The Colored American

The COLORED American A NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER Hon Judson W. Lyons Addresses a Mighty Throng in the Mountains of W Va. The Gospel of Peace and the Lessons of the Hour ably Discussed by the Eloquent Georgian. FAIRMONT, W. Va.—(Special)—The thirty-ninth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation was celebrated here last Monday with great eclat. Hon. Judson W. Lyons, Register of the Treasury, and one of the greatest orators the race has produced, was the speaker of the day. Fairmont contains only a population of about 8,000, but not only were the cities and towns in Monongahela County represented, but the adjacent towns and cities, so that the throng was many times the size of the population. The white people vied with the colored people in showering honors and in showing attention to Mr. Lyons. He spoke at the fairground in the afternoon, and at night, by special request, he spoke at the court house. Mr. Lyons was highly pleased with his visit and spoke of the harmonious relations and the absence of friction between the two races in Fairmont. His speech was the best speech ever delivered in Fairmont. He spoke in part as follows: Man is so constituted that he likes to know the reason of things, the cause that leads one or many to a certain course of action. A foreigner, a stranger to the history of this country for the last thirty years, on hearing so much about the colored man during the days of reconstruction, would at once conclude he had not only been in absolute sway, but had used his power to oppress and degrade his former master, aiding in making laws that were so tyrannical and drastic that he could not enjoy his freedom and live under them. Well, as a matter of fact, the colored man had only a share in Constitution making of the six or eight years succeeding the Rebellion, and never a controlling share. He had just been liberated from nearly 300 years of unrequited toil and untold suffering. He had been denied during those centuries of gloom every opportunity and privilege that millions are now spent to send to the heathens. In addition to these things, they had the provocation that came in the form of the "Black Laws," as they were called—laws made between the cessation of the hostilities and reconstruction. Concerning these hideous statutes, Blaine says in his "Twenty Years in Congress:" "Assent to the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution by the Southern States was but a gross deception so long as they accompanied it with legislation which practically deprived the Negro of every vestige of liberty. That that was no offense in a white man was made a misdemeanor, a heinous crime, if committed by a Negro. Both in the civil and criminal code his treatment was different from that which the white man was subjected. He was compelled to work under a series of labor laws, applicable only to his own race. The laws of vagrancy were so changed as in many of their provisions WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 1901. J.H.C. to apply only to him, and under their operation all freedom of movement and transit was denied. The liberty to sell his time at a fair market rate was destroyed by the interposition of apprentice laws. Avenues of usefulness and skill in which he might specially excel were closed against him, lest he should compete with white men. In short, his liberty in all directions was so curtailed that it was a bitter mockery to refer to him in the Statutes as a "freedman." The truth was that his liberty was merely of form and not of fact, and the slavery which was abolished by the organic law of a nation was now to be revived by the enactments of a State. Some of these enactments were peculiarly offensive, not to say atrocious. In Alabama, which might, indeed, serve as an example for the other rebellious States, "stubborn or refractory servants" and "servants who loiter away their time" were decared by law to be "vagrants" and might be brought before a justice of the peace and fined $50; and in default of payment they might be "hired out" on three days' notice by public outery for the period of six months. No fair man could fail to see that the whole effect, and presumably the direct intent, of this law was to reduce the helpless Negro to slavery for half the year—a punishment which could be repeated when ever desired; a punishment sure to be desired for that portion of each recurring year when his labor was specially valuable in connection with the cotton crop, while for the remainder of the time he might shift for himself. There may have been more cruel laws enacted, but the statute books of the world might be searched in vain for one of meaner injustice. The foregoing process of restoring slavery in a modified form was applicable to men or women of any age. But for "minors" a more speedy and more sweeping method was contrived by the lawmakers of Alabama, who had just given their assent to the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. They made it the duty of all sheriffs, justices of the peace, and other civil officers of the several counties "to report the names of all minors under the age of 18 years whose parents have not the means or who refuse to support said minors;" and thereupon it was made the duty of the court to "apprentice" said minor to some suitable person on such terms as the court may direct." Then follows a sug gestive proviso directing that "if said minor be the child of a freedman" (as if any other class were really referred to "the former owner of said minor shall have the preference" and "the judge (Continued on page 4.) ATLANTA ON THE ALERT. To Pay Homage to our Late President—Doings in and Around the Gate City—Mrs. Hernon makes Greater Preparations for her Work—The Presbyterians Active—Notes. Atlanta, Ga.—(Special)—Prof. John W. Davidson, President of the Fort Valley Normal and Industrial Institute, spent last Saturday in the city, the guest of Col. H. L. Johnson, his old classmate. He asked for "Judge" Malom and spoke of the class of "1889." President Davidson is just from an extended trip North. Prof. H. L. Walker, of Augusta, Ga., passed through the city last Saturday on his way to Rome, Ga. I met the professor at the custom house, talking with the colored officials with whom he spent a goodly portion of his time when he was principal of one of our high schools here. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hunton, of the Y. M. C. A., have returned to the city from their Eastern trip, where they have spent the summer. Mrs. L. J. Price has returned from her Buffalo trip. Mrs. A. F. Herndon, teacher of elocation in the Atlanta University, after a two months' study in Boston, has returned to the city. She bids fair to excel in this class of work. She is a fine woman-one that wealth and position do not disturb. Mrs. Dr. J. R. Porter and mother, Mrs. Princess Curtis, have returned to the city, after a pleasant stay in St. Louis and Chicago. Mrs. H. H. Porter and Mrs. F. R. Keyser, of the Tallahassa, Fla., N. and I. Institute, are in the city, visiting their son and brother, Dr. J. R. Porter. The colored people held a large and interesting memorial service at Big Bethel Church last Thursday morning in commemoration of the death of President McKinley. Speeches were made by Hon. H. A. Rucker, Col. W. A. Pledger, Dr. J. W. E. Bowen, Capt. C. C. Wimbish, Rev. Dr. W. H. Heard, Rev. H. H. Proctor, and Lawyer H. L. Johnson. Prof. A. Graves presided. The speeches were all timely and spirited. Rev. Dr. E. R. Carter, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church here, held memorial exercises at his church last Sunday morning in commemoration of the death of President McKinley. His church and congregation subscribed a large sum to the McKinley monument fund. Dr. Carter is a great man. His congregation is proud of him. The Presbyterians are arranging for a great day here on the 29th proximo. that day being Sabbath School Missionary Rallying Day. This Church is growing right along. is growing right along I am glad to state that Rev. Dr. L. B. Maxwell is improving some. B. Maxwell is improving Mrs. Wimbish, President of the Kindergarten Association, informs me that the school will open on October 1. The Colored American can be found every Saturday morning at Black's Hotel, Walnut street between Fourth and Fifth streets, Evansville, I d. All the leading journals and race papers are handled there. 10 MITTENHAM CORETS MITTENHAM CORETS Everybody Eats CORBY'S "MOTHER'S BREAD." 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A supper party was given in honor of Mr. Clarence Rippy September 11th, 1901, at Mr. James Wilson's. Those present were Misses Seymour, Ashy, Thompson, Gessium Davis, Ransom, R. ed, Powls, Waddlington, Morris; Messrs. Tane, Jones, Shaw, Thomas, Bell and Anderson Everybody spent a very enjoyable evening. Mr. and Mrs. Waugh of 21 Squire street are enjoying a new fine baby girl - Little Oira McKinley. Waugh and mamma are doing well. Mr. James Henry has moved from 423 Gaman street. Mr. William M. Harris of 280 Lannel street returned home Saturday, after a month's absence at the home of his mother, at Baskville, Va., who has been very sick. Mr. Harris stopped in Richmond, Va., while away. Mr. Heibert Taylor, clerk at the city post office has returned from Buff lo where he has been attending the Exposition on his vacation. He is looking very much refreshed and reports a grand good time. Aside from the shock received from the shooting of the President, he fell very well. He states that he was on the grounds when the President was shot. Mr. Taylor reported for duty at the post office Thursday. WOOLTER STREET GLEANINGS. Rev, Gay, pastor of the Union Baptist church filled his pulpit Sunday morning in the presence of a very large audience. His eulogies on ex-President McKinley were full of animation and esteem for the dead hero. So powerful were his remarks that the congregation felt a personal rather than a national loss in the death of Mr. McKinley. This great calamity places Mr. McKinley nearer to all true Americans than any President since Garfield. "Millions will rise to tell of his fame, Age after age his deeds they'll proclaim. Honor to him whom honor is due, Honor the brave and true." The visiting pastors who had promised to assist the pastor in his rally, for some unknown reason were not present. See next Saturday's issue of The Colored American for the proceeds of the rally. Mrs. R. M Richie is visiting friends and relatives in Yonkers, N. Y. She will be a away about three weeks. Mrs. Ida Knight left for her home in Essex county, Virginia on Monday, September 16, where she will spend a month with parents and relatives. Mr. Frank Thomas who represented the True Reformers of Hartford in Richmond is more than pleased with their work and progress. He said in speaking to the correspondent, "I have received new inspiration by attending that Convention last week in Richmond and we young men must go to work, if I cannot do any business in H. r. ford I shall go South and try my luck there." Supt. John O. Taylor spent Sunday in Meriden, Ct., Brother John Jones, assistant superintendent, had charge of the Sabbath school. Miss Fannie Ransom will return to Hampton about the first of October. She expects to graduate in the spring and teach the following year in the state of North Carolina. Ours Is Best, Because It's Ours! 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The grand fall picnic and outing which was to have taken place Monday last, and postponed on account of the death of the President, took place on Monday the 23d inst., at Lakeview Park. There was a liberal attendance An Editor is Happy. The editor of the New Era, Rev. Charles Monk of Somerset Bridge, was made a benedict on the 27th inst., by the advent of a bouncing baby boy in his home, Rev Monk who is an active young preacher of the A. M. E church by his own request was left without an appointment in order that he could compile "The History and Progress of Odd Fellowship in Bermuda." Mother and son are doing well. Notice. Agents when making returns will please send copies of September 14 h uncut as the demand for that issue was greater than the supply. How Men can Save Money. If you consult me before buying clothes, building Material, Carpet felt leads paints, oil. I have a plan, its easy, that you ought to know about. 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The contest which is to take place October 24 and 25 between Prince Hall Lodge, No. 14, and Eureka Lodge, No. 5, promises to be far more exciting than the contest of last year. Both of the lodges are well officered with young men whose abilities in the ritualistic work of the order has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of all. The contest is to be on conferring of the first degree, and it is to be hoped and expected that every Mason will avail himself of the opportunity of seeing this work as presented by each of these lodges. While it is regretted that Bro. Ellis W. Brown, the Master of Eureka, will not be able to fill his position in the contest, yet it is admitted that Bro. H. J. Davis will prove a formidable opponent to those desiring to wrest the jewel now held by Eureka. Bro. Fred Henry, Master of Prince Hall, is known and has done excellent work in every subordinate lodge in our jurisdiction, and with the able support of such men as Brothers Joiner, Warfield, and Haines, we are unable with any degree of certainty to predict where the jewel will go. Nothing has done more than the contests of recent years to bring out the hidden beauties of the three symbolic degrees, and it is to be hoped that the day is not far distant that no brother will be elected Master who will not consent to enter these annual contests, if for no other purpose than to have his officers become proficient in the ritualistic work of our order. Go it, Eureka! Go it, Prince Hall! Let the jewel go where it will. You will nevertheless be the two banner lodges of the year 1901. There is $100 at this office to be placed against $75 that Eureka holds the jewel this year. It is claimed that Dick Jones raised that delicate child, Brother Dan Steward, of Widow's Son. I doubt it. Speak out, Brother Jones. The prize waltz by Sir Knights John P. Turner, Dan Steward, Richard Jones, Julius Warren, with their ladies, at 9 p. m. sharp at Irving's Hall October 2. Past Eminent Commanders George Newman and Paul R. Steward, with Simons Commandery, will attend the entertainment at Irving's Hall October 2. Social Lodge will celebrate their seventy-sixth anniversary October 24 at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church. Dr. D. P. Seaton will deliver the anniversary sermon. While reading this issue of the Masonic Column ask yourself the question, whether you have paid Brother Cooper your subscription. I will not wrong, cheat, or defraud a brother knowingly, so pay up. I called upon the Deputy Grand Master, W. H. J. Malvin, and wife on Tuesday; found him very sick, but with the attention given by a devoted wife he has much improved. Call and see him at the Alabama Flats. No, sir! The Great Pythagoras Lodge, No. 9, of which Past Masters J. A. Bamfield, J. W. Pitts, J. L. Johnson, R. L. Pendleton, and J. T. Beason are members, did not enter the contest last year, will not enter this year, and not next year, if either Prince Hall or Eureka enters. After the Grand Visitations during the month of November a night will be selected on which the craft and friends will be invited to the presentation of the jewels to Past Grand Master Henry Coleman and Lenard C. Bailey, raised by the popular subscription of 10 cents. Special notice—All Commanderies, Chapters of R. A. M., and Order of Eastern Star, Courts of Heroines of Jericho, and Blue Lodges are expected to assemble at Irving's Hall, 410 D street southeast, Wednesday, October 2, 1901, at 8 p. m., for the purpose of being entertained by the Mount Calvary Club of Ladies. Will you kindly give me the names of the Senior and Junior Grand Wardens of our jurisdiction? The Senior Grand Warden is Brother Brooks Burr, of John F. Cook, and the Junior Grand Warden is Charles H. Dean, of St. John's Lodge. I am not surprised at THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. your ignorance, for I do not believe one of these Grand officers have visited a subordinate lodge outside of their own this year. It is to be hoped that these two brethren will visit our lodges and give us the benefit of their Masonic knowledge. Gethsemane and Simons Commanderies came together at the Asylum on Friday night last and held a joint installation. The officers of the two commanderies were installed by Past Right Eminent Grand Commanders L. H. Wayne, John N. Dorster, John W. Freeman, and the Eminent Commander of Simons, Sir Paul R. Steward. These Sir Knights very impressively rendered the ceremonies of installation. The following