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Until August, 16 The Freeman Will Cast But $1.00 a Year. THE FREEMAN A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER VOLUME 13 NUMBER 29 NEWS FROM SOUTH MANY DELIETFUL ENTERTAIM MENTS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WHILE AWAY MID-SUMMER Eves--Society in Gala Array--Charming Visitors in the City--A Marriage Intermate Friends Present. --- Vicksburg, Miss., Special.—The young people here, gave one of the most delightful entertainments of the season at State Golden Rule hall, Thursday night, July, 19. All the society world, here, was present. A better time was never more enjoyed by those present than on this occasion. The success of same is due to the sterling worth and energy of Mr. Thomas M. Buckner and Mr. Jas. H. Bias. The young people are greatly indebted to Hon. Crayton for his unsolicited gift of claret punch, which the guests drank, in his memory, as freely as the water in the Mississippi passes this historic city. The following couples were present: Miss Katie B. Hunt and Thomas M. Buckner; Miss Sammie Smith and James H. Bias; Miss Anna Johnson and Edward H. Stering; Miss Bessie Young and J. H. Hughes; Miss Emma Banks, of Rolling Fork, Miss, and Chas. Lawson; Miss Rosa Johnson and Theodor Thomas; Miss Anna Banks, of Rolling Fork, Miss, and Louie Slaughter; Miss Alice E. Bowie and Eugene Collins; Miss Levena Hogan and Jas. Johnson; Miss Lille Gillespie and Emanual Leonard; Miss Eugene Hewaters and John E. Brown; Miss Elena Hines and Clay M. Wilson; Miss Emma Weathers and Henry Clay. Miss A. B. Barnes and George Williams; Miss Lette Nelson and Fred Leonard; Miss Minnie L. Tyler and W. O. Wowens; Miss Missie Crump and James Shelton; Miss Lula Banks of Rolling Fork and Mr. Lee Vandergrift: Miss Artimes Roberson and W. F. Stewart; Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Lawson; Misses Paris Speed, Letittia Gordon, Hanah Sabage, Clara Jones Ella and Sarah Banks and Messrs Buck Shelton and Ed. Jones. Prof. Ruben Clifton's excellent band furnished the music for the occasion. Mrs. Millie Wilson, of Chicago, Ill., is a charming visitor at the home of her brother, Wash Patton, on Castle Hill, for a few weeks. James Hitch is on the sick list at this writing. Grant S. Neal, traveling representative of the Indianapolis Freeman, was in the city several days last week recuperating, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ware on North Locust street. Mr. Neal is one of the most affable young men that it has been our pleasure to meet in many years. We bespeak in advance for him, a bright future. The Freeman is on sale every Saturday at the barber shop of Jas. M. Head, 310 W. South st. Geo. P. Bell, has returned from Memphis Tenn., and other points North on business. James H. Bell and Miss Francis were united in happy wellock, Sunday July 15 at 2.15 p.m. Rev. A. A. Hamilton officiating. The marriage ceremony was performed at the Bride's residence on North Adams st. No cards were issued. After the ceremony was performed, light refreshments were served to the family and a few intimate friends of the bridal party. The Freeman extends congratulations to this worthy young couple. Read The Freeman; its the greatest Negro Journal of the age; only five cents a copy. Chas. Peyton has arrived home after an absence of several weeks spent hustling to see the world. Interesting Happenings Interesting Happenings Milwaukee, Wis., Special—Rev. J. V. Lane, pastor, A. M. E. Zion church spent several days in the city and preached two sermons at the Salem Baptist church, Rev. J. B. Odum, of Salem Baptist church preaches every Sunday afternoon near 3rd and Wells st., as the people are not church going people, he is trying to interest them. Emancipation and the Fourth were celebrated together at Central Park. The Holy Road Command island, Ill., August 14. Mrs. C. R. Brent, of Louisville, Ky., is in the city the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Will Coleman. Major Taylor, champion bicycle rider of the world was in the city for a short time attending the L. A. W. meet. The track was too small and Mr. Taylor did not enter the races. J. H. Hill, of St. Paul is in the city looking to locate a restaurant here. Mr. R. L. Wagner, of St. Louis is in the city on his way to Waukee, to spend the summer. Mrs. Pettiford of Freemont, O. is visiting her sister Mrs. C. Lyvers, 321 St. st. Mr. Lee Allen is in the city. Mr. Will Goodman, the popular flower man of Schlitz's Palm garden left PROF. A. E. MEYZEEK, Principal of the Eastern School, Louisville, Ky. See sketch. for Little Rock Ark. Lena Saunders will leave soon for her home in Indianapolis after spending a delightful time in the cream city. Mr. and Mrs. E. Blackwell are visiting in the East. Read The Freeman and be in line with the best colored paper in the world. There will be a meeting of the members of the Young Men's Social Club held in the parlors of Kaiser's Hall Monday morning, August 6, 1900 for the purpose of electing a president and a vice president. Gear, Bland, Jr. is very sick. Mrs. R, Knight is on the sick list. Mrs. W. A. Carr is very sick at her home, 319 Sixth st. Mr. G. W. Bland is head waiter now at Oliver Hotel, South Bend, Ind. Capt. Carter is drilling a battalion to enter the W. N. G. Interesting Items. Ironton, Mo., Special.—We are blessed with good health in the dear old Arcadia valley. Business is flourishing and everybody seems to be happy. Miss Virgine Taylor of St. Louis is the guest of Mrs. Ida B. Boyd. Miss Daisy Lankford, who has been attending Shaw's University at Raleigh N C. is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ida B. Boyd. Mrs. Mary Woods and sister, Miss Irene Williams, of Poplar Bluff, recently visited Mrs. James Berryman. Miss Addie Flannigan of Memphis, Tenn., has returned to her home after an extended visit with her sister Miss Josephine Flannigan, who is stopping in the valley for awhile. Mrs. Lankford our book agent is delivering books in Leeper, Mo., this week. The band boy anticipate a grand time on the Fourth of August. They will give a grand barbecue and all are cordially invited. Ironton was enlivened last Sunday by an excursion from St. Louis. Among the many visitors were Prof. W. A. Tunnell, Mr. Spotts, Mr. Geo. Chilton and many others. Arthur Buckner also visited his sister Mrs. L. C. Vaughn. Mrs. Dr. Curtis and children who are summering in the valley, visited the city this week. News in Brief. Danville, Ill., Special.—Read The Freeman and find out what the Negroes are doing. The Lawn Social given by the ladies of the 2nd Baptist church last week was a success socially and financially. Tomorrow is the last financial rally of this conference year at Allen Chapel. Let every one turn out and assist them.Rev. B. H. Shipp of the 2nd Baptist and Rev. Matthews will assist Rev. Sydes on this occasion. John Batchmon was a delegate to the K. P. annual convention which was held in Peoria. There was a large crowd of excursionists visited Danville from Decatur and Lafayette last Sunday. The Vermillion Quartette composed of Chas. Colley, Wm. Parson, James Johnson and Ben Howell, with their families and sang at the Basket meeting northwest of town last Sunday. The quartette has a good many engagements to fill in the near future a few of which will be for the Elk's reception to the Hon. Joe Canon; the Fiernal Chataqua entertainment; the Vermillion County, Old Settlers reunion; Park County Ind., Old Settlers Meeting; the C. & E. I. R. employees picnic and all rally's of the Republican party in this county. Quite a crowd went to Terre Haute last Sunday to attend the band tournament. The K. P. Lodge will meet in the Modern Wood men's hall until they get permanently located. H. B. Richardson has received a letter from his son Ruffin B. Richardson, who is in Manilla P. I. He was well. Luther Colley agent for The Freeman has the privilege of handling all the local dailies and other papers at the Lincoln Park during the Chautauqua. He also has the shining stand. A Trolly Ride. Muncie Ind., Special.—Mrs. Mattie Richardson who was dang rously ill last Sunday is able to be around again. Miss Adolph Pierson is contemplating a visit to Indianapolis in the near future. Attorney Brewer is in the clip attending to some very important business. A very large crowd accoun panied by the Eagle band enjoyed the trolly ride Wednesday night, given by the Odd Fellow's. After the ride the crowd repaired to Jones and Adams croquet grounds which were elaborately decorated with Japanese lanterns, and enjoyed games for an hour or more. Refreshments were served. Rev. Snelson and wife are in our city for a few days. The Rev. lectured on Africa, at the First Christian church Sunday morning and Tuesday evening at the A. M. E. church. Miss Catherine Evans and sister who have been making their home in Muncie for some time will soon leave for Michigan where they will remain permanently with their father. Mrs Hattie Sawyers is entertaining her mother from Mobile Bla. Several of Muncie's young men will leave Sunday night PRICE FIVE CENTS. SINGLE COPY SIX MONTHS, 85c; ONE YEAR $1.50 for the North to be gone two weeks outing Last Sunday was quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church, Rev. Townsend, P. E. was present. Mrs. Will H. Stokes and Miss May attended the Red Men's Pow wow, at Kokomo, Wednesday and Thursday. They were the guests of Mrs. Braboy of that city, Mrs. Sonnie McWilliams left last week for Carnegie, Penn., and other Eastern points. He expects to be absent several weeks. On Aug. 6, a chicken social will be given at the Second Baptist church. Mr. James Willis, a knight of the razor has accepted a position with Mr. H. Philips at the East Main st. Barber shop. Mrs. T. Pierson leaves for Bloomington on an extended visit August 6. Mrs. Riders two little sons are suffering with whooping cough. Don't forget, the Bobbins orchestra furnishes music for parties, concerts, reception etc. Rev. Slaughter delivered an eloquent sermon last Sun day night on, "The Seven Steps Downward." It was highly appreciated by all who heard it. It was highly appreciated by all who heard it. More should have been present. Lost Relative. Paducah, Ky. Special.—Miss Bettie Turner inquires through the columns of The Freeman the whereabouts of her uncle. His name is William Buttons. He is a brother of Ellen Pryor: they were from Hillman Iron Works on the Cumberland river. I am the oldest child of his sister. His home is in Springfield, O. He was traveling with a pension agent when last I heard of him. Address all communication to Mrs. Bettie Turner 909 Norton St. FROM BLUE GRASS STATE EMANIPATION CELEBRATION TO TAKE PLACE 8TH PROX. THE AFFAIR TO BE A GRAND ONE Death of a Good Woman--News Among the Churches--Our Sick List--Visitors Within Our Gates--News General Paducah, Ky., Special—Everything is being shaped up for the big 8th of August Emancipation Celebration at the Fair ground. Watch for the final announcement for the program. The fireworks will be furnished by the St. Louis Fireworks Company and will be the finest ever seen here on a similar occasion. Reports from agents in the surrounding towns indicate a large attendance* The excursion from Dyersburg on the 19th was a hummer, but they were not expected and the people who always try to make things pleasant for visitors did not know they were coming. Certain parties from this city were corresponding with the managers and promised that everything would be in readiness to recieve the excursionists when such was not the case. A whole the entertainment for their benefit was a farce. The Hod Carriers Union held their annual sermon yesterday at the 7th st Baptist church. The parade was led by the local brass band and was very creditable. Mrs. Laura Howell who has been visiting Mr. Burl Howell and family near Maxons* Mill left Monday morning for her home at St. Marcus Texas. Richard Howell is improving rapidly. Mrs. Enocks, of 8th st, departed this life Saturday, July 21. She was a faithful member of Golden Rule Temple and a devoted wife. Interment was at Oakley Grove cemetery. A "fishing pond" entertainment took place Thursday night at the Odd Fellow's hall. It was given by the 7th st. Baptist church. Dr. H. W. N. Watson is the late post graduate, of Chicago Call around and see him. Mrs. Mary Evans is on the sick list. Miss Walker, of Tuskegee Ala, and one of the 88 teachers in the Booker T. Washington Institute, is the guest of Miss Ophelia Brown. Little Mary Allen, of West Adams st. is very sick. A large number of delegates of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor are visiting the Grand Session at Louisville. Miss Elnora Dunlap who has been visiting her sister Charlie Cartham of this city has returned home visiting Paris, Tenn. Mrs Helen Hightower of St. Louis, Mo., was the guest of her sister, Mrs Mattie Montgomery, of West Tenn. st. on last Sunday, 15th. Mrs. Annie Townsley of 816 North 8th st. who has been on the sick list is up again, Mrs. and Miss Travie of Dyersburg, Tenn., were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith on last Wednesday the 19th inst. Get The Freeman every Saturday from David Pittman. Mrs. Mattie Warters, of 824 N. 8th st., who was called to Martin, Tenn., to attend the death bed of her niece, Ada of that place, has returned home to this city. Mr. Andy Laundman of this city has purchased a new rubber tired hack. The number will be 99. Call from the Palmer Hotel at all times for quick service. Mr. and Mrs. Will Harris, of North 8th st. entertained friends of Dyersburg Tenn. on last Wednesday the 19th inst. Mr. and Mrs. John Tice of South 8th st., entertained friends who came from Dyersburg on the excursion Wednesday, 19th. Please watch for bills for the cooks and house girls entertainment at Eureka Park in the near future as they are going to have a cooking contest for a purse of $3.00 for the one that cooks the quickest meal. Don't forget there will be a good time for all who attend that night. Read the great Negro leader, The Freeman. Get it from David Pittman. News in Brief. E. St. Louis, Ill., Special—Mr. W. W. Buckhannan has been elected delegate to the Odd Fellows' convention at Quincy Ill., Aug. 7-8. The installation of the new pastor, Geo. West took place at Macedonia Baptist church, July 14. In the S. S. Convention that was held in this city last week St. John S. S. made the best report; enrollment, 77, teachers, 5 finance $23. A grand rally was given at Macedonia Baptist church July 14 and 37 was raised. The conference at E. Zion that was held in this city last week was very good. A good report was made by all the delegates. All the churches were reported to be in fair condition. The following are the preachers from out of other cities; Rev. T. Young, Jefferson city, Dr. J. M. Macmillan, city last week was very good. Rev. L. M. Kainard; Dr. P. A. Hurbert, Chicago; The meeting was conducted by Elder C. N. Payne. TOM TATTLER, 2 Her name is Mand, but if the ‘ ‘a’ be removed it is undoubtedly “mud”. McCarver, Reed and McCarver were in South Bend, Ind., last week. ‘The manuscript of the ‘Hottest Coon in Dixie” is at present undergoing a thorough revision. The dead parts are being removed and more comedy and Indicrous situations are being pnt in. If efforts go for anything the company next season will be so caloric that ther- mometers will be compelled to quit from ‘over work. Mr. Girney, the author of “King Rastus,” is in town, and he is very ex- altant when he speaks of this his latest effort, He spoke highly of the Mallory Brothers and regards them as the most snecessful in the business, At present he is engaged on a sketch, which, he says, when finished will be a sure win- nee. ‘The Rusco and Holland Minstrels, No. 1, have opened the season. They are due here Angust 6, at the Northern. Considerable changes have been made in the personnel of the company. Billy Kersands for years the cueif attraction, doth artistically and financially, is not with the company this season, and whether his place has been filled or not time alone can tell. One thing is certain, ‘Mr. Kersands in the South is a perennial favorite; and the performer as yet has not developed who can supersede ot even fill his place in that section. To rearrange an aphorism, in the Sunny South Billy Kersands and one is a ma- jority. He may be outclassed in these northern climes, but don’t, not even for a moment, cross Mason and Dixon's line and expect to do the same thing. Belle Davis is at the Masonic Roof. She has her pickanninies with her. ‘Manager Miller is again in New York looking after the interests of his com- pany. ‘The “‘Dixies” under the management of W.C. Buckner were at Devil's Lake, N.D., all iast week. They speak en- thusiastically of their trip. ‘They claim they left an undying name as singers and entertainers up there. Like roses culled from the best kept gardens Thearles’ Nashville Students re- turned to town last Sunday, after a trip covering nearly a year, in which time they sniffed the briny breezes of the gentlest of oceans—the Pacific. Pros: perity has attended them, The ladies ‘as they swooped down on the neighbor- hood of the profession, looked like fresh- ly imported models from Paris. I must confess I am lost in a bewilderment of fine dresses- By the time my sensibili- ties become fixed and aware of the beau- ties of one costume the ladies upset this by undergoing such