The Freeman

The Mid-Summer Reduction, One Year for $1.00 Only AFew Days THE FREEMAN A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER VOLUME XIV NUMBER 33. MEN OF STERLING QUALITIES WHICH GRACE THE PRECINCTS OF THIS GREAT CITY BOTH IN RANK AND FILE The Citizens at Large Apreciate Their General Worth and Do Not Fail to Show It--Positions of Trust and Honor--An Incident. Special Correspondence, Bountiful, Ky. Mr. Alex. P. Wilson has gained an enviable reputation as an electrician. He has held the position of electrician at the Courrier-Journal building for six years, having in charge four electric machines. Mr. Wilson is now a contractor, and as such has done work in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and throughout his own State. He will go to Havana, Cuba, in January, where he will set up some very large dynamics and motors. He has put in wires and electric chandeliers in many private residences and churches, including the Fifth Street Baptist church. As a contractor Mr. ALEX. P. WILSON. Expert Electrician, of Louisville. Ky. Wilson was the first to occupy the field in the South. He received his education in the public schools of Louisville, Ky. At an early age he had an anxiety to know something about electricity. Accordingly he placed himself under D.H. Wilds, now of Philadelphia. He began by putting electric bells in houses, which work was followed by work with incandescent and arclights. Very often he is called in by doctors to assist in electric treatment for some disease. In January, 1898, he went to the Gulf of Mexico to put electric bells in one of the largest hotels on the coast. He put up the annunciator and wired it, which was considered expert workmanship. The hotel had three hundred rooms. The Board of Underwriters recognize Mr Wilson's ability as an electrician. As an expert he has been called into count to give his views regarding electricity. In this capacity he always sustained his reputation as a valuable man. J. L. V. Washington has distinguished himself for his activity in behalf of the K of P. lodge, of which he has been elected Grand Chancellor Commander of the State of Kentucky for the eighth time. It was in 1894 when he assumed the duties of his office, at which time there were about 134 members with a debt of $800. Since that time, through the splendid abilities of Mr. Washington, the debt has been totally liquidated, $5,500 of current indebtedness paid, while about $1500 stands to their credit in the bank. In 1894 there were but three lodges in the State, whereas there are now eighteen with a flourishing membership. Mr. Washington has just returned from a Western tour, where he set up several lodges in different cities. His motto is "Seven new lodges for the year." There is scarcely any doubt about him attaining his desire. He is full of energy. The K. of P.'s of Kentucky can well afford to congratulate themselves on having such a very valable man to push their cause. He is a true knight—good and brave—all say so. His lodges have honored him by electing him as a delegate to the supreme lodge, which meets in Chicago, August 27 to 31. Mr. Washington is president of the St. James Association, which conducts the St. James Old Folks' Home. For three years he served the association as manager of finance while purchasing the home, which cost $4,000. Thus it will be observed that he is a useful member of society in general. He is highly appreciated by all, being held an estimable young man of sterling qualities. The Conclave Committee of Louisville, Ky., has employed two hundred colored lads to pass water along the line of march during the great triennial demonstration the latter part of the month. The good intent of the committee is worthy of more than passing note. Two hundred boys who deport themselves well on the occasion will also be worthy of more than passing note. Carthage Notes. Carthage, Missouri, Special.—Warren Hansford, one of the best known tonsorial artists at Whitt's shaving parlor, is a great admirer of The Freeman. He says it should be in every Negro's home in Carthage. He has just renewed his subscription with Col. Fred D. Blair, the hustling Freeman agent. Miss Eliza Stemmons, one of the popular society ladies of this city, has charge of the residence of John Blair while the family is away for the summer. Jack Denton, the popular porter at the Gold Dust bar, can always be found at his post of duty. He takes special interest in showing the strangers a good time when they come to Carthage. Peter Gibson, a well-known laborer, is now regularly employed by the city helping construct a sewer. Prof. George Perry will teach another year in this city. This will be the professor's third term here. Miss Elmore will also be his assistant. There has been quite a rival among the colored young men for a long time to see who was the fastest bicycle rider. Col. Fred Blair has held the record for some time. He had given up racing, but the fever broke out again, and a match was made between the colonel and Thugar Spates, a local rider. Everything was arranged. Quite a crowd was out to watch the race. Before the race the colonel stated that his wheel had a coaster and could not ride his best. Both riders got off, and Spates beat the colonel a wheel length. The colonel's friends urged him to race again inside of a week. The colonel got a race wheel and the time came for the race. Spates wanted to back out as the colonel was bound to win this time. They were off after schorching quite a while. Spates took the lead from the jump, but was soon overtaken and Spates was beaten badly. He was easily out classed. Another race will be pulled off soon. They are five or six fast riders here, all are after the colonel's scalp. Mrs. Maggie Reeves entertained several friends at her home. Don't fail to call on The Freeman agent while in the city. Lagrange Public Schools. Lagrange, Tenn., Special.—Our summer public schools in the 13th district all started on the 15th ult., with about 510 children under the care of the following teachers: Prof J C Walton, at Jones' Chapel, 115; Miss Sallie Kemp, at Town school, 65; A A Waddell, Jones school house, 40; C A MoNeal, Sunnyside, 75; N G Walker, Jones'boro, 45; Nelson Walker, Oak Grove, 25; Lucius Walker, Selm Grove, 40; C O Shelton, Cedar Grove, 60. There is also Miss Rebecca Hahn, a graduate from Tuskegee, who is teaching three miles from town. A. B. Grand Chancellor Commander K. of P. Lodges for the State of Kentucky. News Notes. Palestine, Texas, Special.—The entertainment given by the S. M. Ts. was a grand affair. Music by Prof. R. A. Barrett. Miss Margurite Teal, of Crockett, Miss Helen Green and Nellie Lacy are in the city. Moses Jones is sick listed. Read The Freeman and keep posted with the news. Dr. Trapp has closed a very successful revival with ninety conversions. Mr. Archie Dudley is bell hop at the Nolen. Mr. Bryant, of Beamont, passed through the city en route to Jacksonville. Mrs Spiller, of Willis, is visiting in the city. Chas Bailey and Tom Harris went West on the 200, Mr. Trice's car. Miss Maggie Roberts is in the city. Rev McCellan has left the city. Ike Brown left for Oakwood on a visit. Jack Miller is doing nicely. Henry Jackson, of Group, spent Thursday in the city. Born to Mr and Mrs Louis White a bouncing girl on the 26th. Louis White has accepted a position at the Nolen hotel. James Eily has resigned his position at the Nolen hotel. He will take a 30-day vacation. Mrs. Trapp went to Austin. Mrs. Dudley went West. Rev. Daly has started a revival at his church. He preached to a large congregation. MR. J. W. TAYLOR, Guthrie, O. T. Mr. Tavlor is one of the most prominent colored men in Oklahoma, and is destined to make his mark along political lines. He is now health officer of Guthie, O. T. Baptist Association Nashville, Tenn., Special.—The Stone River Baptist Association began last Tuesday, August 6, at Shelbyville, Tenn. Rev. Robert Page, of Nashville, preached the introductory sermon. Rev. James Mason, of Mt. Zion Baptist church of Nashville, is moderator and W. L. Causler secretary. A fair delegation left Nashville for Shelbyville. Mt. Gillead Baptist church raised $77.90 in their July rally, with Bro. J. N. Lewis, the superintendent, as the acknowledged leader. Rev. R. Page pastor. Mrs. Sidney Lewis, wife of Mitchell Lewis, died Sunday morning, Aug. 4, 1901, at her residence, 917 N. Spruce street. She was 39 years of age, and leaves a kind husband and two loving children. The funeral services were held in Mt. Olive church, Rev. C. Clark pastor. Miss Katie Dungey, of West Nashville, gave a moonlight social Friday night. Aug. 2, for the benefit of the Gay Street Christian church An enjoyable time was witnessed by all who attended. The 13th annual grand session of the Grand Temple and Tabernacle of the International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor for Tennessee and jurisdiction, which adjourned at its last session to meet at Clarksville, will convene in the Queen city of Tennessee, Nashville, Tuesday, September 3. Now, since Nashville has been given this honor, let her do her duty by extending a welcome hand to her visitors on that day. Don't fail to subscribe for The Freeman, on sale at 512 Cedar. Columbus News. Columbus, Ga., Special.—Mrs. Joseph Turner, nee Hammonds, died at her home on 4th Ave., Saturday morning Aug. 10, after an illness of a few hours. She has been married about one year. Her death was a shock to the community. She was a devoted member of Sixth Ave. Baptist church. She leaves many friends who mourn their loss. She is survived by a mother, father, sister, husband, and two infants a few days old. The grief stricken family have our sympathy. Mr. James Sanford and Miss Bettie Glenn were married at the home of the bride's parents Wednesday evening Aug. 7. Quite an interesting game of base ball was played Friday Aug. 9, between Columbus boys and Montezuna boys. The score was 8 to 7 in favor of Columbus. A large crowd attended the game. Master Willie Welborn is a little hustler with The Freeman. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Robinson enroute to Warm Springs passed through the city Friday. Miss Lucy Sample left on the Steamer W. C. Bradley for Appalachicola, Fla. Mr. W. H. Welborn of Jacksonville, Fla., is in the city. Mr. T. H. Posey returned home after a pleasant visit to Huntsville, Ala. Miss Celia Stafford is visiting at Shack, Ga., this week. Columbus can boast of having two of the prettiest and neatest colored Drug stores South. Both fitted up with electric lights and PRICE FIVE CENTS, SINGLE COPY--SIX MONTHS, 850c: ONE YEAR, $1.50 fans also with beautiful and costly soda fountains. The fountain at the Queen City Drug Store is in charge of Miss Ethel Spencer and the fountain at People's Drug Store is in charge of Miss Emma Cornett. Both are beautiful young ladies and are drawing cards to the enterprises. Capital City Chronicles. Springfield, Illinois, Special—Springfield now has a colored fire company. Strangers are here by the numbers. Rev. Dr. Sanders, of St. Paul A. M. E. church, preached a brief, but heartfelt sermon Sunday, August 4th, from the 2d chapter and 10th verse of Paul's letter to the Ephesians. The choir at St. Paul church was commended for such excellent service rendered. Colored boys reared up in the midst of so much civilization and learning should refrain from so much folly and boisterousness. The famous Georgia minstrels entertained here Aug. 11, C. C. Lee, proprietor of Lee's hotel, a very nicely furnished house on Jefferson street, and also proprietor of Lee's Place, the largest colored saloon in the city, is a busy man, and by his thrift and genial disposition is destined to become one of the leading colored financial men of Central Illinois. Copies of The Freeman on sale at J. N. Kemp's restaurant and also at Lee's Place, Stop at Reece's restaurant and be served, 628 E. Washington street. Every one may aid the pastor of Grace M. E. church at the rally. Go and give your mite. The Memphis, Tenn., correspondent of The Freeman is very "pessimistic," a thing which is not encouraged. "He who runs may read." So many of the young colored boys do not know this, seemingly. If our young men and women were as punctual and faithful in rallying to good enterprises and looking to their future interests as they are to folly what a mark in the forehead of commercial and industrial progress would be perceptible. DR. JESSE M. MOSELEY Dr. Moseley is a graduate of Meharry Medical College at Nashville, Tenn. and is one of the most successful physicians in Northern Texas. He is a close student and a careful observer of current events. Well-Known Man Dead. Kansas City, Mo., Special—Samuel R. Jordan (colored), for many years the wealthiest colored man west of the Mississippi river, died here July 30, 1901, aged 68 years. His life and his death deserve more than a passing remark. Coming to the undeveloped West a generation ago from Columbus, O., where he was educated. He followed the pioneers of the prairies as a barber, and in later years as a saloon keeper as well. He amassed a fortune of more than a hundred thousand dollars in real estate and personal property, which suffered a shrinkage in values during the boom times, but he left $40,000 or $50,000 worth of property to his widow and eight surviving children. DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEGRO IN THE SOUTH A VERY ABLE ADDRESS ON THE SUBJECT BY Of the A. & M. College, Normal, Ala. Before the Southern Industrial Convention, Philadelphia, June (Continued from Aug. 3rd.) himself. Yet there still hovers over us a black cloud of ignorance which cannot be removed by disfranchising the Negro, nor by any injustice or oppression. This nation must soon or late adopt measures to lift up its ignorant masses. I am now collecting statistics by which it is shown that the larger per cent of the 270,000 farms and homes owned by Negroes are the property of Negroes who can read and write. NEGRO EDUCATION AND CRIME. Let us examine Negro crime as shown by the eleventh census: In all prisons in the U. S. 57.310 54.271 Rate per ct-neither read, write 10.68 44.13 Rate of literacy, read and write 86.58 39.11 Percent without tithes 14.70 94.1 It will be observed that the Negro criminal element is about 33 to 10,000 of the Negro population, or 24,272 for the whole race in the United States. It is admitted by all that 40 per cent. of Negro illiteracy has been wiped out since freedom, or 2,800,000 Negroes out of 7,000,000 have learned to read and write. Of the 24,272 Negro criminals, 54.13 per cent, or 13,138 can neither read nor write. So, in 2,800,000 Negroes who can read and write there are 11,134 criminals according to government statistics kept by the men, who make, construe and execute all laws in this country. Do these statistics justify the assertion, born of ignorance and often promulgated by prejudice, that education is injuring the Negro and ruining the South? The compiler of the eleventh census says: "Of juvenile criminals, the smallest ratio is found among Negroes"—under 20 years of age. He further says that from 20 to 29 years of age the smallest ratio is among Negroes. A STRONG INDUSTRIAL FACTOR. I am indebted to Hon. Judson W. Lyons, register of the United States treasury, for the following statistics, showing the wonderful influence of Negro labor in the commercial industries of the world: More cotton is exported from the United States than any other one article. In the last ten years, 30,000,000,000 pounds of cotton, valued at $2,250,000,000, have been exported. The United States produces more cotton than all the balance of the world. The cotton manufacturers of Great Britain, Germany France, Belgium, and Italy depend upon our cotton exports. Ten years ago $354,000,000 were invested in cotton manufactures, employing 221,585 operatives who receive for wages $67,489,000 per annum. The South produced from 1880 to 1890, 620,000,000 bushels of corn, 73,000,000 bushels of wheat and 97,000,000 bushels of oats. Negroes perform four fifths of the labor of the South. Therefore his share of the average annual production in the last ten years would be 6,988,000 bales valued at $209,640,000. In the last ten years the Negro's part of the production of corn, wheat, oats and cotton was $431,320,000 per annum. The entire cotton acreage of the South would form an area of 40,000 square miles. Negro labor cultivates 32,000 square miles of this space. Gentlemen is it wise for the American nation to under value this great wealth producing element of its population? Should not the law making powers of the country encourage, and seek to settle and make contented this vast wealth producing people of our land? THE NEGRO NOT A LAWLESS ELEMENT. The few disturbances and outbreaks in the South show the wonderful organic forces in the South. We have here ten millions of Negroes and fifteen millions of whites, and yet we have probably in the whole South only one Negro and white man in ten thousand who clash. The other nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine rub against one another every hour of the day, in every walk of life, transact their business and go on their way in perfect friendship. [To pe continued.] TOM THE TATTLER. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. --- We have simply been taking our vacation, and during this same vacation, without the least semblance of falsehood, we caught some of the largest fish ever pulled from a body of water. One particular fish,—we did not take he time to inquire into his ancestry, so we know not his name or anything else about him,—was so long that they are measuring him yet. When you consider the fact that we have never attended a fishing school, in fact never dangled a line before, this is really marvelous, and makes our name eligible to the hall of fame as the greatest livimpromu fisher. One of our celebrated colored song writers called on us, and said he would like to be made familiar with all the attendant circumstances concerning this fish as he wished to perpetuate it in song—and in ragtime song at that. As a matter of course we strenuous objected, for we thought a ragtime fish song would have the same effect on the public that fish and milk does on the individual. Vacations are good things. They promote business, especially the pawn-broker's business. A man works hard all the season, saves a good big chunk of money, takes a vacation, returns broke, and if he needs some ready money before the next salary day, and is not able to "jolly" it out of some dear friend or acquaintance, he must take some valuable and haste away to the pawn-shop. I have been looking the matter up, and I find that vacations were originated by a pawn-brokers' trust that flourished when that sap head George III was king of England. Some historians assert, among whom are not Bancroft nor Macauley, that they were first instituted by the hotel proprietors of our summer resorts. These historians go so far as to call these proprietors legalized highwaymen, but, naturally enough, these opinions do not obtain only among a very few. One thing which will make my vacation memorable and a god-send to me is the fact it had me out of town when Gomm's aggregations of intrepid barn-stormers was holding forth at a place of amusement in the Southeast part of the city. It was a hot night so the victims say who composed the audience, and the stench arising from the rottenness of the performance was something awful. Next morning the building had to be fumigated by the Board of Health before any one was permitted to enter. Several things happened and are happening since I have been gone. Phil. Miller has shaken the dust of Chicago from his shoes, and now resides in New York. He has always been accredited with having no business sense, but this latest move of his is a stroke of policy, of business sense at once shrewd and daring. In New York there is a remote possibility of his becoming a prince or king or some other kind of big personage, while had he remained in Chicago to his dying day he would always have been a lobster. Poney Moore, after two or three local tentative efforts, will soon unfurl his sail in the theatrical business. He is going in an untried branch of the business, as far as the colored profession is concerned. He will exploit a specialty show, composed of such artists as Smart and Williams, Proctor and Hamilton, Craig, Christian et al. Mr. Moore should make this company go, for he possesses good business sagacity. "Queen of Hayti" has gone, but just where they are, and what they are doing I am unable to tell. They will probably be heard from ere the season is much older. Each member of the company that went from here to join it, went with the determination to render a good account of himself. There is no doubt but what it will make good, and prove a winner. The jubilee branch of the business will be increased by another company, and, if material goes for anything, there is no reason why the "Tennesseeans" should not out-distance all competitors. I am sorry to announce that Mr. Collin Coe, our musical critic, cannot be found. When last seen he was going over State street bridge at a one-forty gait with two prims armed with cowhides and tomahawks after him. I feel sorry for Mr. Coe, for he was a good, impartial critic and wielded a verile pen. It is my earnest desire that I soon may hear from him, for something tells me his troubles have driven him to suicide. I am glad to note that every once in a while the "Major" and "B. Square" shake off silence, and let an eager public know they still draw breath and their blood courses through their veins. THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER Gentlemen, you are all right; let us hear from you oftener. Don't keep us in such a prolonged suspense. Out of every eleven men, they say, ten miss their calling. Probably this accounts for the too crowded ranks of the colored profession. Dreams are the distorted mental shadows of realities. It does not always do to unbosom your thoughts in the presence of children. George Brown had little respect for the Rev. Amos Taylor. He believed him a rank imposer, and would never hesitate to characterize him as a "damned old devil." One day his little five-year-old boy was standing with him looking out the window when the Rev. Taylor passed. Forgetting the presence of the child he muttered to himself, "there goes that damn devil now." About a week or so after this Mr. Jones, the suitor to the little five-year-old's sister, was present. The Rev. Taylor's church was going to give a concert and he had some of the advertising hand bills. At the bottom of the bill was "Amos Taylor, D. D." To see what his answer would be he asked the little five-year-old what "D. D." meant. He studied awhile then, thinking of the remark his father made when the Rev. Taylor passed the window, blurted out: "damn devil." Through the intervention of his papa he was spared a whipping that night. "The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. If all but myself were blind I should want no fine clothes, fine houses, nor fine furniture."—Franklin. There are seventy different kinds of religion in Chicago. And yet with all these religions in operation Chicago for wickedness holds her own. The Pestilential Pianist Pestilential pianist. Long of arm and stiff of wrist, Hatless, coatless, soulless too, Did it ever occur to you That your pounding's very hard or Patrons of this summer garden? Heavens! you are noisier far Than a clanging cable car! Did mortal eye ever see More pernicious industry? Why in the Sam Hill can't you quit For at least five minutes? It Isn't necessary for You to make the piano roar Every minute of the night. At the very least you might Stop and take a drink or two; I'll pay for it if you do. Ahl he stops. I really think That he is going to get that drink. Heavens! There he goes again Hammering with might and main. Pestilential pianist— Saw-log arm and iron wrist— I've a mind to rise and throttle You or brain you with a bottle. Come my dear, lets cut this riot; Let's go to some place where its quiet Every stage of civilization has its drawbacks and disgusting features. The present stage of the world's development and its civilization is no exception to the rule. Some persons seem to make their appearance on earth as the special emissaries, ministers plenipotentiary, of hell. They are rotten, cantankerous blemishes on civilization. That rabid, fire-eating southron, Ben Tillman, is again North pouring forth the venom of his diabolical brain against the Negro. In a speech at Marinette, Wis., he maintained and upheld lynching as a just institution. Such utterances are in direct violation of the law, because they advocate mob violence. Had Tillman received his just deserts for that speech he would now be peeping through the bars. He does not believe in educating the Negro, he does not believe in the industrial education as furnished by Booker T. Washington, and he, in a lying, pathetic manner, said he did not want to see slavery again under the 'stars and stripes." If he does not believe in these things would he please tell us what he would like to have the Negro do for a means of sustenance. How would he like to have them marry princesses, ducheses, and such things, who would be able to support them. It gives him the rabies to hear matrimony spoken of as taking place between a white woman and a black man. Such things are out of the power of mankind, but are regulated by a higher power. Love goes where it is sent. Suppose he has a single daughter and she falls in love with a black man, what could he do about it? Love is like a flood and sweeps away all barriers to accomplish its purposes. Suppose he was eligible to matrimony, or waiving that supposition, suppose he was fond of a colored woman, he would act and behave just as hundreds of other white men of his class have done, and that needs no explanation. If the colored woman did not want him he could not have her, and so if the white woman, be it his daughter or any one else's, did not want the man of color he could not have her. Put that in your pipe, Brother Tillman, light it, then sit down and indulge in a little plain, every day common sense reflection. Here in Chicago we have John the Baptist the II, and Elijah the II. Both gentlemen who impersonate these roles claim to be reincarnations. It is now about time we had a reincarnated Job, or Job II. Mr. Viney, a colored divine of Circleville, O., by a peculiar and daring process of reasoning announces the startling fact that heaven's temperature will be 826 degrees. Presumably this will be in the shade. Mr. Viney says nothing concerning the angelic dress, but one thing is true, considering this intense heat, it will have to be very scant. Heaven's footgear too, according to this statement of the Rev. Viney, will have to be proof against the heat, for heaven's streets are paved with gold, and with 826 degrees of heat beating down on them they will be warm indeed. To offset this theory some daring unbeliever is likely to arise, and assert that the temperature of hell will be on an average of seventy degrees, and it will be an ideal resort in which to spend eternity. There are some people, who are so averse to heat that unless they are assured heaven will be fitted up with electric fans will take chances of going to the cooler place. TOM THE TATTLER. HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT. Whatever race we may belong to, whatever country we call home—two of the leading—perhaps the two leading influences, which shape our lives are heredity and environment. To be well born is half the battle, but to have, in addition to the hindrances common to mankind, to fight evil tendencies and vices which have been given us directly from our parents, is a handicap which can be overcome, but with God's help and an iron will. When we read the columns of crime in the daily papers, when we look around us and see its evidences on every side, when we see the thoughtlessness with which what should be the "Holy bonds of matrimony" are assumed, and the reckless disregard for the welfare, either of the race or the individual, in the criminal blindness with which children are ushered into the world, we are appalled, and can only wonder that results are no worse. Every one with any knowledge of animal nature knows that "like begets like." If you know the disposition and characteristics of the sire and dam of your animal you can tell even before birth what will be the characteristics of the offspring; and the better bred the animal the more surely can you predict this. So in man, the highest type of animal God has created, if the mother is coarse, untidy, devoid of virtue, given to gossip, or otherwise below the standard of pure wifehood, or if the father is a profane, tobacco and liquor using libertine, the children will inherit strong tendencies to these evil, and their life will be the harder to live uprightly because evil will be born in them. On the other hand children may be born with an inherent leaning towards the good, the pure, the beautiful of this life, and blessed are they whose parents have started them right. Many a crime is committed and the perpetrator punished for it when, if exact justice was meted out, the criminal would have our restraining pity and the parents have the punishment. The laws of nature are the laws of God—they cannot be broken without paying the penalty. Then the environment, the external conditions surrounding us have more to do with our vital life than we usually give them credit for. We may be too poor to enjoy what we may term luxuries, but few, if any, are too poor to enjoy the simple things of nature which an All-wise Father has created and given for our use and enjoyment. If we will realize these facts and apply them intelligently in our daily life in the family relation, we will be blessed in our own lives, in those of our children and in the world at large. M. C. BRADLEY. Richmond, Vt. Zanesville News. Zanesville, O. Special.-Miss Evaline Guy is quite ill at her home on Moxalala Ave. The little child of Mr. and Mrs. John Pritchard is improving. The Union Baptist church will hold open air services commencing August 11. Mr. N. F. Grant, Jr., of Columbus, O., is the guest of his parents. St. Paul A. M. E. church gave a boat excursion on the steamer Lorena Aug. 8. Born to Mr. and Mrs Reynolds a daughter. Messrs. N. D. Cavender, Joseph Guy and Wm. Hunnicutt will attend the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at Steubenville, O., Aug. 12, 13, and 14. Miss Douglas entertained in honor of Miss Lula Bundy of Cleveland, O. Miss Mabel and Birdie Rone of Clarksburgh, W. Va., are the guests of their grandmother. John Green of Well street is quite ill. The musical at the Baptist church was largely attended and quite a success. Miss Bertha Singer has gone to Mackinac Island to spend the rest of the summer. Miss Carrie Young is the guest of Lancaster friends. Rev. Maxwell has returned from Xenia. O. Dr. E. H. Gee has gone to Xenia, O., called there by his mother's serious illness Miss Oder Lee Fibbs is in Lancaster. O. Grandma Jackson celebrated her 88th birthday Aug. 7. A Reply to Bishop Turner A Reply to Bishop Turner Editor The Freeman:—"Please allow me space in your valuable paper to ask the public one question. While I do not intend to discuss the matter, I want some gentleman or lady to respond. I have read several of Bishop Turner's articles that have appeared before the public in various papers, and have heard his lectures etc., and in each and every one he states Africa is the place for our people, and that emigration is the only remedy, it is strange to say, but why is it the Bishop does not take his family and go to Africa; at the same time I dare not dispute Bishop Turner, yet it is a mystery to me why he is not in Africa today. He is a man of brain, and I presume of money, and real estate that he can easily dispose of, and if Africa is such a great country a man of his ability would soon become a multimillionaire. Now why is it the Bishop does not "breathe the ice?" If I knew of a good thing I would not try to get others to go and get the benefit before I went and pushed it myself, and others would learn of my success and naturally would soon follow. Understand gentlemen my ability will not allow me to discuss the matter, but some one that is more capable than myself please give the desired information, as I am not up on the race problem, I simply ask the public a question. Yours truly. W.E. TUCKER Augusta, Ga. Freeman Stations Nashville, Tenn., Special.—The most popular of all Negro journals, The Freeman, can be secured at: Ideal hotel, 417 N. Cherry street; Kelly's restaurant, Maxwell passage; Davis's shop shoe, 313 Ash street; Brown building of H. Cole; Palace of Surres, 417 Cedar street; 22 Tennessee street, Master Goodman; B. Z. Eakin, general agent and reporter, 512 Cedar street, 'phone 3343, Ring 4. MADAM M'NAIRDEE Has Returned to the City. The gifted Clairroyant, the great female wonder, born with the double (can) veil, she is one of the old ancient Southern Woman of the Phrenologist and Physiologist. She tells plainly what you are best adapted for in life by reading your brains and mind. With a grasp of her hand she gives you a coil of influence to enable you to overcome all bad luck. She has made thousands of homes for her children. She is the St. Matt: "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God." She reunites the separated, makes peace where there is confusion. Your husband or wife will never become angry or your sweetheart forseake you. But will love you better and marry you sooner if you will only heed this lady's consultation. "You will believe that we have a Godsend to our city; my husband and I had been separated over a year and just think since I called on this lady, he returned today, we are together and happy." This young lady says: "The one loved refused to call or write me; I called on this lady and I was married to her." We must consult this gifted lady; she is gifted to read characters. She challenges the world to excel her advice on love, losses, business, family and M. B. financial troubles. 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DEEDEN SUNYARD S SLeguell Qi co verre’, (Bl Oa ae ne a Boa a eae iy es g oe ne tS Nd > aN fh Dy , SW ge ES [heh I Ky -@« T tel young men’s association of i polia presented an elegant floral at the funeral obsequies of Mrs. Dai vee, wife of a prominent hotel man of the capital city. J, Gordon MePherson, late of the Knutsford, Salt Lake City, who was re- contly appointed to a position in the U.5. Civil Service at the U.S. Indian ‘raining school, Salem, Oregon, at $600 yer year, has resigned, and can now be fonnd at the Tacoma hotel, Tacoma, Wash, Mr. MoPherson was also one of the successful contestants in selecting the name for the new hotel in course of cons'rnetion at Los Angeles, Califernia, thereby securing a part of the $250 offer made by Mr. @. 8. Holmes. W.B. Reid, of Buffalo. N. ¥., a hotel man, who is The Freeman's hustling representative in that city, will make a tour of the Southern States in the early fall in the interest of The Freeman. The head and second waiters of Buf- falo, N. ¥., gave ® concert and recep- tion, last week, at Lyric hall in that city. ‘The following men had charge of the affair: Chas. E. W. Buckner, pres- ident; W. B. Keyes, treasurer; W. For- rest Cozart, eeeretary. It was a success both socially and financially. ‘The Clarendon hotel at Saratoga Springs, New York, rans colored help thronghont, including dining room, chamber maids, cooks, bell boys, porters and bakers. ‘They get along well to- gether, anid are giving the best of satis- faction. No other house in that city can boast of employing so much colored help. J. $8, Saunders, of Charleston, 8.C., ig the proficient headwaiter, and is assisted by Seoond Waiter H. R. Wil- lisms and Captains Coleman and Mon- roe, ‘There is no better headwaiter in the profession than Mr, Saunders, he being a man of culture and refinement. ‘The waiters of this popular hostelry will not soon be forgotten by Edward Jones, one of their number, who had themtfortune of being taken sick, and was sent to his home in Charleston, 8. ©, by his co-laborers with a nice purse of seventeen dollars, The following is the crew: | 8 Saunders, hend waiter. Parnest Hailman, second, » Davis, third. Robert Perpall, chief. Lewis Heilman, butcher. Mack Coleman, captain. Carles Monroe, captain. ‘Comings, secretary. HC Brooks, Dan’l Hankerson, Thomas Owens, J‘ $ Swinton, JJ W Cortis, William Nowell, TR Gibbs, GJ Dickerson, WM Ragland, George Martin, WESuith, F Davis, A Smith, H Daper, TR Brown, Harry Smith, GW Bonnett, Joe Johnson, WC Green, Joe Swinton, AGriphoru, ‘Thomas Gibbs, doe Mackey, Wilton Green, Sam Darham, Henry Johnson, Andrew Miller, N Fobler, Walter Hundley, Ed Arrington, Fraueis Wilson, Robert Booknighe, George Reaves, cooks. Anvnst Harvey, Julian Sinkler, Ethel Thoupson and Alice Williams, bakers, ‘The Motel St. Lonis at Lake Minne- tonko, Minn , is doing quite a business thisseacon, ‘The waiters are pald $30 Jer month, and are giving the best of ‘Sslivsction under the direction of Mr. © W Dcyer, the popular headwaiter of S Minn., with a crew of thirty ten, «song whom are Philtp Caldwell Soo Henry Logan, of Indianapolis, Mr. Dry join the H. and 8. W. N. B. » t meets in Buffalo next month ~8 very good step. He recently pre- Yu's s strike among his men and re- ceiy *them an increase in wages, fori ch he received the congratula- “ons oF botis proprietor and men. The Ollowing are the recently ap- Poin eadwaiters: a0 Carter, Detroit Club, De- 1 Albany hotel, Denver, Colo. . Farvey, Gardner house, New- hn © late of the Thorndike, Bos- = ‘ongelein, Edgemere hotel, - L. 1; late of Rector’s, New EN Joonings, Arverne hotel, Arverne, THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. : IMPORTANT. ? For thirty days The Freeman will : {be gent to any hotel man in this : } gountry one year for ONE DOLLAR. : : The Freeman exerts greater influ: : ence in behalf of the hotel fraternity : {than any other publication. It : i ghould be in the home of every : hotel man in the United States. : Subscribe now. : : ONE YEAR ONE DOLLAR, : Oeerecerccnccsrvedeevetsosevcecesene® L. I.; late of the Highland Park, Aiken, South Carolina C C Lewis, Russell house, Detroit, Mich ; Jate of the albany, Denver, Colo Ella Murphy, Sherman house, James- town, N. Y. F Ray, Planters’ hotel, St. Louis, Mo. Sr ern Se ee ee nee Work in the right direction is under way in Kansas City, Mo. Mr. E. B. Howard, manager for the Stace Free Employment Bureau, has made arrange- ments which, if he can get the men, will make the bureau headquarters ir Kansas City for hotel employes. A line of hotels inside of Kanses City and ont. side, including a number of railroad eating honses, will employ men through the State's office, provided Mr. Howard can get them. For that reagon he ha: requested applicants for places in hotels and eating houses to file their names and addresses with him as soon as pos sible. THE CooK. By Samuel Hodges. There has been much written con- cerning the duties and responsibility of the colored waiter in general, His future has been pointed out and planned by his superior officers and head of dif- ferent departments—what he must do and what he must not do—for an equal showing and a continuance of good fel- lowship to employ him, while there has been little or nothing said of his co- laborer, the cook. As there is a splendid opening for in- telligent and reliable colored cooks I shall endeavor to offer a few remarks to any young man that desires to learn the profession, and herewith consider the requirements. To begin with, the best recruits for this installation are boys of fifteen years, fairly educated, apt. obliging and trus- tyand of good parentage. It is best ‘that he should be sober and industrious ‘and willing to enter upon his duties swith a will, and that he intends to make ita life stndy; active in mind and body, qnick to comprehend and alert in his movements. It hespeaks French, Span- ish or German so much the better. Either one would be of great help to him. There are very few boys you will find that are good calculators at the tender age of fifteen years, conseauent- ly it is necessary that he be given special instroction in figuring economically or inexpensively, asthe case may be Ed- ucation will not hurt; therefore reading, writing, spelling, grammar are all in- cluded, and the more of it the better. ‘That he may practice it practically as well as theoretically, I would instill in him that good work is demanded of him ‘Thefore I shall start him in at the bottom of the ladder scouring utensils, tables, shelves, polishing floors, copper kettles, racks, boilers, cleaning range, broilers, dumping fires, covering for the grates and broiler iron, polishing all bright work of range, wiping out of flews, keeping them clean. All this should be spent in a first class hotel, where he would encounter the actual every day experience of the work which he will oversee when he becomes a chef. I should devote his first year in the above and in paring potatoes, dressing poultry, game, fish, preparing garnishes for dressing, dishes, soup, salads, ete. I would make no hesitation in giving him all the desired information that he may require, While cleanliness is nec- essary and thoroughness, as well as economy, are obligatory, being self re- specting and willing to learn new ways, even if he don’t see the benefit or the use thereof, which is allied closely to his work in the kitchen, and is a prime mover as.an educator to him. Paring potatoes is alone an item worth con- sidering; much waste is resorted to by aheedless person. I had at one time an industrious boy that saved the house two barrels per month by carefat par- ing and assorting of same. Firing the range is one duty that he should be thorough with, caring for the coal, tem- perature of ovens, how many fires to carry, sifting the ashes. broiling by charcoal, gas or open air. or by fire. Too much stress cannot be laid on this department as only constant drilling will enable the apprentice to master it. His next year will find him at the frying and roasting station. I should spare no pains now and omit no details, however small, of this part of the work, as your whole five senses are brought to work It is underlaid by a veritable “Lake of Oil” which is known to be 600 feet deep NS ntl Femoral cormeree| | eemmmene The (&e--cin7i- 23 — Fortunes a ous fT bare, | N | raenamenacc GAR I coors red Hy ees ‘ M ° Pima Peal eh eo al ade sacle hs hed oe aration DEE fewcnapetier SS onleaicra Ceeel .0/. 