The Colored American

The COLORED American A NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECEIVED JUL 19 1903 PERIODICAL DIV. VOL. X, NO. 8 A Timely Address The Wisdom of the Afro-American Presented in Good Form. Editor Fortune's Fine Italian Hand Shown—In the Multitude of the Council there was Wisdom—The Constitution, the Flag and Citizens' Rights Discussed—A Manly Appeal. Believing confidently as we do that a vast majority of the people of this country favor that spirit of freedom and exact justice to all which not only gave birth to the nation, but has led it more than once to espouse the cause of the oppressed, and insist that every man shall be permitted to adjust the standard of his own worth, and thus settle for himself the place he will occupy in life, we, the representatives of 10,000,000 American citizens of African descent, do thus the more readily present our case before the great bar of public opinion, as hereinbefore set forth: First-That we would call attention to the readiness with which we have at all times responded to our country's call, and fought patriotically and bravely to sustain the nation's honor and the country's flag Second—Our presence in this country, and the place we occupy therein, were not of our own choosing; we came in possession of this heritage as the result of an unusually and remarkably strange chain of circumstances. As we now look back over the past, it appears that our interests were guided by a divine hand, and that the outcome is the culmination of the divine purpose. This being true, our future is secure, and this country will in the years to come, as in the years that are past, profit by our presence. We recognize with pleasure the friendly relation that has all along existed between the best people of the white race and our own, and we sincerely desire that nothing may be permitted to intervene to mar this relation. Still we are confident that no one who notes carefully the signs of the times can fail to discover that there are influences at work in nearly every part of the land to accomplish this very end. Who can fail to see that just at this time, and more so than for a number of years past, the Negro is being held up to public gaze as the most objectionable and undesirable citizen that treads American soil? The ignorant, vicious criminal classes are pointed to as the types and products of the race, rather than those who are the output of the Negro's best endeavors for race development and uplift. We declare this standard of measurement to be un fair to any people, and believe that fair-minded WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 18, 1903. PROF. JIM H. COUNGLE citizens of the entire country will agree with us in this view. These do not indicate our capacity, either for present or future citizenship. It would be as fair to judge the white race of this country by those of their number who have a ssassinated Presidents or been guilty of treason or have betrayed and murdered innocent women. Judge us as you judge the mechanic; judge us as you judge the scholar; judge us as you judge yourselves, not by the worst, but by the GAL 19. best products time and opportunity have enabled us to send forth to take their place among their fellows. It is manifestly unjust to seek to impress the country that because the Negro was once a slave he is not and never can be a man; because there are Negroes who commit crimes, therefore, the Negro is a criminal race. As to mob violence it is gratifying to note that for the past year or two the number of victims show a decided decrease, and while all these were not members of our race the vast majority were. But notwithstanding this fact, we should not feel called upon to discuss the matter at all at this time were it not that though the number of victims is decreasing the variety of pro- vocations which lead up to this act of violence is growing more and more numerous. It is not an unusual thing to read these days of Negroes being lynched for impudence, refusing to obey, striking a white man, etc. Now, we submit that lynching for any cause is destructive of law., is demoralizing. But to subject persons accused of or even guilty of such trivial, offenses as we have indicated to unlawful punishment and death is to make the Negro the marked man of the nation; for him to suffer violence for such causes will eventually involve many of our best people. Even as it is in some sections of the country it means death for a Negro to attempt to protect the females of his family. We ask in all sincerity, is this American? Is it right? Such conditions indicate clearly a tendency to anarchy, and anarchy for the Negro will terminate for anarchy for all men. Law sustains our splendid civilization, and the absence of it means its destruction. Lawlessness begets its kind and its increase can bring no good to any one. But again, the number of those of our race who are now accused of the nameless crime against women is so small as compared with the whole PRICE, FIVE CENTS Tuskegee's Social Life Mr. and Mrs. Russell Royally Entertained by Tuskegees' Elite—Notes Fine Event. TUSKEGEE, ALA., Special. On Tuesday evening of this week, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Washington gave an elegant reception at their beautiful home, on Varner Hill, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Russell, who had been united in marriage in Richmond, Va., June 17th. Mr. Russell is the capable and energetic head of the division of carpentry, at Tuskegee, and the enthusiasm which greeted him upon his home-coming, with his bride, was an eloquent testimonial to his popularity and estimable qualities as a gentleman and coworker. Mrs. Russell was formerly Miss Ellen V. Trent, one of Richmond's fairest daughters, a member of the teachers corps of that city, and representing in her accomplishments, person, culture and social graces the highest type of womanhood to be found in the historic capitol of the Old Dominion. The handsome and commodious parlors of Mr. and Mrs. Washington were crowded at an early hour with the many friends who came to pay their respects to the happy young couple, and amid "sweet converse," entrancing music, and countless congratulations and expressions of good wishes, the evening was spent, culminating in an elaborate and toothsome repast, all typical of the wholesouled hospitality for which the people of the Southland are justly famous. In addition to the local faculty and the families of the surrounding country, brilliance was added to the occasion by the presence of quite a number of distinguished ladies and gentlemen from abroad, some drawn here to spend the season amid Alabama's Continued on page 5. SEALS DID NOT FEAR MEN. gheir Trast Was Repaid by the Tagine of Several of Thir Number. Hundreds of seale made Nelson is- tand, 0 the South Shetland group, ook black as nifght as we approaehed. They sported themselves in the wa- ter aad played upon the shore. In wonder, not alarm, they stared at us yswearew near in a small boat. We feaped 0D shore among them. Still they jooked at us in dumb curiosity. [ was as mtch impressed as were the seals and stared as hard at them fo an answering wonder. “Come, old fellow,” said Sobral, ap- proaching one of the largest seals with outstretched hand. It edged away @ few feet. “Move on, then,” be said, smacking it on the back with his open hand. It edged a little farther away, looking over his shoul- der with an injured air. But it made no atterapt to seek safety. A mere plunge into the water would have bought freedom from any danger. Several leopard seals were shot by our party, says a writer in the In. fependent, and their fellows gath: tred around them, wondering why they loy so motionless, and staring with wide, pathetic eyes. OLD PLUTLE WHO WORK. World-Famed Celebrities Who still Keep Busy Although Over the Fourscore. It is needless to call upon history to prove the usefulness and richness that may attend the lives of those who have passed their three score years and ten, says Will Carleton’s Magazine, Every Where. The vener- able Gladstone did the thinking and much of the speaking for the govern- ment of one of the mightiest em- pires of the world, almost up to the day of his death. Pope Leo, at the age of 91, carries the burdens of a worldwide church, and Herbert Spen- cer at 81 reads and digests the news and literature of the world and re- creates therefrom dm immortal phi- losophy. In our own land the sturdy Senator Morrill and Evarts, the jur- ist, worked out their problems of state and law almost up to the very hour when they were called to higher . fidds of effort; and to-day ex-Senator Brdbury, of Maine, aged 99, and Sen- ator Pettus, of Alabama, at 81, are busy with the affairs of this world. The venerable David Wark, the “father of the Canadian senate,” per- forms the duties ef his high office at the remarkable age of 97, and Verdi still composed musie at the age of 87. There are few keener or more persistently active minds in the world of finance than that of Russell Sage, who recently celebrated his tighty-seventh birthday, while King Christian of Denmark actively ad- ministers the affairs of state at the age of 85, and Julia Ward Howe, though 83, writes books that sell, and gives lectures that people are eager ta hear, Diving Makes Men Cross. A professional diver says that one of the strange effects of diving is the invariable bad temper felt while work. ing at the bottom of the sea. As thi: Usually passes away as soon as the surface is reached, it is probably due to the pressure of the air affecting the lungs, and through them the brain The exhilaration and good temper o! the mountain climber is a contrary feeling from an opposite cause. Some University Statisties. Germans seem to be more eager for eollegiate education than the people of sther countries. In Germany one man fr 213 goes toa university; in Scotland, one in 520; in the United States, one in 2,000, and in England, one in 5,000. THE! COLORED AMERICAN. A Gooa@ Man Gone. ] Stranger—Quite a large funeral, 2 gee. Mr. Rural—Yaas, sir; but ’tain’t as big as it would ’a’ been if all of uscould have left our wonk. I just tell you, Cross-Roads has lost a mighty good citizen. We’ll never see his equal. ‘ “That's very sad.” “Yaas, sir. The good old deacon is gene. He always kept his fences tight, end hischiekens’ wings clipped.”—N. Y. Weekly. et Embarrassing for the Professor. tas meu his class)—Gentlemen, I have to apdlogize for a short delay in beginning this lecture. I have unfor- tunately left my manuscript at home, but my boy, whom I have sent for it, will behere shortly. Prefessor’s Son (audibly)—Mother couldn’t find the manuscrjpt, so she has sent the book you copied it from.—N. Y. Times. Another Wrong Righted. “And so,” said the kind-locking judge, “you married him under du- ress?” “Yes,” replied the beautiful one; “he threatened if I did not consent to be his wife to buy three packages of ee and smoke every one of them without stopping.” “Heavens! You poor child. Here’s your decree.”—Chica go Record-Herald. A Fortune Gone, Oldbache—What’s up, old man? You look as if you had been disappointed in love. Skemer—Well, that’s not far wrong. Oldbache—O! you'll get over that. It’s not as bad asa financial reverse. Skemer—That’s just what it is. Miss Roxina Ownrigbt has rejected me.— Philadelphia Press. ee a / Waluabie Recipe. “I want to see the cook right after dinner.” “You are not going to discharge her, George?” “Discharge her? No, indeed. Iwant to get the recipe from her for this pudding sauce. Et ought to make the best kind of office mucilage.”—Cleve- i Plain Dealer. Suspicious Sympteus, Mrs. Von Blumer—I feel certain that cook has been drinking some of your whisky. Von Blumer—Why? Mrs. Von Blumer—She has been alter- nately swearing at me and trying to hug me all the afternoon.—Town Top- ies. Wwoman’s Incenuliliy. “My wife has a saving disposition,” said Hicks. “When we got our upright piano she made a red'plush cover for it, so that the rosewood wouldn’t get seratched. Them she covered that with a sort of linen duster arrangement, se as to save the plush. I tell you, women have great minds.”—Tit-Bits. Reasonable Explanation. Customer—You charged me $14 for this one garment. I think that’s pret- ty high. Tailor—WefN, the bill, as I made it out at first, was for $13, but that is such an unlucky number I thought you'd rather pay a dollar more.—Chi- cago Tribune. | §ingleton—How long is the honey- moon supposed to last? Wederly—WUntil the bills for bacon exceed the bills for bonbons.—Chicago Daily News. Too Early. “f met Mr. and Mrs. Latelywed. They seem quite happy.” “Yes? I presume they have not be- gun to revise their opinions of each other.”—Brooklyn Life. A Pretty Good Sign. “What makes you think he’s rich?” “Why. I notice that people laugh at some of his jokes that would fall flat if they came froma poor man.”- ~~ rr RP ae ck MI ease 2 GPE OR Bega ay NOR RRR R Se eer ke ate eats 247 Bost ce hag Seeger orn 4 Pe SE ae aE ; SMM sc tag Sere | oe ieee Si SN Seren: —s a 5 DES os ene eee So ae N, Dei, So ri? tae he PS Ae Sot Secs five oe. ON gL gee 2 ee eo ees eee ee ie: eee Me ere. eo Petit nates cee EY eae z * Beare A, ee SNC OL, : afin et Bee ee Bey. ee Bee eT hs Cig : 5 sy Bee rhe ~. : poe ae te - | Bess 2 ees oy tas Be ell ee CT foe. we. | Reet 7 = on ae 8 eo mare pha eee a cs oe eres Fey Bs 2. . Bh, Paee ee 2 pee el aaee A® he (Es Sy eas ais £2 fF cay Ser re ae) or a / oS . 2S Ae ee) ” EE ee esse | Va = a ee ey ; i Hustling Agents wanted to sell “Roosevelt Open- = o ing the Door of Hope to The Negro.” This fine S lithograph in three colors, 14 by 21 inches, 25c, _ Zz postpaid, or $1.00 framed. Send orders to S. lil | Boyd Gray, P. O. Box 29, Yonkers, N. Y. “7 | : 6 (Permit granted by Keppler & Schwarzman m 3 : FY puck) 0 2 BE SURE TO GET THE SAFEST, SWIFTEST AND MOST COMMODI_ * OUS STEAMER ON THE RIVER JANE MOSELEY. 1903. FOR CHARTER SEASON. 1903. TO UPPER GLYMONT, LOWER CEDAR POINT, ROCK POINT, OTHER POINTS ON THE POTOMAC RIVER. | - ars ea EE = h ANCONA sete rer ee aS Ce per eee eae ee . * Freedman’s Transportation, Land and Improvement Co (Incorp orated.) | A limited amount of the stock is now on the market for sale to the pub- lic at Ten Dollars per share, payable in’small monthly payments. This boat has recently been overhauled and thoroughly inspected by the U. S. Government Inspectors, chartered and equipped with electric lights and late improvements and is licensed to carry 1,300 passengers, OFFICERS: \ Jas. Morrison, President, Jos. N. Mayne, Vice President, J. L. Neill Secretary, ¥. M. Sims, Assistant Secretary, H. Hood, Treasurer, Lewis Jefferson, General Manager, James Dabney, General Agent. BOCKS ARE NOW OPEN FOR CHARTERS. For terms apply to J. L. NEILL, Secretary, LEWIS JEFFERSON, General Manager, Room A, lst Floor, 629 F Street, Northwest. THE COLORED AMERICAN. 