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"THE INDIANAPOLIS FREEMAN LIKEWISE IMPROVES WITH AGE---IT IS ALWAYS A WELCOME VISITOR."---FROM "THE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, INQUIRER." THE FREEMAN A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 10 INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SINGLE COPY—SIX MONTHS, 8¢; ONE YEAR $ AFRO-AMERICAN COUNCIL TO MEET IN SOUTHLAND THE RICE QUESTION NATIONAL The Springfield Riot.—Must Look to Christian Church for Justice. Rev. J.E Ford.—Tillman to Hold Up Con- munication of W.T. Vernon, Staff Correspondence. After mature deliberation the National Afro-American Council has decided to hold its next annual session at Charlotte, North Carolina—in the heart of the Southland. The step is rather a courageous one to take at this time, when public feeling is so intense upon all questions growing out of the Negro's insistence upon the full possession of his manhood rights, as guaranteed by the federal constitution. Nevertheless, there is a general feeling that the innovation is a safe one all things considered. The people have confidence in the wisdom and discretion of the men at the head of the Council, and they are satisfied that in carrying so important and highly significant a convention below the Mason's and Dixon's line—into "the enemy's country as it were"—they know exactly what they are doing. The meetings will begin on the day of August and continue the 11th, with Bishop Alexander Walz in the chair. Under the rules, of chauches, presidents of colleges, editors of newspapers, heads of fraternal orders or societies of any kind, public workers or any interested friend who pays the annual assessment of $3.00 are eligible to seats as delegates. By this method the body is restricted to really representative men and women, even if there are no regularly organized local leagues from which to elect delegates. A number of vital topics are up for discussion and vital topics are up for discussion determined to take plenty of time to threep out the situation thoroughly, so as to reach conclusions that shall be free from hot-headed taste, and escape the evil consequences that too frequently come from half baked-legislation. The citizens of Charlotte, both white and colored, authorized Bishop C. W. Clinton to extend a cordial invitation to the Council to be their guest and to promise in their name the most generous hospitality that any community could possibly offer. During the sitting of the convention the delegates will be under no expense whatsoever for board or lodging and the hall, music, banquet and social features will all be provided for by the local committee apart from the usual drain upon the resources of the national organization. Charlotte is one of the most progressive cities in the entire South and the whites are quick to recognize the sterling qualities of their able, thrifty and law-abiding neighbors who have, in season and out of season, stood shoulder to shoulder with them for the moral common home. The nation is to be congratulated that in spite of the incendiary mouths of the Tillmans, Vardamans and Dixones, and the terrible uprising of the mob, a spot can be found in the Southland where the intelligent Negor can stand up like a man and a citizen and plead his cause with the plainness of language and vigor of expression, without fear of life or limb. In Charlotte, we are informed, freedom of speech is as scrupulously respected as anywhere under the sun, and some of her best Caucasians are reported to have said that such a convention of patriotic Negroes is likely to accomplish more genuine good for the masses by casting its lot with them than by going to any far away northern city—for the reason that the South is jealous of outside interference with what they regard as their peculiar perogatives in handling the three problem. Southerners are prone to deal more sympathetically with their black brethren when our appeal is made at their very doors, with a hint recognition of their honor and sense of decency, than when we assume that the South is our natural enemy, and we go off to seek aid at the hands of a North which they hate as bitterly as the devil hates holy water. Let our men speak with the temperance and sanity that should INDIANAPOLIS MAR 10 1906 PUBLIC LIBRARY WHICH? Are "you" pushing or pulling. characterize a deliberative assembly in any section of the land, and we are promised at Charlotte as cordial a reception and a far more attentive hearing than we would be apt to get in Boston, New York or Chicago. As most of us know, within the borders of this historic town are the elegant homes of Bishops G. W. Clinton and T. H. Lomax, and they have as neighbors some of the most enterprising colored people to be found between the oceans. The massive plant of the A. M. E. Zion Publishing House is also there, and connected with it as editors, managers, clerks, printers, mechanics and helpers of various kinds are men and women who are indeed the salt of the earth. Not far away, at Salisbury, is situated Livingston College, where the spirit of the immortal Price still lingers with all the sweetening and inspiration influence it was wont to exert in other days. These and a thousand other attractions tend to convince the conservative mind that the Executive Committee of the Council has chosen wisely in going to Charlotte in August, and that its judgment will be enthusiastically ratified by the race, both North and South. Visitors will come from every point, joining hands for the protection and elevation of the whole people, with no misgivings as to the outcome of such a conference. It will be remembered that this is not the first time the Council has "invaded" the South. In 1903 the body met at Louisville, where bourbonism is so thick that it can be cut with a knife, and at no place north of the Ohio or Potomac rivers were the delegates more hospitably treated, and the press gave very acceptable reports of the proceedings. The race convention a few days ago at Macon, Ga, got off without trouble, notwithstanding the fact that some pretty stiff things were said concerning the South and its lawless proclivities. Aside from the garbling of Bishop Turner's caloric speech touching the American flag the press gave the body a more considerate hearing than many would expect in the midst of a vindictive gubernatorial campaign, in which the Negro problem is the burning issue. At Charlotte the leaders of the Council will stand on their own feet, bearing in mind the admonition of the poet: "By thine own soul's law learn to live, And if men thwart thee take no money." heed. And if men hate thee take no care; Sing thou thy song and do thy deed." INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1906. The black man in this country is face to face with an anamalous situation. The North offers us some advantages in the way of legal protection that we do not enjoy everywhere in the South, and there are a few superficial liberties allowed, but industrial opportunity, in the large sense, is denied—and upon this hangs all the law and the "profits" with a struggling race like ours. The inexcusable onslaught upon innocent Negroes at Springfield, Ohio, (!) gives us much food for serious reflection. The accursed menace of the trades unions, which stand like a wild beast between the black mechanic and his bread and meat, ready to visit upon us the sword and rifle at the slightest sign that we are appearing as competitors in the open labor market, point to the painful lesson that lynching, color discrimination and racial antipathy are no longer exclusive assets of the South, even if that section does more talking than is true of the North. The Negro problem in America is national in scope and universal in effect. This is too big a subject to discuss at length here, but suffice it to say, it is a problem, or chain of problems, that the race as individuals and in its several organizations, must take up in earnest—not in passion or spirit of reprisal for wrongs suffered—but in soberness and judicial breadth. After all is said and done it is to the Christian South that the Negro must look for justice and for intellectual and industrial opportunity—the primary forces that make for civilization and citizenship. Confronted in the North with a vitiated public sentiment, poisoned by the inroads of the Bourbon South and its migratory kindred and having a pronounced State's Rights Supreme Bench as a court