The Commonwealth

THE COMMONWEALTH Published Weekly, in the best interest of the Community. VOLUME I. NO 3. BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, SATURDAY AUG. 7. 1915, PRICE 2 CENTS A COPY, DISTRICT CONFERENCES. A Series of Educational and Religious Gatherings. Beginning with the past week and lasting until the first part of September, the various district conferences and Sunday School Institutes of the A.M. E. Church will be held. On Wednesday last the district conference of the Easton District was held in Denton in the Church pastored by the Rev. J. H. Fitchett, Rev. Dr, S. H. Cooper, the presiding elder of the district being in charge. The conference closed on Thursday, and the Sunday School institute opened on Friday and continued through Saturday. At Anacostia in the church pastored by Rev. W. H, Davis, the meeting of the Potomac district. Rev. Dr.C. W, Mossell presiding elder will be held on the 18th and 19th of August, immediately followed by the Sunday School institute on the 20th and 21st. Rev J.D.Banks of Port Deposit will entertain the gathering of the Baltimore district, Rev. Dr. D.G. Hill, presiding elder, on the 19th, 20th and 21st of August. The last one of the series is the Hagerstown district, Rev.Dr John W. Norris, presiding elder, which will assemble in Quinn Church Frederick Md. of which the Rev, J. G. Bryant is pastor. The conference will convene on the 1st and 2nd of September. and the Sunday School institute on the 3rd, 4th. and 5th. An exceedingly interesting program has been arranged for all of these several gatherings. Such was the pristine virtue and vigorous courage of the party. But, continuing, the same platform further declares. "The recent amendments to the national constitution should be cordially sustained BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT, not merely tolerated because they are law, and should be carried out according to their spirit by appropriate legislation, the enforcement of which can safely be intrusted only to the party that secured those amendments. Complete liberty and exact equality in the enjoyment ef all civil, political, and public rights should be established and effectually maintained throughout the Union by efficient and ap propriate state and federal legislation. Neither the law or its administration should admit any discrimination in respect to citizens by reason of race, creed color or previous condition of servitude." A DIVINE REALITY. The Religion of the Southern Negroes, slave or free, was and is a divine reality. During the late war it was pure and strong enough to secure peace and safety to women and children on the plantations while the men were fighting under a flag which did not promise freedom to them. For this the just and good hold them in everlasting and grateful remembrance. And we may be quite sure that they understood what the war meant in its relations to them. They may not have outgrown their superstitions, but the school-house and the Bible will do for them what they have done for all people—drive out the evil and cruel spirits of superstition —The late Bishop Haygood. Four years later, when the Republican party assembled in National Convention, in Cincinnati, it further declared: "The Republican party has preserved these governments to the hundredth anniversary of the nation's birth, and they are now embodiments of the great truths spoken at its cradle—"That all men are created equal: that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that for the attainment of these ends governments have been instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." Until these truths are cheerfully obeyed, or, if need be, vigorously enforced, THE WORK OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS UNFINISHED" Thus, the Republican party has need of us, and we have need of it. We ask of the party nothing save a completion of its "unfinished work." It is our bounden duty, as members of the party, to help in this work. IT WAS EVER THUS. UNFINISHED WORK OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY The Bourbons spank because Little and Weak. What That Unfinished Work is May be Discerned From The Party's Platforms. The Baltimore evening Sun of July 31, in an editorial on 'Haiti and Mexico' remarks: The Republican party has never lost a battle whenever it had a moral issue, and unswervingly stuck to it. Many of the younger members of the great Republican party are not conversant with the glorious victories won by the party in its early days when it was far more faithful to the black man, than in these present times. When it gets back to first