The Colored American

The COLORED American NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. IX, NO. 25. LOVE IS THE REMEDY LOVE IS THE REMEDY BISHOP SMITH'S VIEW OF OUR PRESENT STRIFE Essentials of Christianity Ably Discussed Before Detroit's Oldest and Most Influential Methodist Congregation-The Lives of Moses and Abraham Lincoln Contrasted. It is no small compliment in this day of liberal education for one of our race to be asked to give spiritual advice to a congregation representing the culture, dignity and wealth of a distinguished community. But such compliments are paid, and when the recipient of the same is so worthy a prelate as Bishop C. S. Smith, the entire Negro people are the beneficiaries thereof. The episcopal bench has not on it a grander man than this energetic, characterful and eloquent expounder of the Word, and his influence for the betterment of mankind is evidenced by a long and useful career as a minister, as manager of the Sunday School branch of the A. M. E. Church, and as a thinker, scholar and earnest philosopher in relation to the problems that vex this twentieth century civilization. It was quite a distinction when he was called upon, a few days ago, in the absence of Dr. Elliott, pastor of the Central Methodist Church, the oldest and most influential congregation in Detroit, Michigan, to fill that pulpit. He was invited to do so, and he accepted the mission, and it is of record that no stronger or more able sermon has ever been delivered in many a year from the rostrum than that which fell from the lips of Charles Spencer Smith, presiding bishop of the twelfth Episcopal district of the African connection. The learned prelate discoursed on "Love, the Essential of Christianity," in which he strongly contrasted Judaism with Christianity, comparing the lives of Moses and Abraham Lincoln, the leaders in the respective movements, arguing President Lincoln to be the stronger character of the two. The sermon created a profound impression upon the large and representative audience which heard it, and the papers gave much space to the moral lesson that the Bishop's line of thought inculcated. It was timely, well-tempered, and bore upon the burning issues that are uppermost in our minds in the present crisis. We give the portion that may be considered most significant and typical of the spirit of the sermon: "As it relates to the matter in question, Moses was the emancipator of his own people; Abraham Lincoln was the emancipator of an alien race, and, unlike Moses, he sealed and sanctified the sublime mission of his life with his own heart's blood," said Bishop Smith. EV. I B. SCOTT, MR. WIELIAM H.:STEWARD, Editor of the American Baptist published at Louisville, Ky. PRICE, FIVE CENTS THE TORCH OF REASON THE TORCH OF REASON A NEWSPAPER OF THE OLD SCHOOL SPEAKS OUT. It Places a High Estimate on a Great Race Journal and Commends its High Ground-A Recent Cartoon Which Attracted The Attention of Its Editor. "The Torch of Reason" is a weekly, published at Silverton, Oregon, by the Liberal University Company, in the interest of pure science, applied to education, religion and practical life. It takes high ground upon all subjects, and its editor, Mr. T. B. Wakeman, permits no partisan bias, sectarian prejudice, racial feeling, or popular fadism to deflect his judgment from what he conceives to be the truth, as demonstrated by scientific deduction. Referring to a cartoon and query, "Where are our friends?" found in a recent issue of The Colored American, "The Torch of Reason" makes the following caustic comment, which is well worth reading by the thinkers of both races and all parties: "The 'Colored American' (Washington, D. C.), a weekly, seems to be one of the most able and considerate organs of our colored people, and as such deserves careful attention. In its issue of Sept. 12, it presents, over the question at the head of this article, a striking cartoon by Freedom W. Hoffmann, one of our rising artists in that line. The Grand Old Party (G. O. P.) as a mighty triumphant elephant, is represented as shaking the Negro on his back off into a very brisk hell-fire, and says, 'without rebuke in N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Alabama and Louisiana,' and it might have added Virginia, Mississippi and other States soon to follow. The 'Colored American' notes these facts of the depriving of the colored people of the right to vote, together with frequent unrebuked lynchings of colored offenders, the repression of education and the stern revival of caste, with incisive editorial comments, all which should have a far wider consideration than they evidently attain. "If the colored race have any friends, as the "abolitionists" used to induce us to believe, now is the time for them to show themselves in some effective and helpful way. For next to the Trusts, Tariff and Imperialism, this question of race is the one that fills every lover of his country with anxiety. Nor is it far removed from those trust and other difficulties above named. For if we ask, Why has the G. O. P. deserted the Negro who fought with and for the republic on the battlefield and at the polls, and died for it at both? The answer is, that the party of Man has become the party of capital, and under that the colored .Continued on fifth page THE YOLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. CG, 10 GRAND MASTER ASKINS A Devoted Odd Fellow Pl ced a Ghe Head of Gre Eee user Grand Lodge, The election of Mr. Jacob B. Askins as Grand Master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of the District of Columbia was a fitting recognition of the iong and meritorious service that worthy gentleman has rendered the fraternity. He has always stood for co-operation and progress, id his first aim as the premier of the istrict Grand Lodge will be to use « ry hon- orable endeavor to bring ab it a bet- | eee = ca & c eng - 3 ; ae 7 ~~ zs | Ieee ee es tat ba ae eS an = ee Ao oa . Se eS Bee on ae es ere : LSE i MR, JACCB B./ASKINS. ter feeling and understanding among the 2,000 members of the twenty-seven lodges that make up this jurisdiction. Mr. Askins is a native of Louisiana, and is 46 years of age. He is in pos- session of a liberal education, acquired in public and private schools in the Pelican State. Since coming to Wash- ington, he has served the United States Government in the House of Repre- sentatives and in the Treasury Depart- ment, entering the latter place in 1893, and is still there. He is the founder of John and Jacob’s Lodge, No. 2482, New Orleans, but connected himself here with Green Mountain Lodge, No. 1477, of which he is now treasurer, having also filled the post of advocate. He has been chief of staff of Patri- archie, No. 18, and served as assistant Worthy Recorder of tne same. He is now in his third term as president of the Odd Fellows’ Lyceum. He headed the District delegation to the 10th B. M. C. in 1901. His election to the Grand Mastership of the local grand lodge took place September 11, suc- ceeding Mr. James W. Muse, a man of great executive capacity. Mr. Askins is a newspaper writer, and has contributed many articles to leading journals, notably the Washing- ton Post and Star. His productions on “Phe Negro as a Ciuzen” and “The Negro and Free Coinage” were heart- ily commended by Senators Cullom, Gear, Mason, Frye, Lodge, Dolliver, Speaker Henderson and the late Pres- ident McKinley. Mr. Askins is now at the B. M. C. in New Haven as a dele- gate, and his influence is being widely felt in the dispatch of the great busi- ness affairs of the order. DEATH'S DOINGS. During the past few days the angel of death has been unusually busy, and the ranks of well-known people have been seriously and painfuily depleted by his visits. ‘thursday, October 2d, Mrs. Addie Barbour, daughter of Philip and Mary Barbour, aied. Funeral services were held Sunday at 1 p. m. at Zion Bap- tist Church. At the family residence, 424 Wilson street, Friday, October 3d, Mrs. Isa- bella Cherry, wife of the late Matthew Cherry, departed this life. Rev. G. W. Lee conducted the funeral ceremonies Sunday, at 2 p. m., at Vermont Avenue Baptist Church. After a lingering illness, William C. Gordon died Thursday, October 2d, at his residence, 424 Elm street north- west. He leaves a wite, Mrs. Georgie Gordon, and other sorrowing relatives. The funeral occurred Saturday at 2 p. m., at Lincoln Tempie, Rev. Sterling N. Brown officiating. Sunday, at Plymouth Congregational Church, another funeral took place, that of William Andrew Payne, hus- band of the late Avelyn Tyler Payne, who died October 1, at his home, 1328 New Hampshire avenue northwest. SCIENCE AND MISCELLANY. A neat little pamphlet entitled “Science and Miscellany” has been is- sued by Miss Laura P. Lennon, of At- lanta, Ga. It treats of the philosophy of life among peoples and races, and draws scientific deductions from a study of their religions, social and physical aspects. Her reasoning, while brief and suggestive only of its depth of her research, is clear, cogent and broad-guaged. Bishop H. M. Turner contributes an introduction which sets forth an admirable prospectus of the booklet and pays a handsome tribute to its author. Miss Lennon, while only 20 years of age, is a graduate of Clark University and Morris Brown College, and is at present secretary of “The Voice of the People” and of the Sixth Episcopal District of the A M. E. Church. “AMERICAN COLORED WAITER.” No class of colored employes in gen- eral service measured up to a higher standard in character, personal neat- ness, or keen sense of responsibility than the waiter. They are year by year developing a talented leadership, and by organization and the weeding out of the unworthy, are bringing the calling up to a plane of professional- ism. To aid in this work, Mr. John B. Goins, a Chicago head waiter, has written and published a book, “The American Colored Waiter.” The au- thor’s purpose is to supply a hand-book ot information for ready reference. Its contents are well-adapted to promote the welfare of the waiters and enhance the comfort of those they serve Contemporary Views Tue Cororep AMERICAN is independ- ent, fresh and fearless. It rings true upon the questions of the hour.—Baptist Reporter, Helena, Ark, DESERVES CREDIT. Tue Cororen American of the Dis- trict of Columbia deserves much credit tor the excellent picture of Prof. B. T. Washington.—Western World. WHY, CERTAINLY! The Watchman thankfully accepts the compliments of THe CoLorED AMERICAN for the portrait of Booker T. Washing- ton, which no doubt will be highly ap- preciated by all the AMERICAN’s readers. —Travis Watchman, Austin, Texax. NEVERTHELESS AND NOTWITH- STANDING. The Negro press may criticise Editor Cooper of THé Covorep American, but he publishes the news and edits one of the best papers that comes out of thr Capital City—Kentucky Reporter. ANOTHER PROGRESSIVE MOVE. The supplement to THe Cororep AMERICAN in the way of a beautiful en- graving of the distinguished Booker T. Washington is another progressive move in Negro journalism—Arkansas Appre- ciator. INTERNATIONAL IN SCOPE. Tue CoLorep AMERICAN, Washington, is the only Negro journal of its kind published. It is not only national, with a touch of the local, but is international in scope. It combines in a well bal- anced degree, the newspaper, the advo- cate and the magazine—The American Star. 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I'm no reformer, for I see more light than darkness in the world. Mine eyes are quick to catch the first dim radiance of the dawn. And slow to note the cloud that threatens storm. 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. SHADOW AND LIGHT." Press Comment Upon Judge M. W. Gibbs Masterly Autobiography of Race History Revealed. A MERITORIOUS WORK—Judge Gibbs' book, "Shadow and Light," is one of the best books that has been placed on the market for years, bar none. For grace and ease of diction, bearing the reader right on as glides the canoe on smooth waters, neither halting nor hesitating when they become troubled or boisterous. Unflagging interest attends each page. First, the writer has something to tell that people want to hear. It deals with a period of most vital interest in the history of our country and people. It is told in a courageous and masterful manner, never obtrusive, for although strong, classical without the thought or study of the author. It is more concise and laconic than plain, ordinary language ever is, containing much in little. Running all through the pages are bits of instruction, which, although addressed to the colored race, may be of benefit to all. There are here and there bits of pailosophy that not only vie with, but outstrip Hugo's best efforts. Simply as history, truthful, fair and unprejudiced, the work is worth many times its price. Containing all these and many more praiseworthy qualities, the work must meet with a large sale.—Little Rock Advertiser. As a globe trotter—almost the Ulysses of the Negro race. The book is unpretentious, relating personal experiences in Philadelphia British Columbia, Florida, California, England, Paris, Arabia, Arkansas and Madagascar. Narrated with a fidelity and picturesqueness which makes it interesting from start to finish. Valuable in an educational sense, eminent men with whom the author has been associated, and historical events in which he has taken part. A creditable contribution to current literature.—Pine Bluff Daily Commercial. The book will strongly appeal to all interested in the history and welfare of the race in America.—Washington Post Washington, D. C. We are particularly glad to welcome this most entertaining volume of history, travel and observation, for Judge Gibbs has written it in a delightfully refreshing vein that will attract the attention and hold it to the end. It is an entrancing as any book of travel ever written.—Ark. Democrat. I am a little pessimistic as to Negro authors and books. But the way you treat an old subject is fascinating. I have spoken of it to my congregation.—Rev. Dr. L. S. Flagg, Washington, D. C. Judge Gibbs, the leading colored citizen, is an entertaining writer, and a man of varied experience. The volume is embellished with many portraits of distinguished individuals who are subjects of the author's fruitful pen. There is not a dull page in the book.—Arkansas Gazette. A story ostensibly of himself, but that involves a large number of the leading THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. men and events of the nation for many years past. It is history and biography entertwined and reads like a romance. Southwestern Christian Advocate, New Orleans, La. It is an exceedingly entertaining and thrilling narrative of the trials and struggles of the colored people before and since emancipation, and record of heroic deeds of many of the grand men and women who were pioneers in the work of freeing, educating and elevating the race. It should be read by rising and future generations.—Ex-Gov. P. B. S. Punchback, New Orleans, La. The most captivating in manner and thrilling in intensity. It is an epitome of history and travel that informs and delights. Colored American, Washington. D.C. For sale by John H. Wills, 506 Eleventh stret, N. W. Price $1.25. Those who would be leaders of the race could do nothing better than to read and take inspiration from what can be found in "Shadow and Light."—Hon. James Lewis, New Orleans, La. There are several little popcorn editors, who are trying to nag at Editor Cooper, of The Colored American. These little fellows remind us of a fly that tried to straighten an elephant's snout, because he kept wagging his tail. Go on, Brother Cooper, the Afro-American press of the United States endorses you. Your paper is worth more to the race, than fifty million of the other fellows.—Western World, Oklahoma City. Editor E. E. Cooper, of the Washington (District of Columbia) Colored American, whose cut appears in this issue of the Times-Speaker, is a man that the Speaker delights to do honor. He is one of the race's most trusty leaders, and as a newspaper man and all around hustler, perhaps he stands without a peer among Afro-American journalists. He is a man whose name is bound to live in after years as a land mark in Negro journalism.—Times-Speaker, Denver, Colo. ADORNMENT FOR HOME Catchall, S. C., July 8.—I congratulate you, Mr. Editor, upon the addition of new life to The Colored American Every family should have their homes adorned with the portrait of the two great men who figured in your supplement,—Booker T. Washington and Rev. W. L. Taylor. J. A. Roach. 