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Agents wanted in every town not already occupied. Write. THE FREEMAN A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER VOLUME 13. NUMBER 24 DR. J. W. ROWLAND THROUGH ADVERSE CIRCUM- STANCES CONFRONTING AND OVERCOMING MANY OBSTACLES. The subject of this Sketch is fast Mounting the Ladder of Fame. The Offices of Trust and Honor which he has already Held mark the Great Future Which we predict for Him. One which will five a Monument to His Memory. Dr. John W. Rowland, the subject of this sketch, was born in Chesterville, Lee Co., Miss, August 8, 1861, of good relious parents. After attending the public schools for a number of years he entered Rust University at Holly Springs, Miss., in 1879, and made his way through college by working, teaching, etc. For two years he read medicine under a reputable physician at his home, and in 1884 he entered Meharry Medical College at Nashville, Tenn., and graduated Feb. 187. He at once located in Pine Bluff, Ark, and after standing a very rigid examination by the Examining Board, he began the practice of medicine under adverse circumstances. By push and energy, he soon dispelled the clouds of discouragement t at constructs every energetic young man, and proved himself equal to the responsible task of handling the lives of men, to speak, by careful attention to his work, and the proficiency he manifested in his profession. The people soon took to him and he has steadily and gradually grown in the favor of the people until now he does a practice that amounts to $10,000 annually. In 1888 he opened what was known as the Peoples' Drug Store, of which he was proprietor. He is not a man who feels that he has reached his zenith, for since his graduation he has attended the PostGraduate Medical Colleges in Chicago and New York, and is ever on the alert for new ideas and theories. At present he is President of the Arkansas Medical Association of colored physicians, which is one of the largest associations of colored physicians in the United States. He was appointed a member of the Board of Health of the city of Pine Bluff in 1893, since which time he has served with credit and distinction to himself as well as being a benefit to his race in a number of ways. He enjoys the highest appreciation and confidence, not only among physicians of his man, but among the whites as well. Dr. Browland owns a great deal of valuable city property and farm lands, and is still a young man, and judging from the rapid strides he has made we predict for him a great future. FRIEND. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1900 INDIANAPOLIS JUN 16 1900 PUBEIC LIBRARY. ```markdown ``` where she will join her brother. The K. of P. installation which will take place on the 26th inst., will be a grand affair. The program includes the best taet in the city, white and colored. Readers of The Freeman will please have your nickel ready when the carrier delivers the paper every Saturday. Henry Howell and wife have resigned their place at Dalby's restaurant. The Danville Unions, the colored team from this city who have been on a Southern tour, returned home last night with a record of seven games won out of eight played. They were defeated once 13 to 12 by the Paducah team, but turned the tables the next day by defeating Paducah 11 to 2. Games were played with Evansville, Paducah, M. Vernon, Owensboro and Paris, Ky. The team will next make a northern trip, taking in opossum, Rossville, Watske, and other neighboring towns. At the A. M. E. church on Robinson street; J. H. Sydes, pastor. Preaching at 10:30, Sunday school at 2:30. Children's Day program for the afternoon. Song and prayer by S. E. Pope, after which the following papers will be read: John Batchman, "Duty of Parents to Sunday School"; song by school; Grace Myers, "The Benefit of the Sunday School Convention Work"; Miss Smith, "How to Teach a Class," Mattie Gates, Recitation, Miss Gatling: address by Rev. B. Shipp; closing remarks by S. E. Pope. At 7:30 o'clock at A. M. e. church, Song and prayer: Introductory remarks by W. B. Bess. Song by Choir; Ritual service by the congregation; song by the choir; a sermon by the pastor subject, "The Possibilities of the Youth"; Song by choir; address, W. B. Bess. "How Can Children's Day be Made More Productive tor Good;" closing remarks by S. E. Pope. Odd Fellows in Gay Array. Vicksburg, Miss., Special—There passed through the streets of Vicksburg Sunday, May 6th, one of the most orderly and presentable parades as it has at any time been the pleasure of your correspondent to behold. The occasion was the anniversary of the Order. A most creditable string of Odd Fellows, representing five lodges and two Household of Ruths, with their glittering regalia and emblems vieing with the rays of old sol, opened the eyes of thousands of spectators who lined the curbs of the streets along the line of march. There was a time when the personal of our parades was composed of men wearing a shoe and a boot, another a pair of corduroy trousers of any shade, but see the chance? Now they prey sent themselves in the Conventional black --- 25 Pine Bluff, Ark.- President of the Arkansas State Medical Association of colored physicians, showing an interior view of his office. hat, coat and trousers, black tie, white vest and gloves, and a most beautiful spectacle it is. The sermon of this honorable Order was preached at the Jackson Street Baptist church by the pastor, Rev. Amos Johnson, who himself is an Old Fellow. The effort was a masterly one, and showed that the speaker possessed a splendid knowledge of the Order's history. All praise is due the R. H. Brooks' excellent band for music, to which the Odd Fellows marched. Mr. Fred Buckner president of R. H. Brooks' excellent band, is up to date. Mr. J. M. Head has opened a very neat and handsome barber shop at 310 West South street. Mr. Head has spared neither time nor money, in making his shop one of the best equipped here. Mr. Jim Turner is convalescent after several days illness. Mr. Granval Stewart is on the sick list. Mr. J. W. L. Gipson, a progressive merchant barber at 206, West Main street, is doing nice work. Give him your orders. Mr. George Moore has opened up a very neat little barber shop on Jackson road, known as the Colored 400. It is up to date. Mrs. Victoria Lovelady, vane Dervgriff, left for Yazoo City, June 9th, where she will remain with her husband, Mr. Howard Lovelady. Mrs. Lovelady is the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Van dergriff, on South Pearl street, and is highly respected by all classes of our citizens. The Freeman wishes Mr. and Mrs. Lovelady a long life and many happy days. Mr. R. H. Brooks' barber shop is just simply grand. His new bath rooms and revolving chairs, and in fact everything is right up to date. Hot and cold water baths 25c. This shop is conveniently located, being on one of the city's best business streets. Mr. W. J. Pemberton, President of the Descon's Moveable Association, will give a lawn party this month at the King Solomon Baptist church lawn. The date will be given later on. The proceeds will go to help the poor and needy of the church. Let everybody help to move this worthy cause. Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson are happy over the appearance of a new member to their home. It's a boy. Commencement at Normal. Normal, Ala., Special.—Normal's 25th commencement, which has just closed, was the grandest in the history of this great institution. Many distinguished Negroes were here from various parts of the country. Among them Congressman White of Washington, Hon. J. C. Napier of Nashville, Tenn., Mr. W. H. Steward, editor of the American Baptist, Louisville, Ky., Dr. R. M. Boyd, Nashville, Tenn., Dr. C. H. Wade Hot Springs, Ark., Dr. Butler, Prof. W. R. Wood and Prof. Henry Hopkins of Florence Ala., Dr. H. E. Scruggs, Dr. T. B. Brandon, Editor R. D. Hunt, Rev. A. N. McKinney, D. D., of Huntsville, Ala., Prof. G. W. Trelholm of Tuscumbia, Ala., Prof. G. W. Scot Pratt City, and Prof. Townsend of Winchester, Tenn., and scores from other important points. There were two graduates from instrumental music, Miss Ida C. Council, Normal, Ala., and Miss Josephine Flippen of Atlanta, Ga. There were fifty-one graduates from various industrial schools and twenty-nine from the Normal department. Enrollment for the year 509, coming from a score of states. The commencement sermon by Dr. Caldwell filled all hearts with joy. It was a master piece of pulpit oratory. Prof. Henry Hopkins made an able and great hit before the literary societies, and Rev. A. W. Throne pleased all in his discourse before the religious societies. The speech by Mr. Napier was brim full of logic and wholesome advice, and was delivered in an eloquent manner which was received with rounds of applause. The speech of Congressman White held the audience as a magic until the close. His speech reached far above parties, far above clans and sects, and laid a broad platform upon which all men who strive to rise may stand together. No pen, to tongue can describe his speech. It was a master stroke of a master mind, as was his speech at the band quet the day following. The Board of Trustees, every man on it a graduate of Southern Universities, and every man on it an ex-con-federate commissioned officer, conferred upon Congressman White the highest honor in the gift of this College, the degree of Ph.D. The Freight District. Paducah, Ky., Special.—Mr. James Barnett of this city accompanied by his mother, are visiting relatives in St. Paul, Minn. Mr. J. H. Halsey, general manager and travelling agent for the Halsey manufacturing company of Jackson, Tenn., is in the city having great success. Mrs. Zula B. Tandy of 'mbrook, Ky., is visiting relatives in the city; also Mrs. Ann Kanady of the same place is visiting Mrs. Charles Brown of South Seventh street. Mrs. Elzada Puchett of Paris, Tenn., has returned home after a short visit to Mrs. Amandy Davis on Madison street. Miss Lottie Atkins of Jackson street is seriously ill; we hope her speedy recovery. The children's concert at the Odd-Fellows' Hall last Wednesday night the 6th ult., was one to be remembered as they did excellent in their whistle drill. Don't forget the annual sermon of the Knights and Daughters of PRICE FIVE CENTS. SINGLE COPY SIX MONTHS, 85C; ONE YEAR $1.50 Tabor to be prescheduled by Rev. G. W. Burke to-morrow afternoon at Burk's Chapel A. M. E. church. All are invited to be present, Subscribe for The Freeman and pay for the same. The rally at the First ward Baptist church the 3rd was a success; the collection amounted to $83.29. Services throughout the day conducted by Rev. W. E. Glover, pastor, and assisted by Revs. Oscar Durrett, W. S. Baker, J. W. Hawkins. Miss Aphnia Atkins of Paris, Tenn., is attending the bedside of her sick sister, Lottie, on West street. Mr. Charles Glass of Hopkinsville, Ky., is in the city on business. Please pay the agent for your paper—at J. W. Moore's grocery. Mrs Evoline Murray of South Seventh street, who has been sick quite awhile, is convalescent. Miss Willie Penn of Hinkleville, Ky., is the guest of her parents, Mr and Mrs I C Curby of South Tenth street. Mr Sam Gibson of Evansville, Ind., was a pleasant caller on The Freeman agent last Sunday. Mr Tom Galbreath of Mayfield road through to this city last Sunday to witness a game of ball Monday between Paducah O. K. Halls and Cairo (Ills.). Messrs Clarence Lytle, Jack Tyler and other Cairo boys are in the city. Mr John Bailey was in town Tuesday. We are in sympathy with Miss Salle Long who very recently by death lost her mother. Mrs Malina Latham of South Seventh street, departed this life Sunday at 12:10. She leaves behind to mourn her death, a mother, three sisters, two brothers, other relatives and a host of friends. Mrs Katie Steepe has been on the sick list this week. Mrs Levy Wells is on the sick list. Mite Society of A. M. E. Church. Mite Society of A. M. E. Church. Marion, Ind., Special.-The Woman's Mite Missionary Society of the A. M. E. Church held its annual State Convention in this city with seventy-five delegates in attendance The Rev. E. Wilson of Muncie, the Rev. C. W. Mossell of this city, Mrs. Ada Goins of Indianapolis, and Miss Rosetta Gulley of this city were among the delegates in organization are: President, Mrs. M. A. Tiester, Crawfordville; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Hattie Fossett Ferguson; Recording Secretary, Miss Clayburn, Indianapolis. Prof. Council Lectured. Normal, Ala., Special--The summer students in the saw-mill department have been quite-buy this week preparing a large bill of cedar and oak lumber for shipment. The various shops in the Mechanics Art Department are in full running order, and the boys are as busy as they are during the school week. Kerrville College June 12. He is scheduled for a series of lectures at the IowaChitaugus July 12-13. FROM A FOREIGN LAND. THE AMERICAN NEGROTS VIEWED WITH SYMPATHETIC EYE, BY ONE OF HIS LOYAL Countrymen, Who sees a Betterment of The Condition of the Race on Foreign Shores. The Hawaiian Islands a Garden Spot. The Country's Vacilities, Propositions Worthy of Consideration My Dear Mr. Knox.—The advent of each day serves to introduce an, bring to view more oppression, more discrimination and less equity to the American Negro, and it appears high time that we, as American Negroes shake off this, our apparent lethargy, and embrace a proposition to promote our interests, ameliorate our condition, and stand as men among men. I see what I consider a splendid opportunity for the betterment of the condition of the American Negro, and one which is worthy of more than a passing consideration. These (Hawaiian) islands have developed hundreds of sugar plantations and bannana farms, and are giving employment to thousands of hands, male and female, at good wages and excellent treatment. At present this labor is supplied chiefly by Chinese and Japanese—not from choice of the owners, but of necessity. Being a race man, and having an inborn desire to do any and everything conducive to the best interests of the race, I have by diligent inquiry and the exercise of diplomacy ascertained that each foreigner thus employed would be returned to his native land if Negroes could be secured to fill their places. Such an exchange, I find is earnestly hoped for by the owners of these properties, but the fear lies in the difficulty of convincing the American Negro that there is a place much better for him than the United States of America, and to come here. A word concerning these Islands: The voyage from America takes from 5½ to 6 days from SanFrancisco. The climate is all that could be desired. The question of color is entirely out of the question, and fatal to those whom are narrow minded enough to dare broach it. Wages better than in America, better treatment to the lay borer, and I predict a haven for all American Negroes who seek to advance, acquire wealth and improve their present circumstances. In my talks with the various plantation owners I have shown such a lively interest in the Negro of America that they have gone so far as to make a proposition to make places and send for any number of colored men and their families in the event of my being successful in interesting them in this, what appears to me the opportunity for the Negro. As I intend returning to America June 6th, I shall be pleased to communicate with any and all whom this may concern, and will if possible, cancel my present engagements and take a trip to the Southern states, and take up this very important matter with the ill used people of my race. You will kindly give this letter space in your very valuable paper and thus materially assist in paving the way for the future of thousands of our race who are tyranized and mistreated simply because of their color? Yours for the advancement of the Race, ERNEST HOGAN. Address: VanCouver, B. C., until June 20th, after June 20th, care The Freeman. Honolulu, May 20, 1900. Organization of K. of P. Lodge. Denver, Colo., Special.—On Wednesday evening, May 30, the organization of a K. of P. lodge took place, when the secret of Pythianism was revealed to a large number of Denver's prominent citizens by Deputy Supreme organizer P. C. Gomaz. The lodge will be known as Daman lodge No. 5, and the outlook is very flattering for it to become one of the strongest secret societies in the city. While there were several ardent workers who caused its existence here, there are none who deserve more credit for the same than A. Cooley of the Elite barber shop, and special commendation should be bestowed on him for his successful and uniting efforts. The officers of the lodge are J. E. Hill, C. C.; J. W. Anderson, V. C.; A. E. Bell, Prelate; J. W. Howard, M. of W.; S. H. Hobson, K. of R. and S.; James Kenedy, M. of F.; H. C. Day, M. of E.; A. Cooley, Mat A.; Joseph Taylor, I. G.; Wm, Deveny, O. G.; Dr. P. E. Spratlin, Medical Examiner, O. G.; Dr. P. E. Spratlin, Medical Examiner, and are eager for the order, and are eager for the organization of a uniform rank, which will take place in the near future. B. SQUARE'S BLUSTER The misnomered Montgomery "race" conference—misnomered because only one of the two races in question had any voice in the "conference"—has brought to the surface a lot of white people who otherwise would have died "unwept, unhonored and unsung" who the fool killer should attend to at once. --- Even fools have a king. The king fool of the "nigger" haters is one "Rev." H. Frank, who a few Sundays ago in Carnegie Hall, New York City, remarked that the Afro-Americans would be better off if made slaves again; that there were lots of Negroes who would jump with joy if "the good old days" of bondage, ignorance, bloodhounds and the lash, would be returned by an act of congress; that the American Negro is more of a savage to-day after a generation and a half of freedom and education than be ore the civil war. The only comment I can make about this man Frank's remarks, is that it shows the goodness of God to let such a fool and ass live in this progressive age. 图 草 鸟 Speaking of the "Montgomery conference" it is working good. During the first Harrison campaign a leading New York city republican newspaper did heroic work by publishing each day a column under the headlines of "Our Friend, the Enemy," in which this paper showed the mistakes and blunders the democrats made which were a help to the Republican party in that campaign "Our Friend, the Enemy" who took an active part in the "conference" did us more good, made us more white friends in the progressive North and West than we expected the "conference" would make. They have called to the view of hundreds of disinterested white voters in the North and West the fact that the white South is trying to undo the results of the civil war and has aroused them to see that these ex-rebs are still wedded to "State rights," and are still traitors. The result will be in the near future that the North and West will "turn the South down" and make that lawless section live up to the constitution of the U. S., and the Negro will regain his civil rights. ```markdown ``` Here follows the report of a joke that the victims will appreciate: CUMBERLAND, Md., May 17.—Loch Lynn Heights, a summer resort town near here, had an election yesterday. Practical jokers put up a ticket composed of three Negroes, Charles Washington and Jonas Kennedy for Commissioners, and Joan Galloway for Treasurer. To the surprise of everybody it was elected on a light vote of five majority. Now, Mr. White Man, will you be good.