12 The Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers The Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers Is the leading Colored Fraternal Society of the United States. It was organized January, 1881, by William W. Browne, and chartered in April, 1883, under the laws of the State of Virginia, with headquarters at Richmond, Va. Its membership is both male and female, and consists of all persons of good health from 14 to 60 years of age. Its membership of 60,000 is divided into Fountains and Circles. It pays sick benefits from $1.50 to $2.50 per week, and pays death benefits from $24.56 to $1000. BENEFITS PAID—Total benefits paid to date: Sick dues, $r,500,000; death benefits, $714,378.75. SENIOR FOUNTAINS—A Fountain may be organized consisting of 20 or more persons not over 50 years of age paying a joining fee of from $4.60 to $5.10 each. The monthly dues are not less than 35 cents in rural districts and not less than 50 cents per month in towns and cities, and a semi-annual tax of 40 cents paid in January and July of each year. Sick benefits paid are from $1.50 to $2.50 per week, while death benefits range from $75 to $125. A Fountain may be organized in any locality on application to Rev. W. L. Taylor, G. W. Master, or to any of his authorized deputies. ROSEBUDS-For the proper training of the young and their development in thrift, industry and brotherly love, there has been formed a Children's Department known as the Rosebuds. Twenty or more children not less than three nor more than fourteen years of age may form a Rosebud, upon the payment of $ each. This department, like the Senior Fountain, pays sick benefits from $1 to twenty-five cents per week, and death benefits from $24.50 to $37. The monthly dues are fifteen cents per month. CLASSES-Persons desiring to leave their beneficiaries at death a larger amount than is paid from Fountain Department, take out policies in one or more of the Classes of the Mutual Benefit Degree. The members of this degree are divided into Circles, and pay joining fees and dues according to the following tables: Class “B” Joining fee. Value of Certificate after one year. Value of Certificate before one year Annual Dues Quarterly Dues Class “E” Joining fee. Value of Certificate after one year. Value of Certificate before one year Annual dues Quarterly Dues Age 14 to 25 $2 50 $200 00 $100 00 $4 75 $1 20 Age 14 to 25 $5 00 $500 00 $250 00 $9 50 $2 50 “ 25 to 30 2 75 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 “ 25 to 30 5 25 500 00 250 00 9 50 2 40 “ 30 to 35 3 00 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 “ 30 to 35 5 50 500 00 250 00 9 50 2 40 “ 35 to 40 3 25 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 “ 35 to 40 5 75 500 00 250 00 10 40 2 60 “ 40 to 45 3 50 140 00 70 00 5 79 1 43 “ 40 to 45 6 00 450 00 255 00 10 40 2 60 “ 45 to 50 3 71 115 00 58 00 6 65 1 66 “ 45 to 50 6 25 400 00 200 00 11 40 2 85 “ 50 to 55 4 00 70 00 45 00 6 35 1 66 “ 50 to 60 9 50 350 00 175 00 11 40 2 85 “ 55 to 60 4 25 65 00 83 00 7 60 1 90 Editor of the American Baptist, Louisville, Ky., and the leading spirit in securing Louisville as the meeting place of the Afro-American Council, which met in that city last week. N ST PI CO V IM P de yo he ci United States Medical Institute Class "M" Joining fee. Value of Certificate Annual dues Quarterly dues Age 14 to 80 $11 00 $1000 00 $21 90 $5 25 " 30 to 35 12 00 10 0 00 22 00 5 50 " 35 to 40 12 00 905 00 23 00 5 75 " 40 to 45 13 00 800 00 24 00 6 00 " 45 to 50 13 00 700 00 25 00 6 25 REGALIA—The members of the Fountains and Rosebuds of the organization wear no expensive regalia. The regalia of the organization is simple and its cost will be in the easy reach of all costing from 10 cents to $3. The same is made by the organization in what is known as the Regalia Department. CURES Diseases of Men and Women. NERVOUS DEBILITY, STRICTURE, PROSTATIC TROUBLES, CONTRACTED DISEASE VARICOCELE, IMPOTENCY CURES. BLOOD POISON, RHEUMATISM, UTERINE AND OVARIAN TROUBLES, BLADDER AND KIDNEY TROUBLES, VITALITY RESTORED. THE SAVINGS BANK—In March, 1888, there was granted by the Legislature of Virginia a charter to the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers, capital stock $100,000. The bank commenced business April 3, 1889, and from that time down to the present has steadily increased in volume of business. It now has a paid up capital stock of $100,000. From the humble sum of $1,268.69, deposited the first day the bank opened for business in 1889 the deposits have grown to $350,058, and the volume of business transacted amounts to $6,190,141.47. During the financial panic of 1893, the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain was the only bank in the city of Richmond that did not cease to pay cash on all checks presented, while the majority of other banks were using script and clearing house checks. This bank had its origin in the brain of William W. Browne, an ex-slave of Hersham, Ga. The banking house is located at 604 North Second Street, Richmond, Va., Rev. W. L. Taylor, President; R. T. Hill, Cashier. Private Waiting Rooms for Ladies and Gentlemen. We make no charge for friendly talk or correspondence—everything strictly confidential. We will use you honestly; treat you skillfully, and restore you to health in the shortest space of time, with the least medicine, discomfort, and expense practicable. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT—The Real Estate Department has charge of all the real property to the amount of $220,221.65, situated in various States, consisting of 13 magnificent buildings used as halls, 8 dwellings, 1 hotel, 5 stores and three firms. It also has under its control 16 large buildings leased by it. This department is under the management of Lawyer J. C. Robertson, chief of real estate and attorney for the association, office at 608 N. 2nd Street, Richmond, V2 Hours, 10 a. m. to 12 ; 2 to 6 p. m., Tuesdays and Saturdays, till 8 p. m.; Sundays, 10 a. m., to 12. 1233 Pa. Ave. N. W REFORMERS MERCANTILE AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION—Was chartered under the laws of the State of Virginia on the 14th day of December, 1899, with principal office in the city of Richmond, Va. The purpose of this association is to conduct stores (wholesale and retail), buy and sell real property, manage and control hotels, manufacturing establishments, and do general business. The association has in operation Hotel Reformer, 900 N. Sixth Street, Richmond, Va. is a modern up-to-date structure, heated by steam, cold and hot water baths, also electric cars passing the door. This hotel has accommodations for 150 guests. Mr. A W. Holmes is manager, and Mr. T. W. Taylor is clerk. It has in operation a system of five stores, located as follows: Richmond, Va.; Washington, D. C.; Manchester, Va.; Portsmouth, Va.; and Roanoke, Va. The first of these stores, at Richmond, Va., was opened April 3d, 1900. It employs a force of 18 men, runs three delivery wagons, and during the first year did $50,000 worth of business. The other stores have been established since, and have been equally prosperous. The general manager of the system of stores is Mr. B L. Jordan, headquarters at 608 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. This Association was formed on the plans and recommendations made by Rev. W. L. Taylor, its president. We are prepared to supply all customers with coal and wood on short notice at popular prices. We keep a full supply on hand and guarantee to give satisfaction. We solicit your early patronage and only ask for a trial order. THE REFORMER PRINTING DEPARTMENT—Issues a weekly journal, THE REFORMER Idea has a circulation of 12,000. This paper is published in the interest of the race, and discusses the leading questions of the day. The subscription price is $1 per year, or 5c. per single copy. The office is equipped with modern up-to-date machinery, run by electricity. It can be any ning from a visiting card to a poster 42 by 82 inches. Fine job work of every class andSCRIPTION is made a specialty at lowest prices. Mr. E. W. Brown is editor and business manager, office 608 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. Correspondence solicited and agents wanted. OLD FOLKS' HOME—In September, 1893. Rev. William W. Brown recommended the formation and establishment of Old Folks' Homes for the benefit of old and decrepid members of the community. Since that time the valuable farm known as Westham, consisting of 634¼ acres, located miles from Richmond, Va., on the historic "James," has been purchased, at a cost of $14,400. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad runs through the farm, and Westham Station is located on Adjoining this farm is Westhampton Park, one of the most pleasant resorts in the South in summer. It is reached in a few minutes from Richmond by the Westhampton Electric Railway and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. As this home is for the benefit of the whole race, the formation of all charitable friends is prayerfully solicited. All contributions, donations and requests of every character will be very thankfully received. Mr. T. W. Taylor is chief in charge of the Old Folks' Home, offices at 608 North Second Street, Richmond, Va. Agents Wanted Everywhere to Sell the Colored American and Get Subscriptions. Rev. W. L Taylor, G. W. M. W. P. Burrell, G. W. S. 601-6-8 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. THE SOUTHERN HOTEL UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. The Southern Hotel, located at 311 Pennsylvania avenue, which has been managed by Messrs. Satterwhite & Stewart for the past year, has gone into new hands, or rather Mr. Samuel S. Stewart, the junior partner, has purchased the full interest and will henceforth make it the best hotel for the accommodation of colored people in this section of the country. This hotel is centrally located and for the past year has done the banner business A. H. in Washington. It is located within two squares of the Capitol on the great thoroughfare, Pennsylvania avenue, is on the popular side of the street and is fully equipped with all the up-to-date improvements, such as electric lights, electric fans, newly upholstered furniture, elegantly furnished rooms and a cuisine unsurpassed by any hostlery A. in the city. Meals are served table de hote and a la carte. The noon lunch for business men is one of the new features and one which has proven very popular. The regular Sunday dinner, which runs from 12 to 4 p. m., is one of the features of this hotel and many people take advantage A. of it on Sundays. Mrs. Stewart continues as a housekeeper, having charge of the hotel proper. Her husband, Mr. Stewart, looks after the general management, especially the culinary department. Mr. Edward C. Allen, the THE COLORED AMERICAN. popular mixologist, continues as head of the buffet department, with Mr. John L. Sullivan, a most able and obliging assistant. Under the new regime many improvements will be made in the hotel and Mr. Stewart invites the fullest inspection from the general public. Among the recent guests of this hotel may be mentioned Commissioner T. Thomas Fortune, who recently returned from the Philippines; Col. W. A. Pledger, of Atlanta, Ga.; Col. James A. Deveaux, collector of customs, Savannah, Ga.; Mr. W. P. Burrell, grand secretary of the True Reformers; Mr. B. G. Fitzgerald, of Atlantic City, N. J., and many other people of note. POINTED PARAGRAPHS Washington, D. C., is at the mercy of a hot wave. Beware the debtor who begins by complimenting you. A man of brains never wrote a successful love letter. Our neighbors do not know, as well as we do, what is good for them. Keep your eye on the synod of Delaware and what they do to Elwood. The income of the weather prophet is more reliable than his predictions. A ten-cent man is like a ten-cent fan. Both yield more "wind" than the ten-dollar kind. The educated Negro is rarely of the strenuous kind. He is content to sneer and be negative. What is the matter with Judge Thos. G. Jones of Alabama for Vice-President with Roosevelt next year? It will not be long before peonage will be a popular indulgence in the Southern States. There is a growing sentiment that fireworks and patriotism are not synonymous terms. Is the recent arrival of a colony of Italians in this city a menace to the local labor market? The American people are quick to learn. But they have yet to learn that noise does not necessarily mean love of country. It is pleasant to learn that the recent crusade against "Uncle Tom's Cabin" has increased its sales enormously. It would be feeding crow to our Presidents to have to submit to the reception of a petition of protest from Russians against the brutal treatment of Negroes in this country. Count Cassini, the Russian minister, could spike the American guns in the twinkling of an eye were he to listen favorably to the suggestion of that Russian protest. In the absence of Col. Perry Carson, what representative Negro is going to look into the probable exclusion of our colored laborers from the work incident to the new railroad location? Cuts of Illustrations The Maurice Joyce Engraving Co. Evening Star Building Washington, D.C. --- Knoxville College Summer School. The second annual session of the Knoxville College Summer School will begin June 24th, and continue six weeks. Unparalleled opportunities are offered on account of the favorable location in the mountainous district of East Tennessee—high elevation, abundant shade, commanding view and great healthfulness; on account of its proximity to the Summer School of the South at the University of Tennessee, through which many of the most eminent lecturers of the country have been secured and which makes possible the remarkably low railroad rate, and on account of the well-equipped college plant at the disposal of the summer school. Among the list of 27 lecturers and teachers already secured are the following: Dr. Lewis B. Moore of Howard University, Washington, D. C.; Hon. S. A. Mynders, state superintendent of Tennessee; Hon. H. R. Sanford, state institute conductor of New York state; Dr. W. E. B. BuBois of Atlanta University; Prof. Kelly Miller of Howard University, Washington, D. C.; Prof. P. P. Claxton, editor of Atlantic Educational Journal and conductor of the summer school of the South; Dr. L. H. Bailey, professor of horticulture, Cornell University; Prof. J. H. Phillips, superintendent of schools, Birmingham, Ala.; Prof. W. H. Singleton, principal of schools, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Dr. E. G Murphy of the southern educational board and Hon. L. D. Harvey, state superintendent of Wisconsin. Expenses very low. Railroad fare from all points in the South, one fare plus 25 cents. For full particulars write the President of Knoxville College. R. W. McGRANAHAN, D. D., Knoxville, Tenn. EDUCATIONAL. HOWARD UNIVERSITY, Washington, D. C. TEN distinct departments, under one hundred competent professors and instructors--Theological, Medical, Legal, College, Pedagogical, Preparatory, English, Agriculture, Industrial, and Musical. For information address Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., LL. D., President. GEO H. SAFFORD Secretary. Knoxville College The second annual session of the will begin June 24th, and continue six Unparalleled opportunities are offi tion in the mountainous district of Evan t shade, commanding view and great proximity to the Summer School of the see, through which many of the most been secured and which makes possible and on account of the well-equipped c omer school. Among the list of 27 lecturers and lowing: Dr. Lewis B. Moore of Howa Hon. S. A. Mynders, state superintend ord, state institute conductor of New Atlanta University; Prof. Kelly Mill D. C.; Prof. P. P. Claxton, editor of Aductor of the summer school of the S horticulture, Cornell University; Pro schools, Birmingham, Ala.; Prof. W. Chattanooga, Tenn.; Dr. E. G Murph and Hon. L. D. Harvey, state superintendent. Expenses very low. Railroad fare plus 25 cents. For full particulars write the Pro R. W. McC Teachers' College. HOWARD UNIVERSITY. WASHINGTON, D. C. Scholastic, Professional, Industrial mentary, Industrial & High Schools. WELL TRAINED TEACHERS ALWAYS IN DEMANDA Two years' course leads to Teachers' diploma. Three or four years' course leads to degree in Philosophy or Pedagogy (Ph. B. or Pd. B.) Thorough training in Psychology, Pedagogy, Philosophy, History, Social Science, English Language and Literature. Elocution, Biological nature study, Physical Science and Mathematics, Kindergarten theory and practice, Child study, Ethics, Logic, Manual training and methods of school organization and management. All departments of the University open to students of Teachers' College. Graduates assisted in securing positions. Tuition Free. Expenses small. Fall team opens Sept 23 1903. Catalogue free. ADDRESS, L. B. MOORE Ph.D, Dean Howard University Washington D. C Agricultural and Mechanical College Four-year courses in Agricultural and Mechanical pursuits, leading to the degree of B. S. or of B. Agr. Excellent equipment. Graduates earning from $30 to $150 per month. Fall term begins Sept. 1, 1903. Send for catalogue. JAS. B. DUDLEY, Pres., A. M. College, Greensboro, N. C. 13 EDUCATIOAL. Howard University. MediCal Dept. Including Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutic Colleges. THIRTY-SIXTH SESSION (1903-1904) will begin October 1st, 1903, and continue seven (7) months. Day School for New Matriculants. Tuition fee in Medical and Dental Colleges, each, $80.00; Pharmaceutic College, $70.00. Four years' graduate course in Medicine and Dental Surgery. Well-equipped laboratories in all departments. Unexcelled hospital facilities. All students must register before October 12th, 1903. For catalogue or further information, apply to 901 R St. N.W., Washington, D. C. Summer School. The Knoxville College Summer School six weeks. Offered on account of the favorable local East Tennessee—high elevation, abundant healthfulness; on account of its the South at the University of Tennessee—minent lecturers of the country have able the remarkably low railroad rate, college plant at the disposal of the sum- All teachers already secured are the foliard University, Washington, D. C.; student of Tennessee; Hon. H. R. San-New York state; Dr. W. E. B. BuBois of eller of Howard University, Washington, Atlantic Educational Journal and con-South; Dr. L. H. Bailey, professor of of. J. H. Phillips, superintendent of H. Singleton, principal of schools, why of the southern educational board intendent of Wisconsin. Are from all points in the South, one President of Knoxville College. GRANAHAN, D. D., Knoxville, Tenn. OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG MEN. The demands in all parts of this country, and in several foreign countries, for well trained men of our race in the direction of scientific and practical agriculture are so great that this institution is willing to offer exceptional advantages to young men who wish to come here and take either a regular or post graduate course in agriculture. We cannot begin to supply the demands that come to us for trained men in the direction of agriculture. The positions for which these trained men are wanted are those in most every case which pay high salaries. hold of men who have received as far as possible, a good education before coming here, and are ready to enter upon a thorough course of agricultural training. For further information address, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Prin. Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama. IS IT A SCHOOL YOU WANT? For particulars address J. H. Wilson, No. 53 Sherman avenue, Springfield, Ohio. N. B.—The headquarters of the National Teachers' Agency have heretofore been at 459 C street N. W., but they are now located at the above address, where all correspondence should be sent. Prompt attention will be given to all business entrusted to it. "WE MOVE EVERYTHING" Douglas Baggage and Furniture Express 1533 14th Street N. W. R. T. DOUGLAS, Manager. val hes : ee ey es NSS ee hee... of a 1 eS ig : & a . i . Rae 7 2s a Pe ag cae. % ‘ a c = ° aa Bet yg / es 9 ; ‘2 S cr ae —— E Bec * oa > re pe a ha ee = I4 : Marvelous Growth of the Hair. A Famons Doctor-Chemist Has Dis- covered a Compound that grows Hair on 2 Bald Head in a Single Night. Startling Announcement Causes Doc- tors to Marvel and Stand Dum- founded at the Wonderful . Cures. The Discoverer Sends Free Trial Pack- ages to All Who Write. After a half century spent in ihe labratory crowned with hizh henors for his many world- famous disceveries the celebrated ., physician, F ae —_—. | Miss Clarissa Kerby and her Mar- velous Growth of Hair. chemist at the head of the great Altenheim Med- ical Dispensary, has just made the startling an” mounc*ment that he has produced a cOmpound that grows hair on any bald head. The doctor makes the claim that after experiments, taking years to co plete, he bas at last reached the goal efhisa™bition. To the doctor all heads are alike. There are none which cannot be cured by this remarkab'e remedy The record of the cures already mide is truly marvelous &Pd were it not for the high standing of the great vhysician and the convincing testimony ot thousands of citizems allover the country it would seem too miracu- jeus to be true T bere can be no doubt of the doctor's earnest- es sin makinghis claims nor can tis cures be Gisputed Hedoes notask any man. woman or child to take his or anyone elSe’s word for it, but he stands ready to send free trial packages of this great htir restorative to anyone who writes to him for it. enclosing, a 2-cent stamp ‘to prepay postage. Inasingle sieht ithas started bair to growing on heads bald for years, Jt has stopved falling hair in one hour. Itnevet fails no matter what the condition. age or sex- Old Men and oung m€n, women and children all have profited by the free use of this great new discovery, If you are bald, if your hair 's falling out or if you: hair eyebrows or eyelashes are thin or short write to the Altenheim Medica! Dispensary 2 cent 8206Foso Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. enclosing a stamp to prepay postage for a free package and ina short time you wil! be entirely restored. 50 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE Trave Marks DESIGNS CopyricHTs &c. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an javention 1s probably patentable. Communica tions strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents Sent free. Oldest agency for securme patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific Fimerican. A handsomely iltustrated weekly. Largest cir gnlation of any scientific journal, ‘Terms, $3 @ ear; four months, $L Sold byall newsdealers. MUNN & Co,3618:020=». New York ‘Branch “mice, 626 F St. Washington, D.C. THE COLORED AMERICAN (AMERICAN PATE DE FOIS GRAS (3 Secfecherhecheche heheh Settlement off Bohemians in Wiscon- Site mnsarecrae |e A WA] Persons who read of the tortures in- flicted upom geese in France and Ger- many, where the celebrated pate de fois gras ss made, are seldom aware that in one place in our own country the same ‘methods are used to fatten geese for the Hebraic population in New York. In Watertown, Wis., says the New York Herald, there is a set- tlement of Bohemians where the wom- en pursue this work as the chief in- dustry of the place. The geese are nailed by their web feet to the floors of wooden cages set in dark, warm rooms. They are then fed with all they can possibly eat and when appetite fails they are crammed with noodles made of a dough of corn and buckwheat and forced down their throats with a stick. Every two hours this forced feeding is applied and in a few weeks the bodies of the tortured fowls are distended like pumpkins, the liver alone frequently weighing from one and a half to two pounds, and the geese from 20 to 25 pounds. They are then killed and plucked by the women, the latter operation being completed before they are really dead, and are shipped to New York city. Arriving there, they are put in cold storage, where they may remain for | months or years. They are esteemed a great delicacy by many persons, and eran tigi of them are used. AN AMERICAN DESERT. There In No Cultivated Place on the State Line Between Utah and Arizona. H. B. Carpenter, a civil engineer who has just completed the survey of the southern line of Utah, says the bound- ary between that state and Arizona does not cross a foot of cultivated land. It traverses a desert which is cut up by great canyons that are al- most impassable. The length of the line is 277 miles. Landmarks along the line will make it possible for the boundary to be lo- cated without any difficulty in the fu- ture. Just east of the Colorado river a sandstone butte rises 1,000 feet above the plain, and the very peak of this butte is exactly on the boundary. Mr. Carpenter named the peak State Line butte. Not far from this butte is another, which stands 1,300 feet above the plain, and was named Tow- er peak. These two gigantic stones, says the Philadelphia Record, will al- ways be a guide to persons who have enough curiosity to penetrate the des- ert in search of the state line. Dregeing Flowers. Ever since the days of that floral abomination, the green carnation, we have known that flowers are sus- ceptible to influence of drugs and can be made to change their colors by proper, or, rather, improper, treatment. This branch of floricul- ture has been pursued further by in- quiring people, and it seems that plants are as liable to the effects of poisons as are human beings. If you give a flower too much chloroform, it will not agree with it. In the words of the operator, “it droops and dies.” It is difficult to see whats is the advantage of this particular study. Everyone knows that flowers ean be killed far too easily. If some scientific person would find a way of causing them to bloom all the year round in our climate, that would be something of a discovery—less scien- tific, perhaps, but much more accept- sble—Londox Truth Mrs. Ella F. Sewell, of this city, is spending the heated term in Stock Bridge, Mass. - “A VALUABLE BOOK.: — ‘ The Authentic History ef the Douglass Monument. Biographical Facts and In. teresting Incidents in the Life of Fred- : erick Douglass. His Death at Washing- 7 ton, D. C., and Funeral. His Funeral at , Rochester, New York. : & - This book is filled with inspiration ; from beginning to end with important events in the Life of the Great Leader together with the struggle to raise a . ea seemed yao banger pec dail gr tego : address for $1 50. Address the author. = ————— : JOHN W. THOPIPSON, . P. 0. Box 493, Rochester, N. Y. " ePnnP nD PO I~ 9.9 9 F292 9 9 9 9.9 9 5 9 9 5 2 5 9 2 og gp, eer es ’ (2. Ke. EO LITON’S} {LOAN OFFICE] : > 314 NINTH STREET, NORTHWEST. ?: > ESTABLISHED 1870. 4 < —_—_—_—__ € . MONEY LOANED ON Watches, Diamonds, Jew- Q > elry, Silverware, Etc. Unredeemed Watches, Diamonds 4 2 and Jewelry for Tale. Old GOLD and SILVER Bought. The $lost Reliable Place in the City te Borrow Money. > Oa OOO OOOO hh» pl ava yO >>> >A Ae q Bo -N0-MO! — yy) ees Su 7 SSS IL ¢ ee @aes One The scientific discovery {0 ZA = Pe. 2 a Hs changing the dark skin of the KC ae GEE*| Negro to a clear white. Abs eg = BH ft lutely harmless. No greas : 7 ig 3: se Vhs 77 ‘ Boe The scientific wonder. sett ah = Bs anywhere on receipt of $ / XDA ; Agents wanted. Send stamp fof Ls booklet. ge it Address— s B - lack-No-More Chem. Co. Chillicothe: 0. Read the Colored American REP-AN-S Tabules DOCTORS FIND A GOOD PRESCRIPTION FOR MANKIND. The s-cent packet is enougs for usual occasions. The fomily bs (60 cents) contains a suP?'y fot a year. The End of the World. Little Dot—I know something my teacher doesn't know. Mamma—Indeed! What is that? "I know when the world is coming to an end, and she doesn't. I asked her, and she said she didn't know." "Oh, well, who told you?" "Uncle John. He said the world would come to an end when children stopped asking questions that nobody could answer."—Tit-Bits. The Hog. "Mrs. Gushington, who called upon me recently," began the conceited and boorish author, "was pleased to say she thought there was no pen more artistically delightful in all the world than mine." "She told me," replied Sinnickson, "that she had admired your house, but don't you think it was unkind of her to call it a 'pen?'""—Philadelphia Press. The Facetious One. "I notice," remarked the facetious one to the man whose face bore evidences of a poor barber's work, "that you've had a close shave recently." The victim glared. "Not as close as yours," he finally remarked; "you're the tenth man who's fired the same joke at me, and the rest are in the hospital." — Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. A Good Suggestion. The preacher had apparently almost reached his peroration, but he had apparently almost reached it before, and the congregation was suspicious. "What can I say more?" he asked, in impassioned tones. "Amen," answered a man in a back seat.—Chicago Post. Careless Sailors. "Sailors are awful forgetful, ain't they?" asked little Elsie. "Why, what makes you think that?" inquired her papa. "Because every time they leave a place they have to weigh their anchor. If they weren't forgetful they'd remember the weight."—Philadelphia Press. Quite Important. Laura—Auntie, should I be justified in writing to a young man who had never written to me? Auntie—Only on very important business, my dear. Laura—Well, this is important business. I want to marry him.—Tit-Bits. As to His Veracity. "You think him an untruthful man?" "My dear sir, he lies like a tailor." "Like a tailor?" "Yes; like a tailor who tells you positively that he'll have that suit of yours done the day after to-morrow." —Chicago Post. His Weak Point. Naggsby—I wonder if Slobsleigh realizes how many kinds of a fool he is? Waggsby—I'm afraid not. I used to go to school with him, and he was terribly poor in numbers.—Los Angeles Herald. Quite Another Question. "Don't strive for riches, my son. Wealth doesn't bring happiness." "No?" "Certainly not." "Well, I haven't heard that poverty does either, have you?" — Chicago Post. His Case Defined. "Pa, what's a man of the hour?" "Generally some chap who is being condemned by one-half of the population for not doing something that he knows the other half will condemn him for if he does it."—Chicago Record-Herald. THE COLORED AMERICAN Why It Worked. Rolls-What did you do when you were in danger from the bear? Bowles-Well, as I had no weapons I tried sitting down and staring at it, and, do you know, the bear didn't offer to touch me. Rolls-That's strange. How do you account for it? Bowles-Well, sometimes I think it was because I sat on a limb of a very tall tree.-Chicago American. His Doom Was Sealed. "I couldn't get out of marrying her," Henpeck explained. "When she proposed she said: 'Will you marry me? Have you any objection?' You see, no matter who her I said 'yes' or 'no,' she had me." "Why didn't you just keep silent, then?" inquired his friend. "That's what I did, and she said: 'Silence gives consent,' and that ended me."—Tit-Bits. Lost No Time. "My wife is not fond of music, I fear," remarked the timid man. "Won't go to the opera with you?" asked the sympathetic fellow. "No, not that exactly; but last week when a moving van delivered a piano at the next flat she engaged the man to begin moving us out at once."—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. "It is impossible for a man to mesure the influences which a single individual can exert in this world." "That's right," answered Senator Sorghum; "I've known a man to get as much as a hundred dollars for a vote when it wasn't worth ten."—Washington Star. A. Perfect Stranger. Woman—Sor, I've lost me way; me lady said to turn to the right from the square. Man—But, my good woman, you've turned to the left. Woman—How should Oi know? Oi'm a stranger out here.—Harvard Lampoon. Such a Waste. Mrs. Bizzy—I. am so sorry to hear that your wife has been throwing the crockery at you again, Casey. Where did she hit you? Casey—Faith, ma-am! That's what Oi do be afther complainin' av. 'Twas a whole set av dishes broke to pieces an' she niver hit me wanst.—Brooklyn Life. How to Be Happy. Returned Traveler—I never saw such a devoted couple as Mr. and Mrs. Lakeside. Met them on the street to-day, and they hadn't eyes or ears for anyone else. Mr. Statestreet—They were divorced last month, and he is courting her again.—N. Y. Weekly. The Good Parent. "What have you gone to smoking for, at your age?" "I want to show my boys how easy it is to break off a bad habit." "Then you are going to quit it?" "Yes—as soon as I get the habit a little more firmly fixed."—Chicago Tribune. Heard Out West. Bill—He was convicted of horse stealing. Jill—Was the chain of evidence strong? "I don't know anything about the chain, but the rope was strong, all right."—Yonkers Statesman. First Automobilist—Well, I see they are making some fuss about the speed we are going at. Second Automobilist—I know it. Why, the next thing, they will be trying to prevent our killing anyone.—Town Topics. Measurement. Interesting things to see in Washington and where to see them. Schedule of the hours in which public buildings are open to visitors. Unless otherwise noted, all are open daily except Sundays and public holidays. Reading room hours 9 to 10. On Saturday in summer building open 9 to 4, reading room 9 to 1. Library and reading room open Sunday, 2 to 10. This schedule is subject to change in summer months. Lincoln Museum. No. 516 10th street. Mount Vernon trains leave $13\frac{1}{2}$ street hourly from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. Nov. 1 to April 30. From May1 to October 31, 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. Return hourly. White House, East Room, Penn. ave. and 16th street. Persons having business with the President will be received from 12 to 1 o'clock every day, except Tuesdays and Fridays. No public receptions are now given. The East Room is open to visitors daily from 10 to 2. Zoological Park,* Rock Creek. Open Sunday. THE ONLY BOOK ever published which gives the Colored Race due credit for the important part they have taken in building up and maintaining the honor of this Great American Republic. Camp-Fires of the Afro-American A handsome new book of over 700 large pages, profusely illustrated with beautiful pictures; comprising a complete and authentic history of the Colored Race in America "CHARGE OF THE COLORED REGULARS AT SAN JUAN HILL" This free picture, in brilliant colors, is 18 x 24 inches in size, on heavy plate paper, ready for framing. It sells regularly AT $5.00, BUT WILL BE GIVEN FREE to every buyer of this edition of "Camp-Fires of the Afro-American." STYLES, PRICES AND HOW TO ORDER "Camp-Fires of the Afro-American," in cloth binding, handsome emblematic design in colors, (see cut above) over 700 pages, with free premium picture. $2.00 Agents Wanted. One thousand agents wanted at once to sell this great book. We give liberal terms and absolute control of territory. 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It gives a full account of their gallant deeds in all the wars of the United States, especially the Great Civil War of 1861-65, and the Spanish-American War of 1898. It is filled with thrilling tales of individual heroism in battles on sea and land, in patriotic uprisings, and in prison pens; tells of all the Colored heroes from brave Crispus Attucks to the invincible Colored Regulars of the U. S. Army who stormed San Juan Hill July 3, 1898, saved the Rough Riders led by the gallant Roosevelt, and virtually ended the Spanish War. This book will be used as a textbook of history in every Colored school. It will be treasured in every Colored home—for no other work in existence gives the Afro-American people their proper place in the history of our country. With every copy of the first edition, now being sold, the publishers will give as a FREE PREMIUM, a copy of Mr. James E. Taylor's great painting. 