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The COLORED American A-NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. X, NO. 15 Out of the Depths The Story of a Successful Career of a Kentucky Pedagogue Mr. Charles H. Brooks, Five Times Secretary of the Grand United Order of the Odd Fellows of America His Splendid Equipment and Executive Ability—The Marvel of Odd Fellowship—New life and Activity in the Order and a Beacon Light to the Brotherhood—His Services Gratefully Remembered and a Demand that He be Put Back into Harness Again—A Brilliant Career. One of the most interesting young men is Mr. Charles H. Brooks, now of Philadelphia, Pa. He is interesting in many ways, whether we view him as a Southerner who has come up to the North and fought a successful fight in intellectual pursuits, and this view of him is essentially comparative, or he be regarded as a purely positive proposition he is equally engaging. He hails from Paducah, Ky., and in the schools of that city he won such distinction that he found little difficulty, upon his graduation from the highest grade, in securing an appointment as a teacher in the primary branch of the system there established. He rose steadily in the estimation of the people of Paducah, and especially of the school officials, and in an unusually short space of time he became the principal of the entire colored school system of his native city. After thirteen years' service as an educator he sought and found the larger opportunity for personal advancement and mental growth in a clerkship in one of the Government departments in Washington, and using it as a fulcrum, he perfected himself for his life's work by a thorough course in bookkeeping at the Spencerian Business College in this city, and still further broadened himself by availing himself of the facilities afforded by the law department of Howard University. It is well known that the examination prescribed by the bar of this District has been for a number of years [Picture of a man seated in an ornate chair, holding a book]. HON. JUDSON W. LYONS, Register of the U. S. Treasury, Washington, D. C. of a most rigid character, and so well did Mr. Brooks acquit himself therein that the chairman of the committee on examination moved his admission to practice before the Supreme Court of the District. Mr. Brooks has for years been an enthusiastic worker in the ranks of secret societies, and recognizing his attainments and his loyalty to the order, the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows elected him grand Secretry in October, 1892. He promptly resigned his Government position and proceeded to the city of Philadelphia, where the headquarters of the order were established. It is related that the condition of the order's affairs in 1892 was most unpromising. Mr. Brooks was, however, not disheartened, but with infininte pa- tience he soon brought order out of chaos. He filled the place for ten years and upon retiring therefrom found that his efforts had resulted in paying off every obligation, in accumulating a surplus of $50,000, and in realizing the hopes of the order, vainly cherished for twenty years, in the establishment and complete furnishing of a printing plant which now publishes a weekly journal of more than average respectability. During the period of his service he also wrote two complete histories of the order, which are still regarded as authoritative, and his zeal for the weal of the organization led him to visit many parts of the United States and Europe (Continued on page 4.) PRICE. FIVE CENTS Leader of His Race Register Judson W. Lyons Thrills a Michigan Audience The Colored Voters of Michigan on the Alert and still Loyal to the Party of Lincoln, Grant, and McKinley The Co-operative League Organized on a Permanent Basis and is Represented by Twenty Counties in the Wolverine State-A Political Love Feast. KALAMAZOO, MICH., Special.--One hundred and seventy-five delegates, representing twenty Michigan counties, attended the State assembly and convention of the Michigan Co-operative League, held at the Auditorium in this city Monday. The meeting was the most successful of the kind ever held in the State. A permanent organization was perfected and officers elected for the year. The assembly was called by the temporary State committee and met in Kalamazoo largely through the efforts of Chairman Thomas W. Stewart of this city. From the opening of the session at 10 o'clock yesterday morning until the last dance at the big assembly hall was played by Finney's orchestra, of Detroit, the convention was one of grand success The convention was called to order at 10 o'clock Monday morning by Temporary Chairman Thomas W. Stewart. Prior to that a preliminary caucus of the delegates and members of the convention was held in the Auditorium parlors. Dr. J. W. James, of Detroit, was elected temporary chairman and A. A. Owens, of Wayne county, temporary secretary. Committees were appointed on credentials, permanent organization, constitution, and regular order of business. The convention adjourned at noon and convened again at 2 o'clock. The officers elected were as follows: President—R. C. Barnes, Detroit. First vice-president—Oscar W. Baker, Bay City. Second Vice-president—Robert Bowman, Grand Rapids. (Continued on page 5.) 1f0 IN WESTERN TENNESSEE Death of a Prominent Citizen. The Boon of Hope for the Race. News Notes. Much to the delight of her sons and daughters, Mrs. Fannie Turner has recovered from her illness. Miss Ida F. Thomas, a sister to Mrs. Lillie D. Turner, has closed her summer school, at Arlington, Tenn., and is preparing to resume her studies at Lemoyne Institute. Mrs. J. Fernandis James, after being absent from the city for several months, has returned and is stopping with Mrs. Lyman Wallace. Mrs. James is a member of one of the most aristocratic families in the South and perhaps no where in the entire country can there be found a mother and father who have taken more pains in raising their children and in living lives more worthy to be emulated, than did Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin J. Fernandis, of Columbus, Miss. A little over four months ago, Mrs. James received a telegram calling her to the bedside of her loving father. In going on a journey so sad, Mrs. James carried with her the sympathies of her many friends in Memphis; for there is not a woman, man or child in Memphis, who knows her, that does not love her for the love and affection she always showed for her parents. Conversations never grew so interesting that she did not refer to her mother and father. Friends innumerable prayed if the end was nigh, that this grand old man would be spared to see her for the last time on earth, his daughter for whom he had sent and who he had raised to that degree of superb womanhood that gives so much inspiration to all with whom it comes in contact. A few days after she reached his bedside, surrounded by his wife, daughters, large family connections and friends, Brother Fernandis, (as he was familiarly called,) breathed his last. Mr. Fernandis was a prominent member of the Masonic order of his state and a fine carriage maker, and one of the most worthy citizens of his town. For twenty-five years he was superintendent of the leading Sunday School of his city and stood as high, both in religious and business circles as any man there. Mr. Fernandis leaves a wife, four daughters, a son and, many friends to mourn his loss. Is was interesting to note the speeches delivered at the memorial services, of the subject of this sketch, men took part who had known him from his earliest days to the time of his death. The opinion of all was that it was not necessary to preach his funeral, for, his whole life they said was a sermon. Having visited Memphis often your correspondent had THE COLORED AMERICAN the pleasure of meeting him quite a number of times. Not long since he visited Memphis, in answer to the question, what he thought of the future welfare of our people, with that pleasant smile that always overshadowed his brow, he said God still lives and if our people would get close to the cross and pray without ceasing the time would come when the evils of which we now complain would be things of the past. He saw an exceedingly bright future for our people because he believed in the power of prayer. He seemed to love his enemies; he never complained; pleasant words and kind smiles he had for every one. He lived his three score years educated his children and was spared to see them all grown. He truly spent his whole life in uplifting his race, by first raising himself and his family. Oh, that I could say something to cause the church to take inspiration from this great character; I would feel that I was justly paid for this article. Brother Fernandis is not dead; he is sleeping in the arms of Jesus. "And now he is himself at peace, where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest." Round his bier his many friends stand as mourners and sadly murmur: "He was a man: take him all and all; We shall not look upon his like again." BROWN BONES. LINCOLN INSTITUTE, MO. NOTES. Lincoln Institute opened Monday, Sept., 7, with 200 students; the first day and every day new students coming. This is quite an improvement over last year and is the largest in the history of the school. All sections of the country are represented, many coming from as far South as New Orleans, and Galveston, Texas. All this is due to the energy, ability and industry of President B. F. Allen, who has the support and good will of the people of Missouri in particular, and the West in general; and who is building up one of the best schools in the country for Negroes. A teacher of cooking has been added to the industrial department for young women and another to the industrial department for young men. Very appropriate addresses were made by the members of the Faculty and students and the address of the day was made by President Allen, who spoke on the "Dignity of Labor." Mr. R. A. West, of the class of 1901, was elected as secretary to the president. Mr. West received his business training in the Bryant and Stratton Business College, Chicago. H. K. FU 314 NINTH STREET ESTABLISH MONEY LOANED ON dry, Silverware, Etc. Unreca and Jewelry for Sale. Old G The Most Reliable Place in 314 NINTH STREET, NORTHWEST ESTABLISHED 1870. MONEY LOANED ON Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Etc. Unredeemed Watches, Diamonds and Jewelry for Sale. Old GOLD and SILVER Bought. The Most Reliable Place in the City to Borrow Money. Miss F. D. Sprague, of Washington, is the new teacher of cooking and Messrs. P. A. Saunderson and A. J. Starnes, of Kansas City, will assist Mr. Reynolds in the industrial department. The degree of A. M. was conferred on Mrs. J. S. Yates of the department of English, after a thorough course in one of the leading schools of the West. The Buffaloes'e xcursion on the Jane Moseley last Sunday to Glymont and Summerset Beach was a general success. THE Wonder of the World For the benefit of those who wish to have their life read by the world's greatest life reader, one that can tell you all that you wish to know, give you luck, change your life from evil to good, reunite the separated, restore a lost love, draw to you your sweetheart, husband or wife, make people do as you wish them. In fact this wonderful WOMAN is the Greatest on Earth. Now if you want to find out what your future life will be and what your past has been, and want to have it changed from evil to good, send at once to this wonderful medium. Send lock of hair, date of your birth and 25 cents in silver, and receive your life written from cradle to grave. Do not send postage stamps. Address all letters to MRS. DR. WHITE, 1917 F. Brett Dr. Baltimore, Md. TELEPHONE, 317 B COLUMBUS. WILEY G. OVERTON. W. DAVID BROWN OVERTON AND BROWN Undertakers and Embalmers, 146 West 53rd Street Bet 6th & 7th Aves New York City. Brooklyn Branch, 315 Bridge Street. Camp Chairs and Coaches to let for all purposes. LOAN OFFICE T, NORTHWEST ED 1870. Watches, Diamonds, Jew- med Watches, Diamonds LD and SILVER Bought. The City to Borrow Money. TEACHERS' COLLEGE. HOWARD UNIVRRSITY, Washington, D. C. Scholastic, Professional, Industrial. Prepares Teachers for Kindergartens, Elementary, Industrial and High Schools. Well trained Teachers Always in Demand. 