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Watch for the Holiday Number, the "Acme" of Negro Journalismwill Contain 24 Pages in Colors. THE FREEMAN AND ETHIOPIA SHALL STRETCH FORTH RER HAND A NATIONAL Public Library 1 03 ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER D. Topp St. Ethiopia VOLUME XV. NUMBER 49. THE INSIDE WORKING OF THE GREAT A. M. E. CHURCH FREELY DISCUSSED. NEEDLESS CRY FOR REFORMATION Qua Great Evil are the Sycophants, Tricksters and Weaklings who Play upon the Weak Points of Those in Authority—Conference Leader. EDITOR FREEMAN:—Firm, just, honest and wise government is essential to the success and growth of any organization. Bishop Lee has said that in the Christian Recorder, which intimates that the government of the A.M. E. church is not perfectly honest and perfectly wise. There are many others who have given utterance to cemplains, which indicates that they do not think that the government of the church is not always just. We should not expect perfection in anything human. If there are defects, the best way to do is to do the best that we can remove the defects. There is no wisdom in burning down a house because it has a loose shingle or two on the roof; it is better to substitute the defective shingles with good ones and keep the house intact. I probably know the inside of the A. M. E church as well as does any elder in it, and I am prepared to deliberately say that there is no justification for the cry of reformation. The church is alright at heart, is alright in methods and measures taken as a whole, and the men in position of great trust and power are of a fine and worthy class. The defects and evils in the church are as specks on an otherwise sound apple. One great evil in the A. M. E. church is the large number of sycophants, tricksters and weaklings that swarm around men of authority and play upon their weak points. This base and vile crowd sometimes cause weak rules to think that it is right to do wrong. Those that do wrong do not usually mean to do wrong, but they have been beheld into thinking that it is right to do wrong. You can get some oowardly men to attack a lion by telling him that people say they are afraid of the lion. No man can be a strong man who can be unduly influenced by praise or cure; and no man can be a really good man who is too indifferent to the approbation or disapprobation of his fellow men. No man is a truly good and an actually strong man who does not have clear, honest and sound convictions, and who does not have in his blood the courage to be true to his convictions. The man who does not have an opinion about the moral character of each act he does is not a safe man nor a very good one. The man who believes a certain thing to be right, but who does something else to save a fuss, to save a loss, to save being hurt, is perhaps, politic, but he is neither wise nor good, nor worthy of much respect. The entire effect of slavery was to teach its victim to shape his course so as to avoid arousing displeasure. It is during freedom that many have had their only training in that kind of conduct that is guided by fearless regard for what is right. Another great evil is the so called conference leader. There should be no leaders in any conference in the sense in which that term is commonly used. The humblest member of a conference has as much right to his opinion as has the leader. He should not only be free to vote and act according to his honest convictions, but he should be safe in doing so. A bishop, presiding elder or conference leader who will use either promises or threats to influence men against their honest convictions does a wrong that renders him despicable and unworthy. The poor slave dared have no opinion as to the moral quality of an act, it was his to simply obey. The only sin that he could commit was that of failing to obey. It is not strange that there should be some men who are unable to take a loftier view. It is not strange that every conference should have in its ranks some, perhaps many, who never let their personal and private opinion of the moral quality of an act influence them to go directly and openly against the positive will of the leaders. Such weaklings are not created by the customs and methods of the church; they are born and grow up that way and get in the church to curse it with their presence. The presence of a number of weak men in an organization is an evil, because they are to tempt some of the strong and unscrupulous and ambitions men to use them When points can be carried by playing on the weak, then little regard is paid to the merit of the points aimed at, because they do not have to stand or fall on their merit. I have simply made reference to a few specks on our magnificent apple. They are less than skin deep—the fruit is fine when you take off the skin. I know something of our grand old church and the men who are in it; of their theories, customs, hopes, fears, superstitions, hatreds, vices, virtues; of their helps and their hindrances; of their rewards and their sacrifices, and I candidly say that some of the very best and noblest and manliest men are in the most humble walks. They are there because they had the courage, the strength not to be untrue to their convictions. They live in obscurity; they suffer much and they will die unknown and be soon forgotten, but they please God; they are grand and noble heroes; they enjoy the bliss of self respect and heaven's approval, and are brave and strong and great enough to value that above the quick-bursting bubbles of popularity and ill-gotten honor and power. There are men who are true and good and great who have pushed their way to the front and who deserve all the honors heaped upon them, but there are some whom the humblest can despise. J. M. HENDERSON, M. D. 2224 Fitzwater St., Philadelphia, Pa. Church Rally a Success. Greencastle, Ind., Special.—Thanksgiving was appropriately observed by our people in this city. At Bethel A. M. E. church, under the able pastorate of Rev. Noah W. Williams, a most excellent Thanksgiving dinner was served by the ladies of the congregation, which included the "National bird" with all the trimmings pertaining thereto. In short, it was a feast fit for a King, and was liberally patronized by both races. The members had been divided into two clubs by the pastor, and Mrs. Mary Caine was made captain of club No. 1, and Mrs Suye Hayden was placed in charge of club No. 2. A china set was offered as a prize to the captain reporting the most money. Mrs Caine, captain of club No. 1, reported $7.003; Mrs. Hayden, captain of club No. 2, reported $61.01. Total amount raised, $131.03. Much credit for the success of the rally is due to the untiring efforts of the pastor, Rev. Williams, who is a great power for good in this community. In the evening a short program was rendered by the young people, which follows: Chorus, "My Moon Beam Babe"; dialogue, "The Millionaire and the Tramp," Miles and Miles; solo, "She Ress by the Suwanne River," Delmar Ernest; selection, mandolin and guitar, Bridges and Herring; recitation, "St Peter at the Gate," Geo. G. Simmons, Indianapolis; solo, "In the Good Old Summer Time," Alford Hayden; selection, mandolin and guitar, Miles and Herring; solo, "A Name Engraved upon a Log," Delmar Ernest; dialogue, "The Undertaker's Daughter," Miss Jennie Bullett, Eunice Miles, Frank Miles and Delmar Ernest. Thus closed one of the greatest successes ever held in Bethel church. The Baptist congregation served dinner throughout the day in a hall on the public square, and a choice program was rendered by the "smart set" at night. Their efforts were crowned with success. Many visitors were in the city. "Two Hearts that Beat as One." Troy, O., Special.—A supper was given at the A. M. E. church Saturday evening. A swell wedding took place here Saturday evening, the bride being Mrs. Lou Mauley and the groom was Charles Bennett. A concert will be given at St. James A. M. E. church Monday night. Mrs. Mary Kennedy, of Cincinnati, spent Thanksgiving with her father in this city. Mrs. Julia Tyns died on the 27th ult. and was buried on the 30th. Mrs Harriet Jackson, of Indianapolis, attended the funeral of her mother in this city. An enjoyable meeting was held at Richard's M. E. church last Sunday afternoon. The Epworth League of the M. E. church will give an entertainment Thursday evening. The meeting of the Baptist Young Peoples' Union was well attended last Sunday. Leave news matter with Ooie Calvert, 205 S. Elm street Society and Personal Notes. Mound City, Ill., Special—Chas. Smiley, Thomas Boyd, Rhea Stovall and Etherinda Burgess are on the sick list this week. Ed Overby was in the city on the 25th ult. Rev. I. W. Winston visited in the city last week. Roy Bishop has returned from St. Louis. James Wright has returned to Joppa to resume work. William Douglass, of Memphis, Tenn., was a recent guest of Van Hall. Mrs. Charles Smiley visited friends in Olmsted last week. Mrs. Polly Griffin. INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1902. who has been visiting here for several days, has returned to her home in Woodville, Ky. Mrs. Nannie Mackalin, of St. Louis, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Mary Wade, in Pearl street. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas James were called to the bedside of his sister, who is seriously ill at Beechwood. Rev. Luney has been called to the pastorate of the A. M. E. church at Wetang. Edward Smith of Danville, was in the city on the 28th ult, in the interest of the K. of lodge. Belle Glaspay has returned to the city. William Liggins has gone to Mayfield, Ky., to spend the winter. Henry Stanley has purchased a home on Diamond street, and is making extensive improvements. Mrs. Ida Sams, who was called to Alton, will remain indefinitely on account of the illness of her uncle. The Knights of Tabor have purchased a lot near the S. M. T. hall and will begin the erection of a brick building. The tent- ant on the Owens farm, near the Meridian road, had a narrow escape from death on Thanksgiving day. He was cleaning out a gun when it was accidentally discharged, the ball passing through his mouth and out at the bottom of his jaw. The teachers and pupils of rooms 1 and 2 of Lovejoy school are preparing for a concert during the holi, days to raise funds for the organ. K. of P. Thanksgiving Exercises. Paducah, Ky., Special.—Cymbaline lodge No. 19, K. of P., held its annual Thanksgiving exercises at Burks Chapel on the 27th. An excellent program was rendered, Dr. Rev Reed preached a fine sermon on Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Sallie Holland is slowly improving. Mrs. S. W. Johnson is recovering from a prolonged illness. Rev PROF. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Thompson has moved his family to this city. Miss Gertrude Catlette has recovered from a serious illness. The teachers report a most pleasant time at the Association on the 27th and 29th utt. "Black Patti Troubadours" were at the Kentucky Opera House on the 2d and played to a packed house. For the first time the balcony was given up to the colored people. We hope the concession will be a permanent one. Rev. Burks is suffering from a sore throat. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Young are the parents of a fine girl baby. Mrs. Irene Jackson has returned from an extended visit. Mrs. Lena Titus, of O'Fallen, Ill., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Sandy Alexander, in Washington street. Tom Taylor, of Cairo, Ill., was in the city last week. John Jones is able to be out. Mt McGregor lodge, F. & A. M., held their annual election of officers on the 4th inst. Give us your order for the holiday number of The Freeman. In the Social World. Ironton Mo., Special. — Died at Pilot Knob, Friday, Nov. 21, Mr. Elsie Wilbern aged 26 years old. He left a mother, father, two sisters, two brothers and wife and three children to mourn his loss. Mrs. Henry Boyd is visiting her relatives in Potosi, Mo. Mrs. L. C. Vaughn had her residence removed from Knob street to Maine street. She has had it improved until it is a lovely residence. Charles Blanks is doing a good restaurant business. Prof. L. L. Henderson is attending school in Iowa, 1,000 students all white but two. James Berryman was home from St. Louis, Thanksgiving, with his family. News Personal and General. Danville, Va., Special.-James Howard 645 Adams street, has returned thome from a pleasant stay in Pittsburg, Pa. Peter Champ, a well known farmer near Martinsville, Va., was the guest of George Rison last week. Miss Sallie Price is yet on the sick list. Mrs. Patisie Williams of 590 Sycamore street, returned home last week, after spending the summer with her daugh ter in New York City. C. C. Coles was out again after a five months' illness. George W. Rison was in Norfolk last week on business. R. P. France in Union street, is on the sick list but is improving and hopes are he will be out soon. Sunday, Nov. 23, the Morning Light and the Unity Tents held their annual Thanksgiving sermon at the Taylor street Baptist Church, the pastor, Rev. A. A. Galvin preached from 2 Kings iv. 8. The instruction was good and the reverend gentleman was tendered a vote thanks. The orders were pleased and the attendance good. Mrs Weldon Yancy in Rison street has returned home after a week's stay visiting her relatives and friends at home, Zanville, N.C. Brief Remarks. Albary, Ga., Special—Rev. George W. Moore, missionary of A. M. A., visited us recently. He was entertained by the Y. M. C. A., of this city; he delivered to them an excellent address which received many cheers. We were pained, very much so, to hear of the sudden death of William Wade's father and mother, which occurred less than two weeks' apart recently. To persons desiring the Holiday number of the Freeman, W. H. Phipps is now on his regular canvassing tour for same. Better place your order at once, so as to be without one. Terms strictly cash to one and all. The A. M. E. annual conference was held at Blakely recently. Rev. F. C. Crayton, former pastor at this place has returned and is with his people for the ensuing year. They have another presiding elder, however. Claude H. Daniels spent last week at Camilla visiting relatives. Isaac Lovett has accepted a position with J. T. Rutland. Will Spend the Winter in Georgia. Danville, Ill., Special. — Mrs. Cora C. Smith and son, T. C. Smith, Jr., have gone to Thomasville, Ga., to spend the winter with her mother. Charles W. Simmons has been ill at his home in Cleveland street for the past two weeks. Judge Lynch on Rampage. Mineola, Tex., Special—Goins Gordon, who was charged with the murder of a white man by the name of Shoemaker, was lynched by a mob in Wood county a few days ago. Thanksgiving Movements. Muncie, Ind, Special —The Thanksgiving entertainment given for the benefit of the trustee board of the A. M. E church was quite a success, $19.27 being cleared, W. H. Stokes managed the affair William Mitchell is very ill. Mrs. Evans, of Portland, visited friends here last Sunday. Miss Fannie White and Miss Leggett, of Buffalo, N. Y., spent Thanksgiving in our city, guests of the former's parents. J. Louis Morin was the guest of his parents on Thanksgiving. The Douglass entertainment on the 8th promises to be the event of the season. The noted violinist will be assisted by a chorus of home talent. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Adams will leave soon for Pasadena, Cal, where they will make their future home. Bethel A. M. E. Sunday school organized a Junior Christian Endeavor Sunday afternoon. Pertinent, Pithy Pickings. Jackson, Mich., Special.