The Colored American

The COLORED American Library of Congress NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. X, NO. 30 A Modern Cincinnatus A Modern Cincinnatus REPRESENTATIVE OF D. C. BADGER—A MAN OF THE PEOPLE. A Champion of the Rights of the Whole People and Not a Part—From a Country School Teacher to a Judge and Then to Congress—An Interesting career—An Incident of Mixed Schools in the Western Reserve—Gleanings. One of the most interesting members of Congress, especially among the new members, is Representative DeWitt C. Badger, who was elected to represent the Columbus, Ohio, district in this Congress. Judge Badger, as he is best knon at home, from the fact that prior to his election he had served several terms as Judge of the Common Pleas Court, is a royal good fellow. His attitude on the color question is so at variance with supposed Democratic ideas that one would naturally suppose that Judge Badger was a Republican, but he is not, on the contrary he is a Democrat. The district in Ohio which Judge Badger represents is overwhelmingly Republican, but so popular was Judge Badger with all classes of citizens that he led the Republican candidate, who by the way was one of the brightest men in his party, by fully a thousand votes. Judge Badger is one of those plain every-day sort of men. Has a pleasant word for any one, and is just as contented in the compny of a colored man as he would be in the company of the President. With him, it can be said, a man's a man, black or white. Prior to moving to Columbus, Ohio, Judge Badger was a resident of London, Ohio, just about 25 miles southwest of Columbus. In that city he gained official prominence. Prior to beginning the practice of law, he was a country school teacher—all great men begin as school teachers. While a teacher, it is said, a colored man came to him and asked him if he might send his children to his school. His reply was that I have been hired to teach this school, and if you send your children here they will receive the same treatment as any other children. They were admitted by Mr. Badger. Their admittance caused a tremendous fuss among the whites, owing to race WASHINGTON, D.C., FEBRUARY 6, 1904. HON. DEWITT C. BADGER, Columbus, Ohio. prejudice. Committees of white men called upon Mr. Badger and insisted that he must not admit colored children, and if he persisted in it they (the whites) would withdraw their children from the school. Judge Badger replied, and stuck to it, that he was hired to teach that school, that the colored children should be admitted, and that he would continue to teach even if every white child was withdrawn and he had only the colored children as pupils. His firmness won, and in time the unchristian and unreasonable prejudice suffered defeat. Every time Judge Badger has run for office he has received many colored votes, and when he ran for Congress it is said that he received the biggest colored vote ever given to a Democrat in Ohio. The colored man has no better friend than Judge Badger, the Democratic Congressman from Ohio, and should there be any legislation in Congress affecting our race Judge Badger can be relied upon to vote in the interest of the race. Judge Badger is well supplied with this world's goods, but no one would suspect it by his manner of living and (Continued on page 4.) PRICE, FIVE CENTS Organized to Help the Colored Race. Alfred B. Cosey Explains Objects of the Afro-American Council. TO WIPE AWAY ALL PREJUDICE. Mr. Alfred B. Cosey, national organizer of the Afro-American Council, made an address last night on "The Afro-American Council and Its Objects," before the Baptist Ministers' Council of New Jersey, at the Bethany Baptist church, Newark. He said in part: "The National Afro-American Council was called into being by the necessity of the times. Its mission is to ameliorate, in so far as it can intelligently, wisely and practically do so, the deplorable conditions of our brothers in all parts of the United States, especially in the southern section. "The entire colored population of the South are living under the shadow of a condition which they did not create and from which they would gladly emerge, if encouraged by the loyal, conservative Afro-American of the North, East and West, who enjoy civil and political rights in common with other American citizens. It is the aim and ultimate purpose of the National Afro-American Council to incorporate all existing organizations as well as those that are yet to be organized into the body of its membership, without interfering with the constitution, rules or by-laws of any organization except to demand that said organization shall be strictly Republican and work in harmony with the national body, which declared in toto for Republican principles and the nomination and election of President Roosevelt. "It is further the object of the Council to fight a battle of humanity, in a conservative, intelligent, firm and skillful manner, until public sentiment in all parts of our Republic will by common consent accord the Afro-American every right guaranteed any and all American citizens. "With a firm determination on the (Continued on Page 5). City Paragraphs. ```markdown ``` 10 ```markdown ``` Miss Ollie Middleton, neice of the Misses Shelton of T street N. W., died last Sunday of consumption. Gov. P. B. S. Pinchback is spending a few days at his old home in New Orleans, La. Mr. Harry T. Burleigh was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Terrell in T street this week. The Southern Hotel continues to be the popular hostelry for prominent leaders who visit the city. Mr. Edward Greene, a successful business man of Alexandria, Va., spent a few hours in Washington this week. Mr. Robert Lewis of Columbus, Ohio, is attending the Howard Medical School, this being his first year. Mr. James W. Gray of Gray & Costley, spent a few hours in Baltimore last Sunday. The colored lawyers of the city seem to be getting their share of the business. Mr. J. W. Poe, who is an active candidate for delegate to the next National Republican convention is making an energetic fight for the nomination. Mr. Emmett J. Scott, private secretary to Dr. Booker T. Washington spent two days in the city this week. He saw the President while here and attended the Burleigh-Lawson Musicale. Hon. Charles W. Anderson the popular Gotham leader and gold tongued orator was shaking hands with his friends in this city Monday and Tuesday of this week. Rev. G. R. Waller an eminent Baptist Divine and a brother to Rev. O. M. Waller of St. Luke's Church in this city, is the editor of the Weekly Guide, a Baltimore publication. Rev. James H. Tolbert, assistant principal of the Fort Valley High and Industrial School, Fort Valley, Ga., was in the city a few days last week, registered at 1442 Pierce Place. Mrs. Bertha Smith, of Baltimore, has been the guest of Miss Vawter of Pierce Place for the past week and with teas, suppers, matinees, and parties has spent an enjoyable time. Mr. William Moore has just learned of the death of his mother which occurred in Durham, N. C., last month. She left a will and her full insurance policy in his favor, he being the only heir. Hon. John C. Dancy, Recorder of Deeds has been invited to deliver the Commencement address at the Georgia Industrial College, at College, Ga., and at the Normal Industrial School in Pine Bluff, Ark. He will speak at the last named place June 7th. THE COLORED AMERICAN. The colored business men of Washington are talking of organizing a Negro business league for the purpose of sending delegates to the fifth annual meeting which takes place in Indianapolis, Ind., next August. Mr. Daniel Williams, the veteran driver of Truck B, New York avenue and M street N. W., was seriously injured by a fall down the shoot last month and has been laid up for nearly five weeks. Mr. Williams is one of the best known firemen in the city and has been in the service since 1868. Megsrs. Lesser Bros., the custom tailors at 513 Twelfth street N. W., are now in a position to do fine custom work, cleaning, pressing, altering, repairing, dyeing, scouring, and remodelling ladies' and gentlemen's garments in a first class manner at reasonable prices. Mr. J. Ottoway Holmes is doing business at his old stand, 333 Virginia avenue S. W. It is the largest hotel in Washington for the accomodation of colored people, and through the execellence of its cuisine as well as the up-to-date management it is always full of business. Mr. Holmes is one of our heavy taxpayers and a fellow well met. Dr. E. W. Lampton, the energetic and always cool head financial secretary of the A.M.E. Church is spending a few days with his family after a long jaunt in the South and Southwest. The Doctor has a strong hold on the people of Mississippi, and the slogan is among the leaders—Lampton and Crayton for the national republican convention. Mr. Walter B. Hayson of the M St. High School is to be congratulated for the high class entertainments he has been giving the Washington public. The entertainment last Monday night at the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church by Messrs. Burleigh and Lawson was up to the standard in every way, and the music loving public showed its appreciation by attending in large numbers. AN AMATEUR SCHOOL The Anacostia Amateur Press Association was recently organized by the colored youths of Anacostia, with the following board of oscers: President, William Wilkerson; Vice-President, Samuel Frye; Secretary, Ernest McKinney; Assistant Secretary, Werner B. Scott; Treasurer, Arthur C. Frye; Sergeant-at-Arms, Arthur Simms; Recruiting Committee, William Wilkerson, Samuel Frye, and Ernest McKinney. The object of the Association is to unite fraternally all amateur journalists; to advance the cause; to enable its members to place before the public their literary productions; to instruct its members in literary work; and to hold spirited debates. The privileges are the use of the manuscript bureau and the column of the papers connected with the Association; attendance at meetings; representation at elections; laureateship competitions, etc. Any youth residing in the District of Columbia—of good character—is eligible to membership. The Grand Fountain of the City Is the leading Colored Fraternal Society, January, 1881, by William W. Browne, laws of the State of Virginia, with headship is both male and female, and consist to 60 years of age. Its membership of cles. It pays sick benefits from $1.50 to from $24.56 to $1000. BENEFITS PAID—Total benefits paid to efits, $714,378.75. SENIOR FOUNTAINS—A Fountain may persons not over 50 years of age paying The monthly dues are not less than 35 or 50 cents per month in towns and cities, in January and July of each year. Sick week, while death benefits range fromized in any locality on application to any of his authorized deputies. ROSEBUDS—For the proper training of thrift, industry and brotherly love, there ment known as the Rosebuds. Twenty more than fourteen years of age may for each. This department, like the Senior twenty-five cents per week, and death b dues are fifteen cents per month. CLASSES—Persons desiring to leave than is paid from Fountain Department Classes of the Mutual Benefit Degree. into Circles, and pay joining fees and d The Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers The Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers Is the leading Colored Fraternal Society of the United States. It was organized January, 1881, by William W. Browne, and chartered in April, 1883, under the laws of the State of Virginia, with headquarters at Richmond, Va. Its membership is both male and female, and consists of all persons of good health from 14 to 60 years of age. Its membership of 60,000 is divided into Fountains and Circles. It pays sick benefits from $1.50 to $2.50 per week, and pays death benefits from $24.56 to $1000. BENEFITS PAID—Total benefits paid to date: Sick dues, $r,500,000; death benefits, $714,378.75. SENIOR FOUNTAINS—A Fountain may be organized consisting of 20 or more persons not over 50 years of age paying a joining fee of from $4.60 to $5.10 each. The monthly dues are not less than 35 cents in rural districts and not less than 50 cents per month in towns and cities, and a semi-annual tax of 40 cents paid in January and July of each year. Sick benefits paid are from $1.50 to $2.50 per week, while death benefits range from $75 to $125. A Fountain may be organized in any locality on application to Rev. W. L. Taylor, G. W. Master, or to any of his authorized deputies. ROSEBUDS-For the proper training of the young and their development in thrift, industry and brotherly love, there has been formed a Children's Department known as the Rosebuds. Twenty or more children not less than three nor more than fourteen years of age may form a Rosebud, upon the payment of $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: of the Grand Fountain United Order of The bank commenced business April 3 present has steadily increased in volumetal stock of $100,000. From the humbl the bank opened for business in 1889 th the volume of business transacted amoical panic of 1893, the Savings Bank or in the city of Richmond that did not ce 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 $350.358, 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 baths, also electric cars passing the door. This hotel has accommodations for 150 guests. Mr. A W. Holmes is manager, and Mr. T. W. Taylor is clerk. It has in operation a system of five stores, located as follows: Richmond, Va.; Washington, D.C.; Manchester, Va.; Portsmouth, Va.; and Roanoke, Va. The first of these stores, at Richmond, Va., was opened April 3d, 1900. It employs a force of 18 men, runs three delivery wagons, and during the first year did $50,000 worth of business. The other stores have been established since, and have been equally 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 81 per year, or 50 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. E. W. Brown is editor and business manager, office 608 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. Correspondence solicited and agents wanted. OLD FOLKS' HOME—In September, 1893, Rev. William W. Brown recommended the formation and establishment of Old Folks' Homes for the benefit of old and decrepid members of the 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 814,400. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad runs through the farm, and Westham Station is located on it. Adjoining this farm is Westampton Park, one of the most pleasant resorts in the South in summer. It is reached in a few minutes from Richmond by the Westampton 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 requests of every character will be very thankfully received. Mr. T. W. Taylor is chief in charge of the Old Folks' Home, offices at 608 North Second Street, Richmond, Va. or further information address— Rev. W. L. Taylor, G. W. M. W. P. Burrell, G. W. S. 601-6-8 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. ```markdown ``` Class "E" Joining fee. Value of Certificate after one year. Value of Certificate before one year. Annual dues. Quarterly Dues Age 14 to 25 $5 00 $500 00 $250 00 $9 50 $2 54 " 25 to 30 5 25 500 00 250 00 9 50 40 " 30 to 35 5 50 500 00 250 00 9 50 40 " 35 to 40 5 75 500 00 250 00 10 40 60 " 40 to 45 6 00 450 00 225 00 10 40 60 " 45 to 50 6 25 400 00 200 00 11 40 85 " 50 to 60 5 50 350 00 175 00 11 40 85 REGALIA—The members of the Fountains and Rosebuds of the organization wear no expensive regalia. The regalia of the organization is simple and its cost will be in the easy reach of all, costing from 10 cents to $3. The same is made by the organization in what is known as the Regalia Department. THE SAVINGS BANK—In March, 1888, there was granted by the Legislature of Virginia a charter to the Savings Bank REV. JASPER STATUE UNVEILED. The Old Dominion Honor the Old Dominion Prophet—The Consoli- dated Baptist Convention—Notes of The City Gun Club. Richmond, Va., Special.—Richmond chureh-goers have been busy for the past week, paying homage to the mem- ory of the Rev. John Jasper, author and preacher of the famous “seen-do- move” sermon. A staute to this great divine was unveiled last week ai tiie Jasper Memorial church of which the Rev. Randolph Peyton is the present pastor. Excursion parties were here from many other cities and states to witness the exercises which continued for nine days. The statue is of pure white plaster of paris and made by the Prof. Brackett of Atlanta, Ga.” Prof. Brackett, besides being a sculp- tor, and instructor of historical theol- ogy at the Morris-Brown College, is one of the highest degree colored Ma- sons in the South. The exercises were concluded last Tuesday night with a large reception which was attended by hundreds of people. Plans for the proposed Consolidated Baptist Convention of the World, are being perfected link by link. The exe cutive committee of the Ministers’ Con- ference has been laboring over arrange- ments for the merger at least four months, many meetings having been held behind closed doors, and their work is not as yet completed. The movement means the merging or harmonizing of the Lot Cary, Gen- eral Association, and others into the Negro Baptist Convention of “the World, thus forming what will doubt- less be the Consolidated Baptist Con- vention of the World. | This move, however, will only be a peace and harmonious amalgamation of the bodies and not a financial one. A financial consolidation of these as- sociation would be quite impractical] as there are institutions of learning con- trolled by the American Publication Society and the Home Mission So- ciety (white) of Philadelphia, that ad- mits no colored presidents, and this is decidedly against the. policy of the Negro Convention of the World. The members of the City Gun Club are preparaing to entertain their friends at one of the largest banquets ever given here. The affair, it is said, will be a full dress one and every de- tail will be carefully looked after. The event will take place on the 10th inst., at Central League Hall. Mr. George W. Bragg is the honored president. A FITTING REBUKE. It is genereally known about town that the elevator men on the House side ef the Capitol are opposed to taking colored people up on the elevator and will push them back, and ignore them at every opportunity. An incident hap- pened one day last week in which-one of these smart Alec elevator men was beautifully sat upon. Congressman Badger, of Ohio, in company with a col- cred friend started for the elevator on the Northeast side of the House and after the Congressman had entered the elevator his colored friend was pushed back. Mr. Badger had the colored friend to come inside, and the elevator smart Alec remarked “is that your boy?” Mr. Badger said “no he is my THE COLORED AMERICAN. SSS friend.” Then the elevator smart Alec ZAL indulged in sime undertone talk about GON Negroes riding on elevators, when Mr. Badger remarked that if some people The Greg didn’t mend their ways and cease talk- a ing so much, that they might “have to Cla 1 rv oy walk.” Mr. Badger is a Democrat and comes from Franklin county, Ohio Dis- and For trict, but believes in treating all men as men, and unlike many of his col- Teller leagues believes that a man can be a THE WORLD HAS EV man and a gentleman even though he pee wears a black or‘tan skin. Unites separated, brings SS you love, helps quickly : WHITE POSTMASTER FOR INDI- Removes Evil Influences ANOLA. terious Diseases. Gives The president has appointed W. B. Martin to succeed Mrs. Minnie Cox -as postmaster at Indianola, Miss. This postoffice was closed some time ago, the white inhabitants of the place re- fusing to accept their mail from Mrs. Cox, who is colored. Martin, who is a white man, was one of Mrs. Cox’s bondsmen. Concerning the appoint- ment the following statement was is- (ae —— Ss = SS SS SSR a ee 7 ak tg a N Zt Ss at > Ay TG , => —_s/¥ Nea) ee be \ ae ON] | ISSN Wy * y (stay INN mY) Se NX BY) eS Sy PV Sf MRS. MINNIE COX, Late Postmistress at Indianola, Miss. ous at the WEES 220USC~ The president has sent to the senate the nomination of William B. Martin to be postmaster of Indianola. The term of the postmaster has expired, and she positively refused to accept a reappointment under any considera- tion, and made the request for the ap- pointment of Mr. Martin, one of her bondsmen, and staunch friends throughout the whole trouble, and who had done everything in his power to oppose and prevent lawlessness. A report was made by the postoffice in- spector, who had originally investi- gated the whole affair, and on his ad- vice and in view of the positive refusal under any consideration, the president appointed W. B. Martin. FREE TRIP. For Colored Women to the St. Louis World’s Fair. The Gem Shop at Columbus, Ohio, has arranged a novel contest to send three colored giris or women to the St. Louis World’s Fair for one week absolutely free. No money is required to enter this contest. For particulars address The Gem Shop, 49 East Long St., Columbus, Dhio. tt WANTED. Young man desires position as book- keeper. Excellent accountant; A1 ref- erence. > Address, Ymith, Box 75, Smithfield, N. C. nov.24-73 The Greatest . Clairvoyant and Fortune Teller THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN. Unites separated, brings back the one you love, helps quickly all in trouble. Removes Evil Influences. Cures Mys- terious Diseases. Gives luck and suc cess. Send lock of hair, Date of birth and 12 cerfts. Ask 3 questions and re- ceive Horoscope and lucky Birthstone by mail GONZALES—236 Bergen §t. Brocklyn, New York. 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Wasxrncrton, printed in four colors which has all the appearance of an oil painting, will be sent ele- gantly framed by express to any subscriber who will send $3.00 to THe COLORED AMERICAN. " ‘To persons who desire the picture without subscribing for the paper, it will be sent by express for $1.50. To parties who desire to sell them, they will be sent in quantities of ten or more for $1.00 each. All orders should be ad*tessed to The Colored American WASHINGTON. D.C. > ae : This picture should be in every Parlor, . Library. Reading Roon:, School Room, and every Public Hall used by émtelligent colorea people. LoS COL. JOHN R. MARSHALL HON- ORED. One of the most prominent fetes held during the past week was the preser- tation of a picture of Col. Marshall to him by Col. Frank O. Lowden last Saturday night at the Appomattox Club. The presentation speech made by Col. Lowden was one of the most unique and masterly efforts. Major F. A. Dennison responded in a most befit- ting speech. : The audience was composed of most of the officers of the Eighth Regiment in full uniform and some of Chicago’s best citizens. We can say this of Col. Marshall, that being the only man of his race in this country who holds the great honor of Colonel of an out and out colored regiment, who went to Cuba and did duty, he is one of the most unassuming men in this country. The affair was equal to any state af- fair, long to be remembered.—Ex. WORK; DO SOMETHING! “How dear to my heart is the good of my people.” Sung to an old tune these words should be much more pop- ular today than they are. What a grand thing it is to be able to sing such words with sincerity and truth! But the mere words are not enough even though conscientiously uttered. As Brother E. E. Cooper of The Colored American puts it, “There is but one royal path to the great highway— work. Do something!” If those who are in the ranks of the people who are competent to engage in the great work of a second Emancipation of the Negro, would utilize their talents in- stead of burying them or hiding their light under a bushel, and work for their people in a higher and better way than an endeavor for the enrich- ment of self, the progress of the black race towards such an emancipation would be even more pronounced than it has been during the past forty years. We do not mean that every person of average intelligence should jump up on a pedestal of his own construction and proclaim himself a “race leader.” Leadership should be something won by work instead of something appro- priated because of condition. And who does not believe the old-truism that labor conquers all things——Colum- bus Standard. NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES. The Colored American Magazine, published in Boston, Mass., is. out for January. It is a very neat number, replete with good things. It is pleas- ing to note that this magazine is re- gain its former prestige and ranks among the best of our race magazine publications. Among the contributiors to the January number are T. Thomas Fortune and John Edward Bruce (Bruce Grit). They discuss “Indus- trial Education—Will It Solve the Ne- gro Problem,” in a most interesting way. H. Harrison Wayman con- tributes his usual interesting Phila. jetter, while the poetical contributions are up to the standard. Tre Colored Aferican magazine deserves to suc- ceed. 7 The Voice of the Negro, a new candi- date for literary favors issued from At- lanta, Ga., has attracted much atten- tion to itself by its ‘fine quality of THE COLOREDIAMERICAN. eee SS matter and make up in its initial num-| WHY IS NEWSPAPER LIKE ber. The February number will be WOMAN. out very soon and the publishers an- nounce an interesting array of good One bright friend came in the o ae 4 day with what he thought was a co! drum. “Why is a newspaper lik 0. T. TAYLOR ENTERTAINS. pl as, Mr. O. T. Taylor, of Brookland, D. C., threw open the doors of his beauti- ful home to the “Masters’ Association” of the District of Columbia last Sun- day at 2 p.m. As the Masters arrived they were ushered into a spacious par- lor where, amidst the chimes of sweet- est music, the subject of charity reign- ed. At 5 o'clock General Taylor issued marching orders, in obedience to which the Masters were conducted through a beautiful hall into a large rectangular dining room. In the center of this room was a large table, groaning under the weight of the most delicious edi- bles of the season. At the head of the table stood a human being of Angelic form. The Masters were introduced to the hospitable Mrs. O. T. Taylor, who after bidding them welcome dis- appeared from the dining hall. WHERE DOES BARNETT GET HIS? Bro. Wilkins, of the Conservator, is always bragging about his race loyalty and all that sort of thing—how is it he always buys his whisky at Mul- veil’s, at the corner of 30th and State streets, when the Elite and the Key- stone, both run by colored’ men, are right in the next block.—Illinois Idea. CITY PARAGRAPHS. Mr. A. J. Gaskins of Gaskins & Gaines, who has been indisposed, is rapidly recovering. Rev. Simon P. Drew is still con- ducting his revival at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, and large crowds are attending nightly. He will preach a special strmon at 11 a. m., to-morrow and at 7.30 in the evening. Prof. Wm. Henry Thomas a well known playwright of this city, now located: in New York has just recov- ered from a sick spell. He is up and about again, however, at this wrting and is preparing for the presentation of his melodrama on the 12th of April next. The rufor that our well known fel- low townsman, Mr. C. J. Pickett of the Capitol was soon to become a bene- dict is denied by his friends. He is said to be laying up for a rainy day and has made a number of good busi- nss investments. Tickets of admission to the Valen- tine concert and reception by the Am- phions, February 15, can be obtained from any member of the club. Only a limited number will be sold in ad- vance. Dr. J. R. Wilder, our well known physician of Capitol Hill, was sud- denly called to South Carolina last week on account of the serious illness of his brother-in-law, Mr. G. H. Her. riott of Georgetown, S. C. Mr. Her. riott died before the arrival of Dr. Wilder. 