principles, and, determines, sink, swim, live or die, it will steadfastly cleave to the principles which gave it birth, it will again triumph most gloriously. Whenever the direct appeal is made to the consciences of honest men there can be no doubt as to the final result. "It seems a little hard on Haiti that we should spank that minstrel republic because it is little and weak, while we leave Mexico alone because we are afraid some of our boys might get hurt." While it may be hard yet it is strictly in keeping with the Bourbon instincts of the southern wing of the Democratic party who, with President Wilson are running the government. The Democratic party is pre-eminently bourborn. It imposes upon little Haiti just as it has always imposed upon the black man in this country 'because he is little and weak'. But the black man, and the colored races of the earth, are surely coming into their own. Our estimable neighbor performs a gracious service on our behalf in that it makes perfectly plain that race-feeling is the cause of such intervention in Haiti. rather than a love for justice and order. For it says in the same editorial from which we quote; In 1872 when the National Republican Convention assembled in the city of Philadelphia, it gave forth its faith so clearly, and bravely, as to send the thrill of enthusiasm through every nook and corner of this great country. Among other things, it declared in its platform: "During eleven years of supremacy it [the Republican party] has accepted, with grand courage, the solemn duties of the times. It suppressed a gigantic rebellion, emancipated four million of slaves, decreed the equal citizenship of all, and established universal suffrage. Exhibiting unparalelled magnanimity, it criminally punished no man for political offences, and warmly welcomed all who proved their loyalty by obeying the laws and dealing justly with their neighbors". "There is Mexico where the ruction and rioting and slaying has been far more extensive than in Haiti and where Americans and foreigners have suffered far more damage and outrage." THE WASHINGTON SUN Arrangments are now pending with respect to the taking over by the Commonwealth Company of the subscription lists of the Washington Sun of the District of Columbia which has suspended publication. In the next few days it is is hoped that all details may be satisfactorily adjusted, to all concerned. ONLY YOUR CARD We would like to carry, from week to week, the card of every business man in Baltimore, how ever humble that business maybe. If such will kindly visit our office, 414 W. Hoffman Street, they will learn from our Business Manager a proposition which we think they will be eager to accept. At any rate, call and see our Business Manager. Send your job printing to the office of the Commonwealth, 414 West Hoffman Street. The Commonwealth. Published Every Saturday by The Commonwealth Publishing Company, at 414 W. HOFFMAN STREET, Baltimore, Maryland. ERNEST LYON, EDITOR. Subscription: One copy, one year, 75 Cents; Six months, 40 Cents, in advance. Single copy, Two Cents. The Commonwealth may be had at any of the branch offices, or sub-stations. SATURDAY AUG. 7. 1915, Governor Goldsborough. Governor Goldsborough has broken his long silence. In a published statement Thursday last he announced his decision not to be a candidate to succeed himself as Governor of the State of Maryland. In the judgment of thoughtful Republicans, many of whom are his personal friends, this was the wise thing to do. Even if nominated, THE COMMONWEALTH is of the opinion that he could not be elected. Governor Goldsborough went back upon his friends—the people who made him Governor. Without their aid and influence he never could have been elected Governor. The colored people stood by him in his fight for Governor. Without their vote it would have been impossible for him to win; but he gave them no recognition, and if he had been a candidate again, he never could have commanded their support. The men who are now candidates for gubernatorial honors will do well to have in mind the Governor's record on this line. No Republican can be Governor of Maryland without the colored man's vote. And this vote demands proper treatment, as is accorded to other race elements, in the body politic, or it will remain a negative quantity on the day of election. THE COMMONWEALTH is supporting Mr. Weller, but there are some questions which it expects him to answer before the day of election. Late Rev. Dr. M. C. B. Mason. Dr. M. C. B. Mason, the noted orator and race advocate, died Saturday, July 31st, at 4:30 P.M., at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in