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 reading your paper for several years and am compelled to tell you it is one of the grandest papers that has been published by a Negro journalist. Your paper has been sent to me for several years by my cousin, Prof. W. H. Richards, and I appreciate the favor very highly. I would feel proud if the Negroes in the State of Tennessee could publish a journal on the same broad lines. I trust the Colored American will never die. N. J. KNOWS HOW TO HELP. New York City. I am in receipt of your letter enclosing 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. M. S. J. If you have not read Booker T. Washington's "Character Building," you should procure a copy at once. --- PETER GROGAN Credit For All Washington. 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Instructions were given to all with the fondest hopes for a more prosperous year in all respects. After a general handshaking 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 assembled in one place at one time, and the event is always anxiously greeted. For fully an hour before the meeting convened, teachers and officers were M. 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 cultured 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 newly appointed "school miss" are here on level; everybody greets everybody 12 ones look younger; the young ones look better; the supervisors look happy (especially Mr. Nalle); the superintendent looks wiser; the trustees look extremely happy; they have been appointed for another term of seven years. Mr. A. H. Stuart, superintendent, 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 else; the stout ones are not so stout; the thin ones are not so thin; the old THE OLD MAN 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, excellent 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 attend summer schools, thereby improving 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, attention 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 best address ever heard by the teachers of Washington upon such an occasion. For fully five minutes after he had finished, the walls rang, echoed and re-echoed with the prolonged and hearty applause of those who had listened for a long time to the beautiful thoughts as they rolled from his lips. Never before has he been heard to such excellent advantage. Never before has he risen to the heights of eloquence and beauty, never before has he carried his audience by storm to such depths of sincerity and love for their calling, to the sacredness of their duty and to the reward of the successful and honest work. "Self-reliance, self-knowledge and self-control," he said, "decide success in life." An effort is being made to secure the address for publication. The enrollment at Mrs. L. R. Clarke's school of dressmaking and millinery has exceeded the most sanguine expectations. The main school rooms are at 1439 W street N. W., with branches at Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion church, in this city, and at 1126 Druid Hill avenue, Baltimore, Md. THE GRAND FOUNTAIN. United Order of True Reformers ORGANIZED January 1, 1881 Office 604, 606 and 608 N. 2nd St., - - Richmond, Va. An order devoted to the interests of its members, both in their home and business relations. We offer you an opportunity for gilt edged business investment, in enterprises owned and controlled by the Order and managed by colored men, who are members of the Order. If you are sound in health and mind, of good moral character, not younger than three (3) years nor older than sixty (60) you are eligible to membership. There are two Fountains, the Subordinate and the Rosebud. SUBORDINATE FOUNTAINS. To join the Subordinate Fornain you age. You pay $4.60 to $6.60 (according to the country you pay 35 cents per month months. You pay as taxes 80 cents per As Sick Benefits you receive from $6 ments. As Death Benefit, your family receive After one year the Death Benefit is $125. Squamate Fontaina you must be between 14 and 50 years old, or $6 60 (according to age,) as joining fee. If you live in 55 cents per month as dues; if in the city, 50 cents per taxes 80 cents per year. You receive from $6 00 to $9 00 per month, in weekly per day your family receives $75 if you die within a year. With Benefit is $125.00. To join the Subordinate Fountain you must be between 14 and 50 years of age. You pay $4.60 to $6.60 (according to age,) as joining fee. If you live in the country you pay 35 cents per month as dues; if in the city, 50 cents per months. You pay as taxes 80 cents per year. As Sick Benefits you receive from $6 00 to $9 00 per month, in weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family receives $75 if you die within a year. After one year the Death Benefit is $125.00. To join the Rosebud Fountain you must be between 3 and 14 year of age. You pay $1.00, either cash or installments. The monthly dues are either 15 or 25 cents as Fountains may decide. The annual tax is 10 cents You receive as Sick Benefit from $1.50 to $4.00 per month in weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family will be paid $24.50 you die within a year. After one year the Death Benefit is $37. To join the Rosebud Fountain you must be between 3 and 14 year of age. You pay $1.00, either cash or by installments. The monthly dues are either 15 or 25 cents as Fountains may decide. The annual tax is 10 cents. You receive as Sick Benefit from $1.50 to $4.00 per month in weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family will be paid $24 50 you die within a year. After one year the Death Benefit is $37. In the INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, there are Three Classes:—Class B, Class E, and Class M. All dues payable annually or quarterly. In Class B, the age limit is 14 to 60 dues, $4.75 to $7.60. The Certificate is After one year, its value is $200 to $65. In Class E, the age limit is 14 to 55 y $9.50 to 11.40. The Certificate is valued one year its value is $500 to $300. In Class M, the age limit is 14 to 50 y $21 to $25. The certificate is valued from You are entitled to a Life Members Classe E and E upon purchase of the re pays a dividend annually of 20 per cent. The Grand Fountain United Order of 29, 1900, a total of 3782 Death Benefits, w HALF MILLION DOLLARS. The limit is 14 to 60 years. Fee, $2.50 to $4.25. Annual The Certificate is valued first year at from $100 to $200 Fee is $200 to $65. The limit is 14 to 55 years. Fee, $5 to $6.50. Annual du Certificate is valued first year at from $250 to $175. After $200 to $800. The limit is 14 to 50 years. Fee $11 to $13 50. Annual du Certificate is valued from date of issue at from $1,000 to $700. To a Life Membership in either of the Fountains or purchase of the required amount of Bank stock, which will be of 20 per cent. Unn United Order of True Reformers has paid up to Ju- ry 1900 Death Benefits, with a grand total of $521,264.75, over $125. THE BANK.—In our Savings Bank the Order has a sound fourth-furishing institution that is a credit not only to the O but the race as well. It began business April 3, 1889. The total stock is $100,000. The business is the same as that of another regularly constituted bank, and is surrounded by same safeguards. The stock sells for $5.00 a share per cent, dividends. Both time and demand deposit cent, interest is paid on time deposits. The following year's report to Auditor of Public Accounts of Virginia 15, 1900 and shows its flourishing condition;— Prices. $8,272 80 164,423 83 48,383 22 14,000 00 99,588 00 6,850 00 Taxes 1,388 99 12,399 80 35,820 00 391,120 84 Capital stock paid in ... 88,125 80 Surplus fund ... 80,957 80 Undivided profits ... 6,826 80 Demand certificate of de- posit ... 96,786 80 Time certificates of deposit 118,424 78 Total ... 391,120 84 Grocery and Feed Store is located at 501 North Sixth St. Members of the Order and the public generally are sav- ers of food products. The newspaper published by the order from its own owe- It stands for the voice of the people, representing co- lection of the race and is the Beacon Light, the Headlight and the General Agent of the Brotherhood. It is $1.00 need job office bids for the work of the people, which is stylish and at low prices. Dmond, in Henrico County, Va., the Order has purchased established thereon an "Old Folk's Home." With un- broad-minded generosity, the Order does not limit en- s members alone, nor even to members families, but the aged and decrepid of the whole race, regardless of their The Order makes itself the trustee for this glorious the whole people, black and white, North, East, South their contribution the carrying out of this praiseworthy year is set apart as a Grend Rally Day for the Hon- warded to the casnier of the Reformer's Savings Bank or same and account for it to The Grand Fountain. Or and the public, when visiting Richmond, Va., any Hotel Reformer, 900 North Sixth St. It is in a pleasant Service is of the best and rates are reasonable. Department manages and controls all property interests of now owns 13 buildings, 4 farms, 4 dwellings, 1 ho- of of $122,500 Ir addition to these the Order leases. In Class B, the age limit is 14 to 60 years. Fee, $2.50 to $4.25. Annual dues, $4.75 to $7.60. The Certificate is valued first year at from $100 to $33. After one year, its value is $200 to $65. In Class E, the age limit is 14 to 55 years. Fee, $5 to $6.50. Annual dues, $9.50 to 11.40. The Certificate is valued first year at from $250 to $175. After one year its value is $500 to $300. In Class M, the age limit is 14 to 50 years. Fee $11 to $13 50. Annual dues $21 to $25. The certificate I valued from date of issue at from $1,000 to $700. You are entitled to a Life Membership in either of the Fountains or in Classe E and E upon purchase of the required amount of Bank stock, which pays a dividend annually of 20 per cent. The Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers has paid up to July 29, 1900, a total of 3782 Death Benefits, with a grand total of $521,264.75, over a HALF MILLION DOLLARS. THE BANK.—In our Savings Bank the Order has a sound and flourishing institution that is a credit not only to the Order buthe race as well. It began business April 3, 1889. The capital stock is $100,000. The business is the same as that of any other regularly constituted bank, and is surrounded by the same safeguards. The stock sells for $5.00 a share to RESOURCES. Loans and discounts ..... $8,272 80 Other stock, bonds and mortgages ..... 164,423 83 Due from National Banks ..... 48,383 22 Banking House ..... 14,000 00 Other real estates ..... 99,588 00 Furniture and Fixtures ..... 6,850 00 Current expenses and taxes paid ..... 1,388 99 Specie, nickels and cents ..... 12,399 80 Paper currency ..... 35,820 00 Total ..... 391,120 84 The R. former's Grocery and Feed Store, Richmond, Va., and members of the Order, 20 per cent. on the cost of food products. The REFORMER is the newspaper public office in Richmond, Va. It stands for the operation and combination of the race and the General Messenger and the General Agent per year. A well-equipped job office bids are turned out in first class style and at low price. Six miles from Richmond, in Henrico, 634 acres of land, and established thereon an exampled liberality and broad-minded genrance to this home to its members alone, no doors are opened to the aged and decrepit residence or connections. The Order makes charity, and calls upon the whole people, be and West to assist by their contribution the idea. April 3rd of each year is set apart as Contributic as can be forwarded to the cash who will send receipt for same and account. Members of the Order and the public, invited to stop at The Hotel Reformer, 900 1 and desirable location. Service is of the best. The Real Estate Department manages the Ordeer. The Order now owns 13 buildings with a fee simple value of $122,500. Ir adde buildings. members, and pays 20 per cent, dividends. Both time and demand deposits are received and 4 per cent, interest is paid on time deposits. The following is a copy of the Cashier's report to Auditor of Public Accounts of Virginia at close of business Sept.. 5. 1900 and shows its flourishing condition:— Loans and discounts ..... $8,272 80 Other stock, bonds and mortgages ..... 164,423 83 Due from National Banks ..... 48,383 22 Banking House ..... 14,000 00 Other real estates ..... 99,588 00 Furniture and Fixtures ..... 6,850 00 Current expenses and taxes paid ..... 1,388 99 Specie, nickels and cents ..... 12,399 80 Paper currency ..... 35,820 00 Total ..... 391,120 84 Capital stock paid in ..... 88,125 00 Surplus fund ..... 80,957 81 Undivided profits ..... 6,826 80 Demand certificate of deposit ..... 96,786 29 Time certificates of deposit ..... 118,424 74 Total ..... 391,120 The R. former's Grocery and Feed Store is located at 501 North Sixth St., Richmond, Va., and members of the Order and the public generally are saved 20 per cent. on the cost of food products. THE REFORMER is the newspaper published by the order from its own office in Richmond, Va. It stands for the voice of the people, representing cooperation and combination of the race and is the Beacon Light, the Headlight, the General Messenger and the General Agent of the Brotherhood. It is $1.00 per year. A well-equipped job office bids for the work of the people, which turned out in first class style and at low prices. Six miles from Richmond, in Henrico County, Va., the Order has purchased 634 acres of land, and established thereon an "Old Folk's Home." With unexampled liberality and broad-minded generosity, the Order does not limit entrance to this home to its members alone, nor even to members families, but the doors are opened to the aged and decrepid of the whole race, regardless of their residence or connections. The Order makes itself the trustee for this glorious charity, and calls upon the whole people, black and white, North, East, South and West to assist by their contribution the carrying out of this praiseworthy idea. April 3rd of each year is set apart as a Grend Rally Day for the Home Contributive as can be forwarded to the casnier of the Reformer's Savings Bank, who will send receipt for same and account for it to The Grand Fountain. Members of the Order and the public, when visiting Richmond, Va, are invited to stop at The Hotel Reformer, 900 North Sixth St. It is in a pleasant and desirable location. Service is of the best and rates are reasonable. The Real Estate Department manages and controls all property interests of the Ordeer. The Order now owns 13 buildings, 4 farms, 4 dwellings, 1 ho with a fee simple value of $122,500. In addition to these the Order leases buildings. For any further information, address. WP BURBELL, G. W. Secretar Wm: LTAYL08, W. M. Master. M. Mrater. --- A. ```markdown ``` ROSEBUD FOUNTAINS. W P BURRELL G. W. Secretar THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. GLOSSINE BEFORE. AFTER. BEFORE. AFTER. The True Hair Grower and Hair Straightener IS FOUND AT LAST. Acts Quicker. Smells Sweeter, and Easier Applied than Any Other Preparation. IT WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF ALL OTHER HAIR TONICS. WHAT GLOSSINE WILL DO. HERE IS A TRUE AND GENEROUS OFFER-Not a Bluff to get your money, but a chance we offer you to secure a beautiful head of hair, besides putting money in your pocket. JUST READ THIS. Now, here is the glorious opportunity we offer you. Remember, GLOSSINE sells at 50c. for an extra large box Now you must send to us only $2.00 and the very moment we receive the money we will at once send to you 12 extra large boxes of GLOSSINE which will sell at retail for 50c. each or $6.00. We exact of you only the following easy conditions, which are easily complied with: 1st. You agree to use it on your own Hair: 2d. Just as soon as you see the improvement in your own Hair (which will be in a few days only after you have commenced to use it) you must talk it up to your friends, showing your own Hair to prove its merits, and, as they will see what it has done for you, they will eagerly buy it. 3d. You are to sell it for no less than 50c. per box, and you are to keep all of the money that you receive for same, to compensate you for your kind efforts in introducing the great remedy in your locality. All we ask is that you act fair with us, and do us all the good you can, by showing the people, white and colored, what GLOSSINE has done for you. REMEMBER, we send you