5 The Arctic Ice Cream Co. and Oyster House. oo Makers of all kin ds of AMERICAN and FRENCH CREAMS and ICES. OYSTERS served in all styles Our motto, ‘‘Purity of Goods and Promptness of Service.” ‘Char ges reosonable. “Remember the Arctic Ice Cream Co.” I. BE.’ WILLIAMSON, Successor to J. J. Johnson, 601 New York ‘Ave jue, Washington, D. C. Phone Main 1048m, WHY IS NEWSPAPER LIKE A WOMAN. One bright friend came in the other day with what he thought was a conun- drum. “Why is a newspaper like a woman?” The various answers were: “Because both have to be known to be appreciated.” “Because it has to have some one to run it.” “Because both are good advertising mediums.” “Because both have to be pressed.” “Because it sometimes changes its dress and tells tales.” The correct answer is:' “Because every man should have one of his own and not be running arqund after his neighbors.”—Asher Alturist- ¢ A MISSISSIPPI LEADER. Hon. Isaiah T. Montgomsery, Missis- sippi’s foremost citizen of color, until recently Receiver of Public Moneys for the State of Mississippi, ig busily en- gaged at his home, Mound Bayou, the prosperous town founded by him some fifteen years ago, where he 4s ‘person- ally conducting his private business, perhaps the largest operated by any colored man in the South. Besides this work, which taxes Mr. Montgomery to the utmost, although reinforced by his secretary and his brother, Wm. T. Montgomery, and three heads of de partments, he carries on a large corres- pondence. Those who seek real knowledge of the race in Mississippi never fail to approach Mr. Montgom- ery who is equally anxious to give them truthful data of the race.—Ex. TO OUR DELINQUENT SUBSCRI- BERS. We have on our mailing books, a large number of names of persons who are considerably behind in their sub- scription to this paper, and who have been notified a great mumber of times, but who seem to pay: no attention to these mild duns. Beginning with the New Year we hope tlaat every subscri- ber will make an effort to pay up what New Year we can get out a better paper improved in every way. This dosen’t mean the other fellow, but it means you. Who will be the frst to start the ball rolling. THIS PAPER FOR SALE AT: Plummer’s, 732 2d St., S. W. Chapman’s, 14th ang P Sts., N. W. Leatherwood’s, 1501 M St., N. W. Brinkman’s, 4th andj Pa. Ave., N.W. Morcoe’s 421 12th Sit., N. W. Newsdealer, 1807 7th: St., N. W. Wright’,s cor. 14th amd Pierce Place Singleton’s, cor. 20th and B, N. W. Ham Adams’, cor. Sth and G Ste. T. W. es ARE YOU A~-K. OF -P? IF NOT, WHY NOT? I hope this will awaken in the colored people a just pride for the Order of Knights of Pythias. Its past fauls have been corrected. For the Negro it has had no equal since Syracuse gave to the world, that which will live to the end of time. A Society representing the three links of F. C. B., that bind us so closely together in every sense of the word. The order was re-incorporated in the District of Columbia, December 14th, 1903, with such honorable men at its head as S. W. Starks, of West Virginia, Supreme Chancellor, S. A. T. Watkins of Chicago, Ills., Supreme At- torney and several others, some of the leading men of the race. All Lodges in the District of Columbia have been placed under the Supreme Lodge with a death benefit for each member of from $50 to $3.50. It is easy to sail on the smooth waters of life, but when the winds of adversity blow, and the bil- lows of troble and sorrow are sweeping over us, is the time for the demonstra- tion of the three letters, that bind us togeher in this grand order. Some very good men have gone out, but will come back. There are others who can’t get back; our strength has been greatly increased by the new order of things, and we hope to continue increasing by taking in young blood. Activity and vigor will be enffused in- to the Order in the District of Columbia. We care for the members of the Order, the widows and orphans of those deceas- ed. We pay from $3 to $5 sick benefits per week. Joining fee in‘clubs of not less than twenty persons, not over 45 years, $4.50 each. I will organize a new Lodge giving you all the benefits of the Order. The four departments are as follows. (1st) The Subordinate Lodge. In this members are united to care for and protect each other in health, as well as in sickness and distress. (2nd) Uni- form Rank. Inthis departments our young men are receiving a military edu- cation, which makes them better and more useful citizens. (3rd) Ladies Court. In this the wives, motliers, daughters, widows, and sisters of Knights are united for the common pur- poses of life. (4ht). Endowments. In this department we are paying out thous- ands. of dollars annually to the widows and heirs of deceased Knights. Each member receives from this department $300 at death. It comes from the Su- preme Lodge. It is not-a local affair. Those interested may obtain further in- formation by addressing, JAMES M. CONWAY, Special Deputy of the District of Columbia, 1618 L St., N. W. Washington, D. C. tf A PIONEER JOURNALIST. The Colored American, Washington, D. C., of which Mr. E. E. Cooper is editor, is always brimful of news with pointed and strong editorials on the live issues ef the day. Mr. Cooper is one of the pioneer journalists of the race, and is well versed in the news- paper business all along the line.— We congratulate him in the marked success, to which he has brought The Colored American.—Nashville Clarion. By John E. Bruce. Under the head of "The Church's Love of Christ," the Bible Revisionists have sought in the Song of Solomon to conceal the true meaning of the song. There is not a paragraph or a verse in the entire collection of paragraphs and verses with which the song abounds to show that the interpretation given by modern translators is the true one or that the translation is consistent with modern common sense. History and tradition tell us that Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines, and Bible writers were not a bit squeamish about calling things by their right names. The moderns are more tactful and diplomatic in these circumstances but they can scarcely be said to be freer from the conubine habit than men were in the days of King Solomon. A glance at the Divorce records of the United States and of Europe will show that there is a laxity of morals existent in modern civilization which does not speak well for modern civilization. In the first chapter of the Song of Solomon beginning at the fifth verse occur these words: I am black but comely O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar as the Curtains of Solomon. Look not upon me because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me, my Mother's children were angry with me they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard have I not kept." That this whole chapter is a poem of passion and that many of the descriptive passages to be found in the Song are mere hyperboles will not I think be disputed by any one who will take the trouble to read the entire book critically and make notes as he goes along. Now who was speaking in the verses quoted? Clearly not Solomon but one of his black concubines whose heart he had ravished and who makes this fact plain in verses 2, to 8 in chapter 5, which describes the state of her mind and the risks she took even to the extent of being arrested by the Watchman of the city who mistook her for a Harlot. Her infautuation for the King who had beguiled her with loving and tender words, as will be seen by reference to verses 7 to 11 of chapter 1, of the song. Solomen used all the arts of an ardent lover upon this black woman; he flattered her, he cajoled her, and played upon her vanity as only a Kingly and influential lover could and she yielded to his wooing as many others because of her race similarly placed have done since her day because she was weak and willing to be beguiled by a King. She says, "My beloved is white and ruddy," this clarly is a figurativ term. It does not describe a white man as we understand the meaning of the word white. Adam and Esau were ruddy, and they both were red men. Our North American Indians are ruddy, they are not white men. The woman who lauded Solomon was clearly a black woman, the words she employed to describe what Solomon looked like were used evidently for the purpose of comparison—he was white and ruddy in com- THE COLORED AMERICAN. parison with her sable black color and the King deigned to smile on her and to avow his love for her, Solomon was a Jew. Not all Jews are white. I utterly fail to see how even by the wildest stretch of the imagination the Revisionists have been able to make the application, which many well meaning people have accepted without questioning its accuracy and its reasonableness. It does not appeal to either our reason or our common sense. The Song of Solomon is a love song, which any man who is acquainted with the language of love may easily understand. Its amorous and suggestive character, its vivid word pictures, its graphic description of the pleasures and sensations of love, its sensual tone discover all too plainly that it has no more relation to the Church's love to Christ as the Revisionist tell us than Milton's XXIV Canto. Why not be honest and tell the story as it is given in the original and as it is known and understood by all learned Hebrew scholars and by Hebrew parents who forbid their youth reading the Song of Solomon until they have attained to years of discretion, because of its amorous trend and its unmistakable proof of Solomons wild infatuation for a woman of the black race and of her reciprocation of the tender kingly feeling. She was finally satiated with love. I fancy that learned Hebrew scholars smile at this Gentile version of one of their old books, describing the Kingly escapades of Solomon. It is absolutely impossible to imagine the Christian Church showing its love to Christ in this voluptuous manner. Solomon's love making begins in the first chapter, at the seventh verse and continues to the 10th, and he appears to have been successful for from the 12-17 verses of the same chapter the lady pours out her soul as ardently and affectionately as any King could wish, and in language that any lover would appreciate as a compliment to his skill as a heart crusher. It is a remarkable book—the Song of Solomon and it cannot be denied that the black woman who is unmistakably in evidence throughout the song is the only woman in all history at whose shrine the wisest of men and of kings paid the homage of a devoted lover lavishing upon her his royal love and favor and prefering her above his Queens. The case has no parallel in all history and its rarity may be the reason for the theological obfuscation which seems to surround it. The attempt to becloud and obscure the true meaning of this song is to say the least a remarkable manifestation of the mental obscuration of the visions of the Revivionists, who have thus sought to fix the stigma of concubinage upon the church of Christ. John E. Bruce. WANTED:A good colored printer can find a steady job by applying to the Seaside Press Publishing Company, 1325 Arctic avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. A man preferred. Salary from $7 to $10 per week, according to the ability of the printer. tf. How to Build up a Race. Education the Great Agent. Education the Great Agent. The Negro Lacks Business Tact. Give us Your Opinion. Give us Your Opinion. If the Negro is going to amount to anything in the business world, in the industrial world, or in the educational world, he must begin at the very beginning by equipping his sons and daughters at an early age how to meet and Education the Every parent should see to it that the children begin early in life to know how to do something. The children should be encouraged to work before and after school hours. They should be taught the dignity of la- The Negro La Ta The Colored American has been testing the ability, the pluck and the business tact of the boys and girls of the race for the past few months by offering special inducements to them to become its agents. Out of over two hundred boys and girls who have accepted our offer, ninety per cent. of them have made complete failures. The fault has not always been with these boys and girls, but in many cases the fault of the parents. To read the letters of this army of bright young hustlers one would imagine that they all either lived in hospitals or in communities where pickpockets and pocketbook-snatchers predominated. Excuses like these come in in the largest numbers: "I sold the first ten copies of The Colored American and think I can sell twenty copies of the next issue." Then in a few weeks the same agent writes—"I have sold all of the papers and intended to send you your money, but was taken sick and cannot send it until I get well. Please do not send me any more pa- Give us Yo We will be glad to have any reader of The Colored American write his or her opinion on this subject or a same to us. We shall be pleased to solution of the problem and send the publish communications which may FOSTER CATERER 1120 20th St. N W Call and get my prices before you decide on your weddings, banquet or dinner parties. Elegant service of China, Glass and Silverware to hire. Special prices during holidays. 