a complete change that the best I can do is to look and won- 7 i Professional folks: Do jubilee singers get larger salaries than the other ranches of the profession? How is it they can come in off the road as if they were direct from one of Uncle Sam's mints, and with all the latest and ap- proved designs of artistic tailoring? So proverbial has this become that when you see a professional man or woman who look as though they are sailing prosperity’s seas it is “dollars to dough- nuta” he or she has been connected with one of the jubilee aggregations whose headquarters are here. Compare the arrival in town of Slayton’s Jubilee Singers with the Hottest Coon in Dixie ‘and the Coontown Four Hundred com- panies. One of our business men terse- ly stated the situation when he remark- ‘ed that the moment a company of jubi- Jee singers arrive in town the cash regis- ters even take on an unusually bright, glistening appearance. The day the Coontown Four Hundred company ar- rived in town, one of the members, to my personal knowledge, after the health- giving exercise of walking up from the depot to professional headquarters, im- mediately left im search of the nearest pawnbroker. And his linen—he must have come from a country where laun- deries do not flourish! ‘Another noteworthy feature of the member from the jubilee ranks, is, as. a rule, he possses the most refinement and intelligence. A man will reflect the character of his environments. I stood silently by in professional headquarters the other day and heard one of the late popular books very intelligently discuss- ed, as well as other matters. Observing rather keenly I noted the fact that every one who was a party to the discussion either was or had been a jubilee singer, while the attaches of our large aggregations, many of whom were present, said nothing. The moment THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPEK. the discussion was shifted from this high plane to that of the prize-fight and race-horse kind these clam-like gentlemen seemed to be in- spired with argument and pandemonium immediately set m. Evidently the jubi- lee singers are O. K. When Turner forsook the Nashville Students to fill the place in Slayton’s company he displayed the fact that, as yet, his judgement is in no wise deter- iorating. I noticed in last weeks’ Freeman the correction of the sentence ‘‘uo metal 1s as usefal as iron” by Mr. A. O. Delaney, of Little Rock, Ark., and the editor. ‘This question oceurred here in a recent public examination, and outof fifty who took the examination, only four an- ‘swered it correctly. I extend thanks to the gentlemen mentioned for the inter- est they manifested in answering it. | Speaking of examinations. I noticed qnitea few young colored men taking the examinations in the civil service which were held here July 16-17-18. ‘Messrs. Yeager and Kelly have gotten their heads together and with the .ser- vices of Mrs. Yeager have produced a meritorious act. It is indeed much above the average. Mr. Yeager is a young performer with a good allotment of brains and push and it is sffe to say that he will yet make his mark. Mrs. ‘Yeager is quite a performer and in her make-up looks very charming. She is an earnest worker and there is no reason why she, if given a fair chance should not equal our greatest female perform- ers, Kelly is an excellent buck dancer but seems to have a rather boyish de- meanor, of which he must rid himself. ‘The act as a whole is very mirth-provok- ing and as such should find no trouble in getting booked. ‘The Roanoke quartette, sorry to say has been shattered to smithereens. Donglass and Crane go with the Nash- ville Students (Rusco & Holland); Hood with the Octoroons, and Smith, whose health is not the best, remains in town this season. Sallie Douglass has gone to Minneap- olis to see her relatives, one of whom is ey Some amusing thingshappen. A cer- tain manager well-kmown for the lack of fulfillment of the financial end of his contract:, came totown in quest of a banjo-player. Having obtained the ad- dress of one he started towards Twenty- first street to find him On entering one of the sample rooms in that neighborhood, he knew that the person he was seeking was one who was haranguing a coterie of his friends on his success in this line the past season. “Let me tell you,” said the banjo-player while his hands made a sweeping ges- ticnlation, “I simply cleaned up last season, My turn went big. The mana- ger owes me some money and I am go- ing to sue him to get it.’ He 1s known as the apostle of law-suits. ‘The manager who was in search of him and who is rather delinquent in the payment of salaries, as I said before’ when he heard the banjoist speak abou! “suing” sat his glass down, paid for the drink and quietly left the place. When last seen he was making towards Engle: wood with a dejected look on bis face Monat:—Do not speak of suing in the presence of managers, | IN MEMORY HE LIVES. ‘The Eminent and Distinguished Dr. J. ©. Price--True and TriedA Leader ‘That Could be Trusted. Ene T cen nee: epee erik reer, Tt is a laudable custom that would keep alive in our memory the heroes and noble ones of the human race. I is right that amid grief and tears we stop for a moment to pay homage an¢ respect to this illustrious citizen whe has crossed the infinite beyond. When the names and the reviewed lives of such characters as this grea man are mentioned the poet's song i so real, “There is a voice from the tomb sweeter than song. There Is 4 remembrance of the dead to whieh wi turn even from the charms of the liv ing.” ‘Phe Joss of great minds to the hu man race almost makes us censure death, yet when we consider, death like the glorious sun, has a necessary place to fill in the universe. What ever may be said, death is the same te all, sooner or later. Well has he beet pictured as a sentinel, grim and inex orable, hostile and implacable on the boundary line of the unknown. ‘Time can grant no respite. For from th beginning death has waged his merci less warfare against the sons of men Farth has been the charnel house— humanity the harvest. The eminen! and distinguished Dr. J. C. Price wa: not dealt with harshly, His fate wa: ‘one of the irrevocable decrees of na ture. He has gone to render his ac unt at the “iudement bar.” 8, Rae ESR 2g SN tn PES TES FR a a was not the property of one State, one race, one denomination or party. He was the common property of the good and just of all climes and all ages yet to come. Though he searcely reached the noonday of his eventful and useful life, we may safely say he crowded the work of three score years and ten in that eventful period. Though he died with the enyiable distinction of a great leader his early years were passed in the house of bond- age and no one of his fellow prisoners could appreciate the great and honored man he would be. The ladder of fame upon which he ascended to greatness rested upon the hostile quicksands of opposition, Rising from the plane of lowest obscurity. and having been nurtured by adversity, he became a man of great ability, He was un- wearied in activity, fearless in cour- age, dauntless in conflict, steadfast in his principles and earnest in his friend- ship. : Nature manned him to stand the storms and the conflicts of life. His physique was as magnificent as his other noble makeup. Fearless and eloquent in the advo- cacy of the eause he espoused, force- ful and incisive in argument, he was a formidable antagonist and ' the advo- cate that broke a lance in combative argument and eloquence with him was sure to know, “The joy that warriors feel, In foemen worthy of their steel.” His oratory was noted for his match- less eloquence and for the undeniable logie with which he would surround dis propositions. His humor marked many a savage thrust. ‘As a temperance advocate he was the most eloquent man in the coun- try. He was a lover of his race and was an honorable truce bearer be- tween the white man and the black man, He was a leader who could be trusted. He was true and tried, He could turn a deaf ear to the siren of polities. He put aside appointments made by Presidents, asking him to rep- resent the United States in distant lands, in order that he might better serve his race and his fellow country- men at home. Our hearts are a great monument to his work and worth, and our feeble words are the inscriptions of praise that we render to his name. The col- lege he founded fs the heritage of all the people that are truly American. His name is oir glory and fs honored by the intelligent as is the great Gar- field. ‘There was never a man lived that had more sunshine about him, His heart overflowed with the milk of u- man kindness, ‘There was no sulking in him; he was so great no man ever dared to insult ‘him or attempt to show prejudice toward him; though he: was as black as ebony, he was as handsome as Apollo. | ‘His eloquence may have been great- er than that of Cicero or Demosthenes. we who knew him and heard him and| saw him play as it were on the heart: chords of the thousands of all races} that flocked to hear him, saw him make the thousands weep that came to| laugh, and wept even our own selves when he would draw some picture of| a home wreeked by drink. We who saw him convince all tamer of men; we who saw his eloquence shut up sa- loons and close down the brothel; we: who heard him on the vital questions before the great republic, class him a3 priest, orator and statesman. | The State of North Carolina well may mourn his loss for we fully be- lieve that had he been living there wonld have been no such thing as the Wilmington massacre. He would have stopped such a thing. The touch of his friendly black hand and the ac- cents of his comforting voice would have kept the races from shedding one drop of each other's blood. But that hand is still, and that voice is hushed in silence. Yet we can gain much from his teachings. He never advised a dishonorable thing. He preached peace, and he never spoke but that he mage hundreds of new converts, who went away from his presence deter- mined to give the colored people a chance to attain to the highest eitizen- ship. He was thoroughly educated, and was no irifling jester or dodger. He was a MAN; that the United States might not be ashamed to pnt in as her representative in “The Parliament of Man and the Federation of the World.” He stood in the presence and was the guest of the powerful potentates of the old world, He was called the greatest orator In continental Europe. He went to the British Isles and lead- ing English papers said he was the re- incarnation of either Cicero or De- mosthenes, Parnell and Salisbury and Gladstone, all, after hearing this great orator in behalf of temperance, said that Dr. Price was the most eloquent man in the world. He was offered po- sition and wealth if he would remain in Europe, but he preferred “the old North State,” and the college he had founded there to the palaces and wealth that Europeans would have showered upon him. His life of sacrifice and greatyess is filled with lessons of correct ideas for Requiescat in pacem. News Notes. Henderson, Ky., special: Mr, Jor- dan Dallam, an old and respected citl- zen died June 29th after a long illness. A wife, one daughter and several grandchildren survive his decease, and to them the sympathies of friends are extended. * * Mesdames Susie Carr and Mattie Brown returned July 15th from Cleveland, 0., where they attend- ed the grand session of the 8. M. * * Misses Hattie, Gracie and Gurll¢ Rapier are visiting relatives in M ‘Vernon, Ind. * * Mesdames E Earley, Sallie Porter, Mary Nelson and Master Sneed Browne, who have been on the sick list, are now convalescing. + * Miss Zilla Harding has returned to her home in Owensboro, after an extended stay among us. * * Miss Cabell, an estimable young lady of this city, died June 30th, after a long and severe illness, * * Mr. Owen Rankin has returned to Chicago after ‘a brief visit to relatives here. * * ‘Mrs, Susan Mitchell is visiting in Har- rodsburg. * * Mrs. H. ©. Walker spent Sunday, July 7th, in Byansville. * * A very enjoyable entertainment was given at the residence of Mr. and Mrs, John Alver, July 12th, by the younger set. * * Miss Vitula Bibbs and Mrs. Joseph Nelson left July 14th for Blodrado, Ill, on a visit to rela- tives, * * Mrs. Laura Allen, of Nashville, Tenn., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Carrie O'Neal. * * The R. G. Shaw, Circle No. 5, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, gave a very enjoyable social at the Gospel Tabernacle Monday evening, July 9th. * * Mr. John Junins Carr came down from Louisville, July 4th, on a brief visit to his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Alex Carr, He left July 7th for Cincinanti, ** The Freeman until August 16, one jyear, $1.00; three months, 25 cents. Subscribe now. ‘The Freeman will be delivered at your door every week for one year from Tuly 16 to Aug. 16 for $1. Now is the time to subscribe or renew. AN OUTING AT THE OCEAN. Seashore Excursion via Pennsylvania Lines will be run August 9th. The annual low rate excursion to the sea- shore will be run via Pennsylvania Lines, Thursday, August 9th. On that date reduced fare tickets will be sold to Atlantic City, Cape May, Anglesea, Avalon, Holly Beach, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Wildwood, New Jersey, Rehoboth, Del., and OceanCity, Md. The round trip from Indianapolis, will be $15.00 to either of the ten resorts mentioned which constitute the most popular summer havens along the Atlantic Coast. No more enjoyable vacation outing can be planned than a visit to the seashore in mid summer Arrangements may be made for participating in the pleasures offered by this excurs:on by communicating with W. W. Richardson, D.P. A., Indianapolis, Ind, THE PLACE TO Go. The Seashore is the Ideal Spot for Out- ings and Vacation Trips. It will cost only $15 for round trip from In- Gianapolis to either of the ten famous resorts; Atlanta its, Cape May, Avalon, Anglesea, Holly Reach, ‘Ocean City, Sea tale Oity, Wilt wood, New Jersey, and Rehoboth, Delaware und Geran City, Staryland, Tickets will be sold Thursday, August th, via Pennsyivania Lines, the all-rail route to the sea, For partie: ulis apply to 'W. W. Richardson, D. By A., oe READ THIS ‘To anyone sending 10 subscribers to ‘The Freeman for 3 months each at 25 cents during our midsummer reduction from July 16, to Ang. 16, we will mail to their address the “History of the Colored Soldiersin the Spanish-American War” or the “School History of the Negro Race,” ansigutmmmie: Miiark tines. Through Sleeper to Michigan Resorts. The through Sleeping Car Line for Grand Rapids, Traverse City, Petoskey, Bay View, Herbor Springs, Mackinaw City, via Pennsylvania Short Lines and G.R. & I. R. R., will be opened about June 17th. The only through car line from Indianapolis. 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Do not let ‘this opportunity pass to secure the aay leading Journal. sesh a ee eee | THOMAS’ LADIES’ AND GENTS’ Cleaning, Dyeing, Repairing and Pressing Men’s Clothing a fpecialty 307 Indiana Ave. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. i che The Largest Sale on We are Retailing at Whole sale price, Many Ladies’ and Children’s Shoes. We are alsoselling Rubbers Artics and Felt Boots at bot. tom prices. | Call and see us, - 836 Indiana Avenue =—_—_—_—_ Agents Wanted ‘We want an agent in every city ang town not already occupied. © Write ns, THE WAITER THE WAR Atlantic City, N. J., the famous American summer resort, where the colored Waiters are supreme is now doing a rushing business. It is well known that Atlantic City, like Boston, is a mecca for colored Waiters. It is a gratifying significance that America's greatest summer resort has chosen the colored Waiters, as the ones most fit to serve mans inner man. In this beautiful resort noted the world round for its superb surf bathing, large Scenic Ocean front and spacious board walks are located over 200 hotels and cottages most all of which employ colored waiters. No where on earth, can a weary traveler enjoy a better, cooler and salty exhilarating breeze than he can right here in this ocean swept resort. Unlike that bright and pithy little verse which read : Who're he traveled life's dull round: Where or he's his stages may have been- Mary's to think he still has found The year was me, me, me, I am. "W. Forrest Cozart, head-waiter at the Spalding, has turned author. Mr. Cozart has spent all his life in the hotel cuisine work and from his long experience as head-waiter recognized the need of a Manual for Watters. So to supply this want he began work on "The Watters Manual," which has just come in a handy, attractive form the press of the "Hotel World." The information is largely of a technical nature, but much in the 116 pages is of interest to the house wife. Its value is attested by the standing of its publishers. The literary style, in which work the author was assisted by Mrs. Cozart, a graduate of Spelman Seminary, Atlanta, is for a work of this class most excellent." --- The colored citizens of Columbus, O., gave a magnificent production of "Thirty Years of Freedom" at the Great Southern Theatre in that city last week. The play was a success in every respect, every seat and box was sold and the standing room sign was conspicuously displayed. The net benefits of this in- THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. structive spectacular were donated to the Aged Womens Home. Several hotel employees took part in the play, which was under the direction of Mrs. Pope, a white lady, who gave the same production in Chicago in 1896. That Mrs. Pope is partial to color could be plainly seen from the appearance of the participants. It was strictly a "Blue Vein" selection with a very few exceptions and those with dark skin was given minor and obscured positions. It is said that a certain colored physician was removed and a white one put in his place, because the colored physician was most too "brown." Milwaukee, July 16, 1900. Editor of The Freeman: Through the columns of your paper I beg to congratulate Proprietor E. W. Dale and his capable manager, Mr. Nathalian Diggs, of Hotel Dale, Atlantic City, N. J., for placing their ad. in your paper, The Freemen, which, by my feeble judgment, is the best, with the largest circulation, of any colored newspaper published. I assure them that their ad. in The Freeman will reach the higher, as well as the traveling element of colored people, throughout the civilized world. Speaking from experience, I beg to state that the Hotel Dale, like The Freeman, is not to be excelled. Very respectfully. J. EDWARD STEPHENS. Plankton House, Milwaukee, Wis. Until Aug. 16, The Freeman will cost you $1.00 a year. RACE GLEANINGS. Frank Gadsen is the proprietor of one of the best stocked dry goods stores in Ocala, Fla. Miss Carrie Belle Lee, is the efficient teacher, of phonograph and typewriting in Morris Brown College. Miss Rosella Preston is a young colored woman who holds a position as stenographer in the Word's Bible House Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Robert Miller of Indianapolis, Ind., was the only colored graduate in the mechanical department of the institute for the blind of that city. The first hospital under the charge of colored surgeons in the state of Missouri is the People's Auxiliary Hospital and Training School at St. Louis. Dr. W. R. B. Arthur has charge. The following Tuskegee graduates are now conducting the very successful Christiansburg Institute, at Cambria, Va.: Mr. Charles L. Marshall, Principal, Mr. J. J. Goldwire, Business Manager, Mr. Edgar A. Long, Treasurer, Mrs. Nellie Griffin-Marshall, Mrs. Annie Patterson-Long and Miss Willie Griffin, W. C. Mathews, of Montgomery, Alabama, was elected captain of the Phillips Andover college baseball team. He has been short-stop for the team three years, and is the best all around player in the academy. He is also end rush of the foot-ball team. Mathews is 22 years of age, is popular with both the students and townspeople of Andover, and the choice is regarded with great favor. There is a colored man working as bootblack in Pittsburg who is a graduate from the highest college in the land, the Propaganda at Rome; who reads and writes thirteen languages, speaking nine fluently; who stood third in a class of 500, and who ranked as a fine and logical debater. This man goes by the name of W. J. Reed. Reed has been well over the world and the story of his life properly told no doubt would make an interesting book. Cornelius Harris, the only Negro member of the jury which indicted President Jefferson Davis, of the Confederacy, after the Civil War, died here to-day, nearly 70 years of age. Says the Baltimore American. He is said to be the only surviving member of that jury. Strange as it was, this old Negro, who raised his voice to convict the President of the Confederacy just after the war, 30 years later was a strong Democrat and an admirer of Bryan. After the latter's defeat in 1896, Harris wrote Bryan a letter telling him not to become discouraged, that the battle was only begun, and received in reply a lengthy letter from the Presidential aspirant. After the war Harris settled down in Richmond, and later was elected a Justice of the Peace in Richmond's famous Jackson Ward. He remained there until 10 years ago, when he came to Newport News. He opened a barber shop here, and as fast as he earned money he put it into property, and on his death he owned considerable real estate here, as well as in Richmond. He was elected a Justice of the Peace here four years ago. An effort was made to oust him on account of the peculiar manner in which he wrote his warrants, going by his own law instead of that of the state. He won out in Court, however, and held his office until defeated in election. He was one of the best-known Negro characters in this section of Virginia. Dr. S ea, 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. He asks no questions, don't ask you to write names for him. Don't try to pump you in any way, but tells you right off. He is thoroughly indorsed by leading spiritualists everywhere, received from them a gold medal and special license to practice his wonderful powers; credentials no one else can show, can give thousands of references to both white and colored patrons. Twenty-five years' practice-seven in Brooklyn—will show you that he can do all he tells of. Can tell what business is best for you and where, how to win speedy marriage with the one you love. How to be successful in all your doings, in short, what is best to do. He succeeds when all others fall. Positive satisfaction or no pay. Call and see. You will find it lucky to consult this Christie gentleman. He has a medicine that will cure drunkenness, can be given patients not knowing it. Thousands through him are now RICH, HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL with all their undertakings, while those who neglect his advice are still laboring against poverty. Through his perfect knowledge of chemistry he can impart to you a secret that will overcome your enemies and win you friends. His aid and advice has often been solicited; the result has always been the securing of speedy and happy marriages and all your wishes. In love affairs he never fails. He has the secret of winning the affections of the opposite sex. It is the curse of Spiritualism that in all large cities there is a class of men and women who claim powers they do not possess. They have neither gifts, credentials nor references. Surely the colored people are not so wanting in sense as to throw their time and money away on such. Dr. Shea refers to the Hon. Chas. Miller, capitalist, 2481 Atlantic avenue; the Hon. Wm. Denmore, architect and builder, 47 Clevela d avenue, and Mr. Fred Lampe, grocer, 641 Fulton street, Brooklyn. All have known him for the past ten years. He gives a free test of his power to all. The Doctor has practiced five years in New Orleans, St. Louis, Memphis and Louisville; understands thoroughly the diseases, spells or influences the race is subject to. He has now and always had a patronage from them. PLEASE READ E FOLLOWING; Brooklyn, Aug. 15. This is to certify that I came to New York from Albany. I was a stranger in a strange city, out of work and out of money. I had no luck in anything I undertook. What to do I did not know. A friend advised me to go and see Dr. Shea. I did. He told me the cause of my troubles; he took me in and treated me as a brother. Through him I got a good position that very week. I had been to others; they took my money and did me no good. I bless the day I first met Dr. Shea. I would advise all in bad luck, sick or in trouble to go to him at once. Sincerely, ALBERT AYRES. Plainfield, N. J. A SENSATION IN BROOKLYN—A MINISTER'S STATEMENT: I wish to state that one of my parishoners was sick and in trouble for a long time, Mrs. Brown, 37 Gay street. No one seemed to understand her case. She had several doctors, but none of them seemed to know what was the matter. None could do her any good. It was my duty as her pastor to call and see her. Hearing of the wonderful work being done by Dr. Shea the last few years, I thought I would call and see him myself. I found him a sympathetic gentleman. He gave me a wonderful test of his powers; to told me to send him a lock of the patient's hair, which I did by her daughter. He told at once what was the matter and in a short time cured her sound and well. Her family had seemingly been under a cloud. Now all is changed. All are well and prosperous. I can truly and heartily recommend Dr. Shea to all those in sickness or distress of any kind. REV. WILLIAM JOHNSON. Pastor Lebanon Church, Brooklyn. Dr. Shea can show thousands such as he above. DR. SHEA. Has been carefully educated in the Homoeopathic and Electric schools of medicine. His success is wonderful in curing paralysis, rheumatism, asthma, sore eyes, tumors, cancers, constipation, ague dyspepsia, tapeworms, liver complaints deafness, catarrh, dropsy, piles, nervous debility, heart diseases, consumption, diseases of women and children, fits, kidney disease and all strange, mysterious diseases which others don't understand. All diseases, no matter what they be. Nothing but honorable treatment. He can and will honestly tell you if you can be cured. Has all new remedies and new success. Has an ample experience in public hospitals and private clinics. No trifling with human life. Call at once. Do not delay. Diplomas hang in parlors. Is a registered physician. A new remedy for rheumatism just discovered, not a filinment. Hopeless cases and those that others can not cure solicited to call. Fat folks thin, the childless made parents. All letters must contain $1.00, two stamps, age, lock of hair. Charges for medical treatment only. Closed Sundays. Mention this paper. 651 Fulton st, Brooklyp, N. Y. KNOXVILLE COLLEGE DEPARTMENTS: Collegiate, including Classical, Scientific and Literary Courses; Theological; Medical; Normal; Music; Industrial, including Agriculture, Carpentering, Printing Sawing and Electric work SPEG AL FEATURES: Four dormitories, for young men, young women, boys and girls. All buildings steam-heated and electric lighted. Location most healthful. Next term begins September 26. Send for catalogue to Rev. R. W. McGranahan, President Knoxville, Tennessee. SMOKE PATH- FINDER 5c CIGAR 12. 15 Nooo train has Dining Cars for St. Louis and a bus for St. Louis from Indianapolis for St. Louis and Evansville, open the night at $50. All trains enter the Passenger Terminal at Terre Haute and St. Louis. Ticket offices. No. 48 West Washington street and Union Station W. W. 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Galion ..... 7:30 p. m FAMOUS KNICKERBOCKER SPECIAL still runs on the old schedule. Ask for Tickets via Big Picture via Big Four Route H. M. Bronson, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Indianapolis, Ind. Warren J. Lynch, General Passenger Agent Cluccinnati, O. $14 IT COSTS NOTHING to try our Sewing Machines. We ship direct from factory to consumer. Savings profits, 20% of the cost, over 30 years. All attachments free. $40.00 Arlington for... $14.00 $45.00 Arlington for... $14.00 $45.00 Arlington for... $14.00 Other Machines at $8, $9 and $11.00 Illustrated catalogue and testimonials freight offer. Address, CASH BUYERS' UNION. $18-14 W. VanBuren St, B 170, Chicago, IL KNOXVILLE MISS. JOHNSON San Diego, Cal, Feb. 3, 1300. 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 me after I had taken the first two or three doses of your heart disease very bad when I began taking it. I could 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 pressing away. I sleep better than I have for the past week. I have been taking stomach, back and chest. I have received benefit from the use of your Blood and Nerve Tonic. I am respectfully your patient and obedient servon. Union City, Tenn., June, 20, 99—Dr. Sade F. Dorter. 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 out. My hair is now growing beautifully. Before I began using your preparation I tried everything I heard or, but nothing proved successful but your Magic Hair Dorter. I will also accept an agency for your medicine. I have several calls for your medicine and have received 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. Sade F. Porter, 904 Cedar street, Nashville, Tenn. Dear Doctor: I beg leave to say that about the office we age you treated me for neuralgia at your office and felt a symptom of it since. Your medicines are 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 that any one should hesitate in purchasing your medicines, for they are what they are recommended. Respectfully Agents wanted. For further particulars address, Dr. Sadie F. Porter, 430 Cedar street. Nashville. Tenn. Fty dollars reward for any person claiming to sell my remedies with out the credentials and signed by me, when writing for information please send emails. DR. SADIE F. PORTER, 1031 Jefferson st. Nashville, Tenn. H. C. Krentler & Co H. C. Krentler & Co ARTIF | O | AL LIMBS Deformity Braces, Trusses, Crutches, Bandages, Anticentric Materials I LADY ATTENDANT 27 W. Ohio st. INDIANAPOLIS, IND SPECIAL Blood Medicine Dr. Hickman's Blood Alterative Specific Compound is a purely vegetable compound and free from mercury and poison; specially manufactured for the treatment and cure of Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Syphilis, Cancer, Scrofula, Eczema and Cutaneous diseases, that other blood remedies fail to reach and cure; and ill cu e the worst case in a very short time to stay cured. Put up in 16 ounce bottle, price per Bottle $1.50, shipped on receipt of price. Medical free to patients taking our Blood Medicine. Manufactured By Dr. T. L. Hickman & Co. Wholesale Office and Laboratory, 45 Main Street, FT. WAYNE, IND I HAVE MADE a very careful test of the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow among our colored students and found it a most excellent hair tonic. It is just the thing to make the hair soft, ying and stylish and strengthen it and bottling express at once. Find enclosed Postal Order. Your truly, J. M. Hoffman, Professor of Agricultural Biology, State A. & M. College, Orangeburg, S. C. If your dealer cannot supply you with the genuine Original Ozonized Ox Marrow (copyrighted and sold by the manufacturer and department Dept. B. THE OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Only 2 cents a week is all it will cost you to have The Freeman mailed to your address one year. This offer is only good from July 16 to Aug. 16. Good wheels $12.50, $11.00 & $10.00 Stripped Wheels $7.00 the Arlington and Oakwood are strictly high grade, the best that can be made. Strongly bonded and fully guaranteed. Over 100,000 riders can testify to their superior quality, style, and durability. Strengthened and intricated, catalog free. CASH BUYERS' UNION, 162 W. Van Buren St. B-170, Chicago, Ills. REDUCED TO $1.00 BLACK SKIN REMOVER COPYRIGHTED. BEFORE AFTER A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. HAIR STRAIGHTENER. Amp One LARGE JAR makes 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 mutatato skin of a light brown or tan shade or two lighter will be noticeable. It not turn the skin in spots but bleaches out white. One box of this preparation is all that is required for the preparation of the skin without continual use. Will remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, pimples and black-heads, small pits, tan and liver spots without harm. Will not cause irritation or 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 O.D. D.Packed with one or two known contents except receiver. THOS. B. CRANE. 122% W. 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While it publishes the most comprehensive and authoritative news on any subject, it publishes the "Summary of THE DAILY TRIBUNE" published daily on the first page gives you briefly all the news of the day within one column. Reporting news is always the best, and its Sunday Pink Sporting Section is better than any sporting paper in the country. It is the "cleanest" daily printed in the West NELSONS STRAIGHTINE THE LATEST DISCOVERY FOR MAKING KNOTTY, KINNY, CURLY HAIR STRAIGHT BEFORE AFTER STRAIGHTINE is no experiment, but a thorny product produced by Lance. It successfully used in thousands in all portions of the country. We have hundreds of letters speaking in the highest terms of it more over. Email brings us fresh test samples. Straightine is a highly perfumed pomade; it not only Straightens the hair, but removes Dandruff. Keeps the hair from falling On. Brings the Long Scalp Disease giving a rich, long and luxurious head of hair—so much to be desired. Guaranteed perfectly harmless. 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Entered at the post-office at Indianapolis, Indiana, as second class matter. matter should be addressed to THE FREEMAN. O. L. Knox, Pub., Indianapolis, Ind. The race has pinned its faith to the efficacy of industrialism and education feeling that these are the things it does not possess sufficiently to indicate the future. The race is not being held up owing to any moral delinquency. It has goodness in its favor. The white people of the country know this. The lack of it has not impeded the progress of the race for a single moment, and should the race be goodness personified, it would do but very little more towards solving the race problem.—Indianapolis Freeman. We most heartily dissent from the above conclusions. Our contemporary, no doubt, has the popular end of the question, so far as the Negroes are concerned, but that does not settle the matter. Of all our faculties the moral is the slowest in the development. We do not at all over estimate the importance of good morals in the solution of the so-called Negro problem when we give it out, frankly, as our firm conviction, that no other element is of greater practical importance than this one.