the midst of preparation for his return to his home in Cincinnati, and when his many friends were jubilant in the hope of his ultimate recovery. Dr. Mason was born in Houma, La., 56 years ago, and has been a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church for 32 years. He graduated from the Classical Department of New Orleans University and from Gammon Theological Seminary. Took post graduate course in Syracuse University and received the degree of Ph. D. He was the first man of color to be elected to the Secretaryship of the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which post he held for 22 years, until relieved at the last general conference by a combina- tion of intrigues, launched by his persecutors, the severe mental effect of which, in the judgment of his friends, aggravated the sharpness of his complaint, and hastened his death. No public man had a better opportunity to defend his race in the American Forum than he. As a general officer of the great Methodist Episcopal Church he had entre to the best people of both races. Besides this unusual advantage he was in demand at chataquas, and upon every occasion he gave good account of himself. He was one of the men who received a large complimentary vote for the bishopric in the general conference of 1904, which convened in Baltimore. No official during his time, and it will be a long while in the future before any other will come up, who will have the confidence of the Church in so large a degree, or who will sway the masses by his matchless eloquence and his meritorious service to mankind as did M. C. B. Mason, the man, the minister, the advocate, the teacher and the scholar. Mason is dead but God still lives. Requiescat in pace. His persecutor may take comfort in the silent spectacle, but his friends rejoice in the truth— "That whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap." Texas Disgraced. Texas to the front again—her conduct is a disgrace to civilization. No offence, no matter however grave, is a justification for her shooting and burning of a human being in a Christian country. This conduct of Texas puts her in the barbarous age. Just think of burning a human being, in the open plaza, before men, women and children. Can these people lay any real claims to civilization and Christianity? The offense of this man was murder—horrid and wicked. But he was only one man, belonging to the minority race, with the law and its machinery in the hands of the majority race—thus making the vengeance of the law safe and secure. If these Texans were not barbarians they would have acted in a different way. They would have saved their women and children from the shame of it—if these barbarians are capable of shame. It is bad enough to burn a human being—but to burn him before women, boys and girls is a crime of crimes. What an object lesson for the youth of that State. O! God pity poor barbarous Texas. The Rev. Dr. John Franklin Goucher. THE COMMONWEALTH congratulates Dr. Goucher, Emeritus President of the Woman's College, upon his safe return to his home city, after an absence of nearly one year. THE COMMONWEALTH is interested in this distinguished minister and public spirited citizen because of his invaluable services to mankind in general and to the Negro race in particular. Dr. Goucher belongs to that class of eminent church men in the Meth- odist Episcopal Church who is not a candidate for ecclesiastical preferment, and whose opinion and judgment upon vital questions affecting us as a race in the M. E. Church can be relied upon. Morgan College stands as one of the imperishable evidences of his practical interest and good will for the colored people of this country—for the whole country is pretty well represented in the student body. But for Dr. Goucher Morgan College would have been impossible. Becker and Thaw. The electrocution of Becker, the former police captain, and the alleged instigator of the murder of Rosenthal, and the declaration of the court upon the sanity of Thaw, the murderer of Stanford White, closes the last pages in the record of two crimes, which has attracted international interest. No where in the criminal history of the Negro in this or in any other country can a parallel be found. It is so strange that in the face of the revelations made in the conduct of both cases, revelations which must cast a shadow upon the social purity and official integrity of white society, that the black man should be held up to public scorn as a social outcast by the representatives of this race. Let the white newspapers be charitable in view of their own racial conduct which is