—Misses Carrie Hayes and Maggie Thompson, of Ypsilanti, were guests of Rev. Mrs. Collins last week. A large number of strangers attended the ball on Thanksgiving. The Ladies' Home Circle rally on last Sunday was a success. Mrs. Thurman, of Kalamazoo, is a guest of Mrs. William Simpson. Frank Taylor is able to be out. A club has been organized by Messrs. Reese and Richardson, with their headquarters in Milwaukee street. John Toyer was removed to the hospital last Sunday. John Taylor is visiting his brother and sister. Miss Etta Chase, of Battle Creek, was a guest of Miss Eva Johnson on Thanksgiving. Miss Ora Chase, of Battle Creek, is visiting Miss Bessie Powers. Fred Goodo all, of Battle Creek, is visiting relatives here. TWO HEARTS THAT BEAT AS ONE Three of a Kind Club to Entertain on the 11th-Social Bubbles. Dallas, Tex., Special - Rain has put all kinds of business at a standstill in this section. Dr. W. B. West is the new C. M. E. preacher, and Rev. M E Payne is the presiding elder of the Dallas district Dr. Johnson was appointed to Bethel, and Dr. Jenkins to St. James A. M. E. churches. The Cotton & Roberts company presented "A Trip PRICE FIVE CENTS. SINGLE COPY--SIX MONTHS, 850; ONE YEAR, $1.50. to Africa" at the Owl Club hall on the 22th ult., to a crowded house. The performance was first class in every particular. "Three of a Kind" club has invited their friends to enjoy a "warm evening" with them at Odd Fellows' hall on Dec. 11th. If you have any lost relatives and wish to locate them, see The Freeman agent at Griffin's parlor. Dr. M. P. Penn has fitted up a suit of rooms at 119 Burford street, and asks that you call or send when in need of medicine. The Dr. is from Pilot Point and comes well recommended. On Thanksgiving evening promptly at 8:10 o'clock, Frank Murf and Mrs. Eliza Kimble were married at 234 Juliette street, in the presence of a host of intimate friends. Dr. M. A. Mason, pastor of St. Paul M. E church, officiated. Capt. J. W. Sharp acted as best man, and Mrs. Mary Aiken was maid of honor. The bride wore a white pique, trimmed in silk embroidery and fresh flowers. The groom was attured in a business suit of black. Miss Benlish Edmondson played the wedding march. A partial list of presents and their donors: Mrs. Anna Ellis, fancy carved set of wine glasses; Richard Moss, gallon of wine; Miss Anna Lewis and David Gooden, pair of Empire vases; Mrs Smith, (white), set of dinner dishes, wedding cake and $5; Mrs Townsend, (white), half gallon wine; Mrs Mary Eakin, set of glasses; Mrs Anna Mitchell, cake; Mrs Mary Moss, set of cut glasses. — The Ladies' Charity club now has eighteen members. The object of this club is to assist the poor and needy of our race. Every good citizen should come to the rescue of this club. Thornton A Jackson spent several days in the city this week and was royally entertained by the Masonic fraternity. While in the city he was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R D Stokes, in Holmes street. Sam Nelson died last week, leaving a wife to mourn his departure. Miss Jessie Caldwell and Crawford Crockett, of San Angelo, have returned home after a pleasant stay here. Mrs Mary Polk died Saturday morning and was buried from St Paul M E church. The bereaved ones have the sympathy of the community. Two rooms to let. Call at 670 Cock-ron street. Any information leading to the whereabouts of Miles Briscoe and Lula Stockard, will be gladly received by his son, L. A. Briscoe, 522½ Main street Dallas, Tex. When last heard from were living in Nashville, Teen. Lincoln Institute Notes. Jefferson City, Mo., Special. — First term examinations have just closed and the student who has been faithful to his trust during the past three months locums up 'smiling and happy' with desirable averages, contrary wise, he who has idled his time away is now filled with vain regrets. A high class entertainment was furnished the white and colored citizen of Jefferson city through the "Charity Benefit" given at Lincoln Institute November 21st., under the auspices of the Jefferson City Woman's Club, students and teachers of the Institute furnishing the excellent literary and musical program President B. F. Allen presided in his usual princely and courteous manner. Miss Blanche Moore, a normal student, deserves special mention for her rendition of "The Dying Soldier" and it marks this young woman as possessing histrionic talent of more than ordinary quality. Among other interesting features was a Delsart drill by a number of very inspiring young ladies under the supervision of Mrs. J. S. Moten, and address by Mrs. J. S.Yates, President of the National Association of Colored woman. Supper was served in the Gymnasium' and the Woman's Club realized between fifty and seventy-five dollars for "Sweet Charity's sake." Services are held every Sunday afternoon in Page Auditorium, attendance is compulsory but President Allen has succeeded in enlisting the co- (CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE) ABUNDANT HARVEST! THIRTY CONVERTS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE CHURCH. THANKSGIVING ENTERTAINMENTS The Buffaloes Preparing for their Holiday Ball-Church and Parsonage Destroyed by Fire-Prominent People Wed-The Social Swim. Cairo, Ill., Special.—The Twelfth Street Baptist church have over 30 converts and 23 mourners as the result of their protracted effort. Rev. Griffin, of Greenville, Miss., is assisting Rev. Allison. The Baptist will take place in the near future. The Buffoons are making elaborate preparations for their Christmas entertainment and dance to be given at their club rooms Wednesday, December 24th. This will be the greatest entertainment during the holidays. Don't forget to be at the Nero hall next Monday night, Dec. 8th. Marshall & Winfrey, with the Banquet club, of Paducah, will be on hand, accompanied by Prof. Hillman's orchestra, lead by Edward Ewing, the champion violinist of the race. All members of the Buffalo club and their friends are requested to meet at their club rooms on the 8th, from 4 to 7 p.m, and bring their wives and sweethearts, as Prof. Hillman's orchestra, of Paducah, will be there to render choice selections. Edward Overby manager. There was a large crowd from Mound City here on the 27th to spend Thanksgiving. There were entertainments at every hall and church in the city. Every orchestra within 25 miles of Cairo was engaged. Albert Johnson, who was accidently shot in St. Louis, was buried here on the 26th. Mrs. Sophia Douglass was called to Jackson, Tenn., to the bedside of her mother. Miss Besley, of Fifteenth street is on the sick list. Alex. Berry died at his home in Douglass street on the 30th ult. His funeral services were conducted at the Twelfth Street Baptist church. Miss Victoria Grundy, of Fortieth street, was called to Carbondale on account of the illness of her mother. The marriage of John Grundy to Miss Mattie Woods, was a swair affair. Quite a number of friends were present and a nice supper was served. Misses Clara and Rosa Allen visited in Charleston, Mo., on on the 29th ult. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, of Fifteenth street, entertained quite a number of young people on the 29th ult, under the auspices of their church club. Indoor games were the chief amusements. Refreshments were served in abundance. Mrs. Arfetta Miller spent Thanksgiving out of the city, the guest of friends. The C. M. E. church and parsonage, in Commercial avenue, was burned to the ground on the 27th ult, together with their contents. It is a sad blow to the congregation. The pastor, Rev. Rickerson, has the sympathy of the community. Mrs. Ellen Johnson and little daughter, of East St. Louis, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Lancaster, in Walnut street, Mrs. Archie Brown, of St. Charles, ill, is a guest of Mrs. Vina Buckler, of Poplar street. Miss Mattie Pratt is ill at her home in Commercial avenue. J. J. Rodgers is suffering from a sore throat. Hanibal Boon of Poplar street, is ill with malarial fever. Grant Dent has returned home, after an extended visit in New York City. A fine baby girl arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Watson on last Monday. A nice dinner was spread on the 25th ult, by Mrs. Jennie Scrugg, at her home in Poplar street, in honor of Rev. Griffin, of Mississippi, accompanied by Revs. Alerson and Knowles. A most pleasant time was enjoyed. One of the most elaborate banquets ever given in this city was that tendered the Buffalooes by a number of ladies on Thanksgiving night. Music for the occasion was furnished by a German orchestra of six pieces. The porters and watters will give a grand entertainment in the near future. The dead beat list, which has been previously mentioned, will be published next week. So take due notice and govern yourselves accordingly. Annual Ball Given. Schenectady, N. Y., Special—The Sons and Daughters of Moses gave their usual annual ball, which would have been a success had it not been that evil persisted stars starred a fight. Rev. T. H. Washington preached a funeral sermon in Troy Sunday. D. H. Johnson has been elected president of the Christian Endeavor, Mrs. T. H. Washington visited friends in Troy on the 30th alt. THE FREEMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. If you did not love the man whom you married why learn to love him afterwards. 000 Women is the glory of man but it is usually the pleasant, agreeable, sympathetic and neat appearing woman that wins. 000 The cold hearted, untidy, indolent wife, who is always in trouble with the neighbors and sees all of her husbands faults and none of her own, is as bad as a brutal husband. 000 What is home without a loving wife? Man's life after all would be but an empty dream if it were not for the women-yes loving women. 000 The real wife can do more in beautifying the home and making the same a welcome retreat for the husband after his days labor is over than she could accomplish in the Woman's club, art, books, education or politics. 000 Booker T. Washington recently told a gathering of Negroes that one of the great faults of his race was a disposition to exhibit knowledge under any and all circumstances, and asserted that until the Negro learned not to display his vanity, he was useless in any confidential capacity. By way of illustration, he told a story, which, he said, might or might not be apocryphal, but which was good enough to be true. Gen. Sherman had been told that the soldiers of a Negro regiment in his command were lax when on sentry duty, and showed a fondness for passing doubtful persons through the lines just to indulge the power to do so. To ascertain if this were so he muffled himself one night in a cloak and tried to get past a black sentry. After the "Who goes there?" the "A friend," and the "Advance, friend, and give me the countersign" had been exchanged, Sherman replied: "Roxbury." "No, sah!" was the polite but firm response. "Medford!" "No sah!" "Charleston!" Sherman next tried. "No sah! No sah!" said the Negro, determinedly. Then he added: "Now, seea heah—yo' can go fru th' whole blamed joggrafy; but Massa Sherman he done say that nobody can get pas' me without sayin' 'Cambridge!'"—Philadelphia Ledger. 000 TIPS TO HOUSEWIVES. The art of housekeeping now-a-days is quite an accomplishment, even more so than it is supposed to be. While we do not hear much of it, there is a housekeepers problem; one that causes much anxiety among the housekeepers who are trying to solve the problem of how to run their homes on an economic basis. Much depends upon the art and diplomacy of the wife; here the home is made as happy as a "Mid-summer Nights' Dream," or the family ties are forever cast assunder. It is the husband's place to furnish the necessary money to run the house, and it is the wife's duty to spend the money economically, sparing no pains to perform the household duties in every particular. A loving wife and a good housekeeper can always find something to do that will please the eye of her husband. The meals are ready promptly and are delicously prepared and served hot. The house is kept neat and clean. The pictures on the wall, the rugs on the floor, and the furniture in the room are always free from dust, and quite often re-arranged, which surprises as well as pleases. While the above are some of the requirements of the housewife, the following suggestion is one of the most important and essential duties of the housewives: Be pleasant and agreeable even though you are at time provoked. When your husband returns home from his labor, it matters not what his vocation may be, greet him cordially and seal your affection with a kiss. Enquire of his health and otherwise show him that you are interested in his daily welfare. If he is ill show him that he has your sympathy, and do all you can for his relief. If he has had trouble with his employer, foreman or anyone, sympathize with him and then give him your good advice. Above all things, make it a rule to occasionally, if not daily, to change your working clothes and re-arrange your toilet before your husband arrives—yes, the addition of a little powder would be in order, then an extra smile and an extra kiss, and your future felicity is assured. Men like to see women look nice, and if their wives do not rise to the emergency, the husband will sooner or later be attracted by some other woman, who is addicted to the above habits. It is on this dan- BAD LUCK! If you have bad luck, evil influences, love business or domestic troubles, I will send you free information on how to avoid stamp. O DEVOLTON, Send 846 East Avenue, St Louis, Mo. gerous reef that many otherwise happy homes are wrecked. 000 THE AUTOGENOUS DISEASES —V. C. Vaughon (Ann Arbor, Mich.) in a paper on this subject presented before the section on medicine, at the meeting of the American Medical Association, recently held at Saratoga N. Y., said that we had not as yet had sufficient data to enable us to attempt even a provisional clasification of the autogenous diseases. He pointed out certain facts connected with this subject:— 1. The digestive organs may but imperfectly perform their function and the products of their incomplete action may be absorbed, and may lead to more or less disturbance in certain organs of the body. Moreover, every part of the body will suffer more or less from insufficient nutrition, do to the fact that properly prepared pabulum is not brought within the reach of the cellular element. When peptones and albumines are injected directly into the blood they act as powerful poisons. 2. That certain secretions and excretions of the human body are poisons when brought into contact with the tissues with which normally they have no relation, is well known. 3. It is the function of certain organs of the body to prevent the passage of certain substances into the general circulation. 4. That the undue retention of excrementitious substances frequently lead to disturbances of health is well known. 5. That certain cells in the body fail to adjust themselves to general alterations taking place in other organizations at certain periods of life, is quite evident. 6. Under conditions but little understood at present, certain cells of the body fail to utilize certain food stuffs. This is true in certain forms of diabetes The cells which are accustomed to absorb and utilize the sugar find themselves unable to accomplish this duty and the unused sugar acts as a poison to other tissues. 7. Active polens are sometimes formed by certain cells in the body. In this way we account for the presence of certain of the more highly toxic leucomalines and some of the poisonous gases and some of the alkaloidal bodies. Rules for Waiters Mr. Editor—Allow me to give you some hints to publish on 'How to Run a Noiseless Dining Room'. 1. When the doors are open you must keep your eyes on the headwaiter. 2. Stand correct at your station. 3. If there are three or four guests to be seated at your table help the headwaiter to seat them. 4. Never let him ask you to pull a chair for a guest. 5. Always keep your table clear of dishes. 6. Never let the headwaiter ask you to clear off the dishes on your table or another waiter's table, if he is busy. 8. If a brother waiter comes in with a loaded tray, make room for him. 9. Don't let the headwaiter ask you. 10. Be kind and obedient to your superior officers. 11. If your captain should ask you to do something, and you think or know it is not right, don't stand and dictate to him, but go to the headwaiter and he will settle it for you. 12. Never poke out your lip or roll eyes at any of your officers, not even your side companions. 13. To avoid having to do this attend to your business. 14. Always get your order from the guests distinctly before leaving for the kitchen. 15. Don't guess at it, and then bring it in wrong. 16. Do not argue or appear to notice the guests in a deliverance of speech. 17. Always have a pleasant smile about you. 18. Learn to smile and not grin so much. 19. Keep your hands from your face in the dining room. 20. Don't clean your finger nails in the dining room, but always have them clean. 21. Don't lean up against the wall or chairs in the dining room, because you don't like to clean them. 22. Stand erect at your station until guests or headwaiter want you. 23. Work together and cut out a great deal of noise. 24. Always put your tray down carefully as possible 25. In clearing off your table of silver and dishes to change, cloth be careful to not rattle your silver together to make noise or slap your dishes together to make noise. 26. When the doors are closed and time to go to work, let practice be perfect. 27. Be as noiseless as possible. 28. Let every waiter go at his work as if on plus audie in a business way. 29. Never engage in conversation with a guest or any|of the waiters, but if guest should happen to ask you a question answer as good as you know how. 30. Never drag a chair or table in the dining room, but pick it up. 31. Be careful and do not drop silver on the floor. 32. Never drop a silver tray on the floor; not even anything. 33. Don't knock your silver covers about to make a noise; handle carefully to avoid. 34. Don't ever slam the doors or pull down the windows hard. 35. Never snap your finger in the dining room. 36. Never sing in the dining room. 37. Never talk loud in the dining room; the best is to try to avoid talking altogether. By following these rules we will have a noiseless dining room, but we must have rubber heels or something else to avoid the noise our shoes make. Now, ot course, you cannot help making a little noise sometimes, but let it be a mere accident. One of the latest publications brought out by the Chicago Hotel Monthly is a neat little volume of ninety-four pages entitled the 'American Colored Waiter.' A portrait of the author, John B. Goins, adorns the frontispiece. The text of the book is occupied with rules and hints upon the attire, deportment and duties of the waiters, and the suggestions there presented are well worth the attentive perusal of those who desire to achieve success in the dining room. The price of the little volume is one dollar. Bound in black leather, with red edges and of a size for the inside pocket, the book is as handy as it is useful—Daily Hotel Reporter, New York. "What were you doing at the time of your arrest?" asked the magistrate of the prisoner. "I was waiting." "Just waiting." "What were you waiting for?" "To get my money." "Who from!" "The man I was waiting for." "I don't know what you mean. Explain yourself." "I thought you knew I was a waiter in a restaurant." "Oh!" gasped the magistrate—Montreal Star. The following clipping is from one of the Muskegon daily papers. Mr. Berd is the only colored caterer in Muskegon: Berd's Cafe, the new restaurant which has been some weeks getting ready to open in the Muskegon Saving's Bank block at the corner of Western avenue and Second street, began doing business Saturday, the 15th. The entire first floor of the building, which has been given over to the cafe, has been renovated and handsomely decorated by the bank. The walls are papered in a rich green and a hardwood floor has been laid in the large dining room. I W Berd, the proprietor, the former well-known manager of the Sylvan Beach hotel at White Lake, calculates to seat fifty at a sitting. Family tables have been arranged, and at the back of the building, entirely separated from the other rooms, are two small dining rooms for private parties. Mr. Berd plans to serve regular meals and also dainty after-theatre luncheons. No formal opening has been held, but a number of meals were served Saturday and the business has been started, although all of the plumbing in the kitchen has not been installed yet. The Hotel Monthly, Chicago, has just issued another hotel book called "The American Colored Waiter," by John B. Goins. The author has evidently studied his subject well and expresses his opinions plainly. The result makes very interesting and instructive reading, and the book should be in the hands of every waiter.