elected Financial Secretary of The A. M. E. Church. The COLORED American Library of Congress NATIONAL MLEGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. 8 NO. 9. ISSUES OF THE HOUR ISSUES OF THE HOUR Prof. Dudley Offers a Key to the Solution of the Race Problem-The Subject Impartially Treated-Individual Merit and Success Factors in the Equation. [An address delivered before the Pethel Literary and Historical Association May 8th, 1900. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:—The Negro problem stated, the Negro problem solved, the Negro problem in all of its forms and phases has been discussed so often, so interestingly, and so exhaustively one might readily conclude that there is not enough left of the subject to hold continued interest or to engage further thought. But, coming from the great state of North Carolina, where since the famous revolution of 1893, the daily press has about excluded everything from its columns save "White Supremacy," and where the hustings have been kept resonant with the cry of "Negro Domination," you can easily understand why I cannot discuss with interest, the conditions of the habitants of the Fiji Islands, or the causes leading to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. You can easily understand why to my mind, the race problem in all of its varied forms and potential significance like Banquo's ghost will not down at my bidding. For the past two or three years, a great wave of opposition seems to have been gathering, and to be sweeping strength over this vast domain leaving in its wake a painfully surprising amount of indifference among the former friends of the Negro, and an unfortunate amount of dismay and despondency among the Negrces themselves. Instead of the dominant race, as it becomes more accustomed to the presence of Negro citizenship, accepting more freely the exercise of its privileges, we find the white men of the South inreasing their opposition to the Negro as a voter, as a citizen, and as a laborer. South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana have recently disfranchised thousands of Negroes by constitutional disorimination in which North Carolina will soon follow suite. New York has had its rao root, Michigan has banished the Negro from some of its towns, while lynching in almost every section where Negroes are found in considerable numbers go on practically unchecked and undisturbed. In a conversation with one of the most prominent Negro ministers of North Carolina, whose duties requires of him extensive travel, I remarked that I had WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1900. Sraf HON. GEORGE A. MYERS, A Popular and Unselfish Leader in Ohio Politics. ExMember of the Re publican State Central Committee of Ohio and Alternate Deleg gate to the Philadelphia Convention. strong hopes for the future of my race. I can never forget the sad and dejected air with which he shook his head and replied "that a Negro must have large faith and great courage to entertain hope amid such unfavorab'e and depressing environments." In my native state, discouragement is plainly written upon the brow of thousands of thoughtful Negroes, while their wholesale annual emigration from the land they love, the breaking up of homes which they have spent years in securing, the ruthless scattering of life-long friends, the cutting asunder of the dearest earthly ties painfully attest the depths of their feelings, and more eloquently than words, portray the sufferings of their anguished and grief stricken hearts. Why is it that gloom and sorrow have so largely displaced the natural buoyancy of a race so little accustomed to melancholy? What can we do to strengthen our hold upon the great heart of the American people, and to bring us more in touch with their aims and aspirations, to give us a larger share of their friendship and to com- (Continued on third page.) Orange Blossoms. A very pretty and impressive marriage took place on Wednesday evening, May 23, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. George Bradley, 1319 W street when their daughter, Stella, was united in holy matrimony to Mr. Albert Poole by the Rev. Robert Johnson, pastor of Metropolitan Baptist church. The bride was handsomely gowned in lansdowne, trimmed with pearls and point lace, wearing a long tulle veil and carrying a very lovely bouquet of tea roses. She entered the parlor on her father's arm to the music of Mendelsohn's Wedding March played by Mr. Edward Howard. The maid of honor was Miss Julia Hardy, who was also very prettily attired; while the best man was Mr. Aloysius Adams. The ushers were Mesers. G. Washington Brooks and Ferdinand Bradley. The presents were very numerous and some exceedingly handsome and expensive. After a few weeks Mr. and Mrs. Poole will spend some considerable time in Chicago, Ill. PRICE FIVE CENTS PRIZE TO COMPANY B Throngs Cheered the Winners-Students of Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Divisions Compete for Medals and Ribbons An Enthusiastic Audience. Following the example set by Company B of the High School Cadet Regiment last week in carrying off prize honors, Company B of the Washington High School Cadets, colored, of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh divisions, won the prize medal and ribbons in the competitive drill of the battalion held at National Baseball Park. Monday afternoon. Flags and ribbons were in evidence everywhere, and the other students and their friends were most enthusiastic in their interest in the affair. Prof. R. H. Terrell, principal of the school, issued 10,000 tickets for the occasion, and from the crowd which filled both grand stand and bleachers it looked as though half as many again were present. All three companies which competed hailed from the same school, although each had its little band of followers. Commissioner H. B. F. Macfarland and Gen. George H. Harries were present during a part of the drill, Hons. J. W. Lyons, J. H. Deveaux, J. Milton Truner, W. A. Piedger, Col. Henry Johnson, Messrs. Wyatt Archer, E. B. Cooper, E. R. Bagby, Dr. Charles Harrison, Rev. S. N. Brown, Dr. G. F. Richardson, and Mrs. B. G. Francis, of the board of school trustees; Maj. Arthur Brooks, District of Columbia National Guard, military instructor of the cadets, and many of the school teachers of the colored schools were also present. Capt. Edith Wright, with a girls' battalion consisting of girls who assisted in defraying the expenses of the drill, occupied conspicuous seats in the grand stand. COMPANY A CAME FIRST. At 4:30 o'clock Maj. Charles H. Ourand, inspector general District of Columbia militia; Captain E. C. Edwards, Company A. Second Battalion, and Capt. W. S. Hodges, Company D, Fourth Battalion, took their position in front of the stand, and immediately thereafter Capt. Allen N. Levy marched on Company A. The students were given a hearty reception and put up a good drill. Capt. Levy, as well as other company commanders, did not carry a programme of the movements. It is rather a hard matter to remember an entire drill consisting of ninety-five numbers, and Capt. Levy left out four. This happened after the volley firing, (Continued on fifth page.) | ns ‘ ee — 7 . Se a XN y, 9 HON. GEORGE A. MYERS, Alternate Delegate-at-large to the National Republican Conveation at Philadelphia. WHA Grace Heid in siavery, siving in the midet of all the crusning influences which human prejudice and caste could heap upon him, George A. Meyers, though only forty-one years of age, bas risen to a station and influence in the counsels of the nation, unparalleled In biographical annals. Harriet Beecher Stowe, speaking of Frederick Douglass said: ‘Frederick Douglaes, bad as far te climb to get to the spot where the poorest white boy is borm,asthat white boy has to elimb to be President of the mation.”’ And the same thought may, appropriately be applied, to the subject of this eketch. Geerge A. Myers was born in Balt!- more, Md., March 5, 1869, being the eldest of the three children of Isaac and Emma V. Myers. In June 1869, he bad the misfortune to lose hie mother when he was only ten years ef age, and ¢onsequentiy never had the full advantage of a mother’s loving care. He was sent to Providence, R.1., and while liviog in the family ef the Rev. J. H. W. Burley, attended the public school, Later he spent some time in the preparately department of Lincoln University, Chester County, Pa.. From there he came to Washington, and en- tered at schoel, but wpon the opening of grammar schools in Baltimore for colored children, ke went there that he might be near his father, who had in the meantime married Miss Sarah E. Deaver. In this it will be sen that be was fortunate in baving acquired a substantial edceational basis; supple mented by persistent private study, that enables him te take his place with eenfidence in any eircle 20 matter how exalted. In the years previous to 1879 there were scarcely aay or very few opportunities for an ambitious colored yeuth, and in this short list the bar- ber’s trade was deemed the best, so he was put to learn the barber’s craft aad sent to Cleveland under the care of Mr. J. E. Bensen of the Weddell House Nine years after young Myers having acquired some means and a high repu- tation in the business he opened for himself in the Holienden Hotel, Cleve land, one of the largest and best equipped sheps in the United States, giving employment te eighteen hands. Isaac Myers, his father, for years was the foremest colored man in the state of Maryland, and transmitted to his son those traite of political sagacity which had made the father famous and are doing the same for the son. Thus we eee he was bern te fill his present station as ashrewd politician and or- ganizer. From his advent into Ouys hoga County he bss been an important factor in eity, county and state politics, Rever ashing place for himeelf except as 8 delegate te some eonvention, or some- thing purely henorary in its nature. It 18 an undeniable fact that he has egeoured more recognition fos his race than any other man in Onie. He con: siders the success of his party and the welfare of his people his greatest re- ward and with that ia comtent. Mr. Myers came first into prominence in ational politics at the Minneapolis National Convention in 1692, where he appeared as aiternate-at large, becom ing fell delegate through the enforced THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. 0. ee ee ae ee eee Mr. McKinley as President. Mr. Myers was elected as one of the two delegates- at-large sent from Cuyaboga Couutyin 1895 to the State Convention at Zanes- ville, at which convention Gen. Bush nell was nominated for governor of the state. To be a delegate at-large was a great honor one seldom conferred on 2 eolored map, but Mr. Myers wore it with becoming modesty, and when the Hon. Mark A. Hanna sought for men to goto St. Louis, in whose hands the interest of Major McKinley would be safe, he chose George A. Myers and Bishop B. W. Arnett amd the direction of Mr. MeKinley’s interests amoug the colored people were almost entirely given into their hands. Mr. Myers or- ganized the Ohio colored delegation of which Bishop Armett was chairmar and be treasurer, and which rendere¢ such signal service to Mejor McKinley in the eampaign of 1896. He was alsc chairman of the entertainment commit. tee for colored delegaies, and mapy 6 foot sore and weary traveler was rejuy- enated through the hospitality of this committee Ii is very gratifying to koow that at the end of the campaign Méjor Me- Kinley went personally to thank him for his efforts and to inquire what he might do to further show his apprecia- tion. Mr. Myers informed him, there was no offiee he desired; nor was there any office in his gift that could tempt bim to give up his bneiness. Mr. Myers is president of the Westein Re- Seive Republican Club, a strong politi cal organization and a power in Ohio state politics. He is also prominent in Masonte ecireles, and while not strictly 4 oburch man, has done much to bene- fit St. John’s A. M. E. chureh by giy- ing liberally of his means to its sup- port. He was one of the assistunt secretar- ies of the Tolede convention which re- nominated Governor Bushnell and ip- dorsed the Hon. M, A. Hanna for Sena’ tor, It was through the personal efforts ef Senator Hanna, that Mr. Myers was made a member of the State Executive Committee (of seven) which eventually proved to be the most impertant State Committee, in the history of the republican party of Ohio. No important political matter is ever undertaken in the State by his party until he has been consulted. In the bitter sepatorial campaign of his chief, Senator Hanna, in 1898 Myers was in the thickest of the fray and did yeoman service for his chieftain. It was he that settled the doubt when anxiety had settled on every counten ence by bringing 11 the 72d man at midnight on the day before the voting. That Senatur Hanna appreciates his services, has been proved in numerous instances. Tre late republican state ccnvention which met st Columbus, homored Mr. Myers for his services to the party by electing him an alternate at large to ‘the Republican National Convention, which meets June 19th at Philadelphia. In this brief and imperfect sketch it is proper to note the fact that Mr. Myers owns a beautiful home, on one a Le ee at ee el eee eee ee harity and thus make useful what in the providence of God they are per mitted to diepense. DaniEL MURRAY. Washington, D. C., May i61b, 1900 OUR BELOVED DEAD, (Respectfully inscribed te the memery ot C. H J, Tayior who departed lite May 2, 1809, by his beloved wite, Julia Shropshire Taylor.) But few can measure the depths and desolation where so much usefalness has died and where so many fondly cherished hopes have been ruthlessly | blighted. Thou art gone, though yet liv. ing in the neon day glare of Heavens favor, in the warmest place of friends affection whose love koows mo end, There was alwaye a brightness of the eye, a gentle tone of voice and a warm grasp of the hand that told eyen strangers that a warm heart beat within. Words cf wiedom too, were wont to fall from thy lips; acd many a bright gem of thought is now cherished in my mind as asouvenir of the sixteen yeals spent with thee, Farewell; thy storm-toseed bark as it may have been in life’s sea, is now safely moored in yonder port ealled “Peace.”’ The years spent with thee havea fragrance about that time cannot destroy and the in fluence for good shal) live long after thy form hath crumbled to dust. Earth with ite joye and sorrows, will know thee uo more for ever; and yet the sweet influence of such a life cannot die. ' No wore to heag, no more to see; Ob! that an echo might awake, Awalt one note of thy psalm to me, *Ere my heart strings break! 1 should know it how faint soe’s, And wiih angels voices blent, Oh once to feel thy spirit anear, I eouid be content. Ob once between the gates of gold, While an ange! entering trod, But once— thee sitting tu behold On the hilis of God. The Southern Industrial Conyen. tion Speaks Out for the Negro ‘To the Southern Industriai Gonven- tion, Chattanooga, Tenn. : Your Committee on Industrial In terests to which was referred the papers «f Dr. W, T. Cole uf Waco, Texas, and Prof. W. H. Councill of Normai, Ala., upon “The Race Prcblem and ita Re lation to the Industrial Development of the South,” recommend that every possible means shali be used to educate the public sentiment of the South to regard the Negro. a8 @ factor in up- building of the South, and that as such we should use ali possible means to make him as efficient aa possible and pledge him the tuliest guarantee of earning & living in every honest field of human endeavor and protection to his God given right of self support. JOHN P. Corrim, Chairman Com, Industrial Interests. This is the only expression along business and industrial lines for the ‘Negro since the war. This is a great step forward. The Convention wae composed of leading white men from all parts of the Union. This resolution was prepared by Col. N. F. Thompson of Huntsville, Ala. We Haye a Medical Association, One of Washingion’s most enterpris- ing young physicians is Dr. J. W. Mitchell, who has been located for cev eral years at 5th and B southwest, and has built up a prosperone practice. Dr. Mitchell graduated from Howard Uni versity in 1894, end later beeame Dr. William’s trusted interne, when that system was brought into vogue. Dr. Mitchell hae been instrumental in held. ipg together the medical profession bere by organizing a Disirict Medical Association, and since 118 inception four years ago, he haw filled the offiee of president. > Pr eee ee Lhe National - Colored Geach- ers Bureau— ey, or | Washington, D. C., is prepared to furnish _ CAPABLE TEACHERS of every branch of struction » and DESIRABLE SCHOOLS —_—_—_——=$———— in all parts of the country. REGISTRATION FREE but applicants must be fully competent to teach or possess the ability to learn how to teach. NO SCHOOL—NO Pay 6 per cent of the first year's salary will be charged those for whom positions are secureded, payable Dec. 1, 1900. 