were the officers installed: Simons Commandery, No. 1—Eminent Commander, Sir Henry Coleman; Generalissimo, Sir Henry C. Irving; Captain-General, Sir J. W. Hutchinson; Prelate, Sir J. F. N. Wilkerson; Senior Warden, Sir J. D. Howard; Junior Warden, Sir W. S. Fulton; Recorder, Sir J. H. Smiler; Treasurer, Sir M. H. Robinson; Standard-Bearer, Sir E. Snowden; Sword-Bearer, Sir Abraham Slaughter; Warder, Sir H. P. Jackson; Guard, Sir David Chase. Gethsemane Commandery, No. 3—Eminent Commander, Sir R. W. Tompkins; Generalissimo, Sir James L. Johnson; Captain-General, Sir Walter J. Abrams; Prelate, Sir William H. Grimshaw; Senior Warden, Sir H. D. Pryor; Junior Warden, Sir C. H. Thompson; Recorder, Sir John L. Hickman; Treasurer, Sir Samuel H. West; Warder, Sir Alexander Walker. After the installation the commanderies closed and all repaired to Sir Knight Irving Hall's, where a sumptuous banquet awaited them, served by Sir Knight Liverpool. While at the banquet table the following Sir Knights spoke upon the proper steps to be taken for the advancement of Chivalric Masonry in our jurisdiction: Sir Knights S. H. West, Lewis H. Wayne, John N. Dorster, R. W. Tompkins, J. W. Freeman, and Paul R. Steward. Over this banquet table the glittering steel blade of each Sir Knight touched and mutual pledges were made that henceforth the ranks shall close up and shoulder to shoulder they will march under the banner upon which is emblazoned "In hoc signo vinces," never crying halt until our jurisdiction becomes second to none in the United States. The I. B. Parker Fund. To the Public:—The committee selected by colored citizens at their meeting on the 10th instant beg permission to again call the attention of the public to the heroic action of James Benjamin Parker in his effort to save the life our of lamented late President, William McKinley, over whose remains the last sad rites have been performed, and to ask a renewal of contributions to the fund to be given to this colored hero as a public testimonial of appreciation of his patriotic conduct. By his prompt and vigorous action he gave expression to the loyal love of the colored people of this country for the Nation's Chief Magistrate, thereby setting an illustrious example to all American youth; and at the same time gave medical science his opportunity to save, if possible, the life of this great man to the Republic. The committee begs that contributions be sent as heretofore suggested to The. Post The Star, and The Times to be by them transmitted to Mr. Parker. Committee:—William H. H. Bart, William H. Richards, Alexander C Garner, Mary Church Terrell, Henry E. Baker. An Enterprising Woman. Mrs. M. A. Thornton, a successful business woman of Cincinnati, O passed through the city last week. She had intended to visit the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, but the assisination of the President, cut her visit short Mrs. Thornton supports five students at Tuskegee, Ala., all adopted children, and takes an active part in the National Business League and all other organizations which have for their purpose the advancement of the race. THE GRAND FOUNTAIN. United Order of True Reformers. An order devoted to the interests of its members, both in their home and business relations. We offer you an opportunity for gilt edged business investment, in enterprises owned and controlled by the Order and managed by colored men, who are members of the Order. If you are sound in health and mind, of good moral character, not younger than three (3) years nor older than sixty (60) you are eligible to membership. There are two Fountains, the Subordinate and the Rosebud. SUBORDINATE FOUNTAINS. To join the Subordinate Fountain you must be between 14 and 16 years of age. You pay $4.60 to $6.60 (according to age.) as joining fee. If you live in the country you pay 35 cents per month as dues; if in the city, 50 cents per months. You pay as taxes 80 cents per month. As Sick Benefits you receive from $6.00 to $9.00 per month, in weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family receives $75.00 if you die within a year. After one year the Death Benefit is $125.00. are Fountain you must be between 14 and 16 years of age. 60 (according to age.) as joining fee. If you live in cents per month as dues; if in the city,-50 cents per 80 cents per month. receive from $6.00 to $9.00 per month, in weekly pay our family receives $75.00 if you die within a year Benefit is $125.00. To join the Subordinate Fountain you must be between 14 and 16 years of age. You pay $4.60 to $6.60 (according to age.) as joining fee. If you live in the country you pay 35 cents per month as dues; if in the city,-50 cents per months. You pay as taxes 80 cents per month. As Sick Benefits you receive from $6.00 to $9.00 per month, in weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family receives $75.00 if you die within a year After one year the Death Benefit is $125.00. To join the Rosebud Fountain you must be between 14 and 14 year of age. You pay $1 00, either cash or by installments. The monthly dues are either 15 or 25 cents. Fountains may decide. The annual tax is 10 cents. You receive as Sick Benefit from $1.50 to $4.00 per month, weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family will be paid $24 50 for you die within a year. After one year the Death Benefit is $37. In the INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, there are Three (3) classes:—Class J, Class E, and Class M. All dues are payable annually or quarterly. Amit is 14 to 60 years. Fee, $2.50 to $4.25. Annual Certificate is valued first year at from $100 to $350 and $200 to $65. Amit is 14 to 55 years. Fee, $5 to $6 50. Annual dued certificate is valued first year at from $250 to $175. After $300. Amit is 14 to 50 years. Fee $11 to $13 50. Annual dued fee is valued from date of issue at from $1 000 to $700. A Life Membership in either of the Fountains or in the purchase of the required amount of Bank stock, which is of 20 per cent. United Order of True Reformers has paid up to June Death Benefits, with a grand total of $521,264 75, over 100 years. In our Savings Bank the Order has a sound thriving institution that is a credit not only to the Order but the race as well. It began business April 3, 1889. The stock is $100,000. The business is the same as that of regularly constituted bank, and is surrounded by the safeguards. The stock sells for $5.00 a share per cent, dividends. Both time and demand deposit interest is paid on time deposits. The following is report to Auditor of Public Accounts of Virginia in 1900 and shows its flourishing condition;— LIABILITIES. $8,272 80 164,423 83 48,383 22 14,000 00 99,588 00 6,850 00 1,388 99 12,399 80 35,820 00 391,120 84 Capital stock paid in ... 88,125 Surplus fund ... 80,957 Undivided profits ... 6,826 Demand certificate of deposit ... 96,786 Time certificates of deposit 118,424 Total ... 391,120 The Order makes itself the trustee for this glorious whole people, black and white, North, East, South, their contribution the carrying out of this praiseworthy year is set apart as a Grend Rally Day for the Homewarded to the casier of the Reformer's Savings Bank, same and account for it to The Grand Fountain. And the public, when visiting Richmond, Va., a hotel Reformer, 900 North Sixth St. It is in a pleasant Service is of the best and rates are reasonable. Department manages and controls all property interests, now owns 13 buildings, 4 farms, 4 wellings, 1 house, $122,500. In addition to these the Order leases To join the Rosebud Fountain you must be between 3 and 14 year of age. You pay $1 00, either cash or by installments. The monthly dues are either 15 or 25 cents as Fountains may decide. The annual tax is 10 cents. You receive as Sick Benefit from $1,50 to $4 00 per month, in weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family will be paid $24 50 if you die within a year. After one year the Death Benefit is $37. In the INSUANCE DEPARTMENT, there are Three (3) Classes:—Class J, Class E, and Class M. All dues are payable annually or quarterly. In Class B, the age limit is 14 to 60 years, $4.75 to $7.60. The Certificate is valid. After one year, its value is $200 to $65. In Class E, the age limit is 14 to 55 years, $9.50 to 11.40. The Certificate is valued first one year its value is $500 to $300. In Class M, the age limit is 14 to 50 years, $21 to $25. The certificate is valued from day You are entitled to a Life Membership Classe B and E upon purchase of the reqipays a dividend annually of 20 per cent. The Grand Fountain United Order of T 29, 1900, a total of 3782 Death Benefits, with HALF MILLION DOLLARS. In Class B, the age limit is 14 to 60 years. Fee, $2.50 to $4.25. Annual dues, $4.75 to $7 60. The Certificate is valued first year at from $100 to $33. After one year, its value is $200 to $65. In Class E, the age limit is 14 to 55 years. Fee, $5 to $6 50. Annual dues, $9 50 to 11.40. The Certificate is valued first year at from $250 to $175. After one year its value is $500 to $300. In Class M, the age limit is 14 to 50 years. Fee $11 to $13 50. Annual dues $21 to $25. The certificate is valued from date of issue at from $1 000 to $700. You are entitled to a Life Membership in either of the Fountains or in Classe B and E upon purchase of the required amount of Bank stock, which pays a dividend annually of 20 per cent. The Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers has paid up to July 29, 1900, a total of 3782 Death Benefits, with a grand total of $521,264 75, over a HALF MILLION DOLLARS. THE BANK.—In our Savings Bank the Order has a sound and flourishing institution that is a credit not only to the Order butthe race as well. It began business April 3, 1889. The capital stock is $100,000. The business is the same as that of any other regularly constituted bank, and is surrounded by the same safeguards. The stock sells for $5,00 a share to RESOURCES. Loans and discounts ..... $8,272 80 Other stock, bonds and mortgages ..... 164,423 83 Due from National Banks ..... 48,383 22 Banking House ..... 14,000 00 Other real estates ..... 99,588 00 Furniture and Fixtures ..... 6,850 00 Current expenses and taxes paid ..... 1,388 99 Specie, nickels and cents ..... 12,399 80 Paper currency ..... 35,820 00 Total ..... 391,120 84 The Reformer is the newspaper public office in Richmond, Va. It stands for the voicen operation and combination of the race and the General Messenger and the General Agent per year. A well-equipped job office bids turned out in first class style and at low price. Six miles from Richmond, in Henrico of 634 acres of land, and established thereon an exampled liberality and broad-minded gentrance to this home to its members alone, doors are opened to the aged and decrepit residence or connections. The Order makes charity, and calls upon the whole people, be and West to assist by their contribution the idea. April 3rd of each year is set apart as Contributions can be forwarded to the cash who will send receipt for same and account. Members of the Order and the public, invited to stop at The Hotel Reformer, 900 N. and desirable location. Service is of the best. The Real Estate Department manages the Ordeer. The Order now owns 13 buildings with a fee simple value of $122,500. In addition members, and pays 20 per cent, dividends. Both time and demand deposits are received and 4 per cent. interest is paid on time deposits. The following is a copy of the Cashier's report to Auditor of Public Accounts of Virginia at close of business Sept.. 5. 1900 and shows its flourishing condition;— RESOURCES. Loans and discounts ..... $8,272 80 Other stock, bonds and mortgages ..... 164,423 83 Due from National Banks ..... 48,883 22 Banking House ..... 14,000 00 Other real estates ..... 99,588 00 Furniture and Fixtures ..... 6,850 00 Current expenses and taxes paid ..... 1,388 99 Specie, nickels and cents ..... 12,399 80 Paper currency ..... 35,820 00 Total ..... 391,120 84 Capital stock paid in ..... 88,125 00 Surplus fund ..... 80,957 81 Undivided profits ..... 6,826 80 Demand certificate of deposit ..... 96,786 29 Time certificates of deposit ..... 118,424 74 Total ..... 391,120 64 The Reformer's Grocery and Feed Store is located at 501 North Sixth St., Richmond, Va., and members of the Order and the public generally are saved 20 per cent. on the cost of food products. THE REFORMER is the newspaper published by the order from its own of fice in Richmond, Va. It stands for the voice of the people, representing cooperation and combination of the race and is the Beacon Light, the Headlight, the General Messenger and the General Agent of the Brotherhood. It is $1.00 per year. A well-equipped job office bids for the work of the people, which is turned out in first class style and at low prices. Six miles from Richmond, in Henrico County, Va., the Order has purchased 634 acres of land, and established thereon an "Old Folk's Home." With unexampled liberality and broad-minded generosity, the Order does not limit entrance to this home to its members alone, nor even to members families, but the doors are opened to the aged and decrepid of the whole race, regardless of their residence or connections. The Order makes itself the trustee for this glorious charity, and calls upon the whole people, black and white, North, East, South and West to assist by their contribution the carrying out of this praiseworthy idea. April 3rd of each year is set apart as a Grend Rally Day for the Home. Contributions can be forwarded to the casnier of the Reformer's Savings Bank, who will send receipt for same and account for it to The Grand Fountain. Members of the Order and the public, when visiting Richmond, Va., are invited to stop at The Hotel Reformer, 900 North Sixth St. It is in a pleasant and desirable location. Service is of the best and rates are reasonable. The Real Estate Department manages and controls all property interests on the Ordeer. The Order now owns 13 buildings, 4 farms, 4 wellings, 1 ho with a fee simple value of $122,500. In addition to these the Order leases buildings. For any further information, address Wm. L. TAYLOR, G. W. Master. W, Master. --- Pablo Picasso STOPPING ROSEBUD FOUNTAINS. ]W. P. BURRELL, G. W. Secretary. This marvelous invention, with the aid of LUSTERONE, the undisputed monarch of all Hair Tonics and Hair Straighteners, straightens Kinky, Nappy, Knotty, Harsh, Stubborn, Refractory Curly Hair. Electricity is Life. The great MAGNETIC BRUSH has no equal in stimulating and causing the hair to grow long, straight, fine, and luxurious. It kills all the germs and humors so dangerous to the health of the scalp and the hair. LUSTERONE is the unquestioned king of all Hair Tonics. It not only causes it to THE MAGNETIC BRUSH DOMINION MANUFACTURING CO. RICHMOND, VA. skin, making it several shades lighter. It also cures all Skin Eruptions and Diseases. Also one package of LUSTERONE SCALP SOAP and one pint of our celebrated SANITARY WASH. Send to us at once $1.00, and we will send this grand aggregation, together with a complete LUSTERONE treatment. This grand combination sells at retail for $7.50. We sell it to you for only $1.00, to introduce it in your neighborhood. Cut out this order, mark and send to us, with only $1.00, and we will send to you immediately this most valuable collection. BEFORE USING. This marvelous invention straightens Kinky, Nappy, Kn no equal in stimulating and dangerous to the health of the grow long and straight, but also prevents it from falling out, and cures all diseases of the hair and scalp. Beware of frauds, who are putting out so called Hair Tonics on the market and persuading the people to buy them. These spurious compounds kill the life of the hair and cause it to fall out, skin, making it several shades and one pint of our celebrate complete LUSTERONE treatment your neighborhood. Cut out this order, ma DOMINION I enclose One Complete One Complete One Complete One Luster One Package One Magnet It is NAME STREET (If any) BEFORE USING. ```markdown ``` THE COLORED AMERICAN. WASHINGTON. D. FREE TO ALL no will Answer this Advertisement at Once. The Great Magnetic Brush With the aid of LUSTERONE, the undisputed monarch of all Hair, Stubborn, Refractory, Curly Hair. Electricity is Life-giving the hair to grow long, straight, fine, and luxurious. It stands the hair. LUSTERONE is the unquestioned king of all Hair. It also cures all Skin Eruptions and Diseases. Also one MITARY WASH. Send to us at once $1.00, and we will send this grand combination sells at retail for $7.50. We sell it to send to us, with only $1.00, and we will send to you immediately. MANUFACTURING COMPANY: No. 2220 E. Marshall Street, Richmond, Va.: 00, for which send to me at once— Histerone Hair Straightener Treatment, retail value. Histerone Hair Grower Treatment, retail value. Histerone Face Bleach Treatment, retail value. Salp Soap, retail value. Mitary Wash, retail value. Brush, retail