The Colored American

The COLORED American A NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. IX, NO. 24. A FIGHT IN NEW JERSEY A FIGHT IN NEW JERSEY A SIGNIFICANT CONVENTION OF NEGRO REPUBLICANS. Union County the Storm-Center-A A Strong Platform Drawn by Prof. Jesse Lawson-Senator Kean and Representative Fowler in The Saddle-Vital Issues at Stake. A stubborn fight for party leadership is now being waged among the Republicans of New Jersey. The storm center of this contest is in Union county, the home of United States Senator John Kean and of Congressman Charles N. Fowler, the leaders of the opposing forces. Union county has also a large quota of intelligent colored voters, who are well organized under a matchless leadership, and they know a thing or two about practical politics, as was evidenced by the conduct of their convention, held at Plainfield on the 19th ultimo. Colonel Hamilton Fish Kean is chairman of the Republican County Committee, and he is in close touch with all of the voters in the county. The opposing faction attempted to oust him at the primaries held on Monday evening of last week, but the colored voters rallied to his support, and he won out more than three to one. The significance of this victory will be better appreciated when the cause of the fight is understood. For 30 years, Gen. William J. Sewell, of Camden county, was the party leader in the State, and as long as he lived the sceptre of power was in the county of Camden, but with the passing of General Sewell the sceptre of power was transferred to Union county and to the hands of Senator Kean. The fight now is to wrest this power from Senator Kean and place it in other hands, but up to date all attempts in that direction have proved futile, and the indications point to the continued ascendency of the Kean forces throughout the State. The convention of colored Republicans, held at Plainfield on September 19th ultimo, gives evidence of the fact that the colored voters of New Jersey are alive to their own interests. The convention was composed of about 150 delegates duly elected by the people. The men came from every walk of life, and they were thoroughly in earnest about the work in hand. They were a remarkably well-behaved set, and every session of the convention was characterized by that decorum which should always mark an assembly of gentlemen. The moving spirits in the convention were Mr. William A. Kline, of Plainfield, former doorkeeper of the General Assembly; Mr. Hosea C. Hewitt of Cranford, Mr. A. L. Hughes of Rahway, Mr. Charles R. H. Hawkins of Elizabeth, Mr. Richard W. Norwood, Mr. A. Venable, Dr. J. C. Anderson and others of Plainfield, and Mr. Walter H. Thomas of Elizabeth. WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 4. 1902. MEN OF THE HOUR. His Eloquent Sermon to Detroit's Oldest and Most Aristocratic Methodist Congregation On 'Love the Only Remedie for National Ills Creates a profound Sensation upon the Practical Thinkers and Scholars of the Country. The platform was drawn by Prof. Jesse Lawson, of Plainfield, chairman of the committee on resolutions. This platform contains the issues which affect the interests of the colored people, not in New Jersey alone, but throughout the country. It favors the Inquiry Commission Bill, the Crumpacker Resolution, and an amendment to the interstate commerce law prohibiting the use of the "jim crow" car. If the colored people expect to get these measures through Congress they must make them issues in the pending congressional campaign. Let them follow the example set by the colored voters of Union county, New Jersey. Here is given the full text of THE PLATFORM. We, the colored voters of Union county, in convention assembled, lo hereby renew our obligations to the regular organization of the Republican party in our county, and we call upon every colored voter in the county to sustain the hand of the chairman of the county committee in his effort to obtain for the whole ticket and every member on the ticket the largest majority that Union county has ever give en for Republican nominees. 2. We congratulate the people of Union county upon the fact that, after many years of struggle and endeavor and patient waiting, they are now represented by one of their own sons in the person of Hon. John Kean, of Elizabeth. That such representation gives to our county a distinction she has not heretofore had the honor to bear, and it behooves every loyal son of "Old Union" to rally around the standard of Senator Kean and bear in triumph the colors of Union county to the front. 3. That we feel proud of the distinction achieved and the record made in our national Congress by Hon. Charles N. Fowler, another noble standard-bearer of Union county, and we call upon all the voters of the county, irrespective of party or race, who believe that the government should discharge its obligations with the best money the world can produce, to use all honorable means at their command to have Prof. Albert F. Mando, director of the Mozart Conservatory of Music, New York City, has been making a tour of Continued on fourth page PRICE, FIVE CENTS BAPTISTS OF WORLD. MEET IN GONVENTION AT BIRMINGHAM A Constituency of Two Millions Represented-Prominent Figures in The Great Body-Work of The Women's Auxiliary-More About the Awful Calamity. The twenty-second annual meeting of the Negro Baptists of the world was held in Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 17-22, 1902. There were present workers from both continents and races, for besides the throngs of delegates who poured in from all parts of the United States, earnest reports were listened to from interested missionaries from Wales and Africa. When it is remembered that this great gathering represented a constituency or over 2,000,000 colored Baptists, some appreciable idea may be formed as to the size of the convention. Meetings of the Woman's Auxiliary were held simultaneously with those of the men, the latter at the Shiloh Baptist Church, Rev. T. W. Walker, pastor, and the former at the Sixth Ave. Baptist Church, Rev. Wilhite, pastor. The opening meeting was a joint session. The annual address was delivered by Rev. Walker. Mayor Brennen, of Birmingham, gave them a cordial welcome to the city and piedged the support and co-operation of the white people throughout the city in every way tending to the success of the occasion. Rev. Fisher, of the First Church, delivered an address of welcome on the part of the clergy of the city, and Rev. McEwen, on the part of those of the State. These addresses were bristling with eloquence, wisdom and cordiality, and were responded to in a most eloquent and unique address by Rev. Geo. W. Lee, of Washington, D. C. The time was occupied in receiving reports from the Educational, Foreign and Home Mission Boards, as well as from independent field workers, all of which showed commendable progress. The Woman's Convention, so ably presided over by Mrs. S. Willie Layton, of Philadelphia, was favored with an address on Missions by Rev. C. T. Walker, of New York. His effort was a powerful one and characterized a great man. This auxiliary reported over $3,000 raised for mission work during the year. The address of the president, Mrs. Layten, and report of corresponding secretary, Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, were eloquent and forceful and abounded in helpful thought. These will be printed in full in the minutes. Every Baptist would feel proud of the strong men and women coming up to the help of the Lord through this denomination annually, for besides those mentioned, there Continued on fifth page. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. G Se ee THE-MAN-ON-THE-CORNER Surveys the Field and Presents Some Crayon Sketches of People who are Prominent in the Pass ing Throng, with Crisp Comment upon Their Do- ings and Sayings 10 Mr. Wm. H. Clifford, of Cleveland, O., who spent seven months in this city as a government employee in the office of the auditor of the War De- partment. has been transferred to the Custom House at his home. During his sojourn here he not only made many friends but was universally popular. Coming as a representative of the best element in the Buckeye state, he was welcomed by our most exclusive families and his estimable qualities evidenced the correctness of their judgment. Courteous in manner, guiet and dignified in deportment, LEE ag aie \ ii, i} c : @ ae TES § Sone 1 ae =z met <\ - Zid <u SS eee \ a Ss SONNE =. : N, = “ty Mr. Wm. H. Clifford. yolished in conversation, with all the attributes of a cultured gentleman, he impressed his personality upon those with whom he came in contact, and left for his home followed by the best wishes of friends and acquaintances. On the eve uf his departure he was given a dinner by Governor P. B. S. Pinchback at Lis hardso:ne residence on Meridian Hill. The Governor and Mr. Robt. J. Harlan, a warm personal friend of the Cuyhoga Chesterfield, saw the congenial Clifford to the train which took him to Cleveland. The latch string is outside whenever he returns. Among the young ladies of our teach- ing corps who have steadily moved forward is Miss Marie A. D. Madre. Her work at the Logan School has been of the most brilliant order, and strict conscientiousness has character- ized her methods in the discharge of any task assigned to her. This sum- mer she gave much of her time and energy to the vacation school in the wogan building, in conjunction with Miss Isabel I. Russell, and later on, she filled a highly satisfactory en- gagement at the summer school in progress at Abbeville, S. C. Miss Madre is a thorough-going business woman, and under her direction Madre’s Park (Excelsior) has been made one of the most popular pleasure resorts in and about Washington. She is a graduate of the Howard Law School, and won by cer merits the rare honor of delivering the valedic- tory at the commencement exercises of her class. Whenever a principalship, carrying a snug salary is to be given out, I want to move the promotion of Miss Madre to the same. Her labors in school, church, society and literature entitle her to substantial recognition. The new credit system proposed by the local retail grocers is entirely just. If a man contracts for goods at the grocery, he should pay for the same promptly, especially if he is in receipt of a regular income. Delay is proof tuat he does not intend to be honest, unless sickness or death should be the cause, and credit should not only be withdrawn there, but he should be placed on the black list and refused credit all over the city. This way some people have of going from store to store running bills in an jdie and unnecessary display should be broken up, and a premium placed upon a square policy. “The getting- by” idea should be given a black eye. People should live within their in- come, and not be permitted to thrive upon the ill-advised confidence of the grocer, the tailer or the instalment house. Berkeley C. W. Waller will soon be a full-flegged “M. D.” He has a pro- mising future, being possessed of a geniality that makes lasting friend- ships and an active mercurial tempera- ment that betokens alertness and quick perception. He is a_ useful factor in many ways,—an usher at St. Luke’s P. E. Church, clerk at the Capital Savings Bank, secretary of the Metropole Club, a leading member of St. Luke’s Musical Association, and now in the last year of his medical course at Howard. He is thrifty, not afraid of labor of any kind, and while “in society,” does not measure men so much by their occupation as by the manner they perform their duties and by the dignity they instil into the commonest avenues of industry. Just what is the “Christian Sabbath” seems to be the question of the hour around these parts. Brother Scheafe says Saturday, in accord with the theory of the Seventh Day Adventists, pat Brothers Lee, Grimke, Waller, ‘Taylor, Howard, Hill and all the rest of the orthodox clergy, say Sunday. Brother Brooks says any day set aside for divine worship and rest would pro- bably satisfy the demands of the Scrip- ture, but sticks to the old-fashioned Sunday. Arter the fuss is over, and all hands are tired out of talk or have had their minds directed to some other issue, I opine we shall go ahead following in the footsteps of our fathers and mothers, getting ready Saturday night to praise God from whom all blessings flow on the morrow —Seventh Day Adventists or any other faction to the contrary notwithstand- ing. Have you noticed that “Dr.” Booker T. Washington is the designation now accepted as “proper?” White bell-boys have been installed at the New Willard. This is not as it should be. To hold this employment within the race needs strong inter- vention from some source. Who will undertake to confer with the hotel- Keepers and see if this tide against us cannot*be checked? It is a serious question—this matter of bread and butter. _ The papers each week are chronic- ling the big salaries that are being offered to graduates in agriculture, ete., who are emerging from the vari- ‘ous industrial schools. The reports are so attractive that some of our chronic officeholders are contemplat- ing laying down the pen or the feather duster, and taking up tue hoe or the plow handle. The annual session of the U. B. F. Grand Lodge of the state of Missouri, was held recently at Sc. Charles. 8S. J. Pettigrew was elected grand master; Dr. J. E. Perry, deputy grand master; and W. H. Harris, grand secretary. The receipts for the fiscal year were 215,156.18. In money collected last year, Missouri is led only by Texas, whose U. B. F. Grand Lodge raised $16,300. The scandal-mongers are getting restless. No new sensation to chew upon. Let us hope something will be started soon to give them agreeable diversion. 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Mine eyes are quick to catch the first dim radiance of the dawn, And slow to note the cloud that threatens storm. The fragrance and beauty of the rose Delight me so, slight thought I give the thorn; And the sweet music of the lark's clear song Stays longer with me than the nighthawk's cry, And e'en in this great throe of pain called life, I find a rapture linked with each despair Well worth the price of anguish. I detect more good than evil in humanity. Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes. And men grow better as the world grows old.—Ella Wheeler Wilcox. We Would Like to Know We Would Like to Know Are you buying property; young man? Did you return from your vacation in deb.? What has become of the Orpheu Gee Club? Is Prof. Hart to dispose of the Hart Farm Scuocl? Will the A. M. E. Zion and C. M. E. Churches unite? Is Alabama and Georgia to be "Pritchardized?" When will G. W. Ellis return to these hospitable shores? Have you heard Col. Robert Harlan's batch of new stories? Did George E Wibecan mean it. or was he only bluffing? Is the advance in coal discouraging matrimony for awhile? Is there to be a re-organization of the Second Baptist Lyceum? Is Henry Clay (Santos) Smith still in the land of the living? Will Rev. G. W. Lee hold his services in a tent next summer? Who will be chosen Grand Master by the B. M. C. at New Haven? Does Col. Pledger carry a Fairbanks boom concealed about his person? Is John G. Capers, of South Carolina, a democrat or a republican? Will Senator Pritchard join Senator McLaurin in the political graveyard? Is Oliver O. Black an active member of the John W. Ross Democratic Club? When will Mr. William M. Wilson take on the honors of the Benedict? Is Pierce Place now the literary center of this cosmopolitan community? If Receiver Alexander, of Montgomery, Ala, isn't what you call a man? Will the next Congress have the courage to reduce the representation in the states that cut out Negro suffrage? When will the work of organizing local Afro-Americans Councils be inaugurated? How many Negro veterans will be in attendance during the G. A. R. Encampment? Has Robert T. Douglas assumed the duties of sergeant-at-arms at the Metropole Club? Has Isaac H. Smith abolished the prediction department of his large and varled business. If T. Thomas Fortune isn't putting up some pretty stiff editorials, for a man with a sore hand? If Giles B. Jackson, "Mayor of Richmond" has gotten over "that next next morning feeling?" When will the suit to test the Louisi ana suffrage law reach the Supreme Court of the United States? Who of the eight claimants really dictated the appointment of Mr. John C. Nalle as supervising principa? If the "lily-white" movement will not actually result in larger democratic majorities in the southern states? If the campaign managers are aware --- THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. of the influence the Negro press has acquired in the homes of the race? How many of our teachers and department clerks deposit their spare cash in the Capital Savings Bank? If Dr. Booker T. Washington had anything to do with the appointment of Mr. Supervising Principal Nalle? Is it possible to secure the conviction of a southern white man or men for the trifling crime of lynching Negroes? If Berkey Waller can be induced to repeat the political speech he made to the sovereign voters of Atlantic City? Is Napoleon B. Marshall, of Boston, coming to Washington to address the Hon. John W. Ross Democratic Club? If some of our local office-seekers do not find it decidedly irksome to wait for the shoes of man they wish were dead? Will H. P. Slaughter re-write the Freedmen's Inquiry measure, bearing in mind the criticisms of Prof. Hershaw, the savant, journalist and reviewer? All things being considered, would not "Roosevelt and Pritchard" be the logical ticket for the next presidential campaign? If Prof. Waring doesn't think it a good principle to play close to a base, rather than risk a touch-out by reckless base-running? If Editor A. E. Manning has a "cinch" on the office of Recorder of Deeds, in the event of the election of a democratic president? Who will accept the chairmanship of the delegation to lay before the President our grievances in the matter of army appointments? Will Dorsey Foultz, who has a standing invitation to be the guest of Major Sylvester, visit Washington during the G. A. R. Encampment? If there is one of the twenty-seven delegates from the District of Columbia to the B. M. C. A. is not himself a candidate for office? Why not a layman for the editorship of the religious organs, and permit the preachers to follow their legitimate business of saving souls? Are you aware that Mr. R. W Tompkins is an expert on church statistics, as well as a skilled musician, accountant and political leader? Would not the H. n. James E. Shepard creditably adorn the 58th Congress, and faithfully represent the progressive spirit that still remains in North Carolina? If Sunday is still to be the Sabbath with the rank and file of our people, despite the heavy artillery used by the Seventh Day Adventist in favor of Saturday? If the late delegate to the republican national convention will recognize the right of Judge Robert H. Terrell to the political leadership of the District of Columbia? What is the attitude of President Roosevelt on the treatment of Negro officers who fought in the late war, and is he in sympathy with the Pritchard movement in the South? If Chairman Welier has made the acquaintance of an inquisitive individual by the name of Prof. Jesse Lawson, who insists upon knowing all about the work of committees of which he is supposed to be a member? Will the twenty-two gentlemen who sent declinations to the chairman of the sub committee on public comfort, refuse to serve, now that Mr. Weller has announced that there will be no discrimination on account of color? Will the True Reformers, while there is yet time, make sure that their new hall will be large enough for any purposes that the city may require large conventions, commencements, the charity ball, theatrical productions, etc? Mr. Samuel Reese of Newberry, S C., spent last week in the city the guest of his uncle, J. J. Reese of 402 N street n. w., Mr. Reese left Sa niday for Lincoln University to attend school. AMERICAN IS ALL, RIGHT. The Colored American is the leading race paper in the United States. It is always full of news.