1A dies ° 1 ee ae gee 2 SH drofe VEAL ; 1 params ease h) Ge! Zot WEE fl Vi @ ‘ A o_o as yee bese oe ae AS aes ene ance The following table shows how ae hea . few of th Jaliforni cenafan ceaad ‘\ © many of the Californi % Eee "Riglaee f QQ | oil stocks have advanced, mostl aoe ' 42-— a3 »| within three to eight months’ tim ean leone mu on co \evocman ot alle e5 from commencing: eh eee | TTA] Ocanica of Co. 0 Composed of substantial fe I i tl ee ee eet ae Indianapolis business a oe ceva || snecongu | eal Ale Cs Cake ON om a men, owns 1,040 acres of 6 2 ule | ca 6 acuce j ut Aa 3 ait, ¢ Fullerton Con. Oil Co. 69 1.9 oil lands, and will have ees a7 | oem “e fil fone cleo ce =o the drills at work in a few eee | Fame) Wit HO Bonn OS bsseeseh t 3.6 k | ; Paige, a Cae San Joaquin Ol Co.... 0 2.9 weeks. The company of-] Fo ; dy ili fee ey” | eS Kern Of Coveessseese 0 10.0 fers a limited amount of F~gry7W TH ER as a Fel ae aa stock for sale. The pres«||%.'4 § [ae Remwelaees,, Lt aS REE Creyennazen ON Gos 000 pete ent price is 20c a share.|itit Welles iv ee amme | cotumtia ol Co... 1500 400.0 Companies of similar char- k, Si st re 5 A (| ee eae see acter on adjoining lands at poo enrs meat PSF In buying Indiana O are now paying 60 per cs m oko ff &| Company stock the pur cent. a year on the in- A | “iz LP, chaser has the sam Spake AE asa MA vestment, SHALL SECTION OF THE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIA OlL FiELo Charice. aA = 2 4 : Address Indiana Oil Company) E 322-324 LAW BUILDING, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. OFFICERS—JAS. S. CRUSE, President; L, G. AKIN, Vice-President; CYRUS J. CLARK, Secretary; 0. Z. MUBBELL, Treasurer. REMARK ARIP FACTS BY > Mr. H. L. Dort, an expert civil engineer, who has examined the oil fields of the United States and Russia for the Standard Oil Company, having spent a year making scientific examinations of the Bakersfield oil field, says: “Knowing the oil fields of the world through careful study, and particularly those of the United States from experience as well, and haying been identified with the marvelous development of the Kern River, California, oil ‘fields during the past year (which period has seen nine-tenths of its development), I can conscientiously say that it has been absolutely demonstrated to every capable and experienced oil man who has investigated the subject that the proved oil belt of this Ker field comprises a formation of such peculiar and hitherto unknown character that every well drilled within its boundaries is sure of striking pay oil, there being no cases where a failure has occurred. “Can any one reasonably doubt the fature of California oil under these circumstances when it is remembered that Kern River oil costs only 4c per barrel to produce?’’ in preparing your fats for frying. Sach articles as potatoes. croquettes, fritters, fish and oysters should be crambled delicately and lightly and carefally watched while frying. In preparing your rib and other roasts have them 60 ‘dressed that there will be no waste, and ‘remember that all dark or red meats should be cooked rare and all white meats cooked well done. Iwill saya few things about eggs. It has, at times, been my misfortune to secure cooks that were very wastefal in preparing eggs, and used little or no discretion in handling them. My per- sonal attention as a chef is at all times centered on these items. The appren- tice must first learn to break an egg without mixing it up, separating the white from the yolk. Omelets are quite hard to make Make them light, flaky, shapely, free from grease or burnt frag- ments. Never, under no consideration, servea burnt egg. In poaching eggs have your water hot, but not boiling, slightly salted; put your egg in gently, Jet remain abont eight minutes; serve in nice shape with toast. Never send a ‘broken egg or a bad one in the dining room. Exercise carefulnees, simplicity, activity aud adroitness in handling egg orders, ‘The apprentice will forsee that steadfastness and occasional hardship greatly fits him for his coming profes- sion. ‘To complete this course it is essential that the apprentice should have free access to the meat cutting room and carving stand; get the idea of ic im the right way in its entirety; learn the porter-house, club house, sirloin steak; how it should be cut, what part of the beef it is cut from, the different grades of beef, mutton, ete. utilizing small pieces for hamburg steak and various other dishes. Your rib roast should re- ceive special attention, also the gravy therefrom as your roast is one of the indispensable dishes, and quite an amount of training is needed to roast it correctly and to the point, for two-thirds of the guests order rare roast beef. This being his fourth year I now in- stract in the science and knowledge of entres, soups, entrements. the art of preparing legames—has divers of foun- dation of stock, sauces, viz., espanynole, tomato, velerite, meat and vegetable sances, sweet sances, stock, kettle, its place upon the range, care of same, making of bonillion or consomme; the foundation for all soups, clarifying and purifying of same. The apprentice will find this a silent teacher of intelligent methods, and reform and good results ‘will follow. While the principles of chemistry is employed in preparing food they are dangerous to a certain extent, and are practiced only by those who have thoroughly acquired the kmowl- edge thereof, its usefulness and effect. Domestic science should be lectared upon to your apprentices weekly along with his other studies that he may know the whys and the wherefores. Wm. Dawson, a former Indianapoli- tan and later of Chicago, is headwaiter at the Spaulding house, Dalath, Minn Mr. Dawson is an affable and courteous gentleman and demands the respect of all with whom he is associated. F. C. Brown has tendered his resigna- tion as heatwaiter of Battle House, Mobile, to accept a more lucrative position with the Union Mutual Aid Association, as district manager, of one of their local offices His commission will be in Mississippi. ‘Toaeeure the hatching of canary birds’ eggs more nearly at one time the first eggs are sometimes taken away by the fanciers and replaced by artificial ones, all being put back in the nest when the bird ceases to lay. While she is sitting the prospective father lives up to his re eponsibilities, and devotes his time tc seeing that his mate does her duty, and when she leaves her nest, if she show: an inclination to dally, sharp peck drives her back.—August Ladies’ Home Journal. like cut 22 inches long, short stem made of black’ kinky hair. Sent postpaid on re- : ceipt of ms $ < ve 80c buys a pair of black kinky |g) hair Braids 16 inches long. 5 800 buys a Single Braid kinky Fcaa{ hair 16 inches long. P/E Bange Hair Pin and Orna-| Bes iq] ments of every description. Aaoatee se See 4 2224 Most complete line of hair FEAHEE goods in this country for See, RS, ea C | dP I Sealy vs e Send stamp for “Si-7 Well Illustrated Cata- Gx logue. S = 39 Congress St., DETRorr, MicH. [In writing please mention The Freeman) > vi TEE WAITERS’ MANUAL 7 Every waiter who wishes to make money should buy Price, $1.00 Betsey Sesta dt att . HEAD- Compiled by W. Forrest Cozart 2... 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PF Hae Bpee Frtered_nt the postoflicy at Indianapol Indiana, astecond cfsas matter, ™UAnAPols ‘All matter should be addressed to THE FREEMAN, INDIANAPOLIS, IND, > GEORGE L. KNOX, Publisher. SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1901, AT PHILADELPHIA. If report is true the scene between Bishop Walters, of the Afro-American Council, and ex-Congreseman White, which took place last year in Indianap- olis, has been repeated at the Philadel: phia meeting. On that occasion 1t was brought ont that Bishop Walters had intimated that he did not care to be his own successor as the president of the council. Mr, White took this as a cue todo a lictle canvassing in his own be- half as the bishop's successor. On the face of things it did appear as though the bishop had not dealt fairly with the then congressman. Bishop Walters, however, explained his indifference as to the presidency, insisting that his church, the board of bishops, did not concur in his intense activity in behalf of the organization. Bishop George W. Clinton, his colleagne, was there to cor- roborate Bishop Walters’ declaration that the church, the board of bishops, had changed their minds in view of the grand work being carried on by him throngh his efforts in the council. Ex-Congressman White, however, re- fused to be comforted by Walters’ codi- cil. He maintained that the bishop had made overtures to him, actually groom- ing him for the place. ‘The convention took very Kindly to the bishop's explana- tion and voted accordingly. We hope, however, such is not the case for an institution cannot afford to be rent asunder by internal dissensions based on such small cause. It is hoped that Mr. White will act right slong with the couneil, in or out of office. Much consideration 1s due Bishop Walters owing to his great zeal in be- half of the institution; he has been its main stay largely; its strong tower; the hub around which .t has swung. It seems that the presidential bee was not at all quiescent in the congressman's ponnet. The scene simply shifted; did not change. ‘Mr. White in his extreme provocation, as he sees it, has now resigned his posi- tion as vice-president. It may be that he has washed his hands of the whole ‘Dusineas for all time. SENATOR TILLMAN. As usnal, the Negroes, the Negro press are ventilating the late utterances of Senator Benj. R. Tillman in order to show his hostility to the race, but for what urgent reason we cannot quite un- derstand. One bine bird does not make ‘summer; one man’s opinions are not always indicative of sentiment, and if they were, the chances are that the man ‘would be in the wake of sentiment rath- er than in the van. Hence any feeling of alarm should arise from the manner of the reception of the utterance rather than from the utterance per se. Mr. Tillman has always stood for ex- treme opposition to the Negro, and in fact hes : extremist in everything he _ Opposes. He has a sharp tongue, and a pity it is that he finds the Negro such 8 "fruitful theme for its employment. But sharp as bis tongue may be his utter- ances would amount to naught if there were not fertile fields for their reception. In the far North, in Wisconsin, a State not as yet “bnrdened” by a Negro popu- lation, we fing « field prepared for the ‘Tillmanie seed|of dissension; anti-Negro and the rest of it. A Wisconsin andi- ence actually §pplanded the fiery cru- sader when he fomited forth his anath- emas against the Negroes. Here lies the danger. THE FRE. AN: AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPE. BISHOP TURNER'S SURRENDER, AMcob oe ~ Editor of The Freeman. On my arrivalfhome and finding your ‘great and generous paper, among near- ly a hundred others, in my mail, I found it necessary, as the boys in my neigh- ‘borhood used to say when they were getting “licked,” to chaw calf rope. ‘No man is more ready than myself to make an unconditional surrender when am convinced that I have made a blunder. When I read your rejoinder in The Freeman of Angust $d, and your deffinition of the word ‘“doughty” and discovered that I had made a mistake in the use of the term, I was filled with laughter at my own sappy headedness. Had the foily, however, been of an or- dinary kind I ehould have been mortified and disgusted; but, considering all the circumetances connected with the use of the term, it was otherwire. The term “dotey” not being in any dictionary in my possession, and presuming at a casualty that “doughty” implied the same that would have been conveyed by “dotey,” I proceeded to write with- ont looking to see what the Lexicon definition of the term ‘doughty” meant, and got myself, for the first time, in a briar pateh, and must submit to your editorial castigation. You have served me just right, however, for since 1 have ‘been called s walking Lexicon #0 long. Thave neglected to consult my diction- aries, and this 1s a call, as marble-play- ing boys say, ‘to ometotaw.” I reck- on, after all, the best of ua get the big head occasionally, and it is well enough to receive an nnexpected blow, yet 1 shall return to first principles, and here: after consult my dictionary, not only my English Lexicon, but the Lexicons of all the langnages Ihave any acquaint- ance with. ‘The challenge that I made, however, still stands good, if I did make a mistake in the use of a term. H. M TURNER. ‘Mr. Tillman's views as they concerr lynchings and disfranchisements are no! pecntiar to him; no argument is neces sary. The rapidly increasing disfran. chising States, and lynchings that cause not a ripple on the surface of affairs, preach more eloquently than Tillman can ever do of the unjomnted times in which we live. ‘The Senator from South Carolina will certainly be responsible for his utter- ances against Booker T. Washington's effort tofeducate his people along the lines consistent with the probability of their employment. He would destroy this institution and in the pst, spiritaal- ly, strike down all similar institutions. It is here where the senator appears as Kipling puts it, 1. e. half-child, half- devil. It is to be hoped he stands con- spicuously alone in this sheer deviltry; for euch itis, It is here that he shows a deep rankling hatred for the Negro, which, if entertained by any considera- ble number of whites. would soon make endurance in America intolerable. Bish- op H. M. Turner's scheme not only paaita nab acaveibione: With the Business Men's League meeting in Chicago and the Afro-Amer- 1can Council in Philadelphia there ought to result very mnch good for the race. Good wholesome advice at any rate should flow from either meeting. These bodies are recognized bureaus for the promotion of race interests. They are being appreciated more and more as the years roll by owing to the increasing racial perplexities. Booker T. Wash- ington and Bishop Walters deserve great praise for their work. As we have said before, we have an abiding faith in the great conservative element of the American people, who will see to it that the orax of hnman affairs does not become too intolerable, and who, at the proper moment, pro- viding the race supplement the struggle righteously, will set in motion means, measures that will restore us the “‘Lost Lenore” and to indulge Mr. Poe a little further, the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels call Lenore. The Alabamians that stood out for the Negroes in that State are to be ap: planded. But that brings no relief. The fact of it is, that steadily the righte of the Negroes are slipping away. ‘The few are concerned only, the masses do not know what has transpired in recent years. It is these that must be reached. Tillman has given the race ‘“The most unkindest cut of all.” In his intense racial antagonism he has gone very far indeed. It was never dreamed that he would attack Mr. Washington’s plan of educating the Negroes. However, it is not believed that he has many sympa- thizers in his extreme views. It may be that Bishop Turner bad that “doughty warrior”’ article read to him. Hisvirility, his strong convictions ‘and common sense have never been con- founded with dotage, senility, imbecil- ity or ignorance by us If we thought him a fool we would not mention him at all. Attention must be given the Negro masses. The few that are right will find it to their interest to save the num- bers that are not. When the Negroes make the best, the very best of the situ- ation, then it is timeto call on the Lord or some other power, and not until then Disfranchisements and lynchings are becoming popular. Its up to the Ne- groes to make them unpopniar. How will they do it? They can help by mak- ing the most of themselves possible. They may never do it; no one else will ‘Eeit tor tian. ‘The burning of a Negro at the stake by a Georgia mob was one of the horri- ble events of the past week, Civiliza- tion seems to be working backwards, PROMINENT NE: ROES MEET The National Negro Business League-- Information Concerning Same-+ Program for the Session. ‘The National Negro Business League, which is to meet in Chicago next week,is attracting attention everywhere. ‘There is no donbt but that our people are aronsed in a business way as they have never been before. California has ‘been added to the list of States that will send delegations. Booker T. Washing- ton, the president, is reaching ont to every section with his business league correspondence. He is collecting photo- grapha of Negro business men and women and of their places of business from almost every State. An exhibit will be made of these photographs in Handel Hall, 46 and 48 Randolph street, Chicago, Ill, during the week of the yo Se. | Ae WAZ iit PW | <a) PROF. BOOKER T. WADHINGTON, President of the Naticnsl Business League. mesting of the leagne. These photo- graphs are to be arranged by States, Business men and women who have not sent their photographs of their places of business should forward them to Booker ‘T. Washington at 119 Dearborn street, Chicago, Ill, There will be persons there to receive them. The meeting will open at 10 a.m. August 21. The citizens of Chicago have the most com- plete arrangements for entertaining the delegates and visitors. A banquet has been arranged for Thursday evening, Angust 22, and on Saturday, August 24, the day following the close of the meeting, the delegates and others will be taken on a boat excursion to Milwan- kee and return, This is like Chivago. She knows how to entertain her visitors Persons desiring information regarding hotel accommodations may write Mr. L. G. Wheeler, 119 Dearborn street, Chi- cago, IU. PROGRAM: Of the second annual session of the @National Negro Business League to be held at Chicago, liv, Handel Hail, 46 48 Randolph street, Aug. 21, 22, 23, Orricers.