of last resort, we have gradually been made to realize that our only means of reaching the kernal of this distressing dilemma is to deal directly with the Southern man who lives next door, and make ourselves an indispensable part of the warp and woof of his better existence. As Dr. Washington has repeatedly pointed out, for many years to come the bulk of our people must live in the South—we cannot get away, and the majority ought not to want to get away from the habitat to which they are best adapted by temperament and experience. The National Afro-African Council will not close its eyes to what is so self-evident, and its demands will doubtless be made with full knowledge that while Congress, national administrations and kindly disposed northern friends can do much to lighten our burdens they cannot do all. After the federal power has been invoked to its limit there are state regulations that it cannot touch and we are put to it, in the nature of things, to make such terms as we can with our white neighbors in order to secure the industrial, educational and material privileges that belong to us as a right. In the final analysis the Caesar to whom our appeal must be submitted is the better South and we might as well proceed with that theory firmly established in mind. To more effectively impress this thought the Council goes to a southern city to deliberate, and I believe the Christian men and women who make up so large a proportion of Charlotte's population will meet the body in the broad spirit in which it aims to present itself. It is fitting that the Council leaders are askin ghat the blessings of the divine Providence rest upon the work the organization will do at Charlotte. At the supposition of the corresponding secretary, L. G. Jordan, Sunday, August 12, has been set apart as a day of prayer. Bishop Walters and the Executive Committee express the desire that this fact be generally announced to the people, and it is expected that in every church and in every home a fervent petition will go up for the relief of our oppressed race. On Wednesday following the close of the Council's session, August 15, the seventh annual meeting of the National Negro Business League will convene at Atlanta. Arrangements have been made by which all who wish to attend the league meeting can do so quite conveniently, going on to Atlanta direct from Charlotte. A side trip to Tuskegee is talked of and it is possible that a cheap rate will be granted by the West Point railroad to allow the party to run down at the close of the Business Men's League proceedings and view the wonderful things to be seen at Booker Washington's unexampled bee-hive of industry. The friends of Negro education and promoters of the general progress of the race will be pleased to know that the April number of the North American Review will contain an article by Dr. Booker T. Washington, bearing upon the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Tuskegee Institutetute. It will give out many facts hitherto unpublished and will doubtless be enjoyed by a wide circle of leaders. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SINGLE COPY-SIX MONTHS, 85c; ONE YEAR $1.50. The new president of the State University at Louisville is the Rev. J. E. Ford, formerly of Chicago, but who has been for the past seven years the pastor o f the First Baptist church at Denver, Colo. I had the pleasure of meeting him some days ago, in company with the veteran newspaper correspondent, Charles Stewart, and was very favorably impressed with him. Dr. Ford is in the prime of life, full of nervous energy, imbued with high ideals of life and living, and gives evidence of being just the kind of a man the university needs at this time. He is a ripe scholar, an executor of experience and resource, and as a financier he comes recommended by fruitful labor in every field where he has served. While his election came something as a surprise to the uninitiated public, President W. H. Steward and the influential members of the Board of Trustees had had Dr. Ford in mind for some time, but did not wish to disclose their "find" until the psychological moment had arrived and until it was known definitely whether he would be willing to consider a change. He was elected by a vote of 9 to Dr. C. H. Parrish took their disappointment a trifle hard, but like true Baptists and loyal friends of education they have become fully reconciled to the decision of the three-fourths majority against them and will give Dr. Ford their heartiest support. The defeat of Dr. Parrish is no reflection on his commanding ability or character. There was a feeling that Dr. Parrish had his hands full with his present obligations, and the sentiment of the board was that a consolidation with Eckstein Industrial School, for which policy his candidacy was said to stand, was not feasible. Because they wished to secure a competent man who could devote his entire time to the upbuilding of the State University 9 out of the 12 trustees voted for Dr. Ford. The minor allegations touching Dr. Ford's beliefs on the subject of communion and baptism have been dismissed as inconsequential. It is irrelevant for the executive management of a school and for the proper teaching of grammar, geography, Greek or latin, mathematics or physics whether a president prefers to take his baptism by sprinkling, pouring, immersion or in any symbolic form, and the finances of the university are of vastly greater import than any unprofitable controversy as to the exact age at which a person is (continued on Fourth Page.) A LETTER TO DR. JOHNSON AMBITION HINDERS CRUSADE DR. GRAHAM CARRIES THE WAR INTO AFRICA Many Pointed Questions 'Asked.—Explain that Baptism,—Followed Dictates of Conscience.—Dr. John son's Memory Refreshed.? My Dear Dr. Johnson:— In your issue of the Christian Recorder, Feb. 22, you say: "The Rev, Dr. D. R. Graham, of Detroit, is said to have accepted Dowism, having been baptised recently in that faith. The columns of the Recorder are open to the Doctor to confirm or deny the report." I must thank you for your manifest kindness in opening the columns of the Recorder to me to plead innocent or guilty to the awful crime of being baptised according to the dictates of my conscience. But as the Recorder has charged me with taking an inconsistent position lately with regard to the corruption in the church, it might be in place to ask, just here, if some other person is not inconsistent, even more so than I. You stand upon the watch wall of the connection and should see sin afar off and give the warning cry. Now, have you not known that a number of the leading ministers, and many more of humbler station, are habitual drunkards; that many are immoral and have na personal regard for virtue? If you do not know these things personally, have not the rumors come to you direct, that you are personally satisfied of their truthfulness? Do you know that some of these licensed libertines are filling some of the best pulpits of the connection today, and that wherever they have been they have left moral ruin and shame for many behind them? Do you know that the bishops are in a position to know these things just as well and better than you or I, and that notwithstanding this fact, they continue to transfer them to fresh fields to denounce? Do you know that the example of these men is the most beneficial thing that the church has to contend with today and that the race is being dragged down by these hypocritical moral leaders. Yes, Dr. Johnson, you know it all too well, and I charge you before my God and your God, whose we are, to deny it if you dare. You know you have wept over these same facts and discussed them in private, but when a man dares to speak of them in public you are afraid to join in the cruisade for fear you might lose some votes for the bishopric. You have said to us that if placed upon the bishop's bench you would stand against these disgraceful works; but alas! you show the white feather already. Notwithstanding the cry of the colored press all over the country for pulpit reform you are so much afraid of appearin gto side with Dr. Graham that you discuss everything else but church reform. The worst clerical crime that you can hear of is that Dr. Graham has been baptised in the Dowie church, and certainly you must warn the church against such fellows. How is it that you never published any of the rumors of drunkenness, adultery, seduction and defrauding of churches that you have heard so much of? But, of course, these things have become so common that they are to be taken as a matter of course and are not worth noticing. The whole church and country has been looking to see what would be the answer of the church organ of the bishops to the serious charges which I have published, but they have looked in vain. You devoted a whole column on February 15th to an attempt at answering, but teitly admit that the charges are true, only that some little fellow out in the bushes was expelled from the conference. Poor fellow! He was not wise in drinking before he got to be a "big gun." Then he could get drunk all he pleased, and if his unkrenness interfered too much with his work he could have his pulpit supplied while he took the Keely cure, and then not to lose his standing in the least. Yes, he could even go so far as to get crazy drunk at a Sunday school convention and curse and swear and have to be taken away by force, and yet continue a shining light, if he knew how to raise the money. Is not this true, Dr. Johnson? Then why [Continued on fourth page] THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. “Oy, N QE=— <6 it, , oe TY; Ah 9. 