actually $6.00 worth of goods for only $2.00. Why? Because we know it will give you a beautiful head of Hair, and, when the people have seen your Hair, they will buy thousands of boxes. Every one whom you sell a box, white or colored will be a walking advertisement for GLOSSINE. PLEASE DONOT WAIT A MINUTE, but fill out the Coupon and mail to us at once, and after you have received the $6.00 worth of GLOSSINE and seen its good effects you will certainly become our Agent. Remember that GLOSSINE is now recognized as the standard and acme of all Hair Tonics by the best people of the country, who are sending us hundreds of testimonials daily. Enclosed please find the sum of $2.00, for which please send me at once twelve (12) of your regular extra large boxes of GLOSSINE HAIR TONIC, worth 50c. each, or $6.00 in all. In return for this favor, I hereby bind myself to use GLOSSINE on my own Hair, and to sell all that I do not use at no less than 50c. per package. I also agree not to cut the price under any consideration. And for and in consideration of you allowing me to keep the money that I receive for same, I agree to act as your Agent in the future. But if all that you have told me is not true, you are to return the $2.00 that I hereby send to you. If from sickness or any other good reason, I cannot act as your Agent in the future, I will endeavor to find some one who will take the Agency in my place. To all these agreements I hereby bind myself for the privileges as specified above. If you send only $1.00, 6 boxes, worth $3.00, will be sent to you. This preparation can be obtained at Singleton's Pharmacy Cor 20th and streets, Northwest, W asington, D. Cures Dandruff, Tetter, Itch, and all Scalp Diseases at once and forever. Straightens curly troublesome Hair in from 7 to 30 days, without the use of hot irons or any other mediums. When the Hair has become straight, which it surely will if you use GLOSSINE, it will stay straight forever. It will stop the Hair from falling out in 2 to 4 days. It will restore Gray Hair to its natural color in 30 to 60 days. It will grow Hair on the baldest head in from 10 to 40 days. It will improve the hair at once. You do not have to wait. Just as soon as it is applied the Hair will become soft, lustrous, pliant, and wavy, so that you can dress it in any style you wish. It has never failed to straighten and beautify the most obstinate, curly, refractory, troublesome Hair, and will be sure to give you supreme satisfaction. It is good for all kinds of Hair for white or colored, for ladies and gentlemen, children or grownup people, babies, and boys and girls. Good for the Hair, the Mustache, and the Eye-Brows. It is made from roots and herbs and leaves, and is HERE IS A TRUE AND GENEROUS OFFER-Not a Bluff to get JUST READ THIS. Now, here is the gloss. Now you must send to us only $2.00 and the very which will sell at retail for 50c. each or $6.00. We agree to use it on your own Hair: 2d. Just as soon have commenced to use it) you must talk it up to done for you, they will eagerly buy it. 3d. You receive for same, to compensate you for your kind with us, and do us all the good you can, by showing you actually $6.00 worth of goods for only $2.00, we have seen your Hair, they will buy thousands of GLOSSINE. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT A MINUTE of GLOSSINE and seen its good effects you will and acme of all Hair Tonics by the best people of $4.00—This O Special Tr To Continental Chemical Co. Enclosed please find the sum of $2.00, for w HAIR TONIC, worth 50c. each, or $6.00 in a sell all that I do not use at no less than 50c. per pation of you allowing me to keep the money that me is not true, you are to return the $2.00 that I the future, I will endeavor to find some one who privileges as specified above. Name Street State Nearest Express MR-Not a Bluff to get your money, but a chance we now, here is the glorious opportunity we offer $0.00 and the very moment we receive the reach or $6.00. We exact of you only the 2d. Just as soon as you see the improv- must talk it up to your friends, showing you buy it. 3d. You are to sell it for no less you for your kind efforts in introducing you can, by showing the people, white and calls for only $2.00. Why? Because we know thousands of boxes. Every one who WAIT A MINUTE, but fill out the Coupon effects you will certainly become our the best people of the country, who are se 1700—This Coupon is worth Trial Trial-Order Chemical Co., 1700 Lucas A of $2.00, for which please send me at reach, or $6.00 in all. In return for this less than 50c. per package. I also agree me to the money that I receive for same, I agree the $2.00 that I hereby send to you. If had some one who will take the Agency in- If you send only $1.00, 6 boxes, wo Name Street (If any) State Nearest Express Office can 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- --- --- DISCORD IN CHURCH ORGANS. 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. GLOSSINE THE WONDER QUEEN OF ALL HAIR TONICS FOR DIRECTIONS BEFORE AFTER SEE INSIDE STRAIGHTENS CURLY KINKY KNAPPY HAIR CONTINENTAL CHEMICAL CO ST. LOUIS, MO. your money, but a chance we offer you to secure a b various opportunity we offer you. Remember moment we receive the money we will at once. We exact of you only the following easy con- sion as you see the improvement in your own your friends, showing your own Hair to prie to sell it for no less than 50c. per box, and efforts in introducing the great remedy in the people, white and colored, what GLOS Why? Because we know it will give your boxes. Every one whom you sell a box, wh TE, but fill out the Coupon and mail to us a certainly become our Agent. Remember to the country, who are sending us hundreds Coupon is worth $4.00 to Real-Order Agents 1700 Lucas Ave., St. Louis which please send me at once twelve (12) off all. In return for this favor, I hereby bind a package. I also agree not to cut the price u I receive for same, I agree to act as your Ag hereby send to you. If from sickness or an will take the Agency in my place. To all only $1.00, 6 boxes, worth $3.00, will be se P. O. House No. (If any) s Office Singleton's Pharmacy Cor 20th and --- We offer you to secure a beautiful head of hair, best after you. Remember, GLOSSINE sells all money we will at once send to you 12 exe- tional following easy conditions, which are easy agreement in your own Hair (which will be in your own Hair to prove its merits, and, as than 50c. per box, and you are to keep the great remedy in your locality. All we colored, what GLOSSINE has done for you, now it will give you a beautiful head of hair you sell a box, white or colored will be sent and mail to us at once, and after you be agent. Remember that GLOSSINE is not founding us hundreds of testimonials daily. North $4.00 to You—$4.00 Agents' Control Ave., St. Louis, Mo.: Once twelve (12) of your regular extra la- tour, I hereby bind myself to use GLOSSINE not to cut the price under any consideration free to act as your Agent in the future. I from sickness or any other good reason, my place. To all these agreements I with $3.00, will be sent to you. P. O. Use No. (If any) Cor 20th and streets, Northwest, W 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- der of the century, and will take the place of all other Hair Tonics now on the market. No one, after once using GLOSSINE, will use any other Hair Tonic, because there is nothing to equal it in the whole wide world. Everybody be they white or colored, old or young, who will only use it, cannot fail to have a beautiful head of long, fine Hair. It is a wonder and as sure as sunrise. Who is it that will let a $1.00 bill prevent them from having a beautiful head of Hair? GLOSSINE sells at 50c. for an extra large box once send to you 12 extra large boxes of GLOSSINEditions, which are easily complied with: 1st. You Hair (which will be in a few days only after you love its merits, and, as they will see what it has and you are to keep all of the money that you pay your locality. All we ask is that you act fair GLOSSINE has done for you. REMEMBER, we send a beautiful head of Hair, and, when the people write or colored will be a walking advertisement for once, and after you have received the $6.00 worth that GLOSSINE is now recognized as the standard of testimonials daily. To You—$4.00. Is' Contract. His, Mo.: Your regular extra large boxes of GLOSSINE myself to use GLOSSINE on my own Hair, and to tender any consideration. And for and in consideration in the future. But if all that you have told my other good reason, I cannot act as your Agent in these agreements I hereby bind myself for the benefit to you. BEFORE AFTER --- it can do no injury—not even to injury. Three boxes are sure to protect, and in most instances client, It is very cheap—50c. the box, or $1.00 for three boxes, guaranteed a full and comou will never have to use boxes. After you have used hair will be in a perfect convill never have to use any Hair and again. It is the greatest won- 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 Rubbers 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 MAGAZINE DENT. A. P. Square Boste Rose Some Men Pay $10,000 For an expert to manage their advertising. There are others who pay $5.00 for an annua' 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 and 21. N. W. ```markdown ``` THE COLOR AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. NEW RAILROADS IN HAITI. Minister W. F. Powell writes from Port au Prince that an Englishman is negotiating with the government to build a railroad from Manzanilla (a city in the extreme northwest, near the boundary of the two republics), and Azua, a city in the southwest. This road will cross the republic from north K. H ON·W·F ' O V & L L, U. S. Minister to Haiti H ON·W·F ' O V & L L, U. S. Minister to Haiti to south, and will open a vast mineral region, supposed to be very rich in gold, silver and copper. The syndicate, adds Mr. Powell, also contemplates constructing a railroad from Moeha to La Vega, the object being to connect it with another road running from La Vega to the coast, owned and controlled by an English company. The concession for this last road is held by the Dominican consul at New York, Mr. F. L. Vasques. A DAMNABLE PREJUDICE. The Perplexities of Hous Hunting in Washington. If there is a more discouraging business than hunting for a decent house in which a colored family is permitted to live, let somebody please point it out. You may scan attractive-looking lists in the papers, and you will think that out of the dozen you place on your memorandum slip, surely one can be found that will be suitable, in location, size, price and condition. At the end of three days of fussing with real estate agents—weary, mad and footsore—you will feel like giving it up as a bad job and continue to put up with the "sass" of a landlady who takes your hard-earned cash for miserable accommodations, and who dins in your ear by day and night a lot of gush about "my house" and "my things." The agent will refuse to rent you any of the houses that can be rented to any kind of white people, good, bad or indifferent. The few that he will allow you a chance for are invariably situated in a densely populated Negro neighborhood, and most of them are sadly in need of repairs to make them habitable. The list that is marked with a star (which means for colored tenants) is made up principally of tumble-down "shacks" in courts and alleys, amid social surroun lings that a family accustomed to any of the comforts of life would not care to rear their children in. The restrictions here in the matter of renting property to Negroes for business and for residence are something exasperating beyond expression, and the remedy is not in sight. I have suggested the advisability of forming companies of capitalists to erect, in healthy localities, a number of flats or small houses. These would accommodate moderate-sized families at reasonable prices, and thus promote longevity and encourage individual house-holding—the only method through which real happiness can be obtained in a city as cosmopolitan as Washington. Unless the Negroes of Washington are satisfied to pay exorbitant rents for inferior "homes," they will bestir themselves and find a way out. Present conditions are deplorable and they will grow worse sooner than better. Incorporated by The Legislature William McKinley Normal and ALEXANDRA Fall term begins September 16, 1902. Print The Industrial Trades and Kindergarten attached. Building new and comfortable. Under Hall offers fine opportunities for girls and you healthy location. TUITION FREE Board and Aated by The Legislature of Virginia, 1902 Huley Normal and Industrial ALEXANDRA, VA. November 16, 1902. Primary, and Normal The Industrial Trades a Specailty. Mus and comfortable. Undenominational. P unities for girls and young women CON FREE Board and lodging $8.00 p The Legislature of Virginia, 1902. Normal and Industrial School, ALEXANDRA, VA. 1902. Primary, and Normal Departments. Industrial Trades a Specialty. Music, Typewriting. Table. Undenominational. Parsons' Sewing for girls and young women. Commanding and Board and lodging $8.00 per month. ROBINSON, President, Alexandria, Va. of Albany, N. Y., Special Financial Agent. MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT THE State National Medical College FIFTEENTH YEAR. By all State Boards. All buildings are the property of and have been entirely remodeled with fully equipped and Hospital. Graduates in various parts of the country, every one of a lucrative practice. Of Medicine, Four years of six months each. Session throughout the year. Each session is divided into four months each. Attendance upon any two terms entitles it for one year's attendance. January, April, July and October. Examinations at end. Students may enter at beginning of any term. Element of Pharmacy. Two years, six months each, divided into two terms of three months each. 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. Parsons' Sewing Hall offers fine opportunities for girls and young women Commanding and healthy location. TUITION FREE Board and lodging $8.00 per month. For Further information address MAGNUS L. ROBINSON DR. W. H. JOHNSON, of Albany, $45 STUDY MEDICINE Louisville Natio STUDY MEDICINE AND PHARMACY Louisville National Medical FIFTEENTH YEAR Recognized by all State Boards. All buildings are School, and have been entirely remodeled with laboratories and Hospital. Nearly 100 Graduates in various parts of the country enjoy a lucrative practice. School of Medicine, Four years of six months throughout the year. Each session is one month of three months each. Attendance upon any student to credit for one year's attendance. Terms: January, April, July and October. Except each term. Students may enter at beginning of a Department of Pharmacy. Two years, session is divided into two terms of three months a MAONUS 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, I A. BURNEY, M. D., Dean, Louisville, Ky. W. A. BURNEY $ ^{ \textcircled{8}} $ M. D., Dean, Louisville, Ky. --- AVERY COLLEGE TRADES SCHOOL A Practical, Literary and Industrial Trade School for Colored Boys and Girls, Carpentry, Bricklaying, Plastering, Painting and Interior Decorations. Tailoring, Dress-making, Millinery, Voice Culture and Piano Forte. Literary Department from Primary to Normal Course. Job Work Solicited and Profits given to the Students. Catalogues now ready. Unusual advantages for Girls and a separate building. Fall terms begins Sept. 9th, 1901. Address JOSEPH D. MAHONEY, Allegheny, Pa. Principal. pal. THE NATIONAL COLORED Teachers Bureau 459 C St., N. W. Washington, D. C. D. C. WANTED. F. J. SHADD. A. M. 901 R St., N. W., DINNER SET FR each $80. Pharmaceuti College, $70. All students must register before Oct 12, 1902 For Catalogue or further information apply to F. J. SHADD. A. M., M. D., Sec. 901 R St., N. W., Wash. D. C DINNER S DINNER SET FREE 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, MusicalInstr ments of all kinds and many other premiums for selling S 15 days to deliver goods and collect for them We give required. 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) 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 SOAP CO. 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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 DEPATMENT Medical, Dental & Pharmaceutical Colleges Thirty-fifth session [1902-1902] will begin October rst, and continue seven [7] months. Tuition fee in Medical and Dental Colleges THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. 