everything else but satisfactory. The foundation of morality and the key to consistent living is the grace of God in the human heart, and the ethics of Christianity as the standard of human action. Character like intellect has no color. State of the Country. The Washington Government, on account of international complications with Haiti, Mexico, Germany and England, is in a most critical condition. Mr. Wilson has his hands full, and he is entitled to the sympathy of every patriotic American. The problems which confront our State Department are not easy of solution. Germany's last act, viz: the wanton destruction of the Iberian, causing the loss of the lives of American citizens, is in open defiance of our government's demands for the freedom of the sea and the cessation of submarine warfare. England still delays her answer to the recent note of the Washington Foreign Office, demanding that the rights of neutrals be respected. The revolutionary pot is still boiling in Mexico, and Carranza Zapata and Villa, the Triple Alliance in Mexican disorders, are still snarling like mad dogs at each other. In the meantime American interests suffer. American citizens are murdered, an innocent population is being starved to death, Old Glory is being dishonored, and our government is either unable or unwilling to interfere, notwithstanding the many attempts at pacification by intervention. Added to these conditions is the authoritative statement of our unpreparedness for national defence, should any of these powers with which we are at odds, take a notion to openly defy us, by sending an armed force to bombard our coast towns, and destroy what few coastwise ships still remaining to our national credit. This alarming condition of affairs, which exposes our national safety, is due to a class of backward statesmanship, whose only asset is race prejudice and race-hatred, who wastes the precious time of the Legislature in the introduction and passage of bills, calculated to humiliate and discriminate against one class of the nation's citizenry. No improvement of this condition can be looked for until the people rise up in their might and annihilate the cause responsible for these effects. Hanna For Weller. Hanna has set the pace for his colleagues. No man has profited more through the victory of the Republican party in the nation and state than Hanna. Taft rewarded him with Collector of Internal Revenue, a federal plum for which the best of men would crave, and when Wilson invited him out Goldsborough inducted him into the chairmanship of the Industrial Commission—a six thousand dollar plum. We can imagine how Hanna felt during the suspense created by the silence of the Governor. What a burden fell from his back when the oracle at Annapolis spoke. Hurrah for Hanna! We congratulate him upon his honorable discharge from an obligation which undoubtedly must have caused him many restless nights. Now let his followers close up the ranks behind him, and proudly and loyally march to the strain of Weller's music. No Private Room In Baltimore Hospitals Perhaps the people of Baltimore are not aware of the fact that no colored person can get a private room in any one of the many hospitals operating in the city. No matter what his rank, prestige, position, or ability to pay for it may be, a private room, where he can have the attention of a special nurse, the visits of his loved ones, and other comforts, enjoyed by white patients cannot be obtained. Even in a hospital founded primarily for the alleviation of human sufferings, the social question has been allowed to intrude itself where it has no business, for a hospital is an eleemosynary institution and not a social organization. Nothwithstanding our boast as a Christian people, we nevertheless allow race prejudice to over-ride the ethics of Christianity, and the religion of the white people seems powerless to modify this feeling, which is capable of sacrificing any principle of justice and humanity in order to keep it alive. The black man has no race prejudice. What appears to be race prejudice is race resentment, caused by the unjust discrimination of the white people against the black people in public institutions supported by state aid, to which the black people contribute their share. The Rev. Dr. M. C. B. Mason, for 22 years one of the secretaries of the Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was hastily sent from Chicago by Doctor Dan Williams to enter Johns Hopkins Hospital, to undergo an operation under the direction of Dr. Young, the well known specialist in Urology. Dr. Mason is one of the best known men, without regard to race or