—Southwestern Herald, Victory, Texas. Credit For All Washington. 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He has won his way into the hearts of the music-loving masses solely on his merits, and while tne fact of his being the grandson of the immortal Freder- ick Douglass adds interest to his per- sonality and causes an increased revy- erence for his efforts to bear aloft the banner so valiantly carried by his il- lustrious ancester. Mr. Douglass, him- self, is decidedly averse to making cap- ital out of the relation, and very sen- sibly objects to relying upon a famous name to give him a place in history. He believes that an individual is wortn just what he can earn by his own re- sources, and no more. Hence he has devoted his energies and mental pow- ers wholly and constantly to the devel- opment of the musical genius with which Providence has happily endow- ed him. The reputation he has built up is the result of hard work, much sacrifice and a conscientious endeavor to cultivate within his own mind a true conception for the loftiest crea- tions of the masters, and to elevate the popular taste to an enjoyment of the classic in melody and musical expres- sion. He has succeeded beyond the most sanguine anticipations of even those who understood him best, and we find him to-day at the very head anu front of a long line of accomplish- ed violinists and conductors, and grow- ing day by day in artistic stature. It will be pleasing information to the many visitors who will be drawn to this city for the Grand Army en- campment to learn that arrangements have been made by Mr. L. M. King and others for the appearance of Mr. Doug- lass at the People’s Congregational Church on Wednesday evening, Oc- tober 8th, the engagement being limit- ed to one night only. ‘tne celebrated and soul-inspiring violin virtuoso will give a recital, assisted by some ot Washington's best local talent. He will be heard for the first time, since his most successful tour of the New England States, in several com- positions which will be entirely new to a Washington audience, one of whica is the great work of Wieniawski, Son- venir de Moscow; executed only by the greatest masters of the violin. The following extract from the Bos- ton Guardian gives an account of Douglass’ appearance and artistic triumph in New Haven, Conn.: “On Thursday evening Warner Hali was filled with one of the most repre- sentative and appreciative audiences that ever attended a public function among our people. The occasion was the Second Concert and Reception of the Woman’s Twentieth Century Club with Joseph Douglass as the star at- traction of the evening. Mr. Douglass is undoubtedly the most renowned violinist the Negro race has ever pro- duced. We have produced violinists who could play with dash and feeling and others have mastered the tech- nique of their art, but in Douglass we have the rare biending of perfect traia- ing with passionate feeling of soul ardor. The result of this perfect blending of the elements which con- stitute the true artist, is that Douglass can charm and captivate a mixed audi- ence. The numerous encores he re- ceived and the tremenuous applause which greeted his playing shows very clearly how he delighted his hearers.” People’s Congregational Church, M street, between 6th and 7th streets, will doubtless be filled to overflowing on Wednesday evening by the most brilliant audiences that the nation’s eapital has ever drawn together for a Louisville Medica College. We are in receipt of the catalogue of the Louisville National Medical Col- lege, which is the only school of its kind in this country controlled entirely by colored men. They are now in their fifteenth year, and are demon- strating that the Negro is capable of successfully managing an institution of this character. Their thorough scholarship was demonstrated at the last examination held by the Indiana State Board of Medical Examiners, where a very large number of phys- icians from all parts of the country were examined for licenses to practice medicine in that State, while there were many failures, yet it must be said to the credit of this college that both of its graduates passed the eighteen re- quired subjects, with averages of 92 and 95 per cent, respectively. All the failures being from medicat colleges operated by whites. This speaks vol- umes for Negro scholarship and thgr- oughness. We advise any of our read- ers contemplating the study ‘of medi- cine to write for their catalogue, as it is of a most interesting character, and is truly artistic in its design and make- up. SECRETARY ELLIS IN AFRICA. Mr. George W. Ellis, of Kansas, is getting along nicely in Mourovia Li- beria, as the private secretary to Min- ister J. R. A. Crossland. He has been not a little annoyed by the false re- port that he has been appointed sec- retary of legation, supplanting Mr. Spurgeon, of Kentucky. There is no truth in the statement, and he is not and has not been a candidate for the place. Mr. Ellis is a brilliant young man, a keen observer, and he is mak- ing a close study of the language, hab- its and social institutions of the na- tive African tribes. Bishcp Walt rs to Pr ach Bishop Alexander Walters, D. D., of the A. M. E. Zion Church, will reach the city to-day, and will be the guest of Rev. S. L. Corrothers. He will preach at Galbrajth Church at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. to-morrow, the 5th inst wednesday evening, October 8th, Lieut. Governor Woodruff will speak at Gal- braith Church, at which time the Fred- erick Douglass Post -will act as special escort, assisted by the laine Invin- cible Club and by the W. Calvin Chase Republican Club. Commissioner Mac- farland will preside. . Town Topics. Hear Rey. A. C. Garner’s steropticon sermon Sunday night. The Second Baptist Lyceum will open for the season to-morrow at 3:30 p.m. Hon. John P. Green will be the principal speaner. Prof. Jesse Law- son will talk of the work of the Na- tional Afro-American Council, and R. W. Thompson will describe the pro- ceedings of the National Business League in: short address. The Monu- mentel Orchestra will furnish music. President Semuei E. Lacy will pre side. Prof. J. A. Lankford has resigned the position of superimtendent of in- dustries and professor of sciénce at Shaw University to become the official architect and master mechanic of the Order of the True Reformers, with headquarters here. Besides his work for the True Reformers, he is doing a great deal of drawing, contracting and building for outside parties, and his advice is sought by many who contem- plate the erection of houses or extea- sive improvements. Mr. Jcseph H. Douglass, the distin- guished violinist, will be the star per- former at a grand concert and recital to be given at People’s Congregational Church, Wednesday evening, October 8, as a part of the special entertain- ment of the visitors to the G. A. R. en- campment. Mr. Douglass will be sup- ported by some of Washington's best talent. This will be his first appear- ance here since his triumphant tour of New England, where he was given an ovation in all the principal cities. Mr. L. M. King is the manager of the concert, which in itself is a guarantee that it will be all that is claimed for it. ey 8 ere ee eee oes THE GRAND FOUNTAIN. United Order of —>]rue Relorm ORGANIZED January 1, 188 Nifiee B04. 608 and 808 N. Ind St. = = Riphy An order devoted to the interests of its members, both in their ho; business relations. We offer you an opportunity for gilt edged business ment, in enterprises owned and controlled by the Order and managed | ored men, who are members of the Order. if you are sound in health and mind, of good moral character, not y than three (3) years nor older than sixty (60) you are eligible to mem), There are two Fountains, tbe Subordinate and the Rosebud. : SUBORDINATE FOUNTAINS. — the Subordinate Focntam you must be between 14 and 5) y age. You pay $4.60 to $6.60 (according to age,) as joining fee. If you the comney sou pay 35 cents per month as dues; if in the city, 50 ce months. ‘ou pay as taxes 80 cents per year. a Sick Benefits you receive from $6.00 to $9 00 per month, in week ments. As Death Benefit, your family receives $75 if you die w: After one year the Death Benefit is $125.00. : asta To join the Rosebud Fountain you must 8 and 14 year of age. You ey, $1.00, either installments, The monthly dues are either 15 as Fountains may decide. The annual tax | You receive as Sick Benefit from $1.50 to $4.00 in weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family will be pa you die within ayear. After one year the De is $37. In the INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, there a! Classes:—Class B, Class E, and Class M. A payable annually or quarterly. In Class b, the age limit is 14 to 60 ye dues, $4.75 to $7.60. The Certificate is val After one year, its value is $200 to $65. In Class E, the limit is 14 to 55 year $9 50 to 11,40. The ‘Certificate is valued first one ton its value is $500 to $300. n Clase M, the age limit is 14 to 50 years $21 to $25.- The certificatei valued from dai You are entitled to a Life Membership Ciasse B and E upon purchase of the requ pays a dividend annually of 20 per cent. The Grand Fountain United Order of Tr 29, 1900, a total of 3782 Death Benefits, with HALF MILLION DOLLARS. MOEA DOIS, ANG pays <v per cont. Givicencs. Hoth time and demand deposite are received and Z per cent, interest is paid On time desposits. The following js a copy of the Cashier’s report to Auditor of Public Accounts of Virgina at close of business Sept., 5, 1900 and shows its flourishing condition ;— RESOURCES, LIABILITIES. Loans and discounts .......... $8,272 80] Capital stock paid im ........., 88,125 00 Other stock, bonds and Sele See MOFTZAZE «0.0.0... seeeeeeeeeeee 164,428 83] Undivided profité.eceu.. 6,826 90 Due from National Banks... 48,383 22| Demand certificate of de- Banking House ........ 2.0.2... 14,000 00] POBit......eececee eeceeeeeste se 96,786 Other real estates............... 99,588 00} Time certificates of deposit 118,424 74 Furniture and Fixtures ...... 6,850 00 a Current expenses and taxes UM rasa cassacsce ctsccceses 891,190 BOE ois ccsorreerererane” SOROS Specie, nickels and cents .... 12,399 80 Paper currency .................2. 85,820 00 DORR on seco venerevecst eves ML AED GA The R: former’s Grocery and Feed Store is located at 501 North Sixth Bt, Richmond, Va., and members of the Urder and the public generally are eaved 20 per cent. on the cost of food products, ‘Tne REFORMER is the newspaper published by the order from its own of fice in Richmond, Va. It stands for the voice of the people, representing co operation 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.” per year. A well-equipped job office bids for the work of the people, which » turned out in first ciass 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 un- exampled liberality and broad-minded generosity, the Order does not limit eu- trance 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 theit residue 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 oes asa Grend Rally Day for the Hause Contributic s can be forwarded to casnier of the Reformer’s Saving: Bark, who will send receipt for same and account for it to The Grand Fovntain- Members of the Order and the public, when visiting Richmond, Vs. #? invited to stop at The Hotel Reformer, 900 North Sixth St. It is in a p/easal and desirable location. Service is of the best and rates are reasonable. The Real Estate Department manages and controls all property nterrst# 0 the Ordeer. The Order now owns 13 buildings, 4 farms, 4 dwellings, 1 42 ee fee simpie value of $123,500 Lr addition to these the Order ies he say farther information, addres W P Burgsi1,G, W. Secretar Wm: L TA YLOS, W, M.Moster, e 2 ine} ie 2 ep a, ae ‘eae ii a oe seen, ROSEBUD FOUNTAINS Capital stock paid in .......... 88,125 00 oe fund q........cc0000000 80,957 81 Undivided profits... 6,826 90 Demand certificate of de- POBIE......... cece cceecereese ee 96,786 28 Time certificates of deposit 118,424 74 Total ....ccse csscsoeee seseeeeees 891,120 THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. Consumption Now Curable. By the Famous Doctor Yonkerman's Marvellous Discovery—State Officials and Great Medical Men Pronounce it the only Cure for Consumption, Throat and Lung Troubles. A free trial package will be sent by Mail to all who write. Consumption car at last be cured. Marvelous as it may seem after the many failures, a sure J. positive and certain cure for the deadly consumption has at last been discovered. Cases given up to die and sent back from alifornia hopeless and helpless, are now alive and well through this wonderful cure for consumption Free trial packages of the remedy and letters from grateful people—former consumptives rescued from the very jaws of death are sent free to all who write to Dr Derk P. Yonkerman, 638 Shakespeare Building, Kalamazoo, Mich Don't deay—there is not an hour to lose when you have consumption, throat or lung trouble. Send to-day for Free package. AGROWIMG NEGRO CENTER People of Chicago Should Awake to The Utilization of Their Larger Liberties and Civic Privileges-A Beneficial Insurance Plan Chicago, Ill., Special.—The Census reports show that Chicago will soon stand next to Washington in the size of its colored population. This population at present is estimated to be between 45,000 and 50,000. The enactment of repressive laws in the South has been the cause of an almost ceaseless immigration in the last ten years. The states that contribute mostly to Chicago population are Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee. This dark stream from the south western states has reached the high water mark during the past summer. During the month of August thousands of colored people took advantage of the almost daily excursions from different points in the South. It is estimated that between 3,000 and 5,000 colored strangers came to this city, and a large percentage of them sold their return tickets and decided to remain among us. The presence of a largely increased population is evidenced in a great many ways. In the first place, everything in the form of a home or shelter has been rented, and scores of people are now begging and praying for places to live in. All the churches are crowded to suffocation and the police court attorneys are doing a thriving business in defending their clients against the charge of an excessive use of their newly found privileges of "life liberty and the pursuit of happiness" especially the last named One thing that is gratifying is that the problem of employment seems to settle itself more easily than any other question. These new comers seem to find work in the stock yards and in many other places where every day plain work is in need of plain workers. The sociologist and the politician are especially interested in this constant increase of "raw material" from the Southern States. It will not be long before the colored population will be larger than any other nationality, except the German and Irish, in the city, and must be reckoned with. In the recent conference, held at the Institutional Church, to inquire into the condition of the colored people of Chicago, Prof. DuBois called attention to the growing importance of Chicago as the center of a very large Negro population. Probably no city in this country are the conditions so favorable to the absorption of a Negro colony. The prejudices here are less fixed than in the Eastern cities, and political power of the people seems to be recognized in a way that is most helpful. What have the colored people done in Chicago to meet the conditions growing out of this constantly increasing population of colored people? In the first place their spiritual welfare will be cared for by nine Methodist and six Baptist churches, with numerous missions, one Presbyterian, one Episcopal, and one Catholic church. Their physical wants will be attended to by the best equipped hospital and training school in the country, one Old-Folks Home. For the encouragement of young professional men who want a good chance to start in life, it may be stated that there are about 20 physicians located here, a half dozen dentists and over 50 lawyers. The only insurance association managed and controlled exclusively by colored people is The United Brotherhood, a fraternal insurance association organized on the plan of 'the Royal Arcanum and The Foresters. It is the only A. FANNIE BARRIER WILLIAMS. fraternal insurance having a charter based on