16 ```markdown ``` --- Welcome G. A. R. It has been a memorable week. The typhoid fever scare is subsiding. Mr. Travis Glascoe is able to be out. Dr. Williston is his attending physician. Mr. Daniel Lawson Brooks, of the Recorder's office, has been on the sick list. Another mixed marriage took place here last week—white man, colored woman. The estimated colored population of the District of Columbia is 89,632, in a total of 292,367. Civil service examinations are being held every day. The Negro representation is quite large. Dr. J. M. Thompson, of Charleston, S. C., was the guest of Dr. Wilder, of Capitol Hill, this week. Dr. G. Jarvis Bowens, of Norfolk, Va., was seeing the sights of the nation's capital this week. Mrs. W. Israel Buud, of Boston, Mass., is visiting her cousin, Miss L. G. Shorter, at 1218 U street N. W. Mrs. Victoria Budd-Gentry, of Chicago, Ill., is the guest of her brother, Mr. Thaddeus Budd, of 1806 5tn street N. W. Mr. John H. Hannon, of the Recorder's office, has suffered another stroke of paralysis, much to the regret of his friends. Miss Marie Thomas, a charming young lady from Richmond, Va., has entered the trained nurse class at Freedman's hospital. The foundation of the new building of the True Reformers is being rapidly constructed. It is a pleasure to see the men at work. Recorder Dancy's Emancipation Day address in western Pennsylvania added new laurels to his brow as an orator of force and brilliance. The Charles Summer and Frederick Douglass Posts, G. A. R., have been rendering signal service this week in caring for the visiting veterans. Prof. J. Henry Lewis has resumed his class work for the season, and has room for a few additional members. Monday of each week from 5 to 7 p. m. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay-Davis, of Frederick, Md., is the guest of Miss Laura Joiner, 716 S street N. W., where she will be pleased to see her many friends. Lawyer S. Douglas Wetmore came up from Jacksonville, Fla., where he is a leading practitioner and real estate dealer. He goes on to New York on business. ar. Wesley H. Jones, a successful business man of Danvine, Va., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Henry L. Bailey, of T street. The convention of colored workers in the Episcopal Church convenes Tuesday evening, 8 o'clock, at St. Luke's P. E. Church. Mrs. Horace Kenney, of Cambridge, Mass., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Thos. Buckner, in apartment 1619 Corcoran street N. W. The new Southern Hotel has shown further evidence of prosperity by an enlargement of the bar by several feet. The fixtures are of the latest design and finish. Bishop Alexander Walters preached to large audiences last Sunday morning and evening, at Galbraith A. M. E. Zion church. Mr. and Mrs. Israel Cook celebrated their silver wedding anniversary Thursday evening at their residence. 1515 15th street N. W. Particulars next week. It is said that Rev. Brown's anniversary sermon last Sunday was a masterpiece of eloquence and common-sense. He is unquestionably the growing preacher. Mr. Howard M. Smith, of Baltimore, a medical student at the University of Pennsylvania, spent Sunday in Washington. He was the guest of Miss Nettie Langston. S. S. Daish, an "audacious" dealer in feed and coal, was fined $10 in the police court Friday for unwarranted assault upon Dr. E. D. Scott, of 903 9th street northeast. Mr. H. A. Clarke has resigned his position at the Government Printing Office and will probably enter upon the practice of law. He is a graduate of Howard law school. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Steward, of Lansing, Mich., spent a few days in the city this week, seeing the sights. They left for Niagara Falls and other Eastern points last Wednesday evening. Miss Sarah Jurix, of Boston, formerly of this city, is here for a short stay, and will be glad to see her many friends at the residence of her aunt, Mrs. Cornell, 1119 21st street N. W. Mr. Daniel Freeman, the expert photographer at 1516 14th street N W., has made a bid to his friends for holiday trade. He is offering special rates with improved methods for the holidays. Mrs. and Miss Johnson, of Natchez, are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Bailey. Mrs. Johnson is the mother of Dr. Wm. R. Johnson, recently appointed one of the internes at Freedmen's hospital. Miss Mamie Chase, who sang at the long service by the Metropolitan junior choir last Sunday evening, has a very pleasing voice, which bids fair to her much credit. Her phrasing is especially good. Miss Mildred Anderson, of 1839 K street northwest, has returned home after spending a very pleasant summer in Newport, R. I. She was accompanied by her cousin, Miss Jeannette Daniels, of Philadelphia. The People's Lyceum opens next Wednesday evening at People's Congregational Church, M street, near 7th. A good program has been prepared by President Lucking, and the public should give the organization a rousing reception at its initial meeting. Mr. W. D. Montague, license clerk in the District Building, has been enjoying a brief vacation. There isn't a harder worker or more conscientious official in the city than Mr. Montague, and he earned all the vast credit that comes to him. Mr. J. H. Hudnell, who has spent the summer in Oakland and Deer Park, Md., has returned to the city. He made some excellent business investments during the summer, and will resume his old position as salesman for Castleberg & Co., after the 15th. Mr. Charles E. Peck, proprietor of Peck's Hotel at Atlantic City, was in the city a few days ago, circulating among friends. He was very handsomely entertained Thursday evening of last week by Misses Mamie C. Locker and Ida B. Scott, of 1130 22d street northwest. Miss M. Louise Watson, of 1126 19th street, has returned from Brooklyn, N. Y., where she spent an enjoyable summer with her uncle, Mr. red R. Moore. Miss Watson was accompanied by her brother, Master Byron W. Watson, who has been summering in Newport, R. I. Quite a number of prominent colored citizens have been named as members of the finance committee to raise funds for the erection of a suitable monument to the memory of the late Governor A. R. Shepherd, to whose energy and resource the city of Washington owes its beauty and ambitious construction. 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The first who comes gets the first pick THE-MAN-ON-THE-CORNER Regards a Colored Church for Seventh Day Adventists as a Local Sentiment and Talks Miscellaneously of Men Military and Medicine With a Thrilling Picture of Modern Chivalry as a Supplement. ```markdown ``` 2 So it seems that in spite of the denials from certain sources, there is to be a separate colored congregation established here by the Seventh Day Adventists, under the pastoral care of Rev. L. C. Sheafe. In some quarters, these separations in church and social matters are viewed in a gloomy light. While I am personally opposed to segregation, based upon mere color, in A. B. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. school, church, places of public accommodation, politics or anything else, I see no reason for alarm in this connection. The church is a social institution, and though the gospel is supposed to be free and that the peoples of the earth are brethren, we know that the whole thing is a polite fiction, and that the ruling sentiment of a locality fixes as irrevocably as the laws of the Medes and the Persians just who are and who are not welcome at the foot of the cross, when that cross is under control of the brother in white. In many communities in the North, no color distinctions are made; in numerous others of the same section social reasons are urged for a separation, and very generous aid is extended to the Negro to equip a house of worship for himself. In the South, of course, social conditions have been against a union of the races along any line, but the better classes have always given liberally of their means as a salve to their consciences. The same thing is happening here in the case of the Seventh Day Adventists. Washington is accustomed to the separate church, just as she is accustomed to the separate school, hospital, restaurant, hotel and social system; so one more separate church, where the operation is performed with a smile and the gift of a building does not aggravate the situation to any appreciable degree, in my opinion. Such a distinction was bound to come, in the natural order of events in a community like this, and if an amicable division is essential to the peace and prosperity of the work of evangelization, no harm is done. As a matter of fact, the colored followers of the Seventh Day Adventists will be better pleased to be under their own government, administered and controlled in their own way, and pastored by a man of God in whom they have confidence, and from whom they can expect sincere sympathy in every relation of life. The Episcopal, the Presbyterian, the Lutheran, the M. E., and other churches led by Caucasian authority have found that separate congregations are preferable in certain localities, and they have grown immeasurably since the coming of the educated colored minister. The Catholics are finding it out, and it is only a question of time when even the papal declaration of ecclesiastical unity will be construed to be intact in its spiritual aspect, but with distinct places of worship for the brother in black. The ordination of a Negro priest will be no novelty in one more : TEE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. decade of religious evolution, as the same is understood on the American continent. The Seventh Day people have simply done the expected, and are conforming to local sentiment—not admitting its righteousness, but accepting it as they find it. Let them all go on their way rejoicing, serving the Master faithfully, in the light in which they understand it. This little essay on religion reminds me of a piece I saw in a current publication announcing the resignation of a popular preacher in a western city, whose separation from the wife of his bosom so impaired his usefulness in the pulpit as to necessitate an investigation at the hands of a high church committee. It turned out that the trouble was domestic incompatibility, and that he had suffered much before resorting to a separation, and when driven to this last resort, he had given his family adequate support. Public clamor brought the facts to the surface, and when the bishops insisted that he show cause why he should not be disciplined for violation of the church's canon about "putting away a wife," etc., rather than bring forward evidence in self-justification that would tend to reflect upon the good name of his erstwhile spouse, he declined to appear before the committee, resigned his pastorate and quit the ministry. The wife was deeply touch- DR. E. J. SHARP DR. F. J SHADD ed by this chivalrous action, and a reconciliation may be the result. These instances of self-immolation upon the altar of duty to family are refreshing to those who are disposed to believe the milk of human kindness to be drying up, but they are not so rare as some may suppose. Several cases have been brought to my attention where able ministers of the gospel have gone on for years, nursing a skeleton in their home closets, yet counseling charity, mercy, benevolence to the unfortunate ones of their parishes, reuniting the estranged, softening asperities between opponents and working manfully for the public weal under a load of difficulties which no one but the Almighty shared with them. To shed sunshine among mankind, when one's own heart is aching is the purest Christianity, and the action of the western minister, whose voluntary abdication saved a family name, and of others whose pride is too great to ask even sympathy save from the Great Father, are examples which ought to give us pause when we are inclined to pass hasty judgment upon the limitations of our brethren, when we are wholly ignorant of the secret springs that move them to courses incomprehensible to us. When, in your reckless haste, you invited your sisters and your cousins and your aunts to be sure and come to Washington and be your guest, you had no idea that coal would go kiting to the sky and that the pressing of people to visit you, and the pains and expense of entertaining them are horses of such widely differing colors. Washington is a "show town," and everybody comes here at some time in their career if they can afford the price. The balance of trade in those who visit here and those who go abroad is decidedly in favor of the visitors, on the question of gratuitous hospitality. It is all right, though. The people who will be nore during the encampment are "as welcome as the flowers that bloom in the spring tra la," and they are not kicking for being compelled to take pot-luck with the home folks. The only man who is happier than Aldridge T. Lewis, since his promotion, is in heaven. Snake, pard; shake! A newspaper man does for a community and individuals gratis every day services that a lawyer would charge $10 for, and feel that he was poorly paid. The newspaper man is supposed to be content with "glory," while the beneficiary waxes fat upon the strengthened influence conferred and is "just gone" when the bill for his paper is presented. Verily, this is a queer world. A genuine hustler is "Reddy, the Bootblack," who operates a stand at the northeast corner of Seventh and Louisiana avenue. His baptismal name is William Dickerson, but his long line of customers know him only as "Reddy," and he is also "ready," in another meaning of the term. He reads every paper published in the city and nearly everywhere else at his leisure moments, and is well-posted on all the current events—the coal strike, the tariff issue, the President's illness, and is acquainted with the status of legislation in Congress. When you want a patent leather shine "Reddy is a good man to do business with. The old "landing" at the entrance of the billiard room at the Metropole Club, which, for a long time, interfered with the players, has been done away with and a neat flight of stairs substituted, which takes less room and is ample for the purpose needed. Now that the improvement is made, everybody wonders why nobody thought of it before. Major Arthur Brooks is a force in this community, who is seldom seen by the laity except upon parade day, but there isn't a harder-worked man in the District of Columbia than this energetic and painstaking head of the First Separate Battalion of the District National Guard. Modest in demeanor and unassuming when seen in public places, he is the man who is responsible for the glory that attaches to the annual competitive drills of the high school cadets, and shares a part of the luster of victory on those stellar events, whether Company A, B or C happens to carry off the medal. He is the military idol of the boys at the high school, and while they love their lady principal, the warlike spirit and manly patriotism is kept alive by the kindly, yet rigid, discipline of their master-genius, Major Brooks. It is doubtful if Lieutenant-General Miles, arrayed in a uniform that would shame Solomon in all his regal splendor, could divorce from their juvenile minds one jot or tittle of the preference they feel for the commander, who, to them, is the "maker and finisher of martial faith." As the official head of the colored contingent of the District National Guard, Major Brooks has won any number of feathers in his cap. He invariably carries to the annual encampment the largest percentage of enrolled men, regardless of color, and in the sham battles or rifle contests, his team is not far from the prize-winners. Major Brooks has recently returned from a vacation spent pleasantly at Atlantic City, and the outing was all the more enjoyable because it was the first he has had time to take in several years. It is worty of note that the major is attached to the War Department, and it falls to his lot to Continued on Page Three. 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 hundred 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 into the battle of life. I 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 upbuilding of his people. His life's good work should be read in our schools, as none is more worthy of emulation. I have just received the sad news of the death of my old friend and comrade, Capt. Thos. S. Kelly. Hoping this may find your family and friends, as well as yourself, in the best of health and spirits, I am, Very truly yours, J. L. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. THE M'KINLEY HOUSE 48g Missouri Ave. Near 6 St. First-class accommodations for all. 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THE POLITICAL HOROSCOPE It pays to have a President with plenty of nerve. Politics is a local question and purely a matter of business. Peter C. Pritchard will not profit by his perfidy. Remember Benedict Arnold! Tillman and his pitchfork seem to have gone into innocuous disuetude. 'Tis well. If the New York Democrats succeed in electing Mr. Coler to the governorship, he will be a "bird." "The vital element of intelligent dissatisfaction" is having a great inning among the Negro people. When we choose a man to represent our interests in Congress we appoint a trustee to administer our political estate for the period nominated in the bond. Col. W. A. Pledger is industriously engaged in "sawing wood," but keeps his weather eye on atmospheric conditions in and about the State of Indiana. A man's ballot is the expression of his wishes in matters of public policy. It should be cast for honest government, with the very best men named as trustees in fact. Since Mr. Birdsall takes a stand for tariff revision out in Mr. Henderson's Iowa district, it does appear that the Speaker was correct in his size-up of the temper of his constituents. Political wiseacres claim that the Negroes hold the balance of power in sixty-one Congressional districts in the United States. What will they do with this vast power to benefit the race? Conventions of Negroes should be held in every State—North and South. Let the country know where we stand. New Jersey, Alabama and other commonwealths have grasped the idea. The thinking Negro is the greatest of menaces to the political adventurers who have used him until their nests have been feathered, and now are deserting him in the hour of his sorest need. The Negro Pilot has been launched at Montgomery, Ala., under the editorial guidance of J. W. Giles. Mr. Giles is making an heroic effort to establish the Negro's right to vote in Alabama. The editor of a local contemporary predicts that the next national Republican ticket will stand something like this: For President, Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana; for Vice-President, Timothy L. Woodruff of New York. We'll see. "Pritchard's Perndy" is a headline appearing over the leading editorial in the Kentucky Standard Brother Johnson is more forcible than elegant in his characterization of the very reverend Senator from North Carolina. Hays tried to conciliate the South by removing the Federal troops and surrendering the State governments to the red shirters and klu klux klan. He failed. The nature of the animal has not changed. The reasoning is plain. The colored voters of Chicago unquestionably "have it in" for A. J. Hopkins. Hopkins has done nothing for the Negroes, while Senator Mason's record on this matter is of national note. We would like to see Senator Mason sustained. The Negro Republican party is the only "regular" Republican party in the South, If the "lily-whites" insist that ... --- THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. they are the only real, Simonpure, blown-in-the-bottle article, elect Negro delegates and let the national convention wrestle with the question One Locke Craig, who is Senator Pritchard's foremost rival in the contest for the United States Senate, gives us the cheering (?) proclamation that the Negro will stay out of politics forever, claiming to speak for 100,000 white yeomen. Maybe, but we doubt it. Since the tide seems to be running toward a greater tolerance for Negro democracy, will the Hon. James C. Matthews be kind enough to emerge from the cavern he has been occupying for some years? Likewise, may we expect the resurrection of Prof. Herbert A. Clark, of Mississippi. No party has enough sure votes to guarantee success at the polls in a warmly contested campaign. It is the doubtful votes that are sought. The Negro can make himself the balance of power in many States by refusing to be a "sure thing" for the party, and will then be sought as other elements are sought. A reform of the tariff is necessary every few years to meet the changing conditions of business. Some schedules now in effect were made too high for the purpose of forming a basis for reciprocity treaties; others might appear by experience to require an increase. The tariff is a movable affair, "to serve as a commercial convenience—not a fetch." William Vaughn, chairman of the Alabama State Republican Executive Committee, instigator of the movement to eliminate the Negro from any participation in Alabam affairs, was removed by President Roosevelt on the eve of the consummation of his plan from the position of United States District Attorney, which he has been holding for six years. The Colored American heartily endorses the suggestion of the Cincinnati Brotherhood that a conference of colored men of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan be held at an early date. Indianapolis is the very best place for such a conference, it being centrally located, and its people liberal in all respects. The voters in States which hold the balance of power should reach an intelligent understanding as to the action that should be taken to secure the best results. The Man-On the-Corner Continued from second page. have special charge of the many details that occur at the door of the Secretary. He knows the weight of every public man, and never has a visitor failed to secure an audience with the Secretary who ought to see him, and it is not of record that an interloper ever "got by" who needed a gentle assist into the open air. Upon the return of Secretary Root from Europe, Major Brooks was the first to welcome him at the dock in New York. Throughout the administration of General Alger, Major Brooks was always consulted in matters where the welfare of the colored troops was involved, and many of the measures for which practical politicians claimed credit were really due to the sensible and timely suggestions of the watchful commander of the local battalion. The Man-on-the-Corner regrets that it is not possible at this juncture to throw upon the canvas a counterfeit presentment of the handsome features of so useful and versatile a man as this snap-shot briefly outlines. If anyone imagines that the days of chivalry have passed, or that the age of heroism and gallantry typified by Arthur and his courtly knights of the table round, he should have been at the M corner of L and First streets last Thursday and witnessed the thrilling deed of valor and sacrifice performed by Mr. Maurice N. Corbett, of the Government Printing Office. The Jones school is located at the corner mentioned. It was lunch-hour and dozens of children were playing in the street. A runaway horse, attached to a buggy, was about to dash into the group of children. They began to realize their peril and screamed in their fright. Mr. Corbett took in the situation at a glance, and a mental picture of bruised little ones and grief-stricken parents pointed to him his plain duty. Hurling himself full-tilt at the head of the speeding animal, he brought the outfit to a standstill, but not before having been dragged several yards and sustaining serious injuries to his body and limbs, and cuts about the face. He will be laid up for some days yet, and will suffer bodily pain for weeks, but he feels amply recompensed in the thought that the useful life of some child has been spared thereby. Truly, the deed was heroic, and Mr. Corbett, in the wonderful evolution of God's plan of civilization, will not be without his reward. Dr. F. J. Shadd is unquestionably a friend of young people. He helps them at every time, but teaches the priceless doctrine of self-reliance and the development of individual character. He believes firmly in the saving quality of education, and announces with considerable pride that he may not be able to leave much of this world's goods as a legacy to his children, but he is striving to do something that is better—to invest his money in them now, and give them a head full of practical knowledge that will aid them in solving the problems of life. Dr. Shadd is a philosopher, and has struck the nail squarely on the head. Have you visited the elegant new pharmacy of Dr. L. H. Harris, southeast corner of 3d and F streets southwest? The Man-on-the-Corner dropped in there the other evening and was delighted to note the immense stock of drugs, medicines and cigars, to say nothing of the immense soda fountain which draws to the place the prettiest and most stylish young ladies of Washington. Dr. Harris has on the market a splendid blood tonic, prepared by himself from the finest ingredients, and it is pronounced by all who have tried it to be the most effective remedy for stomach, liver and kidney troubles that can be procured. A glance at the doctor's order-book shows that the tonic is meeting with a tremendous sale in all parts of the country, and the druggists have difficulty in getting enough to supply the demand. Dr. Harris is arranging to increase his output, and I expect one day to find that he has beaten Hostetter, Pierce, Warner and Hood to the winner's stake by fully a block, and that thousands of persons restored to health, through his inventive genius will rise up and call him blessed. In Mrs. Willie May Harris, the doctor's wife, who graduated with high honors from the Howard University School of Pharmacy, he has an assistant of whom he may well be proud. Run down and look in upon Dr. and Mrs. Harris at 3d and F southwest, and you will enjoy your visit fully as well as I did. THE MAN-ON-THE-CORNER EXAMPLE SHOULD BE FOLLOWED. I purchased a copy of COLORED AMERICAN this week with B. T. Washington's picture as supplement. I consider this step an advancement in Negro journalism and one which our better Negro papers would do well to follow. I consider your paper confined to no class or sect but a paer of the people. I congratulate your eminent success in journalism and trust the future holds out to you greater success than now imaginable. WE SHALL BE WITH YOU. East Orange, N. J.—Please find enclosed check for my subscription. Hope to see you at our next convention at my old home in Richmond. Must congratulate you on the high excellence of the AMERICAN in both matter and appearance. Best regards and wishes for your future attainments. I am, Very respectfully yours, J. N. V. SALOONS FritzReuter's SALOONS WASHINGTON, D. C. 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His liquors are absolutely free from fusel poison. (No branch houses.) Phone 1425 SANTAL-MIDY Standard remedy for Gleet, Gonorrhoea and Runnings IN 48 HOURS. Cures Kid- ney and Bladder Troubles. MIDY W. M. DRURY'S RESTAURANT 1100 20th St., corner L. N. W, Washington, D. C. --- THE POLITICAL HOROSCOPE The method by which the Negro Republicans of the South bring their grievances to the attention of President Moosevelt and the leaders of the party in the North is a mere matter of detail. The State organizations can do so, by making a test case of a recommendation made by any one of them, as against the putative claim of a "lily-white" faction, or a convention of loyalists can be called, and an appeal sent to the national committee to recognize its action as "regular." The Negro is the real Republican party of the South, and he should not permit himself to be eliminated without a struggle. We have our eyes upon such skillful lead- [Illustration of a man in a formal suit with a decorative headpiece.] # REV. WILLIAM A CREDIT ers as Col. Pledger, E. H. Deas, James Hill, N. H. Montgomery, Cheatham, O'Hara, Johnson, Ferguson, McDonald and Napier. Now is the time to act, gentlemen. The Boston Advocate, after quoting two opinions from The Colored American showing the assinity of the Hub's champion mud-slinger, and our cordial respect for the lofty character of the Advocate, is moved to remark: "Such powerful Negro journals as The Colored American, Indianapolis Freeman, Atlanta Age, Christian Recorder and numerous others which represents the predominant sentiment and thoughts of 10,000,000 Negroes, are arrayed against "The Guardian," and regard it as an "infant in the cradle," unable to move, speak or think aright Dr. W. D. Crum is a candidate for the collectorship of customs at Charleston, S. C. The late incumbent died recently, and the place is vacant. Dr. Crum is a true-blue Republican and ought to have it. His appointment by President Roosevelt, over the objections of the Democratic renegade, Capers, would be a pleasing note of recognition of the leadership of Deas, Smalls and 4 THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. Q the regular Republican organization of the State. When the operators secure promises of protection and begin to import Negro miners to relieve the coal famine, there will be some warm times in a State that sneers at the cruelties of the South. But there is one satisfaction—the men who are the hardest to handle in these labor troubles, and who are the least susceptible to reason, are not Americans, but the scum of Europe, who are ruining our land with their false conceptions of liberty. It is impossible to please everybody and be right. J. Ignorance is the mother of intolerance. The portico of business leads to the poor of political power. The political situation has raised the dander of the New York Age. A continuance of the coal strike into November will not help the party in power. Negro Democrats in New Jersey, New York, Missouri and other States are waking up. Tom Taggart's proverbial smile spread into a broad grin when he heard the news from North Carolina and Alabama. Negroes who love to quote Scripture find comfort in the passage about the stone rejected by the builders finally became the head of the corner. Senator Pritchard may drop the swift grounders the Negro press are batting into his corner of the diamond on the excuse of being "too hot to handle." N. H. Alexander, receiver of public moneys at Montgomery, Ala., was refused a seat in the State convention because he has 1-8th of Negro blood in his veins. It takes 8-8ths to make a --- white man, but 1-8th suffices to make a Negro. We are not jealous of the Jews in Roumania, but while this country is appealing for justice and humanity for the oppressed Hebrew, would it not be well for Secretary Hay to turn his spectacles toward the oppressed black people in our own United States? Dr. Emil G. Hirsch, the noted philosopher, was not talking about the Negro problem when he said, "There is always danger in oppression," but he told a great truth, which is applicable to any of the sociological puzzles that confront our nation. There is indeed "danger in oppression." The coal famine would be relieved in short order if the Pennsylvania authorities would guarantee protection to a force of Negro miners, who would be imported by the operators, if order could be preserved. We have no compunctions about taking the places of men who are too selfish to accord a black man an equal chance in the battle for bread. Social Life at Army Post Fort Niobrar, Neb. (Special).—Have just arrived at our new station, and everything seems new to us, after staying in the Philippines upwards of three years. We are proud to get back to the "Promised Land" once more. We have at this post about 800 men—two battalions and band of the 25th Infantry. Let us praise ourselves since we are praised by others. Since we have been here we have had one pay day, and you all know when a soldier gets his pay he is proud of it, especially after having gone for months without it. The town where we do our trading is about $3\frac{1}{2}$ miles from Post Valentine, Nebraska, and the citizens give us the credit for being the most gentlemanly and obedient soldiers ever stationed at Fort Niobara. This post was built in 1880. We also hear from San Francisco, Cal., where we had been stationed, that our detachment was the best disciplined body that ever went from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Ocean. Chaplain P. G. Steward received a circular at the post chapel last night, sent out by the colonel of the regiment, complimenting the good behavior of the men, so let us help ourselves when we are helped in this way by others. We have eight companies and band A, B, C and D, 1st Battalion; I, K, L and M, 2d Battalion. Company M, being known as "sporting M," when it was stationed at Fort Logan, Colorado, in 1899, was among the first to give a magnificent ball. Corporal Ireland was manager, assisted by Private Burns. Corporal Arthur Smith proved an expert floor manager. Everything went off lovely. Corporal Williams, of the band, furnished music for the occasion. We have in our midst two ladies from Manila—Mrs. George Thompson and Mrs. Townsend. Both of these charming ladies being Filipinos. Sergeant Thompson is principal musician and Sergeant Townsend duty sergeant. Both are members of the band. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Sergt. Co. M, 25th Infantry. DELIGHTED WITH OUR STORY. New Orleans, La.—I was so well pleased after reading your issue the 18th with your article, on the life history of Prof. Booker T. Washington, of Tuskegee Institute, that I wired you for one hundred 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 into the battle of life. I 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 upbuilding of his people. His life's good work should be read in our schools, as none is more worthy of emulation. I have just received the sad news of the death of my old friend and comrade. Capt. Thos. S. Kelly. Hoping this may find your family and friends, as well as yourself, in the best of health and spirits, I am, Very truly yours, CURES ANY DISBASE A NEW AND WONDERFULLY SUCCESSFUL METHOD OF CURING ALL CHRONIC AND LINGERING AFFLICTIONS. 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No one should miss this grand opportunity of securing the benefit of the doctor's latest discovery, since it costs you nothing. Here is an Opportunity! A large picture of PROF. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, printed in four colors which has all the appearance of an oil painting, will be sent ele- gantly framed by express to any subscriber who will send $3.00 to THE COLORED 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. U eee i : : THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. 6. poSCOE CONKLING BRUCE. fs Harvard Class Day Oration— A Masterpiece of Eloquence— Opinions f Pressand Public. Thip ‘ery remarkable address was ge tReme of the agi long after Mr. Pruct hed given it forth so grandly in qacers’ Theater, June 20,1902. Great men @#scussed it; great newspapers gave ‘ much prominence and criti- ize with great freedom. ‘The Heston Herald said: “There can hardly be one of more genuine nobility ang qouuence,” and the Boston Tran- a adds: “It was the oration of a thinker and one who has thought deep- {vg while the New York Journal re- niarks, “Everybody is talking to-day geout Bpscoe Conkling Bruce, the 65F e223 4 A on = (ae BD | Ma + > el ‘Ss A - a : y \* yF “Jf BHDSCOE Conecane BRUCF, young Negro class orator of Harvard, aud a efirring defence of his race that he incarporated into his address.” The whole oration discloses a mind — tough with the needs and ideals df the times and the people. The di- reot, plain presentment of philosophy nd faot impresses the reader with the tratf of the idea and the earnestness of ®& men. Qe canmpt help seeing, in the mind’s @e, this ardent young man, deeply im- ture with the high traditions of grand old Marvard, filled with noble desire to help humanity and uplift his people, sanMeg before the enthusiastic thou- sais of eultured men and women, rimging forth these stirring truths: “1 stiduld be unfaithful to the facts, to Hf traditions and to this occasion fl { ret say one word more of the wealpg point in American education— the prvision for Americans of African @asront. “She white South and the black ee in interest fundamentally one; fhe North and South are one. To ae the prestrate black South is to Uplift tke whole South, and to uplift the South is to uplift the nation.” hx oration has been published. It is an elegantly printed octavo pamph- let, with a fine life-like portrait of Mr. Bruce, and covered in “The Crimson ot Old Harvard.” Price, 15 cents; by mafl, 47 cents. For sale at “The Lit- ery Shop,” 506 11th street N. W., Washington, D. €. The Torch of Reason. (Continasd trom First pee.) worker must take his place with the whe as a “commodity,” without rights that the white masters are boumd to respect—for ostracism, du- ress, bull-dozing, lynching and mob- ew aqB all the ‘law’ that will remain ™ the serfs, helots and wage-slaves, whethpr white or black. “A white Republican anti-Negro pasty In the South means a national bolit#eal combinatien of the plutocracy of gasters and the subjection of whites “yl blacks te a common fate. This ‘ew gt once revives the ‘irrepressible cordict’ of Senators Seward and Lin- coln, with consequences that we hesi- ®Le to consider. Are we to have “the Struggle of rages’ combined with that of classes? Or shall we take the course stesesied in Brof. Ward's Sociology, and learn to solve all these questions in the light of Science and Humanity —that is, for the highest benefit of all classes and both races. Is there not a human, social and scientific ethnic morality, which all classes, races and people can only disregard at their peril? Ii so, let us try to show in the next Torch what its solution will be.” THE BIRMINGHAM TRIP. Rev. Credit Tells of the Catastrophe— Bethel’s Union Meeting Where Lay- men Kealirg and Bass Grow Flo- _ guant—Bishop Derrick and Miss Bat- son Come in for Honors. > ee ee ee ee Ce 2unday evening at the Bethel church, Sixth and Pine streets, an ejucationa! platform meeting was held. The church wes well filled and the service was indeed interesting. Rev. Thomas, the pastor, presentedProf H. T, Keal ing, who made a stirring address on the education of women, after which Lawyer Hsrry Bass, in all of his elo. quence spoke on the education of men. Both sddresses were very instructive and wreathed upon both gentlemen* heads increased laurels. The choi rendered special music, and was as sisted by the silver toned songster, Flora Bateon, who sang two beautifu selections. Bishop Derrick was pres ent and mada the closing remarks ant secured from the people a liberal col- lection for the cause of education. Th bszaar at Union A. M. E. church wai was well attended weck betore last The booths were beautiful and an) article mentioned could be secured Che young people of this charch de serve great credit in prceducing such : nice er tertainment, On last Tharsda: evening a colonial tea wes held ti connection with the bszaar. Th ch urch was crowded, this being th eco nd time the tea was given. All th ladies and gentlemen were costume: in colonisl style and repdered thei selections with much grace and ability Mies Costman, the pian‘st, received tk apylause of all for the manner i which she handled the instrument Her touch js not surpassed by apy and the church should be proud h aving euch a ‘alented lady among he membe's. Mr. Wilder, the grand secretary *< the United Order of Odd Fellows ngland, isin ourcity, the guest « Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Brooks. Mi Wilder arrived in New York on Satu: dav afternoon, where he was met b Mr. Breoks, and brought to his beaut fal home in Philadelphia, Oa Satu day evening, the “Originals” were er terta’n:d by Mrs. B:ocks, in homor their guest, Mr. Wilder. Theeven'n was ;leasantly spent and Mr. Wilde see med delighted with the entertainer in America. Miss Letitia Cotma rendered piano selections, Mr. Augu: ‘us aston, by request, sang th ** Holy City,” ard Miss Lela Walke! recited ‘at the Italian Opera,’ afte which the guest were ‘avited to th dining room where refreshments wer served. Mr. Wilder has come to thi country to attend the Odd Fellow Convention which met on October 9: in New Haven, Cenn,, He will remai: until November in this country, visit ing all the principal cities, after whic he will return to his home in Englan¢ While tn England, Mr, Brooks wa entertained very nicely by Mr. Wilde and other Odd Fellows, Rev. W.illam A. Creditt, pastor c Oherry Street Baptist church, fille his pulpit last Sunday, having just x turned trom attending the conventio at Birmingh:m, It is indeed interest iug to Usten to the remarkable stories told by Dr. Creditt relative to the re- cent accident which occurred at the sonvention. Dr. Creditt attended the Odd Fellows convention in New ffaven where he delivered the main oration. Invitation have been issued for the wedding of Mies Annie Reed and Mr. Welter Cassell Tae mie- sionary rally of the Womens Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the A. M. EB, Zion charch was held laet Sunday at the Wesley church. Ac- dresses were delivered by the pastor, Rey. G. L. Blackwell, and Miss Mollie Campbell; recitation by Misses Meggie Frasier acd M. A, Johnson. The ext re program was very interesiiug ~~ LATE LOCALS Col. R, R. Church, ef Memphis, Tenn., is in the city the guest of Judge Robert H. Terrell and family. Mr. W. H. Davis, a prominen young attorney at law of Boston, Mass., was a visitc r to Washington this week. Mr. R B. Bugquie, Agsist:snt Adju- tant General of Louisiena and Mis- sissippi, is an eucampmiai visitor this week, Gen Robert Smell sndson of Beau tort, 8. C., passed through the city this week en route to New Haven, Con a., to attend the B, M. O. A eubscriber asks us why a certain Baptist pastor devotes so much ume sowing seeds of discord in True Re formers sffairs insteaa of trying to rave souls, Mr. Joseph Jacques, a wholesale butcher and a most successfnl business man of New Crleans, L1., is in the city this week the g estef Mr. A. P. Alberts of the Pension Office, The Washingtcn del gation consist i ng cftwenty-reves members le'tiast Sunday night for New Haven, Conn, to attend the B. M. OC, Their head quarters are at the Winthrop Hotel. Mr. Jos2ph A, Williamson, an at- tache of Tne Ccl red American left tor Me mphis, Tern, Iast Thursday, Oc tober 31d, to attend the bedside of hie father who died before his son reached Memphis. S2cond Lieutenant B. O Davis, of the 10th Cavalry who passed sach 2 fine examination snd who was the firet non-commissioned colored officer to obtain a commission in the regular army through examination, has re- turned to the city. He has spent con- siderable time and service in the Philli- pines and brings a rich and rare ex- perience home with him. He will be located at 3rd and Oak streets, n. w. The Richmond News simply sdver- tises to the world its mental smallnese 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 «f 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, be cause of an assinine prejudice, it is waste of time to attempt redemption” ee The new papering and general reno- vation at the Metropole Club add new beauties and attractions to this pop- ular resort. The carpets have been re- stored and a new stock of books, papers and magazines have been placed on file. ed Se Se esd ot ee ooOo————SBa2m—E__ DRESS MAKING ACADEMY. The de Lam Orton Famous French Perteo- cn Pailor Ls Mme J. A. Smallwood, cle Agent 1513 Madison street, northwest, Morning class from 9 a.m’. to lp. m Afternoon class 2 to 5p. m. dally, nines tron 7.30 to 10 o'clock. Mondays, ae and Fridays, dres makers and ladies who wish to do their ow dressmaking. *#@ WaNTED—To learn the wonderful De Lam Orton French Perfection Talior System. 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W., three story brick nine rooms and bath furnace and latrobes, 2: ft front by 95 ft. 84,000 liberal terms. Inspection by card only, vu. W. Kellogg, 118 D St N. E. ——————— SS WANTED~—Reliable colored help for general house work &c in good homes in New England Good Wages. App y with references as to abili- z a character to Susie White, 1747 Oregon Ave. Se FOR RENT—One large front room in good lo- cality with all modern improvements, convenient to cars and herdicks, 1625 Corcoran St. N. W- ap- ply to Mr. J, B Patterson. FURNISHED ROOMS—With board conven- ient to car lines, call after 4 P. M 1642 10th St. Northwest or inquire at Colered American Office 4s9C- St N. W, Improve G4e Hair and Complexion- Singleton’s Pharmacy zoth and E carries a full line of Ozono preparations with his toilet articles and sundrics, a eee Please Help Me Find Mv Brother Saunk Joyce was sold in Mecklenburg, Virginia, several y ears before the civil war, to Cunnigam, a Negro trader. His mother. Willie, was a slave on the Joyce plantation. He had One sister, Betty, who is very anxious to find him, Any in- formation will be gladly received. Mrs Berry Reyvnotps. 44 Parker street, Atlanta, Ga. Velered Man. Ch*nce of Your Lite timo We Wish to employ an honest, capable man to establish local agencies and employ agents to sell our two special b-oks entitled: “A Nesre for a New Century,"’ by Booker T Washington, and “Under Fire with the Tenth Cavalry ** a miliary history of the colored race Good salary perma- nent pesition- Man applying must have ability to merit rapid promotion. Emgire Book House, Manbattan Building Chicago. ——<$———. ——— Good Men Wanted, : Wanted by the Metrepolitan Benevolent In- vestme»t Company Seventy-five good reliable men who can write plainly to do insurance work all at oncevat sos D streets n- w.. J By Byrd. President. WANTED A MAN OR WOMAN not over thirty years of age, capable of tsking care of office in the largest photo studio operated by any colored man in the world. Twenty two years in buemess in St, Paui, Minn. Studio alsoin Sault Ste Marie, Ont. Party must have $2 000 00 to invest for half interest. Seventeen medals and di- plomas. Address,— HARRY SHEPHERD, London Photo Co. ST. PauL Minn Mulligan ‘and Reg rs, CIGAR STORE s oo & NEWS STAND. 1015 11th Street, N. W Cigars, Tobaceo, Newspapers Perindi- cals and Stationary. N «wre Magazines &c. Delive: Regular Prices | 906 M.’Phone Main THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. THE OLD DOMINION. The Political Pot Boiling-A View of The Lily Whites-The Religious and Social News Personal Mention. Richmond, Va. (Special).—Politics rule the day and night here for the present. Registration under the new constitution is going on from noon until 9 o'clock at night, and while there is an unusual apathy in political circles, black and white, the political leaders are doing their best to make their party friends register. So indifferent has been the action of the white voters that the Democratic State Chairman, Taylor Ellison, chief layman among the Baptists in the State, has been forced to assemble the State Democratic Committee and to put canvassers in the field to persuade white men to come out and register. The Negro Republicans, under the auspices of an organization of their own, known as the Negro Industrial and Agricultural Society of Virginia, are doing all that they can to get the Negroes' names upon the registration books. We hear that in this they are receiving no assistance from their white Republican "friends" nor from the Republican State organization. In fact, it seems that the white Republicans rather enjoy the condition in which the Negroes find themselves. If indications count for much, when the registration shall have closed, the Negroes of Virginia will have shared the fate of the other Negroes of the South, and will be wiped from the political map of the State. The "Lily White" movement is springing up, and while the Negro is saying but little, and while his eyes are shut, he is not sleeping, and in the very near future there is going to be a terrific struggle for Republican leadership as between the "Lily Whites" and their opponents. Congressional candidates are being put up in every district. The 1st, 3d, 5th, 8th, 9th and 10th have put their candidates in the field, and some kind of a campaign is being made, but it is very lame and lacks the fire and vigor of the old-time campaign, when the men who were running were really in earnest and not simply leading a forlorn hope. After November 4th, each defeated candidate will be in Washington telling the President why he was not elected and how nobly he "fit, bled and died," and asking to be made "It." In the surrounding country, the "big meeting" season is at its height. Chickens have taken to the woods, and the shoat lays down at night, not knowing what may happen to him in the morning. Troubled are his dreams, and uncertain are his hours, for "tracted meeting" without shoat is like an egg without salt. In the town circles, the good sisters and brethren welcome with unusual delight the opening of the theater doors, and can be nightly seen making their way to the "Jim Crow" gallery. It used to be a rule a long time ago not to allow Christians to attend such unholy places, but if that rule was enforced to-day, under the light and progress of the twentieth century, the church member