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Agents sud ores0- izers wanted, -alary, commission and territory given TilIS ASSOCIATION buys properties f° members and gives long time to pay for |t- Saves them 10 to 25 per cent. on house 1 fuel, provissions and dry goods bill. Loans the money when in need at small interest. Girt them $2 to $10 week when sick (women psi! for all complaints). Furnishes doctor and melt. cine free. Gives $30 to $450 at death: also $1") to $500 if living 10 years. Secures all kinds of EMPLOYMENT for them FREE at any Disc? Incorporated 1898. Organized eince then S34, branches and purchased over $50.0") worth of real estate. Mention this, pacts Dr. E. PARKER READ. Founder and Pres. Miss J. PARKER SHIELDS. Secretary. Rev, ALEXANDER H. NEWTON, Treasurer. LAWYER M. LUTHER NICHOLAS, Solicitor, If interested in this Associationwrite to ‘Home Office, 514 Soutb 12th street, Philade Boys if you want to geta rup for eee ee 5 » ee ISSUES OF THE HOUR. (Oontinued from ist page ) ett Oe Ce ee ee opinion which I shell advaves. But however faliacious my opinion or un sound my conclusion, the effort will not be in vain if in some way I can as sistin directing more attention and thought to whateyer errors the past may hold up to our view, and through such study, prepare ourseives for the fewer errors and the greater triumphs of the future, ERFRAXOMISBMEMT KOT A ORIME I believe it is the fashion to speak of the enfranchieement of the freedmen as the gigantic crime of the century— aa the blunder without paralell in po- litical history. But ia this matter, I must confess that I am noi fashioaabie. ‘Yo my mind, ignorance is not tae greatest obstacle in the way of a proper exercise of the righta of enfranchise- ment. In the great cemetery of the nations of the world, net ignorance but corraption hiding its hideous de- formities beneath the splendid attire of intelligenee and opulence, has dug the grave, and promounced the tuueral obsequies of nearly all past national greatness. Of the old, untutored ex siave many of whom long since have been gathered to their peaceful graves, some of whom still linger upon the shores of time, I confid-ntly assert my unwavering coaviction that no b.dy of men ever marched to the ballot box with purer motives and nobler in teutious than, when with all the re- ligion of their souls, “with eharity for all and malice towards none,” they cast their ballot fur that great party which they sacrediy and religiously regarded as God’s instrument ia their emanci pation. Tne hand of violence is being laid heavily upon the Negro in some parts of the country. State legislatures are grinaing out with discouraging rapidity legislation which tends to hu miliate the Negro, and to crush his ambition, but these untoward events must not be attributed to the blunders of the ubsophisticated ex'slave, who usually contented himself as a citizen with the privilege of casting his ball: without regard so much as to which way it was counted, Fox him despite his voting, the friendliest relations ex isted and do now existon the part of the ex slaveholder and his children. In those parts of the South where the relations between the whites and the biaeks have been strained, where racial prejudice has been intensified, where Lhe opposition of the white man has as- sumed its bitterest form, it is easy to trace these conditions to the activity, the ambition and aspiration of the educated Negroes of a younger gene- ration. What means the ory against ‘‘Negro domination,” for ‘‘Whitesupremaocy,”’ which hgs been heard :n every south. ern state? [tis the protest of the whites against Negro office holders, and Negro politicians. It is the announcement that wealth and intelligence have de- termined that ignorance and poverty must take a back seat. It is a declara tion to the educated, ambitious young Negro that the question of official prominence and power cannot be set- tled by ap ignorant and helpless ma jority adversely to the wishes of a wealthy and intelligent minority. It is the announcement that intelligent men, whether white or black, mast not aspire to positions of promimence and politi cal prestage ualess they bave the ap- proval of the wealth and intelligeace or the community they represent. It isa reiteration of the world’s heartless oreed of a “survival of the fittest.”” In my native city of Wilmington, North Carolina, I bave seen a govern’ ment tupported by a majority ef voters, too weak to protect its c1azens or even to protect iteelf. I have seen the mayor and the sheriff fagitives—fleeing for their lives from the wrath of ap intelli- gent. wealthy and well organized mi THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. G. a raise no criticism, yet this man is to us personal non grata, and he must not be appointed,’ and a wise and powerful President bowed to this ultimatuna. MUST GET INTO BUSIWESS. If we would strengthen our hold upon the American people, if we would bring ourselves more in accord with their spirit and civilization, if ws would enjoy @ greater ehare of their friend- ship, sympathy and support, we must identify ourselves more intimately with the financial and commercial in- terests of the country. We mast de mon- strate more clearly and generally our ability to construct or te espture large business interest toy ourselves. When we learn to be as :merested in business matters as we have been in political affairs; when we shall have achieved fiaancial prominenee and influence as great as the polirieal that we have wielded; when we shall have produced business men and financieis as useful to the commercial growth of our re- pective communities as our orators, politicians and statesmen have been to the republican party, when we shall have our representatives on Wail street and other financial centers as cons picueus and well qualified as we have in legislatures and im Congress, we shall see the average of intelligence and wealth among the ninety thous- and Negroes of Wathington move up to « point of equality with that of the dominant race; and the greatest repre- sentative government on earth give to its Capital City a charter for municipal regulations in keeping with ite time- honored aad blood bought principle that “taxation and representation go hand in band.”’ We shall find every- W here our foundations not restiag upoD teeacherous and shifting sands, but upon the immovable rooks of Gibralta against which the waves of prrjudice may harmlessly lask their unavailing fury. | Atthe republican state cenvention in North Caroliaa last week, it ap- peared as though the white republi cans of the state were vieing with the demorcats in the vampaiga for Negro debasement. It seems now that both parties are lining up against the activity of intelligent and ambitious Negroes in political affairs. If I could read be tween the lines correctly, it seems from newspaper reports that not even a Negro ex- Congressman, who is noted tor his eonservatism sad political sa- gacity, who is generally regarded as ‘standing high in the confidence and esteem of the Adminiatration and whom the Negroes of Nerth Carolina proudly and cheerfally recognize as a wise, prudent and experienced leader, and whom the public men of all parties of the statement admit to be an ao- complished gentieman, and a skilled diplomat—anot even such leader because of his racial identity could receive honors from the oonyention of the party which he hadso long and se faith- fully served) Bat such rebufis and ad- versities will not discourage the Ne- gro nor hinder his progress. Twice in a decade a man whose election to a seat in the English parliament was un- questioned, was denied membership because he was a Jew. Recently whea the Americo'Spuanish war was on, when Spain was appeailing for the inter vention of Kuropean nations, France and Germaay, it is eaid, abaudoned their sympathies besause thia fi nancier’s seeureties would have been damaged had those oceuntries become involved in war; and today he has made it probable that a member of his family will at some time sit om the throne of cngland, He and his people under: stood how to meet the prejudices which everywhere confronted them and instead of launching their craft upon the perilous waves of the political caa thev anietiv werked to secufe a always measuring results accomplished rather than the enthusiasm exeited. Therefore I believe that we should accept the inevitable curtailment of our pelitieal privileges in the South with out despondeney, but with determina: tion and with hope. THE NEW SOUTH. The South is a great country of un* developed resources. It is not over ridden with trade unions which exvlude Negro labor, aud discourage Negro en: terprise. Its cueap lands ladened with luxuriant vegetation, nourished by a delightful climate, are receiving the im: petus of Northern capital and enter: prise, are welcoming thousands annual’ ly within its gates, while we are leav’ ing. Business enterpriseis taking hold of the South as never before. Corpor: ations are rapidly being chartered for mining, maovufacturing and other busi: ne38 purposes, Factories are being e@ tablished everywhere. Agricultural pur’ suite are being studied, developed and improved. Therefore I believe we should accept the situation with the determination to make our presence and influence felt and needed 1a the development of these rapidly and varied increasing en’ terprises, As new railroads span the valleys, and cirele the mountains, as the masic of machinery of new factor- ies awaken the energits of slumbering communities the Negroes of the South must have sense encugh aud energy enough to become iatimately identi: fied with this mareh of industrial im- provement and to mske his interest and the communities in which he re sides 2s neayss possible, one and in- separable A SUOGOESSFUL AFRO AMERICAN. A few days ago I read of a Negro who was the president of a five million dollar concern. While the efforts of us a/] will neturally be attended with varying degrees of success cr failure, there can be no dcubt that whena large number of the thinkers and lead: ers of our race putsue the policy of this Negro president, there will be no race problem so far as we are concerned, to excite our fears or to distract the at: tention of the American people. From all parts of the country, we have encouraging reports of progress which Negroes are making in the busi: ness world; but with lesa attention to politics, and more te business, we shall make greater progrees still, we sha'l bring to ourselves power and influence which cannot be won upon the polit. eal fie'ds, and we shall throw around ourselves an armor of proteetion strong’ er than that which legislatures or laws will give. It doee mot seem to me, hewever, that we are introducing ourselves in the business world in the mest promis ing and profitable manner, The color line in business has its disadvantages as well there as elsewhere. Inexperi* ence, lack. of confiderce, limited capi tal, contribute to enhanes the chances of failure and to reduce the prospects of success to a minimun degree. Why should we introduce weak, struggling enterprises of our own that must meet all kinds ef obstacles when we can quiet" ty invest instreng and weil established enterprises, that are backed by unlim- ited capital and directed by unques- tioned experience? In theee days of pools, syndicates, trusts and monop: ties, it may be all right for us to start eur small individual enterprises, but if these combinations are so powerful im infiuence and rich dividends, can we not secure co ourselves some of the advantages which these stock holdera enjoy? If instead of complaining of Jim Orow car laws of the South over toads in which we have not one dol- lar’s worth of sto:k, we should acquire interest, and from time to time increase the same, could wa unt ranfidentiv exnect the dav to ceed. If the Negroes all over the coun: try would give just a littie help to thie commendable movement, we Possibly could make it the largest cotton factory in the world, and place {ts sUceess be- yond question, And thus as individuals or as organ. izations we could by railrosd Steck, by bank stock, enter the financial circles of the country where coler would not determine our treatment and where prejudice would no longer bold Sway. Ta moat ancient times it is said the fire worshipping Medes and Persians at stated periods would form one great clroie about their country, when the Zoroasirian priest would approach the koly altar upon which the sacred fire were kept continually barning. When the great line would be formed, the priest would light his torch from the altar amd turn to the one behind him. ‘This second terch bearer after lighting his torch would turn to the third and 80 on from one to another dewn the line, through the valleys, over moun- tains, in the country, through the towas, this hcly flame would spread from one te another until the entire country would be illuminated and in- aoupe by the presence of the sacred res. And thus the Neg:oes of North Care: lina mean to tals business, to organize for business, to teke hold of business in euch a way as will quieken the peo: ple ell ever the state, as will develop a spirit of enterprise, as will inspire them to euch finsncia) power and in fluenee, that as the 9,000,000 Negroos of the country are now indebted to us for their only representative in Congress so they may again be indebted to ua for the financial inepirstion and en: couragement which we hope to give them and to the country. Mr. Marshali Acquitted, = Me. W. H. Marshall, for eleven yeara & most popular letter-carrier ofthe Oity Post Office in this city and who some months ago was sus- Ee 4 pended for a viola: sg tion of the Postal Ry SN law, had his trial laee ie GO) Friday and to tho aa delight of his many RD friends was acquit- y Se ZAIN ted by the United Fi NV RN) States Court after a “fon I Sj’ most bitter fight VERY made against bim. & ae ey SSNs °: Jos, Ze Lo y f te fi iy r fF V1 \ i: y We 1%, ) iv, At the time of his arrest no one beliey: ed Mr. Marehall guilty and many of his friends thought it a case of persecu’ tion rather than prosecution. His ac’ quittal substantiates this belief. My, Marshall will probably go into business for himself. It 1 regretted by his wany friends that there is no redress for @ man who has been arrsted and dismissed from theservice on trumped: up ¢harges. He is to be congratulated, however, on sustaining his well earned and lifetime reputation made in this community. ; MEN! ; “A WARNING VOICE,” » Is the title of an interesting little : book that shows how » SEXUAL STRENGTH ;Is LOST and how it may be : REGAINED, : It is securely sealed in plain en- , velope Free, on receipt of 2 eent stamp for postage. Weare the leading specialists 10 curing all cases of Kidney and Bladder Trouble, Sexual weak- ness and Impotency, Syphillis, Gonorrhoea, Night Losses, Gleet, and Scricture, quickly and per- manently. We have cured thous- ands at their own homes, All let- ters kept strictly private and an- swered ia plain sealed envelope. Oonsuitation by mail free. Write today. Address Dr. W. H.Saunders;Co. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. i a i ee eae 2 THE HILLS OF VIRGINIA News Notes and Social Flasnes from the Classic Burg of Charlottesville. Charlotteeville, Va., Special—The annual election of officers of the Y. M. C. A. was held at the headquarters of the Y. M. C. A., Tuesday night, May 11th, resulting in the following officers for the ensuing year: Mr. J. H. Dickinson, president; Mr. S. B. Logan, 1st vice president; Mr. J. H. Thornton, 2nd vice president; C. H. Bullock, secretary; Mr. Ernest B. Allen, aest., secretary; Mr. J. N. Baker, treasurer; Mr. A. F. Angel, chaplain. The executive committee is as follows: Messrs. S. B. Logan, S. H. White, A. F. Angel, D. A. Smith, C. H. Bullock. The men's meeting at the Y. M. C. A. was well attended Sunday and the Lord's prayer ably explained. The monthly meeting of the Sunday school union was held at the Shiloh Baptist church, Sunday evening at 8 o'clock, Mr. G. P. Inge, president, presiding. Excellent papers were read and the recitations, etc., were highly enjoyed by all present. The meeting of the Union showed that even the small children are beginning to think for their betterment. The annual sermon to the Good Samaritans was preached at the First Baptist church Sunday night by the pastor, Rev. R. C. Quarles. The order turned out in a body, in full uniform, led by Mr. R. J. Ward, worthy chief. Mr. P. Y. Wyatt who has been sick at his home is able to be at his post of duty again. Mrs. A. W. Curtis and son left for Washington, D. C., Wednesday the 23rd, where she will spend a few days with her son, Dr. A. M. Curtis, surgeon in chief of Freedmen's Hospital, and thence to Chicago where she will reside with her son, Mr. A. W. Curtis. Hon. John H. Smyth, president of the Negro Reformatory of Virginia, was in the city last week. Dr. J. J. Quarles of Louisa, Virginia, was in the city last week. Mr. A. C. Mabrey has returned from Richmond, Va., where he has been visiting, his former home. Rev. Joseph Perry, missionary for Western Virginia, of the Home Missionary Society, has returned from a visit to North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Cephas Cosby are home from Richmond, Virginia Messrs. S. L. Bundy and Henry Reeves have gone to Warm Springs, Va. Miss Rosalie Brown is home from New York. Mrs. Sallie Sellers Ray and daughter, Mrs. James Bias, are home from Pittsburgh, Pa., on a visit to their parents and friends. Rev. Clarence Martin is home from Virginia Union University. Mr. D. A. Smith went to Washington, D. C., on business this week. A high class concert will be given at the Mt Zion Baptist church Monday night, June 4th, for the benefit of the church. Among those who will participate are Mr. B. H. Baker, cornetist of Washington, D. C., Madame S. L. Lindsay of Philadelphia, Pa., Mr. W. H. Parago, of the Cable Piano Company, and other local talent. This entertainment promises to be a rare musical treat. The closing exercises of the city public schools will be held at the First Baptist church next Thursday, and the fifth anniversary of the Jefferson School Alumni at the Ebenezer Baptist church on Friday night, accounts of which we will give in the next issue. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Higginbotham of Lynchburg, Va., were in the city last week, stopping at the Maceo Cofe, Mrs. W. H. Dabney, proprietor. The American can be had at Pollard and Nobles, or from Mr. A. F. Angel at the University. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. A GREAT INSTITUTION. The True Reformers' Bank at 'Richmond and the Great Institution Which Supports it and the Many Tributaries Which Supply it—A Worthy Example of Negro Posstbillities. A representative of The Colored American was in Richmond, Va., a few weeks ago and among the many places and points of interest he visited was the True Reformers' building, which contains not only the bank, but all the main bodies of the institution. Being a True Reformer he was readily introduced to the principal officers and to the chiefs of the various divisions. He was the guest for a few hours of Grand Worthy Secretary, W. P. Burrell, who after giving him a most delightful back ride in company with Mrs. Burrell and Miss Rosie B. Moody, a most brilliant and charming young school teacher, escorted him to the True Reformers' bank building at 604, 606 and 608 North Second street. He was turned over to Mr. R. T. Hill, the cashier of the bank. Mr. Hill is a factor in this institution and a veteran financier. Mr. Hill showed us through all of the departments of the bank, opened the great vault of the bank and we had the pleasure of handling and looking at between $85,000 and $100,000 in currency. Besides this there were great sacks of gold and silver which were dusty and musty from want of handling. Leaving this department, Mr. Hill introduced us to Mr. J. C. Robertson, chief of the real estate department and attorney for the Grand Fountain. Mr. Robertson though youthful in appearance is learned in the law, a most gifted speaker and has proven himself a strong factor in the order and department. An idea may be gained of the magnitude of his responsibilities when it is told that the order owns fifteen hauls, three farms, two dwellings and two hotels. The total valuation of the property is $180,000. We were next introduced to Mrs. M. A. Brown who has charge of the Regalia Department. As the day of our visit was the closing of the week, Mrs. Brown did not have time to give us any facts and figures. But her department is an important one. We were then introduced to Mr. B. W. Brown, the editor and financial business manager of The Reformer, the official organ of the order. Mr. Brown has with a small beginning run the circulation of The Reformer up to more than six thousand papers weekly, and has put the paper on a paying basis. To those who are acquainted with the struggles and tribulations of race journalism, the work of Mr. Brown is highly commendable. Mr. Edward Ellis, Jr., is the accountant. It is his duty to visit the chiefs of the different departments and to get a statement of their receipts and expenditures and of the amount of work done, so that at the weekly meetings he makes a separate and distinct report from each of the different chiefs. But their accounts must tally with his. Mr. T. W. Taylor is chief of the Old Folks' Home. This department is one of the most important as well as the most commendable feature of this great order. It consists of 634 acres, known as Western Farm, in Henrico County, within six miles of Richmond and cost the order $14,400. It is now on a paying basis and under Mr. Taylor's direct supervision is doing a great work. The Hotel Reformer is a new feature of the order and is under the direct charge of Mr. A. W. Holmes. It is first class in all of its departments, and and in addition to serving the public, it furnishes a home for all of its unmarried employees. It is spick-span, clean and worthy of a large amount of patronage. One of the brightest young men it was our pleasure to meet was Mr, R. J. Kyles, President Taylor's private secretary. Mr. Kyles is not only an expert stenographer and typewriters, but as an orator is known as a spell-binder. Washingtonians will remember his magnetic speech at the Vermont Ave. Baptist church in the early spring. We met President W. R. Taylor in the afternoon who invited us to attend their weekly meeting. These meetings are held Friday of each week and all of the chiefs, clerks and employees assemble in one of the fountain rooms and either make reports or hear the reports of the different departments. At this particular meeting without DULIN & MARTIN CO. REBUILDING SALE. 10 Per Cent off FOR CASH ON Everything in the House. Rich Cut Glass, Gold Decorated Glass, Glassware, Silverware, Cutlery, Bric-a-Brac, Lamps, Globes, &c, China, Dinner Sets, Toilet Sets. Refrigerators, Ice Chests, Ice Cream Freezers, Kitchen Utensils, &c. —with the single exception of the Monroe Porcelain-lined Refrigerators. Just think what an opportunity this affords to furnish your Home, and especially to buy those summer necessities—a Refrigerator, Ice Chest, and Ice Cream Freezer—at this big reduction from regular prices. DU LIN & MARTIN, CO. SUCCESSORS TO M. W. BEVERIDGE. 