value. Total retail value. Finally agreed that, if these articles are not satisfactory, you will return the HOUSE NO. (If any). TOWN STATE You Can Straighten Your Hair in 10 Minutes. You can send me by Registered Letter or by Money Order, which you can send your Post-Office, or by Express Order, which you can get from Express Office. Address your letters plainly to— Dominion Manufacturing Co. FREE TO ALL Who will Answer this Advertisement at Once. The Great Magnetic Brush. You Can Straighten Your Hair in 10 Minutes. You can send money safely by Registered Letter or by Money Order, which you can get from your Post-Office, or by Express Order, which you can get from any Express Office. Address your letters plainly to— Dominion Manufacturing Co., --- 2220 East Marshall Street, Richmond, Va, 18 AFTER USING. Tonics and Hair Straighteners, The great MAGNETIC BRUSH has is all the germs and humors so Tonics. It not only causes it to ruining your hair for life. Buy the genuine and only LUSTERONE, for it is as harmless as water. To introduce this great remedy, we will give FREE TO ALL one of our celebrated Magnetic Brushes. We will also give FREE one bottle of Lusterone Face Bleach, which brightens up black package of LUSTERONE SCALP SOAP grand aggregation, together with a you for only $1.00, to introduce it in is most valuable collection. - $2.50 - 2.50 - .50 - .25 - .25 - 1.50 - $7.50 ney to me. AFTER USING. --- THE COLORED AMERICAN. WASHINGTON. D. G. BE NOT D TO THE COLORED PE King of all NOT DECEIVED RED PEOPLE OF AMERICA. of all Hair Tonics, 'OZONO.' BE NOT DECEIVED TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA King of all Hair Tonics, "OZONO." BEFORE. AFTER. TRADE-MARK. Recognizing the fact that there are many SO-CALLED hair-growers and hair-straighteners now on the market, and knowing to a certainty that many of these are frauds pure and simple, we wish to make a straight-forward, honest statement to the colored race through this great paper. In the year 1871 our late secretary, Mrs. S. M. Moore, through a fortunate circumstance, acquired the receipt for OZONO. It was not offered for sale or purchase to any extent until 1875, when it was put upon the market and met with marked success. After a thorough test by the colored people of that time it was pronounced an honest, legitimate remedy, true to all that was claimed for it, and worthy in every respect of the confidence of every member of the colored race, because they found it to cause the hair to grow long and straight, soft and fine, and as beautiful as an April morning. Now, whenever a genuine article appears upon the market there are always a number of people who imitate and make capital out of the merits of other people's goods. Seeing our marked success, numerous firms have entered the market, offering hair-growers and hair-straighteners, many of which are worthless, causing the hair to fall out and doing great damage to the hair and scalp, and the colored people are buying these spurious compounds, which are filled with animal fats, and do the hair more harm than good. To these let us sound a warning—be careful what you use on your hair. Do not be deceived by flaring advertisements and big words. Buy the King of all Hair Tonics. which is sold with an iron-clad guarantee to do all that is claimed for it, or we will forfeit $50.00. Now, we ask you a plain question—would we absolutely agree to forfeit $50.00 if you are dissatisfied with our preparations, if they were not true to all we claim for them? We have advertised for several years under this guarantee, and we are glad to say that every one who has used Ozono has been satisfied in every respect. 20,000 people are to-day using our preparations, and every purchaser recommends Ozono as the King of all Hair Tonics. Ozono will positively take the Kinks out of Knotty, Kinky, Harsh, Curly, Refractory, Troublesome Hair. It will make short, harsh hair long and straight. It will cure your head of all itching, worrying scalp diseases. Itch, Eczema, Dandruff, and Scurf can not live after Ozono has been applied. It will stop your hair from falling out. It will restore gray hair to its natural color, making the hair long and soft. Now, right here, let us make a statement. Many firms are advertising remedies to straighten hair, but when they send the preparation they tell you to use hot irons. Friends, do not use hot irons; they will burn up the life of the hair, and cause it to drop out. Ozono straightens without any outside assistance. Nothing but Ozono is necessary, and the hair stays straight forever. You can stop the use at any time. The good effects on the hair are seen in a day or two after the first application. The price of Ozono is 50c. a bottle—4 boxes do the work. We make this liberal offer, which is good at any time: Cut out this coupon and send to us, enclosing with it the sum of One Dollar, and we will forward to you four large boxes of Ozono and one large bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner, which makes black skin bright, rough skin soft and pliant, and cures all skin diseases. Also removes all facial imperfections, and actually removes small-pox pits. We will also include one fancy jar of our Electrical Skin Food—Nature's great beautifier—removes wrinkles, moth patches, freckles, and all facial blemishes; makes the old look young and the young look younger. Name..... House, No..... Street..... City..... County..... State.... We will also include one package of our celebrated Scalp Soap, which is absolutely CHEMICALLY PURE, and no soap but a pure soap should ever AN AGENT IN EVERY TOWN AND CITY TO SELL ss Watch AND GET SUBSCRIBERS FOR The Colored America It belongs to no clique or faction, but represents the whole people. It is not a party organ, but stands for the rights of the Negro. oughts and best achievements. It is not a patent back, but its columns teem with spicy, original matt WE WANT AN AGENT IN EV The Frederick Douglass Watch It gives all the news. It belongs to no clique. It tells what the Negro is doing. It is n. It reflects the highest thoughts and best achievement. WE WANT AN AGENT IN EVERY TOWN AND CITY TO SELL The Frederick Douglass Watch AND GET SUBSCRIBERS FOR The Colored American. It gives all the news. It belongs to no clique or faction, but represents the whole people. It tells what the Negro is doing. It is not a party organ, but stands for the rights of the Negro. It reflects the highest thoughts and best achievements. It is not a patent back, but its columns teem with spicy, original matter! Subscription Price $2.00 per Year, $1.10 for Six Months. 60cts for Three Months. Terms Invariably in Advance. For Further Information Address, THE COLORED AMERICAN. 14 OZONO. BEFORE AFTER CHRISTOPHER ENG CO. BILKINGHAM, VOL. be used on the scalp. And, lastly, to prove our liberality, we will put in a pint package of Anti-Odor, a positive cure for Sore Throat or Mouth, all forms of Womb Diseases, Chilblains, Sore and Frosted Feet; also removes all smells and odors arising from the human body, such as feet, arm pits, etc. The actual value of this Grand Aggregation is $4.00, but we let you have it for $1.00, simply to introduce honest goods. In order to protect the public in general from imitations of our goods, and to avoid mistakes, we have placed upon our coupon our Trade-Mark, one head showing Short Hair and the other head Long Hair. The U. S. Government has granted us this trade-mark, and it is registered in the Patent Office at Washington; so if the coupon has this trade-mark on it, you will make no mistake. Use only the coupon having the two heads on it. As to our responsibility, we refer you to the Editor of this paper or to the Metropolitan Bank of Richmond, Va. We have thousands of testimonials we have not space to publish. Here is a sample of one: Boston Chemical Company: Dear Sirs,—You are at liberty to state in any newspaper that I have used OZONO, and give it my most hearty recommendation. I have been fooled so often, it does me good to recommend honest goods. MAGGIE B. PROCTOR, Here is another: Box 114. Fairfield, Texas. Here is another: Box 114, Fairfield, Texas. Gentlemen,—After using OZONO a short while only, I am glad to say that my hair is already straight and growing finely. MISS BESSIE POWERS, 383 Missouri street, Toledo, O. A last word. OZONO is absolutely guaranteed to straighten hair and cause a beautiful and luxurious growth. If your hair is already straight, you can use it to secure a glossy long growth. Buy only the genuine "OZONO." Send us $1.00 at once, and the goods will be sent the same day we receive your order. BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. PROD MARK BAPORA AFTER Boston Chemical Co., 310 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. I enclose you $1.00, for which please send at once the following goods: 4 Boxes of Ozono, worth $2.00. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner worth 50c. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c. 1 Package (1 pint) Anti-Odor, worth 50c. 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. Total, $4.00. If you want 4 lots like above, send $3.00. If you have a friend who has no coupon, let her write her name on a piece of paper and pin to coupon when you send your order. 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. Life from cradle to grave. Gives names in full of those you have or will marry; causes happy marriage to those you desire; unites those separated (never fails) If you are in doubt as to the outcome of any undertaking in business, social or domestic life; sickness, divorces, separations, law suits, lost or absent friends in there to grave. Gives names in full of those you have or will marry; causes happy marriage to those you desire; unites those separated (never fails) If you are in doubt as to the outcome of any undertaking in business, social or domestic life; sickness, divorces, separations, law-suits, lost or absen friends intere you; if you desire to have your domestic troubles removed, your lost love returned, consult or writes me. You will be advised the best way to succeed. Patrons attended to in all parts of the world. Letters of inquiry answered on receipt of two acent stamps. MBS. C. CARY 1406 WEST YORK STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. MME, DAVIS F. T. H. Borrr-Clairvoyant & Card Reader Tells about business, Removes Spells and Evil Influences, Reunites the Separated and Gives Luck to all. Cures Piles and Drunkenness. 1228 25th st. n, w. Washington D. C. No letters answered unless accompanied by stamp. Oldest established Clairvoyant, tells your business, love affairs, family troubles, about lawsuits, divorces, or anything you wish to know; brings separated together, causes speedy marriages, removes family troubles, bad luck spells, or mysterious feelings, 10 to 10 daily. 489 H st. sw. The leading colored artistic designer, decorator and wall paperist. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. Town Topics. Refreshments served by the ladies at the Wooers German. There is a letter at this office for Miss Mary S. Jones, "The Southern Mocking Bird." Mr. G Harold Smith, the veteran newspaper man, is spending a few days in this city. Miss Blanche E. Nugent, of 1905 K street, northwest, and Miss Ida Wiggington of P street, have returned from their summer vacation. The Wooers German-begins Monday September 30th ends Friday evening October 11th, at the New Old Fellows Hall, 1606 M street northwest. The teachers, refreshed and rested after pleasant and enjoyable vacations in many places are at their desks, instructing the young ideas how to shoot. Miss Lizzie Ward of Madison avenue spent a delightful vacation in New York City, Atlantic City and Hartford, Conn., where she was the guest of Mrs Mary Fuller. Mr. Frank Gaines of Gaskins and Gaines, returned from his trip in the great Northwest Monday of this week. Both he and Mrs. Gaines reported a delightful time. Mr. Daniel M. Turner, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday with his brother, Dr. John P. Turner and felt Monday enroute to Chicago Ill. Fancy dancing, fortune telling, automatic scales, Punch and Judy, electric batteries, paddle stand, letter carriers and fliting girls at the Wooers German. Scientific dentistry is in large part the cause of increased longevity in the human race. If you have trouble of any kind with your teeth consult Dr D. W. Onley, 4213 street southwest. Mr. A. E. Manning, Editor of The World, Indianaoplis, Indiana, and Mr. T. Fox a prominent young business man, were in the city a few day last week enroute from New York to Indiana. Miss Nannie H Burroughs, Secretary of the National Baptist Convention, and prominent in the women's work of that denomination, is spending a few days in this city the guest of friends. Mr. Clarence C. White who is in charge of the musical department of Avery College Trade School at Allegheny, Pa., appeared before a rich and most cultured audience at Carneige Music Hall Saturday evening, September 21st. Mr. White is the first Afro American to be so honored by the trustees of Carneige. Mrs. P. A. Hubbard, the wife of the Financial Secretary of the A, M. E. Chuch, left the city last Saturday for New York, to join her husband who is spending several months in England and on the Continent in Europe. Secretary Hubbard has obtained a long needed rest and has made the banner record for the church which he rere- Rev. M. F. Wilson, Financial Agent of the Greenville Industrial College. Bristol, Tenn., passed through the city this week en route to points in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. The Doctor speaks in the most hopeful terms of the outlook for the College, and praises the generosity of the people in the North and West who contribute so liberally to the school. Tickets to Wooers German sold at door. 10 cents. Knowles Building. Boys' Hall. Stone Hall. Girls' Hall. Model Home. An unsectarian Christian Institution, devoted especially to advanced education. College, Normal, College Preparatory and English High School courses, with Industrial Training. Superior advantages in Music and Printing. Athletics for boys. Physical culture for girls. Home life and training. Aid given to needy and deserving students. Term begins the first Wednesday in October. For catalogue and information, address President HORACE BUMSTEAD, D.D. Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn. DEPARTMENTS—Collegiate, including Classical, Scientific and Literary Course; Theological, Normal, Industrial, including Agriculture, Carpentering, Printing, Sewing and Electrical work. SPECIAL FEATURES—Four dormitories for young men, young women, boys and girls. All buildings steam heated and electric lighted Location most healthful. Total expense for year including board, tuition, heat, light and furnished room only $58. Next term begins September 26 Send for catalogue to REV. R W. McGRANAHAN, Pres., Knoxville, Tenn. A GRAND CONCERT, The Berean Baptist Church, 18th S'rect, between L & M Sts., N. W. Friday Eve., October 18, 1901 Mrs. E, Azalia Hackley, .....Of Denver, Col... As the Leading Soprano, assisted by eminent Local Talent. Mrs. Hackley's excellent sorrano voice has attracted and charmed immense audiences in nearly every large city in this country, and those who heard her in concert at Metropolitan Church last spring. will be glad to hear her again. There will be Recitations by Miss Addie Wormley, vocal solo by Dr. C. Sumner Wormley, a piano solo by Mrs. Robert Pelham, of Detroit, and some selections by the noted "Treble Clef" musical organization of this city. TICKETS, - 25 CENTS. CHILDREN, - 15 CENTS. For 10 Cents extra, reserved seats may be obtained. Doors open at 7:30 P.M. Concert begins at 8 P.M. EDUCATIONAL. Knowles Building. Boys' Hall. Store. ATLANTA UNIVERSITY An unsectarian Christian Institution, devoted especially to Normal, College Preparatory and English High School advantages in Music and Printing. Athletics for training. Aid given to needy and deserving in October. For catalogue and information, add: Knoxville College, DEPARTMENTS—Collegiate, including Classical, Normal, Industrial, including Agriculture, work. SPECIAL FEATURES—Four dormitories. All buildings steam heated and electric lighted each year including board, tuition, heat, light and furnishment. 26 Send for catalogue to REV. R. THE HOTEL 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. GEQ H, SAFFORD, Secretary. $75 to $150 per month mad by Agents. Elegant premiums Free. Address P O. Box 570 Louisville, Ky. When you write mention this paper. AMUSEMENTS. A GRAND The Berean B 18th S'rect, betwe 15 AVERY COLLEGE TRADES SCHOOL A Practical, Literary and Industrial Trade School for Colored Boys and Girls, Carpentry, Bricklaying, Plastering, Painting and Interior Decorations. Tailoring, Dress-making, Millinery, Voice Culture and Piano Forte. Literary Department from Primary to Normal Course. Job Work Solicited and Profits given to the Students. Catalogues now ready. Unusual advantages for Girls and a separate building. Fall terms begins Sept. 9th, 1901. Address JOSEPH D. MAHONEY, Allegheny, Pa. Principal. AMUSEMENTS. 