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We want hustling boys and girls everywhere to Represent THE FREEMAN. Write for Terms. THE FREEMAN A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER VOLUME XVII. NUMBER 11. AFTER FIVE YEARS AFTER FIVE YEARS TUSKEGEE WIZARD STRONGLY CONDEMNS LYNCHING RECENT INTERVIEW NOT FORCED As Alleged by Opposition Organs—Same Sentiments Uttered in 1899 in New Orleans Times-Democrat and at Louisville in 1903. (BY Our Special Staff Correspondent.) Those rare specimens of journalistic buccaneers and assology, the Boston Guardian and the Chicago Conservator are never so happy as when engaged in misrepresenting or maligning the "Wizard of Tuckegee." Now they are attempting to discredit Dr. Washington's latest signal exhibition of race loyalty by making the unwarranted assertion that their mouthing and braying have "forced him to stand up for Negro protection," etc., ad infinitum, ad nauseam. It can be said in all truth and simply supported that Dr. Booker T. Washington has never appologized for or condoned outrages of any kind against the Negro people. He has always stood up manfully for the enforcement of the law against the criminals of races, and urged that courts, governors and every legal authority be sustained by the people of the communities in which mob violence or other crimes may be perpetrated. Dr. Washington's previous strong position on this subject has just been emphasized by an interview in the Birmingham Age Herald, drawn out by the burning of three Negroes—one a woman—charged not with outrage against white women but with murder. In language that was forcible and unrequisitive Dr. Washington denounced mob violence as inexcusable, disgraceful and degrading to the American nation. "Disregard of the law when a Negro is concerned," he said, "will soon lead to a disregard of law when a white man is concerned. Besides, the rule of the mob destroys the friendly relations which should exist between the races, and injures and interferes with the material prosperity of the cities and towns concerned." He mercilessly indicts the pretended Christians of many localities when he says: "Wors of all these outrages take place in communities where there are Christian churches; in the midst of people who have our Sunday Schools, their *Christian Endeavors* and Young Men's Christian Association; there collections are taken up for sending them to America and China and the rest of the se-called American world. Is it not possible for pulpits and press to speak out against these burnings in a manner that shall arouse public sentiment that will compel the mob to cease insulting courts, our governors and our legal authority, and cease bringing shame and ridicule upon our Christian civilization?" These are golden words of protest and condemnation of a consuming evil, spoken with a courage and direction befitting the occasion. The subject is a vital one at this time, in view of the Springfield, O., episode—marvelously closed—and Dr. Washington's earnest and most opportune plea for the supremacy of law and order and the cessation of subterfuge to excuse rapine and murder of his defenseless people cannot fall the earliest universal attention Notwithstanding the gravity of the situation in which the race finds itself and the masterly effort of Dr. Washington to bring to our rescue the righteous indignation of an insulted country, the narrow souled Guardian and Chicago Conservator, with characteristic assiminity, feel called upon to insult the intelligence and test the patience of the well informed by claiming that the Wizard of Tuskegee has been forced to this denunciation of lynching by an erased public sentiment, generated by themselves and pull-back organs of their self. Nothing is further from the truth. At the risk of unduly magnifying the would-be importance of a set of pestiferous pigmies, but to prove that this strong position of Dr. Washington is not new, I direct the attention of the fair minded members of both sides to a letter written by Dr. Booker T. Washington to the New Orleans Times-Democrat, dated June 19, 1899. I am an enthusiastic statement of the whole truth as regards the lynching epidemic and was in many respects a more scatching arrangement of mob violence than the article just sent out by the Associated Press, and which the Guardian and Conservator are pleased to offer as the result of their systematic nagging. In this letter to a leading Southern super, nearly five years ago, Dr. Washing- Chris Worger Eng. Co. Rhythm, Va. REV. W. L. TAYLOR, D. D. President True Reformers Bank, Richmond Among the truly great and useful men of the race is Rev. W. L. Taylor, president of that magnificent order, the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers. An institution beginning like the cloud no larger than a man's hand, but which, in time, encompassed the heavens. He was born in 1854, consequently the opportunities for education were limited, but he seized what chances were allotted him turning them to excellent account. Later on he attended Richmond Institute, now known as Union University. He was religiously inolined and naturally drifted towards the ministry; his first charge was Pleasant Grove Church, Caroline county, Virginia, and since he has been engaged in the work to which he was called with satisfaction to those whom he has served. True Reformer took up the since which press the good. He beging, lecturing fifteen states success. In 1891 he mark of applices. At the Brown, in 1897 and a year later order that flow The vote of coity was not misled laid down pushing it with Rev. Taylor is held to be one of the most eloquent divines of the Baptist denomination. As a lecturer he has also won distinction. He appeared in Indianapolis about two years ago in behalf of his organization. He is versatile, full of humor, pathos and also serious, the trinity of qualities so needful for the acceptable platform speaker The shining qualities of Rev. Taylor, D. D., recommend him to the managers of the ton warns the entire country of the abnormal growth of the lynching spirit and cautioned the South, especially, that by virtue of the apparent policy of the nation to leave the solution of the Negro problem to the section wherein the bulk of the race reside, the South was given a sacred trust. The quality of its stewardship must be answered very largely by the protection it gives to the life of the Negro, and the provisions that are made for the development of the Negro in the organic laws of the states. He pointed out then, as he did a few days ago, that the infliction of lynching was not visited upon upon Negroes for the awful crime against women solely, but was resorted to as punishment for every variety of alleged offenses, leaving not more than one-ninth of the total of lynchings based upon the charge of rape. He showed clearly in that letter, as reiterated in his recent utterance, that such inhuman practices hurt us in the eyes of the world, and injure our own moral and material growth. Said Dr. Washington in 1999: "Because of the lynching habit, we of the Southland, are constantly advertising ourselves to the world as a lawless people. We cannot disregard the teachings of the civilized world for eighteen hundred years that the only way to punish crime is by law. When we leave this dictum chaos begins. History proves that where the law is most strictly enforced there is the least crime; where people take the administration of the law in their own hands there is the most crime. In the South there is less excuse for not permitting the law to take its course where a Negro is to be tried than anywhere else in the world. No Negro can escape. INDIANAPOLIS IND., SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1904 True Reformers. He gave up teaching and took up the work, which was in 1886 and since which time the order has felt the impress of the remarkable man, and that for good. He began his life's work by traveling, lecturing and organizing, embracing fifteen states at that time, and with signal success. In 1891 he was made vice-president as a mark of appreciation for his valuable services. At the death of the founder, W. W. Brown, in 1897 he became acting president and a year later the president of the grandest order that flourishes amid colored people. The vote of confidence in Dr. Taylor's ability was not misplaced; he took up the burden laid down by the eminent founder, pushing it with that zeal which' characterized him from the beginning until the order now spreads like a banyan tree, planted in Richmond, Va. It ramifies the states of the Union until the larger number answers to the calling roll of True Reformer. The influence of the order is for good; it saves to the Negro nation; teaching economy, thrift and industry and all of the conserving agencies that are in favor of peace, progression and permanence. for almost without exception, the governors, sheriffs, the judges, the juries and the lawyers are all white men and they can be trusted to get at the facts, otherwise it is needless to tax the people to support these officers. Let all punishment be by lawfully constituted authorities is the plea I beg to make. I plead not for the Negro alone, but for humanity and the young and tender manhood of the Sou whose moral sensibilities are hardened, blunted or destroyed by the horrible practice of lynching." Could any utterance come nearer the marrow of the issue than this—given out almost five years ago? Could any evidence more completely refute the absurd pretence of the opposition that Dr. Washington was driven to his Birmingham Age Herald interview, or that its sentiments were born through anything said or done at the conference of education in New York a month or so ago? Fudge! To add to the weight of my contention that Dr. Washington's present attitude is voluntary, and wholly consistent with his previous views. I ask the Boston and the Chicago savants to procure a copy of the speech delivered in Louisville by Dr. Washington last July at the meeting of the National Afro-American Council, and see if the same general line of thought as to the evil of Lynching and mob violence is not followed as closely and if the condemnation is not as severe as that found in the Times-Democrat of 1899 and the Age-Herald of 1904. When the race needs a fearless champion, Booker Washington never fails to score. Mr. Roscoe Conkling Simmons, one of the race's brightest and most engaging writers, has given the country another taste of his superior literary quality by his graphic re-ports of the Tuskegee Negro Conference, which appeared in several of our leading papers. Mr. Simmons has had considerable experience in the South and at Wahington. For quite a while he furnished the brains and journalistic atmosphere for the Colored American and the Record at the nation's capitol, besides corresponding with the Charleston Advocate, New York Age and doing "specials" for the Associated Press, under the direction of Mr. Robert J. Wynne, now first assistant postmaster general. Mr. Simmons is secretary of the Montgomery Company at Mound Bayou, Miss, and being thus brought into the closest confidential relations with Hon. Isaiah T. Montgomery, the logical leader of the administration forces in Mississippi, Mr. Simmons shares much of the limelight that hovers about the head of his