—The Afro-American Ledger, Baltimore. It appears that our very esteemed contemporary failed to get the drift of the discussion. We have insisted that the morals of the race needed attention. We have insisted that the lowly of all races was responsible for the larger part of the immorality charged up to the races, and that perforce of circumstances the Negroes were as a rule a lowly people; hence immoral out of proportion with the surrounding people. If our contemporary had published a little more of the article the Freeman would stand in better light on the subject. We were trying to show that immorality was not the thing that was impeding the progress of the race. It may be unduly prominent, yet there are thousands against whom the charge will not stick. What about those? Do they fare better than the most immoral? The immoral whites are employed be they few or many. We have no defense for immorality, but if that thing is to be set up to militate against the whole race, then the how d'ye do's and the good-byes of the race will come very close together. We repeat, that the theory that no man is fit until the last man is fit is a preachment that has eternity for its fulfilment. Our esteemed contemporary can be no more exacting than ourselves when it comes to preaching the doctrine of morality. But to make it a race issue is putting a war cry in the mouths of others who, perhaps, had not dreamed of any such thing. In this country the almighty dollar is the shrine to which all bow. It is not what the moralists will say; it is not what the pulpit will say; but get it and try it as an efficacy and it will come nearer being the open sesame than any known medium. Morals the race have sufficiently to --- THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. demonstrate what figure they cut in race prosperity. Money the race does not have in quantities sufficient to demonstrate its efficaciousness. Education is not general enough to employ great capital in event the race had capital. Education and money are the things the race is striving for. With education comes morality; therefore the solution is complete. TEACHING THE LESSON OF SAVING. Mr. A. E. Meyzeek, principal of one of the public schools of Louisville, Ky., is the originator of a very unique method for teaching the habits of industry and saving among the children of his school. He encourages the pupils to do anything they can to turn an honest penny, which must, of course be done outsi e of school hours. This money is collected daily by the teachers, who in turn place it in the principal's hands, after giving the pupil credit for the deposit. The principal deposits this money in one of the banks of the city where it is intended to stay, at least until urgently needed for school necessities. The aim however, is to have the money undisturbed until the end of the school year. The success of Mr. Meyzeek's innovation, last year, was extremely gratifying to all concerned, and especially to the children who soon saw the importance of being possessed with means. But beyond the child stands the man; it is he, that Mr. Meyzeek has in mind. Doubtless the principal has been depressed by that racial characteristic noticeable around him—shiftlessness, which not only brought woe to those individuals, but sank principal and all. The tendency on part of the principal is towards racial salvation. That expense of time and care on the part of Mr. Meyzeek is but a part of the burden all must share, when capable, or else pay the price for the refusal. It may not now be the price that staggers humanity, but unless there are more of this kind of volunteering, it will soon become such. Mr. Washington, well says; "Let down the buckets where you are." The race must take up that slogan; "Let down the buckets where you are," or perish in the fray. Then it is not the penny saved, which indeed is of some moment, but it is the principle inculcated. There can be other pleasant and yet useful schemes, that teach while they play. WHAT DID THEY DO WITH IT? What will they do with it? was the question asked concerning the proposed petition of the Afro-American Council to the late Democratic convention. We are not informed as to the result of the movement to petition that body in behalf of Negroes who are being, year by year, legislated out of, their rights as citizens. It may be that, that petition did not materialize. But be that as it may. The failure to present such a petition did not excuse that convention from putting itself on record as friendly to fair play as it concerns the Negroes. It may have been the policy to ignore the question entirely. That in itself amounts to nothing. It was the convention's prerogative to take up the question or to let it alone. The question is, what have those Negroes who are tinged with Democracy to say about the matter? What excuse have they to offer for this dereliction in the great party of Jefferson and Jackson? In these days and times there is no exception taken regarding any man's political views; but to espouse the cause of anything, any man, any party without good and sufficient reason is not the American idea of politics. It may be traditional for Negroes to vote the Republican ticket, but tradition is reason sufficient until something comes along that beats it. It is the impression that our country will take no part in the Chinese muddle after relief is afforded American citizens. The sentiment will be applauded by those who have the interest of the country at heart. It is Russia that desires most to see China disrupted. That country ought to have a chance to fight it out with the "pigmies," alone; a good time would be assured Russia. Colored men get into business and be able to command something. Its all moonshine to talk about a greater consideration attaching to the individuals owing to personal qualifications. These count, but not nearly so fast as the great panacea—the almighty dollar. MR. CYRUS FIEIDS ADAMS. CYBUS FIELD ADAMS. The above is a likeness of Cyrus Field Adams, publisher of the Appeal of Chicago, and who was recently elected South Town Clerk. Mr Adams has had a brilliant career as a teacher, editor and as a politician. He was at one time a school teacher in Louisville, Ky., where he successfully taught for several years. He had a decided talent for the German language and at odd times he pursued the bent of his mind. He became very proficient in that language. In fact, it is claimed that his election to his present office is due to his ability to speak the German, undefiled. He had the advantage of study in Europe. It was in Germany where the kinks were taken out of his tongue, and that go-it-as-you-please language was finally subdued by him. He is now considered one of the auserordenlich. As a newspaper man his experience is large. He is an Odd-Fellow and a Mason. He enjoys the esteem of his fellowmen at home and an enviable reputation abroad. Mr. Adams is the president of the Afro-American Press Association which meets in Indianapolis, September 1. The Afro-American Council has no lack of advertisement through the Negro press. It speaks well but it is no more than it should be. The Afro-American Council is the most pretensious body of Negroes ever organized for similar purposes. In fact the choice of the Negro brains of America is associated with the movement. Much depends on its deliberations. It will be the cynosure of all eyes owing to the time of its third annual assemblage. There are those who feel that it will result in an appanage or an adjunct to some political party. But if the word of those in high authority counts for anything; such will not be the case. The Afro-American Council was organized for the purpose of uplifting the race. Its policy is to correct the abuses within the race as well as to stem those from without. Next month North Carolina will decide as to whether she will have new election laws. The colored leaders of that state, feeling that the proposed change will effect the colored voter largely, are putting forward every effort to protect them in their rights as citizens. It is to be hoped that, that state, the home of White, Cheatham, Dancy and other influential Negroes, will in the end play the better part, by passing such measures as are not discriminatory in intent, and of such nature as to have the Negroes feel that they are an appreciated part of that state. The Odd-Fellows' Journal of Philadelphia is after Biihop Turner for riding in "jim-crow" cars down in Georgia. Is he riding in them yet? In the language of Mrs Snelson, let us not be too hard on the bishop. With all his faults we love him still. We twit him occasionally; but we would fight for him just as quickly. He is our only. They say the Chinese are great liars; it is their best means of defense. Nature is a generous mother; the weakest of her creatures are endowed with the means of preservation. The Afro-American Press Association will meet in Indianapolis immediately after the adjournment of the Afro-American Council. Great is Indianapolis and greatly to be praised. THIS AND THAT. Too many colored people on the streets in the latter part of the evening. It looks as though the patrol wagon was made especially for colored people. Some people while on the street cars discuss their affairs to the intense interest of all on board. The Negro Press Association will meet at Salt Lake City, Utah, in its fifth annual session, Monday and Tuesday, August 18. Little Rock, Ark., July 17, 200. Editor the Freeman, Indianapolis, Ind. Dear Sir.—Please to make the following correction; I refer to the signature attached to the comment on sentence: "No metal is as useful as iron,' instead of 'A. O. Delany, ex-principal of State University,' it is 'A. D. Delany, ex-principal of Shorter University.'" —1015 Broadway. Will the local committee at Indianapolis, having in charge the arrangements for the National Council meeting, give the press the name of the hall or church in which the sessions will be held? The committee on selecting place of meeting, Mr. George L. Knox, has secured the senate chamber of the Indiana state house for the sessions of the league through the courtesy of the custodian, Mr. J. W. Vest. We take this occasion to say to him that the Council is every thing that it is reported to be. It will conduct its business with decorum as is its custom, dealing with matters that are purely racial. It has in mind the betterment of the race, only! College, Ga., July 17, 1900. To Editor of The Freeman: In the issue of 14th inst., I read Prof. Delany's correction of the sentence "No metal is as useful as iron," submutted by you to the readers of The Freeman for correction. His correction: "No other metal is so useful as iron," is perfect; the reason he gives for changing the first "as" to so is not sustained by the usage of the best scholars of the English language. The first "as" should be changed to "so" because the comparison is negative. "As" can be properly used as an adverb. (As)...as are used in equal comparison; (So)...as, in unequal ones; (as), "She is as good as she is beautiful." she is not so good as she is beautiful. Respectfully, HENRY PEARSON, Instructor in Ancient Languages and Literature, Georgia State College. At the National Afro-American Press Association which met at Chicago last year decided to hold its next annual meeting in Indianapolis Sept. 1. Mr. Cyrus Field Adams was elected as president of the association, serving as such the past year. In pursuance of his official duties he has appointed the Editor of The Freeman, the editor of the World and Mr. W. Allison Sweeney as a committee of three to make arrangements for the meeting. Mr. Adams feels that there should be no elaborate display, but some earnest work in furthering the ends of Afro-American journalism. One of the prominent churches will be chosen for the occasion. The Association comes prepared to care for itself financially. The Freeman is heartily in accord with the association and will give the movement its best support from now on until the convention. Publishers of papers and those especially of contiguous states are requested to put themselves in communication with Mr. Adams of Chicago or The Freeman so that a basis for preparation may be formed. The American Medical Association of The Fourth Annual meeting of The American Medical Association of C P. and S will be held in St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 2, and 3. The indications are that the meeting will be the largest point of attendance in the history of the Association. Circular letters have just been sent out to all members of the profession whose addresses were obtainable. We trust that all Physicians, Surgeons, Dentists and Pharmacists from the various states will attend this meeting as important subjects will be discussed pretaining to the well fare of the profession as a whole. The following are the names of those whose names are already recorded for the program: Drs. C. E. Bently and D. H. William, of Chicago; Dr. F. B. Coffin, Little Rock, Ark; Dr. J. W. Rowland, ex-president, Ark; State Medical Association; Dr. W. P. T. Jones, St. Louis, Dr. J. E. Perry, Columbia, Mo; Dr. T. A. Walker, Baton Rouge, La; Dr. H. W. Armistead, president Kentucky State Medical Association; Dr. E. E. Underwood, Frankfort, Ky. Dr. J. W. Norrel, Elizabethtown, Ky. Several others have expressed their desire to prepare papers for the occasion and names are being received every day. On account of exposition, and the annual fair, rates will be very low and every physician should attend. Dr. O. T. Fields chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, is wide awake to the occasion and we may feel assured of a delightful as well as profitable visit to St. Louis. O. D. Porter, M. D., President, Bowling Green, Ky., J. W. Norrel, M. D., Secretary; Elizabethtown, Ky. Chattanooga News. Chattanooga, Tenn. Special -On the evening of the 16th inst. the Capitol City Social Club gave their first annual entertainment and ball at the Immaculate Hall on Market street they Capped the climax of all other entertainment of the kind. Everything was carried on nice and up-to-date and everybody had a good time at 12:30 everybody retired for home. Officers John McCafferty, president; Chas. Brown, vice president; Thos M. Henderson, secretary; A. W. Massingale, general manager. The Chattanooga Unions played the Florence Grays Monday afternoon 17 June, Chatt defeated Florence 18 to 2. Quite a large crowd of both white and black attended. The Miley Memorial church is having what you call a Moonlight Picnic and Barbecue at Churchville, Tenn., for two nights July 17, and 18. They are meeting with great success I am proud to say. Old Garner got lucky at last. On the evening of 17th inst., the E. Plurbus Union Lodge No. 4771 gave a grand Lawn Fete and Vocal entertainment at the Churchville School house Churchville, Tenn., for the benefit of the new lodge it was largely attended and a grand programme was rendered for the occasion. Every body played their peices well as follows first song by quartette entitled "Old Kentucky Home" John Kieth, Jno. Brannon, Wm. Pryor and L. C. Cates. Second solo and chorus by Miss Jennie V. Patton entitled "The Heart of a Soldier." Third solo by Miss Susie Dewberry "There's no one to Kiss and Make Up." Fourth quartette entitled "Church Across the Way." Fifth solo by Miss Bertha Love, "You are the Only Girl I ever Cared About." Sixth ragtime song by Jno. Kieth "Leave Your Razor at the Door." Seventh solo by Jno. Brannon "The Letters was Received." Eighth Essay by Mrs. S. Robinson, "Native." Ninth, Medley by Quartette. Committee on Programme John H. Brannon, John Mangrum, Mr. W. J. Earl has just return from Cincinnati, on a bridal tour he had a hearty welcome by his many friends he recently married Miss Edith Perry a popular young lady of Huntsville, Ala. News Notes. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.—The Men's Musical Club under the instructions of S. B. Huggins have made pretty good progress in the art of mastering the brass instruments. Huggins is a musician of rare ability. Having at on-time played with the once famous Allen's band of South Carolina. Miss Lizzie E. Potter, of Monticello, is spending a while in the city the guest of her sister Mrs. Charlotte Johnson. Trinity Baptist church is holding a revival conducted by Rev. Tuggle of Atlanta, Ga. The many friends of S. A. McFarland will be glad to hear that he is convalescent after a long and serious illness. Lawyer J. D. Wetmore has a good practice and is constantly showing his ability as a lawyer before the courts. A sacred concert was given last Sunday night at M. Zion A. M. E. church which was well attended. Rev. Dukes who has been temporary pastor of Harmony Baptist church was installed Sunday. J. D. McClendon the popular shoe salesman is improving in health. Subscribe for The Freeman the great colored Journal. Prof. W. I. Lewis reporter on the Metropolis can be seen daily on his rounds gathering up the many notes of the social events of the city which is sought daily by the many reader of this popular paper. Odies McFarland correspondent. The Freeman will cost you but $1 a year until Aug. 16. Interesting Items Interesting Items. Fort Wayne, Ind. Special—Joe Bush has returned from Ludlow, Ky. Prof. Wilcox the phrenologist and medium is now located at 205 Calhoun street. The Professor is a hustler and has lots of friends. Messrs. Curry and Rains of the Eureka hotel and restaurant are arranging for a blow out in the near future in the way of a cake walk and banquet. Edwin C. Smith song writer captured first prize last week in New York for the best "Coon" song. The prize was awarded by the music Trades a weekly magazine Mr. Smith's song was entitled "We're Goin' to Win" an original ragtime composition. Caldwell and Henry high-class comedians and sketch artists are here this week playing dates at Robinson Park Theatre. In their songs and dances they took the house by storm. They are up-to-date is what the people say about them. A pretty wedding took place last week at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Will Jones. Mr. Archie Rhodes and Miss Addie Green were joined in holy wedlock. The bride and groom received many useful presents. Wedding bells are now ringing over the heads of Herman Simpson and Miss Daisy Jones. Parties desiring the Freeman each week kindly call at C. C. Powell's Music Store 213 Calhoun street. Until Aug. 16, The Freeman will be sent to your address 1 year for $1. 