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Oaion syrup 1s good for a bad cold in the chest, PLANS FOR SECOND SE3SION OF NEGRO? ¥, P.O. and E. CONGRESS ORGNAN ZATION OF MUCH BENEFIT Unification of Ali Interests Its Higheat Aim —Many Prominent Men Presen to Map Out Actiion —Great Meeting to be Held at Washington, D. 0. | Washington, D. C., Feb. 17—The Ex- ecutive Committee of the Negro, Young Peoples’ Christian and Educational Congress met in this city Wednesday and Thursday of last week, in the of- fice of Dr. B. W. Lampton, financial secretary of the African ‘Methodist Episcopal Church, to formulate plans and provide arrangements for holding the Second Great Negro Young Peo- ple’s Christian and Educational Con- gress in Washington, July Srd-Sth in- clusive. ‘The people of the country have not forgotten the great meeting held in Atlanta four years ago, nor are they unmindful of the immense amount of good done at that meeting. ‘The sim- ple fact that all denominations and other agencies doing work among our people were brought to gether in such Nan organization meant volumes in favor of racial progress, and now that it has been done once, the promoters of the organization do not mean that it shall sleep. Under the active leadership of LDr. I, Garland P. Penn, who is the corres- ponding secretary of the Congress, and assistant general secretary of the Ep- worth League, Methodist Episcopal Chureh, the Congress is now coming before the people with several avowed principles and purposes, which all organizations and denominations can and will heartily endorse. ‘The Congress seeks to emphasize the spiritual and religious life of a peo ple as fundamental to the entire pro- gramme of racial progress. It seeks to become a creator of sen- timent in favor of the Negro by pre- senting object lessons of Negro pro- Eas Its highest aim is an organization and unification of all interests involv- ing essentials, and forgetting non-es- sentials. | It seeks a hearing through the press of the country. | ment made in the last four years, and | gives the country a hearing as to the Negro’s views of his own future, | ‘Finally, it seeks to raise suifictont funds to have a paid representation who will look after the interests of the race in the one partienlar business of lerystalizing publie sentiment in favor of the Negro. Many of the most prominent Negro men in the country journeyed to Wash ington this week to map out titis line of action, and to provide arrangements for holding this second session, which undoubtedly will mean so much to us Every denomination was represented in this meeting, which shows how readily some of our leading men wil put down their regular affairs and take a hand in anything that tends for race elevation. The committee and some which met the Board of Director: to make arrangements for this Con gress is composed of the following well known gentlemen: Bishop W. J. Gaines, Atlanta, Ga.; Bishop G. W. Clinton, Charlotte, N. C.; Bishop Alexander “Walters, Jersey City, N. C.; Dr. I. Garland Penn, At lanta, Ga.; Prof. J. R. Hawkins, Kit trell, N. C.; Dr. M. C. B. Mason, Cin cinnati, Ohio; Dr. Booker T. Wash ington, Tuskegee Institute, Ala; Dr W. H. Weaver, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. 'S. N Vass, Raleigh, N. C.; Dr. E. W. Lamp ton, Greenville, Miss; Dr. E. R. Car. ter, Atlanta, Go.; Dr. L. E. B. Rosser, Washington, D. C.; Hon. John Dancy Washingtov, Dr. J. H. Collett, Phila delphia, Pa.; Dr. E. C. Morris, Little Rock, Ark.; Dr. L. G. Jordan, Louis ville, Ky.; Dr. A. A. Cosey,’ Mound Bayon, Miss.; Dr. W. Bishop Johnson, Dr. A. C, Garner, Prof. Kelly Miller, of Washington; Dr. E. Carter, Atlanta, and others. Various committees were appointed to take up different phases of the work, and a strong committee ap- pointed on program. Th local side is being worked up by the local clergy and professional men. Railroad rates will be announced in a few days, but it is confidently expected that ‘they will be the same as they were four years ago. The people of Washington are enthusiastic over the movement, and it is freely predicted that at least ten thousand people will enter Wash- ington City on this occasion. Minis- ters, teachers and all others interested in Christian and educational work for our young people are earnestly re: quested to become active in this cause. Full information can be had by writ ing Dr. I. Garland Penn, South At Janta, Ga., the corresponding secretary. } HORACE D SLATTER. VALDOSTA. 'GA. Frank Hudson, one of the pioneers of this city died February 18, The funer al took place at the St, Paul A. M. E. caureh. of which he had been a mem: ber and oflver for a quarter of a cen- tury. The services were conducted by the Masons. Five sons, a daughter, and wife survive him.—A. B, Walton hhas the contract for the erection of the National Hank on Hill Avenue —Prof. Wiley, the principal of the public schools deserves great credit tor hist. ficlent management —The Royal Bene: fit Society has elected the following of- ficers : Prof. U. G@. Wiley, ex president, Dr. RH, Singleton, pres ; F. L. Rice, vice-president; secretary; treasurer, Mrs. Minnie B, White;. sergeant at arms, ©. 8, Simpson; door-keeper Samuel Postell; chaplain, Prof. 0. W. Way.—St. Panl’s A. M, E chareb Dr.-T. N. M Smith pastor, ts in the mldst of a revival. Great results are expeoted.—Rev. A’ W, Bryant, B. D. was installed pastor of Macedonia Bap: tist Oburoh, Februay 15, and with the Installation began a week’s cslebration of the thirty-ninth anniversary of the ebhuroh. Prof, DuBois of the Atlanta Uni versity, Atlanta, Ga. has been with us, telling the story of old John Brown, the famous insurrectionist. Unfortu: nately, it was not my pleasure to hear the distinguished scholar and author but have made diligent inquiry for in- formation as to the trend of his talk, learn that he dealt with the causes of slavery and the accentuating incidents fp until the moment, psychological moment, if you please, when the doughty Brown began to make his de: cided chapter in the history of the country. DuBois’ masterfulness is not doubt ed. It is generally known that he is em- inent authority on the slave period in America. He is out of the ordinary, it is admitted, but for some reason he left behind him a perplexed condition as it concerns the estimate of the lec. ture. Was he a too great a colossus? What was the mater with that lecture? Some say that it was too short, witich, of course, is very excellent evidence in the professor's favor. Others insist that he talked about everything else except John Brown. The conclusion is, however, that the lecture, good, bad or indifferent, was unlike anything heard by the audience before. It sim: ply escaped analysis— Just a trifle gosameric—f'ne. When passing Tenth and Walnut streets, etopand get a copy of The Freeman, on sale at Wallner’s Drag Store every week, Will Owens, agent, Louisville, Ky. All persons in Latta, 8. C, should call on P. E. Evans and secure a copy of the Freeman, for sale by him each week. PHENOLOGIST AND PALMIST MADAM McNAIRDEE - MOORE, the orid’s reatest clairvoyant, | Yon can't, af Tord to mies consulting this gifted lay. 