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, edagogy, Philosophy, History, Social Science, English Language and Literature, Elocution, Bilogical nature study, Physical 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 study of Teachers' College. Graduates assisted in securing positions. Tuition free. Expenses small. Fall term opens Sept. 23, '03. Catalogue free. Address, L. B. MOORE, PH. D. Dean Howard University, Washington, D. C. Here is an Opportunity! A large picture of PROF. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, printed in four colors which has all the appearance of an oil painting, will be sent elegantly framed by express to any subscriber who will send $3.00 to THE COLORED AMERICAN. To persons who desire the picture without subscribing for the paper, it will be sent by express for $1.50. To parties who desire to sell them, they will be sent in quantities of ten or more for $1.00 each. All orders should be addressed to The Colored American WASHINGTON, D.C. This picture should be in every Parlor, Library, Reading Room, School Room, and every Public Hall used by intelligent colored people. LADIES will avoid trouble and worry by using our harm remedy. It relieves without fall delayed or abnormally suppressed menstruation. Send For Free T We answer in plain sealed envelope by return to Paris Chemical Co., Milwaukee, W. TRADUCER GRAVES ANSWERED. Extracts from the Address of Hon. Judson W. Lyons, Delivered at Kalamazoo, Mich., on Labor Day. In view of John Temple Graves assertion in his Chicago speech, that the presence of the colored man in the South hampers material development, deters agricultural improvement and obstructs and impedes progress generally, we quote a passage from the address of the Hon. J. W. Lyons, delivered at Kalamazoo, Mich., on September 7th, Labor Day, about which so much has been said by the western papers: "It is said and the assertion appears to be founded in fact that they, the colored people, do four-fifths of the agricultural labor of the late slave-holding states, and about all of the un-skilled labor. Their share, therefore, in the production of the cotton crop of 10,000,000 bales would be 8,000,000 bales and this at the Roosevelt price of 12 cents per pound, each bale averaging 500 pounds, will amount to $480,000,000. Corn, 496,000,000 bushels, worth $148,000,000. Wheat, 58,400,000 bushels, $46,720,000, and oats, 77,000,000 bushels worth $26, 160,000. His share in the production of rice amounts to $7, 497,032.35. Cane molasses crop, $22,409,150.40. Cotton seed oil, $80,000,000. Thus we see that in the cotton, corn, wheat, rice and oats and cane molasses, etc., the colored man produces annually $911.786,182.75; a sum equal to $11.09 for every inhabitant of this country, or, $91.73 per capita for every individual of the race. In this connection I desire to call attention to the fact, that our government has become one of the great world powers, and ranks foremost among exporting nations of the earth. In the products exported, cotton is still king; for it constitutes over 21 per cent. or more than one fifth of the total exports. Now, when it is borne in mind that the colored race by its labor produces over four-fifths of this wealth, it can be easily seen how indispensable it is to even proud America. This magnificent showing is only in the agricultural field of labor; but when their skilled mechanics can get employment, they are equally faithful in the discharge of their duties as they are on the farm. Some of the finest buildings erected in the South testify to their splendid knowledge of the trades. Dr. T. V. Tunnell has returned to this city after spending a month abroad. Mr. A. J. Gaskins returned from a thirty-days' trip to California and other western points last Tuesday. THE COLORED AMERICAN At Terre Haute, Ind., to Bring About Closer Union—Color Prejudice in Labor Circles. Danville, Ill., Special.—The colored coal miners of Danville, Ill., met in a business session at Westville on the 13th of Sept., for the purpose of holding a meeting to send delegates to the colored miners meeting at Terre Haute, Ind. The meeting was called to order at 2.30 p. m., Mr. Richard Robertson was appointed Temporary Chairman and Mr. Henry Saunders was appointed Secretary. The Chairman after a few remarks by the different members of the body, appointed delegates to the Terre Haute Convention to discuss the matter of labor and questions of the Negro coal miners of the District of Terre Haute and adjacent mines. The following delegates were elected: Richard Robertson, Henry Saunders, Wm. Ball, Jno. Morris, T. B. Kiner. Delegations are expected from the different points in Illinois, from Indiana and from Ohio and many discussions of the labor question are anticipated. While the colored miners are members of the United Mine Workers of America, they are discriminated against and steps will be taken to stop this discrimination as far as possible. The Colored American has been selected as the organ of the colored miners at Danville and Westville and will be made the organ of the consolidated body which meets in Terre Haute. More anon. October 1st, at the Metropole Club. The Metropole Club, the well-known social organization, will inaugurate the fall season with a billiard tournament among its members: The contest will begin October 1st and the event promises to be one of the most delightful affairs yet given by this well known club. Beautiful and appropriate 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes will be offered for the winners. To make the occasion unusually interesting the champion pool player of the District of Columbia will be invited to spend an evening with the club and give an exhibition of fancy shots. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gaines, of Capitol Hill, left Tuesday night for Easthampton, Mass., by way of Boston, accompanied by their oldest son, Frank Gaines, Jr., who will enter Willston College of that place as a Sophomore. Youg Gaines was an honorman at the M street High School and takes to the eastern college a record for deportment and good work. 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Mayne, Vice President, J. L. Neill Secretary, F. M. Sims, Assistant Secretary, H. Hood, Treasurer, Lewis Jefferson, General Manager, James Dabney, General Agent. BOOKS ARE NOW OPEN FOR CHARTERS. For terms apply to J. L. NEILL, Secretary, LEWIS JEFFERSON, General Manager, Room A, 1st Floor, 629 F Street, Northwest. AGENTS 11 JUSTICE FERES PREJUDICE PRESIDENT RESERVELY - Liberty guaranteed that the people you信任 and I trust protect your rights. Agents wanted to sell "Roosevelt Open- Door of Hope to The Negro." This fine graph in three colors, 14 by 21 inches, 25c, or $1.00 framed. Send orders to S. Ray, P. O. Box 29, Yonkers, N. Y. mit granted by Keppler & Schwarzman AT THE SAFEST, SWIFTEST AND MOST COMMON OUS STEAMER ON THE RIVER NE MOSELEY, FOR CHARTER SEASON. 1903. GLYMONT, LOWER CEDAR POINT, ROCK ER POINTS ON THE POTOMAC RIVER. ansportation, Land and Improvement (Incorporated.) OFFICERS : 12 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 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. FEh Gen. Pass. Agt., St. Paul, Mnn. Theoretical and Practical AGRICULTURE The call for Educated Negro Men who have made a special study of Theoretical and Practical Agriculture is more pressing than the supply. The demand for such men comes from all parts of the U. S. and from several foreign countries. The Agricultural Department of The Tuskegee Institute Is now prepared to give instruction of a high grade to persons who have finished either common school or college courses We hope that a large number of such persons will enter this department of Tuskegee this fal; For information as to expense, etc. apply to BOOKER T. WAHSINGTON, Tuskegee, Ala. BOARDING By The Week or Month. Apply to— MRS. M. J. BUNDY, 941 T St., N. W. Joseph H. Webb & Co. REAL ESTATE. LOANS AND INSURAANCE. Unsurpassed facilities for the collection of rents from all classes of property. Webster Law Building, 505 D Street, Northwest. Chiefs and Agents Wanted Do you want to be a member of a Society from which you can obtain a loan if you need money? Then communicate with us; we will assist you, whatever be your need. Chiefs and Agents wanted in every locality. Splendid compensation for desirable persons. Position permanent. Pay guaranteed. MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY, 407 Seventh street northwest, Washington, D. C. 'Phone E 322. THE COLORED AMERICAN. THE BUFFALOES ELECT OFFICERS. The Buffalo excursion down the Potomac River last Sunday was a most enjoyable and successful affair. More than eight hundred friends and members took advantage of the delightful ride on the Jane Moseley down to Glymont and Summerset Beach and spent a pleasant day. The features of the excursion were the music by Professor Richardson's Orchestra, the oyster roast at Glymont, and the views on either side of the Potomac both going and returning. The Buffalo Quartet and the Buffalo Glee Club rendered a moonlight concert on the return trip, to the delight of all present. An election of officers was also held which resulted as follows: President, Mr. James M. Jackson; vice- M. JAMES MADISON JACKSON, President of the Buffaloes, Washington, D. C. president, Mr. Arthur Laws; treasurer, Mr. J. A. Gaskins; secretary, Mr. James W. Gray; financial secretary, Mr. Charles W. Freeman; corresponding secretary, Mr. F. W. Brent; scribe, Mr. E. E. Cooper; judge advocate, Mr. J. D. Fossett; grand secretary, Mr. Nathaniel Sidnor; inner guard, Mr. Robert Z. Mason; outer guard, Mr. George Sidnor; chaplain, Mr. Thomas J. Tasco; advisor, Mr. A. R. Slocum; master of ceremonies, Mr. C. Washington Wood. The Buffaloes are now a permanent organization for social pleasure. The names of more than sixty members were enrolled and the club starts off with a healthy bank account and with bright prospects. PILGRIMS RETURNING Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Colbert have returned from their summer home, Silver Crest Cottage, Md. Miss Grace J. Griger, who has been the guest of Mrs. C. R. Ingalls and Mrs. R. R. Colbert, returned home, New York City, on Thursday last, after a delightful summer's outing. Mrs. Colbert tendered her a charming luncheon on Saturday. Among those present were Miss Mamie White, Miss Lottie Brown, Misses Marion and Alice Freeman, Miss Louis Wormley, Miss Charlotte Lane, and Miss Grace Josephine Griger. Mr. W. H. Jones, a wholesale and retail tobacco merchant who does a thriving business on Wylie avenue, Pittsburg, Pa., passed through the city this week, en route to Baltimore and other points in Maryland, on business. He is a prominent business man in the "Smoky City." 