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Box 22 MASONI SPECIAL R for the m JUNE, JULY A Will This Help You The New Masonic Temple This new and handsome Hall w lights and fans—cool and airy—will a or Societies during the summer month RENT OF HALL: From 8 P Private Parties, Suppers, Wedd cial contracts by applying to— ALFRED H. SONIC HA SPECIAL REDUCTION MASONIC HALL SPECIAL REDUCTION for the months of JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST This Help Your Church or Sect Masonic Temple Hall, 1111 19th St very and handsome Hall with modern improve- —cool and airy—will accommodate Churches, ring the summer months at reduced rates. F HALL: From 8 P. M. until 12.30 A. Parties, Suppers, Wedding Banquets or Dance by applying to— ALFRED H. T. WALKER JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST. Will This Help Your Church or Society. The New Masonic Temple Hall, 1111 19th Street, N. W. This new and handsome Hall with modern improvements, electric lights and fans—cool and airy—will accommodate Churches, Sabbath Schools or Societies during the summer months at reduced rates. RENT OF HALL: From 8 P. M. until 12.30 A. M.—$7.25. Private Parties, Suppers, Wedding Banquets or Dances can make special contracts by applying to— 1111 19th Street, Northwest. Subscribe for cribe for the Am SUMMER RESORTS UNCE THAT THE TERRACE, reception of guests June per week. Special rates to Monday morning break- THE HOTEL HENDERSON Atlantic City. New Jersey. A strictly up-to-date hotel for the accommodation of first-class colored people. It has all modern improvements; large and airy rooms newly upholstered, renovated and repapered. Its location is the very best in a quiet neighborhood and within sight of the Board Walk and the Ocean. The cuisine is the best-Mr. Henderson being a professional caterer. Rates reasonable. For particulars address. STACEY I. HENDERSON. 120 N. Mississippi Ave., Atlantic City KEEN COTTAGE For the best accommodations Keen Cottage, 1713 Arctic avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. Will accommodate 60 guests. S. A. Keen, 1713 Arctic avenue, Atlantic City, N.J. C HALL, REDUCTION months of AND AUGUST. For Church or Society. Hall, 1111 19th Street, N. W. with modern improvements, electric accommodate Churches, Sabbath Schools at reduced rates. M. until 12.30 A. M.—$7.25. Banquets or Dances can make spe- T. WALKER, the American 2 Dr. J. E. Shepard's Great work as International Secretary—His early Training and Experience Give Him Excellent Equipment for His Exacting Duties—Calls to Other Fields of Labor. In the great work of elevating and Christainizing any people, churches and other religious organizations have found many adjuncts essential. That great Englishman, Robert Raikes, the Father of the Sunday School idea, and one of the ablest and purest of men, found that mere church services were insufficient for the Master's work on earth. His thought took root. It has eventuated in the Christian Endeavor Societies, the Epworth League, the Brotherhood of St. Andrew and kindred forces all quickening religious zeal and developing righteous living. The International Sunday School Association is one of these factors and a potent one. It is doing incalculable good to our race. Its work is upon our highways. Its growth is a steady one. Its aims and high mission have popularized it throughout the country and its membership extends largely, also, into the Dominion of Canada. Of course, every institution is effective for good only to the extent that its in- A. DR. JAMES E. SHEPARD, Secretary of the International Sunday School Union, Durham, N. C. struments are worthy and in this respect the Association was fortunate in selecting as its Secretary and promoter, Dr. James E. Shepard, of Durham, N. C. Dr. Shepard is a young man of talent and energy. At an age when the average young man is absorbed in problems of personal adornment and the pursuit of mere pleasure, he has set a fine example of Godly living and high purposes; and in recognition of his sterling character and earnestness, he was selected for the position he now holds. He is a product of Nroth Carolina. He was educated in the schools of that State and is loyal to her best traditions. While the exacting duties of his office require his personal attention elsewhere many times in each year, he has ever felt the quickening impulse described by the poet in those beautiful words: burned When home his footsteps he hath turned." The Doctor is well known in Washington, where for some time he held a responsible position in the office of the Recorder of Deeds. His relation THE COLORED AMERICAN to the community while here was mutually satisfactory. He gave to it abundant reasons for according to him its respect and admiration and it was not slow to respond. His experience in this city was a potent element in his moral and intellectual growth and the waves of temptation passed him by and left no scar. As his forceful, upright character passes in review before one's mental vision, the conclusion seems irresistible that his personality must have been in the minds of the Association when creating the office of Secretary. Admirable as is his moral fibre, he is no less to be reckoned with when considered from an intellectual standpoint. His scholarly tastes keep him abreast with the best thought of the period, its progress and achievevments. He is constantly planning for the enlargement of his Association's usefulness and the increase of its reputation. It is understood that recently the Presidency of one of our large schools was tendered to Dr. Shepard, but as the matter is still undetermined, it is thought to be premature to speak at this time with further definiteness. It is doubtful whether he will accept as his present position affords him perhaps the best field for effective service to the race. Dr. Shepard will attend the Winona Lake Assembly in the interest of his Association. It is always a pleasure to call attention to the career of such young men as the Doctor. They are the leaven of the race; the noble army which quietly but none the less thoroughly, is working out the destiny of our people and solving all the vexed questions which now beset us. THE COLOR A MARK. Race Riots in New York—Lawlessness Condemned—A Colored Girl wins Honors—Delegates Return from Kentucky—The Negro Question—Notes. New York, N. Y., Special.—It is passing strange that whenever a race riot occurs the Negroes seem to be the chief offenders and the only ones who invariably have to be clubbed and then arrested by the police. It is an unheard-of occurrence for a white man to be clubbed for attacking a Negro, and we wonder why it is vice versa. On Saturday night there was a clash between the whites and blacks in 133d street, between Lenox and Ffth aves. Two white men and a boy got into an altercation with two or three Negroes. Politeman Michael Quinn was called to the assistance of the whites, and later when passing through the street, he, (Quinn), had some further trouble which could have been easily settled, but a number of white men became abusive and the Negroes resentful. Police captain Martens and twenty-one policemen were called out and hurried to the scene in a patrol wagon. They were just in time to avert a serious race war, for as it was, there were several hundred whites and Negroes in the street, scores of them fighting, and several pistol shots were heard. Seven Negroes are arrested, but there is no account of a single white man having been taken in custoddy. Lawlessness among our people is heartily condemned, and deplored, but it is certainly going too far to expect us to submit to all kinds of insults and not retaliate. A worm will turn. It is very evident that even in this glorious metropolis of ours, the Negro is not exempt from persecution on account of his color, and when it comes to a fight between the races, the Negro is sure to be worsted in the battle Graduating exercises were held at the Girl's Technical High School, on Wednesday, and it fell to the lot of a colored girl, to carry off the honors of the day. Miss Gertrude Elise Johnson, daughter of Dr. P. A. Johnson, was chosen President of a class of 29 girls, and she was their spokesman in presenting to the school a picture of Shakespeare. She also sang a solo in the glee club. Miss Johnson is a very beautiful and talented girl. She is an accomplished musician, and an adept French scholar. It is expected that she will be a debutante this winter. Miss Mamie Brans, daughter of Rew W. H. Brooks, D. D., was another one of the graduates. Miss Brooks is very popular on account of her charming but unassuming manner. Miss Ruth Crampton completed the trio of successful ones. Mrs. H. C. Faulkner, who sailed with her husband, D. H. C. Faulkner, from New York for Monrovia, Liberia, several months ago, has not been permitted to escape the inevitable fever that proves fatal to so many travelers in Africa. Mrs. Faulkner is now progressing nicely, and it is safe to say she is quite out of danger. Among those who arrived in town, Sunday, from the Afro-American Council which has just convened in Louisville, Ky., were: Counsellor Frederick A. Chew, and Wilford H. Smith. Mrs. E. E. Gray, of Brooklyn, and Mrs. H. O. Smith, of Brooklyn, Mr. Geo. E. Wibecan, Jr., of Brooklyn, and Rev. Granville Hunt, of Mt. Vernon. Miss Annie Wilson has been seriously ill at her home, 205 West 61st St. Miss Wilson was obliged to leave East Quogue, Long Island, where she had gone to spend several months, and return to New York, in order to receive proper medican attention. Dr. Lyman J. Abbott, of Brooklyn, is again to the fore on the Negro question. In a speech at Montclair, New Jersey, on July 4th, he said: "We Northerners, helped to bring the Negroes here, we helped to enslave them, we refused to let the South go outof the union and take the Negro out, thus solving the problem by his subjugation. We cannot abandon him to the Southern States, and it is the nations problem to solve and not one of individuality. This solution must be in accordance with the maxim of France—'Liberty Equality and Fraternity.' The Negro must be a freeman. He must be industrially free. He must be the equal of the white man in the law courts. If he be guilty of a dastardly crime, the summary justice must be employed with the white man in the same way in which he is treated. If the guilty black man is to be burned at the stake, then the white man for a similar crime, must receive the same penalty. The six original Southern states had a law that before a man can vote, he was required to be able to read and write and have $300. This law would be a good one in New York State, especially in New York City. As we have more brains than the Negro, the better way to solve the problem would be to give him larger liberties, primary and industrial education. "Booker T. Washington was right when he said it was better to speak ten words in favor of industrial education than one word in favor of primary education for the people of race, for as the Negro is an inferior race we should try to elevate him." THE HAMPTON CONFERENCE The Hampton Negro Conference will be held in Cleveland Hill Chapel, on the Institute grounds at Hampton, July 15th, 16th and 17th. A most interesting program has been arranged and the conference promises to be a most useful and interesting gathering. Among the Washingtonians who will attend are Prof. Kelly Miller, of Washington, D. C., Rev. J. E. Moreland, Prof. J. W. Cromwell and Dr. W. Bruce Evans, conductor of the Hampton Summer Schools. KEEN COTTAGE. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. The following guests were registered at the popular and interprising cottage, July 3rd: J. C. Clark, Washington, D. C., R. R. Harris and wife, Hot Springs, Va., W. P. Thomas, Washington, D. C., Mrs. Mary E. Butler, Wilmington, Del. Edwin Hackley, Philadelphia, Pa., Madame E. A. Hackley, Philadelphia, Pa., Miss Clara Scudder, Philadelphia, Pa., Thomas A. Long, Danville, Va., Robt. Bundy, Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Ada Thomas and Miss Blanche Nalle, of Pierce place, are away for the the summer, the latter with friends South, the former in Harrisburg, Pa. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS HOTEL CLYDE, 475 MISSOURI AVE, N.W. First-Class Accomodations For Ladies and Gentlemen. Hot and Cold Baths. MRS. ALICE E. HALL, Proprietress. THE SOUTHERN HOTEL, Good board steam heat and electric bells. Home comforts, moderate prices. 311 Pa. Av., n. w., Washington, D. C. Fine wines, liquors, cigars and Tobacco. SATTERWHITE & CO., PROPS. The Albany Hotel. Has been enlarged and newly refitted with modern improvements for the accemodation of Guests. so as to furnish first class services with Bar, Dining Room, Private Parlors and first class Sleeping Apartments. Arthur Webster, steward; William Leonard and William Hall, mixologist Henry Johnson, manager and Auto Scott, clerk. CALEB A. SIMMS, Prop. 331 W.37th St. New York The Porters Exchange Hotel BROWN & SMITH, Proprietors, Newly rebuilt and elegantly furnished. Electric lights, bells, steam heat, hot and cold baths. High grade Wines, Liquors and Cigars. The coldest Beer in the city. 103 and 105 Sixth Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. Handsome rooms, $1,00 & up. Phone 1733 Y. A FLOWER BOOK OF REAL FLOWERS. The Yellowstone Park Flower Book, published by the Northern Pacific, is a beautiful creation. It contains eleven specimens of real flowers, in natural colors, from Yellowstone Park, with names and places where found. Also six full page, fine, half-tone illustrations of bears, the grand canon, geysers, hotels, etc., found in the Park, the most wonderful spot on earth, 54 by 62 miles in size, and where President Roosevelt recently spent his vacation. The Flower Book makes a beautiful souvenir. Send Chas. S. Fee, Gen'l Passng'r Agt., Northern Pacific Ry., St. Paul, Minn., fifty cents for a copy. A PERMANENT CURE. To Harris Chemical Co—Gentlemen: I take pleasure in recommending your Tonic (Harris' New-Blood Tonic) after suffering considerably with disordered liver and kidney, and after trying several different remedies without beneficial results. I find that your medicine has benefitted me and made a permanent cure of what I thought an incurable ailment. You're very sincerely, William F. Smith, W. The Passing Days ys. Echoes from-the Graduating Exercises of the Livingstone: School of Dress- making—“Observer” and Dr. Emer- son Talk of the School and Race Possibilities. a This paper gave an elaborate ac- count of the commencement exercises of the Livingstone Dressmaking Scheol, which took place at the Asbury M. E. Churen Thursday evening, June 18th, but the principal, Mrs. L. R. Clarke has received so many iéiters commending the school and its work, that space is given this week to two communications, one from “Observer,” whose version of the meeting is very interesting, and whose conclusions are both logical and practical. Dr. Emer- son’s letter ig equally strong and ef- fective and the readers of The Colored American will find great interest not only in reading these articles, but in a study of the methods and teachings of the great school. “Last Thursday evening at 8 p. m. a large audience gathered at Asbury M. E. Church to witness the com- mencement exercises of the Clark Dressmakers’ Training School. In these days when so many avenues for self support are being closed to our young men and women it behooves ey- ery thoughtful man and woman to search carefully for the cause and to work unceasingly until he sucecssfully applies the remedy. i. =F WAZ at 1 SS (= rf I] = at MRS. L. B. CLARK. A certain commissioner in a speech famous because it cost him his reap- pointment, informed a committee of the U. S. Senate that there are “ninety thousand colored people” in the capi tol of this nation. Ninety thousand souls! Think of it! What an irresist- able force that would be animated by a firm, common purpose and directed by intelligence and courage. Think you that anything outside of itself could overcome a similar force? There is no external power on earth that can prevent any human soul from succeed- ing; it is rather a lack of energy with- in himself that causes any individual to fail. What is true of an individual is true of a race. . And after all, it is the law of supply and demand which regulates what po- sition any class of people shall occupy in this country. What the world wants is best work in every line of endeavor. The man who can supply that at the lowest figure consistent with the satisfaction of reasonably de- veloped wants, is the man who will claim recognition everywhere, regard- less of whether his skin is black, white, red or yellow. Btu it requires courage, patience and an unfailing faith in God and