the Massachusetts law governing fraternal orders. On the directory are found such names as J. C. Napier, of Nashville, Tenn.; John Davis, of Louisiana; Dr. Daniel H. Williams, S. Laing Williams, David C. Weir, J. S. Madden, J. R. Taylor, J. D. Smith and A. P. Perry, of Chicago, Ill. The company has been organized for three years and has earned the confidence of the community by the honesty and efficiency of its management. It has promptly paid all its Mortuary and other liabilities, and has been highly commended by the insurance commissioner of the State for the businesslike way in which its affairs have been conducted. This insurance association affords an excellent opportunity for young men and women of energy and ability to make of themselves something in the business world. The charter of the order is national and the management is making arrangements to extend its benefits into other States beside Illinois. That the colored people are interested in insurance is shown by the interesting fact that in Richmond, Va., over 25,000 of the 40,000 Negro population are insured. With this ever enlarging Negro population in the Lake City, it will be possible to develop many kinds of Negro enterprises. The number of small merchants and shopkeepers is increasing. What is still of greater importance is the fine advantages offered by the mixed schools of Chicago. There are about 6,000 colored children now enrolled in our city schools, besides the opportunities for higher education afforded by two of the greatest universities in the northwest—the Chicago and the Northwestern. Notwithstanding all these advantages of large population, schools and culture, there is a pressing need of the co-operative spirit among the people. If the people of Chicago could use their larger liberties and civic privileges in a cooperative way, to the same extent that the people of Richmond and other Southern cities have used their restrictions, Chicago would soon become an example of the highest progress. FANNIE BARRIER WILLIAMS. Bright BOYS THE COLORED AMERICAN has had so many appplication from boys and girls throughout the country to sell it by the week, as well as by subscription for the year, we have decided to establish wide awake young agents in every town in the country, wherever the demand warrants it. We want an Active worker s of smart boys and girls in every locality have several are time each week, which they could use to good advan- basily earn their pocket money: Hundreds of smart boys and girls in every locality have several hours' spare time each week, which they could use to good advantage and easily earn their pocket money: just such ones to work for us a little] while every week THE COLORED AMERICAN at 5 cents each-selling the able, original and best race paper published-full of reli- illustrations, and authoritative opinion on race topics. We want just such ones to work for us a little] while every week selling THE COLORED AMERICAN at 5 cents each—selling the old, reliable, original and best race paper published—full of reliable news, illustrations, land authoritative opinion on race topics. Agents take no possible risk, We send a bundle of every week, and they sell them like hot cakes at 5 cents every one wants THE COLORED AMERICAN as scon as opportunity to examine and read a copy of it. Our young Agents take no possible risk, We send a bundle of papers every week, and they sell them like hot cakes at 5 cents each. Every one wants THE COLORED AMERICAN as scon as given an opportunity to examine and read a copy of it. The Colored American Free. final pastor or any responsible party will send us the name of boy or girl to sell THE COLORED AMERICAN every this town, we will put an extra copy in the agent's bundle, to be delivered free to the party appointing the agent as the agent sells THE COLORED AMERICAN. Send us the smart girl or boy at once. Have them fill out this and send it at once: 19 agree to act from date as agent for The Colored American and the same to as many customer as can be secured, at 5 cents a copy every and that I will report not later than the Monday after each package is paid, and remit 3 cents for each copy I sell or deliver to subscribers, and all unsold copies. If the local pastor or any responsible party will send us the name of a smart boy or girl to sell THE COLORED AMERICAN every week in his town, we will put an extra copy in the agent's bundle each week, to be delivered free to the party appointing the agent so long as the agent sells THE COLORED AMERICAN. Send us the name of a smart girl or boy at once. Have them fill out this coupon and send it at once: I hereby agree to act from date as agent for The Colored American and to sell the same to as many customer as can be secured, at 5 cents a copy every week, and that I will report not later than the Monday after each package is received, and remit 3 cents for each copy I sell or deliver to subscribers, and return all unsold copies. new many first week..... pointed by..... e Colored American, 459 C Street, Northwest. Washington, D.C. Twentieth Century Negro Literatur How many first week...... Appointed by..... The Colored American, 459 C Street, Northwest. Washington, D.C. This book contains One Hundred Treatises on Thirty-Ele General Topics in which the negro problem is viewed from every ble standpoint. No work could more fully represent the higher strata negro citizenship. It will furnish the basis of future calculations on race subjects. There are 100 PORTRAITS AND 100 BIOGRAPHIES of the writers. To see the pictures and read the lives of the hundred prominent negroes is to have a fair knowledge of the entire race. 700 large pages and retails at $2.50 in cloth, postpaid. AGENTS. We want 5,000 cavassiers at once to introduce great book. Highest commissions paid. Book credit. Agents' magnificent sample book for $3c. to pay mailing expense. Write for our proposition at once. This is the opportunity of your life ```markdown ``` DR. D. W. OULP 13 Read Our Plans. No Possible Risk. Name..... Town...... State..... Twentieth Century Negro Literature ONE HUNDRED OF AMERICA'S GREATEST NEGROES and Edited by DR. D. W. CULP. 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. Agents' magnificent sample book for $3c. to pay mailing expenses. Write for our proposition at once. This is the opportunity of your life. J. L. NICHOLS & CO., Naperville, Illinois. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. 47. BE NOT DECEIVED TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA King of all Hair Tonics, "OZONO." BEFORE. AFTER. Recognizing the fact that there are many SO-CALLED hair-growers and hair-straighteners now on the market, and knowing to a certainty that many of these are frauds pure and simple, we wish to make a straight-forward, honest statement to the colored race through this great paper. In the year 1871 our late secretary, Mrs. S. M. Moore, through a fortunate circumstance, acquired the receipt for OZONO. It was not offered for sale or purchase to any extent until 1875, when it was put upon the market and met with marked success. After a thorough test by the colored people of that time it was pronounced an honest, legitimate remedy, true to all that was claimed for it, and worthy in every respect of the confidence of every member of the colored race, because they found it to cause the hair to grow long and straight, soft and fine, and as beautiful as an April morning. Now, whenever a genuine article appears upon the market there are always a number of people who imitate and make capital out of the merits of other people's goods. Seeing our marked success, numerous firms have entered the market, offering hair-growers and hair-straighteners, many of which are worthless, causing the hair to fall out and doing great damage to the hair and scalp, and the colored people are buying these spurious compounds, which are filled with animal fats, and do the hair more harm than good. To these let us sound a warning—be careful what you use on your hair. Do not be deceived by flaring advertisements and big words. Buy the King of all Hair Tonics. OZONO. which is sold with an iron-clad guard, we will forfeit $50.00. Now, we ask lately agree to forfeit $50.00 if you if they were not true to all we claim several years under this guarantee, who has used Ozono has been satisfied. 20,000 people are to-day using the recommends Ozono as the King of it take the Kinks out of Knotty, King some Hair. It will make short, hair your head of all itching, worrying skin and Scurf can not live after Ozono be from falling out. It will restore gray hair long and soft. Now, right here, let us make a remedy to straighten hair, but when you use hot irons. Friends, do not life of the hair, and cause it to drop outside assistance. Nothing but Ozono straight forever. You can stop the hair are seen in a day or two after. The price of Ozono is 50c. a be this liberal offer, which is good at all to us, enclosing with it the sum of four large boxes of Ozono and one which makes black skin bright, rosy skin diseases. Also removes all facial small-pox pits. We will also include Food—Nature's great beautifier—and all facial blemishes; makes the younger. We will also include one package absolutely CHEMICALLY PURE, iron-clad guarantee to do all that is Now, we ask you a plain question: $50.00 if you are dissatisfied with it to all we claim for them? We give this guarantee, and we are glad it has been satisfied in every respect. 20-day using our preparations, to the King of all Hair Tonics. Our Knotty, Kinky, Harsh, Curly, make short, harsh hair long and soft, worrying scalp diseases. It'll after Ozono has been applied. It will restore gray hair to its natural look us make a statement. Many of our friends, do not use irons; they use it to drop out. Ozono straight nothing but Ozono is necessary. We can stop the use at any time. 20-day or two after the first application is 50c. a bottle—4 boxes do it is good at any time: Cut out at the sum of Ono Dollar, and we Ozono and one large bottle of Elon bright, rough skin soft and removes all facial imperfections, will also include one fancy jar of beautifier—removes wrinkles, makes; makes the old look young. Make one package of our celebrated LILLY PURE, and no soap but a preparation can be obtained at which is sold with an iron-clad guarantee to do all that is claimed for it, or we will forfeit $50.00. Now, we ask you a plain question—would we absolutely agree to forfeit $50.00 if you are dissatisfied with our preparations, if they were not true to all we claim for them? We have advertised for several years under this guarantee, and we are glad to say that every one who has used Ozono has been satisfied in every respect. 20,000 people are to-day using our preparations, and every purchaser recommends Ozono as the King of all Hair Tonics. Ozono will positively take the Kinks out of Knotty, Kinky, Harsh, Curly, Refractory, Troublesome Hair. It will make short, harsh hair long and straight. It will cure your head of all itching, worrying scalp diseases. Itch, Eczema, Dandruff, and Scurf can not live after Ozono has been applied. It will stop your hair from falling out. It will restore gray hair to its natural color, making the hair long and soft. Now, right here, let us make a statement. Many firms are advertising remedies to straighten hair, but when they send the preparation they tell you to use hot irons. Friends, do not use hot irons; they will burn up the life of the hair, and cause it to drop out. Ozono straightens without any outside assistance. Nothing but Ozono is necessary, and the hair stays straight forever. You can stop the use at any time. The good effects on the hair are seen in a day or two after the first application. The price of Ozono is 50c. a bottle—4 boxes do the work. We make this liberal offer, which is good at any time: Cut out this coupon and send to us, enclosing with it the sum of Ono Dollar, and we will forward to you four large boxes of Ozono and one large bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner, which makes black skin bright, rough skin soft and pliant, and cures all skin diseases. Also removes all facial imperfections, and actually removes small-pox pits. We will also include one fancy jar of our Electrical Skin Food—Nature's great beautifier—removes wrinkles, moth patches, freckles, and all facial blemishes; makes the old look young and the young look younger. We will also include one package of our celebrated Scalp Soap, which is absolutely CHEMICALLY PURE, and no soap but a pure soap should ever It is remarkable that the coarsest expressions bordering on profanity, to be found in any of our exchanges, are in the church organs.—Baltimore Lancet. "The Man-on the-Corner," in the Colored American, is being discussed all over the city. His pertinent paragraphs, spicy shots and humorous hits have endeared him to literary Washington and his criticisms are caustic and searching.—W. T. Menard in New York Age. "LADY OF THE TIGER" AGAIN. --- DISCORD IN CHURCH ORGANS. grantee to do all that is claimed for it, or to you a plain question—would we absorb a dissatisfied with our preparations, him for them? We have advertised for and we are glad to say that every one need in every respect. Your preparations, and every purchaser all Hair Tonics. Ozono will positively say, Harsh, Curly, Refractory, Troublesh hair long and straight. It will cure scalp diseases. Itch, Eczema, Dandruff, has been applied. It will stop your hair any hair to its natural color, making the statement. Many firms are advertising when they send the preparation they tell not use hot irons; they will burn up the go out. Ozono straightens without any Ozono is necessary, and the hair stays in use at any time. The good effects on later the first application. Bottle—4 boxes do the work. We make any time: Cut out this coupon and send Ono Dollar, and we will forward to you large bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner, high skin soft and pliant, and cures all facial imperfections, and actually removes hide one fancy jar of our Electrical Skin moves wrinkles, moth patches, freckles, the old look young and the young look age of our celebrated Scalp Soap, which is and no soap but a pure soap should ever be obtained at Singleton's Pharmacy Director Merriam says he is not responsible for the dismissal of Negro clerks, as the clerks for permanent retention were named ov 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. LET'S FIGHT THE COMMON ENEMY. Harry Smith of the Cleveland Gazette 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- --- BEFORE. AFTER CHRISTOPHER KING BILLINGTON, N.Y. be used on the scalp. And, lastly, to prove our liberality, we will put in a pint package of Anti-Odor, a positive cure for Sore Throat or Mouth, all forms of Womb Diseases, Chilblains, Sore and Frosted Feet; also removes all smells and odors arising from the human body, such as feet, arm pits, etc. The actual value of this Grand Aggregation is $4.00, but we let you have it for $1.00, simply to introduce honest goods. In order to protect the public in general from imitations of our goods, and to avoid mistakes, we have placed upon our coupon our Trade-Mark, one head showing Short Hair and the other head Long Hair. The U. S. Government has granted us this trade-mark, and it is registered in the Patent Office at Washington; so if the coupon has this trade-mark on it, you will make no mistake. Use only the coupon having the two heads on it. As to our responsibility, we refer you to the Editor of this paper or to the Metropolitan Bank of Richmond, Va. We have thousands of testimonials we have not space to publish. Here is a sample of one: Dear Sirs,—You are at liberty to st used OZONO, and give it my most hea fooled so often, it does me good to recom Dear Sirs,—You are at liberty to state in any newspaper that I have used OZONO, and give it my most hearty recommendation. I have been fooled so often, it does me good to recommend honest goods. Gentlemen,—After using OZONO a s that my hair is already straight and grow A last word. OZONO is absolutely cause a beautiful and luxurious growth. you can use it to secure a glossy lon "OZONO." Send us $1.00 at once, and day we receive your order. BOST Gentlemen, After using OZONO a short while only, I am glad to say that my hair is already straight and growing finely. ZONO is absolutely guaranteed to straighten hair and luxurious growth. If your hair is already straight, secure a glossy long growth. Buy only the genuine s $1.00 at once, and the goods will be sent the same order. A last word. OZONO is absolutely guaranteed to straighten hair and cause a beautiful and luxurious growth. If your hair is already straight, you can use it to secure a glossy long growth. Buy only the genuine "OZONO." Send us $1.00 at once, and the goods will be sent the same day we receive your order. BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. Boston Chemical Co., 310 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. I enclose you $1.00, for which please send at once the following goods: 4 Boxes of Ozono, worth $2.00. worth 50c. 1 Bottle Electrical S (1 pint) Anti-Odor, worth 50c. Total, $4.00. Name... Street. County. If you want 4 lots like above, send $ no coupon, let her write her name on a when you send your order. Cor 20th and E streets, Northwest, W azono, worth $2.00. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner, 2 Bottle Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c. 1 Package -Odor, worth 50c. 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. House, No. City. State. Is like above, send $3.00. If you have a friend who has write her name on a piece of paper and pin to coupon order. Seets, Northwest, Washington, D. C. 4 Boxes of Ozono, worth $2.00. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner, worth 50c. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c. 1 Package (1 pint) Anti-Odor, worth 50c. 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. Total, $4.00. If you want 4 lots like above, send $3.00. If you have a friend who has no coupon, let her write her name on a piece of paper and pin to coupon when you send your order. ness. Cooper replies that Smith is disgruntled and that the charges are without foundation. Thus matters stand. Weil, boys, let us call the bet off and begin the attack upon the common enemy.—Dallas Express. 