census would be most materially lessened. Concerts, tableaux and mock marriages form the principal bills for our church theatricals. They are not now engaged in saving souls, but they are amusing souls by making them laugh, and with filling them with cream, with a general admission of 10 cents. For four nights last week the Colonial Club gave a select bazaar at Price's hall. It was largely patronized and enjoyed by the "smart set," who find happiness in the entrancing dance. The Thebans, the youngest of our male society folk, entertained their friends Monday and Tuesday nights at what is known as a "Subscription Dance." Mr. Jas. O. West, chairman of the committee of arrangements, displayed great tact in handling the crowd both nights. Miss Florence B. Dawson was married October 1st to Mr. Maurice Barrett, mail carrier in Manchester After a trip of ten days, they will be at home. 724 N. 3d street. Miss Mary Williams will be mar- ried October 8th to Mr. Thomas Taylor, son of President Taylor, of the True Reformers. Misses Clara S. Kersey and Zenobia Oliver left last week to resume their studies at Howard University. Mr. Manly S. Taylor left Tuesday for Shaw University, where he expects to spend four years of hard study for an "M. D." Miss Bessie G. Taylor arrived in the city last Monday, after a stay of nearly three months in New York. NOTES AND OPINIONS. Too many of our preachers play to a certain part of their congregations purposely, for a material advantage. While deeply absorbed in their subjects, it is their wont to tape illustrations by quoting the name of Sister Ann, or sister somebody else, when the sole object in view is a big square meal. Some statesmen might well envy the THE MASTER OF THE MILITARY PRIVANE EARLY HICKS record of faith and valor that make great the lives of railroad engineers. The railroad engineer will die with those who trust their lives in his hands. All have that confidence in him, who swing on board and underboard behind him from the millionaire in the palace car to the hobo on the rods. In the burning wreck he will pass into eternity with his hand on the throttle of that engine that he swore to run and to govern. Is not that true courage—the old-time Hebrewism? God bless the soul whose hand has never been stayed when it had the power to save. It is not the part of a gentleman to run down and make game of anybody's personal appearance, and especially those of women. All of us have, more or less, some human deformity, and those who have the full share are certainly worthy of extreme sympathy, rather than ridicule. If a girl has a character that is as brilliant as the dew-drops of the morning, and if she live a life as pure as the lilies of the valley, though her face may be homely and her hair not long, yet she may get a good husband, have a host of loving friends, and be a sacred model in the motherhood of mankind. 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A general exchange and banking business done. Bank open from 0 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. The Popular Book of the Year SHADOW and LIGHT. Read The Colored American LIVE FOR SOMETHING. Live for something, have a purpose, And that purpose keep in view; Drifting like a helpless vessel, Thou canst ne'er to life be true. Half the wrecks that strew life's ocean, If some star had been their guide, Might have long been riding safely, But they drifted with the tide. We Would Like to Know We Would Like to Know When Col Robert Harlan will get that promised promotion? When does the local Afro-American council resume its sessions? Why not a few Negro teachers in the Philippines and Porto Rico? If the Negro press isn't grinding out some "hot stuff" these days? Is there another Grover Cleveland hidden in the tariff reform wood-pile? When will Judges Terrell and Hewlett get their turn on the police court bench? What did Tillman say to Editor W. D. Johnson in that interview last spring? How can the miasma of "lily-whitism" be blown out of the Southern States? Isn't it about time for the recurrence of Col. James A. Ross and his diamonds? Is Charles E. Hall still engaged in sitting up with the Hopkins Senatorial candidacy? Why so many Negroes have a burning desire to do business with the police court? Is there any truth in the rumor that Messrs. Fortune and Peterson have agreed to disagree? If the colored voters of Illinois are not disposed to give Senator Mason a "show for his white alley?" Why not a training school for barbers—one of the most artistic callings known to modern science? Will Prof. Lawson repeat his pro-Catholic speech that created so much comment a year or so ago? When will a Negro be named for a judgship in the Philippines or elsewhere in our insular possessions? If the stock of Horace Boies hasn't taken several points upward since the self-immolation of Speaker Henderson? Why Senator Pritchard cannot find time to answer a very polite letter written to him by The Colored American. Will Edmond Deas be permitted to win his fight for the recognition of real Republicanism in South Carolina? Why some of our editors will do "big talking" on curb-stones but are afraid to say it out loud in their columns? If there does not seem to be a rising tide in favor of giving one Charles Warren Fairbanks a trial in the White House? Wonder if Speaker Henderson will yet prove to the satisfaction of all that he knew enough to come in when it rains? If the Administration will not discover by and by that it is blundering in withdrawing the Negro troops from the Philippines? Why you presume upon your intimacy with the doctor, lawyer, dentist or editor to delay the settlement of that money you owe? Is there one Negro newspaper in the country sufficiently supported by Negro money to live twenty-four hours, were Caucasian aid withdrawn? If the blame for the Birmingham panic will be charged to Booker T. Washington by the Boston Guardian and its District of Columbia echo? Is there to be an extensive Catholic propaganda among the Negroes in the South, led by Archbishop Ireland and his newly-ordained colored priest? Will the Catholic Church and the powerful influence of the Vatican be the next theory advanced as a solution of the race problem in America? Why presumably sensible young men will try to ape wealthy whites by putting up a crisp $5 for a "swell" entertainment of one evening's pleasure, clad in swallow-tail and patent leather 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 and be shy the price of a breakfast the next morning? THE HART FARM SCHOOL. This institution for dependent and delinquent Negro children, which is described and attractively illustrated in the October Southern Workman, is situated in Prince George's county, Md., on the east bank of the Potomac, twelve miles south of Washington. It is purely educational, and is adapted to the needs of a class not included in the scope and discipline of any other institution, private or public. Its plan is to make the unfit and helpless, fit and helpful; to solve the great municipal problem of inspiring the submerged city waif with a love J.C. PROF. W. H. H. HATT. of nature and of making him a skilled contented rural worker. The school maintains a natural environment which it will not be impossible for the children to duplicate in after life. It provides a plain, simple, unadorned, yet sanitary and wholesome regime of living. The boys, under the direction of a trained corps of instructors and directors, cultivate the farm, attend the horses, milk the cows, feed the hogs, and conduct in a natural manner all of the activities of a well-regulated farm. They are given instruction in the English branches, carpentry, wheelwrighting and blacksmithing; the idea being to equip them with agricultural knowledge and the simple village industries which prepare for attainable rural pursuits. The fundamental idea of the school is to imbue the boy with a love for agricultural pursuits and with practical knowledge of the method and profit of intelligent farming, so that he will have no desire to return to the vile and filthy condition of the city alley from whence he came. KELLY MILLER. M. 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. OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MINISTRY. THE HOTEL 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. The Colored American Published by THE COLORED AMERICAN Publishing Company. A National Negro Newspaper 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, 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, opinions and in fact all matters affecting the race. We will not pay for matter, however unless it is ordered by us. All matter intended for publication must reach this office by Wednesday of each week to insure insertion in the current issue. Agents are wanted everywhere. Send for instructions. ADVERTISING RATES. Reading notices 50 cents per line, Display advertisements, $2 per square inch per insertion. Discounts made on large contracts. Entered at the Post-office at 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 11, 1902 JUST A WORD. This issue of The Colored American is a fair sample of the issues that are gotten out from week to week. It is newsy, enterprising and expensive. The friends of the paper as well as subscribers who are in arrears will as the management a great favor by sending in the amount which they kwon to be due at once. It will be appreciated and will help along with the work. ROOZELELT ON SOLID GROUND. In the last issue of The Colored American we discussed at length the exasperating political conditions which confronted the Negro in the South. After showing the rank injustice, base ingratitude and gross inconsistency on the part of the "lily-wnite" Republicans in eliminating us from the political equation, we propounded the significant and timely query: "Where does the President stand?" We addressed this question to Theodore Roosevelt, as the head of the Republican party of the nation, as the one man most anxious to preserve intact the noble principles of liberty, equality and fraternity, upon which the party was founded, and as to-day the commander-in-chief of the forces in the field to whose sagacity his followers must look for continuance of Republican prestige in the several branches of the Government. The wing of the party which believed that the whites should control regardless of the wishes of the faithful Negro contingent, had triumphed, at least temporarily, in North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and other States of the South, and the outlook for the black citizen and voter was growing murkier with the passing of each day. Our supporters were falling away hourly. Was this policy of civil assassination purely an ebullation of local prejudice, or did it have the sanction of the leaders in the nation who framed platforms and pro- THE COLORED AMEPICAN, WASHINGTON, D. Q. nounced party politics? So, to determine whether the Republicans longer cared for the allegiance of the sovereign voters of our race in the North and West, where suffrage is free and untrammeled, we asked of the highest authority. Where does the President stand? We are pleased beyond measure to state that President Roosevelt, by speech and pen, has placed himself upon record as being squarely against the nefarious attempts of men of the Pritchard, Capers and Vaughn stripe to decitizenize the Negro. He repudiates the whole business, and at the proper time will act in a way that cannot be misunderstood. The removal of Vaughn and the appointment of an honorable gentleman in his stead is an earnest of what may be expected later on. President Roosevelt has spoken his opposition to the "ily-white" propaganda and his acts will bear out his sympathy with that element in the South that believes in the civil and political rights of all. Theodore Roosevelt has justified the good opinion of his friends and admirers. He stands upon solid ground as regards the race question in politics. If civilization be not decadent, where are the Lincolnns, the Garrisons, the Knillipses, the Sumners and the Lovejoys of this day? Is human liberty, justice, equity and moral courage out of fashion? THE SERVERS AND THE SERV&D. When elected to represent the people are the servants of their constituents not their masters? We discover that certain legislation is likely to remedy evils that beset us as a nation or as a race. We should be pleased to have this remedy enacted into law and engrafted upon the statute books of the country. As a plain business proposition, would we not single out the candidate for Congress in our district who will agree to support such a measure as we indicate, as against one who refuses to do so or who evades the question? Again, if we give a candidate our votes by virtue of a promise "signed, sealed and delivered," and after securing election, he fails to keep his word, are we under any obligation, moral or political, to assist in returning him to the post where he has not given us the service agreed upon? We should say not. If an agent, for some reason, will not or cannot transact our business along the lines laid down by us, the only logical outcome must be a severance of relations. The law of commerce, in this regard, must be the law of politics. The fall campaign is on. Every sovereign voter's ballot is his own personal property, to bestow where he chooses, in the interest of his country, his family, or his race. It is a happy combination when the server and the served can cover all of these interests in one sweep; frequently it cannot be done. Let each man use his best judgment. Examine the candidate's record. Has he served you as you would be served: If not, why not? Now is the time to call your steward to account. Party ties count for nothing to-day. Stand by those who stand by you. In every State conference of the churches nowadays there are a number of candidates for the bishopric who ought to be attending to the work assigned to them by the conferences with which they are identified. ADMINISTRATION TO THE RESCUE Prompt, courageous and manly action in a patriotic endeavor to bring the disastrous coal strike to an immediate end stamps President Roosevelt as a typical American. Admitting frankly that no legal right vests in him to interfere attempting no analysis of the differences that have kept the operators and the miners apart, he appeals to both parties in the interest of broad humanity to place fuel within the reach of the people before the coming of cold weather. The lives and wellbeing of millions of men, women and children were in the balance, and the deprivation of warmth and means of cooking, besides the crippling of vast business concerns, would entail suffering widespread and terrible. The meeting of the President and those distinguished representatives of capital and labor, at the nation's capital, upon a plane of well-tempered citizenship, looking each other squarely in the eye, is an episode bound to prove historic, and establishes a precedent that promises to bring about better conditions between the forces of production than have ever existed before. The way toward a harmonious adjustment has been paved, thanks to President Roosevelt's shrewd diplomacy and tactful performance of a duty that none but him could have attempted with any hope of success. Before this reaches the public eye, we hope terms mutually satisfactory shall have been agreed upon. Mincing words is the tactics of the coward. Face the facts, and the verdict will take care of itself. Love of the artificial is sapping the vitals of the race. The B. M. C. is "hard at it" in New Haven, Conn. The door to political influence is by way of the bank—not the bar room. A so-called friend without moral courage is worse than an enemy. The National Negro Business League is due in St. Louis in August, 1904. White men who rail against the Negro race and then debauch our women should be boycotted in every possible manner by our men, and the women who tolerate such humiliating alliances should have no recognition in society. The American Baptist complains of the comparatively poor attendance at the opening of the colored schools in Louisville, Ky., this year. The buildings are ample, and there should be an effort made to fill every one of them for the full term. An Indiana preacher has confessed that he has been stealing everything that he could lay his hands on, and has retired from the ministry. Had he waited in patience he might have had the whole business given to him by a confiding congregation. The confusion caused by the