illustrious chief. Although a busy man Mr. Simmons is devoting some time to writing a novel, which he hopes to have in the publishers hands this year. It is called "The Governor's Daughters," and deals with the misegenuation problem in the South in a new and artistic way. He is also assisting in booming the National Negro Business League, in conjunction with Mr. Charles Banks, of Clarissdale, and is planning to contribute to The Freeman in that behalf a series of pictures of "Who'll We See at Indianapolis," portraying in his imbricable style the characteristics and history of some of the prominent delegates to the convention in August. Mr. Simmons is growing rapidly and bids fair to be a big man one of these days. All New England is to be congratulated upon the accession of Mr. Charles Alexander to the management of the Boston Color- A. ed Citizen. He is a hustler and knows the publishing business from "a to izzard." He will greatly improve the paper as a purveyor of news and opinion, and promises to give employment to colored printers and workmen in various capacities. I shall be disappointed in Boston's vaunted culture and power to appreciate good things if she fails to treat Mr. Alexander right. A few queries for the Washington Record: Who are the "bank grafters" of whom you speak so frequently and so vociferously? How did Jay Wesley Cromwell manage to mount the "band wagon" so suddenly at this late day, after opposing the lecture movement with all his might? And why scatter so much thunder among the friends and foes of a cause to no apparent purpose? Brother Slaughter, everything depends on starting right at the post. You have an excellent chance to win out if you don't "jockey" your horse. "Where are you at?" SHARPS AND FLATS. Consider the "long run." "Social equality" is a myth. And Robert Todd Lincoln sayeth nothing at all. It takes two to make a quarrel. Don't furnish a quorum. Be true to your convictions in spite of a temporary unpopularity. The Republican party is strongest when it pleads for the rights of man. The Washington Record should cease inuendoes and call a spade a spade. We want to hear from Hon. Harry S. Cummings on the Maryland situation. An educated Negro is certainly worth ARISES FROM THE DEPTH AND OVERCOMING HARDSKIPS EXEMPLEFIES WHAT CAN BE DONE When Thrift and Energy Lead-A Race Elevation That Calls Forth Special Attention-The Work That Has Been Done. Mrs. Lula Jordan, the subject of this sketch, was born in Pulsaski, Giles county, Tennessee, in 1862 of humble parents. Her early life was one of hardship, being compelled to work for her living on account of the poverty of her parents. Although her circumstances in life forced her to do manual service, she always abashed that kind of work, and it was with much difficulty that her superiors could induce her to keep at her task. She always possessed a strange attachment to fancy work, especially doll hats. Her devotion to that class of work seems to have been an inspiration. Mrs. Jordan married early in life, and the cares of the home and the responsibilities which usually come to one charged with the duties of raising a family of children put a temporary check to her ambition. But, in the course of time, she opened up a small business in millinery at her home with no more instruction than what she could secure in the little town from an experienced white lady who was doing business in the same place. She met with wonderful success. This was the first colorored millinery establishment in the state of Tennessee. She continued in the business for six years. During this time the idea grew upon Mrs. Jordan that she had a mission to perform. A mission which seemed divine—that was to go out and teach the art of millinery to her people. She said: "My people wear hats, why not learn to make them? They spend thousands of dollars for hats, why not turn some of this money into our own pockets?" Being at the head of a family and otherwise concerned in a mercantile business of which her husband was head, she saw no way out of the dilemma. But, finally, business reverses came to her husband and he was forced to close his business. Such circumstances are usually considered a calamity, but Mrs. Jordan regards it as a blessing in disguise. It served as an opening for her to go on her mission—helping her people and at the same time more amply provide for the education of her children. J M. MADAM LULA JORDAN. more than an ignorant one, other things being equal. Parents visit the schools and see what your children are being taught. Now is the time to know. The sprightly Home News, of Alexander, Va., isn't afraid of anybody, and keeps abreast of the times. The "peace protocol" between Bishop Hood and Rev. E. D. W. Jones is still being beautifully observed. White people who object to Negro neighbors seem to forget that the feeling may be reciprocal in many instances. Misdeducation often breeds crime. Do not miseducate under the impression that the correct training is being given. No superior white man should permit a Negro to out do him in tolerance, mental breadth or real Christian virtues. According to the Charleston Advocate there is a vice-presidential "hen on" for Senator Stephen B. Elkins, of West Virginia. An inordinate desire for applause has caused many a prominent statesman to be broken upon the wheel of ultimate righteousness. It is eminently to the credit of Justice John Marshall Harlan that he stands where he always stood on the paramount issue of American citizenship. Bishop Grant never avails himself of the privilege of wearing the priestly robe when in the pulpit. The custom is discretionary with each bishop or minister. Bishop Coppin is said to have carried his Jay Albert Johnson bishopric boom to Mossile for exhibition purposes, but was unable to dispose of any of his stock to the wise acres of the Bishop's Council. The problem of housing colored tenants is respectfully referred to the commercial club of every city wherein the colored population is of good proportions. The present method of dealing with it is little short of a scandal. Ben Tillman is very sick with a gullet so sore that he cannot swallow. Would it be disrespectful to the South Carolinian's serious ailment to insinuate that President Boevelt caused the poor man's distress by forcing a Crum down his throat? The colored people of Sheffield, Mass., have steadily refused to patronize the jim crow school house set apart for them, and there has been nothing but trouble since the separation of the children was ordered. The other night the school house was burned to the ground. Somebody has evolved a nation that it was set on fire. In passing over the presidency of the "Afro-American Amalgamated Association of Knockers and Windjammers" to W. E. Burghardt Du Bois we fear that Editor T. Thomas Fortune has done unspeakable violence to the very just claims of W. Calvin Chase, William Monroe Trotter and D. R. Wilkins. R. W. THOMPSON. NOTABLE WOMAN She has taken a post graduate course in Continued on page 5. Makes Old Men Boys Again Fee receipt that restores youthful vitality to men of all ages can now be bad of the discoverer without cost--Cures nervous debility, prostatic trouble, emissions, etc., and restores normal nerve-power aim-instantly. FULL DIRECTIONS FOR HOME CURE Now that they have found a new ingredient that makesakes 50 per cent quicker than formerly and practically gives the de- A man lifts a baby in the air. A woman lifts the man. sired effect over night the Dr. Knapp Medical Co. of Detroit, the world's greatest anatomists on the cure of vital weakness, want every weak man to write them for the free receipt that does this wonderful good, and full directions how to cure yourself privately at home. 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If you can make use of a receipt that brings about such happy results send your name and address today to the Dr. Knapp Medical Co., 949 Hull Building, Detroit, Mich., and it will be sent you by return home cure and a descriptive booklet on your disease all in an unmarked package. Let there be no delay. Good Church Work. Topeka, Kan., Special—At Shiloh Baptist Church Sunday morning fifty recently converted young men and women were baptized. The cermony was attended by an overflowing congregation—Mrs. Mamie Johns and Oliver Richardson were quietly married last week. They will reside in Omaha.—Rev. W. P. Banks, of the Third Baptist Church, baptized a large number of candidates in Shunganung creek Sunday—Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Maggie Vanit, one of the members of St. John's choir, to Mr. David Boyd, April 5.—Quarterly examinations last week at the Western Tuskegee has aroused considerable interest as the supremacy of the Western states is decided in this manner.—The Booker Washington Literary of the Western Tuskegee elected new officers last week as follows: Matthew Seymour, Colorado, president; Miss Elizabeth Brown, Indian Territory, vice president; Miss Elnore Brown, Loring, Secretary; Isaac Manlove, Holliday, treasurer; William Alexander, Colorado, manual reader; Fred McNeal, Oklahoma, journalist; Willis Jenkins, Topeka, chaplain—A program consisting of musical and elecution selections will be rendered by the teachers of the Western Tuskegee March 19 for the purpose of elevating the ideals of the attending students along these lines.—The subject of last Sunday night's talk to the students was "Why We Are Here," by Prof. M. W. Freeman. Hot Springs News. Hot Springs, Ark., Special.—F. D. Roberts, formerly of Buffalo, N. Y., now residing in this city and Miss Mande House, of West Point, Miss., were united in the holy bonds of wedlock Monday, February 29 at the residence of Mrs. Greer, on Palmetto street. I can say from my personal acquaintance of Mr Roberts that he is as nice as any young man that I have ever met; very intelligent and industrious. With those qualifications, coupled with those affectionate and attractive ways of his new bride, why I can't see anything but smoothe sailing on their matrimonial sea.—T. W. Hawthorne, headwaiter at the Majestic hotel, of this city, through and by the assistance of his crew of waiters, won the beautiful gold watch, a prize that was offered by Sampson Co., No 4. U. R. K of P., at their swell entertainment Friday, March 4, at the Auditorium, for the most popular headwaiter in the city. Among the contestors for the prize were: Lee Walker, headwaiter at Eastman hotel; Will Alexander, headwaiter at Park hotel; Will Acre, Arlington hotel; George Woolridge, St. Charles hotel. The Majestic waiters are very proud that their headwaiter won the prizes. He sold about 200 tickets. Successful Church Bazaar. Harrisburg, Ea., Special.