3 month 25 cents. The Latest News Terre Haute, Ind., special: Mrs. Sarah Bratton and her son Ben have returned home after two weeks' visit in Rockville, Ind., with friends. * * Mr. L. G. Akens, who has been a comedian with Dr. Cooper's medicine show, has returned to his home in Birmingham, Ala. * * Mr. and Mrs. Tony Wilson, of Indianapolis, Ind, spent last Sunday in our city. * * The Rev. E. Woods, of Carbondale, Ill, was in our city last week visiting Rev. M. A. Jones, of the Free Will Baptist Church. * * Mrs. David Johnson, of South 13½ street, entertained the sewing circle of Saulteur's Chapel last Thursday afternoon at her home. * * * Mr. G. W. White will visit Visit friends in Chicago and Rockville, Ind., soon. * * The members of Allen Chapel A. M. E. Church will give a grand entertainment at the fair grounds the first of August. * * Mrs. Letcher gave a grand entertainment at her home last Thursday evening to the Narrow Gauge Club. * * Mr. Stanford Holmes and Mrs. Sarah Becthruth of Indianapolis, Ind., was in our city last Sunday. * * The High Rollers won the baseball game from Brazil colored nine last Thursday, 16 to 6. THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE A Glowing Report Showing Health and Prosperity-Churches and Schools Mark the Advancement of the Race-Personals. Editor Freman: Please allow me space in your valuable paper to say a few words about the colored people of this little town and surrounding communities. Calvert is a beautiful little town of about seven thousand inhabitants, located about one hundred miles south of Corsica, between the H. & T. C. and C. W. & B. V. railroads. It is a healthful locality and is known as the "Black Belt" of Texas. The people are energetic, hospitable and enterprising in the true sense of the word and they make manifestations of such when permitted. The colored people here are doing fairly well and are strictly obeying the Biblical phrase that says, "Get wisdom, get understanding," and in addition to this they are acquiring wealth. The city school has done great good so far. Prof. J. D. Hill, the principal, and his worthy assistants, deserve special credit for their good work and untiring efforts for the advancement of the pupils. Christian civilization is not neglected. There are five colored churches, pastored by intelligent and Christian-hearted gentlemen, as follows: The M. E.—Rev. Richardson. The M. E. Zion—Rev. Ray. The A. M. E.—Rev. Carter. The Independent Baptist—Rev. Rodgers. Regular services at all churches and good Sunday schools. There are two Negro physicians here—E. A. Durham and I. O. Davis. Both are acceptable gentlemen, regular graduates from good, first-class medical schools and both have a large and lucrative practice. The good people for miles around willingly entrust their lives in the skillful hands of honorable physicians who handle them almost with the sagacity and dexterity of superhuman beings. Dr. Durham is proprietor of the People's Drug Store, which is recognized as being one of the leading colored drug stores of the State. He carries a stock of goods of between two and three thousand dollars. Everything is nicely arranged and neatly fitted up, with that exact nicety which is beyond the most critical eye. W. L. Rowland, formerly of Pine Bluff, Ark., is drummist. There are three large, first-class restaurants, run respectively by Messrs. Hendricks, Williams and Dogget. They are open for both white and colored and all doing good business. I mention these because they are the recognized leaders while there are others small, yet first class. Rev.J. T. Hill is a first-class tailor, and runs a shop second to none in town. He has the credit of being one of the best tailors of the town, and is kept busy cutting, fitting and preparing clothing. There are two nicely fitted-up colored barbershops here, of which Messrs. Taylor and Matthews are proprietors. They do work in any style desired. Messrs. Miens and Winston run a barber shop for whites. They also do a good business and enjoy a profitable income. The blacksmith trade is not forgotten here. The leaders in this trade are Messrs. Foster, Walton and Nash, each his own shop and doing fairly well. Rev. Niel runs a household furnishing store. He is kept very busy delivering goods. The people living in the communities around this town are not to be forgotten while considering the rapid progress, for they are the very backbone and sinew of the town. The Bethlehem community, about eight miles north of town, is considered one of the best in the county. The people are strictly intelligent and show that they have had considerable educational training. They believe that education, morally, financially and religiously is highly essential for the uplifting and perpetuity of a race. Rev. Geo. Station is pastor of the church in said vichion. He is a man of broad and liberal views and thoroughly understands the science of pastoring a church. They have a good Sunday school, presided over by a young man of great ability. All the land in this community is owned by colored people, some owning forty and upward of 1,000 acres of as good land as can be found anywhere. As I travel through this and other States and see the remarkable advancement of the race along the different lines, I am greatly animated and still believe that somewhere hidden beneath the mystical folds of the twentieth century there are great and grand things for the dusky-faced sons and daughters of Ham. Wishing you much success in your work, I am, yours for the paper and the race. Respectfully. C. T. ROWLAND. Three Excursions to Northern Michigan will be run via Pennsylvania Lines. The dates are August 30th, Sepember 6th and 8th. For particular about rates, etc, apply to W. W. Richardson, D. P. Agent, Indianapolis. ```markdown ``` THE FREEMAN POST OFFICE. A stamped envelope, pramly addressed, must be enclosed for each letter, and the address of business followed by the person address should be given, in order to pre- vise mistakes. Note-Professionalisn and others should be mind in that all letters, etc., in transit between the United States and Canada must be prepaid, otherwise they are set forwarded. Jones, Sisselretta Mackay, Alicia Mackay-Accoose, Allic Russell, Tenie Spive y, Pearl Allen, Bessie Black, Jacqueline Marie, Marie Grey, Alice Kimberly, J Jackson, Mrs J W Afro-American league Allison, Wm Accoce, Willis Barnett, Wills Barnett, J W (2) Bolden, R L Bolden, Boone Banks, R A Banks, R H Bolden, L I Bull, Ile Brooks, A Bundy, J, Y Bull, Ile D Brown, Tum Cark, Henry W (2) Craig, J Marsh, H Cook, Ed W Cook, Wm Coper, Wm Coper, H Chi, is, Geo W, 2 Dean, W. A Davis, Emmett Davis, & Davis Dodd, S E Eason, Jm Eno y & Asher Fernando, Jas. F. Fdler, Jmary Fields, Wm Gillam, Hyman J. Ed Georg, & Hart Gideon, L E Gry, Geo Owen, W Hampte, Ponte (6) Hallack, William Born, Wl & EMC Isban, Jno. W Isler, Arthur 2 Inman, Frank Johnson, FW Johnson, A FP Jackson, Billy Jackson, J o E Johnson, Edw. W Johnson, Chas Johnson, Samuel 2 Leward, Chas Lashe, Herbert Lewis, Chas Lowery, P G Martin, Al Mason, Al Mason, Wesley Mahara, Ed. Martell, Wm H (2) Maxwell, Arthur Mawer, Wm H McCameron, Henry McCloudy, H, M McCurray, Jos A McQuitty, M McDew, D (2) McCarver, Howard Milligan, J, W. 2 Mobley, Jno. W Moore, Ed Morr, J W Morton, Fred Montgomery, A H (2) Montgomery, Walter Mu pny, W Owens, W. J 2 Owens, Hunt, H A Payn, A Phl Payn & arris Perram, Oliver D. Perram, Harry Perram, Prince Prince, Arthur L Quine, Geo. 2 Roberts, Walter M Roberts, Matee Smith, J. B Shelton, Ollie C Spiller, W N P Slidens, A C Steven, Augustus (6) Thearle, H B Thompson, Prof Roy Toomey, T Tum, Vagel Vogel, John W Williams & Walker Williams, Bert A Williams, Jhilly Willis, is, Ernest Willis, s, Prof Jas A Wilson, Griff Wilson, W Woodard, Sidney Wood, Geo W Will am, Claborne Wilson, W Walker, O 2 West, John D Whitney, Salem T Important—We will forward no mail advertised in our letter list at the head of this column, unless a stamped addressed envelope is sent for the same. Tom the bartender, sends regards to Wesley Thomas. "A Country Coon," will begin rehearsals on or about Sept. 1. Ernest Hogan is filling an engagement at a New York roof garden. Miss Carrie Hall is still a favorite at the Exchange theatre, Jacksonville, Fla. Cissel and Mines, colored magnets are still a big hit at the Exchange theatre, Jacksonville, Fla. Rusco & Holland's Big Minstrel Festival will be seen at the Park Theatre, Indianapolis early in August. Clifford D. Brooks is still making a hit on the Blue and Gray. Regards to all friends. Hello, Ollie Brown! Frank Clermont sends regards to J. B. Tucker, Geo. Barley, C. A. Hunter, P. G. Lowery and Pat Chappelle. Charles Edwards known among the profession as the "Black Prince" is spending a few days in Indianapolis. Harry Prampin, the popular band master, will assume the leadership of the Georgia Up-to-Date band for the coming season. Red Miller and Laddie Moore introduced an acrobatic buck dance which scored a big hit, Exchange theatre, Jacksonville, Fla. Dan Roberson, better known as Tickles Dan, is the hit of the day and never fail to make good in the comedy part with the Baxter & Cashen Co., Jacksonville, Fla. Irving Jones, author of several song hits, is no longer connected with the Jones, Grant and Jones act but will be the comedy feature of Black Patti's Trumbadours the coming season. Wm. S. LeVard has signed with the "Rabbit's Foot" as one of the principal comedians for the coming season. He sends regards to Henry Williams, Clarence Powell and all other friends. Mr. Clarence Cissel and Miss Augusta Mines, known as the colored magnets, introduced their new dance July 16, entitled a "Neggersowe" and was a decided hit. They will feature it all the season. Miss Pauline Waykoff, the Southern nightengale, has more diamonds than any colored lady in the business. Her diamonds are valued at $6 500. This is her third month at the Exchange theatre, Jacksonville, Fla. Ralph Nicholas of the Jno. F. Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin Company, writes:— "During this season (summer) I have been in very good health and have had THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER under my direction, during the season the entire orchestra, playing the entire show. It is rumored that he is the first colored musician (violinist) to lead entire orchestra for a 'Tom' show. Regards to Harry Prampin and Chas. Elgar. Payton and Harris have joined the Harrison Bros., big spectacular production "The New and Ancient South" and send regards to all friends. Harry L. Gilliam wishes to thank Messrs. Rusco & Holland, Ernest Hogan Lash Gideon and Chas. Sager for their many kind offers for the coming season. Owing to a boni fide contract which I have signed with Messrs. George and Hart it is impossible for me to sign with either. Hoping that we may be able to do business in the near future I remain Harry L. Gilliam, the original acrobatic Hebrew. Frank Clermont, band master with Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin company has just received a large repertoire of band music and is busy arranging a medley overture. This overture will contain songs and airs of only colored authors. He begs to announce that he is in very good health and says to Jim Lacy, "Hold em down-my new march-look for it soon." Clarence Powell is at Norumbia Park Anubrundale Mass, a suburb of Boston this week and judging from the comment of the Boston papers he is meeting with much success. He sends regards to Sim; son & Pittman, Bob Thompson, Rastus, Dick Lewis, Joe Ricks, Dan Martin, Bob Thompson, Maxwell, Kitchie and J. Ed. Green. Ed.—I will surely be there, "When the big bell rings that day. Ernest Hogan, who is now in New York writes that the "Country Coon" will be the hottest thing out next season. The following well known people have been signed. Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis, the talented dramatic reader; Madah Hyer, Blackstone Quartette, Thornton Sisters, Master Livers, Muriel Ringo, Little Siren, the Britton, Joe and Sadie) Mamie Emerson, Kid Frazier, Cisero Reed, Clarence Logan, Louis Salisbury and several others. Notes from S. B. Gibson's Minstrel: Owing to misrepresentation of the Author, S. B. Gibson, Gibson's Minstrel will not be out until next season. In the meantime, to make contracts good, he will use all people contracted in his company of "Aristocratic Swellss."using his own scenery; special advertising ordered. He will carry forty people and parade daily. 30 weeks booking holds good. Notice of rehearsals will appear in Freeman, Show starts Sept. 15. A few more good people wanted. Notes from the Alabama Troubadours. This, our sixth season under the management of J. E. Comerford, has been one of the most successful seasons we have ever had. Roster: William & Miles Dewey, Geo. Lynier, Kid Howard, Russell Brandow, Spencer Finley, Philip White, Sam Keeling, Kid Wade, Tom Drake, Dan Kildare, Louise Turner, Sadie Tarby, Rosie & Parnella Johnson, Hattie May and a band of 16 pieces. The various members send regards to all friends. Notes from A. G. Allen's New Orleans Minstrels—In Pittsburg, Kan., we turned them away. After the show in Fort Scott Kan., Mr. Williams made a flying trip to Kansas City to see his parents. It has been some time since he has seen his people and their meeting was a joyful one. Leaving them well he joined the show at Joplin, Mo. F. F. Viccars, violin, clarinet and crayon artist, sends regards to all friends. Prof. McCamon and Johnson say, "Howdy, Arthur Prince. J. T. Cox sends regards to Ed Griffin. John S. Walker of band No. 1, who has recently joined has proven himself the original ragtime drummer. He would like to hear from Prof. Prof. J. E. Small, of Prof. Henderson Smith's band. Finch and Silas Freeman would like to hear from Gibson of the Mammoth Minstrel Extravaganza. Miss Marie Brown sends regards to her sister Florence Johnson. Notes of the Georgia Up-to-Date.