—Boston Home Journal. Charles McCard, formerly headwaiter at Newell's hotel, is now conducting a saloon in the "Smoky City." It pays to be orderly and gentlemanly at all times. The waiter who disregard the above rule is unfit for the profession. The many friends of Mr. S. C. Peters, formerly headwaiter at the Denison House, Indianapolis, Ind., will be pleased to learn that Mr. Peters is now Rev. S. C. Peters. J. W. Berd, who has recently opened up a fine cafe in Muskegon, Mich., is desirous of engaging an experienced young man for his cafe. Correspondence solicited. Frank P. Thompson, president of the Headwaiters' Association, has just gotten out attractive letter heads of the association. The headquarters are at 111 W. 27th street, New York City. Messrs. M. A. Johnson and Oates are the most successful tailors of color in South Chicago. They ask all the hotel boys in Chicago to give them a trial. Judging from the present prospects St. Louis will not be a very successful field for the colored waiters during Louis and Purchase Exposition. W. advise the waiters not to be too hasty in rushing to St. Louis. 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New York City gy fd a - ze 4 . i : he i ie i a////- oe By), \ Vy i \ ti ; y ) 7 ae ae [wish to join Erank P, Thompson in plying to his very interesting address ist be delivered to the public this ponth. He has reached my sentiment awtly. I highly endorse every word ist he eid. Ibave Jost words or ut- prance to express my feeling toward the advice that he gave, Although I sm not fortanate enough to step in some toar leaders shoes because I have not ot the finance, but Ihavegot very good foowledge in answering his address; nother words I have not had the wide gen chance as I ama hotel man, but mfortanate, I learn that Mr. Thomp- on is 8 consistent man, brave and a shilosophical genius in his profession. {tell all my friends that every individ tal should take to himself ataclt under- sanding that he must rise, Our envi- joments are destraetive, and bring on reat need of haman comfort. Some of them can easily be abolished by united forts, Toere is no better way to ex- terminate such evils than by enterprise. Take, for instance, the railroad excur- dons that are run by the companies; there are at least five hundred persons ‘rho goon them at a time, and they are charged at least two dollars each. That ts one thonsand dollars going back to ‘where it came from. This article may — Are yt ea Ne ‘< ie Rann ea \ AN AAD ATARI BUSINESS MEDIUM. AGS, MARTH, the world renowned and sn odshated tetpebs and tape MEDION ‘eae overything. No-importaion. 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Te ine. 2 Mo og advisete Gosek take the soubie ic) Manin gates hey ao. aot eens “oughta for amomens with acquiring tbe io puteuology and Kindred. branches thst SS Gein areata es ois) Ge the bunineae clear amd dev018 © ic Sa undeotable tact that persons wit ES SS goteotaa at ea prs 2 ey want’) know, aud yet, am. 200m 8 Te: =aicints Medion they dry thelr emort, o>: favor to tape! from Chote eatada what they ES song to oeae if ft wil be revearsed By fe Hag eee te saret ont fm petace 2 om pitg. in no few eamea, i the art sed ato; uaprinetualed Megharay bu totale Bole otis habd and gain control tthe mind shore ca miter of meponetoiiey to most of tens ise vet thie oan te domes and By eonanltiny soo" ATEa ie seman mystery beoose Tis sablect has regetved no_titkle attention eoiceut men and even college pratestore “0! proves conclusively tha, afehoum. there re lnngers a oar madge with oly tongues saps. the gaten of radon Bave Not Bese trad to the cutive profeaeton "tales a! great eal of tudy to Become a ucompiited intdienn ates fe Reeaone sc cing efort the Key tothe well Of 8D. ares ‘uulahomable “mysfaeies Bava, bese pcre Uy MRS. MARTH for the nenefit 0 Renianity.” (By. letter, advice. #00, HOUR foun ama, t09 pom" AMl efiere Eau 695° ia tape for anawors Q MAS. M. B. MARTE. {48 W, Stat St, New York City. THE FREEMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER, ‘The Seventh Avenue Hotel, one of bites the largest hotels in Pittsburg, Pa. é reat Ouse = employs thirty colored walters and )) [serves more guests than any hotel in ¥, |thecity. Mr.J. Jennings is headwaiter 220 Indiana Avenue, 2g) |and 1s well liked by the proprietor,! INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. eo 2) | manager and the men under him. Mr. . + a oe Jennings is baying large piece of| Choice Liquors, Wixes and ms 4p |. | property in Knoxville, asuburban town, Gi i {/ | not be the fnll answer to his| which is costing him $3,500. Mr. J. _ Ulgars B=) | Wholelpeech but it will bear ont a| Kay is second walter and is very well ‘Trade Solicited on Merit of Goods —— | Rood manythings hejhas sald. He)itked by everybody. Both know thelr| Pool and Billiard Parlors, j has strack the right keynote, | business. Mr. Jennings has two cap- ‘New 'Phone 3086 aa —~ whether others play their talne HL Donglass and 2 Bonds—who esr a apnoea part or not. nk stand the morning wate! 18 mi le i agitating this se bo wll eventoal| Wath, i 1ooKed after by the head ang | PYOP- ARCHIE GREATHOUSE ~~ lyacdte te Reine second waiters The linen man 1s J. C. | eee es jority of hotel officials. | Wright, and he is a reliable man. ee eS Waiters, as you know when yon want ae 4 7 ’ to capture a flock, get the leader and a ie Oras i ae will make sure of them all. There R. B. a is not a thing under the canopy of sweet p k fF h We heaven She ; heaven better than to be anitedand we/ PAT KEL SE XCNAnoe ee Ue Yee ia Se eae ” i TE oe eh ae lk t = - \ age WILLIAM JACKSON as men should stand as one inseparable. In conclusion, I will congratulate Mr. Thompson on such a step, wishing him much success in this matter among the hotel workers, I truly hope that he will be able to impress it upon the pes- eimistic minds as well as the optimistic and good thinking people. I mean men in the capacity of hotel work, because they can naturally cet hold of more than a great many others. After hav- ing founded some business principle to go by then we will have something for the girls and boys to do when they leave school. WILLIAM JacKSON., Hotel Notes from Philadelpaia, Pa. Charles W Smith, headwaiter at the “Ivan,” West Philadelphia, is a coming young manin the profession, Notwith- standing the fact that Mr. Smith is young in the “‘calling” he is endowed with the tact and broad conceptions of the business. His manly and gentle- manly deportment will no doubt bring hime bright future Mr. William Me ‘Thompson has opened a well appointed hotel in West Philadelphia and has built upa nice business. McThompson is the eficient headwaiter at Broad street station. He has the best wishes of his many friends. James Davis is holding his own as headwaiter at the Covington. Nathan Burrell, notwith- standing the constant changes of man- agement at the ‘‘Normandie,” he is still doing business at the same old stand. It simply demonstrates the kind of material of which Bro Burrell is made Ob jast for a few more Burrell’s in Philadelphia. The western part of Philadelphia has the marked distinction of possessing a headwaiter that can pump more hot air, throw more bequets to himeelf, display more tyranny in con- trolling his men than any man in the country. He is well known for his bull- dozing tactics, and tor things he has claimed to have done that he didn’t do. ‘Time, not very remote, will render him his just deserts—a seat in the ‘amen corner” of the “played outs.” When a headwaiter loses his prestige witb both side and other headwaiters there must be some fire from where the smoke comes. Commercial Club Notes—Minneapolis, Minnesota. There was an election of cflicers of the club Monday, Nov. 10th Mr, A C. Paul was re-elected president for an- other year; E. J, Westlake, secretary: Mr. Dwyer, our headwaiter’s, contract has been extended. We consider him the right man in the right place; he his made quite hit in serving banquets. On Monday night, the 10th, there was a party of 148, and after the election 290, and the 11th 150 of the twin city’s, and the 12th, theswellest of all, and in their speeches many remarks were made of such exsellent service, and when ever there is a party in either of the cities they send to Mr. Dwyer for Commercial Club waiters. Thursday evening, the 13th, we had alarge supper; the colored crew has got the manager tickled to death; the headwaiter bandles his men properly and is always at his post. W. M. Hutchins is a member of this crew, and has opened 9 swell chizopodist’s parlor at 16 Fith street, south. W.C. Foster and E. Levett are giving satis- faction as second and third waiters of the Commercial Club. ‘Best In The World. Mr. H. Pettigrew of the Monongahela House, Pittsburg, Pa., sends a dollar to The Freeman, and says it is the best Negro paper in the world. The Castle ks Mile Pleasnre Glob the 2902 Armour Ave. Chicago Is now open at the!'same old stand SAMUEL R. YOUNG, Proprietor. ‘ DENNIS LOWERY, Manager. Better known as “Policy Sam” eh “mAXTON, =—=S*~*~*S*S*SPON MONO PROPRIETOR, —137— | BRAXTON'S PLACE 260 West Lake Street Chicago, Ill Headquarters tor all Sports, ‘If you don’t see it, ask for it. Fuse Wings, Liquors anp CIGars, Poot Room in CONNECTION THE SENAT Ecoee HENRY JONES, Proprietor. Reception Room and Musical Parlor separate from Bar High grade Wines and Liquors always on hand. IMPORTED CIGARS, A SPECIALTY Haadquarters for all sporting men. 5532 Lake Avenue. Chicago, Illinois: + "HE IDEAL SAMPLE Room JAS. LAWRENCE, Proprietor Everything strictly first class, We cater onlv to LADIES and GENTLEMEN, All others are objectiovable and therefore BARRED, Our wines, Liquors and cigars are the best. Service polite and up to date. ++--MIXERS:*-- George West Andrew Williams 284 E, 29th St. CHICAGO, ILL. Theatrical Headquarters e «ee: ma HART & HARLAN a bs : Bnffet for Ladies and Gents ' i The T Club salt CURTIS HART,CH=3 “sae 9 oat GEO. HARLAN. Popniar resort of pleasure and amusement. Especial attention to Railroad Men and Hotel Boys Oar stock speaks for itself. Everything strictly first-class. A choice line of fine wine, whiskies and cigars. 2634 State St, CHICAGU, ILL. . ae, The Jefferson Bar A ‘a > GEO. S$, WILLIAMS, Proprietor. f 2 en ‘sae JAS. JACKSON, Entertainer. ; ao Ze . 4 715 Linden st., ST. LOUIS, MO. Le eee oe Private Reception Rooms for hays Cae Ladies and Special Parties. ee ae c tadieny Re Seca ah Se i | “ANOT ICE we 7 J _Any enterprising’colored man can make mon- aay ey in St, Louis during the great Wori,’s Fair. el 5 ‘The field is promising and offers wonder 1) in: | Zg ducements to men with money to inves All Ki ld inquiries along this line will receive immediate J attention by sending your communications to the J above address, a ‘The Seventh Avenue Hotel, one of the largest hotels in Pittsburg, Pa employs thirty colored walters and serves more guests than any hotel in the city. Mr. J. Jennings is headwaiter and is well liked by the proprietor, manager and the men under him. Mr. Jennings is buying a large piece of property in Knoxville, asnburban town, which is costing him $3,500. Mr. J, Kay is second waiter and is very well liked by everybody. Both know their business. Mr. Jennings has two cap- tains—H. Douglass and J. Bonds—who staud the morning watch. The middle watch is looked after by the head and second waiters The linen man is J. C. ‘Wright, and he is a reliable man. i Vcc Parkers Exchange ‘ {Chotce Imported and stasinm od Wines, Liquors and Cigars Fine Pool . AND Billiard Parlor. ROBERT |B. PARKER, Prop. 527 Indiana) Phone 4257 new. Avenue, Indianapolis, ind. ies ‘THE STAR” & sho Shining Parlor a J.R. REED, bs Proprietor, | 8..W, or. State and \. aA _ 2nd Street | CHICAGO, ILL, 220 Indiana Avenue, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Choice Liquors, Wixes and Cigars ‘Trade Solicited on Merit of Goods Pool and Billiard Parlors. ++++e:New ’Phone 8026 Prop. ARCHIE GREATHOUSE _p...——..— Parker's Hotel MRS, J. C., PARKER, ae Proprietress, ‘When visiting Indisnavolis, toll your hack man to take you to that famous hostelry. First-class in every iparticular.*) Excellent Service. Once its guest, always ita guest, ses 817-821 West Michigan Street, INDIANAPOLIS,IND, Old Phone main 2997 Mike Wells’ Place 306-810 Indiana Avenue, H Indianapolis, Indiana. 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All Subscribers to The FREEMAN who are in arrears, CANNOT hope to receive a copy of the HOLIDAY NUMBER. LET us hear from you, THE MANAGER. SATURDAY, DEC. 6, 1902. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS CONVICTIONS. President Roosevelt's letter to a prominent citizen of South Carolina can scarcely be misunderstood. He means to be the President of the people and not of a particular part of them. He has shown his teeth in this controversy, which is as much to the advantage of the general country as it is to the Negroes themselves. Great credit is due the President for this stand, although it be for simple justice. Credit is due because public men are not in the habit of standing out in the clear when questions of such moment as the Negro question is, if it is probable that they be called on to voice an opinion. Moral cowardice has far too often characterized the actions of our prominent men when they have felt that they were uncertain of the tenor of the public mind. Right versus wrong, has not been the subject of debate in their minds, but rather political expediency, having in mind the tenure of office, even be it erected on the tombs of the politically maltreated. This country needs an order of intense men like Mr. Roosevelt, intense for the right at its cost, let that be what it may. The rights of the lowly are to be considered, the lowly blacks, the lowly whites, whom fate and misfortune have borne down like a cart beneath many sheaves. It is that principle that has fairly deified, Abraham Lincoln; he stood for truth; it was crushed to the earth, but it rose. It is that principle that made Bryan a demi-god, and who, had it not been for his free silver idiosyncrasies, would have swept this nation from center to circumference; he stood for the lowly. The heart of man panteth for the right as the thirsty hart for the water-brook. Who would undo the work of Lincoln? Who would have done it but him? The President means to acknowledge men according to merit and worthiness and thus crowd down this over-riding prejudice that promises nothing but wreck and ruin in the end. His position cannot offend sensible, conservative citizens who have viewed the trend of political affairs as they relate to the races with fear and misgivings it is, or was, or would be absolutely necessary for some chief executive to declare from the "throne" that the status of the nation was not based on color, and that the constitution, the governing principles of the nation, its laws, take no cognizance of races. Social affairs may regulate themselves, but political affairs must be regulated. The Negroes of America in the main have no disposition to allow their circle of social activity to intersect that of the whites. But they want accorded them protection, consideration politically, when deserving, paridulation in the government that governs them, and all civil rights guaranteed others. If they have less they are but slaves, at least by contrast; caste men at the utmost. The President will appreciate in the estimation of his fellowmen. They are not all willing to stand on the firing line themselves, but they have great respect for those that do Mr. Roosevelt stands on the firing line—the newer Lincoln—who is impressing himself on the country as a statesman and a man. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. President Roosevelt's message to Congress is clear cut, interesting, readable. It deals with the more important questions that are before the country in a general way, intimating his desires more by suggestion than by direction. His attitude on the trust problem will meet the approval of the country in general. THE FREEMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. He would not oppose the combinations of capitalists, but would have Congress regulate their operations in view of the good of the whole country. The President says that the capital and labor question and the trust question are not the same. He is inclined toward the revision of the tariff; pronounces against tariff on anthracite coal. He is a stickier for the navy, insisting that a boast without means to sustain it is empty and vain. Mr. Roosevelt makes no special reference to the Negro question, but at several points he made it very clear that all of the people were included in the benefits of the country and entitled to its protection. Booker T. Washington claims to have been acting only in the capacity of educator in his conferences with the President and not as a politician seeking to influence the appointment of any one to office. He should be taken at his word especially by those who are making it a point to put him at a disadvan tage. Mr. Washington's work is deserving of the greatest praise, yet it can be truthfully said that much of the animadversion directed against him is owing to his success in his peculiar field. The criticism in no sense lessens his work nor lessens it in the minds of right thinking people but it emphasizes a jealous nature that is held to be characteristic of the race. It is evident that Mr. Washington deserves to stand above criticism, and in saying that it is no more than what can be said of other eminent educators. The peculiar relations of the races, it will be admitted, projects his work further out than that of other men of his class, thus lending the air of politics to his activities. As he says, he is standing for his people, not to urge them for political recognition by way of offices, but to promote their general interests. It he has been officious politically it is not apparent. He has uttered some principles on the situation of the South, which has been for good. Mr. Washington's letter should stand as his platform of principles by which he should be known and considered. Julius Weis, one of the wealthiest cotton merchants of New Orleans, was on Monday fined $25 for violating the Wilson separate car law. He sat in the section reserved for Negroes and declined the conductor's request to get up because there were no empty seats in the white section. The chances are that Mr. Weis knew what he was doing when he sat in the section reserved for Negroes. It is very evident that there are a class of white citizens that are bent on making such restrictions odious by refusing to abide by them. Lines erected out of social conditions may be considered fair since an individual's associations are largely a matter of choice. It cannot be seen where the civil laws are to be called in to aid in the matter. The white people do not need so much protection. Rev. D. J. Jenkins, known as the orphanage man of Charleston, S. C., is issuing his annual appeal to the people of America and elsewhere asking assistance in his great work of caring for the orphans of the vicinity of Charleston. Rev Jenkins and his associates maintain an orphanage industrial farm at Ladson, where the youths are taught the trades, looking forward to the time when they will be thrown on their own resources for support. The orphanage is supported by charity, but is officered by some of the most prominent business men of South Carolina, including lawyers and bankers, thus insuring the integrity of its management. It now appears that Dr. Crum, whose case called forth the President's letter, is not to be appointed collector at the port of Charleston, S C. Failing to appoint should be considered insignificant as long as it is in accord with the principles laid down in the letter. Dr Crum enjoys a very good reputation throughout the country, and it was hoped that he would be recognized by the President. However, we are in no condition to judge of the merits of the case, nor is it the concern of others than those immediately concerned. It is enough that the incident has drawn forth an expression on such matters from the President, which is of more value than the appointment. Edward H. Morris, colored, has been elected to the Illinois Legislature by a majority of 15 000 votes. Mr. Morris is a resident of Chicago and has long enjoyed popularity at his home. He is a lawyer with a large practice. He is the grand master of the G. U. O. of O. F. President Jos A. Booker of the Arkansas Baptist College gives the report of the money raised at the Baptist Convention of that State as $10,060 He says: "There is nothing like it in the history of Negro conventions." Three Negroes, convicted for vagrancy, were sold by the sheriff last week in Lancaster. Kv, bringing from three to five dollars They seem to have peculiar laws in that locality; they could stand a change. Copies of The Freeman can be found at 1380 Wylie Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. HE WILL RECOGNIZE MERIT Not a Question of Domination, But of Justice—South Carolinans Hear from the White House. Washington, D. C., Nov 28—President Roosevelt, in answering the letter of prominent citizens of Charleston, S. C., who objected to the appointment of a Negro to a Federal office, declared that he would show no race discrimination, and that the Negro who shows ability and good character shall be the equal of any white man showing the same virtues. He declares he will not discriminate against any man solely on account of his color, and says that the good of the nation—the white man and the black—depends upon the rewarding of virtue wherever found. Replies to Charges. The letter was written by the President in response to objections raised to the appointment of Dr. Crum as collector of the port at Charleston. President Roosevelt promises to investigate fully the individual case, but in his letter deals with the principles involved. The letter reads as follows: "White House, Washington, D. C., November 26 —My Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of November 10, and of one from Mr. ——, under date of November 11, in reference to the appointment of Dr. Crum as collector of the port of Charleston. "In your letter you make certain specific charges against Dr. Crum, tending to show his unfitness in several respects for the office sought. These charges are entitled to the utmost consideration from me and I shall go over them carefully before taking any action. After making these charges you add, as a further reason for opposition to him, that he is a colored man, and after reciting the misdeeds that followed carpetbag rule and Negro domination in South Carolina, you say that we have sworn never again to submit to the rule of the African, and such an appointment as that of Dr. Crum to any such office, forces us to protest unanimously against this insult to the white blood, and you add that you understood me to say that I would never force a Negro on such a community as yours. Mr. —— puts the objection of color first, saying that, first, 'he is a colored man, and that of itself ought to bar him from the office.' 'In view of these last statements, I think I ought to make clear to you why I am concerned and pained by your making them, and what my attitude is as regards all such appointments. How any one could have gained the idea that I had said I would not appoint reputable and upright colored men to office when objection was made to them solely on account of their color, I confess I am wholly unable to understand. At the time of my visit to Charleston last spring I had made, and since that time I have made a number of such appointments from several States in which there is a considerable colored population. For example, I had made one such appointment in Mississippi and another in Alabama, shortly before my visit to Charleston. I had at that time appointed two colored men as judicial magistrates in the District of Columbia. I have recently announced another such appointment for New Orleans, and have just made one from Pennsylvania. "The great majority of my appointments in every State have been of white men North and South alike it has been my sednulous endeavor to appoint only men of high character and good capacity, whether white r black. But it has been my consistent policy in every State, where their numbers warranted it, to recognize colored men of good repute and standing in making appointments to office. These appointments of colored men have in no State made more than a small proportion of the total number of appointments. I am unable to see how I can legitimately be asked to make an exception for South Carolina. In South Carolina, to the four most important positions in the State I have appointed three men and continued in office a fourth, all of them white men—three of them originally gold Democrats—two of them, as I am informed, the sons of Confederate soldiers; I have been informed by the citizens of Charleston whom I have met that these four men represent a high grade of public service. WIT NOT HAR DESERVING MESSAGES. "I do not intend to appoint any unfit man to office. So far as I legitimately can I shall always endeavor to pay regard to the wishes and feelings of the people of each locality but I cannot consent to take the position that the door of hope—the door of opportunity—is to be shut upon any man, no matter how worthy, purely upon the grounds of race or color. "Such an attitude would, according to my convictions, be fundamentally wrong. If, as you hold, the great bulk of the colored people are not fit, in point of character and influence, to hold such positions, it seems to me that it is worth while putting a premium upon the effort among them to achieve the character and standing which will fit them. "The question of 'Negro domination' does not enter into the matter at all. It might as well be asserted that when I was Governor of New York I sought to bring about Negro domination in that State because I appointed two colored men of good character and standing to responsible positions—one of them to a position paying a salary twice as large as that paid in the office now under consideration—one of them as a director of the Buffalo exposition. "The question raised by you and Mr. in the settlements to which I refer is simply whether it is to be declared that under no circumstances shall any man of color, no matter how upright and honest, no matter how good a citizen, no matter how fair in his dealings with all his fellows, be permitted to hold any office under our government. I certainly cannot assume such an attitude, and you must permit me to say that in my view it is an attitude no man should assume, whether he looks at it from the standpoint of the true interest of the white man of the South or the colored man of the South—not to speak of any other section of the Union. It seems to me that it is a good thing from every standpoint to let the colored man know that if he shows in marked degree the qualities of good citizenship—the qualities which in a white man we feel are entitled to reward—then he will not be cut off from all hope of similar reward. "Without any regard as to what my decision may be on the merits of this particular applicant for this particular place, I feel that I ought to let you know clearly my attitude on the far broader question raised by you and Mr. —, an attitude from which I have not varied during my term of office. THEODORE ROOSEVELT." NOT A POLITICIAN. Booker T. Washington Says He Is An Educator. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 28.—Booker T. Washington has given to the press a defense of his position in regard to his relations with the President and other public officials. He declares that his conferences with the chief executive have grown out of his position as an educator, not as a politician. Mr. Washington says: "I notice that several newspapers have recently connected my name with political matters in such a manner as to show that my position is not understood. My life work is the promotion of the education of my race. What conferences I have had with the President or with any public official have grown out of my position, not as a politician, but as an educator. It should be borne in mind that there are about nine millions of Negroes in the United States, who are liable under the law for taxes and military service, and who are punishable for infraction of the law. These people at present have no member of their race in the national lawmaking body, and it is right that those charged with making and executing the laws of the land should at all times seek information directly from the members of the Negro race when their interests and relations with the whites among whom they live are concerned "Under no circumstances could I seek to promote political candidacies or volunteer information regarding men or measures, nor have I done so in the past; but, because of the importance I have always sought to place upon education and industry among my people as the basis for friendly relations between the races, there may be occasions in the future, as there have been in the past, when, if I am so requested, I can give information about men and measures, which would tend to promote such friendly relations between the races. Such information it is my duty to give when it is asked for No Hope In Politics. "At every proper opportunity, I say to the youth of our people that they will make a mistake if they seek to succeed in life by mere political activity or the hope of holding political office. Now and then, however, public questions affecting our interests arise which are so fundamental and far-reaching that they transcend the domain of politics. When such questions present themselves, in justice to my race, I make my position known, and stand for what I see to be the right. "We cannot elevate and make useful a race of people until there is held out to them the hope of reward for right living. Every revised constitution throughout the Southern States has put a premium upon intelligence, ownership of property, thrift and character." 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Hehon Hosemond Wilson’ Lewis Hing Eugene Washiniston, Oba Baie Wheaton, J, Frank tevardt W Willian KW: pe 8 =—ROUTE-— Cs 190: 1908 1902 Bisck Parrt Proveapovrs, (Voelckel & Nolan) Grioaviile, Miser Dees, Be Yazoo City, 93 Surison, ti; Vieksburg i; Natehes 13, ois & Joussox, in Vandvellle) Keiths Bos. ton, Des eB: Me Ou Piaseariox Misermmts (@onthern Carnival Company) —Preseote ark, Det. 10. Bio Miveraet, Festiva, (Rusco & Holland, ‘Winona Miss, Dee. 8 Natehez 8 Ricuams & Privane’s Faxovs Gronoras;— Daviaport Iowa, Dee. 1, Columbus det, 25 Passild': Fareiogton 3. Hovas & MoCiAIN's “aqana se2"—Providence BT, Dee. Hh WA. Monana, Mixerrets, (Western-Frank hie ier.) Taro, Alo. ‘Dee. 8: Rock: yi Savana Hy Leavetworth al yj Wins « Wateen's In Danowox" Oo Columbus, Q., Dec, $010; Mauele, Ind., 1. Tas llorese Cox x, Disis.—Boulder Col Dec.4. La Junta 8; Trinidad, 9; Las Vegas, Noh) 11/'alouqueraue, 22 (Gioeoy's Missnese:=-Des Moines Ia, D&G, 11-1 Tom Logan sends regards to all his friends Asmall pinch off your Xmas money Will be a big help to the Biand fond. eee 8. Tatt Whitney and Ben Toledo send regards to Clarence Powell. eee Boys, weare all Hable to misfortune. Let more companies reepond and that Small amount will be wiped out. L. F. Brewington, the famons Inch sn of South Bend, Ind., sends regards toall the boys and eapectally to Mr. W. Malone and Seotte & Deleo. Rid Alston has captured Savannah Ga, with his performing at the Grand Palace Theatre, He sends regards to all bis Western frlends and would like ‘ohear from Will Thomas of Thomas & Lane While the “Oriental Troubadours” and the “Sons of Ham" companies were Playlog twin cities, Nov. 27 several nembers of the companies exebanged visits and reported a fine time. Ben Toledo was cordially received by his feud Allie Brown and wife. wee The following is from the pen of the Most savcessfall show manager in the World:—“P, @, Lowery, leader of our ‘ide show band haa been in the service of the Porepangh a& Sells Bros.’ elreus forthe past four seasons. We have found him reliable and a splendid must- cian. His band is without doubt the best colored mustoal organization in Anerica aud his people are a credit to thetr rave, LEWIS SELLS Monager Forepaugh-Selis’ circus, eee P. G, Lowery writes from Reese Kas: “Atter ashort visit in Kansas City, 1 Srrived at home, after an absence of Several years, and found my farm, cat: tle snd horses looking fine Miss Lee, Arthur L Prines, H. I Clark and Jas. Morton, members of my company who Sccompanted me home, all seem to en- JY country life. Mr. Clark will take ® private course on the cornet ander me. Tom engaged to direct the whits band of 25 pleces here, which is quite an hon- or down here, A glorious feast was THE FREEMAN: .AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER, spread for the company by that distin- guished performer, Wm. 8. LeVard and it was heartily appreciated by all. eee Billy Bradley has closed at the Grand Palace Theatre, Savannah, Ga,, and is atpresent working in Baxter’s Exohange Jacksonville, Fla. * eee John W. Dennis sends regards to Tom Logan, Ben Hunn and wife and John D. West. Wonld like to hear from Ben. Bemery. ees ‘Mr. Elwood © Knox, manager of The Freeman was an enthusiastic visitor of the opening performances of Williams & Walkers’ “In Dahomey” company, at Heuck’s Theatre, Cincinnat, O., Nov. 30 and to express his opinion in the \slang of the day, ‘It was the best ever.”” Mr. F. Clermont, creole cornettist, en route with the Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, is now writing a coon ditty especially for Kid Langford to use in his bigfour act. He will leave for New York at the end of this season, to accept a position as solo cornettist at the New York Recreation Pier for the summer season dnly. Notes from the Domino Theatre, Fer- nandina Fla.:—We opened this with an entire company of select artists such as; John Dennis, monologist, as stage man- ager; Mr. Seaman Brown, Miss Lillian Wheeler, Carrie Hall, Jessie Thomas, Stella Jones, Minnie Carrol, Emma Johnson, and Chas. Williams, Mr, Williams has peen here for 12 weeks andisa top liner. Regards to all pro- fessionals, Would liffe to hear from Fountain 5. Wood, Cooper & Bailey and the Wangdoodle Comedy our, met in Detroit Sunday