1215 F Street and 1214 G Street. going into details the receipts of the various departments amounted to some $26,000 for the week. The expenses of the different departments including death benefits, etc., amounted to some $6,000 leaving a net balance and profit of more than $19,000 for that week's work. These figures may seem a little steep but the writer examined them personally and verified them. After this meeting we were the guests of the main officers for a while and in a five minutes talk at the meeting said to them as we are saying to the rerders of The Colored American that the Grand United Order of True Reformers is a magnificent demonstration of what the Negro can do in a business way, of what he can do by organization. Those who read of the work of the True Reformers cannot get a full idea of the great scope of the work done. One must visit the fountain head or bee hive as it were, and see the "living picture." A large first class grocery store has just been opened up; a new site pur chased for a big dry goods store as well. The grocery store is now in successful operation. In addition to this large six story building is being erected in the rear of the large hall and bank building to accommodate the new departments and to install a large and first class printing outfit. The writer is under obligations to Grand Worthy Secretary, Mr. W. P. Burrell, for the many courtesies shown him and to President Taylor and other officers of the order. Hurrah, for the True Reformers! Hoffman's Big Musical Festival. All is in readiness for Hoffman's Second Annual Musical Festival June 8th next at the Academy of Music. The following magnificent program will be rendered: PART 1. Symphony Orchestra 25 musician in grand orchestral numbers as follows: 1. Overture, Musaic, Rollinsor. 2. Selection, The Ameer, Herbert. 3. Valse the Viceroy, Herbert. 4. Intermezzo, from Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascani. 5. March, Up Broadway Toler. 6. Idylle Hearts and Flowers, Tobani. PART 2. VOCAL. 1. Solo and chorus, Gounods Gallia, Gounod, Mme. Martina Irving and Washington Permanent Chorus 60 voices. 2. Tenors solo, Come Back Dear Heart, Arnold, Mr. Wm. Goodrich. 8. Chorus, The Gallant Troubador, Watson, Washington Permanent Chorus 60 voices. 4. Medley of 80 minutes in Operatic chorus under the direction of assistant leader Nathaniel Bowles. 5. Violin Cello Solo, Awakening of Spring, Bachr, Mr. Alexandria Lee. PART 9. The appearance on the stage of Hoffman's Concert Band of forty musicians handsomely unified celebrating their first anniversary previous to their trip to the National Republican Convention to be held at Philadelphia. PROGRAM. 1. March, Singing Girl, Herbert; 2. Overture, Lustpiel, Keler-Beler; 8. March, The Man Behind the Gun, Sousa. 4. Cornet Solo, Russian Fantasia, Levy, Mr. William Robinson; 5. False, Wedding of the Winds, Hall. 6. Comic, Patrol of the Boers, Schlejffarth. REV. CHARLES S. MORRIS The Eloquent African Missionary Who Captivated an Arkansas Baptist Convention. The well-known Unity Pleasure Club, No. 1 will give their first grand Moon- light Excursion to Notley Hall, June 8th, 1900. There will be a grand con- cert given by Misses Sarah Price, Ida Day, Bessie McCoy and Mamie Lewis. The Unity Pleasure Club quintette will render some of their choice selections. Prof. Holmes and orchestra will also assist in some of their latest compositions. The Unity Pleasure Club quintet is as follows: Richard Newton, Jas. Budd, Fitzhugh Marshall, John Johnson, and Will Lemons J. H. REV. P. A. HUBBARD. The Dollar King-Elected Financial Secretary of The A. M. E. Church. AGNOSTICISM DEFINED. Mr. Chilcoat Turns The Light on Religious Mountebanks Who Take the Livery of Heaven to Serve the Devil In. Editor The Colored American—We had thought at least by this time all persons of ordinary intelligence and information would be familiar with the life and character of the late Col. Robert G. Ingersoll. It is strange that honest men will sometimes resort to injudicious methods in their endeavor to promote an otherwise laudable and worthy object. A visiting gentleman to our city recently related to his hearers apparently a little personal history of himself. Our informant quotes the reverend gentleman as saying that he once met the late Mr. Ingersoll in open debate and that Mr. Ingersoll on meeting him decided he could not stand before such a store house of facts (win) as he (the reverend gentleman had packed away for him. And furthered it appears that this man is using such argument in collecting money for some object no one seems to know. Persons who have seen and heard Mr. Ingersoll are fully aware of the utter lack of veracity contained in such statement. It is not true and no one of common intelligence will for a moment tolerate such stupendous lies. If any one wants to know what Mr. Ingersoll's real position was, what he really said himself and not what some person who never took the pains to inform himself says he said, we would refer such persons to his masterful addresses which can be had at many of the book stores and most of the News Stands, and read for themselves. The intellectual pigmy above referred to reminds one of the doleful braying of a disheveled jackass hopelessly tied to a sinking ship doomed to the inevitable condition where all such must at last be consigned. Under the caption of a "New Reformation" appearing Monday morning May 28, in one of the local dailies, is contained food for thought calculated to shed large light on the problems of life and destiny. One idea which has doubtless dominated in the intellectual realm of the Anglo-Saxon is that the source of his great growth is the brain. That great race has learned as all races must learn that every reformation of whatever character or kind is germinated and developed by the genius of man's brain. That all creeds, all cults, all dogmas, all books, no matter how saired men may hold them to be are the product of man's origination. And sensible people are coming to understand this. Just as men used to misquote and put words in Ms. Ingersoll's mouth and then attempt to answer him, failing to answer his arguments they would often resort to calling names as if names were arguments. It was not the Mr. Ingersoll, but the digmatic and inconsistent religion that was on trial. Truth is always safe. All that Christ really taught is safe. But his real meaning has been distorted ann changed so that we hardly think he would know his own words if he were to again appear. The fact is, a question is always new until it is answered. Mr. Ingersoll's arguments have never been answered and in the nature of things we feel safe in the statement that they never will. And any person who will study both sides and carefully compare, will inevitably reach similar conclusions as all gone before. Mr. Ingersoll was not an infidel, and any one who says so certainly exhibits small information. He was an agnostic. The term agnostic comes from two Greek words which mean there are some things man does not know. And we should like to ask is not this about the true condition of things? Man knows more in this age than perhaps at any other period in the history of the world, and yet there are still in the dim distance other and may be larger victories awaiting the approach and mental grasp of man's brain. At any rate we think is far more profitable for all concerned that persons posing as leaders should at least learn the truth themselves before attempting to instruct others. The Afro-American has had enough of the incorrect and false ideas. It is time we call a halt, and be guided only by truth. Sensible clergymen and others know the folly of ignorant leaders. No matter how some may differ on questions about which neither knows absolutely, yet it must never be forgotten THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. U. that what the Afro-American needs most is true friends. Friends that practice what they preach. With Phillips, and Sumner, and Garrison, and Lincoln, Col. Ingersoll must and ever will be regarded by all thinking people as one of the best friends we have ever had. And we should never forget this. Gratitude is the fairest flower that sheds its perfume in the human heart. Mr. Ingersoll was a humanitarian in the highest and best sense of that term. No one ever went to Mr. Ingersoll with a just cause and was turned away. And right here lies the true key to real religion. And this fact is convincing thinking people everywhere that true religion does not depend on what a man says or professes, but rather upon his life, upon what he does for his fellowmen. Already a liberal university has been founded, and for these three years its halls have been crowded. Liberal religion, that which is based upon rational standards will be the religion of the future. All that's reasonable man will accept, and that which is not he will neither accept or reject. He will investigate and wait for conclusions. The preacher who contents himself with simply "banging away" with no practical ideas; need not be surprised if he finds his audience no other than the benches. Mr. Ingersoll thirty years ago predicted this and it is coming to pass rapidly. Men are thinking and you have got to give them mental food. Mr. Ingersoll's life work was to make this world better, by doing this it prepares us for the other one if there be another. Then may we say with the poet that Mr. Ingersoll was indeed "The friend of man, the friend of truth, The friend of age, and guide of youth: Few hearts like his, with virtue warm'd, Few heads with knowledge so informed: If there's another world, he lives in bliss, If there is none, he made the best of this." J. J. CHILCOAT. Citv. --- Corbett threatens to sprint and side step his way into politics. Unlike Dewey, he believes in capitalizing his fizz of popularity before the foam dies away. Dr. L. H. Slingleton, the well known and capable pharmacist, formerly with Dr. Pride in Georgetown, is now associated with Dr. Howard E. Young in Baltimore, where they are doing a ratling good business at the corner of W. Hoffman street and Druid Hill avenue. To the good thinking people of Washington, if you are thinking of given a party don't forget to consult the Delmo Koonce. PRIZE TO COMPANY B. (Continued from first page.) which was a little rogged and probably unnerved the commander. The alignment of the company, however, was as good as ever seen here, and the platoon movements were excellent. Company C, which carried of the prize last year, next came on, under the command of Capt. James E. Slaughter, and went through the programme with an easy swing which showed much practice. By the rooting from the grand stand it was easy to be seen that they had their following, and they tried their best to bear out their reputation. While their alignment was not up to the standard set by their predecessor, their firings, in volleys, as well as lying down and at will, were all that could be expected. They completed the programme in fine style, and it was the general opinion that they had made a better showing than Company A. THESE PROVED THE WINNERS. Captain William J. Howard next brought Company B—which had been touted as a winner—on the field, and that it was the favorite was evidenced by the cheers arising from many throats. The feminine contingent almost unanimously showed their liking for the men under Capt. Howard. They were drilled to perfection, and every order was executed with a snap and vim which showed much careful training. They went through the program SUMMER RESORTS The Summer season is about here, and the goods will be lots of money spent this summer by the id classes at resorts. The Colored American with its us announcements of all hotels, cottages and property entertain summer visitors. Send us your cards and it to spend a few weeks away from home may know rates will be. Our price for printing these cards for the per month. Terms in advance. Send your cards and to spend. The Colored American will be sent free durisement. , and the good times are also here. There hammer by the intelligent, and well to do clean with its usual enterprise sollicits the and property holders who desire to your cards and rates that those who wish one may know where to go and what the these cards for the season is $5.00 or $2.00 your cards and the amount you desire be sent free during the life of your adver The Summer season is about here, and the good times are also here. There will be lots of money spent this summer by the intelligent and well to do classes at resorts. The Colored American with its usual enterprise solloits the announcements of all hotels, cottages and property holders who desire to entertain summer visitors. Send us your cards and rates that those who wish to spend a few weeks away from home may know where to go and what the rates will be. Our price for printing these cards for the season is $5.00 or $2.00 per month. Terms in advance. Send your cards and the amount you desire to spend. The Colored American will be sent free during the life of your advertisement. HOTEL WOODLAWN TERRACE. This Hotel is situated on an elevation which furnis cent view for tea miles. At the base of which is a wide ample opportunity to those fond of sailing or fishing. on which furpishes one with a magnifi- which is a wide sheet of water giving ing or fishing. This Hotel is situated on an elevation which furnishes one with a magnificent view for tea miles. At the base of which is a wide sheet of water giving ample opportunity to those fond of sailing or fishing. WOODLAWN TERRACE. is on the Whitehorse Pike, seven miles from Camden. 25 trains stop at Lawnside daily. The service at the Hotel is strictly first class. The Bed Rooms are large and ally with all modern conveniences. The Hotel is three stories high, 35 feet front and is surrounded with a beautiful lawn and wide gravel walks. For terms, address MRS. CHAS. SMITH. Snow Hill. N.J. from Camden. 25 trains stop at Lawn- trictly first class. The Bed Rooms are nces. The Hotel is three stories high, beautiful lawn and wide gravel walks. TH, Snow Hill, N.J. is on the Whitehorse Pike, seven miles from Camden. 25 trains stop at Lawnside daily. The service at the Hotel is strictly first class. The Bed Rooms are large and airy with all modern conveniences. The Hotel is three stories high, 35 feet front and is surrounded with a beautiful lawn and wide gravel walks. CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. J. C. SMALLWOOD, Proprietor. 15 N. Illinois Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. MANHATTAN INN. 17 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. THOMAS COLE, Proprietor. Choice wines, Liquors and Cigars. CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. HARRIS' HOTEL GEORGE H. HARRIS, PROPRIETOR, 1139 Baltic Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. Meals Served at all Hours. Madre's Park for the season. On the Bokington Street Railway. Twenty minutes ride from the city. A delightful trip, good cool water. A splendid dancing pavilion and all conveniences for picnics and private parties. Terms within the reach of all. The electric cars are now running and the park an be reached for one fare. Address M. Madre, Madre's Park, Eckington, D. C. HOTEL HENDERSON--120 N Mississippi ave., Atlantic City, N. J., two squares from Reading depot; three minutes walk to Bathing Beach. Special rates for families and permanent boarders. The hotel has been newly papered and has 32 neatly fitted up sleeping rooms. Terms moderate. European and American plan. THE ELITE-624 R. Washington street; Alexandria, Va., Ice cream, confectionery, soda water and milk shakes, all flayers. Lunches and sandwiches. Cool, exclusive, up to date. The only first class pleasure resort in the city. When in Alexandria call on us. Opens May 15th. W. F. Hammond, proprietor. SUMMER RESORTS. ATLANTIC CITY. FITZGERALD'S CATLETTS, VA.—Summer Boarders: Parties desiring first class accommodations for the summer season will find it to their advantage to spend their vacation at Catletts Fauquier county, Va. Forty-eight miles from this city, there are three accommodation trains to the city per day. The house is situated about 1/4 mile above the village. Bard furnished for $12.00 per month, $4.00 per week, or 75 cents per day. Healthy climate, excellent board and comfortable rooms. Apply with stamp to Mrs. Kate McGuire, Catletts, Fauquier Co., Va. HOTEL SHEPHARDS HILL Open for the Season on June 1st. Beautifully situated near the Potomac River, on St. Patrick's Creek. Cool Rooms, Bathing, Boating, Fishing and Crabbing. For terms address Wm. D. Bond, Colton's Point, St. Mary's county Maryland, --- THE HOTEL Will open Friday, June 1, 1900. in quick time, did their fringes well, and executed the foot movements and manual of arms in fine style. They were given a lusty yell as they marched off. While the judges were in the rear considering their marks, Hoffman's Band came upon the field and started some lively music. Maj. Leon Turner formed the battalion in the rear of the grand stand and marched it on, taking position in the field, where he put the three companies through a drill. This required but a little time, and at its completion the judges took station with Maj. Brooks just besides Maj. Turner, and detailed Adj. M. T. Dean to notify the winning company. The crowd in the grand stand was anxious for a few moments, but when Capt. Howard was notified they shouted wildly, while even the cadets in the winning company danced with joy. The company was quickly brought forward, where Maj. Ourand, chairman of the board of judges, pinned two badges on the captain. One was the large "teachers' medal," which is contested for each year, while the other is a smaller gold medal, which becomes the personal property of the winning captain. On it is engraved "High School Battalion, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh Divisions, May 28, 1900." On the breast of each of the other members of the company Captains Hodges and Edwards pinned a blue ribbon, denoting the prize company. After receiving the congratulations of the judges and others, Capt. Howard marched his men back to their position, and Maj. Turner passed the battalion in review before the judges and other invited guests. Lieut. Kenney, with a squad of police, was present to preserve order, but it was all they could do to keep off the boys who wanted to gather the empty cartridges. After leaving the park the battalion, headed by a squad of mounted officers, under Sergt. Matthews, and a brass band, marched to the school on M street, near New Jersey avenue, where the companies were dismissed. AUDITORIUM. Open all the year. Suitable for conventions receptions, balls, concerts and theatrical entertainments. Choice wines, liquors and cigars. Attached the finest billiard room in the city. The Auditorium Cafe attached is strictly first class. Special attention given collation parties, weddings, receptions, etc. B, G. Fitzgerald, proprietor, 30 and 32 North Kentucky avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. THE NEW HOUSE DEBITY COTTAGE 31 N. Ohio Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. Excellis any in the city. All modern improvements. Two squares from the Reading Railroad depot. Two squares from the beach. I kindly thank my old as well as new patrons for their liberal patronage and hope for a continuance of the same. Mrs. J. F. Debity, proprietress. Lawnside. N.J. THE HUB HOTEL Henderson and Murray, prop's. s vemos TET COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. 