'Phone North 1221-Y. LADIES DINING ROOM, UP STAIRS 13 fight the battles of life. There is open to every boy and girl an opportunity to do something if they desire to do anything. There is no excuse for idleness, or to complain for lack of work or lack of opportunity. bor and the value of a penny. A great many children are indulged too often by their parents and grow up in idleness when they should be taught to work. acks Business ct. pers.' This agent owes anything from ninety cents to two dollars. Another agent writes, "Please send me ten copies of The Colored American to begin with as I think I can do well here." The second letter follows—"I sold every copy of The Colored American and I think I can sell twenty-five copies each week hereafter. Will settle monthly." At the end of the month a bill is sent, but no answer is received. At the end of six weeks another bill is sent with an urgent letter. An answer comes—"I have been sick and have not taken any of the papers out of the postoffice. I have not sold a single copy of the paper. Please continue to send twenty-five copies and I will send your money on the first." These letters show the character of the excuses made and how indifferent parents are in looking after the affairs of their children and to seeing that they grow up to be honest as well as useful citizens. ur Opinion. throw light on this very, very dark subject. Address all communications to Edward E. Cooper, Mgr. THE COLORED AMERICAN, Washington, D. C. HORNER & HARLAN Attorneys at Law Real Estate Brokers Webster Law Bldg. 505D St. N.W. A number of desirable houses for sale on terms to suit. Money loaned in any amount. Telephone East 515Y. Capital Shoe Store We are prepared to show you a better assortment of Shoes than heretofore. Our High-Grade Shoes for Men, Women, and Children are priced for quick selling. Come and profit by our..... * Special Sales Every Friday. * 723Seventh Street, N. W. --- 16 IISqnq000 >" YOUNG LEADERS ENTERTAINED. It was the good fortune: of Mr. Charles W. Anderson, the Defmosthenes of Gotham, and Mr. Emmett J. Scott, private secretary to Dr. Booker T. Washington, to be in the city, a few days this week, and their frinds were on the alert entertaining them in every possible way. The most unique affair was the Stag tendered them by Messrs. Gray and Costley last Tuesday even- ing. It was an entertainment fit for the gods and there was a “feast of reason and a flow of soul,” which tar- ried during the entire evening. Cov- ers were laid for nine and the fol- lowing menu was served, as only Gray and Costley know how to serve it. MENU. Oysters. Lynn Haven Bay. Celery, Olives. Radishes Terrapin on Chafing Dish. Gray and Costley Style. Smithfield Ham. New Potatoes, Spinach, Florida Turnips. Fromgede Bru. Coffee, : Sherry. Chatau, Lafitte, Claret. G. H. Mumms Champagne. Brandy. Cigars. Those present were Messrs. Chas. W. Anderson, E. J. Scott, Recorder John C€. Dancy, Judge Robert H. Terrell, Messrs. Whitfield McKinley, J. W. Gray, Harry T. Burleigh, L. P. Costley and E. E. Cooper. A. W. A. PLEDGER DAY. ” The exercises at the Second Baptist Lyceum will be devoted largely to the life and memories of Col. Wm. A. Pledger of Georgia, whose death was noted in these columns some weeks ago. Speeches will be made by repre sentative men and special song service will also be a feature. Prof. L. M. Her- shaw will deliver the principal eulogy. Sunday, Feb. 14th, will be Douglass Day, when an address on the life and services of this great man will be deliv- ered by Hon. George H. White. Miss Henrietta Venton Davis, the great dramatic reader, will read a few selec- tions appropriate to the character of Douglass Day. The public is invited. Richmond, Va., Special.—Mrs. M. E. Burrell, one of the best known colored women of Richmond, Va., the wife of W. P. Burrell, Grand Secretary of United Order of True Reformers, had a very serious abdominal operation per- formed on last Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Richmond Hospital. The operation was performed by the well known sur- geon of Washington, D. C., Dr. A. M. Curtis. The operation was successful and the patient is rapidly improving. Dr. A. M. Curtis, in addition to his very large practice in Washington is fre- quently called to Baltimore and Rich- mond in consultations and to perform surgical; operations. CRITICS OF MR. DOUGLASS. A white woman, who was a friend of the Negro in the years immediately succeeding the war, as she has been the friend of the Negro ever since, and who was a great friend of Freder- ick Douglass, has recently written: “I remember that I listened with amaze- ment years ago to animadversions on Frederick Douglass by colored people who ought to have rejoiced that they possessed one person of such power and eloquence.” A NEW POOL AND BILLARD PAR- LOR. Messrs. Gray and Costley have just added to their hostelry a new pool and billiard parlor, having fitted up the large rear store room for that purpose. New floors have been put in and a fine quality of fresco work has been added, which is the work of Mr. Edward Am- bler. The latest pattern of pool and billiard tables have been put in and the parlor makes a most inviting and at- tractive place. This enerprising firm is a pace setter in every way. THE COLORED AMERICAN. ‘We, the President and a majority of the Board of Trustees, of the Na- tional Voting & Counting Machine Company, of the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that the authorized capital stock of said company is $200,- 000 of which $174,000 has been paid in and that there are no debts of said Company. Capital paid in $174,000. Warner Johnson, President; Frederick A. Suck, Adolph Suck, Henry Hyland, Trustees. I, Frederick A. Suck, Secretary of the National Voting & Counting Ma- chine Company, of the District of Co lumbia, do hereby swear that the facts stated in the above certificate are true to the best of my knowledge and be- Het. Frederick A. Suck, Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of January, A. D., 1904. John E. Abbott, Notary Public for the State of Massa- husetts. PEIESCSESESE ICICI EI CAC SEDC TEREST ES EPSE NETL ESE 7? a ETCTELEACACACAEAG TCACACAEACACACACAEAEAC AAC Ts ie Eee SALES A de 44 A ede en cute an order ; CAE JG at Xe ACE we sre yor the tenet of tela im. i} AEAEAEN( af CAESEN ETE } and ct arse faces aed it i MERE TE abe PORE SE IE ae nf prom ; : TEM IES att actese te } au enteiator Getteg Gm aeate: i FEACAEA a IEAOSCACAE ¥ aera = al MCSE SEMEL € SERRE RR RI YEN 4) a PIEACICIEHCAEACACACTE TEAC ACHCACITELEL CIE WEA AC aS 2 ——————— a ge 512 8th St. N. W, PHONE main tos2 « i 5 ———_—_ Fe ee ee ee een nini | Walnut St Bet 4th and sth, Evansville, Ind Has been repaired,new- = Te > z ly fitted upand is better oe ” : able toaccommodate the Soe eed Ee eee ee a ee Was Se ze | traveling public than , ae Pm ms ~ ey, | ever before. Every [@ ae gor Serres 5 Pr re pss ne ee FET room has been o ver- ee eS SEMIS "3 | pone Bt CMa elie Sa ae aS hauled. The dinin x, SS er ae Saute ) i | room is neat and clean} |g iB: HS a Es eee and it is the only first-} Rev: ie Mies baal Bee etly class place in the city =~ Geek Ree Pee ee a ge te for colored people ener eee nig ee Rates $1 to$1.25 per day. Special rates by week or month H. BLACK, Prop. $6.00 FREE to every person who will send their address we will give particulars how you can secure the above sum: Write today. Address: Scott Remedy Co. “ ” 2 s Lucky “Old Shoe” Stick Pin. Two Shoes on a pin. Two és pair by mail for 10 cents in js or coin, or 1 dozen by mail for 45 cents, with whole- sale price, The swiftest sel- ler out. .Magic Bill Book. Latest Novelty. One by mail. 15 cents, or 2 for 25c. Sea Shells. 2 shells, ; each a different variety. By mail, 25 cents, My big cata- logue of fast’ selling novel- ties with order. J. F. 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Will remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, pimples or bumps or blackheads, making the skin “Yery Sof and smooth. | Smallpox pits, tan, liver spots removed Without harm to the skin, "When you get the color you wish, stop using the preparation. | ICRANE’S!HAIR TONIC that goesjin every one'dollar box {s enough to make anyone's hair grow long and straight, and keeps it from falling out. Wighly perfumed and makes the hair soft and easy to comb. ‘Any person sending us one dollar in a letter or Post-Office money order, express money order or registered letter, we will Send it theough themail postage prepaid: or if you want ft sent & 0. D...{ will come by express, 39 cents extra. @ In any case where it fails to do what we claim, we will return the money or send a book free of charge. Packed so that no one will know the contents except receiver. CRANE & CO., 11 W. Jackson St., RICHMOND,‘VA. Coal and Wood | canal anaN Delivered Promptly streets, S. W. | Call us up we will treat you right. : ‘White Ash Stove, Shamokin Stove, : Red Ash Stove, Lyken Valley Stove, * Chestnut, Egg, Furnace, Oak and Pine . Wood. ° Wholesale and Retail Dealers “ *Phone Lewis Jefferson & Co., | ° Main 1779 Canal and N, S.W. % ° YOU NEED - “ Me-Lange Hair Tonic | if your hair isn’t naturally straight, is thin or falling out. Miss Lucy Jones, No. 32, New St., Newark, N. J., writes: “Before using Me-lange my temples were bare for years , since using, the hair on the temples has all grown in, and my hair has grown in general a great length.” Trial box sent on receipt of ten cents. There is nothing like it for the hair. Address: Frank E. White Mfg. Co., P. O. Bor No. 26, Jersey City, N. J. Dr. Furman J. Shadd has declined to enter the race for delegate to the next Nationai Convention. He thinks Dr. Purvis or Governor Pinchback would make excellent timber. CHIEF S and AGENTS WANTED! ores Do you want to be a member of a Society from whieh you can obtair a loan if you need money? Then communicate with us; we will assist you whatever be your need. . F Chiefs and agents wanted in every locality. ~Splendid compensation for desirable persons. Position permanent. Pay guaranteed. MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY, 407 7th St., northwest, Washington, D. Cc. *Phone E. 322 Lawyer Wetmore Banqueted by [lessrs. pS). Colennd Joheaee At the Yuletide Stag on December 26, 1903, given in honor of J. Douglas Wetmore, of Jacksonville, Florida, by Messrs. Bob Cole, Rosamond Johnson, James W. Johnson and W. Hurbert Jackson, at the Hotel Marshall in New York City, there were gathered around the festive board about forty jolly fel- lows, among whom were George E. Wibecan, Dorsey M. Webster, Fred R. Moore, D. S. Willis, of Brooklyn, W. C. Mathews, of Harvard College, J. Harry Lewis, of Boston, and Will Marion Cook. Mr. James W. Johnson was toast master; and after giving a brief sketch of Mr. Wetmore’s career he ealled on him to respond to the toast “anything.” Mr. Wetmore then thank- ed his friends for giving the Stag in his honor, thanked the other gentle- men for their presence, and spoke in part as follows: a 2 . es s eae ng > ee iy Re A Bee B < toe re se Re a if : | ee ee cee ee Sa ie 6 gages: aot . By 7 Peis i. Si = tc 1 x = = 2 ee ee E> pues nie ate a a * 4 SO ore ae Te Mas eS oS SE eae On ar ‘ See Js AS eas aS OFS ae Re tego s ok a f op peas A Sea es ae beeps eee. 1 van age ap ee aes <<. ar ee eS eT , ee ee gt Bad Sle ee Oye dP og 3 ON i 2 a ee Rica ye Sg TO ee RES ae TOADS, ae gia PR OAR Tega Te aes. A OM S78 on 7 Olle hee ie eee Was Be eae ae hee Hs aaa a Pe ee SS eet is eT ye RAGS er a ae ee is Oh Sek TS IN a te ear Sette oe i OS 5 ARR Sea gir See ; Sg CES ae aes ede ae | (lf ee ee coh 3 i. * ater ge gen a? 4 Mita.) SA ge aie. MR. J. DOUGLASS WETMORE, Member of City Council, Jacksonville, Fla. “My friends the Negroes have reached a crisis in‘ their affairs in this country. As you well know we have been disfranchised in a great many of the Southern states, and several other states are threatening to do the same. I want to appeal to you gentle- men who live here in the Norih where your votes are counted, to help us of the South, if not, we are lost. I mean help us by impressing upon the Con- gressmen from your several districts the fact, that you are interested in- the welfare of your brothers in the South, and insisting upon their supporting some measure in Congress for the re- lief of your Southern brothers. Gentle- men I do not belong to that class of 2 Negroes who believe that we should eschew politics, for I am convinced that when the day of the Negros of America cease to be a political factor, their condition will be even fuore itiable in the South than it is today. ‘Ht is all right to teach our people to secure edu- cation and property, but God help any class of people who live under a Demo- cratic form of government, and have no voice in selecting the men who make its laws and execute them. If the Negroes become as wealthy as the Jews, and have no part in selecting the men who will tax their wealth and their property, or those who pass the laws for the confiscation of it, or sit on juries and try them for their liber- ty, or preside over Courts in. which their property rights are tried, then they will be helpless, when any injus- tide or indignity is heaped upon them, and will be unable to get any redress whatever, and will be the butt and target of the unscrupulous and @dis- honest in every part of this great country I do not advise my friends that we teach our children to make politics their profession; but I do urge that the Negroes be taught to die if necessary in defense of their right of franchise, and not to yield any right or privilege’ guaranteed them by the Constitution of the - United States. T have felt at times in the last year, that if-it were not for the Negro vote in New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio and Mlinoié it might be possi- ble for the South to eventually brow- beat the North, into assisting them to THE COLORED AMERICAN your votes” gentlemen, and therefore’ will not join the South in any such “damnable undertaking. There is an- other matter in which we seem to have reached a crisis in our affairs, and that is the higher education of the Negro in the South. ¥ want to tell you gentlemen that I know whereof I speak when I say that a great num- ber of the institutions