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Life Lines Crossed Satie Our lives may be charted by nes. ‘These lines are continually crossing and at times becoming entangled with each other. | My father had been a wealthy New Yorker, but in some way—I never knew how—his fortune had been diverted from my mother and me, her only child. She would not permit me to look into the closet where lurked the family skeleton. Others knew what I was ig: norant of, and often I would notice persons regarding me with an expres sion in which pity seemed to be min- gled with indignation, ‘As I grew up I developed a talent for music, and at my mother’s death had sufficient funds to enable me to study abroad, On my return I gaye music lessons, by which means I made a seant support. I was alone in the world, having no brothers or sisters, and my lot was a hard oxe. Thad been told by my mother that at my birth it Was expected I would some day be one of the wealthiest women in New York. LT remembered this, and it made my ef. forts to eke out a living only the more intolerable. Amoug those to whom I gave lessons was the daughter of a wealthy man Ramed Shanklin. He was one of the new rich and, not having either the ‘time or the taste to make a handsome home for himself, had bought a house with everything In it just as it stood at the death of the owner, a widow. The first time I entered the premises was with a singular feeling. It seemed that I had been in some house very like it, But where this other house was or what part of my life I had been in it I could in no way determine. | Now, I shall account for this feeling Presently, but there is another circum- stance that I cannot account for. 1 ean show a coincidence, but the under- Iying reason is one of those mysteries which, if ever solved, must be solved by what T may call the science of soul. Over the mautel in the drawing room was the portrait of a beautiful woman in the prime of life. The moment I looked at this portrait I was seized with the most bitter repugnance. It seemed as if the original were doing me some great injury from which 1} could not escape. Never before nor since have I felt a desire to kill any one as I desired to kill the original of this picture. Yet I was fascinated wit! the beautiful face, the wealth of flaxer hair, the soft blue eyes, Why I should ‘feel hostility to a face that was look ing down on me benignly I could no. divine. | ‘The musie room opened into the drawing room, and T often went into the drawing room alone. One day white gazing on the portrait it seemed to me that the eyes were looking to ‘ward an antique desk directly oppo: site. I went over and sat in the chair before the desk. Why I did so I dc not know. Presently I turned and be gan to rummage the drawers, While Going so [struck my knuckle against a bit of carved work, and a drawer flew ‘open. It contained two papers, one of which 1 opened and read. T need not give the text of this docu ment. It was the narrative of the daughter of an English army officer who had come to America and taken 9 position as governess, A married mar who visited the house where she was employed had fallen in love with her and had insisted on diyoreing his wife and marrying the governess. The man was of strong will and induced her to comply, The deserted wife gave birth to a daughter only a few weeks before the marriage of her husband with her rival. ‘The second wife seemed trom th narrative to have been a very unhappy woman. She was ignored by her fam- ily in England, which was aristocratic She was received by the society of New York, but the friends of the woman she had supplanted never lost an op. portunity to slight her. It appeared that she was good at heart, but had been led by the man who loved ber At his death he made her all the atone ment he could by leaving her his entir property, His widow, now possessing an enor: mous fortune, found herself alone in the world and, uninfluenced by the husband, not only gave vent to remorse at having broken up and despoiled a family, but made an effort to fiid the child that had been born while she was doing so. The narrative ended with mention of this effort. I had no sooner taken up the other paper than I saw that it was a will and my astonishment was great to sec my own name written in it. ‘Then 1 read that this person of my name was left all the testator's property. The matter being unintelligible to me, 1 took both papers to Mr. Shanklin. On reading them he looked at me wonder | onl Pumas SS pac cc J Piecrorype@, 3s ¢ @ ENGRAVERS \{"") 23W.PEARL ST, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 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Hoosier Poet CLUB ROOM LONDRES 10c Cigar ter Gaon cig omar cares John Rauch Cigar Co, - Indianapolis, Ind. Se cen eh eee { 4 svCCESSFUL WAITER = Ep sodny sows that tobe upto datotn oe must keep abreast of the fr 25 Spee dotmg be mast read | fe or have afte eons 2m ios dining rooms and cafes, He rows that » knowledge of these factors , Rimoestis| to sagcoun If yom are a 4 fuer, active or prospective, it will be Firth your while to study the art of " Kifue, The Hotel Department of The | t Freeman e presenting @ series of thor- § trip vvactlcal loons on the art of an oa eee ae Ticnvces, ilustrating how the sue- teatal walter succeeds and why others cece can aaslat us. Appoint a in gevtative to represent The Free | sero yoo, hotels Sample copies sent free, Aatrees : THE FREEMAN, | , Indianapolis, Ind. |] i op av ae sed a0casasaseses gouTS FOR THE WATTER | —=—<—= Don't think that you know ft all, Don't forget to appreciate advice ire. Don't forget to keep your clothes well gonged and reseed. Don't wear a soiled shirt. Don't fail to keep your face smoothly shaven, Dou't act as if you expected @ tip. Don't leave your station when not tesy. Don't refuge to do your side work. Don’t fail to ‘come quick” when dgnaled, Don't Jean sgainst the walls and cults while on duty. WDIVIDUAL HOTEL D:RECTOR) [One address line $4.00 per year; including nbscription to The Freeman, in advance,| HEADWAITERS, J, W, Redmond, Headweiter of The Car. vol, Vicksburg, Mise, * "10-06. 0.W. Dwyer, headwaiter Commercial Cinb Mionespolis, Minn, 8 105 C,H, Plummer, headwaiter Hotel Bruns viok, Uniontown, Pa. 10°05 2. H. Bradley, Headwaiter Menger Hotel, fan Antonio, Toxas, 3-06 G, W. Bland, Headwaiter of The Oliver, fouth Bend, Ind. 12-06 HOTEL DIRECTORY Tuls column used exclusively for tne ad freses of hotels restaurants. lodging and Sarding houses end elab rooms throughout te country, and intended "as 8 guide for the buvellng prbite~you business solicited. Hotel Reformer—First class In all respects 0 N. sth street, Kiebmond, Va, A, W. Holnies, manager. Yoore's Hotel First-class roomsand board Rioins neatiy furnished, 7.2.and 74 W. sihstrect Little Rock, AP. Waldort- Astoria Hotel—i2 Laurel street, Hot Springs, Ari. Gora’s Lunch Room — 220 Fifth Street, litte Hock, Ark. Black's Hotel—A modern first-class hotel Grivel peop, He lack, Manages, Tes Parker House—Rooms, bath, J. W, ‘Holiiman, proprietor, Indianapolis, Ind. THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. Don't tell the headwaiter that your wife is sick in order to lay off a meal or Eeoause you are late. Don’t loaf in the kitchen. Don’t form the habit of stealing what youeat for it will be the means of you losing 5 our position. Don’t have any argument in the kitchen, pantry or waiters’ quarters. Don't make any noise, if you can possibly help it, in the handling of dishes, Don’t ‘‘railroad a guest.” Don't do unnecessary talking in the dining room. Don’t wear raveled neckties. TIPS TO WAITERS, BY JOHN B GOINS Asa rule all walters, aa well as otber employes in public service, look for and receive tips—fees. Much has been sald in the past few years in regard to the practice of giving tips on the one side and receiving them on the other, and ‘steps have been taken by some hotels to stop it altogether. Some proprietors haye gone so far as to place aligns in their dining rooms forbiding waiters to accept tips. The matter of tipping ts the guest's own desire, and it may be sald here that it is not usually the wealthlect people who practice it. ‘The man work- ing for a salary of $150 per month ie, on the average, more liberal with those who serve him than those who are worth much more, The man on aeslary has taken the trouble to figure out that a walter’s wages are not stffisient to sup- port a family,and that if he had one he must depend on the kindness and consideration of the traveling pubiic to help him out, and he consequently knows that every walter In American ‘and Enropean plan