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 $1 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 54 " 25 to 30 2 75 200 00 190 00 4 75 1 20 " 25 to 30 5 25 500 00 250 00 9 50 2 46 " 30 to 35 3 00 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 " 30 to 35 5 50 500 00 250 00 9 59 2 48 " 35 to 40 3 25 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 43 " 35 to 40 5 75 500 00 250 00 10 40 2 00 " 40 to 45 3 50 140 00 70 00 5 79 1 43 " 40 to 45 6 00 450 00 225 00 10 40 2 16 " 45 to 50 3 75 115 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 6 10 350 00 175 00 11 40 2 85 " 55 to 60 4 25 65 00 83 00 7 60 1 90 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 Habersham, Ga. The banking house is located at 604 North Second Street, Richmond, Va., Rev. W. L. Taylor, President; R. T. Hill, Cashier. 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 farms. 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, Va. 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. It is a modern up-to-date structure, heated by steam, cold and hot water bathes, 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 as 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. THE REFORMER PRINTING DEPARTMENT—Issues a weekly journal. THE REFORMER which 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 print anything from a visiting card to a poster 42 by 62 inches. Fine job work of every class and description is made a specialty at lowest prices. Mr. R. W. Brown is editor and business manager, office 608 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. Correspondence solicited and agents wanted. OLD FOLKS' HOME—In September, 1898, Rev. William W. Brown recommended the formation and establishment of Old Folks' Homes for the benefit of old and decrepid members of the race. Since that time the valuable farm known as Westham, consisting of 634¼ acres, located six miles from Richmond, Va., on the historic "James," has been purchased, at a cost of $14,490 The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad runs through the farm, and Westham Station is located on it. 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 co-operation of all charitable friends is prayerfully solicited. All contributions, donations and bequests 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. For further information address— Rev. W. L. Taylor, G. W. M. W. P. Burrell, G. W. S. 604-6-8 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. Glass "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 1000 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 of the Grand Fountain United Order of OLD The bank commenced business April 30, 1889, present has steadily increased in volume, it stock of $100,000. From the humble the bank opened for business in 1889 that the volume of business transacted among panic of 1893, the Savings Bank on in the city of Richmond that did not cease while the majority of other banks were. This bank had its origin in the brain of bersham, Ga. The banking house is lo- mond, Va., Rev. W. L. Taylor, President REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT—The Real property to the amount of $220,221 of 13 magnificent buildings used as hall farms. It also has under its control 16 department is under the management of State and attorney for the association, or REFORMERS MERCANTILE AND INDUSTRY der the laws of the State of Virginia or principal office in the city of Richmond to conduct stores (wholesale and retail) control hotels, manufacturing establish- association has in operation Hotel Refo- It is a modern up-to-date structure, heat also electric cars passing the door. This Mr. A. W. Holmes is manager, and Mr- tion a system of five stores, located as C.; Manchester, Va.; Portsmouth, Va.; stores, at Richmond, Va., was opened men, runs three delivery wagons, and o business. The other stores have been as prosperous. The general manager of headquarters at 608 N. Second Street formed on the plans and recommen- President. THE REFORMER PRINTING DEPARTMENT which has a circulation of 12,000. This paper is cusses the leading questions of the day. The copy. The office is equipped with modern un print anything from a visiting card to a poster desription is made a specialty at lowest prices ager, office 608 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. OLD FOLKS' HOME—In September, 1898, I- lion and establishment of Old Folks' Homes for race. Since that time the valuable farm know six miles from Richmond, Va., on the historic The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad runs thru- it Adjoining this farm is Westhampton Park summer. It is reached in a few minutes from and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. As the co-operation of all charitable friends is prayed bequests of every character will be very thank- of the Old Folks' Home, offices at 608 North Se Rev. W. L. Taylor, G. W. M. 601-6-8 N. 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Enrollment of students for the last year was 407, coming from 18 States and Central America. THE LOCATION is one of the most desirable in the South, healthful, convenient of access, and beautiful. BUILDINGS ARE STEAM HEATED and electric lighted. SELF HELD offered through the Inductrial Departments. FALL TERM opens September 30th, 1903. EXPENSES for board, fuel, light, furnished room only $6.85 a month. For further information, catalogue, etc., write the president, R. W. McGranahan, D. D., Knoxville, Tenn. EDUCATIONAL. HOWARD UNIVERSITY Washington, D. C. EN distinct departments, under one hundred competent professors and instructors—Theological, Medical, Legal, College, Pedagogical, Preparatory, English, Agriculture, Industrial, and Musical. For information address— (6) Rev J. E. RANKIN, D. D., LL. D., President GEO H SAFFORD Secretary KNOXVILLE Offers the following COURSE mal, Theological, Music, Common and Various Industrial Depart Faculty, foreman, and officers students for the last year was 407 tral America. THE LOCATION is one of —healthful, convenient of access BUILDINGS ARE STEAM SELF HELD offered through FALL TERM opens Septem EXPENSES for board, fuel, a month. For further information, cata R. W. McGranahan, D. D., Knox 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. Avery College Trade School. Reopens Monday, Sept. 7. An ideal trade school for young colored women who desire expert mechanical knowledge as a means of increasing their earning capacity. Dressmaking, Millinery, Tailoring, Music and an English course from primary to normal. Boarding, laundry, furnished room, steam heated, electric light, $11 per month covers all expenses. In appointments, cuisine service, and provisions for the comfort of our students, this school is excelled by no institution in America. Catalogue now ready; address all communications to Jos. D. Mahoney, Supt. Allegheny, Pa. 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. 13 EDUCATIOAL. Howard University, Medical Dept. Including Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutic Colleges. THIRTY-SIXTH SESSION (19031904) 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. 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Subscribe for the Colored American Money to Loan! Money to loan at lowest rate of interest on Real and Personal Property, also on Notes. Apply at office of Mutual Improvement Society 407 Seventh Street, N. W., 3rd floor, BOOIN, WASHINGTON, D. C. THE COLORED AMERICAN. CITY PARAGRAPHS. Mr. A. D. Watson has returned from his summer outing. Gov. P. B. S. Pinchback and family have returned from Saratoga. Miss Rosetta Downing, of Altoona, Pa., is spending a few weeks in our city. She is the guest of Miss Eva Dean, 518 Twentieth street. Mr. Charles Holiday of Fayetteville, N. C., who has been summering at Atlantic City, is now the guest of Mr. J. T. Greene, 330 Spruce street, She will leave in a few days for Shaw University. Judge and Mrs. Davis, of 516 Tennessee avenue, were the guest of Artist Fye and wife, 1469 Howard avenue, Tuesday, September 15, and spent a delightful time. Mr. Dallas Jones, of Arlington, Va., who has been an attache of the Capitol for a number of years, is taking his annual vacation. Mr. Jones is a patron and friend of The Colored American. Friday evening many of Miss Dean's friends were assembled at her home and indulged freely in pleasant amusements. A noteworthy feature was the masterful rendition of a favorite selec tion by Miss Julia Brooks. Among the guests at the Southern Hotel last week were Mr. W. T. Mccready and Mr. John A. Brown, of Pittsburg; Prof. W. A. Hagans, Goldsboro, N. C.; and Sir Knight Pappy and daughter of St. Augustine, Fla. A dinner was given at Gaskins & Gaines last Tuesday evening in honor of Mr. J. A. Brown, of Pittsburg, Mr. E. E. Cooper, of The Colored American, and Mr. John H. Painter, of the Treasury Department, by Mr. J. R. Robinson. In the language of the poet, the affair was "recherche." The thirtieth anniversary of the Mt. Zion M. E. Sunday School of Georgetown will be duly celebrated Sunday, September 27, at 7 o'clock p. m.. Rev. William H. Gaines is pastor and Mr. Harry U. Bell is superintendent. The Middle Section Pleasure Club will give its first grand ball at the Auditorium ,ofrmerly Odd Fellows hall, Eighth street southeast, Monday evening, October 5. The Invincible Orchestra will furnish the music and a most interesting program is promised. A grand missionary program will be rendered at the True Reformers' new hall, corner Twelfth and U streets northwest Sunday evening, September 20, at 3:30 sharp. Among the features of the program will be short addresses by Hon. John C. Dancy, Revs. Walter H. Brooks, M. W. Clair, Lawyer Thomas L. Jones, Prof. Edward T. Johnson, principal of the Harmony high school, Blackstone, Va. The music will be furnished under the auspices of Prof. Jno. T. Layton, J. Henry Lewis, Mrs. J. C. Fountain, Prof. William Braxton, accompanist. A quartet from the Nineteenth street Baptist Church will also render a number of selections. The public is invited. SUMMER RESORTS WISHES TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE WOODLAND TERRACE. Lawnside, N. J., Will be re-opened for the reception of guest 13. Terms $5, $6 and $7 per week. Spec from Saturday 6:30 dinner to Monday morning fast, $2.50. Phone 3-x, Magnolia, N. J. Write for booklets, P. O. Snow Hill from Chestnut or South Street Ferries. reception of guests June per week. Special rates to Monday morning break- klets, P. O. Snow Hill, Fare 31c return south Street Ferries. Will be re-opened for the reception of guests June 13. Terms $5, $6 and $7 per week. Special rates from Saturday 6:30 dinner to Monday morning breakfast, $2.50. Phone 3-x, Magnolia, N. J. Write for booklets, P. O. Snow Hill, Fare 31c return from Chestnut or South Street Ferries. 