—Booker T, Washington, president, Tuskegee, Ala., Giles b Jnck- son, first vice-present, Richmond. Va., Mrs. Albreta M mith, second vice: president, Chicago, Ill, Edward E. Cooper, secretary, Washington, D. C., Gilbert_C. Harris, treasnrer, ‘Boston, Mase. E A. Johnton, compiler, Ralelgh BxecuriveCommrrer —T, Thomas Fortune, chairman, New York, N. Y., ‘Theodore W. Jones, Chicago, IU, Isaiah , Montgomery, Mound Bayou, Miss., Rooker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala., Edward E Cooper, Washington, D. C,, Gilvert C. Harris, Boston, Mass. George E Jones, Little Rock, Ark , W. R. Pet- tiford, Birmingham, Ala., Louis F. Baldwin, Boston, Macs. ‘Local. EXectrive Commrrer.—T. W. Jones, L. G Wheeler W. F. Taylor, Oscar DePriest. A. F. Tervalon, A. F. Carroll, C. H. Smiley, J. L. Parks, 8. B ‘Turner. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21,10 a Meeting called’ to order; Invocation: ‘Address of Welcome, on behalf of the State, His Excellency. Governor Richard Yates; Address of Weloome on behalf of the City of Chicago; His Honor, Mayor Carter H. Harrison; Address of ‘Welcome, on behalf of the Colored Bus: iness Men and Women of Chicago, W F Taylor: The President's Address; Ap- pointment of Committees: (a) Creden- fials; (b) Resolutions and Organization; Business League of Virginia, Giles B Jackson, Richmond, Va; Business Feat- ures of the Order of True Reformers, W L Taylor, Ricbmond, Va; What the ‘Twin-City Business Association is Ac: complishing, J A Wilson, Kansas City, ‘Mo, Can the Negro Sueceed as a Bosi- ‘ees Man? Theodore W Jones, Chicago, EVENING SESSION, 8 P M ‘The Negro Women’s Business Club of Chicago and its Achievements, Mrs Albreta M. Smith, Chicago, Ill; Mer- chandising, Charles Banks, Clarksdale, Miso; The Grocery Business. William Oscar Murphy, Atlanta, Ga; Tue Hamp- ton Building’ and Loan Association, Harris Barrett, Hampton, Va; Negro Businees Enterprises, of Mobile, A N Johnson, Mobile, Ala. THURSDAY, AUG 22, 104 M. ‘The Drug Business. Dr Willis S Sterrs, Decatur, Ala ; Mistakes to be Avoided, SR Scottron, Brooklyn, N. Y ; Mer- chaot Tailoring LG Wheeler, Chicago, IN; Colored Business Women of the East, Mrs Dora A Millar. Brooklyn, N. Y.; the Game and Poultry Business, ‘Walter P Hall Philadelphia, Pa.; Dress- mating and Millinery, Mrs Emma L Pitts, Macon, Ga.; representing the Kansas City Coal and Feed Company and the Wyandotte Drag Company, I F Bradley, Kansas City. Kan. No Night Session.—A banguet will be tendered the officers and delegates of the National Negro Business League by the citizens of Chicago, Thursday even: ing, Augnet 22, at First Regiment Ar- mory, 16th aud Michigan Boulevard. FRIDAY, AUG 28, 10 A. M- Carriage Manufacturing, F D Patter. son, Greenfield. 0 ; Real Estate, J C Napier, Nashville, Tenn ; the Negro in Insurance, W FGrahsim, Richmond, Va ; the Nezroas a Silk Operative, T W Thurston, Fayetteville, N. C ; the Negro Publishing Bouse, RH Boyd Nashville, Tenn ; Catering, C H Smiley | Ghiengo, Til, John 8 Trower, Philsdel phia. Pa ; report of officers; report of committee: (a) resolutions (b) organiza: tion EVENING SESSION—8 P.M. The Negro as a Mannfacturer and Jobber, Anthony Overton, Kansas City, Can; the Logic of Business Develop: ment, T Thomas Fortnne, New York, N. Y'; the Founding of a Negro City, 8 L Davis, Hobson City, Ala., Isaiah Montgomery. Mound Bayon, Miss. SATURDAY, AUG 24. ‘The Entertainment Committe has ar- ranged a boat excursion for the delegates and visitors to Milwaukee and return, Saturday morning. Persons desiring information as to hotels boarding honses, etc, may ad. drees Mr. Lloyd G Wheeler, 119 Dear- born street, Chicago, Ill. Reduced rates of one and one-third fare, from all seotions of the country, on the certificate plan, have been graut- ed Be sure to ask for a certificate when purchasing ticket Wow Orlnane Saws. New Orleans, La, Special.—The pastor of the St. Mark’s B, C., and the Zion Travellers Rev. R. W. Williams has returned from Monroe, La, where he has been attending the State Mission- ary Convention, he states that it was a grand setting and a prosperous one, there, being ministers from all over the state. He was elected president of the 8. S. and one of the executive committee of the convention, he has held the po ition as president of the 8.8. fora number of terms. Through the con- sent of the Matron and eccretary of the Liners’ Home. Mrs, Sarah Wills and Mr. J. T. Bowman, ‘Cary and Wil- liams” gave their lates dramatic enecess. “Parsimony” in five acts on August 16, 1901 at the St. Mary’s on short street between Maple and Hamp- ton it is a very interesting play and they are giving it fora worthy cause, they deserve the patronage of all. Mr. H. S. Styles who is noted for his dramatical plays gave one of them Monday night Angust 5, at the St. Elizabeth hall. He presented adrama in three acts, “Two Friends:” The ist act was “The home of the Two Friends.” 2ad “The Prison.” 8rd “The Execution.” The play was an interesting one from start to finish The following was the cast: H. S. Styles, P. Reed, J. Bertran, P. Moore, . Burns, O. McMillen, J. Johnson, B. Perkens Misses F. Mitchell, 8. Williams, L. Brown, and V. Demanniel; they all played their par's with great credit and each had their share of applause. The musical part was rendered by Mr. J. Gilmore, D_ Perkens, J. Niersiess, Misses ‘N. E. Styles, A. Styles, A: Monch, and H. Payton. They deserve ‘much credit. ‘Thecoachmen gave thelr picnic at the fair grounds August 5, fd a large number of Sunday schools attended during the day. Hopkinsville Items. Hopkinsville, Ky., Special—The peo ple of this community appreciate the nse of free tarn pikes, It is supposed to increase the volume of ‘trade in this town and the probability is that in five years the people can more fally realize what the town has lost by the use of toll gates on the pikes leading intc Hopkinsville. Mr. E. W. Glass out popular undertaker is nominated for re- election as Councilman of the Fifth Ward. The County Institute for colored teachers was held from Aus. 5, to the 9th inclusive. It was one of the most prosperons session for some years, Prof Wm. H. Mayo of Frankfort, Ky., was instroctor., Many interesting sub- jects were considered. A well interested crowd of visitors white and colored was present at most of the sessions, Ninty- eight teachers were enrolled, fifty of which joined the reading circle. Prof. P. Moore will leave in a few days to take charge of the Academy at Mason, Tenn. His scholarship and tact ass teacher bespeaks for him success in his new field of labor. A large crowd from here attended the fair at Madisonville last week. From Tennessee's Fair Domain--Our Momphis Agent Sends His Weekly Personal Mention. Memphis, Tenn., Special—" For we cannot bat speak the things which we have seen and heard.”—Last Sunday, in the rear of Dan O'Kane’, a crowd of young colored youths were engaged in card playing, On ® box, which they used as a table, were stacks of nickels, which we do not doubt were earned by their hard labor, to be squandered and thrown to the winds in such a low and degrading way. At home some poor heart-acbing parent sat almost crying for bread; some of them are naked and almost without shelter. I wonder how God can let such goon; but bark! Raise your children in the way that they should go, and when they are old they will not depart from it, Remember every time you send your little boy or girl after a bucket of beer you are forg- ing the chains of hell upon their souls, eee “Twill, therefore, that the younger ‘women marry, bear children, guide the house, give no oceasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.”"—Among some of our women it seems there is no time for this. They want to take summer trips, like the Astors and Goulds, on a $9.00 per month salary. They want to wear silks and vistt good-time Chicago every season, where dudes and wine rooms have their sway. As long as these people try to keep up with those who have lotsof money so long will vice reign. eae “Verlly 1 say unto yon, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha, in the day of judgment, than for that city.”—In the place of city we will substitute the word church. Last Thureday night the pastor of Avery Chapel, with tears in his eyes, called the attention of his faithfal members to the large amount of worldliness being indulged in by a large number of mem- bers of that congregation, He said “some are dancing, doing all manner of things that a christian should not do, and are driving sinners away. I want it understood that I am against the average picnic, and I mean to preach the trath—if I cannot do that I am done.” He spoke of the parks and beer tables and the ball room, where women and men drink, kiss and hug. The Free- man is always on theside of right, and prays God’s blessings upon such a chris- ‘tian stand. | eae The Memphis street cars need some improvement. I say, for instance, in other cities of importance if you want the car to stop at a certain street all you have to do is to press a btton, but how is it here?’ When you want to get off, if the conductor should not happen to be looking—nine times out of ten he is not—you have to whistle. A whis- tling school for women would be a good investment here. eee “Boy sees execution then goes home, builds a minature gallows and hangs himself—a tragic imitation.” Such is the news from Little Rock, Ark. How strong and lasting isan impression made on the youthfal mind, Well do we re- member the words of Booker T, Wash- ington, “Let the mobs wreck vengance ‘on a Negro and it will not be long be- fore they will do the white man the same way.” We say continue to let your children witness the horrible burn- ing of a Negro at stake and they become blood thirsty asa lion who has tasted his first human gore, He must have blood, regardless of the kind. These same children will turn and rend their own. eee “And a man’s foes eball be those of his own household.” We will say and a man’s foes shall be those of his on race. Without a doubt the Negro is. his own worst enemy. Take the ma- jority and they will borrow of his own and never pay. They will eat up the groceries of his own, but will never pay. ‘They will borrow a little coffee, sugar, wash-tab, ete., and never send them home. Bat when the white man comes along—pay? Yes. tee Well the pienio and dance is getting the most of the Negroe’s money, bat, lo, we hear a dolefal sound, saying, “where will the majority of these bemgs appear when the winter winds are blowing?” Soamaewhere on enma lonely hill Hke tha The literary club of St. Andrews A. M.E. church met at Mrs. Pool's, near the corner of Raybura ave, and Broad- way street, Friday evening, Angust 9, 1901, ‘The following persons were in- stalled as officers of the clnb for the en- suing year, Rey. J. H. Welch officiating: W. P. Robinson, president; Miss Nettie Martin, vice-president; Mra. A. L. Rob- inson, secretary; Miss Mamie Poole, Genlstant secretary; J. E. Dillard, trea. turer; J.N. Moon, lecturer; J. X. Spay Cer, marshal; James Clark, librarian ‘Miss Eimora Sheflleld, organis:, Ny Hicks, critie, After which rire, ments were served in abundance Ty, is a progressive club of more sian ¢ year's standing with forty mem}... tee Mr. and Mrs, Ben Miles boys rsoreg to46 Humphrey street. Mr. Milo: vig. ter arrived from St. Lonis last Sunday, and is spending a few weeks in tis jay City. eee Mrs Charles Smith, a very den: eng of Mr. and Mrs, Adams, 19) ie. We are sorry to note, is confined ty hep bed, The Freeman prags her recovery tee Will Yanoy, the popular porta: ap the Peabody hotel, will leave in fey: Jayg for Chicago, IN. Miss Luella Geeen, one of or young leaice Who always gives Tho Preenan her support, is indteposed this week Mr. and Mrs. Edward Briges delight. fally entertained the little cvildroa of the willing workers Sandy seiioo clase of Avery Ubapel at their resic ence, 34 Tarley street, Sanday evening, sugnet 11, 2901. Sa Miss Alice Stevenson left a fev ‘Weeks ago for her home ia Nashville, Tenn Miss Ophelia Skipp, who bas be en the guest of her sister, Mrs. Baker Spring. field, for the last two months, wil! leave to-day for her home in Greanville, Mise E. W. SADDLER ¥ . ' . i : : | q ¢ 4 ; : 3 Lookout for Him. L X, Farmer, a commissioned depaty of the International Order of Twelve of Knights and Dangiters of Tabor: in the name of the order has robbed and defranded the people of Lincoln, Ala, Powder Springs and Athens, Ga., out of @ large amount of monsy. He is hard to catch; he does his devilish work in one place. When the people pres him to make good his promises he skips out. The last place that we traced him was Athens, (ia. He pretends to bea Preacher, and by this means deceives ‘our people. Knights and Daughters of Tabor, and citizens everywhere, look out for him and chow him up. His commission bas been revolced and he is suspended from tie order. Any person knowing the whereabouts of Rev LR. Farmer will confer # fayor on me by sending me a notice. Moses Dicksox, 2651 Pine street St. Louis, Mo. Rockford News. _ Roekford, Ill., Special—Miss Ida Dishman of Morris, Ill., isa guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Donnelly, of Crosby street this week. ‘Thi bardeone given by the A. M.E. chorch wass pronounced success, and the members have been requested to give something similar in the near future. Miss Grace Wilkins, of Chicago, is the yest of Miss Elizabeth MeCard. ‘Mrs. Sadie Taylor, of Aurora, was in Rockford x few days recently. ‘She was the guest of Mis Mamie Robinson, Mrs, 8. Wood has returned home after a visi of sous length in Chicago, Evanston and Waukegan, The Misses Tolliree and Jessie Swingler retorned home with her toenjoy @ week's vieit in the Foret City. ‘Whon the Heart is Affected By rheumatiem cr any of thie mus:les neat tint organ, it fo like tainperin with ane trie wire. for denth may comet any toute. Teliteis worth ie, donot hesitate, ba ait Dr Drommond's Lighting Kemedy. "Sent ¥ the Drummond Medicine Co.. New York, aul they will end yon two largo bottle, eavieh for's month's trenta nt hy fst express. Ie hot as quick as electriciiy, brit Will save sour iisit son takeitintime. 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Alton Mrs Russell G Amelie Mrs Glenn Barnett, Miss Nattie 3 Burtton, Mrs Emaine Gortt, Mrs Amaa Miss Amaa D'Greater Mme'Paulin' Fernando Mrs Jrs夹 Garry Mme'Lilian Gortt, Mrs Amaa Gritt, Miss Nettie Harris, Mrs Flozo Johnson, Ellie Kinney, Mrs BessLee 2 Mackay Miss Alice 2 Nassar Mrs Body Patterson, Mrs Lulu 2 Russell, mis Tenia Terry, Mrs lss Thomas, Miss Lattie Wilson, Mrs Alna Wilson Mrs Amie Wilson, Miss Dora Wilson, Mrs Flozo GENTLEMANS Barbour, Berni Kemp, Robby Brady, Cornelus LEe, RE Bland, Leroy Leach, Robert Bland, Leroy Leach, Robert Brandow & Arlington Manning, John Brown, Maryse George Brown, Richard McCabe, DW Carter Bros McCameron, Henry 2 Davis, Emmett McCameron, William 3 Davies, John McGraver, Amie Dell, SE Patrick, Billy Elwands, Thos F Patrick, Frank Fisher, W. E Powell, Clarence Fisher, Prof S B Price, J. W. Garves, Milton Rue, Charles E Gideon, Lash Stevens, Eustastus 2 Gibson, Spencer S Sawley The Edwards family Grant, Wm Thompson, R W Hughes, RW Thompson, R W Hampton, P. G (3) Ted Ben Johnson, RO Van Slack, Henry Humphreys, WA 2 Vaughner, John Hunn, Ben Wee, James Johnson, Ben Wood, Dingey Jones, JR Wright, J. L. Jones, WH LOVERY, (Sells Bros, & 4-Paw)—Grand Rapids, Mich. Aug 19; Benton Harbor, 20; Goshen, Oakland, Cal. Water, 20; Kalmuszoo, 20; South Bond, 20. W. I. Swain's ORIGINAL NASWELL STUDENTS, (nourse Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show,)— Dubuque, Iowa, Aug 19; Manchester, 20; Cleveland, Ohio, iy, 22; Storm, Lake, 23; correction ile, 24. HARBORSON BREW 'NEW AND ANCIENT SOUTH,' Newago, Mich. Aug 19; Sparta, 20; Plainwell, 21; Vicksburg, 22; Mendon, 23. RICHARDS & PRINGLE'S GEORGIA MUNDIRES,— N.W. Winsterland, E.C. Aug 19; Blain, Wash, U.S.A, 2; New Whalcom, 21; Concordia, 22; Mt. Vernon, 23; Everett, 24. HUNN & EATON's Big COON CARNIVAL—St Albans, Vt. Aug 19 to 25 THE GREAT McKANLASS Co.