in the Possibilities of a people, to enter an untried field and out of crude material produce finished workwomen. These qualities in the head of the establish- ment tell tremendously in the devel- opment of the Clark’ school a unique institution in the history of Washing- THE COLORED AMERICAN here and no piece of work is too insig- nificant to demand its exercise. . Mrs. Clark is not only solving the race problem by giving practical dem- onstration of the way in which suc- cess attends the intelligeut application of the law of supply and demand, but she is a real benefactress of her peo- ple to the extent that she is converting untrained hands into skilled workwo- men and developing in her pupils real character and respect for their work and confidence -in their ability to sup- port themselves and help others by the practice of a useful trade. The commencement exercises above referred to marked the completior of the course of study of class of 1902-03; the school, however, is open for the re- ception of students the year round. OBSERVER. And it is a Godsend that Mrs. Clark is so situated that she is able to keep this grand institution open the year round, as it meets the convenience of young women in all avocations of life. Our women are no longer being rele- gated to the rear, but, on the contrary, are making rapid strides toward the front in this busy world for a liveli- hood. They have been pent up as so much latent energy, but now this ener- gy, has become kenetic and has been let loose in an unlimited field. | The more Clarks, Washingtons and Chavis’s we get the quicker the race will be recognized and felt as an im- portant factor in this progressive age. Such men and women put their words into action, and do something that is tangible without indluging in so much abstract talk. I think the motto of Mrs. Clark's graduating class was very appropriate: “We have more yet to learn.” I might add here, and do, too that there is quite a large number of our educated young men and women in the already over-crowded cities (especially Wash- ington, D. C.), going to seed, rotting out, who might scatter through dif- ferent sections of the country and be a constituent element in the race’s pro- gress. “We have more yet to learn.” One need not go to the rural districts of Alabama nor the swamps of Mississip- pi to have that faet demonstrated, for we have it right here in Washington— the lap of Negro eulture. I have ob. served just as much debauchery, super- Stition and downright ignorance here as in the whole of the cities of New York, Chicago, or the turpentine dis. tricts of North Carolina. Another thing, among the thousands we must learn is, that Negro journals cannot run on “hot air,” though they do it sometimes because the subscrib ers don’t settle their bills. We must learn to do something tangible if nc more than subscribe for a Negro paper and pay for it. One word more in regard to Mrs. Clark’s graduating exercise. The only objectionable feature was that Dr. J D. Chavis’ address was not heard by every Negro in Washington. Yours for the cause, J. A. EMERSON. WANTED. A young lady for Real Estate Office; must be good penman and understand stenography and typewriting. Apply in own hand writing. E. C. BROWN, 647 24th street. Newport News, Va. FOR RENT. To good tenants with small families, new, up-to-date, 4-rooms and bath flats, on Fifteenth (Columbia) street, near Chapin street N. W.; rent $16.50. L. S. FRISTOE, tf 1413 G.st. N. W. Rev. S. Geriah Lamkins, B. D., pas- tor of the Tenth Street Baptist Church, corner Tenth and R streets N. W., is feeling very cheerful over the happy condition of affairs of his church. The church finances are in good shape, the congregation is good and at perfect peace among themselves; a revival is in progress in spite of the heat. Dr. Carr, of Georgia, .vill preach Wednes- day, July 15th, at 8 p. m. 2 Mrs. Anna J. Coeper, principal of the M street high school, gave a most efficient talk before St. Mark’s Union in Boston last Sunday. Miss Mamie E. Lynch, of The Col- ored American, is spending a few weeks vacation in Philadelphia and As- bury Park. Miss C. J. Shields of the Wilson School of this city, left last Tuesday to spend a few- weeks in the mountains of Virginia. - It is announced that Mr. Frederick D. Jackson, of this city, is about to lead to the altar one of Bosion’s belles, Miss Julia M. Derby. Misses Georgiana Simpson, Leberta Gray, Edith and Marie Wright and Etta Hunter, all of this city, have re- cently visited Bosten. Mrs. J. Q. Nicholas, of 408 Elm street N. W., is visiting her mother and friends in Tennessee and will be away until about October. Lieut. James E. Matthews, a Span- ish-American war veteran, now located in New York, is visiting his parents in this city. In the recent promotions in the Washington city post-office, the names of Fred D. Henry and James T. Bea- son are among a number of other wor- thy colored employees. The firct grand annual picnic of the Citizens’ Club will be given at Lake- view park , Friday, July 17th, from 4 butil 12. The famous Monumental Orchestra, Prof. Chas. Hamilton, lead- er, will furnish music. C. E. Jones is president of the club, A. F. Jackson is vice-president, Miss M. E. Dunlap, sec- retary, R. H. W. Pinkett, correspond- ing secretary, Mrs. B. E. Jones, treas- jurer, and F. S. Coaplin sergeant-at- arms. Yes) ca eee ee 3 SALOONS. —— ES eee Chris. Xander’ lS. Adnder § QUALITY HOUSE, 808 7thst. NW, Established 38 years ago. The largest wholesale stock in town of the most exquisite, faultless wines and distillates (in all 307 kinds), at Cris. Xander’s modern prices no others can compete quality and purity with any of his goods. His liquors are absolutely free from fusel poison. 3 (No branch houses). Phone 1425. Jas. F. Keenan. GOOOOO000O0OD RECTIFIER AND WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER. 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Yet we desire to say that we make no plea for any man who may be proven to be guilty of this crime—our plea is for law and for the protection of the innocent. It cannot be denied that again and again it has come out that innocent men have been put to death by impassioned mobs. If such persons had opportunity they could, no doubt, prove their innocence, butthis is denied them. Does it weaken our case to plead on behalf of such for a stay of execution? Whatever the crime, the accused is in your hands and must be tried by your law, and surely he could not be more completely at your mercy. NEED NOT BE SO HUMBLE. We are not unmindful of the fact that fault is found with the Negro, the educated Negro, because he is not as humble and self-forgetful in all things as were his fathers or what is called "the old Negro." This we admit, and yet we feel it unfair to expect it of us; we were born under different circumstances from those under which our fathers were born, and breathe an entirely different atmosphere. Nevertheless, we allow no man to be more polite, more considerate of the rights of others than we. We make this a leading principle of our daily life and teach it to our children as well. It is now clearly evident that the purpose of those who first started in ostensibly to disfranchise the ignorant Negro has been broadened and strengthened. Their purpose now includes almost all Negores. In certain of the States this result has already been achieved, and thousands of qualified men are denied positively and absolutely the right to vote. In such States taxation without representation prevails as truly as ever it did when England held control over the colonies. As to this matter, we cannot afford it, and do not wish to be misunderstood. We make no objection to the disfranchisement of the ignorant Negroes, provided proper provision be made for their education and provided also the same class of the other races are similarly dealt with. Our contention is not for special but equal privileges. We have no desire to dominate, but we believe the ballot a protection to the citizen. Let those who question this note the result in those States where the Negro has no influence in the selection of the officials of his local community study the effect on the assessment rolls and the public schools! in the local courts and the press of the community. Under such circumstances the disfranchised citizen is at the mercy of a class of officials who themselves do not always represent the best thought and blood of the community. Such a condition of affairs has given birth to the unjust legislation now so common in the South. To such unjust discriminations we cannot be expected to submit without a struggle, and in our effort to secure and enjoy our rights as American citizens we invoke the sympathy and assistance of all good people. IN HANDS OF JUSTICE LOVING PEOPLE. But those who are in the lead in the disfranchisement of the Negro do not stop here. Their plan, now so distinctly seen that he who runs may read, is to decitizenize him entirely by the repeal of the war amendments to the United States Constitution. The logic of their argument seems to be that the better qualified the black man is, the less he is prepared for citizenship. That is to say, since he now owns about $500,000,000 worth of property and every other man of the race can read and write, he should be deprived of citizenship. However, we are willing to leave our interests on this line in the hands of the justice loving people of this country. We have reason to fear there is some danger from this source. Nevertheless this will serve to place the friends of the race on their guard and to remind them that "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." Finally we exhort our people to faithfulness and greater diligence THE COLORED AMERICAN. along all lines. Let them cultivate the virtues while they frown down and discourage recklessness and criminality among all with whom they come in contact. The crusade for education, both higher and industrial, should be religiously continued, while there should not be the least relaxation of their efforts to accumulate property, stimulate greater activity on commercial lines and cultivate the most friendly relations with the best people of all races by whose side their lot in life may be cast. But in this final word we would also exhort them to be a firmer reliance upon God and a determination always to seek His guidance and follow His leading. The assurances of His word as well as what He has done for them in the past ought to convince them that they can hope to secure no good except from His hand, to achieve no victory but by His strong right arm. J. C. Napier, of Nashville, in speaking on the address, said that the thing most needed in this country was for the white people and colored people to become friendly. "You cannot make GAL. 20. gkqj people do what they have made up their minds not to do. I would rather have the good will and friendship of my neighbors when absent from home to protect my family than a whole army a thousand miles distant to fight for them. Shotgun advice is not the thing needed. I admire the gospel of peace, and that is what is going to settle these great questions." The resolutions adopted were as follows: Resolved, That the great evil and outrage of Negro disfranchisement is not without remedy, and as we believe that redress is in the power of Congress, we memorialize the President to recommend that Congress enact such laws as will secure to Afro-American citizens their constitutional rights and protect them in the exercise of the same in all cases where the State is lerelict in its duty, touching the same. Resolved, That the sovereignity of the life of the citizen and his enjoyment of liberty and pursuit of happiness are conceded by the Constitution, and as these sacred rights are ignored as the prerogative of certain States may elect, we hereby invoke the President to recommend that Congress pass such laws as will make secure the and constitutional rights of the citizens of color, along with other American citizens. Resolved, That the lofty and patriotie attitude and expressions of President Roosevelt with reference to the rights, achievevements and loyalty of Afro-Americans deserves our gratitude and indorsement, and we hereby commend the same and assure the President of our unshaken confidence in his principles and policy of an open door to all American citizens. A GENUINE GRAVURE PORTRAIT. This office is in receipt of a life-size portrait of Dr. Booker T. Washington, just issued by Mr. C. M. Battey, New York, N. Y. It is a genuine gravure portrait, 18x22 inches in size and declared by Mr. Washington to be the most perfect likeness he has yet seen. This work is purely the production of a Negro artist and should receive the encouragement of every member of the race. Of the many pictures and lithographs which have been issued of Mr. Washington this one surpasses all others. 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LION HEEL PLATES, for Men, Women—File-proof steel; set in heel, neat, noiseless, invisible, outwear shoe; 10c pain postpaid. Good agents wanted. The MAYE Co., Greensboro, N. C. MASONIC TEMPLE. An Exceptional Feature: Your wedding reception at this Hall with palms, flowers, draperies, electric lights, fans and all conveniences. N. B. SAVED: Wear on carpet, broken furniture, loss of wraps, labor of cleaning and straightening after. COST: $10.00 AND UP. Apply for terms and special rates. --- Prof. W. H. Council Convalescing. cal College, at Normal, Alabama, who has been quite ill, is rapidly convalescing and will soon be in his usual fine form. ‘The news is gratifying in many ways.. In the largest sense the race has present necd for all her strongest and best equipped sons and in the ranks of the cultured, Prof. Coun- | cill holds eminent place. He can not be spared in the struggle which is now on for the very life of our people. Then, too, the Professor's place as an educator could not be easily filled. He has made his mark and has stamped his individuality upon the history of the country and of his race. to him and then for the short told. He was born a_ slave in North Carolina in 1848 and en- countered all of the vicissitudes of slave life. Not until 1865 did the opportunity to attend school come tohimand then for the short period of three years only was he permitted to enjoy the | privilege This was the extent of his exper- ience in school, but his essential manhood and earnestness of pur- pose brooked no barriers—submit- ted to no disasters. , His ambi- tion was for learning, for the higher culture and slowly, but surely both were acquired with but little-instruction from others. Prof. Councill has made excur- sions into politics. and literary fields and also im newspaper ven- tures, with sufficient brilliancy to justify the belief that either was his natural place of usefulness, but he did not tarry long in either. His reael place was waiting for him. The crying need of his race for education and for devélop- ment appealed to him and re- sponding to the demand, he es- tablished the great school at Nor- mal, Alabama, of which he is now and has been for more than a quarter of a century, the Presi- dent. He is not the titular head only, of this institution, it should be remarked for he has made his own culture and methods felt in every impuse of the school’s ac- tivity. He is himself the best ob- ject lesson to his pupils—the very highest possible exponent of our people’s possibilities. The school at Normal ‘is his monument.” lf he does no mere; his race must ever hold him in grateful memory jor this one grgat achievement, this one incalculable service. But Prof. Councill’s unselfishness is not restricted to» the pedagogic profession. Helis an instructor in the highest sense? His-voice is heard on all public questions af- fecting his people and it ever rings THE COLORED AMERICAN. It is a pleasure to note the ca- reer of Prof. Councill and of the few other men who haye reached similar altitude, attained by sound scholarship, superimposed upon native integrity and all the manly qualities. Truly he is a lamp to our feet, a never failing argument for the race’s highest civilization and achievements. In all the edu- cational centers of this country and Europe, he has spoken with fine effect. He is constantly sought for and perhaps no other living man has so superb a reputa- tion as a public speaker or is gift- ed with such winning manners and such accurate learning. Prof. Councill belongs to that great galaxy of distinguished Negroes who are in a class by themselves, men like Frederick Douglass, Alexander Crummell and Booker T. Washington, who would have been great within any environ- ment. » His views have not always been popular, but like Prof. Washing- ton, he has always been right. The difficulty has been in the de- ficiency of public intelligence. As our people have progressed and learned to know his purposes and plans they have come to perceive that his methods