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The COLORED American A NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER PRICE, FIVE CENTS 1927 PROF. BOOKERT. WASHINGTON. Principal of The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Originator, President and Prime Mover of The National Negro Business Lea Held This Week at Richmond, Va. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. Washington Under the Calcium. 10 Mr. and Mrs. Paul H Bray are at Damacus, Md. Washintonians are scattered all over creation this summer. Mrs. D. B. McCary is able to be up, after a serious illness. Mr. R. T. Douglass is back from a jaunt to Atlantic City. Hon. George H. White spent last week in Atlantic City on business. Mrs. A. H. Cooper has just returned from the seashore at Arundel-on-the-Bay. Mrs. James C. Roper, of Jersey City is expected in the city during the en campment. Mr. Sam T, Harris, of Atlanta, Ga. is the guest of Mr. A. H. Cooper, the popular tailor. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Davis left the city Sunday for an extended stay at Shady Side, On-the-Bay. Justice E M. Hewlett has made extensive repairs upon his office on 41 street, near Pennsylvania avenue. Miss Isabelle, the youngest daughter of Mrs. Luncinda Payne, of 1915 New York avenue, is spending the month of August near Frederick, Md. Miss Della M. White has returned from Chautauqua, where she has just completed a six-weeks' special course in vocal and instrumental music. Lieut. Walter A. Pinchback is serving as compater in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds during the vacation of Miss Noyes, the regular compater. It is expected that Mr. David Warner will be agreed upon as the caucus nominee for the District's candidate for Grand Taeasurer of the Odd Fellows. Mr. William Wilkerson, Jr., of Howard avenue, Anacostia, has been in White Sulphre Springs, W. Virginia, for the past month. He expects to return about September 1st. Mr. Aldrich T. Lewis will represent the Odd Fellows of Santo Domingo at the B, M. C. in October. Mr. Lewis is one of the best-known Odd Fellows in the country, and the honor conferred by the foreign brethren is well bestwed. Miss Haydon is one of the 'Kentucky beauties' that visited the Capital City last week en route to Atlantic City and New York State and Mrs. Cornish is well known to Washingtonians because of her fine family connections here. Rev. W. H. Hunter, after fifty years as a preacher in the A. M. E. church, has retired, and taken up his residence on the heights above Anacostia, which he acquired in 1868. Dr. Hunter was the first colored chaplain appointed during the civil war. He is 71 years of age. The Corner-stone of John Wesley Church was laid last Sunday with appropriate exercises. Rev. W. H. Snowden preached, and Recorder Dancy delivered the oration. The corner-stone used was the one laid fifty-one years ago in the original Church, and given them by Mr. W. W. Corcoran. Aldrich T. Lewis, J. B. Askins, James W. Muse and D. A. Clark attended the grand smoker given in Philadelphia last week in honor of Grand Master E. H. Morris. The local Odd Fellows, headed by Grand Secretary Charles H. Brooks "killed the fatted calf" for the visitors in great shape. New Bedford, Mass., is to make an exchange of citizens, which we hope will not be to the disadvantage of any of the parties at interest: Dr. S. A. Dickerson, an accomplished graduate of Howard Medical School, hangs out his shingle in the noted whaling port, while Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Stewart, of New Bedford's leading commercial circles, have sold out their large bakery with a view of locating here permanently, and entering upon business. Mr. Emmett C. Jones, a well-known printer, employed for a number of years in the Government Printing Office, died Tuesday of last week at his home in Cleveland Place. He was buried Thursday. He leaves a large family—a wife and seven children. The deceased was a member of the typographical union, and the widow is entitled to quite a liberal benefit from the organization. Mr. Jones had a large circle of friends, and much sorrow is felt over his untimely demise. The new Armstrong Manual Training School here will be opened at the same time the other buildings are put into operation. The equipment is perfect and is being arranged systematically by Principal W. Bruce Evans, who is one of the best authorities in the country on manual training and the machinery necessary to its proper development. The opening occurs September 221, and then or at a later date the formal dedication will take place, when it is expected that Dr. Booker T. Washington will be the principal speaker of the occasion. A Clarming Dinner Party. Among the many honors tended the Kentucky visitors was a most unique and charming dinner party given last Friday evening by Mrs William Augustus Stewart, at her palatial residence, No. 1718 17th street northwest, in honor of Miss Mary Moss Haydon, of Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. L. A. Cornish, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Seated in an unbroken line around a beautifully bedecked table were the following ladies: Misses Mary Moss Haydon, Louiville; Daisy Smith, Cincinnati; L. Waters, Salbury, Md.; Daisy Harris, Louisville; Neenah George, L. K. smallwood, A. Montague and Beatrice Tnomas, Mesdames. L. A. Cornish, Cincinnati M A Mason, E M. Tnomas, W. H. Cowan, J, Dixson, and W. A. Stewart. The five following gentlemen: Carl Bruce, R. F. Fortune, W. H. Cowan, J. C. Power and W. A. Stewart, in harmony with the '20 Century' idea were delegated to serve the dinner and wait on the ladies. An "American Beauty" rose was placed beside each cover and the exquisite center piece of choice fruits and rare flowers were a work of art; only the hand of woman could have so artistically arranged such a decoration. The dinner of seven courses lasted two hours. The Amphions off for Virginia. The Amphions headed by Prof. J. Henry Lewis, and reinforced by Prof. J. T. Layton left for Richmond, Va., and other points today, where they are engaged for a series of concerts. The entire membership compose the party. Later they go northward taking in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Wilmington, and New York City. ```markdown ``` H.K.FULTON'S Loan Office 314 9th Street Northwest (ESTABLISHED 1870) MONEY LOANED ON Watches, Diamonds, Jewel Unredeemed Watches, Diamonds and GOLD and SILVE The most Reliable Place in the PHONE MAIN 2559. A FIN Imported English TheseSuits we will make Ranging From These coats are made skelt Orders by mail will rece A. H. CO Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware Etc. 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WASHINGTON, I This convention was the first NEGRO business men ever held in this one of business was represented: the educator, the doctor, the lawyer, the merchant and rulers of municipalized and papers read are all in this of delegates and others, which make the convention. READ THIS BOOK!!" "THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NA- TIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE" which held its first convention in Boston, Mass., August 23-24, 1900. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, President and Founder. Convention was the first National Convention of color- men ever held in this or any other country. Every business was represented: the farmer, the banker, the doctor, the lawyer, the manufacturer, the author, and rulers of municipalities. The addresses deliv- apers read are all in this book besides over fifty cut- s and others, which makes it a valuable souvenir of tion. "THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE" Which held its first convention in Boston, Mass., August 23-24, 1900. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, President and Founder. This convention was the first National Convention of colored business men ever held in this or any other country. Every one of business was represented: the farmer, the banker, the calculator, the doctor, the lawyer, the manufacturer, the author, the merchant and rulers of municipalities. The addresses delivered and papers read are all in this book besides over fifty cuts of delegates and others, which makes it a valuable souvenir of the convention. BOUND IN CLOTH ONLY. PRICE, $1.00. Send Express or Postoffice Money Order to J R. HAMM, PUBLISHER, 46 HOWARD ST., BOSTON, MASS. J R. HAMM, PUBLISHER, 46 HOU M, PUBLISHER, 46 HOWARD ST., BOSTON, MASS. Nearly 50,000 Copies Sold The Greatest Negro's Greatest Book. Booker T. Washington's Autobiography "THE STORY OF MY LIFE AND WORK" BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Mr. Washington, more than any other writer or lecturer, has solved the "race problem." 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But please write immediately as this opportunity may not be chances are better if you can order the book. A WONDERFUL INSTITUTION. The publishers of Mr. Washington's Autobiography conduct one of the most remarkable institutions in existence. They co-operate with thousands of individuals in this and other countries, who market the products of this firm. Each individual is in business for himself or herself, as much so as the parent establishment. The most cordial co-operation exists between the two and success has been multiplied thousands of times as a result of this method. It is a well known fact that the publishing business furnishes employment for the greatest number of competent individuals who earn unlimited incomes. SPECIAL TO OUR READERS. If you desire to improve your condition financially, order a copy of Mr. Washington's book from us and instruct us to refer you to this publishing concern for at this time they are prepared to "set up" in business at their own expense a limited number of honest men and women. If you cannot order the book at once write us anyway and we think we can do something for you. But please write immediately as this opportunity may not be open long. Your chances are better if you can order the book. ADDRESS, THE COLORED AMERICAN, 489 C St. N. W., Washington, D. C. --- LA COOPER ADDRESS. Sent by Mail Postpaid for Only $7.00 Demonstration of Livingston Dress-Cutting System Enthusiastically Endorsed by Leading People. At the Young People's Religious and Educational Congress held in Atlanta, Ga, Mrs. L. R. Clark, of this city, demonstrated the Livingston drafting machine of dress-outting which is taught in her school; also exhibited a number of Parisian gowns, jackets and other garments made by the students of her Washington and Baltimore establishments. The work was heartily endorsed. Along list of names were enrolled by her of those who have promised to make this school an important factor in bettering the condition of our women. Following are a few of the sentiments expressed: Rev. W. H. Simpson, Newport, Ark., says "I think this it is a great school. I shall do all I can for it and try to get up a school like it at my home." Prof. T. P. Smith, principal of Smith's Business College, Lynchburg, Va., writes: "Dear Madam—The demand for dress makers is greater than the supply. I can secure lucrative positions for all who have necessary qualifications." Rev. W. P. Johnson, pastor of 1st Baptist church, Richmond, Va., gives the following assurance: "I snail I do what lies in my power to interest my people in Mrs. Clark's school of dressmaking." Rev. C. B. Mason, assistant secretary, Freedmen's Home Mission Society, authorizes the endorsement: "I highly commend Mrs. Clark's dressmaking school to the public." LAY SERMON FROM CHICAGO. Editor Colored American—There is one peculiarity that I have noticed about the average American Negro for a good many years, and that is, that he will parade the streets dressed up just like a prince or a duke; but, if you will only follow him home you will find that his residence looks like a hog pen—in fact so much so that you will consider it a mystery where he keeps these good clothes. Now, I will say that is alright for a man to be clean about his person, but it is all wrong to pay all the attention to his personal appearance and none to the condition of his residence. Even if the property does not belong to the individual, it should be kept clean and tidy for the sake of his health and the respect of his neighbor. A READER Chicago, Il. Read in All Household. The Washington correspondent of the Indianapolis Freeman pays us the following landsome compliment: "The Colored American, under the shrewd management of Col. Edward E. Cooper, is experiencing a boom. It discusses all the live questions in a live fashion, and is a fearless advocate of racial manhood and equality of opportunity for all. It is read in every well-regulated house hold in this neck of the woods." A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION Editor Colored American: -I think the conveying of the great National Negro Congress in the City of Atlanta, should be the stimulus of creating a THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. great National Negro and investment company. The aim to be to purchase homes, and sell on the installment plan, where ever land can be had in the United States. I see through the Press, that there were seven thousand in attendance. Allowing ten dollars per shase, would amount to about Seventy-five or one hundred thousand dollars. This action would speak more eloquently what we should do than one million speeches on paper. What do you think of such a plan Mr. Edilton? I certainly would purchase a share. Very respectfully, The above suggestion is a sensible one, and deserves serious consideration. To make the plan practical, however, pressure must be brought to bear upon those who control the machinery for reaching the forces that made up the Congress. The Negro press stands ready to urge the race to take hold of every feasible method of improving its moral and material condition, and we sincerely hope that out of the great Atlanta Congress, these will come a positive financial benefit as well as a powerful religious sentiment. Mr. Morayne should write to Prof. I. Garland Penn, and learn definitely what chances there may be for pushing his ideal, as outlined above. —Editor. MUSICAL MATTERS. Miss Belle Kinner has accepted the temporary leadership of the Second Baptist choir. A New York manager has been negotiating with Mrs. Thaddeus Grymes Johnston for a concert tour. Mrs. Johnston is a clever harpist, and sings to her own accompaniment. Miss Mattie Wilkes, the peerless soprano (now Mrs. Erneet Hogan) and Mme. Cordelia, the noted singer, (Mrs. William McClaim) will be stellar highs in the Hogan and McClaim "My Friend from Georgia" production next season. It is hoped that Washington will get a peep at them. Miss Irene Howard, a beautiful young lady of Chicago, is a cornecist of rare ability. She is a graduate of one of Wisconsin's best musical conservatories, and was the only Negro matriculant. She is filling engagements for parties, churches and various public entertainments. Bob Cole and Rosamond Johnson, the accomplished entertainers, were "headliners" at Keith's in New York two weeks ago, and made the hit of the show, their being rated by musical critics as far above the average. They are original in everything. They have been booked for ten weeks next season with the Keith circuit of theaters, beginning in the fall. Dr. James T. Walker, formerly enoirmaster at the 19th Street Baptist Church, has been engaged in a similar capacity for St. Luke's. Mr. J. Arthur Harley goes to Yale. Mr. C. C. McKinney, late of the Second Baptist Church, is to preside at the organ. The selections are regarded as excellent. A special program of music is announced for the third Sunday in September, when a double quartet of trained voices will make its debut. Always Room at the Top. Booker Washington need not be afraid for himself, when he sees all these leaders coming out. There is always room at the top.—Macon (G.) News. PETER GROGAN Credit For All Washington. 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CARY 1406 WEST YORK ST. PHILADELPHIA PA. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. 12 BAPTISTS MEET. Twenty-Sixth Annual Session of Mt Bethel Association-Election of Officers-An Interesting Session. The initial session of the twenty-sixth annual convention of the Mount Bethel Baptist Association convened in the Second Baptist church on 8rd street northwest last Tuefday morning shortly after 11 o'clock, with about seventy-five delegates from Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia present. The sessions lasted three days. Rev. W. B. Johnson, pastor of the Second Baptist church, called the convention to order and the opening hymn was rendered. Rev. George H Harris pastor of Jerusalem Baptist church of Georgetown, read the scripture lesson, fourth chapter of St. Paul's letter to the Ephesians. At the conclusion of the reading prayer was offered by Rev. A. REV GEORGE W. LEE. D. D. McKenny of Baltimore. After the singing of another anthem, "I Will Trust in the Lord," Rev. George H. Harris of Jerusalem Baptist church of Georgetown preached the introductory sermon, taking his text from II Thessalonians, second chapter and fourteenth verse. Rev. W. B. Johnson welcomed the delegates to the annual meeting with appropriate remarks, his address being responded to by Rev. Rev. George W. Lee, pastor of the Vermont Avenue Baptist church. Reports were submitted by the moderator, Rev. H. H Hidkson of Virginia, advocating the erection of suitable buildings on the extensive tract owned by the association in the state named for the aged and indigent, and by the secretary, R. B. Page, for the past year. The choice of officers for the ensuing year resulted in the re-election of the entire old board, as follows: Rev. W. H. Hickson, of Comorn, Va., moderator; Rev. Jones Watkins of Baltimore, vice moderator; Rev. R. B Page of Oak Grove. Va., secretary, and Rev. Bassett Bumray of Mathias Point, Va., treasurer. The recent death of Rev. Hamilton of Steelton was referred to in a feeling address by Rev. N. A. Marriatt. Late Notes From Narragansett. Mr. Turley who succeeded Mr Walton as secretary to Fred Freeman, will not arrive in town as soon as he anticipated. His present duties will keep him busily engaged until the season actually ends and the hotels are closed. The pastor of the Union Church was tended a reception Tuesday evening. Rev. Thomas receives no stated salary. On this night voluntary contr butions for the purpose of raising funds for him are raised. Glad to say he re. ceived quite a snug sum. To Miss Brown and Mr. Ferguson are due much credit for the success of this commendable affair. THE LAST GAME. White Sulphur Club Wins-An Interesting Game. White Sulphur Springs, West Va. Special—The Champion White Sulphur Baseball club has played their last game with Lewisburg club for the season. It was one of the hardest games ever played at White Sulphur. Gardner pitched in fine form allowing the White Sulphur boys only six hits. Up to the fourth, Lewisburg had the White Sulphur three to one. In the last five innings, the White Sulphur boys worked the bases for 11 runs, making the score 13 to 6. Lewisburg came in and made a hard finish, the first two men up hit safely, the third man a base on balls, then comes Gardner smashing one to the right center for four bases. The next three were easy outs which ended the game. White Sulphur 13, Lewisburg 12. Lewisburg asked for another chance before leaving the field, but Manager Toliver refused, he said that he had played all the games he promised to play and now stands undefeated, but he says "If I can get a bet for $25 00 a side, I will play you or any other club." How the clubs stands: White Sulphur, win 10 lost 0; Henton, win 8 last 3; Lewisburg. win 7 lost 4; Covington, win 6 lost 8 Rev, Clement Young will preach morning and evening at the A. M. E church, Sunday August 31st. Seats are free. He is a Fraud. There is a young colored man traveling through the state of Texas, W. H. Lewis by name, who claims to be a traveling agent for The Colored American. He is a fraud and has no authority from this paper to solicit subscribers and appoint agents. Many persons in the smaller towns have been victimized by him. A reward of $10 will be given for his apprehension. A Good Colored Printer Wanted. A good first class colored printer who understands how to make up and lock up forms, to set up advertisements and headliness can secure a good position and a permanent one of good salary by addressing 'A,' this office. There need be little fear of the Negro having too many leaders—the real danger lies in an overplus of would-be leaders. whose characterless and trainless methods cast discredit upon the sober and conscientious. THE PLEASURE IS OURS. St. Paul, Minn.