—Our summer tour through Iowa. Minnesota and Dakota has been a complete success. Poor crops in this section of the country has no effect on the big show as the S. R. O. sign appears on an average of four times a week and the gentleman in white always appears at 10 o'clock Sunday. Our company numbers thirty ladies and gentlemen and the band of 16 under the leadership of Fountain B. Woods never fails to please the public. The press speaks highly of the drilling and tonation of this organization of colored musicians. Fountain B. Woods has proven to the public that he is a trombone soloist of rare ability and a band master as well, as the success of our band lies in his careful training. Harry L. Gillam has been specially engaged by Messrs George and Hart to put the show to-gether for our Western tour through Montana, Washington, Oregon and California. Will Goff Kennedy and Bob Henderson, the 250 pound comedian hold the extreme ends with credit. Their work always pleases the most fastidious. Adams and Ellis in their new act entitled "Nicknacks" written by Harry L. Gillam is a winner from start to finish. Billy Williams, the human frog, has added many new and novelty feats to his act making it one of the strongest acts of its kind before the public. Carrie B. Woods the pleasing and accomplished prima donna is meeting with great success in her solo work and as a soubrette she stands at the top, which fact she proves nightly in a sketch in which she appears with Harry L. Gillam. Wm. Fletcher our cornet solist is one of the features of the olio. His solos never fail to receive comment from press and public where ever he appears. Lagretta Henderson is fast becoming a favorite as a comedienne. She has the honor to be the first colored lady to work an end with success. Tina Mahoney is a pleasing addition to the first part and never fails to receive three and four encores nightly. Her voice is as pure as crystal and has its bird-like sweetness. The orchestra under the direction of Pap West never fails to come in for its share of the honors. The company is one big happy family. Everybody is well and enjoying the luxuries of Western life. With regards to The Freeman and our many friends in and out of the profession we sign, Georgia Up-to-Date. Charles R. Parker of the Rusco & Holland Big Minstrel Festival, writes: After six days of very diligent rehearing, the largest and finest minstrels show on earth opened for the season of 1900-01 at Waukegan, Ill., and to a crowded house as usual, and to say the management is pleased with the show is putting it mildly. The show is strictly up-to-date. Mr. Tom McIntosh, the highest salary comedian of his race and Mr. John Rucker, the famous "Alabama Blossom," are the principal comedians. See this great array of talent: Bones—Tom McIntosh, Dick Brown, Sanford McKissick, Pearl Brewer. Tambos—John Rucker, Ed Anderson, Lew Jones, Jube Brown. Richard Byron, conversationalist and a collocation of sweet voiced balladists as follows under the able direction of W. N. P. Spiller; Willie Turk, the famous baritone; A. J. the phenomenal boy, basso profundo; W. A. Dixon, America's favorite tenor; W. S. Wooten, M. Gravies, Guy Hale, A. B. Coleman, E. L. Anderson, R. Brown. The olo is a follows: Hilliard Brewer, the boneless wonder in a startling exhibition of dislocation and contortion, W. N. P. Spiller's production, the drill of the "Black Watch" a most gorgeously appeared and inicate march; John Rucker, the original "Alabama Blossom" in funny sayings; the Bawards, the raging sensations of the two hemispheres, "The World's Premier" gymnasts, first American appearance; "A Pair of Fricaseed Coons"; McKissick and Jones, the Byron family, famous drawing-room musicians; Tom McIntosh, that real funny coon in his unique and original creations, "Down among the Cypress, an Evening on the Pictureque Suwanee River" introducing the phenomenal baritone; M. Graves, the nightingale quartette, the Crescent City quartette; and John Rucker in his characterization of "Uncle Ned" and the terpsichord novelty, the Hoodoo man. The performance concludes with the startling and sensational acrobatic novelty, the Arabain Demonites, a remarkable exhibition of Dare Devil Deeds by the denizens of the desert and the sports and past-times of the dwellers of sandy wastes of the far East. They are as follows: Simon Bonnor, N. T. Kitchi Husyan Ben Kassan, Saliah Ben Abdelahe, Bene Tzokev. Our grand orchestra under the leadership of Prof. James Lacy supported by the following artists: Prof. James Lacy, 1st violin; John Hayward, 2d violin; William Hedgepath, viola; Sam Burns, violincoffee; George Hayward, bass violin; Clarence Jones, flute and piccolo; John Simmonds, clarinet; A. B Stokes, cornet; Charles R. Parker, saxophone; George Davis, trombone; Pete Stanley, drums. No. 1—Band under the direction of Prof. James Lacy: J. W. Mulligan, solo b-cornet; J. S. Lacy, b-cornet; C. A. Jones, piccolo; J. W. Simmons, soprano saxophone; Pearl Brewer, solo alto; W. N. P. Spiller, 1st alto; C. R. Parker, 1st trombone; George Davis, 2d trombone; H. M. McClondy, trombone; William Hedgepath, baritone; Ed Anderson, tuba; Pete Stanley, sare drum; A. J. Smith, bass drum; W. A. Dixon, symbols. No. 2—Band under the direction of Prof. Rufus Hayward: Albert Stokes, solo b-cornet; Prof. Hayward, solo b-cornet; Herbert Byron, 1st b-cornet A. B 'oleman, solo b-clarion; Charles Wright, 1st alto; Clarence Byron, 2alto; John Hayward, baritone; Sam Burns, 1st trombone; Guy Hale, 2d trombone; Henry Robinson, 3d trombone George Hayward, tuba; James Brown, snare drum; Hilliard Brewer, bass drum Benny Byron, symbals. Notes from P. G. Lowery's Vaudeville Company and Concert Band with Forepaugh & Sells Bros. circus: This writing leaves us all well and enjoying the very best of everything under the city of white. * * Ed Heater is "hot air" with the white tents, sends regards to J. A. Crumwell, Grace Jackson, the Hills (Wesley and Ida). He is featuring Nathan Bliven's success, "Warm Baby from the South." * * Skip Farrell sends regards to Henry McCampbell, of the New Orleans Minstrels; Buddie Robinson, Joe Dobins, and would like to hear from Joe Dobins, and regards to Miss Maze Brooks and Phil Payne. * * Mrs. Edna Farrell sends regards to Mrs. Lizzie Avery and Miss Maze Brooks. * * Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lewis send regards to all friends. * * Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Gillam send regards to Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Gillam, Emma Chacoon and Bessie L. Gillam. * * Chas Elgard sends regards to Nicolas and others, and says he's still with the "big" thing and catching the ghost every Wednesday evening. * * M. McQuity is still with the "big trick," and is stinging 'em on his new four-valve Boston musical euphonium, and sends regards to all friends in and out of the profession. * * Jas. Morton sends regards to all friends; would like to hear from Joe Pleasant. * * The Sherrah Quartet is still a big attraction with the big show in the after concert, where they never fail to please and draw great applause. * * J. Jeff Smith sends regards to Nathan Wilkins, Bud Smith and Arthur Isler, and says he is engaged again with Prof. N. C. Smith's Pickaninny Band on their American tour as cornet soloist. A Flengal cornet is the instrument used by him for solos. * * Yes. Mr. Judy; yes! Let the band play boom chicken. SPORTING BRIEFS Doc Payne, of Cleveland, Ohio, old sparring partner of Kid McCoy, has been brought to Anderson, Ind., to meet Shine Russell the crack colored welter- weight, of Alexandria, who has been thrashing everybody in this section of the state. Joe Gans wants to meet McGovern at 133 pounds. Gans is a good man and too clever to give away so much weight. Fred Blackburn defeated "Shine" Stanley, Tuesday night in 11 rounds of fast fighting. The fight took place West of the city early in the morning and was witnessed by about fifty sports. There was no betting on the affair. Joe Gans, the colored light weight, will be matched to fight the winner of the above fight at the Seaside Sporting Club two weeks later. Al Herford, manager of Gans, agreed to let his colored protege meet the winner, and the match will be arranged after the battle is decided at the garden. ```markdown ``` George McFadden and Jack O'Brien, the light-weight fighters, have been matched to meet in a twenty-five-round bout at the Twentieth Century Club on July 30. They recently fought a slashing twenty-five-round bout at the Broadway A. C., which was declared a draw. Their next battle should be another such vicious fight. *** Denver, Col., July 20.—Frank Childs of Chicago tonight gained the decision over Fred Russell of California at the end of a tame ten-round go before the Colorado athletic association. Young Peter Jackson of San Francisco got the decision over Shorty Ahearn of Colorado before the Olympic athletic club at the end of a ten-round bout. ```markdown ``` "Major" Taylor and Owen Kimble have been matched to appear at Buffalo, N. Y., August 2. Taylor's manager, Mr. Ellingham, has been after a match for Ellingham against some of the cracks of the country, but none of them, except Kimble, who has always said he could beat Taylor, appears overly anxious to meet the colored "fayer." The race will likely be mile heats, two 'best in three, and a $300 purse will go to the winner. Clarksville, Tenn.—W. L. Johnson, the famous newsboy and base ball magnate recently purchased a thoroughbred colt of note pedigree. He has dubbed her Maud S after the past queen of the turf. The colt is a promising one and the pride of her owner who intends to have her trained for the turf. Although the colt is scarely 3 months old, the owner has been offered a large sums for her which he immediately declined. --- George Dixon is to fight again. When O'Rourke matched the little colored fellow with Bennie Yanger and Terry McGovern at Tattersalls recently he said that six rounds would be as far as he could let his little ex-champion go. From New York, however, comes the report that Dixon needs the money and that he is to meet Tommy Sullivan in a twenty-five round contest at Coney Island July 31. Dixon may beat Sullivan. The probabilities are that he will. Yet fight critics assert that it is unfortunate for as clever a little man as Dixon was in his prime to have to swing stuffed gloves for a living when his pugilistic abilities are on the decline. WANTED FOR QUARTET So prano good leader. bass and baritone singer. Good people that have had experience in quartet work. Address FRANK BROWN, Care of The Freeman. Salary sure. 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Ernest Hogan In His Latest and Greatest success: The first Colored pastoral play ever presented by a company of REAL Colored performers. Entire scenery for the production. Carrying the complete outfit of a country farm, such as horses, cows, hogs, burros, chickens and a pack of hounds. Using a train of special cars to transport them from city to city. Home Office: RJSCO & HOLLAND, 346 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill. A RABBIT'S FOOT COMEDY CO.. REPORT FOR REHEARSAL AT LAKEVIEW, N. J., AUGUST 1, 1900. SHOW OPENS AUGUST 15. Can use a few more good performers—both male and female; those double ing brass given preference. REMEMBER THAT I FURNISH NO TICKETS. TO WOHM IT MAY CONOEKN-This certifies that Chappelle & Donaldson, proprietors of vaudeville thes res here, are well known to me, and that they are considered to be honest, honorable men and reliable for their contracts. Respectfully, J. B. ANDERSON; Cashier Exchange National Bank, Tampa, Fl. Originators of Tented Minstrelsy A.G. ALLEN'S NEW ORLEANS MINSTRELS WANTED—Good Musicians and Performers that double. Also good Novelty acts We use Colored talent exclusively. Address: GEO. W. QUINE, Manager, care The Freeman, Indianapolis, Ind., or National Printing Co., Chicago. Fifth-Street Opera House, 906 5th ave LYNCHBURG, VA Of the Grand Fountain U. O. T. R., owned and controlled exclusively by colored people—A first-class place of amusement—a splendid one night stand. Large crowds to greet good plays. All colored turtles visiting the town are given a royal reception by colored citizens. Street cars from door to all parts of the city. W. S. WOODSON, CHIEF AND MANAGER The Casket in the Clay (Copyright 1900) C.C. POWELL, Ft. Wayne I 213 Calhoun St vne Ind. TWO GOOD COLORED COM EDIANS for extreme and one good novelty act for Colored Carnival commencing Aug. 27. Send lowest salary in first letter. Direct all communications to B. C. Truman, Arlington Bath House, after this engagement. You can get The Freer Freeman for $1.00 WANTED! Is the greatest song success now before the American public, it is sweeping the country every where like a hurricane. "Dear Old Kentucky" World's best "state" song. It cannot be equaled by any living song. Each of the above songs will be forwarded to your address for 10 each in stamps, send for one copy this minute. Address Know Thyself --or-- The Hearts of Men. BY JOHN D. HOWARD. NATURE'S NOBLEMAN. The gong had just sounded and the sidewalk in front of the Normal School, in the quiet little borough of Bloomington was soon filled with the students. The closing exercises for the term had just been completed and many were the bright faces, both youth and maid, that had assembled, pausing to exchange congratulations with each other upon the excellency, or the originality of the papers they read; or, upon the promotion, the certificate, each held in their hand entitled them to. Some had finished, with honor, the studies of the institution and had been promoted to higher schools; some had simply advanced themselves in their classes; others, with sad faces and tears of disappointment in their eyes, with their heads hung in humiliation, hurried homeward there to hide their shame and convince, if possible, their expectant parents, that it was all the teacher's partiality that they had not been advanced. Conspicuous among the many groups that stood around the gate was one of three young men, who stood a little apart from the rest. There was something peculiarly attractive about the face of one of them; a face that would cause one to turn and look at it the second time. There was a melancholy sadness about the big brown eyes which told at a glance, that the owner's life was not a happy one. He was about nineteen years of age, tall, and muscularly-built, had a high, intellectual forehead, from which was pushed back a wealth of thick brown hair. His clothing, though respectable in appearance, was of cheap material; it was plain to see he was the son of poor parents, who, even then, perhaps were straining themselves that he might remain at his studies. This was Jack Ashton, only son of Leonard Ashton, superintendent of the rock-quarries situated about two miles from Bloomington, whose salary was meagre; and who often found himself sorely puzzled to make both ends meet and keep his beloved son Jack at school. The appearance of Jack's companions was diametrically opposite, in every particular to his own. It was evident from their appearance that they were of the upper class. Their clothing was faultless, both in style, and texture. Shirley Moreland, the oldest of the three was, perhaps, twenty two years of age, of medium height, straight black hair and eyes. He had endeared himself to the hearts of all his companions; his high regard for honor and fine scruples against any form of unmanliness—his probity and uprightness under any, and all circumstances, had won for him the sobriquet of "Deacon," among the young men at the school. Jack's other companion was Arthur Brown; a lively young fellow, with a mischievous twinkle in his steel-blue eyes. His face and manner were suggestive of good nature. He was, perhaps, Jack's age; but diminutive in stature, so much so, that the other fellows called him the "dwarf." The three had been almost inseparable companions from childhood; in fact, a kind of brotherly love seemed to exist between them; a remarkable circumstance, considering the difference in their social station. With a hearty laugh, Arthur Brown slapped Jack upon the shoulder, remarking as he did so: "Bravo my lad, it is no more than I expected. Your paper knocked them illy—a regular corker. One would suppose, from the able manner in which you handled that difficult theme that you were an advanced scholar in some school of law." The this gushing compliment, Jack felt it his duty to make some reply; yet his innate beachfulness, and utter disgust for open praise held him somewhat in check; though, after a moments hesitation, he managed to say: 'How on earth, did you ever manage to get so much out of such a distinctly dry subject?' Said Moreland. 'I am unable, Deac n. to say just what it was that attracted me to the subject,' replied Jack. 'I have always had a sort of manna to master the profession, of law; and here of late, have been spending my leisure time pouring THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. over a musty old volume of Blackstone which I chanced to find among the discarded effects of the Governor, (meaning his father.) Somehow, the subject Commercial-Law, struck my fancy; after some reflection upon the matter, I selected it as one suitable upon which to write my commencement essay. I feel flattered to learn it has called forth such landable comments." "Well, old boy," put in Arthur, "You certainly took every one off their feet. I always said you would some day become a senator; and now, since I heard your paper I am more than ever convinced of the correctness of my surmise." To this Jack made no reply, and, after a few more remarks upon the events of the day, the three friends separated. Sherley Moreland and Arthur Brown going toward the central portion of the village, while Jack walked to the corner in the opposite direction and, turning into a little side street wended his way slowly homeward with his head upon his breast, as if in deep thought. As Arthur Brown and Shirely Moreland walked along, they fell to discussing the one absorbing topic, the "Closing Exercises." Upon what picture of past events, do we look with more real pride and genuine pleasure through the vista of declining years, than those pertaining to our school-days? As the conversation lagged. Brown remarked: "I wonder what poor Jack intends doing about his future? We cannot remain boys always you know, Deacon." "Ah, have no fear for Jack, my dear boy," said Moreland. "He is one of nature's noblemen, and will make his way." "He certainly is a brick," observed the witty Brown. "But then, Jack, poor fellow has such a knotty problem of circumstances to contend with, his will not be a lot to excite envy, I vow, or his path through life one of roses. You see Deacon, theorizing is one thing and execution quite another. I spoke to Uncle Joel the other day and explained that I had a very dear friend, a chum of mine, in whom I was much interested and asked, if he possibly could, to make room and give him a place in the office up at the factory. I told him my friend was an expert at figures and an excellent penman. He asked me who he was, and when I told him, I got a vacant stare of astonishment for my trouble, with the information that he was quite supplied at present with all the help he could use and further that the first vacancy had long since been promised to the widow Halloway's son, who you will remember is in very straightened circumstances, the result of her husband's improvident life and utter failure in business before he died, between whom and my uncle existed a very deep friendship. Now, I know Jack's ardent ambition to enter