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., A'lantic City. The... Falling Leaves Reminds us that wintry winds will blow--If to take time by the fore lock, now is the nity to order your fall suit. nds will blow--If you wish the lock, now is the opportu suit. Reminds us that wintry winds will blow--If you wish to take time by the fore lock, now is the opportunity to order your fall suit. Merchant Tailor, 1343 F St. N. W. Harry G. Lenz. Hugo Lossau. LENZ & LOSSAU. Successors to CHARLES FISHER. THE COLORED BUSINESS --- Will Open October 1st. OLD TRUE REFORMERS HALL, Cor. Fourth and N Streets N. W. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. Special Courses—Business, Preparatory, Elementary, and Lecture. Free Information given from 4 to 5 p. m. Subjects—Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, English, etc. Opposite Patent Office, WASHINGTON, D. C. Competent Lady Attendant. J. W. BATES, A. B., Ph. B., Manager. SUMMER RESORTS. Mrs. Charles A. Smith THE HOME OF THE MASTER R. B. BUCKLEY, Merchant Tailor, SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Trusses, Crutches, Syringes, Cutlery, Artificial Human Eyes, M. B. Preparatory and Elementary IN THE 2 THE NEW ORGANIZER OF THE NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE. Mr. Fred R. Moore Starts Out in a Campaign for the Next Session of the League. Mr. Fred R. Moore, who was elected recording secretary and national organizer of the National Negro Business League at its lats session in Nashville, Tenn., in August, has started on a new campaign in the interest of the League.. Mr. Moore is a successful business man himself and is full of that dash and energy which brings success to anything he undertakes. He is making appeals to every delegate at the late League as well as to delegates at previous meetings of the League to get all of the information possible concerning the businesss Negro in every city, town and hamlet in the United States. The effort is a commendable one and it ought to be an easy matter for the business men in any town to furnish Mr. Moore the names and addresses of all of the colored men and women in his town engaged in business. The League should not exist on paper and Mr. Moore's idea is to put live men J. MR. FRED W. MOORE National Organizer of the National Negro Business League, Brooklyn, N. Y. at the helm and keep the spirit of the organization alive until the next meeting at Indianapolis Ind. Among the questions submitted and which should be answered are the following: We desire to know, first, approximately the colored population of your section; second, the kinds of business engaged in, and if the people are giving proper support; if not, the reason and how they can be reached; third, how many own homes, and value of same; fourth, whether you have a Business League, and if you have, the date of organization, the membership, names of officers, and such information as will be of interest. At the next annual meeting, to be held in Indianapolis, Ind., we desire to have your League adn section represented, and to accomplish that, we must get together and be up and doing. We would be pleased to have you note the feeling of the whites, as it is the desire of the League to promote a feeling of friendliness and helpfulness between the races. Please give this your immediate at- THE COLORED AMERICAN tention, and send reply in the envelope enclosed herein. Yours very truly, FRED R. MOORE, Secretary and Organizer. Brooklyn, N. Y., 14 Douglass street. THE POLITICAL HOROSCOPE. The editor of the Boston Guardian says he is not a Democrat, but that his father was. Editor Fortune says he is crazy and this is denied also. Now, there you are. The fossil politicians and prechers of the District of Columbia are to call a suffrage convention some time between now and election day. The political eunuchs of these diggings will "resolute," even though they can not vote. Mr. T. V. McAllister, late collector of Customs at Vicksburg, Mississippi, has been appointed receiver of public money at Jackson, Miss., vice I. T. Montgomery. The Northern, Eastern, and Western Democratic leaders will make an effort in the coming campaign to divide the colored vote in the doubtful States. If the Hon. Thomas Taggart, of Indiana is elected chairman of the National Democratic committee there will be something doing with "mahogany timber." H. C. Smith, of Cleveland, Ohio, better known as "Half Crazy Smith," who edits the Gazette (Be True Bright Eyes) is at his old tricks of fighting the only colored man on the county ticket nominated by the Republicans. Old "Half Crazy" has fought every colored leader in Cuyahogua County for the past twenty years. H. T. Eubanks will be elected even though "Half Crazy" is working with the Tom Johnson forges. Things are beginning to shine brightly on the horizon of Gotham politics. The brethren are organizing and we shall soon hear of the "Black Tammany" and the "Regular" United Colored Republican Club. Mr. W. T. Davis of Oklahoma, has resigned his position in the Geological Survey and will engage in business at Williamsport, Pa. Mr. Davis is an exception to the general rule of Government clerks—few die and none resign. That so-called suffrage convention presumed to advise the President as to his course with Booker T. Washington. It is the same old gang, grown insolent and defiant at defeat. Boston isn't the whole show. It is said, "Scratch a Russian and you'll find a Tartar." Must it be said, "Scratch a 'highly' educated Negro and you'll find a fool?"—Freeman (Indianapolis). A Mississippi correspondent of The Colored American speaking of the unspeakable Vardaman of Mississippi, says: "The colored people are almost panic stricken over the pronouncement of that villain, Vardaman. The colored preachers have been ordered to put aside their long coats and wear common citizens' clothes, pull off gold spectacles and close umbrellas. In some places schools have been ordered closed and public revivals stopped. He encourages lynchings and other outrages, and is demoralizing the people." And this, too, in "the land of the free and the home of the brave." The political cauldron has began to simmer down in Texas. He long we shall hear W. E. King, Goose Neck Bill, Charles M. Furgeson, et al. One occasionally hears the names of I. H. Smith, E.E. Smith, Rev. O. L. W. Smith, and John H. Smithe, but not in a political way. They are industriously solving the problem along other lines. Some of the quondam enemies of Judge Pritchard are now "about face." Why this change of heart in ye Pharisees? The Republicans of the State have been in informal conferences for the past ten days or two weeks, looking towards a solution of the differences which have existed between the rural factions. State Chairman Deas has expressed his willingness to bury his tomahawk, providing certain conditions which now obtain are changed. We understand that Mr. Deas' plan for reconciliation is a good one and when the points of interest to the Republicans of the State are explained and understood by them, they will feel satisfied that the leaders of the party are working to improve and not retard its progress.—Charleston Messenger. President Roosevelt's Labor Day address at Syracuse, N. Y., was tempered with good sound sense, and eloquent in sound advice. He did not fail to deal a blow at mob violence, and its twin brother, lynching. The address of the evening was made by Hon. Judson W. Lyons, who thrilled the vast audience with his masterly oratory. Mr. Lyons was at his best. His subject, "Emancipation Justified," was ably handled and his argument unanswerable. -The Detroit Informer. That figurehead and cat's paw, "Rev." D. R. Wilkins, signs an article written by some one else in a recent issue of the Conservator announcing that Fred Barnett and his wife, Ida, are not the owners and editors of that paper. Just as if any one would believe him. Not on your oath, Lavie. The St. Joseph, Mo., Spectator, announces the advent of a new candidate for journalistic honors in the Statesmen, same town. Now watch the fur fly. WANTED. A bright middle-aged man or woman who can write newspaper articles, read proof and do general newspaper work. For particulars, address "Z", care this office. Mr. T. E. Barton, of Iowa, a popular attache of the House of Representatives, has just returned from a three-weeks' vacation to Plainfield and Indianapolis, In., where he visited relatives and friends. WANTED. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. HOTEL CLYDE, 475 MISSOURI AVE, N.W. First-Class Accomodations For Ladies and Gentlemen. Hot and Cold Baths. MRd. ALICE E. HALL, Proprietress. THE SOUTHERN HOTEL, Good board steam heat and electric bells. Home comforts, moderate prices. 811 Pa. Av., n. w., Washington, D. O. Fine wines, liquors, cigars and Tobacco. SATTERWHITE & CO., PROPS. The Albany Hotel. Has been enlarged and newly refitted with modern improvements for the accommodation 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. Meals at all Hours. Electric lights, bells, steam heat, hot and cold baths. High grade Wines, Liggers 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. Passng'r Agt., Northern Pacific Ry. St. Paul, Minn., fifty cents for a copy. 