color, in the country. He has been before audiences of white and colored people in every state in the Union—in churches and chataquas. Aside from this fact, he brought with him from Dr. Williams, another leading specialist in the country, letters of recommendation, giving Dr. Mason's standing. Notwithstanding all this, no private room could be obtained, at any cost, in the hospital for this distinguished man, where he could get the treatment and consideration in keeping with his rank and ability to pay for this privilege. Dr. Mason is not a charity patient. He pays $10 per week, and the operation was to cost him $250. Why is this treatment? There is something radically wrong in the white people's religion. In no other country does such a condition exists. And yet this is the country which undertakes to teach religion and Christianity to peoples and nations, far above them in the practice of those principles which underlie our common humanity. THE COMMONWEALTH. BRANCH OFFICES. 141 West Hill Street. 427 Aisquith Street. 408 West Hoffman Street. 623 West Lanvale Street. 507 West Lanvale Street. 1629 West Lexington Street. 1016 Druid Hill Avenue. 106 West Biddle Street. 1133 Park Avenue. 67 Winters Avenue, Catonsville. SUB-STATIONS All permanent Advertisers. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. ARTHUR M. BRAGG City Editor and Assist Business Manager. The Widow's Son. In the old county of Prince George, on the 22nd of July past, Grand Master J. P. Evans dispensated "Widow's Son" Lodge, No. 55, assisted by the following members of the craft: M. C. Burke, Grand Lecturer; William E. Fletcher, Deputy Grand Master; P. M. George E. Frey, W. M. Benjamin, P. Dixon, and six members of Universal Lodge, No. 14, of Annapolis. Quite a record of Masonic work has been made during the present year. In that time nine new lodges have come into existence and several dormant ones have been revived. Add to this the new property acquired in the city, for the Masonic Temple of the future, it has been the greatest year of achievement in the history of the craft. 1. Society. Miss Mildred Bell, of Park avenue, has left the city for Philadelphia, where she will spend the rest of the summer. Miss Eliza Fisher, of Park avenue, has left the city for Princess Anne, Md., where she will be the guest of her sister, Mrs. Reid. Mrs. Dr. Fowler and daughters, Mrs. Dr. E. J. Wheatley and Mrs. Mary Church Terell, of Washington, are spending the summer in Cambridge, Maryland. The Rev. Dr. Garnet R. Waller, of Springfield, Mass., formerly pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, this city, has been visiting in the city, and on last Sunday morning preached an excellent sermon at Union Baptist Church, Druid Hill avenue. Mr. Harry Graham Bragg left this week for Asbury Park, N. J. Miss Alice Jeffries, one of our East Baltimore teachers, with the other members of the family, are spending the season at their summer cottage near Chase's Station, Md. Miss Mary E. Toney, one of the teachers of domestic science in the public schools, is spending the summer at her home in Xenia, Ohio. Mrs. Bertha K. Hurst, wife of Bishop Hurst, is making quite an extended visit to Boston, Mass. The last of the free summer excursions, to Chesterwood, for the benefit of our people, will occur on August 23rd. Rev. L. Z. Johnson, D. D., pastor of Madison Street Church, and his family, are spending the month of August at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., the guests of the Rev. Dr. R. D. S. Thomas. Rev. Thomas H. Lee, Ph. D., has charge of Madison Street Church during the absence of the pastor. Rev. William Edward Williams, pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church, will spend his vacation in his native state, in and near West Chester, Pa. Mrs. Margaret Fax, of 623 W. Lanvale street, is visiting at Pottstown and Reading, Pa. Mrs. Lula J. Dennis is recovering from a very serious operation at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Miss Ruth Hucles, of Richmond, Va., is in the city the guest of her cousin, Miss Henrietta Hucles. Mrs. Clifton Wescott and Miss Lillian Ash left the city last Wednesday for Shore Landing, Harford county, Md. Miss Isabella Church, of Cape Charles, Va., is visiting in the city, the guest of Mrs. Hellen Ash Johnson. Miss Hattie Hamer, of Washington, D. C., is visiting Mrs. Joseph C. Hamer, of Lafayette avenue. Mr. L. Elworth Toomey and Mr. Oscar Watts are at Cape May for the month of August. The outing given on Friday of last week, to Brown's Grove, by MOUNT ZION CEMETERY. MOUNT ZION CEMETERY. OF THE BALTIMORE A. M. E CONFERENCE. Lots may be purchased on installment. Payments weekly or monthly. Buss runs every Sunday for the benefit of the patrons. Fare, each way. 5 cents. Good employment for energetic persons, male or female. City Office: 414 W, Hoffman St. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. D. G. HILL, Pres. A. L. GAINES. sec. the Woman's Auxiliary of the Maryland Home for Friendless Colored Children, was quite successful, and was one of the most enjoyable social events of the season. The new pipe organ is being installed in St. James' Church. On account of which the congregation worshipped in the basement of the church on last Sunday. The Life Problem Club of the Y. M. C. A., which meets every Sunday at 5 P. M., held a most interesting session last Sunday. The general topic discussed was "The Negro Boy." The various M. E. Churches of the city united last week in a most successful block carnival for the benefit of the Home for Aged and Infirm, located at 1622 Druid Hill avenue. This institution is one of the worthiest charities in the city, and the president of its board of managers is the Rev. Dr. N. M. Carroll, whose praise is upon the lips of all earnest Christians. The Galilean Dedication. Last Sunday afternoon was a very great occasion for the members of the Galilean Fishermen in Baltimore and vicinity. They turned out in large numbers to witness the dedication ceremonies of monuments in Sharp Street Cemetery, in honor of the late James E. Stewart, Past State Ruler; Hester Smith, Past Supreme Treasurer; Sallie E. Watson, Past Associate Ruler of the State Grand Tabernacle. The services were conducted by Supreme Ruler Joseph P. Evans, assisted by Columbus Gordon, Past State Ruler, and G. H. Prest: Marietta Stewart, Cora Dorsey, Ella Freeland, Minnie Quickley, W. T. Myers, William Brown, Bettie Wise. John Whallen, Frank A. Carter, Hattie Green, Eliza J. Mason, Jennie Whallen, A. J. Johnson, J. A. Robinson, and a host of others. Solos, duets, and addresses made up the program; Mr. Lewis H. Davenport delivering the closing address. The work of executing the monuments was intrusted to Mr. James F. Hall, who has charge of the marble work of the cemetery, and it was performed so handsomely and beautifully as to make a profound impression upon all who witnessed the exercises. The committee in charge of the affair consisted of Messrs. Joseph P. Evans, Columbus Gordon and Charles H. Ennis. Unfortunately for Mr. Ennis, he has been detained at the Hopkins Hospital for over two months, where he is yet under treatment. The National Grand Tabernacle The National Grand Tabernacle of Galilean Fishermen held its sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of the present week, in the city of Washington. The national head of this organization is Mr. Joseph P. Evans, of this city, and it is a fact that since he has held that position, the whole order throughout the country has taken on new life. More next week with respect to the doings of the Grand session. A Venerable Citizen. The funeral of the late Mr. John Wesley Watkins took place from Bethel Church on last Sunday, of which congregation he had been a faithful officer for many years. He was also a very distinguished Mason, and was buried with all the honors due to his station. The late Mr. Watkins had been a member of Friendship Lodge No.1, of Masons, for more than a half century. He was one of the old-time characters whose moral ethics honor the race of which he was a member. Peace to his ashes. A Strong Character. Such a character was the late Mrs. Sarah J. Vodery, of 1725 Orleans street, who departed this life on last Monday, at the advanced age of 86. During the Civil War she was specially active in ministering to Union soldiers, and since the war she has been most active in charitable concerns. She was among the first women to be appointed a teacher in the public schools of this city. Capt. A. H. Peterson, her estimable father, was pilot of the first ferryboat which operated from the foot of Broadway to Locust Point. Mrs. Vodrey was a native of Cambridge. Md., but was brought hither when only two years old, where she has ever remained. For a number of years, with one of her sons, she conducted a china store on South Caroline street. She is survived by two sons, C. M. and Harry A., and two daughters, one of whom being Mrs. S. J. C. Ralph. Her funeral took place last Thursday from Centennial Church. Church Workers' Conference. The annual Conference of colored Episcopal ministers and laymen will meet this year in St. Bartholomew's Church, Cambridge, Mass. Rev. Walter D. McClane, rector. However, the opening session of the Conference will be