16 THE CHARACTER OF THE MAN. Hon. John P. Green of Ohio Pays an Eloquent Tribute to the Lae President at a Meeting at Lincoln Memorial Church in this City-The Other Side of the Dead President. The colored people of Washington held a memorial meeting at Lincoln Memorial church, Thursday evening, September 18th, in honor of the late President William McKinley. A large and representative gathering was present. Prof. L. M. Hershaw called the meeting to order and was made the presiding officer for the evening. A number of notable addresses were made in which the life and character of the late President were extolled and his virtues pointed out. Among the n table speeches was that delivered by the Hon. John P. Green, a part of of which is here presented. "The late President McKinley was in his own character an exemplar of law and order. On one occasion when this writter was honored by an audience with him, he said, "Mr. President, what if anything is being done to bring to justice the murderers of Baker and hisabe, st Lake City, South Carolina?" "Mr Green," he said, "All that section, in the vicinity of Lake City, is bris ling with detectives; and so soon as we can identify them, or a part of them, we shall treat them just as any one would be treated who should come in here and kill me!" Then looking earnestly at this writer he said in slow and earnest tones "Suppose some one should come in here and kill me; what would be done about 1? He would be arrested, tried, and if convicted, executed. Now we propose to act in the same way with reference to the murderers of Baker and his child." Subsequently the President said to this writer, "I was gratified to know that a part of that jury hung out for conviction; I was afraid they would bring in a verdict of acquittal owing to the sentiment existing in that section." On another occasion this writer said to him, "Mr. President, many of the clered voters of the country are opposed to your Philippine war (this was soon after the commencement of the war.)" "I thought," he said, "the colored people were a liberty loving people." "They are a liberty loving people." I answered, "but they think you are trying to deprive the Filipinos of their liberties." "The Fillipinos as a class," he replied, "welcome the American Flag, and are anxious to place them selves within the jurisdiction of the United States. There is no serious opposition being offered us except by the Tagalos, who are ambitions to exercise their rule over the other tribes who inhabit the islands. We propose to give the Fillipinos what they have never had—a stable and liberal government, with as much of local self-government as they are prepared for." Before he was elected Governor of Ohio he was the invited guest of the Amalgamated Trades Associations on Labor Day, and made a speech at a suburban resort near Cincinnati, Ohio. This writer who was the author of the bill in the General Assembly of Ohio, which created the day in that State, was also an invited guest. I noticed that while his speech was brief, yet he had it written, and he read it from manuscript. Upon surprise being expressed at the fact, he stated that on such occasions he generally wore and read his addresses. It was on this same occasion that he refused to stop at the Gibson House, in Cincinnati where the committee had assigned him because this writer was refused accommodations in the dining room there; and turning away he betook himself to the Burnet House where the discrimination was not then made. When he was making his only unsuccessful run for Congress in the gerrymandered district in 1890, the writer was assigned to speak with him (for the supposed influence he might exert over the colored voters;) in the city of Youngstown, Onio; and while he spoke in the Rink at night McKinley occupied a seat on the platform near him. Afterwards he was not above allowing the same person to stand by his side on the balcony of the Ted House, and with him, review a great torch light procession. At a grand banquet tendered to Governor McKinley in the city of Canton, Ohio, in the winter of 1892-3 by the Protective Tariff League of that city, a sat at the head of the table board. THE COLLEGE AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. while James A. Garfield, jr., sat next at his right and this writer sat next at his left; and we severally, responded to toa ts assigned to us. I could multiply instances going to prove that, as a public character there was nothing small or provincial about our late lamented President—that he had no prejudice against a person because of his race, color or nationality; but that his highest ambition was to administer the Government rightely for all the people. THE SECRETARY HONORED. A Purse of $100 Presented to Miss Burroughs, the Corresponding Secretary of the National Baptist Convention. The Women's Convention, auxiliary to the National Baptist Convention which met at Cincinnati last week, has just closed. It made a most excellent showing for the work done in the past year, and shows magnificent growth in every department of the work. The success of the work is due very largely to its officers, of which Miss Nannie H. Burroughs was and is corresponding secretary. Through her efforts $1580 was raised during the year, and, as a financier, Miss Burroughs has made a record not only for the auxiliary which she represents but for the denomination as well. As a testimoial of the appreciation of her work and of the esteem in which she is held, the Convention vot M. E. H. MISS N. H. BURBOUGHS. ed her a purse of $100 in addition to increasing her salary and making her the regular secretary, so that her whole time will now be given to the work of the denomination. Miss Burroughs has heretofore been the secretary of the National Foreign Mission Board, and was thus hampered so that the best part of her time could not be given to the work. Her report, which was a good one, was received with great enthusiasm and appreciation. Work among the Baptist women of the race has never been on such an active basis and under such excellent management as now. The Ninetaenth Street Baptist church of this city, of which Miss Burroughs is a very active member, is proud of the success which has crowned her efforts and her many friends in Washington are clated at her promotion. LOCAL LORE. Mr. M. V. Maxwell, the phenomenal whistler, has returned to this city from his vacation. Mr. Manning C. Jones, the mercantile broker at 609 F street, n. w., reports good business these days. Miss Clara May Sheridan of Baltimore, who has been visiting the Misses Langhorn of this city, has returned. Mrs Reames of Denver, Clo , who has been visiting Washington and o her Eastern points returned this week. Mr James T. Bradford, Baltimore's popular financier and lead r, attended the G A R encampment at Clev land Onio Capt Keiley of Le Droit Park, after having spent a most pleasant week in in Cl veland, Ohio attending the G A R. encampment, is back at his desk again. Mr. C W. Thompson of Covington, I d, and who was connected with the Treasury Department during the Harrison administration, is in the city for a few days. Have it Straight, "What?" Your Hair BEFORE USING AFTER USING Thousands of testimonials from all parts of this country. Write with reference to this paper to the manufacturer. Mr. William H. Douglas, the popular bar tender at Drury's corner 20th and L'sree's northwest, counts his friend's by the score. He is well liked and is a fixture. Genuine $5, $6 and $7 Sample Shoes Three hundred styles at $2 $5, Keenes Shoe Store, 908 G st. n w. BLACK SKIN REMOVER REGISTERED IN Mrs. Mary Reese of 402 N street northwest, wife of Mr J J. Reese, has returned from a d lightful summer vacation spent in Ohio, and a lantic City New Jersey. Hon. S E Smith, one of the political luminaries of South Carolina and who is connected with the C s m House in Charleston, spent a few days in the city this week. Mr. George D. Johnson has returned from Saratoga, where he spent the summer, and is back at his old position at Gray and Costley's where he will be pleased to see his many friend's. When in need of ice cream, cakes or confectionery of any kind buy it D. T. Gibson, 523 41 street southwest. This firm is doing a fine business and cup plying a large part of the South West trade. Mr. David M. Turner, son of Bishop Turner, was in the city a few days this week the guest of his brother, Dr. John P. Turner. He left Monday night for Chicago where he will make his future home. Mr. H.C. Tyson of the Sixth Auditor's office, has just returned from a trip to Cleveland, O, where he attended the G. A. R encampment. He returned by way of Buffalo, taking in the sights of the Exposition, and visited Niagara Falls. Mr. Tyson looks the picture of health. Rev. William J. Howard, pastor of Zion Baptist Ceharch, will leave the city next monday as a delegate to the First Baptist Association at Philadelphia, Pa This convention will hold a four day session, after which R.v. Howard will visit the Pan-American Exposition, Niagara Falls and other points of interest. Mrs. John Keelau and children, of 2010 3rd street northwest, are co. fined to their beds with illness. They are not seriously ill however, and their many friends hope to see them out again soon also genial John the pater. Mr. A. H. Humbles, a successful merchant, con ractor and farmer of Lynchburg, Va., was in the city this week the guest of Dr. Paul J. M. chesaux. Mr. Humbles is one of the largest tax payers in Lynchburg and a most successful business man. 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WHITHER ARB WE DRIFTING? The Other Side of the Fuminese League is Shown by an Aciiveé _ Chicagoan—Two Much Must Not be Expected of the First Genera'ion of Business Men—A Tribute to Mr. Washington. 7 Chicaga, Iil., Special—-Some secs cism of the Businers Men’s Convention held lash month in Chicago is cropping ous now and then in the press and clubs, Some of these criticisms are well intentioned and point out defects, which Mr, Washington and his associ- ates are quite c scious of. I think that most of the criticism ie due to the fact that too much is expect- ed. It is expecting altogether too much hat a'l the delegates to a convention of this kind should know how to be mo¢- e3t in making the reports requested on their own success in the busine:s world. It is expecting too much of men who have had no training in the a-tofexpression that their language should be precise, their manner reserv- ed, or that they should un ierstanc what Emerson calis ‘the value of un- derstatement.”’ Itis trae that there was some zeem ing egotism, some over-bca3ting, anc it is also true that one or two men ir ep pS. Ss es GO RE Yr BS ES Ci a — SZ 4 FZ QW) Wr Z Z Y | LZ aN : Wy 2Z BZ, \ q 7 Paaawje BARRIER WILLIAMS, the Coavention had no place in an as- seaiblage of serious and honestly suc- cessful men, Yet there was not enough of this to give character to the conven- tion, ‘ lt must be born in mind that the purpose of the convention was to bring together, the first generation of suc- ceseful business mn of the race so that they conld compare notes and encour- age other man and women to enter the fisld of bosiness enterprises, In spite of the somewhat offensive egotism of a few of the delegates and the false pre- tense of a few others, the purpose of the convention was cleverly and ad- mirably carried out. The best men aud the best words spoken stand out con- epicuously, and they have given to the Chicago convention its reals character and value, It is not too much to say that the col. cred men’s Convention was the most important gathering of colored peopl ever held in the West. It gave no en- couragement to shams, but emphases ized and enhanced the value of rea worth in men and women who stant for something in their committees. The people in the North know 60 lit tle of the colored people of the South their progress and enterprise, in spit of discouraging conditions, that th convention proved a surprising revels tion, In this respect the valts or*“% Business! League, can scarce’ overestimated, It gave a valuable sug gestion to many colored men in thee Northern cities who are living beloy their opportunities and were in bliss fal ignorance of the business possibili ties in the Southern states. Nothing that-Ms. Washington he ‘THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D, G attempted has a furth:r reach of Impot= tant possibilities than} the organizi- tion of colored men in business. Those who mistake his motives are simp ly ignorant of the real character of the man. His knowledge of colored people is not partial or superficial. For over twenty years this hes been his constant sindy and no colored man in the coun- try is in possession of such & wide range of information concerning every ‘condition of all the colored people, as Mr. Washington. Certainlyjsuch a man can well be accepted as authority as to what are the essential needs of his peo- ple, and ought, at least, be protected from the il!-considered and superficial! estimate of the non-workers. The plan to concentrate the organ ized forces of the business men of the Negro race in the work of race eleva tion; to give importance toa class o men wh) have hitherto been unknown, and their influence unfelt, is a concep: tion altogether worthy of men of un selfish devotion to the mterest of oth ers, FANNIE BARRIER WILLIAMS, TO BUILD A MONUMENT. Bethel A, M. E. Congregation Plans Me morial to McKinley. The congregation of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church which 1s located on the corner of 30.h and Dear- born streets in Chicago, has on foot a project to erect at Canton, Obio, a mon- umentin honor of President McKinley, ‘The tollowing committee was chosen at a large meeting of Bethel A. M. E con- gregation on Sinday evening, Septem- ber 15, to formulate plans, The com- mittee consisted of Rev. A. L. Murray, John G. Jones, Richard E, Moore, John ©, Buckner, Edward H. Morris, A. H, Roberts, C R Jobnson. Representative John G, Jones, a member of the Legis- lature of the state of Ilimois, offered the following resolution, which was unanimoueiy adopted by a rising vote. Wiereas: We have learned with profound sorrow aud regret of the death of His Excellency, William Mc. | Kinley, President of the United Siates | And whereas: We deem it fitting _|and proper that the members of th ;|Betnel African Methodist Episcopa _| Caureh give an expression of the 810 j | care loss that this nation bas sustaine: _| by his death ; =| Therefore, be it resolved: That w y | recognize in his death, that the natio has lost one of its most valued, progres |. | sive, and distinguished citizens, a wis , |@nd patriiotic statesmsn, 2 faithiul an le watchful public servant for whose lo: - this country mourns ; ,.| Resolved further: That the Pasto! a | Rev. Dr. A. L. Murray, of this churc! a} be requested to appoint a committee | sven, for the purpose of formulating t- | Plan to build a monument at Canto! a, Ohio, in memory of this distinguishe te dead hero ; 1e Resolved: That we here extend | g- | to the family our cincere and heartfe ,e | Sympathy, in this hour of bereaveme! e| Briet but -lcquent eulogies we g- made by Representative John G. Jone -a|snd Rev. A. L. Murray. ee oy. oe en by agents. Elegant premiums Free Address P.O. Box 570 Louisvill Ky. When you write mention this paper THE PRESIDENT HONORED, The Industries of Greater NewYork stilled during the Obsequies of the President at Canton. New York, Specia':—New York, to- day mourns the loss of our late Presi- dent and et 3:30. this evening, [Jert. 19] every wheel of industry was stopped | All the post: in the barbor and rive were stopped, and allowed to driff for 5 minutes. Even the street cars were ‘atopped on every line and every thing | was silent during the time the president was being lowered away in his last rest ing place on earth, at Canton. O., and every pergon of all nationslity. seemed- ‘to be impressed and moved by the so- lemnity of tae time and with bowed heads and tearful eyes, thousands of men and women as ifsstanding by his grave, mourn the death of _their chief, In New York to-day, the city shows a mournful aspect. All the public build- ings end even the private family houses are draped in black and violet, In ev- ery window, in neariy every business and private house,one may see pictures of President McKinley and on every honsetop, one may eee a flag half-mast- ed. Inthe business and financial dis- tricts, bus'ness is suspended temporar- ily. The streets of the city are decorat ed most beautifully, and were the flag: not half-masted, one would think there was some gay festival going on. Pres, ‘| McKinley being the third president t be assassinated, let us all hope thor won’t be another. Firt, there wa ,| Lincoln, then Garfield, now Presiden 3|McKinley, may he rest in peace ii - | heaven, and his last words: ‘‘It’s God’ a|way, His will must be done,” be eve -|remembered hy the American people | President McKinley was a true type o t|an American the humble ranks of - | soldier in the Union Army to the higt - | est office in the land, and his death ha -|left an aching void the world can neve ;,| fll. He was the most beloved pree n| dent since Lincola, and as we all joi {, |in, in mourning his death, let us hoy re|that our new president, Presider s-| Roosevelt, will continue to follow tl 4] good work our late president left off. The Business Negro. | Dear Sir:—I have heard a great deal about the Negro and his prospects in business and will say that the Negro does not need to expect to succeed in business, politics or anything elze until he learns to treat a member of his own race with the same amount of courtesy and politeness that he concedes toa white man. The treatment that a col- ored man receives when he goes into the average colored man’s place of busi- ness is the kind that no man who has money to psy for what he wants will stand, A CoLoRED May. Chicago, Illa, A Study of Political Hysterics, “A Most Lamentable Comedy”’ is the title of a powerful novelette by Mr. William Allen White, which begins in the September 21 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, of Philadelphia. This absorbing serial isa etudy of political hysterics—the story of a State gone mad. The scene of the novelette is Western State Isboring under the bur- dens ofa panic year. 