—The bazar held at Wesley A. M. E. Church proved a wonderful success, the numerous booths were in charge of a number of ladies who spared no expence to present to the people the most artistic goods that could be had, and were well pre- THE FREEMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. Prominent Members of the Negro Business Men's League A Systematic Course in Letter Writing Conducted by W Forrest Cozart. Correct the following by placing capitals, periods and commas whereve necessary. gen col maj lient capt pres mgr bldg st ave respectfully yours john doe gov durbin of indiana prof j w duobus atlanta ga gen w t sherman was in command. president roosevelt s strenuous policy. mr t thomas fortune made a few appropriate remarks the rev j m henderson d d m d preached a sermon when he last wrote me in jan or feb i have forgotten which he mentioned the fact.! he will no doubt see you again tramp tramp tramp the boys are marching I will support the measure if I am elected yours truly freeman pub co you should read both the old and new testament on condition that he remained three months he was to receive his board and sixty dollars a month suppose you could not raise the amount what would you do? his stories or yarns made him famous I saw him at his home and informed him in regard to the matter he took occasion during his official visit to the philippines to study the social condition COUNTY OF CALIFORNIA J. E BUSH. Little Rock, Ark. No public man in the South has had a more varied and honored career than Hon. J E Bush, United States Land Office Reclever, Little Rock, Ark. To-day he stands as one of the leading Negro politicians and business men of the country. Mr. Bush is indeed the architect of his own fortune, having paved and made his own way. He was born in 1858 in the state of Tennessee, and moved to Arkansas in 1862. Since his maturity he has been a conspicuous figure in the progress of the nation. He was educated in the city schools of Little Rock. He paid his tuition by moulding brick. After his graduation he pared to cater to the wants of the people. Among the ladies in charge of the booths was Mrs. Robert Jackson, having in her charge a full line of pictures and copies of the Ladies Home Journal Since Rev. Blalocks connection with the church as pastor he has used many strenuous methods, by which he has always been successful to reinforce the standard of the church. He has swelled the membership to a large standard and has won the good wishes of the public in general.—Among our physicians we have Dr. Crampton, a well educated man of a most reputable standard. Since the opening of his office on South street he has enjoyed a large practice—Do not forget The Freeman will keep you in touch with your many friends all over the United States. The Grim Reaper. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.—The funeral of Miss Lauria Green took place at Wiley Memorial M. E. Church February 16, Rev. G. W. Tate officiating. The short illness caused the death of the young lady to shock the community. The friends who came to pay the last respect crowded the auditorium of the church long before the remains were borne to the rostrum. Many waited outside. Miss Green was a member of class 1904, which soon graduates. She was beloved by all and will be greatly missed, especially in the home of her bereaved parents.—Prof. Lindsay, the musician, has delighted large audiences in many of the churches here His vocal and instrumental selections are, indeed, praiseworthy. HOW TO INVEST. This heading by now should have the attention of many readers of this paper. It is the suggestive caption to be seen in display advertisement elsewhere in this paper of the International Loan & Trust Company, Louisville, Ky. All progressive colored persons desirous of depositing funds in a strictly reliable corporation on an exceptional basis of profit will do well to communicate with this house. Write them for terms and circulars. We heartily recommend it to all. THE FREEMAN PUBLISHING CO WAITER'S A Systematic Course in Let Forrest Lesson 4 Continued. Correct the following by placing necessary. gen col maj leit capt pres mgr bl durbin of indiana prof j w e duboisie m gen w n t sherman was in command. president roosevelt a strenuous poli mr t thomas fortune made a few ap the rev j m henderson d d m d pres when he last wrote me in jan or fef the fact. ' he will no doubt see you again tramp tramp tramp the boys are m I will support the measure if I am m yours truly freeman pub co you should read both the old and ne on condition that he remained three sixty dollars a month suppose you could not raise the ame his stories or yarns made him famo I saw him at his home and informed he took occasion during his official served as principal of one of the city schools for two years, afterwhich he was elected principal of the city schools at Hot Sp. Ings and served one year. He was appointed a United States mail clerk in 1875, and served with such satisfaction that he was recommended by the Republican State Central Committee of Arkansas for the chief clerkship of his division He enjoys the distinction of being the only Negro in the United States fully endorsed for this position. He was appointed by President McKinley as receiver of the U.S. Land Office at Little Rock, which position he now holds. Mr Bush with Capt. C. W. Keatts organized the Mosaic Templars of America, one of the strongest orders in the country. He is now National Grand Scribe. He was elected second vicepresident of the Negro Business Men's League at Nashville, Tenn., in 1908. He is a leader who leads by example, and to him the race can point as a most flattering success. He holds his present position as receiver of public monies at Little Rock by the appointment of President Roosevelt. Mr. Bush is one of the strongest advocates of the race for industrial education for his people, he believes, if there is a race problem, industrial education will materially aid its solution. He will deliver the annual commencement address for Tuskegee Institute in May, 1904 Although modest and unassuming, Mr. Bush is one of the wealthiest Negroes in Arkansas. Enterprising Business Woman. Eufanla, Ala., Special.—Rev. Levk Jackson is ill—Mesdames M L Barlay and E. Tucker are out again.—Mose Bevel is in the city.—Miss J. B. Holt. of Little Rock, will take charge of the grocery department of the Enterprise Drug Co—Twins, Rev. and Mrs. C. R. Tucker. All doing well—Mrs. Mary McNeal is improved from a recent severe illness—Clifton Osborn has gone to Muscogee to visit.—Mrs. Alice Austin is ill at this writing. Muncie Happenings. Municle, Ind., Special.—Mrs. Branan was stricken with paralysis recently and lies very ill at here home, on South Madison street.—The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson was buried from their home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.—Rev. Taylor spent Sunday in Montepelier, the guest of friends.—Ulysses Edwards and brother, Oscar, of Indianapolis, were in the city Sunday.—Mrs. Rollins is able to be about again, after a severe illness. A Chance For All. For a short time only we will send to any address in the United States or Canada, postage prepaid, Booker T. Washington's great book "Up From Slavery," and The Freeman one year for $1.75, address The Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana. Evangelist Trusty Now Chattanooga, Tenn., Special—Rev. C. H. Trusty, pastor of the Leonard Presbyterian Church has been recently appointed an evangelist. To date he has been meeting with great success. Summit, Miss., Special.—Charles M. Smilty, a former representative of The Freeman has moved with his family to Mound Bayou, Miss HOME-SEEKERS EXCURSIONS To West, Northwest, South and South- West Via Pennsylvania Lines West to Pennsylvania Lines For fall information about Home- Seekers excursion fares to points in the West, North west, South and Southwest apply to Ticket Agents Pennsylvania Lines. Club Rooms, 1672 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Business meetings 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoons at 2:30 o'clock and the first Wednesday evening in every month at 8 o'clock. Willis A. Hodges, the 2nd Corresponding Secretary. Augustus N. Chadwick, Financial Secretary. Andrew Davis, Treasurer. Thomas B. Wright, Chairman of House Committee. Leonard Brooks, Chairman of Building Committee. "The Benevole t Sons of New York" is the direct out growth of the late "Society of the Sons of New York" is not however, in any way responsible for the growth of the members of the Sons of New York." 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No such witchey of sound, I'll be bound, From the world of matter round Ever fell. Oh! what expectations thrall, When you call! What substantial visions rise, Capped with pies! My expanding inner eyes, Gloat on all. It is reported that this has been a short and very poor season for the Florida hotels, and many of the hotel DEALERS IN help have returned North much dissatisfied. TURNING THE LIGHT. Commenting on Booker T. Washington's speech the Chicago Tribune said: COLORED HEROES. Booker T. Washington's address at the Jubilee Thanksgiving services at the Auditorium contained one of the most eloquent tributes ever paid to the loyalty and valor of the colored race and at the same time was one of the most powerful appeals for justice to a race which has always chosen the better part The speaker, who is the recognized leader of the colored race, reviewed the history of his people from the childhood of the nation to the present day. He pictured the Negro choosing slavery rather than extinction; recalled Crispus' Attacks, shedding his blood at the beginning of the American revolution that white Americans might be free while black Americans remained in slavery; rehearsed the conduct of the Negroes with Jackson at New Orleans; drew a vivid and pathetic picture of the of the Southern slaves protecting and supporting the families of their masters while the latter were fighting to perpetuate black slavery; recounted the bravery of colored troops at Port Hudson, Forts Wagner and Pillow, and praised the heroism of the black regiments that stormed El Caney and Santiago to give freedom to the enslaved people of Cuba, forging for the time being the unjust discrimination that law and custom make against them in their own country. In all of these things the speaker declared that his race had chosen the better part. And then he made this eloquent appeal to the consciences of white Americans: 'When you have gotten the full story of the heroic conduct of the Negro in the Spanish-American war, heard it from the lips of Northern soldier and Southern soldier, from ex abolitionist and ex-master, then decide within yourselves whether a race that is thus willing to die for its country should not be given the highest opportunity to live or its country." When Americans conquer race prejudice, the speaker declared, they will have won a victory greater than can be obtained through the achievements of arms. He likened the effect of race discrimination, especially in the Southern States, to a cancer gawning at the heart of the republic, 'as dangerous as an attack from an army from within or without.' This is not a threat, but a warning, and one to which the white race should give heed. The only solution of the "Negro problem" which will remove all menace to the tranquility and interests of the country is a universal recognition of the Negro's civil rights. When Place A Bottle OF 1877 IN Your Room IT WILL TICKLE Your FRIENDS For Sale at all Bars J. METZGER & CO. DISTRIBUTORS. D.E. BOLIVAR BORN IN THE BORN IN THE BORN IN THE ROSENBAUM BROS, LOUISVILLE, KY. law and custom cease to degrade him and place obstacles in the way of his advancement; when we cease by unjust disorientation to fill his heart with despair and hatred, but instead give him hope and aid in his efforts to fully emanate himself, he will solve the problem now fraught with vexation and danger. The race is fortunate in having a Booker T. Washington and other comparatively great men as living evidence of what education and the development of natural facilities have accomplished for the offended man, as well as of what can be accomplished in the future. Only through the defeat of race prejudice can the colored man hope to acquire his full proportions as a citizen. And in conquering race prejudice the white race will achieve a greater victory than both races won in the late war. They will be choosing the better part. Now, I claim that Mr. Washington's speech at the above jubilee has done more good for the race than all of his critics together ever did or ever will accomplish. If Mr. Washington had been a member of any other race his success would be applauded, but the very fast that he made good aroused a great big lump of jealousy in the bosom of one E. H. Morris, who, through his 'shams' has been fooling the poor colored people in and around Chicago. Mr. Morris has been a member of the Illinois Legislature three terms, and we have yet to hear of one single bill that he introduced and had passed in the interest of his people. I would to God that we had a man in the Illinois Legislature of the calabre of Hon H C. Smith of Cleveland, O., instead of the "sham" E. H. Morris. W. FORREST COZART. DINING ROOM SERVICE Need of a Training School-Modern Requirements. BY E. T. MONTGOMERY The culinary art, like all other economical studies and sciences of to-day, is undergoing a thorough change and new development, old methods and systems of conducting hotel business are fast disappearing, giving place to new ones which will meet the demands necessary to maintain place and position in a world of competition; and hotel men are carefully studying economical management to meet every phase and department of their business The culinary department and its adjuncts come in for special attention—to meet the needs of progression, new systems and mechanical labor-saving devices of every description are installed in these departments, insuring the least waste, the best results, the best service and general satisfaction to the public. Technical knowledge and special training are a power in the commercial world to day, and command respect and assurance of adequate compensation and rapid advancement, while experience and special training are things necessary to successful achievement; business men seek as pilots men who have had experience in their line, economists—men who are skilled in the management of certain lines of their business. The European plan has in many places revolutionized hotel keeping, and has transformed many hotels from absolute failures to a paying basis; but the American plan hotel will always exist side by side, if not together, with the European or any other system coming into prominence in the near future. Notwithstanding the fact that million dollar hotel projects in every section of the country indicate and represent the spirit of building enterprises as the common heritage of this progressive and prosperous day, and while the European plan has invariably followed these enterprises, you will also notice that in many instances the dual plan has been adopted, and again that men who conduct the American plan hotels are equally sirenous and vigilant to protect their interest, trade, and business against all such invasions and competition. The "individual bill of fare" and the "checker" are new features and pronounced improvements; the legitimate result and reward of careful study of economics, to meet this phase of the business. The series of articles recently contributed to the Hotel Monthly by Mr. John B. Golins, and now in book form, entitled "The American Colored Waiter," is the most concise, technical treatment of the subject in the minest details yet given to the hotel public, and is worthy of high commendation. So few of the advanced students of our profession contribute liberally to trade journals on the techniques of service, of which so many men stand much in need, and which would prove helpful to a great number of willing, anxious workers, as well as add dignity to the position, that it is considered significant of their inferior place and importance in the productive world of hotel literature. This is not the case or condition in the culinary department, where the universal practice of both chefs and stewards in writings and contributions have created a world of literature for themselves, upon which subject many volumes are published annually and encyclopedias of cookery compiled. Such contributions and books greatly increase efficiency and zeal, bring the highest rewards, superior positions and salaries, as a high attribute of meritorious work, study, preparation and qualification for the positions. The idea that salary paid is the measure of service leads to the pernicious habit of the public looking upon the position of headwaster as a man of hire, and of small worth, whose only purpose and service to his employer and himself is the salary. The work of him who enters upon the duties of such work with any other immediate motive than the advancement of a knowledge of the techniques of such work, will lack in thoroughness and the comprehensive elements necessary to success. The position of headwaiter is daily increasing in responsibility and importance. Much preparation and study are now necessary to cope with all the contending elements of such a position in the modern hotel; as a business it [Name] MR. JAMES GIBBS involves much work both mental and physical, intuition, tactful management and a disciplinarian in the government of waiters, backed up with cleanliness and courteousness; it becomes a vehicle of thought, relying entirely upon individual talent for success, while aptitude and special training are very essential for the hotel waiters. The Hotel World recently contained in part the following editorial upon the subject of "A Special Hotel Education": "Analyze the conditions of the ordinary waiter or waitress employed today. One of the most difficult features in the conduct of the modern hotel is dining room management. It should be and may be the very simplest. Why shouldn't it be? "It is not to be supposed that the waiters in a dining room can have the training of the musicians of an orchestra; the do not need the hundredth part of that; they do not require more than the fractional part of the special education of an actor who essays even the simplest part in a play on the stage. But what they do need and might receive is a little special training for a few weeks—and what would be the result? Good service at the lowest cost. "The old waiter may have learned bad habits and practices which he practices all his life; but the novice, the beginner, properly instructed the requisite number of times at the outset, would begin right, continue right and end up right." "No one can doubt that, were the waiters in some of the large catering establishments picked up as novices and properly shown how to do their work at the very beginning, a much better system of waiting would prevail today and the hotel manager and proprietor would find the serving of food a much less serious problem than it is now. Now he frequently changes from one style of waiter to another, yet is never satisfied. "It needs not to be added that special training for such employees would be of as great benefit to the employees as the employer." No one acquainted with the difficulties of dining room management can fail to appreciate the logic of this fine editorial upon the subject of the needs of trained waiters for today. The rapid change in hotel business methods and new conditions which now confront the colored waiters and threaten to exclude them as employees of the modern hotel must needs give us much alarm, and some practical methods or system must be planned and adopted which will teach and aid the universal need of the colored waiters. From Harrisburg, Pa. ; The waiters of Harrisburg are all doing fine. Mr Benjamin Gray, the affable headwaiter at the Commonwealth Hotel, has about twelve waiters, and everything is running smoothly. Mr Gray is ably assisted by Mr. Richard Randolph. There are sixteen people employed in the kitchen at the Commonwealth. At the Bolton Hotel Mr. Charles Johnson is still at the helm and is doing fine. He has about nine waiters under his care and is giving general satisfaction. The Lochiel Hotel has a very efficient young headwaiter in the person of Mr. Ralph Cooper, who has been in charge now for nearly a year, during which time he has been highly complimented for the excellent service INDIVIDUAL HOTEL DIRECTORY [One address line £2 60 per year; including subscription to the library, in advance.] INFORMATION F.P. Thompson, Hotel Champlain, Clinton county, N. Y. T. H. Frame, Knutsford, Salt Lake City, Utah. O. L. Lang, Colonial Hotel Cleveland, O. W. L. Locke, Halliday House, Cairo, I. F. C. Long, Windermere, Chicago, Ill. J. T. Gilbert, Hotel Anderson, Pittsburgh, Pa. R. S. Kittrell, Windsor Hotel, Denver Colorado. rendered at that hostelry. Mr Cooper says that he owes his success to instructions received from Mr. W. F. Cozart while in his service in Chicago a few years ago. Mr. John Jenkins, headwaiter at the Columbus Hotel, employs four side men. Mr. Charles Smith is the headwaiter at the Grand Hotel and employs about five side men. The Harris House employs four waiters. The Phillip's House furnishes first class accommodations for colored people and employs three waiters. The Afro-American Subscription Agency is a worthy enterprise conducted by one of the business men in the person of Mr. George L. Griffin. The office is at 233 Cranberry street. Mr. Griffin aims to deal in all the leading books, magazines, newspapers and other literature published by the leading colored men of the United States. The colored waiters and the race in general is progressing rapidly in Harrisburg. Training the Walters. San Francisco, Cal., Feb 15, 1904 Editor Hotel World—Your article in regard to training waiters by head-waiters interests me very much, as I have had to struggle with this problem in California and I have come to the conclusion that no school will do, but they must have the school of experience. I have made my officers in the dining room my training school, and I have one of my captains take his watch in that room daily with the new waiters that I employ, and instruct them how we want them to serve by having them practice on the officers. We then graduate them to the dining room, giving them very little work for a day or two until they are able to handle themselves with confidence. Every check they get from the guest is taken to the head-waiter for a month after they go into a dining room and he explains to them just how he wants things served, and so we gradually educate them until we have confidence in their ability to act for themselves, always, however, under the watchful eye of the headwaiter. Yours truly, JOHN TATT. (Manager Pacific Union Club.) The Mexican Gulf Hotel. The waiters at the Mexican Gulf Hotel, Pass Christian, Miss., after a long period of nothing but work and sleep have organized a club. The name (Agitation) was introduced and accepted by all, so the club will be known as the "Agitation Club." The following gentlemen were elected unanimously to serve as officers until further notice: L. S. Johnson, president. T. P. Jones, vice-president. Geo. A. Williams, secretary. H. Holmes, treasurer. Wm. H. Spurlock, inspector. H. B. Southerland, critico. J. B. Jackson, sergeant-at-arms. A. Johnson, caterer. H. Jones, usher. A. Williams, assistant usher. Geo. Sarafeld, Isaac Johnson and Charles Bland, honorary members. A few brief remarks were made by the grand agitator concerning the objects of the club. It was moved and second that the club be in existence for pleasure only. Carried by majority. Mr. Wm H. Russell read a paper entitled the "Evolution of the Joke." Mr E. W Harper, late headwaiter at the Portland Hotel, Washington, D.C., is now enjoying the mild and more favorable weather at Palm Beach, Fla., but will leave that city on or about the 25th for St. Augustine, where he will pay a visit to Mr. F. P. Thompson, headwaiter of the Ponce de Leon Hotel. Mr Harper will return North about the 10th of April. Grows Hair on Bald Spot. Joseph J. Wheeler, 14 Simpson Street Dayton, O., writes January 18th, 1904 the following: I am using the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow and find it is a superior pomade. It started a new growth of hair on a bald spot and I am sure it will do all that is claimed for it. The Original Ozonized Ox Marrow also straightens kinky hair, cures dandruff, and imparts to the hair a healthy life like appearance so much desired. Send us 50 cents and we will ship you one bottle express paid Address Ozonized Ox Marrow Co, 76 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Booker T. Washington's interesting book. sent postage prepaid and The Freeman one year for $1.75. Send your order at once. The Freeman's Headquarter. The Freeman can be purchased every week at Thompson's restaurant. 122 North sixth Street, Waco, Texas. W. H. Lewis agent. The freeman, as admitted by all Negro newspapers, is the peer of weekly journals. Are you a subscriber? If not, why not? A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED JOLORED NEWSPAPER. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY At 809 Indiana Avenue, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Any part of the United States and Canada, one year, postage paid $1.50 Six Month ..... 88 Three Months ..... 88 Three Months ..... $1.50 extra Send money by express, money order, post- office order or registered letter. Agents wanted 1 every town and city not now occupied, and liberal inducements will be given to the same. Send for our extraordinary ADVERTISING RATES: Five cents per line. Fase of measure—solid agate, 14 lines to an inch, 276 lines in a column. Special rates per inch, additional. No advertisement inserted on first page. Special rates on standing professional and business cards. Reasonable discount for long time and space. Reading notices 10c per line. Special rates on WR-TE UFS. Entered at the postoffice at Indianapolis, Indiana, as second class matter. All matter should be addressed to THE FREEMAN, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. GEORGE L. NOK, Publisher. SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1904. NOTICE We desire to say that Grant S. Neal formerly connected with The Freeman as solicitor, is no longer serving in that capacity. Obligations contracted by him will not be honored by us. STREET CARS AND PUBLIC CON VEYANCES. The colored people of Houston, Tex. have decided to walk rather than patronize the "jim crow" street cars of that city. As a result the street car officials are asking a modification of the law by the city council because of the great losses they are suffering owing to the withdrawal of patronage. Most cities of the South are small. The colored people can well afford to walk or use their own vehicles, which they should do rather than submit to humiliation in public conveyances. However, it is believed that, if more attention were paid to street car conduct, street conduct and general conduct in public places, much of the opposition would give away to a more tolerant spirit and these "jim crow" institutions would not be called into existence. The North has but very little trouble in public conveyances, and the better condition comes about by better observing the small things, the covenants of society that are not written, but understood and carried out with the force and precision of written laws. We are not quite prepared to believe that the white people of America are so inhumane as to purposely inconvenience the colored people in such general matters, and if it were otherwise than we think, it yet is the charitable view, and such view should be clung to until the contrary is thoroughly proven. The thing to do is to come up to the requirements of society, subscribe to its unwritten laws and then, if the worst comes, it is time to take the bit in the teeth. The best teacher is observation. The manner and the conduct of the majority are the tests as to what should rule and not liberty. We are all free as to our movements. We can come and go as we see fit to come and go, but so are the others. Propriety is the thing; fitness is the thing. There are times when no person is prepared to go in public. Persons are often so employed that, unless they change their working clothes, they should never enter the doors of street cars always patronized by a certain class; nor does it apply to colored people only. In the North the rule is generally observed. White and colored laborers when their work will not allow them to appear fairly presentable will be found on the platforms of cars or on the conductor's running board; they have in mind their own sense of the fitness of things as well as the regard for the sensibilities of those who are presentable. Of course a dirty colored man will be more objectionable than a dirty white man, but either are objectionable under the circumstances. But as for the colored man we believe the situation is growing more hopeful every day; he can help very much. In Indianapolis, except at working hours, when the working classes have the cars to themselves, the colored people are observing the common sense law as the rule. Its the quality, self esteem which seeks not to attract to the individual in a way that's derrogatory or hurtful. The loud mouthed individual who talks all over the cars is beginning to learn that he is a fool. It is not THE FREEMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED,COLORED NEWSPAPER always a man; the women have been the greatest sinners in this respect—talking about the ball last night and what "he said" and what "I said," and such, looking around for an audience when the thing is to be as little in evidence as possible. "It's my mouf, I see gwine to talk and mistah nigghah youseg got nuthin' to do wid it. What does I care for dem white folk! Well it's nog the white folk, but themselves and the race that are subjected to inspection and the resultant disrespect over just such things. We are morally bound to act like the best around us in order to prove worthy of the civilization we enjoy. It should not be a case of casting pearls before swine. If we are conducting ourselves in total conformity with the conventionalities, the agreement of society understood, then when these difficulties arise they should be met as men. Then it will be certain that persecution rather than reformation is it; and those persecuted should never ride at the expense of their manhood. But is the question closed? Not by any means. We think that there is some toeing of the line required in some places, perhaps not in Houston, not very much in Indianapolis or in the most northern cities. But is it so everywhere? In the language of Davy Crockett, "Be sure you're right then go ahead." Let the victory in Houston, no matter how achieved, be but an incentive for coming up all along the line, making it possible for victories in every department of our civil life. JUDSON S. HILL. D. D. President Judson S. Hill, D. D., of the Morristown (Tenn.) Normal and Industrial College was in the city last week, during which time he paid The Freeman office a call. Dr. Hill is a white gentlemen who conducts a great work in the interest of the colored people. Twenty-three years ago he started his school in a one room frame building, and not very much of a building at that. At this time the institution is among the best of those for colored people. It has magnificent brick structures and commodious and modernly equipped workshops, where they actually do things. Dr. Hill lays special stress on the point that they are doing something; some of the departments are self-sustaining. Dr. Hill has a very good opinion of the race, but is matter of fact with no visionary notiens. He has hopes that the present system of disfranchising in the South will mean for the best by the elevation of the whole Negro mass to a higher conception of citizenship, and thinks that it should be the Negro's opportunity to prove the stuff that's in him. He is the only white member of his conference which is of the M. E. church. In speaking of the M. E. church controversy as to federation or unionism of Methodists he says that the M. E. church South has Negro members as the church had them before the war. "A reaction is setting in," says Dr. Hill, "and in the Negroes' favor." The South, he insists, is being moved in the direction of greater consideration for them. "I do not think poorly of the morals of the colored race. In my school career among them I have not had to expel a single girl for immorality, and the majority are girls, and but one boy for theft." The school enrolls to-day something like three hundred and fifty students. Governor Vardaman is mistaken in his notion of Negro education. The danger lies in too little education and not too much. Those who think they know and have not got sense enough to know they do not know are the most harmful ones. "A little learning is a dangerous thing." The really educated are always on the defensive as against the actions and conduct of the ignorant and thoughtless who fail to see from causes to effects. It is to be hoped that the Legislature of Mississippi will pass the bill appropriating $10,000 for the Holly Springs Normal School over the Governor's veto. Mr. Carnegie has informed President Councill that he will give him $10,000 for the erection of a library. Good; Prof. Councill is doing a great work and can stand much more assistance. Some good cash donations to take care of the little accumulations by way of obligations we are satisfied would be helpful to him also. A story is now going the rounds that a Japanese widow struck a dagger to her heart when she learned that she as a dependent on her son for support prevented him enlisting in the army. Its a fine story, and if its true the Russians may as well pull up and put out Men of that disposition cannot be whipped—men and gods are on their side. It is said the young man lost no time in getting to the front Mr. H. S. Cohen of Brooklyn, N. Y., is in the city looking round with the view of locating here. Mr Cohen is a lawyer of considerable experience. He expects Mr. W. H. Smith, who prepared Gilles' case for the Supreme Court, to become associated in business if Mr. Smith is favorably impressed with the city. From what is understood the members of the School Board were under the impression that the boy who figured in the high school case agreed to take the seat as assigned him along side the girl. They did not know that the girl had asked to change her seat. The apparently educated make the trouble, Mr. Vardaman — those who keep all of their goods in the swell fronts or show cases. The highly educated are modest and retiring. Mr. Vardaman does not come in contact with them. The "Messiah" is now the craze among musical circles by the white people of this city. What's the matter with the colored people? We have the singers, also the instructors. If not the "Messiah," something just as good. The juries decision and the "no juris- diction" decision paired—one for de white folk and one for de black folk— a little lesson in cancellation. But rea- lly the black folk were entitled to the whole business, but in time, all in time. "The Woman's Star" of Greenwood, Lefiore county, Miss., which is a recent venture in journalism, files at its mast- head the following: "The reformer of men, and the counsel of God." God bless the women, God bless 'em. Mr. Willie Hearst is upsetting Demo- cratic calculations. He insists upon being reckoned with PENCILINGS. By W. Milton Lewis, Indianapolis, Ind. THE OLD DAYS. The old home! Dear invoke, and dread, Near kindred with the loving dead; As in "Lucis;" here lightly tread. Old days and ways are lulled to sleep; To awake alone in memories keep; Is pains to drag them from its deep. Mr. T. T. Fortune, familiarly known as "Tom" and sometimes "Tim," is considered one of the big guns of the race. He lives in something like a villa about New York, which he secured sometime ago at a bargain. Deducting from effect to cause he was born in March; he has had varying fortune, but it is now believed that he is saved against the wolf. Mr. Fortune is editor of the New York Age, one of the leading race newspapers. He is a man of much ability; he is dogged and malignantly persistent, making a very bad enemy, but an indifferent friend. He is so wedded to his style that he is useful only in opposing, never in support. He is one of those fishy cold fellows whose intellect you would admire, but he would be incapable of winning you—he's a fighter. Thomas knows how to poke fun; in fact it is one of his fortes; he is not humorous, but knows how to jab. He went to Tuskegee one season as a lec RK AGE T THOMAS FORTUNE. turer. Booker T. was then climbing up and Fortune was considered a great card. I think he considered himself as a "sorter" fellow of the institution. I think he enjoyed its hospitality the season throughout. Mr. Fortune was a rank Democrat at one time according to the report he gave out. But he made no headway in that adverse sea. So he put back in time, and has been regular since, but with rebellious tendencies. When he was made envoy to the Philippines and Raiwall with "plenteous" power to look out for a good home for the United States' Negroes he reached the summit of his ambition. The suppressed part of his report of his mission relates how he got in a common squabble with some of the officials over in the Philippines who, perhaps, thought all coons looked alike. I must see Fortune, some day, and see what 'twas all about. As a newspaper man one can get very impudent you know. Mr. Fortune is now the president of the Afro-American League, the institution Bishop Walters made prominent. The League is prominent and stands for good, but has not achieved a great deal in that direction. THE VARNAMAN REFLEX. The Literary Digest says: "It was only a short time ago that he was severely criticised in both sections for telling the people that education made the Negro more criminal. Now he is commended from all sides for an effort which prevented the preearar ged lynching of a Negro murderer at Tutwiler, Miss. Feb. 28th Governor Vardaman called out two companies of militia, summoned his staff, hired special traiq and went personally to the scene of action. He rescued the threatened Negro and brought him back safely to the jail in Jackson. The incident, it is reported, will cost the State $250 000. The Chattanooga Times has the following to say: "It will be remembered that Governor Vardaman in his pre-election speeches announced his belief in lynchings and declared his willingness as a private citizen to head mobs for that purpose," but he also declared that "while he might be a lyncher as a private citizen, as governor he would employ all the force of the State for the protection of its prisoners." The New York Globe: "It seems necessary to revise, in one important respect, the harsh judgment which has been entertained of Governor Vardaman. He has wiped out by what he has done many disagreeable memories concerning what he has said." --- The Charleston News and Courier: "We are dead sure that his services to his State and to civilization in Panola county, last week, far outweigh the cheap morals and low patriotism of the Negroes wort enemies who deal with him as a theory and not as a condition." The New Orleans Plainyne: "However much the negrophillists may pour out their venom on an able man with markedly practical views of things, they should at least give him credit for his courage and determination that the laws shall be enforced and public order maintained in Mississippi." The New Orleans Times-Democrat: "When inaugurated governor he declared that, while he did not believe in Nexro education, he believed that the Negro was entitled to the 'fullest protection and good treatment, and declared that he, as governor, would see that the colored people of Mississippi did not suffer any injustice or ill treatment during his administration. He has shown his determination to keep his promise at the first case coming before him." The Negro Press on Gov. Vardaman of Mississippi. Vardaman ordered out the militia to protect a Negro from a mob. We hope he was not joking.—The Enterprise, Omaha, Neb. *** Gov. Vardaman of Mississippi did a good deal of "playing to the galleries" the first of the week as a result of the alleged effort to lynch an Afro-American near Jackson, Miss. It appeared to us to be a very weak effort to fool the Northern people into the belief that he was not as dangerous a citizen as the silly rot of his inaugural address anent the Afro-American, made him out to be. According to our way of thinking, the country at large, especially the northern half of it, has made a correct estimate in Vardaman, the Negro-hater's case, and will retain it in spite of his "gallery shows."—Cleveland Gazette. The action of Governor Vardaman in ordering out the malaitia to protect Paris was all right. But we would like to know if Vardaman asked Paris if he was a graduate of Booker T. Washington's school at Tuskegee. Though Governor Vardaman of Mississippi is very rabid in his views on the Negro he has exhibited one redeeming quality — the upholding of the law. 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Gaines, of Kentucky, want? eee Have yot contributed @ dollar to a ‘Negro svhool this year? cee Isn't_the laity of the big Methodist churches ‘'o.ming soon?” eee Do parents’ know tnat their children are being tanght at ecnool? eee Is Harry O, Smith satisfied with Gen- eral Charles Dick for eenator? eee Do,.you: know of any stronger ticket than,Roosevelt and Fairbanks? pee ‘Will,the Demoerats come to Indiana sleo\for,s vice-presidential candidate? eee ‘Will,the Negro absorb “soolalism’” to the extentythe Mr. Debs hopes he will? - eee Will,the,three new A. M, E. Bishops bejH. T. Johnson, H. B. Parks and J. M.,Conner? eee If the: typographical unions are be- coming,reconcilad to the Negro’s use of the,linotype machine? eee When will the deliberate United ‘States Senate get around to the actual confirmation of Dr. Cram? ess ‘Why shouldn't a married woman teach school if she posse:ses an especial adaptability for the work? THE FREEMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER, Do the citizens of the District of Co- Inmbia know that the federal civil rights law is applicable there? i eee If any colored man hopes for anything loftier than an alternate delegateship: at-large to the Chicago convention? ese What Negro school offers more sub- stantial encouragement to college Sraduates than Tusxegee Institute? eee : ‘What has become of Magnus L. Rob- ingon’s pretty little boomlet for Park Agnew, of Virginta, for vice-president? eee Are our echool anthorities, public and private, local and general, keeping tract of what thelr graduates are doing? eee Have the diplomatic relations suppos- ed to exist between Prof. Kelly Miller and the Washington Record suffered a strain? eee Will not the esteemed Washington Record find it necessary to farnish a diagram of its editorial policy with each issue? eee Will Berea College have the good sense to move out of Kentucky and go toa state in sympathy with its racial co-eduoation policy?) eee Is Prof Du Bols ready yet to give the public the benefit of his revised views on the relative welghts of the two great edncational systems? eee Af President Roosevelt is enjoying bis nsnals mount of peacetal elamber, now that LM. Hershaw has assured him that he is ‘‘traly loll?” eee Se re ay en: Gee eee ee Republican National Convention? : eee After Dr. Washington's relteration of his views upon Negro suiftage, race manhood and liberal education, what lacketn he yet,,in the eyes of is critics? pee ‘ If the Chicago Conservator wouldn't do well to try other methodsthan throw- ing off a galley or two of editorial slush to “bring Booker Washington to his knees?” ) eee _ If Editor, Wilkins Barnett knows cf Booker Washington’s New Orleans let- ter or Louisville address on the lynch- ing evil, or does he just want to be “pad?” eee Isn't it very likely thet the sudden affection the Iily-whites of the South ‘are exhibiting toward President Roose- velt about se uncertain as most death- bed conversions? , | eee Mast an acknowledged citizen of Ohio, ike Hon. John P. Green, bear the whole burden of tendering Washington City’s excuse for’ not envoking the fed- eral civil rights law? 5 eee | Who wonld have thought that’ the legal authorities of a cultured olty like ‘Springfield, ©, could be cowed into a Alsgracefal submission by @ measly mob of cowardly bluffers? eee How can our race journals get into the hands of the great majority of the people, white and black, and mould sentiment favorable to equality, liberty ‘nd fraternity for all Americans? eee ) Did Prof. W.E B Da Bols refuse to shake hands with Mr. William H. Bald. ‘win, president of the Long Island R. R because of differences of opinion as to the efficacy of industrial education? 240 Is there any woman so busy that she cannot give @ few hours each week to some work of public benefit; charity, civic improvement, soclal settlement, resoue mission or eomething uplifting? wee If it isn’t placing too great a responst- bility upon the humble employees of the Hallman Sleeping Car Co., to force them to determine who is white and who not in this day of racial amalga- mation? eee Do certain newspapers carry thelr editorial matter two weeks because the thoughts are too valuable to be put away wth a single reading, or {s it to avold the expense of setting up new atuft? eee Why spend money”and sacrifice lives in mad chass for prasely to the fol- lowers of Mohammend, Budta and Con- foclus when savages and heatnen exist by the hundreds upon onr soll, North and Sonth? i oes Will Jay Wesley Cromwell please take the stand and tell how®he manag- ed to hop into the Washington bana- Wagon and also whisper confidentially why be was pried loose from the editor ship of the Record? eee Will the state of Ohio ever furnish the conutry with a preatdent, United States Senator or a supreme court jus- tice with backbone st.ff enough to con- tend for homan rights as the paramount priaciple of vitizenship? eee Do Tillman, Vardaman, Watterson, Carmack, Morgan and others of the Negrophobist cabal really believe that white women would cousent to marry black men if no law is enacted to pre- vent them from eo doing? eee What does it profit the race to fill columns of precious newspaper space to disouss the relative greatness of une liv- ing and tne dead in an abstract quality of their oratory, when burning issues now press for settlement? eee It the Kentuoky Negro tobacco grow- ers are not choosing the better part in gotag to Missisetppt to raise cotton than some of Mississippi's Negro cotton: growers who are going to the large cities of the North to raise something else? eee ‘Will the versatile Editor J, W. Smith, of the Star of Zion, inform us as to the fata af tha rate qwhich ont inta tha ington for missionary secretary furnish @ fine slate for the A. M. E. Zion Gener- 41 Conference to put through at St. Louls? POLITICAL POTPORRI ACTIVITY AMONG THE POLITI- IANS AT THE CAPITOL MARYLAND'S INFAMY LEGISLATION Conpress Has the Power to Safeguard ‘The Black Man’s Rights—The Nero Must Demang Justice, Will He do it —Dr. Stewart's Address. Washington, D.C. ,8pecial.—Washing ton asa great politloal center was nev- er more active than at the present time, Daring the last few months the political atmosphere has been con- siderably olesrified by the removal of all potential opposition to the renom!- nation of President Hoosevelt. ‘Th one thing that seems to be bothering the politicians most is the selection of a suitable man for chairman of the Na- tional Committee to succeed the late Senator Marcus A. Hanns, The names ef several prominent man have bsen suggested for the place, but the ognsep- sus of opinion, so far as your peat dent has been able to ascertain, is to the effect that Senator Botse Penrose of Pennsylvania, will be seleoted as chair. tuan of the National Committee, Mr, Pearose has many qualifications for the place: the first and foremost among these being the fact that he is a practi- eal politician, possessing untold re- rources. He is also willing to consider the claims of all elements of the party. ‘The amendment to the constitution of Maryland containing an educational qualification and also a “grandfather clause” for voters will, in all probabili- ty, become a law in the near fatare, No one who is not @ lineal descendent of some person entitled to vote on’ the first day of January, 1869, will be al- lowed to register as @ voter in that state, withont education, property or qualification, ‘The republicans of Maryland should have taken a firm stand against the Gisfranchising bill, despite the Demo- cratic majority in that state, but only afew repulicans are oredited’ with a vote against the bill. The national re- publican party has a chance to demon- strate its love for fair play. by entering protest againsts the discriminating measures in process of enactment by the legislature of Maryland and other Southern states. Some people hold to the opinion that the jlm crow car bill just passed by the Maryland legislature will not be opera- tive against interstate passengers, but thatwill depend upon the attitude of ‘those charged with the construction and enforcement of the law, there being nothing in the national interstate com- jerce law prohibiting the separstion of passengers on account on account of ace oF color. | Congress has power to regulate com- merce between the states and foreign countries, but they have made. no pro- vision to safeguard the rights of calored people in traveling on the public high- ‘ways of the country. They can do 60 and will do go if the colored people will make them doit. If they fail to do it, the colored people have nobody to blame but themselves: ‘The trustees of Berea college are in quandary as to what to do should the Proposed measure before the Kentnoky legislature infilcting a penalty for the Qo-edncation of the races become a law. ‘We would elte them to the case of Dart- mouth college argued by Daniel Web- ster, 4 Wheaten, 518, where it is held that every thing which may pass under the form of an enactment is not, there. fore, to be considered the law of the land. 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The bean elk comes from Ventura county Cala- Guard organizations of the States and Territories of the States, to enter the State of M armed and equipped for the pu encamping, drilling, parading, and taking part in any public es at the Louisiana Purchase tion in 1904. Side Lights on the World's The Georgia Peach Growers' at the World's Fair will be a of course.—Milledgeville, Ga., Recorder. Jersey intends to sends some mosquitoes to St. Louis, next LITERARY RESEARCHES AND Comments. The State oratorical contest between the colored colleges of the State of Texas took place at Samuel Huston College, Austin, Friday night, March 18, 1904. Prairie View, Wiley University, Bishop, Texas College, Paul Quinn, Guadalupe, Tillotson, Sam Huston and others are expected to have representatives here. Young Colored Men's Independent Voting Protective and Beneficial Association of the State of Pennsylvania was organized July 21st, 1902. The object of which is to go in to convention in the future, for the purpose of taking better care of its members by demanding rights as American citizens; by giving every political question some consideration before voting. The organization has about 800 members, and pays a death benefit of $50. It takes a fee of $1 00 to join, and 25 cents monthly dues. Jas. A. Hayes Esq. President National Negro Suffrage League, has been elected delegate from Virginia to the National Republican Convention. Lin Yon, a prosperous laundryman, a "His Pa's Romance." ("His Pa's Romance" by James Whitcomb. Riley is one of that series known as the Greenfield editor, the books that brought the now eminent the Hoosier port fame at the beginning of his career, as an author. The scenes and individuals were about his old home. His and his father's acquaintances and friends, and the characters of the village, and to the discerning eye of the dissecter of human character, any village affords abundant material for work like Mr. Riley has given the world. The villages do not all have Riley's. He lingers lovingly over the scenes of former days, as expressed in his quaint imittable humor of the heart, as well as the head, that the reader very often knows not whether to smile or cry. George L. Knox, of the Freeman, is also, from Mr. Riley's old home, Greenfield, where he conducted a barber shop some years ago. He kindly remembers Mr. Knox by a likeness in his poem, "a local politician from away back." The verse is as follows: "Ketched him at Knox's shop On'y't other day— Gittin' shaved, the Judge was, Ev somepin' that away— Well, I tethered him up som On the silver bill— Jedge says, "I won't discuss it." I says, "you will!" —The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis. A Japanese Royal Wedding. "The royal wedding of the Crown Prince of Japan, some four years ago, was celebrated with national rejoilings," writes Florence Eldridge in her article on Yoshihito. Crown Prince of Japan, in the March Pearson's. "The city of Tokyo was transformed into a veritable fair ground with arches of flowers, festivals numerous processions, and congratulatory emblems. A new postage stamp was issued to commemorate the happy day. Thousands of people thronged the streets and gathered to see the imperial procession pass, standing respectfully with heads reverently bowed when the cortege appeared. "The costumes worn by the imperial bride and bridegroom during the ceremony were fashioned after the court dresses of centures ago. The dress of the Crown Prince was a flowing robe of satin, with silken breeches seven feet in length, that trailed on the ground behind him as he walked, an outer coat of crepe, embroidered on sleeves, back and breast with his crest. With this he wore a cap of black, varnished material, bound by a fillet of gold, with a long streamer of stiff wire ribbon hanging from the back; this cap was kept in place by a light-colored silk cord which passing once over the top of the head, was brought down and tied under the chin. --- WELCOMING CHURCH A.M.E. CHURCH. PARIS ILLINOIS. OCT. 1903 jap and Miss Martha McLaren a colored school teacher were married recently in Boston, Mass. An intimate friend of Andrew Carnegie, in Pittsburg, has recieved a letter from the ex steel king, saying that the latter had recieved a promise from King Menelik, of Abyssinia, to send Mr. Carnegie the best lion in his menagerie. It is inferred that Mr. Carnegie intends, when the lion arrives, to send him to this city for the public Zoo in Highland Park. King Menelik proposes to bestow the gift in appreciation of the fact that Mr. Carnegie gave $600,000 to help educate negroes at Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute. I will have to contradict the rumor which was sent out from Denver, Col. With all due respect to my friends who wishes me abundant success, I herein state that I have not purchased any land in Colorado, and the rumor was a false alarm. My mission in the West was simply on business in interest of my Chicago concern. I beg to remain very respectfully. H. C. HAYNES LIBRARY SEARCHES AND Comments. The Twentieth Century Home one of the very latest publications, is of the highest order of magazine excellence. It gives expert testimony as to the conduct of the home in its entirety. The initial number has articles and sketches in keeping with the design of the publication in making the American Home a great University under the tutelage of a thousand instructors. A.M.E. CHURCH, PA The above is the likeness of the beautiful little church of Paris, ill., which has been recently built by the A. M. E. congregation of that city. The building committee consisting of Messrs. Tray Porter, the well-known plumber Educational Notes. Some statistics gathered by inquiring letters: 1. Has education made the Negro a more useful citizen? Answers—Yes, 121; No, 4; unanswered, 11. 2. Has it made him more economical and more inclined to acquire wealth? Answers—Yes, 98; No, 14; Unanswered, 24. 3. Does it make him a more valuable workman, especially where skill and thought are required? Answers—Yes, 182; No, 2; Unanswered, 2. 4. Do well trained, skilled Negro workmen find any difficulty in securing work in your community? Answers—No, 117; Yes, 4; Unanswered, 15. 5. Are colored men in business patronized by the whites in your community? Answers—Yes, 92; No, 9; Unanswer- During the month of February 54,758 packages of exhibits were received at the World's Fair grounds. Six hundred exhibitors are now on the grounds installing their exhibits. The figure of a huge elk constructed out of bears is one of the peculiar exhibits at the World's Fair. The bean elk comes from Ventura county California. A complete mint in operation, is one of the interesting features shown by the United States government at the World's Fair. At the close of the Exposition the plant will be sent to Denver, Colo., for permanent use. The great Festival Hall at the World's Fair is recieving the finishing touches. This is the last of the large buildings and its completion marks the end of the big construction work in the 'main ploture." Workmen are installing the wonderful floral clock at the World's Fair. The steel frame work, which was made in Milwaukee, Wis., is being placed. The flowers that will conceal the mechanism, are in pots in the greenhouses and will be installed about April 15. The dial of the clock is 112 feet across. Underground hospitals and mule stables, methods of ventilating and draining mines, of robbing pillars, and flooding with culm are illustrated in an interesting World's Fair exhibit made by the Pennsylvania commission in the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy at the World's Fair. Mrs. Belle Small, of Sedalia and Mrs. Emma D. Nuckols, of Jefferson City, Mo., were chosen hostesses for the Missouri building at the World's Fair. Mrs. Small is the widow of the late Dr. A. Y. Small, Surgeon-General of the M.K & T.R.R. Mrs. Nuckols is the widow of the late John Nuckols, Managing-Editor of the Kansas City Times and later night editor of the St. Louis Republic. The topography of the Pennsylvania anthracite coal regions is shown at the World's Fair by means of a large relief map. A model of a mining plant showing both the interior and exterior works, forms a part of the exhibit. The actual position of coal seams under the surface is shown by means of cross sections. An actual breaker is shown in operation. Permission has been granted in an official order issued by W. T. Dameron, Adjutant General to the National WELCOME TO THE CHURCH PARIS, ILLINOIS. OCT. 1983 GRACE A. M. E. CHURCH, PARIS, ILL. of that city, Samuel H. Williams, Isaac p. pch Redding. William Stull, Charles Russell w. E. and Eli Kinkman with Miss Mary Gray t. ad as secretary, was given authority to s. s. dispose of the old church, to raise funds p. per and supervise the building of the new s. ed, 35. (The large number of cases in which this question was not answered is due to scarcity of business men). 6. Is there any opposition to the colored people's buying land in your community? Answers—No, 128; Yes, 3; Unanswered, 5. 7. Has education improved the morals of the black race? Answers—Yes, 97; No, 20; Unanswered, 19. 8. Has it made his religion less emotional and more practical? Answers—Yes, 101; No, 16; Unanswered, 19. 9. Is it as a rule, the ignorant or the educated who commit crime? Answers—Ignorant, 115; Educated, 4; Unanswered, 18. 10. Does crime grow less as education increases among colored people? Answers—Yes, 102; No, 19; Unan swered, 15. 11. Is the moral growth of the Negro equal to his mental growth? Answers—Yes, 55; No, 46; Unanswer- Guard organizations of the various States and Territories of the United States, to enter the State of Missouri, armed and equipped for the purpose of encamping drilling, parading, visiting and taking part in any public exercises at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. Side Lights on the World's Fair. The Georgia Peach Growers' exhibit at the World's Fair will be a "reach." of course.—Milledgeville, Ga., Union-Recorder. Jersey intends to sends some of her mosquitoes to St. Louis, next summer. Couldn't she make an extra effort and send all?—Philadelphia Enquirer. One reason why the European powers should not get into the war in the east is that they could not then attend the World's Fair in St. Louis.—Columbus, O., Dispatch. It is now stated that the Prince of Wales will not visit the St. Louis Exposition. Possibly he will run over inoc and really enjoy himself.—Washington, D. C., Star. The World's Fair is to have a searchlight of about 5,250,000 candle power. Considering "how far a little candle throws its beams," this ought to be seen all over the world.—Omaha, Nebr. Bee. Who says Calfornia is not up to date? The latest is a thalattasaurus, whatever that may be, which will form a part of the exhibit at the St. Louis exposition.—Lodi, Cal., Herald. It is estimated that when the World's Fair at St. Louis opens, the aggregate value of its exhibits will be nearly $100,000,000. Pretty good sized show for fifty cents.—Hartford, Ky., Herald. As to this Virginia Kitchen at the World's for the purpose of advertising the sweet potato, we are curious to know whether they also will have "cawn-bread."—Yazoo City, Mo., Herald. If the Ramsesys can prove by Postmaster Pharoah Ramsey that they are descendants of the Pharoahs, it is time for the Smiths, Honeses and Browns to hustle for a World's Fair exhibit of ancestral glory.—Sylvania, O., Sun. A concession has been granted to a St. Louis genius for exhibition at the World's Fair of a scientific arrangement for bottling up the sun's rays and storing the heat for future reference. If the genius makes a success of his invention, he might by going to Dallas or Houston the coming summer with his apparatus secure all the heat that he could store in all the reservoirs he could possibly provide—San Antonio, Tex., Express. L. place of worship; they did their work well, the outcome of which is the beautiful new structure, modern throughout and a joy to the community. 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"A THE FREEMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED, COLORED NEWSPAPER. cers: Mrs. Nellie Hunter, President, Pattie Taylor, Vios President, Sallie Dudley Secretary, Sarah Howard Treasurer, Angle Brooks Journalist, Cora Jackson, Buyer. The classes in millinery taught by Madam Jordan, met at Waymans Chapel on Saturday last and organized a Woman's Exchange. Mrs. H. E. Stewart was elected President, Mrs. Chas. Hunter, Vice President; Miss Nan Cleve, Secretary; Mrs. J. Franklin Walker, Treasurer; Mrs. Davis President of the executive board At Waymans Chapel on March 28th the ladies will have a grand opening and display of fine millinery work from 2 to 11, p.m., light refreshments will be served. Don't forget the date. ALLEN CHAPEL NOTES. Hours of service:—Sunday, 10:45 a.m., preaching; 12 m., class; 2 p.m., Sunday School; 7:30 p.m., preaching; class Tuesday night; prayer meeting Thursday night; teacher's meeting Friday night. Rev. H. E. Stewart, pastor, residence 1501 Cornell ave. 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Personal property of Mrs. Mattle Lewis, (insane) at Blackford street, to be sold at Private sale March 30. Any person wishing to see the above articles can do so by calling on, JAS, H. LOTT, Attv. JAS, H. LOTT, Atty, 43 BALDWIN BLOCK, or 726, N. CAL IFORNIA St. A Native South African Choir. At the instance of Dr. T. M. Kakaza, himself a native South African, of whom we have with pleasure spoken heretofore, a choir of his own kinfolk—five men and two women—have been entertaining Indianapolis and Indiana music lovers for the past week. At Bethel church, last Thursday night, the doctor, acting as master of ceremonies in the concert given under his auspices, gave quite a descriptive talk concerning the customs of the natives. Miss Johanna Gow, a Cape Town, Cape Colony, lady, is pianist for the choir. She displays a wonderful talent, playing very difficult music with ease. In appearance and speech she seems quite Americanized and is very comely. The men are all fine physiques, which give them an advantage on the stage. Besides singing some native songs that sounded strange because of their peculiar enunciations that were descriptive of native life, as explained by Dr. Kakaza, they sang some very beautiful selections, both in their own tongue and in English. Miss Adelaide Tantisi is the lady singer of the choir. She has a good voice and evidences much intelligence. A quartette, a tenor and a bass solo, all good, were the diversions furnished by the men. The fact that honor was a premium over beauty, and that even the unvillified native believes in the immortality of the soul, were emphasized. All are students of Wilberforce, Dr. Kakaza being an alumni of the "force." They return to school next week. Messrs. James Yapi Tantisi, Jere Menzle Inbulaleni Kuzwayo, Mayilla Manye, Theodore Masiza Kakaza, Misses Johanna Gow and Adelaide Tantisi is the personnel of the choir. Several white and colored audiences in Indianapolis and nearby towns were highly entertained by their singing. NOTICE —The people of New Orleans can purchase the Freeman from Hy. A. Jasmin, 821 Touro Street. be good and must age a. Miller Ohio Farmers' Fire INSURANCE CO. Geo. M. Cobb Co. Agts ,000 $50.0 IN G ENIR COIN WORLD'S FAIR. SOUVENIR COIN OF ADMISSION NOTICE: Cut out this coupon, write name, address and estimate in ink mail with 50 cents to Louisiana Purchase Souvenir Coin Co., St. Louis, Mo. Name ... Address ... City .....State ... My Estimate is ALLEN CHAPEL NOTES. Hours of service:—Sunday, 10:45 a. m. preaching; 12 m., class; 2 p. m., Sunday School; 7:30 m. m., preaching; class Tuesday night; prayer meeting Thursday night; teacher's meeting Friday night. Rev. H. E. Stewart, pastor, residence 1501 Coroll. A sermon entitled "Bottle Sermon" was to have been preached last Sunday morning has been deferred until later. The date will be announced. There will be a song service at the chapel Sunday night, March 20th. The following is the program: 1. Organ voluntary. 2. Song by Choir. 3. Invocation and Scripture. 4. Song by Choir. 5. Notices. 6. Solo by Mrs Lillian Bocker. 7. Song by Choir. 1. Song by Choir. 8. Solo b₂ Mrs. Ida H. Blake. 9. Song by Choir. 10. Solo by Mrs. Lettle Fox. All are welcome. Service 7:30 p. m. The pastor will preach at morning ser vice. 10:45. NINTH PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. H. B. Gibson pastor; services 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.; Sunday School 10:45 a. m. Visitors always welcome. Our revival meeting, now in progress, has the promise of much good being done. Rev. C. B Allen of Knox Presbyterian church, Louisville, Ky., is assisting Rev. H. A. Gibson, the pastor, in the work. Those who fall to hear Rev. Allen's sermons will miss a treat as his sermons are of a high order, full of truth and spirit. He will preach Sabbath morning on the subject of "The Christian's Work." At 8:30 p. m. he will preach to the young people and at 8 p. m. will preach directly to sinners. Rev. Allen will be here until the 25th of March. SIMPSON CHAPEL NOTES. Rev. N. H. Talbot school; services 11 a. m. & 8 p. m.; Sunday School 2 a. m. The feature of the service at Simpson Chapel last Sunday night was a sacred concert given by the young men of the Y. M. C. A. assisted by the old choir. The public was given a rare musical treat. Rev. D. Leroy Furgerson of Little Rock, Ark., addressed the audience. Why God Does Not Kill the Devil. A booklet that confounds Infidelity, sells like hot cakes. Agents wanted everywhere. Special price to dealers. Samples 10s postpold. Address C. B. AMOS & CO., Plains, Ga. Two Books for You. An original Gospel Hymn Book 35c, and a "Book of Wisdom and Baptism" 25c. Address with money order, Rev. H. W. Smith, Winston-Salem, N. C. Look Box 204. I am a farmer and a widener of 38 years of age. I have four children, also a nice little home. 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