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 --- Rev. J. M. Conner a Giant in African Methodist Circles. A Renowned and Gifted Pulpit Orator and a Beacon Light in His Denomination—The Story of His Career Told by Those Who Know Him Best Comments on the Other Officers. A strong man in the great Southwest is Rev. J. M. Conner, D. D., of Little Rock, Ark. His is an admirable character, whether it be considered from a clerical or a secular standpoint. Intellectually and morally he is unexceptionable. His church in Little Rock is flourishing financially and numerically. He is in touch with every movement for the elevation of his peo- P. P. Prominently mentioned for the Bishop in the Ark. Prominently mentioned for the Bishop in the A. M. E. Church, Little Rock, Ark. ple and his popularity in church and business circles is unbounded. To commanding presence and superb oratory he adds a keen business sense and is one of the lions of nature to whom we all instinctively concede leadership. The A. M. E. Church will honor itself should it, in the exercise of its wisdom, see fit to elevate him to the Episcopacy at the general conference next year. The following clipping from the Little Rock Reporter, an influential journal in Arkansas, is published as a just tribute to the high qualities of Dr. Conner and show the estimation in which he is held in the State where his splendid talents find their field of activity: "There are many questions of grave --- importance to come before the General Conference in the A. M. E. church in 1904 which are being discussed by the leaders in thought throughout the A. M. E. church. "The question of retrenchment, Editorship of the Southern Christian Recorder, of Atlanta, Ga., Sunday School Union, Book concern, the Endeavor Society, and last but not least, the election of two or more Bishops, will not down. The secular press and those on the outside are taking a free hold in the matters. For a while it seemed that sentiment was against the election of more bishops, but a general change has taken place. In all sections strong men are talking of the election of more bishops. They say, the bishops who are able to get about like bishops Grant, Tyree, Derrick, Gaines, Coppin and some others, can CONNER, in the A. M. E. Church, Little Rock, do so much more for the good of the church and race. "In the event of an election, it seems that Rev. J. M. Conner, D. D., of Arkansas, will be elected. He is a strong man and knows how to make and hold his friends. Then, too, he is wanted for his general fitness; aside from his ability as an orator of extra attainment, he is and has been in the pastorate for many years and knows how to sympathize with the men, and what should and what should not be done. It is said a man direct from the pastorate makes a strong bishop in all respects. Dr. Conner is a strong executive officer and a fine flannier. He is known outside of his church as few men are known. Dr. Conner will suit any section of the church. Dr. --- THE COLORED AMERICAN H. T. Johnson and Dr. T. W. Henderson are also two strong men, and are spoken of. Dr. Henderson has many friends in the East and West. "Dr. H. B. Parks, it is said, will not run for the bishopric, thus the field is left to those mentioned. Parks is sharp; he knows if he should express himself for the bishopric, men would fall over each other for his place. As it is, these are the following strong men waiting to give him a chase for the place: "Dr. R. French Hurley, of Trenton, N. J.; Rev. J. W. Rankins, D. D., of Texas; Rev. J. L. Moore, D. D., Florida; Rev. W. D. Cook, D. D., Baltimore, Md. There will be a hard fight for the Christian Recorder. Drs. Pinkney and Ransom are the strongest men for the race. What is true in the way of aspirants for the Christian Recorder is also true of the Southern Recorder. Dr. J. A. Jones' friends are determined that he shall have the paper if Dr. Taylor, the present editor, does not run. Dr. Jones is one of the strongest men of the church and would make a strong editor. "The C. E. Society will be contended for by Rev. J. C. Caldwell, D. D., of Missouri, and a strong man he is. Dr. M. W. Thornton, Wilmington, Del., Rev. Dr. P. W. Walls, of Arkansas. Dr. Thornton having lived in the South and having host of friends, makes him a strong man for the place. There seems to be a determination to change every General Officer in the church except Dr. Chapelle. Many of the leaders say, these positions should passed around."—Reporter... CITY PARAGRAPHS. Mr. J. A. Brockett, the sculptor, of Atlanta, Ga., spent a few days in the city last week, the guest of Rev. A. J. Lampton, the financial secretary of the A. M. E. church. Mr. Brockett has just completed a large bust of Senior Bishop H. M. Turner and it has been favorably commented upon. Miss Cecile Wagner, her sister, Mrs. Mary Johnson, and their brother, Mr. William Wagner, all of Pittsburg, Pa., were handsomely entertained last Monday evening by Mrs. and Messrs James and John Sewall, of 2024 Tenth street northwest. Friends to the number of forty made the evening mutually enjoyable. Miss Marie Madre recited "The Triumverate. They will visit Philadelphia and Atlantic City before returning to be "Smoky City." Mr. A. H. T. Walker, the owner and manager at Masonic Temple, 1111 Nineteenth street northwest, is making that grand temple one of the most attractive halls in that section of the city. The building is up to date in every way with all the late improvements in lights, ventilation, sanitation and everything. The restaurant and ice cream parlor and the halls and lodge rooms are all fetures in themselves. Mr. Walker is entitled to great credit. The Best Prescriptions for Malaria, Ague and Fever is a bottle of GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. It is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay. Price 50 cents. 3 SALOONS. Chris. Xander's QUALITY HOUSE, 909 7th st 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. Kander's modern prices no others can compete quality and purity with any of his goods. His liquors are absolutely free from fusel poison. (No branch houses). Phone 1495 Jas. F. Keenan. ```markdown ``` RECTIFIER AND WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER. Elegant Club Whiskey a Specialty Importer of Fine Wines, Brandies, Gins, Ete. 462 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest. Fritz Reuter's Washington, D. C. Hotel and Restaurant. 151, 453, 455, 457 Pennsylvania Avenue 202, 208 and 210 41-2 St Northwest W. M. DRURY'S Restaurant, 1100 20th St., Corner L. N. W. MOORE & PRIOLEAU. Sparta, Buffet, and Cafe. 1216 Pa. Ave. Washington, D. FINE WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS Hot Free Lunch every Day. Ladies will receive special attention in Dining Room upstairs. J. M. RYAN'S CAFE Pool and Billiard Parlors. 619 B StreetNorthwest. (Op. B. & P. Depot.) A full line of the choicest wines, liquors, and beers. All brands of domestic and imported cigars. J. M. RYAN, Proprietor. C. H. NAUGHTON LIQUORS and SEGARS Harper & Wilson a specialty. 1926 Fourteenth Street, Northwest. Out of the Depths (Continued from page 1.) at his own expense to sow the fruitful seeds of Odd Fellowship and to extend its beneficence. His remarkable success in the office of grand secretary was but the sequence of his industry and activity at his home in Paducah, Ky., whereupon his initiation in 1880 he found A MR. CHARLES H. BROOKS, Late National Secretary of the G. U. O. of O. F., now dealer in Philadelphia, Pa. Late National Secretary of the G. U. O. of O. F., now a successful real estate dealer in Philadelphia. Pa. nine years of service as secretary of the local lodge he had the pleasure of noting an increase of membership from 35 to 150 and such an appreciable increase in financial resources that the order there was enabled to erect an ornate and commodious structure at a cost of $5,000. The local membership entertained so high an estimate of GRAND LODGE, G. U. O. of O. F. Odd Fellows in Annual Session-An Important Change. District Grand Lodge, No. 20, of the District of Columbia, convened in annual session Tuesday evening, Deputy Grand Master Jacob B. Askins presiding. The B. M. C. that convened in New Haven, Conn., October 7 to 10, 1902, passed a law that district grand lodges in the States and Territories shall meet biennially, beginning at their usual time in 1903, and during the years they do not convene the district executive committee shall be vested with full power and authority to hear and determine appeals in the same way and manner that annual 19972057 THE COLORED AMERICAN. Mr. Brooks' services as chairman of the building committee that its mural tablet contains his name conspicuously display in imperishable marble as an ever present reminder to further generations of his worth and efficiency. Since giving up his office as grand secretary of the Odd Fellows in which nearly every office of honor has been conferred upon him, Mr. Brooks has been conducting a real estate and insurance office in the city of brotherly 1910 love." With him are associated some of the most prosperous and public spirited citizens of that city, and the same measure of success which has ever attended him has availed to put business upon a sound financial basis and to maintain the confidence and loyal support of that city and of the State of which it is the metropolis. meetings of the District Grand Lodge might do, and district Grand Lodge officers shall hold office two years, beginning in 1903. Further, that the district Grand Lodges shall meet in such years as the B. M. C. does not meet, and shall not collect more than 10 cents annual tax from each member. Committees were appointed, inculding one to revise the District Grand Lodge laws so as to provide for biennial sessions. District Grand Master J. B. Askins read his annual address. The reports of the grand secretary and grand treasurer were submitted and referred to the auditing committee. J. Wilmore Davis, delegate to the Odd Fellows' Hall Association, submitted his report which was received and referred to a special committee. --- LEGAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a Probate Court... No. 11665 Administration THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICES That the subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters of Administration on the estate of Richard Bruce, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 8th day of September, A. D., 1904; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 8th day of September, 1903. WILLIAM H. 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BEFORE Our Great Special Offer AFTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT- LA Collections Real Estate and Insurance. A Matters given prompt Attention in the District of Columbia. Member of the Washington Real Estate Exchange. 