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Mrs, Julia Mason Layton and her son orner have jast returned from Cleve- lund, Obio, where she went to attend the National Convention of Woman’s Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. She has been a regularly accredived representative from this city every year since 1890, to the National Convention, For three years in succession she has been elected gs delegate at large for the city of Washington. The Department of Po tomac has eight white corys ani two colored corps, with a membership of between gix and seven hundred. Mrs. Layton has serv-d as Department Sr. Vice-Pse:ident, Department Secretary, j terme), Department Inspector and Department Press Correspondent, (3 terms). She has also served as Nation- al Special Aide, National Aide, and As- sistaut National Iuspector. She has hy ae Gr ma e —S = ie WY yy ~. 2 See s) dy aa SS UMN \ ee a RQ BORE HE iA ‘a “i i e Ane i. SH ay) oR iy 7 MRS. JULIA MASON LAYIOW, stood alone for years on the flor of Na« tional Conventions and plead for her race, when the question would arise, as it often has, as to the detachment of the colored corps in all the southern states and this city. In every instance by her strong augument has she been able to so completely convince the wo- men of their error and the injustice etc as to have the matter defeated by an overwhelming majority. Among some of her stanchest friends 4nd champions of the right cause, are the brainiest and wealthiest women of the other race in the United States. With but one exception, Mra, Layton has borne all her own expenses in at- tending these National Conventions un- il this year. The Blaine Invincible Claob, Col. Perry Cargon who is & brave old comrade, its president, knowing of the good accomplished by Mrs. Layton going to these conventions and the thousands of our race who are benefit- ted thereby, decided that with all the other good work they are doing, to sur prise her. So, the evening before he! departure, he sent a committee tu wai on her and pregent her with her fare tc and from Cleveland, including sleeper Sud meals oa the route, as a smail tok en of their appreciation for what sh has dons and is doing for the race. Sev etal of her own corps, (O. P. Morfon) Presented her a small puree. Mrs Lay tou reports a very harmonious conyen THE COLORED AMERICAN. WASHINGTON, D. & = lll tion, - 835 delegates Present, represent-| ted to the bar, one of the irg 23 states and 5 territories, race. if not the very first tc a a the courts of that state. B HON. JOSEPH E LEE. intellect and broad grasp of _ ciples, by his stern integrity A Leader in Florida Politics and a Man of shrewdness and saving com Great Force of Character and Executive|he convinced all, of his ci Ability—A Pioneer Graduate in the Days| worth, Ina comparatively of Abolition —Editor Cromwell’s Tribute | he was master of the situati: <n He has held the following In no state of the South, has any |fices: Member of tke State other Afro-American a stronger grasp | State Ssnator, and City Jud, both ip chu-ch and siate as has Rey. | sonville. By appoinment, | Joseph E Lee of Jacksonville, Florida, | United States Deputy Interz Collector of Internal Revenue for|Coilzctor, and Collector o Florida: His success in administering | It 13 by no advantageous means that! or trusts was an importan i ew = QO” SF & 4 Cr i) LP OP Uff YW ihe: naga Wy Aes WW 7, re i | Ga "i PN geo “Waa Ne Ny aN eh NY Wid CH S COL, PERRY H, CARSON, President of the Blaine Invincible Club. Mr. Loe has come into the possession of this influence so that he wields a powcr respected, and recognized by both races and parties in his state by great national leadera in the councils of the Republ.can party and by the prelate ofthe A. M, E. Church. Mr. Lee wss born in Philadelphia, somewhat about fifty years ago. After attendisg the James Worten Grammar School, of which James M Bird was princi; al, he entered the Institute for Colored Youth, under the princivslsbip, of Hon, E. D, Bassett, and graduated with the highest honors of his cless in 1860, the first one sent out under the management of Mrs. Fannie Jackson Copria. This warm-hearted woman saw tke sterling worth in young L-e who was recognized as her protege. On graduating, Mr. Lee outered zeel ously on educational work near Richmond, Va. Inthe fall of 1870, he entered the Law Department of Howard University and supported himself as confidential clerk in the District Government under Alexander Shepherd, the master spirit of its Board of Public Works. Three things Mr. Lee did with all the energy of his nature while here he er- joyed its social life, he Kep' up his studies, he saved his money. He grad- uated in 1873, in the same class with John 8. Leary, one time, Dean of the Department of Shaw University, the late Hanry Wagoner, Jr., of Denve! Col., sso U.8.Consul at Lyons,France and Hon. Durham W. Stevene, whe won an international fame in Japan Othe’s in the same field were Wm. E | Matthews, J.H. Smith and John A Moss. | One month after graduation, Mr. Les tore himself from the strong social tie’ | which bound bim here and went t | Jacksonville, Fla. While a student a ‘| Philadelphia, he was so much impresset ,| by an address to the school by Hon, W .}J. Porman, a great factor in the recon | traction of the ‘ Land of Fl>wers,’’tha .| he fixed on it as their fature home. 0. s}reaching Fiorida, Mr. Lae sought ou _| Mr, Parman and reminded him of ths ,|speech, It is needless to say that hb -| found in Mr. Puarmana friend. -| The subject of our sketeb was admit Se ee ee ee a ne ee a he convinced all, of his capacity and. worth, Ina comparatively brief period he was master of the situation. He has held the following elective of- fices: Member of the State Assembly, State Senator, and City Judge of Jack- sonvile, By appoinment, he has been United States Deputy Internal Revenue, Collector, and Collector of Customs. His success in administering there min- or truete was an important factor in his appointment to his present position | as Collector of Iaterns] Revenue, the mcst influential in the state in the giué of the president, : He has served his party as delegate to every National Convention, save one from 1880 to 1800. In the first named year, he was one of the illustrious 306, in the fiaal vote, as Florida’s vote was called, his rallying cry: The Old Guard may die, but will never surrender !” rang through the vast auditoriam, and made him famous amoug this noted band, Ino the Jast National Convention he wes one of_the committee to notify President McKinley. In the picture which some day may be historic, Mr. Lee will be found by the side of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge near President Mc- Kinley, For eighteen years, he has been sec- retary of the Central Committes of the Republican Party of his state. This has given him a Knowlzdge vi the inne workings of its machinery, tbat has en- abled him to know at all times what is going on, and to help his friends, But Mr. Lee has a caleer in the church, which is second only to that which he wields as politician because it may be less widely known. At the early age of ten, he made a public con- fession of Christianity in Bethei A, M, E, Church, Philadelphia, during a re- viv.1 conducted by the late Bishop Ja- bez P. Campbell, Eatering actively on eburch work on taking up hie residence in Florida, he became a local minister and then we hear of him as the minister in charge of the dacksonville Caurch in 11882. He wasone of the organizers of | the Florida Divinity and High School, '| near the Edward Waters College. In 11880, he was elected a member of the '|Financial Board and held that office | for several years. He has also been « || member of several General Conferences ‘| In 1874, Mr. Lee married Miss Roe: ‘| Live y of Tallahaseee, a most charming of wemep, who has made him a worthy heipmeet. Oniy two, of several chil "| dren, eurvive; a son, Joseph E., Jr.now +} a student of Harverd University, and s “|daughter married toa Methcdist min ‘lister holding an important charge it >| Kansag It is vot strange that with th >] habits of economy that characterizec ') his student Jife, he should have beer | careful in bis savings and have accumu |} lated a competency. Those who enjoy his confidence, saythat his investment were all carefully made; but the Jack -|gonviile fira played sad havoc with thi accumulation of a quarter of a century > land he lost heavily. But he will puile ” anew, with the skill and determinatior >| that is the result of may years of striv Ja eae ere ee eereag) eon cae Excellent music—dancing. Ladies and club of fifty have the Wooer’s Ger- ‘man in charge. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS THE M’KINLEY HOUSE, 489 Missouri Ave. Near 6 St, First-class accommodations for ail. An up-todate Hotel for colored people. 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SMITH, | 479 Missour1: Ave. Prop. HOTEL CLYDE, 475 MISSOURI AVE, N.W. First-Class Accomodations Ladies and scan Hot and Cold Baths. MRs, ALICE E. HALL, ‘ Proprietress, - HOSEL DOUGLASS. 2208 ST, & 235 PA.AVE.N. W EUROPEAN PLAN. First-class in every particular. MRS. DOLLY A. C. JONES, Proprietress. Washington, : D. 0. $'75. to $150 per month made by Agents, Elegant premiums Free. | Address P. O. Box 570, Loussville, Ky. When you write mention this paper, 4 THE GLORIES OF FREEDOM. (continued from 1st page.) of probate shall make a record of all the proceedings," from which he should be entitled to a fee of one dollar in each case, to be paid, as this atrocious law directed, by "the master or mistress." To tighten the grasp of the owner's nip on the minor, who was now styled an apprentice, it was enacted in almost the precise phrase of the old slave code that "whoever shall entice said apprentice from his master or mistress, or furnish food or clothing to him or her, without said consent, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $500." These laws were framed with malignant cunning so as not to be limited in specific form of words to the Negro race, but they were exclusively confined to that race in their execution. In Florida the laws resembled those of Alabama, but were perhaps more severe in their penalties. The "vagrant" there might be hired out for full 12 months, and the money arising from his labor, in case the man had no wife and children, was directed to be applied for "the benefit of the orphans and poor of the county," although the Negro had been declared a vagrant be- COL AMERICAN cause he had no visible means of support and was therefore quite as much in need of the avails of his labor as those to whom the law diverted them. Among the curious enactments of that State was one to establish and organize a criminal court for each county, empowered to exercise jurisdiction in the trial and punishment of all offenses, where the punishment did not effect the life of the offender. It is obvious that the law was originated mainly for the punishment of the Negroes, and to expedite its work it was enacted that "in the proceedings of said court no presentment, indictment, or written pleading shall be required, but it shall be sufficient to put the party accused upon his or her trial that the offense and facts are plainly set forth with reasonable certainty in the warrant of arrest." It was further provided that where fines were imposed and the party was unable to pay them "the county commissioners may hire out at public outcry the said party to any person who will take him or her for the shortest time and pay the fine imposed and the cost of prosecution." The fines thus paid went in the county treasury for the general expenses of the county. The law was thus cunningly contrived to hurry the Negro into an odious form of slavery and to make the earnings which came from his hard labor pay the public expenses, which were legitimately chargeable upon the property of the county. Accompanying the act establishing this court was a law prescribing additional penalties for the commissions of offenses against the State; and this like the former, was framed especially for the Negro. Its first section provided that where punishment of an offense had hitherto been limited to fine or imprisonment, there should be superadded, as an alternative, the punishment of standing in the pillory for one hour, or whipping not exceeding 39 lashes on the bare back. The latter punishment was reserved expressly for the Negro. ANOTHER FLORIDA LAW. "Any Negro attempting to keep arms of any kind was to be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, "compelled to forfeit the arms for the use of the informer, stand the pillory" (and be pelted by the mob) "for one hour, and then whipped with 39 lashes on the bare back." The same penalty was prescribed for any person of color "who shall intrude himself into any religious or other public assembly of white persons, or into any railroad car or other vehicle set apart for the accommodation of white persons." In the laws of South Carolina the oppression and injustice toward the Negro was conspicuously marked. The restriction as to firearms, which was general to all the States, was especially severe. A Negro found with any kind of a weapon in his possession was punishable by "a fine equal to twice the value of the weapon so unlawfully kept, and if that be not immediately paid, by corporal punishment." South Carolina also enacted that "no person of color shall pursue the practice, art, trade, or business of an arti- THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. Q. san, mechanic, or shopkeeper, or any other trade or employment, besides that of husbandry or that of a servant under contract for labor, until he shall have obtained a license from the judge of the District Court, which license shall be good for only one year." If the license was granted to the Negro to be a shopkeeper or peddler, he was compelled to pay $100 a year for it, and if he wished to pursue the rudest mechanical calling he was compelled to pay $10 a year. No such fees were exacted of white men. LOUISIANA. At the very moment when the Thirty-ninth Congress was assembling to consider the condition of the Southern States and the whole subject of their reconstruction, it was found that a bill was pending in the Legislature of Louisiana providing that "every adult freedman or woman shall furnish themselves with a comfortable home and visible means of support within 20 days after the passage of this act," and that "any freedman or woman failing to obtain a home and support as thus provided shall be immediately arrested by any sheriff or constable in any parish, or by the police officer in any city or town in said parish, where freedman may be, and by them delivered to the Recorder of the parish, and by him hired out, by public advertisement, to some citizen, being the highest bidder, for the remainder of the year." And in case the laborer should leave his employer's service without his consent "he shall be arrested and assigned to labor on some public works without compensation until his employer reclaims him." The citations just given are samples of what was done on that line in each one of the late slave States, during that very short period of time. And vet, with these glaring examples of injustice, unfairness, and oppression, the constitutions upon which those States were reconstructed and readmitted to the Union, and which the colored man helped to make, were the best and most progressive they have ever had. They imposed no disabilities upon the ex-master; they breathed no spirit of lex talionis founded on the bitter experiences through which they had come. The heart of love and the mind brimful of good common sense, which had made them loyal and true to the sacred trust put in their hands during four sanguinary years of internecine strife, while the master fought to perpetuate their fetters, abided with them in this new and untried work in which swiftly-moving events had made them actors. They might have been unlettered and in a measure crude; they might have been without experience and without skill; but they were not unjust and revengeful; they sought to out around no man such shackles as would forever obstruct his course and degrade his manhood. They helped to make constitutions dedicated to liberty and for the protection of a free people; their handiwork was for progress and enlightenment, prosperity and comfort, under which all men could live and enjoy life. Now, let's see how these States have grown under those charts: These tables in 1860 represented the work of hundreds of years; indeed, ever since the discovery of America, and they included the vast value of the slave property, as well. The marvelous increase shown in the Census of 1890, a space of only 30 years, marks the difference between light and gloom, freedom and slavery, justice and injustice. But here are the figures: POPULATION. State. 