—I enclose herewith subscription for one year. It is a small matter compared with the good that I get out of your paper. Taking into consideration the enclosed and other matters I have sent you respecting the council, can you tell me if you ever saw more smoke as you go down the pike than we are making for the council? Kindly give us notice. Please send us a list of persons to whom we might send copies of the enclosed matter. Also please send me four portraits of Prof. Washington. See that they are evenly folded and wrapped in a horn so that they will not break, and send half a dozen copies of paper under separate cover. I wish to present them to white friends of mine Let me congratulate you on your push THE GRAND FOUNTAIN. United Order of True Reformers ORGANIZED January 1, 1881 Office 604, 606 and 608 N. 2nd St., - - Richmond, Va. 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 m age. You pay $4.60 to $6.60 (according to a the country you pay 35 cents per month a months. You pay as taxes 80 cents per year As Sick Benefits you receive from $6 00 ments. As Death Benefit, your family receive After one year the Death Benefit is $125.00. Estate Fountain you must be between 14 and 50 years of age $6 60 (according to age,) as joining fee. If you live in 5 cents per month as dues; if in the city, 50 cents per taxes 80 cents per year. you receive from $6 00 to $9 00 per month, in weekly pay your family receives $75 0 if you die within a year with Benefit is $125.00. To join the Subordinate Fountain you must be between 14 and 50 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 year. As Sick Benefits you receive from $6 00 to $9 00 per month, in weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family receives $75 0 if you die within a year. After one year the Death Benefit is $125.00. ROSEBUD FOUNTAINS. To join the Rosebud Fountain you must be between 8 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 you die within a year. After one year the Death Benefit is $37. To join the Rosebud Fountain you must be between 8 and 14 year of age. You pay $1.00, either cash or by installments. The monthly dues are either 15 or 25 cent. 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 you die within a year. After one year the Death Benefit is $37. In the INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, there are Three Classes:—Class B, Class E, and Class M. All dues payable annually or quarterly. In Class B, the age limit is 14 to 60 yeuues, $4 75 to $7.60. The Certificate is valu After one year, its value is $200 to $65. In Class E, the age limit is 14 to 55 yeuus $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 yeuus $21 to $25. The certificate I valued from da You are entitled to a Life Membership Classe B and E upon purchase of the reqi pays a dividend annually of 20 per cent. The Grand Fountain United Order of T29. 1900, a total of 3782 Death Benefits, with HALF MILLION DOLLARS. The limit is 14 to 60 years. Fee, $2.50 to $4.25. Annual The Certificate is valued first year at from $100 to $83 The fee is $200 to $65. The limit is 14 to 55 years. Fee, $5 to $6.50. Annual dues, Certificate is valued first year at from $250 to $175. After $300 to $800. The limit is 14 to 50 years. Fee $11 to $13 50. Annual dues are allocated from date of issue at from $1,000 to $700. To a Life Membership in either of the Fountains or in purchase of the required amount of Bank stock, which is fully of 20 per cent. In United Order of True Reformers has paid up to July of Death Benefits, with a grand total of $521,264.75, over sales. THE BANK.—In our Savings Bank the Order has a sound fluorishing institution that is a credit not only to the Or- dutte race as well. It began business April 3, 1889. The total stock is $100,000. The business is the same as that of other regularly constituted bank, and is surrounded by same safeguards. The stock sells for $5.00 a share to per cent. dividends. Both time and demand deposits cent, interest is paid on time deposits. The following order's report to Auditor of Public Accounts of Virginia at 5, 1900 and shows its flourishing condition;— PACES. LIABILITIES. $8,272 80 and 164,423 88 banks ... 48,388 22 14,000 00 99,588 00 6,850 00 taxes 1,888 99 uts ... 12,399 80 85,820 00 391,120 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 118,494 74 Total ... 891,120 grocery and Feed Store is located at 501 North Sixth St. members of the Order and the public generally are saved out of food products. The newspaper published by the order from its own of It stands for the voice of the people, representing co- lation of the race and is the Beacon Light, the Headlight, and the General Agent of the Brotherhood. It is $1.0 apped job office bids for the work of the people, which is style and at low prices. Richmond, in Henrico County, Va., the Order has purchased established thereon an "Old Folk's Home." With un- broad-minded generosity, the Order does not limit en- its members alone, nor even to members families, but the age aged and decrepid of the whole race, regardless of their ans. The Order makes itself the trustee for this glorious in the 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 Home. forwarded to the casnier of the Reformer's Savings Bank, for same and account for it to The Grand Fountain. Order and the public, when visiting Richmond, Va., and 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 o or now owns 13 buildings, 4 farms, 4 dwellings, 1 ho- of of $122,500 Ir addition to these the Order leases 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 $83. 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 $800. In Class M, the age limit is 14 to 50 years. Fee $11 to $13 50. Annual dues $21 to $25. The certificate I 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 but the 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 88 Due from National Banks ..... 48,388 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 ..... 85,820 00 Total ..... 391,120 84 The Reformer's Grocery and Feed Store Richmond, Va., and members of the Order 20 per cent. on the cost of food products. THE REFORMER is the newspaper public office in Richmond, Va. It stands for the voice operation and combination of the race and the General Messenger and the General Agent per year. A well-equipped job office bids for turned out in first class style and at low price. Six miles from Richmond, in Henrico Co. 634 acres of land, and established thereon an exampled liberality and broad-minded genrance to this home to its members alone, m doors are opened to the aged and decrepid of 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 a Contributic is can be forwarded to the casm who will send receipt for same and account. Members of the Order and the public, w 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 build with a fee simple value of $122,500. Ir ad buildings. 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:— Loans and discounts ..... $8,272 80 Other stock, bonds and mortgages ..... 164,428 88 Due from National Banks ..... 48,388 22 Banking House ..... 14,000 00 Other real estates ..... 99,588 00 Furniture and Fixtures ..... 6,850 00 Current expenses and taxes paid ..... 1,888 99 Specie, nickels and cents ..... 12,399 80 Paper currency ..... 85,820 00 Total ..... 391,120 84 Capital stock paid in ..... 88,125 00 Surplus fund ..... 80,957 81 Undivided profits ..... 6,828 80 Demand certificate of deposit ..... 96,786 29 Time certificates of deposit ..... 118,494 74 Total ..... 391,120 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 office 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. Contributive is 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 of the Ordeer. The Order now owns 13 buildings, 4 farms, 4 dwellings, 1 ho with a fee simple value of $122,500. In addition to these the Order leases buildings. For any further information, address W P BURRELL, G. W. Secretary W. M. Master W. M. M'star ```markdown ``` 1000 ROSEBUD FOUNTAIN. LIABILITIES. W P BURRELL, G. W. Secretary A NEW ORGANIZATION. "National Federation of Civic Rights"-Its Object to Prevent Mob Violence-Bishop Clinton one of the Prime Movers. Editor Colored American:—Inclose articles of incorporation of the "National Federation of Civic Rights." This organization is the out growth of the favorable reception by the press and race of the article written by Judge Stotsenburg and published in the Freeman. The Judge was so gratified at the appreciation shown, that he was induced to put in tangible form—his ideas as how to prevent Mob Violence; he therefore drafted the inclosed articles, based on the plan of the now largest organization in the world The American Federation of Labor—which had an humble beginning in New Albany over Judge Stotsenburg's office, in 1881. It now has 9494, local unions, and a total membership of over 1,250,000, a body of men united for the single purpose of advancing the cause of labor, and yet taking no political action. It has so influenced legislation as to secure the passage of many laws which have greatly improved the condition of the American workmen in wages, comfort and independence. It is supported by a small tax on affiliated organizations. Its receipt last year being $71,000. It is possible for this organization, to have even a larger membership for the local federations which will be formed throughout the country are not restricted by either race or sex; but all men and women over 18 years of age are to be admitted, therefore, a small per capita tax will make a large aggregated sum fully enough to effectively accomplish all we desire. In formulating his plans, Judge Stotsenburg had associated with him, Judge Cardwill, who is equally interested in the work, and who did quite as much in perfecting the organization and giving it a legal statue. When finished, it was their desire that members of the race alone effect the organization, but Bishop George W. Clinton and all Negroes present thought it best for us that both Judges remain on account of their very high standing, and also because each of them is of a different party affiliation With their aid, our cause would be much stronger—for it would command the respect of all classes of persons—irrespective of party, neither would our motives so likely be impugned, nor would it be considered a political machine to further the interest of any one for political preferment, as is unfortunately too often the case with so many similar organizations. After much persuasion, both Judges consented to serve. They are actuated by the same motives to help as that prompted Judge Tourgee to openly espouse our cause, and they will be as active and fearless as was he. If we now hold up their hands, and follow in their lead, it is safe to say that we will soon see the beginning of the end of Mob Violence, and the dawn of a new era for the Negro of this republic. The first board of directors are representative as was possible to obtain at the time, both races, both political parties, and both the great religious denominations as well as the learned professors are represented. The idea kept in mind was to make it board, and a federation in its fullest sense, so that all races creeds and societies could become allied in one united federation. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. The Negro does not yet fully realize his strength; he can only do so by uniting, then he will be teared and respected The motto adopted "ego sum homo," I Am a Man is symbolic of true manhood and it should inspire every Negro to put forth his best efforts to fully realize that condition. The following officers were elected: Judge J. H. Stotsenburg, president, New Albany, Ind.; Bishop G. W. Clinton, A. M. D. D, vice-president, Charlot.e, N. C.; Judge G. B. Cardwill, treasurer, New Albany, Ind.; Rev. T. H. Tipton, D. D., national organizer, Philadelphia, Pa.; W. O. Vance, corresponding secretary, New Albany, Ind.; Dr, B. F. Porter, recording secretary, Louisville, Ky. Executive committee: William H. Steward, Editor American Baptist, Louisville, Ky.; Rev. S. C. Manuel, New Albany, Ind.; Mr. W. A. Burney, Dean Louisville National Medical College. The plan is so formulated as to embrace all Negro organizations of a similar character in a National Federation to work together as one powerful body. All persons or organizations in sympathy with this movement and who may desire to form local federated alliances can obtain full particulars by addressing any officer of the Federation, W. O. VANE, New Albany, Ind. St. Luke's Fall Picnic. No outings of the several summers and fall seasons attract more general interest or exceed in enjoyable quality those given by St. Luke's P. E. church. They carry the very best people, give toothsome dinners, and offer a variety of healthful amusements that appeal to the taste of every visitor. They make strangers feel at home by cordial greeting and bring the members and friends of the church into closer communion. The next affair takes place on the 9th of September at Lake View Park. An advertisement in another column will supply additional information. Long Branch Laconics. Long Branch, N. J., Special—Mrs. Susie J. Francis, of 78 Defrees street northeast, Washington, D. C., left on August the 5th, to spend a few weeks with her husband, who is temporarily located at the Branch. Mrs. Francis is a late graduate of Mrs. L. R. Clark's dressmaking school, and has met with much success since she has been in the field. Messrs. John Temple and J. A. Jackson of Washington, who are spending the summer at the Branch, visited up at Red Bank, Sunday and Monday. They report quite a pleasant trip. OUR BOYS HUSTLING. Quite a number of bright boys are now handling The Colored American in many of the principal cities of the country. Many of them are doing remarkably well and are making from $2 to $4 a week. Parents who wish their boys to acquire some knowledge of business can do no better service than to have them sell The Colored American each week. It is a good seller and it will take a boy but a short while to work up a good route. If the boy goes to school he can take the after hours to canvass on his route and can deliver the paper on Saturday morning. We want a few more bright boys. Bring or send in your order at once. Proprietors of the Swift and Commodious Steamer Jane Moseley. This boat has recently been overhauled and thoroughly inspect the United States Government Inspectors, chartered and equipped electric lights and late improvements, and is licensed to carry one and three hundred passengers, has thirty-one state-rooms, three large dining room and saloon lighted by electricity. This company has also purchased Glymont, (Maryland) Exc Grounds of twenty acres with its wharves, cottage and large hotel which is being constantly improved so as to make an ideal river for excursion parties. boat has recently been overhauled and thoroughly insured States Government Inspectors, chartered and equities and late improvements, and is licensed to carry on hundred passengers, has thirty-one state-rooms, the king room and saloon lighted by electricity. A company has also purchased Glymont, (Maryland) of twenty acres with its wharves, cottage and large he being constantly improved so as to make an ideal resi tion parties. This boat has recently been overhauled and thoroughly inspected by the United States Government Inspectors, chartered and equipped with electric lights and late improvements, and is licensed to carry one thousand three hundred passengers, has thirty-one state-rooms, three decks, large dining room and saloon lighted by electricity. This company has also purchased Glymont, (Maryland) Excursion Grounds of twenty acres with its wharves, cottage and large hotel, all of which is being constantly improved so as to make an ideal river resort for excursion parties. Excursions Chartered for Glymont, Rock Point, Norfolk, Newport News and Hampton, Virginia. A limited amount of the stock is now on the market for sale to the public at TEN DOLLARS per share. Buy quickly if you want a first-class investment. Honest Management, Open Accounts, and Prompt Returns. Books are always open to stock 609 F Street Northwest, (Capital S DIRECTION F. M. SIMMS, U. S. Navy Department. WM. L. POLLARD, Law, Real Est. & Loan. F. D. LEE, U. S. Pension Office. LOUIS JEFFERSON, Gen'l Contr'r & Capita JOSEPH N. MAYNE, U. WM. L. POLLARD, Attorney at L. LOUIS JEFFERSON is are always open to stockholders at the office of the Sweet Northwest, (Capital Savings Bank Building). DIRECTORS: HIS, U. S. Navy Department. JAMES L. NEILL, U. S. Pens- ILLARD, Law, Real Est. & Loans. JOSEPH MORRISON, U. S. LA- U. S. Pension Office. H. W. WHITE, U. S. Pension PERSON, Gen'l Contrr'r & Capitalist. C. B. BRAXTON, Contractor. JOSEPH N. MAYNE, U. S Navy Department. VM. L. POLLARD, Attorney at Law and Secretary for the Compan- LOUIS JEFFERSON, General Manager. Books are always open to stockholders at the office of the Secretary 609 F Street Northwest, (Capital Savings Bank Building). DIRECTORS: F. M. SIMMS, U. S. Navy Department. JAMES L. NEILL, U. S. Pension Office. WM. L. POLLARD, Law, Real Est. & Loans. JOSEPH MORRISON, U. S. Land Office. F. D. LEE, U. S. Pension Office. H. W. WHITE, U. S. Pension Office. LOUIS JEFFERSON, Gen'l Contr'r & Capitalist. C. B. BRAXTON, Contractor & Builder. JOSEPH N. MAYNE, U. S Navy Department. WM. L. POLLARD, Attorney at Law and Secretary for the Company. LOUIS JEFFERSON, General Manager. Ninth Street Wharf (Ninth and Water Stroets S.W.) The Vestry and ST. LUKE'S H WILL GI Fifth Annual LAKE VI TUESDAY, SEP Monumenta The Vestry and Congregation OF LUKE'S P. E. CHUR WILL GIVE THEIR Fifth Annual Fall Picnic AT LAKE VIEW PARK TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1902 inumental Orchest --- The Vestry and Congregation ST. LUKE'S P. E. CHURCH WILL GIVE THEIR [PROF, C. H. HAMILTON, LEADER] Pleasure Formerly known as MADBE'S PARK.] Is open for engagements for picnics and outdoor entertainments by Sunday Schools, Churches, Societies and reputable Clubs and individuals for the season of 1902. Run under entirely new auspices, the Excelsior Business Club. Offers the best facilities to car line, as the Berwyn line of cars will let passengers off at the gate of the Park; ONLY ONE FARE. Ample, covered Pavilion. Good water. Enclosed grounds with swings and other improvements. For further information or engagements address, or call at the residence of, Walter R. Franklin, President. 320 Elm Street,N. W., City Will see callers from 4 to 7 o'clock p.m. Read The Col The Colored Ame Read The Colored American Excelsior e hauled and thoroughly inspected by directors, chartered and equipped with s, and is licensed to carry one thous-thirty-one state-rooms, three decks, and by electricity. Used Glymont, (Maryland) Excursion harves, cottage and large hotel, all of so as to make an ideal river resort Holders at the office of the Secretary Savings Bank Building). ATTORS: JAMES L. NEILL, U. S. Pension Office. JOSEPH MORRISON, U. S. Land Office. H. W. WHITE, U. S. Pension Office. ist. C. B. BRAXTON, Contractor & Builder. S Navy Department. New and Secretary for the Company. General Manager. Congregation OF P. E. CHURCH VE THEIR Fall Picnic NEW PARK SEPTEMBER 9, 1902. Orchestra, Jones' Park. Conduit Park. near Rock Spring Club, Take Car at 36th and Prospect Avenue. Meals Served at all Hours. Open all Night. Everything strictly first class. Take F street cars to Georgetown, ask to be put off at Jones'. R E. Lewis, W. H Belt, Proprietors. THE SOUTHERN HOTEL, Good board, steam heat and electric bells. Home comforts, moderate prices. 311 Pa. Av., n. w., Washington, D. O. Fine wines, liquors, cigars and Tobacco. SATTERWHITE & CO., PROPS. ored American OF 18 THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. GLOSSINE The True Hair Grower and Hair Straightener IS FOUND AT LAST. Acts Quicker. Smells Sweeter, and Easier Applied than Any Other Preparation. IT WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF ALL OTHER HAIR TONICS. WHAT GLOSSINE WILL DO. HERE IS A TRUE AND GENEROUS OFFER-Not a Bluff to get your money, but a chance we offer you to secure a beautiful head of hair, besides putting money in your pocket. JUST READ THIS. Now, here is the glorious opportunity we offer you. Remember, GLOSSINE sells at 50c. for an extra large box Now you must send to us only $2.00 and the very moment we receive the money we will at once send to you 12 extra large boxes of GLOSSINE which will sell at retail for 50c. each or $6.00. We exact of you only the following easy conditions, which are easily complied with: 1st. You agree to use it on your own Hair: 2d. Just as soon as you see the improvement in your own Hair (which will be in a few days only after you have commenced to use it) you must talk it up to your friends, showing your own Hair to prove its merits, and, as they will see what it has done for you, they will eagerly buy it. 3d. You are to sell it for no less than 50c. per box, and you are to keep all of the money that you receive for same, to compensate you for your kind efforts in introducing the great remedy in your locality. All we ask is that you act fair with us, and do us all the good you can, by showing the people, white and colored, what GLOSSINE has done for you. REMEMBER, we send you actually $6.00 worth of goods for only $2.00. Why? Because we know it will give you a beautiful head of Hair, and, when the people have seen your Hair, they will buy thousands of boxes. Every one whom you sell a box, white or colored will be a walking advertisement for GLOSSINE. PLEASE DONOT WAIT A MINUTE, but fill out the Coupon and mail to us at once, and after you have received the $6.00 worth of GLOSSINE and seen its good effects you will certainly become our Agent. Remember that GLOSSINE is now recognized as the standard and acme of all Hair Tonics by the best people of the country, who are sending us hundreds of testimonials daily. To Continental Chemical Co., 1700 Lucas Ave., St. Louis, Mo.: Enclosed please find the sum of $2.00, for which please send me at once twelve (12) of your regular extra large boxes of GLOSSINE HAIR TONIC, worth 50c. each, or $6.00 in all. In return for this favor, I hereby bind myself to use GLOSSINE on my own Hair, and to sell all that I do not use at no less than 50c. per package. I also agree not to cut the price under any consideration. And for and in consideration of you allowing me to keep the money that I receive for same, I agree to act as your Agent in the future. But if all that you have told me is not true, you are to return the $2.00 that I hereby send to you. If from sickness or any other good reason, I cannot act as your Agent in the future, I will endeavor to find some one who will take the Agency in my place. To all these agreements I hereby bind myself for the privileges as specified above. If you send only $1.00, 6 boxes, worth $3.00, will be sent to you. This preparation can be obtained at Singleton's Pharmacy Cor. 20th and E streets, Northwest, Washington, D. C. Cures Dandruff, Tetter, Itch, and all Scalp Diseases at once and forever. Straightens curly troublesome Hair in from 7 to 30 days, without the use of hot irons or any other mediums. When the Hair has become straight, which it surely will if you use GLOSSINE, it will stay straight forever. It will stop the Hair from falling out in 2 to 4 days. It will restore Gray Hair to its natural color in 30 to 60 days. It will grow Hair on the baldest head in from 10 to 40 days. It will improve the hair at once. You do not have to wait. Just as soon as it is applied the Hair will become soft, lustrous, pliant, and wavy, so that you can dress it in any style you wish. It has never failed to straighten and beautify the most obstinate, curly, refractory, troublesome Hair, and will be sure to give you supreme satisfaction. It is good for all kinds of Hair for white or colored, for ladies and gentlemen, children or grown-up people, babies, and boys and girls. Good for the Hair, the Mustache, and the Eye-Brows. It is made from roots and herbs and leaves, and is HERE IS A TRUE AND GENEROUS OFFER-Not a Bluff to get JUST READ THIS. Now, here is the glance Now you must send to us only $2.00 and the very which will sell at retail for 50c. each or $6.00. We agree to use it on your own Hair: 2d. Just as so have commenced to use it) you must talk it up to done for you, they will eagerly buy it. 3d. You receive for same, to compensate you for your kind with us, and do us all the good you can, by showing you actually $6.00 worth of goods for only $2.00. have seen your Hair, they will buy thousands of GLOSSINE. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT A MINUTE of GLOSSINE and seen its good effects you will and acme of all Hair Tonics by the best people o $4.00—This Special Tr To Continental Chemical Co. Enclosed please find the sum of $2.00, for HAIR TONIC, worth 50c. each, or $6.00 in sell all that I do not use at no less than 50c. per ation of you allowing me to keep the money that me is not true, you are to return the $2.00 that I the future, I will endeavor to find some one who privileges as specified above. If you send Name Street State FER-Not a Bluff to get your money, but a chance we now, here is the glorious opportunity we offer you $2.00 and the very moment we receive the money, each or $6.00. We exact of you only the air: 2d. Just as soon as you see the improvement, must talk it up to your friends, showing you buy it. 3d. You are to sell it for no less than you for your kind efforts in introducing the people, white and colored for only $2.00. Why? Because we know you buy thousands of boxes. Every one whom NOT WAIT A MINUTE, but fill out the Coupon good effects you will certainly become our Agent, the best people of the country, who are sent. 4.00—This Coupon is worth a Special Trial-Order from Chemical Co., 1700 Lucas Ave. A sum of $2.00, for which please send me at each, or $6.00 in all. In return for this far less than 50c. per package. I also agree not to keep the money that I receive for same, I agree to the $2.00 that I hereby send to you. If I find some one who will take the Agency in my name, If you send only $1.00, 6 boxes, work. Name Street (If any) State This preparation can be obtained at Singleton can be obtained at Singleton's Pharmacy peerless paper THE COLORED AMERICAN, very regularly, and always enjoy its timely contents. Wish every Negro alive to-day could read, and that they would read it each week. It is so rich and good until I hate to have it alone, though rarely part with a copy—in fact never do unless I know the favored party is going to appreciate the treat and read it, and that any sane human being will do. Really your paper is the Omega of high attainment and perfection in the journalistic way. Enclosed find check for $3. With best wishes for your success, I beg to remain your devoted friend, H. G. B. --- --- 4 WE SHALL BE WITH YOU. East Orange, N. J.—Please find enclosed check for my subscription. Hope to see you at our next convention at my old home in Richmond. Must congratulate you on the high excellence of the AMERICAN in both matter and appearance. Best regards and wishes for your future attainments. I am, Very respectfully yours, J. N. V. OMEGA OF ATTAINMENT. Scaife, Ark.—I have received your GLOSSINE THE WONDER QUEEN OF ALL HAIR TONICS FOR DIRECTIONS BEFORE AFTER SEE INSIDE STRAIGHTENS CURLY KINKY KNAPPY HAIR CONTINENTAL CHEMICAL CO ST. LOUIS, MO. your money, but a chance we offer you to secure a b ojorous opportunity we offer you. Remember moment we receive the money we will at once. We exact of you only the following easy com- ponon as you see the improvement in your own in your friends, showing your own Hair to prie are to sell it for no less than 50c. per box, a ed efforts in introducing the great remedy in the people, white and colored, what GLOS Why? Because we know it will give you boxes. Every one whom you sell a box, wh TE, but fill out the Coupon and mail to us and certainly become our Agent. Remember t the country, who are sending us hundreds Coupon is worth $4.00 to the Special-Order Agents , 1700 Lucas Ave., St. Louis which please send me at once twelve (12) off all. In return for this favor, I hereby bind a package. I also agree not to cut the price u I receive for same, I agree to act as your A hereby send to you. If from sickness or an will take the Agency in my place. To all only $1.00, 6 boxes, worth $3.00, will be se P. O. House No. (if any) Press Office At Singleton's Pharmacy Cor. 20th and E s --- offer you to secure a beautiful head of hair, beside after you. Remember, GLOSSINE sells at money we will at once send to you 12 extra following easy conditions, which are easy ment in your own Hair (which will be in your own Hair to prove its merits, and, as man 50c. per box, and you are to keep the great remedy in your locality. All we colored, what GLOSSINE has done for you, now it will give you a beautiful head of Hair you sell a box, white or colored will be on and mail to us at once, and after you he agent. Remember that GLOSSINE is now adding us hundreds of testimonials daily. With $4.00 to You—$4.00 to Agents' Contract Live., St. Louis, Mo.: Once twelve (12) of your regular extra lace wor, I hereby bind myself to use GLOSSINE to cut the price under any consideration to act as your Agent in the future. Be from sickness or any other good reason, be any place. To all these agreements I will with $3.00, will be sent to you. P. O. Use No. (If any) Cor. 20th and E streets, Northwest, W QUICK TO NOTE IMPROVEMENTS Charlotte, N. C.—Your letter of May 20th, enclosing bill on account of subscription, has been received and I enclose herewith check on Charlotte for $2 covering same. I have noticed the several improvements which you have made in THE COLORED AMERICAN, and desire to congratulate you on same. Wishing for your paper the success which it justly merits, I desire to remain Yours very truly, H. J. G. so harml it can do no injury—not even to a three by. Three boxes are sure to comp' ent, and in most instances one bient, It is very cheap—50c. for an e box, or $1.00 for three extra , guaranteed a full and complete tr you will never have to use more tha boxes. After you have used that quan or Hair will be in a perfect condition, an will never have to use any Hair Tonic of and again. It is the greatest wonder of the century, and will take the place of all other Hair Tonics now on the market. No one, after once using GLOSSINE, will use any other Hair Tonic, because there is nothing to equal it in the whole wide world. Everybody be they white or colored, old or young, who will only use it, cannot fail to have a beautiful head of long, fine Hair. It is a wonder and as sure as sunrise. Who is it that will let a $1.00 bill prevent them from having a beautiful head of Hair? beautiful head of hair, besides putting money in your pocket. Hair, GLOSSINE sells at 50c. for an extra large box once send to you 12 extra large boxes of GLOSSINEditions, which are easily complied with: 1st. You Hair (which will be in a few days only after you love its merits, and, as they will see what it has and you are to keep all of the money that you pay your locality. All we ask is that you act fair GLOSSINE has done for you. 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While it is hardly probable that any of the hotel employees or the cottage help will be discharged before the first of September, there will be many persons to leave before that time. The bathing this time of year is excellent. Many of those who were afraid to venture knee deep in the surf are now able to swim quite a distance. Among the many apt ones and those most frequently seen on the beach are Mrs. Freeman, Hobson, Ray, and Miss Brown. The monster minstrel show by the Mathewson waiters Tuesday night was a "howling success." A tent was stretched on the lawn of the hotel and seats to the number of four hundred were taken. The side show of a circus wasn't in it as to the size or fun-making. Forty male voices under the careful training of Bill Orme sang selections, which were applauded with so much fervor that several times the protracted hand-clapping interfered with the regular order of the program. Different quartettes vied with one another in singing their very best. Sketches by comedians, solos, buck and wing dancing, in fact all that went to make up a high-class vaudeville performance. The swell affair of the season was a straw ride to Matunich Beach. The fun-makers were Misses Brown, Boon, Saunders, Watson, Smith, H. Brown; Messdames Hobson, Keene, Ray Freeman, Payne, Alexander; Messers. Orme, Walton, White, Pettigrew, Cooper, Bradley, Hobson Stovall, Ray, Freeman, Payne and Mitchell. With horns, bells, and whistles this merry party left the pier about ten o'clock, returnuntil the small hours of morning. On reaching Matunich this party was met by friends, who had an elaborate supper ready to be served. After coffee, and the male dozen had had cigars, dances were indulged in until the small hours of morning. The Selika Quartette, which was so popular last season, has been making hits at every concert given. Mr. Wm. Brown is still here but will soon leave to meet his wife, who is in New York. He is around such a little, that one would hardly take him to be one of the boys. Harry and Clarence Tignor, on the recommendation of their brother, Dr. Charles Tignor, decided to cast their lot here and seem to be very well pleased with the place. Mr. Frank Nickens is to spend a few days in Boston before returning to Washington. It was suggested by a friend of his that there was a "woman in the case," but not so—it is to see a fellow friend of his. Mr. Fred Taylor will have no end of trouble removing from his walls, and packing the many pictures he has collected. Races, bouts, and sport of all sorts is his hobby. So far this season his standing jump has not been equalled by any one here. Mr. Ferris was here for a couple of days last week. OUR BOYS HUSTLING Quite a number of bright boys are now handling The Colored American in many of the principal cities of the country. Many of them are doing remarkably well and are making from $2 to $4 a week. 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STUDY MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT THE Louisville National Medical College FIFTEENTH YEAR. Recognized by all State Boards. All buildings are the property of the School, and have been entirely remodeled with fully equipped Laboratories and Hospital. Nearly 100 Graduates in various parts of the country, every one of them enjoying a lucrative practice. School of Medicine. Four years of six months each. Session continues throughout the year. Each session is divided into four terms of three months each. Attendance upon any two terms entitles student to credit for one year's attendance. Terms: January, April, July and October, Examinations at end of each term. Students may enter at beginning of any term. Department of Pharmacy. Two years, six months each session is divided into two terms of three months each. For further information and Catalogue address W. A. BURNEY, M. D., Dean, Louisville, Ky. --- --- 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. THE NATIONAL COLORED Teachers Bureau 459 C St., N. W. Washington, D. C. TEACHERS WANTED. Pays for professional lectures, board and room rent for one term. By the Quarterly System is offered unrivaled opportunities for those who must retain teaching positions as a means of livelihood, and yet desire to study Medicine. 15 EDUCA IONAL. President HORACE BUMSTEAD, D.D. 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. GEO H. SAFORD Secretary. HOWARD UNIVERSITY THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. Lessons of the Hour. HANGED BECAUSE HE WAG NOT GOOD LOCKING A slaveman traded a New York slave and advanced Him to a slave market. Characcer was arrested and his asses- sess tried. The Officers searched from the slave market and found a Tree on the land. Uncle Sam: What Strange Things Happen in This Country—the "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave." Uncle Sam: What Strange Things Happen in This Country—the "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave." 16 ```markdown ``` Miss L. K Smallwood and sister are summering at New York and Newport. Song services at Galbraith A. M. E. Zion church, at 8 o'clock. Silver offering at the door Mr. Thomas B. Crane, of Richmond stopped over Sunday last on his way home from Atlantic City. Mr. Charles J Pickett is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Stafford at their summer home in Michigan. Misses Melvina Lyvers and Beatrice Martin are enjoying the refreshing breezes of the Eastern Shore. Board and lodging can be had at 1642 10th street, n. w., by persons stopping in Washington for a few days. Mrs. Alice Moore Dunbar left Thursday for Wilmington, Del. where she has accepted a position in the High School. Mrs. Wesley Stafford who has been spending the summer with her sister, Mrs. Paris Lyvers, has returned to her home in New York City. Miss Mary Hicks, of Lousville, Ky., and Miss Jennie Portor, of Cincinnati, spent several days here this week, en route home from Atlantic City. Mr. A. E. Manning of Indianapolis, Ind., was in the city last Saturday and Sunday en route from Atlantic City to the Business League at Richmond. Hon. J. C. Napier of Nashville, Tenn., was in Washington the latter part of last week. Mr. Napier attended the Business League in Richmond. Miss Annie M. Clarke, of New York City, who has been visiting her mother ta 437 S street northwest, will return to New York about the 5th of September. Mr. and Mrs. Travis Ross, of Washington, D.C., announces to their many friends, the engagement of their daughter, Zeta E to Dr, J. L. Johnson, of Ohio. Next week's issue of The Colored American will contain a full account of the proceedings of the Business League held in Richmond, Va, this week. Mrs. C. W. Lewis is spending a few days at Atlantic City. She will remain there ten days and from there she will go to Brooklyn, N. Y., to visit her sister. Messrs. E. E. Cooper and R. W. Thompson, of The Colored American, attended the meeting of the National Negro Business League in Richmond this week. Mme. Smallwood's fall and winter course will open at 1513 Madison street, the first of September as usual. Pupils can register at any time from the above residence. While in Atlanta, Mrs. L. R. Clarke had eighteen applications for teacherships form different schools through ont the South, some of them among the largest in their states. Mrs. M. A. Madden and her two daughters, Misses Edith and Gertrude are now summering with the family of Dr. George W. Cabuaniss at his beautiful countrp residence near Falls Church, Va. Mrs. Katie Ware. of 406 O street, n. w, returned Tuesday of last week from Ordmore, Pa, where she spent three weeks visiting her brother. Mrs. Ware also visited Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia, Pa., Wilmington, Del., and Atlantic City, N. J. Mr Nathan Bivins, formerly of this city, now residing in New York City, will be in Washington during the G. A. R. Mr. Bivins, it will be remembered is the author of a number of popular songs. "You were never introduced to me" and "You can join this show" are two of his latest hits. Mr. Bivins' New York address is 1260 Broadway. The new Armstrong Manual Training School here will be opened at the same time the other buildings are put into operation. The equipment is perfect and is being arranged systematically by Principal W. Bruce Evans, who is one of the best authorities in the county on manual training and the machinery necessary to its proper development. The opening occurs September 221, and then or at a later date the formal dedication will take place, when it is expected that Dr Booker T. Washington will be the principal speaker of the occasion. The Colored American is a newspaper, a magazine and a staunch race advocate, A Monthly Magazine devoted to the educational interests of the Negro in Music will make its initial appearance Septen ber 15th 1902. The object for launching this journal upon the sea of musical activities, is: To touch the Negro at once with a medium. To form the Negro at once with a medium through which he can express his thoughts, theories and experiences bearing upon the deeightful art of music. To bring a means of culture in the Negro home that will inspire, enlighten and educate him along all branches of the art. To bring before our teachers, students and music lovers, the best thoughts, discoveries, theories and discussions, the ablest writers of the day can give; here communications or contributions which will help the Negro towards a better knowledge and appreciation of the Musical Art are solicited from all source. AGENTS are wanted all over the country to represent The NEGRO MUSIC JOURNAL. Those desiring to become agents can write for information Now is the time for our young folks to obtain employment. Ladies make fine agents as well as gentlemen We are going to pay our agents liberal sums. Write for information. Those desiring to begin with the first number can forward the subscription price and the Journal will be mailed to your address on coming from the press. Single copies, 10 cents. Yearly subscription, $1.00. J. HILLARY TAYLOR AGNES CARROLL Editor Asst. Editor Address all communications to— Twentieth Century Negro Literature This book contains One Hundred Treatises on Thirty-Eight General Topics in which the negro problem is viewed from every possible standpoint. No work could more fully represent the higher stratum of negro citizenship. It will furnish the basis of future calculations on all race subjects. There are 100 PORTRAITS AND 100 BIOGRAPHIES of the writers. To see the pictures and read the lives of the hundred most prominent negroes is to have a fair knowledge of the entire race. Over 700 large pages and retails at $2.50 in cloth, postpaid. AGENTS. We want 5,000 canvassers at once to Introduce this great book. Highest commissions paid. Books on credit. 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THE NO-SMELL thrown in the Any person sending us one dollar in a letter to Post-Office money order, express money order or registered letter, we will send it through the mail postage prepaid; or if you want it sent C. O. D. will receive by express 25c extra. It will come by express. 25c. ext. In any case where it fails to do what we claim we will return the money or send a box free of charge. Packed so that no one will know cont tents except receiver. CRANE AND CO. 122 west Broad St RICHMOND, VA. Mr. Robert T. Douglass, of the Capital Savings Bank, is in Atlantic City. 2 ACOLLEGEPRESIDENT. FINDS ABLE COLORED MEN AT SEASIDE HOTEL. Observations that Lead to a Thoughtful Study of The Race Problem- Two Systems of Education Necessary to Symmetrical Deleopment-Mr McCormick Offers Wise Counsel. Recently the writer spent two or three weeks in the beautiful seaside town of Spring Lake, New Jersey. In this resting place, in the beautifully kept hotel, the Wilburton by the Sea, he was much impressed with the appearance and the demeanor of the young men of the African race who composed the force of attendants at the hotel. On inquiry he discovered that these young men came from different parts of the country, from different employments in life, and that all of them were industrious, intelligent, of excellent habits, and that many of them were students in the various higher institutions of learning, both in the North and in the South. From observation and from in- [Name] Prof. S. B. McGormick. quiry he found that what was true of the young men in this hotel was true of those who were in other hotels at the same place. This was most abundantly verified when opportunity was given to the writer to preach in their church on a Sabbath evening. The service was held at a later hour than is customary, in order that the members might finish their evening duties in time to attend, and when the hour arrived the church, which was most tastefully arranged, was crowded to its utmost capacity with the worshipers. The service was conducted by a young man, a student in a Southern college, and it was conducted with a dignity and an ability not surpassed by the ordinary student in any college. The congregation was earnest, attentive, devout, and while no attempt was made to discover the fact, it is doubtless true that there were as many college men in the audience as could be found in any ordinary congregation, North or South. For the preacher the occasion was a most enjoyable one, and awakened some reflections with regard to the present and the possible development of the colored race in our country. The problem of educating the race, of creating a high type of intelligent, upright, self-governing manhood and womanhood, of establishing habits of industry and thrift among the great masses of people in the Southland is, of course, a problem of great magnitude. Its solution, lies however, in the race itself, and in the gradual process of developing leaders among them who will be able to see clearly, advise wisely, work patiently, teach effectively and preach with untiring faithfulness the duty of patience, in- THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. Q dustry, thrift, virtue and Christian fortitude. The problem will not be solved by establishing institutions of higher learning and teaching students a little mathematics, a little science, a little Latin and Greek, and a little psychology. The problem will not be solved by establishing industrial schools and teaching a little arithmetic and a little geography, and devoting the remainder of the time to instruction in physical employments. It will be solved by doing both things, establishing higher institutions wherein may be furnished an opportunity equal to that given in any institution in all the land, wherein may be turned out young men and women with educated minds, established characters, generous hearts, broad outlook, who are able to be the teachers and the leaders of the people, inspiring them year by year to a higher intelligence, to a holier living, to a more patient industry, and to a loftier attainment in citizenship and in life. The process will not, of course, be swift: it can be fully accomplished only with the most patient and persevering effort. There must be recognition of the dignity and manliness of labor. In a multitude of instances there must be, through skillful instruction along industrial lines, a gradual development of an intelligence that will be possible only after the lapse of long years of higher mental effort. Efforts that have resulted in little or nothing have been put forth; other efforts with similar results will be made in the future. It is only through making mistakes and correcting them; it is only through putting forth effort that is fruitless, and thereby learning how to put forth effort that is fruitful, that races have reached higher stages of civilization and have developed higher forms of manhood and womanhood. It is gratifying, however, and most encouraging, to know that both on the part of the white people, who were interested in the welfare of their African brethren, and on the part of the colored race itself there are multitudes of earnest Christians well disposed, intelligent, far-seeing men and women, who are engaged together, both in the North and in the South, in helping to solve this great problem, and to solve it successfully. The writer has visited schools in the South, and has seen young men and young women in them equal in intelligence, in moral purpose, in trained self-control, with the young people of our land. Herein lies the hope of the race. Give to the chosen ones the best education that is possible; give to all such education as may be necessary to make them successful men and women as they engage in their daily tasks on farm, in factory, in store and shop. Do not deny to any the opportunity to attain a higher place. Make it possible for all to advance step by step to something better. With patience and courage, with wisdom and grace, the problem is being solved, and with credit to all who are helping to solve it. S. B. McCORMICK. President Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. THE AMPHIONS SCORE AGAIN. The ever-popular Amphion Glee Club gave their second moonlight excursion of the season last Saturday evening of last week—that's all. The River Queen was crowded, as usual, when this organization announces an entertainment, and the weather was ideal for a sail upon the placid bosom of the broad Potomac. The ladies were down early, looking as charming as June roses, in natty costumes, and the masculine contingent was on hand to see that they lacked nothing to round out the pleasure of the hour. Director J. Henry Lewis, was there, conspicuously in evidence, attending to a thousand and one business details. He was fresh from his Atlanta trip, and the enthusiasm he felt over the successful outcome of the musical end of the congress spread to all who came into his cheery presence. The club was never in better voice, and on the return trip they rendered a number of selections appropriate to the occasion. Everybody was sorry when the band played "Home Again"—and it was generally agreed to ask the Amphion to give a "farewell encore" before the chill of autumn comes on. MASONIC. The members of Mecca Temple Order of the Mystic Shriners and Sir Knights of the four subordinate Commanderies Simon's No. 1. Henderson No. 2, Getth semane No. 8, Mount Calvary No. 4 have united to give two grand moonlight excursions on the steamer Jane Moseley Saturday, August 30th and September 6th to Indian Head and Glymont, tickets 25 cents. The boat to leave at 6:30 p.m. Every lodge is entitled to a ticket for a plate of ice cream on the excursions of August 30 and Sept. 6th. Sir Edward Toles has been appointed Grand Marshal of the joint excursion of Knights Templar and Shriners August 30 and Sept. 6th. Sir Knight George S. Newman, and Sir Knight Paul R Stewart attended the committee meeting together on Sunday. Watch the result. Purchase tickets at once for the moonlight excursion, Saturdays August 30th and September 6th The tall Sycamore, Sir N. E. Weatherless will be Noble Weatherless before the excursion of August 30 and September 6. Look at him with his Turkish fez. Sir Clem Smith, Sir J. L. Johnson and Sir A. H Stevens, of Anacostia promise to bring 500 persons for the excursion of Saturday, August 30th and September 6th. Sirs John W. Freeman, J. D. Howard, Julius Warren, Paul R Steward, F. J. Cardozo, Charles D. Freeman will sell ice cream on the moonlight excursion of August 30th and September 6th. "Is I gwining with the Mystic Swimers and Night Templars on the moonlight excursion Saturday, August 30th and September 6th? Well you can bet your boots, I always was fond of Swine. Sir Knight William A Carter, Sir Knight George Martin Sir Knight John George are distributing night and day the green cards for August 30 and September 8th Read and pass to near neighbor. Illus. Potentate Richard L Gaines and the members of Mecca Temple will sell the lemonade on the moonlight excursion Saturdays August 30 h and September 6th. Watch that lemonade, police may get you." Sir Knights N. E. Weatherless, W. H. J. Mavn, R. W. Tempkins and John P. Turner hold a joint caucus every evening at 4 o'clock, 7th and F streets northwest. Watch the result Saturday August 30 and September 6. Sir Samuel H West is the chairman of the general committee and Sir H L Livingston, Eminent Commander of Henderson No. 2, vice chairman of the two moonlight excursions August 30th and September 6th. Watch the results Sir Knight George W. Jones, who raised Henderson's commandery from the ashes declares that his commandery will have the largest representation on the joint excursion of August 30 and September 6. You are not in it. Sir Knight Jones; watch Sivons. "The tall sycamore of Pythagoras" Sir Nelson E. Weatherless, was unanimously elected chairman of the executive committee of the joint excursion. That means a grand success August 80 h and September 6th. Let every Sir Knight follow where Weatherless leads. St. Luke's Fall Picnic. No outings of the several summers and fall seasons attract more general interest or exceed in enjoyable quality those given by St. Luke's P. E. church. They carry the very best people, give toothsome dinners, and offer a variety of healthful amusements that appeal to the taste of every visitor They make strangers feel at home by cordial greeting and bring the members and friends of the church into closer communion The next affair takes place on the 9th of September at Lake View Park. An advertisement in another column will supply additional information. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS THE M'KINLEY HOUSE, 489 Missouri Ave. Near 6 St, First-class accommodations for all An up-to-date Hotel for colored people. Rooms neatly furnished, linens clean, and prices within reach of all. Meals and Lunches served at all hours. The PORTER : HOUSE ; CAFE 103 6th St., N. W. Wines, Liquors and Cigars.—A full line of the choicest liquors, the best brands of cigars and the coolest beer in Washington. BROWN & SMITH, Proprietors. HOTEL CLYDE, 475 MISSOURI AVE, N.W. First-Class Accomodations For Ladies and Gentlemen. Hot and Cold Baths. MRS. ALICE E. HALL, Proprietress. --- MRS. D. T. GIBBONS WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING and RETAIL CONFECTIONER. 523 4½ Street Southwest, WASHINGTON, D. C. Wedding Cakes Made and Parties Furnished at Short Notice Ice Cream All Year Round W. H FISHER DYER AND CLEANER, 709 9th St. n. w Washington 1407 14th St. n w Telephone 1154. "TALK OF THE TOWN." Gray's special supper served every Sunday from 6 to 10 p. m., at their Cafe under Odd Fellows Hall is attracting large crowds to their establishment. Special supper with hot [home-made] Rolls only 25 cents N. B. Ice cream wholesale and retail. Phone 1597-3 Gray & Bro., PROPRIETORS. Whelan's Market Everything the best at the lowest Prices. A full supply of Fresh Meats received daily. Cor. 3rd and C ts., N. W. M. J, WHELAN. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. A LETTER FROM AFRICA. Mr. George W. Ellis Writes of his Trip to Monrovia and The Places Visited A Glowing Description of London's Famous Tower. West Minster Abbey and The Art Gallery. Mr. George W. Ellis, of Kansas, well-known by his capable service in the United States Census office, contributes to this issue a highly interesting newsletter, which will be found below. It will be remembered that Mr. Ellis left the country with Dr. J. R. A. Crossland, directly after the latter had been confirmed as Minister to Liberia. On his way to Africa, he stopped in Liverpool, Las Palmos, Madera and Sierra Leone, and being of an observant turn of mind, Mr. Ellis saw many things strange and interesting. He promises to give our readers from time to time, some glimpses of scenes and incidents, together with studies of the social characteristics found in and about the Republic of Liberia. He congratulates The Colored American upon its brave and just fight upon Census Director Merriman, for his inexcusable discriminations against colored clerks, and desires to be remembered to inquiring friends, assuring them that he is very much alive. MR. ELLIS' GRAPHIC LETTER. MONROVIA, LIBERIA, July 24, 1902. Editor Colored American: You are the editor of a great and splendid paper. Wise and fearless in its editorials, rich and varied in its news, lofty in its tone, and patriotic in its sentiments, The Colored American addresses itself to the thoughtful reader, without the fear of a successful rival. In its columns I have noticed nothing inconsistent with friendship. So that personally, as well as generally, I am pleased to address you across the continents and the seas. I have contemplated writing you ere this, but the privilege has been denied me, by the claims of changing climates and hostile environments. I regret very much that your communication of April 17, reached me at Monrovia. It found me with the chills and fever, and passing through the stage of acclimation. The United States Minister John R. A. Crossland, was accorded every privilege and courtesy to which his position entitled him and therefore made my passage from New York to Monrovia, a most pleasant one. To me, however, the high-water mark was reached in London. You know we are accustomed to think of this city as the great financial center of the world. But it is more than a mere place where standards are changed and fixed.The casual observer will be startled by the extended hands of London's poor, reaching for the pittance of a penny. But the student of sociology will be encouraged; for be hind those puny hands, he will see, a progressive increase in general com fort, and a civilization grand and magnificent. Here all the students find joy and inspiration. The young scientist recalls the discoveries of Newton and Kepler, Tyndall, Darwin and Huxley. The infant philosopher may dream all the dreams of ancient philosophy in the land of Locke, Berkley and Spencer and realize all the glory of modern thought. To the man of letters, treading the soil where sleep the great English bards, Chaucer, Dryden and Goldsmith, Wadsworth, Milton and Shakespeare, there comes a pleasure felt alone by the "Liberati." LONDON BRIDGE I took a glimpse at outer and inner London in passing by. I saw her beautiful Tower Bridge in striking contrast with the great London bridge. While beneath, the Thames was playing its foaming sports, the enormous and immense traffic was crowding by. And beyond I could see the Market, the Custom House, the famed and historic Tower. HOUSES OF PARLIAMEN 3. I took several views of the Houses of Parliament and was impressed with the one from Westminster Bridge. In Tudor Gothic architecture they rise imposingly on 8 acres of ground. They contain the beautifully canopied throne of the King. Their corridors are richly decorated with frescoes and adorned with statuary. They contain the "Royal Gallery," where they hang the celebrated frescoes of Machise, "The Death of Nelson," and "The Meeting of Wellington and Blucher after Waterloo." They contain the scenes where for centuries, the policies of Crown and people met in mortal combat for the prizes of supremacy. And they recall the eloquent triumphs of Fox and Pitt and Burke; and suggest the beautiful and unbroken story of England's social and industrial progress. WESTMINSTER ABBEY. Near by the visitor pauses at West Minster Abbey, the greatest historical building in London. In the form of a Latin cross it is of Gothic architecture, with its nave, choir and transcepts of early English style. It contains the spot where since the coronation of William the Conquerer, "Plantagenets, Tudors, Stuarts and Hanoverian dynasties in turn have crowned their kings and queens. In the shrine of Edward the Confessor, are monuments and recumbent figures of departed sovereigns. There are the burial places of Elizabeth, Queen Mary, the murdered princes, and Mary Queen of Scotts in equal honor with Mary and Queen Anne. And in the Poets' Corner is a monument to William Shakespeare, the master singer of world songs. Is there any wonder that Dickens wrote "A visit to Westminster Abbey is a thing to remember and respect." THE TOWER. Next to the Abbey in historical interest is the Tower. Here Richard II abdicated in favor of Henry IV. You recall how dark Shakespeare painted Richard the III. When Buckingham asked Richard III: "Now my lord, what shall we do if we perceive Lord Hastings will not yield to our complots?" Shakespeare had Richard to say: "Chop off his head; Something we will do."—— In this same tower Richard murdered the young princes of Edward IV, and buried their remains, now in the Abbey, beneath the staircase. In the "Wars of the Roses" you remember this Tower was the prison for those who in turn became the victims of defeat. And in the religious contests of the 16th century it opened its dungeons to two queens of Henry VIII, besides Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Thomas Moore. THE NELSON MONUMENT. To England's distinguished sons there are monuments and there are monuments. But the one at Trafalgar Square is incomparably without a rival. Beautiful, imposing, magnificent, its lofty height is surmounted by the full figure of a man, while its rectangular base is adorned by lions in repose. Rising in one splendid column, it was erected by a grateful England to the hero of Trafalgar Bay. It represents the defeat of Napoleon no less than the glory of Nelson, whose fame, love and stone, have combined to make immortal. To be one of: "Those dead sceptered sovereigns. Who still rule us from their urns." THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY. A man of your splendid talents knows that art appeals to the eye like music to the soul. How I lingered in this gallery! It is to London what the Royal Collections are to Madrid, Munich and Dresden, Florence and St. Petersburg. On the walls are the masterpieces of the master-painters. The greatest of Hogarth, Gainsborough, Turner and Reynolds, hang in equal honor with those of Rembrandt and Van Dyck, Raphael and Michelangelo. Of the many, I note but one, a picture of double interest. It adds to historical truth, the wealth of beauty. It represents Dante loving at first sight. One Summer's evening, beneath an Italian cloudless sky, beautiful, charming, captivating Beatrice, with her attendants, walks in Florence along the Arno. All at once, she comes suddenly upon Dante! He is so abashed that he shrinks and grasps his heart, and fixing his gaze upon this beauty, surrenders captive to a passionate love! This painting gives to the world another Romeo, but it gives no Juliet! She became his ideal. He made her the heroine in his "Alivina Commedia." He fancied he fondled her in his arms and kissed her in his dreams. She was to him a greater inspiration than the pictured Muse in the Vatican at Rome. And in his "Vita Nouva," he sang this patriotic strain: "Then Love said, 'Now shall all things be made clear; Come and behold our lady where she lies; These 'wildering fantasies Then carried me to see my lady dead. Even as I there was led, Her ladies with a veil were covering her; And with her was such very humbleness, That she appeared to say, 'I am at peace.'" The Editor's Corner. Dear readers, let us pause for a little herat-to-heart talk. Have you received a small pink slip, asking you to remit the amount of your subscription today? If so, it means that you are sadly in arrears and we hope by this simple method to arrouse you to prompt action in the direction indicated. In other words, we wish you to send us the money you owe for which by letter and bill we have repeatedly ask you to pay. These statements have been sent to people high in church, official and business standing, who enjoy an ample income and would not miss the small sum demanded; but the returns have been so few and slow that we are at a loss to know the reason why. We are giving the nation a splendid paper. As all can see, commendatory letters come to us from every station, and from every walk of life. There is something interesting and profitable to all classes and conditions of readers, and our steadfast contention for Negro manhood, for larger opportunities for development, for sturdy independence, and helpful portrayal of the best in Negro character and achievement combine to make the Colored American pre-eminently the paper for the people. In our columns you will find the scholarship of the magazine, the sprightliness of the up-to-date journal, the spicy variety of the progressive newspaper, the scintillating sparkle of the modern "feature" periodical and the sledge-hammer blows of the uncompromising race champion. Now it costs money to keep such a large institution in regular and systematic operation. With expenses heavy, even when the strictest economy is observed, your delinquency increases our bill for stamps, clerk hire and stationery, to say nothing of the wear and tear upon our nerves and optimistic philosophy. Is a further hint necessary? We want everybody to have the Colored American, and should regret to use the pruning-knife on a subscription list embracing so many who are personal friends. Whether you get a notification slip or not, do us the kindness to remit at THE COLORED AMERICAN IS "IT." There are several little popcorn editors, who are trying to nag at Editor Cooper, of The Colored American. These little fellows remind us of a fly that tried to straighten an elephant's snout, because he kept wagging his tail. Go on, Brother Cooper, the Afro-American press of the United States endorses you. Your paper is worth more to the race, than fifty million of the other fellows.—Western World, Oklahoma City. SALOONS FritzReuter's WASHINGTON, D.C. HOTEL AND RESTAURANT 451, 453, 455, 457 Penn. Ave. 202, 208 and 210 41 St. Northwest MOORE & PRIOLEAU, Sparta - Bullet and Cafe 1216 Pa. Av. Wash., D. C. Fine wines, liquors and cigars, Hot Free Lunch Every Day. Ladies will receive special attention in Dining Room upstairs. Jas. F. Keenan, Rectifier and Wholesale Liquor Dealer, Elegant Club Whiskey a Specialty Importer of Fine Wines, Brand- ies, Gins, Etc 462 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. ...C. H. NAUGHTON... LIQUORS AND SEGARS FINE WINFS. Harper & Wilson a specialty; 1926 Fourteenth St., Northwest. Gray & Costley WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS Ladies and Gentlemen's Dining Room n stairs. The best of service guaranteed 1313 E Street N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. Chris.Xander's QUALITY HOUSE, 909 7th st. NW. Established 36 years ago. The largest wholesale stock in town of the most exquisite, faultless wines and distillates (in all 240 kinds.) at Chris Xander's modern prices no others can compete quality and purity with any of his goods. His liquors are absolutely free from fusel poison. [Nobranch houses.] Phone 1425 W. M. DRURY'S RESTAURANT 1100 20th St., corner L. N. W, Washington. D. O. SANTAL-MIDY Standard remedy for Gleet, Gonorrhoea and Runnings N 48 HOURS Cures Kid- ner and Bladder Troubles. THE COLORN> AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. See _— A re r ‘ Fs . 3 t ty 4 AN ELOQUENT DENIAL. BY GEN’L ROBERT ST, G DYRENFORTH Command-in-Chief Union Veterans Union- His Ringing Words to Ghz Veterans gf the War of 1861-The Message of Cneer and Gcod Will to Negro Veterans, - ~*~ We trust that every patriot and es- pecially every Negro veteran of the civil war has read and thoroughly di- gested the ringing words of Gen.Dyren- forth, the Commander in Chief of the Union Vets’. Union, published by the Washington Post in its issue of Mon- day, the eighteenth instant, touching the disgraceful failure of the forces which have dominated American poli- tics since the close of the war to yield to the Negro and to conserve for him Bienes | eee ee. = ease i g & as s aoe " A? seer e iF $ x f. ot ee l aa he - eee a : Bo ne 7 2 el Rois Es - 2 eae LA ae 2% ary « = e ok cone x So) 6s = GEN'L. R ST.G DYRENFORTH. the rights for which he fought so va- liantly and faithfully in the war ef 1861, from the moment his services were accepted to the close of that strug- gle. General Dyrenforth has a just and exact comprehension of the political situation and evinces an appreciatioa, rare among our white fellow-citizens, of course the deep sense of injustice and humiliation which Negroes in this country without exception feel with re- lation to the systematic, ingenious, and devilish denial of all their rights, both political and economic, without discrimination as to capacity or worth and with apparently perfect oblivious- ness of the fact that he and his for- bears have labored faithfully, first to build up the prosperity of the country and then with conspicious bravery, to save it from extinction as a political entity. The General's manly words have found echo in the hearts and minds of our people, the most grateful race on earth, who are ever ready to respond with full hearts to the touch and voice of a noble spirit which encourages them in their upward march to the consumation of that high destiny which, under the favor of Almighty God, we ardently believe is already firmly fixed in the Book of Fate. ‘Nor must we fail to fully appreciate the weight which will attach itself io General Dyrenforth’s utterances among the white people of the country. Des- perate as our condition has often seem- ed, sad and desparing as we have often been forced to feel, yet hope has been as often ‘reawakened, the fires of our homely industries, again rekindled and patience and philosophy recalled to our aid, because we still trust in and rely upon the great American Conscience and the final justice of American hearts. Will they successfully resist the appeals of such men as Gen. Dyren- ee ee: ee |) ee. a oe, merely asking for a chance at the op- portunities of life—the well known “white man’s chance.” The Colored American desires to do honor to General Dyrenforth. It be- lieves it can in no wise more fullydo its duty to its readers, especially to that large contingent of them who “wore the blue” than to tell them something of the personality of this true friend and brave gentleman. First, he is a true and loyal Ameri- can. He derives his first title to this distiction by having been born in this country fifty-eight years ago. Next, he is the product of our great American public school system, though his cul- ture was subsequently broadened by 4 liberal education Hoth in this country and in France and Germany. He has received “many honorary degrees, among them Doctor of Philosophy, Doc- tor of Medicine and Doctor of Laws. He is an authority in many technical matters especially in all branches of engineering. Though in a foreign land in 1861, he hastened home and three days after the fall of Fort Sumpter, at the call of his country, he laid down his peaceful pursuits and entered the army of the United States, continuing therein uninterruptedly until 1866, serving with conspicuous bravery not only as a line officer but also most bril- liantly on the staff of General Rosen- crans and as both a signal and an en- gineer officer. His literary attainments in addition to his military experience procured for him a most flattering compliment in his selection as a war correspondent for one of our metropolitan dailies dur- ing the Austro-Prussian war of 1866. ' In 1871 he entered the civil service of the Government pursuant to ap- pointment in the Patent office. Here his exceptional ability and his techni- cal education at once made him a marked man, and he rose steadily, be- coming Prin. Ex. in a little more than two years, until he reached the honora ble position of Commissioner of Pat- ents, from which he retired in 1885 upon his resignation, remaining in said office for a period beyond the date of his proposed retirement as fixed by himself, at the pexsonal request of President Cleveland. | Since leaving the civil service he has devoted himself with pronounced suc- cess to the practice of patent and cor- poration law. He has always been keenly interested in the welfare of the Veterans of the War of the Rebellion and while in perfect harmony with the purposes and patriotic character of the Grand Army of the Republic, being still a member thereof, he in common with many others of the thinkers ir that body soon came to perceive that it was not the ultimate for the Union Veteran, that his rights demanded the conservatism of another and a still | more honorable organization. This conviction led to the formation of the Union Veterans’ Union, which may be described as the Grand Army of the Re- public in the superior degree. General Dvrenforth was elected Com- mander in Chief of the Union Veterans’ Union first in 1899 and has been re- elected yearly since. He is now serv- ing his fourth term in that office. His unusually brilliant military rec- ord, his high attainments as a scholar and a scientist. his perfect equipment as a man of affairs, his wide acquaint- ance with the brighest and most influ- ential men in all the higher walks of life and his personal popularity have made his selection almost idealistic and have ‘given the organization an impe- tus which is felt even by its humblest member and is seen in the marked in- erease in its membership. It should be explained that the Un- jon Veterans’ Union, that sublime es- sence of the Grand Army of the Renub- eg: ers ee eS ee ee ee ae eee It is also emphatically and specific- ally a political organization and in this regard differs widely and intention- ally from the Grand Army of the Re- public. It is not essentially a Republican organization nor is it a Democratic one as those terms are employed in current politics. As General Dyrenforth ters- ly puts it—“it is not partisan, nor is it the tail to any party’s kite, but it is in politics for good government, for the logical results of the cause for which its members fought, for proper and ad- equate recognition of the men who of- fered their lives that the nation might live, and for equal political rights to all our citizens. One of its chief cares is the political welfare of the Negro, whether as a Un- ion veteran or merely a member of the body politic. Read the terrific Columbiad of Gen- eral Dyrenforth which will be found in another column of this issue and which is there published in its unexpur- gated form, just as it came from his lips and not as it appeared in mutilated shape in the Post of Monday. Has it not the ring of the true met- al. It is not absolutely sincere? Does it not typify the true American con- science to whose right impulses we are confident we shall not much longer ap- peal in vain? It is true that there is one command of colored veterans in the District of Columbia and that the order flourishes in greater or less degree in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas, but is it not remarkable and almost inexplicable that the colored veterans whose brav- ery and love of country are conceded even where their dearest political rights are withheld do not more gener- ally ally themselves with this organi- zation and support with their members and their enthusiasm a body one of whose cardinal principles is that their rights to untrammeled political action and to a decent chance to enter the business activities of the great and growing country shall be secured and maintained? The more one looks into the career of such men as General Dyrenforth and learns what bravery and sterling force of character it requires to take the stand enunciated by him in the face of the pronounced adverse sentiment against our elevation, the more deeply must he admire and revere such charac- ters. Ballot box stuffing, murder and in- timidation have indeed given place to more ingenious but less unlawful meth- ods. The elimination of the Negro from our politics is the present euphe- mism and this is sought to be accom- plished by peaceful methods—such as the grandfather clause, ability to read and express selected parts of State con- stitutions and other subterfuges, all designed to confuse, let us say obfus- cate, the black man’s mind and thus de- prive him of his rights as a freeman and a citizen. The Union Veterans'Union is pledged to correct all this by agitation, by ap- peals to the higher law of the land and to the better instincts of this great Christian country and by thus creating a sentiment of justice of which the Ne- gro will be the chief beneficiary. Will the colored veterans of the coun- try awake to a proper and abiding sense of their own interests? Will they not properly appreciate the objects and aspirations of this grant organization and the substantial char- acter and standing of General Dyren- forth and the other noble men who direct its energies? General Dyrenforth is a most accessi- ble man. 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Dr Lipes willsend you a trial treatment entirely free of charge to prove to you that he can do as he claims. : Write to dav, telling the doctor what you wish to be cured of ‘and receive the free treatment for it by return mail. There are no conditions whatever. Dr Lipes’ generous offer is meant for everybody who suffers from diserse in any of its various forms Address Dr U. C Lipes 1677 Stevenson Building, Indianapolis. Ind... No ons should miss this grand Spprtunity (f securing the benefits of thedoctor’s latest discovery since it costs you nothing. pondence is published by consent of both gentlemen. WasnHineton, Aug, 21, 1903. Gen. R. G. Dyrenrorti, : City. My Dear Sir:— In behalf of the millions of loyal, good and true colored citizens of this country I wish to thank you for your ‘able defense of them in this morning's Post. No one could have done better, and none are so peculiarly situated a3 to do it so well as you have done. It is such a fad these days to misrey resent colored people and it is so se dom that men of standing and influ: ence speak in their behalf, that when one does, it is like the cool, refreshing drink of water to the weary traveler in the desert of Sahara. Men of your kind have been the ber con lights of progress and liberty in all ages, and my prayer is that your tribe may increase. . Again I reiterate to you the gratitude of ten millions of loyal hearts. Most truly, (Signed) Jupson W-. Lyons. ‘August 22, 1902. Hon. Jcpson W. Lyons, Register of the T-easury. Washington, D. C- My Dear Sir:— I have the honor to acknowledge 1* ceipt of your letter of yesterday, '2 which you express approval of my Po wo yoie So= as -eiierneelelea Continued on ffth pase ee ee Ce ee oe eee 3 ee eee baie a fee ae ee ean . “i F SC Ee a J 2 ee re eee Te ee et Ss SE a pene i emergent eh em eae em mr emma aI I Di a a TT a TE ES Lee a ene a » : An Eloquent Denial. Continued from Furth Page. SS ee ee ee eee sition with regard to our colored fel- jow-citizens and courteously commend the manner 1n which the subject is pre- sented. My feelings in the matter are, how- «ver, much more interest than it would, wuch more intense than it would, yerhaps, be well to express publicly. In early boyhood, at school in Ohio, I suffered intensely from full knowledge of the horrors of slavery, at that time, instances of infliction of misery upon pople, the more keenly alive to suf- ging because of their innate emotion- glism and kindly and sympathetic dis- positions, being often brought out. later, as a student in Europe, I was of- ten taunted with the absurdity of eall- ing my beloved country a free country, when serfdom, the ownership in sla- yery of human beings, was there per- mitted. And, finally, on returning home, I was deeply depressed by the curse and blight of this horrid pall up- on our fair land, as well in the brutal- izing effect of slavery upon the white man as in the degradation, the sor- row and the suffering it entailed upon the Negro. We thank Almighty God that this pall of mourning and sorrow has been lifted. But with its removal there were certain promises and pledges, and these should be fulfilled. We pride ourselves, as Americans, as being imbued, in the loftiest sense, with justice and fairness, and I say wherever the Negro is not shown fair play, the action is un-American and un- worthy of an American community. It is like going back to a condition of af- fairs that prevailed prior to the orderly change made by the Emperor Rudolph of Hapsburg, to have it appear that anywhere in our great, glorious and free land, Might is Right, or that what the Germans call mere Fist Right should obtain. The colored people are of a sensitive and sympathetic nature, manifest, in general, in sentleness and in their mu- sic and poetry and, I may say, some- times in strange and wierd fanciful- ness; but for this very reason, like all quick and vibrating natures, they can be impressed by reasoning, attractively presented, and led by great men among themselves and others, though, like other people of strong sentiment, they canot be driven. There is no excuse for oppression. What we must have, and what we even- tually shall have, is equal right and one law for every citizen of the land. In the wonderful, marvelous prog- ress of the Negro in this country, since the War, and the dying out of most of the ferocious brutes, with only the oc- casional appearance of any prominent new one, I believe that the race preju- dice is gradually disappearing, though in some part of our country the Negro has, still, no political rights, and the beginning by him of a civil suit against & white man would be regarded as a gross liberty, demanding speedy pun- inshment, while in any criminal mat- ter or suggestion, he has no chanee Whatever. I would advise every good colored man, as soon as he perceives a white woman alone on a road—and the farther off he sees her the better—to Tun away as fast as he can, for, other- wise and should she become frightened and hysterical, he will be pretty sure to be barbarously murdered. In conclusion, I desire to say that I am yery proud of your kind letter. The letter encourages me, and I assure you that as long as I live, or as long as itmay be necessary, I shall never cease to put forth every effort toward insur- &nce in equatity of political and legal Nght of all our fellow-citizens. xt ith personal regard and respect, I Sincerely yours, i am a a a | notice the reference to me in the Post of last Monday by a writer sign- ing himself John M. Thompson, to the ‘fect that IT had protested against giv- ‘sg colored men employment in the Government service, Mr. Thompson in- ‘oduces this by complaining that the Executive Departments, here, swarm ith young, strong, colored employes, who loaf about the corridors and sit ‘round in lazy idleness and, as watch- Ren and in other similar places, are THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. 6. even by suggestion, have I referred to colored men in Government employ, and, while I have been in Washington for many, many years, and have been constantly about the Executive Depart- ments, I have never seen anything cf the indifferent idleness whieh Mr. Thompson describes. It is not expect- ed that messengers at the doors of of- ficials are to be engaged in. clerical or constant mechanical work; but they must be alert at any moment to an- swer a call and perform whatever duty is at the moment demanded. I don't think that any subordinate Governmeat employe is just eager to injure his health at hard labor, or in exertion of a strenuous life; but I think that this applies no less to white men than it does to colored, I don’t remember see- ing a colored watchman anywhere. In the Interior Department, I know there is not one. As to these young colored men tak- ing places that should be given to vet- erans, I have only to say that it is just as bad that young white men should be given places that should be accorded to veterans, although I don’t think that veterans are quite adapted to act as Mercuries, or to fly into “the presence” at the touch of a bell. It is perfectly true that places such as watchmen and the like are given to young men, when they should be filled by old soldiers; but we have colored veterans, as well as white, who are capable of filling these places. We have, for example, in our ranks, members of the 4th Mas- sachusetts Volunteers, the regiment of brave young Colonel Shaw, who was killed at Wagner; and no truer and more patriotic set of men ever lived than those men who stormed Fort Wag- ner and, in a terrific tempest of shot, shell anc ball, fearlessly and heroic- ally facing fire and imminnet death, carried their dying: Colonel in their arms, as he fell on the ramparts. It required more courage in the Negro to be a soldier than in the white man, because every nerve was strained by the enemy to kill him, and capture meant death. All honor to our colored soldiers who helped us in freeing their brethren! Under the statement, in the constitu- tion, of the objects of the Union Vet- erans’ Union, the sixth and last object of the Order is as follows: “Sixth. To secure complete and en- during enforcement of the logical re- sults of the war of the Rebellion, which results include the discontinu- ance of slavery and the establishment of American citizenship on the elevated plane of political and legal equality.” I wish to remind my comrades that, while the immediate and ostensible cause of the War was defiance of the Government and attempt at secession, yet the very cause of secession and, as such, the real basis of the War, was the institution of slavery. Now, we battle- men who marched through the rebel States, vividly remember the hordes of poor slaves,—men, women and child- ren,—who looked upon us as their sa- vior and followed us to freedom. We led them out of the house of bondage toward the promised land; but a good deal of it is. I guess, promised yet, in that their freedom is not complete and the full doctrine of civil rights does not, as yet, obtain. The quite effusive manner in which the promise is met in some of the Southern States makes me think of the comedy, “Come and See Us and We Will Make it Pleasant for You.” There is no suggestion of social equality; this the Negro himself does not desire; but what he is entitled to and shall have, if the active men who actually freed him, can effect it, is ab- solute and complete legal and political equality. The Union Veterans’ Union will co- operate with the Negro and ask him to co-operate with it, that he may ob- sain his complete freedom and, by aid- . ing the veteran with his votes, help the voting power can be increased, it can be a prominent function of the Order to enforce it, up to complete, unques- tioned, and final effect, the political and legal rights of our colored fellow- citizens, OT EDUCATE THE ENTIRE SOUTH. A recent writer in The Alkakest Magazine, published by Southern men, at Atlanta, Ga., referring to the great gift of One Million Dollars by John D. Rockefeller to the cause of education in the South, refers to Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, as having a very potent influence in the way of in- ducing Mr. Rockefeller’s interest in Southern education. The statement of the writer is as follows: “Primarily, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is responsible for his father’s great interest in the cause of education in the South, but Booker T. Washington is one of the contributing causes which resulted in the wide scope of the movement. It is said that.\Mr. Washington and Mr. Rockefeller have met two or three times in connection with the matter, and that the former has had a great deal of influence in suggesing that the gift be used for the education of all the children of the South, regardless of color?” . Contemporary Views. The true minister carries happiness, nat discord. in his train. ered us.—Exchange. The Colored American is the leading race paper in the United States. It is always full of news.—Southwestern Herald, Victory, Texas. JUST A LITTLE PRACTICE WORK Tue CoLorep American unbottles the pent-up vitrol of its wrath upon the much abused head of the Cleveland Ga- zette, last week. If you call that a calm and dignified summary, Bro. Cooper, we should hate to read your pages when you had decided to display your wrath. —Charleston (W. Va.) Advocate, DISCORD IN CHURCH ORGANS. It is remarkable that the coarsest ex- pressions bordering on nrofanity, to be found in any of our exchanges, are in the church organs—Baltimore Lancet. “The Man-on the-Corner,” in the Col- ored American, is being dis¢ussed all over the city. His pertinent paragraphs, spicy shots and humorous hits have endeared him to literary Washington and his criticisms are caustic and search- ing.—W. T. Menard in New Yerk Age. “LADY OF THE TIGER” AGAIN. Director Merriam says he is not re- sponsible for the dismissal of Negro clerks, as the clerks for permanent re- tention were named vv the Senators and Congressmen. Now, are the Negroes in the North, East and West going to vote for Congressmen, this fall?—St. Luke's Herald. LE’’S FIGHT THE COMMON ENFMY. Harry Smith of the Cleveland Ga- zette has declared a never-ending war on E. E. Cooper, of the Washington Colored American. Smith has made out against Mr. Cooper a case of crooked- ness. Cooper replies that Smith is dis- gruniled and that the charges are with- cut foundation. Thus matters stand. Weil, boys, let us call the bet off and begin the ettack upon the common ene- my.—Dallas Express. PUT DOWN ANOTHER “TALLY.” Last week the Washington (D. C.) CoLorep AMERICAN issued as a supple- ment a four-colored engraving of Prof. Booker T. Washington. The engraving is a triumph of mechanical art and skill. The American announces that it will is- sue these supplements at frequent in- tervals and that the series will include only those leaders of the race whose merits and services entitle them to prominence. Score another for THE CoLorep AmErican.—Maxton Blade. ee ee DRESS MAKING ACADEMY. The de Lam Orton Famous French Pertec- tion Yatlor System, Mme J. A. Smallwood, Sole Agent 15fs Madison street, northwest, Morning class from 9 a.m’. to 1 p. m. Afternoon class 2 to 5p. m. daily, Evenings tron 7.30 to 10 0’clock. Mondays, base and Fridays, dres makers and ladies who wish to do thelr ow dressmaking. 4 WANTED—To learn the wondertol De vam Orton French Perfection Tailor System. Seam ess Basques without one inch of vistble seam, in lining or goods, not even on the shoulder. Successful dressmaking requires as much earnest progressive study as success- ul work in any of the professions, No detail s loo small to be looked afte. We teach you to make dresses with or witbout seam and gosrantee perfect fits, and complete your course With & diploma. Pooptis can entar at any time Saninaniaemeeee eee SUMMER RESORTS. | First-class counry hoard for colored people atlo¥ est ra,es. + lenty shade, fruit, milk. fresh vegetables. Good home cooking. Free trans- portation to from F orestGlen cars. For particu- lars and to have some one meet you at cars, Ad- dress Mrs- Mary C. Mitchett, Cloverly P- O. Montgomery ¢ o- Md ee ee ee ON THE KEYSTONE PARK, The Kaystone Park, Suitland, Md., will be open and ready for business June 1st. A commodioue house with larse and improved premises, plent« of fresh water with garden and chickens where ¢ number of select couples or people cam be ac commodated. Everything 18 strictly first-class The Route #8- Cars run to the new Pennsyivanit ave., bridge and for those who drive, follow the straight road and watch the signs. Private parties will be met at the bridge conveyances. For those who desire to spend the heated term arrangements will be wade for trips morning and evening. For further information apPly at 443 1st st., S. Ww ees WANTED-A POSITION. An intelligent young man whe is taking a col- lege eourse desires a position as bookkeeper, copyist or any kind of offive work. Salary no ob- ject. Address “W” care this office. Sa a Eee se a iy Ifyou have a spare room that you would like to rent to desirable parties, advertise them in The Colored American, FOR RENT—Furnished reoms with board. 1642 roth street, n. w, For Rent—To single gentleman—Front hall room with b ‘ard Convenient t0 cat lines Ad cress "*A, B.,” Colored American office: See eee FOR RENT—Light, cheerful foraished rooms with first class board in northwest. Convenient to three car lines. Inquire at Colored American office, 459 Ust-n w. B ae eae Improve Gse Hair and Complexion: Singleton’s Pharmacy 2oth and E carries a fall line of Ozono preperations with his toilet articles and sundri:s, COTTAGES FOR SALE. Four desirable Cottages on Jefferson Street, be- tween Washington and La Fayette Streets. In the very best locality, newly, painted and papered all the atest improvements on easy terms. For farther particulars address ]- HarryHughes Cape May, N.1 ieee fh > wee asin : Wii Cri = Less? fn Epis ae Srleenriane te Gl ge rion rater ee eee eee shoe, eae sone mas oor one eee “CRIMPLESS” MFG. CO., 1111 Missouri Trust Bidg,, St. Lowa, Ma} s Here is an# ‘ Opportunity! A large picture of PROF. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, printed in four colors which has all the appearance of an oil painting, will be sent ele- gantly framed by express to any subscriber who will send $3.00 to THE COLORED AMBRICAN. To persons who desire the picture without subscribing for the paper, it will be sent by express for $1.50. To parties who desire to sell them, they will be sent in quantities of ten or more for $1.00 each. All orders should be addressed to The Colored American WASHINGTON, D.C. ot This pisture should be in every Parlor, Liteary, Reading Room, School Room, and every Public Half used by imtelligent colored people. 6 G. A. R, COMMITTEES. Colored Men Named to Assist in Welcoming Civil War Veterans to Washington The full roster for the committees to supervise the arrangements for the prospective G. A. R. Encampment has been arranged. The colored members as far as we could locate them, are as follows: On Public Comfort: Daniel Murray, chairman; A. P. Albert, L. C. Bailey, J. D. Baltimore, N. J. Booker, Arthur Brooks, J. H. Brooks, Rev. S. N. Brown, J. F. Bundy, J. H. Butcher, sr.; P. H. Carson, W. Calvin Chase, J. F. Cook, E. E. Cooper, L. A. Cornish, A. M. Curtis, L. H. Douglass, W. B. Evans, C. A. Fleetwood, J. R. Francis, R. D. Goodman, A. S. Gray, J. A. Gray, W. H. Grimshaw, L. M. Hershaw, A. F. Hilyer, R. R. Horner, J. W. Hunter, Jesse Lawson, J. T. Layton, Rev. G. W. Lee, F. D. Lee, W. H. Liverpool, W. S. Lofton, D. B. McCary, Whitfield McKinley, F. G. Manley, W. T. Menard, Samuel Miller, J. T. Morton, J. L. Neill, J. C. Norwood, Alexander Oglesby, Robert Pelham, C. J. Pickett, W. L. Pollard, C. H. Shorter, H. P. Slaughter, J. W. F. Smith, R. S. Smith, R. H. Terrell, R. W. Thompkins, Luther Thompson, R. W. Thompson, Francis Upshur, David Warner, T. W. West, J. R. Wilder, W. H. A. Wormley. On Public Order: Major C. A. Fleetwood, P. B. S. Pinchback. Executive Committee: George Williams Cook. On Excursions: W. H. Grimshaw, James W. Butcher. On Campfires: L. A. Cornish C. A. Fleetwood, W. H. Liverpool, Edward L. Webster. On Out-Door Medical Work: Dr. C. B. Purvis. On Military Organizations: Major C. R. Douglass, W. H. Grimshaw. When Aguinaldo Comes He Will Ask When Aguinaldo Comes He Will Ask Who is the colored political leader of the District of Columbia? How much have you contributed to the G. A. R. Encampment fund? What did James Hill do to them during his Washington sojourn? What is the N. E. and W. Association doing to justify its existence? Would not hustling Frank Cordozo make a capital supervising principal? Is Prof. J. H. N. Waring sure that he will accept that Baltimore principalship? Why not a colored regiment in the Philippines officered completely by colored men? Who is the Indianapolis Freeman's first choice for the presidential nomination in 1904? Will Mr. Travis Glascoe become an adherent of the faith of the Seventh Day Adventists? What became of the hole that Henry Clay Smith (formerly of Santos, Brazil), crawled into? Under which Democratic flag—Pryan or Hill—is Editor Manning using his political book? If the late District delegate to the Philadelphia convention is persoua grata at Oyster Bay? If Director Merriam continues to read The Colored American with the interest of other days? Why not a colored priest of Father Dorsey's caliber for pastor at St. Augustine's Catholic Church. Would not Prof. W. H. Richards' legal attainments brilliantly adorn the bench of the Court of Claims? Why were the gentlemen who cater to the "inner man" omitted from the committee on public comfort? To what political tree is the balloon attached that Editor W. E. King so nervously occupies at this writing? Is the G. A. R. Encampment commit- THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. teemen satisfactory to both the regulars and the so-called "insurgents?" Who is the Negro "nothing" in the Negro Tammany politics in New York City—Edward E. Lee or John J. Bell? Has Manning C. Jones superseded Oliver C. Black as the Negro Democratic leader of the District of Columbia? How many officers, lucrative and honorary, political, social and religious, are held by the Hon. John C. Dancy? Is Col. Pledger the legal guardian of the Fairbanks boom, or does Col. Knox, of Indiana, claim that important office? Is there any way to punish the man who perpetually rides a hobby and insists upon your helping him to keep it in motion? If the people who have been so faithfully served by Officer Harvey A. Thompson would not welcome his return to his old beat? Why not address ourselves seriously to the installation of a few colored men on our street car lines motormen and conductors? Why do not our "religious" exchanges cease abusing one another, and confine themselves to straight logic and the bare facts? Will the death of Senator McMillan affect the well-being of the several colored officials whose positions are charged to his quota? Why may not a sharp division of the white vote in some Southern districts, leave the registered Negro vote the actual balance of power? Why should it be necessary for the leaders of the Afro-American Council to defend the legitimacy of its offspring—its election of officers? Was the appointment of R. L. Smith as deputy marshal in Texas due to the strenuous activity of our handsome friend, the Hon. C. M. Ferguson? Why not give Charlie Hamilton a place in the Grand Army parade and see whether he won't liven up the "old sojer boys"—ragtime or no ragtime? How the separate seat law in operation at our theatre squares with the civil rights law, as upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States? Is not Rev. E. D. W. Jones, of Pennsylvania, encroaching upon the preserves of one Matthew Stanley Quay, when he talks about shaking plum trees? Is it not a remarkable fact that the bulk of the building operations of the colored people of this city for the current year has been in the direction of churches? What have Revs. Hill, Brooks, Howard, Waller, Garner, Johnson, Brown, Taylor, Balding and others of our ministerial host, to say for or against the Sunday funeral? What would happen to certain of our local oratorical geniuses if ceasing to harangue the multitude should be made a condition precedent upon remaining at large? How many young men in the heydey of prosperity will be warned by the improvidence of George Dixon to save up a few pennies for the rainy day that is sure to come. Did the colored soldiers in the civil war perjure themselves to save General Corbin from conviction for cowardice when he was hauled up before a drum-head court-martial? If we insist upon having fine churches, why not fewer buildings, more dutiful congregations, and a debt that can be handled without sacrificing the purposes of true religion? What will be the outcome of the President's disgust with the Southern Republican factions, who contend more strongly for "federal pie" than for party supremacy in their several bailiwicks? Why does not some enterprising young Negro here write to Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, and secure an agency for Booker T. Washington's newest and greatest work "Character Building?" Who will volunteer to serve as spokesman of a committee of influential Negroes to wait on President Roosevelt and tell him the whole truth about the "throwing down." of our gal- lant soldier boys who have richly earned commissions in the regular army? News From Cape May: Cape May, N.J. Special-If one could picture the delights of an ideal night of pleasure to their mind's eye, he could not come nearer the ideal than that which was depicted at the auditorum, August 21. The full enjoyment of life everywhere prodominated and even those who sat around the big hance hall, were imbued with the spirit of the occasion. Prof. Cole's orchestra furnished enlivening music. The Stockton Assemble gave on Tuesday, August 19th, at Dales' Auditorium, one of the finest, elaborate and most select balls and reception of the summer. It was largely attended by the most prominent ladies and gentlemen of Cape May. The elite of many was represented. Mr. L. L. White, of Washington, D. C., and Miss H. D. McCoy, of Danville, Va., tripped the light fantastic to their hearts content, accompanied by the delightful music of Cols's orchestra Others that were seen on the floor were Mrs. B. Palmer and Mr. Scott, of Washington. Of course the prominent Messrs. Lindsey and Crawford were present with their ladies. The ladies were handsomely gowned in full reception dress, and the gentlemen wore the conventional costume. Among them were Miss Bessie Jackson, of Philadelphia, who appeared in white french organdie, trimmed with pea green ribbons. Her jewelry consisted of diamond ear-rings and diamond cluster in her hair, and a pearl necklace. Miss Julia D. Waters, of Washington D. C., a pretty brunnette, was daintly attired in a white organdie, trimmed in white satin. MissHelen McCay, of Danville, Va., was attired in a gown of mousseline; Mrs Emmitt Rogers wore black taffeta silk; Miss Cassandra Hart, of Ardmore, Pa., wore buff colored veiling, elaborately trimmed in tan velvet and diamonds; Mrs. Sally Delaney's gown was a blue crepe de chine; Mrs. Lovey Smith was seen in white silk, and Mrs. Hunter wore white lawn with black velvet rosettes. These ladies were from Baltimore. Miss Mr. Henry, of North Carolina, was attired in black alover lace over black silk Miss Eva Majors, of Cape May City was gowned in white crepe de chine The management of Mr. W. L. Davis of Washington, D. C., was superb. Director Lewis Tendered a Banquet. Prof. J. Henry Lewis, who has tendered the directorship of the chorus that gave the big concert in Atlanta, Ga., in connection with the Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress, when the affair was being organized, but who was compelled to decline on account of his clerical duties with the Interstate Commerce Commission, was tendered a banquet by the Asbury church choir and friends, at the residence of Mrs. Estelle V. Jarvis', 1439 N street last Thursday evening. Mr. Lewis gave an interesting and pleasing account of his recent trip to Atlanta, and after a musical program was given, the party partook of an elaborate banquet. Among those present were: Misses Sarah A. Tyler, Bartie Mason, Ida Price, Clara ghielde, Marie Bradford, Anna Johnson, Alice Furr, Mrs. S.ra I. Gibbs, Mr and Mrs. Henry Jarvis, Jr., Messrs. John Smith, G A. Coaplin, Summer Beale and Wm. Digrs. The choir which has been increased in membership, will begin their work abut the second Sunday in September. FINANCIAL HERE IS A CHANCE. To get the money you want, We have more than we need. We will make loans to every body without delay. If you want money see us to-day. You will not be disap- pointed. Loans made on Furni- ture, Pianos, Organs, Etc., without removal. Loans to salaried em ployes Without endorsement. 602 F Street N. W Cor. 6th St., Capital Loan Guarantee Company. Loans of $10 and upwards made on FURNITURE PIANOS. HORSES Wagons, etc., at lowest rates and in the day you apply. We are loaning on th. Building and Loan Association plan, which ages the cost of carrying loans much less that, you pay elsewhere, and allows you to pay it off in any sized notes you desire, running from one to twelve months. You only pay for the use of the money for the length of time you carry it. If you have a loan with some other company we will pay it off and advance you more money if desired. Rates cheerfully given, and no cost to you unless the loan is made. Loans made any where in the District. Call and get rates. Front room, first floor, Scientific American Building. Nation al Mortgage Loan Co. 625 F St., N. W. The National Safe Deposit Savings and Trust Company Corner 15th St. & New York Ave. Capital; One Million Dollars. Payal interest on deposits. Rents Safest sides Burglar-proof Vaults. Acts as administrator executor, trustee, ac. DO YOU NEED Financial Assistance? If so, come to us. We are always ready to loan you any amount you may need. You can repay it in small monthly payments to suit your convenience. We make loans on Furniture, Pianos, &c., without removal or any publicity in any way. All business is private. Washington Mortgage Loan Co., 610—F Street—610 CAPITAL SAVINGS BANK. 609 F St. N. W., Washington,D.C. Capital $50,000. Hon. Jno, R. Lynch, President. L. C. Bailey, Treasurer. J. A. Johnson, Secretary. D. B. McCary, Cashier. Directors: Jno. R. Lynch, Dr. W. S. Lofton, Whitefield McKinlay, L. C. Bailey, Robt. H. Terrell, W. S. Montgomery, Wyatt Archer, John A. Pierre, HenryE. Baker, Robt. Williams J. T. Bradford Dr. W. A. Warfield, J. A. Johnson, Dr. A. W. Tancil, Howard N. Williams. Deposits received from 10 cents up-ward. Interest allowed on $5.00 and above. Collections meet with prompt attention. A general exchange and banking business done. Bank open from 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Big Jim Parker in Town Mr James B Parker, the hero of the Buffalo tragedy, is in the city, where he will spend a few weeks resting up from a long tour in the South and West. All letters and correspondence can be sent to him in this city in care of The Colored American. Dorsey Foultz is still a member of the army—of the uncaught. Where is the inventor who will bring forward "wireless politics." Safeguard those who are to be the mothers of the next generation of our tried and tempted race. The counsel to him who has come up the rugged side of the mountain is not despised by the wise. The progressive white dailies are scrambling over one another in recording themselves against lynching. Bankrupt churches should not be kept going merely to afford employment for an incompetent preacher. Assuming that Roosevelt will be nominated in 1904, the "early-birders" have hoisted the banner "Fairbanks for 1908." Artificiality in social matters will not last. Be what you are, and earn respect by naturalness in dress, speech and bearing. The Negro is at a discount in politics. The masses must work out their salvation in business, in the trades and on the farm. The United States must keep faith with Cuba. Reciprocity is a debt of honor that we owe our dependent step-daughter. The public washings of political denominational or domestic dirty linen seldom redounds to the advantage of any persons concerned. A white man's Republican party in the South means a divided Negro vote in the North. Choose your partners for the next campaign. The esteemed "best citizens," of Lynchburg, Va., are experiencing that horrible "next morning feeling," and are making the usual resolutions. The wise man keeps his troubles to himself, whether they relate to business, politics, physical ailments or domestic infelicity. Cultivate optimism. Protect the Negro women by supporting her endeavors to earn an honorable livelihood. Defend their characters from the asperations of the evil-minded. Colored people cannot stop at Blackwell, Oklahoma, or in Caney, Chautauqua county, Kansas. Let the world know where the meanest of white people live. If people can be taught to work, to live in decent fashion and to deserve an honored place in the community, his religion and politics will take care of themselves. Those Republicans who believe that the sacrifice of their Negro allies, will result in carrying a single Southern State for Roosevelt in 1904, will please stand up and be counted. As Bruce Grit sensibly remarks, this is a continuation of the McKinley administration, but before 1904, we opine that it will bear a positive shade of Rooseveltism before many moons. Negro suffrage is a failure only when the race permits itself to be used by demagogues to lift themselves into some office they crave, regardless of the good of the state or country. Rev. W. D. Chappelle, of the A. M. E. Sunday School Union, is out with a prediction that there will be four vacancies in the board of Bishops—that two will be retired and two unfrocked. When a colored family pays a fancy rent for the disgusting alley tenement at the behest of an avaricious landlord, they are contributing to the ill-health and ultimate extinction of the race. Rev. James A. Davis, of Nashville, THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. Tenn., will, in all probabality, be the next head of the Sunday School department of the A. M. E. Church. He is young and has executive ability of the highest order. The Negro republic of Haiti is having its family troubles very much in the order of the Caucasian republic of the United States—only the neighbors "rubber" more into Haitian domestic affairs than they do in ours. Those who discourage antagonism between the advocates of the various systems of education, do the race a service. We need all kinds, but good judgment should be exercised in selecting the branches most useful to the individual. The Colored American's strong stand against the concubinous of white men and grease—respectable Negro women is bringing us many warm letters of approval. The practice is ruinous to our race's moral health and should be broken up. The blacks in South Africa will cheerfully accept British control if they are let alone by the class of tracherous Boers who are slyly exciting their prejudices to make trouble for England to whose victory they (the Boers) very sullenly submit. Aptly says Andrew Carnegie: 'To save a part of his income is the act of a civilized person; to spend it all is the act of a savage.' Right. When the Negro can be taught to accumulate property by rigid self-denial, he gives hostages to fortune. Mr. Carnegie speaks with authority. The white advocate of separation lands a blow upon our solar plexus when he listens to our complaints, and rejoins that no community of 90,000 people of any race save the Negro would be without a really first-class hotel, theater, barber shop, dairy luncheon, department store. Politics is a matter of business. Parties nowadays are but the axes upon which economic issues swing. A campaign is but the test of a business proposition before the people. You are the jury—colored people, as well as white—and are expected to return a verdict stripped of prejudice or superstition. Funeral reform is a crying necessity. The practice of using all of the proceeds of a death benefit—perhaps $200—to put away a corpse is unwise extravagance for a poor family. The care of the widow and the education of the children are prevailing considerations. Respect for the deceased is not well expressed in the hunger of orphans. Rev. W. H. Davenport wants Africa set off as an episcopal district, says the Star of Zion, adding: "As we (the Zion connection) are entirely too weak over there yet for this, would it not be a good idea for the next General Conference to authorize the bishops to visit it in rotation? This might create a greater interest in that field and cause more money to be raised for it." That would be a wise experiment. The Negro Baptists are divided among themselves. Not only have they two general bodies, known as the National Baptist Convention and the Lott Carey Convention, which antagonize each other, and do it often in no very sweet spirit, but in several of the States there are no local divisions, resulting in rival Boards, schools, etc. The brethren should get together and both factions stand solidly for Negro management for Negro institutions. TUSKEGEE'S ENDOWMENT FUND. A New York philanthropist has recently given Principal Washington $25. the school. This gift brings the total endowment up to $345,000, not including the Federal grant of 25,000 acres of land from the sale of which the school confidently expects to realize an additional $125,000. OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MINISTRY. THE HOTEL THE PHELPS HALL BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL. Connected with the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute at Tuskegee Alabama. THE PHELPS HALL BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL. Connected with the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute at Tuskegee Alabama. Offers exceptional opportunities to young men wishing to prepare for the Christian ministry. The chief aim of the instruction is to afford young men and women a comprehensive knowledge of the English Bible and to implant in their hearts an ambition to dedicate their lives to the elevation and Christianizing of their race. Students are required to do missionary work in the various churches and Sunday Schools near the institution and to report on same each week. The teaching in the Bible school is wholly undenominational, the intention being not to oppose or antagonize any theological work now being done, but rather to assist all denominations Phelps Hall is three stories high. It contains a Chapel, Library, Reading Room, Offices and three recitation rooms, besides forty rooms for dormitory purposes. Rev. Edgar J. Penny Incorporated by The Legislature William McKinley Normal and ALEXANDRIA Fall term begins September 16, 1902. Print The Industrial Trades and Kindergarten attached. Building new and comfortable. Under Hall offers fine opportunities for girls and you healthy location. TUITION FREE Board and rated by The Legislature of Virginia, 1902. HENLEY Normal and Industrial School, ALEXANDRIA, VA. September 16, 1902. Primary, and Normal Departments. The Industrial Trades a Specailty. Music, Typewriting. and comfortable. Undenominational. Parsons' Sewing facilities for girls and young women Commanding and FION FREE Board and lodging $8.00 per month. Incorporated by The Legislature of Virginia, 1902. William McKinley Normal and Industrial School, ALEXANDRIA, VA. Fall term begins September 16, 1902: Primary, and Normal Departments. The Industrial Trades a Specialty. Kindergarten attached. Music, Typewriting. Building new and comfortable. Undenominational. Parsons' Sewing Hall offers fine opportunities for girls and young women Commanding and healthy location. Tuition Free Board and lodging $8.00 per month. For Further information address MAONUS L. ROBINSON, President, Alexandria, Va. DR. W. H. JOHNSON, of Albany, N. Y., Special Financial Agent. US L. ROBINSON, President, Alexandria, Va. OHNSON, of Albany, N. Y., Special Financial Agent. MAONUS L. ROBINSON, President, Alexandria, Va. Dr. W. H. JOHNSON, of Albany, N. Y., Special Financial Agent. DINNER SET FREE for sell 24 boxes Salvona Soaps or bottles Salvona Perfumes. To introduce our soaps and perfumes, we give free to every purchaser of a box or bottle, a beautiful cut glass pattern 10-inch fruit bowl, or choice of many other valuable articles. To the agent who sells 24 boxes soap we give our so-piece Dinner Set full size, handsomely decorated and gold-lined. We also give Curtains, Couches, Rockers, Parlor Tables Sewing Machines, Parlor Lamps, Musical instr ments of all kinds and many other premiums for selling Sa 15 days to deliver goods and collect for them We give ca quired. We prepay all freight charges. Illustrated catalog CO, Chesman Blu'g, St Louis, Mo. 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A special course of lectures is given each year in the Bible School by Dr. C. O. Boothe, of Selma, Ala., Rev. George W. Clinton of North Carolina, and Dr. H. T. Johnson of Philadelphia. Other notables also lecture from time to time. The teaching is free. The cost of board, including furnished rooms, light, fuel and laundering, is Eight Dollars per month. Students are afforded an opportunity to work out from Two to Three Dollars of this amount per month. In some cases, arrangements can be made to work out the entire sum. Lack of means need debar none. Further information, if desired, can be secured by addressing BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Tuskegee, Ala. 10910 THE HOTEL HENDERSON. 90 90 90 Atlantic City, New Jersey A strictly up to date hotel for the accommodation of first-class colored people. It has all modern improvement, large and airy rooms new yu holsteed renovated and repaired. Its location is the very best in a quiet neighborhood and within sight of the Board Walk and the Ocean. The cuisine is the best-Mr. Henderson being a professional caterer. Rates reasonable For particulars address. STACY L. HENDERSON. 120 Mississippi Av, Atlantic City N J. The Colored American Published by THE COLORED AMERICAN Pub- lishing Company. A NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER Published every Saturday at 459 C St. W Washington, D. C. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year - - - $4.00 Fix months - - - 1.00 Three months - - - 3.00 INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Subscriptions may be sent by postoffice money order, express or by registered letter. All communications for publication should be accompanied with the name of the writer—not necessarily for publication, but as a guar-en—of good faith. We solicit news, contributions, opinions and in fact, all matters affecting the race. We will not pay for matter, however, unless it is ordered by us. All matter intended for publication must reach this office by Wednesday of each week to insure insertion in the current issue. Agents are wanted everyowners, Send or instructions. ADVERTISING BATES. Reading notices $0 cents per line. Display advertisements, $2 per square inch per insertion. Discounts made on large contracts. Entered at the Post-office as second-class matter. All letters, communications, and business matters should be addressed to EDWARD E. COOPER, MANAGER 459 C Street Northwest. WASHINGTON, D. C. Sold by all all News Dealers. SATURDAY. AUGUST 30, 1902. WHY ATTEMPT THE IMPOSSIBLE? Negro education promises to be a campaign issue in several southern states. It is proposed by the 'kickers' to apportion to the races the taxes paid by each. The property records are kept separate, so that the exact amount of taxes paid in by whites and blacks can be ascertained without trouble. The Macon (Ga.,) News says that the Negro in the several so thern states owns from one sixtieth to one-thirtieth of the property and pays that proportion of the taxes and complains that yet the Negro schools get just as large funds as the whites, and many white people on account of poverty have to do without an education to work their farms, on which they pay taxes to send Negroes to school. The News argues further that if this division of the taxes between the schools, in proportion to the amounts paid by the whites and blacks is carried out, it will reduce the appropriation for the Negro schools to a mere fraction of what it is today, in some cases to less than 5 per cent. It means that the Negro will pay for his education according to what he is worth and the whites will pay for theirs. This burden of taxation of the white people for the many Negro schools takes away much from the fund for the white schools and the News thinks the proposed measure would remedy this. The contention of the Macon paper is poor philosophy. Division of taxes on the face of the returns could not be made equitably. Legal obligations are paid mostly by indirect methods, and the most skillful mathematician could not draw a line showing just where the receipts of one race leaves off and those of the other begins. Labor is the foundation of production and of values, and from these comes these power to pay money. The Negro is the backbone of industry in the South, and is capital's strongest pillar. He pays more than his share by his participation in production, and by the praffits derived from his consumption of the necessaries of life and the enjoy ```markdown ``` THE COLORED AMEPICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. ment of a few luxuries. He contributes to the state's coffers every time he rides on a railroad, takes out a license, purchases an article from a licensed vender, or records a legal paper—to say nothing of the direct assessment against his houses, lands and personal property. The whole argument is empty and illusory. Any school superintendent who runs for office on the issue that learning impairs the Negro's usefulness as a workman, ought to be rebuked by overwhelming defeat at the polls. As our best thinkers are claiming and proving, education is not a privilege it is a civic right, and is necessary for the well-being of the state. The higher the degree of intelligence of the people, the stronger the force of law, the purer the society and the more harmonious are the relations existing between the several classes and clans. Education reduces crime and its cost to the government, and promotes commerce and the industrial capacity of individuals. A dollar invested in the school serves ten dollars in depreciation of property and expense of criminal prosecution. The Negro is no exceptional being. What is good for him is good for any other race under similar conditions, what is true of him is equally true of others. The law of economics knows no color interpretation. Division of taxes based on race holdings, and its consequent retrogression in mental culture for the Negro, would be a blow to the entire South. We do not believe the better element will permit such a blunder to be made—let the "crackers" cry out ever so vehemently for it. The Star of Zion's editor is a careful reader of The Colored American. Nothing concerning Zion and her doings escapes the keen eye of Brother J. W. Smith. THE FRO AMERICAN COUNCIL ON TRIAL The esteemed gentlemen at the head of the National Afro-American Council should not mistake the attitude of The Colored American for one of hostility. Far from it. A few weeks ago we published an estimate of the work done at St. Paul from facts that were found in the official reports of the delegates, assisted by the accounts in the daily press and the comments of many who themselves were present and protested against the methods by which the "slate" was elected. Organizations are not above honest criticisms, and no one is more disappointed than The Colored American that the Council has not accomplished more in the five years of its existence, yet no one has more cheerfully given it credit for what has been done. If the people are lethargic, we are doing our full duty toward stirring them up. If outspoken sentiments will do anything to awaken the nation to a realization of our desires we are doing that each week. Not one word of objection have we put forth against a single officer chosen at St. Paul—and we shall not utter one. On the contrary, we are urging them on to make the Council what it tstarted out to be, and are counselling the race to get together in local councils so as to bring the national body closer to the masses. We object to a heterogenous organization doing business on paper, and which, in the nature of things must be controlled by a few each year by main force, because of a lack of responsibility of delegates to a definite constituency. Let the organizers get to work. Appoint local organizers in each state, and see if six months do not produce hopeful results. Let us not get red in che face and call folks hard names because of an honorable difference of opinion as to methods of procedure. Washington City has shown the efficacy of the local organization. What has been done here on a large scale can be done on a smaller scale in New York, Boston, Jersey City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Louisville, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Richmond. What is being done in any of these places along the lines indicated? With the sturdy work of which Mr. Fortune is capable, the Louisville meeting can be made historic—but a repetition of the scenes that have occurred at some of the previous meetings will not help the race at large. We say again the Council must build from the ground upward. The local organization must precede the national federation. "Chickens will come home to roost." Julius F. Taylor, editor of the Chicago Broad-Axe, has just completed a sentence of five days jail, and paid a fine of $50 for criminal libel, on charges instituted by Capt. Hannibal Carter. The allegations made by Taylor involved the chastity of a woman now dead, but she had friends who were determined to protect her memory. Taylor was unable to substantiate his statements—hence the conviction and punishment. People who go about circulating scandalous rumors cannot be too careful, for rumor in most instances is a liar of monstrous proportions. GOV. AYCOCK'S DRASTIC MEASURES. Although Gov. Aycock became the chief executive of North Carolina during a reign of terror and was considered the representative of the lawless elements, he is agreeably surprising the respectable people of the state by his rigid stand for law and order and for the education of the massess, black and white. In this respect he far outclasses the former governor, one D. L. Russell who was enrolled as a member of the republican party, but who was too much of a moral and physical coward to be a credit to any organization. When two colored boys were lynched at Salisbury not long ago, Governor Aycock without hesitation, offered rewards for the apprehension of the lynchers, aggregating $50,000. In accord with the Governor's policy, the law officers have pronounced such crimes murder, and Judge Shaw on July 13th, issued the first bench warrant of the kind ever known in North Carolina for the arrest of the person alleged to have been guilty of taking the life of the colored boys. Drastic measures like these are the antidotes for the lynching disease. So, in spite of the atmosphere of culture that pervades the groves of Chautauqua, N. Y., the serpent of race prejudice will creep in. Amelie W. Sullivan, superintendent of the Negro schools of Augusta, Ga., was invited to deliver au address at that place, but when she was found to be a Negress, her reception was very frigid and she had a hard time getting the most meager accommodations, being turned away from several places. She complained through the local papers, but the author ties defended themselves by claiming that they did not know their guest was a Negress when the invitation was extended. Evidently Miss Sullivan's Irish name deceived them—but nevertheless, the country has been given an opportunity to learn that a few asses are to be found, even in the supposed garden spot of liberality—Chautauqua. If the democrats insist upon restricting the ballot to a few intelligent Negroes, they will tie a millstone to the necks of the lily-white republicans, for the more highly educated a voter is the more seriously must he be reckoned with. It is hoped that the fakirs who are dunning well disposed white people for subscriptions to establish an industrial school modeled after Washington's famous 'institute at Tuskegee" will be unmasked before popular confidence in honest Negro traveling agents is shaken. The constitutional amendments adopted by the South to keep the Negro down will fail of their purpose. The forces of nature are opposed to artificial restriction, and the Negro's kinetic energy and mental expansion wreck the entire infamous fabric of unjust repression. A would-be rapist, who attempted an assault upon his niece at Bristol, Va, got off with a fine of $ 00. Correspondent Menard thinks if he had accomplished his purpose, the fine would have been raised to $200. It is scarcely necessary to add that this miscreant was encased in a white skin. We hear a great deal of foss raised about the Negro covering up the crimes of the race, and defending malefactors from the consequences of their evil doings. As a matter of fact, when a Negro criminal is apprehended, it is generally upon information furnished by one of his own race. These same kickers are silent as the grave, however, when a white miscreant who has committed an outrage against a Negro women goes unwhipt of justice There should be no color in crime or in the administration of law. Mr. J. R. Chifford, a fifth-rate lawyer, who lives in Martinsburg, W. Va., and publishes a patent back newspaper complains because The Colored American has ceased to exchange with his "hand bill." The Colored American has a large exchange list already and henceforth will refuse to exchange with newspapers whose editors indulge in billingsgate and falsehood. These same small bore editors not only purloin the columns of The Colored American and use its matter as their own, but abuse it. The day of guttersnipe journalism is over and we have no time to give to exchanges of this class. What is true of the Martinsburg hand bill is true also of the Cleveland mud scowe. It takes nerve to wn out, but a stiff stand will whip a white man to a recognition of the rights of Neurces if his pocket can be made to suffer. A white capitalist thinks more of his dollars than he does of his prejudices, and he "holler-" when he begins to lose more money than he deems his whims to be worth. We have said this many times, but the truth is more and more apparent as we go along. The colored people of Montgomery, Ala., refused to ride in the jim crow car recently, when the rule was attempted. When they had walked around the town a few days, the street car company weakened at the loss of good coin, and decided to let the colored people ride where they pleased. No price is too great to pay for genuine self-respect, THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. [Name] MR. SUTTON E. GRIGGS. Author of "Imperium in Imperio": "Overshado is Being Praised Author of "Imperium In Imperio." "Overshadowed" and "Unfettered." His Latest Work, Which is Being Praised by Pulpit and Press. "UNFETTERED." A Story of Love and Politics Involving a Sober Discussion of The Race Problem. Sutton E. Gripps, who figures prominently in the public eye as the author of "Imperium in Imperio," and "Over shadowed," has written another book entitled 'Unfettered.' It is a story of love and politics, and involves a broader discussion of the race problem in this country. Mr. Griggs, who is an uncompromising champion of his race, seems to have thrown his whole soul into the production of this book. As to plot it is a masterpiece. While fully executed, it is free from tedious and unnecessary details. The characters DENBURY HAPPENINGS. Rev. Green Attends S. S. and C. E Convention-Obsequies of Mrs, Hattie Butler. Danbury, Conn., Special—The funeral service of Mrs. Hattie Butler took place at her late residence, 18 North street, Wednesday the 20th at 2:30 p.m., Rev. W. H Green, pastor of the A.M. E Zion church officiating. The attendance was large from the cities of Mull, lain and Brewster. The floral contributions were profuse and becoming. Among them was a beautiful pillow inscribed daughter, from her parents; a green palm with roses from Mr. I.N Cooper and family, and many others too numerous to mention. The interment was at Wooster Cemetery. Mr. Fred Brown of Miery Brook is on the sick list with chills and fever. Mrs. Amur Sheeve of John street has the woooping cough. Mrs. Evens of Franklin st. is again very low. Profus- --- are life-like, and the scenes realistic. "Unfettered" pleads the cause of the Negro in language forceful, yet diplomatic, and should be read by every American citizen. Having read the story to the end and seen the final disposition of the characters, a careful examination of "Dorlan's Plan," will vastly increase one's stock of information, and suggest a method which, if carried out, would result in happier conditions for our people in this country. Mr. Griggs' works are endorsed by the best authorities including Bishops, ministers, college, presidents, and citizens, in every walk of life. Particulars concerning "Unfettered" can be obtained by addressing The Orion Publishing Company, corner Mark and Stewart streets Nashville, Tenn The retail price, is $1 00 sor George T. D. Baptist of New Haven was in the city last week. The watermelon feast and box social at the New Hope Baptist church last Thursday evening was a success. Mrs. K M. Butler is suffering from hay fever Rev. Green returned from Norwich, Saturday, where he had been attending the joint convention of the Sunday and Varick C. E. Societies. He reports that it was one of the grandest conventions he ever attended. The City of Norwich did herself proud in entertaining the visiting ministers and delegates of the convention. The busy Traction Company took the visitors over their lines and in the evening the city fathers gave up their beautiful city hall for the grand entertainment by the people of New Bedford, Mass., and the visiting delegates. The convention will meet at Providence, R. I., next year with the Mt. Z on church, Rev. Newby, pastor. You cannot afford to miss a single issue of The Colored American. "SHADOW AND LIGHT." Press Comment Upon Judge M. W. Gibbs' Masterly Autobiography-Race History Revealed A MERITORIOUS WORK—Judge Gibbs' book, "Shadow and Light," is one of the best books that has been placed on the market for years, bar none. 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Containing all these and many more praiseworthy qualities, the work must meet with a large sale.—Little Rock Advertiser. As a globe trotter—almost the Ulysses of the Negro race. The book is unpretentious, relating personal experiences in Philadelphia British Columbia, Florida, California, England, Paris, Arabia, Arkansas and Madagascar. Narrated with a fidelity and picturesqueness which makes it interesting from start to finish. Valuable in an educational sense, eminent men with whom the author has been associated, and historical events in which he has taken part. A creditable contribution to current literature.—Pine Bluff Daily Commercial. The book will strongly appeal to all interested in the history and welfare of the race in America.—Washington Post Washington, D. C. We are particularly glad to welcome this most entertaining volume of history, travel and observation, for Judge Gibbs has written it in a delightfully refreshing vein that will attract the attention and hold it to the end. It is an entrancing as any book of travel ever written.—Ark. Democrat. I am a little pessimistic as to Negro authors and books. But the way you treat an old subject is fascinating. I have spoken of it to my congregation. Rev. Dr. L. S. Flagg, Washington, D.C. Judge Gibbs, the leading colored citizen, is an entertaining writer, and a man of varied experience. The volume is embellished with many portraits of distinguished individuals who are subjects of the author's fruitful pen. There is not a dull page in the book. Arkansas Gazette. Those who would be leaders of the race could do nothing better than to read and take inspiration from what can be found in "Shadow and Light."—Hon. James Lewis, New Orleans, La. 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Price $1.25. MERRIAM COULDN'T HELP HIMSELF. Mr. Merriam tried his hardest to keep those (the few colored clerks retained by Congressional influence) out, but he couldn't help those who remained. The Census, under Merriam and Merriamism will be remembered for its unfairness to Afro-Americans, and its cringing to Democrats, to whom Merriam is connected by natural affinity and political affiliation. But he could not prevent the race from being represented, for if he could, the permanent Census which goes into effect to-day, would contain no Afro-American and yet Merriam is a Republican and a Northerner. Roscoe Simmons, in Charleston (W. Va.) Advocate.