-Milwaukee, Wis, Indefinite Irving Jones is a big favorite out in Frisco. Pat Chappelle would like to hear from Amos Gillard. Jas. J. Helton, "la blossom" comedian, says "hello" to "Sal" T1by. The Black Patti Troubadours played to big business at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on 16 inst The Olympic theatre, Galveston, Tex., opened for the season Aug. 10; R. L. Andrews, proprietor, Buddie Glenn, manager. The Petitts, mysterious wonder workers, are in Sioux City; they send regards to Chas. Parker, F. F. Jeffers and all professional friends. G. W. Williams of the team of Smart and Williams, desires to inform the public that the team of Smart and Williams will be no longer after Aug. 18, 1901. The Standard Quartette is going big in San Francisco and have several Western dates to follow, after which they will consider an offer to go to Honolulu. R. O., and Lagretta Henderson are at liberty after Aug. 20 and will be open for bids from responsible managers only; address 105 E. Morgan street Sedalia, Mo. Chas. W. H. Jordan, magician, writes that he is improving from the wounds received in the Keystone flood, and is now at Knoxville, Tenn., where he spent a pleasant day with the New Orleans minstrel recently. The Georgia Minstrels showed at Springfield, Ill, last Sunday night to a packed house, standing room in the galleries was at a premium. Billy Kersands and Marsh Craig being stellar attractions, also Prof. Cooper, the ventriloquist. W. H. Ray, musical artist, assisted by A. P. James, basso. "Ragtime Brown --- THE FREEMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. and Barney Johnson, in a new original act, and a host of others will open at Theatre Saratoga, (N. Y.) Aug. 19. Mr. Ray sends regards to friends, and particularly big mouth John Smith. The following is the roster of the Alabama Troubadours: Madam Flower, Sam Lucas, James Turner, James Roberts, Charles Randall, Bloom Brothers, Chas. Farley, T. Payne, F. Johnson, Howard Woodbridge, W. Dewey, Bailey and Fletcher, R. Kildare, Parnell Johnson, Ruth Sprague, Jennie Pearl, Hattie May, Louise Turner, Chas. Peterson. McCabe & Young' minstrels will open its season Aug. 15 with 15 first-class artists, viz. J. W. Brewer, Billy Thomas, Richard Smith, Jake Powell, Arthur Marshal, A. D. Young, W. S. McCabe, D. W. McCabe, Miss Lucia McCabe, Medray McCabe, Zeora Lalatascotte, Mdra Brewer, Wanata Wilson, Gertrude Elliott Owens and the "Black Swan." The Williamses, Chas. and Pernecia, after filling a two years' engagement with the New Orleans minstrels, will close Aug. 17. They will visit St. Louis for a few days then go to their home in Kansas City, Kans. Next season they will appear in a new original act, address them at 1207 Barnette street, Kansas City, Kans. Their regards to all friends. John W. Dennis, with Johnson & Stater's colored minstrels, writes that after a spell of sickness he is again before the footlights making the audiences scream with his "Cannon Ball Catcher," and sends regards to all. He also states that the company was compelled to send E. B. Brown, of the team of Helm and Brown, to the hospital at Wichita, Kans. Notes from Harrison Bros.' Minstrels. —We are still in Michigan playing to big business. Mr. Harrison is still in New York. The boys are ordering new suits preparatory to meet their Chicago friends, as we will be near there in a few weeks. Proctor is still hitting them hard with his buck dancing. The ladies enjoyed themselves fishing and boating at Elk Rapids. All we can say to our friends is "lookout for the big show." Pearl Moppin is knocking them a twister with his slide trombone solos. Andrew Quinn sends regards to Temple and Breckinridge. James H. Harris, of C. G. Phillips Mammoth "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Co. writes. —We are packing our tent nightly; after seeing our parade the people cannot stay away, as it is the largest of its kind and gives the people an idea of the real thing. Our concert is up-to-date, and is better known as a miniature minstrel performance, headed by T. C. Bridges, cornetist, and H. Butler, baritone player, both comedians, supported by Mrs. H. Massengale and Mrs. H Butler, Harry Massengale, Robt. Williams, L. Davis, James Huff and H. Johnson. Our band consists of ten pieces all told. We wish success to all Pat Chappelle would like to hear from R. O. Henderson immediately. Notes from Ed. H. Winn's Big N ovelty Minstrels — Our 3rd annual tour will begin Aug. 29 at Maysville, Ky. This season's happiness will be headed by Tom Gales, principal end and monologue; Billy Godbow, Will Johnson, Will Reed and Ed. Wagner will complete the fun making contingent. The vocal portion of the entertainment will be unusually large, including Charles Snowden, Henry Gant, Lemuel Ross, George Hill, Arthur Porter and the Lone Star Quartette. The Johnson tripe of acrobats, three Maybelles, Harry Gordon and others will feature the olio, closing with the screaming fares "Holiday in Coonville." About 40 people will be employed in the organization. Ed. H. Winn, sole proprietor, Geo. W. Englebreth, business manager, Jno. P. Garrish general agent with 3 assistants. Billy McClain writes from Sydney, Australia — Mr. Elwood Knox: "At this writing everything is going very well; I have just closed an 11 months and 2 weeks engagement at one house, and had a splendid reception, I have six months more to do in Melbourne and Adelaide then my contract will be up and I will start homeward bound, if nothing unforeseen happens. I intend to go by way of Gibraltar and see the holy lands where Christ was born, and I am going to have a look at the Red sea where Moses smote the water and the children of Israel crossed, thence to Paris, London, New York, Chicago and good old Indianapolis. I have some good property in the United States, and after looking them up, repairing etc., I will have a rest then get myself together again. I just received a letter from poor old Peter Jackson, the pugilist; he is dying of consumption. I looked after him for quite a while out here; he has a great many friends here who do the same. Peter asked me to have you publish his regards to Lige Smith and Snowden & Beasly, of Chicago, Chas. Anderson and Jack Nail, of New York, and all old friends. The Madam joins me in sending regards to all, and says hopes to see them all again soon. I have just made her a present of a beautiful six carat diamond ring, and to my surprise she handed me a single stone. 7 carats perfect, valued at a hundred guineas, equivalent to $500. Regards to your father and wife." P. S. "Peter Jackson died Saturday, morning, July 13, at Argyle cottage, before I mailed this letter." Pat Chappelle would like to hear from Johnson and Ried at once. Pat Chappelle and his big aggregation of ebony entertainers will be the leading attraction on the road in the lines of colored shows next season, commencing Oct. 7, 1901, in a comedy known as "A. Rabbit's Foot." in which the very best in minstrelsy, comic, grand opera and high-class specialties are introduced. Mr. Chappelle has spared neither time nor money to make this company the biggest and best judging from the title and the author, Frank Dumont. Mr. Chappelle now has his hotel car undergoing extensive repairs; John Gaddis, of New York City, is painting his special scenery, the costumes are being made by the Eaves Costume Co., at 586 7th ave. New York City, and his props are being made by Robert Cutler, of New York City; his special lithographs were made by the Donaldson Litho. Co., of New Port, Ky. No one should miss seeing this attraction, being the only one of its kind traveling; the same being duly copyrighted and the company booked through the following states: Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, North and South Carolinas, for 35 weeks. The managerial staff reads as follows: Pat Chappelle, owner, Col. Chas. A. Duprez, manager, J. V. MoeShe, advance agent, D. Ireland Thomas, stage manager, J. H. Hamilton, Eastern representative, with office at 1183 Broadway, New York City. The company will begin rehearsals about Aug 22 at Tampa, Fla., and the show will be a credit to the colored race. They all should watch it with interest, especially the colored performers. The white daily papers in the West are saying many nice things about the Slayton Jubilee Singers. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—All eyes here are turned on the King & Bush's big minstrels which is to begin rehearsing on the 20 inst. These well known gentlemen are leaving no stone unturned toward making this show a success. Judging from the outlook of several things and first-class talent engaged, this show will be one of the best ever gotten up by white or black managers. The car has been ordered and the booking agent is busy booking. The scenery is being painted and everything is working along nicely, awaiting the 20. W. M. Mack sends regards to friends. DES MOINES.—Lee Brown has signed with Dan. McMcabe to double band and stage. McCabe & Young will organize here after the State Fair at the Mirror theatre; John Owens is engaged for the star. Fred Douglas, late of the "Plantation" minstrels and Lew Hall's Georgias, has purchased 10 well trained dogs for his act. "Rabbit" Wilson and Ciscoe Jeffries have signed with Lavorn Bros.' fair ground show for four weeks; they both double band and stage. Ingersoll park: Orpheus Comedy Co., Rackett Bros. are on this week; Tom Jefferson is singing "I don't care what happens to me." Jim Jackson and his ragtime 4 are doing the fairs. Sells Bros. & Forepaugh shows are due here Sept. 23. Wallace's show packed their big tent for two performances on 5 inst. CHICAGO.—Gilchrist's "Holiday in Dixie" Co. is rehearsing here; they open their season Sept. 2 at Kansas City, playing the Crawford circuit to Frisco. The Chantauqua season is now in its bloom, in consequence the jubilee companies are having everything their way. Hill Gregg, the baritone, has returned from the Yellowstone park, delighted with his trip. Mollie Minor, Cassie Brown, Fred Burch and Norris Smith left for New York the 5 to join the famous "Hottest Coon in Dixie" Co., whose season opens about the 25 inst. Jim Love has a lot of open time; he is booking the Western territory from Chicago to Frisco; he extends a cordial invitation to the profession to visit the Headquarters and get a copy of The Freeman, 336 27th street. Proctor and Hamilton are rehearsing a new act for their opening on the Castle circuit. The Lake Side Pavilion, with its recent improvements, is now one of the finest re- sorts in the West. Messrs. Jones & Slye have displayed much taste and professional ability in giving their patrons an entertainment that is so high-class in its entirety. The Marshall Brothers are with us again after a brief tour of the lakes; they begin in a few days rehearsing their big spectacular production "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground." George Wilson, "McGinty," was in the city a few days, shaking hands with his many friends. Card of Thanks The members of the family of the deceased Sylvester Houseley desire to express their appreciation through The Freeman of the tender sympathy and kind solicitude manifested by the members of the Richards & Pringle's Georgia minstrels and his other friends of the profession. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Houseley, 1147 Poplar St., Cincinnati. A CRUDE AFFAIR A Very Sad Event in Religious Circle- News Notes and Other Mentions in and Around Eufaula. Eufaula, Ala., Special.—Monday night, Aug. 5, a shooting affray occurred at the colored Baptist church in Clayton, Ala., in which John Hendrix was instantly killed and Dave Cox and Walter Green wounded. The congregation had been called to take action concerning the dismissal of one its members. The debate became heated and the preacher, Rev. M. C. Maxwell drew his revolver and fired three times in the crowd. The Freeman reporter was informed that there was a general scramble to get out of the church. The preacher is in jail; John Hendrix was the preacher's friend and was trying to take the weapon from him. Lewis Chatton has opened a fish stand on Dale road; call on him. Mrs. F. P. Butler of Birmingham, Ala., is in the city the guest of Mrs. D. C. Edmonson. Any news of interest for The Freeman can be left in the news box at A.H. Gary's barbershop on Randolph street next door to J. L. Seabrook's shop, Mrs. Roxie Shorter is on the sick list. The Freeman will be delivered at your door every Saturday for 5 cents per week, 20 cents a month. See the agent. Much preparation is being made towards entertaining the Women's Federation, which meets in this city September 5. The Freeman agent is hustling for 200 readers, if he does not see you drop him a card, he will call. Eufaula team expects to cross bats with the Columbus boys this week. The Freeman agent will collect every Saturday and Monday. Lee Brown, our plasterer, spent several days in Cuthbert, Ga., last week. Rev.W.R. Incles of Macon, Ga., was in the city last week Mrs A Bowie was the guest of Miss Grimas last week. Miss Florence Coffee of Troy, Ala., is the guest of Mr and Mrs Charles Moore. Please pay your subscription. Mrs Laura Jones departed this life August 9. G Askew and B J Dale spent several days in Troy, Ala., last week. Robert Grimes was sick last week but is better and not. Rev J Q A Willhite preached at the Baptist church in this city Sunday, Aug. 4. The following name ministers in Eufaula are subscribers to the Freeman: Revs A W Harvey, R T Schell, P H Cooper, A Johnson, J A Peterson, J D Maddox and W W Maddox. Mrs M S H Wright of Montgomery, Ala., editor of the Woman's Era, was the guest of Mrs Anna Williams last week. Revs L F O'Rory and J W Jackson were in the city last week. Dr C S Dinkins of Selma, Ala., filled the pulpit at the First Baptist church Sunday morning and at night the pastor. Rev R T Schell preached. Mrs Lettie Phillips was buried last week by the S. and D. Society. She was a good woman. B J Turner the barber, is better. ATLANTA BRIEFS General News Items of Interest to Freeman Readers Atlanta, Ga., Special,—Prof. A. J. Wade, of Alcorn College, Westside, Miss., after spending a week in Atlanta, has returned home; he was the guest of Capt. C. C. Wimbish. Prof. Isaiah Graham, of Memphis, Tenn., is still in the city; he is an exemplary gentleman. Edgar Parks, W. H. Brisco and Calvin Mitchell, three Afro Americans, who were substitute letter carriers in the post office here, have been appointed regular carriers by Postmaster Smyth. These young men are among the most competent on the carrier force here. I think the records will show that Atlanta Post office has more Afro Americans on the pay roll in the various departments than any other post office in the country. The Masonic fraternity of the city last Sunday held a memorial service in honor of the late Hon. W. E. Terry who, for so many years, served the order as grand master, at Big Bethel church; Rev. Dripper conducted the exercises. Col. W. A. Pledger is in Philadelphia this week, W. O. Murphy, Esq., is to attend the League of Colored Business Men at Chicago. Alexander Hamilton and J. H. Bell are at Litha Springs, Ga., for a few weeks. Hon. C. Wimbish gave a smoker at his home last Thursday night in honor of his guest, Prof. A. J. Wade, of Mississippi. I am told that the event was a very pleasant one, and that all present were delighted with the hospitality of the host and his wife. Quite a party of prominent Odd Fellows left here Monday 12 for Valdosta, Ga., to attend the State Grand lodge, which convened there on the 13 inst. Institution Meet. Carrollton, Mo., Special.—The Ministers Theological Institution convened at the A. M. E. church Tuesday Aug. 6, Dr. R. L. Beal presided. A choir composed of young people ten in number rendered sweet music for the three days session. The Institution was well attended. The Freeman in Anniston. E. C. Cooper is The Freeman's agent in Anniston, Ala. Address 1600 Pine street. WANTED Colored Performers IN ALL LINES MALE AND Comedians, Dancers Cake Wash Our season never closes The F Harrison Largest Minstrel Co. "The New and War Ten First-class Colored Drum for J. W. Gorman's Alabama tenor, basso and a No 1 ban write. This is the original co a salary day in six years. J. E. GOMER 180 Tremont Street, BOSTON, MAS NOW IS T Who Wants A Good Managers bid. I will be in Green Ri 30, after that New York City, 118 West COLORED Performers Wanted Mal Comed Just a few more Performers to double b and dance to complete my company. Co Good double bass and tuba player write. Booked solid for 41 weeks, carrying spec everything up-to-date. Write quick MALE AND FEMALE Comedians, Dancers, Musicians, Cake Walkers, Etc Our season never closes. Address per route in The Freeman. Harrison Brothers' Largest Minstrel Company in the World "The New and Ancient South" Ten First-class Colored Drum Majors and Baton Swingers for J. W. Gorman's Alabama Trobadours. I can use a good tenor, basso and a No 1 banjo player; other useful people write. This is the original company. We have not missed a salary day in six years. Address J. E. GOMERFORD, Manager 180 Tremont Street. BOSTON. MASS. Managers bid. I will be in Green River Hot Springs, Washington, till August 30, after that New York City, 118 West 27th Street, J. MILLS. COLORED Performers Wanted Male and Female for "A Rabbit's Foot" Comedy Co., Just a few more Performers to double brass, and a few more Ladies that can sing and dance to complete my company. Can use orchestra leader who doubles alto. Good double bass and tuba player write. Tickets furnished to the right parties. Booked solid for 41 weeks, carrying special scenery for every act. Special car and everything up-to-date. Write quick PAT CHAPPELLE, Tampa, Fla. SARATOGA BRIEFS. New Arrivals and a Grand Reception at the Famous Watering Place Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Special—J. H. Ford, of New York City, a very bright and polished young man, is very much pleased with the views of Saratoga; his gentle manner has won him many friends, and he is pleasantly situated at the Coleman cottage on Federal street. S. S. Smith, formerly of Smith cottage, is in town for a short period, Mrs. A. L. Bunting, of Baltimore, is spending a few weeks with her friends on Huntington street. She will leave for the monumental city about Sept. 15. R. Gill, of Chicago, is in town for a few days; he has been spending a few days in Atlantic City. Lemuel Holt, of Indianapolis, Ind., is in town for a few weeks, enjoying the climate. Among the arrivals at the Thompson cottage are: Hon. P. B. S. Pinchback, Washington; Chas. W. Anderson and wife, New York City; Chas. A. W. Chicago, Rev. C. T. Walker, Miss R. Thompson, Mrs. James Bishop, Rev. E. G. Clinton and wife, Mrs. G. S. Allen, E. E. Rawlin, New York City. A select dancing class was opened here Thursday evening at G. A. R. hall, on Broadway, opposite the famous United Hotel; the reception was entire full dress. The class will be conducted by E. S. Shanks, of Washington, D. C., who has for many years been known as a society lead er there, and well deserves the credit of er there, and the finest round dancers in his social circle. The reception was a credit to Saratoga's society. The patrons: Wm. W. Lattimore, Saratoga; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brooks, G. Thurman, M. Gunnel, H. Butte, Washington, D. C.; G. Good, Miss R. Jackson, Mrs. and Miss Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Douglass Miss L. Thorn Mr. Johnson, New York City; H. Williams, Miss R. Hall, Batto; and many others, numbering about 75 in all from various cities and states. Kid Spellman, of Brooklyn, N. Y., the expulisist, is in town. Miss Mamie J. Russell, of Courtland street Baltimore, the noted singer connected with the Union Baptist church, is taking a few days rest here, stopping at 17 Cowan street, Simons cottage. VICKSBURG JOTTINGS A Collection of Interesting Items in Condensed Form Vicksburg, Miss., Special.—The Adamantine lodge, No. 21, K. of H., had a grand installation, banquet and cake walk at K. of P. hall Thursday evening, Aug. 8, every one present enjoyed a good time; the success of same is due the following committee: W. T. Jones, chairman, T. B. King, W. E. Mollison, S. R. Ellis, John T. Spenceer, B. G. Vernon, Wm. Thurston, M. D. Foot, R. F. Ferrell, dictator. Miss Cora Jackson is visiting friends in Clinton, Miss. Mrs. Della Gladden gave an ice cream entertainment Aug. 12 for the benefit of Mt. Herodon M. B. church; a snug little sum was realized. WANTED For KING & BUSHS Show a Violin Player Trombone player and Flute player: All must double. Address W. M. MACK, 1128 First Avenue, Birmingham, Ala. WANTED a first-class straight man and all-round performers will please write to Prof. J. M. Robinson Jr., manager, 125 Bridge St., Jacksonville, Fla. Having taken possession of the old and well known Keystone Hotel, 3022 State street, Chicago, I wish to announce that it has been redecorated and refurbished throughout. The hotel part is first class in every particular and will be run in such manner, Steam heat, electric light and hot and cold water throughout. Rooms by the day, week or month. Sample room in connection. When visiting Chicago do not fail to stop at the Keystone. Respectfully, S. R. Snowden. The Freeman is on sale every Saturday morning, 5 cents per copy, O. U. Taylor, agent. P. H. Butler, the popular headwaiter at the Carroll hotel, is the right man in the right place, and he is up with the times. The pastor and members of the King Solomon Baptist church have erected a handsome one-story frame building on a lot adjoining the church. The building is in every way a credit to the congregation and the race. It is understood that are long the building will be dedicated for use of the pastor, Rev J H C Henry. For professional men Vicksburg is up with the average Southern cities, Dr Henri Woods and Dr Miller are fine specimens of the race, and are doing well in their lines. Hon W E Mollison and Hon D B Temple represent the race at the bar and are esteemed by all classes of our citizens. In politics Hon W C Crayton, Hon W E Mollison, T V McAllister, N A Anderson and D B Temple are most prominent. If you want to know what the Negro is doing read The Freeman: subscribe now and have it sent to your home for only $1 a year, O U Taylor agent. Mrs Ruth Jackson, of Monroe, La, is the charming visitor at Miss Kate Long's on West street. James Turner, many years absence, returned home from Mexico Aug 5 looking the picture of health. The officers of the Watermelon club are Messrs L C B, president; C T, treasurer; all Buffalos are invited to attend next meeting on Aug 17, at the corner of M and 3rd N streets, p.m. The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows will lay the corner stone of the Jackson Street M B church tomorrow at 4 p.m; everybody turn out. Prof J W Jones' concert band gave a band concert at 234 R ave Monday night, Aug 12, for the benefit of club No 5, and a grand time was enjoyed. Thomas M Buckner and Edward H Sterling, popular and well known in society, are daily employed at the drug store of J W King on N Washington street. John Robins is the ice man on M and 3rd N street; Isom Hartfield has recovered from a slight illness. We again make the appeal to the many patrons of The Freeman to read up, pay up and keep up with advance civilization of the 20th century, O U Taylor agent-Fred Flatt is on the Vicksburg. 