college next fall and I know also that he is at his wits end to agree upon some feasible plan by which the necessary funds may be acquired. I adopted this method of assisting him unasked and without his knowledge; knowing as I did his father's circumstances to be quite inadequate to the proposition of Jack's matriculation in college." "The same thought," said Shirley, "has often, in the past few weeks, occurred to me; but I must confess, I could hit upon no practical plan, by which he could be assisted out of his difficulty; though, I sympathize with him sincerely, and shall feel a real regret at losing his jovial companionship. Jack you know, is not the sort of fellow to accept open charity, and as the commercial enterprises of our little town are quite restricted and having little or no influence elsewhere, I feel I am about at my rope's end to do anything for him yet, at the same time, I feel assured his fertile brain has long before this devised some plan, by which he will pull himself through alright. It was only yesterday I heard him remark, he proposed spending his vacation out of town this summer with a relative. Let us not borrow trouble; perhaps matters may shape themselves, entirely different to our present apprehensions." As the two young men finished this conversation they found themselves in front of a large palatial residence upon the door-plate of which was engraved the name: "JOEL HARGRAVE" This, was the home of Arthur Brown's uncle, with whom he lived; and was heir-prospective-to his millions. Arthur being an orphan, whose mother was an only sister of the wealthy manufacturer. Bidding his friend good afternoon. Arthur ran briskly up the marble steps and entered the house while the "Deacon" turned in another street and sauntered leisurely towards his own luxurious home a few blocks away, neither of them thinking, how and under what circumstances they would again meet their old friend and school-mate. Jack Ashton. (To be Continued.) Membership is Cosmopolitan Membership is Cosmopolitan The General Conference of the African M. E. Church is the most cosmopolitan as to membership of any body of men that meets on the American continent. There you find the Afro-American representing every shade of color that human flesh is heir to. There are the foreigners from the West Indies, South America, West and South Africa. The A. M. E. Church is one of the very few church organizations that recognizes no color line. The election to the episcopacy of such men as Dr. C. T. Shaffer and Dr. Evans Tyre would at once set at naught an allegation to the contrary. Dr. Shaffer is as fair-skinned as the average Anglo-Saxon; Dr. Tyrece is much blacker than the average dark-skinned negro. Neither were elected on account of his color, but both were chosen on account of fitness. The church would have made no mistake had Bishop Turner and Bishop Handy been superannuated. They are both grand old heroes, but they are both inactive, and one of them is really in his dotage. Bishop Turner has a good deal to say in the July number of the Voice of Missions concerning some objections, on the part of certain ones of the newly-elected bishops, against being assigned to the African work. They and their friends are branded as "declivers, liars, hypocrites, dirty devils and consumate fools." I, for one, contended, and yet contend, that the two men receiving the highest number of votes should be considered as being elected for home work. Being a bishop makes a man no less human; and work in the States is more desirable than in far-off Africa, say what you please. However, by a "simple twist of the wrist," in the committee room Bishop Tyre, the most popular of the newly-elected bishops, was assigned to work in the States. It is hard to tell which of the two publishing house managers will have the heaviest load to carry during this quadrennium. Dr. Leake owes his election to no special individual, and if he finds any rotten spots on his plum, he can "speak right out in meetin'," if he desires. Not so with Dr. Chappelle. If he finds that the Sunday-School Union is afflicted with the death rattles, he dare not speak out. He may find that Dr. S. Timothy Tice was right. But he is muzzled. Dr. Chappelle was ushered into his office with the understanding that the Sunday-School Union was clear of debt, comparatively speaking. Has he found that to be true? If not, the sooner he makes the true situation known, the better it will be for him. Some of us know that Dr. Chappelle now has the hardest job of his life. If he plays "shut mouth" during this quadrennium he will get as much cursing as he will get glory. The manager of the Sunday-School Union will be expected to make a full-fledged publishing house out of that institution, or go down as a failure. If it is more economical for the work to be done by the Southern Methodist Publishing House, then a mistake was made in purchasing that property. But if Dr. Chappelle proves to be the business man that Dr. Boyd, of the Baptist Publishing House, is, he will be set down as the hero and business man of the A. M. E. connection. Dr. G. E. Taylor, editor of the Southern Christian Recorder, is a man of excellent parts. He will succeed as long as he publishes the paper in Atlanta and conducts a Texas and Atlanta, Ga., journal. Georgia, alone, can and will support that journal, but the paper will not be a real connectional organ. It should be published in the Nashville publishing house, and the money for its publication go into the hands of colored people. It is all nonsense to say that the African Methodist Church can't publish its own Sunday-school literature and an official organ in its own publishing house, that is already paid for. We can do it, and produce a revenue. Will Dr. Chappelle prove equal to the task? It is the earnest prayer of the church that the Financial Board will not commit the error that the last board was guilty of. viz: paying out thousands of dollars for traveling expenses, that might have been put to better use. Some of our bishops seem to forget that "Dollar Money" does not grow on trees. Dr. M. M. Moore came fearfully near being defeated for the bishopric on account of the way he spent money paying bishop's and family's sleeping car fare for four years. Let Dr. Hubbard take warning. Let him remember that he owes his election to the church, and not to a favored few. J. A. JONES. 426 Vine street, Chattanooga, Tenn. Newsy Points. Eufaula, Ala., special: We are sad to chronicle the death of Sister Rosa Thomas on Sunday morning, after an illness of one week. She was a devout Christian, loving wife and devoted mother, and one of the best workers of the Women's Missionary Society. 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In no case is the art used by many unprincipaled Mediums, but to take hold of it, it must be made in mind there, is a matter of impossibility to do. And yet this can be done, and by consulting MRS. MARTH this seeming mystery becomes a subject has received no little attention by eminent men and even college professors. It so proves conclusively that although there are singers in our country "oily tongues," perhaps, a man with wisdom have not been closed to the entire profession. It takes a great deal of study to become an accomplished artist, a continuous and inspiring effort, key to the parently unfathomable mysteries have been procured by MRS. MARTH for the benefit of humanity. By letter, advice $1.00. Hours may be paid, but all letters must contain stamps for answers. MRS. M. B. MARTH. 246 West Thirty-first Mention NEW YORK CITY The Freeman. To the Public. We take pleasure in recommending articles prepared by Dr. Sadie Porter, of 1031 Jefferson street, Nashville, Teen They have been used by different members of the Freeman staff who found them to do just as advertised. 2 MAJOR'S MELANGE. Every self-respecting Negro in America can afford to vote next November for McKinley and Roosevelt, without any ifs, ands or buts. The more the Negro stands for Republican principles the higher the race ascends in the scale of justice and fair play. On to Indianapolis is the slogan of the culture, education and backbone of the race; appropos the Race Council Aug. 28, 1900. The emigration agent is abroad in the land. The Negro cannot injure himself by going to Hawaii to work on sugar plantations. He does the very same work in Louisiana and gets lynched there too. Hemp stretching was never known in the Pacific Islands. Well, a Negro might incidentally amount to something in the far off free country. The Negro talks and laughs to much and thinks too little. He is extremely sensitive in the light affairs and not serious in matters of competition and bread winning. He will want to kill you if you call him a liar but if his daughter is ruined he calls that a misfortune, and does some whining, when the fool ought to use a gun. The fool killer and the fool don't meet often enough. The trouble to-day with the Negro is this: Too many of the good ones die while the trifling good for nothing, dead beats have a strong claim on longevity and cling with vengeance to life with a bull dogs tenacity and like Shakespears ghost, will not down. Let us adopt the right plan; shoot some of the worthless curs and then the lynching in the country will not have to be done by the white cappers. --- More preachers, more death groans in the pulpit, more saintly garb, paraphernalia, or habiliment of body (not much of salvation) more dependents on the public for their support while their wives can wear silk and yours wear cotton; more church debts to burden the people, hypocrites mongers too; external appearance in style, but craving the gain of others sweat, pretending sanction, but in whose path lay destruction to the morals of the home. This whisky guzzling, woman destroying, chicken eating, dictatorial set of secondrails should be set aside for ten years and give the race a chance to get on its feet. The good (?) preacher need not feel at all sensitive at this, for it is not meant for the good. The shot is well aimed; and will strike home. The big Negroes from England and the West Indies will not come in contact with the ruffian element down South, hence the Negro Business League is called to Boston. Mr. Washington is a great good little man. The foreign black gentry could not have it to say to Mr. Washington, "You invited us to America and we are insulted by your jim-crow cars, etc.;" no the promoter is staed on Boston, but Boston has her own very peculiar way sometimes. We have heard of Boston hotels doing a little of the jim-crow tricks themselves, yes dear old Boston. But Mr. Washington and the town—mayor can fix the hotel doors so that the latch will be on the outside. ```markdown ``` A Negro Democrat is a proof of the fact that some Negroes are forgetful of base injustice. --- A black Democrat with a high standing collar on reminds us of a mule looking over a white-washed fence. A yellow Negro Democrat is proof that the South tried to finish its plague of Negro degradation. W. M. Lewis is swinging a heavy pen these suitry days. The Freeman editions while not sparkling with wit, pregnant with glittering generalities, nor teeming with passages of meaningless sophistry, yet they are brim full of sound, sober philosophy, good advice, pointing the way to the best things for the American Negro. The Freeman has always been noted for its conservative leanings, and yet like a great light-house with her searchlight under full searching power, and in easy action and full swing, is ever guiding the weather-beaten ship of state to safe harbor. The reading Negro of America must acknowledge whether he wishes to or not that The Freeman is our greatest exemplar of journalistic progress. M. A. MAJORS. M. D. 1 Rare Opportunity for Young Men Desiring to Enter the Ministry. The Phelp's Hall Bible Training School conducted in connection with the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute offers exceptional opportunities THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. for young men who wish to prepare for the Christian Ministry. A special building known as the Phelp's Hall Bible Training School is set apart for this department of the work. It contains a chapel, library, reading room, office, three recitation rooms and forty sleeping rooms. The teaching is wholly undominational, the purpose being to help all denominations and not to antagonize any. The cost of board is $8 per month and students are given a chance to work out a portion of this, leaving as a rule, but five or six dollars to pay in cash. A few who have no money are given an opportunity to work out all of their expenses. Lack of means need debar none. The teaching in this department is free. The next school term begins September 11. Further information may be had by addressing Booker T. 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John Harper has returned to his ministerial work in Jeffersonville, Ind. * * Mr. Clyde Radcliffe spent Sunday in Dayton, O. * * * The Freeman should be read by every person interested in race topics. * * Mr. William Weaver and wife have returned from their outing near the Great Lakes. * * The Busy Bees gave a lawn social Tuesday evening at the church. An enjoyable evening was spent. * * Miss Emma Harper has gone to Indianapolis, Ind., to visit Miss Mable Brown. * * Mrs. Robert Kersey has been on the sick list. * * Mr. Robert Fanning is to have another glove contest with Mr. Woodford. * * Mrs. Alva Fanning has returned from Indianapolis, Ind. * * Mr. Roush Brown is much better. * * Mrs. David Mitchell has been on the sick list. * * Mr. R. V. 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This opportunity will not only help you to us with One Dollar and get this great Combination Offer as I enclose you $1.00 (One Dollar) for which please send me the following goods at once; 4—(FOUR) Large Boxes "Ozone" Hair Grower and Hair Straightener. 1—(ONE) Large Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner. 1—(ONE) Large Jar Electrical Skin Food. 2—(ONE) Large Package Anti-Odor. MILK CAFE HOTEL DALE COR. ARCTIC AND KENTUCKY AVES. Atlantic City, N. J. Ladies' and Gents' Cafe. European Plan. Open All Night. E. W. DALE, Prop. NATHANIEL BIGGS, Man Patronize Our Advertisers and tell them where you saw it. MANIEL BIGGS, Man. m where you saw it. E. W. DALE, Prop. NATHANIEL BIGGS, Man- Patronize Our Advertisers and tell them where you saw it. FOR THIRTY DAYS address for one year for .LAR. ONE DOLLAR. History of the Negro Soldiers In the Spanish-American War The First Martyr of the War was a Colored Man! EDWARD A. JOHNSON Author of The Famous School History of the Negro Race," Haligua, N. C. Price $1.00, Agents Wanted. THE HISTORY CONTAINS: First Hero of the Navy a Colored man. Pen Pictures of the Daring Charges made by Negro Soldiers at San Juan, El Caney a ground Santiago. Corporal Brown killed at his post while fireing a cannon which knocked over the block house and saved the Rough Riders. Sergeant Berry, the colored soldier who was first to raise the American flag on San Juan Hill. The glowing tributes to the lion, the Rosevelt and many others on the bravery of Negro Soldiers. General Morgan志愿到 C. G. Ohlender, the General of the Cuban Women Cavalry. The Negro Paymasters in the Army. The Negro Post, Pr Lawrence Dunbar. "Eddie" Savoy, the colored man who outwitted the diplomacy of the Spanish Minister at Washington, Bte. Questions Every Person Ought to Know. All answered in the History of the Neg Soldiers in the Spanish-American War: First. How many colored sailors were killed in the destruction of the Battleship Maine? 2. What colored sailor was the first marryt of the Spanish-American War? 3. What colored soldier was the first marryt of the War the Revolution? 4. What colored soldier had charge of a Hotchkiss gun knocked on the Spanish Block House and saved the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War? What colored soldier reached the Block House first on San Juan Hill, took down the Spanish and hoisted the American flag? 6. What colored soldier did the same at the Block House at El Caney? 7. What colored man outwitted the Spanish Minister in Washington, C. G. Ohlender, the General of the Cuban Women Cavalry. General Morgan志愿到 C. G. Ohlender, the General of the Cuban Women Cavalry. The Negro Paymasters in the Army. The Negro Post, Pr Lawrence Dunbar. "Eddie" Savoy, the colored man who outwitted the diplomacy of the Spanish Minister at Washington, Bte. Every Page Brimming Full OF NEW and interesting reading, with about 43 half tone and fine engravings of Soldiers, Officers or Scenes of the Spanish-American War, with A F Picture of Aguinaldo, his Headquarters, a Filipino Lady of Minilla, and a Brief Sketch of Filipino and their civilization. Handsome picture of General Nelson A. Miles, the fighting of the colored soldiers around Santiago was "What out a Parallel in the History of the World." the Negro Race," Kaleigh, is Wanted. a Colored man. dollars at San Juan, El Caney and de firing a cannon which knocked ceant Berry, the colored soldier Hill. The glowing tributes of dry of Negro Soldiers. General Geeo, Gomez, Gomez, Gomez, and Army. The Negro Post, Paul outwitted the diplomacy of the d in the History of the Negro any colored soldiers were killed in d sailor was the first martyr in the first martyr of the War of a Hotchkiss gun knocked over the Spanish-American War? 5. 