1860. 1890. Maryland 687,049 1,042,390 Virginia 1,596,318 1,655,980 North Carolina. 992,622 1,617,947 South Carolina. 703,708 1,151,149 Georgia 1,057,286 1,837,353 Florida 140,424 391,422 Alabama 964,201 1,513,017 Mississippi 791,305 1,289,600 Louisiana 708,002 1,118,587 Texas 604,215 2,235,523 Arkansas 435,450 1,128,179 Tennessee 1,109,801 1,767,518 Kentucky 1,155,684 1,858,635 Missouri 1,182,012 2,679,184 WEALTH. State. 1860. 1890. Maryland $376,919,944 $1,085,473,048 Virginia ... 793,249,681 862,318,070 N. Carolina. 358,739,399 584,148,999 S. Carolina.. 548,138,754 400,911,303 Georgia..... 645,895,137 852,400,449 389,489,388 622,773,504 454,242,688 495,301,597 2,105,576,766 455,147,422 887,956,143 1,172,232,313 2,397,902,945 Florida ..... 73,161,500 389,489,388 Alabama .. 495,237,078 622,773,504 Mississippi... 607,324,911 454,242,688 Louisiana . 602,118,568 495,301,597 Texas ..... 365,200,614 2,105,576,766 Arkansas ..... 219,256,473 455,147,422 Tennessee... 493,903,892 887,956,143 Kentucky..... 666,043,112 1,172,232,313 Missouri..... 501,214,398 2,397,902,945 But it is argued by those who are seeking, by tricks and chicanery, to disfranchise the colored man, that the ballot in his hand has been a failure, and he has shown an unfitness to possess so precious a right. If the ballot is intended to be used as A weapon which comes down as still As snowflakes fall upon the sod; But executes a freeman's will, As lightning does the will of God, and to preserve the rights of all consistent with the principles under which they live and have their being, I think those who make this argument had better beware, for their present propaganda rather indicates, if not their unfitness to use the ballot, at least their ability to pervert its use into an instrument for partisan and wholly unlawful ends. These same orators do not hesitate to say that the colored man has used it against them and against their interest. I am sorry to hear that any set of Americans are willing to deprive another of the ballot because he does not agree with them in sentiment. May be their sentiments are antagonistic to his rights, to his freedom of speech, freedom of action, and his general welfare. But we will not be discouraged; we will not give up the fight for truth and justice, for Truth crushed to earth will rise again; The eternal years of God's are hers: While error, wounded, writhes with pain And dies among its worshipers. And dies among the people. Other people have felt the hard hand of persecution on this continent besides us, and have by their virtue and inherent virility survived it. There was a time when Jews were held as a pledge to secure the debt of another with whom they had no concern. They were not allowed to hold real estate. They were forbidden the poor privilege of a separate burial ground for their race. They could not trade except in certain geographical limitations. To them the right of religious freedom was denied. They could neither vote nor testify as witnesses in a contested election case. They were frequently mobbed, and their property destroyed by men with blackened faces and otherwise disguised. And so general was the feeling against them that lawyers of standing could not be engaged to defend their causes. In States where they had been put on a footing of civil equality, the right was in some cases most flagrantly withdrawn, and as late as 75 years ago it took legislation to clothe them with their political privileges. But today, with them, this is largely a matter of history. They have crucified persecution on the cross of thrift and economy, and they control with a master hand the financial markets of the world. It is currently reported that they own foursevenths of the capital of New York. The Roman Catholics have also felt the iron heel of this Moloch race prejudice, but they are too strong for it now, and from them it skulks away in the dark as the whipped and chastened cur. Wealth is strength, and it consists of character, property, and education. Armed with this weapon, a cause becomes invincible, and before it opposition disappears and melts away as the ripened wheat before the thundering cyclone. It has never lost a battle, although leading the army of progress in every clime under the sun. With it as our watchword we, too, shall come out more than conquerors. It would be the work of superogation for me to indulge in the history of this remarkable event. It has been discussed by orators and writers for nearly forty years, and to repeat any of it now would rather raise the presumption that I underestimate your intelligence. I throw away no time in multiplying words with those people who say it was the outcome of a dire strait into which the nation found itself situated, and was therefore an act more of expediency than principle. The same objections could be raised against the liberation of the Jews by Pharoah of (Continued on page 5) AGRAND EXCURSION TO Lynchburg and Danville, Va. VIA Southern Railway September 28-30 1901 Special Excursion Train will Leave Washington from Ninth Street and Maryland Avenue S. W. Saturday, Sept. 28 at 9.15 A.M., arriving Lynchburg 2.39 P.M., Danville 4.37 P.M. same day, and will be operated upon the following schedule: Lv. Washington 9 15 a, m $2 75 $3 25 " Alexandria 9 35 a m 2 75 3 25 " Fairfax 10 15 a, m 2 75 2 35 " Manassas 10 36 a, m 2 75 3 25 " Calverton 11.00 a, m 2 50 3 00 " Remington 11.16 a, m 2 50 3 00 " Brandy 11 26 a, m 2 50 3 00 " Culpeper 11.41 a, m 2 50 3 00 " Rapidan 11.89 a, m 2 25 2 75 " Orange 12 11 p, m 2 00 2 50 This train will not make any stops for passengers, except at Alexandria, Va. and stations to Orange, Va, inclusive. South of Orange, the train will make no stops. Returning train will leave Danville 10.30'a.m, Lynchburg 1230 p.m. Monday, September 30 and arrive Washington 630 p.m.same day. Do not miss the only opportunity of the season to visit these cities. THE GREAT TOBACCO CENTRES OF VIRGINIA. Tickets will be on sale at Southern Railway Ticket Office, 511 Pennsylvania Avenue and 705 Fifteenth Street N. W., Saturday, September 28th, 7 80 A. M., and at the train, Ninth Street and Maryland Avenue S. W., at 8 00 A. M. at the rates named above Baggage will not be checked for this train, but persons can place baggage in bagage car, properly marked, at owner's risk. Separate coaches will be provided for the accommodation of white and colored people. Ladies with and without escorts will be given every attention. Company's representative will accompany the train in both directions. The excursion will be operated regardless of the weather. L. S. BROWN, General Agent, J. E FLETCHER, Passenger Agent, 705 15th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Frank S. Gannon, 3d V. P. and Gen'l Mgr' S. H. Hardwick, Gen'l Passenger Agent, Washington, D. C. $75 to $150 per month made by Agents. Elegant premiums Free. Address P. O. Box 570, Louisville, Ky. When you write mention this paper. Victor Writes About it and Tells of D. Walker's Eloquent Effort-The Meeting a Record breaker-Notes. Cincinnati, Ohio—(Special)—The National Baptist Convention, representing a following of nearly two million Negro Christians, has just closed one of the greatest and most enthusiastic meetings ever held by Negroes. The convention was held in Cincinnati, Ohio. Quite 3,000 delegates and visitors were present. Hundreds of representative men and women, black and white, were present and spoke. The capacity of both the Mound Street, Rev. H. D. Proud, pastor, and the Ninth Street, Rev. H. H. Harris, pastor was overtaxed and the Institutional J.H. REV. C. T. WALKER. New York, N. Y. Church, one of the finest white churches in this country, threw open its doors to the distinguished guests. Never have we witnessed a greater display of eloquence and wisdom from so many colored men and women. Quite 10,000 people crowded the Institutional Church on Friday night to hear the eloquent Dr. C. T. Walker, of New York. His sermon was a masterpiece. On Saturday Miss W. H. Burroughs, of this city, made one of the best reports for the Woman's Convention ever presented in a Negro Baptist Convention. Sunday afternoon Dr. L. G. Jordan, the tireless Secretary of Missions, held a great mass meeting in the Armory. Over 10,000 people were present and it is needless to say that Dr. Jordan held his own. A. B. REV. G. W. LEE. The Convention closed on Monday night. Dr. R. D. Proud and his good people gave the Woman's Convention one of the finest receptions ever held in a church. Reports show that quite $198,000 was raised during the year and $3,100 at the convention. They meet next September at Birmingham, Ala. It is needless to say that Southern hospitality will run wild and the National Convention will report almost double the amount. Time and space will not permit us to give a report in full, for, indeed, the work of this convention cannot be told in an hour. Suffice it to say that it is the biggest convention among Negro Christians and has done in five years what it took other races and other denominations a quarter of a century to do. Look at their great publishing plant at Nashville, Tenn.; their Foreign Mission Board at Louisville, Ky., and their Educational Board in this THE COLORED AMERICAN WASHINGTON 0.0 city, with its recently organized Woman's Convention, whose work will J. REV. WALIER H. BROOKS stand as a monument to the large army of women now enlisted to labor for the highest development of Christian manhood and womanhood. VICTOR. Ballimore, Md., Special:—The many THE GLORIES OF FREEDOM. (Continued from 4th page) olden time, for he released his grasp upon them, only that he might escape the terrible torments sent against him from heaven; hence it was purely policy that impelled him to let them go. It might also be urged against the emancipation of the slaves in the British Empire, for they were freed just so soon as public sentiment had worked itself into a majority of the mouths of the people of that country, and as a matter of policy to quiet this almost universal roar of indignation and protest, they were turned loose, and made men in the eyes of the law. In this case, policy and principle became practically synonymous, for they boasted that no man could breathe the air of England and be a slave, and so it was here. What difference did it make to the barons, whether they got Magna Charta freely and willingly from King John or by duress; yes, more—by armed intervention, as they did do? What they wanted was an acknowledgment in a deliberate and solemn form of their ancient and never-to-be-surrendered privileges, and this they were determined to have, whether the King should give as a matter of principle or be forced to yield as a stroke of policy. However it should come, it would be the same thing to them. It would be just as good one way as the other. It was taken by force, and it has stood the test of over 600 years, and its principles are as alive today as ever, and no subsequent ruler has had the boldness to question the great charter, because it was granted to avert a civil revolution. It is of no consequence to us whether the Emancipation proclamation came through policy or through principle. It came and it came irrevocably. It is just as much a part of the organic law today as is that charter to which I have just referred. Its qualification or change in any essential sense would be fraught with just as much danger to the country at large as would the other document in that other land. Don't waste any time over this feature of the proclamation. If it came as a matter of principle, then, all right. So much the better. But remember, it is none the less binding and valid even though it is the creature of circumstances and was issued as an act of policy. If this latter was the method of its first birth, it but follows an unbroken line of precedents to be found in every free country of the world! Russia freed her twenty-three millions of slaves a few years before our proclamation was issued, and, although they were of the same race as the master class, they can present no such proof of their worth of liberty as can the colored people of America. Indeed, they are generally reported to be on the downward grade, actually retrograding. Less strong physically and less vigorous mentally than in the (Continued in our Next Issue) ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` The Episcopal penic was largely a end d and a general success. The Misses Tyson and Bestrice Warri rick drew lucky numbers and received appo rtments as teachers in our public school's. Mr. Charles J. Pickett has a very pla sse surprise in store for his many friends and it is hoped the ladies will take it kindly. Mrs John S. Outlaw left the city Monday to join her husband in Los Angeles, Cal. where he has begun the practice of his profession. Misses Annie Williamson, Lucinda Cook and Martion Snadd have returned from the far West and may be found busy at their school work. Captain Hamlin and Lieutenant Loving are a fine pair of representatives of the Colored U. S. V's. They are efficient, popular and handsome. Capt. T. S. Kelly brought back four prizes from the G. A. R. Encampment. The captain is still a young man and a tycicle rider of the first class. Dr. A. S Dumas, of Georgetown is very ill with maleria'-typhoid and is at the home of his close personal friend Mr. E. A. Arnold, 1345 V Street, north-west. Read The Colored American next week. You may see your name as our inspectors are out this week for special personalals, and with an eye on the ladies' full dresses. Mr John P. Green and Mr. Henry Y Arnett are seen in frquent conference these days. Is it a combination of northern and southern Ohio? They are a formidable and popular pair. What's up? The Eumenical Conference recently held in London, having adjourned, a large number of bishops and others havingailed for home. America will soon be flooded with a new supply of lectures on "My visit to and sights seen in the old country. Messrs. Chas E Hall, Robt. Pelam and Thos. A Allen have been transferred from the Agricultural Dept. of the Census Office to the Main Census Department. They are to be congratulated as this is a practical assurance of their continuance in service. New Leaders in South Carolina. South Carolina politicians have their case in the balance by the death of Hon. E, A. Webster Republican National Committeeman and Colec or of Internal Revenue. President Roosevelt will be called on to recognize the new "lily-white" faction represented by U S. Senator McLeurin, or the old line "regulars" as represented by State Chairman E H Daas, Lr. Crum. General Smalls, et al. It is hoped that the "new broom" will not sweep clean tur, that President Roosevelt will support those who have "borne the burden in the heat of the day," those who have been tried and never found wanting. A Colored shoe Store. The Capital Shoe Store, recent 17 or-ganized, will open its doors for business at 733 7 h street northwest, October 1 t. The company is in the hands of experienced young men and Mr James Handy, who has many years experience in the shoe business is manager. The store will open up with a full line of men's, women' and children's shoes and invites the general public to visit the store and inspect the this is the only colored shoe store in the District of Columbia and derives the patronage of the nearly 100 000 colored people. Every reader of The Colored American is invited to visit this store and make a purchase. Competition, constantly increasing in the financial world makes the matter of occupation for women whereby they may earn an honest living, more and more a question of grave importance. We shall be happy to pase before the readers of those columns discussions of the subject from those who have achieved success in any line or who have ideas in the same that will be of interest and value to the public. 