hotels does not de- pend on bis wages for his support, but figures on the amount of tips he can make per day. Take, for instance, @ waiter working for the small eum of twenty dollars per month. He has to at least pay four dollars a month for room rent, three dollars for car fare and incidental expenses, to which is ‘added charge for “breakages” and fines for “late,” and it can readily be seen that there 1s not much left for support of bimself and family, and tips become an actual necessity for him. The waiters who recelve the most tips are usually those who have ever- lasting and job-like patience; those who do not easily take an insult; who ever have a pleasant smile for their patrons; who try earnestly to please them and are always ready to acoom- modate avery one. ‘A walter never places himself in a Position of expectancy in the matter of Fecelving a tip, and should avoid ap- Proaching a gues: if he seee him in the ‘act of drawing change from his pocket. A walter should never pose as an object of pity with » view to securing a tip. if he deserves a tip he should let the guest feel within himself thet he deserves it, and if the guest wishes to give him a tlp he will usually manage to catoh the walter’s attention or leave the tlp beside his plate. Should the waiter receive a tip previons to waiting on the guest he ehould leave it lying on the table and then do his level best to earn it. A waiter should never make any demonstration of gratitude when re- ceiving a tip beyond a polite acknowl- edgement, for {f the gttention of other guests is attracted to the clroumstance of bis recetving it they will feel that ‘they are not likely to receive as good treatment at his hands as the giver of the tip, and will consequently be on the lookout for something to find fault with In first class hotels every man has hie own partlonlar station and !s expected to wait on his own guests and nobody else; but it sometimes happens that the head *aiter bas an impatient guest and signals a waiter to give him a glass of water or come little attention to make the time teem shorter while he 1s wait- ing for his order, in whioh eyent a waiter, no matter whether the guest is under his jurisdiction or not, must do a8 the headwatter directs, SHORT FLIGHTS, ‘The People’s Band of Columbus hae been mustered into the service of the State ot Ohio, and will hereafter be kaown as the Ninth Infantry Band, Ohio Nattonal Guard. wae Ben Tillman fs chairman of the Com mittee on the Five Civilized Tribes of the Senate, We never would have aus- ected {t had not Tillman told it him- self. He could easily proven an allt. eee Rey. Byron Gunner has opsned a Printing cflize in New York City. Some Preachers find it profitable to go to work nae At the Church of the Epiphany meet- ing in New York Dr: M W. Gilbert parrying Thomas Dixon's ples for the return of the Negro to Africa, said he would willingly return to Africa if Dixon, who had boasted of his German sucestry, would return to Germany and turn this country over to the indians. ‘Thomas Dixon is not gifted with the virtue of consistency. He sald in one breath, recently, that the Nagro was 4.000 years behind the times, and in the next reptoached Dr. Washington for sending his children to 8 whi'e school “when there are Negro schools just as end see Charles 8. Ouney of Texas has been promoted from a $900 clerkship in the Postefice department at Washington, D. C,, to # $1200 aesignment in the same office. In the internal revenue cfllce Bryson S. Chase weut from $660 to $720 This wil! help some. Despite the absence of the redoubt- able Charles Caterer Curtis they are managing to pull off the usual quota of banquets and collat'ons in honor of the “big gas” at the national capital Judge Terrell was the latest to be fi - tingly fed. eee Gov. P. B, 8, Pinchback, the “noblest Roman of them all,” has it on Ponce de Leon by several laps. He has vertainly discovered the fount of eternal youth— and we are gladof it. May his shadow never grow less ees The fact that Mr. Stiilings proposes to maintain the government printing offics as an “open shop” Is “fat” for the Negro devotess of the ‘art preserva tive.” eee Miss Nannle Helen Burroughs, the energetic corresponding secretary of the Woman's Auxillary to the Baptist Forelgn Misslonary Board, speaks be- fore Bethel Literary at Washington on the 20h, her theme beiog “The Way Out” We trust she has a new ‘way out” to show the offise holding class there, for the fs surely aware of the fact that most of them are painfully familiar with all of the old exits. eee Former Minister W. F. Powell slid out of cflise as quietly, emootbly and expeditiously as tf everything had teen greased for the occasion. ‘Hope you celebrated "Douglass Day” in your town, eee Purity in the pew, without parity in the pulpit is @ barren ideality, eee Charehes are public institutions, ard like public men, they are amendable te ‘honest criticlem at the hands of the press and people. If elther has chort- comings, @ reform is practically impos eible until demanded by popular outery instigated by a widespread exposure of RSS SE ASM 0 aA ea cet RN a MONEY; DO YOU WANT IT? If go, it will psy you to read this carefally and write us at ones. ‘We want rellable colored persons of elther sex who have experlencs in canvassing, and agency work to represent us The work which we wish you to do is to manage branch offize, take orders, deliver, collect, appoint azents, post eigns, distribute advertising matter, ec. We contract fo pay you @ salary according to your worth in the business from $35 to $100 a month dlreot from headqaarters. We offer this opportunity only to energetic peop'e in every state in the union who are not expectlag somsthiag without an fiort, and wish to better thetr conditions by honest means We of- fer you @ proposition that no msn or woman who wants to make money can afford to let pass It has been the mesus of‘giving @ good steady incoms to others and will do the same for you. Now, in order to get you interested in this work we will distrihnte absolutely trea among the first 100 engaging with us $269 IN OASH PRIZES. We guarantee that there 1s no fraud, or trikery connected to this proposition and all will be treated fate For contract and fall partioulars, eadress at onoe Dept F, MoPHERSON SPE IALTY CO. Dorehestor, Va concealment, and God's servants are no’ made better by episcopal collusion. eee Rev D A. Graham's charges agains the A. M. E. church should be answered —not “poob-poohed.”” eee When a church organ declines to pub: lish a well-tempered communication be ‘cause it ventures to tell some unpalata ble traths, where cana would-be re- former go for a hearing, if not to the secular press, that gives every reputa ble citizen an equal chance and plays no favorites? cee The editor of “Town Toples” seems to have been 9 bad “Mann.” eee Dr. Lampton’s oritios have d:opped their sand-bags and taken to the tall Humber. ene Success 2 never asked to explain. That unpleasant ceremony is left to failure. eee When a girl begins to make irquiries 4s to the #29 of your ealary and the amount of your earnings proves satls- factory It is a sign that something { going to happen to yon before long. eee Unoultured people have a disgusting habit of coupling the price with the mention of every present they reosive or purchase—auch as a $10 hat, a $5( ring, 8 $40 suit, a $20 chirt-etud, a $12 umbrella, or & $1 50 tloket to the theater In contemplating the monetary value of @ present given or recetved the beau tifal epirit bebind the offering is apt t bbe lost. ees The Rives bili introduced into th Kentucky Legislature prohibits Sundas exonretons, and many colored peopli are warmly urging its passage. Prop erly conducted there is little harm i going off for a day’s outing on the Sab bath to drive away dall care, but wher one sees the motley assemblages thai the average Sunday excursions bring: totown, itis no wonder that self-re specting Negroes hold up thelr hand and exclaim: “From all euch epecta cles and thelr attendant evils, goo: Lord deliver us.” The bill ought ti ‘pase, 88 & measure to promote order thrift, Industry and economy. R. W. THOMPSON, AMONG THE CHURCHES AND THEIR PEOPLE Bishop J. W. Hood is slowly improv- ing. He expects to fill his episcopal engagements late in the spring. eee Organic union with the A. M. E. Zion church will be one of the impor- tant issues to be settled at the coming Conference of the Colored M. E. Chureh, which assembles in Topeka, Kansas, in