0. $e ee IIE ’“S“wO 4‘ 9g AN BLOQUENT MISSIONARY Rev. Charles S. Morris Electrifies a South- ern Baptist Convention oy His Pyrotech- nic Description of Missionary Work in the Dark Continent The Southern Baptist Convention composed entirely of white people have juet closed on interesting session at Hot Springs, Ark. This Conventioo Was addressed on the night of the 14:b of May by Rev. 0. 8. Morris who has Fecently returned from Africa. Rev. Morris’ old home is in Louisville. We Save known him for years, His mother lives in Louievilie, and he is a promis- img man of the race. His speech before the Baptists stirred tbem greatly. The Associated Press at Hot Springs, sent ut the following description of his ap pearance before that Convention: ‘“‘Another Booker T. Washington ap- peared at the last momente of the Seuthern Baptist Convention last even- tpg. He was Rev. Charles 8. Morris, a yousg man of brown tkin, and with eloquemce that thrilled the big assem blege. He is in missionary work on the dark continent. But a dozen other missfonaries had Just told of their lsbors, and, while the convention listened with great interest, it remained for the Negro to stir the Great gathering to tuwulious enthusi- asm, when, with splendid elc quence, ke told bis hearers that ‘‘Uarey was noi the first modern missionary, but the pi oneere were the gi diy women who took @herge of the slaves when they Ianded im old Virgimia and taught ihem the Gospel, The thousands in the audience overwhelmed him with their applavee, ls was some time tefore ex-Gov Northen, the President, could obtain silence, ‘‘Bretbren,’’ said be, ‘I am in sympatby with your applause, but ite agaist the law,” The crowd saw the smile on his grizzled face and broke forth into fresh applause. Crowd pressed forward ana struggled to get Dear enough to throw money on the plat’ from. Several hundred dollars in sil’ Ver and gotes were at Morns’ stand. He said not to give money to him but fo turmit over to the Treasurer and have it used to send meseengers throughout the South to areuse the col ered people to co operation in the mis- sion work in Africa. Tbe outpour ing of money was 60 spentaneous that, even after the eloquent black orator had refused it, it was flang at his feet. There have been several great speech: es and two other remarkable scene: during the four days of this gathering of Baptiste of the Bouth, but the speect of the African missionary and the inct dente attending it formed the elimas of « highly en‘husiastlo eonvention.— ee ee Se The True Ideal of Negro Education. Hampton does not intend to make a white man out of a Negro, but its aim rather is to help him te be himself in the very best sense. The 80 cailed “educated Negro” is semetimes a pa’ thetic specimen of unhappiness and dis’ content, But the educated young Ne- groof the Hampton type is more, rather than less, of a megro than ever. He loves his race, and wants nothing better tham the splendid chance he finds today in the United States to work with and for his people. He sees the trae drift of things, and declines either to be despondent or defiant. While he must see that the people of his race have to undergo some hardehips aad soms injustice, he also sees that the white people of the South are in the sain the Negro’s friends and well- wieters; and he is taught at Hampton tbat cince the war the white people of the South have paid out in taxes for the support of the Negro schools some- thing like $60,000,000. It is the con- cern of the Hampton Negro and those whom he represents to see that tae col- ored teachers are provived who shall Know exactly how to secure good results from the money that continues thus te be sxpended.—(From ‘“Learniag by Doing at Hampton,’’ by Albert 8baw, in the American Monthly Review of | Reviews for April. “THE BRIGHT SIDE.” Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Addresses an Agricultural and Mechanical College in North Carolina. Mi. H. ©. Tyson of the Post Office Department and who fs a trustee of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Greensboro, N. C., has just returned to the city after having spent a pleas ant week as a guest of the college and to witness the commencement exercises of that prosperous institution. He gives a glowing aceount not only of the prog: ress made by the school but of the great reception and ovation given Mra | Mary Mary Church Terrell and her = eloquent sperch on commence- ment day, # mong other things he said: ee “She spoke on ‘The Bright Side”. and spoke for an hour, without notes, amid frequent burets of applause for the manner in which she presented the subj-ct to her hearers. She is a forcible speaker, and presents her views witb ease and grace. T'ne race has an ab'e representative in her wherever she ap pears. When she had finished her ad ‘dress in onr defense, she ves surround ed by hundreds who were eager tc *hower congratulations aad praise upop her in cheering words of encour: agement.’’ Rev. Walter H. Brooks returned this week from Chicago, [Il., where he went asa delegate to the convention of the Anti Saloon League. 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C, 54th Mass. Vols. When the Color Sergeant fell, he threw away his rifle, sleezed the colors and dashed forward in the face of the storm of shot and shell, until he reached the top of the parapet into which he drove the staff of the flag and lay down behind it, and for nearly an hour held SERGT. W. H. CARNEY. it there until at length he found that he was the only one remaining, all others being shot or driven back. Not being willing to surrender himself or the flag, he pulled up the staff and made a break for the reserve lines, and although wounded in three places before reaching there he, succeeded. The officers at that part of the line wished to relieve him of the colors and send him at once for his much needed medical attention, but he positively refused to give up the flag to any one not a member of his regiment, so they placed him in an ambulance and drove to J. H. MR. LEWIS H. DOUGLASS. where the remnants of his gallant comrades had rallied; to them he gave up the flag, and when they cheered his brave deed to the echo, simply said: "Boys, I only did my duty. The old flag never touched the ground." And then allowed them to take him to the hospital. His conduct was noted in orders, and reported to the governor of the state. Gen. Gilmore, in command of the U. S. forces, gave him a medal of honor; but by some oversight no report was made to the War Department calling attention to the matter and there it rested. In connection with the Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition, Mr. Thomas J. Calloway conceived the idea of making a collection of photographs of colored men who had received medals of honor from the Congress of the United States, and requested an old soldier, at present connected with the War Department to take charge of the matter, which he did and succeeded in collecting after infinite painstaking, the portraits of sixteen (16) living and dead heroes, and the group is now a part of the exhibit. It was during this search that the gentleman in charge found to his great surprise that no medal from Congress had been issued to Sergt. Carney, and after corresponding with the gallant sergeant, took up the case personally, searched for and found the necessary evidence to establish the claim, put it in proper form, and submitted it to the Secretary of War for action. It is needless to say that the action was favorable, and now at all subsequent encampments, re-unions and other official functions, the bronze star with its broad striped ribbon will be conspicuous on the broad chest of the brave hero Sergt. William H. Carney. This gentleman is also authority for another statement that may be of interest to Washingtonians. Lewis H. Douglass, so well known to our citizens was sergeant major of the 54th Mass. Infantry, and was also present and participated in the fight on this occasion. And when the line where he was shook, and shrank under the terrible fire, Douglass sprang up on the parapet shouting, "Come on boys, we are on review today before Governor Andrew," and the line rallied and followed him with a cheer. "Ha'l them as heroes tried, Never in field or tent, Scorn the Black Regiment." An Absurd Proposition. "Shut the Negro out of your primaries and you have solved the Negro question," is the opening statement of a most nonsensical proposition enunciated by one Henry Standish, of Tennessee. "We democrats," said he, "do not allow a republican to vote at a democratic primary. The Negro is considered a republican voter. He can be legally shut out of the republican primary, if the republican party would just set him down as a democratic voter. There is nothing to prevent him being shut out of their primaries. If he is thrown out of the primaries of both parties, what chance will he have to vote? The democrats of the South hold the white voter because the Negro is considered a republican. It is by shutting them out of the primaries and force them to vote the republican ticket that this condition is made possible. The repubicans haven't awakened to the fact that they can unload the Negro, and by thus getting rid of that incubus, stand a chance of dividing the white vote of the South on economic issues. When they do, the Negro will probably be looking for a party." Mrs. Terrell in the South Mrs. Mary Church Terrell left Sunday night for Greensboro, N. C., to deliver the annual address to the faculty and students of the A. and M. College at that place of which Prof. J. B. Dudley is president. Mrs. Terrell has been attending the A. M. E. General Conference at Columbus, O., and was not in good health, but faithful to her promise she determined to go South at any risk. It is useless to say that her reception was a royal one, and she acquitted herself with the distinction that marks every effort she undertakes. Mrs. Terrell takes the lecture field this summer under the auspices of a leading lyceum bureau. The terms offered are very flattering. To the good thinking people of Washington, if you are thinking of given a party don't forget to consult the Delmo Koonce. THE STATUS OF NEGRO. Speakers of Prominence Address Meeting Called for Thursday-Planning for the Future. A conference of the colored citizens of the District was held on Thursday morning in Carroll Hall, G street between Ninth and Tenth streets northwest, for the purpose of discussing the social, political, moral, education and industrial status of the Negro in this country. There were three sessions. The morning session was opened at 10 o'clock with addresses by former senator John P. Green, of Ohio, and Mr. Thomas H. R Clarke. The afternoon session, beginning at 2 o'clock, was addressed by former Senator Henry W, Blair, of New Hampshire; Dr. J E. Jones, Mr. Judson W. Lyons, Mr. H. P. Cheatham, and Mr. W. Calvin Ohase. A public meeting was held in the evening, on which occasion Senator William E. Chandler, Congressman H. R. 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We solicit news, contributions, opinions and in fact, all matters affecting the race. We will not pay for matter, however, unless it is ordered by us. All matter intended for publication must reach this office by Wednes- day of each week to insure insertion in the current issue. Agents are wanted everywhere, Send or instructions. ADVERTISING RATES. Reading notices 50 cents per line. Display advertisements, $2 per square inch per insertion. Discounts made on large contracts. Entered at the Post-office as second-class matter. All letters, communications, and business matters should be addressed to THE COLORED AMERICAN. EDWARD E. COOPER. MANAGER WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, JUNE, 2, 1900. RECORDER CHEATHAM AS A LEADER. One of the very best and purest men in public life today is Henry Plummer Cheatham, our Recorder of Deeds. He is a man of ability, high character, and is a real leader, called to the premiership by a thoughtful and judicious constituency. North Carolina made no mistake when she sent him to represent her in the National Congress, and President McKinley showed the broadest wisdom in tendering him the position of Recorder of Deeds. This office, which has been capably administered by such race giants as Frederick Douglass, Blanche K. Bruce and James C. Matthews, has suffered no depreciation by his system of management. On the contrary, he has made many improvements, both in methods and personnel, and it is not too much to say that the office was never before in such excellent condition as the year of our Lord 1900 finds it. During Mr. Cheatham's incumbency, the book-typewriter has been successfully introduced, with the result that the records are more legible, more durable and occupy less space than was the case when "long hand" was used altogether. He has given employment to many Negroes, yet has so parcelled out his patronage, here and there, that the lynx-eyed critic has been unable to charge him with having "Negro-ized" the office. Mr. Cheatham is unquestionably a power in the politics of North Carolina. There is a disposition in some quarters (inspired more than likely by jealousy or failure to comprehend his breadth of vision) to asperse his action a few days ago in withdrawing from the race for delegate-at-large to the republican national convention. The Colored American is frank to say that the man is wise indeed who can at this distance from the scene of action, decide what is best to be done, or who knows better than Mr. Cheatham what course should be pursued to yield the most beneficial and lasting results. Mr. Cheatham was not defeated. He could have been elected. While certain con THE COLORED AMERICAN. WASHINGTON. D. C. ditions are ripening, it was deemed expedient that a solid white delegation be chosen. Mr. Cheatham sacrificed personal ambition for the good of the party and for the ultimate good of the race—as the outcome of the present crisis will eventually show. Mr. Cheatham understands the case in hand, and acted from a clear and immediate view of all the points at issue. We who are out of harm's way, with comparatively nothing at stake, should keep hands off, and leave the settlement of the North Carolina problem to Mr. Cheatham and the other far-sighted helmsmen at the wheel with him. Quay is still "in it." Extravagance is the Negro's beset ting sin. No Negro is concerned in the Cuban rascality. At least until further notice, it is Governor Beckham, of Kentucky. A new deal is wanted in the civil service regulations, which fail to regulate. The Indiana man as a fat-fryer is giving the Ohio man a run for his money. The professional political mendicant should be frosted early in the game this year. The Negro is not unreasonable in expecting three out of the seven members of the Board of Education. Let us have only men of character, intelligence, independence and lofty public spirit upon the new Board of Education. Commissioner Macfarland exhibits great wisdom in moving slowly in matters connected with the local educational issues. The sooner the Negro masses get out of the congested cities, and go to the country and progressive towns, the better it will be for them. Booker T. Washington urges wisely when he pedals hard upon his admonition: "Young colored man, get a bank account!" The mutability of fortune is shown by the fact that the mortal we congratulate today we are called upon to sympathize with tomorrow. In all discussions as to the material advantages of the higher or industrial training, the easiest settlement is a direct appeal to the natural law. What would 10,000,000 of white people do, were they persecuted, outraged and discriminated against as Negroes are? Only the ashes of great cities would be left to reply! We invite the attention of such thriving communities as Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, St. Paul, Omaha and Seattle to the assinine boast of a few self appointed censors that suffrageless Washington is the best governed city in the United States. If the people cannot be trusted to govern themselves —haven't sense enough to know what they want—wisdom would prompt all of our great municipalities to withdraw the suffrage, and pass under the control of a select junta, who, like the --- local rulers, have secured a corner on all the available judgment, discretion and knowledge. The man who can write his check for amounts up in the four figures is generally addressed as "Mr." by everybody who is aware of his standing at the bank. With Senator Fairbanks on the national ticket for vice-president, Indiana would give McKinley 50,000 majority as easy as falling off the log The Negro who contends for what is his under the Constitution and the laws, is, in the eyes of certain Caucasian journals, a dangerous citizen, bent upon stirring up "race feeling," and a menace to the peace and social order of a community. The colored people are not a bit excited over the Porto Rican tariff What we want is our right to live in security on the American domain, and the right to work at whatever calling our talents fit us to engage in. The success of the Booker T. Washington meeting conclusively demonstrated that we have at least 2,000 citizens who would rather listen to wise words from a wise leader than to follow parades, brass bands and fireworks. We believe we speak for nineteenth of the intelligent colored people of the District of Columbia, when we suggest the retention of Rev. Sterling N. Brown as a member of the Board of Education. He is capable, public spirited and clean-handed. The recent papers by Recorder H. P. Cheatham and Prof. W. H. H. Hart upon "Industry" and "Agriculture" respectively, are pronounced by critics and authorities to be the best productions on those subjects ever heard before a local literary association. Both were full of ripe thought and abounded in sound advice. Religious conferences do not treat the Negro with much more consideration than do political conventions, when white people are running them. At the great Methodist conclave at Chicago, Dr. Bowen showed up like a winner in the index, but was out of the race for Bishop before the quarter post was reached. There is no one system of education that will satisfy the wants of the Negro race, and there is no species of education that some Negro cannot utilize to advantage. Moral: The individual should select that to which he is best adapted by nature, or which environment makes most essential to his material well-being. A comparison that is odious Director of Posts Rathbone steals or permits to be stolen, thousands of dollars of postal revenues in Cuba. He is merely superseded in office. A Negro tries to work in a Georgia factory, to earn an honorable livelihood. He is lynched by his fellow citizens, and the state and national governments pass over the episode in silence and indifference. Suffrage for the District of Columbia is the only way out. Let us have qualified suffrage, if it please the powers. Restrict the ballot to those who have reached a proper educational standard or who have acquired a little property, if need be. But at any rate, suffrage is the only way out for the voiceless political eunuchs wwo have no home, except the District of Columbia If any branch of the government service more than another should rigidly insist upon perfect honesty of administration from top to bottom, that branch is the postal service. Our money, our health, our business interests and moral development are all at its mercy. No suspicious character should be tolerated within an arm's length of the mails. A Grand Musical and Literary Enterment at the Shiloh Baptist Church Paul Lawrence Dunbar to Read. Among the many musical and literary treats in store