—The New York "Age." Yes, seven times out of ten the practical joke is on the jokers. *** DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU That you should be a figure instead of a cipher in the solution of the race problem? That you will never get ahead in the world by spending ten dollars a week if you only make eight? That The Freeman is the best race journal published? That you should give your son either an education or a trade or if possible both? That the Afro-American delegates and sub-delegates to the National Republican convention should insist that a plank—a good thick, strong one—be placed in the platform denoucing the outrages in the South committed upon black men by the ex-rebs? That the said plank should also demand of a Republican congress to reduced its Southern representation in the same ratio that Tillman & Co. have reduced the vote of that section? That to elect eleven congressmen in Iowa it takes 420,000 votes, while in Georgia to elect the same number it takes only 70,000? That in Kansas it takes 287,000 votes to elect seven Congressmen, it takes only 28,000 votes in South Carolina to elect seven? That the North and West will not put up with the great political crime of the South mu h longer? That although a just God will fight our battles we must take a hand in the fight? That we should enter the fields of business? That our young people should form helping hand cubs and circles to look after our poor and aged people? That we should talk and write less and do more? Will our people ever learn to do business in a business like way? Will they ever learn that cash spent is money lost or that time is money? These questions have been caled forth by the scores of letters I have received from the THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER South and West asking me to do for the writers lots of things for nothing that would either take some of my col. cash or odd time. One writer wants me to go over in Jersey and hunt up a lost brother and send him word if I find the brother. The fare would cost we fifty cents to go and the same amount to return to Brooklyn, or one round dollar. I would spend at least one dollar more, my time would be worth two dollars and a half more. To send the information ound to the Ga., brother would cost me one cent for paper and one for envelope and two for postage, total $3 54, all of which I am expected to spend out of my pocket for "thank you" (perhaps). A young lady of a literary turn of mind in Alabama asks me to kindly buy her three books she can not get at home, and send them to her, express paid, when she "will pay for the same." She works a woman's art by addressing me as "Hon. Mr. Hodges." The books cost one dollar each, and the expressage would cost fifty cents, total $3.50. A "great" editor wants me to write him a race story "for the moral good of our people in Texas." The only pay he of fers is a free copy of his "great" news (?) paper for one year, and the publication ("free") of my cut—providing—I send him one or send a photo to make one and three good American dollars to pay for its making. Cost: wear and tear of brain in writing story $100.00, pens, paper and ink, 500, cnt $3.00, total, $153 50. Two young men and three young women want me to get them good "homes" or places to work "up North there," and they will pay me. Perhaps they would, but I want the pay first, business is business. --- Let me say in conclusion that I have done much "for the good of the race" in the past—more than my share, and I intend to do no more. If you want me to write a story for your paper, send you a "out" of myself, hunt up your lost brother, buy you a silver watch, write you a love or business letter or do anything for you takes the form of business you must pay cash in advance. B. SQUARE. THE CHURCH The newly-elected bishop, L. J. Coppin, of the A. M. E. church, has been assigned to the Transvaal territory, South Africa. Bishop Walters will return to this country in time to attend the National Convention of the Afro-American council, at Indianapolis, Ind. Bishop Alexander Walters, of the A. M. E. Zion church, who is president of the National Afro-American Council, has been invited to deliver an address, July 18, before the Christian Endeavor Society, London, England. From there he will go to Paris, returning to this country in August. At the recent meeting of the Southern Baptist convention at Hot Springs, Ark., a committee was appointed to promote co-operation between the convention and the 18,000 individual Baptist churches of the South. This committee consists of Drs. R. J. Willingham, I. T. Titchnor, F. W. Kerfoot, C. H. Ryland, Lansing Burrows, W. W. Landrum, C. E. Folk, J. M. Frost and William Ellison. At a recent meeting of the committee provision was made for appointing a suitable clerical force to carry on the work of promoting cooperation between the churches and the convention. Sudden Death. Cape Girardeau, Mo., Special.—The sudden death of Mr. Henry Rowan was a shock to all, he was born Oct. 22, 1843 died May 30, 1900, of heart disease. Mr. Rowan was born in Natchez, Miss., but has lived here for years, run a barber shop for 35 years, he was also a violinist. He leaves a widow and six children, all are grown. The funeral was the largest ever seen in this city, which took place at residence at 3 p. m., under the conduction of Masonic Harmony Lodge No. 40. Meridian News. Meridian, Miss. Special.—Route agent Joe Nelson, who has been running between Meridian and Jackson, Tenn., has been promoted and now runs from Mobile to Jackson. Mr. Milton Newton, of Mobile, is now residing on 11st street, near 33rd avenue. An e-course train consisting of 10 coaches arrived here Sunday, June 3rd, from Birmingham, Ala. Among some who came over were Walker Collins and Miss C. J. Fincher. Mrs. Hattie Brown is still very sick at her home on 18st street. Mr. L. G. Murray, accompanied by his BEFORE. AFTER. source the colored people had no way to tell that they were being fooled and bought most of them to their sorrow. 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They have been used by different members of The Freeman staff who found them to do just as advertised. ——: For Tickets, Call at Office : Personally Conducted Niagara Falls Excursion Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. Leave INDIANAPOLIS 11:15 A. M. Thursday, August 2, 1900 Rate; $7.00 for Round Trip. For tickets, rate, time and pamphlet containing general information, call on any ticket agent of the above route, or address C F. DALY. No Money in Advance! $1550 HIGH GRADE CASES Shipping费 C.O.D. with privilege to examine, women, children, and Women, boys and Girls well made and durable. $60 "Oakwood" $2.50 $60 "Arlington" $2.00 Others at $10.10, $12.50, $15.50, $17.50 or $19.50 all splendid value. Buy direct from manufacturers, thus saving costs. Includes Catalogue Free. CASH BUYERS UNION. 163 W. Van Buren ST., B-170, Chicago, Illinois Deformity Braces, Trusses, Crutches, Bandages Anticeptic Materials 27 W. Ohio st. INDIANAPOLIS, IND Now is the time to subscribe for The Freeman; One Year $1.50. BE NOT DECEIVED RECOGNIZING THE FACT that there are many so-called hair growers and straighteners now being offered on the market, and knowing to a certainty that most of these are fraudulent and simple. We wish to inform the colored people of Amel through the IndianAPOLIS FREEMAN. In the year of 1871 our present Secretary through a fortunate circumstance acquired the recept for OZO N O. It was not offered for sale or pushed to any extent until 1875 it was put upon the market, and met with marked success. A thorough test by the leading college of hair growth was conducted. We collected for it and worthy in every respect of the confidence and attention of every member the colored race. Because they found it to cause the hair to GROW LONG AND STRAIGHT, fine and as beautiful as an April morning. It also cures all forms of itching, humiliation and scald diseases, stopes the hair from falling and causes the colored people who imitate and make capital out of the merit of other people's goods. Seeing our mark, success numerous so-called hair growers and hair straighteners were put on the market. BEFORE. AFTER. CHRISTOPHER KING CO. 181 CALMERING VOL. TRY KINGAN'S Utility IN YOUR Does its work be and sells 2 C FOR SALE BY American Mutual of St. Louis This association cannot be b and Death Benefits and furnis case of Sickness or Accident, endorse it as being the assoc should insure. E. B. HAMPTON ROOM 43 BALDWIN BLOCK, cor. Delaware and Market Street. IN YOUR LAUNDRY work better than sells 2 Cakes for SALE BY ALL D An Mutual Aid Asso of St. Louis, Mo. tion cannot be beat. It pays benefits and furnishes Free Me ss or Accident. The Pulpit, being the association in which Utility Soap IN YOUR LAUNDRY Does its work better than other and sells 2 Cakes for 5c. FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS This association cannot be beat. It pays Accident, Sick and Death Benefits and furnishes Free Medical attention in case of Sickness or Accident. The Pulpit, Press and Public endorse it as being the association in which any good man should insure. A boy holding a large book. KUHN BROS. Wholesale and Retail MEATS Dealersin —And Jobbers of— Pork, Beef, Smoked Meats and Lard. Telephones 860. 407 W. Michigan S Stalls: 25 and 26 E. Market House. Stall 72, South Market House. I MUST SAY that the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow has given me perfect satisfaction. I have tried a great many remedies but they did not give satisfaction as the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow did. MRS. HETTIE MOORE, Monmouth, Ill. The Original Ozonized Ox Marrow makes curly hair straight, visible and beautiful and makes it grow. Parents faille out and breaking off. Imitations won't do it. Be sure you get the gummies. Sold over forty years. If your dealer cannot supply you send us fifty cents and we will ship you a bottle. Address Depth. THE Ozonized OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL. ```markdown ``` y Soap R LAUNDRY better than other 2 Cakes for 5c. Y ALL DEALERS National Aid Association Louis, Mo. be beat, It pays Accident, Sick nishes Free Medical attention in t. The Pulpit, Press and Public association in which any good man hief Organizer, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Old Homestead Bread MAKES MUSCLE The Largest and Purest Loaf in the City ALL GROCERS SELL IT A. G. Kreitlein Co. Bargain Shoe Store The Largest Sale on Boots & Shoes We are Retailing at Whole sale price. Many Ladies' and Children's Shoes. We are also selling Rubbers Artics and Felt Boots at bottom prices. 336 Indiana Avenue Call and see us. RACE GLEANINGS J. H. H. JOHN A. M'A DOW. The subject of this sketch, John A. McA Dow, was born in Cleveland, O., Dec. 15, 1872. He went to Chicago when a boy of eight years of age. From there he went to Kansas, City, where he lived for seven or eight years. He then went to Denver, Colorado, thence to Omaha, Neb. It was at this latter place that he became acquainted with many politicians. He took part in the McKinley-Bryan campaign, doing much campaign work in Iowa. After the election he went to Denver to recuperate in health. He decided to make that city his future home. He has enjoyed an unusual amount of popularity which is demonstrated in the fact that he has been appointed Deputy County Asses or, a position occupied by a colored man for the first time. He thinks that this fall will witness the greatest political fight ever known there. But he has no fear for the outcome. McKinley will receive the support of the colored people and Colorado will do her duty as she has so often done before. Mr. McA Dow entered politics when scarcely more than a boy ten or twelve years ago. He has made great strides and now easily stands the leading colored politician of the West. In Omaha he was messenger for Gov. Holcom. He also served as clerk in the County Court House, and deputy county assessor. In Mr. McA Dow is a brilliant example of the possibilities of the race. He has clearly demonstrated that the race does not lack capacity for filling the most exacting positions. To have honorably filled so many positions of trust and honor speaks well for Mr. McA Dow. The annual meeting of the trustees of Shorter University was held June 5. Dr. M. A. Majors, has been appointed superintendent of the Negro Hospital at Waco, Tex. F. J. Loudin, organizer of the Fisk Jabilee Singers, is now a resident of London, England. Henry Tanner has received an order from the French Government for a duplicate of his "Crucifixion," which is on exhibition at the Paris Exposition, but contracted for by a citizen of Baltimore. 一 William E. Fnglish camp, No. 64, Spanish-American war veteran, was mustered in June 1, at Indianapolis, Ind., by Capt. English, department commander. These officers were elected: Commander, Capt. John J. Buckner; senior vice-commander, John Edlen; junior vice-commander, Walter J. Thompson; adjutant, J. H. Ringgold; quartermaster, Capt. J. M. Porter; chaplain, Thomas Donaldson; officer of the day, Sidney Moore; officer of the guard, Robt. S. Shobe; trustees, John Hicks and William Simcoe. This is the first camp to be mustered in from Spanish-American war veterans (colored) in the United States. News Notes. Chicago, Ill., Special—Mr. Eugene Burkins, inventor of the automatic machine gun, delivered a very pleasing address at the men's Sunday club on the first inst. He will leave the city in a few weeks, for Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md., for the purpose of having his gun manufactured at the latter place; it will cost $35,000. Several gentlemen, whose wealth is counted by the millions, are farnishing the money to make the gun. Mr. Burkins has a beautiful model of his gun on exhibition at C. D. Peacock's jewelry store, on State street; which cost $35,000. Mr. J. H. Phillip is one of our leading business men. He has invented a mop and several kinds of polishes for porters and janitors; he has a very large trade, his THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER office is at 180 Clark street. Mr. S. Gales of Centralia, Ill., was married to Mrs. M. O. Miller at Quinn's Chapel on the 24th, ult., by Rev. Carey. The wedding was a pretty one and several valuable presents received. Bethesda Baptist church, one of the oldest colored churches in the city was destroyed by fire on the 28 ult. The aggregate loss was $10,000 it was insured for 3,000 and mortgaged for $4,000. The following persons are on the sick list: Mrs. E. French, Miss E. Blackburn, Mrs. E. Davis, Mrs. J. Harper and Mr. G. W. Ramsey. Mr. N. Allen and J. B. Street will spend their vacation at Coney Island. Mrs. L. Ducker's mother is dead. Mr. John Catlet has returned from Evansville, Ind. WOMAN'S WORLD. Miss Manie Morris passed the examination for teacher in the Indianapolis school. Miss Morris was the only colored pupils in the teachers' preparatory class, and led her class two consecutive terms. Miss Imogene Howard, a teacher in the mixed schools of New York, will be sent to Paris to visit the exposition, at the expense of the School Board of New York, as one of the five most popular teachers of that city. *** By the will of late Amanda B. Ensworth of Danbury, Conn., the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute receives one-half of her estate of $11,000 after a number of small bequests and costs of settlement have been paid. ```markdown ``` Miss Mary A. Lynch, of Salisbury, N. C.; Mrs. Lucy Tappan Phillips, of Jackson, Tenn.; Mrs. Booker T. Washington, of Tuskegee, Ala.; Mrs. T. H. Lyles, of St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. Rosetta Lawson, of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Lucy Thurman, of Jackson, Mich., have been appointed delegates to the W. C. T. U., convention, which meets in Scotland in June. 章 章 章 Miss Genevieve Burnett representing the American Protective League, is making plans for establishing a bank in the name of the league for the colored people in this city. Chicago has several branch organizations of the league and nearly, $10,000 has been raised during the last six months toward founding a bank. The league divides its work into districts. Each district is to have a bank that shall be located in the city that raises the largest amount of money within a given time by a "penny a week" assessment. The enterprise is in charge of colored women. Speaking of her work Miss Barnett said: "We are attempting to solve the race probe on entirely new lines. Business enterprise is to be the motive spirit of the movement. We made the start with banks because we need to educate the great mass of our people in all cities and communities in the lesson of saving. Each member of our organization is required to put 1 cent a week into the general treasury of his district. The money thus raised will be used in cooperative ventures, in which will be employed the most intelligent of our young men and women." FASHIONS White cotton fringes will be used on pique gowns. White and colored linens are used to trim foulard silks. The newest French boas lie flat around the neck and are made of lace or chiffon edged with Chantilly frills. Violet and green is an excellent combination for the furnishing of one or more rooms in the summer cottage. The popular belt now is of patent leather with a point in the front, narrow at the sides and wider at the back. Eton jackets of black tucked taffeta with revers and collar of white corded taffeta are the newest wraps for this season. The most fashionable hats are those of a combination of materials. For example there is a tulle hat with the brim almost covered with little flutings of transparent Neapolitan straw. Or a hat with a maline crown applipped with designs of lacey straw and the brim formed of tucks of maline, alternating with glistening bands of straw braid. A. B. "I suffered for twenty-five years from heart trouble, and tried endless remedies without relief. I steadily grew worse and became unable to lie down my heart would palpitate and flutter, and at times it seemed as though I could not get my breath. I used three bottles of Dr. Miles' Heart Cure, and thank God I am enjoying good health as a result. It cured me. Mrs. Ella Schindhelm, Mt. Vernon, Ia. " DR. MILES' Heart Cure is sold by all druggists on guarantee first bottle benefits or money back. Book on heart and nerves sent free. Dr. Miles Medical Company, Elkart, Ind. M. B. BUSINESS MEDIUM. MRS. MARTH tells your entire life—past, present and future—in a DEAD TRANSE, has never met in tests she tells your mothers' full life, love marriage, the names of all your family, their ages and description, the name and business of your husband, the name of your aexet, if you are to be, the young man who now calls on you, the name of our future husband, and the day, month and year of your marriage, many children you have or will have—whether you present single; whether your present sweetheart will be true to you and if he will marry you; if you no no sweetheart, she will tell you when you will marry you; should know the success of their husband, should know everything about their sweet hearts or inended husbands. Do not keep company, marry or go into business until you know the religious serpents prevent your consulting. Madame is the only one in the world who can marry, or go into business, future husband, with age and date of marriage, you whether the one you love is true or false. There are some persons who believe that there is no truth to be gained from consulting a medium, but such beliefs are contrary to the truth. This is because that such a conclusion can be reached. It is not everyone who placards himself or herself as a Medium that can stand a test of what they believe in, and may be an enquiring mind may ask the reason why. Imply that these advisers do not take the trouble to study human nature. They do not spend their thoughts for a moment with acquiring the truth, and will have a tendency to make the pathway to the road of the business clear and devoid of obstacles. They are undeniable fact that persons will come for advice—in full knowledge of what they want to know, and yet as soon as the confront a Medium they try their utmost enmity to make them know so as to hear if it will be rehearsed by Medium. To get the secret out of a person by "pumping," in no few cases, is the art used by many unprincipiate Mediums, but to take hold of the truth, is a master of impossibility to most of them. And yet this can be done, and by consulting MRS. MARTH this mystery becomes familiar. This subject has received no little attention by eminent men and even college professors. It so proves conclusively that although their knowledge is only tongue, perhaps, the gases of wisdom have not been closed to the entire profession. It takes a great deal of study to become an acce- tionist to be able to continue and uniting effort, the key to ther parently unfathomable mysteries have been proceded by MRS. MARTH for the benefit of humanity. By letter, all letters must con- tain standard for answers. Where To Locate? Why, in the Territory Traversed by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, THE GREAT CENTRAL SOUTHERN TRUNK LINE ..IN.. KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA. where Farmer, Fruit Growers, Stock Raisers, Manufacturers, Investors, Speculators and Money Lenders will find the greatest chances in the United States to make "big money" by reason of the abundance and cheapness of. LAND and FARMS, TIMBER and STONE, IRON and COAL. LABOR-EVERYTHING! Free sites, financial assistance, and freedom from taxation, for the land of the manufacturer. Land and farms at $1.00 per acre and upwards and 500,000 acres in *west Florida* that can be taken gratis under U. S. Homestead laws. Stockraising in the Gulf Coast District will make enormous profits. Halloween Excursions the First and Third Tuesdays of each month. Let us know what you want, and we will tell you where and how to get it--but don't delay, as the country is filling up rapidly. Mailer, maps and maps on free. Address R. J. WEMYSS General Immigration and Industrial Agent, LOUISVILLE, KY. Pennsvlvania Line FOR Philadelphia, New York. Baltimore, Washington. Pittsburg, Darton. New York Washington Dayton. Columbus. FOUR PAST TRAINS DAILY. Leave Indianapolis on 4 AM, 8:25 AM, 3:05 PM, 9:00 PM, 12:00 PM, rough Sleeping and Dining Car Service. FOR CHICAGO and NORTHWEST TWO PAST TRAINS DAILY. Leave Indianapolis, 11:35 AM, 12:20 PM, Buffet Parlor Car on day train and local Sleeping Car on night train. Open every night 8:30 for passengers. LOUISVILLE and SOUTH Lv Indianapolis, 4:10 M 8:00 M 4:00 P 7:10 M 7:10 M 10:10 M train, daily except Sunday. For Lv Indianapolis sleeping car space al- cents. No. 48 West Washington street, Union Station or address [W. W. RICHARDSON, D. P. A. E. A. FORD, G. P. A. The Vandalia Line The Short Line for St. Louis and the West. Leave Indianapolis, Arrive at Terre Haute. Arrive St. Louis No. 15. 