May. Through the recommendations of Bishop Alexander Walters, Mrs. Belle Riley, a talented young woman of Mo- bile, Ala. has been appointed to a responsible position in the Publication Department of the A. M. E. Zion Church at Charlotte, N. C. Jacob Street Tabernacle, Louisville, Ky., of which Rev, Adam Wakefield is pastor, has just installed a new and extraordinarily handsome set of bronze lighting fixtures, the chandeliers being equipped for both electric bulbs and gas. The cost of the improvement was $117, and it is entirely paid for. Mrs Lena Mason, the noted evangel- ist, is rounding out two months of sne- cessful revival work at Quinn Chapel and other churches in Louisville. The interest is so great that she will con- tinue in that field for some time yet, with occasional labors in New Albany and Jeffersonville, across the Indiana border, The “women preachers” and minis ters of religion have increased throughout the United States during the last decade at the rate of 200 per cent. In 1890 the women “clergymen” of America licensed to preach and marry couples numbered only 1,143, whereas there are now 3,378. Quite a number of these are colored women. If the General Convention of the Baptist Church goes to Louisville in May, as it probably will, there prom: ises to be a wrestle over the problem of what to do with the colored dele gates who are entitled to seats in the great body. When Northern and Southern religionists (4) try to get together and serve God it is so diff cult to keep the devil of brotherly equality with the black man out of the camp. sigs ; | ‘The Negro Young People's Christia and Educational Congress will meet al Washington, July 3 to 8. Bishop W. J. Gaines, Rev. I. Garland Penn., Dr. _ Booker T. Washington, Rey. EB. W. Lampton and many prominent colored Christian workers are deeply inter. ested in this movement. At a recent conference at the capital in promotion of the event, representatives from nearly every state and religious de- nomination were present. 10,000 dele- gates and visitors are expected during the sitting of the convention. ese |_ February 10 was appropriately ob. served by the A. M. E. Zion church. It was the anniversary of the birth of the great Dr. Joseph C. Price. ‘Trib- utes to the memory of the revered leader were delivered in all the churches and collections were taken for the benefit of the educational cause. One-half o tthe money will be applied toward the erection of a memorial building in honor of Dr. Price on the campus at Livingston College, and the other half will be held by Secretary of Education S. G. Atkins, of Winston- Salem, N. C., for distribution by the Board of Education among the various schools controlled by the Zion con- nection. “DOUGLASS DAY” IN SOUTH IN- ‘DIANA, New Albany, Ind., Feb. 14.—For the first time in the history of this city the birthday of the immortal Freder- ick Douglass was celebrated in our Public schools, At the suggestion of Mr. W. R. Thompson, te well known correspondent, and Mrs Mary B, Washington, patriotic instructor at- tached to the W. R. C., Supt. C. A. Prosser very readily consented to set apart an hour of the afternoon of the 14th in’ each of the four colored schools for the observance of the natal day of the Negro's most inspiring character. At Seribner High School the program was as follows: Opening Chorus—“Battle Hymn of the Republis,” the school. Introductory remarks—Prineipal R A. Roberts. Solo—‘Just Give Us Another Lin coln,” Miss Eva Russ, Biographical sketch of Douglass— Mr, J. A. Hodge. Song—“Old Kentucky Home,” the school, Prelude—“Patriotism a Factor in Education,” Mrs. M. E. Washington. Address—“Lessons From the Life of Douglass,” Mr. R. W. Thompson. Song—“Star-Spangled Banner,” the school “Ode to Douglass,” (Paul Laurence Dunbar) Miss Grace McKuire, Closing Chorus—“Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue,” the school ‘The program presented in the other schools was substantially the same, with the exception that Dr. W. 0. Vane delivered the address at the Sec: ond Street Building, Rey. B. G. Shaw spoke at Division street, and Mr. C. B. Lewis at West Union. ‘The attendance ‘at each was large and enthusiastic, land it was practically decided to make ‘Douglass Day” an annual feature in ‘the colored schools of New Albany. HOUSTON, TEX. | L Jones, our colored contractor an¢ ‘builder has fintshed his ckating rink ‘Robert Gaines has resigned his post ton at the King Shaving Parlor.— Isaac Brossard bas returned from Gal veston.—A J. Witherspoon isin New Orleans.—Rev, Thomas Cole, of Rich: mond was the guest of his mother re csntly,—There are three large coloreé skating rink aud are doing a good bust ness—The Houst Amusement Com: ‘pany will appear at the U B F. Hall [shortly for the benefit of the school ‘oblldren —Martin Young has returned from West Texas,” TotheDrug,Grocery and Confectionery Trades ‘Ifyou should find at any time, in. 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Fase of measure—solid advertisement inserted on first page. Special rates on standing professional and business cards. Reasonable discount for long time add rate on WRITE UPS. 80 per line. Special rates on WRITE UPS. Entered at the postoffice at Indianapolis, Indiana, as second class n atter. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1906. The more we think about this disgraceful, inhuman and savage affair, the more certain we are that its causes are not to be found on the surface of things. The former riot, like this one, showed either sympathy or cowardice on the part of those whose duty it was to enforce law. As almost every American is a latent or prospective candidate for some office or place, he is unwilling in most instances to do anything that may impair his chances. This unwillingness to act according to principle and duty is what The Freeman has meant by its frequent saying that the average politician is a coward. He knows that the vote of a tough at a primary or an election counts as much as that of the loyal and decent citizen. He cares only for immediate results, and is willing to let the future take care of itself. His feeling of concern for government is only for that which brings a material benefit to him regardless of the hurt it may bring to others. He does not seek to put certain principles into effect for the good of all. In short, the professional politician, be he white or black, is the greatest criminal in the civic life of this generation, for his influence is productive of nine-tenths of our social evils. When he does do good it is by mere accident and without intention. He constitutes evil that is always a danger to peace and security, and should be uprooted at any cost. So far as our race is concerned, the Negro politician has clogged its progress and threatens to become a mill-stone about its neck. The white politician and the black politician acting together constitute a force which produces the conditions that make mobs possible, for they subsist for the most part on the black and white rowdy. We should not have had the second riot at Springfield if there had not been professional politicians in office there during the first riot. If they had performed the duties of their official positions instead of playing the game of cheap politics, these rowdies would have had a lesson before them which could not have been forgotten in so short a time. We shall remove one factor of the mob when we get the independence to rid our civic life of the professional politician. He has no good excuse to offer for his existence. His illness will add to the general health of society. May his shadow continue to grow shorter. REPUBLICAN PATHWAY. Parties are the product of necessity, which grow out of conditions that call them into being. These conditions out of which they grow have within them the neglect or suppression of some principle of vital importance to the happiness and well being of the citizen. It is by taking a stand on such a principle and declaring in favor of adherence to it that a new party finds followers. It grows, becomes dominant, and then powerful'. In an order that is apparently natural it then becomes corrupt, and corruption is followed by decay, and then another party rises on its ruins. This was as it used to be. At the present time there is a disinclination to take on new party names. Regeneration is taking place within parties, instead of outside of them. That is, decay in old parties is arrested by a change of direction. For