8 DRESSMAKING ACADEMY. The 9 Lam Orton Famous French Perfection Tailor System Mme J A. Smallwood, Sole Agent 1513 Madison street, northwest, Morning class from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Afternoon class 2 to 5 p. m. daily. Evenings fro. 7.80 to 10 o'clock. Mor days, Wednesdays and Fridays, dressmakers and ladies who wish to do their own dressmaking. WANTED—To learn the wonderful De Lam Orton French Perfection Tailor System. Seamless Basques without one inch of visible seam, in living or goods, not even on the shoulder. 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SOCIALISM IS INJURIOUS to the Afrc-American’s Future and Past Loyal History—It is On’y a Cloven foot Branded With the Scal cf Friend- snip Which is Intended to Burden In- stead of H 'p His Present or Future Condition, space to rebut UDaries lu, YYOOUS, WHY, in answering my letter in a recent is sue of your paper, concerning ths steel strike he converted ecme of my senter- ces tosuit hsown meaning. In one place he makes me say—if the capital- jats eucceed they will give us our poli- tical rights—and other conglomerated rot, in an €ffort to show, should the race follow my advice, it would go to eterna! predition eventually. Still he faila to show how we ‘vill be lost. Yes [advised my race to side with law and order againet the lawless. Mr. Wocd says—he would gladly do anything in his power to assist usin our struggle. Has he ever raised voice against Jyrct- ing or disfranchiserent? If not, he is with the lynchers—in sympathy; He further cays, “If we succeed in dispcs- ing white labor it would increase race prejudice and thet in turn would re- sult in an increased amount of perse- cuiion of the colored race. There is no precedent to show this to be a fact. But it isan uncontested fact that the labor unions have opposed us at all times to the extent of their ability, and the result—we have suffered both finar- cially and in point of progress. Again —we contend for liberty, not in name but in fact, and eee no way to liberate ourselves, but to demand that the gov- ernment take charge of the industries that now oppress us: and operate them atcost ithe interest of the people; I beg of you to study our platform and read our books and papers and when- ever you have a vote unite with us at the polls—TREASON, pure and simple, for it is equivalent to saying this gov- ernment it wrong and if you unite with us, we will form another, Now, as labor unions are the strong arm of this spirit and also your persox: alenemy—I say, down them if you can, and then adapt yourselves to fu ture developments, Although, our rel atives and friends were being murder ed and burnt at the s‘ake, when we lef the United Btates to go to Cuba, w showed our loyalty to our country ant ilag by storming San Jaan Hill an: saving uur white brother from annibil ation, This reputation was bequeathe to us on Mount Calvary and it behoove us to hand it down to our children un stained by cocialism. It has been sai that men eucceed in life quite as muc by their temperas by their talent However this may be, it is certain the their happiness in life depends main! Upon the ¢quanimity of dispositior their patience and forebearance, an their kindness and thcughtfuliness fe those about them—it was this spir that made cur fathers loyal to tk cbarges that they had during the w: While the white men were away tryix to pro'ong our slavery, A race that has such patience, fo bcarerca, and kindness for those abou we must therefore believe that as inte ligence extends among the workil class, and as a better moral tone pe vades them, there will bea rapid i: provement in their sober, thrifty, a1 Proyident habits, for these form t! firmest and svrest foundations for ra THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D, G of our cireumstances. Our strength is Measured by our plastic power. Krom the same materials one bu lis psiaces, another hovels, thus it is that in the same family, in the same cizcumstances one man rears a stately edifice while his brother, vacillating and lucompetent, liaes forever amid ruing. Energy of will, sel originating force, is the soul of every great character. Where it is there is life, where it is not—there is socialism, slothfullness, with ll that belongs in its train. When the elements of character are brough} into action by determinate will, and influenced by high purpose, man enters upon and courageously perserveres in the path of duty, at whatever cost of energy and brrd Isbor, he thus approgches thesum mait of his moral desting; and by this line of action exhibits character in ite most intrepid form, and embodies the highest idea of manliness. Sueh is Afro-American character—as '|explemplified by the lines of such gen- ‘}tismen as C. L. Remond, Frederik ') Douglass, R, B. Eliott, John M. Large- ‘| tou, B. K. Bruce, William Wills Brown | P. B, 8. Pinchback, John R. Lyach, B. ‘| T. Washington, J. W. Lyons, E. E. | Cooper, T. T. Fortune and P. L. Dun- | bar—read the lives of these Mr. Woods -}and you willsee Afro:American char- *jacter inallof its purity and glory— 1) none of these have ever been cocialisie.. 1} What is socialism?. -| On the other hand, energy without 1 | integerity and acoul of goodness may °| only 2epresent the embodied principle Plofevil, Lt is observed by Novalis in ‘| his ‘*Thoughts on Morals,” “that the * | ideals of moral perfection has no more 2) dangerous rival to contend with than t the ideal ofthe highest strength and I} the most energetic life, the maximum “lof the barbarian—which needs only a t!due admixture of pride, ambition and ’s| selfishness to be a perfect ideal of the -| devil. Among men ofeuch stamp are h found the greatest scouges and devas- tators of the world—those elect scoun- & | drels whom Providence, in its inecruta- lable designs, yermits to fulfill their U| mission of destruction of public snd i-| private property and fill the public j-| mind with pain and miseyy and cause r- immnocent women to grieve over their murdered husbands, They depend ft} upon the strength of numbers, ignor- re|ance and brutalized nature to accom- d|plish their .ends—the rights of other di Bean never entering their benighted Hl They gaye an example of this in 187: xd | during the .reilroad strike, another in -q | 1804, and thesame spirit is violating the rights of loyal citizens at McKeespor: I~ | now... On the Sth inst., two thousand id | socialists, ‘voted down a resclution o' ch | regret for, the murderof the Presiden’ a,{at a meeting in Bergman’s Grove ‘|The argument of those opposed to the at resolutions, was that the President wa ly | the representive of the capitalist. Wil n, | anybody pretend that such conduct a nd | this will nelp to lessen prejudice agains | us oF restore our political rights or as OF | cist us in apy sense as loyal citizens o rit | :hia republic. he} If we will compare no‘es, we will fix ar|that socialists and anarchists are th same beasts— Woods says in his lette DE | «the government must take charge © all industries and operate them at cos sx |for the benefit of she peop'e.” Ta ———————— ‘ { 3 SS e ae | = $50,000 worth of our World Fam- “2g ae ous Remedies will be given abso- StS ‘ Jutely FREE to patrons. : — Send us your address at once. nee 410,000 Men, Women and Children from all parts of the United States and Foreiga Countries, have sent us their testimonials declaring that Seatt's Magle Mair Stralehtengy and Groner will positively make Kinky, Curly. Knotty, Stubborn, Harsh, Short, Thin, Refractory Hair grow long, thick, Beantifal, straigHt, soft, glossy, pliable and givea luxurious head of hair. 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All letters, communications, and business matters should be addressed to THE COLORED AMERICAN, EDWARD E. COOPER, MANAGER 459 C Street Northwest. WASHINGTON, D. C. Sold by all all News Dealers. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1901. Tillman has disappeared beneath the wave of the nation's contempt. That Wisconsin speech settled him for good. Even abuse have their uses. VOICES FROM THE WASHINGTON PULPIT. The masterly sermons preached last Sunday by at least two of our leading Docors of Divinity called marked attention to the fact that the pulpit of Washington is unsurpassed anywhere in the land. It is not our intention to make invidious comparisons, for at all the churches there were able deliverances, and they were enjoyed by a vast concourse of the intelligent and industrious people of our magnificent capital but especial mention is made here of two that seemed particularly adapted to the issues that make the history of the hour. First, at the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, the talent ed pastor, Dr. Francis J Grimke spoke with resounding force upon "The dangers of Anarchy," taking the ground that the evil was national and had its inception in the uncondemned lynchings of the South, spreading finally to the death of a Chief Magistrate whom all loved as a brother. He deplored the absence of federal voice when the burning and shooting of unconvicted men and women took place, even when one or more of the victims were officers of the general government. In this strain Dr. Grimke talked, impressing his hearers with his earnestness earnestness in developing a Christian sentiment throughout the country that will find a lever at the White House and stir the people from ocean to ocean. The sermon will pass into history as the universal expression of the Negro citizens of the nation, and in possible it should be published in some enduring form. The second notable deliverance was a special sermon by the Rev. Owen Meredith Waller, the eloquent young rector of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, addressed especially to the corps of teachers of Washington, who THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. on the morrow would be called upon to take under their guidance the moral spiritual and intellectual destinies of more than 15,000 children—the future citizens of the Republic. He did not speak in a vein of adverse criticism, but directed attention to several lines of thought that would awaken their souls to a realization of the immeasurable responsibility that rested upon the public educator, how the education in the school served as the link, that with the church and home, constituted an indivisible trinity. The true teacher must have a lofty conception of his work, and teach not only facts from text books, must inculcate correct standards of life, build higher ideals, form stronger characters, and prepare the youthful and impressionable mind for the duties of exalted citizenship. He made 'short shrift' of that species of instructor who found his best enjoyment in drawing his pay, and who saw no higher duty than in massing into the body of the child a few indigestible propositions in arithmetic, geography and the like. He paid a splendid tribute to the virtues of Hannah More and held her up to his hearers as the model teacher, urging the instructors in our school's to mould their spirit and methods after hers, bearing also forcibly on the necessity of a perfect harmony of action between the home, school and the church—the prime factors in the equation of human progress. These two sermons, picked out from the many excellent addresses of last Sunday, illustrate the practical results that are growing out of our churches. We should take note of them and feel proud that we have the privilege of living in a community blessed b such an able corps of Christian ministers. Best of all they practice what they preach, disdaining to besmirch their cloth with a suggestion of self-seeking never forgetting the ethics prescribed by Him who spoke upon the Mount and diffusing an atmosphere of love, hope and charity wherever they go. We are proud of the ministry of the city of Washington Their influence is truly national: Send your boy or girl to school. The vneducated man or woman of the next generation will not have a ghost of a show. Now is the seed time. Some time previous to the death of the late President McKinley, President Theodore Roosevelt had perfected all of his plans by which he was to be the guest of Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee on November 12th and 13th. He had also arranged to visit one or two other southern cities during the same trip, of course by reason of the death of President McKinley. President Roosevelt't trip to the South will be necessarily delayed. The wise Negro sees a silver lining in the clouds that hang over us. Death is always a sad happening, but it is noticeable that since the killing of the President, there is a solid uprising against all forms of disorder and lawlessness and the atmosphere has taken on a higher moral tone. The people are aroused to the disease of anarchy and purpose to stamp it out. For the time, it is also noticeable that the lynching industry has taken a positive 'slump.' Truly, "God works in a mysterious way His wonders to perform." The Register of the Treasury. the Recorder of Deeds, the United States Stamp Agent, Assistant Register of the Treasury, and all the consuls of our race will remain at their posts through out the terms for which they were appointed—or to more exact—at least until the close of the administration that would have been McKinley's. The new "Three R's" may now take the form of Roosevelt's Round Robin." The sorry attempt of assassin Czolgosz to pose as a martyr will not succeed. The name of the scoundrelly murderer of President McKinley will not much longer vex the public with his unspellable and unpronounceable name. The accession of President Roosevelt does not mean any radical change in the official roster of the government—if any one should ask you. PARKER, THE REAL HERO. An Organized Effort to Rob Him of His Glory. Editor The Colored American: Now that the assassin Czolgosz has been duly tried and convicted, a comment upon the contemptible methods employed to eliminate the Negro Parker from any participation in preventing the wretch from firing the third shot that would undoubtedly have resulted in the instant death of the President, is timely. To those of this day and generation, it would be a waste of time to try to blot out the act of "Jim" Parker. The first, which is the best evidence, is to the effect that Parker did jump upon the assassin, and knocked the pistol from his grasp, and that O'Brien picked it up and hurriedly put it into his pocket. The ignoring of Parker's act by District Attorney Penny is intended to blot it out from history, that coming generations may not find any official record of it. The word was no doubt passed along the line to those whose duty it became to make some of facial report of the occasion, that the Negro was to be shut out. Hence, Secret Service Detective Ireland ignores Parker in his report, and the artillery officer hurries a report to Washington, that his men disarmed the assassin. It may not be surprising when the stupidity of the so-called detectives is so clearly shown, in permitting a man to approach the President, unchallenged, with his hand not bandaged, but muffled in a handkerchief, that they should jump at the first opening for a vindication. To discredit a Negro is thought to be an easy thing, hence, the attempt but too many eye-witnesses have testified through the Press of the country to fool the people of the present day. The paid detectives of the Government seemed to be on dress parade and when the shots were fired, became rattled and began pummelling each other while the Negro Parker was engaged with the assassin trying to disarm him. The getting of a Negro to testify discrediting Parker is another old trick The Negro Press of the country owe it to the race to keep the facts of Parker's deed to the front. The friends of Admiral Schley are not satisfied that the president generation know of his valor but they want an official record of it unimpeached and unimpeachable hence the Court of Inquiry now in session in this city. We want the same for Parker CHAS. R. DOUGLASS. THE SUMNER LITERARY Discuss "Has the Negro Profited by the Period of Reconstruction—Memorial Services to Hon William McKinley—The Exposition in Progress—Sea Island News—Notes. Charleston, S. C.