609 F STREET, NORTHWEST. Washington, D. U Holmes Hotel Holmes Hotel 333 Va. Ave., S. W., Washington, D. C Best Africa-American Accommodation in the District. Bar Stocked with Fine Wines, Imported Brandies and PURE OLD RYE WHISKEY. Best Line Cigars, 5 & 10c Good Room and Lodging, 50, 75 and $1 Comfortably Heated by Steam. James Ottaway Holmes, Prop WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR RENT. Large light-furnished room with board for two. Apply at 941 T street N.W. AFTER Leader of His Race (Continued from page 1.) Treasurer—Horace G. Jackson, Lansing. General secretary—A. A. Owens, Detroit. Recording secretary—W. R. Roberts, South Haven. Chairman executive committee—Thomas W. Stewart, Kalamazoo. The committee on resolutions presented an address to the country, which wasenthusiasticallyad HSShof which was enthusiastically adopted. The reports of several comittees concluded the business of the afternoon sesion. From 5 until 7 o'clock a banquet and supper was served under the management of the temporary State committee in the Auditorium banquet hall, which was prettily decorated with flags, palms and bunting. Over 500 plates were laid. THE BANQUET PROGRAM. At 8 o'clock the event of the convention opened. The ball room of the building was converted into an assembly room, filled with chairs and a platform prettily decorated for the speakers. Every seat was occupied when the program opened with an in- A. DR. J. W. AMES, Ex-member of the Michigan Legislature and a leading physician at Detroit, Mich. vocation by the Rev. S. Henri Browne, of Adrian. The Hon. James W. Ames, of Detroit, acted as toastmaster. The seventh number on the program and the feature of the entertainment was an address by the Hon. Judson W. Lyons, of Washington, D. C. Mr. Lyons spoke upon "Emancipation Justified." and said in part: "It is a wise and thoughtful statesmanship which dignified labor, and made holy one day in the year to its cause. Labor is not the balance of power concealed back of the throne holding its own by tact, diplomacy and the wisdom of its suggestions. In America it is the throne itself, wielding when aroused and united for action, a force and influence that is all commending to its potency. "Comprehending within its folds a large majority of its citizens, alert and aggressive in its aggravated activities, it is incumbent on labor in a measure greater than any other organized body to be just in its purposes and wise in its conclusions. The laborer is worthy of his hire, is one of the best remembered expressions of THE COLOREDAMERICAN. Holy Writ, and should be the motto of organized labor wherever it exists. But if that is the motto then as the ancients believed about justice, you must be absolutely blind in your actions. "Remembering that the colored citizen, the colored bread winner, who may be your fellow toiler is entitled to consideration and fair play in his endeavor to provide comforts for his family, and carry higher and higher the commercial supremacy of his country, it is your bounded obligation to treat him with justice and equity as becomes a co-laborer in a great enterprise. "To proscribe him and set bounds and limitations to his honest and honorable efforts, is unjust to him and a reflection upon you. Equal and exact justice to all and in all things, irrespective of races, creed or color, will do more for organized labor in one year, than unwise discrimination and thoughtless outbreaks of violence will in twenty. But it is not my purpose to speak on labor in general; but rather on that race of whom 90 per cent are private soldiers in your ranks, a greater per centage than is furnished by any other race, and who eating bread COL AM FIVE eytsdop5nelerat-te from the sweat of their brow for barely one generation, have made such progress in all lines as to reasonably justify every sacrifice made for their liberty and enfranchisement." Mr. Lyons, after a careful analysis of the agricultural statistics of the South, showed that the colored workers in the field produces annually $911,786,182.75, "a sum equal to $11.09 for every inhabitant of this country, or $91.73 per capita for every individual of the race." The speaker then spoke of the progress made by the colored race—that it had acquired "130,000 farms worth $400,000,000. Homes valued at $325,000,000, and personal property worth $165,000,000, making a grand total of $890,000,000, thus presenting to the world for his first generation of freedom per capita wealth of $89 for every man, woman and child of the race." The speaker then contrasted this remarkable showing with the condition of the Russian peasantry, quoting from Henry Norman and Prince Kropotkin, showing how completely the colored man had outstripped the Russian in all the elements of progress. In discussing the suffrage enactments at the South he said: "The apostles of reaction no longer disguise their purpose in making these so-called constitutions, by phrases so framed as to mislead the weary and confuse the public as to their intention. They proclaim from the house-top that it is not the illiteracy and vice they would discourage, nor wealth and character they would encourage; but that they seek to change the form of this civilization, this republic, from a government of all races, who are citizens and worthy of the ballot, to an aristocracy based on race, and perchance after a little while it will be only a portion of that race; for just so certain as the poor whites in the South were practically eliminated before the war from any appreciable influential part in the government, they will as certainly be wiped from the equation now, if this new propaganda succeeds. "The emancipation of the black man gave them a voice as freemen, and however unpalatable this fact may be to them—Abraham Lincoln was only a degree less their benefactor than the former." The speaker also showed that in the use of the ballot, the colored man had stood for the best interest of the country on every great occasion that had presented itself since the emancipation—and indeed had shown a wisdom and conservatism at the very inception of his career as a citizen in the making of laws to readmit and readjust the seceded States, which would have done credit to any people with ten centuries of freedom before them. He pointed out the inconsistency of permitting any one portion of the organic law of the land to be repealed with impunity, and referred pointedly to the great peril to republican constitutions, should the fourteenth and fifteenth amendemnts stand unvindicated from the assaults which had been made upon them. OTHER ADDRESSES. Oscar W. Baker, a prominent colored lawyer of Bay City, spoke upon "The Rise of a Down-Trodden Race." He spoke of the gradual rise of America from an insignificant country to the most wonderful of nations. He O. H. C. MR. W. ALLISON SWEENEY, Editor, Oraor and Literateur, Chicago, Ill. spoke of the progress of the Afro-American race as phenomenal. From the old slave days in the South he traced the progress of the Negroes to the present day, cleverly showing what education and combined patience was doing for the race. In closing he said: "Let us rejoice in the grand achievement of our race. Let the work of education and enlightenment go forward. Let us be fully prepared for the places of distinction. Our proper duty is improvement." "President Roosevelt and His Policy of Justice," was the subject of a short talk by John A. Dungill, of South Haven. Mr. Dungill paid a marked tribute to President Roosevelt and his policy toward the colored race and spoke of him as a man who has the superb moral courage to speak his convictions. Horace G. Jackson, the next speaker, spoke upon "Race Riots and Lynchings in the North." Mr. Jackson did not defend his countrymen or especially center his efforts on mob violence. He made a strong plea that every man, black or white, be given 5 a fair and just trial, and if he be found guilty, be punished according to law. He believes the laws are adequate to cope with any emergency if enforced. "The Many Possibilities of the Negro" were set forth by W. Allison Sweeney, of Chicago. He spoke of the rapid change in public sentiment concerning the Negro problem in the last fifty years; and the ability of the black man to accomplish any aim attempted as well as the white man; and closed by ridiculing the idea that the Negro was prevented from attaining prominence politically because his color was not white. Albert H. Roberts, of Chicago, gave the closing address and one of the best, "The Duty of the Negro to America," was his subject and was ably treated. He spoke of what the colored men had to be thankful for; of the many advantages that were becoming theirs, and of the steady advancement it was their duty to make. In closing, he said: "Let the colored man be true to himself and while he is learning and doing his duty let the white man lern to do his duty. Let him do it by removing every barrier that stands in the way of opportunity of the Negro." During the entertainment an excellent musical program was rendered by Finney's orchestra, of Detroit. A grand assembly ball followed the conclusion of the entertainment program. DRESS MAKING ACADEMY. The de Lam Orton Famous French Perfection Tailor System, Mme. J. A. Smallwood, sole agent, 1513 Madison street, northwest. Morning class from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Afternoon class 2 to 5 p. m. daily. Evenings 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 requires as much earnest progressive study as successful work in any profession. 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 Colored American. SUMMER RESORTS. Please Help Me Find My Brother Saunk Joyce was sold in Mecklenburg, Virginia several years before the civil war, to Cunnigan a Negro trader. His mother Willie, was a slave on the Joyce plantation. He had one sister Betty who is very anxious to find him. Any in formation will be gladly received. MRS BETTY REYNOLDS. 44 Parker street, Atlanta, Ga. WANTED For the Famous Troubadours Company, Three Chorus Girls, with strong Soprano voices. Must be good looking, good dressers on and off the Stage. State salary expected; we pay railroad and Hotel expenses. The reason of 1903-04, beginning Sept., 15th. Address all communications to E. W. Dale, Cape May City, N. J. 6 THE COLORED AMERICAN. THE ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT COMPANY. 1 PRESIDENT 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 W. G. Author, scholar and diplomat, and an active sympathizer with the Forbes element, Boston, Mass. THE PARK ROQUE CLUB. A Success From the Start-Some Prize Winners. The Park Roque Club had its opening last Monday night as stated in the issue of last week. The event was truly a sporting triumph for the young men who compose this club. The Negroes of Washington are not much given to attending the athletic contests that take place in and about Washington, or at least the better element are not. The annual drill of the High School cadets and the foot ball contests between the High Schools and Howard University are about the only competitions that have been able to draw upon the better element of the population for an audience in the past, but the game of Roque has been steadily growing in popularity for the past three or four years and the building of the new courts on Sixth street marks the beginning of a new era in this very enjoyable sport. An invitation was extended through the press, to the friends of the club to be present at the opening on Monday night and they responded in such generous proportions that the club was compelled to bring in extra seats from the adjoining building to accommodate the crowd. After an exhibition game by the members of the club, in which Mr. Arthur S. Gray and Mr. Furman J. Shadd were the contestants on the upper court and Prof. Syphax and Dr. Conner on the south court, the guests present were given a chance to try their hands and see how easy it is to strike a ball across the grounds. Many of the visitors had been old croquet players, and felt sure they could better some of the shots that were THE COLORED AMERICAN being made by the contestants, which afforded the spectators much amusement and at the same time served to remove a little of the conceit from the contestants. Mr. James A. Cobb won the blue ribbon for the best shot and Prof. Kelley