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FV RRMIARD econ eta ] Tothe nearest correct etttinintemenean $5,000.00 12" Sn eae tecacoepeca || rethenes Sere b0-00 1° ecm Meee tetmerent || Tothea oe a 1894 cians sonaban 1,533,887 “* 5.10 per cent ‘o the 4th .. secre - 0.00, fg tee eoroatresesri percent lo ynetyg us =e 1896 * ncaa Ipenh saaapereest (| (pee e : 20.00 1897 “ svnmnn_ 1878409 decrease 18.40 per cent | tethenn eae emeenas 100.00 1898 “* 1,532,549 2.52 per cent ‘To the 8th levencesannennsanvassesece 75.00 ito SEEEEIEN alessio tcreate 7s pereest ff Toucan” jooo 1900. car annconite 1,965,610 “18,88 per cent To the 10th vevcsennne 25.00 || ‘Tothe next 10 nearest. gis eneh™ 150.00 ‘The certificates of the Secretaries of the States named | Ras Vee ata ae - Se ee snowing the Combined Oficial Vote will determine whioarecn- || oqpe next 2 nearest eau ene tiled tothe Prizes and the awards willbe made within godays || owe mene Go nearet Pessaatyape! after the Official Vote is known, | ‘To the next 200 nearest sesnnsinsussnanen $2 €Ch=400.00 || To the next 260 nearest. . $1 each=260.00 He the names and addresses of the | Tokai gets MR ree arco In addition to the above Prizes, the following Special | Prizes will be Paid: ‘To the person making the nearest correct estimate before Fie Wis rata a en buon es Bee aie cere en acca rat Peon malig the ease correct cttat between Savings Bank, Detroit, Mich: | NY de oan in ee August 10th and September 10H vce nnennnn$ 500100 fy that the Press Publishing Associa- ; ; vo reece GIG O00 Inte Snel Sinn oak ott 1000 zs amosnsng o 1,000 inge s purpose of paying the Prizes in a case of tie, or tat two or more estimators are equa ESSE Goat 'on the Combined Ocal Yate af the Stateof eer eee ee ee chsette and Towa, and that this fund can not ee ca ‘SUBSCRIPTION BLANK. wh U-t OWI ctevis ceca snencny <basveesraeseocaeten it Central Savin: i 5 PT Ds | Dpitinsste! coc cgaclest ca sass THIS IS ONE OF Ti REATEST OFFERS EVER : rracriag DUM cyat tee piewst Pezeess CH ANH nH CHARLESTON NEWS ITEMS In the Interest of the True Reformers- A Word About the Negro Exhibit at the Exposition--Social Hap- penings--Personal. Charleston, 8. C., Special—The Rev BE. T. Anderson, vice-president of the Grand United Order of Trae Reformers of Virginia, was in the city recently and spoke at several of the churches in the interest of his order. It is now an as- sured fact that Charleston will have one Fountain at least consisting of about sixty members. The Rev. Anderson came to our city under instructions from headquarters at Richmond upon the request of the law firm of Hayne & ‘Twine of this city. The work on the buildings of the South Carolina Inter- state and West Indian Exposition is progressing commendably. Many per- sons two months ago claimed that the exposition would not be ready to open by Deo. 1, the date set by the directors; now those same persons are admitting the rashness of their former judgments, As building after building goes up and the work of the landscape gardener be- comes more apparent the most skeptical are inclined to Keep silent. Asa mat- ter of fact the Charleston Exposition company has never wavered or faltered in ics determination to make the expo- sition a success and to have it open in December according to the original plan, There are to be eleven principal exposition buildings and state buildings THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPEK. Biizgie Rises ow. ies > a: bs Pugter 2 ine. ae si EE ele | lef a ey EU ae ara bee pee =a 3 NEGRO BUILDING of the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition, representing all the Southern states and some of the Northern and Western states. The Negro building, a cut of which appears with this article, is to contain 15,000 equare feet of floor space. It is of the Spanish Renaissance style of architecture and has one of the most beautiful locations on the exposition grounds. There has been no attempt to “chock” us off to one corner and every visitor to the exposition will, we are sure, wake it convenient to drop in 2 Bay si, Se aie ‘s Free iene 2 et i Eee NEGRO. of the South Carolina Intersts and see what the colored people have on exhibition to show the rapid progress they are making. The Secretary of the Negro Department feels elated at the snecess which has apparently attended his efforts to secure exhibits. He feels sure that the Negro exhibit will be one of the most attractive at the exposition The American Negro exhibit which went to Paris isto be on exhibition in the Negro building here. Miss Hattie A. Marshall and Mrs, E. Thompson, two pyrighted by the Press Publishing A:soc 5 ~ To he ¢ Ach Bl of Charleston's leading colored women, gave a lawn party last week for the benefit of the hospital and training school for nurses. The occasion was a pleasant one and a considerable sum was realized for the hospital, It is gratifying to note with what uniminity the Negroes of this clty support such a worthy enterprise. Every city in the South needs a colored hospital, and these hospitals ought to be supported by the colored people themselves. On Monday VF 2 PO tiees & ES E eo. Se .__ Eien See a eS UILDING e and West Indian Exposition, evening Aug. 5 there was a musical and literary concert at Emanuel A.M E. church, It was under the direction of Sidney Woodward, one of the best tenor singers of the race. Among Mr, ‘Wood- ward's many flattering, or better per- haps, complimentary testimonials, is the following from Mme. Lillian Nor- dica, the famous opera singer: “Today I have heard Mr. Woodward sing, his voice is a true tenor and there is nothing in the art beyond his capabilities.” The tion) ven Awav. Has it ever occurred to you that the Up to Date | 102E.GreenSt., Louisville,Ky., isthe neatest shop in the city. Give usacall. Electric fans. No flies while being shaved. | JAMES THOMPSON, Manager. E. GRIFFIN, Proprietor, Hrmeely of Tadlaonpelin: ad) Barbers.—Andrew Jeffries, William Foster. James Thompson, James Ross, ‘Will Oliver, Richard Smith, James Johnaon, porter. i eee, ot he Preis oer | 3 se Oe i eee 4 gur diacd, For take. %G “4 uggiste, : EANS YSPESIA | : SCS | | other participants in the concert were Miss Hattie E. Hopkins, a prima donna from Jacksonville, Fla,, and J. N. Sam- uel-Belboder, poet and reciter from British Guiana. The Appolo Social Club, one of the oldest social organiza- tions in the city, gave a piemo last Wednesday and those who attended re- port an enjoyable time. There are several “swell” social and literary clubs in Charleston and they are constantly giving something to make life “worth living” these hot, sultry days. The Charleston bakers are still on a strike ‘and there does not seem much likelihood of settling the matter. The Bakers’ Union ordered the strike becanse its members were working too many hours for the wages received—at least that ‘was the claim made to the public. Es. pecially were they displeased with night work, There aremore than a hundred men belonging to the union. We Charlestonians are looking on with in- terest and hoping that the matter may be adjusted soon, for even though we eat lots of rice we eat bread occasionally and we like it fresh. HERE AND THERE. | ‘The deaf mute is often dumfounded, The political boom usually goes with th big guns. | Nell—“He is rather fast, isn’t he?” Belle—“He has to be fast to keep ahead o his creditors.” | Wiga—“They say Miss Antique is a woman with a past, Wagge—“Yee; 40 odd years o it, Ishould say.” __ ‘The differnoe between baseball and swim: ming is that before you can become an expert swimmer you must learn to strike out. Casey—“‘OF'll het me hat Jonah was an Irishman, no less.” Reilly—“Why d’ye tink that?” Casey—“Sure it's hard fer to kape an Irishman dowu.” Polly Pinktignts—"'The tenor’s voice is going back on him, Don't you think he rather throaty?” Fanny Footlights—“On the contrary, he seems quite chesty.”” “When Jack proposed to me,” Remarked the madien trim, “The boy was all at sea.” And yet she landed him! The office boy had not appeared at 16 o'clock. “Where is James this morning?” asked the head of the firm. “His vacation begins on Saturday,” replied the stenogra- pher, ‘and he told me he was going to take a few days off to rest up for it’, With all the wealth at his command Als! he had no family tree. He bought a dog, then killed it and ‘Thus swiped the canine’s pedigree. Local Notes Anniston, Als., Special —Mra. C. C. Sykes is a visitor in Atlanta this week. Mr. C. C. Sykes, our enterprising bi- cycle manufacturer, was # delegate to Montgomery, Ala., this week, attending the convention of the Odd Fellows, which was in cession there last. week. ‘Mrs. Gracy Perkins and children have returned from Birmingham and Marion, Als, where they have been visiting relatives; she is the wife of W. M. Per- Jans, one of our popular young men who 1s connected with the post office depart- ment of this city. Mrs. B.C. Cooper, Miss Annie May, Master Willie and Lury Cooper and Harry Williamson are visitors in Atlanta this week, much to the regret of their many friends here. | Pan-Amorican-Akron-Routo. Send your address to W, W. Richardson, Washington and {linois Streets, Indiana: polis, and obtain attractive Booklet of Pan. Kinerican Exposition and the Akron Route | Copies of The Freeman taay be found at the Capital City Drug Co., Saturday of each week 111 Monroe street ‘Montgomery, Ala., 5 cents per copy. EDUCATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. Dees FE ine POP pee, Tn I 9 IO Seen RRS Sep SES re eee a a vers, rama Bere hn hi 4 Bn fet Sete: fee eee a ge et ee Eta SS Knowles Building. Boys’ Hall. Stone Hall. Cirle 1 ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, Atla ns pasbece kale vigaian tastatea) eveied copeclay be pire ee caties Steer ed Songs ea Seattees we aaa a aia negaeaaer antele loner Paynes Seti teil Von gee ron egtleia ly See Semeur cc tal conten esta Brealdent HORA‘ reco PR Ee RR OE PE SOLS Pmt ee sp keeo ne — Pe ee Pe Be rae abe 5 an 0 Newnes, — Seg Msc iat a 4 fren, Tere Peers a Petia tone sick et igte eee lg es Be pies, ee woes; fae ‘ cS ce fee Knowles Building. Boys’ Hall. ‘Stone Hall. Girls’ Hall. M ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, Ga. ‘An unsectarian Christian Institution, devoted especially to advanced education, Colles, tv ‘mal, College Preparatory and English High School courses, with Industrial Train: oi advantages in Music and Printing. Athletics for boys. Physical culture for gar". | i and training, Aid given to needy and deserving students. Term begins the hes: V f in October. “For catalogue and information, addfeas . President HORACE BUMSTEA en Lead ee Howard QWniversi y | New Orleans, Louisiana MEDICAL DEPARTMEN’) Tia putts "season Ousouee Te WL wl iaaintaln ‘high Tapntation for ‘oxcaionce of aca school work and careful home training. Medical, Dental and Pharm t Oarpentry. Sewing, Printing, ete., a part of the regular course. * Colleres. Has Grammar, Normal and College depart-| ‘Tpirty-fourth session, 1% a: 16 Pupils onrclled lst seston ot, ttoors ana | Oe ih 10 upils enrol sosafon . inseruetors 2. Healthful aud convenient loea- | Tuition fee in Medical and Dental « Ton. We have a pleasant boarding depart | each 88); Pharmacy Cotiere, 20. ai) {8 mont anda good schoo! for your boysand gins, | Must rexister before Oevob 12191) Poy cat Write for catalogue with terms, ete., to sce # tnfopmation, apply t EC. LITTLE, F.J. SHADD, M.D,, secretary 2420 Canal Street, | New Orleans, La. |! ® Street, N. W., Washington, City U Eckstein Norton Y CANE SPRING, KY. Offers!Industrial, Normal and College train- ing alike to male and female. It is strictly Polipions, non sectarian and supported by voluntary contributions, School opens the first Monday in October. Students received sistant with thorough work. For all information address RtV CH PARGISH. D D., President, Cane Spring, Bullitt Uo., Ky. | ane Boger Williams Uiiversily | Offers courses in Common English, Nor- | A Christian school where character is devel- Fall term begins October 2, 1901. For further | Nashville, Tenn. PRESIDENT. ‘WANTE i 9. el “WANTED Ba RBBRS ice Cincinnati Perfume Co., Cincinnati 0. De- partment D Established Fs "§ School of Chir- ale’ DR. OMREYS S235 ERE eure and Dermatology, open for students. | Weeks, 8 arcade up:tairs, Cincianati, O. OX-BLAOD TABLETS Ss eactcar Nera ener eee seorgtereeeet ar ae eee eae snes ant , a Temes or it. oes ‘weeks! inner ear FREE | ‘W. A. HENDERSO », Clarinda, Iowa, aaa FOR SALE Says Bieta Copies of The Freeman can be found at Black's Hotel, Evansvile, sna., every Saturday. tf Telephone 123, Business romps Credit Given to Reliable People. Mrs, B. Adams | W.T & W. Taylor (Successors to J. H. Taslor) Funeral Directors and Embalmers Burial Cases and Caskets of all kinds and fine Carriages, both open and closed B.ADAMS, Manager, 610 Ninth Street LOUISVILLE, WN The Louisvil'e & Nashville Railroad Operates the Finest Passenger Service in the South. The equipment is up-to-date, the road bed without an equal and the time the fastest. Through trains of magnificent Coaches and Drawing room Sleeping Cars between Chicago, ‘Cincinnati, Toulsyitte, Hvanevilieor St, Louls and ‘Nasnvitle, ‘Memphis, Birmingham, Mobile, New Orleans, Pensacola and Sackuonville, Through the historical and scenic regions of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida. For descriptive matter, time-tables and mse, eatren 6. 1 STONE, General Pass. Agtey aitabetice ae Want Ads. eharry Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical College Walden University ‘The next season opens, Sept. 4, 190! This 18 the largest medical school in’ the world for colored students, About one half of the educated colored physicians of the Southera ttsics are wrt bates of this college. For catalogue and further inforwation, address: G. W. HUBBARD, M. D., Dean, NAsuvints, Texy, 3 The Charleston Messenger, § ‘Che Pease Ba Weedy Pape, ire I ot teen oe Leena eleeuation os tele a ie Rae eair mete Tee Sever tn eres n Sel tcemes either Pane 1 lar terete ; Shrek des z ONE YEAR, - $1.50 3 a Eufaula, Ala. Copies of The Freeman can beseenred from Will H. Wallace or at J. E. Nelms’ store every Saturday evening. COLUMBIAN BROTHESHOO) OF HONOR Chartered by Kentucky Legislature of 1885 ard in active operation now io many States. Large benefits paid week- ly—large local membership It is an order that promotes the inter- ests of its members at home or in the business world, encouraging thrift and enterprise in the race generally. ‘The Banking Division is prepared to invest your savings, no matter bow small, with profit. Any person of sound health and of good habits between four (4) years and fifty-four (54) years of age can become membere—special terms for older per sons. ‘The fee for joining is not less than $1 00 nor more than $20. ‘The follow: ing interesting table tells 1ts own story. Five conte per week gives * child $1.00 sick benelit ant $15 00 at death. Ten cents per week gives adult $200 sick benefit ar $30 00 at death. Fifteen cents per week iv an adult $3.00 sick benefit « $45 00 at death. Twenty cents per week an adait $1 00 sick beneii! a0! $00.00 at death. Twenty-five cente per were gives an adnit $ 00 sick bene and $75 00 to $100 00 at deat Fifty cents per week wive © adult $1000 sick beneit sod $150 00 at death. AI pay the same and recetvs th = ‘When it is inconvenient, to attr ° room, you are excused. Cert! fi- : borship. financial cards, ehart= 5 farni-fed on request. No extra hs ‘The order will bay you s home at between $200 and $2,000 allowing 9" ‘pay for it on less than rentiny just as paying dues inalodee No fore closure owing to sickness nor ter\’ loss of work; the order acoorlive mottoes will protect its member? per week for sickness and 3) for | ai expenses for 100 per week. 1-0) fal funeral ceremony. ; For ore information about join ety, write to os ‘Bupreme Secretary 0.2 | 981 W. Jefferson St., Lovisyiui% ©" SPORT Edited By BREAKAWAY. A stop watch held on the Cincinnati and Pittsburgh players yesterday caught their time in going to first bass. Beaumont covered the distance in 3 seconds flat. Dobbs, Harley and Richey in $ \frac{3}{4} $ second; Fox and Clarke, $ \frac{3}{4} $ seconds. The times were caught while the players know nothing of it. --- One world's record was broken at Charles River Park, Boston, recently it being in the first heat, one mile, of the match race between Albert Champion and "Major," Taylor, the former covering the mile in 1:29 4:5 from a flying start. The previous record was 1:30 held by Michael. "Major" Taylor seemed to be in hard luck. In the semifinals of the one-third-mile championship, while racing with Lawson, the latter leading, Taylor ran off the track and fell. He was carried to his quarters, but not hurt badly enough to prevent his riding later in his match with Champion. In the five-mile race with Chapion, Taylor quit after covering one mile, and champion had a hollow victory. * * * J. W. McAdow, colored an assistant starter and flagman, is enjoying splendid success in the far West on race courses. He is the assistant with James A. Ferguson, the celebrated turf man, and the two gentlemen are kept busy throughout the West continually. Mr McAdow is a sober and reliable gentleman and the mere mentioning of the name, "Mack," means satisfaction guaranteed, and never disappoints. His headquarters are in Denver, Col.; permanent address "Chicago Horseman." BUSINESS MEDIUM. MRS. MARTH, the world renowned and highly celebrated business and test MEDIUM reveals everything. No imposition. Can be helpful. Marriage a speciality. Every mystery revealed, also of absent, deceased and living friends. Removes all troubles and estrangement. Marriage a speciality. Her in her startling revelation of the past present and future event in one's life. Remember her, she will not, for any price, flatter you, your sense of life, your sense of nonsense. She can be consulted on all affairs of Life, Love, Courtship, Marriage, Friends etc., with description of future companion, secure a description missing friends, Her own success, change in business, journeys, awaits connected wills, divorce and speculation is valuable good or bad; she withholds nothing MRS. MARTH tells your entire life—past present and future—in a DEAD TRANOE, has a beautiful family, and in tests she tells your mothers full name before marriage, the names of all your family their ages and description, the name and business of your future husband, the name of your future wife, the name of your young man who now calls on you, the name of your future husband, and the day, month and year of your marriage, many children you have or will have another child, angle whether your present sweetheart will be true to you and if he will marry you; if you have sweetheart, tell you how you will have a marriage and acquaintance. ALL YOUR FUTURE will be told in an honest, clear, plain manner and in a trance. Mothers should know the success of your marriage, tell you how should know everything about their sweet-hearts or inended husbands. Do not keep company, marry or go into business until you are married, religious sorprises prevent your consulting. Madame is the only one in the world who can tell you the FULL NAME of your future husband, tell you whether you love is true. There are some persons who believe that there is no truth to be gained from consulting a dium, but such