held on the evening of September 21, in St. Paul's Cathedral, Boston, at which time the Rev. Dr. Henry L. Phillips will preach the annual sermon and Bishop Lawrence, of Massachusetts, will deliver an address of welcome to the delegates. This will be the first meeting of the Conference in the city of Boston. In the very Cathedral Church where the opening will take place, the late Rev. Dr. Alexander Crummell was ordained to the ministry seventy-five years ago. The Rev. Dr. Henry B. Delany, Archdeacon of North Carolina, is the president of the Conference, and Rev. Dr. Bragg, of this city, is secretary, a position he has filled for very many years. The Conference promises to be an exceedingly interesting one. There is no chars for the publication of local news, personals, and the simple announcement of special features of the Sunday services in our city churches. Such matter left at any of our branch offices, or sent directly to the City Editor, will receive prompt attention. IMPORTANT POST FOR THE REV. DR. A. J. CAREY Chicago's Mayor Appoints Minister Special Bureau Chief. Chicago, Aug. 4.—The Rev. A. J. Carey, D. D., Ph. D., minister at the Institutional A. M. E. Church, Chicago, for years a stanch friend of Mayor William Hale Thompson, has been appointed chief of a special investigation bureau in the office of the corporation counsel. He will have six assistants. The salary of the chief will be $2,400 per annum. The appointment was made by instructions from Mayor Thompson, who wished Dr. Carey to have a place which he could hold without interfering with his church duties. Dr. Carey is one of the most prominent ministers of the A. M. E. connection and has been remarkably successful as the minister and warden of the Institutional Church, and it is likely that he will be elected bishop at the next quadrennial conference. He is known as the militant pastor. He is a man of great eloquence and moral courage. He has won fame for himself in fighting segregation in every form. In a recent public speech Mayor Thompson said: "Dr. Carey is one of my best friends, and the principal reason that I admire him is the fact that he is fearless in his fight against injustice. He never condones wrongs against the colored people, as many so called leaders have done. I admire the man who fears not to stand for the right." The Rev. Dr. Carey is a member of the Illinois commission for the coming Lincoln jubilee and half century celebration, which opens in Chicago on Sunday, August 22, with a great religious congress. He is also interested in many other good movements for the advancement of the race. WATERS A. M. E. CHURCH Rev. A L. Gaines. D. D. Pastor, 11 A. M. Sermon by the Rev.D. La Fontaine, formerly, professor of Greek, Oxford England. 2:30 P, M. Sunday School Session, 3:30 p. m. Sermon by the Rev. Alfred Young. 6 to 7 P. M. Vesper Services. J. F. Waters, Superintendent J. W. Woodhouse, Secretary. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Saratoga St. near Carey, Rev. S. A, Virgil, Pastor, Sunday August 8. GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Dolphin and Etting Streets. Rev. W. Edward Williams, Minister. August 8. 11 a.m. and 8 p. m. Short sermon. Cool Room, All Welcome. GREEN SPRING M. E. CHURCH, Chattalonee, Md. Rev. Levi B. Miller, Pastor, Sunday August 8, 8 p, m. The trolley ride to Green Spring Church is the most beautiful and refreshing of all the out of town trips. Take Emory Grove Car, and get off at Tobins. SHARP ST, MEMORIAL and ST. PAUL'S CHURCHES In Union Excursion to Brown's Grove FRIDAY AUGUST 13. Union means everybody of each Church. Tickets 25 Cents. Rev. M.J. Naylor, and Rev. S, A. Virgil, pastors ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, BARBER, 1127 Pennsylvania Avenue. S. A. ROBERTSON. Hauling of all Kinds. 228 W. Biddle St. Program for the Month of August Paradise Grove. Sunday, Aug. 8, at 3 P. M.—Dr. Junius Gray, pastor of Psalmist Baptist Church. 8 P. M.—Rev. C. H. Lowry. Mt. Zion Singing Band, Captain William Kenedy will have charge of the Prayer Meeting. Thursday, Aug. 12—Grand Union of all the Sunday Schools of the city, under the auspices of John Wesley and Metropolitan Sunday Schools. Mrs. Jennie Mills and Prof. G. W. Owens, superintendents, respectively. Rich program for the occasion. Sunday, Aug. 15, at 3 P. M.—Rev. Joseph Reason, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. 8 P. M.—Rev. Charles Plato. The Water's Chapel Singing Band, John Cornish, captain, assisted by the singing bands of the above named churches, will conduct the Prayer Meeting. Sunday, Aug. 22—All meetings will be conducted at the Grove. 11 A. M.