for the music-loving people of Washington is the grand Sidney Woodward Concert which will take place at the Shiloh Baptist church, Monday Evening, June 11th. The pro J. MR. WINSTON PAYNE gram is an interesting one and contains just enough spice and variety to make it a drawing card. The concert is under the direct management of Mr. Winston Payne, Washington's popular tenor. This is Mr. Payne's first attempt at managing a concert although he has for the past few years given his services to every public movement and has helped at all the different musical entertainments. He has a host of friends who are assisting him to make this, his maiden effort, a success in every way. Already assurances are given for a large attendance. Mr. Sidney Woodward who has just returned from a trip abroad is the greatest tenor the race has produced and is considered by many the greatest tenor living. Mr. Paul Lawrence Dunbar needs no introduction to a Washington audience. The program is as follows, and will be carried out to the letter: Mr. Paul Lawrence Dunbar, poet, who will make his first appearance after a journey in the Rocky Mountains. Mrs. Lulu Joy Brooks, soprano. Mr. Joseph Douglass, violinist. Prof. J. T. Layton, basso. Mr. Winston Payne, tenor. The Washington Star Quartette. Mr. Woodward will be a sisted by a chorus of sixty voicas with Prof. J. T. Layton as director. Come early to avoid the rush. The concert begins at 9 o'clock. Tickets can be obtained from the Manager and Trustees of the church. Rev J. A Taylor, pastor. Mr. Winston D. Payne, manager, Miss Jennette Taylor, and Prof. Braxton, accompanists. Admission 25 cents. The public is cordially invited. CONFERENCE ADJOURNS. A. M. E. Boards for the next Quadrennium-All Efforts to Increase Officers and Salaries Were Blocked-Closing Features. Columbus, Ohio, Special——The A. M. E. general conference adjourned at noon, the closing session being one of the liveliest of the conference. One of the most important features J. REV. M. M MOORE, D. D. Newly Elected Bishop. was the announcement of the following quadrennial boards: Publication board—Chairman, Bishop Derrick; first district, W. H. Giles; second, J. H. Callett; third, J. M. Gilmere; fourth, R. C. Ransom; fifth, F. J. McLonald, North Missouri conference; sixth, W. O P. Shurman; seventh, N. L. Edmonson; eighth, P. H Fisher; ninth, J. A. Jones; tenth, J. P. Howard, eleventh, J. L. Moore; twelfth, J. C. Morley; thirteenth, J. H. Martin; fourteenth. Missionary board - Chairman, Bishop Handy; first district, W. H. Thomas; second, E. H. Bolden; third, J. H. Jones; fourth, R. F. Hurley; fif h, M. S. Bryant, North Missouri conference; sixth, J. A. Lindsey; seventh, L. Gardner; eighth, P. W. Walle; ninth, J. W. Frazier; tenth, E. T. Cottman; eleventh, R. S. Quarterman; twelfth, A. Korsy; thirteenth, P. A. King; fourteenth, J. Z Tantai. Financial board—Chairman, Bishop Arnett; first district, J. M. Henderson; second, John Hurst; third, Charles Bundy; fourth, N. J. McCracken; fifth, George H Shaffer; sixth, J. S Flipper; seventh, L R Nichols; eighth, E. W. Lampton; ninth, J. M. Turner; tenth, A. G. Scott; eleventh, A. J Kershaw; twelfth, G. A G. Dorce; thirteenth John Webb; fourteenth, M, M. Mokone. Educational board—Chairman Bishop Lee; first district, J. P. Sampson; sec REV. EVANS TYREE, D. D., Newly Elected Bishop ond, George W. Nicholson; third, S. T. Mitchell; fourth, A. L. Murray; fifth, W. T. Vernon, of Missouri; sixth, W. D. Johnson, Sr.; seventh, E. H. Colt; eighth, P. W. Wade; ninth, B. A. J. Nixon; tenth, E. D. Winn; eleventh; D. W. Gellislee; twelfth, R. H. Shirley; thirteenth, A. M. Green; fourteenth— Sunday School Union-Chairman, Bishop Turner, first district, N. D. Temple; second, D. G. Hill; third, W. G. Johnson, of northern Ohio; fourth, Georgie W. Gaines; fifth, W. B. Brooks of Kansas; sixth, F. F. Body; seventh, O. P. Nelson; eighth, W. H. Jones; ninth, A. J. Davis; tenth, J. W. Rankin; eleventh, S. William; twelfth, A. W. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. E. Hackley; thirteenth, John D. Haynes; fourteenth, . . . Southern Christian Recorder—Chairman, Bishop Salter, first district, W. Davis; Second, A. Strand; Third, D. F. Callinan; Fourth, Timothy Reeves; Fifth, W. B. White, of Missouri; Sixth, G. C Cargile; seventh, A. W. Atwater, Eighth, E. R. Carter; Ninth, R. A. Hill; Tenth, J. E. Edwards; Eleventh, B. W. Wiley; Twelfth, J. P. James; Thirteenth, P. W. Williams; Fourteenth. Church extension board—Chairman, Bishop Grant; First district, D. P. Roberts; Second. A. L. Gaines; Third. D. S. Dentley; Fourth, A. J. Burton; Fifth, A. M. Ward, of Kansas; Sixth, Allen Cooper; Seventh, F. G. Dandy; Eighth, M. REV. C. T. SHAFFER, M. D., D, D. Newly Elected Bishop. REV. C. T. SHAFFER, M. D., D, D. Newly Elected Bishop. O. W. Oblids; Ninth, G. H. Burkas Tenth, T C. Denham; Eleventh, J. W. Dukes; Twelfth L. Pieros; Thirteenth, A. M. Green; Fourteenth, Willian H. Gow. Historical and Literary society—Chairman, Bishop Tanner; First district, H. H Pinckney; Second, J. W. Beckett; Third, W. S. Scarborough; Fourth, Sandy Simmons; Fifth, G. E. Bailey, of Puget Sound; Sixth, J. A. Davis; Seventh, J. N. Fitzpatrick; Eighth J. M. Conner; Ninth, S R Reid; Tenth, W. B. Roberts; Eleventh, F Lavette; Twelfth W. T. Artes; Thirteenth, Frank Wistheimer; Fourteenth, Allen Christian Endeaver board—Chairman, Bishop Shaffer; First district, W. D. Cook; Second, W. F Freeman; Third, H Y. Arnett; Fourth, Charles S. Smith; Fifth, S. W. Byrd, of Color do; Sixth, W. G. Alexander: J. B. REV. L. J. COPPIN, D. D. Newly Elected Bishop. Seventh, S. L. Winns; Eighth, W. A. J. Phillips; Ninth, J. W. Pickett; Tenth, J. W. Watson; Eleventh, T. Moorer, Twelfth, Reuben Sealey; Thirteenth, H. M. Strady; Fourteenth, ____. Board of directors twentieth century fund - Chairman, Bishop Gaines; First district, J. W. L. Rountree; Second James Dean; Third, G. G. Skinner; Fourth, Morris Lewis; Fifth, J. W. Sexton, of North Missouri; Sixth, R. D. Stimson; Seventh, J. H. Welch; Eighth, T. H. Jackson; Ninth, A. H. Ross; Teenth, M. D. Brookens; Eleventh, Thos Loud; Twelfth, Thos. Henderson; Thirteenth, L. C. 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Dr. John Pearson, field agent of the American Bible society, brought greetings form the M E conference in Chicago. The sum of $50 was appropriated for a life representative of the A. M. E. DAMOND C. MILLER CHARLES SPENCER SMITH. Newly Elected Bishop. church on the board of control of the American Bible society. The educational bill now before congress was indorsed. A resolution providing for the incorportion of the A.M. E. church in all foreign fands where it is working, was adopted unanimously. The former action making stew and invigorates. It is a panacea for all irregularities of her monthly periods. It is a constant friend to the expectant mother; a never-failing stand-by to the nursing mother, both for herself and for her child, and finally when the change of life comes on, no medicine on earth is of equal efficacy to the woman in this critical period. Surely Pe-ru-na is the woman's friend." That catarrh has any relation to barrenness in women is surprising to many. 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D., Elected Secretary of the Sunday School Union. state of the church was adopted, emphasizing the fact that the color line should not be drawn, but that the Negro should be allowed to progress in accordance with his social and economical efficiency. The episcopal committee decided that there was no ground for the charges against Bishop Handy, as preferred by the Norfolk conference. The book, "Dispensations in the History of the Church," by Bishop Tanner, was heartily commended for use in colleges. The presentation of resolutions was often accompanied by great confusion. The effort to increase the number of officers and to increase salaries was defeated by a blanket resolution by Dr. Leake, providing for no increases. Rev. G. E. Taylor, of Texas, was elected editor of the Southern Christian Recorder. A resolution was adopted (Continued on 12th page.) THE SUMMER SEASON IS ON. Captain L. J. Woollen, the manager of the River Queen, announces in another column to the public that the books are opened for excursions to Notley Hall, that popular summer resort, and that the River Queen has been repainted, refitted up in every way and new electric lights put in at the expense of five thousand dollars and is in better condition than ever to serve the public. The following dates have all been taken: June " 4, Belford Outing Club, " 5, Oceola Social Club, " 6, Junk Dealers' Business Men Club. " 7, to Cedar Point, " 10, Regular family excursion to Notley Hall, " 11, Crescent Social Club to Not ley Hall, June 12, Minutemen Club, " 13, F. W. Hedge and Dan Free- man Auxiliary Club. " 14, Hillsdale Business Men As- sociation. " 15, Fred. Douglass Post No. 21 to Lower Cedar Point. " 18, The Keystone Pleasure Club, " 19, Odd Fellows, Georgetown, " 20, Lower Cedar Point, " 21, Young Men's Protective League. " 22, Young Men's Immediate Relief, " 25, Felix Lodge, Masons. " 26, La Tosca Social Club to Notley Hall, " 27, The Blooming Youth Social Club to Notley Hall. " 28, The Gay Hearts and Vondell Social Club to Lower Cedar Point, " 29, The Epicurean Pleasure Club. " 2, Lafodonia Social Club to Notley Hall, " 3, The Masonic Fraternity to Notley Hall, " 4, The Ideal Working Club to Lower Cedar Point, " 9, The Old Folks Homestead Social Club to Lower Cedar Point, " 11, The Ten Americans Club to Notley Hall, " 13, 2nd Baptist church to Lower Cedar Point, " 16, The Boston House Porters Social Club to Notley Hall. " 17, Israel C. M. E. church to Notley Hall, " 18, Court , No. 8, Daughters of Israel to Notley Hall, " 20, People's Congregational church to Lower Ceader Point, " 29, American Star Social Club to Notley Hall. " 24, N. E. Magnolia Social Club to Notley Hall. A list of the charters will be published in this paper from week to week so that the date of charters will be known. The Great Spring Medicine! 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Call and be convinced. Joshua N. Anderson I. J. Edwards, Preps. CHR. XANDER 909 Seventh Street N. W. His Sweet Norton, a deep tinted red wine, his own pressing, allows double dilution in the drinking glass and remains as vinous and sweet, as the best sweet Catawba unwatered. Both he sells at $1 gallon, 50c the half gallon. Chr. Xander's Rye Whiskies at 175c, 65c, 60c and 50c the full quart, are free from fusel poison of some age, kept in heated storage, and compare advantageously with any whiskies at their price. Equally so his Brandies, Gins and Rum are pure and well developed, and the moderate use of them ever cause a headache. He has an array of ever so many standards of Wines and Whiskies stored in his cellars and warehouse. Remember the Number 909, Nobranch houses THE EL CANEY CAFE 415 K Street N, W. A strictly first-class Cafe. Meals served at all hours on the American and European plan. lunches, Ice Cream and Soft Drinks a specialty. Pursued rooms with or without board at reasonable rates. Edwards & Williamson, Props Late members of the 25th U. S. Infantry ILLUSTRATIONS CUTS MADE OF ANY THING, BY ANY PROCESS. FINE WORK AT LOW PRICES. THE Maurice Joyce Engraving Company. EVENING STAR BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C. --- IN THE SUNNY SOUTH. Mrs Lucy Thurman the Noted Lectureress Banqueted.—A Degree for Register Lyons—Commencement Exercises in the Gate City.—General News Notes. Atlanta, Ga.—Special. Last Thursday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Hunton field secretary of the Y. M. O. A. tendered a reception to the woman's club in honor of Mrs. Thurman of Michigan. This was perhaps one of the finest affairs given in the city for quite a while. Mrs. Thurman delivered a lecture to the club in the interest of establishing a mother's nursery for the children of mothers who are in service. MRS. LUCY THURMAN. Her remarks were timely and the club promises to take the matter up and push it to a success. I noticed among the prominent ladies present at this reception, Mrs. Dr. J. W. E Bowen, Mr. Dr. H. R Butler, Mrs. T. B. Kelly, Mrs. A. D. Carey, Mrs. Maj. S. W. Easley, jr., Mrs. W. F. McKinney, Mrs. Hodgers, Mrs. H. J. White, Mrs. Giles of Spellman Seminary, Miss Josie E Holmes, Mrs. Prof. W. B. Mattbews, Mrs. Nellie Cook Hamilton and others. Mrs. Hunton is a great entertainer and a very pleasant and popular member of the woman's club. Mrs. C. C. Wimbish at the head of the ladies' alumni of the Atlanta University, arranged for a fine banquet and reception for the visiting gradu A. H. ates of the "A. U." last Monday night the 28th inst. This was a great event for the old "A. U." Stone Hall and Ware Memorial Chapel were thronged with the finest gathering of people ever held any where, and the speeches and toasts were of the highest class, Mrs. Georgia Swift King was particularly happy in presenting the pictures of Prof. and Mrs. Chace to the alumni. Mrs. Wimbish and the ladies with her deserve the thanks of the friends of the "A. U." for this reception. Rev. L. B. Maxwell the field and interdenominational Sunday-school secretary, preached the baccalaureate sermon of the Atlanta University last Sunday morning the 27th inst. Its equal was perhaps never delivered in that school. The hall could not hold the people who went to hear him. The Atlanta Baptist College on last THE COLORADO AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. E. Thursday, conferred the degree of A. M. upon Hon. Judson W. Lyons, Regieter of the Treasury. Mr. Lyons is an alumnus of this school. The school and people generally were much disap pointed when they received his telegram announcing that it was impossible for him to be present. Rev. J. M. Henderson, D. D, president of Morris Brown College, preached the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class of his school last Sunday morning the 27th inst. The sermon was unusually strong. The doctor is perhaps one of the strongest men in the A. M. E. Connection. He is certainly one of the ablest preachers. Bethel's congregation last Sunday morning was the largest it has had in many a day, the occasion being to hear Dr. Henderson. Miss Josie B. Holmes, a teacher in Clark University and secretary of the woman's club, met with a very serious accident one day last week and as a result she is almost unable to walk. Mrs. A. F. Herndon of the Atlanta University, has been on the sick list for some days, and this will perhaps delay her trip to Paris. There is some disappointment in Georgia because the state failed to receive anything at the hands of the General Conference of the A. M. E. Church. This is not natural. Georgia furnishes over three eighths of the General Conference funds and has the largest membership of any state in the Connection. Mr. H. J. White, one of Atlanta's most progressive business men who conducts one of the largest and most successful tonsorial parlors in the city, will visit Washington, Philadelphia, Boston and other eastern cities during the month of June. Mr. White is a large-hearted man and a very liberal citizen. He is a regular subscriber to more than a halt dozen race journals. Prof. George S. Chaires of Florida, has been in the city for a few days visiting his brother Mr. R. C. Chaires. The professor is a graduate of the state college of Florida, and is one of the leading teachers of that state. He has served as Grand Lecturer for the Knights of Pythias for several years. His reputation as a natural born orator was verified while in this city. He is called the Demosthenes of Florida. Prof. Chaires is a refined, learned, scholarly, Christian gentleman, and is recognized as such in his state and wherever he goes. Mrs. Thurman spoke to one of the largest audiences last Sunday afternoon, at Allen Temple A. M. E. Church, that the city has witnessed in a long time. She was introduced by Dr. A. A. Whitman the pastor, and the race's great poet. People came from all parts of the city to hear this gifted woman. The church choir under the leadership of Prof. Alenzo Culbesron rendered many rare selections of music for the occasion. ISAAC HUMPHREY Hoffman's Big Musical Festival. "The Patrol of the Boers" and Sousa's new march "The Man behind the Gun" are new and sensational. Hear the famous band render both at Hoffman's 2nd annual musical festival June 8. The prices for reserved seats now on sale at musical bureau, 1130 15th st, n.w., are as follows: orchestra, 75 cents; orchestra circle, 50 cents; dress circle, 35 cents; gallery, 25 cents. The Best and most experienced, the one to consult if you suffer from Private Diseases & Excesses. Prof. G. F. THEEL, M.D., 604 North Sixth St. Philadelphia, Pa., gives a Guarantee in every case. Variocee & Stricture (no cutting). Lost Vigor & Health restored. 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For sale at your drug stores or any one will be sent by mail on receipt of price. Stamps accepted. Agents wanted. Can make from $75 to $150 per month. P. O. BOX 570 SCOTT REMEDY CO. LOUISVILLE, KY. SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. AGENTS WANTED. Agents Wanted. Enclose 20 stamp for reply, and we will send particulars telling how you can make from $75 to $150 per month, and also be presented with a fine Gold Watch. Address. SCOTT REMEDY CO. Box 570, Louisville, Ky. WANTED—An active young man as collector. Must be well acquainted with the city. Married man preferred. Gritty men and women wanted in every neighborhood to act as general agents and to appoint agents. Also to manage branch offices. Salary paid in advance. If interested send 25e in silver for samples and full particulars. Address J. W. Wimbish, General Manager, La Grange, Ga. MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED ROOMS. A man and wife wants a suite of three or four unfurnished rooms, heat and lights furnished. Must be convenient to cars. Address "House", care this office either at 8.30 am, or 4 pm. An Excellent Opportunity for Our High School Graduates. Any one with a business turn can earn two or three dollars a day by taking up the work laid out by the American Savings Industrial Company. room 3 609 F street, n. w. Explanation free. Call from 9 a, m. to 4 p. m. Only those who are willing to work need apply tf. An educated man who is married, and who means business and who has a little capital will do well to correspond with "C" care of The Colored American office. A good investment for the right person. WANTED-A competent pharmacist for colored drug store. One that has had practice. Address with references H. E. Perry, P. O. Box 41, Houston, Texas. Cora E. Dorsey and Christine Dorsey Typewriting, Copying and Steno graphic work satisfactorily performed at reasonable rates by the Misses Dorsey, Room 8, Le Droit Building, Corner 8th and F street northwest. Drunkenness Safe, Harmless. Guarantee Cure. 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W To Repair Broken Articles use Major's Cement Remember MAJOR'S RUBBER CEMENT. MAJOR'S LEATHER CEMENT. LIQUORS AND SEGARS FINE WINES. Harper & Wilson a specialty. 1926 Fourteenth Street, Northwest J.W. GREEN, TONSORIALIST. First Class Hair Cutting. Shampooing. Singeing. Shaving. Barbers. 