are the best con- tributions towards the settlement of the vexed problems of the Southland towards the growth of the American Negro to the full stature of manhood and self-re- spect. * MR. BRUCE OBJECTS. Yonkers, N. Y., July 13, ’03. E. E. Cooper, Esg., Sir :—Whoever wrote the re- port of the Afro-American Coun- cil meeting, as published on the front page of the American, for July 11th, is greatly in error, as to many things concerning the Na- tional Negro Suffrage Associa- tion and its attitude toward the Council. This Association went to Louisyille to hold a Convention. On reaching there, it found the Afro-American Council in Con- vention dnd it decided that since both organizations were opposed to Southern disfranchisement, a stronger fight could be made through combination. The New York delegation did not object to the payment of the $5 entrance fee—every member of it,paid the fee. Objection was made on be- half of some of the poorer mem- bers from other delegations, who had spent large sums. to. reach Louisville, and the objection was sustained. Our Association did not go to Louisville to antagonize the Council; neither did it refuse to enter the Council; neither did it elect officers the next morning af- ter the meeting at True Reform- er’s Hall. It did adopt a Consti- tution, and would have completed its organization, but for certatin overtures made to it by men in authority in the Council, who seemed to be convinced of the fact that we meant business. We ac- cepted these overtures in the in- terest of harmony and peace. If our -object had been otherwise, we could have stirred up a hor- nets nest and hurt somebody’s feelings, by rejecting some of the propositions made to us and giv- ing our reasons therefor. A fur- ther attempt by anonymous cor- respondents to place us in the at- titude of beggars and kickers may result in the telling of the whole story, which led to our coalition with the Afro-American Council and which will be supported by affidavits. The truth hurts no man, but malicious lies should be refuted and disproved. The N. N. S. A. will not brook this sort of misrepresentation. J. E. BRUCE. Tuskegee’s Social Life. Continued from page 1. fragrant magnolias, and others as members of the special faculty of the Summer Normal School for Teaechers, now in session. Mrs. Washington, was an ideal hostess, and the guests. were given “the freedom of the household” in her charming, unconventional manner. She was assisted in the presentations by Mrs. Georgia F. Stewart, and in the receiving line were Mrs. J. B. Ramsey and Miss Sue B. Thomas. Among the in- vited guests other than those men- tioned, were: Prof. and Mrs, L. B. Moore, Dr. Lucy E. Molten, Mrs. B. K. Bruce, Miss Sara. W. Brown, all of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Hay- dee Campbell, St. Louis, Mo.; Prof. W. E. B. DuBois, Atlanta University; Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Pennoy, Capt. and Mrs. W. A. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. R. R: Tay- lor, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Talley, Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Kenney, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Calloway, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thompson, Mr. War- ren Logan, Major J. B. Ramsey, Capt. G. A. Austin, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Crosen, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Jenifer; Misses Sadella Don- aldson, Lulu Cropper, Willie Na- pier, Edna A. Spears, Amanda Webb, and Mrs. Bessie Thomas; Messrs J. M. Green, J. J. Wheel- er, J. M. Langston, J. P. Bond, F. J. Armstrong, R. M. Attwell, E. T. Attwell, Prof. G. W. Carver, D. A. Williston, W. S. Pittman, C. H. Gibson and others. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are warmly welcomed as a most pleas- ing accession to the already nu- merous colony of young married people who are doing so much to enliven the social atmosphere of Tuskegee Institute. The Jane Mosley is now the most popular excursion steamer on the Po- iomac. The Business Men’s excursion last Sunday was a grand success and will be repeated. Mr. Jno. D. Fossett, the assistant general manager, is mak- ing many friends and much business for the boat. A - 5 DRESS MAKING .6 ok my. The de Lam Orton Famous French ‘Perfection Tailor System, Mme. J. A. Smallwood, sole agent, 1513 Madison street, northwest. Morning class from 9.2. m. to 1 p. m. Afterneon class 2 to 5 p. m. daily. Evenings from 7:30 to 10 o'clock. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, dressmakers and ladies who wish to do their own dress-making. WANTED.—To learn the wonderful De Lam Orton French Perfection Tailor System. Seamless Basques without one inch of visible seam, in lining or goods, not eeven on the shoulder, Successful dressmaking re- quires as much earnest progressive study as. successful work in any pro- fession. No detail is too small to’ be looked after. We teach you to make dresses with or without seam and guarantee perfect fits, and complete your course with a diploma. if you have a spare room that you would like ¢ rent to desirable parties advertise them in The ‘elered Acaorican SUMMES RESORTS. —__=— FOR REN?- S uwmer of 1903 wiecom «at Harpers Ferry © Va Fer par iculars ad dress N.C B ackett Please Help Me Find My Brother Saunk Joyce was soid in Mecklenburg, Virginia several y ears before the civil war. to Cunniean a Negro trader. His mother Willie. was a slave on the Joyce plantation He had One sister Betty. whe is very anxious to find blm. 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Will turn the skin of a Diack «: brown person four or five shades lighter, ana @ mulatto person perfectly white. In forty- eight hours a shade or two lighter will be no- ticeable. It does not turn the skin in spots but bleaches out white, the skin remaining beauti- ful without continual use. Will remove wrinkles, freckles,dark spots, fae orbumps or biack heads, — the skin very soft and smooth. Small pox pits, tan, liver spots re- moved without harm to the skin. When you get the color you wish, stop vsing the preparation. THE HAIR STRAIGHTENER that goes in every one dollar box is enough to make anyone's hair grow long and straight, and keeps it from falling out. Highly perfumed and makes the hair soft and easy comb. Many of our customers say one of our dollar boxes is worth ten dollarc, yet we self it for one dollar & box. Any person sending us one dollarin a letter er Post-Office money order, fe pas money or- deror registered letter, we will send it through the mail postage prepaid; or if you wantiteent C_O. D., it will come by express, 35e. extra. In any case where it fails to do what we claim, we will return the money or send a box free of charge. Packed so that ne one will know contents except receiver. ms . CRANE, 122 West Broad St., BIcHMOND, Vae 6 GOTHAM NOTES COLORED AMERICAN DIONYSIUS III It remained for Gov. Durbin, of Indiana, to teach the mob that this is a government of law, and not of lawlessness; and the Governors of States where mob law has prevailed, their duty when the majesty of the law is defied. The Governor of Indiana appears to have more backbone than all the Governors of those states where the mob has held sway, and challenged Governors, Judges, jurors to exercise their legal functions. The set of spineless cowards in the Gubernatorial chair, and on the bench in the miserable little State of Delaware are utterly unworthy of respect. That they have white livers and chicken hearts is shown by their weak surrender to the demand of the mob of cutthroats and murderers, who recently disgraced the civilization of America and of Delaware particularly, by acts of violence unworthy of a free State. These human tigers drove the Governor into a corner and made the Judges tremble with fear. Deleware and hell are now synonimous terms. Beware of Deleware. Virginia, the mother of Presidents and picayune statesmen—baring the illustrious names of revolutionary times, who gave it prestige and brought it fame, has always been wrong on the suffrage question. It is wrong now. It was wrong in 1787, when the Federal convention met in Philadelphia to adopt the Constitution. Its representatives in that body doggedly contended for the incorporation of the 7th resdue, viz: "That the right of suffrage in the first branch of the National Legislature ought not to be according to the rule established in the articles of confederation, but according to some equitable vote of representation; viz.: in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens, and inhabitants of every age, sex and condition, including those born to servitude for a term of years and three fifths of all other persons, not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes in each State." The resolution was ably discussed by various members of the body, nearly all of whom dissented from the Virginia idea and said so in pretty THE COLORED AMERICAN strong terms. Luther Martin, the Delegate from Maryland, and Attorney General of that State, in an able and exhaustive speech, opposed the resolution, saying among other things: "The corner stone of a Federal government is equality of votes. States may surrender this right, but if they do, their liberties are lost * * The first principle of government is founded on the natural rights of individuals and in perfect equality. Locke Vottel, Lord Somers, Dr. Priestly, all confirm this principle * * * Price says that laws made by one man or a set of men and not by common consent, is slavery and it is so when applied to States, if you give them an unequal representation. What are called human feelings in this instance are only the feelings of ambition and the last of power." Virginia's New Constitution was forced upon the people of that States, without their consent. A set of men, ambitious and hungry for office and power, jammed it through the Convention, without even subscribing to the provisions of the Federal law under whose authority only, Constitutional Conventions may act. Some of the men who assisted in railroading this iniquitous and roaring farce through the Convention, absolutely refused to take the prescribed oat of fealty to the Federal government without whose sanction no Constitution can be a valid, legal document. The Federal Constitution in express terms provides that the United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican form of Government and shall protect each of them against evasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive, (when the legislature cannot be convened,) against domestic violence. What is a Republican form of Government? Manifestly one in which the will of all the people is expressed through representatives by them chosen. The Negroes of Virginia were not permitted to register their will on the question of the adoution of the New Constitution; they had no voice and no representation in the Convention, which adopted it. The deliberations of that Convention were characterized by bitter denounciation of a class of the citizenship by Delegates there assembled and by the brazen assertions of some of them that this Constitution is intended to deprive them of the right of suffrage. If this does not constitute an act of invasion upon the rights of citizens of a sovereign State, what does? And what is the duty of the Federal government in the premises? The Federal Constitution appears to have been violated in the adoption of this jug handled Constitution of Virginia, and the Negroes of that State do well to fight to the death the bold and brazen attempt of the white man of that State to resolute them out of their rights of citizenship. It is up to the law making branch of the Government to define what constitutes a Republican form of Government; who are citizens and whether the States may, with impunity, deprive any class of their citizens of rights expressly conferred upon all persons born or naturalized in the United States, by the Federal Constitution. No sane man believes that the disfranchisement legislation of the South will stand the test of rigid legal examination. The men who put the amendments in the Federal Constitution were giants in intellect and the South has not produced in recent years any legal minds that could have coped with the lawyers in the Senate and House, when the Constitution as amended was framed and adopted. We should give ourselves no concern about the threatened repeal of the 20th amendment. It will never be repealed during the present century or the next. Nothing is more entrenched in the organic law, than the three sacred amendments. They stand for the honor and the good faith of the Nation, and the Nation as a Nation, will never recede from the pledges it has given to the black man, who helped it to keep the jewel of liberty in its diadem and to put down a treasonable rebellion. The demand for the repeal of the 20th amendment comes only from the South. The North, the East and the West are not asking for it. This is significant. Reduced to the last analysis, the agitation for the repeal of the 20th amendment and the disfranchisement by the States of their Negro voters will be found to be a deep laid Democratic scheme, backed by commercial interests in the North of doughface tendencies, which have been affected by certain legislation in Congress, which strikes at their pocket nerves, and in retaliation for what it believes to be the hostility of the administration toward them, they are, under cover, encouraging the misguided Southern Statesman to hope against hope, and spurring the trust organs of the North to oppose the present administration's policy by making the Negro an issue and making him odious by a systematic policy, glaring misrepresentation and sensationalism. It won't work. The scheme is too transparent and dumsy. All of this plotting and scheming of the open and secret enemies of the administration has but one object—the defeat of the nomination of President Roosevelt. It will find inglorious all the powers of Hades and Deleware combined cannot now defeat the present incumbent of the White House of the nomination, if he wants it. His nomination is assured. His election will put a quietus upon all this South- ern deviltry and Northern treachery, which hides behind the blatant and arrogant South and furnishes the sinews of war in the unholy crusade to invalidate and mutilate the sacred pledges of the Nation to a race, which, when these men who are now seeking to make it reverse itself and become the laughing stock of Nations, a by-word and a hissing, bared their black breasts on nearly every battle field of the Republic to make the stars and stripes the emblem of human liberty on the American continent. Treason lost out in 1861; it cannot win out in 1903, or '04, even with the aid of the Northern copperhead, in New York, one of its hot beds. BRUCE GRIT GOOD HOMES FOR LITTLE MONEY. GOOD HOMES FOR LITTLE MONEY. The low round-trip homeseekers' rates in the northwest, via the Northern Pacific Railway, have attracted many thousands. These rates will be continued, on thefirst and third Tuesdays of July, August and September, so that other thousands may yet take advantage of them and enjoy a trip through the Northwest. The Northern Pacific runs through the heart of this region and reaches nearly every important city and town, and almost every valley of consequence in that territory. Use your vacation in making an inspection of this land and pick out a nice home. Great variety of climate, soil and e letv oniaufoisdnETAfile.ydSH CMC elevation is found and everybody can be satisfied. Irrigated or non-irrigated lands, timber, mineral, and pasture lands are obtainable. Write us what you want and for particulars as to rates, etc., and we will try and help you. CHAS. S. FEE, Gen. Pass. Agt., St. Paul. Minn. CHEVELINE Is wonderful; you have only to wash your hair every four or six months and it will straighten, lengthen and give you a glossy head of hair. No hot irons used. Send a piece of your hair for proof of work. Price per outfit, $3 for one head, $5 for two heads. MME. M. C. TURNER, 1511 Dryades St. New Orleans, La. Every Convenience Is afforded ladies traveling alone on the Compartment Cars of the "Great Western Limited," leaving Chicago every evening at 6.30 via the CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. J. P. ELMER, G. P. A. 113 Adams St., Chicago paul Laurence Dunbar has recently peen lying dangerously ill at his resi- dence in Chicago. ‘ji The Mississippi State Register, the organ of Col. James Hill, announces js suspension on account of his death. Kansas farmers are calling for 20,- 000 farm laborers to harvest their wheat crop. Hon. W. H. Lewis, of Boston, Mass., made a fine impression by his speech at Louisville. = . It must not be forgotten thta the Na- tional Negro Business. eLague will meet at Nashville, Tenn., August 26, 1903. Mr. Thadeus W. Wheeler, of Dayton, Ohio, a talented young colored man, has been appointed deputy county clerk for Montgomery County, Ohio. The Negroes of Columbia, S. C., are showing some grit. They have reso- lutely boycotted the Jim Crow cars in that city. : Howard University is already in the field with the prospectus of her Medi- cal Department for the next scholastic year. There is very general appreciation expressed of the untiring efforts made by Dr. W. H. Steward, of Louisville, Ky., to entertain the Afro-American Council at its recent meeting. James Augustus Wilson, a colored student at the Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn., has won the fresh- man honors. He is from Calhoun, Ala. Felix Wear, a talented young col- ored musical student, has walked off with the highest honors at the Chica- so Musical College. All the other members of his class were whites. Rev. Wm.