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 mat- --- Boston Chemical Company ; Here is another: 中華民國二十八年 AFTEI BOROA MAGGIE B. PROCTOR, Box 114. Fairfield, Texas. MISS BESSIE POWERS, 383 Missouri street, Toledo, O. ters 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. ```markdown ``` Buy Your Shoes From ...The... Capital Shoe Store, 733 7TH STREET. N. W. Between G and H Streets. A fine Line of Men's Women's and Children's Shoes and Rub- bers at lowest prices. The Only Shoe Store in the city conducted by colored Men. A RACE MAGAZINE. Do you realize that there is published in Boston, Mass., a high grade illustrated magazine, devoted exclusively to the interests of the Negro race, and which is edited, published and controlled by members of the race? If you would like to see a sample copy of this magazine same will be sent you on receipt of 8 cents in stamps, or one year for $1.50. Address, THE COLORED AMERICAN MAGA ZINE. Dept. A. & Park Square. Rastog. Mass. Some Men Pay $10,000 For an expert to manage their advertising. There are others who pay $5.00 for an annual subscription to printers' ink and learn what all advertisers are thinking about But even these are not the extremes reached. There are men who lose over $100,000 a year by doing neither one. For sample copy send 10c to Printers' Ink. No.10 Spruce Street, New York City. 100,000,00 To Loan In any amount on furniture, pianos etc., at lowest rates without del removal or publicity. You can pay it back in small monthly payments to suit your income. If you have a loan elsewhere and need more money, come to us. We can accommodate you. Call and talk it over before borrowing elsewhere. Private rooms. Business confidential. SURETY LOAN COMPANY, Room 1 Warder Building, 2nd floor 9th and F Sts, N, W. ILLUSTRATIONS CUTS MADE OF ANY- THING, BY ANY PROCESS. FINE WORK AT LOW PRICES. THE Maurice Joyce Engraving Company. EVENING STAR BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. Jesse J. Madden, Formerly of Madden Bros., Tinning and Heating. Have your latrobes and furnaces overhauled before the rush begins. Corner 8th land, Streets, N. W. --- THE COLORADO AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. City Paragraphs. ```markdown ``` You cannot afford to miss a single issue of The Colored American. The G. A. R. sub-committee will give a grand banquet on board the Jane Mosely, October 9th, on the trip down the river. The committee on the Organic Union meeting of the A. M. E. Zion and C. M. E. Churches will meet in this city on the 8th inst. One of the leading bands in the United States will furnish music for the colored G. A. R. excursion down the Potomac during the encampment. The best people at home will have a chance to meet and entertain the best people attending the G. A. R. October 9th on the excursion down the Potomac. If you get an invitation to the G. A. R. excursion down the river on the Jane Mosely, October 9th, you will meet all the good people who will be in town from abroad. Ticket 366, which drew the prize at the Amphions' high tea a few evenings ago, was not sold, and the beautiful flash-light photo representing the Amphions at a banquet, had to remain the property of the club. All the leading organizations of Washington will have their presidents extended complimentary tickets. Who will be present to help entertain the guests and to show what the colored people of this city are doing? Last Sunday evening, Rev. R. S. Rives preached a special sermon to Friendship Lodge, No. 891, G. U. O. of O. F., at Union Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church, on 23d street, between L and M streets northwest. A large attendance was present. Work of construction will soon be commenced on the new Jerusalem Colored Baptist Church, on P street near 26th street. It is estimated that the new structure will cost $2,000. Mr. G. E. Adams has been awarde dthe contract of building the church. The Ladies' Social Club, of John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church, gave an elegant reception Monday evening in honor of Captain and Mrs. Leatherwood, at the residence of Mrs. Salisbury Brooks, 1206 New Hampshire avenue. The hours were from 8:30 to 11:30, and during that time several hundred friends of the happy couple called and tendered their respects in hearty fashion. Lillie Stewart has filed a suit for $300 damages against the Capital Traction Company, before Justice of the Peace Halbert E. Paine, of the Georgetown district. She sets forth in her suit that she was injured by one of the street cars of the defendant company through the negligence of its employes. The case will be called for hearing in a few days. On the evening of October 13, during the G. A. R. Encampment, the Native Washingtonians will give a grand reception in honor of the visitors. An orchestra of thirty pieces has been engaged, and the festivities will continue until 3 a. m. Tickets can be had only from members of the society. To insure the high standing of the attendance, no tickets will be sold at the door. The function will be held at the great Convention Hall. Miss Emily A. Harper denies that she had any interview of any kind with a Detroit reporter, and that any assertion that she made any statement reflecting upon the character or appearance of Washington people, is entirely without foundation. She entertains for the citizens of the nation's capital the warmest sentiments of regard, and would not dream for a moment of uttering a word derogatory of a community in which she had served as a teacher for six years, and where she had been shown much kindly consideration from all quarters and all classes. Miss Harper's denial is ample refutation of the silly talk attributed to her by a Detroit penny-a-liner, and the case may be deemed a closed incident. DINNER SET FREE for selling 24 boxes Salvona Soaps or bottles Salvona Per fumes. 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 50-piece Dinner Set full size, handsomely decorated and gold-lined. We also give Curtains, Couches, Rockers, Parlor Tables. Sewing Machines, Parlor Lamps, Musical Lustr ments of all kinds and many other premiums for selling Salvona Soaps and Perfumes. We allow you 15 days to deliver goods and collect for them. We give cash commission if desired. No money required. We prepay all freight charges. Illustrated catalogue free. Write to-day, SALVONA SOAF CO, Cheman Bld'g, St Louis, Mo. ments of all kinds and many other premiums for selling Sars days to deliver goods and collect for them We give caquired. We prepay all freight charges. Illustrated catalog CO, Chesman Bld'g, St Louis, Mo. We can personally assure our readers that the Salvona worthy-Editor ) Premiums for selling Salvona Soaps and Perfumes. We allow you to them We give cash commission if desired. No money res. Illustrated catalogue free. Write to-day, SALVONA SOAPERS that the Salvona Soap Co., is thoroughly reliable and trusted We can personally assure our readers that the Salvona Soap Co., is thoroughly reliable and trusted worthy—Editor ) Incorporated by The Legislature William McKinley Normal and ALEXANDRA Fall term begins September 16, 1902: Priu 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 by The Legislature of Virginia, 1902. Normal and Industrial School, EXAND RA, VA. 16, 1902. Primary, and Normal Departments. Industrial Trades a Specailty. Music, Typewriting. Portable. Undenominational. Parsous' Sewing for girls and young women Commanding and FREE Board and lodging $8.00 per month. Incorporated by The Legislature of Virginia, 1902. William McKinley Normal and Industrial School, ALEXANDRA, 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. Parsous' 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 MAGNUS L. ROBINSON DR. W. H. JOHNSON, of Albany, $45 STUDY MEDICINE Louisville Natio DY MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT THE Wille National Medical College FIFTEENTH YEAR. Organized by all State Boards. All buildings are the property of and have been entirely remodeled with fully equipped cases and Hospital. 100 Graduates in various parts of the country, every one of being a lucrative practice. Col of Medicine. Four years of six months each. Session throughout the year. Each session is divided into four three months each. Attendance upon any two terms entitles credit for one year's attendance. Uses: January, April, July and October. Examinations at end term. Students may enter at beginning of any term. Department of Pharmacy. Two years, six months each divided into two terms of three months each. Further information and Catalogue address MAGNUS L. ROBINSON, President, Alexandria, Va. Dr. W. H. JOHNSON, of Albany, N. Y., Special Financial Agent. 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, neipal. Allegheny, Pa. Principal. MEDICAL DEPATMENT Including Teachers Bureau 459 C St., N. W. Washington, D. C. TEACHERS WANTED. --- ```markdown ``` EDUCATIONAL. 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. THE NATIONAL COLORED 15 EDUCATIONAL 1910 THE HOTEL HOWARD UNIVERSITY, Washington, D. C. FEN distinct departments, under one hundred competent professors and instructors—Theological, Medical, Legal, College, Pedagogical Preparatory, English, Agriculture, Industrial, and Musical. For information address— Rev. J, E, RANKIN, D. D., LL. D., President GEO H. SAFFORD Secretary. HOWARD UNIVERSITY Medical, Dental & Pharmacentical Colleges. Thirty-fifth session [1902-1902] will begin October rst, and continue seven [7] months. Tuition fee in Medical and Dental Colleges For Catalogue or further information apply to F. J. SHADD. A. M., M. D., Sec. 901 R St., N. W., Wash. D. C. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. 16 ```markdown ``` Lincoln Temple choir seems to be at its best. Mr, E E Cooper spent two days in Richmond, Va, last week on business. How many of our people does he employ? Six competent workmen, B. B. Slade, 1202 E street northwest. Mr. Charles Fisher has returned home after spending the summer at Allegheny, Pa. He reports a very delightful time. The Lincoln Temple choir is charming the large audiences that hear it twice on Sundays. Lawyer J. W. Patterson, not only does a banner business, but is considered one of the best dressed lawyers in the nation's capital. Right clothing at the right place will be made by B. B. Siade, the tailor, 1202 E street northwest. Next Sunday is the first anniversary of Lincoln Temple, 11th and R streets, It is to be a rally day in various ways The choir of Asbury M. E. Church announces a song service for the first Sunday evening in October. Mr. George W. Johnson, who has been estivating at Saratoga, has returned to the city and has accepted his old position as head mixologist at Gray and Costley's. Where did you get your fall suit made? At Slade's the tailor, 1202 E street northwest. The town is all talk over the sermon preached at Lincoln Temple last Sunday morning to teachers. Rev. Sterling N. Brown keeps in close touch with public questions and knows the schools and their needs. You never have to doubt where he stands on any subject. It will pay any person wishing to learn dressmaking, fancy needle work and millinery to consult the managers of the Lincoln Temple School of Needle Work, 11th and R street north. west: That hustling team, Messrs Gaskins and Gains are continuing to improve and beautify their already up-tc-date place at 320 8.h street, n. w. Their latest innovation is a new bar service with the latest patterns and arrangements for the back bar with brand new copper faucets. Many other improvements are contemplated after the Encampment. Headquarters for G. A. R. Pressing Club will be located at 1202 E street northwest. Clothing will be called for and delivered. Special attention given to telephone and mail orders. Telephone 1486-y, B. B. Slade, proprietor. The Howard Dental Infirmary. The dental Infirmary connected with Howard University's Medical department is now open. It is located in the Freedmen's Hospital Building, and the hours for receiving patients are from 2 to 5 p. m. every day. Dr. C. Sumner Wormley is in harge, and has selected as his assistants the very brightest and most thoroughly skilled students to serve the many patrons. So great was the increase in business last year under Dr. Wormley the faculty has added three extra chairs, making fourteen in all, so that all comers may be accommodated without delay. Those who have seen the dental work turned out by this infirmary speak of it as being equal if not superior, to that done in the highest priced parlors in the city. ORANGE BLOSSOMS. Capt. Leatherwood Leads a fair North Carolina Daughter to Hymen-Notes of the Event Capt. Thomas L. Leatherwood, the popular proprietor of the Metropolitan store and news depot, cor 15 h and M streets, was united in marriage to Miss Maggie Caldwell, a popular young lady of Morgantown, N. C. The ceremony was performed in the A. M. E. Church by Rev. A. J. Wilson of Charlotte, N. C. They arrived in the city late Saturday evening. The ladies of the John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church tendered them a reception, Monday evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Saliebury Brooks, 1906 New Hampshire Ave, the former home of Capt. Leatherwood. Miss Lula Esglin, President and Miss Susie Raglan, Secretary and Manager of this club spared no pains in making the affair pleasant for the large company. The spacious home was crowded from 8 to 11 P. M. The gifts were numerous and costly. The guests repaired to the large dining room where the delicacies of the season were in abundance. In the centre of the table was a large wedding cake with the name and date of the wedding inscribed in beautiful letters the gift of the Golden Rule Club, Mrs. Eliza Billingsly President. The catering was done by Mrs. Salisbury and Roger Brooks. It was grand affair and enjoyed by all. Among those present were: Rev. L. S. Flagg, Rev Dr. B. J. Bolding, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Bragg, Mr. and Mrs. P. Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Liane, Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Clinkescales, Lawyer and Mrs. A. Kyles, Mr. and Mrs. James Payne, Misses P. Murry, Marle Brown, Effie Rudisill, Mary Rudisill, Eva Coxson, Mary Banks, Naney Hicks, Selina Bungy, Mamie Coxson, Lula Brown, Lula Dorsey, Lucas, Mollie Young, Lizzie Dorsey; Mesdames Helen Stokes, Lula Eaglin, Belle Young, Martha Coxson, Josephine Joung, Ida Banks, Ariana Compton, Rosa Taylor, Lucy Butler, E. Johnson; Messrs. Ralph Brent, Thomas Johnson, R. H Mahoney, L. Pendleton, Chas. Lyne. and George W. Rice; Misses Jennie, Bosley, Martenia Hall, Nannie Walker, Mrs. S. Bush, Mrs. Waddill, and Miss Emma Divines. Capt. and Mrs. Leatherwood will reside at 1244 22nd St., N. W., where they will be pleased to have their friends to call see them. Lincoln Temple School of Needle Work is now a positive factor in the Institutional Church, corner 11th and R streets. n. w. All day and evening classes will be conducted. beginning October 14th at 5 p.m. There are four courses and five teachers. Flain sewing and dressmaking, a teacher's course,fancy work and millinery. As the number taken must necessarily be limited, those wishing to join the school should consult Rev. Sterling N. Brown at the parsonage early. tf. Gasoline and Oil Stoves. Mr. Peter Grogaun, the veteran furniture dealer at 819 823 7 h street, n. w., carries a full line of the latest patterns in house furnishings. What attracted the writer's attention most, however, was the great number and variety of oil and gasoline stoves- Throw Away Your Cruss and be Happy. Throw Away Your Cruss and be Happy. Don't Wear a Truss any Longer. We Can Pos tively Cure You, Without Cutting or Pain. No Detention From Business or Waste of Valuable Time. YOUNG MEN, MIDDLE AGED MEN OR OLD MEN. 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We prefer a personal interview with you, but if you cannot come to see us, write and we shall promptly reply, giving you clear instructions by mail under sealed cover, that will put you on the bish road to heath and happiness. United States Medical Institute. 1233 PENNA. AVE. N. W. 2 & 3d Floors. WASHINGTON, D. C. "The Progress Of The Negro In America," INCLUDING HIS MASONIC CAREER. A Remarkable Book Just Issued From the Press. Handsome ly Bound and Beauti fully Illustrated. Many curious incidents mentioned such as initiation of a woman in a lodge of Masons, and "whites" into colored lodges, also the number of Masons in the United States; property owned by the Order, cash on hand, Widows and Orphans, Homes, etc. The book is illustrated. PRICE OF BOOK. Bound in Paper $1.00 Bound in Cloth $1.50 Bound in Morocco $2.00 Agents wanted. For further information address W.M. H. GRIMSHAW, 247 10th Street, N. E. Washington, D. C. These stoves come in all patterns and range in prices from $4 up. Mr. Grogan can supply all Washington with the best and cheapest stoves. The first who comes gets the first pick. Philadelphia Tribune's Enterprise. A most gratifying evidence of the progress of the race in the fine arts is the photogravure department of the Philadelphia Tribune. Mr. Chris J. Perry, the editor and proprietor of that excellent and widely circulated journal, is himself an expert photographer, and he some time ago conceived the idea that he could add to the interest in his paper by reproducing important scenes and incidents occurring at the great conventions and gatherings of the race, as well as to give the faces of the persons who had acquired prominence in the public eye. The demand of the age is for illustrated features, as shown by the success of Leslie's, Collier's, Harper's and other metropolitan publications, and Mr. Perry concluded that by organizing and equipping a plant of his own to do this work, he could give it to the people cheaper, and also supply an avenue of employment for the young members of the race. The engravings turned out by this establishment are --- A man in a suit standing with a basket of horseshoes. BLACK SKIN REMOVER REGISTERED IN PATENT OFFICE U.S. BEFORE AFTER A.Wonderful.Face.Bleach both in a box for $1, or three boxes for $2. Guaranteed to do what we say and to be the "best in the world." One box is all that is required if used as directed. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. A PEACH-Like complexion obtained if used or directed. Will turn the skin of a black or brown person four or five shades lighter, and a mutilated person perfectly white. In forty-eight hours a shade or two will be noticeable.® It does not turn the skin in spots but bleaches out white, the skin is maining beautiful without continual use. Will remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, pimples or bumps or black heads, making the skin very soft and smooth. Small pox pits, tan, liver spots moved without harm to the skin. When you go the color you wish, stop using the preparation. THE HAIR STRAIGHTENZR. that goes in every one dollar box is enough to make anyone's hair grow long and straight, and keeps it from falling out. Highly perfumed and makes the hair soft and easy to comb. Many of our customers say one of our dollar boxes worth ten dollars, yet we sell it for one dollar box. THE NO-SMELL thrown in free. Any person sending us one dollar in a letter or 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. it will come by express. 25c. extra. In any case where it falls to do what we claim we will return the money or send a box free of charge. Packed so that no one will know contents except receiver. CRANE AND CO. 122 west Broad St. Richmond, Va. 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. splendid, and the likenesses are life like, even in large groups where it is extremely difficult to show every person to advantage. A most notable triumph was his reproduction of the immense group attending the National Negro Business League at Richmond. In this issue of The Colored American will be found a striking example of what the Perry Company can do—the "cut" of Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Douglass Thomas. We congratulate our esteemed Quaker City colleague upon the success which his new departure has met, and trust that the race at large will take advantage of the opportunity so happily offered to open a new path toward artistic elevation for the Afro-American. ae Yee aE ee, ERS oy ee SS SS ee a ae oe ae ee Retire an eee ar 3S a eee 22 ee : ieee ers eee ey oss eS poe ee a ee ee y : es pepe, | Ee ae er ee eae eee Oe ea => ee ES Se a ee re se: : C5 eee a So Se OF SST: Seagee RR aet — Freee Biger A oe ie See Ses SoS <a oe SoG SS pote eee Se, ee : eee ewe Se Se ea Agee See Ee = Saas a VS ee Se Se See eee eR ON I eee ee ae ANS ee ee ee LR 2 eS A aie eet roan ee Sg oe ee ee eee ee es SS a. ot aa a eae Ely a ete age 3 z eh a Se 5 ¥ be +: eee 2 i ee ee os ee : : Bee ee ES ; * > i ee 7 tas ok a aN + ear a fea a> sae es ; & 4d =. x ¢ eee es Se sg — ee me = e = Rees oe cad = ee an ee ee a a SS, ee ee oo - eee 8 a — Bee “SS = : ae See Seo eee - a : z Beara so pee = 3 ee eee ee To 2 : : eee gm ce ee ae A ee ee . See gate peer yr ecw en s c- . os B Regen see sete eae Seg es * ee 3 ¥ pee eee SS ; ae es — oso pe oe : eee. ee eee ast + = AE ae A [eae lS ee . ee ES : Be Fos Z | Peete ee age Lg = a - - 4 Reet ; at i cee : ee Sats epee = =-3 i AOE Oo See ee Oe le Ez ee pe ae J ee . eee eae ee sl MR, JOSEPH H. DOUGLASS Premier Violinist of the Negro Race. To appear next Wednesday evening in Musical recital at People’s Congregational Church’ = I OE lll Bene id ee ae oie SS eet) Beets 20 a a = Sa. ee a rs: Seat: : ao Bes 8S are a ea eS . : ete} a ae ae Pee ath oo Be ce ee ee ere a e ee el ; = Pe sa : eee 2 THE WEEK IN DANBURY. Credita ble Performance by Boys from Jenkins’ Orphanage— Personal Pictures, - Danbury, Conn. (Special).—The past week has been an eventful one from all points of view in Danbury, and among its people of color. Wednesday, the 17th, Rey. E. George Biddle, B. D., presiding elder, was in the city. He preached and held a second quarterly conference of the A. M. E., Zion church. He gave a fine address to a large-sized audience, which waS aroused to a deep interest in the elder’s subject. He ex- pressed himself as much pleased with the progress of the church along all lines. After the session, all present partook of the cake and coffee and eatables the ladies of the church had prepared. Elder Biddle stayed over until Friday morning, visiting with the pastor iu Chestnut Ridge and other places among friends of the Zion par- ish. He was en route for Winsted aud Farmington, Conn. Friday afternoon, Charleston, S. C.’s Orphans’ Big Sensation Concert Com- pany, with a troupe of 18, with more to come, arrived in town. They played a successful engagement at Bethel church and Nicholas Opera House. +-side from amusing the public, Rey. D. J. Jenkins and his ocmpany of or- phans are traveling through the coun- try to raise funds for the support of the Orphanage and Industrial Farm. There are ever 400 in the school. The cqacert company on the road gives an excellent entertainment, both instru- mental and vocal, and large crowds are drawn wherever they perform. The company sang at the Second Saptist Church Sunday night, and the capacity of that church has not been tested to such an extent for many a year. From the 6th to the 11th of next month this THE COLURED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. wonderful show will be at the Dan- bury Fair. From now until then they perform in the surrounding towns and cities. This company, tough com- posed mostly of boys and girls from 9 to 18 years of age, show that their training and education have not been neglected, and that speaks volumes for those that have the responsibility of caring for them. Sunday was a_ high day in Zion church. In the morning, love feast and praise srevices were held, con- ducted by the pastor. At 3 p. m., the Lord’s Supper was administered, and the Rev. W. M. W. Wilson, pastor of the First Methodist church, preached an instructive sermon on the “Giving of the Talents,” Matt. 2, v. In the evening the pastor preached to a large congregation. A young brother of Mr. Thomas At- kins came to this city Saturday from Baxtertown, N.. Young Mr. Atkins is employed with Mr. Hill, of the Dan- bury Hardware Company. He makes his home with his brother. Mrs. Evans, of Franklin street, is getting better. Mr. George D. Baptist, of New Haven, en route-from New York, was in Danbury Sunday. No services were held last Sunday at the New Hope Bap. tist Church, Rev. Garnett being away. OMEGA OF ATTAINMENT. Scaife, Ark—I have received your peerless paper Tue 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 par- ty 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, 1 beg to remain your devoted friend, HG.B KNOWS HOW TQ HELP. New York City. * Tam in receipt of your letter enclos- ing bill for my subscription to your valuable paper and cheerfully enclose the sum of two dollars for the coming year. I enjoy reading your paper very much and think I can succeed in getting at least one subscriber. MS: J. The editorial in Tue Cororep AMERI- can of Washington, D. C., under the caption of “Appeals to Race Prejudices” was copied in full by Editor Bryson in the daily press in the issue of the 13th inst., commending in the highest terms its logic and good sense. It was cer- tainly one of the most sensible editorials that it has ben our good fortune to read. It ought to have been reproduced in many of the colored papers.—Louisiana, Mo., correspondent of Omaha Enter- prise. | A GRAND RACE ADVOCATE. Editor Colored American: I have read a great number of Negro papers, but the Colored American is the best Negro journal that I have ever seen. It is just what every Negro family should have in their home. I speak proudly of this paper and I wish that I had the opportunity of reading it oftener than I do. I have been read- ing your paper for several years and am compelled to tell you it is one of the grandest papers that has been pub- lished by a Negro journalist. Your paper has been sent to me for several years by my cousin, Prof. W. H. Rich- ards, and I appreciate the favor very highly. I would feel proud if the Ne- groes in the State of Tennessee could publish a journal on the same broad lines. I trust the Colored American will never die, = __ NAL DELIGHTED WITH OUR STory, New Orleans, La—I was so well pleased after reading your issue of the 18th with your article on the life history of Prof. Booker T. Washington, of Tuskegee Institute, that I wired you for one hundrea copies. Our schools and universities are just about having their commencement exercises, and I thought it would be a good idea for each young go forth intc the battle of life. IT think Professor Washington’s life will be a man to have a copy of this issue as they beautiful story for them, as no man of our race is doing more for the welfare and vpbuilding of his people. His life's good work should be read in our schools, as none is more worthy of em- ulation. I have just received the sad news of the death of my old friend and comrade, Capt. Thos. S. Kelly. 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Av., | . n. w, Washington, D. 0. | ° | Fine wines, liguors, cigars and | a Tobacco. | 0 | copccooero CoS OSS OSS | ° SATTERWHITE &CO., PROFS. I Es —™ The Woodson House First-Class, newly Furaisbes and deo ratei. unsurpassed culsine, conve” eat to all cars, Oniy halt eqaare ‘rom Peansylvania Depot....-------7- 0" peansylvanii eo 4687 MISSOURI AVE. HENRY Woopsox, PROPRIETOR. THE POLITICAL HOROSCOPE Throughout the length and breadth of the country the Negroes are up in arms against the Pritchard movement in North Carolina and the South. No action since the enfranchisement of the race has so thoroughly aroused their indignation as the contemptuous repudiation of our party membership as the denial of admission of Negro delegates in the State conventions in North Carolina and Alabama. Newspapers, heretofore enthusiastic in approving any policy that the Republicans might adopt along general lines. J. H. are out in red-hot editorials, bitterly denouncing not only the men at the head of the lily-white movement in the South, but scoring their Republican allies in the North for their failure to speak out against this studied insult to the most faithful allies they ever had. Not even in the palmy days of Negro independence, when Grover Cleveland sat in the White House and C. H. J. Taylor was the Moses of the colored Jeffersonians, was there a parallel for the drift toward a judicious division of the colored vote. It is regarded as essential to the salvation of the few political opportunities left to the race Just read this indication of the trend of the times—remarkable in that it is a notice that the Negro feels it advisable to make friends with his former enemies, as a measure of protection: There is said to be a movement among certain colored men in Charleston, S. C., to get into the Democratic party. Up to the present time the movement has not gone beyond the circulation of a paper among leading Democratic politicians asking them to agree to the admission of Negroes. It is also said that the movement is inaugurated by the colored men of intelligence and property who are anxious to rebuke the Republicans for abandoning them. The Negroes of the Sixth Maryland District appear to be in earnest in their revolt against Representative George A. Pearre, the sitting member. They have nominated for Congress a colored man, Rev. Henry Newman, said to be a speaker of convincing eloquence. Pearre is accused of direliction in the matter of aviding the patronage of the district with the colored voters, and the independent element are determined to administer a rebuke by repudiating him at the polls. In an interview, Pearre claims that the movement is engineered by politicians from Washington, and is inspired by the Democrats, who are paying the malcontents to create trouble. He states that he is not worried by the defection, and that he will be elected. Rev. Newman is making an energetic canvass, and announces the following platform, which, though radical, he thinks is in accord with the feelings of the colored people of his bailiwick. The platform demands: "A pension for every ex-slave; prop- And so the story goes. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. er treatment of the colored voter; division of the State and Federal offices with colored men and women; repeal of the civil service; reform of the tariff; abolition of trusts; suppression of lynching and the upholding of the manhood and womanhood of the colored race." This may be asking more than is likely to be granted, even were the district carried unanimously, but the revolt indicates the growing independence of the Negro voter in States where his ballot is potent. Speaker David B. Henderson has produced the political sensation of the times. He has written a letter declining a renomination to Congress because he feels that in his opposition to a general tariff revision as a remedy for trusts, he is not in accord with the platform adopted by the Republicans at the Iowa State convention, and hence he cannot consistently go before his neighbors and friends as a candidate for representative. Mr. Henderson says he favors a modification of certain schedules when revision is necessary and expedient. He does not believe the Dingley law should be disturbed, nevertheless, as any considerable alteration would be a step toward free trade. As a matter of fact, this old "free trade" bugaboo has long since A. H. BANKER ISAAC H. SMITH. outlived its usefulness, and the people are not deceived by it any longer. There is a decided movement toward a judicious pruning of our altitudinous tariff, and that, too, on protective lines. Industries that are no longer "infant" should take their chances in the open market, and the people should be relieved of the exorbitant tax that permits the enormous profits of the trusts, without benefiting the working people in the slightest degree. A country is not made rich by taxing itself beyond the legitimate demands of the government for revenue, with such incidental protection as may be essential to the development of an industry that will redound to the advantage of all. The people are determined to take action in this matter, let the Republican leaders do and say as they will. Speaker Henderson's hasty and ill-advised declaration is the opening gun of an agitation that is apt to cause serious unrest that could have been avoided by a promise of reasonable reduction of the duties on certain corporation-made goods, at the same time preserving intast the principle of protection. Col. W. A. Pledger is out in a circular urging that the Republicans of Georgia place a State ticket in the field, and that in the congressional districts candidates be put up and voted for, and if the representative should be unjustly counted out, that a contest be carried to Washington and Northern members be asked to seat the contestant. Of course, the colonel is right in his contention. An honest fight should be made, even if the race be a forlorn hope. The Democrats in the North run a ticket when there is no expectation of winning, for the purpose C of holding the organization together, and taking advantage of possible mistakes of the opposition or a revulsion of popular sentiment which may elect by a tidal wave. If Southern Republicans have an appetite for office, they should understand that it can be satisfied only by a determined effort to establish Republican principles in "the enemy's country." Senator Money, generally considered a Bourbon Democrat, who hails from Mississippi, makes an admirable retort to the charge made in some quaters that the Negro delegates from the South to the Republican conventions is purchasable, and that the elimination of the race from politics will institute a reform and promote an organization of white men that will give character and influence to the party. He says, and truthfully, too, that the white men of Mississippi who enter the Republican party do it from sinister motives, and that they can be purchased as easily as delegates of any other color who wish to make all they can for themselves. He has no faith in the new movement, and does not think that the elimination of the Negro will do anything except increase the Democratic majorities by alienating the few Negroes who are qualified to vote. A committee of colored Virginians will visit President Roosevelt and lay before him a vigorous complaint against the unfavorable attitude of the white Republican managers. No instructions are being given them as to how to register, and the committee is instructed to present the exact status of Virginia politics to Mr. Roosevelt. If the Republican magnates are not in sympathy with the Southern policy pursued by Senator Pritchard they are at least giving him the aid and comfort of their silence. Our Kentucky friends are faring pretty well at the pie counter. Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, New York and Kansas should "smoke up" and "get into the game." An organization has been formed with a view of defeating Sydney E. Mudd in the Fifth District of Maryland. It grows out of the refusal of Mudd to support the Olmstead, the Crumpacker and the Irwin bills at the last session of Congress. James W. Poe is chairman of the insurgents with headquarters at 408 S. Capitol streets, this city. The colored voters are organizing to assist in the election of Col. Addicks to the United States Senate from the State of Delaware. Col. Addicks has honestly won the recognition by valuable service to the party. It is a pointer for ambitious Southern statesmen who seek to rise upon the corpse of the Negros civil and political liberty that Congressman Talbert, who ran for governor of South Carolina on a platform opposed to schools for Negroes, was overwhelmingly defeated. As we said a few weeks ago, anent the attitude of the Macon News along the same illogical lines, "Why attempt the impossible?" The South, black and white, needs all the education it can get, and the taxes should be utilized to the utmost in lifting the pall of ignorance and intolerance. Isaac H. Smith has dipped his pen in "indelible sky-blue ink" and concluded that Senator Pritchard has done a wise thing in forming a white man's Republican party in North Carolina and the South, as it will lead to a black man's Republican party which will eventually rise to a positlon of power that we little dream of to-day. He thinks the white Republicans are now honest, and have done openly what they have secretly wished to do for thirtyfive years. Let us hear from you further, Col. Smith, but cut out some of that rhetoric you used in the last number of the Star of Zion. Col. John C. Leftwich has become the political leader in the territory of Oklahoma by his pluck, push and persistence along right lines. He has Continued on seventh page. SALOONS 451, 453, 455, 457 Penn. Ave. 202, 208 and 210 4 St. Northwest MOORE & PRIOLEAU, Sparta - Bullet and Cafe 1216 Pa. Av. Wash., D. C. Fine wines, liquors and cigars, Hot Free Lunch Every Day. 