1401 Q. STREET, N. W. GREAT RACE BOOKS It is a fact that J. T. Haley & Co. 346 Court Square Nashville, Tenn are the most extensive Race Book publishers in the United States. They are our friends and are giving employment to hundreds of men and women of the race. They publish the AFROAMERICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA COLLEGE OF LIFE, UNCLE TOMS CABIN, SPARKLING GEMS, LAMP OF WISDOM, etc. These books sell at sight. Agents are having a harvest. Write Quick for terms and Territory. --- THE COLONIAL AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. U. CONFERENCE ADJOURNED. (Continued from Ninth Page.) debarring from the pulpit any man who is separated from his wife, except on account of adultery. After brief addresses from the new bishops and the new officers the conference adjourned. The next place of meeting, in 1604, was placed in the hands of a committee, who will decide later. Macon, Ga., is mentioned as a possible location. Bishop Salter presided at Friday morning's session. Rev. R. H. W. Leake, of North Carolina, was elected business manager of The Christian Recorder, receiving $32 votes to $9 for J. B. REV. R. H. W. LEAKE, D. D. of North Carolina, Newly Elected Business Manager of The Christian Recorder. Rev. T. W. Henderson, the present incumbent and next highest on the list of competitors. Rev. H. T. Johnson was re-elected editor of the paper. Revs. H. B. Parks, H. T. Kealing and J. R. Hawkins were elected by acclamation to the positions, respectively, of missionary secretary and editor of the A. M. E. Review, and J. R. Hawkins, secretary of education. Two ballots were taken for financial secretary, and on the second P. A. Hubbard, of the Colorado conference, having received 214 votes of the 875 cast, was elected. One ballot was taken for secretary of Sunday-school union with no result, and the evening having been accorded to the Woman's Mite Missionary society, Bishop Turner, the presiding officer, ordered a recess until Saturday morning at 9 o'clock, which was reluctantly acceded to by the delegates, who were anxious to reach a result. Bishop Turner called the conference to order last Saturday morning. Rev. J. H. REV. B. F. WATSON, Secretary Church Extension Society. W. D. Chappelle was elected secretary of the Sunday School union, and Rev. B. F. Watson secretary of church extension. Bishop Galnes succeeded Bishop Turner as presiding officer for the rest of the day. The recaption to the fraternal delegates took place at 8 p.m. The report of the committee on revision was then taken up and occupied the attention of the conference until noon. During the session, news of the death of Rev. B. M. Cheeks, editor of the Southern Christian Recorder, was received. The revision of the discipline was resumed after the reading of the minutes, the conference taking up section 6 of the first report of the committee on revision. After consider able discussion the following was adopted: Composition of the general conference: 1. It shall be composed of the bishops, the general officers and two delegates from every annual conference actually in existence, and for annual conferences of over 60 full members, one additional delegate for 30 or fraction thereof exceeding 15 members, and two lay delegates for each annual conference, and for annual conferences including more than 1,500 laymen, two each. Local members and probationers are not to be counted in annual conference basis. At noon came adjournment for the day out of respect to Rev. Cheeks, deceased. Saturday evening the greatest of evangelists, Amanda Smith, lectured. At St. Paul's church a reception was tendered the delegates. Some of the delegates have already left and others are arranging to get away as soon as possible. It is likely that early in the week many of the lay delegates will return to their homes. The selection of bishops was the chief item of business of the conference and with that over, many of the delegates had to leave. Conference services were held in the morning, afternoon and evening on Sunday at the Auditorium. Rev. G. J. Sampson has been appointed presiding elder of the Sumpter, S. C., district, vice Dr. Chappelle, elected secretary of the Sunday School union. Rev. L. D. Chavous, who has done such able work as chief marshal of the conference, has been appointed presiding elder of the Marion, S. C., district, made vacant by the advance of Rev. G. J. Sampson. Capt. Wm. J. Howard's Career Capt. Howard, whose company set such a rapid pace at the drill last Monday, is the son of Rev. Wm J. Howard the eloquent pastor of Zion Baptist church, F street, s. w. Like his father he possesses all of those traits, characteristics and sterling qualities which make for good and which win out in the end. He entered the battalion in M. CAPT. WILLIAM J. HOWARD, JR. Of the Winning Cadet Company. '96 as a private, and at that time be- came thoroughly imbued with the spirit of his military duties. By strict attention to the work assigned him, by prompt attendance at all drills and closely studying his manuels, he was promoted the following year to be the right guide of his company. Not stopping at this, but continuing his studies, he was commissioned last lieutenant of his company the next year'98 66. For these three years Capt. Howard had never been in a winning company, hence had not tasted the sweets of victory. So with his fourth year of trial he determined not to allow victory to pass him by, and from the experiences gained by years of defeat, made him work harder and become more cautious than otherwise. When Capt. Howard appeared in the field with his trained body of young men it was evident that there was a determination to do or die written on every countenance. The victory was a great one and was shared by every member of the company. THE GRAND FOUNTAIN. United Order of True Reformers. ORGANIZED January 1, 1881. Offices 604, 606 and 608 N. 2nd St., - - Richmond, Va. The Strongest Financial Organization the Negro Has Produced in This Country. Read and learn for yourself what it has done and how to become a member. Subordinate Fountains are composed of males of good moral character. Conventions.—When joining the Order through to 50 years of age; when joining the Fountains to 60 years of age complete. Joining or Benefit Fees.—From 14 to 50 years to 60, $6.60. Death Benefits.—$75 and $125. Should death occur at year, $125 will be paid to the heirs, assigns or Sick Benefits.—From $6 to $9 per month, paid Monthly Dues are 35 or 50 cents per month. Tually, January and July. The next monthly benefits. Life Membership.—Ten shares of Bank Stock, and member a life member. After paying dues of the stock will pay the member's dues, and. Just calculate—monthly dues, 50 cents per month to $6.80, and a dividend on ten shares of a share, amounts to $10 annually, which will balance of $3.20. Should the dues be 35 cents per monthly dues and taxes will amount to $5 per monthly dues and taxes, and leave a balance of Additional Benefits of Life Membership.—Should a sold member may take his ten shares of stock from $1 to $88, which will enable said member to redeem his policy and stock, and go on his w Subordinate Fountains are composed of males and females, sound in health and mind, and of good moral character. Conventions.—When joining the Order through Conventions, persons are taken in from 14 to 50 years of age; when joining the Fountain by application persons are taken from 14 to 60 years of age complete. Joining or Benefit Fees.—From 14 to 20 years of age, $4.60; at 50, $5.10; at 55, $5.60; at 60, $6.60. Death Benefits.—$75 and $125. Death death occur within the first year, $75; after the first year, $125 will be paid to the heirs, assigns or legal representatives. Sick Benefits.—From $6 to $9 per month, paid weekly. Monthly Dues are 35 or 50 cents per month. Taxes are 80 cents annually, paid semi-annually, January and July. The annual monthly dues secure the highest weekly sick benefits. Life Membership.—Ten shares of Bank Stock, costing each member $5 a share, may sald member a life member. After paying dues and owning the stock one year, the fruits of the stock will pay the member's dues, and leave a handsome little balance each year. Just calculate—monthly dues, 50 cents per month, and taxes 80 cents per year, amount to $6.80, and a dividend on ten shares of stock at 20 per cent on the dollar, or $1 per share, amounts to $10 annually, which will pay the member's dues, $6.80, and leave a balance of $3.20. Should the dues be $5 cents per month, and 80 cents taxes per year, the monthly dues and taxes will amount to $5 per year. The dividend of $10 would pay the monthly dues and taxes, and leave a balance of $5. Additional Benefits of Life Membership.—Should adverse circumstances befall a member, sald member may take his ten shares of stock and Fountain policy, and secure a loan from $1 to $88, which will enable sald member to tide over the misfortune, pay up the loan, redeem his policy and stock, and go on his way relocating. SCHOOL This Department fur- style and prives write B and Class Policies are Agree 14 to 20 years..... 25 to 35 years..... 35 to 45 years..... 45 to 50 years..... 50 to 55 years..... 55 to 60 years..... 60 to 65 years..... Class Policies are Agree 14 to 25 years..... 25 to 35 years..... 35 to 45 years..... 45 to 50 years..... 50 to 55 years..... 55 years (Complete)... This Department furnishes all Regalia that is wi le and prices write for price list. 4. CLASSES B and B classes admit a membership, male benefits. B Class Polls are as follows: This Department furnishes all Regalia that is worn by the members of the Order. For style and prices write for price list. B and E lashes admit a membership, male and female, and secure life and death benefits. Ages. to 25 years..... $2 50 to 35 years..... 2 75 to 45 years..... 3 00 to 50 years..... 3 25 to 55 years..... 3 25 to 60 years..... 3 50 to 65 years..... 4 50 Class Policies are as follows: CLASS E TAX Ages. to 25 years..... $5 00 to 25 years..... 5 25 to 45 years..... 5 50 to 50 years..... 5 75 to 55 years..... 5 75 years (Complete)..... 6 00 Ages. Joining Fee. Value of Certificate. Annual Dues. Paid Quarterly. 14 to 20 years. $2 50 $200 00 $4 75 $1 20 25 to 35 years. 2 75 200 00 4 75 1 20 35 to 45 years. 3 00 200 00 5 70 1 43 45 to 50 years. 3 25 140 00 6 65 1 06 50 to 55 years. 3 25 115 00 6 65 1 06 55 to 60 years. 3 50 90 00 7 00 1 00 60 to 65 years. 3 50 65 00 7 00 1 00 Ages. Joining Fee. Value of Certificate. Annual Dues. Pald Quarterly. 14 to 25 years..... $5 00 $500 00 $9 50 $2 40 25 to 35 years..... 5 25 500 00 9 50 ..... 35 to 45 years..... 5 50 500 00 10 40 ..... 45 to 50 years..... 5 75 450 00 11 40 2 85 50 to 55 years..... 5 75 400 00 11 40 2 85 55 years (Complete)..... 6 00 350 00 11 00 2 85 The ages are reckoned from the last birthday. Remember that the applicant is benefited as soon as big policy is issued. Remember that the the annual dues of payments of three mo- the balance of an- senses will go to the p- If dues are paid al- and his full proportion made his own collector self-supporting, and tha to collect. You will readily se- to meet once or four tha Life nents.—The Sto- and two shares of per cent, or one of life, they may take period of time. Members of Class year of their members Stock, and secure a lo- bership, in either one member in health, as Remember that the applicant is benefited as a s- The annual dues of either of the above named payments of three months each, payable the 1st o- The balance of annual dues remaining to the dues will go to the purchase of Bank Stock for If dues are paid annually in advance, the me- mand his full proportion of annual dues. By the lde he lde his own collector, thereby making the me- self-supporting, and the member receiving the per- collect. You will readily see that the memoers of either meet once or four times a year, while the Foun- Life benefits.—The members of B Class are a and two shares for each year of their me- per cent, or one dollar per share. Should m- life, they may take their stock certificates and period of time. Members of Class E can purchase 25 shares or of their membership; likewise, they may take lock, and secure a loan after a given period of the orship, in either one of these Classes, like the E Member in health, as well as his family in death. The annual dues of either of the above named Classes may be divided into quarterly payments of three months each, payable the 1st of January, April, July, and October. The balance of annual dues remaining to the credit of each member after paying expenses will go to the purchase of Bank Stock for said member. If dues are paid annually in advance, the member gets 5 per cent drawback in cash, and his full proportion of annual dues. By the latter mode of payment each member is made his own collector, thereby making the membership independent of the agent, and self-supporting, and the member receiving the percentage that would be paid to the agent to collect. You will readily see that the memoers of either one of these classes are only required to meet once or four times a year, while the Fountains and Rosebuds meet twice a month. Life benefits.—The members of B Class are allowed to purchase 15 shares of Bank Stock and two shares for each year of their membership. The stock yields a dividend of one cent, or one dollar per share. Should misfortune befall them on their pathway of life, they may take their stock certificates and policies, and secure a loan after a given period of time. Members of Class E can purchase 25 shares of Bank Stock, and two shares for each year of their membership; likewise, they may take their policles and certificates of Bank Stock, and secure a loan after a given period of time. You will readily see that the membership, in either one of these Classes, like the Fountains and the Rosebuds, benefits the member in health, as well as his family in death. from 16 cents and upw In 1893 this was the depositors during the This Department n of the necessity of ha organization, and to f farms, 3; dwellings, 2; from 16 cents and upwards. Special attention is given to the collection of notes and drafts. In 1898 this was the only bank in Richmond which continued to pay currency to its depositors during the financial stringency, while the other banks were using scrip. 6. REAL ESTATE OF THE U. O. T R. This Department manages and controls the property of the organization. It grew out of the necessity of having offices and buildings in which to carry on the business of the organization, and to furnish halls for the Subordinate Lodges. Buildings now owned, 12 farms, 3; dwellings, 2; hotels, 1; with a fee simple value of $104,000. Buildings leased, 13. This Department manages and controls the property of the organization. It grew out of the necessity of having offices and buildings in which to carry on the business of the organization, and to furnish halls for the Subordinate Lodges. Buildings now owned, 12, farms, 2; dwellings, 2; hotels, 1; with a fee simple value of $104,000. Buildings leased, 13. 7. THE REFORMER, the Organ of the Order. The Reformer is the Beacon-Light, the Head-Light, the General Messenger and the General Agent of the Brotherhood. It is a live race journal, with a circulation of 6,000. It is the medium of the Order, and its columns teem with all its doings and achievements, send for sample copies. It is published weekly in The Reformer Printing Office, Richmond, Va., having a first-class job department, and makes a specialty of high-class work. The Reformer is the Beacon-Light, the Head-Light, the General Messenger and the General Agent of the Brotherhood. it is a live race journal, with a circulation of 6,000. It is the medium of the Order, and its columns teem with all its doings and achievements, send for sample copies. It is published weekly in The Reformer Printing Office, Rieh moad, Va., having a first-class job department, and makes a specialty of high-class work. SUBORDINATE FOUNTAINS. mountains are composed of males and females, sound in health and mind, character. When joining the Order through Conventions, persons are taken in from age; when joining the Fountain by application persons are taken from age complete. Benefit Fees.—From 14 to 30 years of age, $4.60; at 50, $5.10; at 55, $5.60; —$75 and $125. Should death occur within the first year, $75; after the be paid to the heirs, assigns or legal representatives. From $6 to $9 per month, paid weekly. Are 35 or 50 cents per month. Taxes are 80 cents annually, paid semi- and July. The interest monthly dues secure the highest weekly sick dip.—Ten shares of Bank Stock, costing each member $5 a share, may be member. After paying dues and owning the stock one year, you will pay the member's dues, and leave a handsome little balance each time—monthly dues, 50 cents per month, and taxes 80 cents per year, and a dividend on ten shares of stock at 20 per cent on the dollar, or $15 to $10 annually, which will pay the member's dues, $6.80, and leave. Should the dues be 35 cents per month, and 80 cents taxes per year, and taxes will amount to $5 per year. The dividend of $10 would pay and taxes, and leave a balance of $5. Rents of Life Membership.—Should adverse circumstances befall a mem may take his ten shares of stock and Fountain policy, and secure a loan which will enable sald member to tide over the misfortune, pay up the policy and stock, and go on his way rejoicing. 2. ROSEBUD FOUNTAIN (For the Children.) Rosebud Fountains are composed for children, male and female, from 3 to 14 years of age. Joining or Benefit Fees, $1.50; paid spot cash or by instalments. Death Benefits.—$24.50 and $37.00. Should death occur within the first year, $24.50; after the first year $37 will be paid to the parents or guardians. Sick Benefits.—From $1.50 to $4.00 per month paid weekly; 50 cents, 75 cents and $1 per week, respectively. The highest monthly dues purchase the highest weekly sick benefits. Monthly Dues and Taxes.—The monthly dues are 10 cents, 15 cents, or 25 cents, respectively, just as the Fountain may decide. Taxes, 10 cents annually, paid semiannually, January and July. The child is allowed to purchase five shares of Bank Stock, which makes his policy self-supporting, with a balance each year. 3. THE REGALLA. 本 firm furnishes all Regalia that is worn by the members of the Order. For write for price list. 4. CLASSES. Here admit a membership, male and female, and secure life and death are as follows: CLASS B TABLE. Ages. Joining Fee. $2 50 $200 00 $4 75 $1 20 2 75 200 00 4 75 1 20 3 00 200 00 5 70 1 43 3 25 140 00 6 65 1 06 3 25 115 00 6 65 1 06 3 50 90 00 7 60 1 90 2 50 65 00 7 60 1 90 Les are as follows: CLASS E TABLE. Ages. Joining Fee. $5 00 $500 00 $9 50 $2 40 5 25 500 00 9 50 ..... 5 50 500 00 10 40 ..... 5 75 450 00 11 40 2 85 5 75 400 00 11 40 2 85 5 75 350 00 11 00 2 85 3. THE REGALLA. 4. CLASSES. CLASS B TABLE But the applicant is benefited as soon as his policy is issued. Tueses of either of the above named Classes may be divided into quarterly or months each, payable the 1st of January, April, July, and October. Of annual dues remaining to the credit of each member after paying ex- the purchase of Bank Stock for sald member. Sold annually in advance, the member gets 5 per cent drawback in cash, portion of annual dues. By the latter mode of payment each member is selector, thereby making the membership independent of the agent, and the member receiving the percentage that would be paid to the agent. You see that the memoers of either one of these classes are only required four times a year, while the Fountains and Rosebuds meet twice a month. The members of B Class are allowed to purchase 15 shares of Bank shares for each year of their membership. The stock yields a dividend one dollar per share. Should misfortune befall them on their pathway take their stock certificates and policies, and secure a loan after a given Class E can purchase 25 shares of Bank Stock, and two shares for each membership; likewise, they may take their policies and certificates of Bank a loan after a given period of time. You will readily see that the memo- one of these Classes, like the Fountains and the Rosebuds, benefits the as well as his family in death. 