7:25 A.M. on No. 15. 7:25 A.M. 8:55 A.M. 9:00 A.M. No. 21. 12:15 P.M. No. 21. 12:15 P.M. 2:05 P.M. 7:12 P.M. No. 7. 3:3 P.M. No. 7. 3:3 P.M. 5:10 P.M. 9:40 P.M. No. 11. 7:00 P.M. No. 11. 7:00 P.M. 9:00 P.M. No. 3. Ex. Sun. 4:00 P.M. for Terre Haute. DAILY. No. 15 daily. 7:25 A.M. for Terre Haute and St. Louis. No. 3 Ex. Sunday. 4:00 P.M. for Terre Haute. *Sunday only.* All train has first-class coaches. 12:15 Noon train has Dining Cars for St. Louis. No. 3 Ex. Sunday. 4:00 P.M. for Terre Haute. *Sunday only.* All train has first-class coaches. All trains carry first-class coaches. 11:30 Noon train has Dining Cars for St. Louis 11:30-12:00 train has buses starting from Indianapolis for St. Louis and Evansville open every night at 8:30. All trains enter the Union Passenger Station at Terre Haute and St. Louis. Ticket officers. No 48 West Washington street office. W, RICHARDSON, D, P, A.. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. E. A. FORD, G. P. A. 'New York AND Boston Limited' VIA BIG FOUR NEW YORK CENTRAL EASTERN CITIES (Effective April 29, 1900.) Lv. Iudianapolis.....2:40 p. m. Lv. Bellefontaine.....6:00 p. m. Lv. Marion.....6:50 p. m. Lv. Galion.....7:30 p. m. FAMOUS KNICKERROCKER SPECIAL via Big Four Route H. M. Bronson, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Indianapolis, Ind. Warren J. Lynch, General Passenger Agent Cincinnati, O. SCOTT'S MAGIC HAIR Straightener and Grower. SCOTT'S MAGIC HAIR Straightener and Grower. Do you want long, beautiful, straight hair and a clear, long complexion? Use the only real Hair Straightener and Grower, the market. Make a body paint, a haircut or hair out of KNOTTY, KINNY, STUBBON, HARSH, SHORT or THIN hair. Try It. Cures all scalp diseases, stops hair from falling out. We guarantee it to be perfectly safe and harmless. Price 30 cents and 40 cents. SCOTT'S PLASTIC AND BEAUTIFURE has no equal for BEAUTIFYING, WHITENING and SOFTEN- ING the skin. Price, 30 cents, SCOTT'S MUSTACHE FORCE, 25 cents. LITTLE HERO PILLS (for all hair, liver and stomach problems) are suitable for the LAST MALT. BELLOWS (nature's support for suffering women) 25 and 50 cents. Any 5 will be sent for $1.00. For sale at your drug stores or any one will be sent by mail on receipt of stamps. Stamps accepted. Agents wanted. Can make from $15.00 to $50 per month. WANTED: items at once. Enclose stamps for reply. P.O. BOX 670 SCOTT REMEDY CO. LOUISVILLE, KY. 1890 Write for instru- cation at once. Enclose stamps for reply. P. O. BOX 570 SCOTT REMEDY CO. LOUISVILLE, KY. FOUND AT LAST BEFORE USING. The hair disease germ, under microscope. AFTER USING. Positively and permanently straightens Knotty, Knappy, Kinky hair. Electricity is life. This Comb in connection with Electrical Hair Restorative the great hair grower, causes the hair to grow long and straight. This great Electrical invention by its marvelous magnetic powers gives new life to the hair causing it to grow long and straight. The effect is seen at once. The hair begins to grow straight as soon as the use of the Comb is commenced. Look at the BUG. This is a hair germ parasite. They are invisible to the naked eye but under a powerful microscope the above picture is what they look like. Hundreds and thousands of these germs burrow at the roots of the hair, sapping and destroying its life and vitality, causing the hair to fall out, also causing baldness and scalp disease of every kind. If you have dandruff or any scalp disease, if your hair is thin and short and harpa and brittle, bald or on the top of your head or on the temples, or if your hair is falling out it is caused by this germ. The Magnetic Comb together with Electrical Hair Restorative destroys these germs thus enabling the hair to grow long and straight, soft, silky and beautiful. Two boxes of the great hair grower, Electrical Hair Restorative are sent with each Comb. Mailed securely sealed on receipt of price to any address. Price $1.00. Notice -- every reader of The Freeman this grand opportunity. Cut out this advertisement and mail to us with ONE DOLLAR and we will mail to you at once, prepaid, the Magnetic Comb and two boxes of Electrical Hair Restorative. Make all money and express orders payable to R. Gathright, president. Register all your letters to protect you. Address all letters the Magnetic Comb Co box 36, Richmond, Va. TAKE NOTICE OUR GUARANTEE There being so many evil minded, skeptical persons who deny every honest artiste as a humbly, we take the following method of repudiating such evil-minded slanders by absolutely guaranteeing that we will refund the money for every case of dissatisfaction. This is a reputable paper and would take no advertisement from a dishonest firm. These are the expressions, which fall from the lips of those who visit Madam Morgan, 324 Capitol avenue. The most wonderful Clairvoyant and Life Reader the world ever knew, gifted a wonderful gift from her birth, she reends past, present and future with exact accuracy. The trouble is that she is not a reader, but a writer, easy. If you have domestic cares, or troubles she can overcome these vexations conditions and make life a dream to you, if your love affairs are not what you like them to be this wonderful Lady will make them according to your desire. She guarantees satisfaction in all her duties. Madam Morgan does not advertise anything which are open to your inspection, where she will be pleased to meet her old customers and many new one. Madam Morgan does not advertise anything that she cannot do, but does advertise the half she can do and one visit will convince the most skeptical. Uniting lovers and friends, Madam Morgan does not advertise the most serious and all affairs of life. Inclose $1 lock of hair, month and date of birth and three most important questions, and receive life reading by return mail. No attention paid to letters with $2 in increase. Address all letter to MADAM MORGAN 324 Capitol avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. Price, $1.00 Every waiter who wishes to make money should buy this book. Every headwaiter who desires to make a reputation should advise his men to obtain it. Compiled by W FORREST COZART, Head- Waiter CONTENTS: How to Become a Good Waiter; How to Get Up an Order; How to Serve Meals; How to Serve a Banquet; Remarks to Young Headwaiters, etc., etc., etc. Address: THE FREEMAN, Indianapolis, Ind. H. T. HEARSEY VEHICLE COMPANY. "ON THE CIRCLE" Cycles. AND Carriages THE FREEMAN A National Negro Newspaper. It is conceded to be the leading Newspaper published by the race in the world. No expense is spared by the publisher in Indianapolis, an ideal home journal. More special contributors than any two other Negro papers. We want an active agent in every town and city in the United States. Write for terms Add: The Freeman, Indianapolis. Patronize Our Advertisers an History of the Patronize Our Advertisers and tell them where you saw it. History of the Negro Soldiers In The Spanish-American War The First Martyr of the War was a Colored Man! BY EDWARD A. JOHNSON, Author of "The Famous School History of the Negro Race," Raleigh, N. C. Price $1 00. Agents Wanted. THE HISTORY CONTAINS: First Hero of the Navy a Colored mas. Pen Pictures of the Daring Charges made by Negro Soldiers at San Juan, El Caney and around Santiago. Corporal Brown killed at his post while firing a cannon which knocked over the block house and saved the Rough Riders. Sergeant Berry, the colored soldier Author of "The Famous School History of the Negro Race," Raleigh, N. C. Price $100. Agents Wanted. THE HISTORY CONTAINS: First Hero of the Navy a Colored mas. BLACK SKIN REMOVER COPYRIGHTED. BEFORE AFTER. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. HAIR STRAIGHTENER. One LARGE JAR thrown in, enough to make any one person's hair grow long and straight. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. A PEACH-LIKE complexion obtained if used as directed. Will turn the skin of a black or brown person four or five shades lighter, and a multilayer skin with two shades of light shade or two lighter will be noticeable. It does not turn the skin in spots but bleaches out white. One box of this preparation is all that is required for a skin bleaching preparation without continual use. Will remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, pimples and black-heads, small pits, pits, tan and liver spots without harm. Will not cause any irritation. Will stop using the preparation. The directions and preparation will be sent to any person for $1.00, or send Post-Office Money Order, Express Money Order, Registered Letter, or C.O.D. Packed with that no one in your contacts except receiver. THOS. B. CRANE. I tell them where you saw it. Negro Soldiers story of the Negro Race," Raleigh, D. Agents Wanted. of the Navy a Colored mas. by Negro Soldiers at San Juan, El Caney and his post while fireing a cannon which knocked ers. Sergeant Berry, the colored soldier 4 THE FREEMAN A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. At 309 Indiana Avenue, INDIANapolis, INDIANA SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Any part of the United States and Canada one year, postage paid, $1.50 Six Months, $3.00 Three Months, $60 Foreign Countries, $1.00 extra Band Money by Express, Money Order, Postal Office Order or Registered Letter to THE FREEMAN, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA All communications, erabracing news matter to publication, must be sent with the name of the publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. TO CONTRIBUTORS: We prefer not to return, manuscript where the articles are short, and copies easily taken—such as poems, anecdotes and brief sketches and in no cases will we undertake to return manuscripts unless stamps for that purpose accompany the article. We will not pay or mat for manuscripts. We must return this office by Monday of each week, so insure insertion in the current issue. AGENTS. agents are wanted in every town and city not now occupied, and liberal inducements will be given to the same. Send for our extraordinary inducements to agents. ADVERTISING RATES. Regular display - 10 cents per line per insertion - agate measure, (14 lines to the inch) per minute; 8 months, 10 per cent; 6 months, 10 per cent; reading matter, 50 cents per line per insertion; business locals 150 per line per insertion. On all pure reading matter and business locals a discount of 5 cents will be allow for each 100 lines up to 100 lines advertisements should reach us on Saturday or Monday in order to an ear the following week. Omiatis is the made up of 5 cents advertisements, $1.90 for one month, in advance. Entered at the post-office at Indianapolis, Indiana, as second class matter. SATURDAY, JUNE, 16, 1900. PROF. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON'S BOOK. Prof. Booker T. Washington's new book, the title of which is, "The Story of My Life and Work" is now before the public. The work, like all of Mr. Washington's efforts, is well done. He does not launch into a great flow of rhetoric, but tells a simple straight-forward story of his early life that a child of a few years can well understand. He was induced to write the book because of the insistence of many of his friends, who desired to know more about his early life. His own family exerted no little influence, the members of which, and his daughter most especially, desired that his memoirs be preserved in some tangible form. His early life ran much in the same manner as that of Frederick Douglass. His father, he never knew. His mother was of that pious order, who did not consider the wrongs inflicted on her a sign for resigning her motherly station of properly teaching her child. In his youthful days he was taught to lisp the name of his Creator. He has ever remained under that maternal influence. He says, that somehow or another he could not feel that his mother did a wrong, when under that system which she lived, she was forced to go a foraging at night, when the "Big House" was asleep, for rations that were more wholesome and palatable than the regulation food for slaves. He speaks of the scantiness of the attire of his early days—the proverbial tow. Very pathetic is his description of his efforts to obtain an education. To know, to learn was burned in his soul. His mother's husband was too poor to spare his services, therefore his chances were very limited indeed. But a last he succeeded in making his way to Hampton, Va., where indigent pupils were taught in event they became useful. His tramp on foot to this school and acceptance at once declared that he was to be no ordinary man. Prof. Washington speaks lovingly of a Mrs. Ruffin, who aided him materially. He worshipped Gen. Armstrong, who was then at the head of the school. He thought him the grandest character physically and otherwise he had ever seen. He felt it an inspiration to be where he was. The completion of his schooling is well told. He was chosen to assist as teacher and to take a post graduate course, in the institution from which he graduated. His great call—his triumph came when he was assigned to the work at Tuskegee with its single building. The world knows the rest. In the latter part of his work, he re-produces a number of his remarkable THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER speeches which stand as proofs of his views, many of which have been misrepresented by maliciousness or ignorance. But he has no terrible arraignment for those who seek to misrepresent him. He simply reaffirms his position, trusting that the truthfulness of which, will be made manifest by his actions. The book is profusely illustrated. It will be a pleasing addition to the library of any individual. It is not to had in book stores. Those desiring to purchase will address the publishers, J. L. Nichols & Co., Chicago, Ill., or Atlanta, Ga. “Still harping on my daughter”—the way that H. C. Smith persists in following up George A. Myers of Cleveland is a caution. He will not forget that at the instigation of Mark Hanna, Myers was appointed on the state executive committee with the sole purpose of looking after the Negro contingent of the Republican party. This was about four years ago and immediately after McKinley's nomination in at St. Louis. Let us see; Myers was merely a barber, but Smith was a legislator, elected by the people of the great commonwealth of Ohio, and yet Myers was given the important post. Smith insisted that Myers was Hanna's valet-de-chambre, and for that reason, Myers was elevated. It now appears that Myers is still in favor at court. He has been selected as alternate delegate-at-large from his state to the national convention at Philadelphia: "The only Negro in all Ohio a candidate for the empty honor was Myers. Others at the convention contended for the election of one of our people as a delegate-at-large and refused the alternateship only Myers wanted. It is the old story over again. White men can always find a Negro to take what the race does not want and that which will enable them to turn down with some little show of respect our true leaders who contend for what the race is entitled to and refused anything less." That's Smith talking. Mind you, he speaks very emphatically about "our true leaders." It is very much like an expression made by a very facetious old colored gentleman. He said that he was for his race, but it was to be understood, "dat I'm de race." Mr. Smith goes further saying that, "the very idea of that fellow, Myers being placed in any political position, is insulting and almost revolting to Ohio Afro-Americans." Now, why not quite revolting. The other language implies quite as much. We are not prepared to enter the quarrel of Ohio, yet we think Mr. Smith is attacking one of his race, a fellow-townsman, and a Republican a little too viciously to be unselfish. We have met Mr. Myers, and while we do not know what the Negroes of Ohio may think of him, yet we found him as polished and refined a gentleman as Ohio may boast of. If his education is limited the unitiated cannot detect it, He would pass current in any society. Besides your Uncle Mark Hanna is to be trusted as to knowing a thing or so. He knows a hawk from a hand-saw. Mr. Smith has taken occasion to refer to Myers' occupation as a barber, when many of the best race men at sometime in their lives existed by just such means or perhaps more menial still. Many now, who are aware of their fictious footing, dare not throw away their razors. One of our pictorial journals aptly illustrated that when it pictured the one hundred per month headwaiter one summer at Saratoga with a "two-and-a-quarer" solitaire in his unruffled front, but the next summer he had shouldered a white-wash brush—new fields to conquer, rather to cover. So you can't always tell, Brother Smith. One's star may be to-day in its zenith but its nadir may too quickly follow. Josephine spoke thus to Napoleon. We have nothing but admiration for Myers. Bishop Turner continues to squat in the rear on the street cars. Why not segregate yourself from these street cars, Bishop? Al larger segregation must have its beginning in a smaller. Now, who's that said practice what you preach? Is it a case of Wolsey falling in his old age.