beliefs are contrary to the truth. It is important to understand that such a conclusion can be reached. It is not everyone who placards a test of what he is a Dium that can stand a test of what he is a Dium that and a person are acquiring mind control. It is by believing that these advisers do not take the trouble to study human nature. They do not spend time studying for a mormon and acquiring the art of persuasion. They will have a tendency to make the pathway to the road of the business clear and devoid of criticism. It is undenable fact that persons will come for advice—in full knowledge of what they want to know and yet as soon as they confront a Medium they try their utmost effort to dispel from their minds what they want to know. To get the secret out of a person by "pumping," in no few cases, is the art used by unprincipiating Mediums, but to take hold of the land and gain control of the mind there by a miracle. And yet this can be done, and by consulting Mrs. MARH this seeming mystery becomes clear. This subject has received no little attention by student men and even college professors. It so proves conclusively that although there are persons in our midst with "oily tongue," the gates of wolden have not been closed. It takes a great deal of study to become an accomplished Medium, and by a continuous and uniting effort, the key to the well of apprehension unattainable mysteries have been presented to MARTH for the best of humanity. By letter requests $1.00 Home from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. . All letters must contain staple for answers. M.J. M. B. MARTH. [Red West 31st] NEW YORK CITY. THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. Word has just reached this country that Peter Jackson, the former well-know heavyweight colored fighter, died July 23, in a private sanatorium at Roma, near Sidney, N. S. W. His death was due to the inroads of consumption and paresis. Jackson was a native of Australia, and began his fighting career in Sydney in 1882. In September, 1886, he defeated Tom Lees, the champion heavyweight fighter of Australia, after a fierce thirty-round contest, and got the championship. Two years later he came to the United States. His first fight in this country was at San Francisco with Joe Godfrey whom he knocked out in nineteen rounds. A few months later he knocked out Joe McAnliffe in twenty-four rounds. In 1889, he knocked out Jem Smith in London, and the next year he again whipped Joe Godfrey in Melbourne, Australia. Jackson's greatest fight was with Corbett in 1891. The two men battled for sixty-one rounds and the fight was called a draw. He was never able to get on another contest with Corbett and likewise unable to meet any of the heavyweights who developed shortly after Corbett became champion. He sailed for England in 1895 and spent much of the next four years in London, living in princely style. Dissipation brought on consumption and he returned to his country over a year ago, a total wreck. His friends in the West raised a purse and sent him back to his home. Jackson in his prime was said to have been the finest specimen of physical manhood in the United States and he posed before a number of artists and sculptors. *** Charley Edwards, better known as "Black Prince," the reputable starter for race courses, has completed his successful Southern engagements and is now on the Western circuit. He writes that he will visit Indianapolis when on his way back East, about Nov. 1, 1901. --- Sam Harris, just to be in the pugilistic swim, is laying the foundation for Terry McGovern's fall and winter campaign He has already accepted the challenge hurled at Terry by Jack Roberts, and ives' it out point blank that aspirants for McGovern's title will be attended to as tast as they put in their appearance with, of course, the proper credentials. * * * Jockey Winkfield was before the Harlem track judges at Chicago recently for a poor ride on King Dellis, a heavily backed favorite. The colored rider should have won the race but finished fifth instead. He escaped the judges with a reprimand. Colored "jocks" must be careful how they ride and avoid all possible suspicion, just now especially, for white jockeys are taking the day—doing superior riding, too—and crookedness on the part of the colored boys may be the cause of first-class tracks ruling off all colored jockeys for all time to come. The "bush" tracks will follow suit. Take warning! --- The attempt of Crescens to lower his world's trotting record on the Hudson river track at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., was under the conditions, the hardest trial he has had this season. The track, second-class at best, had been torn up a few days before with a hope of making it faster, and a heavy rain later put it in even worse shape. He went the mile in 2.091. --- "Kid" Broad's defeat at the hands of "Young" Corbett removed one of the obstacles blocking the Denver boy's path to a match with McGlovern. Corbett did not score a knockout, but he had so much the better of the contest he left no room for an argument. That is from his view point. Broad, however, begs to differ. He says he was "dopey" when he entered the ring, that his strength, science, and other little matters pertaining to the game which he has stored away in his thinking apparatus had entirely left him. In fact, everything was blank, he was like a man groping in the dark, and says he does not remember whether he was afoot or on horseback during the thirty minutes' fighting, and therefore would like to meet Corbett again. The latter says he will accommodate Broad, but pending the accommodation Corbett will take on George Dixon. George is but a wreck of his former self, and says BE NOT DECEIVED TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA. King of all Hair Tonics, "OZONO." TRADE-MARK. BEFORE. AFTER. BEFORE. AFTER Recognizing the fact that there are many SO-CALLED hair-growers and hair-straighteners now on the market, and knowing to a certainty that many of these are frauds pure and simple, we wish to make a straight-forward, honest statement to the colored race through this great paper. In the year 1871 our late secretary, Mrs. S. M. Moore, through a fortunate circumstance, acquired the receipt for OZONO. It was not offered for sale or purchase to any extent until 1875, when it was put upon the market and met with marked success. After a thorough test by the colored people of that time it was pronounced an honest, legitimate remedy, true to all that was claimed for it, and worthy in every respect of the confidence of every member of the colored race, because they found it to cause the hair to grow long and straight, soft and fine, and as beautiful as an April morning. Now, whenever a genuine article appears upon the market there are always a number of people who imitate and make capital out of the merits of other people's goods. Seeing our marked success, numerous firms have entered the market, offering hair-growers and hair-straighteners, many of which are worthless, causing the hair to fall out and doing great damage to the hair and scalp, and the colored people are buying these spurious compounds, which are filled with animal fats, and do the hair more harm than good. To these let us sound a warning—be careful what you use on your hair. Do not be deceived by flaring advertisements and big words. Buy the King of all Hair Tonics. OZONO. which is sold with an iron-clad guard we will forfeit $50.00. Now, we ask lately agree to forfeit $50.00 if you if they were not true to all we claver several years under this guarantee, who has used Ozono has been satisfied 20,000 people are to-day using a recommends Ozono as the King of it take the Kinks out of Knotty, Kinks some Hair. It will make short, hard your head of all itching, worrying se and Scurf can not live after Ozono ha from falling out. It will restore graft hair long and soft. Now, right here, let us make a s remedies to straighten hair, but when you use to hot irons. Friends, do no life of the hair, and cause it to drop outside assistance. Nothing but O straight forever. You can stop the hair are seen in a day or two after The price of Ozono is 50c. a b this liberal offer, which is good at an to us, enclosing with it the sum of O four large boxes of Ozono and one which makes black skin bright, rough skin diseases. Also removes all face small-pox pits. We will also include Food—Nature's great beautifier—rem and all facial blemishes; makes the younger. We will also include one package absolutely CHEMICALLY PURE, a which is sold with an iron-clad guarantee to do all that is claimed for it, or we will forfeit $50.00. Now, we ask you a plain question—would we absolutely agree to forfeit $50.00 if you are dissatisfied with our preparations, if they were not true to all we claim for them? We have advertised for several years under this guarantee, and we are glad to say that every one who has used Ozono has been satisfied in every respect. 20,000 people are to-day using our preparations, and every purchaser recommends Ozono as the King of all Hair Tonics. Ozono will positively take the Kinks out of Knotty, Kinky, Harsh, Curly, Refractory, Troublesome Hair. It will make short, harsh hair long and straight. It will cure your head of all itching, worrying scalp diseases. Itch, Eczema, Dandruff, and Scurf can not live after Ozono has been applied. It will stop your hair from falling out. It will restore gray hair to its natural color, making the hair long and soft. Now, right here, let us make a statement. Many firms are advertising remedies to straighten hair, but when they send the preparation they tell you to use hot irons. Friends, do not use hot irons; they will burn up the life of the hair, and cause it to drop out. Ozono straightens without any outside assistance. Nothing but Ozono is necessary, and the hair stays straight forever. You can stop the use at any time. The good effects on the hair are seen in a day or two after the first application. The price of Ozono is 50c. a bottle—4 boxes do the work. We make this liberal offer, which is good at any time: Cut out this coupon and send to us, enclosing with it the sum of One Dollar, and we will forward to you four large boxes of Ozono and one large bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner, which makes black skin bright, rough skin soft and pliant, and cures all skin diseases. Also removes all facial imperfections, and actually removes small-pox pits. We will also include one fancy jar of our Electrical Skin Food—Nature's great beautifier—removes wrinkles, moth patches, freckles, and all facial blemishes; makes the old look young and the young look younger. We will also include one package of our celebrated Scalp Soap, which is absolutely CHEMICALLY PURE, and no soap but a pure soap should ever worth 50c. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c. 1 Package (1 pint) Anti-Odor, worth 50c. 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. Total, $4.00. Name..... House. No..... Street..... City..... County..... State..... If you want 4 lots like above, send $3.00. If you have a friend who has no coupon, let her write her name on a piece of paper and pin to coupon when you send your order. he will not fight Corbett unless he agrees to weigh in at 124 pounds ringside. If Dixon adheres to this the fight will not take place, as Corbett cannot fight at less than 128 pounds. Race Gleanings Out of Seventy-one colored volunteers who joined the Forty-eighth regiment for service in the Phillippines all returned hale and hearty save one who did not die until San Francisco was reached on the homeward journey. Booker. T. Washington, Principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial --- 1.1 grantee to do all that is claimed for it, or you a plain question—would we also dissatisfied with our preparations, im for them? We have advertised for and we are glad to say that every one ed in every respect. Your preparations, and every purchaser Hair Tonics. Ozono will positively tery, Harsh, Curly, Refractory, Troublesh hair long and straight. It will cure scalp diseases. Itch, Eczema, Dandruff, has been applied. It will stop your hair y hair to its natural color, making the statement. Many firms are advertising when they send the preparation they tell not use hot irons; they will burn up the out. Ozono straightens without any Ozono is necessary, and the hair stays use at any time. The good effects on the first application. little—4 boxes do the work. We make any time: Cut out this coupon and send One Dollar, and we will forward to you large bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner high skin soft and pliant, and cures all dial imperfections, and actually removes de one fancy jar of our Electrical Skin moves wrinkles, moth patches, freckles, the old look young and the young look one of our celebrated Scalp Soap, which is and no soap but a pure soap should ever YOU MORE THAN GET YOUR MONEYS WORTH WHEN ...YOU ...BUY Dobbins' Electric SOAP 5 CENTS A BAR—JUST REDUCED FROM TEN CENTS—Hasn't been less than ten cents for more than 35 years. Buy of your grocer; he has it, or will get it for you. BOOKS GIVEN AWAY List of 217 25-cent books to select from. Any book on list sent free for 3 wrappers of DOBBINS' ELECTRIC SOAP and 5 cents for postage. DOBBINS SOAP MFG. CO., Philadelphia, Pa. Institute is the Commander-in-Chief of the Negro division of the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition and has associated with him in the department some of the most prominent and influential Negroes of the country. Among them may be mentioned Dr. W. D. Crum, Charleston, Assistant Commissioner; Dr. N. B. Sterrett, Presiding Elder of the A. M. e. church, Dr. Thos. E. Miller, President South Carolina State College, Prof. Kelly Miller, Howard University, Washington, D. C., Rt. Rev. M. B. Salter and Mr. T. W. Thurston, Manager of Silk Mill at Fayetteville, N. C. Mrs. Lucy Washington of Kokomo is 112. Birmingham, Ala., Special.—Joseph McDuffy is in town, after a short visit to Pensacola, Fla. Go to the Enterprise News Notes be used on the scalp. And, lastly, to prove our liberality, we will put in a pint package of Anti-Odor, a positive cure for Sore Throat or Mouth, all forms of Womb Diseases, Chilblains, Sore and Frosted Feet; also removes all smells and odors arising from the human body, such as feet, arm pits, etc. The actual value of this Grand Aggregation is $4.00, but we let you have it for $1.00, simply to introduce honest goods. In order to protect the public in general from imitations of our goods, and to avoid mistakes, we have placed upon our coupon our Trade-Mark, one head showing Short Hair and the other head Long Hair. The U.S. Government has granted us this trade-mark, and it is registered in the Patent Office at Washington gon; so if the coupon has this trade-mark on it, you will make no mistake. Use only the coupon having the two heads on it. As to our responsibility, we refer you to the Editor of this paper or to the Metropolitan Bank of Richmond, Va. We have thousands of testimonials we have not space to publish. Here is a sample of one: **Boston Chemical Company:** Dear Sirs,—You are at liberty to state in any newspaper that I have used OZONO, and give it my most hearty recommendation. I have been fooled so often, it does me good to recommend honest goods. Gentlemen.—After using OZONO a that my hair is already straight and grow A last word. OZONO is absolutely cause a beautiful and luxurious growth. you can use it to secure a glossy lor "OZONO." Send us $1.00 at once, and day we receive your order. BOST 31 after using OZONO a short while only, I am glad to say body straight and growing finely. MISS BESSIE POWERS, 383 Missouri street, Toledo, O. OZONO is absolutely guaranteed to straighten hair and luxurious growth. If your hair is already straight, secure a glossy long growth. Buy only the genuine is $1.00 at once, and the goods will be sent the same order. BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. Gentlemen.—After using OZONO a short while only, I am glad to say that my hair is already straight and growing finely. A last word. OZONO is absolutely guaranteed to straighten hair and cause a beautiful and luxurious growth. If your hair is already straight, you can use it to secure a glossy long growth. Buy only the genuine "OZONO." Send us $1.00 at once, and the goods will be sent the same day we receive your order. Boston Chemical Co., 310 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. I enclose you $1.00, for which please send at once the following goods: 4 Boxes of Ozono, worth $2.00. worth 50c. 1 Bottle Electrical S. (1 pint) Anti-Odor, worth 50c. Total, $4.00. Name. Street..... County. If you want 4 lots like above, send $ no coupon, let her write her name on a when you send your order. TWO BOO History of the Negro Race History of the Negro Soldier Send for Terms. Price of CONTENTS OF THE HISTORY OF the Negro Race out: New Hampshire and Maryland: Delaware Cardina Georgia: Habits and customs of Sou- times. Negro Heroes of the Revolution. The Fred Hines and Turner and others who examples of Underground Redcoat Work. S Employment of Negro soldiers. Fort P dents of the war. The end of the war. Recon- ligious progress. Educational progress. Fin color in North Carolina. CONTENTS OF THE HISTORY NEG colored man. Pen pictures of the daring char- and around Santiago. Corporal Brown killed over the block house and saved the Rough Hie- was first to raise the grounded flag. S Miles, Roosevelt and many others on the brave Negro officers. Antioia and Jose Mae so. Gon The Negro pymaster in the army. The Negro the colored man who unwitted the diplomacy of the Negro Every Person Out of and the Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American killed in the destruction of the Battleship Main in the S anch American war. 3. What color Block House and saved the Rough Riders in the dier reached the Block House first on San Juan American flag? 6. What colored soldier did colored man on cannail, his headquarters, the Filipino and their civilization. Handone in the United States send the American war. world," in the Spanish-American war. EVERY PAGE BRIMNING FULL of half one and fine engravings of soldiers, office objects on cannail, his headquarters, the Filipino and their civilization. Handone in the United States send the American war. world," in the Spanish-American war. 432 PAGES, INCLUDING 54 ILL AGENTS! Send for Agent's Terms E. A. JOHNSON, "A Coon with u A very Catchy and Inspiring coon song; Send 40 cent E. C. KNOX & CO., Music 4 Boxes of Ozone, worth $2.00. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner, worth 50c. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c. 1 Package (1 pint) Anti-Odor, worth 50c. 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. Total, $4.00. If you want 4 lots like above, send $3.00. If you have a friend who has no coupon, let her write her name on a piece of paper and pin to coupon when you send your order. TWO BOOKS IN ONE History of the Negro Race and History of the Negro Soldiers in the Send for Terms. Price of either book ABOVE. $1.00. CONTENTS OF THE HISTORY OF NEGRO RACE. Introduction: Beginning of the war in the United States, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, New Hampshire and Maryland; Delaware and Maryland; Cardinal Island Georgia—Habits and customs of Southern colonies. Negro soldiers in Revolutionary times. Negro Heroes of the Revolution. The War of 1812. Efforts for Freedom. Liberia. Struggle for freedom. Anti-slavery agitation. Examples of Underground Railroad Work. Slave population. Employment of Negro soldiers. Fort Pillow. Around Petersburg. The Crater. Incidents of the war. The end of the war. Reconstruction. 