15. THE TRUE REFORMERS' BANK. The Savings Bank of the G. F. U. O. T. R. was chartered March 1888. Its capital stock is $100,000. It commenced business April 1889. The amount of business to March 1, 1898, is $3,458,100. The stock of this bank is sold to the membership of the Fountains, Rose buds, B and E classes, and pays a dividend of 20 per cent on the dollar. Persons can deposit their moneys on time or demand. The bank pays 4 per cent interest on all time deposits. Moneys on demand are held subject to the orders of the depositors. Deposits are received upwards. Special attention is given to the collection of notes and drafts was the only bank in Richmond which continued to pay currency to it the financial stringency, while the other banks were using scrip. The Savings Bank of the G. F. U. O. T. R. was chartered March, 1888. Its capital stock is $100,000. It commenced business April 3, 1889. The amount of business to March 1, 1888, is $3,458,100. The stock of this bank is sold to the membership of the Fountains, Rosebud, B and E classes, and pays a dividend of 20 per cent on the dollar. Persons can deposit their moneys on time or demand. The bank pays 4 per cent interest on all time deposits. Moneys on demand are held subject to the orders of the depositors. Deposits are received upwards. Special attention is given to the collection of notes and drafts, as the only bank in Richmond which continued to pay currency to its 6. REAL ESTATE OF THE U. O. T. R. ment manages and controls the property of the organization. It grew out of having offices and buildings in which to carry on the business of the to furnish halls for the Subderlate Lodges. Buildings now owned, 12, 2; hotels, 1; with a fee simple value of $104,000. Buildings leased, 12 7. THE REFORMER, the Organ of the Order. is the Beacon-Light, the Head-Light, the General Messenger and the of the Brotherhood. It is a live race journal, with a circulation of 6,000 of the Order, and its columns teem with all its doings and achievements copies. It is published weekly in The Reformer Printing Office, Rieh ing a first-class job department, and makes a specialty of high-class work THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. U. R.A. Brother 1900 MR. C. AUGUSIUS BUTLER, An Enterprising Howard Student Who Encourages Atheletic Sports From His Private Funds. FIELD SPORTS AT AND AROUND HOWARD UNIVERSITY. The field sports held on Howard University campus last Friday afternoon, May 25, under the sole direction of Mr. C. Augustus Butler, were a great success. Despite the inclement weather, fully 950 persons witnessed the contest. There were six events. Fifty-yard dash, one hundred yard dash, three hundred-yard run, one-half mile handloop, running high jump and running broad jump. Moseley, the little lightweight athlete from St. Louis, captured the lion's share of the prizes. He won both the running broad jump and the hundred-yard dash, and finished second to Hobson, of Philadelphia, in the three hundred-yard run. Flippin, of New York, met an unexpected defeat in the half-mile handicap. He very foolishly set the pace from the start and was beaten out by J. W. Lawson of New York. Lawson's wind was remarkably good for the heavy condition of the track. Lawson started in the fifty-yard dash confident of pushing Graves hard for the first place, but the little Virginian romped in a winner by two yards. The biggest surprise of the day was G. M. Taylor, the robust representative from Alabama, who captured the high jump with a leap of 5 feet 8 inches. Chase tied with Harris and Roper for third place. Beason of Washington, D. C., was second. Whipper started out for the three-hundred yard run, but after going about two-thirds of the distance he found himself in distress and was obliged to quit. With Whipper out, Hobson, of Philadelphia, outclassed the field. He had a lead of twenty five yards at the finish. Chase set a good pace for the broad jump, but was soon on classed by the midget athlete, Mosely, of St. Louis, who jumped seventeen and one half feet. Fifty yard dash, won by Graves; second Lawson; third Mosely. One hundred dash, won by Mosely; second, Graves; third, Lawson. Three hundred yard run, won by Hobson; second, Mosely; third, Chase. One half mile handicap, won by Lawson; second, Whiper; third, Beason. Running high jump: won by G. M. Taylor; second, Beason; third, Chase, Harris and Roper. Running broad jump: won by Mosley; second, Chase; third, Harris. The boys did excellent and it was SUMMARIES due to Mr. Butler's training that the affair proved a success. He graduates from the university this year and will begreatly missed by the sporting set next season. This is the first event of these sports at the university, and in as much as Mr. Butler made the initial step, it is hoped that some other college enthusiast will continue the same annually. An attempt was made by him this year to organize a golf club, but on account of the small number of applicants, was dropped. The boys say that Butler is a swell. He is just as popular among business classes as he is among social. He is known by the students as 'Der Graf' and is very much of a sportsman. He will, after visiting Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and a few other cities, go to Annapolis, where he will make his 'debut' to the financial world, as a business man. His bull-woolly dog and his frequent change of English cut suits, is the magnet of his associates. He is trying to form a party to go to the Paris Exposition in August; several have already joined it. SPORT. The Democratic party, wedded to its idols of intimidation, fraud and disfranchisement, is missing a golden opportunity to divide the Negro vote in states where everybody's suffrage counts, and where the electoral votes must be picked up if Bryan ever hopes to land in the White House. Democratic stupidity is keeping the Negro vote solidly republican, whether the Negro wishes to remain solid or not A young Afro-American walked into the Capital Savings Bank a few days ago and planked down $100 to be entered as a deposit. This kind of action does more to establish confidence in the business capacity of the race than twenty eloquent speeches. We must learn to trust those of us who are trustworthy. The way to demonstrate our faith is to place our money in the hands of Negro bankers and business men. Boys if you want to get a run for your money just stop by the Delmo Koonce cafe. --- The FREDERIGK DOUGLASS WATCH. ...A Premium Watch Which Breaks The Record... 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Architects for churches and chapels anywhere in the United States. GREAT RACE BOOKS It is a fact that J. T. Haley & Co. 346 Court Square Nashville, Tenn are the most extensive Race Book publishers in the United States. They are our friends and are giving employment to hundreds of men and women of the race. They publish the AFROAMERICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA COLLEGE OF LIFE, UNCLE TOMS CABIN, SPARKLING GEMS, LAMP OF WISDOM, etc., These books sell at sight. Agents are having a harvest. Write Quick for terms and Territory. The United Kingdom is a member of the United Nations and the European Union. Let the Law be Repealed. Editor Colored American: Allow me space to make this brief statement. Through the columns of your spicy, newsy paper, I desire to make known to the American people of another mean, discriminating law on the statute books, to which the attention of the present Congress is now called. The American people through me, desire to ask Congress why it should allow a law to remain on the statute books giving each member of Congress C. and each Federal office holder an unlimited extraordinary homestead exemption; and gives to the people a limited state homestead exemption. I mean to state that the salaries of Congressmen, Senators and Federal office holders are exempted from attachment, from a levying execution against a debt. Now unless you pass a law exempting the property of each American citizen from sale for debt, I ask why should there be a law exempting the salary of a Senator, Congressman and Federal officers from attachment to pay an honest debt? Answer this by repealing the unjust, hateful and sinful law. Were I in Congress twenty minutes I would introduce a bill putting all of the American people on an equal footing so far as being honest and paying their honest and just debts. The idea of our civic civilization being imposed upon in such a way is ridiculous in the extreme. Think of the unfairness in a law screening a man who is able to pay a just debt, and on the other hand declaring the man who needs every dollar he has to buy bread for his wife and only child, that this bread may be taken from their mouths by an execution. I desire to know the reason why Senators and Representatives would desire special legislation as to themselves when this special legislation is enacted by themselves. If this is not a Legislative Trust, what is it? If this is not special legislation, what is it? If this is not legislation favorable to a few and against the masses of the people, what would you call it? It is true there is a Negro in Washington City holding a high-salaried place of trust and honor, a presidential appointment, who has a judgment against him, but he is hiding behind the United States' law—a governmental official salary can not be attached even to pay an honest debt. While such Negroes receive presidential endorsement, and while they are to be regarded as the typical representatives of decency, the race proper will never be anything. Signed; ISAAC H. SMITH, New Bern, N. C. The Delmo Koonce cafe puts up the finest ice cream in the city. COLORADO AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. D. City Paragraphs. There is a letter at this office for Mr. Harry Radcliff. The Pen and Pencil Club will soon be "in the saddle." The Delmo Koonce cafe is the finest this side of New York City. Mr. Jesse Chinn has moved from 1612 K street, n. w. to 311 10th street, s. e. Don't you need a nice fitting serge suit? See Cooper the tailor 493 Missouri avenue. Mrs. Capt. J. M. Porter, of Indianapolis, Ind., is the gusst of Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Cooper. Hear the two instrumental scolos at Hoffman's Musical Festival, June 8. Mr. Alexander Lee cello solo, Mr. William Robinson cornetist. Health for 10 cents. Cascarets make the bowels and kidneys act naturally, destroy microbes, cure headaches, billiousness and constipation. J. F. W. Smith, A. O. Stafferd, S. E. Lacy and L. G. Fletcher, jr., are mentioned as probable candidates for one of the clerkships provided for by the new school law. Dr. J. W. Moore, of Culpeper, Va., one the recent graduates from the Howard in Pharmacy was called home last week to the burial of his father. He has returned to his post of duty. Hon. H. A. Rucker, Collector of Internal Revenue, Atlanta, Ga., J. H. Devesux, Collector of Customs, Savannah, Ga., and Col. W.A. Pledger, Editor of The Age, Atlanta, Ga., were guests in the city this week. They were royally greeted by the host of Georgians who lived in Washington. In the advertising columns of The Colored American will be found a very attractive advertisement of the Scott Remedy Company of Louisville, Kentucky. This firm is one of the most reliable firms in the business and its preparations are standard. Our patrons who give them orders for their goods will receive the strictest attention. Prof. J. D. Mahoney, Secretary and Treasurer of the Avery Trade and Industrial School at Allegheny City, Pa. passed through the city this week en route from a little rest and recreation at Atlantic City. His school is in a most flourishing condition and he is constantly adding all of the feature that will make it a complete industrial school in every department. Mr. Webster Wilson is a recent addition to the clerical force at the Census Bureau. Mr. Wilson is a leader in the Lone Star State, and was at one time one of N. W. Cuney's trusted lieutenants. He hails from Galveston, Texas, and served for some time as deputy collector of internal revenue under Hon. 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This is certainly a most generous offer and the following extracts taken from his daily mail show how men write him. "DearSir:—Please accept my sincere thanks for yours of recent date. I have given your treatment a thorough test and the benefit has been extraordinary. It has completely braced me up. I am just as vigorous as when a boy and you cannot realize how happy I am." "Dear Sir:—Your method worked beautifully. Results were exactly what I needed. Strength and vigor have completely returned and enlargement is entirely satisfactory." "Dear Sir:—Yours was received and I had no trouble in making use of the receipt as directed, and after a few days use can truthfully say it is a boon to weak men. I am greatly improved in size, strength and vigor." All correspondence is strictly confidential, mailed in plain sealed envelope. The receipt is free for the asking and he wants every man to have it. HISTORY of the COLORED SOLDIERS IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. 4 BY EDWARD A. JOHNSON, CONTAINS—Pen pictures of the Dorian Juan, El Caney, and around Santiago. Correction cannon which knocked over the block he Berry, the colored soldier who was first to The glowing tribute to McKinley, Miles. B of Negro Soldiers—General Morgan advocated Gomez, Miss Ciseros, and the Curar Woman Army—The Negro Poet, Paul Lawrence Jr. outwitte the diplomacy of the Spanish Mint. Uncle Sam's money—The colored Register's money to make it good. Every Page Brimful of New and Intricate and fine engravings of soldier, officer, War, with A FINE PICTURE OF AGUINALDO Nilma, and a brief sketch of the Phillipinos. Handsome Picture of General Nernand of all the American Army, who sailed Santiago was "without a parallel in the high Little," Mailed Free. AGENTS Big percentage. Send for copy. E. A. JOE Corner West and Lenoir Streets, CHARLES FISCHER, At the Doring Charges made by Negro Soldiers at San Miglio.—Corporal Brown killed at his post while firing a the block house and saved the Rough Riders.—Sergeant was first to raise the American flag on San Jasmin Key, Miles. Roosevelt, and many others on the bravery organ advocates Negro officers.—Antonio and Jose Macio, Narar Women Cavairy.—The Negro Paymasters in the Lawrence Jumber.—"Eddie" Savoy, the colored man who Spanish Minister at Washington.—The Negro who calls and Register of the Treasury who has to sign Uncle Sam's new and Interesting Reading, with about fifty half- holder, officers, and scenes of the late Spanish-American MAGUINALDO, his headquarters, a Filipino lady of Ma- philipinos and their civilization. General Nelson A. Miles, the Major General in com- pany, who said the fighting of the colored soldiers around in the history of the world." All for $1. "Much in AGENTS WANTED. All for copy of book and Agents' terms. Address A. JOHNSON Sects, Raleigh, North Carolina. Author of the Famous "School History of the Negro Race." CONTAINS—Pen pictures of the Doring Charges made by Negro Soldiers at San Juan, El Caney, and around Santiago.—Corporal Brown killed at his post while firing a cannon which knocked over the block house and saved the Rough Riders.—Sergeant Berry, the colored soldier who was first to raise the American flag on San J an Hill. The glowing tribute to McKinley, Miles, Roos-evelt, and many others on the bravery of Negro Soldiers.—General Morgan advocates Negro officers.—Antonio and Jose Mado, Gomez, Miss Olseros, and the Curar Women Cavalry.—The Negro Paymasters in the Army.—The Negro Poet, Paul Lawrence Sunber—"Eddie" Savoy, the colored man who outwities the diplomacy of the Spanish Minister at Washington.—The Negro who seeks Uncle Sam's money.—The colored Register of the Treasury who has to sign Uncle Sam's money to make it good. Every Page Brimful of New and Interesting Reading, with about fifty hair to e and line engravings of soldier, officers, and scenes of the late Spanish-American War, with A FINE PICTURE OF AGUINALDO, his headquarters, a Filipino lady of Manila, and a brief sketch of the Phillipinos and their civilization. Handsome Picture of General Nelson A. Mills, the Major General in command of all the American Army, who said the fighting of the colored soldiers around Santiago was "without a parallel in the history of the world." All ior $1, "Much in Little." Mailed Free. ```markdown ``` SURGICAL & ORTHOPEDICAL 623 SEVENTH STREET, NORTHWEST Opposite Patent Office WASHINGTON, D. C. --- --- Protect yourself in Case of Sickness Accident or Death by Insuring in The Capital City BENEFIT SOCIETY Of Washington, D. C. Incorporated September 27,1887, under the laws of the District of Columbia. DIRECTORS: Anson S. Taylor, Pres. 1213 F St. N.W. Justice of the Peace and Comm'r of Deeds Samuel H. Walker, V. Pres. and Sec'y 458 La. Ave., dealer in Real Estate. B. B. Whalen, 458 La. Ave John N. Walker, . 458 La. Ave Home Office: 458 Louisiana Avenue Rooms 11 and 12. WASHINGTON, D.C. Office hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. a very careful test of the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow among our colored students and found it a most excellent hair tonic. It is just the thing to make the hair soft, yielding and straight. Kindly send me two bottles per express at once. Find enclosed Postal Order. Yours truly, J. M. Hoffman, Professor of Agricultural Biology, State A. & M. College, Orangeburg, S. C. If your dealer cannot supply you with the genuine Original Ozonized Ox Marrow (copyrighted) send us 50c, and we will ship you a bottle. Address Dept. E. THE OZONIZED OX MARROW Co., 16 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill. THE X RAY MEDICAL INSTITUTE 317 6TH ST. N. W. | 494 LA. AVE. N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. X RAY IN USE FOR EXAMINATION AND DIAGNOSIS. 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If you have company tell us-if you are not ashamed of your visitor. If you have a party or gathering of any kind, bring around the cake, seven or eight pies and a side of ham, not necessarily to eat, but just to show your friendship and appreciation. You needn't mind inviting us, as it may be too cool for our wardrobe. We want the news—that's all. Zion Bishops and Ministers Entertained. The doors of the spacious and hospitable residence of Miss Anita R. Joy were thrown open to the Bishops, ministers and their wives of the A. M. E. Zion Conference on the 22d, inst. It was one of the most unique entertainments they have had the pleasure of attending since their stay in the Capital City. Miss Joy is a most affable hostess, and many who were in attendance expressed themselves as being highly entertained. Miss Joy was assisted by Misses Annie Vawter, Ida V. Jenkins, Mayme V. Stevens, Isabel Carter, Amelia Alexander, and Lulu Dorsey. The beautiful parlore were decorated with rare palms and pants, supper was served at 10:30. Among those present were Bishops Hood, Pettey and Clinton, Reys. Cypress, Waller, Drs. Curry of Cincinnati, Adams of Rochester, N. Y., A. J. Warner of Charlotte, N. C., Rev. Kincaid of this city, Major A. Brooks, Hon. J. C. Dancy, D. G. Cleveland, Madames Lulu Brooks, Eveline Johnson, Sarah Cleveland honored the occasion with their presence. The souvenirs were pinks tied with white ribbon and attached to pretty cards, the gentlemen wore pink and the ladies white ones. Everybody's Magazine for June. "Everybody's Magazine" for June is full of that sort literature that is easy to read and hard to forget. The skillful admixture of information with interest, which is characteristic of the articles in this magazine is shown at its best. "The Actor on The Road" is a most amusing description of the trials and triumphs of road company. It is written by a manager of such companies who prefers to keep his name secret, alleging as a reason that he has this "first chance to tell some of the profession with safety what he thinks of them. The fiction is plentiful and good, consisting of the short, snappy, readable stories of which the magazine makes a speciality. Editor R. M. Cheeks' Demise. The death of Rev R. M. Cheeks, the cultured and able Editor of the Southern Christian Recorder, is a sad blow to the connection as well as to the race. He died at the A. M. E. General Conference in Columbus, O., last week and while he has been in feeble health for some years, his sudden death was unexpected. As an evidence of the high esteem in which he was held by his connection, there was not a single aspiront for the position he held and he had the assurance of re-election by an unanimous vote. The connection and his bereaved family have our deepest spmpathy in their affliction.