stampede at Birmingham prevented the National Baptist Convention from settling upon a place for its next meeting. The doors of Washington are always open to the great gatherings of the race. Come here, Brother Morris. An actress from Richmond, Va., is said to have deodorized a dressing room that had been occupied by Black Patti before she would condescend to use it. Had this same actress taken pains to fumigate her own character she would have come nearer the mark. "Sis Hoopkins" says "they ain't no use doin' nuthin' for nobody whut wont do nuthin' for you." Why should any Negro support a member of Congress for re-election who has been unable to find time to vote for a single measure looking to the benefit of the black people? The race papers continue to quote our banner editorial "Business Our Ark of Safety," as the keynote for the new song of our people. The Negro need not necessarily "get out of politics," but get something out of politics" that will do him permanent and substantial good. No Negro sage has felt it necessary to castigate the leading society women of his race in the severe manner which Henry Watterson landed upon the morals of the female members of the "smart set" at Newport and New York. Yet the color line is drawn when our sisters wish to join in a mission of mercy. The South African Spectator, Cape Town, is an intense loyalist organ—strongly in favor of a cheerful acceptance by the blacks of British sovereignty over the Transvaal. It reproduces the sympathetic editorial of The Colored American, touching the late illness of King Edward VII. political affairs alone. No Negro newspaper that has come to our table so far has attempted to apologize for the rape upon our citizenship, perpetrated by the "lily-white" Republicans of the South. The sentiment is unanimous that the outcome will be a beneficial movement toward political independence for the race throughout the land. A delegate who attends a national convention and who carries back to his home enough of the inspiration of the gathering to turn it to practical benefit of the people he has represented, has not spent his time or money in vain. This is what Mr. G. Grant Williams did at Hartford upon his return from the Business League at Richmond. The Negro Advocate is a new paper, published by Attorney James H. Hayes, at Richmond, Va., under the auspices of the Negro Industrial and Agricultural Society, which has for its object the testing of the new constitution of the State of Virginia. It is vigorously edited and should be an effective weapon for the cause it represents. Biodiversity 40 We venture the suggestion that the delegates to the general conference of the Methodist churches can be trusted to select the bishops and other officers, without the pernicious activity of a horde of candidates who are neglecting their pastoral duties by chasing around the country nursing their individual "booms." Such unministerial conduct should prove a boomerang. Because the Negroes of the Mississippi delta district prefer to play ball rather than pick cotton at beggarly wages, the legislatures of Mississippi and Louisiana are being urged to pass a law prohibiting Negroes from engaging in the seductive game during the harvesting season. The Personal Liberty League has a chance to get in some fine work on this proposed outrage. Since the anti-lynch law has been in operation in Texas, not a single man has been lynched. The law provides that no officer can ever hold office again in the State in case a prisoner is taken from him by the mob. This is a wise measure and shows that sheriffs can protect their charges if they are made to suffer a penalty for direliction. Here is a chance for Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia to protect the civilization of which they boast. We would like to see a halt called upon the practice some minor colleges have of conferring degrees upon inferior men, presumably for a monetary consideration. It so cheapens the honorary titles that were once a mark of distinction that thoughtful and really eminent persons decline to wear them. These schools owe it to their own dignity to quit this nauseating business, and confine their degrees to those who should have them by virtue of notable achievements. Dark-skinned white people are having a great deal of trouble with officious conductors, who mistake them for Negroes. The humiliation arising from these ejections from white railroad coaches is something awful, besides the annoyance and delay occasioned. The courts mulcted a railroad $10,000 the other day in Kentucky for forcing into a "jim crow" car what a stupid official conceived to be a quadron, but who proved herself to be a full-blooded Caucasian. As a result, bright-colored Negroes are being given the benefit of the doubt as to their race. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. LITTLE COLORED AMERICANS. . . . . An idle woman is seldom a virtuous one. Politics, like the tariff, is a local question. There are people who insist upon calling them "old veterans." Intoxicating beverages never help a man to attend to his business. Naturally, A. E. Manning says, "I told you so." He knew it all the time. There will be fewer "jim crow" cars when Negroes own stock in the railroads. The Colored American is the most widely-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 are killed by neglect than by want of popular support. The dollar is so eminently respectable that we forget the color of men who have plenty or it. The Colored American can be depended upon to stand up for the manhood of the Negro race. The appendage of LL D., A. M., Ph. D., B. D., and the like adds little to the worth of a real man, Richmond, Va., had three Negro conventions within three weeks, and handsomely cared for them all. Some of those who praise The Colored 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 division of the Negro vote will take the question of Negro suffrage out of the domain of partisan politics. The Negro should have too much race pride to ask white men to do for him that which he can do for himself. There is a town in Kentucky named Bandana, but it does not follow that its citizens are all handkerchief-heads. You will have to "show us" that alleged "decent white Republican party" they are building up in the Southern States. No educational scheme is complete that does not comprehend the intellectual improvement of the poor classes of whites. A race cannot rise above its women. Take care of the girls and the morals of a people will take care of themselves. There is no permanent prosperity for young men who attempt to live on their wits rather than by legitimate service. There should be more solicitude on the part of the various denominations for the extension of the home missionary field. The Atlanta Congress was a success, and justified the wisdom of its promoters. Why haggle, at this late day, about its cost? No woman's virtue is safe who is weak enough to love fine apparel, showy jewels and an easy life more than principle. It looks as if the Negro is about to answer the plaint of the New York Journal by taking on an armor of "intelligent dissatisfaction." Churches and church conferences --- are to blame if an immoral or otherwise unfit minister is allowed to pursue his calling in the pulpit. Conventions which have no means of inspiring its delegates to do anything practical between sessions cannot 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 Americans. We do not blame a man for praising the bridge that carries him over, provided he choses the best bridge and builds no barriers in front of other bridges. The National Baptist Publishing Board wants new building to accommodate the growing volume of business. It should be built without unnecessary delay. Judge Ballou, of Baltimore, whose altercation with a choir leader caused the stampede at Birmingham, has been the recipient of some free but unenviable advertising. If Lincoln and Grant could only come back from Spirit Land for a moment what would they think of the Republican party they nursed into power at such a terrible cost? "Rip Van Winkle" is said to have been a lucky man, but he slept only 20 years. Some of us who insist upon remaining asleep now, will not find themselves in luck. Colored men who hang around the polls on election day, waiting for some scoundrel to buy their votes, do not represent the thoughtful and patriotic element of the race. Let that be understood. The secret societies could do a great work in solving our problems by passing the wise word down the line and acting in concert. Try it, brethren. Every force among us should be made to count. The Denver Times speaker is generous in the bestowal of titles upon its journalistic contemporaries. Six portraits adorned its first page on the 27th ult., noted and described as follows: "Hon." W. Calvin Cnase, "Prof." J. H. Jackson, "Capt." W. D. Johnson, "Rev." J. H. Murphy, "Col." W. A. Pledger, and "Gen." E. E. Cooper. We daresay the first five designations are good "fits," but why "Gen." in the case of the last-named, Bro. Sharp? OBITUARY. Miss Ella L. Scott, sister of Dr. E. D. Scott, died at Southern Rines, N. C., October 6th. For the past year she has been advised by her physicians to visit different sections of the south in hopes that she might regain her health. Her life was that of a sincere Christian. She was never too weary to give her time and talent wherever it was needed. She was ever noble, generous and kind, and will be greatly missed by her many friends. Far away from relatives and friends she breathed her last. Funeral Thursday, October 9th. O blissful lack of wisdom, 'Tis blessed not to know; He holds me with His own right hand, And will not let me go. And lulls my troubled soul to rest In Him who loves me so. Her sister—Ella Molyneaux Scott. Premier Afro-American Artists It is entirely safe to declare that one of the most clever and delightful attractions offered this season by the Empire is the musical act by the colored entertainers, Cole and Johnson. The pianist possesses a skill as rare (in the vaudeville stage) as it is enjoyable. His rich baritone voice was heard to splendid advantage in "Stille wie the Nacht" and Nevin's exquisite "Rosary." His companion, equally clever, literally captured the rag-time loving audience with such catchy and dashingly sung airs as "Mandy," "No Use in Askin' Cause You Know the Reason Why," "My Castle on the Nile" and others. They were recalled time and again, so great was the enthusiasm. Certainly they share in a superlative degree in the stellar honors of the week.—Ohio Journal. The department headquarters of the Women's Relief Corps of Louisiana and Mississippi are at 1144 19th street N. W.; Priscilla J. H. Taper department president. MRS. BRUCE'S GRATITUDE. I wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to the many friends who were so kind to me and my husband during his last illness. They were always ready and willing to render any services that would add to his comfort, for which I shall always feel very grateful. MRS. H. C. BRUCE, 1926 11th street N. W. G A R Day at Lincoln Temple. G. A. R. Day at Lincoln Temple, 11th and R streets N. W. The pastor, Rev. Stirling N. Brown, will preach at 11 a. m. on "An Old Soldier's Victory," and Rev. Dr. Gibbons, of minneapolis, an elequent preached and author, will speak at 8 p. m. Dr. Gibbons served with John Brown in Kansas. He is a man well known through his books and addresses. The choir will render at same hour, not a song service but a specially selected program in honor of the strangers. Song Service at St. Luke's The service of song, to-morrow, at St. Luke's P. E. church, will be an event of especial importance, much out of the ordinary as an offering of choice music. The full strength of the choir is now forty voices, carefully drilled, under the direction of Dr. James T. Walker. The newly-organized octette will make its first appearance on this occasion. It is made up as follows: Sopranos, Misses Nettie Murray and Helen Bell; contraltos, Misses Marie C. James and Emily A. Harper; tenors, Dr. J. T. Walker and M. Goodrich; baritone, Mr. W. A. Fossett; basso, Mr. W. H. Carter. The service begins promptly at 5 p. m., of which fact all should take particular notice. Seats free. Night Schools of The District Public night schools will open Monday, October 13th. Evening sessions will be held Mondays, Wednesdays and holidays from 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock. Books and all other supplies furnished free. Night schools for colored people will be located at Cook school, O between 4th and 5th street N. W.; Randall school, 1st and I streets S. W., and Stevens school, 21st between K and L streets N. W. At Cook, Mr. Wm. A. Joiner, principal, instruction will be given in carpentry, dressmaking, cooking and millinery; at Stevens, Mr. Daniel Thompson, principal, instruction will be given in stenography and typewriting, grades from the first through the eighth, and cooking; and at Randall, Miss Isabelle Russell, principal, instruction will be given in grades from the first through the eighth, and cooking. F. L. CARDOZO. JR., Lawyer Randolph, who enjoys a large and lucrative practice in Pittsburg, Pa., has been with us this week. His explanation of political conditions in his bailiwick gives reason to believe that the Negro has not ceased to be a factor and that our vote will be patent for good government at the November election. Mr. Randolph has been the recipient of numerous courtesies at the hands of Judge Robert H. Terrell and members of the local bar. t!PT.i a -ii .Rwrinp cmfwyp cmfwypp Lieut. Frank H. Huskins, of the Postoffice Department, Charleston, W. Va., who has seen service in the 7th and 8th regiments in the Spanish-American war, is the guest of Mr. J. C. Campbell, 1520 Pierce place N. W. Love is the Remedy- "Abraham Lincoln was greater than Moses in another respect. While Moses established a politico-religious system exclusively for his own people, Abraham Lincoln sent forth the dictum of a government of the people, by the people and for the people. History will not furnish the counterpart of these two great emancipators. Human liberty has so far progressed toward universal and ultimate triumph as to warrant the belief that the groans of the bondman will no more be heard anywhere throughout the world." The speaker touched on the trusts and mob law in a caustic manner, saying in part: "There are distressing problems before us awaiting solution. Millionairism—the greed for vast and countless wealth—which is my term for trusts, that claims every avenue of trade and commerce as its own lawful prey; that will raise the wages of the coal miners ten cents a ton, and then raise the price of coal to the consumers fifty cents per ton. Millionairism that seeks to enrich itself more and more at the expense of the suffering and deprivation of the toiling millions; that, with its golden rod, writes woe and want and beggary even on the pinched and waning form of the infant at its mother's breast. "Then there is that hell-born, cyclonic, unreasoning and unreasonable force called a mob. A combination of savagery, brutality, devilry, passionate insanity—a seething, groaning, eruptive volcano of anger and hate, th fumes of which are a stench even ir the nostrils of fiery imps, daredils and hellish ghouls, who, from their dismal abode, blush at our degradation of law and our exaltation of violence. Are the burning fagots and the lighted torch instruments of human torture under the guise of necessity to suppress the so-called 'nameless crime,' to be maintained as a part of the flower and fruitage of the civilization of the twentieth century? God forbid. Whenever law and order are dethroned and lawlessness and disorder are exalted, then farewell to the peace and security of society. I know of no remedy more potent to correct the evils, and to thwart the perils with which the nation is beset and confronted, than the law of love." EXAMPLE SHOULD BE FOLLOWED. I purchased a copy of COLORED AMERICAN this week with B. T. Washington's picture as supplement. I consider this step an advancement in Negro journalism and one which our better Negro papers would do well to follow. I consider your paper confined to no class or sect but a paer of the people. I congratulate your eminent success in journalism and trust the future holds out to you greater success than now imaginable. Very truly yours, W. T. A. The Colored American is a fearless race champion, a peerless newspaper and a sparkling magazine.