‘J. L. Hughes, pastor of the Mt. Joy M. E. Church, Wilmington, Del., was married to Miss B. B. Dun- can, of Maryland, at the residence of Mrs. John Lloyd. 1605 Wharton street, June 17th last. The bride is a popular and well-known school teacher and for the past five vears has taught school at Centerville, Md. She has a large circle of friends and acquaintances in this section who extend to her their hearti- est congratulations. The bride and groom will make their home in Wil- mington, Del. Prof. Alex. Richardson, of the Land Office, is now holding the fort alone, his estimable family having gone west for the summer. THE COLORED AMERICAN °. aes SSS A WHITE MAN’S CRIME. Mad Atlantic City Breezes—Doings’ in the a Social World—News Notes. . Atlantic City, N. J., Special—A white man in our city administers a renious and effective rebuke to the aysterical whites who have wasted -ons of elegant diction denouncing Negro’s assaults upon white women, by a white man committing a most hor- rible assault upon a twelve-year-old colored girl living at 140 New York avenue. The brutish white man was committed to jail after partly confess- ing his crime by stating on the witness stand his willingness to marry the lit- ue girl. This statement in tite police court brought forth the condemnation of both white and colored and he was ‘ed back to jail to await the action of the grand jury this September coming. Queen Esther Court of Colanthe, No. 22, will celebrate its*tenth anniversary at Odd Fellows Hall, North Michigan avenue, Monday evening, July 20th. Alpha Co., No. 1, V. R. K. of P., will assist in the reception. The following talent has been engaged: Miss Muriel Ringgold, of Williams & Walker; Mad- ame Ware, of Honolulu Coon Compa- ny; Miss Charlotte Ringgold, formerly of Rice’s Specialty Co., assisted by Miss Helen Canpher; Mr. James Cros- by, of Black Patti Troubadore, and the Big Comedy Four. Committee: Mrs. Ringgold, president; Mrs. ©. G. Mor- ris, secretary, and Mrs. M. D. David- son, treasurer. Mr. Arthur Kennedy passed through our city enroute to Corning, N. Y., to jeliver an address before the Y. M. Cc. A. Mr. Andrew Stevens, one of Phila- jelphia’s foremost caterers and repre- sentative business men, is spending a few days in our city. The representative of The Colored American wishes to announce in our aext issue will appear a full and elabo- rate detail of the muth talked about bellmen’s musical and recertion, and all desirous of as copy will give him their order at an early date: The representative of The Colored American being sick this week is cause of short letter. KEITH-LEFTWICH. A very pretty home wedding was that of Miss Emma Leftwich to Mr. J. T. Keith, of Newark, N. J. Wednes- day evening at the home of the bride, 1416 Tenth street. It was a scene of loveliness, the beautiful decorations, the pretty toilets and the charming manner of all assembled when Rev. Walter H. Brooks performed the cere- mony uniting the two for life. Mr. R. P. Leftwich, a cousin of the bride, gave her away. The bride wore an elaborately hand- worked gown of crepe de chine, trim- med with silk applique, and carried a shower boquet of white roses, wearing a tulle veil. The bridesmaids were Miss Marie Morgan, niece of the bride; Misses Slara and Mary Leftwich, the bride’s sisters; and Miss Abbie Webb. The best man was Mr. Wm. L. Taylor, jr., of Richmond; the ushers, Dr. Crich- tow and Mr. Ottaway Hill, a nephew. The reception was. kept up unti lten o'clock, when the bridal party began their honeymoon by a trip to eNwark, and other points north. The presents, elegant and abundant, testified to the high appreciation in which the con- tracting parties are held by their many friends and acquaintances. _ The Amphions! The Amphions!! This evening!! Six o'clock sharp!! Twenty miles down the Potomac!! Re- turning to Notley Hall!! .Monumental Orchestra!! Round trip 25 eents!! Mrs. Alice Dickerson, the wife of our well-known fellow townsman, Mr. J. J. Dickerson, left the city slast Saturday for New Jersey and New York, visiting friends. She will be in Atlantie City August Ist, where she will join her husband. eee Lieut. M. A. Fair left last Monday for New ‘York City and Saratoga to spend his vacation. He will return next fall to take up his new duties at the Normal schoel. Madam McNairdee-Moore ! > 2 aes Rees ke Sea a, Shah ee Ss bee A pe ae 1, =e | es eA et ae a ae eS SS eee a | os a - |. i ae i EO SG eee RE oS cae ee Ee a Wh Tey Yeu. - Se et mei: 3: dies) res oe a a tee 6 ey] ee a ~A- eee yee). < : ee ar Be SS ; | ee Pra Ne as & . OS nS ae a Wa oh eS SANS SS ae, Se : q 4g ee A SelB & a y MeN Be Se ae Me hee te BS é i ye z 1 ve . ee a Me : oe OE en a = SEL oe sin The gifted clairvoyant, the great f@ male wonder, born with the double- (caul) veil, she is of the old ancient Southern clairvoyants of New Orleans. She’s a living Phrenologist and Physi- ogomist. She tells plainly what you are best adapted for in life by reading your brain and mind. With a grasp of her hand she gives you a coil of influence to enable you to overcome all bad luck. She has made thousands of homes hap- py. Read the fifth chapter, ix verse of St. Matt.; “Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the chifdren of. God.” She reunites the separated, makes peace where there is confusion, Your husband or wife will never become angry or your sweetheart forsake you, but will love you better and marry you sooner if you will heed this lady’s con- sultation. Read what several ladies of your city say, “Yes, we believe her a Godsend to our city; my husband and I had been separated over a year and just think since I called of this lady, he re- turned to-day; we are together and hap- py.” This young lady says: “The one loved refused to call or write me; I called on this lady and we are now en gaged.” You can’t afford to miss consult- ing this gifted lady; she is gifted to read characters. She challenges the world to excel her Advice on love, losses, business, family and financial troubles.:’ Reunites the separated, causes, speedy marriage with the one of your ‘choice. No cards allowed in her place of business ; no one’s if) wishts filled; strictly a Christian lady and depends entirely on her heavenly gift. If you are painful or ailing, think you have been witchcrafted, go to see her. She spent eight years in the jungles of Africa and has traveled through 34 States doing good wherever she went. Read St. John, oth chap., 33d verse: “If this man is not God he could do noth- ing.” Three parlors so arranged that you meet no friends nor strangers; every- thing confidential. Owing to such crowds you may call day or night. Per- manently located. Send money by postal order or registered letter. She ‘certainly is the wonderful woman of the 2oth century. She has made a many heart happy through her wonder- ful power. I, for one, as one ‘in the Advertise in the American, a 7 ~@ midst. My heart ached from the cruel treatment of my husband and the way he would throw away his time and money until I consulted this wonderful lady.” It will soon be a year. Through her he has become a loving husband; highly. 4 A LADY of New Iberia, Iay « Write her at once for all information. There is no doubt of this lady’s pro- phetic power. She is a living phrenol- ogist, palmist and a natural born clair- voyant to which thousands will testify. She is a God send to our country—born with a gift that no one can dictate. Tell you every incident of your past and present life and put you on the road to success both financially and phystealy if you will only heed her instruction. called on her when the one I love had gone, I knew not where, and he returned at once, and to-day I am his dear wife. A LADY of Fort Gibson, Ind. T. 6 rs 4 Madam—I feel it my duty to do this for you are all you advertise. Just think, my husband and I had been sep- arated two years; I called on you in September and in a week’s time he req turned and married me, and I. can’t praise you too much. Ladies that are broken- hearted by family troubles, love affairs and bad luck, until it seems that life is» a blank, call or write to this dear lady; she will do you good; she will tell you to trust God and she will do the balance, and she will. A LADY of Rossland, B. C. Dear Sisters and Brothers—Call on ‘her when you can; she will be pleased to meet you and will, whenever you wisi to. She devotes her entire time to the welfare of the people, believing God ‘will reward her. She will make your very soul glad to hear her talk of heaven, for ‘she writes such soul-searching letters, tells you how to make home happy. Please always enclose stamp for answer. N. B.—Send lock of hair accompanied by one dollar ($1) and receive full life reading. Clip this ad. Madam McNairdee-Moore 608 N. West St., cor. Indiana ave., i Indianapolis, Ind. I eemmmmmmmmmeaammammmamaamasaaamaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa agama 8 The Colored American Published by The Colored Anmerican Publishing Company. A National Negro Newspaper Published every Saturday, at 459 C st. N. W., Washington, D. C. "SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 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All letters, communications, and bus- iness matters should be addressed: to THE COLORED . AMERICAN, EDWARD E. COOPER, Manager, 459 C St, Northwest, Washington, D. C. Sold by all News Dealers. SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1903. an ee ne OUR CASE IN EQUITY. The vagaries of the Washington Post on most topics are well known. Like the festive mosquito, now you have him and now he is absent. It does indeed seem that consistency is not a commod- ity of high value in thet establishment and that a copious, redundant vocabu- lary is preferred to the limitations and sanctions of eternal truth. The pa- per’s atitude on the race question is in point. To-day it launches out into a glowing panegyric of some undeniable excellence of our people and tomorrow their name is Anathema. Last Saturday’s editorial péform- ance exceeds any previous freak of the paper’s favorite intellectual gymnast by quite a decided majority. Taking as a text. President Washington’s wise ané well-tempered address at Louis- ville, Ky., a few days ago, it inveighs against him and all of us for accenting the fact that we are Negroes instead of ordinary members of the community, for clamoring for special treatment be- cause we are Negroes, and it predicts dire results if we-do not cease this sort of pleading. One sentence from the editorial is sufficiently ilNhluminating— “the Negro’s foolish leaders have taught him that he is something apart, a different element, a separate quanti- ty, a problem set upon an eminence for special solicitation and prayerful solation.” That is argument; that is truth with a vengeance! The Negro’s foolish leadere _have done all these things, indeed! If so, *tis news to the Negro. He has been convinced for these many years that the white man had “set him apart,” had made him “a different element” and “a problem.” : The Post knows, and every other man, black and white, throughout the country knows, that the white man is constantly reminding the Negro that he is black, that he is laying awake ‘o'nights planning and constructing barriers to the advancement of his fel- low American-born citizen, the Afro- American. Why is it that the Negro is denied admission to trades unions? THE COLORED AMERICAN. | Why is it that if he applies for employ- amet, in any business house as a book- keeper or a salesman his color out- weighs capacity, recommendation and character? Look cver the city of Washington, and where will there be found one private business enterprise in which a Negro holds a place other than manual? Even the higher educa- tional institutions and God’s temples on earth, the ehurches, look askanee at him, and the Young Men’s Christian Association, the Wimodausis and kin- dred organizations cry out in horror upon his approach, The fact is, the Post’s logic is awry. We believe Prof. Washington has hit him “below the belt,” as it were, and the blow has also awakened that organ once called conscience. Hence this imconsistent and peevish plaint, in which the effect is mistaken for the cause. Of course, the threats of what white men will do if this agitation is not stopped are quite unworthy of the Post and of its able(?) editorial writ- er, though it is possible he desires to share the glory(?) and renown(?) which now cluster about the name of that eccleastical sensationalist, the Rev. Mr. Ellwood, of Wilmington, Del. If so, he is quite welcome to do so, and also to share the latter’s fate, which is certain, thangh deferred. There is but one way to terminate this complaint of the Negro, and it is a simple one. Treat him like a man. Give him an equal chance in the race of life. Cease to misconstrue his mo- tives. He is neither a striker, a mur- defer nor a burden upon any commu- nity. He is really not a beggar, though his opportunities are circumscribed. He is brave and loyal ,and in spite of her Earshness to him he regards this coun- try as his only home and loves it ac- cordingly. When these conditions are accorded, weewill “bear the last of this tiresome and sinister outcry,” \but until that time the Negro will continue to fret the ears of the Post’s learned pundit with appeals for justice and for a “white man’s chance.” The colored people are receiving lots of sensible advice these days, and if they will follow it they cannot err. The Evansville, Ind., mob is not, sur- prising when it is considered that loaf- ers and half-grown boys are the con- trolling spirits. Unless the Govern- ment takes hold of this matter and puts its heels squarely on the neck of the iniquity conservative colored lead- ers will have to take the law in their own hands#—arm themselves, take an eye for am eye and a tooth for a tooth. THE WAIL OF THE CROAKER. Just about this time of year, when there is a dearth ‘even of the slush with which some of our unfortunate patent-back, pot-metal Negro contem- poraries are wont to fill up the two or three columns which are left to them for “original” matter, they invariably take a shy at The Colored American, impelled no doubt by envy .and jeal- ousy of its commanding position. They remind us of the great Barnum of circus renown, who said to his crit- ics, “Praise me or abuse me as you will, but for God’s sake keep talking about me!” So say we te these small souls who disgrace the newspaper pro- fession and who have no conception of its high mission. Our only regret is that their circulation is se limited, their influence so inappreciable. We wish they could cover the whole conti- nent with the outpourings of their seurrility and their idiotic comparison between their miserable publications and a newspaper condueted on the high principles which have ever distin- guished the course of The Colored American. Br. Booker T. Washington continues to grow in the eyes of the American people. A great magazine has dubbed him not the exponent of industrial ed- ucation, but as a politician and the greatest Southernér the country has produced. He is pictured as holding the South in his right hand and the North in his left hand, and by judi- cious advice is bringing the two sec- tions closer and:cleser and nearer and nearer together. “THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE NEGRO.” + The Brooklyn Magazine for July has a most interesting article written by Prof. W. E. B. Dubios, of Atlanta Uni- versity, on “The Possibilities of the Negro—The Advance Guard of the Race.” The Professor seeks to show that the race has made substantial progress on all lines of endeavor, and selects as typical of this advance the careers of ten prominent and success- ful Negroes. Among them are Booker T. Washington, Prof. Kelly Miller, Rev. Francis G. Grimke, Paul Laurence Duabar, Henry O. Tanner, Edward H. Morris, Granville T. Woods, Dr. Dan- iel H. Williams, Chas. W. Chestnutt, representing a diversity of callings. We think the author has been wise in his selections and industrious in as- sembling his facts. There is much that is hopeful to the race in this reeital-and it comes