Nov. 283 The quartette played their last performance at the Avenne Theatre Sunday nightand were a big hit. They are without doubt the best colored qnartette on the vaudeville stage. Af- ter the the performance, the Wang- doodles made Cooper and Bailey their guest and a beantifal spread was pre- pared in the Waldorf hotel, ‘The quar- tette is booked solid in vaudeville until May 1908 and Cooper and Bailey are booked until Oct. 1903 They send re- gards to all professional friends, J. Ea. Green-Chesterfield-writes from the Black Patti company:—Onr Illinois clronit proved a success, large crowds greeting us nightly. John Racker took several flying trips to the St. Louis to seo his wife, Mme, Sissleretta has been suffering the past week with an attack of throat tronble but at this writing is in good voice and her singing of “Mie. ere” from Il Trovatore, assisted by Jas. Worles and chorous is quite a feature of onr opera, Good health reigns su- preme in the company and all member: send regardsto friends. Look for Xmas greetings in this paper. ‘Thos. Rafferty {is our efficient stage carpenter. Notes from the ‘ Old Plantation” with the Southern Carnival company —Oar week at Tuscan was not what it might have been owing to two days of wind and rain which damaged three or four of our tents) We are all thankfnl and give thanks to the Almighty for the health and prosperity he has been be stowed upon us. We spent a quiet thankegiving in Phoenix Ariz, among the flowers, beantifal weather snd plenty of watermelons and the entire company joins i singing “Home A’int Nothing Like This.” Regards to ull friends. Mrs. Henderson saye to Sam Johnson, McCamon and A. R. Hutehins, “T have both hands up.” Notes from the Famous Georgia Min- strels:—We are still in the State of Mis souri, doing astounding business, the weather being fine and the health of the entire company also good. We are meeting innumerable friends throngh- out the State and at Mexico, Mo, the entire company were banqueted by the cltizans, whom we would be proud to meet again soon. Lloyd Cooper made a flying trip to St. Lonis from Mexico and spent a very pleasant Sunday, meet- ing many of his old friends, He re- turned to the show on Monday at Jef. fercon City, Mo. Parker and Jackeon send regards to Sylvester Cheauvan, Engene McDonald and the old members of the old Talorian Band of St. Louis. a ean ce ate Aaa sa Ra Notes from the Buckingham Theatre, Tampa Fis , Chapelle Bros , sole owners Pat Chappelle, general business mana- Johnson and Verona follow on the 8th. ‘The Buckingham 1s the largest and ‘most popular vaudeville house in the South andgthe only one that carries a brass band and orchestra its full season. We now have eight girls and six come- dins and the management wants twelve more good lady performers im- mediately as he intends working twenty ladies all the winter. Good lady per- formers will de well to write Mr. Chap pelle st once, (See ad) Would like to hear from Amos Gilliard immediately. All the members of the famous “‘A Rab: bit's Foot company send regards to all friends. Happy says, ‘Look ont for us, boys, we start out in April and we will be ready money, with two new cars and a new tent complete. Napoleon Johnson writes from the big Minstrel Festival:—We have finished the Indian Territory and are now in the State of Arkansas. Although we are still encountering rainy weather we are still doing our usual amount of bue- iness. Not since the palmy days of the “South Before the War” company has it come to my knowledge where it was necessary for a company to sell standing room in wings of the stage. Such hap- pened tous when we played Marshal Tex. In Muskogee my father whom I had not seen for over a year oame down from Vinta to spend the day with me, and we were both glad to find each other fn good health. Also while there a smoker was given the boys after the show at the Jones Hotel by some of the leading businese men and a most enjoy- able time was had. Jnbe Brown joined us in Caddo, I. T., and can be found in his same old place. Jake Smith closed in Wilburton. St. Loufs Mo , notes:—The Black Patti Troubadonrs were at the Music Hall Noy. 30 and scored a big hit, the hall being nerly filled. The audience was an intelligent and enthusiastic one and the Patti was compelled to respond to two and three encores at each number John Rucker set them wild with his songs and fanny sayings.—Parties de- sirlog the Freeman can always find itat J.B Adam's barber shop, 105 N. 18th street, Mr. Adams cends regards to L. Cooper é& Jackson, aleo the Honsely Bros, R ©. Henderson and Panch Jones.—A new brass band and orchestra has been started here, called the World’ band. yt ls composed of young masi- cians of Local No. 44, A. F, of M., and seems tobe a snecess. ‘They are all good musicians and full of ambition and will no doubt beasuccess.—John Eason of St. Lonis, one of our well known mn- siclans, is doing pretty nicely. He ts coming fas} asan orchestra and dance leader. Ho sends regards to Cooper & Jackson and all triends, ees Notes from MoCabe & Young's com: pany —Business has been good in Iowa. Allare well. Miss Mable McMelville making quite a hit singl g “Watobing and Waiting. She has proven to be the long lost daughter of D. W McCabe, but was with the company three weeks before identification. McCabe and Vontello in their sketch are a big card Harry Wilson still keeps them howling while Ed Tolliver and William Thomas are taking from four to five encores nightly, D. W. McCabe called on Scott Joplin, the king of all rag-time compos. ere, while in St Louls and Mr. Joplin gave him quite a reception, also, three of his latest compositions, the latest be- ing ‘A Ragtime Ball, which is without adonbt, the best piece of music of its kind ever written and which we are now producing to great success. Billy Helms and wife joined the company Nov, 14. Miss Mable McMelville and Edward Tolliver. the tenor. were married at the Blatr Hotel Creston, Iowa on the 19tn. and a grand reception was held Every member of the company presented the happy couple with a precent. They will spend three days in Oinaha for their bridal tour. J. Harry Jackson sends the following from New York City:—“Yeager and ‘Yeagar have returned to the city after successful engagements at Paoll’s New Haven and Bridgeport theatres.—They were on the bill Sunday night week at the Dewey Theatre—Harry Brown, the clever singing comedian, filled an engagement at Keith's Theatre, Boston last week.--Frezier and Peterson are ap: pearing over the Casto cireait —Wilfred Day, trombonist, formerly musical di- ache) i las NANI ER AN ne vorite. Walter Smart isin the city. Rastus & Banks were at Kieth’s Boston house week before Iast.—Joe and Sadie Britton write that they are “going great over the She circnit.—Billie Ritchie and “Jim” North have ‘‘some- thing up their sleeve” of which I hope to be able to chronicle in my next let- ter. Review of the “Smart Set.” BY SYLVESTER RUSSELIn it would be ungrateful to chide the whole “Smart Set” company simply be- cause its stars are going wrong. ‘This clever company as I reviewed it in October gave a perfect, legitimate comedy Performance—excepting the criticised specialties of Mr. Ben Hunn. ‘The show was eaid to be staged by Ed- gar Temple, a white stage manager of experience. There were no flaws in his work and I wrote up the show on its merits. Since that date there has been several changes made in the pre- sentation, A new military drill was needed The show was good enongh and more legiti- mate without it. Mrs. Cordelia Me- Clain’s colo was ommitted and Mattie Wilkes and her eight rag-time horses were also cut out. These two features were prime novelties in the show, great- ly admired and commented upon by the people The sketch substituted by Mr and Mrs. McClain was old and added one sketch too many to the show. The quartette looked better in street clothes than in dress suits and was in keeping with the play. They only need. ed straw hats, to look perfection. Only one single change looked reason- able: Jerry Mills, (tramp waiter) donned a dress suit HOGAN'S ECCENTRIC DRESSING. Woen Ernest Bogan appeared in New- ark, he worea red legitimate comedy suit and later in the play he wore one of green. Both of these snits were of excellent legitimate comedy design. One pair of loose pante was also acceptable. When Hogan appeared at the Star Theatre in New York, he gave ue min- strel rags and variety stage garments You could look at him and imagine you were at Rusco & Holland’s Georgia Min- strels performances. You conid think of him on the Keith circuit, ‘at times and with his white wing pants you could dream of him in the Black Patti | Tronbadoura again. = | The changes in the show and the bad judgement of Hogan and McClain has reduced the legitimate bearing of the show toa vaudeville farce, Billy Mc Clain donned a white rag-time coat tc match Hogan’s white pants. This was bad judgement; for McCiain is only an || actor and not a good comedian. Ther« || Was nothing comical added in the re '| duction except his mustache which wa: acceptable. No matter how much moré ‘he attempts to do he will only be second | Star—several miles behind Hogan. Ho gan need not smile at this His sneces | thus far is nothing to brag of, for a mar .| who has no better sense than to crust | out his merits as a real actor for a com bination of cireus clothes. I could nev Jer have written up the New York per || formance as the greatest colored shov |as recorded at Newark N J. Lam try: || ing to force the legit mate standard up [on the present criticised actors but | | will establich the standard for the ben .| efit of the rising generation at the ex pense of all the greatest performers of | the present time. Ma:k you—I am tak |ing the two foremost combinations ai their own word They want to go to |@ Broadway house for a New York run. || The fact that Will Marion Cook i forcing Williams & Walker into opera that is not opera, looks like a Broadway frost The fact, again, that Hogan. McClain and Hunn are reducing, the |*Smert Set” to a Bowery burleeque show, looks like a Broadway cyclone, Trace up a frost and a cyclone and you will find everything run in the ground. ‘This means that everything is just about now so far in the mud that none of them are ready and had best not at: tempt a Broadway run this season. It maybe, however by the time this criti. cism ceases, (Jan, 1, 1903) and other new devices proceed, these actors will sec themselves in a curved looking glass. One gaze in the crystal maze ought tc give them ample time to see and pre pare for Broadway next season. There are many unnecessary draw- backs in these organizations. Starsand stage managers who suffer by jealousy had best all single out as soon as possi- ble. The good actors back in the woods are figaring for a chance. There are those who knowhow to dress for all kinds of comedy and can dance in the bargain. There aredark horses every way youturn. Someof them are inthe choronses supporting stars. So there is no comfortable reason why Hogan and McClain should go crazy over success a0 early in theseason with a new company 80 young and smart as the “Smart Set.” WHAT HOGAN SHOULD DO “ Do YOu KNOW PM iss 2 Mostctactee viene eee atc eoe Ba PS Frey ihe eadaytlaalor oa adult Winks mega rt Grats teal ff Lectures or Entertainments on small capital, "We make all inderatl Ag sm ceeetat teat neve nacre, l a Se pat ren ace eed es ee ey J} =~ ; SEEREOPHSON ET [nM TOSS eee Sas. = ‘Mention this advertisement in The Freeman. . Sy, MANUFACTURER Sosa Trunks, Valises, Bags and bee ES eg : ei FS Dress Suit Cases Pocket-Books, Bill Books and Card Cases. Repairing receives prompt attention 537 Vine Street, CINCINNATI, O, basins Performers War ted at Once fais iratsit SSegAAseh east Wi snd Heke ay wna Mae" BOOS Mose Se ae Pat Chappelle, Manager, Buckingham Theatre, Tampa, Fla. will venture to say in this important case anyhow ) When he switches back he can whisper to McClain and Hunn and then return to the original Newark legitimate performance. Kiverybody wonld be enchanted. Notes from the Mahara Southern Min- strels, (F. L Mahara manager):—“We have played four mounths to such good business that the management feels safe in enlarging the company, which at first numbered 18 and now 26 with oth- ersto join. Our roster includes: Geo. Titchner, principal comedian and stage manager; Arthar Maxwell, Jack Wat- kine, Sidney Pollusa, Ea. Brookins, Mre H. St. Clair, Mrs Johnson, Prof. W. C, Handy’s band and orchestra; Joe Pleas ant, F. B. Wood, Pearl Moppin, W. B. Taylor, Albert Fredericke. H. M. Prince, H D. Coleman, Geo. Wright, Wm. Johnson, H. J. St. Clair, J. J. Smith, W. 0. Sweatman, Fred ©. Richardson, Geo. Reeves and W. O. Handy. Mrs W. B. Taylor after a two weeks visit tu her hueband and Mrs. Moppin who has been with us all the season lett for their homes at Henderson Ky ,on the 29th. Prof, P. G Lowery stands as a coneer- yatory for aspirants to the mastery of brags instruments. His training can be seen in the three young men who joined recently and in others who have been with him. Alleyes are on the Negro and the colored showman can and doe: play a great part in changing the color prejudiced minda of the white race. Towa, Illinois and eastern managers that refased us booking on account of color prejudices are offering us dates since wehave made @ good record every where. At Rogers, Ark., where no Ne groes are allowed to stop, they admitted our show to play. When many of the company went to send money by expres the agent remarked “You have somé great crap games, don’t you?” He soo found that eight orders went to ou: wives, some to help in business enter prises and that some of the ingle boy: were helping to take care of parents an¢ school their brothers and sistere; tha' our salaries were equal to agents, clerk: and coshiers. He learned that Paa Dunbar is a Nogro although he had beer reading after him “fur tew yure,” bai the fact that he was a Negro did not lea sen his appreciation of what he had read. He learned there were thousand: of Negroes better cff in every respect than the citizens of Rogers. Can we afford to do everything that white ac tors and actresses do? Let them dotho “high rolling” while we save the coin, Mesdames St. Clair and Johnson are worthy of praise, in that they make no effort to appear white in their acts, Mr. and Mrs Mahara have the respect love and confidence of every member of the company. He places each man on hie honor to do his duty for dutys sake and as a result the syatem of fines is unheard of here. ‘To The Profession. ‘The Freeman desires to say that the cause which Mr. Ruseell so earnestly ad- vooates and in which he has taken the initiative, is a just one and should ap- peal to the hearts of every brother actor withont hesitation, We cheerfnlly ao: cept the responsibility of stakeholder and will weekly report our progress Friends, help swell the total which is as follows: $200. —LERoy BLAND Funp—$200. Sylvester Russell................, $0.25 Fred Travis, Cincinnat!, O....... 025 Black's Hotel Co, Evansville Ind. 0 50 J Jackson, M.D, ........0...0. O35 Dick Thomas.................... 50 fhe D BEGG. ss ssce causa LD) The Freeman ......... 2.222.222. 100 Black Patti Co..........-........ 11.50 L, E. Gideon’s Minstrel Co,...... 1525 DOMINO THEATRE FLA, | Dennis & Jones..............--. 1.00 Oe BRM os nos 5- cone sencds 5, OD Lillie Wheeler...... 2... be Minvle Carrol... ... 00. i. 85 Doreey & Foster.......0...00.... 50 Jessie Thomas 2 eee) 185 Little James Faircbiid (6yre.).... 135 GEORGIA MINSTRELS, NO. 1 Fred Simpeon.......0ceeccceee-s 50 JE, Lightfoot... 50 Clarence Powell..........0...... 1.00 Wm. Garland...0..2.00000000002 1.00 Mre Kersands......000000.00.... 1.50 MURS o sec csucseeesstoss toes ce, 680) Total, ....6.2+eeceeeceeereeee $ 38,60 RESTORESINERVE POWER. 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Giles N. Toole is a living exam- pleof what a young man can accom- plish under adverse clronmstances, Through his indefatigable efforts he has established a library for the benetit of the members of the Reading Circle, of which he is organizer, at 158 Betle street. The Banner Laundry has been boycotted on account of the white fore- man using abusive Janguage and mal- treatment of colored help. Thiiteen colored female shirt ironers walked out of the house of despetiem. Lincoln Institute Notes. q (CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.) operation of sach eloquent pastors, both white and colored that all consider it a privilege to be present. The Y. M.C. A,and Y. W. ©. A. Societies are pro- gressing nicely. The Week of Prayer was recently observed according to the prescribed method of these organization and delegates were sent to the State Con- vention in session in St. Joseph, Mo, ‘The Olive Branch, a young ladies soclety connected with the institution, has shown a progressive spirit by joining the National Association of Colored Women, This spirit should be emulated by similar clubs in other institations, as young women may thus put themselves ntouch with the great work of life during student days and are that much better fitted to go into thelr respective communities, and as teachers, or other- wise, become leaders in race work. Typewriting and stenography are now anccessfully taught under the supervis- ion of Miss M. O. Hilliard formerly of Kansas Olty. ‘The uniforms are comple- ved and both young men and young women have now quite the appearance of college students. Miss Florence Pig- ean recently of the Chicago Conserva- tory of Musio, is succeeding admirably as Assistant in the Department of Music. A Great Opportunity for an Industrial Colored Man with Some Capital. WANTED By Jan. Ist an intelligent, reliable and sober colored man to enter Inco-partuership in tua facturing and mail order business. Must bo a good talker and comperont of woing on the road asa salesman. ‘Territory-New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wichigan, old route, goods has been introduced for J succeestal sens tous.” Traveling season open from Bay let to December ist.” Will guarmotes $100 per month as salary. possibilities of $125. Busitess estab: lished 1807, Books of past business are open for inspection, investigation invited. See ft, G. Dunn, mercantile directory fer, our ‘com: mercial standing. Applicant must have some cxpital, and qualified with the above yualifea tions, or do not apply. “Booze Grattors’" and “Mashors® not wanted; for farther inforesa ton adress Tho HC. 