Miller won the yellow ribbon for the worst shot. When the contests among the men were over, the ladies tried, and Miss Jennie Williamson proved herself best with Dr. Joiner a close second, while Miss Tyson was the successful candidate for the consolation prize for ladies. The courts were beautifully decorated with lanterns and transparencies, the latter representing the club members in characteristic positions and attitudes; Pelham making a jump shot; Syphax on a long shot and Shadd on a near stroke. After the contests, the spectators were invited into the adjoining building, where a literary contest in the nature of a literary wedding was engaged in and about 100 of the best known Negro authors were introduced by picture, and those present asked to recognize the picture and find a partner who had a card bearing some work or composition of the author. The entire affair was under the management of Mr. Robert Pelham, Jr., and was arranged with his usual skill and unique conceptions. The games continue throughout the month every pleasant evening from six to ten o'clock p. m. All who are interested in the game are invited to visit the courts. The club members are Messrs. Arthur S. Gray, Robert Pelham, Jr., Chas. S. Syphax, James Neill, Furman J, Shadd, Henry P. Shaughter, W. A. Joiner, and Drs. W. H. Conner and H. C. Scurlock. The Jane Moseley completed her first season under the management of the Freedamn's Land and Transportation Company on the 15th and has made a fine record. Though it began late in the season and had its usual hard luck of companies organized by colored people, it has prospered. President Lewis Jefferson has proven himself the right man for the place. But for his money, his business tact, the company might not have fared so well. DO YOU NEED Financial Assistance? If so, come to us. We are always ready to loan you any amount you may need. You can repay it in small monthly payments to suit your convenience. We make loans on Furniture, Pianos, &c., without removal or any publicity in any way. All business is private. WASHINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN COMPANY, 610—F Street—610. Some Men Pay $10,000 For an expert to manage their advertising. There are others who pay $5.00 for an annual subscription to printer's ink and learn what all advertisers are thinking about. But even these are not the extremes reached. There are men who lose over $100,000 a year by doing neither one. For sample copy send 10c to Printer's Ink, No. 10 Spruce Street, New York City. Loans of $10 and upwards made on EURNITURE PIANOS, HORSES Wagons, etc., at lowest rates and in the day you apply. We are loaning on the Building and Loan Association plan, which ages the cost of carrying loans much less than you pay elsewhere, and allows you to pay it off in any sized notes you desire, running from one to twelve months. You only pay for the use of the money for the length of time you carry it. If you have a loan with some other company we will pay it off and advance you more money if desired. Rates cheerfully given, and no cost to you unless the loan is made. Loans made any where in the District. Call and get rates. Front room, first floor, Scientific American Building. National Mortgage Loan Co. 625 F St., N. W. HERE IS A CHANCE. To get the money you want We have more than we need. We will make loans to every body without delay. If you want money we us to-day. You will not be disappointed. Loans made on Furniture, Pianos, Organs, Etc., without removal. Loans to salaried employees Without endorsement. Capital Loan Guarantee Company. HAVE A BAR'L of money to lend on furniture, pianos, &c. No delay. Goods are not disturbed. You return the money in small payments. If you have a loan and need more money, we can fix you up. Business confidential. SURETY LOAN COMPANY. Suite 1, Warder Building, cor. 9th and F, 523 9th. FINANCIAL New Fall Furniture Carpets and Rugs On CREDIT Lowest Cash Prices such an immense stock of fine Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Draperies, and Crockery. Every article has been selected with the utmost care, and carries with it our guarantee for durability and satisfaction. Whatever you may need in Parlor, Bedroom, and Dining Room Furniture or Housefurnishings can be bought here at lowest cash prices and on payments arranged to suit your convenience, weekly or monthly. No notes to sign—no interest to pay. Carpets are made, laid and lined free of cost—no charge for the two or three yards wasted in matching figures. A fine new line of Brass and Enameled Iron Bedsteads and the most complete stock of Rugs to be found in Washington. Between H and I streets. PETER GROGAN, 817-819-821-823 7TH ST. Between H and I Sts. 9 The only true way to find it is from the stars—the same astold by the ancient astrologers thousands of years ago. Send 25c with name and date of birth to THE ZODIAC CO. 122 W 36th Street, New York City. Know Your Own Future Read the Colored American All Nations welcome except Carrie Nation EDWARD GREEN Fine Wines and Whiskies Cigars and Tobacco Private Entrance for Ladies S. W. Cor. 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Discounts made on large contracts. All letters, communications, and business 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, SEPTEMBER 19, 1903. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. The future of the Negro race lies in its development and progress along commercial lines. Thrift and industry form the bulwark and safety of this great country and has rendered the American people the foremost in the progress of nations. Recently a colored street railway company was organized at Jacksonville, Fla., and to-day the road is in operation, controlled by colored capitalists and manned by colored conductors and motormen. This is a great stride along commercial lines, and the action of these progressive colored citizens of Florida should be emulated by members of the race elsewhere. The True Reformers Building in this city is another milestone on the highway of race progress and prosperity. This organization is doing much good for the race, and through the medium of its bank, general stores, and printing house has given profitable employment to members of the race and has challenged the respect and admiration of the commercial world. The publishing house of the Baptist A. M. E, and A. M. E. Zion churches in various sections of the country are also landmarks of Negro enterprise and ambition. In the many large cities throughout the United States the Negro who is developeing himself along business lines does not encounter the hardships and privations of the Negro ward-healer and curbstone orator. The race needs business tact, business ability, and up-to-date business methods. With money invested in --- THE COLORED AMERICAN. business enterprises and industrial classes working six days every week in the year, the future of the Negro race is safe. John H. Clark, of Ohio, recently indorsed by the Democratic State convention for United States Senator, declares that "the lynchings at the South are the outcome of the policy of the Administration in the Philippines." If Clarke intends this as a bait for Negro votes he will be disappointed, since lynchings at the South were in vogue long before the acquisition of the Philippines. OFFICE HOLDERS BARRED We learn that a new Negro organization is about to be launched in the land and will hold its national convention in this city in November. Its line of work is identical with that of the Afro-American Council and the result of its efforts to restore the political rights of the Negro at the South will probably be just as abortive. But this new "Suffrage League" proposes to exclude all office holders from its deliberations. A perusal of its list of officers, both national and local, discloses the names of many disappointed office seekers and chronic croakers, whose only excuse for being in private life at present lies in the fact that President Roosevelt failed to pay any attention whatever to their piteous appeals to be permitted to enter the Federal granary. This galaxy of gold-bugs, silver-bugs, and humbugs essays to control the entire colored vote at the North, East, and West, and predicts dire things should the Republicans in Congress turn a deaf ear to their petitions. The political condition of the Negro at the South is deplorable, and proper steps should be taken by the leading colored men of the South to bring about a repeal or modification of obnoxious election laws passed by Southern legislatures. Professional Negro politicians of the North and East cannot hope to accomplish much along these lines, especially the miscellaneous crowd of disappointed office seekers composing the new suffrage movement. "No office holder need apply!" This is the climax of humor. Professor Langley's airship, "Buzzard," has received voluminous newspaper notices, but has performed no real service. Just like some so-called Negro leaders. THE PLATE PRINTER The initial number of the Plate Printer is out. It is a new candidate for journalistic favor in this city and if it keeps the pace set by the number before us, it has come to stay and to ill a long-felt want. Its editor and publisher is Mr. E. L. Jordan, a well known business man, formerly a high official in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and a popular contributor to the daily and weekly press of the country. The literary merit as well as the typographical and mechanical beauty of The Plate Printer will make it a welcome visitor to the homes of those who are not only memebrs of the craft but those who are not interested in the art of plate printing. The Plate Printer has a mission. LYNCHINGS BY NEGOES It has often been said of our people that we are adepts at copying the white man's vices, but slow in imitating his virtues. It is painful to look about and see confirmations of this unfavorable criticism. We protest vigorously against lynchings, even of our confessed criminals, and against every other form of violence. Yet we hear of a mob of Negroes lynching one of their own race down in Floriad for assaulting a white woman, and of a most threatening demonstration by a crowd of colored excursionists down in Hot Springs, Ark., against the life of a colored speaker who was uttering some unpopular sentiments on the Jim Crow car question. Only the coolness of a few of those present saved the man's life. The force of our complaint against the white man's inhuman and lawbreaking conduct is greatly weakened by occurrences like those above referred to. "He that takes up the sword shall perish by the sword." We must wait upon the processes of the law and set the white man an example of restraint and recognition of the great principle that organized society has taken from the individual or any combination of individuals the right to administer punishment for crime of any character. Twelve of the rioters who broke into the jail at Danville, Ill., have come to grief. The stern hand of the law has dealt with them justly, and during their term behind the prison walls they will have ample time to reflect over their impetuosity and their wanton disregard of the majestl of the law. OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The public schools of Washington City rank among the foremost of the country. The salvation of the race lies in education, and the fine opportunities offered the colored youth of this city by our public schools should be eagerly grasped and improved. Our school corps comprises colored graduates of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Oberlin, Howard, and other leading institutions of learning, and the facilities and curriculum are unexcelled elsewhere. There is an important duty imposed upon the parents and guardians that must not be overlooked. It is home training and development. The teacher should not be depended upon to develop the child without the cordial assistance of the parent. At best the task of the teacher is an onerous one, and it should be lightened by the hearty co-operation of the parents. The teacher is the embodiment of patience, perseverance, and progress, and their interest in the welfare of their pupils is too often underestimated. The teachers of this city are deserving of encouragement and co-operation, for their interest in the race is unflagging. Recently Gov. Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, refused to surrender an escaped Indiana prisoner upon the grounds that Gov. W. S. Durbin of that State refuses to surrender ex-Gov. W. L. Taylor to the Kentucky authorities. It is now in order for all escaped Indiana criminals to flee to Arkansas. The curse of all Negro advancement is jealousy. It is in the church, schools, lodges, politics, and business. It divides up into little hostile clans too small to accomplish anything but devilment. Wherever a Negro enterprise raises its head, wherever a man of superior ability pushes up above his fellows, wherever worth and energy make for themselves a place among us, there the wagging tongue of the jealous hearted traducer begins his insidious objection and spits forth his venom.—Exchange. What harm will industrial education do the big-headed, brawny, broadshouldered boy or girl, and how many poor parents had college education? The race must hang together or, as Benjamin Franklin said, "it will hang separately." Help The Colored American by paying what you know to be due it. The Baptist publishing house at Nashville, Tenn., is the foremost of its kind among our people. The printing houses of the A. M. E. and A. M. E. Zion churches should "get a move on" them. WILLOW TREE ALLEY. Alley life in Washington, as in other cities, contributes more to crime and suffering than any other source of evil. Willow Tree Alley heads all others as a cesspool of filth and immorality. Its denizens for the most part live in idleness and vagrancy without any visible means of support. The only oasis in that unhallowed spot is Mrs. Brown, who for years has conducted a missionary work there. Many a tot conceived in iniquity would have grown up to increase the number of vagrants in the community but for the rescuing hand of this true missionary. Mrs. Brown has indeed been an angel of mercy to Willow Tree Alley and its vicinity. She has divinely gone into the byways and hedges and compelled them to come in and enter upon a higher life. But the people who infest Willow Tree and other alleys are not wholly responsible for the degradation they bring upon society; the white people of the District are very largely responsible for Willow Tree alley, Bear's alley, Bloodfield, and other dens of infamy and vice. People who own houses will not rent them even to respectable colored families, hence good, bad and indifferent are forced to take up residences in alleys and in out-of-the-way places. They put their properties into the hands of real estate agents—the big real estate dealers—with instructions not to rent them to colored people, so that apparently rental agents and owners are banded together not to rent homes to respectable colored people except at an enormous rental. These people go to the churches and preach the doctrine of the lowly Nazarene, but force the poor colored people to live in these alleys of which they complain. Which are more worthy, the white people who force these evil conditions, or the colored people who are the victims of them? The answer is not far to seek. Mr. James Howard of this city, together with his brother, Mr. Edward Howard, have gone to visit their sister, Mrs. Meeks, in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. William Lewis, an expert paper hanger, has been kept busy these days receiving a large share of work from colored people in business. He is located at 312 E street southwest. Mr. John Brown, a successful business man of Pittsburg, Pa., and an old Washingtonian, is spending his vacation in this city, the guest of relatives and friends. The Buffaloes carried a large excursion down the river last Sunday, September 13. This was one of the biggest excursions of the season, and with the exception of a few more unfilled dates will close the season for the Jane Moseley. Messrs William H. Lee and James H. Mars, who attended the Odd Fellows' meeting of the Patriarche in this city last week have returned to their home in Richmond, Va. They made many friends while here. Dr. J. C. Atkins, a graduate of the medical department of Howard University, and Mr. Cassander N. Sellers, attorney at law, both of Macon, Ga., spent a few days in teh capital city this week and paid our sanctum a pleasant visit. Holmes Hotel, located at 333 Virginia avenue southwest, is one of the largest hotels in the District operated for the benefit of colored people. It has more than fifty elegantly furnished rooms, all neatly papered, upholstered and nicely ventilated, and the cuisine is all that the public could wish. Mr. J. Ottaway Holmes, the proprietor, is constantly making additions and improvements and says there is nothing too good for his patrons. The song recital of Misses Helen Adams and Jeanie A. Kelly at St. Luke's Parish Hall, Thursday night of last week, was well attended. Miss Adams sustained her well-known reputation as a singer and won rounds of applause from her many friends. Mr. William Braxton was the instrumentlist and Mr. John H. Douglass sustained his well-known reputation as violinist. The recital was a musical and financialsuccess. Mr. R. B. Buckley, a merchant tailor at 1333 F street northwest, makes an announcement in this issue of The Colored American - The Falling Leaves. Mr. Buckley was for years a manager and head cutter for Nicoll, the tailor, but has gone into business for himself at the above number. He extends a cordial invitation to every male reader of The Colored American to visit his emporium to learn what the latest patterns are for the fall and winter wear and to see samples of his work. Prof. H. E. Hagans, of Goldsboro, N. C., who is principal of the public schools of that city and an extensive farmer and real estate owner, spent a few hours in the city last week, the guest of Hon. John C. Dancey, record- THE COLORED AMERICAN. MISS ELIZABETH UBER ALBANY N.Y. MRS. WILLIAM DEWEY. SARANAC LAKE N.Y. MISS. ROSA GERBING. CROWN POINT. IND. er of deeds. Mr. Hagans is a prominent Pythian and attended the conclave held in Baltimore last week. He is one of the coming men of his State. Mr. Levi T. Tendall, an understudy of Mr. Edward C. Allen of the Southern Hotel, is making many friends for that hostelry by his natural wit and humor. He is said to be the second edition of Irving Jones, the song writer and comedian. THE ORDER OF MOSES The United Order of Moses will meet in its annual session this year at the old historic town of Warrenton, Va.. and will be in session for four days. This convention will consist of delegates and members of the order from nearly every State in the Union, the District of Columbia and the Territories. The order is an old and a very strong one and of late new life and energy has been put into it by the younger members. One of the most active members is Miss ebecca E. Toliver, of this city, who, as chairman of the committee on constitution and by-laws, did the greater part of the work. Miss Toliver has been a member of this order since childhood and has refused election to office a number of times. Fuller mention will 9 HEALTHY WOMEN Praise Pe-ru-na as a Cure and Preventative of Catarrhal Disorders. Miss Elizabeth Uber, No. 67 Bassett street, Albany, N. Y., writes: "I have always dreaded the fall and winter because of my extreme liability to catch cold, when catarrhal trouble would quickly develop through my entire system which it would take weeks to drive away. I am thankful to say that since I have taken Peruna, I do not have any reason to dread this any more. Last fall when I suffered with my old trouble I took Peruna and in nine days was completely cured and since that time, if I have been at all exposed to the damp, wet or cold weather, I take a dose or two of Peruna and it throws out any hint of sickness from my system. I gladly indorse it."—Miss Elizabeth Uber. Mrs. Wm. Dewey, Saranac Lake, N. Y., is second cousin of Admiral Dewey. In a recent letter she says: "Perung is the most valuable of any remedy that I have ever used for coughs, colds, etc. I cheerfully recommend it as a certain cure if used according to directions."—Mrs. Wm. Dewey. Miss Rosa Gerbing, a popular society woman of Crown Point, Ind., writes: "Last winter I took a long drive in the country, and being too thingly clad I caught a bad cold which settled on my lungs, and which I could not seem to shake off. I had heard a great deal of Peruna for colds and catarrh and I bought a bottle to try. I am pleased that I did for it brought speedy relief. It only took two bottles and I consider this money well spent. "You have a firm friend in me, and I not only advise its use to my friends, but have purchased several bottles to give to those without the means to buy, and have noticed without exception that it has brought about a speedy cure wherever it has been used."—Miss Rosa Gerbing. To neglect a cold is to invite chronic catarrh. As soon as anyone discovers the first symptoms of catching cold he should at once begin the use of Peruna according to directions on the bottle, and the cold is sure to pass away without leaving any bad effects. Unless this is done the cold is almost sure to end in the second stage of catarrh which is making so many lives miserable. If Peruna was taken every time one has a cold or cough chronic catarrh would be practically an unknown disease. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. be made of her and her work in this connection in the next issue of this paper. MALE HELP WANTED. Wanted-Colored man who can fur-collect for old established house; $50 monthly and expenses. Send self-addressed envelope for reply. Superintendent, 702 Star Building, Chicago. It's not the man who talks the loudest and who is continually abusing that is the safest to follow. All men are not bad and all successful men are not dishonest.