—(Special)—The memorial services held on Thursday at the Presbyterian Church in honor of the late President McKinley were very impressive and touching. The services were held under the auspices of the Ministers' Union, and Dr. N. B. Sterrett, First Vice-President of the Union, conducted them. Several colored divines of the city spoke, and the Rev. George C. Rowe read a most appropriate poem which he himself had composed especially for this occasion. The two principal addresses were delivered by Rev. J. H. Welch, pastor of Emanuel A. M. E. Church, and Dr. M. W. Gilbert, pastor of Central Baptist Church. Dr. Gilbert's address was considered especially good. It does not take such an occasion as a memorial service to a great and good man to call forth eloquence and thought from Dr. Gilbert, but when such an occasion does present itself he is better than usual. There was a large crowd present inasmuch as labor of all kinds was generally suspended for the day. The colored people of Charleston apparently felt that no race or class of people in the United States had greater cause to lament President McKinley's untimely death than they, and we think they are right. On Thursday night the writer attended the regular monthly meeting of the Sumner Literary Club at the home of Mr. U. R. Masbeth. This club was organized over twenty years ago and has a membership of fifteen men. It has for its object the discussion of matters of public interest, and no member is allowed or desires to talk on commonplace topics. It is exclusively a high-class literary organization, the gentlemen belonging to it being all highly cultured. At the meeting Thursday night Mr. S. W. Bennett read a paper on the subject "Has the Negro Profited by the Period of Reconstruction and the Organization of Separate Churches?" Mr. Bennett took the ground that in reconstruction days more harm than good had come to the Negro by reason of the fact that he paid more attention to politics than to business and industrial development. He also asserted that the colored preachers were the prime promoters of the evil, because they wrongfully used the influence of their calling to further their political interests. In the general discussion which followed the paper Rev. E. N. Hollings and Dr. Robert J. Macbeth vigorously opposed Mr. Bennett's views. After the meeting adjourned all members present and the visitor partook heartily of the very relishable repast which the host had prepared for them. Mr. Charles Winter Wood's entertainment in the interest of the Negro Department of the Exposition was a notable success. Mr. Wood possesses the true dramatic gift and if he were a white man would be a star in some fine tragedy. While he was giving certain selections the audience sat almost breathless. Mr. Wood left the next morning after the concert for New York, where he goes to study for two years. A large number of photographs of business places of progressive Negroes throughout the country were received at the Negro Department Office this week. These photographs are to be on exhibition in the Negro Building and will doubtless attract considerable attention. Miss Ray E. Tucker, the noted prima donna of New York, will appear at a large concert to be given under the auspices of Mr. Sidney E. Woodward on Monday night, October 7. Miss Tucker and Mr. Woodward are well known and will draw a large audience on the night of the 7th. Mr. Charles H. Johnson, instructor in French and German at Claflin University, is in the city for a few days, on his way to Claflin. Mr. Johnson is a young man of great intellectual ability, and will make a name for himself in the literary world. A musical and literary entertainment will be given by the teachers, graduates, and students of Claflin University on Wednesday night, September 25, at Old Bethel M. E. Church. A treat is in store for all who attend the concert, as some of the best talent of the city will be found among the Claflin alumnae. A Prominent Floridian Mr. J. Douglas Wetmore, attorney and counselor-at-law of Jacksonville, Fla., was in the city this week a guest of the Arlington hotel. Mr. Wetmore spent considerable time in Chicago on legal business and from there he visited the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, visiting Saratoga and other summer resorts in the meantime. He is now enroute home to take up his practice again. (Written for The Colored American.) I stood alone at the old, wide gate, Where Grief and Death passed in And marked how sorrow now was found Where lately joy had been. I saw the husband raise his hands Imploringly on high As if to reach one angel form And draw it from the sky. I knew the widow's broken heart In agony was bowed Since all that life heid dear to her Was covered with the shroud. I heard the mother's piercing cry For the babe whose smile of light Even the Reaper, with remorseless hand In his fury could not blight. My own grief fled and my soul went out In sympathy and prayer To each tear-stained fate with its tale of woo And gloom that was its share And I longed to whisper in arch ear Some comfort giving word And tell them that their miseries Pitying heart had heard I felt for them a kinship close, Though born instead of death It seemed to bind us as with bands As lasting as life's breath. And then I saw how pride and pomp And cruel spite and hate Forgot their ways of worldliness Uh! at the cemetery gate. T. H. MALONE, THE SEER AND YELLOW-LEAF. An Abnormal Summer Resort - Afro Americans' Heavy Tax Payers, and Well Represented Politically—The Church and Social News. Abury Park, N. J., Special—The season here has "folded its tent like the Arab and silently stolen away." The colored inhabitants reside chiefly in West Asbury Park and West Ocean Grove. Many of them own their own homes and some have acquired in addition valuable holdings of real estate. Large numbers of colored people are attracted here each season by the demand for help in the hotels, cottages and restaurants, and their prosperity is measured very largely by the frequency with which they hail some of the many "beer arks" and the regularity of their excursions to "Belmar." Numerous avocations in the laboring line are open to the permanent residents and many are prospering as keepers of grocery stores, fruit and vegetable stores restaurants, employment bureaux and barber shops. There are two churches of the Baptist faith already established and one more in embryo. The A. M. E Zion Connection has a commodious house of worship on Springwood avenue; the Protestant Episcopals have a mission; the A. M. E Church worship on Main street and own their parsonage on Atkins avenue. Politically, honors are fairly distributed. The fire department has one company composed entirely of colored men. Recently the fire department of Red Bank invited Asbury Park's department over to participate in a celebration. The colored company was excluded in the invitation, thereupon the white members of the department unan imouly agreed not to attend. The Fourth Election District officials are all colored except one; there is one justice of the peace, one lawyer, a constable, surveyor of highways, pound keeper and garbage collector, one letter and mail carrier, one joint stock cooperative merchandise company, one G.A.R. Post with fife and drum corps and woman's relief corps attached, and a number of secret and benevolent associations which meet in the several halls owned and managed by colored men. Asbury Park is remarkably free THE COLORED AMERICAN. WASHINGTON D. C. from color prejudice. During the season of 1901, while a hundred thousand citizens and visitors have been here and in Ocean Grove, but two cases of race discrimination have come to our notice. One of these was admittedly caused by a misapprehension, the other will, we understand, be rectified by law. Credit for legislation making legal redress possible is, we are informed due to a New Jersey democratic legislature. Mr. F. Watson is one of West Park's solid and responsible citizens. He does a large shoe making and repairing business at 1003 Springwood avenue. He is the head of an interesting family and he and the Madam understand well the proper way to train the younger ones. The family was saddened last week by the death of the infant child and has the sympathy of the community in their bereavement. With this issue Mr. Watson enrolls himself among the regular readers of The Colored American. On Thursday afternoon last at 4:30 Miss Carrie Blackwell of Wilmington, Deleware was united in wedlock to Mr. Lemon Smith, of Danville, Virginia, at the Corbett dairy cottag ; Rev. Balen of the Baptist church performing the ceremony. The bride was arrayed in a very becoming traveling costume of grey cheviot cloth while the groom wore the regulation afternoon dress suit. After a bridal trip to New York City Mr. and Mrs Smith will make their home in Newark, New Jersey. The Captain Andrew Caillaux Post, G A. R, held McKinley memorial services at the Mount Morlah Baptist church on Thursday 19th. Appropriate remarks were made by Comrades R. J. Holland and Cyrus Williams. Rev W. H. Wallace, the pastor, presided over the exercises and a large congregation turned out to pay the last tribute of respect to our departed President. Quartermaster R. J. Holland read the following resolutions, which were adopted: Whereas, in this hour of the country's saddness, the members of Captain Andrew Caillaux Post, No. 119, G. A. R., join their fellow citizens in mourning the loss of one whose name will ever stand in the nation's history an honor to every American citizen—the Hon William McKinley—a gallant soldier, a true patriot, a Christian statesman, who has made our country honored among the nations of the earth. "Resolved, that we deplore the means of his death by the hand of the assassin and we look to the legislative powers of the country to enact suitable laws prohibiting anarchy in this country and also the publication of newspapers which give aid and encouragement to such un American doctrine. 'Resolved, that we extend our heartfelt condolence to the bereaved widow and invoke the said of Divine favor to sustain her in this sad hour of the countrys affliction.' Rev. J H White, D. D, has returned from Newark. He has been attending the Sunday school, District and Christian Endeavor Conventions of the A. M. E. Zion Church. J. T. W. FIRST SEFARATE COMPANY. Pays a Visit to Providence and is Royally Entertained—Bruce Grit Located in R. L.—In the Social World Providence, R.I., Special:—The First Separate Company, Connecticut National Guard of New Haven, Captain Daniel Tilghman, commanding. was highly entertained here in Providence on September 13th and 14th. One year ago this month,the First Separate Company Infantry, B.R.I.M.visited New Haven upon invitation of Capt. Tilghman and the trip was made an occasion OR FEEBLE WOMEN Peruna to be an Unfailing and Prompt Remedy.] Miss Mary Goerbing, of Medford, Wis., speaks in glowing praise of Peruna as a catarrhal tonic and nerve restorer. She says: Miss Mary Goerbing "I take great pleasure in acknowledging the curative powers of Peruna. As a nerve tonic, a gentle stimulator to a sluggish system, as an appetizer and restorer of lost strength and vitality of worn-out women, it is very superior. "I find it is splendid as a preventative for catching cold, and whenever I feel used up I take a dose or two and it never fails to relieve me." Depression of the nervous system during the heat of summer months is a fertile source of blood impurities. That tired feeling, which is the natural result of the depressing effect of warm weather, quickly disappears when Peruna is taken. Thousands are daily testifying to its priceless benefit. General lassitude, du heavy sensations, continued tired feeling with irregular appetite and sometimes loss of sleep. Peruna meets every indication and proves itself to be perfectly adapted to all their varied peculiarities. Peruna invigorates the system, rejuvenates the feelings, restores the normal appetite and produces regular sleep. Roxa Tyler, vice president of the Illinois Woman's Alliance, speaks in high praise of Peruna to restore tired nerves and weak body. In a letter written to Dr. Hartman, from 910 East Sixtieth street, Chicago, Ill., she says the following: longer. I lost my appetite, my sleep was fitful and I found no relief from the prescriptions of my physician. Several of the members of our Order told me of the wonderful help they had received from Peruna and advised me to try it. I sent for it and within a week "During the past year I gradually lost flesh and strength until I was unable to perform my work properly. I tried different remedies, and finally Peruna was suggested to me. It gave me new life and strength. I cannot speak too highly of it." Mrs. G. Briggs, Treasurer and Conductor William Down's Corps No. 43, Woman's Relief Corps, writes the following letter to Dr. Hartman from 2419 Central avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.: "A few months ago my health seemed to break down all at once. I had worked hard, too hard, for nearly six weeks, and nature simply refused to sustain me any of much joy. Capt. Blunt was very much impressed with the royal treatment which he received at that time, and expressed a desire for a return visit. Hence the Connectut boys were invited to Providence and as a matter of course they accepted the invitation. Accordingly Capt Blunt and a corps of efficient assistants, including the Ladies Military Circle, set about to prepare for this event. Shortly after 12 o'clock Thursday, September 13, the Wilkins' Tigers, as they are known, alighted from the train from New Haven, were met by Capt Blunt, and at once escorted to quarters already engaged as a stopping place. After relieving themselves of their baggage, they formed in line and marched to Infantry Hall where a collation had been prepared for them by the ladies. In the afternoon at 2:30, the two companies formed on Exchange Place, and drew up in front of the City Hall, where they were reviewed by the mayor of the city and members of the City Council. Thence, they proceeded to march through some of the principle streets, headed by Stone's Military Band, to Dexter's Training Ground. Here, they engaged in a dress parade, after which they returned to the starting place where the line was dismissed. In the evening a grand reception was held in infantry Hall, after which a pleasing concert was rendered. At the close of the musical programme, a military exhibition was given by the visitors who were highly complimented by Brig Gen Kendall. R I M. Besides Gen. Kendall there were present as guests, Col Matteson, of the 1st Reg't Col. McGann, of the 2nd Reg't, and other Rhode Island Militia officers. On Friday morning at 9:30, the two companies, with a large number of Tired Women. longer. I lost my appetite, my sleep was fitful and I found no relief from the prescriptions of my physician. Several of the members of our Order told me of the wonderful help they had received from Peruna and advised me to try it. I sent for it and within a week after starting to use it a marked change for the better was felt; before finishing the second bottle I was completely restored." As a tonic and nerve invigorator it has no equal. It builds up the nerves and gives strength to the circulation. No feeble woman should be without Peruna. "Health and Beauty," a book written especially for women by Dr. Hartman, contains much invaluable advice to ailing women, sent free by addressing The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. guests embarked on the electrics and proceeded to Palace Gardens, where most delightful day was spent in our door sports of various kinds, includin a warm game of base ball. The party returned late in the afternoon and at 8:30 the "Tigers" boarded the traiu for Elm City, leaving many symbols in Providence, which bespoke one of the most enjoyable two days' pleasure that they had ever experienced. The people of Providence may feel justly proud to know that Mr. John E. Bruce, one of the keenest newspaper writers that we have, is now located in our city. Mr Bruce, or "Bruce Grit" as he is better known the country over, is a man of deep thought and also one who does not rail to make his thoughts known. May he continue in his already brill ant career as a deep thinker and a clear writer on the things best fitted for the progression of the race. Sunday September 22nd, was the beginning of Rally Week in the People's A. M Zion Church. In the morning, the rupit services were omitted and a prayer and praise service was substituted. In the afternoon and evening, the pulp t was ably filled by the Rev. J. H. McMu len of Boston. His text in the afternoon was, "What is Truth," taken from the Book of St. John. The subject was thoroughly handled and clearly showed the ability of the speaker. A good sized audience turn d out in the evening, and listened to another finely delivered sermon by Rev. McMullen. His subject in the evening, was, "Occupy, till I come," and it was a beautiful outline of the lesson taught by Christ and recorded by St. Luke, the Apostle. The financial results of the day were very gratifying over $100 be realized in collections,