—Ex THE MUSEUM OF THE WORLD HOWARD UNIVERSITY, Washington, D. C. TEN distinct departments, under one hundred competent professors and instructors—Theological, Medical, Legal, College, Pedagogical, Preparatory, English, Agriculture, Industrial, and Musical. For information address Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., LL. D., President, GEO. H. SAFFORD, Secretary. Eoward University, WASHINGTON, D. C. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Colleges Thirty-third Session (1900 1901) will begin October 1st, 1900 and continue seven (7) months. Tuition fee in Medical and Dental Colleges, each $80. Pharmaceutical College, $70. All students must register before October 12, 1900. For catalogue or further information apply to— F. J. SHADD, M. D., Secretary, 901 R St. N. W., Washington D. C. FINANCIAL. DO YOU NEED MONEY? We will lend any amount from $10 up. planos, norses, wagons, carriages, or personal property of any kind, without removal from your possession. Loans can be carried as long as desired, and payments can be made at any time to suit the convenience of the of the borrower. We are the only properly organized loan company in the city. If you appreciate low rates, courteous treatment, and attention to your interests, you will call on us. Offices private and easily reached. Loans made in any part of the city. No delay. Open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. SECURITY LOAN COMPANY Room 1, Warder Building. Corner 8th and F sts. n. w. Money $50,000 Money To loan on furniture, pianos, dc., without removal or publicity and the day you ask for it. We will loan any amount making time and payments to suit, giving one month or one year as you desire, and at rates that you can afford to pay. If you now have a loan with any other company and desire more money, give us a call. Will as cheerfully make a $10 loan as $100, and no charge or expense if loan is not made. Always ready to give information regarding rates and methods to secure a loan. We are the oldest loan company in the city, and will give you honest treatment. All business strictly confidential. Private offices. Washington Mortgage Loan Co., 610 F Street, N. W. Money to Loan ON FURNITURE, PIANOS, ETC. If you are in need of money, we desire to inform you of our new method. We can secure you a loan on an easy monthly payment plan, at less cost than before, and below the rate of any other company in the city. You can pay in full at any time after loan is secured, and it will only cost you for such time as you have had the money. Our business is strictly private, and all applications are treated confidentially. If you have a loan with any other concern, you can secure a loan through us to pay it and get more money if desired. It will pay you to call and see us before going elsewhere. We are ready at any and all times during office hours to give information concerning our business methods, and you will receive courteous treatment. CAPITAL LOAN GUARANTEE CO 602 F ST. N. W A. H. Gives the names of dead and living friends tells who and when you will marry also of business journeys lawsuits, absent friends health or anything you wish to know, no matter what it is. He can call up your spirit friends and show them to you. Can make them rap all around the room. He asks no questions don't ask you to write names or him. Don't try to pump you in any way out tells you right off. He is thoroughly insured by leading spiritualists everywhere, received from them a gold medal and special license to practice his wonderful powers; credentials no one else can show can give thousands of references to both white and colored patrons Twenty-five years' practice—seven in brooklyn—will show you that he can do all he of. Can tell what business is best for you and where, how to win speedy marriage with the one you love. How to be successful in all your doings in short what is best to do. He will succeed when all others fail. Positive satisfaction or no pay. Oall and see. You will find it luck to consult this (Christian gentleman. He has a medicine that will cure drunkenness; can be given patients not knowing it. Thousands through him are now RICH HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL with all their undertakings, while those w o neglect his advice are still laboring again, poverty. Through his perfect knowledge chemistry he can impart to you a secret that will overcome your enemies and win you friends. His aid and advice has often been solicited; the result has always been the scouring of speedy and happy marriages and all your wishes. In love affairs he never fails. He has the secret of winning the affections of the opposite sex. It is the curse of Spiritualism that in all large cities there are a class of men and women who claim powers they do not possess. They have neither gifts, credentials, nor references. Surely the colored people are not so wanting in sense as to throw their time and money away on such. Dr. Shea refers to the Hon. Charles Miller, capitalist, 2481 Atlantic avenue; the Hon. William Denmore, architect and builder, 47 Cleveland avenue, and Mr. Arthur Sewell, ship builder South Brooklyn. All have known him for the past ten years. He gives a free test of his power to all. The doctor has practiced five years in New Orleans, St. Louis, Memphis and Louisville, understands thoroughly the diseases, spells or influences the race is subject to. He has now and always had large patronage from them. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: Brooklyn, August, 15, 1891—This letter is to certify that I came to New York from Albany. I was a stranger in a strange city, out of work and out of money. I had no luck in anything I undertook. What to do I did not know. A friend advised me to go and see Dr. Shea. I did. He told me the cause of my troubles; he took me in and treated me as a brother. Through him I got a good position that very week. I had been to others, they took my money and did me no good. I bless the day I first met Dr. Shea. I would advise all in bad luck, sick or in trouble to go to him at once. Sincerely, Albert Ayers, 2897 Atlantic Avenue. HARRIS' NEW BLOOD TONIC Have you heard what this Great and Wonderful Medicine will do? Have you tried a bottle? Have you seen some of the marvelous cures effected by its use? It should be in every household. We guarantee the ingredients are pure, the compound is perfect, the taste is pleasant and the cure is permanent. You may have tried different remedies, but this is superior to many of the so-called patient remedies. This preparation contains the most valuable Blood Purifiers known to medical science and its use will convince you that it has no equal for Impure Blood, Rheumatism, Liver and kidney Complaints Boils, pimples, ring worms, tetters and humors of scrofulous diseases. It makes pure, healthy blood regulates the heart, c uses the blood to circulate freely and at normal temperature. It re-moves the cause producing itching, nervousness, billiousness, indigestion, constipation, Exhaustion and that tired feeling. Especially adapted to the restoration of Torpid Liver, gives tone to the stomach invigorates the kidneys, cures constipation, produces a healthy appetite, sound digestion, regular stools, clear skin and a vigorous body. Re-vives vitality in the weak, despondent and overtasked females, strengthens the sexual organs and restores new life. Strictly pure and highly concentrated. Small doses and quick cures. Price 50 Cents. Prepared only by HARRIS' CHEMICAL COMPANY, Cor. 3d and F Sts., sw., Wash., D. O Agents wanted. Write for terms. Sincerely, Brooklyn, August 15, 1891—This letter is to certify that my husband had gone away and had been absent two years. I mourned for him night and day. I gave him up as dead. Hearing of the wonderful things Dr. Shea was doing I resolved to consult him. He told me that my husband was alive and well and where he was; told me he would come home and when. To my joy all of it came true. He is home now, came back like one from the dead. I also wish to say that this month I lost $250. I am a poor woman and I was almost insane. I went to Dr. Shea and he told me I would find my money and to my intense joy I find it as he told me. I thank God there is a man so gifted in our midst, that can help people and tell them what to do, Mrs. Mary Miller, A SENSATION IN BROOKLYN—MINISTRY'S STATEMENT I wish to state that one of my parishioners was sick and in trouble for a long time, Mrs. Brown, 87 Gay street. No one seemed to understand her case. She had several doctors but none of them seemed to know what was the matter. None could do her any good. It was my duty as her pastor to call and see her. Hearing of the wonderful work being done by Dr. Shea the last few years, I thought I would call and see him myself. I found him a sympathetic gentleman. He gave me a wonderful test of his powers, told me to send him a look or, patient's hair, which I did by her daughter. He told at once what was the matter, and in a short time cured her sound and well. Her family had seemingly been under a cloud. Now all is changed. All are well and prosperous. I can truly and heartily recommend Dr. Shea, to all those in stagnant or distress of any kind. Rev. William Johnson, pastor Lebanon church, Brooklyn. Dr. Shea can show thousands such as the above. has been carefully educated in the Homeopathic and Electric Schools of Medicine. His success is wonderful in curing paralysis Rheumatism, Asthma, Sore Eyes, Tumors, Cancers, Constipation, Ague, Dyspnea, Tape Worms, Liver Complaints, Desmae, Catarrh, Dropsy, Files, Nervous Dobility, Heart Diseases, Consumption, Diseases of Women and Children, Fits, Kidney Disease, and strange mysterious diseases which others don't understand. All diseases, no matter what they be. Nothing but honorable treatment, He can and will honestly tell you you can be cured. Has all new remedies and new success. Has an ample experience in public hospital and private clinics. No training with human life. Call at once. Do not delay. Diplomas hang in parlors. Is a registered physician. A new remedy to rheumatism just discovered, not a haimant. Hopeless cases and those that others can not cure solicited to call. Fat folks thin, the childless made parents. All letters must contain $1.00, two stamps, age, lock of hair. Charges for medical treatment only. Closed Sundays. Mention this paper. 651 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communications strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co. 361 Broadway, New York Branch Office, 625 F St., Washington, D.C. MRS. DR. 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No hot irons are necessary; no plastering down With grease. OZONO indi. vidually straightens, without any outside assistance. It will cause the hair to come back on bald spots. It will restore gray hair to its natural color. It wil] cause the hair to grow long and straight, soft and fine, and beautiful as an A pril morn. It will cure all itching, burning, runing, humiliating Scalp Diseases, Dandryg Tetter, Scurf, and Eczema. Itch cannot live after OZONO has been applied. It is as pure as the dew-drop, beautiful as the morn, and harmless as the rippling water in the babbling brook. Cleanliness is next to Godliness; filth is a crime. If your hair is short and harsh and kinky; if your scalp is covered with Scurf and dap druff, or itch, or eczema, it is doubtless your fault alone. If your little ones’ heads are a mass of crusty, scaly, flaky scurf, teeming with germs and microbes, that are invisible to the naked eye, but which are sapping the life from the hair and destroying it forever, and you allow this state to go on, it isa crime. It is your place to stop this—a duty you owe to yourself, to your child, to your Maker. OZONO is your remedy. OZONO will positively and permanently remove all the diseases, and straighten and beautify the hair, making it silky and glossy and black as the raven’s wing. OZONO, as compared with other hair remedies, stands as high as the mountain peak, fair as the lily, and glorious as the sun. OZONO is King. The price is 50c. a box. It requires about four boxes to complete the treatment. aS fe OUR GRAND OFFER. Write to us at once, enclosing the small sum of ONE DOLLAR, and we will immediately forward to you four large boxes of OZONO. We will also send you one large bottle of ELECTRIC SKIN REFINER, which makes rough skin soft and brightens the biackest skin, making it several shades lighter. Now, there is much fraud practiced with face bleaches. Understand, we do not advertise this bleach to make one white. God alone can accomplish this, and it would be miracn, lous. Unpin your faith from frauds. We assert that our Refiner will soften rough skin and brighten black skin, but it can do no more. Take our advice; dou't fool with any bleach that is advertised to make you white; it is more apt to poison you. We will also include one fancy jar of ELECTRICAL SKIN FOOD, which js 4 sure remedy for all Skin Eruptions, Pimples, Black Heads, Liver Spots. and all Skin Diseases. It will remoye Wrinkles, Scars, Facial Blemishes, and will positively take out Small-Pox Pits. This is saying a great deal, but it istrue. It makes the old look young and the young look younger. And, lastly, to prove our liberality we will add a one-pint package of ANTI-ODOR. This remedy removes all smells and odors arising from the human body. Its uses are too numerous to mention’ Full directions go with all goods¥ This grand aggregat’on is worth $3.50, Send $1.00, mention the name of this paper, and you will get the goods at once, We ship all orders same day goods are received. ‘: We wish to state that we are a thoroughly reliable firm, having many thousand dollars in our business. We refer to the editor of this paper, or to any busines house in Richmond. Our remedies and our business is founded on the altar of truth, Write your name and address plainly, i ef Ee AAA OZONO IS GUARANTEED. Gity Paragraphs, | _ Mr. a. J. Gaskins, Mie. D ellie Brown Byccks of Poste torm erdy Of this city is visiting Mrs, 3 ary Collin: Janifer of 95 Florida avenue, northweet. The Colored American is co ewle t early ee Facey evening et Che; men 14th and P streets, ncrihweet. Mitscutian whe bee teen in this city on butinees fer a few weegs will econ return to lis wesiein home, Mee. Theodore Purneil, of hicago, is visitit g her mother in this city on 14th street. The aitenticn of our readers is calied teanad. in another column of the lawn fete to be given by the Sunday achcol of Metropolitan Baptist ehurch on Friday evening June 26th at 1318 Ww street. Contributione of booxs will be thankfully received. Mr. Charlee E. Hall, avalued attache of the Census Office, was @ visitor to this cflice on Deceration Day. Kike the Greek wrestier Mr. Hail converted the entire force—printers and all—to bis way of thinking, He can have the ftont page any time he wants it. Hon. J. Milton Turner, the elcquent The testimontat to Mrs, Rosetta E. Lawson. National Organizer, W. 0. T. W., and delegaic. to the World's Cor vention tn Edinburgh, Scotiaud, June 22-19, will be held at 19th 8t., | Baptist ehurch, Monday evening, June 4, S o'elock. An excellent programme has been arranged. Tbe amount o: money cot: lected wiil be presented to Mra. Lawson by Prot. Kelly Miller, chairman Citizens’ Com: mittee. All interested yqsons are invited to be present. Mra. Lawson will leave for Phila @elphia Jace 7th, and sail trom there on the Steamer Belgenland June 9th. At the recent commencement exer- elses cf Howard University the honor- ary degree of A. M. was conferred upon Prof. Robert H, Terrell, prinelpa) of the Washington High Sechoc 1, who received his A. B. degree at Harvard College, Cembridge, Mass. Prof. Tere Fell js also a graduate of the law de- partment of Howaid University, and principal of the Colored High Schoe} in this city, the largest school of its Kind in the United Btates. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WABHINGTON, D. 6. Mr. A. J. Gaskins, of tke Academy Restaurant ard Buffet, in company with Prof. Hezekiah Walden, a teaeh er of Ecience in Roger Williams Uni versity at Nashville, Tenn., paid thi: office a pleasant visit last Monday, They are relatives and old eehoolmates. Pret. Walden is en route te his old home at Markham, Va. where he will spend his vacation with friends and relatives. He spoke most hopefully of the cutloek of the race in the South and cf. the great good that is being done by the Roger Williams Univer: sity. Like all up to date educators he tubecribed tur The Colored Americas BLOOD POISON CURED BY B.B. B. © Bottle Free to Sufferers. Deep-seated, obstinate cases, the kind that have resisted doctors, hot springs and patent medicine treatment, qnics- ly yield to B. B, B. (Botanic Blood Balm) thoroughly tested for 30 years. B. B. B. has eured such indications as mucuous patches inthe mouth, sore throat, eruptions, sacing sores, bone pains, itching skin, swolien glands, stifl joints, copper colored spots, chan- cree, ulceration on the body, and in hundreds of cases where the hair and eyebrows have fallen outand the whole skin was a mass of boils, pimples and ulcers this wonderful specific has com- pleteiy changed the whole body inte a clean, perfect condition, free from erup: tions, and skin smooth with the glow ef pertect health. B. B. B. isthe only Perfect cure for blood poison. So suf- ferers may test B. B. B. and know for themgelves that it curea, a trial bottle will be sent free of charge. B. B. B. for sale by druggist at $1 per large bottle, or 6 large bottles (full treat ment)°$5. For trial buttle, address BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ga.” T. CARTER’S BAGGAGE EXPRESS. No. 2, Residence 467 Missouri Ave., North weet, Weshington, D. 0. Stand B. & P. Depot, 6th and B Streets, nw. Baggage called for and delivered to all patte of the city, All orders promptly e@tiended te. BOSTON CHEMICAL CO. 411 N. Twenty-Third Street, RICHMOND. , i a ae ee eee a | Don’t Wait any Longer : For the Matting or - Refrigerator. Get these things—and anything else you may need—of us —and pay for them weekly or monthly; as you can epare the money. We have just received another large shipment of Mat: tings, embracing the most reliable grades; and we tack them down free of cost. e MAKES THE Te ] BUYING EASY. | ' ‘ | You will find Refrigerators and Ice Chests here in allsizs | —tingle and double doors—all prices. Also Porch Rockers, Lawn Settees, Baby Carriages, and everything known to house furnishings. Every quality guaranteed. Help yourself. Mn MAMMOTH | CREDIT HOUSE, 817-819-821-828 Seventh Street N W, Between H and I Streets. i ii ti ete ee eli iL eo Work and No Play Makes Jack | A Dull Boy,” THE PUPIL:8 OF CLASS NO. 4, of the Metropolitan Baptist Sunday School will give a Grand Lawn Fete at the residence of Mrs. Anna Bradley 1319 W Street, on Friday Evening June 29th. Proceeds to replenish the school library. Retreshments served by a bevy of charming young ladies at usual rates. There will be a guessing contest and the person guessing the name of the doll will receive « prize, Miss E. V. Russell, Superintendent, Daniel Chase, Teacher. Music by Prot. Hoffman's Orchestra. Admis- sion 10 cents. ee The Delmo Koonce cafe puts up the finest ice creamin the sity. AMUSEMENTS. Sixth Annual Picnic OF THE Congregational Sunday &chodl OF SAINT LUKE'S CHURCH, THURSDAY JUNE 2ist, 1900. At Eureka Park, Hillsdale, D.C Hoffman’s Orehbestra, Oountry Dinnet, Ice Oream, Etc. Admission 25 cen Children under i2 years, 10 cca’