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If Secretary Wilson carries out his purpose of turning the Potomac flats of the Lee-Arlington estate, just across the river from Washington and within site of the Capitol, into a model farm the national capital will have a unique and special attraction for the agriculturists of the country. These flats which have not been included in the national cemetery (Arlington) on the ridge just above formerly constituted the corn lands of the great Custis-Lee estate and the portion selected by Secretary Wilson contains about 400 acres and will be known as the "Arlington farm." The first step to reclaim this part of the Arlington estate, which for very many years had been overgrown with weeds and brush, and convert it into an object lesson was taken in May 1901. The property up to that time had been in charge of the war department and received practically no care. At the suggestion of Secretary Wilson it was transferred by an act of Congress to the Agricultural department for experimental purposes. L. C. Corbett, the horticulturist of the plant breeding division of the department, was chosen to work out the plans, and under the direction of the secretary and of Prof. V. T. Galloway, he began the work. He had it plowed up and sown with cow peas, soy beans and coarse fodder, which when matured was plowed under again. This year he put in a crop of rye as an experiment and found that it yielded twenty-five bushels to the acre which is much better than the average. The land has been surveyed and plans have been drawn just as an architect would for a house. There will be a model farm house, a model orchard, with the finest American fruit that can be grown, and all sorts of crops standard and new. There will also be a large connection of shade trees brought together for comparison and all marked plainly with both their popular and scientific names, so that a farmer visiting the place and seeing a tree or shrub which he would like to have in his own home, will be able to make a memorandum and order from it intelligently. There will be foliage plants and shrubs also arranged in the most artistic and useful way, furnishing object lessons in their use and adaptability. Already the work of building a model brick barn has begun and many of the trees have been started. Diversity of Soils. No section of the country is adapted to all crops, but it may be safely claimed that all crops may be grown in this country. Each farm differs from the others and even adjoining farms my be so unlike as to compel the owners thereof to cultivate under different methods. The climate is the most important factor to be considered in selecting crops and next to the climate the soil is to be studied. There are hundreds of farms that do not pay but which would give a profit every year if they were devoted mainly to those crops which thrive best thereon. What those crops should be can only be discovered by actual observation on each farm. It is related that a certain farmer found his crops overrun by a peculiar grass, which he could not eradicate, and he became much discouraged, finally deciding to sell the farm or cease cultivation. Relaxing his efforts the grass overrun has fields and a neighbor suggesting that there was a fine crop of hay that could be cut. It dawned upon the farmer that as the grass was indigenous to the soil it could be made a paying crop, the result being that the farm began to pay because it was adapted to the crop that could best thrive on it. There are many farmers that could do likewise instead of struggling every year to grow crops that are more difficult to produce because the soil is not suitable for them. It is not difficult to grow certain crops on some farms for a length of time, but as plants have the power to select the plant foods more suitable for their purposes the soil will not fail to become exhausted of plant food utilized by the special crops grown thereon leaving other plant foods in the soil which can only be used by crops that have not been grown on the land; hence, while there is a gradual diminution of one kind of food supply, there is an excess of another, and certain crops will fall on the land and others succeed because the farmer does not make a proper selection of the crops that would prefer those substances that exist in the soil. This may be illustrated by the well-known "clover sickness" of soils where the land is actually richer than before, yet fails to grow more clover. It is, however, richer in nitrogen only, but poorer in potash and lime, and the clover fails because it does not thrive on nitrogen, but delights in mineral matter. A serial crop on the land that was not suitable for clover would yield enormously as the plant food would be abundant for the serial crop. It is a matter of adapting the land to the crop, as the crop cannot be induced to thrive until the conditions are favorable and there is always a saving of time and labor when the requirements of both the crop and the soil are considered. Balancing the rations for animals essential in order to derive the largest returns, but it is just as essential to balance the rations for the plants that are to be grown on a plot of ground. If the land is "clover sick" and the cause can be ascribe to lack of potash, it indicates that the farmer should apply potash only and not use nitrogen for by so doing he would incur an expense for something the soil does not need, but in using potash he will make no mistake, as it may be in insufficient supply in the soil for all other crops. Sometimes an application of lime will increase the available supply of potash, because the lime exerts a chemical effect on the soil and brings within the reach of the plant foods that are insoluble. The underdraining of a field which carries off the surplus water and permits the air and warmth to penetrate the soil, also creates changes in the plant food conditions. When manure is applied to soils it may contain the substances which already exist in the soil, but may at the same time contain a supply of some substance required by the crop and the crop will thrive, but it would be a greater expense than to purchase the special plant food required. The only way to learn how to adapt the farm to crops is to use small experimental crops but if such is not done then the farmer must rely upon observation of the growing crops every year. There is a vast amount of plant food in the soil even on lands that are apparently sterile, the elements being in an inert condition. It has been estimated that one foot deep of soil on an acre of land contains about 4000 pounds of phosphoric acid, 8000 pounds of potash and 16,000 of nitrogen, the value of which, if purchased on the market would amount to about 30—a large sum—but as the plant foods in the soil are not immediately available the farmer can only take advantage of their presence by growing crops which send out roots for the purpose of reducing the inert substances to a condition in which portions can be utilized. When foods are fed on the farm and manure is spread on the land, the farmer simply returns to the surface of the soil, plant food brought from below and when a green crop is plowed under the gain is not only from below, but also from the atmosphere. Pleased with the President. Kimball W. Va., Special.-The colored political men here are well pleased with the hand the President dealt the Lillie Whites in Ala. Editor John A. Brown of the McDowell Herald a colored paper, has disappeared with a woman, leaving a wife and six children. His loss in the community is not mourned by any one. There are five Negro Justices of the Peace in this community; seventeen barrooms and nine churches. A revival has been in progress here, but owing to the poor moral of the preachers they are no1 a success. City, Mo., Special.-P. G. Lowry, Jeff Smith and Fountain Woods arrived here on Friday, the 21st from New Orleans, La., where they just closed a very successful season with the Sells & Forepaugh show. The McRay B. P. A.'s are making preparations to entertain the Williams and Walker show during their engagement here. The first minstrel performance of the Alphonse team of the Gaston Club, under the direction of W. Henry Bowman, given Tuesday, Nov. 18th, was a success. J. H Riley sang "If I But Knew." He possesses one of those sweet voices that would captivate any audience. Tom Welch sang "Asleep in the Deep," which was very much in keeping with the old time minisreels. Harry Fields sang "Sentinel Asleep," and snared honors with the rest. Billy Wilson and he others did them selves c. edit. [The land of the Miz, according to a member of the Chicago Woman's Club, is a place where harmony and the perfection of friendship are found. It is, in short, the clubwoman's Utopia. In the land of the Miz all crowes are white, And all bluebrids are gray. The sun shines brightly thro' the night, And the moon lights up the day. In the land of Miz the north is south, And the east is west, 'tis said, A river rises at its mouth And empties at its head. In the land of the Miz all tart is sweet, And all that's sweet is tart. Parallel lines there always meet And crossed lines are apart. In the land of the Miz club ladies dwell In perfect amity. All tinkles as a marriage bell; There's naught of rivalry. The land of the Miz, so runs the,rune, Is, oh, so far, so far! It's east of the sun and west of the moon And north of the polar star. —Chicago Tribune. Happenings in Louisiana. Abbeville, La., Special—Miss Kittle Jackson and Miss Mary J. Trowbridge from Franklin, La., are now in Abbeville to take charge of the Abbeville steam laundry. Carter Louis, a well-known colored man of the parish, followed his daughter to her grave, but refused to pass the body in the church. Mr. and Mrs. Mouters are at New Iberia to meet the convention. The new high school built by colored masons is completed. J. O. Holmes, a bricklayer, from Plaquemine, La., and John Nicholson from Crawley, La., will remain in Abbeville until the holidays. Gave a Birthday Party. Give a Birthday Party. Camille, Ga. Special — Mr. Chas. Bell and Miss Hassie Byrd were joined in the holy bonds of matrimony by the Rev. Geo. Singleton, recently. The bride still remains at her father's residence. Moselle Crawford gave her birthday party Tuesday night week in honor of her 16th birthday. Miss Willie Brimberry, Pelham, was present. Georgia Hallman and Mollie Dogget left for Hogl, Fla., on a pleasure trip. The Bula Baptist Association here from the 6th to the 9th with Rev. M. Phillips moderator. If you want to keep up and know what's going on among colored people you should get The Freeman. Miss Mattie Reese formerly of this city was a visitor Sunday. Erecting Colored School Building. Minsola, Tex., Special - A school building is being erected for colored pupils and our people are jubilant. The new building is located near the old site and is quite convenient for the patrons. The railroads in this vicinity have suffered greatly on account of washouts. LOW WINTER TOURIST RATES Tickets on sale to and including April 30, 1903, via the Mobile and Ohio R. R., to winter travel to the South southeast and Southwest at a very low home home out- or write John M. Beaul, M. A. M. & O. R. R., St Louis, Mo., particulars. THE ONLY WAY TO CHICAGO FROM ST. LOUIS IS THE WABASH. 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Foster general agent. 36 Asen street. WHIST AT A GLANCE Being the conventional leads of the modern scientific game as practiced by all of its masters with hints to beginners. A beautiful booklet of thirty-two pages, printed in two colors, black and red, on enameled paper with the card arrange- ments appearing in their natu- ral colors. The cover is in three colors with a very attractive design on the title page. This is a work of interest to all whist players and will be sent to any address upon receipt of six cents in postage. C. L. STONE GEN. L. PASSENGER AGENT Louisville & Nashville R. R. LOUISVILLE, KY. UNITED ORDER OF TRUE REFORMERS is the leading colored Fraternal Society of the United States. It was organized January 81 by William H. Browne and chartered in April 1883 under the laws of the State of Virginia with headquarters at Richmond, Va. $\textcircled{1}$ its membership is both male and female and consists of all persons of good health from fourteen to sixty years of age. Its membership of 60,000 is divided into Fountains and Circles. It pays sick benefits from $1.50 to $2.50 per week and pays death benefits from $2.50 to $1,000.00. BENEFITS PAID Total benefits paid to date: Sick Dues, $1,500,000.00; Death Benefits, $714,378.75 SENIOR FOUNTAINS may be organized consisting of twenty or more persons not joining fee of from $4.60 to $5.10 each. The monthly of cents in rural districts and not less than fifty cents per semi annual tax of forty cents paid in January and did are from $1.50 to $2.50 per week, while death benefits. Mountain may be organized in any locality on application master, or to any of his authorized deputies. ROSEBUDS. For training of the young and their development in the there has been formed a Children's Department known children not less than three nor more than fourteen upon the payment of $1.00 each. This department quick benefits from $1.00 to twenty-five cents per week at $7.00. The monthly dues are fifteen cents per month. CLASSES. ing to leave their beneficiaries at death a larger amount take out policies in one or more of the Classes of members of this degree are devided into Circles and pay to the following tables: A Fountain may be organized consisting of twenty or more persons not over fifty years of age paying a joining fee of from $4.60 to $5.10 each. The monthly dues are not less than thirty-five cents in rural districts and not less than fifty cents per month in towns and cities. Fountain paid in January and July of each year. Fountain paid are from $1.50 to $2.50 per week, while dues ranges from $5.50 to $25.00. A Fountain may be organized in any locality on application to Rev. W. L. Taylor, G. W. Master, or to any of his authorized deputies. ROSEBUDS For the proper training of the young and their development in thrift, industry and batherly love, there has been formed a Children's Department known as the Rosebuds, Twenty or more children not less than three nor more than fourteen years of age may from a Rosebud, upon the payment of $1.00 each. This department like the Senior Foundation pays sick benefits from $1.00 to twenty-five cents per week and death benefits from $2.50 to $37.00. The monthly dues are fifteen cents per month. CLASSES Persona desiring to leave their beneficiaries at death a larger amount than is paid from Mountain department take out policies in one or more of the Classes of the Mutual benefit degree. The members of this degree are devided into Circles and pay joining fees and dues according to the following tables: CLASS "B" TABLE AGES. Joining Fee. Value of Certificate after 1 yr Value of Certificate after 1 yr Annual Dues Q'rently Dues 14 to 25 $ 2 50 $ 200 00 $ 100 00 $ 4 75 $ 1 20 25 to 30 2 75 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 80 to 35 3 00 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 85 to 40 3 25 200 00 100 00 5 70 1 48 40 to 45 3 50 140 00 70 00 5 79 1 48 45 to 50 3 75 115 00 58 00 6 65 1 66 50 to 55 4 00 90 00 58 00 6 65 1 66 55 to 60 4 25 65 00 83 00 7 60 1 90 AGES. Joining Fee. Value of Certificate after 1 yr Value of Certificate after 1 yr Annual Dues Q'berly Dues 14 to 25 $ 2 50 $ 200 00 $ 100 00 $ 4 75 $ 1 20 25 to 80 2 75 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 80 to 85 3 00 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 85 to 40 3 25 200 00 100 00 5 70 1 43 40 to 45 3 50 140 00 70 00 5 79 1 43 45 to 50 3 75 115 00 58 00 6 65 1 66 50 to 55 4 00 90 00 45 00 6 65 1 65 35 to 60 4 25 65 00 83 00 7 60 1 90 CLASS "E" TABLE. Joining Fee Value of Certificate after 1 yr Value of Certificate before 1 yr Annual Dues 5 00 5 25 5 50 5 75 6 00 6 25 6 50 500 00 500 00 500 00 450 00 400 00 350 00 250 00 250 00 250 00 225 00 200 00 175 00 9 5 9 5 9 5 10 4 10 4 11 4 11 4 A@ES. Joining Fee $ 5 00 5 25 5 50 5 75 6 00 6 25 6 50 Value of Certificate after 1 yr $ 500 00 500 00 500 00 500 00 45 00 6 25 6 50 Value of Certificate before 1 yr $ 250 00 250 00 250 00 250 00 28 to 25 $ 9 50 9 50 9 50 10 40 10 40 11 40 11 40 Annual Dues $ 2 50 2 40 2 40 2 60 2 60 2 85 2 85 CLASS "M" TABLE. Joining Fee Value of Certificate Annual Dues $ 11 00 $ 1000 00 $ 21 00 12 00 1000 00 22 00 12 00 900 00 28 00 13 00 800 00 24 00 13 00 700 00 25 00 REGALIA. of the Fountains and Rosebuds of the organization with galia of the organization is simple and its cost within the events to $350 the same is made by the organization in wi artment. AGES. Johning Fee Value of Certificate Annual Dues Quarterly Dues 14 to 80 $ 11 00 $ 1000 00 $ 21 00 $ 5 25 80 to 85 13 00 1000 00 22 00 5 50 85 to 40 12 00 900 00 28 00 5 75 40 to 45 13 00 800 00 24 00 6 00 45 to 50 13 00 700 00 25 00 6 25 REGALIA. The members of the Fountains and Rosebuds of the organization wear no expensive regalia. The regalia of the organization is simple and its cost within the reach of all, costing from 10 cents to $350 the same is made by the organization in what is known as the Regalia Department. THE SAVINGS BANK there was granted by the Legislature of Virginia a charter the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformer bank commenced business April 3rd, 1889, and from that steadily increased in volume of business. It now has $1,000. From the humble sum of $1,268.69 deposited to business in 1889, the deposits have grown to $350,588,000, factored amounts to $6,190,141.47. During the financial year the Grand Fountain was the only bank in the city of Raleigh on all checks presented while the majority of our clearing-house checks. This bank has its origin in the x-slave of Habersham county, Ga. The banking house is Richmond, Va., Rev. W. L. Taylor, President; R. T. H. In March 1888, there was granted by the Legislature of Virginia, a charter to the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers, capital stock $100,000.00. The bank commenced business April 3rd, 1889, and from that time down to the present has steadily increased in volume of business. It now has a paid-up capital of $100,000.00. The Savings Bank opened for business in 1889, the deposits have grown to $500,888.00, and the volume of business transacted amounts to $6,190,141.47. During the financial panic of 1893, the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain was the only bank in the city of Richmond that did not cease to pay cash on all checks presented while the majority of other banks were still in business. The Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain, W. Browne an ex-selave of Hancock county, Ga. The banking house is located at 600 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. Rev. W. L. Taylor, President; R. T. Hill, Cashier. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT State Department has charge of all the real property located in various States, consisting of 18 magnificent buildings, hotel, 5 stores and 3 farms. It also has under its control 10 employees under the management of Lawyer J. C. Roberts attorney for the organization, with offices at 604 N. Second Avenue under the laws of the State of Virginia on the 14th day office in the city of Richmond, Va. The purpose of this wholesale and retail) buy and sell real property, making establishments, and general business. The Association former, 900 N. Sixth street, Richmond, Va. It is a mowed by steam, cold and hot water baths, also electric cars or accommodation for 150 guests. Mr. A. W. Holmes is manikin. It has in operation a system of five stores, located in Washington, D. C.; Manchester, Va.; Portsmouth, Va.; a stores, at Richmond, Va., was opened April 3rd, 1900 men, runcrease delivery wagons, and during the first few months. The other stores have been established since and have the General Manager of the system of stores is Mr. B. L. J. Second street, Richmond, Va. This Association was formed by Rev. W. L. Taylor, its President. The Real Estate Department has charge of all the real property to the amount of $25,211.65, situated in various States, consisting of 18 magnificent buildings used as halls, 8 dwellings, 1 hotel, 5 stores and 3 farms. It also has under its control 16 large buildings leased by it. This department is under the management of Lawyer J. C. Robertson, Chief of Real Estate and Attorney for the organization, with offices at 604 N. Second street, Richmond, Va. REFORMER'S MECANTILE AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION Was chartered under the laws of the State of Virginia on the 14th day of December 1899 with principal office in the city of Richmond, Va. The purpose of this Association is to conduct stores (wholesale and retail) buy and sell real property, manage and control hotels, manufacturing establishments, and general business. The Association has in operation Hotel Reformer, 900 N. Sixth street, Richmond, Va. It is a modern up-to-date structure, heated by steam, cold and hot water baths, also electric cars passing the door. This hotel has accommodation for 150 guests. Mr. A. W. Holmes is manager and Mr. T. Taylor is clerk. It has in operation a system of five stores, located as follows: Richmond, W. Washington, D. C.; Manchester, Va.; Portsmouth, Va.; and Roanoke, Va. The first of the stores runs three delivery wagons, and the second of a force of eight stores runs three delivery wagons, and the first year worth of business. The other stores have been established since and have been equally as prosperous. The General Manager of the system of stores is Mr. B. L. Jordan, headquarters at 808 N. Second street, Richmond, Va. This Association was formed on the plans and recommendations made by Rev. W. L. Taylor, its President. THE REFORMER PRINTING DEPARTMENT Journal, THE REFORMER, which has a circulation in the interest of the race, and discusses the leading dipliction price is $1 per year, or 50 per single copy. The c-to-date machinery, run by electricity. It can print poster 12 by 62 inches. Fine job-work of every class at lowest prices. Mr. E. W. Brown is Editor and Bound street, Richmond, Va. Correspondence solicited and issues a weekly journal, THE REFORMER, which has a circulation of 12,000. This paper is published in the interest of the race, and discusses the leading questions of the day. The subscription price is $1 per year, or 50 per single copy. The office is equipped with a modern up-to-date machinery, run by electricity. It can print anything from a vintage card to a poster 12 by 62 inches. Fine job-work of every class and description is made a special service. The office is made a special office of 608 N. Second street, Richmond, VA. Correspondence solicited and agents wanted. OLD FOLKS' HOME 1833, Rev. William W. Brown recommended the formative homes for the benefit of the old and decrepit memorial valuable farm known as Westham, consisting of 634 hondas, 74 hondas, and 74 johns. Jeremy Jurcha purchases a designation and Ohio Railway runs through the farm and a Adjining this farm is Westampton Park, one of the hottest in summer. It is reached in a few minutes from Ridgictrict Railway and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. It is for the benefit of the whole race, the co-operation of fully solicited. All contributions, donations and bequests thankfully received. Mr. T W. Taylor is chief in chasles at 608 N. Second street, Richmond, Va. In September 1838, Rev. William W. Brown recommended the formation and establishment of Old Folks' Homes for the benefit of the old and decrepid members of the race. Since that time the valuable farm known as Westham, consisting of 6341 acres, located six miles from Richmond, Va, on the historic "James" has been purchased at a cost of $14,400. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway runs through the farm and Westham Station is located on it. Adjoining this farm is Westhampton Park, one of the most pleasant resorts in the South in summer. It is reached in a few minutes from Richmond by the Westhampton Electric Railway and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. As this home is for the benefit of the whole race, the co-operation of all charitable friends is prayfully solicited. All contributions, donations and bequests of every character will be very thankfully received. Mr. T W. Taylor is chief in charge of the Old Folks' Homes, offices at 608 N. Second street, Richmond, Va. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ADDRESS TAYLOR, G. W. M. W. P. BURREN Y 604-6-8 N. 2nd St., RICHMOND, VA. REV. W. L. TAYLOR, G. W. M. W. P. BURRELL, G. W. S. 604-6-8 N. 2nd St., RICHMOND, VA. Remember our Advertisers of this paper and patronize them THE FREEMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. REFORMERS It was organized January the laws of the State of is both male and female years of age. Its mem- ys sick benefits from $1.50 0. RACE CLEANINGS Cures W A Simple Home Treatm Full Streng SENT F Benefits, $714,378.75. It is believed that President Roosevelt has decided to appoint Dr. W. D. Crum of Charlesten, S. C., Collector of the Port of that city. This will be a befitting recognition of the Negro constituency of that State and one that should be made regardless of party or other opposition. James E. McGirt, of New York City, is among the first colored men of the country to aspire to fame and fortune through the avenue of poetry and verse. He has just issued a book of poems, and is said to be receiving high compliments from the leading literary talent of the land. Charles E. Taylor, of Syracuse. N. J., has been left $20,000 by an aunt, Mrs. Beulah Williams, who died recently in Milwaukee. Taylor is a cook on the Continental Limited. Little Rock, Ark., has a colored artist, Chester Prater, who is building a fine reputation and good business through his ability and talent. Peter Harris one of the pioneer colored Masons of the land, died at his home in Kansas City, Mo., recently. ProF. H. L. Billups, M. S., of Sedalia. Woman's World "Woman's glory lies in her hair. God love her; but sometimes her glory gets in the butter." The members of the W. U. H. M.S. of Chattanooga, Tenn., are making an effort to raise $125 for the Delaney House to be built in Africa. —000— We are glad to note elsewhere over Booker T. Washington's own signature that Miss Portia Washington did not fail in her musical studies at Wellesley College, also the statement of the college authorities. In the presence of her musical studies, it was decided that a liberal literary education was a prerequisite for which, she went to Bradford. Mr. Washington talks back sharply at the critics who have assailed him, insisting that he does not practice what he preaches as evidenced through his efforts to give his daughter a classical education. He says Miss Portia has had industrial training and that she is proficient along certain lines. He says further, that he urges all the education possible when it is possible to obtain it. Many papers out of respect for Washington some of which he names refused to give publicity to the matter. The Freeman, was not included nor did he refer to colored papers, but it desires to say that it refused to push along a report that was only capable of mischief and bruised feelings. "Put yourself in his place" is the admonition to the ghouls. Mr. Washington has spoken, the matter is now public, when before it was private and sacred. To the dear fair sex everywhere on earth, Africa included; if you have any thing to say that's not too tedious nor exasperatingly long, we submit you this column for your use. Never mind talking about your neighbor or your neighbor's children. Just send in straight, unnoyled facts that tends to help. Do not grow impatient if it fails to appear at once, nor disappointed if you must call in friends to help you recognize your corrucations. If they are the truth, but not too much at once, you shall see them again The Freeman office has on its walls the likeness of some of the distinguished men and women of the race Among them are: Isabelle Harvey Horton, evangelist; Metta Warrick, sculpturist; Azalia E. Hackley, singer; Sussana Belle Anderson, singer; Mary Church Terrell, lectures; Myrtle Hart, harpist; Imogene Palmer, violinist; Mrs. "Major" Taylor; Miss M Cowden, hair store. The collection is growing —ooo— This column will also endeavor to give the industrial woman consideration; also she who peoples the earth, responding to the exactions of nature, which, true Mo., is an able lawyer and stands high in his profession. He has been connected with the Freedman Aid Schools for twenty years. He was a member of the General Conference of the M. E. Church in 1900 and was elected a member of the Insurance Company of the M E Church. J. G. Grove colored of Edwardsville, Kansas is worth $190,000 and made it farming. He is still a rich planter. Memphis has the only Negro daily paper in America. Very recently the colored people who are in the Klondike region with headquarters at Dawson, had made a large heavy solid gold ring bearing the word YUKON in raised letters and having the design of a full bunch of grapes on either side of the word and sent it with their compliments to Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Institute, as an expression of their appreciation of his worth to the race. The ring is 18 caret goldand is said to be a work of real art. Mr. John M. Langston, grandson of the late Hon. John M. Langston of Washington, is one of the instructors at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. to the compensating laws, endows her lineage with her "bone and sinews" as it were, leaving her content to see "my Hector once more in thee." Of her to whom he replied : "No more, but to thy tasks at home; There direct the spindles and guide the loom." Note will be taken. Send notes of the struggles and worthy accomplishments of the great army of the unnoticed—the sub-toller in our great social kington. 000 Madame Azalia Hackley, considered by many the leading soprano of the colored race, sangin-Boston Dec. 2d. Miss Hackley is of Denver, where she studied music for fifteen years. She is a great singer without any regard to race lines. —000— Don't forget the Christmas number of The Freeman; if you do you will miss something you will very much regret. Send in your orders now; 10 cents per copy. Recital Well Patronized. Tolelo, O., Special.—The recital of Miss Lyda Pate, of Ann Arbor, on the 21st ult., at the Third Baptist church, was well patronized. Miss Pate was at her best in numerous selections of a wide range. She was assisted by local musical talent. The entertainment was under the auspices of the Willing Workere, and was the source of a large addition to their treasury. Miss Pate was entertained by Mrs Wm. Burrows while in the city. Dr. King left on the 21st for Chicago, where he lectured on the Holy Land. Mrs Wm. Dowell and daughter Esther are visiting relatives in Bowling Green. Mrs. John W. Jones is visiting her parents in Lansing, Mich. Little Albert Parcher is very ill from typhoid fever. The Thanksgiving party on the 27th ult., by the Masonic bodies, was the leading social function of the week. Dancing and cards, preceded by a fine concert, provided amusement for all. The committee intends giving a series of swell entertainments during the season. Mrs. Allen and her Sunday school class served dinner to a large number on Thanksgiving at the church. Terse, Timely Topics. Milwaukee, Wis., Special —Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Stevens have returned from the South. Carry Nation lectured at the Exposition hall on the 23d ul., and coined money by selling her celebrated hatchets. She spent the 23d in visiting saloons, with a howling mob of curiosity seekers at her heels. She visited the colored saloons as well as white, and was treated with the utmost courtesy. Booker T. Washington will attend the Teachers' convention which convenes in this city this month Rev. Antonio Perry, of Austin, Tex., preached at the A. M. E church on the 23d Thanksgiving was appropriately observed by our people. Social and General News. Dyersburg, Tenn., Special.—The members of Johnson Caspel C. M. E. Church had their rally last Sunday even ng and a handsome collection of $94 81 was taken throughout the day. They also had a grand entertainment at the U. B F Hall. Prof. W. H. Fort has been on the sick list a few days but is now able to be out again. The young people of the city are preparing to give an entertainment at one of the halls in honor of the pastors. Let everybody aid them. 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Washington St. Underwear Stock Is at Its Best Piqua union suits for women are ready in every quality from $1 to $10, and in all materials, cotton, wool or silk. Black wool tights for women and children are shown in several qualities. Pique union suits for girls are being especially featured. Men's full fashioned camels-hair underwear may be had at $1 50 a garment. Men's medium-weight, natural wool undergarments at $1 25; cotton wear at from 390 to $1.00. Men's imitation camel's-hair or $ natural wool, is offered at $1.00. L S.AYRES & Co Indiana's Greatest Distributors of Dry Goods. CITY AND SOCIETY BRIEFFS. F. Fowler Brown was in Cincinnati, Sunday. Elwood C. Knox spent Sunday in Cincinnati. William White of Knoxville, Tenn., was in the city last week. Mrs. Henry Turner left on Tuesday for King Fisher, Okla. Mrs. Pinkie Taylor is seriously ill at her home, 23 W. Ohio street. Mr. White of Chicago, is pharmacist at Manning & Co., drug store. Carter Smith's dancing school was well attended Thursday evening. Mrs. Edwin C. McClellan is in Fort Wayne, the guest of Mrs. Wm. Smith. Mrs. Julia Hillman who is visiting her mother, Mrs. Charles Brown, is very ill. Profs. Damon and Ratcliffe made a tour of the southern part of the State last week. Rev. Baker of Nashville, Tenn., filled the pulpit at Simpson Chapel last Sunday morning. Moses Bonner of the 10th Cavalry is in the city visiting Mesdames Bonner and B. W. Carter. Dr. Daniel Brown was married to Miss Carrie Harper of Frankfort, Ind., Thanksgiving day. Louis Baker of Springfield, O., was in the city this week visiting his wife in Muskingum street. Mrs. Lillian Brown entertained the Topaz Cluster, Friday afternoon at her home in Wood street. Mrs. Roxie Dickson entertained the Woman's Club Monday afternoon at her home, 2011 Alvord street. Willie Valentine has returned to his home in Brooklyn, N. Y., after visiting Ernest Bonner of this city. Rev. Junius F. Walker of Chillicothe, O., will take charge of the Corinthian Baptist church Jan. 4, 1903 Carter Smith's orchestra filled engagements at Martinsville, Lafayette and Bloomington, Ind., last week. Mrs. Cooper of Denver, Col., is the guest of her daughters, Mesdames Robert Brummell and Henry Milligan. Misses Carrie Brown and Julia Walker of Springfield O., spent Thanksgiving day with Madam McNairdee-Moore. The Ben Trovata Club will attend the Douglass recital next Wednesday evening in a body, space being reserved for them. Mrs. Sallie Robinson left this week for her home in Versailles, Ky., to be present at the Brown-Whittaker wedding Dec. 12. The High-school boys and girls have organized a literary club which meets at the Flanner Guild in the lecture hall every Friday evening. Misses Maude and Dora Simpson, Anna Jones and Edna Taylor spent Thanksgiving day at Anderson, the guests of Miss Ella Brown. Miss Lucy Puryear, 2116 Parker street, a central figure in East End social cr- oles, spent Thanksgiving in Greencastle Ind., a guest of Miss Ida Dew. Mr. Oscar Boolair and Miss Mary Douson was united in marriage last Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Boolair are at home 611 Douglass street. Any organization or body desiring space reserved for them at the Douglas recital next Wednesday evening, will send word to either Messrs. Cox or Fielding. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Duerson entertained Misses Carrie Brown, Julia Walker of Springfield, O. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and daughter, Mrs. Geo. King, Miss Lottie Caldwell, Mr. Rivers and Madam Moore at the Planet Hotel Thanksgiving evening. Invitations are out announcing the marriage of Miss Cinnie J. Brown of Versailles, Ky., and Prof. W. G. Whittaker of Warsaw, Ky., Dec. 12, at her home. Miss Brown is a very popular young lady and has visited Indianapolis quite often. The society event of the year will be the recital of Mr. Joseph Douglas at Tomlinson Hall next Wednesday evening, Dec. 10. The recital will be followed by a promenade concert and the indications are that the hall will be crowded. Rather sad mentioning, the death of Miss Sarah Green, Twenty-fourth street and Central avenue, occurred last Tuesday morning. She was a very promis ing young lady and has host of friends both young and old. She was a younger sister of Mr. J. E. Green who is traveling in the show business. Thanksgiving day was made one of pleasure and comfort. A great many of Mr. and Mrs D. D. Hunter's host of friends—Mrs. Hunter entertained about 36 at diner at her cozy home 618 Ogden street. Her table was bounteously laden with all the delicate viands of the season and the skill and ease with which Mrs. Hunter arranged for and served her very excellent dinner elicited the praise and admiration of all of her assembled guests. The light hearts and the merry jests caused the beautiful home of the hostets to resound with the joyous laughter of those gathered around her festal board, time and time again from 2 o'clock until about 8 o'clock p.m. It was indeed, a day of joy and gladness, both for the host and hostest and also for the guests. Among some of the invited guests were the following: Rev. and Mrs. Martin Coleman, Miss Hattie and sister, little Miss Coleman, Mr. and Mrs Charles W. Green, Mr. and Mrs. John Early, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Coleman, Mrs. Grant Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. John Simms, Mrs. Katherine Hawkins, Mrs. Mattie Williams, Mrs. Belle Tolbert, Mrs. Sallie Dudley, Mr. and Mrs. John Jones, Miss Laura Pearson, Mr. Edmond Dupee, Mr. S. Allen Scott, Mr. Bud Harrison, Mr. Wicks, Lawyer James A Bryant and a number of others. The air of comfort and joy which pervades that home, seems to have infused itself in each guest as they entered the door. It was truly one of the most enjoyable social functions that has been attempted in the city for a long time. BUSINESS INTERESTS Call on Emanuel Williams for coal, coke, wood and kindling. 402 W. North street. Phone 1884 main, old. tf We are prepared to furnish you large or small quantities of coal, coke and wood at the lowest prices. Call on us. The Eclipse Coal Co., 430 Indiana avenue. Phone 989. s20-6tw The Buffaloes are making elaborate arrangements for their Charl-tmas entertainment and dance, to be held at the Cleveland Hall, Wednesday, Dec. 31st. This will be the grandest and largest affair of the season, so make preparations to be there and have an enjoyable Christmas eve. Charles Parker, tailor, formerly with A. J. Treat & Son, now with Charles Butterworth, 36 F. Ohio street. Trouvers. $5 up; suits $18 up. He is now showing an excellent line of imported goods for fall and winter wear. Correct styles; moderate prices; fit guaranteed. Old phone 4121 red. The 20th anniversary of Rev. Charles Williams as pastor of South Calvary Baptist Church took place on Thanksgiving evening. George L. Knox made an excellent address. There was a large and appreciative audience present. The pastor and Mr. Jones made remarks. Are You Broke If so, come to us. We will help you out. If you need a little money and haven't got it on your hand, call at room 205 Law Bldg. We loan money in amounts from $5.00 up on furniture, Piano, or a piano, or any chattel security, leaving all in your possession. We give you from one month to two months. You can pay weekly, monthly or quarterly. You can pay the loan in fall at all times, and you will be charged ONLY for the time you have it. Our rates are by far the most reasonable. Our plans are the best. We take out nothing in advance. In case of sickness or misfortune we extend the time. Everything is strictly confidential. We have accommodated thousands of people in Indianapolis, who are still customers of ours. Can't we accommodate you? can't we accommodate you? We can make everything satisfactory if you will call or allow us to call on you. East Market Street Mortgage Loan Co. Room 205 Law Building, 134 E. Market St. AGENTS Male and Female to control the sale of our Wonderful "FROZEN PERFUMES" in their location. Send 10 cents for sample and instruction, etc. ONCE SHOWN EASILY SOLD. PARAMOUNT NOVELTY COMPANY, Indianapolis, Ind. New and used Furniture, Carpets, Stoves, Etc. General Supply House. You can buy FIVE DOLLARS' worth for ONE DOLLAR at our store. Why pay big prices for new goods when you can save money by getting your goods of us? PETER'S BURDGE CO. THE MARKET Cotton. New Orleans, Nov. 29 - Cotton - Spot at ady. Sales, 6,500 bales. Ordinary, 6,11-16c; good ordinary, 7,400 c; low middling, 7,15c; middling, 9,25c; Receipts, 31,474 bales; stock, 377,184 bales. New York, Nov. 29 - Cotton - Spot closed quiet; middling uplands, 8,55c; middling guilt, 8,80c. New Orleans, Dec. 1 - Cotton quiet. Sales, 1,550 bales. Ordinary, 6,5c; good ordinary, 7,4c; middling, 7,400 c; low middling, 7,15c; middling, 9,25c; Receipts, 11,585 bales; stock, 379,269 bales. New York, Dec. 1 - Spot cotton closed quiet and 5 points lower; middling upland, 8,50c; middling guilt, 8,75c. Sales, 33,400 bales. New Orleans, Dec. 2 - Cotton steady. Sales, 5,000 bales; stock, 949,933 bales. New Orleans, Dec. 2 - Cotton steady. Sales, 19,94 bales; stock, 949,933 bales. New Orleans, Dec. 2 - Spot closed quiet and 5 points higher; middling upland, 8,55c; middling guilt, 8,80c. Sales, 500. ```markdown ``` Diamond Solitaires Whether you want to spend $25 00 or $1,000 00 for a SOLITAIRE DIAMOND, we offer you better value than any other house in Indianapolis. The reasons are obvious. We purchase our Diamonds personally from the cutters in Amsterdam and mount them in our own shop. J C. SIPE IMPORTER OF DIAMOND 3 Room 2, 3, 4, 18½ N. Meridian St, INDIANAPOLIS. The Home Missionary Society met at Simpson Chapel last Sunday evening, and a pleasing program was rendered. Mrs. Carrie Ross, president of the society, made a few remarks. Mrs. M. S. Johnson sang a solo. The choir rendered several pleasing selections and Mrs. J. T. V. Hill read an excellent paper. The following is the program for the Douglass Rectal next Wednesday night at Tomlinson Hall: 1. Selection.....Beethoven Quartete 2. Solo.....Ezra Roberts 3. Selection.....Mr. James Douglass 4. Solo.....Mrs Lucretia Knox 5. Select Reading.....Mrs Jennie Taylor 6. Selection.....Mr. James - Douglass 7. Solo.....W D Collins 8. Selection.....Mr. James Douglass Mrs. Kate Stewart, accompanist. Desires to Correspond. A young widow of good social standing wishes to correspond with a gentleman of refinement and education. For further information address Miss R. Buckley, general delivery, Nashville, Penn. On the first and third Tuesdays of each month to and including April 21st, 1903, the Mobile & Ohio railroad will sell one way settlers tickets to points south, southeast and southwest, including Mobile Ala, at one half of the regular first-class one way fare plus $2.00. On the same days Homeekers excursion tickets will be sold to some territory at rate of one fare plus $2.00 for the wound trip. Aside your nearest Agent, or John M. Beall, A. P. A. M. & O. R. R., St. Louis, Mo., for further particulars. ARE YOU IN NEED If so, we will advance it to you on your furniture, piano, horses, wagons, warehouse receipts, etc., and allow you to pay it back in small weekly or monthly payments. We give you plenty of time, from one month to one year. You have the use of both the property and the money. Our rates are reasonable, terms easy and we make no inquiries among your friends or neighbors. We also loan money to salaried people holding permanent positions with responsible concerns on their own note, without endorsement. Our having been in business so long and our large and growing trade is a guaranty of PIANOS SPECIAL SALE UNTIL JAN. 1st. Wulschner Music Co. OFFICE HOURS: 8 a. m., to 6 p. m. Saturdays 9 p. m. Meat Market The Old Reliable Meat Stand having in stock at all times the best that the market affords. Courte us attention given to all. Your trade is solicited. 407 West Michigan Street. W J MERRILL PHARMACIST Phone 1164. Vermont & Indiana Aye. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. J E BENJAMIN ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Practice in all court. Rents Collected. Loan on Real Estate, New Phone 1640 12½ Wilson Block, Room 2. Taggarts Bakery 234 W. Vermont Street. 233, 235, 237 Massachusetts Avenue. 18, 20, 24 N. New Jersey Street. Tomlinson Hall Market HAVALUNCH In a Box for 10 cents. PAINTS, OIL AND VARNISHS. TIN AND GALVANIZED IRON WORK FRANK H. PRUNK Hardware, Pumps, Pipes, Ltc. 522 INDIANA AVENUE, Telephone 1188. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA PALACE CANDY KITCHEN J. H. WOODRUFF O. H. MORGAN Old 612 Green—Phon s—New 3058 Morgan & Shelton (Licensed Embalmers) FUNERAL DIRECTORS & EMBALMER- Best Service. Lady Attendant Fair Prices. 417 Indiana Ave. Open all Night JOHN C. BANKETT R. L. BOYLE & CO. Mines and Mining, Fitzgerald Building INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Dr.Joseph H Ward 8 to 10 a.m. 1 to 8 p.m. 6 to 8 p.m. OFFICE AND RESIDENCE 4351 Indiana Ave., INDIANAPOLIS New 'Phone 1974 - Old Phone 1-6490 COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHER 315-319 E. Washington Street Member Morahanta' Asso BUY AT HARTMAN'S CARPET STORES FURNITURE BUY RIGHT COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHER 315-319 E. Wash- ington Street Member Merahants' Assn. K. H. H. H. Indiana's Largest Music House. o, horses, wagons, warehouse or monthly payments. We You have the use of both the sv and we make no inquiries nt positions with responsible rowing trade is a guaranty of information cheerfully given. ORTGAGE LOAN CO., ERTEL'S LOAN OFFICE, 209 Massachusetts Ave., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Copies of The Freeman can be found at D. C. Hills' grocery store. Monroe, La., every Saturday. Flanner & THE L FUNERAL 320 N: Illinois St., bet. N BEST SERVICE We Manufacture inner & Buchanan, THE LEADING GENERAL DIRECTORS Illinois St., bet. New York and Vermont St. VICE FAIR PRICES The Facture Sell Special Bargains RIGHT PIANOS at $150.00, CASH —OR— PAYMENTS FROM THE MANUFACTURER. WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY. BALDWIN & CO. N. Penn. St. Will Money Help You? If so, Call On Us. Loan money on Household Goods, Pianos, Teams, Fixtures, House Receipts, etc., without removal. Loan any amount from $5.00 up. Rates are low. Payments are small. Are some of the terms of our new weekly payment plan, allow- you fifty weeks to pay off your loan: the weekly payment on a $25 loan $1 20 is the weekly pay- on a $50 loan. $2 40 is the weekly payment on a $100 loan. Other amounts in same proportion. We also have a monthly and quarterly payment plan. You can pay back that way if you wish. INDIANA MORTGAGE LOAN CO. (Established 1887) ROOM 4, LOMBARD BUILDING, Washington Street. Both 'Phones 3286. AMER PLATES used by the leading photographers all over the country. Are unsurpassed in quality and ease of manipulation. Descriptive manual sent to any address. MANUFACTURED BY Cramer Dry Plate Co. 1922 Shenandoah Avenue, St. LOUIS, MO. New York, Chicago, San Francisco. 320 N: Illinois St., bet. New York and Vermont St BEST SERVICE FAIR PRICES See Our Used UPRIGHT PIANO BUY FROM THE MANUFACTURE D. H. BALDW Will Money Help You We loan money on Household Warehouse Receipts, etc., without We loan any amount from $5.00 Our rates are low. Our payments are small. Here are some of the terms of our ing you fifty weeks to pay off y 60c is the weekly payment on a $ payment on a $50 loan. $2 40 is the Other amounts in We also have a monthly ar You can pay back the INDIANA MORTY (Establishment ROOM 4, LOMBA 24½ E. Washington Street. CRAMER are used by the leading photo They are unsurpassed in quality Full descriptive manual sent to MANUFACTURE S. Cramer D 1922 Shenandoah Avenue Offices in—New York, Chic BUY FROM THE MANUFACTURER. WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY. D. H. BALDWIN & CO. N. Penn. St. 145 149 Will Money Help You? If so, Call On Us. We loan money on Household Goods, Pianos, Teams, Fixtures, Warehouse Receipts, etc., without removal. We loan any amount from $5.00 up. Our rates are low. Our time is long. Our payments are small. Our business is confidential. Here are some of the terms of our new weekly payment plan, allow- ing you fifty weeks to pay off your loan: 600 is the weekly payment on a $25 loan $1.20 is the weekly pay- ment on a $50 loan. $2.40 is the weekly payment on a $100 loan. Other amounts in same proportion. We also have a monthly and quarterly payment plan. You can pay back that way if you wish. INDIANA MORTGAGE LOAN CO. (Established 1887) ROOM 4, LOMBARD BUILDING, 24½ E. Washington Street. Both 'Phones 3286. CRAMER PLATES are used by the leading photographers all over the country. They are unsurpassed in quality and ease of manipulation. Full descriptive manual sent to any address. MANUFACTURED BY S. Cramer Dry Plate Co. 1922 Shenandoah Avenue, ST. LOUIS, MO. Offices in—New York, Chicago, San Francisco. ZIMMER & CO. Shelby and Prospect Streets. YOU WILL WANT HOLIDAY GOODS Well your wants can easily be supplied if you call at OUR STORES. Complete line to select from Fancy goods and Novelties, as well as useful Present. Toys, Dolls, Chinaware, Brie a-brac, Hosiery, Gloves Underwear, Shirts Ties, Umbrellas, Dress Goods, Blankets and many other items too numerous to mention in this space. Toys, Dolls, Chinaware, Brio a-brao, Hosiery, Gloves Underwear, Shirts Ties, Umbrellas, Dress Goods, Blankets and many other items too numerous to mention in this space. :: PRICES ALWAYS RIGHT :: MAJESTIC R Are still in the lead. Made exclusive and headquarters f BOTH PHONES 589 VONNEGUT H 120, 122 and 124 E ESTIC RANGES.... We still in the lead. Made of Steel and Malleable Iron. We are exclusive and headquarters for this excellent Range. ONES 589 INNEGUT HARDWARE CO. 120, 122 and 124 E Washington Street. SPECIAL SALE UNTIL JAN MAJESTIC RANGES... Are still in the lead. Made of Steel and Malleable Iron. We are exclusive and headquarters for this excellent Range. BOTH PHONES 589 VONNEGUT HARDWARE CO. 120, 122 and 124 E Washington Street. BARGAIN PRICES ON SOME OF OUR FINE MAKES OF PIANOS, which are recognized STANDARDS OF QUALITY the world over. If you have felt heretofore that you could not afford to invest in a HIGH GRADE PIANO, now is your opportunity, for we are making lower prices on standard makes of PIANos than others ask you for inferior grades. Our facilities (being the largest music house in indulgence and also manufacturer) make this possible. Get a GOOD, RELIABLE PIANO and pay. This special inducement we are offering now for the holiday season is unprecedented, and if it has been your idea to purchase a piano for Christmas, call and see us now. Any piano purchased between now and Christmas will be held for Christmas delivery if desired. Special attention will be given to out-of town inquiries, and all correspondence relative to the special prices and other inducements offered will be promptly answered. We are well known, represents some of the leading makes of the country, providing for an intending purchaser an opportunity to select from the best makes the market affords, such as Chickering, Vose, Jewett, Ivers & Pond, Fischer, Cameron, Wulschner, Stewart, Braunmuller, Hallet & Davis, Stodart and others. SOLD FOR CASH OR ON PAYMENTS. Square Pianos $20, $25, $30, $35, $45, Our new $165 Piano not included in this sale. We Sell We offer Special Bargains this month..... Visit Our New Basement. Money Advanced on Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry or any Article of Value. Old Phone 932 Brown Private Entrance 108 East Ohio Street. The Freeman papers can be found every Saturday at Lon. Washington's restaurant and lunch-room, 5528 Lakes avenue, Chicago, Ill; phone 1154 Issue Toulbert, News Agent. WEBER & ZIMMER NEW STORE, 322 and 324 Virginia Avenue