—The Atlanta (Ga.) Age. We are surprised, Bishop, when we think that you are the champion separatist of the age. Why not practice what you preach, Bishop? The death of Dr. John Braden of the Central Tennessee College is the sad intelligence that reaches us this week. He was a prominet man in educational and church affairs. His loss is a keenly felt calamity to that community. NIGHT. I have loved wind and wind, And the bright sea. But, holy and most secret Nigh', Not as I love and have loved thee. God like all highest things, Hides light in shad', Hits the quiet histories To sleep and dreams are cleariest made. Love that knows all things well, Love the night best; Joys whereof daylight dares not tell Are His, and the diviner rest. And Life, whom day shows plain His prison bars Fade is the close walls and the hard chain Fade when the darkness brings the stars. —Arthur Symons A NEGRO PARTY. The news of the proposed establishment of a Negro party has created quite a stir in political circles, as well as among leading Negroes all over the United States. Unusual importance is attached to such information owing to the high source from which it emanates. Bishop Walters of the Afro-American League, the most satisfactory body of Negroes ever gotten together for similar purposes, is the head and front of the movement. His posit on as the president of that league gives prominence to his political movements. Walters is not alone; he is supported by such men as ex-Governor Pinchback, Bishop Derrick and others who are equally as prominent. Notwithstanding the number of eminent leaders who feel that the desideratum is to be wrung out by means of a Negro party, we unhesitatingly pronounce it a political misconception. We will not for a moment suppose these race men are any thing but honest in their efforts to bring about reforms; yea more, we take it that this very proposed movement is a proof of their race devotion as they see it. Yet this effort will not escape condemnation by some, as no more than a movement to embarrass the party in power. It will be construed as a menace to the Republican party. It is no crime to conspire against a party even should that be the intent, but it is not always expedient. It does, however, imply, explicitly imply, that the government's supineness, lethargy or inactivity, amounts to at least, administrative culpability. It takes no profound thinking to arrive at the conclusion that political parties exhaust ever means at their command to bring about success. It may be assumed that what attention, or what lack of attention the Negroes of America are receiving is at the dictation of public sentiment. The first law of parties as individuals; is self preservation. It may be as well set down that, that line of action which a party continually fights shy of, would be, if adopted, dangerous to that party's existence. We stand opposed to the movement because it would be big with future trouble; because it would bring about the very opposite to the thing contended for—giving impetus to what is considered the crystalization of sentiment against Negro opportunity; because it would hasten the stealthily advancing political palsy—disfranchisements. The South, which is not essentially Democratic, will hail the day as blessed when Negroes in their impotent rage tie themselves up in a party comprised merely of Negroes. The South is not essentially Democratic but it is essentially anti-Negro, and it will not matter to it how the Negroes go, only that they do go. Has Bishop Walters et al., forgotten those facts? Hear Kentucky, when she says, she would give the Republican party fifty thousand Democratic votes if it would set the Negroes adrift. Will Walters play in their hands? The situation is to be deplored but it is some better than it was fifty years ago. And it ought to be pressed home that the panacea for all racial ills do not reside in politics. This temporary halting in the pace towa ds enlarged liberties and greater rights is due in part to warm headed individuals who are guided by the impulses rather than by reason. Let us employ more diplomacy and discretion. The end will heave just as quickly in sight. Elsewhere in this issue will be found a very interesting letter from Mr. Ernest Hogan, playwright and actor, who was at Honolulu, Hawaii, at the time of writing. Mr Hogan with the true instincts of a race man looking forward to better the condition of his race as a whole made observations in Hawaii, and, if we may rely upon the impressions made on him, this group of islands will be an outlet for many of the race in America who have made up their minds to go somewhere to better their condition, whenever and wherever that place could be found. Mr. Hogan's representation seems fairly Utopian, but there is no reason to doubt him. He says that there are those ready and willing to install the American Negro in place of the Japanese on the sugar plantations if the Negroes of America but say the word. It seems from Mr. Hogan's letter that the matter of transportation would not stand in the way. He will be in California in June, where he will solicit and await correspondence in the matter. It is needless to say that the idea will be looked upon with much favor. The latitude of the country, is low, indicating heat, but the islands are fanned by the breezes of the Pacific making them veritable Gardens of Eden. With the inducements held out Mr. Hogan will have no trouble at all in securing thousands who will gladly try that country. It belongs to our country; any unexpected hardships need not very long be endured. Miss Mabel D. Bolden, colored, has the honor and satisfaction of graduating alone from the Ridgefarm High-school of Danville. Ill. That honor and satisfaction, however, has not been without some cost. Her six white associate pupils refused to graduate with her, notwithstanding the length of time they had been associated. But the School Board, true to its original intentions, saw to it that Miss Bolden should publicly finish her course, if she had to do it alone. Miss Bolden graduated. The news, without doubt, will be considered cheering, regardless of the pain and strained relations. A dozen years or more so ago such a triumph would have been considered an entering wedge to be followed up by more and greater victories; but in these days of racial calms, no one knows what such things may mean. Will temporary victory end in final defeat? The best is hoped for, but how will this community stand in the future? A dozen years or more ago the action of that School Board would have been applauded throughout the North. How now? If this community feels that nothing more than simple justice has been done a poor black girl; it will be well. The road will be made easier for others that may follow her. But on the other hand, if this community feels outraged in the matter, and to such an extent that they stand unanimously opposed to the further progress of the blacks within its borders, it can as the South is doing, impose hardships that will tell on the whole race. It is to be hoped that, that Christian community will forsake in intended retaliation on its humble citizens. In the name of Lovejoy, the lamented War Governor Yates, Grant and above all, the greatest of them all, Abraham Lincoln, all of whom at some time made their home in the grand old prairie state of Illinois—let us have peace. Editor T. Thomas Fortune has been doing some race war talk up in Brooklyn, about 2,000,000 colored men under arms, and rushing to attack Southern whites.—The Dallas Express. Yes, yes; he has done considerable more talking than he should have done, and more than he has any intention of backing up. A Southern editor writes him down an "ass," and Thomas was honest to print it in his own paper. Its a mighty big thing to talk for two million people especially when there's fighting in it. We may some time delegate our ordinary rights to others but our extraordinary rights we are just a trifle particular. Little Rock ought and must have a Negro industrial school.—The People's Herald, Little Rock, Ark. There are other places that stand in need of such institutions. The project in Indianapolis has fallen through for the present. A little interest displayed by colored men of means and influence could revive it. Will they exert themselves? A temporary victory sometimes means eternal defeat. I HAVE MADE a very careful test of the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow among our colored students and teachers. We will teach the thing to make the hair soft, yielding and straight. Kindly send me two bottles per express at once. 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As the champion of industrialism his educational forms are rapidly shaping the destinies of the Southern States. The people want to know all about this modern reformer and his marvelous career. The demand for "THE STORY OF MY LIFE you send 2c in stamps for mailing we will forward free Maguificent Prospectus, with full instructions for canon subscription and strictly on the exclusive territory J. L. NICHOLS & CO., Naperville Ill. OUTFIT FREE— If you send 24c in stamps for mailing we will forward free vassing. The book is sold on subscription and strictly on the exclusive territory plan. Write today. ADDRESS: L. J. NICHOLS & CO., Naperville III. THE WAI EDITED BY W. FORREST COZART. The second annual convention of the Head and Second Waiters National Benefit Association convened in Bethel A. M. E. church Pittsburgh, Pa., Monday M. 28, at 11 a m. The convention was called to order by the president W. Forrest Cozart. Prayer by Mr. C. H. M. Card; Mayor J. W. Diehl of Pittsburg welcomed the delegates of the convention and turned the keys of the city over to them in a few very appropriate e remarks. Mr. Jas. L. Thomas a member of the city council of Harrisburg, Pa., delivered the address of welcome. Mr. Thomas was formerly head-waiter at the Hotel Bolton, Harrisburg. Mr. W. Alonzo Locke, head-waiter at the Holliday House, Cairo, Ill., responded very eloquently to the address of welcome. Mr. W. H. Jones, of Monongala City, also delivered a very able address. After returning each speaker a vote of thanks, the convention adjourned until 2:30 p. m. AFTERNOON SESSION The convention was called to order at 2:30 p. m. by President W F. Cozart, prayer by Mr. J. T. Gilbert. Telegrams, expressing, regret of absence were read from Messers, J. J. Miles, E. T. Montgomery, J. B. Goins and J. Parrison. It was motioned that Mr. H. Pettigrew act as vice president in the absence of Mr. E. L. Montgomery. Carried. The chair appointed Mr. Geo. Robh, second waiter at the Hotel Anderson as sergeant at Arms. The annual report of the financial secretary and treasurer were read, received and adopted. The annual report of the president was read showl g the phenominal growth of the association in the past nine months as well as pointing some very essential matter which needed immediate attention. On motion it was agreed to devote the remainder of the afternoon session to the reading of communications. A letter of protest was read from the Washington Auxiliary in which they (the auxiliary) refused to pay the death assessment of F. N. Dozier, stating that the $1.35 assessment was extortionons. They also stated that unless they could retain their membership without paying assessments, they would resign. It was unanimously agreed to accept their resignation at once. On motion the following committee was appointed to revise the constitution, Chas. cCARD chairman, W. A. Locke, Chas. Johnson, E. C Holland, I. L. Oates, A. E. Parr and Beni Gray. On Monday evening the delegates were entuered at Warren M. E church by the Epworth League. A very interesting musical program was rendered also some very appropriate remarks by the delegates. Tuesday May 29, meeting was called to order by the president at 9:30 a.m., prayer by Mr. J. T. Gilbert. Minutes of the previous meeting was read and approved. The convention immediately went into a secret session and transacted business of vital importa ce. When the doors reopened, the president read his financial report and among other important items it showed that the widow of F. N. Dozier had been paid $65 and he had $10 25 in hand for her which he turned over to the conven- BED BENNETT tion, which they voted to pay Mrs. Dozier the balance of the death benefit immediately. The convention empowered the corresponding secretary, (Mr. E. L. Montgomery) to assess and collect all death assessments remaining and pay same to widow. After collecting yearly dues and a few assessments, the convention adjourned until 2:30 p. m. The afternoon session was called to order by the president at 2:30 p. m. Prayer by Mr. Chas. McCard. Minutes of previous session read and adopted. Mr. H. Pettigrew addressed the convention in a length but interesting speech advocating an Old Walter's Home and Walter's Traning school question be deferred until next annual convention. On motion, the convention proceeded to elect its national officers which results as follows for president W. Forrest Cozart, Chittendon Hotel, Columbus, O., for vice president W. Alonzo Locke, Holiday House, Cairo, Ill., for financial secretary, J. B. Goins, Nelson House, Rockford, Ill., for treasurer, Chas. MoCard, Newells Hotel, Pittsburg, Pa., for corresponding secretary E. T. Montgomery, Beach Hotel Chicago, Ill. On motion the financial secretary, corresponding secretary and treasurer was placed under $500.00 Bonds. Mr. Chas. Johnson presented the names of Messers.- W. H. Jones, Thos. H. Alsopso for membership accepted. Messers. Washington Terry, Gray and Kinney gave a very interesting talk. Adjourned to meet at 8:30 p. m. The evening session was called to order by the president at 8:30 p.m. Prayer by Mr. Chas. McCard. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. The committee on revision of constitution and By-laws reported and advised that article II Sect. 7 be amended to read "The time and place for each convention shall be determined by the President and the Executive committee." Wednesday night May 30, a banquet of 200 served at Masonic hall Allegheny, Pa. Messers. Al E. Parr, B. Gray and W. F. Cozart was called the 3 Johns. Mr. Al E. Parr head-waiter at the Hotel Boyer, Pittsburg, Pa., is a jolly good fellow well met. Mr. J. T. Gilbert head-waiter at the Anderson Hotel, Pittsburg, Pa., is the prince of entertainers. Mr. H. Pettigrew headwaiter at the Monongehela House, Pittsburgh, Pa. acted as toast master at the headwaiters banquet. Mr. W. P. London has resigned his position at the Hotel Rathbourn, Jacksonville, Fla., and has returned to Atlanta, Ga. Mr. L. J. Rice is succeeding beyond expectation as head-waiter at the Hotel Beckel, Dayton, O. Mr. E. M. Johnson is the efficient second waiter at the Beckel. Messers. Chas. Buckner and W. B. Keys of Buffalo, N. Y., made an eloquent plea for the next national convention of head-waiters. Chas. Johnson head-waiter at the Hotel Balton, Harrisburg, Pa., has resigned and is now in Pittsburgh at 75 Wylie Ave., 'tis said that Mr. Johnson ha a surprise up his sleeve which he will spring in a few days. Among the most prominent headwaiters at the Pittsburg convention were Messers. Geo. Washington, and Frank Terry of Cleveland, O. E.C. Holland, W. A. Locke, I. L. Oates, B. Gray, J. L. Thomas, Chas. Johnson and others. The citizens League of Wilwaukee, Wis. (White) Sent a handsome type written invitation to the head-waiters convention inviting them to hold their next annul convention in the city of Milwaukee. The Citizens League is composed of Messers W. G. King manager of the Plankinton House, Al Severance manager of the Hotel Phister and other prominent members of the board of trade. Subscribe for The Freeman and keep posted. ° OS THE OTAQE | \ THE STAGE © & zs oe o Se) ——EDiTeD By—_ ‘4 3 q dé. HARRY JACKSON. : HE FREEMAN POST OFFICE, they will return to America. Mr. X ae Glain writes that he inteuds to, br stamped envelope, pratnty addressed, | Peter Felix, the Australian hea ast pe, enslaved EOF each letter aod sue | Weight pugilist, over with him. Uigressed should begiven, In order to pre- ie icant Yont mistakes. ‘Thos. J. Jackson (bi ! tote protens 14 others, should 08. J. Jackson (big man) sends Note Prof that all letters, ete., in tran- |regards to all of his Jacksonville a froecween the United States snd Can-|Tampa friends, especially Prof. Jo Ads, must be prepaid, otherwise they @r@) Robinson and Miss Carrie Hall, of Bi ore ter & Cashin’s vandeville show. apes List, —- — Richard H. Barnett, comedian, af | Liverpool, Mrs. Leath | filling a weeks engagement at Philad : 1 Clara | Mackay-Accooe, Alice | phia, will go to New York for the su atwick, Marie | Roberts, boat mer. Mr. Barnett writes that he | Bow alee | 'Thurman-Perry Lizzie | signed with one of the big compar ee ee die Sisrerety, | War lnce, Mea: Mary — % ees Foster and Henderson, refined ske cusnmmmatoae eetiaha have Aclaeh. baatn “with OM dame. J, Ee Logan & Thomas gems ee ear allen 2 Seas Tevard, Chas. rents Martin’ AW a Martti, Wan 5.) Rooke | Megabe, B We Rinne aw | Mechrer, Hogar, iy jontgemery, Batt oone Mequitty. 