for the higher education of the Negro in the South are in hard straights for money, and are barely able to keep their doors open. The reason is, that our good white friends of the North who have given so many thovsand dollars to help such schools ‘as the Atlanta Uni- versity, Claflin University, Fisk Uni- versity, and a great many others of their kind in the South, have ceased to contribute to these schoois; and when any of the friends of these schools ap- proach the philanthropic men of the North now and ask for contributions they are almost jnvariable told “No, I cannot give anything for your school, as I believe the Negro does not need higher education but needs industrial training, and what I am able to con- tribute I now give to Tuskegee or other schools: of that kind,” or words to that effect. Gentlemen as I look around me, I see some faces that would not» be gathered around this festive board to-night, I see some men who would not occupy the positions they do in the world, and I myself would not be here, were it not for this class of schools which were founded in the South, and maintained by Northern philanthropy. Mr. Washington with his propaganda ‘of industrialism has eaptured the white American public, “and white men of the North who used to give one dollar for the higher edu- cation of the Negro, now give nothing towards assisting him in obtaining higher education, but give two dollars for industrial schools because it pleases the average white man to think that the»American Negro is a natural born “hewer of wood and drawer of water.” Mr. Washington is my personal friend, and I have no criticism to make of | him for the work he has done at’ | Tuskegee; and I wish him continued success with his indugtrial cope But gentlemen I belong to that ‘class | of Negroes who believe in higher es _cation for those of us who are capa-} bie .of receiving it“and ufNizing it. One.of our greateset weaknesses is that | we are extremists. My friends, Trotter, Marshall, Benjamin and | others of Boston, are such extreme; anti-Washington men that they are} almost cranlfs on the subject of gael trialism versus higher education. And | on the other hand there are thousands of Negrees who are such pro-Wash- ington men that they are fsols on the question of higher educatio: versus industrialism, and they believe Mr. Washington is perfect and has made no mistakes or that he can make any; and this class of extremists°do him as much harm almost as his enemies. EES SoS ti es SRE: > Be SOS rr RG. yO Eares. (Continued on Page 3). == TH ES Wonder of the World © heGfoem N i Bea a. 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I want to ask each of you, to make yourself a committee of one, to do something towards helping some institution for the higher education of the Negro in the South, and to give some part of your earnings for the support of some institution of this class in the South. We want to show to the American public that we will not allow our schools for higher education in the South to be closed because Northern white men no longer contribute to their maintenance. We have reached the place where we must maintain these schools or they fail. And my friends it would be a sad reflection indeed, upon us, as a people if, after forty years of freedom, we allow such a grand old institution as the Atlanta University to be crippled for the lack of funds. Don't let us be extremists. Let us reach the happy medium. Let us give our moral support to industrial schools and Mr. J. BOB COLE, Of Cole and Johnson. Washington and his industrial propaganda, and let us also give our moral and financial aid to the Atlanta University and other schools of like character. In closing I want to ask, that I be not misquoted in reference to Mr. Washington. I want it fully understood by you, and all men, that I do not belong to that class of Negroes who are accused of being friendly to Mr. Washington because they owe him favors, or expect to gain something through his friendship. Whatever I have accomplished in life, has been by my own efforts with the assistance of my people in my home town, and Mr. Washington has never in any way contributed anything towards my success. But I admire the man for what he has accomplished, for reaching the place he has, not only in America, but in the eyes of the world; and I am proud to claim him as my friend, and yet I reserve the same right to criticise him, that I do to criticise any of my other friends, and when occasion demands it, I do it. Gentlemen here is a toast to Booker T. Washington and Tuskegee, but here also, is THE COLORED AMERICAN a toast to Atlanta University, and other institutions for the higher education of the Negro in the South." When Mr. Wetmore had finished the applause was deafening. The toast master then introduced Mr. George E. Wibecan, of Brooklyn, who made an eloquent speech endorsing all Mr. Wetmore had said in reference to the political and educational welfare and needs of the Negro; and Mr. Wibecan then moved that the gen- J. GEO. E. WIBECAN, JR. tlemen present, form themselves into an association to be known as the "Minute Men of America," and nominated Mr. Wetmore for President, and he was unanimously elected, and Mr. James W. Johnson was elected Secretary. After listening to short and able addresses by D. Macon Webster, Fred R. Moore, Will Marion Cook and Bob Cole the gentlemen present then discussed ways and means for raising funds to assist Atlanta University, and it was decided to hold a mammoth benefit performance at the New York Theatre in the latter part of May, and Messsrs. Cole and Johnson brothers and Will Marion Cook, pledged themselves to secure the services of the leading actors of both races, to appear at the proposed benefit performance, and to try and raise $10,000 for the assistance of Atlanta University. OYSTERS. Blue Points on half shell. SOUP. Cup Bullion. Olives. Amontillado Sherry. SHELL FISH. Deviled Crabs (en-cases). ROASTS. Paul Runart Brut, Turkey, Oyster Dressing, Cranberry Sauce. Roast Razor Back (carved whole). SALAD. Ala. Potato. Water Cress Dressing. DESSERT. Leathean Punch Frozen. a la Marshall. Demitoise. Coffee. Imported Cigars and Cigarettes. White Seal. Letters and Telegrams. Tuskegee, Ala. To. Messrs. Cole, Johnson Brothers & H. Jackson, MENU. - Hotel Marshall, West 53rd St. Mr. Washington and I thank you heartily for your invitation to Stag honor friend Wetmore, sincerely regreat inability to be present. Wish whole company compliments of season. Emmett J. Scott 2 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y. To Cole & Johnson, Hotel Marshall, 53rd St. near 8th Ave. Regret my inability to attend banquet to-night. Express the same to friend Wetmore and the other gentlemen. Harry L. Kemp. 726 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. To James W. Johnson. Regret sincerely that at the last moment I am detained in Brooklyn. Wishing you all a jolly good time. Truly, Bob Willis. Walter A. Pinchback to Bob Cole, et al, Declaration: Know all men by these presents, that I, the undersigned, do hereby solemnly regret that I am, or will be, unable to respond to your bid to attend "Ye Yuletide Stag" to be given in honor of my friend, J. Douglas Wetmore. And I do further declare that while I will not be with you in person, I will be in mind and heart. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal; the bid to said Stag, bearing date December 26, 1903, having been presented to me this 24th day of December, A. D., 1903. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of: Washington, D. C., Dec. 26, 1903. Messrs. Bob Colé, Rosamond Johnson, etc., Gentlemen:—Yours wishing me to be present with you at dinner with your guest, my friend, J. Douglas Wetmore, of Florida, is just at hand, I would delight to be with you, but an engagement here, previously made, will deny me that rare pleasure. I know you will spend a delightful evening, and that your guest will prove himself a hearty good fellow, and a good "feeder." Maple Hall, Red Bank, N. J., Dec. 25, 1903. Messrs. Cole, Johnson & Company, New York. Gentlemen:—Your cordial invitation to attend the stag party to my esteemed friend, Mr. J. Douglas Wetmore, tomorrow night, was received. I regret very much that I am suffering from a rheumatic attack, contracted in Washington recently, and am unable to accept your invitation. I am compelled to keep close to my fireside for a few days more. Mr. Wetmore is a man I greatly admire. He has brains and courage, and he has made a place for himself in the life of his home city in which all of us who know him take pride. Renew to him the assurance of a continuation of my esteem and friendship. Very respectfully. T. Thos. Fortune. (Continued on Page 7). --- Walter A. Pinchback. Jno. C. Dancy. 3 SALOONS. Chris. Xander's QUALITY HOUSE, 909 7th St NW. To the enormous stock of truly good wines and distillates (free from all fusel poison) there has just been added by request: Beri Medicinal Niza Olive Oil the thinnest pressing easily assimilated by delicate stomachs. To preserve its freshness and curative virtues imported only in small (4 ounce) bottles and sold at 25 cents by the sole distributor, Chris. Xander, 909 Seventh Street. 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Harper & Wilson a specialty. 1916 Fourteenth Street, Northwest 4 A MODERN CINCINNATUS. dress, for he is a very plain, unassuming and modest gentleman, but one of those men whose cordial handshakes makes a friend of everyone. The Colored American has watched his course in Washington, and has always found him the same cordial gentleman at all times. R. W. Tyler, who is a neighbor of Judge Badger in Columbus, their homes being within a stone's throw of each other, although differing with the Judge in politics, says that Judge Badger is a prince of gentlemen, and as square as the great Sumner on the colored question. This is very strong language, but from observation here in Washington it appears to be true. THE NEGRO UP NORTH. Galesburg, the Prairie City, Makes a Good Showing—Absence of Color Line—Notes. Galesburg, Ills, Special.—The town of Galesburg, in which the city of that name is situated, occupies the territory designated by the United States Survey as Township 11, N. Range 1 E. This was originally a prarie township. It is a fact that history puts emphasis on Galesburg's educational advantages. The fact that the colony was founded by Rev. Gale, the organizer of the well known Knox College (1845) still a village with only one church. But yet before this time it is said—(1843) the adjoining prairie was the theatre of a busy activity in the buildings and openings of farms. The academy building was erected in 1837. The College was chartered in 1836-7." From the same book we are impressed that Galesburg people belong to the New England Pilgrims. They certainly exhibit the New England fashion in pioneer life and religious zeal. "The families were homogeneous in their character partaking of th spirit as they sprung from the blood of Pilgrim fathers of New England. They loved the Bible, the Sabbath and the sanctuary." *Bateman's Enclyopedia of Ill., **Sellons History of Galesburg. AN EARLY ABOLITIONIST CITY. An enquirer passing through Galesburg will admire the disposition of her citizens. And they (the people here) pride the city as being an early abolitionist college town. "From the first anti-slavery society in this part of the country was organized here in 1836. The settlement was a recognized station on the famous "underground railway," and many of the fugitives were helped to Canada by Galesburg citizens. President John Blanchard of Knox College, 1845-1857 was one of the most noted Abolitionists in the entire Northwest." It appears that the population of Galesburg has changed since 1860. "Although the white population of the city is largely Americans, there is considerable mixture of the foreign element, there are also about a thousand Negroes, but in the early history of Galesburg the Negro population was small." (b) (b). From the United States census returns, one must conclude that the Negroes increase commenced in 1860. (b) Bateman's Enclycopedia. THE COLORED AMERICAN. Returns of the populations since 1860 are as follows: 1860—Whites, 4,953; Negroes, 81. 1870—White, 9,583; Negroes 575. 1890—White, 14,435; Negroes, 729. 1899—White, 19,500; Negroes, 975. And says—The second Baptist church (African) was organized in 1865 by R. Debaptiste an others. The present membership is 108, value $5,000. The A.M.E. edifice on Tompkins street with nearly 250 members and 100 Sunday school students is only valued at four thousand dollars, including land. In an interview with one of Galesburg's old resident citizens he says: "The first colored graduate from the High School was Miss Belle Allen in 1881. The whole community wanted to hear her speak. And great interest has since been manifest in Negroes attendance in school. But the largest list of High school graduates in a single year was four in 1903." From a recent inquiry into the condition of Galesburg citizens (colored) we find among the 1,000 the average number in a Negro family in Galesburg, 5. Average marriages per year, 5. In ownership we find the Galesburg Negro ahead of many similar towns North or South. Average Negroes property, $3,500. Per cent. owning home, 70. In work they are in most cases allowed to work at any trade which they may desire but there are few following agriculture or frontier life. The following estimate is found substantiated: Number of Negroes work on farm near Galesburg, 6. Number raising vegetable and tobacco in city, 275. From the following estimate we are able to conclude about the employment of Negroes in Galesburg: Number of porters and clerks in stores, 10. Number of plasters and masons, 35. Number following various lines of work, 250. Number unknown, 15. From these conclusions we can see that the Galesburg Negro is being employed, but there remain the following idle: Negro slum livers, 5. Negro loafters, 10. The following cannot but reflect credit upon the Galesburg Negro for an interest taken in education: Negro High School graduates in city, 15. Negro college students, 4. Negro college graduates, 3. But the following we find employed: Bookkeepers and stenographers, 2. Teachers, 2. Remainder, 0. This we can reason from abstracts and figures really what the Negro does in the North, but the question of politics is settled; they divide the offices with the Negro. The following: Negro policemen, 3. Negro mail service, 6. A Negro served as city supervisor for nearly ten years. What conclusion can we reach by these facts and figures. We can really say that under the favorable condi- tions the Negro has not made the progress which was possible, but they are certainly intelligent throroughgoing and reliable. The most of the Negroes are clean and the average Negro has a dining room, parlor, kitchen, etc. This is the Galesburg Negro. John King. JIM HILL'S SUCCESSOR. Hon. Sam P. 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BESPONSIBLE LEADERS. "Those in authority in the Council are citizens among citizens, vested with responsibilities for a season and then returning to the occupation and associations from whence they came. It is dangerous to our future, to permit one to hold office in such a grand organization, without knowing at what cost our institution has been established, or realizing that unwavering, vigilance is necessary for its maintenance. J. MR. ALFRED B. COSEY. "No organization can prosper unless there is a fixed set of laws to govern it and those laws enforced whenever occasions require. The National AfroAmerican Council was organized several years ago and has performed valuable services in the interest of the whole people of this Republic; it has grown only because it embodies the aspirations of a united band of friends and brothers and around about it has centered their loyalty and love. WANTS CO-OPERATION. The National Afro-American Council invites the co-operation of all liberty-loving citizens to join them in their struggle for the constitutional rights of their brothers in the South. The time has come for a greater recognition of the principles, enunciated by the National Council, and to be ever mindful, that genuine patriotism in the council consists not merely in careless acceptance of the institution and passive compliance with its laws, but the complete fulfillment of the obligations of membership means the exertion of an active influence on behalf of the laws of the institution which gives the membership its value. "The National Afro-American Council is broad enough and strong enough to adjust all classes and factions THE COLORED AMERICAN among the colored citizens of the United States, and any difference that may arise between them and other races if given the support to which it is entitled. May every colored citizen in the United States in harmony with the purpose of this great organization unite to inculcate patriotism to spread and maintain the doctrines of Republicanism, equal rights, universal liberty and justice to all."—Newark Daily Advertiser. WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. Opens Its Winter Term Under Favorable Auspices—Needs More Room. Editor Colored American:—It is in vain that a report of the Fall closing of the Washington Conservatory of Music has been looked forward to, for it is felt that many who were not fortunate enough to be one of that large and appreciative audience should know of the very creditable work that is being done by this school. All participants did themselves and their teachers credit. Elementary and advanced degrees of interpretation and execution were exhibited. Some showed great talent, displaying sympathetic touch, good tone and soulful interpretation. The violin department made an excellent showing. The Conservatory quartette rendered their numbers very effectually and were greeted by a storm of applause. We seldom have the opportunity to hear chamber music interpreted by our own talent and we welcome the advent of the Conservatory quartette. Some of the pupils from the Normal School kindly contributed two numbers which were greatly enjoyed. Their reputation gained at the May Musical last year was well sustained. One has only to hear them to be convinced that their training and development is becoming broader each year. The founding of the Conservatory of Music is based on the idea of thoroughness in the study of music and the idea of creating a musical atmosphere around it which will be educational and inspiring to pupil and patrons alike. It offers in all its departments instruction second to none. With the combined efforts of the seven thoroughly equipped teachers that already make up the faculty a plan has been outlined that will neglect no side of the art. Mrs. Hackley comes each week from Philadelphia and is welcomed by an enthusiastic class. That this plant is rapidly taking root and is here to stay is evident, from the the increased enrollment and need for more instruments and rooms, from the attentive appreciation of the audiences that attend its recitals, from the earnest work of its board and from the approving letters of congratulation and assistance from eminent authority. A souvenir program will be soon issued by the Amphions which will contain both programs. Get one and arrange for the dances. February 15. The Amphions. Grand Army Hall. Short concert program. Take the last whirl before Lent with the Amphions Monday, February 15. Grand Army Hall. Admission 35 cents. TUSKEGEE ENDOWED. The Trustees of the Tuskegee Institute have just received $20,000 from a lady in New York who will not permit the use of her name, to be added to the Endowment Fund of that institution. The Tuskegee Institute has recently received from Mrs. Barlow, of Boston, a gift of four thousand dollars to found permanent scholarships in memory of the late Col. Robert Gould Shaw. Booker Washington's recent interview of two hours at the White House has attracted much attention. It is most satisfactory that Mr. Washington and the President continue their cordial relations. The President is entitled to every credit for his dependence upon their representative of the race in matters affecting our best interests. NEW YORK'S PREMIER MUSICIAN. Mr. Albert F. Mando, musical director and conductor of the Conservatory Sextett and Concert Orchestra is in greater demand than ever in New York City. The demands for his services of late have been so great that he has had to open up a branch studio in the lower section of the city to accommodate his patrons, who are almost exclusively white. Mr. Mando is prov proving beyond doubt, that ability will win every time and that color is no bar to success. MARYLAND INDUSTRIAL & AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE. Laurel, Md., Special.—After spending the holidays at their homes, the students returned January 1st, also new students in addition. An entertainment given on Saturday night by the Girls' Literary Club proved a marked success. The school in every way is progressing both intellectually and spiritually. Prayer meeting held on last Thursday night constrained two souls to accept Christ. The quarterly conference of the M.E. Church this district voted unanimously for Rev. B. W. Brown to be sent back for the ensuing year. Mr. Thomas Isaacs was elected Lay Delegate to the annual Conference, which convenes at Sharp St. M.E. Church, Baltimore, March 17. The students look forward to The Colored American as the leading journal of the race. A NEW Y.M.C.A A large meeting of the young men was held last Sunday at 3:30 p. m. at Shiloh Baptist Church, for the purpose of organizing a Y.M.C.A. Rev. J. A. Taylor acted as temporary chairman, while Mr. D. E. Taylor served as temporary secretary. A number of enthusiastic speeches were made by the chairman, by Mr. F. D. Lee and others. A meeting will be held at 3:30 tomorrow for the purpose of effecting a permanent organization. Young men from all parts of the city are invited to be present. The revival at Shiloh Baptist church which began the first of January has been attended with great success. Rev. J. Anderson Taylor, the Pastor in charge reports more than thirty conversions and a large number of additions to the church. A large baptising will take place to-morrow after the morning services. The friends of the church as well as the public are cordially invited. Everybody of note seems to desire to attend the affair of the Amphions, February 15. 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CRANE=CO.N.Y. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON AND HIS CRITICS. Editor Colored American:—It is one of the disagreeable penalties of leadership to be the victim of the carping criticisms of jealous demagogues. The great Frederick Douglass in the latter part of his life came in for a large share of this undeserved and unjust notoriety. How then can Mr. Booker T. Washington, who has done so much to lift the masses of our people from ignorance, and as hundreds of young men and young women now occupying honorable places of usefulness and trust can testify; how then, I reiterate, can he hope to escape? I have watched the fight made upon Mr. Washington, and I have asked several of the friends of those who have led the attack, if they could name any one young man or woman whom these critics of Mr. Washington had educated or even helped to educate, Whereas, A LEAP YEAR PARTY. Mrs. Albert Brooks of 1521 Madison street N. W., with her usual graciousness opened her home to Miss Marion T. Scott that she might with her young friends tender a leap year surprise to her uncle, Judge E. M. Hewlett. A little after 8 o'clock the bell rung Mr. Hewlett hastened to the door, when in walked Miss Julia Collier gracefully bowing and presented her card with leap year written in the corner. Mr. Hewlett invited her in the dining- room, then waited her pleasure. Miss Collier spoke of the weather, then said she would draw nearer the fire, finally she told him she would take off her wraps and rest awhile as she was a little tired. Miss Collier acted her part so well Mr. Hewlett began to think her a fit subject for St. Elizabeth. Again the bell rung and two more ladies entered and presented cards by this time Mr. Hewlett was running from room to room asking what it all 6 CRANE=CO.N.Y. on the other hand, there are hundreds who are to-day the beneficiaries of the life work of Mr. Washington. With great singleness of purpose, and undaunted faith in the ultimate success of his plans for the amelioration of the almost hopeless condition of the Negro in the black belt of the South Mr. Washington has succeeded in placing his school at Tuskegee upon that lofty pinnacle where the world must look upon it as the most successful of all schools for industrial education. I have just returned from my third tour, of the South and I know something about the condition of my people in that section of the country. I therefore say shame upon Mr. Washington's opponents. Wouldn't it be much more consistent in a people whom he had so largely benefitted, that they should lend him their aid? Must it ever be laid at the door of the Negro that he is ungrateful? Heirietta Vinton Davis. meant. In fifteen minutes he was surrounded. What—with music, dancing, recitations and singing, also Miss Helen Cooper accompanied by Miss Flossie Thompson on the piano going through the Delcotte movements—to say nothing of the proposals of marriage to Mr. Hewlett. It was the jolliest of jolly evenings. Miss Marion T. Scott furnished refreshments for the company. Those of the surprising party were: Misses Marion T. Scott, Mabel Mason, Nettie Smallwood, Mary Butler, Mamie B. Simmons, Helen Cooper, Hattie Collier, Julia Collier, Ula Goodrich, Matile Sneede, Iola Dickerson, Sicily Diggs, Flossie Thompson. There were also present, Judge E. M. Hewlett, Dr. and Mrs. E. D. Scott, Mrs. A. Brooks, Messrs. A. Bradford and Burrell. The above party took place Thursday, January 28. Mr. Jack Frear of the War Department is now back at work. THE COLORED AMERICAN. AVIS, P Your Cr --- PETER GR Your Credit is as PETER GROGAN. Your Credit is as Good as Gold. 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HERE IS OUR PLAN: send free of cost ten bright new copies of THE COL- MERICAN, which you may sell amongst your friends and at the rate of 5 cents per copy, and tell them you would bring them the paper in this way from week to week, al- im to stop when they please. It will be easy for you to route of twenty to a hundred papers, which will amount to $5.00 a week. Of this amount you may keep two-fifths profit. This means that on every ten papers sold you have profit of 20 cts., or two dollars a hundred. We furnish sent papers, free of cost, to start you and enable you to can. We pay the postage and run all risk. Could you anything better or make money more easily? Write today to the territory in your town. Address COLORED AMERICAN, 459 C St, N. W. Washington, D. C. Weekly or Monthly Payments to Suit You LAWYER WETMORE BANQUETED. (Continued from Page 3). Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 26, 1903. To Prof. James Johnson, 127 W. 53rd St. Enjoy yourselves. Be good. Sorry I cannot be with you. S. H. Hart. Washington, Dec. 24, 1903. Messrs. Bob Cole, Rosamond Johnson, et al., Gentlemen:I have your unique invitation to attend the banquet to be given in honor of J. D. Wetmore, of Ye Jacksonville Town Ye Colony of Florida, on December 26, 1903. To my sincere regret I shall not be able to be present and participate with you in the good times and good things which will be set before your guests on that occasion; but, while away in body, I will be with you in spirit. Wishing you success, and good health for yourself and all who may be present, I am, Very truly yours, Judson W. Lyons. Washington, D. C., Dec. 24, 1903. Gentlemen of the Colony of Florida, New York City. Sirs:—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your kind invitation to join you in paying tribute to Hon. J. Douglas Wetmore of Jacksonville. I beg to say that I would gladly participate in such function if "Ye feast" began at six or seven in the evening and not at ten-thirty. We who have lived in Washington for several years are accustomed to regard ten o'clock the limit for staying out at night, unless we act as escorts to our friends from other places. However, what may be a transgression on the bounds of just propriety here may be Puritianism incarnate in the great metropolitan New York: I wish you all possible pleasure in the evening of December 26, and I regret that I cannot be with you. With best wishes for you and your distinguished guest, I am, yours faithfully, Robert H. Terrell. Washington, D. C., Dec. 24, 1903. 1422 Bacon St. Messrs. Bob Cole, R. Johnson. Gentlemen:—Your summons to attend the "Yuletide Stag" in honor of J. Douglas Wetmore, Esq., at Hotel Marshall, Saturday evening, the 26th inst., received, and I thank you very much for the compliment. If there is one thing more than another I really enjoy it is a stag feed with such a company of jolly good fellows as I am sure you will gather together on that occasion. I regret exceedingly that engagements here will not permit me to put in an appearance. With compliments of the season to you and your guest, I am, Very truly yours, P. S. B. Pinchback. Boston, Dec. 24, 1903. Mr. Bob Cole, Hotel Marshall, New York. Dear Friend:—Permit me to thank you and my other friends for the kind invitation to be of your number on Saturday evening. I deeply regret my inability to be present and trust your evening will be one that will be long remembered. In the course of your pleasures, pause long enough to drink one bumper with me, to your honored guest. May he live long and prosper. With my best wishes for a very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year, I am, Very sincerely yours, John C. Johnson. EDUCATION THE COLORED Preparatory Elementary Night S Mr. Bob Cole & Gentlemen:I accept with pleasure your kind invitation for Saturday evening, December 26th, and wishing you the compliments of the season, I am, 444 Jefferson Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. * TEXADO PARK NEWS. Little Rock, Ark., Special.—Mr. Shinnoult, one of the old citizens of the Park, died on the 17th inst. His remains were followed to the grave by a large procession of Masons and friends. He left his wife a fine piece of property. Dr. J. W. Carter, State M. Secretary of the State Negro Business League, Little Rock, Organizer of the State Business Men's League, is quite sick. Rev. Gold has a very sick son, Walter Gold. Mrs. Carter is better. Dr. Hayman is Secretary of the Business Men's League, and is working night and day to build up the organization. Mrs. J. W. Carter will soon visit her mother at Mount Miss. Mrs. Dunlay, the dressmaker, is taking The Colored American and says she likes it very much. Rev. King is getting along nicely with Mt. Cavalry Baptist Church. OUTSTRIPS ALL. The Colored American of Washington, D. C., Ed. Cooper, proprietor, still outstrips all of his competitors with 64 columns of original reading matter and good, live advertiseing makes The Colored American the national journal of the colored people of the country. We admire push, energy and good common sense and wish him success. Illinois Idea. --- EDUCATIONAL. THE COLORED BUSINESS Preparatory and Elementary . . . Night School OLD TRUE REFORMERS HALL. Cor. Fourth and N Sts., N. W. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. Special courses—Business, Preparatory, Elementary, and Lecture. Shorthand and Typewriting. Free Information given from 4 to 5 p. m. Subjects—Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry. J. W. BOTTS, A. B., Ph. B., Manager. THE HOTEL HOWARD UNIVERSITY, Washington, D. C. TEN distinct departments, under one hundred competent professors and instructors—Theo Logical, Medical, Legal, College, Pedagogical, Preparatory, English, Agriculture, Industrial, and Musical. For information address Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., LL. D., President. GEO H. SAFFORD. Secretary. THE MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE, LAUREL, HOWARD CO., MD. Situation beautiful; climate unsurpassed; work thorough and efficient. Courses: English, Normal, Agriculture Practical and Scientific, Stockraising, Dairying, Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Domestic Science, Carpentry, Mechanical Drawing, Dressmaking and Millinery. $7.00 per month covers tuition, furnished rom, heating, lighting, washing and board. Fall term opens October 1, 1903. Winter term opens December 28, 1903. Further information, address M. J. NAYLOR, A. B., Acting President, Box 190 Baltimore, Md. OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG MEN. The demands in all parts of this country, and in several foreign countries, for well trained men of our race in the direction of scientific and practical agriculture are so great that this institution is willing to offer exceptional advantages to young men who wish to come here and take either a regular or post graduate course in agriculture. We cannot begin to supply the demands that come to us for trained men in the direction of agriculture. The positions for which these trained men are wanted are those in most every case which pay high salaries. hold of men who have received as far as possible, a good education before coming here, and are ready to enter upon a thorough course of agricultural training. For further information address, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Prin. Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama. EDWARD GREEN Fine Wines and Whiskies S. W. Cor. Cameron and Fayette streets ALEXANDRIA, VA. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. The Albany Hotel, 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, mixologists; Henry Johnson, manager, and Auto Scott, clerk. CALEB A. 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Member of the Washington Real Estate Exchange. 609 F St. N. W., Washington, D. C. "WE MOVE EVERYTHING" Douglas Baggage and Furniture Express 1533 14th Street N. W. R. T. DOUGLAS, Manager ```markdown ``` The Colored American Published by The Colored American Publishing Company. A National Negro Newspaper Published every Saturday, at 459 C st. N. W., Washington, D. C. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year, $2.00 Six Months. 1.10 Three Months .60 Invariably in advance. Subscription may be sent by post office money order, express or registered letter. All communications for publication should be accompanied with the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication but as a guarantee of good faith. We solicit news, contributions, opinions and in fact all matters affecting the race. We will not pay for matter, however, unless it is ordered by us. All matter intended for publication should reach this office by Wednesday of each week to insure insertion in the current issue. Agents are wanted everywhere.— Send for instructions. ADVERTISING RATES. Reading notices 50 cents per line. Display advertisements, $2 per square inch, per insertion. Discounts made on large contracts. Entered at the Post Office as second class matter. 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, FEBRUARY 6, 1904. TO PREVENT RAILWAY DISCRIMINATION. There is now abill before the House of Representatives designed to prevent discrimination on railroad cars on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude, and it is the duty of every colored man with a spark of race pride, to see to it that this bill becomes a law. The bill was introduced by Hon. Edward Morrell of Pennsylvania, Nov. 1, 1903, and is now in the hands of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. If this matter is agitated there is no reason why this bill should not become a law. The thing to do right now, however, is to beseige the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce with letters and requests asking it to call up the bill. The following is the personnel of the Committee and the members can be addressed, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. Write your Congressman at once and insist that House Bill No. 4507 be called up. Republicans—William P. Hepburn, of Iowa; James S. Sherman, of New York; Irving P. Wanger, of Pennsylvania; James R. Mann, f Illinois; William C. Lovering, of Massachusetts; Fred C. Stevens, of Minnesota; Charles H. Burke, of South Dakota; John J. Esch, of Wisconsin; Francis W. Cushman, of Washington; Thomas B. Kyle, of Ohio; Charles E. Townsend, of Michigan. Democrats—Robert C. Davey, of Louisiana; William G. Adamson, of Georgia; Dorsey W. Shackleford, of Missouri; William H. Ryan, of New York; William Richardson, of Alabama; William B. Lamar, of Florida. THE COLORED AMERICAN. EDITORIAL BRIEFS. The colored voters of Maryland are taking time by the forelock by holding meetings and protesting against the proposed jim crow car laws and disfranchising measures now being proposed by the Democrats of the State. And the colored newspapers of the State are asking where McComas and the other Republican leaders are and why are they so silent. Is the Chicago Conservator getting ready to change hands again. Preacher Wilkins will have to change his drinking place or Proprietor Barnett will fire him. A wide awake news gatherer ought to be too big to be small in getting his news together. The imagination is a bad place from which to draw news. The Boston Colored Citizen, The Charleston Advocate and the Indianapolis Freeman will do well to edit their syndicate correspondence to avoid libel suits. Mr. M. B. Moten for many years postmaster at Athens, Ga., is one of the largest tax payers of that town and is the head of the Athens Contract Company which does a business of nearly one-half million dollars a year. He will go as a delegate at large to the next national Republican Convention. The Atlanta Independent ululates as follows: The most Negroes who write for the press lose sight of the good they might do in a labored effort to say something which will make them appear smart in the public eye. The young colored men in the Southern states are not all asleep. In North Carolina, in Alabama and Georgia, the bulk of the insurance among the colored people is done by the colored people themselves, many of the companies being managed exclusively by colored men and they are making money. The Republican leaders of South Carolina have agreed to agree and to bury the hatchet. Hons. Edward H. Deas and John G. Capers are together once more. The Baltimore Lancet wants to know where the Republican friends of the Negro are about this time. It is especially anxious to hear from the distinguished Lewis Emmanuel McComas, whom as it states "we found a struggling county lawyer and now leave a United States Senator." Mr. John L. Waller, editor of the Progressive American is having trouble with a former collector—one H. H. Paige. We recommend Paige to the tender mercies of Brother Barnett of the Chicago Conservator. Barnett has handled some tough ones but has always been able to come out number one in every contest. The Republicans of Georgia have called for a meeting of their State convention, to be held in the city of Atlanta, March 23rd. Intelligent colored men are waking up to the fact that the Lord helps those who help themselves and in every community a goodly number are engaging in some kind of business enterprise. This is the way to solve the problem. The Boston Guardian is getting luny again. We had hoped that Brother Trotter had come to his senses to stay, but alas and alack. Two pages of boiler plate is not so bad, however. The Christmas edition of the St. Joseph Spectator, (Mo.), was mechanically and typographically a beauty. If Editor Jones will just let Dr. Crossland and the school teachers alone and give the people a good, clean newspaper, he will be one of the big ones. The Pine Bluff Weekly Herald brought out its Christmas number in white with a pink cover. The Colored American published a picture and sketch of Editor Duke sometime ago, but has learned some additional information concerning his personal history and will reproduce the cut with a different sketch at an early date. The rumor that the colored people would, not be recognized at the St. Louis exposition is now abated. There will be what is known as Fisk University Day, July 6th, 1904, and the Missouri colored people are correspondingly happy. The two colored members of the Ohio legislature are being royally entertained and supported by the people of the capital city—Columbus, Ohio. The Capital City Club, a political and social organization, and one of the strongest in the State, is making a name for itself by its loyalty and its intelligent activity in the interests of the representatives of the race. Mr. J. E. McGirt, the new poet and playwright, is at the head of a grand musical and dramatic fete in Philadelphia, February 4th. He will be assisted by Mme. E. Azalia Hackley, our own well known soprano, and will present his own two act drama, "Stronger Than Death." An exchange says: Vardaman's Villainy was answered on the same day by a donation of fifteen thousand dollars from the great philanthropist Carnegie to build a library for Talladega College an institution of higher education for Negroes. The colored people of Fort Smith, Ark., are complaining because of the treatment accorded them by the new management of the Opera House. They are forced into a small section of the peanut gallery. The only solution for this problem is to build opera houses of our own. The Auditorium at Memphis, Tenn., the True Reformers Hall in Richmond, and in Washington, D. C., are paying investments. The barbarity of Southern sentiment is shown in the fact that colored women who are assigned to the chain gang are worked on the street at Jackson Tenn., with the men, and it is tolerated by the so-called leading citizens there. This surpasses darkest Russia. The bill to disfranchise the colored voters of Kentucky failed to pass before the Legislature of that state last week. The New York Republicans of the Twelfth Congressional District, are urging the nomination of Hon. Charles W. Andreson to run against Burke Cochran. Old Foxey Wilkins, the putative editor of The Conservator in quoting from The Illinois Idea, wherein he is accused of drinking whiskey at a certain saloon, changes the word "whiskey" to the word "soda." Wilkins is capable of doing anything, and is another Chicago "sham." A DOUBTFUL COMPLIMENT. Rev. J. A. Williams our agent writes for copies sent to Eagle Lake. We hope he is doing well. He is distributing one hundred copies each week. Would be glad if he would send in some subscribers to the office as soon as possible.