1865–68. Progress since freedom. Negligence in national progress. Financial progress. Some noted Negroes. Free people of color in North America. CONTENTS OF THE HISTORY NEGRO SOLDIERS: First Hero of the Navy a colored man. Pen pictures of the daring charges made by Negro soldiers at San Juan, El Caloy and around Santiago. Corporal Brown killed at his post while a cannon which knocked over a block, and drove the Navy's ship. The first tribute to raise the American flag on San Juan Hill. The glowing tributes of McKinley, Milos, Roosevelt and many others on the bravery of Negro soldiers. General Morgan advocates the Negro paymaster in the army. The Negro post, Spanish Minister Dumiel, exile. The colored man who outwitted the diplomacy of the Spanish Minister at Washington, etc. QUESTIONS EVERY PERSON OUGHT TO KNOW.--All answered in the History of the Negro 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 martyr of the Spanish-American War? 3. What colored soldier was the Revolution! 4. What colored soldier had charge of a Hotchkiss gun knocked over the Spanish Block House and saved the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American war? 5. 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 in the Studebaker and Spanish minister at Washington, D. C.? 8. What greatest general in the States said the colored soldiers "fought without parallel in the history of the world," in the Spanish-American war? EVERY PAGE BRIMMING FULL OF NEW and interesting reading, with about 49 full half 'one and fine engravings of soldiers, officers and scenes of the Spanish-American war, with a fine mature of Aguinaldo, his headquarters, a Filipino lady of Manila and a brief sketch of a Filipino man at Villalba Island, a handsome general Nelson A. Miles, major-general in a company of all the American troops, who said the fighting of the colored soldiers around San Salvador was "without a parallel in the history of the world." 432 PAGES, INCLUDING 54 ILLUSTRATIONS IN BOTH BOOKS. AGENTS WANTED. Send for Agent's Terms E. A. JOHNSON, Corner West and Lenoir Streets, RALEIGH, N. C. A very Catchy and Inspiring coon song; beautiful Two-Step or; Schottische; music Send 40 cents in Stamps to Drug Store every Saturday for a copy of The Freeman. Mrs. Lavetta Gibbs left recently for Berry Station, Ala., to teach school. Those who owe The Freeman agent will please pay up promptly if you wish your paper continued. William Werren, a Tuskegee student, is spending his vacation here. Mrs. Sallie Troy is a recent subscriber to The Freeman. --- Boston Chemical Company : Here is another : BEFORE AFTER MAGGIE B. PROCTOR, Box 114, Fairfield, Texas. Shopping By Mail It's your privilege and decidedly to your advantage. Samples are free and if you make your wants plain this store can surely please you. Then think of the advantage of comparison; if our qualities are not the best for the price you are under no obligations to buy. That's fair surely, L.S.AYRES & CO. "Indiana's Greatest Distributors of Dry Goods." INDIANAPOLIS, IND. ..CITY NOTES.. The Woman's Club met with Mrs. Dora Payne Monday. Miss Tillie Larter of Bedford is the guest of relatives here. Mrs. Charlie Shores has returned to her home in Lexington. Clay Stofer has returned form a visit to the Buffalo Exposition. Rev. John Masterson of Richmond, Ind., was in the city Tuesday. Miss Nannie Richardson has gone to Louisville to stay two months. Mrs. Nellie Williams has gone to North Caralina to visit relatives. Miss Lee Masters, of Louisville, is in the city with a view to locating. Mr. Frank Bowers, of Galveston, Tex., has joined his family in this city. Bishop Grant preached to a large congregation at Allen Chapel Sunday. Miss Anna Smith will leave Sunday for a visit to Paris and Lexington, Ky. Mrs. Charles W. Brown left Monday night for New York, where she will visit several weeks. Mr. M. H. Royall of New York visited his brother Attorney O. V. Royall in the city last week. The teachers of Bethel A. M. E. Sunday school will have a picnic at Riverside Park Wednesday. Mrs. Mayme Evans of Maysville, Ky., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Issac Allen, 368 West Eleventh street. Miss Stella Hunter and mother of Lexington, Ky., are visiting Mrs. Kate Seals of 721 Indiana Ave. Mrs. Mary E. Robinson of Shelbyville, Ind., visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson last week. A. Y. King was in the city Saturday enroute to Mt. Vernon, Ill., where he will teach the coming term. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fidler entertained a few friends last Thursday at their residence in W. North street. Mesdames Anna Hughes and Emma Douglass of Covington, Ky., are the guests of Mrs. Susie Williams. Harry Wyatt and Henderson Skinner left Wednesday with a private party for a month's stay in the West. Mrs. Geo. Blackburn left Wednesday for Versailes, Ky., to attend the funeral of her sister Mary Woodson. Prof. W. S. Scarborough of the Wilberforce, Ohio University sailed from New York Aug. 10, for Europe. Mr. I. H. Stephenson of Chicago a student of the Law School of Illinois, was in the city a few days this week. Mrs. D. M. Winburn and daughter Daisy, of Ft. Wayne, returned to their home Sunday after a three weeks' visit here. Edward F. Jones has been promoted in the clerk's department of the postoffice with an increase of $100 a year in salary. Edward L Smith and wife of Terre Hante, Ind., who have been visiting friends in the city left Wednesday for Chicago. Miss Alberta Peyton who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Eliza Locklear, returned to her home at Danville, Ky., this week. Mr. Fred D. Thomas is spending a PROF. FRED CUMMINGS WILL RECOGNIZE DANCING SCHOOL The First Friday in September at the Odd-Fellows' Hall, Indiana Avenue. All the late dances of the season will be taught. Strict attention will be paid to private scholars. Consultation at 330 North California St. 29c THE FREEMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER week at Cincinnati. He will return Sunday and will leave at once for Los Angeles, Cal. Miss Clara Perry, of Mattoon, Ill., is in the city on her return from the Buffalo Exposition. She is the guest of Mrs. O. V. Royall. Mrs. Retta Moss left Monday for a visit to Peru, Ind., and Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Mattie Dugged accompanied Mrs. Moss as far as Peru. A bicycle social was given by members of Simpson Chapel Wednesday night at the home of John Marshall, 2608 Senate avenue, North. The Indianapolis Colored Gun Club will elect officers Friday Aug. 23, at 216 Indiana Ave. The club will buy ground near the city for entertaining purposes. Mrs. J. Franklin Hampton and Miss Cora Pierson of Muncie were visitors in the city this week the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Burton. They were pleasant callers at The Freeman office. Attorney Edward H. Wright and wife accompanied by Wes Plummer deputy sheriff of Cook County, Ill., were in the city Tuesday enroute from Martinsville, Ind., to Chicago. Mrs. Rhoda Tutt was seriously injured by being thrown from a street car Sunday night in alighting. She struck with great violence on her back and head. It is feared she received internal injuries. Mrs. John Hillman and son, of Covington, Ky., were in the city Sunday, the guests of Mrs. Charles W. Brown. Her daughter Pearl Hillman, who has been visiting in the city for two weeks, accompanied her home. Sunday August the 11th at 2:30 p.m., Children's day exercises were held at Allen Chapel at which time an interesting and an instructive program was rendered. The music discoursed was of the choicest kind and the addresses were full of inspiration. Mrs. and Mrs. Clark B. McPheeters left Thursday the 9th on an extended trip East. They expect to visit Atlantic City, New Jersey, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington and return by the way of Buffalo ending with a visit to the Pan-American Exposition. Judge Daly gave the notorious bungaloo gang a set back Tuesday by sending six of them to the work house for creating a disturbance and riot on show grounds Monday. This gang of boys go around with stones and clubs and delight to attack every colored man they chance to meet Judge Daly since he has occupied the bench of the Police Court has fairly earned a reputation for doing his duty conscientiously as he sees it, regardless of personal or political consequences. A Chance for a Pharmacist. We are in need of another pharmacist, one with two year's experience and is willing to stand the state board in the event his papers will not carry him through. Can get work at $45 per month to start with. Address at once S. C. Collins 512 Travis, Houston, Tex. Ninth Presbyterian Church. Rev. H. A. Gibson pastor will preach to-morrow at 11 a. m., and 8 p. m. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m., Prayer meeting on Wednesday at 8 p. m. At 3 p. m., Rev. Gibson will preach the Sacramental sermon at Simpson Chapel. The public is cordially invited to attend all services. Conference Meetings The Conferences in the Fourth Episcopal District of the A. M. E. church, embracing the states of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota and Ontario will meet as follows: Aug. 28, 1901, Ontario Conference at Hamilton, Ont., Sept. 4, 1901, Indiana Conference at Crawfordsville, Ind., Sept. 11, 1901, Michigan Conference at South Bend, Ind., Sept. 18, 1901, Iowa Conference at Chicago, Ill., Sept. 25, 1901, Illinois Conference at Danville, Ill. The Freeman Man at the Churches, Sunday, August 11th. Being the first time I have had the pleasure of hearing the Rev. Gibson preach. I was very much pleased with his excellent sermon. It reached the highest standing and would meet the approval of any one who believes in the gospel and its purity. Everything passed off calmly, and we must commend all, especially the manner in which the collection was taken, it being done with the dispatch and neatness which should meet the approval of all. At 2:30 I visited the Childrens' Day exercises held at Allen Chapel and listened to a splendid program, upon which occasion your humble servant was one of the speakers, subject being "My past life for twenty-five years." It was highly appreciated. Mr. J. A. Bryant, attorneyey-at-law, delivered a lecture on the lesson, which was good. Miss Fannie Mitchell read an excellent paper on "Church and Home." Just as the program was being completed our beloved Bishop Grant appeared on the scene and made a splendid talk which electrified all present. The Sabbath school of Allen Chapel, under the superintendency of D. D. Hunter, is a great success. At 8 o'clock, accompanied by my wife, I visited Bethel A. M. E. church, where we listened to an eloquent and able sermon by Presiding Elder Rev. J. O'Banyon on the subject of "God Our Protector and Guide". He carried his congregation from beginning and electrified them with his eloquence. After which Bishop Grant made a strong plea to the young men and those who are out in the field of sin to change. How any one could resist such a heartfelt appeal from such an able divine is not conceivable. Reached Simpson Chapel a little late for the exercises of the Young Men's Prayer Band. In Honor of Their Pastor IN HONOR OF Their Pastor Brunswick, Ga., Special—On the evening of August 7 a grand banquet was given in honor of Rev. S. C. Roberts, who is serving his 17th year as pastor of the Shiloh Baptist church, and re elected the tenth year as moderator of the Zion Baptist Association. Rev. Roberts is always trying to look out for the betterment of his race and especially in his community. Program: Doxology; prayer by Rev. T. Lockette; Rev. B. Keith lined hymn 422; Rev. G. Baker read the 55th Psalms; opening talk by Rev. J. McCalister "The Pastor and His Work for the Church;" singing by choir; paper by Miss Lena McCalister, "The Interest of the Pastor Toward the Young Ladies Morally, Educationally and Religiously." duet by Mrs. H. E. Godfrey and another; H. S. Roberts, a worthy young man of the city, and a student of the State Industrial College, spoke of the great interest of the pastor toward the young men generally; paper by Mrs. Sarah Simpkins, "Pastor's Work in the Sunday School;" quartette by Mrs. Rosa Clark and others; paper by Miss Myrtie Perry, "Pastor Toward the Young People Generally." talk by Deacon Ed. Davis; closing talk by Rev. E. L. Thomas, of Darien, Ga., which was very interesting; then a walk over to Sawyer's hall, where free tables were filled with all kinds of nourishments for the body. Every body enjoyed themselves and went home; it was grand. The Freeman will be found every Sat day at the corner of London and Amhearst streets at W. L. Connor's shoe shop. Local Jots Augusta, Ga., Special.-Rev. Doyle of Trinity A. M. E. church has departed for Europe. The people here were very much shocked by the death of Preston Willis, a promising lad, which occurred Friday, 12 inst. Your shopping is incomplete until you have purchased The Freeman. Huch Crawford is still at his old stand boys, 607 Ellis street. The city can boost of a mattress factory owned by the popular Afro American A. Green. Sam P. Spead, the popular tailor, is centered at 1129 Broad street. The Excelsior Cornet Band, of this city, gave an interesting band concert Wednesday night; it is considered the best band in the city. Don't forget The Freeman, you'll find it on sale every Saturday, or will be sent to your address on application. Buffalo News Buffalo, N. Y., Special.—The Head and Second Waiter's ball given at Lyric Hall last Wednesday evening proved quite a success. A large attendance and all present had a good time. The H. and S. W.N. B. Ass'n, will meet here on the 23rd of Sept. and all Buffalo is preparing to give them a good time. Much has been said for and against the colored waiter. But I say not until the individual man begins to take interest in himself and his work, will any of this writing act as a remedy to better his condition. Prompt service good manner and general good deportment is the only way for the colored waiter to better himself. Politeness costs nothing, good manners are essential, on time, prompt to duty, at any stage of the game, will make for you an opening no matter where you go; the waiter man must make this move himself and not wait for some one else to carry him. Among the prominent guests stopping at the popular Hotel 175 Clinton street are the Misses Harris of Springfield, O., and Mrs. Mattie Guyllot of Cairo, Ill. Miss Daisy Jewett of Greenfield, O., is visiting friends and the Pan. Mr. A.S. Williams of Detroit is visiting the Pan and having a good time. Mrs. Johnson of Chicago is stopping at 39 Mildon street for a few days. Miss Smith of Buffalo is having many friends visiting her and seeing the Pan. The Bellmen at the Iroquois Hotel will give a ball about the 28th inst., arrangements will be made to entertain the many visiting friends. Every body should read The Freeman in Buffalo. W. R. Reid as agent has worked very hard to furnish the news, and advertising matters will receive prompt attention. The agent, Wiley R. Reid will tour seven states through the West and South to further the circulation of this paper. We are all proud that Buffalo has taken to this paper and is praising its work. Natchez News Natchez, Miss., Special.—Miss Mamie Stevens has returned home after a vacation in New Orleans, she was accompanied by Miss Edna Clark a charming young lady of that city, who will spend a while with her. Miss Fannie Cooper of Greenville, Miss., is visiting the Misses Cochran in Monroe street. Mr. Clarance Carraway formerly of this city but now of Fort Gibson is in the city. Mr. Thos. Davis has gone to Chicago. Miss Hattie Shaw has returned home after spending part of his vacation here. Miss Alice Ligon who has been in Baltimore for three years attending school returned home last Wednesday. Mrs. Ella Henderson will leave in a few days to spend the rest of the warm season in Buffalo, Chicago and other points. Mr. Jere Stanfield was on the sick list last week. Mr. Frank Brown made a flying trip to Monroe, La, last night. The Baptist convention held here last month was said to be the largest ever held here. CHICAGO NOTES The Windy City Jots of Church and Society Happenings Chicago, Ill., Special.—The Wood River Baptist Association is holding its annual convention at Herman Baptist church. A. Price gave a grand reception to several ladies and gentlemen at Mrs. S. Cook's house, 102 La Salle ave., last Tuesday night. Mrs. Wm. Holliday has opened a first class dress making establishment at 102 La Salle ave. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scott, 206 Wells street, served luncheon to a large number of friends last Sunday. Hon. S. L. Williams and J. B. French held a meeting at Wayman church last Thursday night in the interest of the Brotherhood, a fraternal insurance society; a large number was present and joined the organization. Mrs. John T. Jones, 518 N. State street, will furnish ice cream for balls and parties; give her a call when in need of anything in that line. All subscribers to The Freeman will kindly call and settle with the agent, C. Hughes, 135 N. Clark street, Monday, Aug. 19. James Nichols has secured a lucrative position with the Chicago telephone company. Mrs. A. W. Weldon, 230 Orleans street, will spend her vacation in Buffalo, N. Y. A Powell, of Chicago avenue, has gone to New York. Claude Williams returned from Duluth, Minn., last Monday. A grand reception will be given in honor of the Negro Business Men's League, at the First Regiment Armory Thursday night August 22, admission 50 cents. 500 subscribers wanted for The Freeman, it is only one dollar for twelve months; send a postal to the agent, C. Hughes, 135 N. Clark street, and he will call and see you, otherwise telephone 702 Black. News Briefs Sorento, Ill., Special—Wm. H. Hammonds and Clarence Johnson visited friends in Carlyles, Ill., returning through Beever Prairie and visiting a few days, and returning home Sunday. William M. Johnson, wife and two sons, James and Blaron, of Alton, Ill., are visiting his mother, Mrs. Elmore Johnson, also brother and sister, E. F. Johnson and Mrs. E. A. Hammonds. Geo. E. Hammonds visited John Guylor and family Sunday. T. L. Scott, and daughter visited friends here Sunday. G. E. Hammonds is home on a vacation. Sorento had a $30,000 fire last Sunday week, the coal shaft burned; but there is talk of rebuilding it. A Chance for Young Men. The Phelps Hall Bible Training School, conducted in connection with the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama, offers exceptional opportunity to young men who wish to prepare for the Christian ministry. An especial building containing 40 sleeping rooms and also a chapel, library, reading room, office, and three recitation rooms, is set apart for the Bible students and for their instructors. The faculty is composed of some of the strongest men in the country. Special lecturers are engaged to give a regular course of lectures during the term. Teaching in the Bible School is free. The cost of board, including fuel, room, light, washing, etc., is $8 per month, and students who are willing can work out a portion of this, thus leaving as a rule only $5 or $6 to be paid in cash. A few who have no money will be given an opportunity to work out all their expenses. Lack of means need debar none. The school term begins September 10, 1901. Students wishing to enter school write at once for catalogue and further information if desired, to Booker T. Washington, Principal, Tuskegee, Ala. MAKES HAIR GROW LONG Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., Dear Sirs: I have told others what a wonderful effect the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow has in making the hair grow. My hair was very short and came out by the comb full but since I have used the Ozonized Ox Marrow I can fix it any way I want to. I will kindly ask you to send me three bottles more. I inclose Money order $14.10. Resply., Miss Susie Harris, Bristol, R.I. 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