2 A Bind Pomoe WB (2) | Melroy & Chandler Biri, Moore. Ba Be Geo Merton rea Em Monier W aie Beene! ws. eo Pay, A Pil Gearmont, Frank @) od Oliver L eae Preston, Gnarlio ale 6 Princo arthur b Sha, Beg Qui, iey Clos Oe Sueia | Roberts, Waltor a Pe ae Baie iontlereon BSCE | Smith; Walter for Sea Sith, Dave ettico wey, Ba Hart, G. B. Shelton. Ollie C_ Hampton PG | pase ae poe Toomey aw Hore Wy, | Rhea, 3B. Howls. MB | thon som, Brot. Roy Hosely Galdle | Vogel, gino. Inman, Frank W Wood, Fountain B J Arthar @) | Wiligms Bert Jackson, Prof AP Willis, Jas A decom: By Wis nest Ser noe Wallace da Jevkins, Wesley Williams & Walker jaune. p Went! Sno Dy Johnson, Chas. Wood, Geo W ee w eee a ne inet ye datem Tutt laste Herbrt, | WEN aa ‘sldmey bie ie | Le - | 2 ba i \ oe i | 4 i | i i (RRR od nS aan) FRANK P. GEORGE, Dramatic Reader. Clarence Powell is playing dates. Ernest Hogan has purchased a neat littie cottage at Honoluln, H. I. Sol C. Tibbs has signed for the coming season with the “Colored Aristocracy.” Jndy what has’t thou dids't with the uy Wilvt thom tellest mer"—A. ‘T. Gillam. ALE. and Mamie Holman send their regards to all friends in and ont of the Pofession James Wilson, of the Black Patti Tronbadours, is spending the summer at Frautford, Ont. Tina Gillam and Nettie Lewis send indest regards to Queen Bess and say Viewse write them, Simpson & Pittman, high-class musi- calartists are on the bill at the Chicago Opera Honse this week. James P. Jones says: “I wonder if Join Pamplin has got all the nuggets ‘tot there were in the gold fields?” Will Goff Kennedy, comedy vo alist, still one of the principal comedians vith Georgia Up-to-Date, He sends Te- Sards to friends. Lanrence B Chenault, operatic tenor, ho has been in Australia with Hogan's American Minstrels, arrived in San Franciseo, June 2. The Black Averys—Dan and Lizzie fre this week a big card on the vande- ille bill at Hashim’s Grand. Opera Honse, Philadelphia. Billy Williams, jr., frog equilibrist, ih Georgia Up-torDate, ison the: sik Ist. Hesends regarda to John Eason, © Ellis and all friends, Phil R. Miller, proprietor and_general Bauager “Hottest Coon, Prom” Dixie Tssin town this week visiting friends ‘nd was a Freeman. caller. ALE. Holman and his rag-time com- REY ste filling a tovo-weeks engagement © Chicago, with quite a few other sam- Net engagements to follow. Billy and Mme. Cordelia MoClain eve closed suo-essful season. with. fiiAdoo's Minstrels, and are at present RBs six months engagement. with Her Rickard's Vandeville oompany. AN the expiration of the engagement THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. they will return to America. Mr. Me- Clain writes that he intends to bring Peter Felix, the Australian heavy- weight pngilist, over with him, Thos. J. Jackson (big man) sends his regards to all of his Jacksonville and ‘Tampa friends, especially Prof. John Robinson and Miss Carrie Hall, of Bax- ter & Cashin’s yandeville show. Richard H. Barnett, comedian, after filling a weeks engagement at Philadel- phia, will go to New York for the sum- mer. Mr. Barnett writes that he has signed with one of the big companies for the coming season. Foster and Henderson, refined sketch artists, have joined hands with Miss Lambkin Hayes, and signed with Chat- ten’s “Rival Coons” company for the summer season of parks. ‘The trio is meeting with big success. Chas. T, Small and wife have closed with the “Coon Hollow” company, and will spend the summer in Chicago. ‘They would be pleased to hear from "all friends and Buffaloes; they may be ad- dressed at 478 State street. Mi-s Sallie Lee is spending her sum- mer vacation at Detroit, Mich., the guest of Miss Alberta Ormes Young. Both ladies were prominent members of Isham's fatnous Octoroons. They both have signed to appear with Isham’s new farce “King Raatus.” The ‘Colored Aristocracy” is ‘anew company recently organized to tour the country under canvas, under the management of Messrs. Seligman & Marks, two well-known theatrical men of New Orleans, La. ‘The company will number thirty—ladies and gentlemen. Dan E. Washington has closed a very successful season with the Vogel-Deming minstrel party, and will spend the sum- mer in Detroit. Mr. Washington and Miss Sallie Lee, the clever soubrette, late of Isham’s Octoroons, are rehearsing an act in which they will appear during the summer season in parks ‘They are already booked for six weeka work. Mr Washington goes with Vogel & Deming again next season, Henderson Smith, the well-known bandmaster, and his band, who have been touring Australia with O, M. Mc Adoo’s Minstrels, arrived at San Fran- cisco, on the steamer Mariposa, Friday Jane 1, but were not allowed to land until the 2nd, on account of the bubonic plague which was raging furiously when they left Sydney. Prof. Smith writes that all are well, and hope soon to meet all old friends at home in the East. W O. Terry, of Charleston, W. Va., writes: “Allen’s New Orleans Minstrels played here Wednesday evening to the capacity of their spacious tent. ‘They have some good talent and the show gave general satisfaction. After the performance the whole company, ex- cept the ladies, repaired to Craig, Lacy &.Terry’s saloon and remained until the wee hours of morning. Marsh Craig is spending his vacation here and helped to entertain them. Champagne flowed like water and everybody had a good time. Come again boys!” Chas. H. Moore, the popular manager of the fam ns Donglass (Inb, 114 W. ‘Thirty-first street, New York City, has opened another place at 144 W. Twenty- sixth street. The opening occurred on ‘Thursday evening, June 7, and a bill of exceptional merit was presented. Jack Wilson presided at the piano. The new club will be known as the “Little Douz- lass.” ‘The following gentlemen served on the reception committee at the open- ing: Richard Jackson, R. E. Stovall, Jeft Jackson. William Blacklock, Jesse Shipp, and Babe Gibson. Notes from Allen's New Orleans Min: strele—“The state of Virginia has not failed to give us crowded honses nightly. In Charleston we met Messrs. Marsh Graig and W. 0. Terry and had a good time at their place of business. ‘The big four song and dance recently put on by Logan and Watts, Miss Spivey and Miss Reeves were well received. Law- rence Glover, slack-wire artist, received his share of applanse. A. Guignesse has received an $80 saxophone, F. T. Vic cas, clarionet, violin and crayon artist, sends regards to all friends. Everybody is well and business continues good. Monday night at Chillicothe, 0, ‘we were given a grand time by the City Club. A. Stevens was the talk of the town Chas. H. Williams. W. Bostwick and M. B. Vassar send regards to W. O. Terry and Marsh Craig. Manager EB. O. Green, of Lowery and Green's Nashville Students, writes that after a successful season of thirty-twe weeks the above named company closed at Byron, Ill, Immediately the private car “Providence” was enronte to the Pullman shops to be renovated in and out. Mr Green and his friend, Prof Frank Clermont, the bandmaster, after perfecting arrangements with the Pall. man officials, departed for Chicago, to visit professional friends. He also states that after a few days rest, he and friend Clermont, will accompany him to his farm near Reece, Kans., during .the heated summer ‘months, afterwhich Prof. Clermont leaves for Lakeview, N. J., to assume charge ot his band with the “A Rabbit's Foot” company. They both send regards to Lowery, Gideon, Bryant, Tucker and Desdunes. At the close of the prolonged engage- ment of Brmeet Hogan end his minetrele ‘at Honolulu, H. I., May 28, on behalf of the Orpheum. ita manager, J. U. Cohen presented Hogan with a valuable gold ‘watch engraved with the actor's mono- NOTICE! EVERYBODY BOOKED ——Fror—— A RABBIT’S FOOT COMEDY CO oy) REPORT FOR REHEARSAL AT LAKEVIEW, N. J., AUGUST |, 1900. SHOW OPENS AUGUST 15. #2-Can use a few more good performers—both male and female; those double ing brass given preference. RUMEMBER THAT I FURNISH NO TICKETS. PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS CALL BY POSTAL. Avy one desiring to Join this nigh class Negro show should w ite PAT CHAPPELLE, Tampa, Fis, at once, stating full particularsand lowest salary, Managers wanting this big at traction address our booking agents: Hurtig & Seamon, New York City. ‘This show will play Opera Houses from Aucust 15, 19.0 to April 15, 1901, and balance of summer under canvas, All parties holding contracts please send in the duplicates at once to Pat Chappelle, Tampa, Florida, ‘TO WHOM IT MAY CUNCEKN—This cortidos that Chappelle & Donaldson, proprie forgot vanderilie thea ros hero, are well known to me, and hat they aro considered to jon: st, honorable men and rellable for thelr co ally, ‘3. B ANDERSON, -shier Exchange Nat oual Bank, Tampa, Fla. Originators of Tented Minstrelsy ult NEW ORLEANS MINSTRELS THE WORLD'S LARGEST MINSTREL SHOW. TWO BIG BANDS. A pene cred peoeee. eee OND RETRAVELS THE YEAR ROUND. A, G. ALLEN, GEO. W. QUINE, JOHN H. OAKS General Director. General Manager. ‘Treasurer. WANTED—Good Musicians and Performers that donble. Also good Novelty acts. ‘We use Colored talent exclusively. Address: GEO. W. QUINE, Manager, care The Free man, [ndianapolis, Ind., or National Printing Co., Chicago. gram, and on the back the Hawaian coat of arms in raised enamel. On the inner cover of the hunter case is an in- scription testifying to the Orpheum man- agement’s approbation of the comedian’s work. Mr. Cohen presented the testi- monial with a neat little speech, refer- ring to Mr, Hogan's constant efforts for the good of the house, and, mentioring the enameled crest, trasting that he, Hogan, would be ever reminded of the host of friends he had made in Honolulu. Hogan while completely surprised, man- aged to return thanks most. effectively, speaking feelingly ot his reception by Honolulnites and promising to return in the near future with a strong com- bination of colored talent, also express- ing his ultimate intention of making a home in Honolulu. LovisviLLE—The bill at Summers Bros.’ Jacob's Park is again headed by Te .ple & Williams, the two ‘Smoky ‘Mokes’ who are making a hit nightly singing Irving Jones’ song ‘I am lend- ing money to the government now." ‘They send regards to John Rucker, Billy McClain, John Tolliver and other friends, Perry Black, buck and wing dancer brings down the house as usual, He sends regards to the Brittons also to Rastus & Banks. Will Able, the coon song singer, 18 taking three and four en- cores nightly singing “The Blue and Gray” and “I'll Love You Till I Die.” Will Dixon in his musical act is more than pulling them down Elwood Hood basso, is a big hit with his solos. Jas. Anderson, the tambourine jnggler, fs on top as usual. Dave Oswaid’s Kenwood Park—The Bunch of Blackberries are headed by Joe Anderson's Klondike string band renders some very nice music, Jim Watts is singing’ “I am certainly living a rag-time life” and is making’a big nit nightly. Dan Dicker. son, second Violinist in orchestra, sends regards to all friends. Johnny ‘Banks, the funny little man, is still making ’em laugh; while Dave English, the rag-time singer, sends regards to all friends, If brains and money are of any ac: count the new farce comedy "A Rabbit's Foot” will certainly be a revelation. to the theater-goers the coming’ season. Pat Chappelle, proprietor and general manager of this Company, has had year ‘of experience in the theatrical business ‘and is leaving nothing undone to make his show a leader. He has surrounded ‘himself with a brilliant lot of experien ed show “boomers”, backed up by a show that will stand second to none other. He writes the has already secured number of well-known headliners and several new novelty surprises. Special scenery, elaborate costumes, a © mpany of sixty carefally elected players—ladie: and gentlemen, three brass bands, trav cling in their own special. train of din ing and sleeping vars, presenting th fanniest farce comedy ever written, wil certainly be a winner ‘The will be bill ed with special paper which is now. be ing prepared by the Donaldson Litho graph company. The show will ope its eason at Lakeview, N.J.. abont th middle of Angust. Mr. Chappelle re quests all people holding contracts t sign the sameandsend the duplicate t Hiabonee <6 Pama Weve: Ernest Hogan wins. The jury on the damage suit Ernest Hogan ys the Can- adian-Australian Royal Mail Steamship ‘Company rendered a verdict May 15, in favor of Ernest Hogan. ‘The nit is one of twenty-eight others which were bronght several weeks ago against the steamship company for its refusal to transport the minstrels to Vancouver The minstrels went from Vancouver to Australia on a vessel of the Canadian- Australian line. On their way back to ‘Vancouver they stopped off at Honolnia, intending to resnme their journey in a few weeks. Quarantine intervened, and when they finally applied for pas: sage they were denied, notwithstanding that they presented certificates from the board of health. Mr. Hogan and the members of his company, by their at- torneys, Kinney, Ballon & McClanahan, at once brought suit. ‘They alleged that they had been discriminated against. They said that the captain and purser of the vessel thongh refusing them, had taken eight white passengers on the trip. ‘They asked for damages in the enm of $20,000 each, oc an aggregate of $586,000. ‘When the hearing of the case came up, the captain and purser testified, ‘The evidence seemed to show that the min- strels being Negroes had been the canse of their not being given accommodations Arguments on both sides were lengthy and vigorous. The jury returned with a verdict awarding the plantiff the sum of $2,250. On May 26, the company closed their necessarily ‘prolonged en- gagement at the Orpheum and sailed for Vancouver. The departure of the — ant Cet t ot ee RR | PHENOMENAL SUCCESS!! Saal ie Bn a os J ee aciacalll Be 5 geen ees hat etl a a sty'| . bee sae ee po Pia aes —— : an : The Only Negro show that Ever DID---- ie ao The Only Negro show that Ever DOES---- ao f ‘The Only Negro show that is CAPABLE-—- ca y at ‘The Only Negro show that CAN---- | 9 change its bill twice weekly for FLEVEN CONSECUTIVE weeks and play to 8. + s B. O each performance at B06, 750, $1.00 and $150. Playing tinder the patron age of Royalty and to more fashionable audiences during the past six months than the combined efforts of ALL other Negro shows since their inception. Will soon return to America via Vancouver, B. C. WANTED—Male and Female Quartettes to releive a portion of my company . taking vacation during summer season. Must be cap ble of playing pitts. sober > and reliable and well behaved You know ME and know what I demand. ! aa. a SALARY NO OBJECT TO RIGHT PARTIES. Address all communications to ERNEST HOGAN, General Delivery, Vancouver, B. C. ——— PREGENTING ——— oh COUN I RY COON” by Mr, Allen Dunn, the wittiest. most orginal and best play ever written or presented, Z eR THE INDIAN 1a aioe DO YOU LOVE HEALTH? AN Ores a ie Dseases or 0 3fso, write the Inaian Modicine Man, 620 North _utaw Street, Baltimore, Md, | eure Guar, all discascs Muga es man or beast orme char evnomatter whyt our aflction may be.” ie pe Call'or Write. fins people tn chs United States and Eurvpe, testy that Tama wonder!ul Reale of al come P75 Pitney Pitaenothtue be Horbesigts, Gute nS Seon Barrios and Plans ade fp Ah : — eae nave cured thousands tht the tot sla! physiclans in America aud Europe f aw Nh Get Your SUN CURE THE FOLLOWING DIS ASES: H art Disease, Consump*fon, Blood, FAA wins. Purited ian” planter ourctere Biles instars form, Vertu, Lube, Dospepsuc tudimziams Galea: ao i ae tl goP PTE ation Hthoumailsm any frm Pains and Achos of say kind, Gstatrh of the Stomach, Bronchial ff fi Demands ‘roubles, Skin Diseases, all tching seusat.ons, Female Vomplaints, La Grippe, or Pneumon a, nt Ulcory, Boils Gancer: the worst form, without the use of Kusfe or' strument, eae Fim Va. == ples on facean boty, Dinbe cs of Kidneys or Bricht's Disease, cure any d se se, no 1atbor eS DI aig Bow misimstoreMetidinesoutitanyaddrem by expren, or fall patent send ont atamp SS Oftice Hours: J. P. KERR, The Indian Herb Medicine Man, Saneds Cen toi. 620 NORTH EUTAW STREET, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. a m. daily. {None genuice unless bonght at 620 N. Eutaw Strect. Beware of imitators as we havemany ——_—— nn ——————————_— company will inno way interfere with | Will the GREAT JIM CROSBY mits against the steamship compan} 5 ow pondiag They ‘rill be earriea-on| go on the road next season? Yes, but will get more than by deposition. twelve and cakes. Hedoesn’t mean to anit the profession James P. Jones, clarionetist, was a Freeman caller Monday. Mr. Jones was enronte to his home in Columbus, 0. He was a member of Henderson Smith’s famons concert band and or- chestra with O. M. MeAdoo's American Minstrel and Vandeville company. In company with Pete Woods, Henderson Smith, James Harris, and Ed Tolliver also members of the band, arrived at San Franciseo, Saturday June 2, from Sydney, Australia. Mr. Jones spoke in glowing terms of the beautifal country and its people, especially the treatment accorded the people of the McAdoo par: ty: stating that Mr. MoAdoo lived up to all contracts to the letter. When asked how the people in that country liked the entertainment as presented by the Americans, he said: “Yon would hardi- ly believe it, they are very peculiar, a comedian must be carefnl with his gags, many jokes that would bring down the house in America, are considered very indecent in the colonies. Many times have I watched the audience while a comedian was working, and when he had finished the andience would sit as thongh they were glued to their seats, they conld see nothing funny in it. It took us but a short time to learn, that in order to make good with the andience we would have to find ont what they wanted after which we had no trouble in pleasing our andiences.” He says that Hen Wise and Kate Milton are wearing all the dia- ‘monds in Australia, with the exception of afew that have been gobbled up by the “Diamond King’—Billy McClain. ‘Mr. Wise makes a fair representation of St. Clair in “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” “Go right on and enjoy yourself, don’t let me interrapt your pleasures” Charles W. Walker is about the fnnmest man in Australia, if they would only give hima show. He says that John Pamp- in, known as the ‘Iron Man” has added mang new feats to his juggling act. Jones says that Oscar Lindsay and_his “gutter snipe’’ orchestra intend to light up Broadway when they arrive from London, with their fine assortment of diamonds. Mr. Jones left Tuesday for ome. Will th GREAT JIM CROSBY go on the road next season? Yes, but will get more than twelve and cakes. He doesn’t mean to quit the profession but to take a little rest at The Stage Sample ROOM, armour ave, Chicago. Ree ee eee e et eet Cette tee ees : RUSCO & HOLLAND'S ATTTRACTIONS ; RUSCO & HOLLAND'S ; (Successor to Richards & Pringle’s.) ¢ BIG MINSTREL FESTIVAL ; Bs sie ee eo eee : f Mikereey aoe ve viet ee ae Carrying ey e $ =RICHARDS&PRINGLE'S § > Famous Georgia Minstrels § ovgdintitaAarn, Ratan Sorte, abs : ae a a a me 3 Original Nashville Students 3 ¢ Gideon's Minstrel Carnival $ ms.zuat, gan eho try, are, Zaete B nce oeeeeeseeeennsees Miss Henrietta Vinton Davi iss Henrietta Vinton Davis, The Premier Elocutionist of the Race, Assisted Mr. Albert Young, Tenor Soloist and Grotesque Comedian, Z {Bete SctltecthTasa opera uous Adrenal cominnications i care of Bh iS ee tc 8 9 The Casket in the Chay’ oss so. i Eo Ite ea ee erates ais Oninaus serece, fe Wayesetad, omer DD Fifth-Street Opera House, 29¢,é%.4re 'y LYNCHBURG, VAs Of the Grand Fountain U, O. T. R., owned and controlled exclusively by colored people— a Baa aias Diet einen Uaatian see touk Sieg on repel reap oaty eared ot ie Sour eins thon door tot varia ef tes lig. Wee WOODSON, Caey oie Montes Colored performers and musicians for brass hndsatriu’s Buck and wing dancers: good ama ‘eure write. “Must bs geutiemen, State low: estealary th fret lettor. Address Ernest E. Perkins, 58 Decatur stro, “Atlanta, Ga, 6 .. Collier & Lebeau, n°. Headquartors Suinmer Theatre and ‘Beso Ball B. T. WASHINGTON'S Ladies and Gentlemen, and Members of the General Conference: When a great ship at sea is being tossed during anxious days and nights by wind and wave, and its very life seems threatened by the elements of nature, then is the time for all on board, and especially those charged with the duty of managing the vessel, to keep a cool head, a clear conscience and a steady hand. In the midst of such danger and excitement it becomes doubly important that every insignificant and selfish consideration be lost sight of. that every fiber of energy of each individual on board the endangered vessel be bent in one direction—that of bringing the imperilled craft into a barbor of safety. If ever a race needed supreme faith, calmness, unity and invincible determination those qualities are needed by the black race in America at the present time, when it is passing through a season of trial and testing such as has seldom fallen to the lot of any race in the history of the world. But beyond and above all we must not lose hope or courage. In the midst of the storm let us be guided by the compass. The ocean track through which our vessel is to pass was carefully and safely charted in Holy Writ more than eighteen hundred years ago. Let us examine it. The chart: "In much patience, in affliction, in necessity, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honor and dishonor, by evil report and god report; as deceivers and yet true, as unknown and yet well known, as dying and behold we live, as chastened and not killed, as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing yet possessing all things." THE STORM THE TEST. It is in the storm that the vessel is tested and not in the calm. In our case the world should be constantly reminded that the problems that have grown out of our presence as a race in this country are not of our seeking or making. White Americans should always bear in mind that their duty toward the American Negro is a unique one. Yea, more than that, it is a sacred obligation. The black man was not only brought to