—The Austin Herald. MORE SHAMS Editor Colored American:—At the Lafayette and Columbia theatres in this city, Negro patrons are utilized as a dark border, or black belt for the white patrons. No matter how early they may come, or how high a price they may pay, they find themselves seated back against the wall, and on the side tier of seats nearest the wall. It is astonishing that so many of our so-called best colored people allow themselves to be used in this way. How they can enjoy the performance under such conditions is beyond me; and yet many of this class are loud in the denunciations of Booker T. Washington for being as they claim, lacking in manhood. Chas. R. Douglass. Miss Minnie Cox has stepped down and out of the public gaze. ALMOST A KENTUCKIAN. Rambler, who does the thinking part of the American Baptist, writes the following of ye Editor: "Arriving in Washington early the next morning Rambler found his way to Porter's Exchange Hotel where he found several members of the committee domiciled. After this a short while was spent with Editor E. E. Cooper at the office of The Colored American. Brother Cooper is almost a genuine Kentuckian, having married one of its most lovely girls some years ago and in that way has established a relation which Kentuckians are always willing to recognize. Besides this The Colored American is one of our best race journals and fills a unique place in that field." The Amphions have prepared a short concert program for their annual affair and those desiring to hear it had better go early. This is done in order to permit the dancers to have the larger part of the evening. Concert at 8 sharp. Orchestra at 9:00. Mr. Frank J. Manly, now located in Tuskegee, Ala., is visiting friends in the city on his mid-winter vacation. Pay your poll tax is the slogan of the race leaders in Texas. Beware of the man who harps eternally upon virtue and who dwells in pointing out the mistakes of others. What has become of the Loyal Legion of Honor, headed by one Z. W. Mitchell, with headquarters at Cleveland, Springfield and Ravenna, Ohio? Dr. J, N. Burch, a leading physician in Kansas City, Mo., is said to be one of the most successful and wealthiest colored physicians in the state. A man with a purpose and with convictions is bound to make enemies; and a man without enemies is no man at all. The opera house discrimination has struck Denver, Colo., and while the colored people are feeling the effects of it, the treasury of the opera house is also feeling it. Young B. K. Bruce, Jr., of Kansas, who was in the public eye a few years ago and who ran for State Auditor, is now teaching school and is rarely heard of except in school wrangles. The State of Kansas has a Western Tuskegee, and the idea of industrial education is taking root in that city. The great potatoe king, Mr. J. H. Grove education is taking root in that state. and a splendid example of what the race can do, even as a successful potatoe farmer. They have a night entertainment in South Carolina known as the "hot supper." It is said to be closely related to the calkwalk and is very much akin to our well known "parlor social" of this city. The "hot supper" and the "wine social" we should judge are identical. In some sections of the country the old habit of preachers getting into the pulpits and abusing other denominations obtain. It is a display of ignorance and a nuisance which should be abated. Alabama colored men are entitled to credit for pushing their case into the Supreme Court of the United States, and they are no less active in asserting their rights in the lily whites and the black-and-tan political organizations of the State. The Atlanta Age of which the late Col. W. A. Pledger was editor and proprietor will be continued and it is hoped, so managed that after the actual expenses are paid, the residue will go to his widow. Mr. A. J. Golden, editor of The Negro World, Cary, Miss., and who has elected himself the President of the Southern Negro Congress and several other institutions with euphonious names has drawn the fire of the Chicago Conservator to himself. Barnett is yelling, sick 'em Wilkins. The outcome of the controversy is in ( THE COLORED AMERICAN. The Thing in Mind Social equality be hanged! Recently my attention was called to an incident that occurred in a large western city which demonstrates that colored people are not seeking and do not desire social equality with whites. The story relates that a white and colored family are next door neighbors. A child of the white family was stricken with a serious illness. The white neighbors in dread of contagion, held themselves in fearing aloofness from the afflicted home. Not so with the colored neighbor. The colored woman responded to the first call of the white mother and it was afterward declared by the physician in charge of the case, that it was through the sensible offices of the colored woman that the child's life was saved. But the most interesting point in question is the efforts which were put forth by the white woman—either in a spirit of gratefulness or otherwise, it doesn't matter which—to establish social relations between her family and the colored neighbors. She met with signal failure for the very curious reason that the colored woman did not regard the white woman's social relations of good enough character to justify the intercourse. The colored woman's action in responding to the call for help in the hour of affliction was prompted by the humane and not the social impulse. She is reported to have said: 'I would throw any hungry dog a bone and why shouldn't I respond to the sad cry of a mother in the hour of sickness, be she black or white? But when it comes to meeting people on terms of social intimacy I always draw the line. I have my own notions of who is who and I don't care what their color is.' In other words this sensible colored woman does not believe that a white person is any better than any other color of person simply because they are white. And yet that is the chief reason why Senator Gorman, he of the African cast of face, would take away the high privilege of voting from the colored man who has the fortune, good and bad, to live in the sovereign state of Maryland. Loyalty to the flag, the willingness to sacrifice life on the altar of the country's perils has no value in the eyes of this scion of splendid origin and untarnished fame. And now it is Thomas Nelson Page who is lending his brilliant talents to the color-prejudice crusade. In the current number of the North American Review he is at special pains to declare that rape is the chief crime for which Negroes are lynched in the South. The odd feature about the article is that he quotes figures to establish his contention which belie his statements. Nearly two hundred cases of lynching are reported by his figures of which twenty-eight were in punishment for the crime of rape. Truly our friends in the South are in sad straits for bolsterings. Their side of the problem must be in a bad way when they are impelled to the use of palpably thin truth to fix the righteousness of the plea for "white supremacy." I have always heard of Mr. Page as a man possessed of the true instincts of a gentleman. And while it can in no way affect the general notion of him in this respect, it would give me exceeding great pain to be moved to regard him in any other light. If Mr. Page, or any other white man, is my superior, it is because they measure closer to the requirements which make for the true gentleman than I do. Fudge on color! Suppose, for a moment, I should find Mr. Page in the middle of the Arizona desert suffering from the pangs of hunger and thirst and should succor him from my store, does any one imagine that before he would consent to partake of it he would consult his notes on lynchings or any triple-hammer disquisition on the evils of social equality? I guess not. It makes all the difference in the world what section of the patch the melon is found. Mr. Page is a splendid writer of a certain sort of fiction, but as an adjustor of differences, instinctive or otherwise, between men and colors of men he is a monumental failure. Every day it becomes more and more apparent that the intelligence of the race must take its seat in the front pews of our affairs. There is no help for it. Oratory must give way to sense. When I speak of oratory in this connection I refer to the heart-burning impulse which moves men and women to lay their lives on the altar of race sacrifice by word of mouth rather than by strength of mind. In these times when it is the prevailing fashion to belittle our every effort to attain the full measure of the best citizenship there is no way out of the trouble but by the exercise of our best common sense and ability. It very often happens that the "average" orator posses neither. His mission is simply to talk. His soul is usually consumed with the fire that keep him out of harm's way and from under the burden of solid responsibilities. It is out of this kind of timber we have produced our Charlotte Cordays and our Oliver Cromwells. Martyrs who have always put safe distances between themselves and the smell of powder and the sight of blood but who clamored wildly for both. I insist that in the campaign of this year only the best equipped speakers of the race be used in the big centers of influence. In this relation I am reminded of an utterance made by the late ex-President Rutherford B. Hayes in the course of an address delivered to the students of the Johns Hopkins' University, some years ago. He declared at the time that the trustees of the Slater Fund were very anxious to find young colored men who could be sent abroad for two or three years to get the benefit of study in some one of the great European universities, but that they had only been able to find orators among them. The board found one colored man, after sitting on his cre 9 dentlals for nearly two years, who filled its bill of requirements and sent to Europe W. E. B. DuBois a then recent graduate from Harvard University. The trouble was that ex-President Hayes and the Slater Fund trustees couldn't see Mr. DuBois because he was held in the shadow of the insistent omnipresent incompetents who persist and persist in mistaking certain characters of success for special qualities of achievement. "Our best and strongest men to the front" must be the watchword in the campaign. Nothing else will do. It is our work to minimize the effect of the color line programme of Senator Gorman—he of the African cast of face. President Roosevelt must not be made to stand, in any degree, for the social equality bugbear. It is not fair to make him responsible for an attitude he does not assume and on which he put no particular value. Our role in this social equality drama must be made to stand out clearly defined. We don't want social equality because it is not worth all they would have us think it is worth. A great many colored people have the good sense to see this, a few, perhaps, do not. Those who do not get it for the asking and make the best of a good, bad and indifferent bargain. But the white people of the country must be appraised of the fact, if they do not already know it, that we are building up splendid social conditions among ourselves where the motive of good living is the dominant impulse, and where the beauty, love and strength of faith are the dominant notes. Social equality be hanged! "The Judge." They have a peculiar way of doing things up in Des Moines, Ia. In a musical contest recently held in that city, open to a certain grade of school children, the prize was won by Margaret Fields, a 13-year-old colored girl. When the committee learned that Miss Fields had won the first prize, it decided that the contest was not open to colored people, ruled Miss Fields out and gave the prize to one of a lighter hue. Great work for the solons of Iowa. The meanest man is the ungrateful man; the man who is helped when he needs help and turns traitor at the first opportunity. A certain man who held a position in the departments for many years in this city, was dropped because of neglect of duty and went almost to the gutters. The writer of this article gave him employment and put him on his feet again, as it were, when he fell back to his old habits and could no longer be used. This same man is now contributing to the columns of local newspapers in Mass., W. Va., and Indiana and never loses an opportunity to sting his benefactor. Ingratitude is indeed the basest of all sins. Am,-Am-phi-on, organized in '91, Ra, ra; ra, ra, This is nine-teen hundred four, We are good for ten years more, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.