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He preached last Sunday at Corinthian Baptist church. The Friday night dancing class continue to have their school every Thursday evening at Hammond Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Montgomery of 920 Fowler street move to Brightwood this week where they purchased a home. Mrs. M. Dotson entertained friends last Monday in honor of her guests, Mrs. Harriet Spaulding and Miss Charity Boyd. Bethel church Sunday School will picnic at Armstrong Park Aug. 2. They will remain at the park until 10 o'clock at night. The Lawn Fete at Mrs. Mary Williams Douglas street, last Monday evening was a success both socially and financially. The Y. P. A. of Bethel A. M.E. church had a lawn fete at the residence of Mrs. Roxie Bell in Bright street, Tuesday evening. Send your renewal at once. The Freeman will be sent to your address one year for $1. Good until Aug. 16. Mrs. James Shelton has returned from a ten days visit to her parents in Franklin. She was accompanied by their little daughter Marion. Rev. 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There will be a grand picnic and barbecue given at Greenwood Park Aug. 2, by the Booker T. Washington Club. Every body is cordially invited. Miss Ollie Dickson entertained a number of friends last Friday evening at a circle and luncheon at her home on Ogden street in honor of Miss Boyd and Mrs. Spandling. Church—Preaching services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; Sabbath school at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; Sabbath school at 3 p. m.; Rev. Grant, pastor, Bethel Baptist Church—Preaching services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; Sabbath school at 3 p. m. Rev. Vinegar, pastor. Simpson Chapel Notes. Last Sunday, at 11 a. m., the pastor delivered an interesting sermon to the class of probationers, who were re- first piano and organ recital last Friday evening, at the beautiful and cozy home of Miss Guy, on S. Moxahala avenue. In response to invitations from the instructress, about one hundred and twenty-five of Zanesville's cultured citizens assembled to hear what proved to be a rare treat. Amid the hanging vines and drooping trees on the lawn, and on the porches, hung dainty Japanese lanterns, giving forth their mellow light; in the house, evergreens and fragrant flowers were tastefully arranged at convenient places and in the dining room, half hid among a rich profusion of similax and HEALTH. MEN Do you lack vigor? A discharges? Do you suffer fainness, or any troublesome affliction? The Peerless Feel all woman's pains away. Half box 50 cents. LITTLE Universal Prevent Cures "Whites" or Leuchorrhea half box 50c. BOOK 2 cent. Mr. E. C. Royal, of Anderson, Ind., was in the city last week. Mr. Royal who is a 32 degree Mason had been attending a meeting of the Royal Arch at Ft. Wayne, Ind. Mrs. W. H. Lonas is in Bowling Green, Ky., visiting relatives and friends and seeking a health improvement. She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Lucy Bolan. Mrs. T. H. Johnson of E. Tenth street entertained Madames Woodard Stewat, of Noblesville, H. E Boone, of Dayton, O., and Miss Ella Williams of Columbia Ave., at dinner Tuesday an enjoyable time expressed. Send 10 three months subscribers at 25 cents each and received the "History of the colored soldiers, in the Spanish-American War." Good only till Aug. 16. Mr. Edward R. Hamilton, of Knoxville, Tenn., is visiting his brother-in-law Mr. W. H. Lonas on Osage street. Intellectually Mr Hamilton is a bright young man, and he anticipates making this his home. Free Baptist church the members and friends are needed to build up the attendance of the church and Sunday School. Sister Owens is very sick at her home. Quarterly Conference convenes at Chicago next week. The Alpha Home Association will picnic out at the Home Thursday Aug. 16. The ladies that control the association are making a strenuous effort to give the public a royal entertainment. Tuesday prior to the picnic Mrs. Roxie Bell and Mrs. Susie Williams will receive donations at the Bates Barber Shop. We hope the public will be liberal in having donations on that day. The Association intends building two additional rooms soliciting papers are now out in the interest of the effort. Hulda Webb treasury and Ella Williams secretary correspondent. Mr. James Sterrett, of New Albany, is in the city. Mrs. Boone, of Dayton, O., is the guest of friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Sneed are visiting Mrs. White in Connerville, Ind. Wayman Chapel S. S. picnic at Garfield Park Friday the 20th was largely attended. Miss Aleana Smitherman, of Chicago, Ill., is in the city the guest of her relatives and friends. Miss Charity Boyd, of Frankfort, Ky., is visiting her cousin Miss Lillie Taylor 1704 W. Fifteen street. Rev. Dr. Hurley, of Allen, and Editor Wm. M. Lewis of The Freeman were special guests of honor. Mr. and Mrs. Woodard Steward, of Noblesville, were callers at the Bates Ladies department Wednesday. Dr. Wilson, of Chicago, passed through the city enroute to Bloomington to attend the sick bed of his father. Misses Page entertained at their home in South Linden street in honor of Miss Aleana Smitherman of Chicago, Ill. Miss Sarah Dickerson, of 1020 S. State Ave., left Sunday for Louisville, Ky., and other points in the South. While in Louisville she is the guest of Miss Claire Harding. Mrs. T. Godley, of Greensburg, and Miss Lizzie Robison, of Ohio, passed through the city Saturday enroute for their respective home after recuperating in Martinsville ten days. Mrs Godley returned to Martinsville Thursday. Remember friends that our midsummer reduction is on only till Aug. 16. If your subscription has expired or will expire shortly send in your renewal at once. A wise man is he who instead of visiting summer resorts attains with less expense the same results by visiting Malone's Barber shop 308 Indiana-Ave. Baths and fans the pink of perfection. Beautiful, weak, guilty Gladys Gray. Those who will weep with her throughout the story "Know Thyself" and go with her through her haunts of crime and vice and then see her, by diut of self-conviction, elevate herself superior to the most disgusting circumstances and environments, can but feel that the power and scope of God's love is limitless. This interesting story commences July 21. Do not miss a single chapter. CHURCH DIRECTORY A. M. E. Church—Preaching services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; Sabbath school at 3 p. m. Rev. Collins, pastor. Wesleyan M. E. Church—Preaching service every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; Rev. Bass, pastor; Sabbath school at 3 p. m. McKinley M. E. Church—Preaching services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; Sabbath school at 3 p. m. Rev. Turner, pastor. A. M. E. Mission Church—Preaching services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; Sabbath school at 3 p. m.; Rev. Hill, pastor. Zlon Baptist Church—Preaching services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; Sabbath school at 3 p. m.; Rev. Grant, pastor. Bethel Baptist Church—Preaching services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; Sabbath school at 3 p. m. Rev. Vinegar, pastor. Simpson Chapel Notes Last Sunday, at 11 a.m., the pastor delivered an interesting sermon to the class of probationers, who were received into full membership. The leading points in the doctrines and polity of the Methodist Church were set forth strongly and plainly. Everyone present was much delighted and benefited with the discourse. Those members and friends who do not attend these Sunday morning services deprive themselves of rare treats, intellectually and spiritually. * * The Sunday school was well attended, and the indications point to a steady growth. The pastor will organize a Bible class next Sunday, and invites the oldest members and others to become members of his class. He says that it will be the largest in the school, but the other teachers will have something to say about that. * * The funeral of Herbert Bruce was attended last Sunday by the pastor at the residence, 48 La Salle street. * * Presiding Elder Sissle conducted the funeral services of Miss Ella Herrington, whose death occurred on Wednesday of last week. * * Quite a number of the members of the Epworth League attended the Echo meeting at Roberts Park Church on Wednesday evening. * * There were two additions last Sunday, W. R. Rollins and Fred Thomas. * * The Ladies' Embroidery Class and Sewing Circle meets every Thursday afternoon at the church. Mrs. Mattie Jackson president, Mrs. Katie Bouyer secretary. * On Friday evening a mass meeting of the members was held and quite a sum secured in subscriptions to meet the outstanding indebtedness by the second Sunday in September. * * The church has been organized into States, and the governors will at once proceed to put the machinery in working order to collect the necessary finances to meet their state obligations. * * Rev. Gilliam will leave on Monday to attend the district conference at Rockport, Ind., and will be out of the city until Tuesday, August 7th. * * The pastor will preach at 11 a. m. There will be special services at night. The Sunday school will furnish the program. The Georgia State Industrial College Open to Both Saxea. The fall term beginning October 8, 1900, the Georgia State Industrial College will receive both young men and young women as boarders. The entire expenses for board, washing, fuel and lights will be only $500 per month. The location and surroundings are healthful and elevating. A first class opportunity for young men and women to obtain a good literary and industrial education. The trades of Blacksmithing, Wheelwrighting, Carpentry, Painting, Bricklaying, and Shoemaking will be taught the boys and the art of Sewing and Cooking will be taught the girls. Boarding space is limited and those who wish to come must apply early. Respectfully, R. R. Wright, LL.D., President. College, Ga. Items of Interest. Galveston, Texas, special: The Freeman is becoming more popular each week with the progressive Galvestonian. * * The organization of an Afro-American Business League seems to be the most noteworthy coming event of interest to our readers. Galveston has three Negro physicians who are doing a good business and reading The Freeman weekly. * * Mr. J. A. Andrews, head waiter at The Tremont Hotel, deserves much commendation for the interest which he takes in giving employment to his colored brother in his line of business. Mr. Andrews employs waiters from all parts of the State and has taught over fifty young men the trade within the last few years. * * Rev. Levi Williams, of Cuero; Messrs. R. H. Dudley, of Beaumont; W. W. Bowman, of St. Louis; Leonard Haynes, C. S. Worsham and J. A. Andrews were pleasant callers at our office this week. * * Messrs. J. A. Allen, D. Allen and C. Awood, of Austin, are in the city. * * Misses Lizzie and Lula Perkins, of Beaumont, are guests of Miss Gertrude Christian. * * Mrs. A. L. Alexander is spending the summer in Kansas. * * Don't forget to attend the Non-Sectarian Literary Society Monday night at Mf. Pilgrim Church, Thirty-third and Broadway, Mr. N. Pope will deliver the opening address. Subject: "The Guide to Success. * * The surprise party given Mrs. Mattie Williams on last Saturday night by a number of friends was quite an enjoyable affair. * * If you fail to receive your paper notify Wm. L. Peoples, at the "Afro-American Newspaper Agency," 2615 avenue L. 'Phone 1213, 2 rings. Society in Gala Array. Zanesville, O., special: Miss Alice Singer, of Cambridge, is visiting relatives on Muskingum avenue. * * Mr. Singer and Miss Leeper, of Cambridge, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Singer Sunday. * * The St. Paul A. M. E. S. S. will give a picnic in Rankin's grove Wednesday, August 1, instead of a boat excursion as originally intended. * * The Knight Templars of Masonic Lodge will give a lawn fete in one of the school house yards in Putnam, Thursday, August 2* * * Sunday will be communion at St. Paul A. M. E. Church. * * Rev. A. M. Thomas is selling "Life of Booker T. Washington." * * Mrs. Merchant of Newark, was visiting Mrs. S. Barnett last week. * * Miss Vandalla Guy, and class of twenty pupils, gave their first piano and organ recital last Friday evening, at the beautiful and cozy home of Miss Guy, on S. Moxahala avenue. In response to invitations from the instructress, about one hundred and twenty-five of Zanesville's cultured citizens assembled to hear what proved to be a rare treat. Amid the hanging vines and drooping trees on the lawn, and on the porches, hung dainty Japanese lanterns giving forth their mellow light; in the house, evergreens and fragrant flowers were tastefully arranged at convenient places and in the dining room, half hid among a rich profusion of smilax and sweet peas, was stationed the all refreshing punch bowl. Promptly at 8:30 the program began, and for over an hour those present were held in ecstasy by the sweet music of teacher and pupils. Miss Guy is to be congratulated upon her musical career, and the program of last evening speaks highly of her ability as an instructress. Social Happenings Social Happenings Clarksville, Tenn., special: Rev. H. Metcalf announces the State Baptist convention a success and that over $400 was contributed to the worthy cause. * * Fifth Ward Church gave a splendid entertainment on the 19th inst-for the purpose of adding proceeds to its relief fund. A grand steamboat excursion left the wharf at about 8 a. m., Tuesday, July 24th for Tobaccoport and Fort Denelson. The boat was run under the auspices of the United Clubs, composed of popular young city men and was well patronized by the respectable people. * * The churches of this city and New Providence furnished the refreshments. Every one enjoyed himself on "the banks of the Cumberland, far away." * * W. L. Johnson, The Freeman's representative, had a narrow escape from being torn to shreds by a rapacious canine Sunday, July 21. Entering a yard to deliver a paper in "Black Bottom," unaware of the presence of the canine who sprang upon him. By placing his papers in front of him they served as a pallidium against the brute's attacks, whose attention was attracted, thus enabling his victim to escape unhurt. * W. M. Cary and William Wright took leave for St. Louis, Mo., July 20. * Grant Brown arrived in the city from Louisville, Ky., July 15. * * Miss Kate Ramey is spending an enjoyable vacation from Fisk University at the home of her parents on Taylor's Hill. * * The teachers' institute is holding its annual session at the public school. * * The Hopkinsville base ball club, which was scheduled here for July 16-17, were sidetracked en route. * * John R. Rogers has announced himself as a candidate for constable in the Twelfth district. * * Miss Callie Carr is in the city visiting friends. * * Haze Bailey, our young attorney, is said to be doing a rushing business in his line. * * John Bailey arrived in the city from Paducah, Ky., where he has been for two years. * * Mrs. Semkins is entertaining her sister from Hopkinsville, Ky., at her residence. Interesting Items. Dayton, O., special: The South African choir gave one of their noted concerts at Zion Baptist Friday evening. Songs, both national and religious, and American jubilee songs. The program was most excellently rendered and was appreciated by all who heard it. * * The A. M. E. Sunday school will give their annual outing at Shartel's grove, August 8; a pleasant time anticipated. * * Miss Lillian Foston has returned from Springfield, O., where she has been visiting friends and relatives. * * Mr. and Mrs. Harry Taylor entertained a number of friends at their beautiful home on Frum street one evening last week. * * Mrs. Frisby Oldwine, who has been visiting relatives in Dayton, returned to her home in Cleveland, O., last Sunday morning. * * Miss Ellen Voss left for Columbus, O., Tuesday morning, where she attended the United Baptist Sunday school convention, to which she has been appointed delegate from Zion Baptist Sunday school. * * Mrs. Benjamin Oldwine spent Sunday in Sandusky visiting friends. * * Mrs. Toller is still on the sick list. * * Patrolman John Smith has been quite ill for some time. * * Rev. Grant, of the Third Baptist Church, will preach for Rev. Hatcher at Courtsville, Sunday, July 29. The choir and quite a number of his congregation will accompany Rev. Grant. Do not fail to begin with this week's issue of the Freeman, which contains the first of a series of articles on "Know Thyself," by John D. Howard. Happenings. Noblesville, Ind, special: The Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias (colored) of Indiana concluded a three days' session in this city July 19. The convention has been well attended. The following officers were elected: G. C., Wm. H. Porter, Indianapolis; G. V. C., S. R. Oxendine, Richmond; G. P., Fred J. Hord, Noblesville; G. K. of R. and S. Remus Moore, Indianapolis; G. M. of E., Henry Sweetland, Indianapolis; G. M. D., Dr. J. H. Ballard, Indianapolis; G. L., Dr. C. R. Atkins. Anderson, G. M. at A. James V. Barnett, Indianapolis; G. I. G., Rufus Hammons, Irvington; G. O. G., John D. Morris, Indianapolis; Supreme Representatives, Dr. J. H. Ward and Henry Sweetland, Indianapolis. Notice. 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