this country without his consent, but in the face of his most earnest protest. Every cry, every wall, every moan of anguish of the broken-hearted, heathen mother as she saw her child forced oboard the slave ship; every suicide and every groan and every pleading in the middle passage that marked the journey of the Negro from the shores of Africa to the shores of America, was an earnest plea to the white man not to desecrate the soil of America by engrafting upon it the serious problems which are to-day demanding solution. But the voice of right then, as I fear it is to-day in some quarters, was smothered by the voice of selfishness; the voice of the statesman was throttled, then, as now, in too many cases, by the voice of the short-sighted demagogue, and we went on sowing the wind and now we reap the whirlwind. "Be not deceived, God is not mocked." Whatsoever a nation or a community sows, that it shall also reap. But all this belongs to history. Our duty is with the present. No one who looks deeply, calmly, conscientiously into the present thought and activity can overlook the fact that we are now passing through a stage of race development which is serious at every step and demands as never before our deepest thought, ripest investigation and most unselfish assistance. Political history in our case points to no path blazed through the forests, which is an absolute guide in the task before us. Ours is a task which demands and which should have the earnest assistance of the wisest statesmen, investigators and philathropists of both races, in all sections of the country. To be permanent in its influence and operation, every scheme for the settlement of the difficulties that beset us should have the indorsement of the white man at the South, the white man at the North and that of the Negro himself. Our duty is to face the present and not to wall over the past. In the midst of the present seeming doubt, uncertainty and timidity on the part of many one or two things seem clear. We shall not settle our present problem by time spent in useless debate as to whether the white man North or the white man South was responsible for the introduction of American slavery. CO-OPERATION OF RACES ESSENTIAL No settlement will be permanent and satisfactory that does not command the confidence and the respect of the Southern white man, the Northern white man and the Negro himself. Further, I am convinced that nothing can be gained, but much lost to the cause of the Negro by time spent in the mere bandage of words of blame and censure between the white man North and the white man South. In the same spirit I would add that the Negro can not make stronger his cause by aimless railing against the Southern white man, neither can the Southern white man assist much in the so- THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. lution of the difficulty which is so vital to him, by mere condemnation of the Negro. Both the teachings of history and the warnings of the present emphasize that the question of the Negro will not be settled, will not remove itself from across the pathway of our progress, till it is settled in absolute, unimpeachable justice to all parties concerned—justice to the North, who freed the Negro; justice to the Southern white man, in whose midst the Negro resides, and justice to the Negro himself. The foundation of citizenship, it seems to me, rests upon the intrinsic worth of each individual or group of individuals. No law can push the individual forward when he is worthless, no law can hold him back when he is worthy. The worthy may be inconvenienced, but never defeated. No praise on the part of ourselves or friends can help us if we are meritless. No abuse from any quarter can permanently injure us if we possess intrinsic worth. In all the history of government I do not believe that in any large degree any race has been permitted to share in the control of government till a large number of the individual members of that race have demonstrated beyond question their ability to succeed in controlling successfully their own individual business affairs. THE TRIUMPH OF NATURAL LAWS. My own belief is that the time will come when the Negro in this country will secure all the recognition which his merits entitle him to as a man and as a citizen, but such recognition will come through no process of artificial forcing, but through the natural law of evolution. In a word, we have got to pay the price for everything that we get, the price that every civilized race or nation has paid for its position, that of beginning gradually, naturally, at the bottom and working up toward the highest civilization. What I am most anxious about is that the Negro shall be himself, not a second or third-rate imitation of some one else. As Thomas O'Kelly put it, "An original man; not a second-hand, borrowing or begging man. Let us stand on our own basis, at any rate. On such shoes as we ours ourselves can get. On frost and mud, if you will, but honestly on that; on the reality and substance which nature gives us, not on the semblance, on the thing she has given another than us!" THE EVIL OF SUPERFICIAL SHOW. If we are poor, let us be poor, and not attempt in our poverty to imitate the rich, and thus hold ourselves up to the ridicule of the world. There is no more sad sight in Christendom than to see a young colored man who is minus a bank account, minus a foot of real estate, minus a home for himself and parent, minus the saving habit, spending all he earns, and too often, more than he earns, in the mere vain attempt to deceive the world by superficial show. But the world has a way of not being deceived, and in the long run rates every individual and every race at its true worth. For a number of years I have tried to advocate the advantages of industrial training for the Negro, because it starts the race off on a real, sure foundation, and not upon a false and deceptive one. Last year, when in England, I observed in Birmingham, London and elsewhere, in the large polytechnic schools, that thousands of men and women were being trained in the trades that cover work in the earth, in metal, wood, tin, leather, cloth, food preparation and whatnot. When I asked why do you give this man or this woman training in this or that industry, the answer came that when these students come to us we ask in each case, what are the prevailing occupations of the people in the community where the student lives. In a word, it is found out what the student can find to do in his immediate community, not what he ought to find to do, not what the instructors might desire him to do, but what the economic and other conditions prevailing in his neighborhood will actually permit him to do. With this knowledge obtained the student was trained, for example, in leather, because at his home that was the prevailing industry; that was the occupation at which he could find immediate and profitable employment. The same logical and common sense principle should be applied to our own race. For example, the great bulk of our people live directly or indirectly by work in the soil. This gives us a tremendous advantage in the way of a foundation. AGRICULTURE AS A BASIS. From the beginning of time agriculture has constituted the main foundation upon which all races have grown useful and strong. In the present condition of our race it is a grave error to take a Negro boy from a farming community and educate him in about everything in heaven and earth, educate him into sympathy with everything that has no bearing upon the life of the community to which he should return and out of sympathy with most that concerns agricultural life. The result of this process is that in too many cases the boy thus trained falls to return to his father's farm, but takes up his abode in the city and falls, in too many cases. THE MASTER OF THE WORLD into the temptation of trying to live by his wits, without honest, productive employment. And, my friends, if there is one thing at the present time that should give us more serious concern than another, it is the large idle class of our people that linger about the sidewalks, bar rooms and dens of sin and misery of our large cities. Every influential man and woman should make it a part of his duty to reach the individuals of this class and either see that they find employment in the cities or are scattered to the four winds of the earth in agricultural communities where they can make an honorable living and where their services are needed. If it be suggested that the white boy is not always thus dealt with, my answer is: My friends, the white man is three thousand years ahead of us, and this fact we might as well face now as well as later, and that at one stage of his development, either in Europe or America, he has gone through every stage of development that I now advocate for our race. No race can be lifted till its mind is awakened and strengthened. By the side of industrial training should always go mental and moral training. But the mere pushing of abstract knowledge into the head means little. We want more than the mere performance of mental gymnastics. Our knowledge must be harnessed to the things of real life. WOULD NOT CONFINE NEGRO TO INDUSTRIAL LIFE. Again, it is asked, would you limit or circumscribe the mental development of the negro boy? Emphatically I answer with a hundred "Noes." I would encourage the negro to secure all the mental strength, all the mental culture, whether gleaned from science, mathematics, history, language or literature, that his pocket book and circumstances will enable him to pay for, but I repeat with all the emphasis of my sould, that the Negro's education should be so directed and controlled for years to come that the greatest proportion of the mental strength of the masses will be brought to bear upon the everyday practical affairs of life, upon something that is needed to be done and something that they are permitted to do in the community where they reside. When it comes to the professional class which our race needs and must have I would say, give them that training which will best fit them to THE UNION perform in the most successful manner the service which the race demands. But would you confine the Negro to industrial life, to agriculture, for example? No. But I would teach the race that here the foundation must be laid, and that the very best service which any one can render to what is called the higher education is to teach the present generation to provide a material or industrial foundation. On this industrial foundation will grow habits of thrift, the love of work, economy, ownership in property, a bank account. Out of it in future generations will grow classical education, professional education, positions of public responsibility. Out of it will grow moral and religious strength. Out of it will grow that wealth which brings leisure and with it opportunity for the enjoyment of literature and the fine arts. In the words of Frederick Douglass, which I quote, "Every blow of the sledge hammer, wielded by a sable arm, is a powerful blow in support of our cause. Every colored mechanic is, by virtue of circumstance, an elevator of his race. Every house built by black men is a strong tower against the allied hosts of prejudice. It is impossible for us to attach too much importance to this aspect of the subject. Without industrial development there can be no wealth; without wealth there can be no leisure; without leisure, no opportunity for thoughtful reflection and the cultivation of the higher arts." I would set no limitations on the attachments of the Negro in arts, letters or statesmanship, but, my friends, the surest and speediest way to reach these ends is by laying the foundation in the little things of life that are immediately at our door. The man who has never learned how to make money to pay his own debts is not the one to be intrusted with the duty of making laws to pay the national debt. HOW TO CREATE A NATION HOW TO CREATE A BUSINESS FOR ONE'S SELF I have read recently an account of a young colored man in the District of Columbia who graduated from college and then from a school of technology, and then what? He did not go about seeking for a position which other brains and other hands had created, but used his knowledge of the sciences and mathematics in creating a bootblack establishment, where he manufactures his own blacking and polish. Starting with one chair, he now has a dozen; starting with one place of business, he now has several. What matters it to this man whether Republicans, Democrats or Populists are in power in Washington? He knows that he has a business that gives him independence, and with its expansion and growth will come wealth and leisure and the highest educational opportunities for his children. Oh, for a thousand men with the force of character and common sense to begin on such a foundation! It is not alone the mere matter of the negro learning this or that trade for which I plead, but through the trade, the industry; out from the trade or industry I want to see evolved the full-fledged, unharmed, unfettered man. I plead for industrial development, not because I want to cramp the Negro, but because I want to free him. I want to see him enter the great and all-powerful business and commercial world. By the side of every church I want to see the factory. Surrounding every school house I want to see a hundred farms. By the side of your certificate of church membership I want to see you place the bank book. If you give a promise to carry a torch in the political parade, secure a promise that you will be permitted to march in the labor parade with dinner bucket in hand the next morning and every day in the year. It is far from my purpose to advocate a mere theory. Most that I have sought in this address to emphasize I have tried to live by and practice. THE MAGNIFICENT WORK AT TUSKEGEE. If for a brief moment you will excuse me for the seeming egotism I will tell you what a set of devoted colored men and women have done at Tuskegee, Ala., during the past nineteen years. Beginning in 1881 with absolutely no property the Tuskegee Institute now owns 2,500 acres of land. Of this amount about 700 acres are this year under cultivation. There are noon the 4 school grounds 48 buildings, and of these all except 4 have been wholly erected by the labor of the students. Students and their instructors have done the work, from the drawing of the plans and making of the bricks to the putting in of the electric fixtures, and there are 50 wagons and buggies and 600 head of live stock. The total value of the real and personal property is $300,000. If we add to this our endowment fund of $165,000, the total property is $465,000, and if we add to this the value of the 25,000 acres of public land recently granted to this institution by Congress, the total property of this institution is $590,000. The students earn by work at their trades and other industries about $55,000 a year. The total annual expenditure for carrying on this work is about $90,000. The total monthly expenditure is nearly $7,500. The total daily expenditure is not far from $250. Beginning with 30 students, the number has grown until at the present time there are connected with the institution a thousand and more students from 24 States, Africa, Jamaica, Cuba, Porto Rico and other foreign countries. In all of our departments, industrial, academic and religious, there are 88 officers and teachers, making a total population on our grounds of about 1,200 people. During the nineteen years the institution has been in existence hundreds of students have finished the academic and industrial courses, and if we add to this number about 2,000 students who were not able to remain and get a diploma or certificate, who, nevertheless, got the spirit of the institution and a knowledge of an industry to such an extent that they are doing good work as teachers, as farmers, as tradesmen, as leaders of thought, industry, thrift, morality and religion, the number can safely be placed at nearly 2,500. FREE FROM CRIMINAL RECORD. Not a single one of our graduates has ever been convicted by any court of crime. Not a single one of our graduates has ever been charged with the crime of attempting an assault upon a woman. At least half of these students are working in part or wholly at the trades or industries which they learned at Tuskegee. Whether they are working at the immediate trade which they learned or not, all have the spirit of industry and thrift that makes them valuable citizens. The Tuskegee Institute does not confine its work to the industrial training. Along with industrial training goes thorough mental and religious training. We keep in constant operation at which the various students receive training twenty-eight industries. All of these are industries at which our students can find immediate employment as soon as they leave the institution; in fact, we can not begin to supply the demand for our graduates, and a large portion of these demands come from Southern white men and women. We can now erect a building of any size without going off of the school grounds to employ a single outside workman. TO "CAST DOWN OUR BUCKETS WHERE WE ARE." This industrial development leads me in a logical order to the discussion of the most delicate part of my subject, that of the permanent residence of the Negro, the relation of the two, races and the question of citizenship. Whether our habitat is to be in the South, the North, or West, the islands of the sea, or in Africa, I think you will agree with me that the elements of strength to which I have referred will be most valuable qualities for us as a race. My own belief is that we are to remain permanently in this country, and the great bulk of us at the South, and until those who advocate a return to Africa prove their faith by their works, I shall judge them by their actions, and believe that they agree with me, that this is the better country to live in because they are most careful to reside here themselves. Nearly all opportunities and privileges rest upon an economic or industrial basis, and when I say this I mean every time that this economic and commercial basis must be fortified and surrounded by mental development and religion. But there is the foundation. This granted, I do not believe, with all her faults and wrongs, you find a habitable portion of the globe where there is such opportunity for business, for commercial development, as the Negro has open to him in our Southern States. The black man who can not succeed in business in the South can not succeed out of it. But you suggest that commerce, mere dollars, is not of life; there is something higher and beyond mere visible accumulation, in this I agree with you, but the history of all races and nations show that they came into the enjoyment of those higher things through the economic gate. This is a great historic and economic fact, which we can not change, and in the words of another, "When we can not make our theories agree with the facts we had better change our theories." ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS A In our present mental, economic and moral condition the same difficulties will confront us, no matter to what portion of the globe we go, in equal numbers. With economic development will come protection to property, security to life and the right of trial by jury in all cases. There is no reason for despondency. The Negro in the South is in a more hopeful condition than the serfs of Russia, has brighter prospects than the peasants of France, and throughout the United States exercises more influence and control in government than an equal number of white people in the same material condition that can be found anywhere in Europe. We may have to struggle for decades and centuries before we get upon our feet, but out of the struggle we will gain a strength and confidence that we secure in no other way. We shall get more out of struggle than out of contentment. Place today every desire of the heart at our feet and within a few centuries our usefulness, strivings and ambitions will disappear. INTERRACIAL CO-OPERATION THE REMEDY Now I come to that part of the discussion upon which you and I are most likely to disagree—that of the relation of the races. In this matter I favor the Negro taking an absolutely impregnable position, a position away up on high ground; a position where in future years there will be nothing to regret and nothing to explain. I want to see the Negro be greater if possible in sympathy than the white man. No race or individual can cherish hatred or practice injustice and cruelty against another race or individual without growing weak and narrow, without the conscience becoming seared and blunted to all the higher and sweeter things in life. If for no higher reason, in self-defense, we should learn to love instead of hate. I want to see the black man take his place on high ground, away up in the atmosphere of usefulness, generosity, love and forgiveness. If any white man would be mean, let us be good; if any white man would be little, let us be great; if any white man would push us down, let us help push him up. If others can excel us hating, let us excel them in loving. If others can excel us in acts of cruelty, let us excel them in acts of mercy. You may call this cowardice; if so, it is the kind of cowardice that the Christ taught and practiced; and it is the kind of cowardice that in the long run will win our cause. In plain words, the Negro must learn to do what the white man does, what every other race does and that is, make constant effort in every manly, straightforward, honorable way, not by crouching or debasing himself to make a friend of the man by whose side he lives. This is the policy that the white man from the North pursues; this the policy that the white man from Europe pursues. This is the policy that the black Cuban pursues in reference to the white Cuban. This is the policy that the Negro in Jamaica pursues in reference to the white man in Jamaica. While in national politics I am a Republican, and expect to remain such till I can discover something better, yet I am free to say that there is little reason why in the future we should pursue the policy of arraying ourselves in all local matters solidly in politics against the men whose interests are mutually our own, and to whom we go naturally for assistance and advice. The Negro in the South has as much right to consult the interests of his immediate employer in regard to his voting as has the laborer in New York or Ohio. I have little faith in the Negro who abuses the Southern white man in public and goes in the dark to beg the Southern man for money to help him our of difficulty. Let us be manly and straightforward. In the future, more than in the past, it should be the policy of the best representatives of the two races in the various communities to come together in small meetings, to come face to face, to shake hands and talk as brother to brother concerning the problems that surround us. Since the Negro is the weaker race, in most cases he must take the initiative. During recent weeks we have heard many mutterings as to the citizenship of our race. The South's material prosperity is in a large degree bound up in the Negro. There are hundreds of counties in the South which if deprived of the black man's presence and toil would soon be howling wildernesses. The South can not afford to jeopardize its prosperity by any practice that keeps alive in the Negro a spirit of unrest, of fear, of suspicion, a feeling that life and property are not safe, a feeling that opportunity for education may be removed and he eventually deprived of his citizenship. All this tends to keep the Negro shifting from one portion of the country to another; and, worst of all, results in his leaving the large plantation districts of the South, where his labor is needed, for the cities, where his labor is not, as a rule, needed. FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT TO REMAIN. In these latter days we hear much about a new method of settling this problem, that of removing from our fundamental law, that great sheet anchor of our faith, the precious magna charta of our citizenship, the fifteenth amendment. Whether wisely or unwisely, this guarantee of our rights was placed in the Constitution by the ripest thought of the nation at the time it was enacted; it was placed there as a result of the sacrifice of a million heroic lives, as the result of the expenditure of millions of dollars, and there, in my opinion, at the wish of the conservative and patriotic lives, as the result of the expenditure of millions of dollars, and there, in my mind, at the behest of the conservative and patriotic opinion of both the South and the North, it will remain while the Constitution itself stands. Why divert attention and force from something that can be done, to something that can not be done? In saying what I have, I would not convey the impression that a mere law can make one individual equal to another. No law can make ignorance equal with intelligence. The feet do not rule the head, simply because there are two of them. What the Negro does ask is equality of opportunity, that the door which rewards and encourages virtue, intelligence, thrift, economy, usefulness, the possession of property, be kept wide open to the humblest black man from one shore of this continent to the other. Close this door against a Negro now, and within a few years the temptation will be to close it against a class of white men. The minute you recognize a law which taxes a Negro for support of government and denies him the opportunity to make his wishes felt at the ballot box, that minute you begin to undermine our whole theory of government and throw to the winds the principles for which the Revolutionary War was fought. TO PRESERVE A REPUBLIC. The minute you deprive one-eighth of the population of the right of franchise, by reason of the accident of birth and race, that minute this country ceases to be a republic. I stand today where I have always stood, advising my race that in their present condition it is a mistake for them to enter actively into general political agitation and activity; but when the foundation of our citizenship is attacked I think I have a right to speak and I speak here in the same spirit that I have already spoken in the heart of the South. It is to the interests of the Southern white that there shall not be one law which can be made to apply to the white man, and another to the Negro. Take away from any class of people in a free government the hope of reward, that the use of the ballot holds, and you produce a state of stagnation, ignorance, crime, corruption. A people thus deprived of hope of reward becomes an eternal millstone about the neck of the body politic. Any subterfuge, any makeshift in the form of law that gives the ignorant white man a right to express his wants at the ballot box and withholds the same privilege from the ignorant Negro, is an injustice to both races. In most cases such laws give the Negro the incentive to prepare to become a voter by getting property and intelligence, but says to the white man in so many words, remain in ignorance and poverty, and a way will be found for you to exercise the franchise. No question is ever settled till settled right, till settled by the absolute immutable laws of justice. QUALIFIED SUFFRAGE THE WAY OUT In this matter there is but one way out of our difficulties in the South, and that is for each State that finds it necessary to change its constitution to make an election law, excepting possibly the soldiers who fought on both sides in all wars, that shall be based on intelligence, or poverty, or both that shall apply every day in the year. (Continued on Seventh Page.) TOM THE TATTLER, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Chicago—The town at the present time is so full of actors and singers of the colorful profession that it is an easy matter to produce anything from a jubilee show to an opera. 11 11 5 They were returning from the base ball game, and had been discussing it vigorously when the conversation was suddenly turned and they pitched into the subject of strikes. "Well," said Jones, "did you know there was a strike in Chicago?" "Is that so," said Brown, "then that's a strike, isn't it." "And then there is another one in St. Louis," continued Jones, not paying attention whatever to the interruption-"Two strikes." ejaculated Brown with the demeanor of an amupe. "And the labor agitation is even spreading across the water," said Jones, not the least disturbed by Brown's last remark," for Berlin now has a strike." "Three strikes," yelled Brown, "and the striker is out." II II II Billy Kersands after many season's work with Richards & Pringle's minstrels, has severed his connection with that organization and will be one of the new members of "Isham's Octoroons." Billy is one of the few stars of minstrels who continue to shine with undimmed brilliancy, and we predict that he will, besides being a drawing card, prove a very valuable feature in that show when the time rolls 'round for the curtain to ring up, and the strident-voiced stage manager yells "all on for the first act." The show will also contain the Mallory Bros., Tom Brown and probably R. A. Kelly late with "Hottest Coon in Dixie" company. || || || Benefits are all right in their way, but The Tattler thinks they have been much overworked of late. A benefit is an affair supposed to be given for some performer whom fortune has handled roughly,—that is one who is in distress or financially defunct, and not one whose pockets are bulging from an overload of the filthy lucre. At Hopkins last week "Coontown 400" participated in a benefit to a woman whose salary each week is more than theirs in the aggregate, and she has been receiving the shekels and plaudits of vandeville audiences all the season. The Tattler, who strives to be ubiquitous, met some members of the company coming up State street puffing and sweating, carrying their wardrobe done up in the heaviest packages imaginable, without money enough to pay their car fare, and just think they had been giving somebody a benefit. "What fools these mortals be!" How much more just would it have been if Miss Hosmer had given them a benefit. Following close on that the "Hottest Coon in Dixie" company gave a benefit performance for Mr. Charles Daniels, the treasurer of the Alhambra Theatre. How does that strike you? A benefit for a treasurer. It only takes a little stretch of the imagination to see this poor treasurer starving to death in a beautiful mansion, surrounded by all luxuries of life and his head resting, as on a pillow, on a burly bunch of one hundred dollar bills that death, when it does ensue, may be robbed of its sting. By the way, won't some one please arrange a benefit for those two panpers, Carnegie and Rockefeher? || || Why shouldn't the jew be a great chess-player when his knowledge and skill in handling the pawn are so great? ```markdown ``` Some people never buy a paper until they learn their name is in print, then they try to possess themselves of the entire edition. ```markdown ``` THE HOTTEST COON IN DIXIE. To a rough and crowded house at the Albambia Theatre last Sunday, "The Hottest Coon in Dixie" company gave a rather unique and very enjoyable performance. Immediately after the curtain lazily rolled itself up the star went into a partial eclipse, which became total about ten o'clock owing to dazzling brilliance of the surrounding luminaries. The bizarre work of Rob. A. Kelley in his droll impersonation of Lem Loose, when one remembers his masterly handling of the character of Silas Green in "A Trip to Coountown," stamps him as an artist of great versatility. The two characters are diametrically opposed, yet he portrayed both faultlessly. Without any exception Rob A. Kelley is the most versatile performer of color that graces the stage to-day. A noticeable and praiseworthy feature was the absence of the policeman which has been so much overdone of late. Bessie Hamilton is in the front rank of coon-song singers. She possesses a pure and strong- THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. er voice than Belle Davis, but she lacks the artistic finish. The choruses were fairly good. The base and tenor selections were noticeably weak, while there was a preponderance of alto. The choruses gave evidence of having been thoroughly drilled. "I'd like to hear that song again." an "Innocent Young Maid" being unusually bright. The quartette was a dismal failure. The tenors were harsh and discordant, the baritone husky and the base entirely too light for quartette or chorus work. Their actions and deportment on the stage was like that of the veriest amateurs. The Hunters' chorus and drill was by far the best feature of the show. The movements of the drill we executed in a masterly manner and elicited round after round of applause from the audience. The customers were very pretty. Arthur Payne evidently suffering from an acute attack of stage fright, when he could be heard, sang "The Holy City" fairly well. He possesses a peculiar voice which is effective only in solos and of scarcely any use in choruses or quartetts. He is the quintessence of ungracefulness. In coming on and leaving the stage he is sadly in need of a few lessons. He sang "The Holy City" too fast, and has a tendency in his singing to draw his measures, which spoils the rhythm. Miss Neale G. Hawkins lacked the power to make herself heard. When she could be heard her singing was good, although she has been heard to better advantage. Her first number was rather inappropriate. Her other numbers were very pleasing. || || || The dirty-dozen element was much in evidence at the 'Hottest Coon in Dixie' performance, and the managers both of the theatre and the company are much chagrined at their deportment. The Tattler in all his career never before witnessed such public misbehavior; not even at a prize-fight where the toughest and roughest of audiences assemble. I am sorry to have to say that among the misbehaved, occupying a seat of conspicuousness, was a certain, disappointed comedian, whose only excuse for being in the business is to displace good men. The Tattler at one time, not many moons ago, witnessed him at the Great Northern, and how he after his dismal frost that night, could have the unsophisticated audacity to attempt to burlesque people, who are his superiors in every way, is a problem I confess I am unable to solve. || || Pay your debts, praise God, read The Freeman; life will then be the semblance of a pleasant, protracted dream. B. T. WASHINGTON'S ADDRESS (honestly, squarely, fearlessly to both races. Surely if the Negro is willing to meet this test the white man should not shrink from it. In closing, may I repeat a thought with which I began, it is my faith that the matchless combination of the Northern white men and Southern white man and black Americans who during three centuries have exhibited virtue, patience, wisdom, skill, physical power and perseverance enough to clear the forests, build the railroads and highways, tunnel the mountains, plant the cities, defeat foreign foes and establish a system of schools and churches, that has made ours the most inviting country known to man. I say the forces that could achieve these results will not be baffled or defeated in the settlement of our race problem. No, there will be no race war. Race wars have been predicted in this country for three centuries, and the first has not occurred. The main weapons of defense used by the Negro have been the hoe, the shovel, the plow, the pick, the school, the church, kindness, forgiveness, meekness, his foreday prayers, his midnight groans, his songs and an inherent faith in the justice of his cause. The Caucasian in the South needs the Negro, the Negro nedes the Caucasian. The black man has gotten much from the white man. The white man has gotten much from the black man. JUDGE US BY OUR BEST. We must teach the white man to judge us by our best and not by our worst. We must judge the South by the best types of her white manhood, not by her worst. This is not an age for pessimism, doubt and halting and prediction of disaster. The world is going forward, not backward. The accumulated and accelerated momentum of the universe for 4,000 years is in favor of giving men everywhere more liberty, more opportunity, more intelligence; is in favor of more sympathy and more brotherly kindness, and the trend in this direction can no more be resisted in any part of the country than we can stay the life-giving influence of the rays of the daily sun. The stormy billows are high; they progress. What to us seems defeat is with God triumph. When the hour seems darkest, when help seems farthest, let us repeat often with the psalmist, though "The stormy billows are high, their fury is mighty, but the Lord is above them and almighty and almighty." M. Dr.Shea, Marvelous Medium Gives the names of dead and living friends, tells who and when you will marry, also of business journeys, lawsuits, absent friends, health or anything you wish to know, no matter what it is. He can call up your spirit friends and show them to you. Can make them rap all around the room. 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Person whose hair is fading or it will restore the color. Price 1.00 per bottle. CHH Mme. Turner's Mystic Face Bleach is the only bleach on the market that removes Luver Spot, Blackheads, Freckles, 9 days. Wrinkles and Small-pox Pits are greatly in made at least two shades fairer. It gives the houses even the aged to appear youthful. plexion Soap. BEAM is a household blessing. It refines the all hair. It makes Face and Hands it has no gentleman's use after shaving, instantly curing all cuts and sores. Price 75c. Always Useful. C. TURNER 1812 Carondelet St., NEW ORLEANS, LA --- Dependable Dry Goods Reasonably priced makes this store a good one to patronise. A Mail Order Department... Equipped for instant and intelligent service puts its advantages within reach of all. We send samples of anything, anywhere, anytime. L.S. AYRES & CO. Indiana's Greatest Distributors of Dry Goods. ..CITY NOTES.. Mrs. R. A. Moss is suffering with diptheria. Thomas H. Howell is suffering with the rheumatism. Mr. Henry Fielding of Cincinnati spent Sunday in the city. Mr. George L. Knox will deliver an address at Greenwood; Ind., on the 26th. Mrs. Sarah Finn was buried from her home at 320 Muskingum street last Tuesday. The Ninth Presbyterian church has extended a call to Rev. Harper of Cincinnati. Miss Viola Jones, of Cincinnati, is visiting her father, Mr. John Jones 614 Ogden street. Miss Cynthia Caldwell, of Columbus, O., is the guest of her sister Mrs. Clarence Hines. David Gee and Miss Phebe Hamilton were married on last Wednesday evening. No cards. Miss Marie McKnight has returned home after spending six weeks in Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. Lottie Nunn gave a reception last Tuesday evening to some of her friends from 2 to 6. The Tabernacles of the city will hear their annual sermon preached to-morrow at Tomlinson hall. Rev. C. W. Abington, pastor of St. Paul A. M. E. church of Guthrie, Okla., was a pleasant caller last week. Mrs. Lizzie Harris and daughter Miss Mamie, of Xenia, O., are the guests of the formers brother patrolman Winn. Ten cents for New Guide to Marriage and 50 latest songs, U. S. Home Mfg. Co., 84-86 LaSalle street, Chicago, Ill. Mr. Edgar Webber, of Tuskegee, Ala- will practice law in this city, having opened an office in the Lemcke block. Mrs. Adah Goius attended the Woman's Mite Missionary society at Marion, which convened there on the 8th. Dr. Elbert will preach at night Presiding Elder W. H. Saunders will preach at morning service Wayman Chapel tomorrow. Mr. Geo. Walker, of Danville, Ill., who was in the city the first part of the week the guest of Mr. Samuel Gant returned home Thursday. Joseph Bell and Miss Minnie Warmack were married at the residence of the bride's parents on E. Fourteenth street on last Tuesday evening. Mrs. A. H. Reynolds, the evangelist, passed through the city enroute East. Mrs. Reyno ds is a good speaker and deserves the confidence of the people. Samuel Allen and aged colored man living at 808 Athon street has been New York Store (Established 1853) Sole Agents BUTTERICK PATTERNS Indiana's Great Dry Goods Emporium. 29°C 39°C 59°C 69°C 99°C $1.19 For laundered and negligee shirts in the best Madras, Oxford Cheviot or Percale with attached or detached collars and cuffs. If you want a bargain take ad- vantage of this time to stock'up on sum- shirts. —BAST AISLE. PETTIS DRY GOODS CO. --- THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. treated by a physician, for swollen lips the result of a kissing bug last night. Mrs. Henry Bass, Mrs. Clay and Mrs. Outly, of Richmond, Ind., also Mrs. King, of Harrisburg, Ky., were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Bass, Sunday. The parents of the pupils at No. 37 School gave a grand reception in honor of Prof. Harvey Young and Mrs. J. T. V. Hill, at the school building on last Monday afternoon. Quarterly meeting services at Wayman Chapel Sunday afternoon, June 17th, at 8 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Newton will preach the Sacramental discourse. Pastors and their congregations of the various churches are invited to take an active part with us. The entertainment given at Corinthian church Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of this week was a grand affair. "Jepheth and his Daughter" under the management of Mr. George Prince a Biblical play in three acts and four scenes. The local committee of the Afro-American National Council has been called to meet at Jones Tabernacle on the 13th inst. The chairman, Geo. L. Knox, desires that all members of both the local and executive committees be present in order to arrange for the National Convex which meets in this city Aug. 28. Free Baptist Church. Rev. Wm. Craven, pastor. The pastor preached two instructive and beneficial sermons Sunday. Communion in the evening. Members and friends remember the C. E. meeting at 7 p. m. Sunday. Rain-Bow Club anticipates an Indian Squaw Social the 21st inst. Services as usual Sunday. Excursions to Columbus Via Pennsylvania Lines. Indiana Music Teachers' Convention will be at Columbus June 26th-29th. Low rate non-transferable excursion tickets will be sold June 25th, 26th and 27th via Pennsylvania Lines, good returning Saturday, June 30th. W. W. Richardson, District Passenger Agt, Indianapolis, Ind. Tickets Via Washington. To Philadelphia over Pennsylvania Lines for Republican National Convention. Two forms of excursion tickets to Philadelphia will be sold via Pennsylvania Lines for the Republican National Convention. One form will be good over direct route, the other via Washington. Fare will be the same either way, and tickets via Washington will be good to stop-over at the National Capital June 14th to 18th, in lusine, are dates on which tickets will be sold. Ask Pennsylvania Lines Ticket Agents about them. W. W. Richardson, District Passenger Agt., Indianapolis, Ind. Simpson Chapel Items. The Coachmans Club 250 strong will march to this church to-morrow p. m., where their sermon will be preached at 3 o'clock by the pastor Rev. E. L. Gilliam. We are thankful for one accession to the church last Sunday, Mrs. Alice Rice of Nashville, Teen. Our great rally will be Sunday week June 24. As the Lord so wonderfully blessed Bethel A. M E. church in their rally let us trust that we may also receive the showers of Blessings. Come, for we wish to have a good time religiously as well as financially. Let us all attend the Junior League Concert and social next Wednesday evening June 20. The little ones are planning to give us a great surprise. Bear in mind the Union Picnic at Bethany Park Tursday June 28. The Yellow tickets are out and every one purchasing a yellow ticket will get it cheap—only one-half dollar, while those of a different hue will cost you fifty cents, so save your money and buy a yellow ticket. Dyersburg Dots. Dyersburg, Tenn., Special—Prof. W. H. Fort attended the closing exercises of the Ripley public school last Thursday night at Ripley. Dr. J. B. Clay spent Sunday with home folks at Ripley. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mitchell, Mr. Nelson Alston and Miss Lucy Webb, Wm. Hess and Miss Minnie Easley, Jesse James and Miss Bettie Miller, Samuel Cotter and Miss Annie Davis, W. H. Fort and Miss Lillie Alston, Willie Hall and Miss Luella Miller enjoyed a days' onting at Rock Slough. Fishing was the principal enjoyment. Elder T. J. Searcy preached at Tabernacle Baptist church Sunday night. Prof. C. C. Lathers, after several months absence at Central, Tenn College, has returned home. BROOKLYN LANDING This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky hair appear as shown in about 50 percent of cases, prevents it from falling out and makes it grow. Sold over 40 years and used by thousands, it is the best first preparation ever sold for men's quest. It was the first oat preparation to get the Original Ozionized Ox Marrow, as the genuine only fails to keep the hair pliable and the hair soft. It is the best gentlemen. Elegantly performed. The great advantage of this wonderful pomade is that it uses its superior and lasting quality it is the best preparation to produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only one bottle. Sold by the manufacturer. Money Order for 8 S bottles, express paid. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN Standard of fashion everywhere STEPHENS' $3.00 Hats best on earth For the money try one A. B. STEPHENS 18 North Pennsylvania Street. HOWARD UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D.C. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT INCLUDING Medical, Dental & Pharmaceutical Colleges Thirty-third Session (1900-1901) will begin October 19th. Classes will continue. Ttuition fee in Medical and Dental Colleges, each $80. Pharmacic Coll. go, $70. All students must register before Oct. 12, 2000. For catalogue or further information apply to— 901 R Street, N. W., City of Winston Lung Trouble Curedl No Medicine! Nature's Great Remedy! Do you know what it is and how to use it properly? If you don't you shou d find out at the doctor's office. If you don't deaths caused y diases are due to agr trouble. Put my directio s to task for 30 days and if you are n t benn fitted, your money will cheerfully refunded.Directions set for 25%. Address EDWARD Y Palmyra, Mo. TESTIMONIALS: San Diego, Cal, Feb. 3, 1200. Dear Doctor. On or about the 15th of Jan. 1 ordered three bottles of your blood cure, I promised to give it a fair trial. It seemed to not agree with me after I had taken the first bottle. I was not sure I would be bad when I began taking your treatment. I could not walk more than two blocks before I had to stop and rest before I could proceed further. Now I have not used up one bottle of your treatment and can walk one mile and not feel tired. My kidney and liver troubles are passing away. I sleep better than I have been. I have been feeling stomach, back and chest. I have thus received benefit from the use of your Blood and Nerve Tonic. I am respectfully your patient and obedient servon. KOBERT HILMAN, 703 Twelth st. San Deigo, Cal. Union City, Tenn., June, 20, 99—Dr. Sadie F. Porter; I have used your medicine and find it to be as you have advertised it. I only used your hair preparation twice and my hair began to grow and stopped falling on. My hair is now growing beautifully. Before I began using your preparation I tried everything I heard of, but nothing proved successful but your Magic Hair Groover. I will continue to agency for your medicine. I have had seven of your medicine and have recommended it to my sister, at Fort Smith, Ark. She will also send for some of the remedies. Yorus for success. PEARLIE F. LONG. Prescott, Ark., Sept, 30, 1899—Dr. Sadie F. Porter, 904 Cedar街, Nashville, Tenn. Dear Doctor: I beg leave to say that after fifteen days ago you treated me for neuralgia at your office, and I have not felt a symptom of it since. Your medicines seem to bring instant relief. I have had treatments before, but nothing to compare with yours. You rubbed my head very lightly once and gave me one dose of that Magic Blood and Nerve Tonic, and the pain disappeared. I don't think my shoulder should heatite in purchasing your medicine, but what they are recommended. Respectfully REV.H.W. POLLERT. Prices. Blood Tonic. $1.00 " 6 Bottles. $5.00 " Lemonade. $5.00 " Lung Balsam. $50 $1.00 " Hair Grower. $60cs " Mustache Grower. $25cs " Stats. $25cs " Wash for Skin. $25cs " Mexican Indian Soap Cake. $10cs Agents wanted. For further particulars address. Cedar street, Nashville. Teen. Fty dollars for any person claiming to sell my remedies with out proper credentials and signed by me. When writing for information please send stamps. DR. SADIE F. PORTER. 1031 Jefferson st. Nashville, Tenn. THE KNG OF ROACH POWDERS The only preparation which will effectually and absolutely rid any premises of Cook Roaches, Carpet Bug, Ants and Water Beetles. FULLY GUARANTEED STOCKMAN POWDER CO. Sole Manufacturers, Cor. Illinois and Michigan Sts., Indianapolis. LAWN MOWERS Vonnegut Hardware Co., 120 and 124 East Washington Street STEP INTO ..... JOHN R. MALONE'S Cosmopolitan Barbershop 308 INDIANA AVE. When in n ed of a Hair Cut, Sh ve. Tonic of any kind, Hot or Co o Baths or Shine. The only Airo-American shop u the state uine th latest improv d H dracula Cha rs. The following ADJUSTS are ready to accom modate you at this place: JOHN W.STARLING, SAMUELE. GRAY, SAMUELB. HARPER, CHARLES BYRD CHARLES W.LOVE --- Misfit Clothing Parlors... CHOICE TWELVE·DOLLARS TO-DAY SATURDAY On account of the continued bad weather all over the country, merchant tailors have an unusually large number of suits left on their hands uncalled for, and we are receiving too many of them. Saturday Morning We Begin A Great Sale. All suits originally made for $25, $30 and $35 at the one universal price of The superiority of merchant tailored clothing is admitted by everybody. Every suit in our parlors is made by a first-class merchant tailor for some one particular man who want d the best clothing obtainable. These suits have been left uncalled for, and because they we e of no value to the merchant tailor, we have been able to buy them for less than half their originally ordered price. You can buy them of us in the same way. Every garment is cut in the best style shown on the fashion plate. Every garment is hand-sewed by an expert tailor. Every suit pattern is the latest product of the best looms in the country. This is a clothing buying opportunity which will probably never come to you again. You can afford to buy these suits even if you don't need a suit. It is a positive saving of 100 to 200 per cent. on your clothing needs. Remember, we make alterations to improve the fit free of charge. All garments sold by us kept in repair and pressed one year free of charge. Remember the sale opens Saturday morning. Remember the one price is $12. The values are $25, $90 and $35. Store open to-day until 11 p. m. 36 Misfit Clothing Parlors 36 East Washington St. MEMBERS OF MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION SPLENDID JUNE SELLING DAINTY Waists, New Suits The leading ready-to-wear department of Indiana has a great show and special sale for you this week in an immense assortment of these indescribably stylish shirt waists and fashionable suits, such as you'll find at no other store. Prices lower than ever before. Ladies' new Lawn and Dimity Waists, new colorings of pink and white, lavender and white, blue and white, black and white, solid tucked front to-day. $1.50 27 dozen Ladies' French Percale Waists, all the new patterns and colorings, waists that fit, $1.25, to-day. .75 10 dozen Ladies' White India Linen Shirt Waists, embroidery and tucked trimmed, only 6 or 8 of a kind, they sold up to $4.50, to-day. $2.50 Just received 50 dozen new White India Linen and Irish Linen Waists, made in the latest styles at $6.50 $5.00, $3.75 and... $2.50 72 Ladies' tailor-made Suits, cover s, Venetians and cheviots, tan, gray, black and brown, silk lined jackets, suits, sold up $18.00, to-day. $7.50 95 Ladies' tailor made Suits, Eton, tight fitting and fly front, coverts, broadloths and whip-cords, well tailored, sold up to $27.50 to-day. $9.98 Ladie's gown of good muslin, cut full and long, new short yokes, trimmed fine embroidery inserting, 32 fine tucks, ruffle, collar and cuffs, 98c value. .65 Ladies' fine cambric skirt, 18 inch lawn knee flounce, trimmed fine lace inserting on 2 clusters tucks, full dust ruffle, edged 3 inch lace. $1.98 Exquisite Foulard Silks, Greatly Reduced Prices The sensational sale of French Foulard Silks inaugurated last week caused more talk among knowing shoppers than any silk sale Indianapolis has ever known. New and still more beautiful silks have taken the place of those sold and the great section will gleam with thousands of yards of bewitching novelties to-day, all priced at a figure lower than you've ever known like silks. SPECIAL---The celebrated Wasson Guaranteed Black Taffeta Silk, at $1.00, is a world beater. To further introduce it we will make for $5.00, in our fashionable dress-making department, either plain or corded skirts, style and fit, perfect. See Them in the Window. The superiority of merchant tailored Every suit in our parlors is made by clothing obtainable. These suits have be we have been able to buy them for less t Every garment is cut in the best style she Every suit pattern is the latest product to This is a clothing buying opportunity You can afford to buy these suits ever clothing needs. Remember, we make alterations to it one year free of charge. Remember the $25, $30 and $35. Store open to-day until 36 Misfit East IT WILL PAY YOU To write us for free information *ow* to obtain a SILK WAIST FREE. References: Hundr_ds of pleased customers Involved in the Waist Company, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Dr. Joseph H. Ward OFFICE HOURS: 8 to 10 a.m., 1 to 3 p.m., 6 to 8 p.m. OFFICE AND RESIDENCE 4351 Indiana Ave., INDIANAPOLIS New 'Phone 1974 Old 'Phone 1-6490 The Busy Store is in Gala Dress With Fashionable Summer Wear. MEMU SPLENDID Waists The leading ready-to-wear for you this week in an imminent fashionable suits, such as: Ladies' new Lawn and Dimity Waists, new of pink and white, lavender and white, white, black and white, solid tucked fit 27 dozen Ladies' French Percale Waists, patterns and colorings, waists that fit, $ 10 dozen Ladies' White India Linen Shirt broidery and tucked trimmed, only 6 or they sold up to $4.50, to-day. Just received 50 dozen new White India Irish Linen Waists, made in the latest style $5.00, $3.75 and... Exquisite Foula The sensational sale of talk among knowing shoppers still more beautiful silks have with thousands of yards of fabric you've ever known like silks. Every yard of these exquisitely beautiful Satin Foulards and Indians, the scarce sorts, and priced everywhere at $1.50, $1.35, $1.25, to-day at ..... 98c 7,000 yards of dainty Foulard and China Silks, that you'll see nowhere else in this city, but in other places at 65c and 50c, here at... 39c SPECIAL---The celebrate world beater. To further intro making department, either pla Millinery Special Clear Jap braid sailors like cut with velvet or ribbon bands, selling elsewhere at 75c and 98c, here to-day for..... .48 All our fine imported street and outing hats regular $5, $6 and $7.50 ones go at one price..... $3.48 H.P.WASSON & CO. --- 320 N. Illinois St., bet. New York and Vermon St BEST SERVICE FAIR PRICES 72 Ladies' tailor-made Suits, cover s, Venetians and cheviots, tan, gray, black and brown, silk lined jackets, suits, sold up $18.00, to-day..... $7.50 95 Ladies' tailor made Suits, Eton, tight fitting and fly front, coverts, broadcloths and whip-cords, well tailored, sold up to $27.50 to-day..... $9.98 Ladies' gown of good muslin, cut full and long, new short yokes, trimmed fine embroidery inserting, 32 fine tucks, ruffles, collar and cuffs, 98c value..... 65 Ladies' fine cambric skirt, 18 inch lawn knee flounce, trimmed fine lace inserting on 2 clusters tucks, full dust ruffle, edged 3 inch lace..... $1.98 Rarely Beautiful Wash Goods Again the busy store has siezed the right moment to close up a splendid deal in an immense line of beautiful wash fabrics. Many new and exclusive effects in high-class goods will be sold at just half their former value. The lots are, without exception, the prettiest of the year, and at these prices you should not miss them. Those desirable Foulards and Indias, the price all season has been $1.19 and $1.00, including Cheney Bros. and all the celebrated makes 85 A tremendous assortment of specially selected Summer Silks—beautiful patterns, formerly priced at 89c a yard, here at ..... 65 D Wasson Guaranteed Black produce it we will make for $50 ain or corded skirts, style and Rarely Beautiful Again the busy store has siezed the in an immense line of beautiful wash for high-class goods will be sold at just haunt exception, the prettiest of the year them. Imported Belfast dimities, the regu- lar 25c quality. White swiss, with colored embroidered medallion, 900 quality, for. Solid colored swiss, with dots and broche, 655 quality, for. Colored ground swiss, embroidered dots and printed figures, 10c grade for. The Busy Growing Store Examine Them AY some one particular man who wanted the best they we e of no value to the merchant tailor, we. You can buy them of us in the same way. garment is hand-sewed by an expert tailor. you again. positive saving of 100 to 200 per cent. on your garments sold by us kept in repair and pressed member the one price is $12. The values are Parlors on St. 36 Buchanan, LEADING DIRECTORS St. New York and Vermont St. FAIR PRICES N'S The New Soda Fountain Leads Them All in Excellence of Service. AUTION LING DAINTY New Suits a has a great show and special indescribably stylish shirt waists. Prices lower than ever before. made Suits, cover s, Venetians and array, black and brown, silk lined jack-up $18.00, to-day..... $7.50 made Suits, Eton, tight fitting and arts, broadcloths and whip-cords, well up to $27.50 to-day..... $9.98 good muslin, out full and long, new immed fine embroidery inserting, 32 tie, collar and cuffs, 98c value..... 65 oric skirt, 18 inch lawn knee flounce, face inserting ond 2 clusters tucks, full aged 3 inch lace..... $1.98 Reduced Prices regurated last week caused more collis has ever known. New and and the great section will gleam, all priced at a figure lower than Another choice sale of those bewitching Corded Wash Silks for summer waists; you know them at 50c here..... 35c 5,700 yards odds and ends choice Summer Silks, gathered specially for this great silk event, and worth not less than 50c, to-day..... 29c k Taffeta Silk, at $1.00, is a 5.00, in our fashionable dress and fit, perfect. Fiful Wash Goods the right moment to close up a splendid deal of fabrics. Many new and exclusive effects in half their former value. The lots are, with ar, and at these prices you should not miss Those elegant embroidered exquisite pattern suits, $1.50 quality. for .49 Crepe Ondule, that new, pretty fabric.....28 .85 Mille Rays dimity, swell patterns.....15 French batistes, late and pretty.....18 Wexford lawns, worth up to 150, for.....6 H.P.WASSON & CO.