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DRURY'S RESTAURANT 1100 20th St., corner L. N. W, Washington, D. Q. 5 PROF. MANDO S TOUR. Concerts of Classic Music Evoking Plaudits of Culture and Wealth of Both Races-The Mozart Conservatory. several cities "up the State," with his great orchestra, giving concerts which are drawing large audience and evoked the most flattering comments from the finest and wealthest people of both races. His itinerary in Chicago, Troy, Saratoga, Lansingburg, Greenwich, New York, Rutland, Vt., and Cambridge, Mass. His programs were made up of classic music exclusively, and Prof. Mando enjoys the unique dis J. tinction of being the only Negro conductor of concert and classic music in the country. He is not content to rest his fame as a leader of dance melodies, but is ambitious to go down into history as a peer of Theodore Thomas, Antony Seidl and John Philip Sousa—his motto. "always the best." Prof. Mando's school opened for the fall term on the 1st, with 40 pupils— 34 white and 6 colored—and the Mozart is the only institution of the kind conducted by a Negro in the land. This talented and progressive wielder of the bow is a credit to the race, and his work should be appreciated at its full worth by our people everywhere. A Fight in New Jersey. Continued from first page. Representative Fowler re-elected to Congress by the largest majority the counties composing this district have M. SENATOR JOHN KEAN. ever given to any member of Congress. 4. That we thank each member of the Senate and General Assembly of New Jersey who voted for the bill appropriating $35,000 for an industrial school at Bordentown, N. J., and we commend the course of the State senator from Union county, who supported the measure. 5. That we heartily endorse the wise and patriotic administration of Governor Murphy, and our thanks are due him for the appointment of Hon. Charles N. Robinson, a member of our own race, to a position of honor and emolument in the State of New Jersey. 6. That we recommend to Congress THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. Q the passage at the next session of Senate Bill 5002, introduced by Senator Kean of New Jersey, and House Bill 12940, introduced by Hon. Harvey S. Irwin of Kentucky, constituting a committee to inquire into the condition of the colored people of the United States, and for suggestion of such measures as will tend to better their condition and bring about a more harmonious understanding between the two great races in the United States. 7. That we call upon Congress to pass appropriate legislation enforcing J.M. the provision of the fourteenth amendment of the Federal Constitution, cutting down the representation in Congress and in the electoral college of the States denying the rights of election franchise to American citizens on account of race or color. 8. That we favor an amendment to the interstate commerce law, prohibiting common carriers of every description from separating passengers on account of race or color. 9. That we commend the noble sentiment contained in the matchless speech of Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, delivered at Arlington, Virginia, on May 30 last, condemning in unmeasured terms J. G. the practice of lynch law and mob violence now prevalent in certain sections of the United States. 10. That as American citizens we should do everything in our power to uphold the American flag on land and sea, and that in selecting persons to hold office no discrimination should be made against American citizens on account of race or color, and we pledge ourselves to stand by the friends who stand by us in our endeavor to obtain full recognition as citizens of the United States and of the State of New Jersey, and as members and potent factors of the grand old Republican party. A NEGRO FOR CONGRESS. Mr. William Costley, of San Francisco, a former resident of Washington, has been nominated for Congress in California's fourth district by the Socialist party. He is a member of the Hackmens' Union, and is strong in labor circles. He is making a vigorous campaign and expects to be elected by a handsome majority. The corner-stone of the True Reformers' new building will be laid October 20th, with appropriate ceremonies. The Ladies' Friendship Ass'n OF THE D1ST. OF COLUMB1A. WILL GIVE A- GRAND RECEPTION AT ODD FELLOWS HALL, M ST., N. W. FRIDAY EVE., OCT. 10, 1902. During the week of Encampment. All strangers are cordially invited. The member selling the larges number of tickets will receive a gold heart the emblem of the society. Music by the Invincible Orchestra. ADMISSION 25 CENTS. Mrs. V. Finney Pres., Mrs. B. E. Powell, Sect. E. V. Mercer Treas., Mrs. M F. Reese, Chairman of Committee of Arrangemen's. MUSICAL MATTERS. Messrs. W. H. Carter, Ernest Craigwell and L. M. Lynne Yarborough have become members of St. Luke's P. E. Church choir. Song service at Asbury M. E. Church to-morrow evening. Prof. W. L. Lindsay is off on a tour of the North, opening at Trenton, N. J. His headquarters will continue to be Baltimore, where he is scheduled for entertainments in October. Miss Flora Batson, assisted by S. Gerard Millar, gave a star concert in Baltimore Thursday evening last week, at Bethel A. M. E. Church. Among the participants were Messrs, C. T. Moseley, Nelson Tunstall, and Frank Young; Mesdames Eulalia Reid-Calloway and Jennie Jones. Miss Susanna Belle Anderson, of Springfield, Mass., is a singer of remarkable sweetness and volume, but we suggest that her manager cease to handicap her by dubbing her on the advertisements as "The Black Melba," or the "black anybody else." Miss Anderson can travel and succeed on her own merits, without such cheap comparisons. Cole and Johnson, our premier musical team, made a pronounced hit last week at the Empire Theater, Cleveland, Ohio. They were accorded the distinction of "top-lining" a long and talented olio. The World said of them: "They are refined and it is rarely the privilege of an audience to witness a turn of their order with so many of the pleasing and satisfying qualities. They possess the ancestral musical genius, and with the benefits of education have raised the standard. They are artists whom one might invite to the drawing-room and be grateful for their entertEN—Col American tainment." The Plain Dealer and News and Herald also gave complimentary notices, referring especially to Bob Cole's life like imitation of Dan Daly and Rosamond Johnson's finished performance on the piano. Conference of Church Workers. The eighteenth annual conference of Church Workers among the colored people, under the auspices of the Protestant Episcopal denomination, will be held at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 15th and Madison streets, beginning October 14th and continuing through the 17th. The address of welcome will be delivered by Commissioner H. B. F. Macfarland, and the opening sermon will be preached on the evening of the 14th by Bishop Henry Y. Satterlee. Rev. George Frazier Miller, of the diocese of Long Island, is president of the conference, and he will on the morning of the 15th explain the reasons for holding such a meeting in the light of the limitations of the colored postulants' hope. Thursday, the 16th, the sessions will be held in St. Mary's chapel, 23d street, between G and H streets. CURES ANY DISEASE A NEW AND WONDERFULLY SUCCESSFUL METHOD OF CURING ALL CHRONIC AND LINGERING AFFLICTIONS. 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He has indelibly impressed his character and worth upon the order throughout the land, and his arduous labors for the extension and development of Odd Fellowship have made the District of Columbia famous everywhere. He is intensey practical, and has insisted that the lodge should take high and advanced ground not only in carrying out its promises of individual benefits, but that the numerical strength and resources of the body should be used to promote the business and commercial interests of the race. To him, more than to any other single force, is due the erection and maintenance of the magnificent Odd Fellows' hall on M street, and through his influence many a brother has been aided financially, as it is his idea of fraternity to throw trade along every line toward the colored man who is struggling for an existence. This broad spirit has made him a host of friends and gained the respect of all right-thinking men. He is the kind of material needed to pull the race out of the quagmire that threatens to engulf us. At the B. M. C. his voice will be potent, and a quiet, but well-defined sentiment has grown up that Mr. Wright would make an ideal Grand Master. The gavel so ably wielded by Mr. Morris would not be less effective in his hands. It is understood that at the official reception to be tendered Grand Secretary George Wilde, of England, who comes to this country to attend the New Haven meeting, that Mr. Wright has been chosen to respond to the toast "The Past and Present of the Order in America." The universally recognized ability of Mr. Wright as an orator, and his popularity as an Odd Fellow, justifies the expectation that the District of Columbia will be well represented on that occasion. The people of Washington will watch the proceedings with deep interest and will be delighted to note any honor that may be conferred upon Mr. Wright by his thoughtful and admiring colleagues. "Grand Master Wright" has a sonorous ring, and it would tickle us mightily to have so distinguished an official in our midst. The Baptist of World The Baptist of World were Rev. Drs. Moore, Gordon, Parish, Telafero, of Philadelphia; W. Bishop Johnson, J. Anderson Taylor, Hamm and others, of Washington; Prof. G. W. Hayes, of the Virginia Seminary; Dr. G. B. Howard, of Petersburg; Prof. R. R. Wright, and W. J. White, of Georgia; Rev. Colley, the founder, Morris, Boyd, Jordan and others representing large and important business interests. The recommendations of Mrs. Julia Mason Layton were of a most practical nature, and will go far toward strengthening the work so recently undertaken by the Baptist women. All of the officers were re-elected but Miss THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. Foster resigned as treasurer, and Mrs. Gilbert Wilkerson, of Louisville, Ky., was elected to fill her place. Dr. Moore, of Philadelphia, delivered a masterful address on parental duties and responsibilities on Sunday, Sister Joanna P. Moore endorsing it in a short and well-chosen speech. Prof. Booker T. Washington had been invited by Miss Burroughs, on behalf of the convention, to address them. At the close of his address Friday evening, a stampede occurred, which resulted in awful destruction of life, and threw a pall over subsequent MRS S. WILLIE LAYTON. proceedings. A resolution, offered by Mrs. Jesse Lawson, of Washington, D. C., was unanimously adopted, that a letter be sent to President Roosevelt expressing the thanks and appreciation of the convention for his telegram of sympathy concerning the calamity. After Thirty eight Years Zion Baptist Church celebrated the thirty-eighth anniversary of the organization of that church, last week, the ceremonies covering eight days. The program consisted of historical sketches and literary and musical numbers, closing on the last evening with a supper in the basement of the structure. The attendance taxed the capacity of the edifice, and the exercises were evidently greatly enjoyed by those present at each session. The concluding meeting began with a praise service participated in by several ministers and the church choir, after which a vocal solo was given by Mrs. James H. Smiler, after which the following historical sketches were read by the persons named: History of the Sunday School, Mrs. Mary L. Banks; Christian Endeavor Society, Dr. C. W. Childs and J. H. Smiler; Zion Mission, Rev. Aquilla Sayles; clubs, Mr. B. R. Snydor; church, J. W. Branson, clerk of the congregation. The papers showed that since the church was organized thirty-eight years ago there have been received into membership 5,550. The church at this time is in a splendid condition, and has a membership of 2,225, while there are 1,380 members on the rolls of the Sunday School, and 350 members of the Christian Endeavor Society. Rev. W. J. Howard, D. D., pastor of the church, made a short address, after which short speeches were made by the following preachers and laymen: Rev. D. F. Rivers, Rev. J. T. Clark. Rev. C. N. Pryor, Rev. George W. Lucas, Rev. Wm. P. Gibbons, Rev. J. C. Dent, Greensboro, N. C.; Rev. Wm. Gray, Spottsylvania, Va., and Messrs. William Holmes, J. G. Matthews and Wm. Watts. This church is one of the very few in this city that is out of debt. Dr. Howard is to be congratulated upon the wonderful success of his fourteen years as pastor at Zion Baptist. NEWS FROM THE FRONTIER. Fort Nirbuna, Neb. (Special).—So many ladies are arriving at our post that we can scarcely find quarters for them. Three more ladies came this week—the wives of Corporal Ireland, of Company M; Sergeant Cullwell, of Company I, and Corporal Welch, of Company K. These three ladies will be asked to our social list. The 25th Infantry band gave its usual ball the 24th of September. Invitations were sent out to a great number of friends. Corporal Williams furnished music for the occasion. One Mr. T. W., of Company K, thought he was the "only rose on the bush" at the ball, but when Mr. J. W. K., of Company M, entered the hall he was 'only a sun flower,' and wat do you think of that?" "Uncle Toms Cabin" visited us this week for one night only. The play was well attended. We have two certain corporals in Company M—A. M. and C. D.—who would rather go to town than eat when they are hungry. The sight of two young ladies fill them up, "and wat do you think of that?" JUAN. LABOR INTERESTS UNITE New Orleans, La. (Special).—The white and colored cotton screwmen of New Orleans have agreed to form a combination which wholly abolishes the color line as far as this particular labor is concerned. The combination is for the purpose of gaining solid strength for a demand upon steamship agents for increased pay, fewer hours and the abolition of the "chute" system, which reduces the number of men employed. The work will be equally divided, white and black screwmen working exactly on the same plan. This revolution in the matter of distinction between white and colored labor has created a sensation in labor circles where numerous strikes are now progressing and may lead to other amalgamation of white and colored kindred organizations. The agreement of the conference has been ratified by the local assembly by a big majority. There are nearly 2,000 white and colored screwmen at this port, the colored predominating. This may be taken as a sign that the workingmen of the South are beginning to learn that their interests are identical, and indicates that when the Negro can through numbers and skill, secure practical control of any line of industry he can force others to reckon with him, whether they admire his complexion or not. The mighty dollar is the monarch that rules the world. --- As a result of the labors of Rev. L. C. Sheafe, the increasing congregation of colored Seventh Day Adventists are to have a church of their own. To aid this new flock it has been decided by the white members of the faith to give the present building in northeast Washington to the colored devotees, they to go elsewhere and erect a new structure. A few white members will remain with the colored people, but the bulk will separate and follow Rev. Dr. Washburn, this being amicably arranged by general consent. A meeting of the colored membership has been held to elect officers and to perfect the church organization. Rev. Mr. Sheafe will be the pastor. He will start out with quite a large flock, and it is confidently expected that his success in developing religious interest achieved elsewhere will be duplicated in the rich held to be found in the nation's capital. METROPOLE CLUB ELECTION. At a recent business meeting of the popular Metropole Club, Mr. Lewis H. Douglass, one of our best-known citizens, was elected president of the organization, succeeding former Governor P. B. S. Pinchback. Other officers were chosen as follows: Wallace W. McLary, vice-president; B. C. Waller, secretary; A. Lincoln Brown, treasurer; Robert J. Harlan, chairman of the board of governors. The club is in a thriving condition, and is supported by the leading social lights of this cultured community. The buffet service is now in the hands of Mr. Robert Waould, and he is giving perfect satisfaction to the many patrons of the place. DELIGHTFUL TEA PARTY. 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An intelligent young man who is taking a college course desires a position as bookkeeper, copyist or any kind of office work. Salary no object. Address "W" care this office. If you have a spare room that you would like to rent to desirable parties, advertise them in The Colored American. POR RENT—A large furnished front room and hall room with or without board. Terms reasonable. 407 Warner St, N. W. FOR SALE—At a sacrifice by owner No. 1839 4th St. N. W., three story brick nine rooms and bath furnace and latrobes, 21 ft front by 95 ft. 84,000 liberal terms. Inspection by card only, C. W. Kellogg, 118 D St. N. E. WANTED—Reliable colored help for general house work &c in good homes in New England Good Wages. Apply with references as to ability and character to Susie White, 1747 Oregon Ave. N. W. FOR RENT—One large front room in good locality with all modern improvements, convenient to cars and herdicks, 1625 Corcoran St. N. W. apply to Mr. J. B Patterson. 