—The pastor, Rev. Dr. Ernest Lyon. 3 P. M.—Rev. Nathaniel Carroll, pastor of Centennial. 8 P. M.—Rev. Wm. T. Harris will have charge of the Union Love Feast. All Christian people of every denomination are cordially invited to join in this service. Monday, Aug. 23—Encampment of the Boy Scouts at the Grove. All Scouts are cordially invited to join the John Wesley Scout Boys in making this a great occasion. Sunday, Aug. 29, at 11 A. M.—Sermon by Dr. Ernest Lyon. 3 P. M.—Dr. W. Edward Williams, pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church. 8 P. M.—Beginning of the first march around the walls of Jericho, led by all the Singing Bands of the city, Samuel T. Anderson, captain. Magothy Band, John Hall, captain, in charge of Prayer Meeting. ANNUAL STATE BAZAAR AND CARNIVAL. You are invited to the first Great Annual State Bazaar and Carnival on the beautiful farm of Mr. Stephen Watkins, Ellicott City, Md., Thursday, September 2, 1915, by the Howard County L. P. I. League, and the Atholton M. E. Church. Features: Automobile Show, Grand Horse and Colt Show, Baseball and Tennis, Beauty and Health Contest, Marathon Race, Grand Parade, Orations on the Progress of the Race, Grand Concert and Display of Firework at Night. Awarding of prizes. Tickets 25 cents. Mr. Stephen Watkins, president, Ellicott City; Mr. James Carter, secretary, Guilford. Md.; Rev. Wm. N. Holt, manager, 1711 Lorman street, Baltimore, Md. MOORE'S RESTAURANT George C. Moore, Proprietor FIRST-CLASS SERVICE 1018 Druid Hill Ave. At Oxford St. BAL/TIMORE, MD. Phone, Mt. Vernon 1823 JOSEPH A. MARSHALL The Afro-American Marble & Granite Worker All Kinds of Marble and Granite Work Solicited 1033 Druid Hill Ave., Baltimore, Md. We Lead—Others Follow I carry a Full Line of Human Hair Combings made in Puffs and Braids MADAME J. CREDITT'S Hair Dressing, Face Massage and Manicuring Parlors 1140 Druid Hill Avenue Entrance on Dolphin St., 2nd Floor. CHARLES CARROLL, 1134 Druid Hill Avenue. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: hereby given that the Most Worshipful Uncle & A. M. in and for the State of Maryland are convene in Sixty-seventh Annual Communication, Md., Monday and Tuesday, August 16 a.d. Several Lodges throughout the State are informed full representation at this Communication. Members of the 67th Annual Communication will be E. Church. Rev. J. H. Blake, Pastor. begin service Sunday night, by the Committee on the S. Peck, Chairman. For the round trip good for Sunday to Tuesday be had of the Grand Master, or of G.L. Berry. By Order of the Most Worshipful JOSEPH P. EVAN Grand E T., DUPPIN. Grand Secretary. CONSULT WITH WILLIAM L. FITGERALD 1206 DRUID HILL AVENUE, save a House For Sale or For Rent, or desire Abie Hawkins, G. W. F. McMee Hawkins & McMech nneys and Councellors at E. SARATOGA STREET, BALTIMCREE Phone' St. Paul 3966. FOR FIRST CLASS DENTAL WORK GOVERNOR, OSCARD, JONES DENTIST. 1405 DRUID HILL AVENUE ANYTHING IN THE DRUG LINE, at Popular P Notice is hereby given that the Most Worshipful United Grand Lodge, F. & A. M. in and for the State of Maryland and Jurisdiction, will convene in Sixty-seventh Annual Communication at Saint Michael's, Md., Monday and Tuesday, August 16 a.d. 17, 1915. The several Lodges throughout the State are informed that they must have full representation at this Communication. The sessions of the 67th Annual Communication will be held in Union M. E Church. Rev. J. H. Blake, Pastor. beginning with Memorial Service Sunday night, by the Committee on Obiuary, Rev. E. W. S. Peck, Chairman. Tickets for the round trip good for Sunday to Tuesday i clusive $1. 60, can be had of the Grand Master, or of G.L. Berry at the hall. Attest: GEORGE T. DUPPIN, Grand Secretary. WILLIAM L. FITGERALD. 1206 DRUID HILL AVENUE, If you have a House For Sale or For Rent, or desire to buy. Hawkins & McMechen Attorneys and Councellors at Law; 21 E. SARATOGA STREET, BALTIMCRE MD. Phone' St. Paul 3966. FOR FIRST CLASS DENTAL WORK GO TO DR. OSCARD. JONES SURGEON DENTIST. 1405 DRUID HILL AVENUE. ANYTHING IN THE DRUG LINE, Get it at Popular Prices. STOKES & DERRY. r macy, 1016 Druid Hill Ave Corner of Oxford Street, Pharmacy, 1016 Druid Hill Avenue, Corner of Oxford Street, JOSEPH P. EVANS, 106 W. BIDDLE STREET, Hair Cutting and Shaving. JOB PRINTING; EVERY HOME SHOULD POSSESS A COPY OF MEN OF MARYLAND. It is a History of the Colored People of Maryland. The Boys and girls in the family should be encouraged to learn what Colored Men and Women of Maryland have done in the past. Address the Author REV. GEORGE F. BRAGG, D. D., 1133 Park Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland.