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Library of Congress The COLORED American A-NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER Ovation Tendered Booker T. Washington Last Friday Night. WELCOMING ADDRESS BY MR. H. B. F. MACFARLAND. Congress and Others in the Audience Address on the Work of Colored Educator. Dr. Booker T. Washington, the "Man from Tuskegee," was given a tremendous ovation at Metropolitan A. M. E. Church last Friday night at a reception tendered by the leading members of the colored race in the District of Columbia. There were fully two thousand persons assembled in the structure, and apparently as many more were turned away for lack of room. In the audience and on the platform were a number of distinguished white people who had come to do honor to Dr. Washington and his cause. Among these were Representative William Alden Smith, of Michigan, Commissioner H. B. F. Macfarland, Commissioner H. L. West, Representative Foss, of Illinois, Assistant Secretary Darling, of the Navy Department, Recorder of Deeds John C. Dancy, Messrs. Fitch and Brandy, Mrs. West and Mrs. Francis, members of the board of education; Prof. W. B. Evans, of the Armstrong Manual Training School, Miss Lucy Moten, principal of Normal School No. 2; Bishop Arnett, of Ohio, Prof. Montgomery, assistant superintendent of schools; ex-Senator W. E. Chandler, Dr. Edward Everett Hale, ex-Representative George H. White, Rev. Dr. W. F. Seaton, Dr. Talbert, of Chicago, Judge Raymond, of Altoona, Pa.; Mrs. Anna J. Cooper, Prof. Kelly Miller, Prof. Taylor of Tuskegee, Emmett J. Scott, Rev. Mr. Cummings, of Alexandria, Va.; E. E. Cooper, T. Thomas Fortune, of New York, E. W. Lampton, Dr. John H. Francis, Brig. Gen. Andrew S. Burt, U. S. A., retired, for many years in command of the famous 25th Colored U. S. Infantry; Brig. Gen. George H. Harries, Representative James E. Watson, of Indiana, Mr. John Howatt Bell, exmember of the Canadian house of parliament; Director Roberts of the mint, Mr. C. F. Adams, Mr. G. F. Richings, Dr. John M. Francis, Mr. A. S. Prioleau Continued on page 4. WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 26, 1904. M. W. DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Vale Hunt MR. EMMIT J. SCOTT, W. L. H. PROF. W. S. MONTGOMERY. [Name] REV. T. O. FULLER, M. MRS. ANNA COOPER, HON. JOS. E. WATSON, IN DIXIE LAND. DENOMINATIONAL PRIDE IN THE ....CHURCHES AT MEMPHIS..... The Old Time and the New and Up-to-date Preachers. Little preparation Needed to Prepare Ante-bellum Bible-pounders. Rev. Fuller a Man of the Hour. Principal of Home Institute Doings in West Tennessee. MEMPHIS, TENN., Special.—Time was when people of education and refinement in Memphis could not be persuaded to attend services at Baptist Churches. Their reasons were clear to all; it was a common saying "of all denominations in the city, the Baptists lead in having the most illiterate and incompetent preachers." When people wanted to witness a minstrel performance—the principle actor being the preacher; with his finger in his ears running like a clown, they would invariably visit a Baptist Church. That you may know the style of Baptist preachers Memphis audiences are accustomed to hearing, note the following: A man may leave his mule and dray one day, go before a Baptist church the next day and say he had a vision in which he saw on his arm G. P. C. Not knowing that in his case it meant go plow corn, he reads it, go preach Christ. After telling his story to the congregation, he is usually appointed pastor of some church. Once in a Negro pulpit is never out, although this self-appointed pastor may not be able to lead himself, he is given a life time job, with a horse and buggy to ride over the city and lead a congregation of hundreds and in some cases thousands of poor miserable people. The Negroes of Memphis and the entire South are just what the whites and ignorant, dishonest preachers have made them. Not only are the Baptists themselves delighted that the days of such preachers are fast wanning, but citizens generally are congratulating one another that the First Baptist Church has called so eminent a scholar and orator as the Rev. Thomas O. Fuller, whose former home was Warrenton, N. C. Rev. Fuller is a quiet unassuming man. While there is not a man in the city more highly educated than he, he is exceedingly affable—al- (Continued on page 5.) City Paragraphs. ```markdown ``` 10 Miss May Belcher who has been in the city visiting her aunt, has returned to her home in Augusta, Ga. Messrs. Mann and Graves of Patterson, N. J., were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Joy while in this city. Miss Channie Patterson and her sister Miss Emma are both sick with the grippe. Mr. John Downing of Pittsburg, was in the city last week the guest of Dr. Albert Ridgely. Mr. John Nalle, Supervising Principal of the 11th Division, has been sick with the grippe. Miss Lulu Love, who has been sick the past few weeks, is improving and will be able to return to her school soon. Mr. Robert W. Taylor, financial agent for the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institution, has spent a few hours in the city this week. Miss Marjorie West of Germantown, is in the city with her aunt Mrs. Carter on 10th St., and will be here till after the marriage of her cousin Miss Emma Carater on the 16th inst. Mrs. John Simmons of Orange, N. J., was in the city ast week the guest of her sister Mrs. Hughes of 19th street. She left for Richmond and other points in Virginia on Friday. Miss L. M. Henry, a graduate of Freedmen's Hospital and Training School for Nurses is pleasantily located at Talklai, Ariz. She is a credit and an honor to her profession. Lawyer J. Douglas Wetmore of Jacksonville, Florida, is in the city, where he came to attend the Washington banquet. Mr. Wtmore is one of the coming young men of the race. A leap year proposal entertainment was given at the residence of Mrs. Prime Smith, 231 O St., N. W., March 1st, 1904. A large gathering was present. The secretary of the "Buffaloes" and Mr. M. D. Williams, were present. Miss Annie Robinson of 1227 Nineeenth street, Northwest, will leave the city Thursday, March 24 for a visit to her mother in Manassas, Va. She will spend a few days there, resting and regaining her health. Mr. James M. Conway, the special supreme deputy of K. of P. for the District of Coiumbia has organized a new lodge in the District to be known as Syracuse number 10. It met last Tuesday night. March the 18th, at 1618 L Street, N. W. The Rev. L. G. Jordan, DD., Corresponding Secretary of the Foreign Mission Board, is making a supreme effort to raise $5,000 by Sunday, April 3rd. Indications point to his success. He is urging every individual as well THE COLORED AMERICAN as every Church and Sunday School to do the best in raising the quota. Rev. E. W. Lampton, the Financial Secretary of the A. M. E. Church, is in the city for a few days resting up from a long trip south. Bishop Arnett and a number of members of the financial board of the church are also expected in the city this week. Hons. Hiram Watty, H. S. Cummings, of Baltimore, attended the Washington banquet. Editor T. Thomas Fortune of New York, Hon. Charles W. Anderson, Supervisor of Races of New York city, Judge J. B. Raymond, of Altoona, Pa., and Attorney E. A. Johnson, of Raleigh, N. C., were guests at the Washington banquet. Mr. H. T. Morris, the well-know boniface, has accepted a position at Messrs. Moore & Prioleau, 1216 Penn. Avenue, N. W., as head man and mixologist. Mr. Morris is one of the most popular young men in town and his popularity has already been tested by the large numbers of friends who have called to see and congratulate him. Mr. T. W. R. Griffin remains in charge of the dining-room and is an assistant to Mr. Morris. They make a strong team. Prof. G. F. Richings, who has the most complete stereopticon views showing what the colored people have done in the last forty years, is in the city where he will remain for a few weeks. He gave a most interesting entertainment at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church last Monday night to a large and enthusiastic audience. His work relates almost entirely to pictures of representative colored men and women in all the walks of life, and his explanation is brief to the paint but makes an indelible impression on the auditor. Dr. Brooker T. Washington, arrived in the city last Wednesday night and was met at the station by the committee of the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church. After a brief reception, he was escorted to the residence of Judge R. H. Terrell on T Street, where he remained during his sojourn in th city. He was in great demand while in the city, but found time enough to see many of his personal friends. The banquet tendered him last Thursday evening was on magnificent scales. Last night he spoke to an aduence at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church that tested the capacity of the church. Of the lecture more will be said next week. Our local contemporary seems to have undergone another metamorphosis. Has Brother Manly gone or is Brother Cromwell playing the 'possum. The mix up between the Odd Fellow's Journal and The Conservator has been fought to a finish. Editor Asbury cleaned up completely for his antagonist of the Windy City and leaves the battle without a scar, and covered with honor and the tropies of victory. 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 classes. It pays sick benefits from $1.50 to from $24.56 to $1000. BENEFITS PAID—Total benefits paid to benefits, $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, treatment 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 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 dues. Class "B" Joining fee. Value of Certificate after one year. Value of Certificate before one year. Annual Dues. Quarterly Dues. Age 14 to 25 $2 50 $200 00 $100 00 $4 75 $1 20 " 25 to 30 2 75 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 " 30 to 35 3 00 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 " 35 to 40 3 25 200 00 100 00 5 70 1 43 " 40 to 45 3 50 140 00 70 00 5 79 1 43 " 45 to 50 3 75 115 00 58 00 6 65 1 66 " 50 to 55 4 00 70 00 45 00 6 65 1 66 " 55 to 60 4 25 65 00 38 00 7 60 1 90 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: Class "B" Joining fee. Value of Certificate after one year. Value of Certificate before one year. Annual Dues Quarterly Dues Age 14 to 25 $2 50 $200 00 $100 00 $4 75 $1 20 Age 14 to 25 $5 00 $500 00 $250 00 $9 50 $2 54 " 25 to 30 2 75 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 " 25 to 30 5 25 500 00 250 00 9 50 2 44 " 30 to 35 3 00 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 26 " 30 to 35 5 50 500 00 250 00 9 50 2 44 " 35 to 40 3 25 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 43 " 35 to 40 5 75 500 00 250 00 10 40 2 60 " 40 to 45 3 50 140 00 70 00 5 79 1 43 " 40 to 45 6 00 450 00 225 00 10 40 2 60 " 45 to 50 3 75 115 00 58 00 6 65 1 66 " 45 to 50 6 25 400 00 200 00 11 40 2 88 " 50 to 55 4 00 70 00 45 00 6 65 1 66 " 50 to 60 3 50 350 00 175 00 11 40 2 88 " 55 to 60 4 25 65 00 33 00 7 60 1 90 Class "M" "56 Age 14 to 89 " 30 to 35 " 35 to 40 " 40 to 45 " 45 to 50 Joining fee. $11 00 12 00 12 00 13 00 13 00 Value of Certificate $1006 00 10.0 00 905 00 800 00 700 00 Annual dues $21 90 22 00 23 00 24 00 25 00 Quarterly dues $5 25 5 50 5 75 6 00 6 25 of the Grand Fountain United Order of The bank commenced business April 3 present has steadily increased in volum ital stock of $100,000. From the humb the bank opened for business in 1889 t the volume of business transacted amo cial panic of 1893, the Savings Bank o 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 $350,058, and the volume of business transacted amounts to $6,190,141.47. During the financial panic of 1893, the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain was the only bank in the city of Richmond that did not cease to pay cash on all checks presented, while the majority of other banks were using script and clearing house checks. This bank had its origin in the brain of William W. Browne, an ex-slave of Habersham, Ga. The banking house is located at 604 North Second Street, Richmond, Va., Rev. W. L. Taylor, President; R. T. Hill, Cashier. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT—The Real Estate Department has charge of all the real property to the amount of $220,221.65, situated in various States, consisting of 13 magnificent buildings used as halls, 8 dwellings, 1 hotel. 5 stores and three farms. It also has under its control 16 large buildings leased by it. This department is under the management of Lawyer J. C. Robertson, chief of real estate and attorney for the association, office at 608 N. 2nd Street, Richmond, Va REFORMERS MERCANTILE AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION—Was chartered under the laws of the State of Virginia on the 14th day of December, 1899, with principal office in the city of Richmond, Va. The purpose of this association is to conduct stores (wholesale and retail), buy and sell real property, manage and control hotels, manufacturing establishments, and do general business. The association has in operation Hotel Reformer, 900 N. Sixth Street, Richmond, Va. It is a modern up-to-date structure, heated by steam, cold and hot water 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 $1 per year, or 5c. per single copy. The office is equipped with modern up-to-date machinery, run by electricity. It can print any hing from a visiting card to a poster 42 by 12 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 8344 acres, located six miles from Richmond, Va., on the historic "James," has been purchased, at a cost of $14,400. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad runs through the farm, and Westham Station is located on it. Adjoining this farm is Westhampton Park, one of the most pleasant resorts in the South in summer. It is reached in a few minutes from Richmond by the Westhampton Electric Railway and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. As this home is for the benefit of the whole race, the cooperation of all charitable friends is prayerfully solicited. All contributions, donations and bequests of every character will be very thankfully received. Mr. T. W. Taylor is chief in charge of the Old Folks' Home, offices at 608 North Second Street, Richmond, Va. Rev W. L. Taylor, G. W. W. W. P. Burrell, G. W. S. 601-6-8 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. 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 Did He Get Off? The famous Liddell, who, with Scott, compiled Liddell and Scott's lexicon, was dean of Christchurch college, Oxford. It was whispered in regard to the lexicon that Liddell provided the money and Scott the brains. A young undergraduate was haled before the dean for some misdemeanor. "I hear, Mr. —, that you have a pretty wit for impromptu verse," said the dean. "If you will write one on the lexicon I will let you off." The young man thought a moment and then said: "There's a Lexicon written by Liddell and Scott; Some of it's good, and some of it's not. The part that is good was written by Scott, The part that was written by Liddell is rot." —London News. The Silk Spinning Oyster. A mollusk that might take an important place in textile industries if it existed in sufficient numbers is found in warm seas, especially on the coast of Sicily. It is the pinna, a genus of wing shelled bivalves, of which one species attains a length of two feet. To attach itself to the rocks it spins a cable of strong filaments, called collectively the byssus. These threads are wonderfully strong, silken in texture and have been woven into various delicate fabrics. A pair of gloves from this material may be seen in the British museum, and fine mummy cloths made from it by the ancients are still preserved. The Fate of the Stingy. I sometimes wonder what will become of the stingy man in the hereafter. Certainly he can't get into heaven, and if the devil has left the first principles of a gentleman the stingy man will not get the entree in the other place. It is well to be thrifty and frugal, but when thriftiness runs to seed it becomes just plain, mangy, measly stinginess, and a man would much better get the smallpox.—San Francisco Bulletin. His Effort. Strutter—What did you think of my impersonation of Hamlet? Foyer—As genuine a piece of realism as ever I saw. Strutter—You flatter me. You surely cannot be in earnest? Foyer—Never more earnest in all my life. The fact that you were trying to act shone forth in your every word and every movement.—Boston Transcript. Matter of Finance. "Time is money, they say," remarked the chronic loafer as he bit off a fresh chew of tobacco. "Well, maybe it is," rejoined the village grocer, "but if it's all the same to you I wish you would spend a little more money here and a little less time."—Cincinnati Enquirer. A Secret. Mr. Thompson—Jones told me a secret today. Mrs. Thompson (anxiously) What was it? Mr. Thompson—The one I told you last week. 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Washington's Representative Citizens Greet the Tuskegeean at the Festive Board-He points the Pathway to Progress and Modestly tells the Story of his Life and Work-Many Visitors From the States join in Good Cheer Eloquent and Witty Speeches by the Guests-A feast of Reason and a Flow of Soul. The recent visit of Dr. Washington to this city was an ovation from the beginning to end. He came at the invitation of a few, but he was in reality the guest of all Washington, black and white, and they vied with each other who should do him the greatest honor. A grand banquet was tendered Thursday night of last week, at Oddfellows' Hall, by one hundred and sixty representative colored men of the nation's capital. The committee having immediate charge was composed of the following well known citizens: Hon. John C. Dancy, Judge Robt. H. Terrell, Gov. P. B. S. Pinchbadk, Dr. F. J. Shadd, Whitfield McKinlay, Major Chas. R. Douglass and Rev. O. J. W. Scott. The greeting given Dr. Washington, the leader and tribune of his people, must have gladdened his heart. The banquet was the largest and most important function of the kind ever given here in honor of a colored man, and was intended by the promoters to attest the esteem, confidence, and loyalty of the colored people of the District of Columbia. The hall was decorated with flags, palms, flowers, and bunting in abundance. Sylvester Thomas' orchestra rendered a most entertaining program during the evening. GUESTS FROM A DISTANCE. After a reception of one-half hour the party retired to the banquet room at 7:30 o'clock. Seated at the guest's table with Dr. Washington were the following prominent men, who came to Washington in compliment to the guest of the evening: T. Thomas Fortune, editor of the New York Age, and president of the National Afro-American Council; J. Douglas Wetmore, member of the city council and attorney-at-law, Jacksonville, Fla.; Alderman J. B. Raymond, Altoona, Pa.; C. W. Anderson, supervisor of racing accounts, New York, N. Y.; Philip Waters assistant secretary of the State Supreme Court, Charleston, W. Va.; E. A. Johnson, Raleigh, N. C.; John E. Taylor, Wilmington, N. C.; Emmet J. Scott, Dr. Washington's private secretary; H. S. Cummings and Hiram Wattey, of Baltimore, while just 165 subscribers, representing the best brains and character, as well as all lines of business, educational and religious activity among the colored people of the District, occupied other tables. Justice R. H. Terrell presided as toastmaster. His address in introducing Dr. Washington was a masterpiece of English and eloquence, and sounded the keynote of all of the responses. Justice Terrell said: "A little more than a quarter of a century ago, our leaders in thought and action believed that the way to the solution of our problem was so clear and so definite that it was not within the scope of probability that any serious obstacles would again obstruct it. The exercise of effective political rights by the Negro, at that time, made this belief not only reasonable, but seemed to lift the whole question of our future out of the realms of doubt and to take it out of the field of speculative uncertainty. We have moved forward to new issues and new duties. We are face to face with the greatest crisis of our history as a free people. Day by day, hour by hour, our burdens are increasing. The greater they become, the broader and deeper must be our responsibilities. While no country in the world gives to its peasant class a better chance to obtain shelter, food and raiment than the United States gives to the Negro, yet this extraordinary opportunity is not all of life to us, any more than it is to the other racial elements in our population. Our country's central idea is liberty under the law. In this we would share. We would have what other men have in a democracy—political duties and an opportunity to perform those duties. Under our system of government every man is a public man; every man is entitled to every right, relative or absolute, guaranteed him as a citizen. The blessings of a well ordered civilization should be the exclusive property of no particular class of people in a country like ours. "Every one here to-night appreciates the fact that grave dangers are upon us; that this is no time for fighting each other, but it is the time for closing up our ranks and presenting a united front to those who would embarrass us and impede our progress. "It is well that we at the nation's capital, should do honor to the foremost man of our race. It is well that we should give this evidence of our faith and belief in him, in his work and in his unusual opportunity to aid his race in the terrible struggle it is making for justice, aye for the very right to live. To please all men is a problem which no man, however great or good, has ever solved. Shakespeare, the prince of poets and the dean of literature, has said: 'Be thou as pure as ice, as chaste as snow, thou shall not escape, Calumny.' "This splendid gathering of representative men is the best attestation of what the citizens of the District of Columbia think of Booker T. Washington, a leader of extraordinary powers; a man endowed by nature with a deep substratum of solid common sense and sound judgment; a man with intuitive perception of the things best for those to whose interests he has devoted all of his thoughts and all of his words; a man whom no ambition has affected and no personal interest tempted; a man whose very soul is consecrated to the highest and best development of his race. 'Such a man is our guest. I have the honor to present to this company of his friends and supporters, Dr. Booker T. Washington, the teacher as well as the leader of men." The program was so deftly arranged that every class and school of thought was embodied. 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Do Not Be Mislead into taking inferior or cheaper preparations, as our articles, like everything else that is good, may cost you a little more money, but will last you longer and will do you more good than anything else you can buy, and are cheapest in the end. We send the Hair Straightener and Comb together (or separately), express paid, on receipt of purchase price, $1.50, to any part of the United tates or Canada. Write your name and address, City and State, with street number, PLAINLY, and send Post Office Money Order or Express Money Order to The BERNICE DRUG CO., 33 West 42d St., N. Y. City and goods will be sent at once. Howard University, "Leadership;" Col. Charles W. Anderson, Superviser of Racing Accounts, New York, "Our Guest;" Justice E. M. Hewlett, "Our City Lawyer," J. Douglas Wetmore, "The New South;" Rev. L. B. Moore, Dean of Teachers' College, Howard University, "Religious Education;" T. Thomas Fortune, of the New York Age, "The Press and the People;" Judge J. B. Raymond, "The Door of Hope;" Rev. Wm. J. Howard, "The Church and its Influence;" Rev. O. J. W. Scott, "True Greatness and Real Leadership," and Dr. Booker T. Washington, who was enthusiastically greeted—the whole audience coming to their feet and tendering him a Chautauqua salute. The menu was as elaborate as it was toothsome, and was served by that prince of caterers. MENU. Oyster Cocktail Consomme de Volaille en tasse Spanish Olives Pickles Potomac Shad baked with Hollandaise Sauce Celery Baked Potatoes a la Kansas Crown Roast with Mint Sauce Fancy Cream Assorted Cakes Fruit Bonbons Cigars Cigarettes Lemonade Roman Punch Apollinaris COMMITTEE AND SUBSCRIBERS. The committee of arrangements and subscribers was comprised of the following: Committee—John C. Dancy, Robert H. Terrell, P. B. S. Pinchback, Dr. F. J. Shadd, Whitfield McKinley, Charles R. Douglass, Rev. O. J. W. Scott. Subscribers—Wyatt Archer, H. F. Arnold, Charles W. Anderson, Rev. W. R. Arnold, C. F. Adams, A. P. Albert, T. W. Allen, James T. Beason, J. D. Baltimore, C. F. M. Browne, Edmond A. Burrill, R. N. Boyd, P. D. Brooks, Dr. I. A. Boyd, Arthur Brooks, Eugene Brooks, Rev. John H. Burke, John H. Butcher, A. C. Barnett, Ira T. Bryant, Rev. Sterling N. Brown, Col. P. H. Carson, Dr. A. M. Curtis, Harry S. Cummings, Lieut. Frank M. Cheek, T. J. Calloway, Cuthbert Campbell, R. R. Colbert, Dr. George W. Cabaniss, James A. Cobb, Louis P. Costley, A. U. Craig, Charles Carter, George W. Cook, E. E. Cooper, W. J. Clayton, John W. Dabney, Robert T. Douglas, B. F. Davis, William B. Dulaney, James H. Dabney, Dr. M. O. Dumas, H. A. Davis, John A. Davis, Rev. Simon P. W. Drew, Henry J. Davis, W. S. Duffield, Dr. F. Bruce Evans, C. A. Fleetwood, Randolph F. Fortune, A. J. Farley, Frank Gaines, Louis G. Gregory, James W. Gray, William H. Grimshaw, Robert J. Harlan, R. R. Horner Rev. W. J. Howard, Judge E. M. Hewlett, James H. Hill, W. B. Hayson, Dr. William H. Hughes, William H. Harris, W. G. Hall, Dr. Charles S. Harrison, A. S. Howard, Dr. L. H. Harris, George W. Jackson, D. B. Jeffers, Richard T. Jones, J. W. Jackson, R. B. Jackson, J. E. Johnson, Sam'l B. Jackson, J. Coody Johnson, Jerome A. Johnson, Judson W. Lyons, Dr. W. S. Lofton, Charles E. Lane, J. A. Lankford, Harry Lewis, J. Henry Lewis, Ferd D. Lee, J. L. Love, J. Lawson THE COLORED AMERICAN. Kelly Miller, L. B. Moore, Dr. W. S. Montgomery, Willis Madden, R. B. Murdock, B. T. Morrison, William Middleton, Zeph P. Moore, W. T. Menard, Dr. Thomas R. Mass, Rev. J. E. Moorland, W. H. J. Malvin, D. W. P. Napper, John C. Nalle, Dr. John C. Norwood, A. C. Newman, John H. Paynter, W. L. Pollard, John A. Pierre, R. L. Pendleton, James A. Page, James F. Pratt, John J. Reese, J. B. Raymond, Reuben S. Smith, Dr. E. D. Scott, W. A. Stewart, W. J. Singleton, E. A. Savoy, Dr. James Stephens, George W. Scott, Joseph H. Stewart, W. E. L. Sanford, F. M. Sims, Dr. C. A. Tignor, O. P. Taylor, William H. Tucker, J. M. Trigg, Dr. A. W. Tancil, R. E. L. Toomey, Neval H. Thomas, John E. Taylor, Howard H. Williams, Rev. P. A. Wallace, Dr. E. D. Williston, W. H. A. Wormley, W. S. Wormley, Hon. Hiram Watty, Dr. J. R. Wilder, Joseph West, Joseph C. Wright, Dr. S. Roger Watts, Benjamin Washington, O. A. Williams, Hon. George H. White, Dr. C. Sumner Wormley, James T. Wormley, Thomas Walker, Rev. Sterling N. Brown, Harry S. Cummings, W. H. J. Malvin, Col. P. H. Carson, Dr. L. H. Harris, J. B. Raymond, Dr. A. M. Curtis, Rev. J. E. Moorland, Thos. Walker, Jas. T. Wormley, Prof. Wm. Jennifer, Dr. U. J. Daniels, Rev. L. W. Kyles, Mr. Leon Turner, A. H. T. Walker, Ph. B. Before his address at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church last night Dr. Booker T. Washington was tendered a complimentary dinner at the residence of Mr. H. Lassiter, 1215 Seventeenth street northwest, by the trustees of the church. It was a very elaborate function, and was meant to express the appreciation of the trustees because of Dr. Washington's satisfactory helpfulness in speaking in the interest of the church and donating the entire proceeds for its benefit. Those present as guests, along with Dr. Washington, were: Bishop B. W. Arnett, of the A. M. E. Church; Dr. E. W. Lampton, Dr. D. P. Seaton, Rev. E. H. Hunter, Editor E. E. Cooper, H. Lassiter, W. L. Mekerson and Emmett J. Scott, Dr. Washington's private secretary. The trustees present were: Messrs. John A. Simms, William C. Beckett, John W. Cromwell, J. S. McDuffie, Morris Honesty, B. A. Chase, Clement Dorsey, J. H. Clark, and E. Murray. The statement that $25 apiece had ben offered for tickets to Dr. Washington's lecture caused many present to regret they had changed their clothes. Money to Loan! Money to loan at lowest rate of interest on Real and Personal Property, also on Notes. Apply at office of Mutual Improvement Society 407 Seventh street N. W., third floor, Established January, 1897. Telephone, 803 Columbus. HOTEL MACEO, 213 West 53rd Street, N. Y. First Class Accomodations ONLY. Handsomely Furnished Rooms for Permanent or Transient Guests Headquarters for Clergy and Business Men. First Class Restaurant. Regular Dinner, including Wine, 35c. 6 p. m. to 8. Sundays, 1 to 4.30 p. m., 45c. B.F. THOMAS. Proprietor. The Sermon That Startled the World. The above sermon, "The Production of a Genune African," Dr. Mojola Agbebi, M. A., Ph. D., of Lagos, West Africa, which has caused considerable excitement, and occasioned much searchings of heart in Africa, Europe and America, can be obtained from "The Enterprise Publishing Co., 258 New Main Street, Yonkers, N. Y., at 25 cents per copy. Every Negro should read it. Send at once! Following are some of the many endorsements of this remarkable deliverance. No stamps accepted. Make postal note payable to the order of Enterprise Publishing Co. From Rev. C. T. Walker, D. D., L. L. D., the Great Organizer and Race Leader, New York City. I have read the Sermon. It is really a wonderful sermon. The exegesis is rich and learned and the English chaste and clean. I have learned some things from the book and I believethere are a great many preachers in this land who will learn many thingsfrom it too. From Rev. W. P. Stevenson, D. D., L.L. D., (white) First Presbyterian Church. Yonkers-on-Hudson. It is a unique sermon. From Dr. Booker T. Washington, gee Institute. I thank you for your kindness livered by you last December in profit. From Dr. Booker T. Washington, the Apostle of Industry, Founder of Tuskegee Institute. I thank you for your kindness in sending me the copy of the sermon delivered by you last December in Africa. I have read it with pleasure and profit. 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Its columns teem with news of the day, reflecting the best sentiments as well as the doings and achievements of the race everywhere. Read what the Negro press says: THE COLORED AMERICAN is already a great newspaper, printing forty-eight columns each issue. It aims to print seventy-two columns. May its friends aid it to its realization.—The Wilmington Record. Mr. Edward Cooper, manager of THE COLORED AMERICAN, Washington, D. C., is unquestionably the ablest all-round newspaper manager of our race, if results are to settle the question.—The New South. THE COLORED AMERICAN is, without question, the greatest newspaper published by colored men; every colored editor should take off his hat to Mr. Cooper.—The Leavenworth Herald. THE COLORED AMERICAN, of Washington, D. C., comes every week, brim full and running over with good things; Brother Cooper is one of the best newspaper men of the country.—The Huntsville Journal. THE COLORED AMERICAN, in a short space of three years, has gone to the front at the Nation's Capital. Its manager, E. E. Cooper, holds a unique position in colored journalism, being the pioneer of illustrated journalism. Ex. Editor Cooper, of THE COLORED AMERICAN, has so many good things for his readers that he seriously contemplates making his a twelve-page, instead of an eight-page paper. This shows that THE COLORED AMERICAN is not only holding its own, but is doing more. The Star of Zion. THE COLORED AMERICAN, of Washington, D. C., will shortly issue a twelve-page paper weekly—seventy-two columns of reading matter. Under the able management of Editor Cooper it has forged ahead till it earned the name of "Monarch of the Weeklies." The Western Outlook. THE COLORED AMERICAN, a local hebdomadal, published in the interest of the colored people, came out in a new dress and with a beautiful heading Saturday. It is one of the best newspapers in the country edited by colored men; has a good circulation, and carries a large line of live advertising.—The Washington Post. THE COLORED AMERICAN is without doubt one of the ablest journals published by Afro-Americans. It is a Republican paper, very free in its expressions, which makes it more popular even among those who deny the "equality of man." This paper is published at Washington, where the doings of the lawmakers of the great Republic may be had pure and fresh, and submitted to the people for theirposal.—The Rock Hill Messenger. THECOLORED AMERICAN THE TROY (N. Y.). NEWS. TROY, N. Y., Special.—Miss May Smith, is confined to the house with rheumatism. Mrs. Lena Tinley is quite ill with appendicitis. Rev. James W. Boddy, pastor of the Liberty First Presbyterian Church, will open the State assembly, at Albany, N. Y., Thursday, Mar. 15th, with prayer. 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THE COLORED AMERICAN In the numerous quack nostrums now on the market, we simply put up by a lot of quacks, charlatans, and cash and give you nothing in return for your money and cause it to fall out, we have placed our very box of OZONO, King of all Hair-Growers and advertisement—one head showing short, curly hair, the hair done up in a coil, or showing features that marked success with the true hair-straightener, OZONO compounds, and trading on the reputation that such are all promises. Buy the genuine and only one people bought OZONO in the last twelve months in South America, also in Cuba and the West Indies, straightens without any outside assistance. No prices a long, silky, beautiful, luxurious growth of its beauty by a few applications of OZONO. We are the price of OZONO is 50c. a box, sent to an advertiser, produce this great Hair Tonic, we will send to you one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN REFINER, worth 50c.; also one bottle of ELECTRICAL Scalp Soap, and Boils. It also removes Wrinkles, and ODOR, which removes all smells and odors arising from this coupon and mail to us, with $1.00, and we will send you four lots; if you send $2.00, we will send it, let them pin their name to this coupon, and in this newspaper, they can get the goods by simple advertisement. Parties who desire one of our MAKES by sending 50c. extra. Remember, OZONO makes itching, cially, earthy, pany, ginia, Rich, pany, dress. Broad St., Richmond, Va. We send me the following goods, as by your offer: Ozono, worth $2.00 Electrical Skin Refiner 50 Electrical Skin Food 50 Anti-Odor, worth 25 Eyely Scalp Soap, worth 25 Total $3.50 House No. Street. Nearest Express Office State Straightens Kinky, Curly Hair OZONO TRADE MARK KING OF ALL HAIR TONICS. 50£ BEFORE. AFTER. BE WARNED IN order to protect the public from the numerous quack nostrums now on the market, which claim to straighten and cause the hair to grow long, and which are simply put up by a lot of quacks, charlatans, and fakirs, who have no chemical skill, with the sole idea to get your hard-earned cash and give you nothing in return for your money but a dirty, sticky mass of worthless greases, which injure the hair and cause it to fall out, we have placed our trade-mark, granted to us by the Government of the United States of America, on every box of OZONO, King of all Hair-Growers and Hair-Straighteners. This trade-mark consists of two heads, as shown in this advertisement—one head showing short, curly hair, the other showing long, flowing hair. Any preparation showing the heads with the hair done up in a coil, or showing features different from the faces shown in this advertisement, is not OZONO. Seeing our marked success with the true hair-straightener, OZONO, King of all Hair-Growers, numerous firms are now widely advertising spurious compounds, and trading on the reputation that we have made for OZONO. Do not be fooled by these flaring advertisements, which are all promises. Buy the genuine and only original King of all Hair Tonics, OZONO. Two hundred and fifty thousand colored people bought OZONO in the last twelve months. OZONO is sold in every State in the Union, all over Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, also in Cuba and the West Indies. Its fame has travelled around the world, because it is a true Hair Tonic, that straightens without any outside assistance. No hot irons are used; nothing but OZONO. It not only straightens the hair, but produces a long, silky, beautiful, luxurious growth of soft, fine hair. To neglect your hair is more than foolish, when you can increase its beauty by a few applications of OZONO. We can send OZONO to any place that you may live in, no matter where you may live. The price of OZONO is 50c. a box, sent to any point on receipt of price. Four boxes is a complete treatment. In order to introduce this great Hair Tonic, we will send to you, on receipt of only $1.00, the following grand aggregation: Four boxes of OZONO; one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN REFINER, which softens rough skin and brightens black skin, making it several shades lighter, worth 50c.; also one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN FOOD, Nature's cure for all skin diseases, such as Pimples, Tan, Acne, Itch, Eczema, and Boils. It also removes Wrinkles, and makes the skin soft and pliant. We will also include a one-pint package of ANTI-ODOR, which removes all smells and odors arising from the human body, such as feet, arm-pits, &c.; also one bar of our PURITY SCALP SOAP, made expressly for the human scalp. This grand aggregation offer is made to introduce honest goods. Cut out this coupon and mail to us, with $1.00, and we will send the goods the same day we receive the money. If you send $3.00, we will send you four lots; if you send $2.00, we will send you three lots. If you have a friend who wishes to take advantage of this lot, let them pin their name to this coupon, and the goods will be sent promptly. If this offer is read by some one who does not own this newspaper, they can get the goods by simply sending $1.00 and mentioning the name of the paper in which they saw our advertisement. Parties who desire one of our MAGNETIC COMBS, which aids materially in the straightening process, can obtain same by sending 50c. extra. Remember, OZONO is guaranteed to straighten the hair—to Here is an opportunity for students and persons who have spare time to make a little money for themselves. The Colored American is the newsiest and brightest race journal published, and it is an easy matter for an energetic person to secure subscriptions for it, and to secure advertising for it. You only have to show a copy of it to your friends and neighbors and to the business men of your acquaintance and they will readily subscribe for it, or advertise in it. The work is light and pleasant, and as a good commission is offered an energetic person can make a few dollars every day without much effort. Send at once for sample copies and full instructions. Address The Colored American, 459 G street, N. W., Washington, D. C. --- --- OZONO is guaranteed to straighten the hair—to make it grow long, soft, and glossy; also to cure all itching, burning, humiliating scalp diseases. To make the hair grow out again on bald spots, especially around the temples, there is no Hair Tonic on earth one-half so good. The Boston Chemical Company holds a charter granted by the State of Virginia. We also refer to the Metropolitan Bank of Richmond, Va., and to the Southern Express Company. Register your letters; it protects you. Address your letters plainly to— BOSTON CHEMICAL COMPANY, 310 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. ```markdown ``` 16 CITY PARAGRAPHS. Dr. Booker T. Washington left last Sunday afternoon for Baltimore. Mrs. Maggie Smoot, formerly Miss Wilson, of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, has been appointed as substitute music teacher. Have you read the ad. on another page with the head-line "Health, Wealth, Love, Luck and Prosperity?" If—not—why—not—do—so—? Several expert colored stenographers took down Dr. Booker T. Washington's speech, at the Metropolitan Church, last Friday night. One of the nicest colored barber shops in the city, a special shelf for each man's mug, etc., is that of D. Bowje. 916 21st Street Northwest. Mr. Paris Archer, the well known race horse man, is in the city. Mr. Wm. H. Carter, of New York, is visiting the races at Bennings this week. The sympathy of the community is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Tatem, in the loss of their young daughter, Mary Elizabeth, whose death occurred last Monday. Try W. H. Young, dealer in highclass groceries and provisions, and all kinds of meats, when you next need anything in his line. Store at 635 2nd Street Southwest. The "Hesper Dancing Class" has something up its sleeve besides its arm for Easter Monday night, but we won't tell you just what it is,—at least not just yet. The orchestra of Mr. Sylvester Thomas, which furnished music at the dinner tendered to Dr. Booker T. Washington, by a distinguished coterie of citizens, received many compliments for the excellent program furnished. Dr. Nash, a leading physician of North Carolina, and Mr. John E. Taylor, deputy collector of the port of the same place, were visitors in the city last week, and attended the Washington banquet. They were the guests of Recorder Dancy while in the city. The members and friends of Hamilton Lodge, No. 710, G. U. O. of O. F., of New York City, are more than elated over the financial and social success of their last reception, which enabled the financial secretary, Mr. W. David Brown to turn into the treasury the sum of $940.60. Mr. J. Henry Lewis will resign from the Asbury Choir after Easter. It is understood that he has received a flattering offer to prepare a company for the road for work next season, and that he entertains serious ideas regarding it. It is not likely that he will remain idle. Commissioner W. B. F. Macfarland, who delivered the address of welcome to Dr. Washington, is without a doubt, one of the most polished and entertaining talkers in this District. His remark "present company suspected, as they say in the P. O. investigations," made a big hit with the large audience. --- THE COLORED AMERICAN. MAKES MEN VIGOROUS. MAKES MEN VIGOROUS. Valuable Prescription by Which any Man Can Make His Own Remedy to Cure Himself at Home Sent Free to All. Write for it. WILL MAKE A MAN OF YOU. For the return of that youthful feeling of manhood a prominent Detroit physician and savant is in possession of a receipt which he has himself used in his T own extensive private practice with the most startling success. Though the years have passed its equal has never been found and with it thousands of weak men have brought about the cures they so much longed for. The doctor willingly sends the formula entirely free to any man who writes him for it, and they will find it a gift of lasting value. It is good for sexual weakness, lost manhood, nervousness, weak back, emissions, varicocele, lack of force, prostatic trouble, night sweats, inability and the many other embarrassing conditions that befall the sexually imperfect man. It creates an immediate social feeling, warmth and good nature, forces active blood to the muscular tissue, tones the nervous system and arouses bodily confidence. It makes the man of 65 as good as at 35, and the young man again eager for society and fit for marriage and parenthood. Satisfactory results are produced in a day's use, and a perfect cure in a few weeks, regardless of age, or the cause of your condition. If you need such a remedy send your name and address today to the Dr.Knapp Med. Co., 867 Hull Bldg., Detroit, Mich., and in an unmarked envelope the doctor will at once send you the receipt, as promised, explaining in detail what ingredients to use and how to compound them so that any weak man can cure himself in his own home without being under obligations to anyone. It costs you nothing and the sooner you write the sooner you will be cured. Muicipal Buffett An up-to-date Cafe and Buffet, a full line of the oldest and best brands of cigras and tobacco. Ladies dining room up stairs. J. H. Montgomery, Mgr. A. L. SATTERWHITE, Prop. 1310 E Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS.—Opal and Kara diamond rings one and two stones sent prepaid for 25 cents; 50 cents fire opal pin for 25 cents, both sent on receipt of 50 cents. Address: ATTENTION, SUBSCRIBERS! We are sending out a large number of bills each day to delinquent subscribers as well as to subscribers whose subscriptions are just expiring. We are striving to give the race a clean, strong, newsy newspaper and we hope every person who receives a bill or who know themselves to be in arrears will send in their subscriptions at once. PHELPS HALL BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL OF THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Tuskegee, Alabama. ESTABLISHMENT.—The Tuskegee Institute, realizing that the demand for an educated ministry is growing throughout the South, opened the Phelps Hall Bible Training School in 1893. To enter the Bible School it is not necessary to have a special call to the ministry. Those who desire to do missionary work only, or to become intelligent Sunday school teachers, as well as those who intend to preach, will be greatly helped by taking the course. OBJECT.—The chief aims of the Bible Training School are to give to young colored men and women a comprehensive knowledge of the entire English Bible, and to implant in their hearts a noble ambition to dedicate their lives to the elevation and Christianization of their people. The students are required to do missionary work in the various churches and Sunday-schools near the institution. In this way they have been very helpful to the neighboring communities. The teaching in the Bible School is wholly undenominational, the intention being not to oppose or antagonize any theological work now being done, but rather to assist all denominations. THE BUILDING.—Phelps Hall, the building in which the School is taught, was given by a generous New York friend. It is a frame structure, three stories high. On the first floor are the Chapel, Library, Reading Room, Office of the Dean, and three Recitation Rooms. The two upper floors, containing forty rooms, are used for sleeping apartments. TEACHERS AND LECTURES.—Rev. Edgar J. Penney is the Dean. He is assisted by Rev. B. H. Peterson and Rev. J. H. Gadson, Rev. C. O. Boothe, D. D., of Selma University, Selma, Ala.; Rt. Rev. George W. Clinton, of Charlotte, N. C., and Rev. H. T. Johnson, Ph.D., of Philadelphia, Pa., deliver a regular course of lectures during the term. Dr. Frank K. Sanaders, Dean of the Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Conn., delivered a special course of lectures during the current year. EXPENSES.—The teaching is free. The cost of board, including furnished room, light, fuel, washing, etc., is $8 per month. Students will be given an opportunity to work out from $2.00 to $3.00 of this amount, thus leaving only $5.00 to $6.00 to be paid in cash. In some cases arrangements may be made so that a few may work out the whole amount. Lack of means need debar none. STUDENTS AND GRADUATES.—There have been twenty-six graduates from the Bible School. Some of these are actively engaged in ministeral work; other, with the ministry in view, are pursuing further studies in other institutions, while still others are teaching. The total enrollment in the Bible School for last year was fifty-three; fifty-two males and one female. Four are ordained ministers, twenty-one licentiates, and the remaining twenty-eight are laymen. These students come from ten States, the District of Columbia, and the West Indies. Seven denominations are represented. For further information address BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Prin. The Arctic Ice Cream Co. an Makers of all kinds of AMERICAN and FRENCH OYSTERS served in all styles Our motto, "Purit Service." Charges reosonable. "Remember Arctic Ice Cream Co. and Oyster all kinds of AMERICAN and FRENCH CREAMS are served in all styles Our motto, "Purity of Goods and Charges reasonable. "Remember the Arctic Ice The Arctic Ice Cream Co. and Oyster House. Makers of all kinds of AMERICAN and FRENCH CREAMS and ICES. OYSTERS served in all styles Our motto, "Purity of Goods and Promptness of Service." Charges reasonable. "Remember the Arctic Ice Cream Co." I. E. WILLIAMSON, Successor to J. J. Johnson, 601 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C. Phone Main 1048m FOSTER CATERER 1120 20th St. N W HORNER & H Attorneys at La STER 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 --- 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 here to fore. Our High-Grade Shoes for Men, Women, and Children are priced for quick selling. Come and profit by our..... * Special Sales Every Friday. * 733 Seventh Street, N. W. Phone Main 1048m SPARKS FROM THE ANVIL. Mr. George A. Myers, the well known political leader at Cleveland, Ohio, and who was a close personal friend of the late Senator Hanna, has the credit of giving Mr. Hanna the name which followed him through his entire political career. That name was "Uncle Mark." The Danville Mirror is of the opinion that the utterances of Hon. John S. Wise at Grand Rapids, Mich., recently on the Negro question, incapacitates him for further services as counsel for the race in its determined fight for manhood rights. The Mirror is about right. The race does not share the opinion of a certain Georgia Bishop that it is again to be turned into slavery; and yet there is a world of wisdom in what the good Bishop says when one stops to consider that nearly every civil and political right of the Negro is being taken from him. This kind of sinister legislation is not confined to the Southern States, but has crossed the Mason's and Dixon's line and is operating in Maryland. Just how far the abridgement of the rights of the Negro will go, no one but the Master Himself can tell. The fools are not all dead. For instance, the Rt. Rev. Wm. M. Brown, of the Episcopal Church. The Tuskegee student is the most interesting college paper that comes to our sanctum. It is always replete with good things and deals in the "work" of Tuskegee rather than in the "doings" of the younger students. The Mound Bayou Demonstrator is discussing that all absorbing question, "s the Negro a Hoodoo?" We give it up. A certain class of colored people continue to patronize the peanut gallaries of certain local theatres in this city. They are Jim Crowed in the meanest fashion, and if by accident one of them secures a ticket for the dress circle or parquet, they are refused the seat, put out, their money refunded, or sent to the peanut gallery. Speaking about discrimination in theatres, the Bluff City News published in Memphis, Tenn., has the following to say: "During the Patti engagement here at he New Auditorium, no Negroes were allowed. We indorse this course of the management and think it a blessing in disguise. It is time the Negroes had race pride enough to foster something of their own, but must be forced to do so. Col. Church has spent a large sum of money for the erection of a theatre for the exclusion benefit of the colored citizens, and yet they would rather go where they are not wanted. A hint to the wise is sufficient. Since the scapegoat speech of Tillman, in Wisconsin, a few summers ago, color prejudice has followed in its wake. A colored juror of Des Moines, Ia., has sued a hotel for $1,500, because the management refused to serve his meals along with the other jurors. THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. The Jim Crow cars running into Washington abolished. A larger attendance at our churches and Sunday schools. Colored people sustain their race enterprises. More and better support given to our newspapers and job printing offices. Fewer scandals in our schools and more attention given to the work. Department clerks pay their honest debts. More harmony and unity among our people. The Mercantile and Co-operative Association establish a large clothing store in this city. The Jane Moseley Company harmonize and do a land office business on the Potomac this season. Less talk about race manhood and more action. Some intelligent colored man with moral stamina and influence elected as delegate to the next Republican National Convention. Fewer of our people around the police courts and more of them doing business in the banks. A wide berth given to the gossipers and scandal mongers and more attention to right living and truth. Our colored lawyers work themselves up to the degree of efficiency attained by our doctors. Dr. Phillip B. Brooks in his new house. Messrs. Whitfield McKinlay and W. Calvin Chase shake hands across the bloody chasm. The Pen and Pencil Club Officers prove to outside medlers that it still has among its membership men of brains as well as men of character and honor. Howard University maintain the pace it has set. Ten thousand new subscribers to The Colored American. A first-class Summer Resort adjacent to Washington, where colored people can go without being molested or discriminated against. More men and women do something that would meet the approval of the smart alecks around Washington. A muzzle put on some of the irresponsible correspondents who get their news and facts from their imaginations. The Defender, published by one Rev. Astwood, brings out the name of John C. New, of Indiana for Chairman of the National Republican Committee and gives other imperitent advice to the members of the National Committee. Mr. John C. New was Treasurer of the United States years ago, is the father of Mr. Harry S. New, a member of the National Republican Committee and a retirel merchant in Indianapolis, Ind. Wake up Brother Astwood. --- --- Health, Wealth, Love, Luck and Prosperity Health, Wealth, Love, Luck and Prosperity IS WAITING FOR YOU, IF YOU WILL ONLY ACCEPT IT. THE GREATEST OFFER EVER MADE TO THE PUBLIC. Matters not who you are, or where you are, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO RISE IN LIFE, GOD GAVE YOU THE POWER, THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE TEACH YOU HOW TO USE IT. IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT Dr. T. H. & Mrs. Dr. White Are the GREATEST, MOST MYSTERIOUS and MOST POWERFUL WORKERS and TEACHERS OF SPIRITUALISM and SECRET MAGIC in the World, with over TWENTY YEARS of PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE, Having Worked for and Read the Lives of more than a HALF MILLION PERSONS. They have also taught over ONE THOUSAND PERSONS throughout the Country to become wonderful CLAIRVOYANT MEDIUMS. TODAY THEY HAVE THE GREATEST SYSTEM OF TEACHING and the most COMPLETE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL in America. Read this Word for Word Carefully. This is What They Guarantee to Teach You by Mail. SPIRITUALISM, HYPNOTISM, MAGNETIC and MENTAL HEALING, MIND READING, ASTROLOGY, WHITE and BLACK ART, Calling up Spirits, LOCATING LURLED TREASURES and HEALING the SICK of all NATURAL and UNNATURAL DISEASES. They teach you how to DRAW to Yourself and Others, your SWEETHEARTS, HUSBANDS or WIVES. How to place persons under your INFLUENCE, how to REUNITE the SEPARATED, how to BEMOVE ALL EVIL INFLUENCES from Yourself and Others. Matters not what your desires are or what you wish to learn, these wonderful MEDIUMS can TEACH YOU, and it can all be learned during your spare time. REMEMBER that DR. T. H. and MRS. DR. WHITE are making you this offer and what they tell you, you can depend upon. After you have graduated they will send you a DIPLOMA of highest honor, which will enable you to work in any town or city in this country. Don't Remain Poor all Your Life, this great offer is for you. YOU CAN HAVE IT FOR THE ASKING. They positively give away free to every Student, a Beautiful BREAST PLATE known as the GREAT CHARM OF MYSTERIES, which is worn to give you LUCK, HEALTH, WEALTH and PROSPERITY, this is indeed one of the greatest charms on earth. DON'T wait, write today for it. They will send you full particulars and also testimonials from people who are poor, downcast and helpless, but now independent and making thousands of dollars. You can do the same if you will allow them to TEACH you how to use your wonderful power and place you on the ROAD TO PROSPERITY. It is yours for the ASKING. Please mention the name of this paper when you write. Address all letters to School and Offices: 1917 E. PRATT ST., BALTIMORE, MD. Wedderburn RYE STRAIGHT The John Wedderburn sole owners BALTIMORE, N ```markdown ``` FREE. DR. T. H. and MRS. DR. WHITE, DY a ie - : — MAN FROM TUSKEGEE. Continued from page 1. and Prof. George W. Cook. H. Lassiter, who introduced Bishop Ar- nett to deliver the invocation. WELCOMING ADDRESS. Mr. Henry B. F. Macfarland, presi- dent of the District Commissioners, de- livered the address of welcome, say- ing: “It would be hard to say who is the greatest man of my race, Mr. Chair- man. It would be hard to say who is the foremost! man in the national capi- tal alone, outside of the White House, ‘but there can be no question as to the foremost man of your race. He is Book- er T. Washington, of a national and an international reputation, which entitle him to the official welcome of the Dis- trict government in the name of all that is best in both races. As we look back through the long vistas of history and see race after race, our own among the number, slowly, so slowly, in many cases, climbing from barbarism up to civilization, we are impressed, we are thrilled. And when we see before our eyes a race marching upward in that same path, but crowding the processes unexampled progress in the same space of centuries into decades and making of time, shall we not be impressed and thrilled? And shall we not admire the men and women who are the leaders, and, above all, the leader of the leaders, who marches in front, points the path, and with cheerful courage stimulates all the rest. The leader of ten million Americans, of any color, if, as in this case, he is leading them with high motives and high purposes to high ends, is worthy of our respect. This man meets in every sense the Jeffer sonian standard of the good citizen. He is honest, he is capable, he is faithful to the constitution, and no man is do ing a greater service to his country He has enemies. Who that has suc ceeded has not? Envy breeds enmity and malice is always active. But w can admire hii for the enemies he ha made, and we can admire him stil more for the Christian spirit which h has shown toward them, reviling no again. but steadily going forward, to busy to turn aside from his great work which, by uplifting the whole race, wil bless even his enemies.’ Representative James E. Watson, ¢ Indiana. in introducing the speake: spoke of the attempt to wipe out th fourteenth and fifteenth amendment: saying they had teen written in bloo to stay. He referred to the advance ment of the Negro race. “In respect t what has been raid of late about dinin out and of i: tions to dinner,” sai _ he, “I deem ; . honor and a pri. ics in this house ef God, where all =.er a1 equal, to introduce that man w".o Con missioner Macfarland has fittingly sai is leading his race upward, a man wh is accomplishing that which woul make him great in any race and in an time.” MR. WASHINGTON’S ADDRESS. Mr. Washington continued his r marks by saying, in part: “Every individual. race and natic THE COLORED AMERICAN. career all of the perplexing problems of the hour. Too often do we forget that if one generation were permitted to clear away all the obstacles there would be but little service for the suc ceeding generation to render. We are aften likely to overlook the fact that out of our anguish of soul, out of every manly struggle, out of every difficulty overcome, out of every attempt to right a great injustice, we get a strength, a confidence and an experience that could be gained in no other’ manner. The strongest individuals amd races are those who have fought their way up through the greatest discouragements and persecutions. “We must not, then, grow disceur- aged, if perfection does not come with- in our day. On the other hand, we should count ourselves fortunate if, even in the slightest degree, it may be our privilege in a generation to ad- vance our cause toward the light. “Eyery 1ace should have @ goal to ward which it is constantly striving and that goal should be the attainment of all highest and best in civilization. to the end that it may be able to render the fullest and most complete service to its fellows and the world. An am bition less than this would be unworthj of us, and would prove our unfitness to be clothed in the garb of Amerrecar citizenship; but it is one thing to de sire, to command, or demand that z certain condition exist, and it is alto gether another matter to change, the imperfect into the perfect. A DEFINITE INFLUENCE. “In the development of a race, ther is a definite influence that each individ ual can exert and a definite work tha each one can perform. The special lin of endeavor to which eaeh individua will dedicate his life is a matter tha should have the most careful conside1 ation, and the individual should b '| fortified for his life’s work by the mos ‘|careful preparation. Having once de ‘|cided what shall constitute his life’ career, he should press forward in th ; rerformance of every duty as he see it, unspoiled by praise and undaunte ’|by adverse criticism. He who in an t position of responsibility would serv > |his fellows in the highest degree shoul *| first of all be frank, whether franknes ll tor the time being brings the applau: or the curses of the multitude, knowin fl that he whose course is predicated o +|right principles will if cursed to-da */be praised to-morrow. He who wou! + |help in a position of trust and respons i} pility as a race builder should seek | ~ | dwell in the atmosphere of generosit O}high thought and lofty endeavor, fé S|removed from the bitterness, shor i}sightedness and selfishness whic €|blight and cripple the careers of othe ®| wise useful characters. He should ne “|however, mistake stubbornness f d/courage or wisdom, but should welcon Olcriticism in the same spirit that 1 d] welcomes commendation, knowing th ¥|from each a lesson may be gleane He should ever be ready to listen the suggestions and the wishes of tl of selfish ambition nor the gratification of petty spite, but willing to surrender all, if need be, on the altar of high and useful service to the cause of his race and country. and country. USEFULNESS AND STRENGTH. “Whether we strive to lift the race into usefulness and strength, through organizations or institutions, or as in- dividuals, it is well for us to under- stand and agree, as far as we may, upon certain fundamental truths that should always be kept prominent and held as vital essentials. Among them I would lay stress upon frankness, whether employed in the world of busi- ness, religion or education, or in the affairs of a race; frankness is in the long run always an element of strength. \We must face the fact, then, that ours is a child race, a partially developed race, when compared with some other jraces. This statement carries with it |nothing discreditable to the race. A child is not to be despised because of |his age or size, nor a youth because |of his lack of experience. Each has as much right to ask a chance in the | world and is as much entitled to re .| spect as the full-grown man. The main .| question then is, is the child or youth .|growing, and does it possess the ele -}ments that assure development into a ;|}complete manhood? : “For myself, I have the most pro- .|found belief that no race in ancient ,| or modern history has ever equaled the _| American Negro in development in ,) all directions. I believe further that in the fullness of time we shail demon- strate to the world that we can become ,| highest and best civilization. : “Because of his progress in the pres- -} ent and my faith in his future, I was ,|mever prouder than I am today of || being a Negro, and of being identified +|in some slight degree with the strug: _| gles and triumphs of a race in which »| 1 have such confidence. t USEFULNESS TO COMMUNITY. .| “One of the most important sources 5|of protection that any race of people e|can have is their usefulness to the s | community in which they dwell. Ser. j| Vice is the secret of sovereignty. The y |man, black or white, who has learne¢ e| to do something better than his fellows q | has learned to do a common thing it <|an uncommon manner, will in time e | Solve ah the problems that confron g him at least. n| “While we need as a race the train y ing in all directions that any other rac: a| needs, we should be careful to see to i ;.|that in our natural haste to get ahea | We do not overlook or neglect any o y,|the fundamental elements of succes y|that are right about our doors, with ¢.|0ut which no people can succeed. n| “We should strive to make labor s r.| attractive and idleness so disagreeabl z,|that every idle man shall~be drive: yr |from the street corners of our larg 1e | Cities. 1e “Whatever faults the Squth may b 4¢| Suilty of, when it comes to affordin a.|22 opportunity for people to earn 19 | living, by common or skilled labor © 1e | in the field of business or educatio Mt it is not to be despised. The me a earning of a living is not all, but | 1q}Counts for much in the strivings « Continued on page 9. FINANCIAL = ——————————— DO YOU NERD ssistancss stance ? If so, come to us. We are always ready to loan you any amount you may need. You can repay it in small monthly payments to suit your conve nience. We make loans on Furniture, Pi- anos, &c., without removal or any pub- licity in any way. All business is pri- vate. WASHINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN COMPANY, 610—F Street—610. Some Men Pay $10.000 For an expert to manage their ad- vertising. There are others who pay $5.00 for an annual subscriptfon to printer’s ink and learn what all ad- vertisers are thinking about. But even these are not the extremes reach- ed. There are men who lose over $100,000 a year by doing neither one. For sample copy send 10c to Printer’s Ink, No. 10 Spruce Street, New York City. E HAVE A BAR’L of money to lend on furniture, pianos, &c. No delay. Goods are not disturbed. You return the money in small payments. If you have a loan and need more mon_ ey, we can fix you up. Business con- fidential "Phone, M, 3042. SURETY LOAN COMPANY. Suite 1, Warder Building, cor. {Xn and, | F, 523 Sth. } and Upwards 0ans 0 Made on Fur- niture, Pianos, see Wagons, etc., at lowest rates and in the day you apply. We are loaning on the Building and Loan Asosciation plan, which makes the cost of carrying loans much less than you pay elsewhere. and allows you to pay it off in any size notes you desire, running from one to twelve months. you only pay for the use of the money for the length of time you carry it. Ifyou have a lean with some other company we will pay it off and advance you more money if desired. Rates cheer- fully given and no cost to you unless the joan is made. Loan made anywhere in the District. Call and get rates. Frent room, first floor, Scientific American Building. e National Mortgage Loan Company, gee ES eS ee — HBRE IS A CHANCE To get the money you want. | We have more than we need. | We will make leans to every- | body without delay. If you { want mon see to-day. You will am be ciacaietad ted. | | “Leans made on furnitura, pi- | | amos, organs, etc., without re- | moval. Loans to salaried em- | ployees without endorsement. | 602 F STREET, - - Cor. 6th St. | ; Capital Loan Guarantee Company. Lo cinanctuiaryammenabisisaenaa a OUTSTRIPS ALI. r The Colered American of Washins- ton, 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 colered people of the country. We admire push, energy and good ‘commor sense and wish him success.— Tllincis Idea. 2 ways having a pleasant word for every one. While Rev. Fuller came to Memphis with a reputation as a great orator (having won the distinction while serving as state Senator in his native State), little was known of his oratorical powers and versatility, except by members of his own congregation until he was invited to deliver the invocation on the occasion of the visit of President Roosevelt to the Luke E. Wright reception a year a go. From every standpoint, literary production, eloquence, and delivery, this was the grandest prayer ever delivered in Memphis. The daily papers devoted no little space in reproducing it as well as in commenting in a manner as never before on a Negro production. The hopes of his most sanguine friends were more han realized; it was the opinion of all that a better selection could not have ben made. Being a man of a strong force of character, Rev. Fuller has been elected principal of Howe Institute. How well he has succeeded in his educational work can only be determined by visiting his school. While this school is not perfect by any means, it is in a more flourishing condition to-day than at any time in its history. While it is comparatively a young school, the work it has already done is equal to and in some case superior to work of institutions twice its age. In speaking of their last year's commencement, one of the most prominent and well-known men of the race expressed himself in the following manner: "The commencement exercises of Howe Institute this year would have done credit to Oberlin College. I have never seen anything in Memphis to equal it. Rev. Fuller is the right man in the right place." Graduates of this school are fast pushing back obstacles and making this onward march in a manner that challenges the admiration of all who are interested in the welfare of the race. Mr. T. H. Johnson, a young man and one of the leading lawyers of the city, is a graduate of this school who is highly respected not only by the members of the bar, but all who know him regard him as one of the most honest men of the profession in the city. It is interesting to hear Mr. Johnson talk of his school days at Howe Institute. The lessons learned there are daily practiced in his home, at which place he is as gentlemanly with men as he would be in the office of Howe Institute surounded by teachers and students. Rev. Fuller is making efforts to add improvements which are very necessary to the success of the school, as well as the comfort of students. The grand lecture by Miss Name H. Burroughs, which was given under the auspices of the Alumni Association, was given to raise funds which are needed for repairing this school. Howe Institute belongs to the Negro Baptists; it has no missionary board from which to draw funds, but is dependent on tuition and popular donations which friends may give. This is a magnificent opportunity for friends of the race to rally to the support of one of the grandest institutions in the coun- THE COLORED AMERICAN Rev. Fuller has a fine system; all parties who donate will receive receipts for the amount given by return mail. It is safe to say that if Rev. Fuller recives the proper encouragement from men and women in the proper way, the time will come when the good influences of Howe Institute will be felt and recognized throughout the entire country. For executive ability and originality, Rev. Fuller received the most flattering praise from the leading dailies of his home city. As Senator he won for himself and race a name that will never be forgotten. His great speech in opposition to the constitutional convention proved him to be a man of thought, eloquence and scholarship, worthy to a seat in the Senate chamber of the nation. While Senator the State prison became so crowded, all nterested were very much alarmed, but none seemed to know what steps to take which would give the much-needed relief. After taking the matter under advisement, Senator Fuller promulgated and introduced a bill which became a law and which caused him to not only receive the heartiest congratulations of the other members, but the daily papers of his home city praised him in the highest terms. It has been and is still a custom for a majority of our churches to give picnics and excursions at which the most degenerate characters are admitted. The majority of churches in Memphis gives picnics to make money, regardless of how they mix the best people with the worst in order to get money; they are sacrificing every principle of decency. Many years ago (when the Negro vote amounted to something) a leading Negro lawyer from St. Louis came to Memphis to tell his race how to elect a Democrat to Congress. After many efforts to convince his hearers that it was to their best interest to vote for a Democrat, he concluded his harangue with the following: "What you people need more than politics is money; you ought to go to work and get money honestly if you can, and if you can't get it honestly you ought to get money." Negro preachers are still repeating these words. A few months ago a committee of citizens met to organize a company for the purpose of opening a shoe store; in the concluding part of his speech, a preacher of prominence used thes words: "You people do not need to pray any more; you have prayed enough. What you need now is business houses and money." In view of the teaching he has received surprise should not be shown when I tell you that the average Sunday school and church picnic in Memphis is not much better than a crap dance. In this respect Rev. Fuller has established a new order of things. The Sunday school and members of the First Baptist Church, of which Rev. Fuller is pastor and adviser, give picnics on a very high order. In vehicles, members and invited guest leave the city in the forenoon, spending the day in the lonely and pleasant grove a distance from the city—always returning before dark. Other churches and Sunday schools are falling in line; in a few years the high-toned manner of giving picnics which are now so characteristic of the First Baptist Church and Sunday school, will be practiced n churches throughout the city. Rev. Fuller is not only raisingn the standard of Memphis churches, but time will find Howe Institute under his direction, one of the most promising institutions of learning in the entire country. People already can tell Howe students wherever seen. The lectures they receive, in which they are daily cautioned as to how to appear in public places, are bearing forth good fruit. The loud and boisterous talks in public places that are so common among too many of our young people are unheard of among the larger and advanced students of Howe. Howe Institute has ten teachers and 315 students. To-day Tuskegee is known throughout the country; to-morrow Howe Institute will be a house word for evry home in our land. LOCALS. The head-line "Go to Work or Leave the City," which appeared in last Tuesday's "Post," has become the slogan of the progressive young men who are doing so much to help industrious men and women as well as boys and girls in this city, under the name of The Cooperative Mercantile and Investment Company, whose offices are at 320 8th Street, where information will be gladly given. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Jones, nee Ottie Brooks, were in town for a few days last week, on a visit to the latter's parents, Rev. and Mrs. Walter H. Brooks, of Corcoran St. Their friends and acquaintances made it extremely pleasant for the young couple during their stay in town, and while they were spending a few hours in Baltimore as the guests of Miss Sallie Hatchett. The music rendered by the Metropolitan choir was of a high order last Sunday morning, and very greatly enjoyed by the large audience present. Col. Matt N. Lewis brought a representative delegation from Newport News, Va., to this city last Monday. They called on the president and other political leaders in the interests of the republican party of that state. Col. Lewis is one of the Virginia leaders, and is the editor of The Newport News Star, of Newport News, Va. All of our people who are interested in the progress of the race should take advantage of the first opportunity to hear Prof. G. F. Richings, the world-renowned lecturer on "Colored America," illustrated by over one hundred stereopticon views of vital interest to all of us. In a lecture given Monday night, of last week, at the Metropolitan Church, on M Street, he showed thirty-six views of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, which were a revelation to those who have merely read or heard of the school. These views give one the very best idea of the extent of this grand work next to an actual visit to the school itself. 5 If you have a spare room that you would like to rent to desirable parties, advertise them in THE AMERICAN. If you have anything to sell, rent or exchange, put a small "ad." in this column. The results will be assured. Try it. DRESS MAKING ACADEMY The de Lam Orton Famous French Perfection Tailor System, Mme. J. A. Smallwood, sole agent, 1513 Madison street, northwest. Morning class from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Afternoon class 2 to 5 p. m. daily. Evenings from 7:30 to 10 o'clock. 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D., is now located at 1300 4th Street Northwest, corner of N, where is carried one of the nicest lines of drugs, medicines and toilet articles in the city. It will pay you to call and look over the premises and stock—whether you wish to buy or not. --- . 6 HEAR WASHINGTON. WHO TELLS OF HIS LIFE WORK BEFORE SOUTHERN CLASSES. President Gilman and Dr. Wallace Butterick Also Make Addresses. The Slater Fund. Dr. Booker T. Washington was the principal speaker at a meeting held under the auspices of the Southern Industrial classes, last Friday morning, at the residence of Representative and Mrs. Kirk Porter in Lafayette Square. The meeting was in the interest of the Virginia settlement movement, in which many prominent persons are associated. Addresses were also made by President Gilman, of he Carnegie Institution, and the Rev. Dr. Butterick, of New York, secretary of the general educational board. The audience was composed of prominent society leaders of Washington. Among those who were interested in the series of addresses dealing with the education of Negro boys and girls were Mme. Jusserand, wife of the French ambassador; Mrs. Depew, Mrs. Alger, Mrs. Hobart, Miss McMillan, Mrs. Pinchot, Mrs. James R. Garfield, Maud Wetmore, Miss Tuckerman, Mrs. Arthur Lee, Mrs. Clarence Moore, Mrs. Edward Everett Hale, Miss Hale, the Misses Kean, Mrs. Perkins Mrs. Livingston Hunt, the Misses Warder, Mrs. Ralph Jenkins, Mrs. Draper, Mrs. Boardman, Miss Boardman, Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Spalding, Mrs. D. C. Gilman, Mrs. Corcoran Thom, Morris K. Jessup, Mrs. Dalzell, Mrs. Hopkins Mrs. Hobson, Mrs. Eustis, Mrs. William Slater, and many others. The work of giving practical education to Negro boys and girls is carried on with the aid of what is known as the Slater fund, a sum of $1,000,000, given some time ago by John F. Slater for this purpose. Schools have been established throughout Virginia, Tennessee, and other Southern States, and the Society of the Southern Industrial Classes has the work in charge. In his address, Booker T. Washington gave some interesting anecdotes in his own life as a slave boy and the effort he put forward to gain an education and to help members of his race. The Hon. J. E. Watson, the great orator of Indiana, introduced Dr. Booker T. Washington on Friday evening, March 18th, at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church. Mr. Watson is one of the spell-binders of the West, an orator of acknowledged ability, and is always in great demand at public functions. The management made no mistake in selecting Mr. Watson to introduce Dr. Washington, who is by all odds, the greatest man of his day. THE BUFFALO CLUB BALL A grand complimentary dance was given by the Buffalo Club at the La Torium, corner Sixth and C streets, northwest, Friday evening, March 18th. A large and representative gathering of young people attended, and the capacity of the hall was tested. The Invincible Orchestra enlivened the occasion with its sweetest music, while Prof. W. F. Swann was master of ceremonies. The friends of the club were not aware of its great popularity until the hall be- THE COLORED AMERICAN. came packed, and a great many were turned away. The officers of the club are Mr. J. M. Jackson, President; Mr. Arthur Laws, Vice-President; Mr. A. J. Gaskins, Treasurer; Mr. C. D. Freeman, Financial Secretary, and Mr. F. W. Brent, Secretary. STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. Notice is hereby given to the stockholders of the Thibert Sanitary Cuspidor & Tool Company, that the annual meeting for the election of officers, etc., of said company, will take place at the offices of the company, number 306 to 309 Bond Building, in the city of Washington D. C., on April the 25th, 1904, at three o'clock. p. m. N. R. THIBERT, FELIX D. FONTAINE, JAMES A. BLACK, CHARLES W. EMBREY, VIRGIL M. FOOKES. Directors Washington, D. C., March 26, 1904. CITY PARAGRAPHS. Miss Lucy Moten, the pianoist, spent several days in Baltimore last week. Mr. and Mrs. Elsner, of No. 222 Florida Avenue, made it very pleasant for her during her sojourn in this city. Mrs. Eliza Jackson has returned from New York for a month's visit to her home in this city. While south she will visit her parents in Cismount, Va., and remain until the closing of the school. The Oxford Pleasure Club will give its fourth annual ball at the Grand Armory, Tuesday, March 29th. A most interesting programme has been prepared, which includes a grand southern cakewalk and dancing. The buffet service will be a feature of the entertainment. There will be a special service at John Wesley Church, Palm Sunday evening, March 27h, at eight p. m., under the auspices of the Volunteer Circle. Sermon by the pastor, Rev. L. W. Kyles; music by the vested Junior Choir, assisted by Mrs. Lula Joy Brooks. All are invited. The Banneker Relief Association will give its third annual Charity Reception, for the benefit of the widows and minor orphans of its deceased members, and the Home of the Friendless girls, at the Convention Hall, Friday evening, April 8th. The Monumental Orchestra will furnish music, and the price of admission if fifty cents. A Rabbit's Foot Company, Pat Chappelle owner and manager, will be on the bills at the Empire Theater the week beginning May 9th. It is one of the best known colored companies on the road. It travels in two special cars and has thirty-five all-star colored performers. It has its own brass band and a superb orchestra, and its programme embraces comedy, minstrelsy and ragtime opera. IMPROVE YOUR SPARE TIME. Elegant course in Shorthand, Typewriting, Penmanship, or single and double-entry Bookkeeping by mail. Only $1.00 a month. Write for particulars to— FREUND'S CORRESPONDENCE INSTITUTE, 2650 N. 16th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 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She is good and faithful for the cause of Christ. A Martha Washington Tea Party was held on Tuesday evening. Feb. 23, 1904, by the ladies sewing circle at the A. M. E. Church was well attended. Miss Mable Grimes, was Mrs. Martha Washington, the wife of Geo. Washington, and played her part well. Mr. Henry Burrell was Mr. George Washington, and played the part well. Refreshments was served and a good time was rendered. Mrs. Cora Brown, President, Miss Mable Grimes Sec'y. The A. M. E. Church Choir meets for rehearsal on every Friday night at 8 o'clock. They have ten members. John H. Lewis, President and organist; Miss Iona Blue, Secy; Miss Callie Alfred, leader. Brown & Garner, the twin barbers of Morgantown will remove their barber establishment on Walnut street, opposite the Opera House, on the 1st of April, 1904, where he will do first-class trade. All who will come and give them their patronage. Hair cut, shave, shampoo, tonic. We ask you to call and see us at our new place on and after April 1st and we will treat you first-class. INDIAN TERRITORY NEWS MUSKOGEE, I. T., Special.—Colored people from the Southern states are moving to the Territory at a very rapid rate. Prof. W. S. Fourd, Principal of the Tallahassee Mission School reports 100 pupils and the school is in a progressive condition. The names of new subscribers are as follows: L. L. Ellis; Rev. J. L. Grayson; E. L. Thurman; G. W. Brown; W. E. Murdock; W. Klly; Hon. A. G. W. Sango; Prof. McCullough; Rev. Mr. Street; J. C. Harris; Mr. Mason Church; Mr. J. M. Mitchell; Jas. Young; Prof. W. S. Fourd; Mr. Cannonffi R. C. Gordan. Leave orders at Kelly's restaurant for The Colored American. Chas. Lane, agent. DEATH SEEKS A SHINING MARK Mrs. Blanche Estelle Williams, the wife of Mr. Harry D. Williams, in the city, died very suddenly Sunday, Feb. 23d, at 12.30 p. m. The funeral services were held at the Fifteenth street Presbyterian church, Tuesday, March 1st, at two o'clock, where the many friends of both Mr. and Mrs. Williams assembled in large numbers to pay the last respect to the deceased. Mrs. Williams, who was Miss Blanche Turner THE COLORED AMERICAN of Baltimore, died in her twenty-fifth year after a very brief illness. After her marriage to Mr. Williams, they came to Washington to live, where she made a host of friends and was loved and admired by all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance. She was greatly beloved and most popular in social circles. She leaves a husband and two small children to mourn her demise. Mr. Williams and the children have the sympathy of a large circle of friends. The B & O Railway people, by whom Mr. Williams was employed, sent beautiful floral offerings as a token of their sympathy and high regard for Mr. Williams. MR. PRIOLEAN'S CASE The case of Mr. A. P. 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Dainty Dishes for Easter, illustrated, is of seasonable interest. Luncheon Dishes and Entrees from Left-overs will prove a valuable aid to economy, and Delaware Hot Breads seem tempting enough to dispose of even the objections of cold bread advocates. Delicious Sweet Fritters and Novel Oyster Recipes are other culinary topics. PUPIL'S RECITAL AT THE WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. Last Friday evening a recital was given by the pupils of the Washington Conservatory of Music at the rooms of the school, Twelfth and U streets NW., and a brilliant showing was made by the students for their enterprising school. Quite an audience of the relatives and friends of the young performers were present, and showed by their appreciative applause their pleasure at the progress of the pupils. Hon. John P. Green, on behalf of the audience, made a few remarks commendatory of the work of the school and expressing high appreciation of the superior grade of work done by the efficient corps of teachers. 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The demands in all parts of this country, and in several foreign countries, for well trained men of our race in the direction of scientific and practical agriculture are so great that this institution is willing to offer exceptional advantages to young men who wish to come here and take either a regular or post graduate course in agriculture. We cannot begin to supply the demands that come to us for trained men in the direction of agriculture. The positions for which these trained men are wanted are those in most every case which pay high salaries. hold of men who have received as far as possible, a good education before coming here, and are ready to enter upon a thorough course of agricultural training. For further information address, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Prin. Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama. All Nations welcome except Carrie Nation EDWARD GREEN Fine Wines and Whiskies Cigars and Tobacco Private Entrance for Ladies S. W. Cor. 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One of the features of the Springfield riot seems to have been overlooked, and ought to be brought out, was a worthless man who had recently come from Kentucky, who had served a number of jail sentences, who was a professional wife-beater, and was out of jail on good behavior at the time he killed the policeman. Trouble and race friction frequently is brought about in northern cities by the influx of the idle and loafing Negro of the South. They go into these Northern cities, where there is no prejudice, but where there is fair play, and draw the color line themselves, or force it to be drawn. It is the duty of the respectable, intelligent colored people to keep an eye on these mischief makers and rid the city of them as soon as they come into them. They are of no service anywhere and might as well remain in the South, and had better remain in the South rather than come North and East to make trouble for the better elements of the race. The last letter from Springfield brings news that the colored people of Springfield were not, and are not leaving the city of Springfield by the hundreds as reported. A few who lived on the levee and whose homes were destroyed by fire, left because they had nowhere to stay, but the respectable element were not disturbed by the mob and went about the same as usual. Many of the Associated Press dispatches have misrepresented the whole situation, and it might be added that the Associated Press is responsible for the great great uprising in different parts of the country, which exists only in the THE COLORED AMERICAN. imagination of the Associated Press reporters. We give space in another part of The Colored American to-day, to a letter of Mr. J. E. Bush, Receiver of Land Office of Little Rock, Ark., to the daily Gazette, of that city: Mr. Bush replies to Bishop Brown, the scalowag churchman, who made a long trip to the east like Tillman to the west, to explode a boom of falsehoods. Mr. Bush's letter is very much to the point and expresses sentiments that are growing in the south, that the native southern white men are all the friends of the Negro. Mr. Bush is a successful man and a leader in his state. He belongs to that class of men whose policy is to conserve the best interests of all. "Manhood Rights" was the subject of a very timely editorial in the New York Age of a recent date. It struck a set of "brave" men who are always insiting on their "manhood rights" and who usually give counsel at long range. They are found principally in Northern cities where the rights of the colored people are not abridged and they belong to that class who are invincible in peace and invisible in war. Washington City is a storm center for these hot air leaders; leaders who call conventions and resolute—leaders who denounce men for not doing things in Alabama and Mississippi, when they themselves do nothing right here at home. There is no city in America where there is so much race prejudice as can be found in Washington City. Jim Crow steam cars and Jim Crow street cars run right up to the Capitol and the White House, and the meanest restaurant will not accommodate colored people, while all of the theatres and public places of amusement draw the line or colonize their colored patrons. The manhood right leaders of Washington can find plenty of work to do right here at home. Practice what you preach. The Republican leaders of South Carolina are getting together and are putting up a solid front for President Roosevelt. Every speech and interview now coming from the leaders of that State is teeming with praise of the administration. The speech of Hon. John G. capers, at the Republican State Convention was especially eloquent and patriotic. "Should Negroes Organize" is the slogan of the Brunswick, Georgia, Herald. Our answer is, yes, a thousand times, yes. Let the school teachers and the ministers come together and the men engaged in all kinds of business come together. Let them construct a platform big enough to contain all of their views and opinions and let the slogan be, a solid phalanx, a unity of purpose and a unity of interest. The Press can not fight this battle alone, but it must have the cooperation of the preachers, teachers and leaders in all walks of life. The Boston Guardian is still "harping on my daughter." We are pleased to dismiss from our mind The Conservator and its bewhiskered editor, Rev.(?). Wilkins. The Illinois Idea is taking care of Brother Wilkins in such excellent shape that we are inclined to let good enough alone. The colored people of Maryland have taken the right step to prevent the Jim Crow car and the Disfranchising Laws from becoming a part of the Constitution of that State. The ministers and leaders of Baltimore City have come together in a way that means something, and the advice of Mr. Charles Bonaparte in a letter to a public meeting held in that city is pertinent indeed. "Anger and pride are both unwise, Vinegar never catches flies." Notwithstanding President Cleveland's denial, some of the colored editors insist thatthe late C. H. J. Taylor did dine with Mr. Cleveland. The clored men engaged in business in different parts of the South are continuing to organize branches of the National Negro Business League. Two very strong ones have recently been organized in Georgia-one at Brunswick and the other at Savannah which bodies will send delegates to the meeting of the National League in Indianapolis, Ind., next August. The idea of separating the races is still growing. We have Jim Crow railway cars, Jim Crow street cars, Jim Crow waiting rooms, Jim Crow seats in theatres and now we art to have (in Mississippi at least) separate phones for the use of white and colored. We will soon get to the "separate" heaven and hell. Bishop B. W. Arnett, D. D., President of the Financial Board of the A. M. E. Church, has won laurels by chartering an entire sleeper for his trip from Cincinnati to Mobile, Ala. But this is only one of the distinctions which the great Bishop can lay claim to. He was a member of the Ohio Legislature in the early days. His work is so interwoven into the woof and warp of the literature of the A. M. E. Church that it will live forever. He is known as the living encyclopedia of the A. M. E. Church, and while on in years, his mind is as bright and as keen as ever. When he had chartered the special sleeper, he wired the bishops and other officials of the church who were to go to Mobile, to join him at Cincinnati or en route, and it turned out that his investment of $81.50 was a paying one and that he cleared a little something out of the deal. It is an ill wind that blows no good. Some of Mr. Washington's critics are now saying that he has said something at last. Mr. Washington has always had the knack of saying the right thing at the right time. To sensible men, the occasion of the burning of two men and a woman in the South when they were not charged with crime against women, was a time for him to speak. Fools step in where angels fear to tread. The paragraph editor of the Star of Zion is a close and careful reader of The Colored American. The Hon. Samuel C. Cross, member of the West Virginia Legislature, will address the Bethel Literary, in the main auditorium of the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, Tuesday evening, April 5, 1904. Subject: "The Negro and the South." Mr. Cross is one of the most eloquent craters of today, and is devoting the major portion of his time and excellent talents in defense of the Negro race. The most prominent colored men of the city, including the pastors of the several churches, will attend this meeting. A silver offering will be taken at the door. Mr. William Hamer, oldest son of the late Rev. J. P. Hamer, died very suddenly, after an illness of two days, in the forty-ninth year of his age. He was born in Allegheny, Pa., in 1855, but was raised and educated in this city. He gave all his life to theatricals, as a song-writer and playwright, and at the time of his death was engaged as musical director for the double octette, with Stetson's Co., playing "The Big City Show." He played his part at the last performance on Saturday, February 27th, at Urbana, Ohio, and died on the road, Monday, February 29th, 1904. His wife carried his body to their home in New York City for burial. Mr. Hamer has composed and written the music to many songs, his latest effort being "The King of the Fiji Isles," a musical extravaganza, which he finished shortly before his death, but will not be brought out before next winter. His sisters, Mrs. Mary Hamer Adams and Mrs. Louise Hamer Burrell, and his brother, C. A. Hamer, left Washington, March 3rd, to attend his funeral in New York. Mr. Hamer comes of a musical family, a family noted for its talent in many directions. Miss Lou Hamer Burrell is one of the best known contraltoes of Washington, and one of the soloists in the Colridge Taylor Choral Society, while Mr. Charlie Hamer is a well known expert sign painter. K. OF P. ANNIVERSARY SERMON By the order promulgated by the Supreme Lodge of the K. of P., the fortieth anniversary of this popular order will be celebrated by a Thanksgiving sermon, conducted by Rev. P. A. Wallace, pastor of the Metropolitan Zion Wesley Church, D Street, between 2nd and 3rd Streets Southwest. The formed Ranks, and several auxiliary exercises will begin promptly at 7:30 p. m., Sunday, Mar. 27th. On this occasion the Subordinate Lodges, Unicourts wil give thanks to God. Mr. Thomas Marshall, leader of the choir of this church, has prepared a special musical programme. By order of James M. Conway, Special Deputy Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Numbers of people who were unable to get seats are now sorry that Convention Hall was not secured in which to have Dr. Washington speak, so that everyone anxious to hear him might have been enabled to do so. JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT oe et ke Ng ee ata eee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 3 ie . > Was Alarmingly Affli ith La Gri i ars gly icted With La Grippe. + ; Hees , Cured by Pe-ru-na. race. . ae hoe tates —— : = i jored CG AL GPE = S ay ZA 3 ades, 0 <P> a Ey, bap | tap Be rate. 2 SSN ae V7 | eel | lee ZB. 9 ) a = BS Gee. 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Henry Distin, the inventor and maker Ve of all the band instruments for the hig e 7 meek 2 Henry Distin Manufacturing Co., writes deg W, H. Parsons is Ex-State Senator and Ex-Special Judge of the Supre: i oe 4 - § Court of Texas, also Brigadier-General in Confederate Army. In a vocont a ae Bingham ig Aah 1 from 925 HS c eee ee hat pert ies 25 IL Street, N. W., Washington, D. C., this prominent gentle- “Thad a bad attack of la grippe last yt a aay December which lasted more than three the Upon the recommendation of personal friends and many stro! l= i i fs igs monials as to the efficacy of peca in the treatment of the Sess eae wee ates = (ae aa symptoms of the grippe with which I have been afflicted for four months $| "4 S¢veral of my friends advised me to rey past, I have been \induced to undergo a treatment with this justly cele- | ‘*¥ Peruna. I began with a bottle the Hee brated formula. I "feel a decided change for the better after using it only $| ftst week in March and it certainly did 4 faa one week. It is especially good in toning up the stomach and has hada $| mea great deal of good. I was so well ifm elo- decided effect upon my appetite. I therefore feel much encouraged that I ¢| satisfied that I purchased another bottle ooh sert | § 497 on the road to complete restoration. and followed the directions sal can say Vee : “My numerous friends in Texas, where I have had the honor to com- that it has cured me. ems Disti lee mand a brigade ot her Veteran Cavalry in a four years’ war, may accept If you do not a rial = = ieee this voluntary testimonial to the merits of Peruna as 4 sense of obligation f ee 88 ee. eee ‘eee cee on my part for its wonderful efficacy.”’«--W. H. Parsons. oes : ee a Resa Peruna, or tae | : » giving a 4A mG res full statement of your case und he will Pace 3 for There is no remedy in the world that | soothes while it stimulates, heals as it| be pleased to give you his valuable ad- mies 4 ion} ™eets the conditions produced by la; expurgates. Peruna is not a purgative, | vice gratis. Sasa k # all srippe better than the-remedy, sili a cathartic, or sedative, or stimulant,| Address Dr. Hartman, Presidevt of fe Bo aa Peruna strengthens as it renovates,| nor oo tee tne or mineral poison. It! The Hartman Sanitanum, Columbus, O, ape! A rewardipf $10,000 has been “deposited in the Market Exchange Bank, Colum- : : zs & ‘us, Ohio, as a guarantee that the above testimenial is genuine; that we hold ‘2g ig . ° oe Mai ts “n} 1 our possession authentic letters certifying to the same. Every one of our icc« BY on mi nonials are genuine and in the words of the one whose name is appended. : i ‘di ; encourage and strengthen his determi-]solid citizens and is a member of thefhas, with his engine, pumped water e410 nation to assist them to reach the|Augusta Stret Church and is also a trom the well at the rate of 30 gallons pee Z pe gee aN Nr Se a eee tale ee ees ipa MAN FROM TUSKEGEE. Continued from page 4 power to encourage these friendly and well-disposed ones to stand by us and support us.” WORK OF "TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE. Mr. Washington then gave a resume of the work at Tuskegee Institute. “Education is not injuring the race. The records of the Southern States show that 9@ per cent. of the colored people in prisons are without trades, and 61 per cent. are wholly illiterate. If the statistics show that the Negro in Massachusetts is five times as crim- inal as the Negro in Mississippi, the same statistics prove that the white man in Massachusetts is at best ten times more criminal than the white man in Mississippi. Mr. Clarence Poe, editor of the Raleigh Progressive Farm- er, says: ‘In the two years which it (the North Carolina state prison in Raleigh) has kept a record, the propor- tion of Negro prisoners from the illiter- ate class has been 40 per cent. larger than from the class which has had school training.’ 3 “I may be in doubt about many phases of what is known as the race problem, but of one thing I feel abso- lutely sure, that ignorance and race hatred are no solution for any problem on earth. z “Let us resolve with renewed vigor to go steadily forward living cleaner lives, putting forth more intelligent, skillful and conscientious effort in the performance of every duty, ever en- couraging the white man to feel and see that in proportion as he helps us up to higher life he himself will be lifted into a higher atmosphere.” Dr. Edward Everett Hale delivered the benediction. PLATFORM REFLECTIONS. It was in the nature of a revival that the mourner’s bench was crowded. os Commissioner Macfarland knows just what to say and how to say it. . = ee ae Congressman Watson’s Western. elc- quence tuned the audience to concert pitch. ss © It may not have been Dr. Washing- ton’s “greatest effort,” but it requires a great man to hold an audience for two hours, meeting every question fairly and squarely, sweeping away all criticism, convincing the most skeptical and securing ‘a unanimous verdict. Se it Convention Hall could have been filled. The phenomenal demand for ticke's exceeded anything ever before known in Washington. 7-_ ft The critics and doubters present were srved with a full course of fooa for reflection. * * 8 The meeting and Dr. Washington’s addres were alike memorable. The magnificent work he has done and is doing met with a full appreciation from the splendid . audience which Sreetet] him. Nothing could be more sratifying to him than to know that he has the earnest and unqualified en- dorsement of his race, and laboring as he is among the “submerged tenth,” this fact is an inspiration that will THE COLORED AMERICAN. SOLVING THE PROBLEM. Staunton, Va. (Special) ..—The col- ored people of this city have reason to be proud of their general success in many ways. Our churches are all up to date, our pastors intelligent, our schools first class, and our future prospects very bright. In a business way our people are holding their own. One of our leading business men is Mr. Samuel Lindsey, the expert well driller. Mr. Lindsey is one of our ens citizens and is a member of the Augusta Stret Church and is also a member of the Trustee Board. The Staunton Dispatch spoke of him as follows last winter when he had completed the digging of the deep well at the Mary Baldwin Seminary: “The Dispatch some days ago gave an acount of a well which Business Manager W. W. King, of the Mary Baldwin Seminary, is having drilled at the seminary gardens for irrigating and other purpose. Samuel Lindsey, the expert borer, has just completed drilling, striking water at a depth of 700 feet. He has put a 6-inch iron casing 200 feet to the solid rock, and 9 has, with his engine, pumped water from the well at the rate of 30 gallons a minute. With the exception of a well at the Western State Hospital bored some 18 years ago, which is 770 feet deep, this is probably the deepest well in Augusta county. The water from the seminary well is thought to be soft. It has taken over 60 days to bore this well at a cost of $1,000 to the seminary. A power pump of some sort will be atached to the well. Mr. King is rery happy over the result,