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HARRY SHEPHERD, London Photo Co., ST. PAUL, MINN. his residence, 2239 12th street N. W., which lasted from 6 to 9 o'clock. The table was spread with many delicacies and adorned by beautiful flowers, and every detail was conducive to an evening of pleasure. Those present were Misses Anna Mabre, Florida Lewis, Drucilla Vanbrackle, Olida McEroy, Eva McElroy., Nettie McElroy, Irene Berry, Jessie Wilkes, Norma Barracks and Mabel Duncan. The gentlemen present were Messrs. Maurice Payne, Charles McElroy, Normal Hill and Williard Kirsene. SEND IN YOUR NAME If any persons have paid any money to Mr. W. H. Lewis, of Jerry, Texas, as payment for subscription to The Colored American, they will oblige us by sending their name and address to this office, as a matter of justice to all parties concerned. The G. A. R. sub-committee realizes that the historical points of interest on the Potomac River, possess a fascination of their own for all visitors, hence the plan for the complimentary excursion. October 9. --- THOSE WHO DABBLE IN PRINTERS' INK. Chat and Chaff Cpncerning Current Evenss, as they Appear to Our Breezy Contemporaries. 6 This is an easy proposition and will explain itself. "The Man-Around-Town of the True Reformer, Littleton, N. C., pays our "Man-on-the-Corner" that sincerest of compliments — thoughtful imitation. The Colored American sets the pace in all up-to-date features you know."—Colored American. We admit that The Colored American sets the pace in a good many up-to-date features, and while we admit also that Brother Cooper is anxious to have this known from ocean to ocean, we cannot agree that he should claim that which he is not entitled to. Our Man-Around-Town commenced business in the True Reformer in January, 1900, for which we have the proof. Now, if Brother Cooper can show that his Man-on-the-Corner did busi- J. ness in The Colored American prior to this date, our Man-Around-Town will bow in humble submission to his claim.—True Reformer, Littleton, N. C. We fear the "kow-tow" is up to our enterprising young friend from the great state of North Carolina. The "Man-on-the-Corner" is an old institution in The Colored American. If our mailing clerk wasn't so busy we would hunt up our files from the year 1895, wherein the productions of "The Man-on-the-Corner" will be found, discussing current issues in about the same breezy and incisive fashion as now. He has occasionally taken a rest, but The True Reformer will find that our "feature" antedates 1900 by several blocks. Nevertheless, our Littleton contemporary deserves credit for the witty style and good sense of its "observer man," even if we ploneered the idea. The Western World, piloted by our great and good friend, Col. John C. Leftwich, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, published a fine engraving a few days ago, upon which were emblazoned the features of Dr. Booker T. Washington, with our own "phiz" as a companionpiece, both surmounted by glaring headlines announcing them as "Our National Leaders." In response to our note of appreciation of this graceful, even if undeserved compliment, Col. Leftwich writes: "Friend Cooper—Glad to know you were well pleased with your cut in the World. I guess the little pop-gun editors will now shut up. The World's circulation jumped 50 per cent. We have had a demand for more than 500 copies. White and colored wanted the paper. I shall run the cuts again next week—the demand is so great that we are compelled to do so. The World has grown beyond the most sanguine expectations." The Negro Music Journal, just issued here, is a creditable addition to the real literature of the nation's capital. It is edited by J. Hillary Taylor, and the table of contents shows excellent taste in what is beneficial to the lovers of music. The principal contri- THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. butions are "The Art of Violin Playing," Clarence Cameron White; "Perseverance as Taught by the Lives of the Masters,' W. F. Gates; "S. Coleridge Taylor, A Sketch," H. J. Storer; "Music as an Educator and Moral Builder," Agnes Carroll, and "Music in the Home," J. Hillary Taylor, together with a choice assortment of editorial matter and poetical selections. The typography, for which 1. Edward Clifford is responsible, is splendid, and the magazine, from both a literary and mechanical standpoint, is deserving of long life. It will be issued monthly. The Railroad Porters and Hotel Waiters' Magazine for September has reached us. It fifty pages are filled with interesting articles, information that is valuable, sketches of prominent public characters and an unusually fine array of advertisements. An engraving of Booker T. Washington serves as a frontispiece, and space is devoted to a study of his career. A cut and sketch of Editor George Waldo Chivis appear to advantage, and S. Alibi Caust contributes a literary mosaic under the caption of "The Genius and the Wizard," embodying some humorous "take-offs" on well-known people. The magazine is published at Philadelphia, boasts of an extensive circulation. No Afro-American journal in the country is giving more evidence of substantial development than the Charleston, W. Va., Advocate. It far excels most of the publications hailing from the metropolitan centers of the country, and which affect national proportions, and influence. The Advocate's growth has been gradual and natural, and we are pleased to learn that the recent enlargement to an eight-page, all home-print quarto, is to be permanent. It is especially strong in the state of West Virginia, and its broad discussions of current questions, it is augmenting its support in all parts of the country. Our hand, Neighbor! The Star of Zion wittily calls the rot that some embryo Whittiers send to its office, "poor-etry." Keep up the good work, Brother Leftwich. You are the kind of a hustler that cannot be kept out of the front rank. Paul Laurence Dunbar contributed an interesting article to The Saturday Evening Post recently. Subject, "The Last Fiddling of Mordaunt's Jim." The Baptist Sentinel is to have a brand new building on the campus of Shaw University at Raleigh, N. C., for use as the permanent headquarters of the paper. The meeting of Negro Business League at Richmond, Va., was marked with grand success. A very able account was published in The Colored American.—New American. The Kansas Record, of Kansas City, Kan., compliments the write-up The Colored American gave the National Negro Business League by reproducing the majority of it. A genuine novelty in the way of newspaper departures is "The Improvement Journal," published by the John L. Whitman Moral Improvement Association of the Cook County Jail, Chicago, Ill. 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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 H. 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. THE PHELPS HALL BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL. Connected with the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute at Tuskegee Alabama. The Popular Book of the Year The Popular Book of the Year SHADOW and LIGHT. Price $1.25. Agents Wanted "THE LITERARY SHOP." 506 Eleventh St., N. W., Washington, D. C Read The Colored American Those Who Dabble in Printers' Ink. Renewed interest is taken in Rev. D Webster Davis volume of dialect poems, "Weh Down Souf," since his warm reception at the Young People's Congress, where he recited with excellent effect "My Childhood's Happy Days," "Bakin' and Greens," and "De Nigger's Got to Go." The Baltimore Lancet, one of our most welcome exxchanges, improves with each issue. It is wholly "original," and presents a variety of news and editorial matter in a bright and entertaining way that indicates high-grade journalistic genius on the part of its editor. Mrs. Maggie L. Walker, as editress of the St. Luke Herald, Richmond, Va., sets a commendable example in forceful utterance. She tells the truth, regardless of whose feelings it may hurt. The paper is clean and attractive in appearance, and is a credit to the Order of St. Luke. Mr. William H. Davis, Phar. D., of this city, is contributing a series of valuable articles to the Kentucky Standard on Negro Business Interests in Washington. He gives many facts hitherto unpublished, and pays a just tribute to the earnest men who are giving the race an honorable standing in the world of commerce. The Colored American, a national Negro newspaper, well known to everybody, is the best journal published in Washington; it reflects the highest thoughts and best achievements of the race, and its enterprising and shrewd editor, Mr. E. E. Cooper, is a fearless defender of the rights and virtues of the race.—Letter of W. H. Davis in Kentucky Standard. Among the full-page portraits of notable and important persons of which The Outlook is making a feature are, in the October Magazine Number, those of the late Professor Virchow, Archbishop Farley, John Morley and Cesar Frank, the latter two accompanying personal articles of unusual interest by Justin McCarthy and Daniel G. Mason respectively. The Littleton, N. C., True Reformer wants to know what the colored press of the doubtful states of the West and North will do aboout the treatment accorded the race by Pritchard and his sympathizers. The leading papers talk strongly, but what their readers will do at the polls can be best told after the November elections We ask also, will they have the nerve to vote as they talk? Now that the "Native Washingtonians" have organized, the versatile and witty correspondent, Roscoe Conkling Murray Simmons, of the Charleston Advocate, suggests that the next logical move would be the formation of an "interloper's Club," with such "eminent interlopers" as Judges Terrell and Hewlett, Prof. Kelly Miller, Editors Cooper and Thompson, Dr. L. H. Harris, H. C. Tyson, Register Lyons, Recorder Dancy, Assistant Register Adams, Mr. W. T. Menard and F. G. Manly as charter members. Politcal Horoscope. Continued from third page. made quite a number of effective speeches already in the campaign. The Republican committees are arranging with him to help out in several States where some missionary work is needed. The Indianapolis Journal (white) organ of the Republicans of Indiana, endorses the exclusion of the Negro from politics by the Republicans as the means of forcing a division of the THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. 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 The Popular B Get it! Read SHADOW Southern Negro vote and the removal of the stigma that the success of the party entails Negro domination. The Journal is of the opinion that the Democrats secure an unfair advantage by claiming to be the "only white man's party" in the South. General Robert Smalls, collector of customs at the port of Beaufort, S. C., is standing by E. H. Deas as the legal head of the Republican party in the State, and responded to the call of the latter at Columbia on the 17in. Deas is making it warm for the Janus-faced national committeeman, John G. Capers, who is a Democrat and has no business on a Republican committee. General Smalls appears doubtful as to whether enough white Republicans can be found to make up a State ticket, as the race will be a forlorn hope, and they are not disposed to offer themselves up as sacrifices to extend the party's influence. Our teachers are back to work, and will soon have the extreme pleasure of connecting with the pay-roll. The sensation will be a novelty of a most welcome nature. The Georgia Negro leaders hint that they will not be so easily eliminated as were their neighboring statesmen. We are watching the "ticker." The Columbus, Ohio, Standard is making a terrific fight against Cyrus Huling, Republican nominee for Congress in that district, and is supporting with might and main the Democratic candidate, D. C. Badger. Huling is said to be a rank Negro hater. J. Milton Turner has "turned up" in the Ohio campaign, and is after the scalp of Cy Huling, who is trying to run for Congress in the 13th district. W. D. Johnson, the fearless editor of The Kentucky Standard, says the white Republicans must do something to hold the Negro vote in line; that Lincoln Republicanism is a thing of the past, and that he is ready to join in any movement that tends to better the condition of his people. He thinks it necessary to cultivate friendly relations between the races and to act independently in politics to improve our prospects. Noisy declamation never solves a problem that requires deliberation and common sense. People are hard up for something to do when they take a notion that Mr. John F. Cook should be "jumped on." He is one of our worthiest citizens, and is worth all of his critics put together—and that is a very sorry compliment to him. He respects himself and his race, and illustrates his value as an example by attending to his business and giving "cheap guys" a wide berth. 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 elegantly framed by express to any subscriber who will send $3.00 to THE COLORED AMERICAN. 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. This picture should be in every Parlor Library, Reading Room, School Room, and every Public Hall used by intelligent colored people. OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MINISTRY. A 7 is in charge of the work, and is assisted by Rev. B. H. Peterson and Rev. J. H. Gadson. 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. it! Talk it! The Colored American Published by THE COLORED AMERICAN Publ ishing Company. Published every Saturday at 459 C St. N. W. Washington, D. C. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year — — — $2.00 Sixth Months — — — 1.10 Two Months — — — .60 INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Supscriptions may be sent by post office money order, express or registered letter. All communications for publication should be accompanied with the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication but as a guar antee of good faith. We solicit news, contributions, opintious and in fact all matters affecting the race. We will not pay for matter, however unless it is ordered by us. All matter intended for publication must reach this office by Wednesday of each week to insure insertion in the current issue. Agents are wanted everywhere, Send for instructions. ADVERTISING BATES. Reading notices 50 cents per line. Display advertisements, $2 per square inch per insertion. Discounts made on large contracts. Entered at the Post-office as second-class matter. All letters, communications, and business matters should be addressed to THE COLORED AMERICAN. EDWARD E. COOPER, MANAGER 459 C Street Northwest. WASHINGTON, D. C. Sold by all all News Dealers. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1902 At no time since the enfranchisement of the Negro has the race occupied so anomalous a position in the political equation as that in which we find ourselves in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and two. When scourged on the one side by the "unterrified democracy," we once could look with hopeful eyes to the republican party for friendly counsel, if not always for relief. Even when they did nothing for us in a material way, they could appeal to us in campaign times with the plea that they had at least shown no disposition to do anything to our detriment as men and citizens. The aggressive opposition of the democratic party rendered this negative policy of the republicans such a virtue, that as a choice between evils, to support the republican ticket, county, state, and national, seemed the lesser Presto, change! Now, the boot is on the other leg. The democrats having exhausted their resources in the work of eliminating us from politics, the republicans in the several states have set themselves to the very delectable task of putting the finishing touches upon the job, as they are in control of the federal machinery, Our erstwhile "friends" have cowardly deserted us in the hour of our extremity, and left us naked to our enemies. Senator Pritchard, who owes all that he is today in the councils of the nation to the black vote, is the ring leader in an assassination more foul and ungrateful than the sacrifice of Caesar to the ambition of the Roman cabal: We see Pritchard riding rough shod over his yeoman band in North Carolina. a rank pretender, Capers, fresh from the --- THE COLORED AMEPICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. democratic party, posing as a member of the republican national committee and dispenser of administration patronage, chosen over the head of the real state organization of South Carolina, represented by Chairman E. H. Deas, and, last, but not least, the Negro leaders are "turned down" in Alabama, and upon them is foisted one Wellman, as chairman of a "lily-white republican executive committee." The game of "freeze-out" is being played to the limit. Where does President Roosevelt stand upon this all-important question? As the official and natural head of the republican party in the nation, he is the court of final resort. Is he jin sympathy with these high handed proceedings? Is he prepared to confess that the war was a failure, and that the entire national policy and lofty principles of the party as enunciated by Lincoln and Grant have been a long series of mistakes? Can President Roosevelt and men like Gen. Clarkson put themselves on record to this effect by even maintaining silence while such nefarious practices a e being carried on, to the eternal shame of the republic which black men fought to uphold when it was threatened wth disruption and ruin? We think not. There is more at stake in this question than the mere matter of political advantage or the spoils of office. The fundamental doctrine set forth in our Constitution and declaration of independence is in the balance, fighting, as best it can, for its life. The President, perhaps in a more conspicuous way than any other man in public life, is an exemplar of fair play, whether the contest be sport, war or politics. We cannot believe that he will, at this late day, reverse the record of a lengthy and brilliant career, for the poor prize of a few lily white republican votes that can do him no good and a still smaller parcel of ballots of bourbon democrats—which he will not get? We cannot bring ourselves to believe that a man of his broad intellectuality, shrewd political judgment and christian conscience can so completely lose his balance as to endanger the electoral votes of the pivotal states of the West and North, where the Negro is a prime factor, by surrendering to this infamous prejudice in the southern states, which will avail nothing. It will be many a year before any commonwealth below the Mason's and Dixon's line contribute a single electoral vote to the republican column, no matter who the candidate may, be or what the issue. Theodore Rosevelt, we take it, is too level-headed to "chase rainbows," and too patriotic to stand idly by, and permit the throttling of a large contingent of his brother Americans, whose only offense is that they were born with dark skins. The hour for the parting of the ways has come. 'Choose ye tbis day whom ye will serve." President Roosevelt and the leaders of the republican party of the nation must decide between that wing of the organization in the South that is willing to recognize the political rights of the Negro, or give the insignia of their approval to those who would reduce us to a hopeless serfd m. The moment the President sanctions the validity of the claim of Wellman to the chairmanship of the state committee in Alabama, or expresses himself in accord with the dirty work of Pritchard, Capers. and the rest—that moment he says to the Negroes of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and New York that the republican party is now a white man's party, and the black man can have no place or standing therein. The issue is plain. There is no escape in evasion, pleas for delay, or confusing the main question with trivial subterfuges. Where does Roosevelt stand? Is he in line with the founders of the republican party—for equality of citizenship and civil rights for all men—or is he owned, body and soul, by the most contemptible horde of political adventurers that this country has ever known—the "lily-whites?" The Negro voters of the North and West want to know—and knowing, they can make up their minds as to their course in the future. One Ne_ro was sold in Kentucky a few days ago. The entire Negro population was "sold" in North Carolina and Alabama. SLAVERY IN A CAPSULE. The selling of Negroes in Kentucky when found guilty of vagrancy is a practice susceptible of many abuses, and lacking in a single element of good policy. It offers to an unscrupulous constabulary a vast field for the wreaking of private vengeance against individuals who may have offended them. We cannot tell how far the thing may go. If the Negro Fisher Milton can be sold in Shelbyville, Ky, at public auction for the period of twelve months, hundreds can be subjected to the same treatment upon the flimsiest of evidence in outlying communities where the arm of the law is weak. It is a queer anomaly that his services should be purchased by a colored man. Mr. Murphy may get his $20 worth of work out of Fisher, but at the close, neither will be better men for the relation thus sustained. The thing savors too strongly of the villainous convict lease system that is a stench in the nostrils of all Georgia to be palatable so near the Ohio River. The law should be abolished at once. It is slavery in a capsule. The colored people of Virginia mean business. A meeting of 800 have resolved to raise means to employ competent legal talent to test the legality of the state constitution recently enacted, which takes away the Negroes right to vote. A colored girl student has been ordered out of the dormitory of the Northwestern University, the great Methodist Institution at Fvanston, Ill., and the Atlanta Constitution has another chance to poke fun at the liberality (?) of northern sentiment on the race paoblem. We are preparing to prune our subscription list down to those who actually pray for this paper. We cannot carry dead heads any longer, as they are an expensive luxury. Our good friends who may be affected by this painful duty should take time by the fore-lock and remit their subscription Hon. Eugene F. Ware, Commissioner of Pensions, is a business man of the first order. Affairs are in a better shape and there is a more harmonious feeling among the divisions in the Pension Office now than has existed in many years. There is no favoritism and merit is getting a show for recognition. The tippler, the debt-dodger, the shyster agent, and the fraudulent would be pensioner are all "to the bad" since Mr. Ware as sum'd charge. The Richmond News simply advertises to the world its mental smallness when it whines out that it "has never been able to accept the Mr. Mrs. and Miss as applied to people of the Negro race," claiming that such a designation is a tacit admission of social equality with the whites. When a newspaper confesses so brazenly its incompetency to serve a cosmopolitan community in a spirit of decency and fairness, because of an assinine prejudice, it is a waste of time to attempt redemption The universal sorrow over the death of Former Governor Shepherd is a new proof that time is a man's best source of vindication. At one time, despite his signal service in building up the capital of this nation to a state of magnificence befitting our standing in the world, he was the most abused man in the District of Columbia. The people finally came to know him as he was, began to see with his prophetic and far-reaching eye, and caught up with his progressive spirit. Today no eulogy is too extravagant to be pronounced over his grave. Verily, time is the great leveler. The Denver Times-Speaker is waging a relentless warfare against preachers whom it deems unworthy of the cloth they wear. If the aforesaid preachers are innocent of the charges made by Editor Sharp, the courts offer an ample medium for redress. We are for fair play, but the greatest mistake the average newspaper makes is in shielding from exposure a class of moral lepers, masquerading in the garb of God's shepherd, when it is well-known that they are morally and mentally unfit to stand in a pulpit for one consecutive second. Let the truth be told. Alcidian Pleasure Club An organization that starts off with brilliant prospects is the Alcidian Pleasure Club. It is composed of quite a number of young men who are recognized as leaders in the social world, and the entertainments planned by them for the fall and winter promise to go far toward making the season a round of wholesome enjoyment. The following officers have been chosen: Burnett Stewart, president; William Booking, vice president; Andrew Holmes, financial secretary; William Russ, recording secretary; Lewis Williams, treasurer; Horace Silence, sergeant-at-arms; Randolph Haskins, chaplain; Edward Darce, corresponding secretary; Clarence Eckstein, manager; John Herbert, librarian. oe THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. ©. ee i law. rs. sha ° LITTLE COLORED AMERICANS. ..... | motherinaw. ates nen Ree, Tell the truth. polities, like the tariff, is a local juestion. ‘There are people who insist upon calling them “old veterans.” intoxicating beverages never help 4 man to attend to his business, Naturally, A. E. Manning says, “I rou you so.” He knew at all the time. There will be fewer “jim crow” cars when Negroes own stock in the rail- roads. ps rhe Colored American is the most videly-quoted Negro journal in the country. The New York Sun says there is a healthful demand for Negro labor in that city. More business ventures of the race ure killed by neglect than by want of popular support. The dollar is so eminently respect- able that we forget the color of men who have plenty oi it. The Colored American can be de- pended upon to stand up for the man- hood of the Negro race. The appendage of LL D.., A. M., Ph. i), B. D., and the like adds littlé to the worth of a real man, Richmond, Va., had three Negro con ventions within three weeks, and hand- somely cared for them all. Some of those who praise The Col- ored American the most lavishly fail to pay their subscription bill. Friends of The Colored American do not borrow it; they buy it, and thus show substantial appreciation. A uivision of the Negro vote will take the question of Negro suffrage out of the domain of partisan politics. The Negro should haye too mucit race pride to ask white men to do for him that which he can do for himself. There is a town in Kentucky named Handana, but it does not follow that its citizens are all handkerchief-heads. You will have to “show us” that al- lesed “decent white Republican party” ‘hey are building up in the Southern States. No educational scheme is complete that does not comprehend the intellect- ‘\ Improvement of the poor classes of whites, \ race cannot rise above its women. ‘ake care of the girls and the morals of a people will take care of them- There is no permanent prosperity for Young men who attempt to live on iheir wits rather than by legitimate ervice, There should be more solicitude on the part of the various denominations ‘or The extension of the home mission- ary field. The Atlanta Congress was a success, ‘ud justified the wisdom of its pro- molers, Why haggle, at this late day, about its cost? No woman’s virtue is safe who is |) veuk enough to love fine apparel, |) share SimeBer’ eed ss ee “Surches and church conferences are to biame if an immoral or other- wise unfit minister is allowed to pur- sue his calling in the pulpit. Conventions which have no means of inspiring its delegates to do any- thing practical between sessions can- not have far-reaching influence. It is said that best Indian Negroes who go to Cape Town in South Africa, good subjects\of the British crown, prefer to pass themselves off as Amer- icans. ~ We do not blame a man for praising the bridge that carries him over, pro- vided he choses the best bridge and builds no barriers im front of other bridges. The National Baptist Publishing Board wants new building to accom- modate the growing volume of busi- ness. It should be built without un- necessary delay. Judge Ballou, of Balti altercation with a choir | the stampede at Birmingt the recipient of some fre able advertising. City in Breif. Judge E. M. Hewlett is back from a pleasant vacation at Hamliton, Va. The new schools will be eradicated as soon as arrangement can be made therefor. Plymouth’s pastor will have the songs for the Sunday night service il- lustrated. Special services at Plymouth church next Sunday, the 21st anniversary of tne church. Mrs. Mamie West Tapscott is presi- dent of the board, and Mrs. Martha Liggons is secretary. Mrs. M. A. Wilson and Mrs. E. A. Baybre have returned after spending a delightful summer up on Lake Ontario, Canada. Misses Alice and Florence May Will- iams are easily domiciled at 182 15th street northwest with Dr. and Mrs. Williams. An oyster roast at Glymont will add its toothsome and palatable attraction to the excursion down the Potomac, October 9th. < _ The G. A. R. excursion down the Potomac, October 9th, promises to be the feature of the encampment, to the distinguished colored visitors. The G. A. R. parade will take place on the Sth of October. What better diversion could there be on the 9th tnan a ride down the Potomac? Mr. Frank W. Whitted, of the Gov- ernment Printing Office, is in Little- ton, N. C., spending a few days with Hon. H. P. Cheatham and family. Dr. J. E. Shepard, field secretary of the International Sunday School Union, will reach Washington Tuesday to attend the G. A. R. encampment. Dr. W. A. Warfield, surgeon-in-chief of Freeumen’s Hospital, is wearing two smiles. The stork visited him last week and left twins—a boy and girl. Mrs, Mary Scott is the guest of her ~~ Me 44. ft. SUD-COMMittee on pub- lic comfort wii give a complimentary excursion down the Potomac during the encampment, to the distinguished colored visitors, Mr. J. T. Haskins, of the Govera- ment Printing Office, has gone to his home in Petersburg, Va., for a short stay, after which he will visit friends in North Carolina. Mr. Philip Barbour, a young man of enterprise and business acumen, is now associated with Mr. William T. Talbert, the undertaker and embalmer at 423 Ridge street N. W. Dr. W. P. Napper spent a part of his vacation in Charleston and the hills of West Virginia, where he has many old friends. While in the capital city he was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. George L. Cozuens. Miss A. Pauline Kerrick, one of the most popular school teachers of Prince George’s, Maryland, resumed work on the 16th ult., after spenuing the great- er part of her vacation in traveling through the North. Mr. L. McLynne Yarborough, recent- ly of Norwich, Conn., is connected with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. He is a writer, speaker and singer of no mean ability, and has earned a de- served popularity here. Mr. C. H. Browne, of 1013 16th street, has worn a very dignified smile on his face since Wednesday, the 17th ult., and the cause of it is the happy addi- | tion of a sweet-faced 9-pound little daughter. Mother and baby are doing nicely. A special from Littleton, N. C., brings the happy intelligence that a 15-pound daughter has come into the |home life of Mr. and Mrs, H. P. Cheat- ham. The popular ex-Congressman is all smiles, and mother and daughter are doing well. Rey. Sterling N. Brown preached an excellent sermon on “The Teacher” last Sunday at Lincoln Temple. Lincoln Temple is in full sway now in all its departments. The employ- ment exchange and public reading room are the recent new features opened. Miss M. Louise Watson, of 1125 19th street, has returned to the city, after spending a most enjoyable summer in Brooklyn, N. Y., with her uncle, Mr. Fred. R. Moore. Her brother, Master Byron Watson, has also returned from Newport, R. I., where he spent the summer. Miss Marguerite J. Wear, of Staun- ton, Va., who is stopping at 1611 Mad- ison street northwest, has had a de- lightful vacation and extended tour, visiting the cities of Boston, Philadel- ‘phia, Charlottesville, Va., and lastly Washington. She left for home last ‘week to resume her duty as a teacher. The many friends of Capt. David J. Gilmer will be sorry to ‘know that his wife keeps quite sick at their apart- ments, 1129 G street northeast. Mrs. Gilmer has been ailiny since last July, but came on from Greensboro to join |: her husband here, hoping to improve. | It is hoped that she wiil soon recover her normal health. : The choir of Asbury M. E. Church will give a song service tomorrow |‘ evening, at 7:30 o'clock, at which |! time they will be assisted by local talent. Later during the season they |‘ will present “the “Prodigal Son,” an |! oratorio by Arthur Sullivan, at the re- |! quest of many who failed to attend the presentation given last season. Prof. W. H. Richards had some in- |‘ teresting experiences during his vaca- 1 tion this summer. He visited points | ¢ in New England, and extended his itin- 1 erary into Virginia and looked into | § the workings of the “jim crow” car t system, without riding in one, how- |‘ ever. The Colored American hopes to | ! fell its readers about the episodes con- | 5 one SOME TOUCHING SCENES. Prof Montgomery Addresses G4e Teachers at G4e Mi Stree? High School Preparatory to Begin- ning Work of G4e Ysar—A Mas- terly Effort—The Outlook, ae a ee Se | at 9 o’clock, the three supervising prin- cipals, Messrs. E. W. Brown, J. C. Nalle and J. B. Clarke, met their teach- ers for the first time since June. With smiling faces, improved minds and strong bodies, they greeted their fel- low-workers with hearty, happy and sincere speeches of welcome. Instruc- tions were given to all with the fond- est hopes for a more prosperous year in all respects. After a general hand- shaking and greeting of each other, the teachers were notified to meet at the high school at 4 o’clock p. m. This is the only meeting during the year when all of the colored teachers are assem- bled in one place at one time, and the event is always anxiously “greeted. or fully an hour before the meeting convened, teachers and officers were gathering at the high school, the Alma Mater of nearly the entire corps. The sight was truly an inspiring and interesting one to have seen hundreds of the brightest, most refined, most cul- tured and highly educated teachers in the United States as they assembled in ‘the chapel of the high school. | The old “school ma’am” and the new- ly appointed “school miss” are here on a level; everybody greets everybody else; the stout ones are not so stout; the thin ones are not so thin; the old ones look younger; the young ones look better; the supervisors look happy (es- pecially Mr. Nalle); the superintend- ent looks wiser; the trustees look ex- tremely happy; they have been ap- pointed for another term of seven years. Mr. A. H. Stuart, superintendert, made the opening speech, in which he welcomed all of the teachers to their labors, and said, among other things, that he thanked God for such a man as Dr. W. S. Montgomery, who has been such a factor in the progress and success of our schools; he thanked God for the colored teachers, who are among the best in the country, and who are making our schools better every day by their patience, toil, ex- cellent teaching, and by lending their heartiest support to the officers and trustees. Mrs. Belle G. Francis and Mr. J. F. Bundy, the trustees, also welcomed the teachers, and commended them for leaving the city in the summer to at- tend summer schools, thereby improv- ing their minds, and then going to the mountains, seashore or traveling about the country, thereby improving the body. The trustees desired to have these schools “models” in every respect and will recognize and promote those only who show merit and efficiency. After suggesting “thoroughness, at- tention to small things, faithfulness and careful study of each child to suit his needs,” they wished the teachers a very prosperous year. Then Dr. Montgomery delivered the pest address ever heard by the teach- srs of Washington upon such an occa- sion. For fully five minutes after he iad finished, the walls rang, echoed ind re-echoed with the prolonged and 1earty applause of those who had lis- ened for a long time to the beautiful houghts as they rolled from his lips. Never before has ne been heard to uch excellent advantage. Never be- ore has he risen to the heights of elo- juence and veauty, never before has le carried his audience by storm to uch depths of sincerity and love for heir calling, to the sacredness of their uty and to the reward of the success- ul and honest work. ‘“Self-reliance, elf-knowledge and_ self-control.” he aid, ‘decide success in life.” An effort is being made to secure the ddress for publication. Bishop Hood, “the grand old man” f the A. M. E. Zion Church of the ai A cael a a a at al eae LM