like a refreshing shower after the vast amount of detraction and abuse which we have lately had to bear, too often from our own people. | But we do not think the Professor ‘is quite fair in his estimate of Dr. ‘Washington, of Tuskegee. While con- ceding his great service to the race and to humanity, there is a covert sneer at his methods and a disposition to lower the tone of his work by sug- gestions that he is rather a clever poli- tician than an educator. We do not intend to launch into any defense of Tuskegee methods. They need none. It is, however, a fact which even so cultivated a gentleman as Prof. Dubois seems to overlook, ‘that Tuskegee meets the situation as it is found in Alabama, and everybody recognizes the fact. Higher education has nothing to do with the immediate problem nor is the surrender of any mpprhood rights involved in meeting the race’s immediate needs. The article is exceedingly clever, the stylé is incisive and the illustrations the perfection of artistic work. DAYLIGHT AHEAD. An occasional ray of comfort is ap- parent in the appaling lynching habit. Governor Durbin of Indiana takes high ground in the Evansville horror, Sena- tor Foster of Louisiana has just suc- cessfully opposed his strong personali- ty and the weight of his office against an attempt in his State, and a sheriff in New York State by his quick and ready resource has prevented a similar blot upon the fair name of his com- munity. The pendulum is swinging in the other direction. The conscience of the country is awake and we shall soon see the end of the iniquity. -_ Now let the reproach of the law’s delay be removed, and above all let our ministers and teachers, those who come into closest touch with our de- praved and illiterate from whom the ranks of the criminal clasess are al- ways recruited, continue to preach bravely and persistently the gospel of decency and morality, as not only the just concomitants of religion but also as excellent investments in the econ- omy of life in this world and in the re. spect of their neighbors, both black and white, To the upright and worthy among us we counsel patience and if possible stricter adherence to the pre- cepts instilled into us in our early edu- cation and we shall ere long see the gray lawn of a brighter day. We wish to correct a statement made in this column last week, that there were only three delegates present at the meeting of the National ‘Negro Press Convention. We learn from a delegate who was present that by am- ual count just seven delegates partici- pated. eeeeeee seks 2s A significant incident in connec- tion with the -resentment being ex- hibited by the colored people of ‘Norway, S. C., over the lynching of Charles Evans, one of their num- ber, is the statement that they are being counseled and led by a white man, John Evans, the father of Charles. Verily the chickens are com- ing home to roost. Blood is a trifle thicker than water. ’ THE TRUE REFORMERS HALL DEDICATED. The dedicatory services ‘of the True Reformers Hall in this city, located at Twelfth and U streets N_ W., took place last Wednesday, the exercises beginning at 10:30 in the Morning and continuing until 4 o’clock in the after. noon. The banquet and reception be- gan at the hall at 7:30 p. m. and lasted until midnight. A musical and litera- Ty entertainment was given during the early part of the evening and the af- fair wound up with a grand banquet in the capacious auéicorium, In the Armory Drill room in the basement more than eight hundred persons sat down to the feast. Hamilton's cele. brated orchéstra enlivened the pan. quet hours with select music and the following program was carried out: ‘Toastmaster, Hon. Geo. White; Pro. gress of the Institution as Viewed by the Outside, Miss Mary Church Terr. ell; The Grand Fountain—Its Benefits to the District, Dr. R. L. Gaines; The Grand Fountain—Its National Effect, W. P. Burrell, G. Worthy Sec.; Wom- an’s Part in the Accomplishment of the Institution, Mrs. Julia Mason Lay- ton; The Grand Fountain—Does jt Deserve the Confidence and Support of the Race? R. T. Hill, cashier; Negro Press of the Country, Editor E. &. Cooper; Higher Education, Prof. Jas. Storum. The following menu mas _ served: Soup—tomato; radishes, olives, pick- les; fish—brojled halibut, Hollandiase Sauce; cucumbers; brolied chicken, green peas; Salad—chicken, tomato; ice cream, cake, coffee. The Boston Contingent, Trotter, Fer- ris, Forbes, et al, who marched up the hill at Louisville to antagonize and discredit the Council’s work, marched down again beaten and demoralized. The good people down east who put up their money to send these puissant warriors forth to battle did not get their money’s worth. Here is a sig- nificant clipping from the Boston Guar-dian of the llth inst.: “The names of those who contributed to send the delegates to Louisville will appear in full next issue. Please in- form us if this plan is not satisfacto- ry.” The parable of the talents is not inapplicable to the situation. It would perhaps have been more profitable to use the money in working up effective opposition to Jim Crowing Boston dur- ing the meeting of the N. E. A. __ Lawyer J.°C. Napier, of Nashville, Tenn., spoke very timely at the Louis- ville meeting and very pertinently to the Boston delegates, who were not headed and advocated extreme meas- ures ‘for the solution of the problem. There is a volume of wisdom in Mr. Napier’s one sentence when he said, “I would rather have the confidence of my neighbors and friends at home when trouble arises than to have to apply to the Federal Government a thousand miles away for protection.” This is indeed a tribute to the South aS well as to the good sense and pat: riotism of Mr. Napier. “The Impending Conflict” is a new ‘candidate for public favor. It is in- tended to be a monthly publication and its first number has been received with much interest. Its home is New York City and its destinies are presid- ed over by Mr. John E. Bruce (Bruce Grit) as editor .and Mr. Melvin J. ‘Chisum as publisher. With such capa- ble sponsors as are these well-known gentlemen its. success would seem to be assured. Its literary excellence is of a superior character and typograph- ically it is unexceptionable. It is de voted to the best interests of the col- ored people throughout the country and it has our warmest wishes for its prosperity. THAT PRESS CONVENTION. It is said that less than a half dozen editors attended the National Press Association meeting last week. Why was no notice given of the meeting?— The Savannah Tribdne, July 11, 1903. WARNED AWAY FROM EVANSVILLE. M. MR. HENRY BLACK. A letter received from a subscriber in Evansville, Ind., tells of the havoc, the horror and the destruction which befell many of the colored people of that city during the late riot. The leading colored people are warning their friends and the race generally to stay away from Evansville, as it is no longer a fit place to live. Among those who sustained great losses were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Black, who ran AN ALABAMA LEADER The Mobile Weekly Press, is one of our most welcome exchanges. It is easy to see that a master mind and a strong personality directs its course. Whenever we find such a combination among our people it is ourpleasure to call attention to it. The controlling force of this publication is Mr. A. N. Johnson, a race leader in the truest sense. He is a strong man and a brave one. He does not hesitate to point out his people's errors while he asks for their patronage. Mr. Johnson is a public spirited citizen of the great Southern metropolis. He has at his command a competence. If the colored people of his community search for innocent amusement, he finds and provides a place where they may enjoy themselves to their hearts content, without molestation or question. If they want an ice cream saloon or a drug store where their money may purchase goods instead of humiliation, presto! and there they have it. Mr. Johnson frankly says he needs the "increment" and he is entitled to it if he provides the people's wants. We trust he will retain his well earned reputation, that the "increment" will not desert him until his shadow does and that he will receive the appreciation of his fellow townsmen in the same degree as is now apparent in the perspective afforded by a seat in the editorial rooms of the Colored American, at Washington. THE EUREKA GRAND LODGE. F. and A. A. Y. Masons, Prince Hall compact, has just closed a long and important session, and starts out very favorably for the new year. All visiting brothers are respectfully requested to call upon Eureka. Grand Master Col. R. D. Goodman, No. 917 4th street northwest. For information about the craft, please bring financial card of your lodge. DR. J. E. WILLIAMS, Grand Secretary, No. 106 F St. N. W. THE COLORED AMERICAN. Mary MRS. HENRY BLACK. the Black's Hotel, one of the best hotels in that city for colored people. It was located on Walnut street, between Fourth and Fifth, and was valued at more than $2,000 and the result of years of labor on the part of Mr. and Mrs. Black. It was completely wrecked by the mob and the owners are left penniless. Though up in years Mr. Black proposes to go to St. Louis or some other city and begin life over again. This is a lesson of mob law. REV. I. S. PÉRSON FOUND. Many letters and postal cards have come to us informing us of the permanent address of Rev. I. S. Person, the missionary secretary of the C. M. E. church, but we have not yet learned his whereabouts. Letters and telegrams sent to him at Augusta, Ga., are not answered. Mr. Wm. F. G. Sherman, a delegate to the C. E. Convention, which met recently in Denver, Colo., and who lives in Savannah, Ga., was the first person to send in Rev. Person's address and will consequently get the Colored American free of charge for three months. One of the best places near this city to spend a few weeks is at The Dudley Inn, Lincoln, Loudoun county, Va. This is a natural garden spot, with constant breezes from the Blue Ridge mountains. Miss Tillie Fletcher is prepared to accommodate a number of visitors and is able to provide them with every comfort and equipment. Persons who can not afford to go too far from home should write Miss Tillie Fletcher, box 22 Lincoln, Loudoun county, Va. TONSORIAL PARLOR There is a certain charm in having your work done at the B. and P. Tonsorial Shaving Parlors, at the corner of Sixth and Missouri avenue, opposite the Pennsylvania depot. The vicinity is always alive with excitement of an amusing kind, where, while you are being waited on by an excellent workman, you are also fanned cool by the delightful breezes from electric fans. You will find there in attendance, Messrs. Welsh, Harris, Pearson, and Mr. R. A. Nelson, the city's renown tonsorialist. George A. Robinson, Prop. Mrs. T. J. Houston has taken a cottage for the summer at Marion, Mass. She is accompanied by her daughter Miss Clotille, and son, Theophilus. Mr. James T. Bradford and family are spending the summer at their cottage at Sea Isle City, N. J. CITY PARAGRAPHS. Mr. L. H. Thompson, of the War Department, is spending his vacation in Atlantic City and will remain until August 8th. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Edelin have returned from their bridal tour and are now pleasantly located at 1134 Nineteenth street, to the delight of their many friends. Mr. M. T. Bailey, a representative of the True Reformers of St. Louis, Mo., is in the city attending the dedicatory exercises which took place this week at the True Reformers Hall at Twelfth and U streets. Mrs. Katie G. Seabrooks and Miss Octavie Adams left the city the 8th insst. for Bar Harbor, Me., where they will spend about two months of the summer. Many friends wish them success and health an da safe return. Mr. O. F. N. Madden, of the District Building, has recently been promoted to the position of inspector of charities. This promotion is a recognition of merit and Mr. Madden is the recipient of congratulations from his many friends. Maj. Chas. R. Douglass, accompanied by a representative delegation from Washington, will attend the G. A. R. encampment which meets in San Francisco next month. The party will take in the Golden Gate and return by way of Yellowstone Park and the Dakotas. Mr. Paul R. Stewart, of First street S. W., maintains his enthusiasm for church work despite the hot weather. Paul is a member of that powerful triumvirate—Stewart, Newman and Wayne—whose support is indispensible for the success of an project in Masonry or religion. Among from this city who were in Boston during the recent meeting of the National Educational Association were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gray, Miss H. A. Gibbs, Mrs. Maude Cuney McKinley and Messrs. Charles Cook and Percival Brooks. Miss Jones, a very estimable young lady who is matron of the Baptist Seminary at Lynchburg, Va., has been in the city several days visiting her school mate and friend, Miss Eva Tinney, of 915 Fourth street N. W. She left Wednesday evening for Philadelphia. Capt. David J. Gilmer, who was appointed from this city as second lieutenant in the Philippine Scouts, arrived in Manila on the steamer Sumner and was greeted by many of his old friends and comrades. He has been assigned to the Twenty-second Company of Native Scouts, which is stationed in Cagayan Province. The Jos. H. Douglass Concert Co. will take a large and representative gathering to Glymont to-night. He will be assisted by Hon. J. C. Dancy and Miss: Mattie R. Bowen. There will be plenty of music and those who wish to take advantage of this excursion should be at the wharf no later than 7 o'clock. Mrs. Janie Brown Garnett, of Brunswick, Ga., a noted educator and lecturer, is spending some time in Washington, and with her niece, Miss Ethel Purcell, is located at 2437 Brightwood avenue. Mrs. Garnett is one of our most talented women and is widely known for her good work among the people, both with voice and pen. A letter has just been received from London, England, from Mr. George W. Ellis, secretary of legation at Monrovia, west coast of Africa. Mr. Ellis describes his voyage across the Atlantic ocean as a most delightful one; says that he saw Williams & Walker "In Dahomey" and that England is wild over them. He says the advent of Williams & Walker is the greatest dis- Produce Chronic Catarrh. M. Madame Isabella Ellen Baveas. Madame Isabella Ellen Baveas, Life Governor Grand Lodge of Free Masons of England, in a letter from Hotel Saratoga, Chicago, Ill., says: "This summer while travelling I contracted a most persistent and annoying cold. My head ached, my eyes and nose seemed constantly running, my lungs were sore and I lost my appetite, health and good spirits. Doctors prescribed for me all manner of pills and powders, but all to no purpose. "I advised with a druggist and he spoke so highly of a medicine called Peruna, that he induced me to try my first bottle of patent medicine. However, it proved such a help to me that I soon purchased another bottle and kept on until I was entirely well." Madame Isabella Ellen Baveas. Summer colds require prompt treatment. They are always grave, and sometimes dangerous. The promptness and surety with which Peruna acts in these cases has saved many lives. A large dose of Peruna should be taken at the first appearance of a cold in summer, followed by small and oftrepeated doses. There is no other remedy that medical science can furnish, so reliable and quick in its action as Peruna. Address The Peruna Medicine Company, Columbus, Ohio, for a free book entitled "Summer Catarrh," which treats of the catarrhal diseases peculiar to summer. tinctly American triumph ever made in England. In company with Minister Lyon, with his bride and children, they lefa for France July 6th and will reach Monrovia some time in August. Mr. Charles H. Bullock, secretary of the Brooblyn Young Men's Christian Association, with headquarters in Brooklyn, N. Y., passed through the city last week, enroute to his old home in Charlottesville, Va., where he will spend his vacation with his parents and his many friends. Mr. Bullock was elected secretary to the position which he now holds, more than a year ago and has done such excellent work that he has been promoted a number of times, and through his efforts and influence much material aid as well as increase in membership have come to the association. Mr. W. H. Loving, formerly of this city, but now second lieutenant and leader of the U. S. Constabulry Band, located in Manila, P. I., is receiving praise from the army officers and from all classes for the degree of efficiency to which he has brought his band. It is known among the Americans in the Philippines as the Black Marine Band. This band will leave for the United States some time in next March, and after completing an engagement at the World's Fair in St. Louis will make a tour of all the large cities in the United States.