example, the last presidential campaign saw the last of what may be called the old Democratic party. It was the last stand of the "old guard" against the growing change within its own ranks. Long before the day of election the battle had become a rout, and plutocratic democracy was down and out for the next quarter of a century, at least. The Democratic victories of the future can only be those of the Bryan- THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER Folk-Johnson variety. Either this, or a deserved solitude in the wilderness. It has required ten years to effect this change [in the Democratic party. While the change has been going on the Republicans have revealed in delight and have worn about them the mantle of idle security. They have felt themselves to be proof against the [microbe of "populism," as they chose to call the cause of the alliment in the Democratic body. They have felt no cause for alarm, nor do they seem to feel any now. Yet the microbe seems to be at work. The Republican party has been exposed to the little pest, some time, some where. Roosevelt, Lafollette, Cummins and the recently elected successor of Congressman Grosvenor are a different brand of Republicanism than the old orthodox type. The traditions of the party are not sacred things to them. Time makes ancient good unouth. We must ever up and onward Who would keep abreast of truth," say they. We have already seen the differences between these men and the majority of the party's leaders. The President is with the radical minority. Will the party follow the reform element in it, or will it attempt to drown this radical element? Can the President bring the party leaders to him? If he can the rank and file will follow readily. If he cannot, then what? We believe that the Republican party is fast approaching the forks of the road—that it must choose whether it will continue to be the servant of the trusts and Wall street, or whether it will be the servant of the people. Resolutions and declarations that leave room for various constructions will not do. Such things have been worked about to the limit. It is a case of "choose ye this day whom you will serve." Which will it be? WE ARE COMING. Evidences are multiplying which show that the colored people of this city are beginning to take life seriously. It has been but a few years ago that all our activities were covered by the names of lodges, churches and jobs. Then came Alpha Home, a retreat provided for aged colored women. After that the Flanner Guild, the Y. M. C. A., and now the Young Women's Club Home. All of these things can find much good work to do. All of these are needed and are worthy of our support. We are of the opinion, however, that this entire field should have been covered by our churches, but these seemed to be asleep to the necessity for such work and to the many sided benefits to accrue from them. The churches have been content to travel along the beaten path neither looking to the left nor the right for the work they were designed to do. Their energies have all been absorbed in "shouting" and in raising money to pay off big debts that should never have been contracted. We have kept our Christianity so heavily mortgaged that little time could be spared from paying interest. So, since the churches could not, or would not do this work, it has had to be done by others. Now, there is other thing we need here, and we need it badly. We need a well equipped hospital where we may get that which we cannot secure elsewhere. It is quite certain that the same energy and perseverance that has attended the building up of some of these other establishments would produce a hospital of creditable proportions. Our physicians have patients who need such a place where they may go and retain the doctor of their choice. We need the trained nurses that such a place would supply. We need a hospital. SOME GOOD IN NAZARETH. "I often hear people use very uncompetitive remarks about the colored people. I take the position that the colored man is not to be censured on account of his color, as the Lord created him that way and if that is a handicap to him, it should not be where he proves himself worthy of merit by his conduct and dealings with his fellow men. I am frank enough to not be prejudiced against any man on account of his color, reil ion or former condition. In our country it seems to be not so much what you are, but 'who you are.' While the colored people do not ask to be recognized socially on a par with the white people they have a moral right to be considered equal when it comes to making a living, as they are here to stay, and evidently are worthy of consideration, everything else being equal I am only writing this in the spirit of justice and humanity and speaking from the standpoint of an unprejudiced mind. THE SPECTATOR THINGS AS HE SEES THEM. Sunday, Feb. 25th, was a great day for the colored people of the city, religiously, also it was a great day for parades. In the foreoon the quiet of the day was disturbed by a parade of the Fianner Guild contingency to the inspiring strains of a brass band. It was a sort of 'See, the conquering hero comes' affair. It was also very funny and childish. Then came the afternoon parade under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. It reminded one of a circus holiday affair. Just why a brass band was necessary, the public croweth not. Perhaps the able board of directors and equally able secretary may know. The Y. M. C. A. failed to make the most of its opportunity at its Sunday afternoon meeting. The program was too long. People became tired of a harangue and make-believe funny stories, even at a Y. M. C. A. meeting. The people came to hear Mr. Mooreland and not our local Of course when we consider the disadvantages the colored race have had to contend with, we should overlook some of their shortcomings and rather pity than censure them. It is not what they once were, but what they hope to be in the future. Fair-minded people should think and encourage people to do better things and not discourage them is my true sentiments. JOS. BAER. " Springfield, O., Feb. 17, 1906. MR. D. D. HUNTER DEAD. Mr. Daniel D. Hunter, who has held the position of foreman in The Freeman composing room for over ten years, died at his home in this city on Friday night, March 2. He was well known to the printers' profession in this part of the country, having served on the Shelbyville Republican, the Richmond Palladium, the Lebanon Patriot, the Lafayette Call, all of which are daily papers, besides a number of colored weeklies. Mr. Hunter has served The Freeman long and well, always faithfully devoting his energies to the work before him. He was absent from the office less than a week. On Thursday, the day before his death, he remembered that it was "press day," and he had to be restrained from dressing himself, for, he said, they need me. I must go. And he did go—not to labor but to his reward. The Sunday-school and choir in Allen Chapel and The Freeman share with the family the loss that is upon us. He is done with type and space—galley and chase. The adds which tell of his life are placed, the forms are made up and his life work has gone "to press." In the morning its pages will appear well made up and free from blot and blur and the common frailties of man. Mrs. Ada Jones of Springfield, Ohio, sends us a communication in which she defends the colored people of that city against mlsrepresentations of the press, and shows that they were in nowise responsible for the recent barbarism practiced there. The man whose crime was made a pretext for that anarchy was not even a resident of the city. She declares that the poor white rowdies built up the mob around the word "nigger." We think that Mrs. Jones has the wrong impression when she says that the press of that city has succeeded in creating the impression that the colored residents there are worthless. We have seen nothing in comments outside that city that falls to put the blame where it belongs. That performance cannot be justified. It was a clear case of white savagery for which white savages are responsible. It will not do to try and account for that cowardly mob by the latest newswhich states that it was'composed of mere boys. The average American boy is a desperado, but he acts only with the sanction of men who are ashamed to do what they encourage in these youngsters. It would be an awful thing for that mob to have made a hundred funerals necessary, but it would have been an evidence of a higher degree of civilization than is shown by permitting what occurred. We did not injure Spain in that war as much as we injured ourselves. In it we overturned some of our highest American ideals, and it gave the young American bull dog a taste of blood that has not yet been satisfied. Instead of being a trusted guardian of the children of liberty he can be no longer be entrusted to guard them. He is no more the protector. The children will one day need protection from him. Dr. Hartstone said on last Sunday night that we do not need women who leave their husbands to rock the cradle. That is true. Neither do we need men whose only ability is to fill cradles. celebrities. They should have gracefully retired it did not give the earnest and capable international secretary a fair chance and he really had something of worth to say. The Realty Hall is a great hall, and the company owning it is a great company—so says the Realty Company. Large banners inside the hall publish this fact, and then the company does not fail to advertize in season and out of season, for at the first Sunday meeting held there they distributed circulate about their business. And on last Sunday a local dentist took the occasion to advertise his business. This may have been enterprise, but it was not good taste. Verily, our people fear fresh air. Did you notice at this meeting when the secretary asked that the windows be lowered, two windows were actually lowered two inches. THE SPECTATOR. Most of the white papers seem to regard the poor white man as hopeless for they say that the only way to prevent such acts of deviltry as took place at Springfield is to suppress the Negro criminal. Such things are only done by barbarians and form no legitimate part in the suppression of crime. Say of it what you may, but we believe that the "strenuous life" nonsense and the "walk easy and carry a big stick" doctrine to be responsible for most of the present day devilry, and that it will some day be paid for at home or abroad by rivers of blood. If Bishop Turner had known that affair was going to take place in Ohio he might not have felt disposed to correct the false report, sent out. The Jew in Russia is as secure as the colored man in Springfield. Neither have rights which the cowardly majority respect. So long as a large per cent of the criminals are at large we may expect merciless mobs and cowardly, cringing officials. Evidently there are a number of people in Springfield, Ohio, who are incapable of self-government. THOMPSON'S WEEKLY REVIEW (Continued from First Page ) eligible to the baptismal rite. These are problems for doctrinaires and dogmatists and can well be "passed up." The people want a live, progressive school for the higher education of the race in Louisville, and Dr Ford starts out with the manner of a man who is determined to "deliver the goods." He has accepted the work but will probably not assume active charge until later in the year, as he must wind up some important affairs at his Denver home before leaving finally. It is the confident prediction of those who have listened to Dr. Fords Eloquent and scholarly sermons and addresses in different portions of the city during the past few days, and have come into sympathetic contact with him, that he will make an admirable successor to even so able and well-loved a president of the university as the late Dr. C. L. Purce. I have to thank my great and good friend Mr. W. T. Menard for nominating me for consul to Peurto Babelo, Venezuela, and such a profusion of compliments in his Washington letter to the Florida Sentinel. The job was recently held by Mr. J. B. Peterson of the New York Age, who resigned to accept a deputyship in the office of Collector of Internal Revenue Anderson, in New York City. The salary is $1,500 per annum, but this is a bagatelle compared with the glorious opportunity of serving one's country and setting at naught Buship Turner's pessimistic utterances anent the American flag. Nevertheless and notwithstanding, for several reasons, unnecessary to go into at length, I very much fear I shall not be in a position to accept the nomination which the ever-generous Mr. Menard has so kindly tendered. Further particulars may be furnished by Mr. Root, Secretary of State. The alleged charges against Dr. W. T. Vernon, which President Roosevelt dismissed as frivolous and unworthy of attention are being used by Tillman as an excuse to hold up his confirmation as Register of the Treasury. The South Carolina "pitchfork" artist is not so good that he is at all particular what kind of men receive places at the hands of the President—provided they are white men. He merely hangs his objection to Vernon to an old peg, merely to annoy a Negro, and with the possible hope that Roosevelt may withdraw the appointment. Tillman has not handled any paper money for several years because he has solemnly vowed never to accept any money upon which the signature of a black man appeared. He is evidently tired of silver and gold, so if he can defeat Vernon or any other Negro the PJresident may appoint, he can line his much worn pockets with crisp greenbacks without fear of contamination. The Senate should tell Tillman and * * * the absurd fetish of "Senatorial courtesy" to go to—you know where—and confirm Vernon without delay. * * * The famous Pen and Pencil Club at Washington maintains a "full-Nelson" on its time-honored title, notwithstanding the fact that another organization has incorporated under it, and thus robbed the old coterie of all rights in the premises. President H. P. Slaughter, however, refuses to sanction the hint gently thrown out by "yours truly" that the name be changed to the "Knife and Fork Club." Mr. Slaughter admits that the designation is vividly descriptive of the favorite pastime of the husky pencil pushers, but thinks that an appellation so suggestive of "vitties and things" is lacking in the awful dignity that should hedge about its Houstons, Pelhams, Grays, Cobs, Pollards and other highlights of contemporaneous literature. R. W. THOMPSON. A LETTER TO DR. JOHNSON (CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE) do you not, as a watchman on the wall of Zion, cry aloud against these things? What excuse will you render to your God for your silence when you see the flock being thus destroyed by false shepherds and wolves in sheep's clothing$^4$ Will your answer be, "Why, Graham was babized in a Dowie church." How can you be so small as to tr yt odo dodge the point, the awful point, at issue in such a way? Yes, I was baptized according to the dictates of my own conscience as the Discipline says I have a right to be. I was denied that privilege and the performance of the duty in my church because of a foolish law which says that no one shall be re baptized, after saying that each person shall have his or her choice as to the mode of baptism. The law contradicts itself and can be interpreted any way we want to. I am a believer in truine immersion, the only baptism known for the first nine centuries of the Christian church, according to Watson and all standard authorities, including Bishop Vincent. But as my mother had me baptized by sprinkling before I was conscious of the fact I was denied obeying the apostolic injunction "repent and be baptized" in a Methodist church and I found a church where I could be baptized without becoming a member of the same. Therefore, six months ago, I was baptized and am still a member of the A. M. E. church, Michigan Conference and pastor of Bethel. Now what of it? Did I not have as much right to do that as do the bishops to take the dollar money belonging to the widows and orphans and appropriate it to their own use? You know that they do this, you do not? I have the evidence that at least six of them who have taken conference dollar money since the last general conference, which you know well we tried to stop by adding five hundred dollars to their salary. It is shocking to see them hold up this fund for from one to three hundred dollars per conference and at the same time send the poor superanuate off with fifty or sixty dollars. In one conference three superanuatees received altogether seventy-five dollars, while the bishops present received one hundred and sixty-five dollars. What do you think of that bishop's godly judgment? From the evidence which is piling in upon it it seems that there is more money being filched from the conference treasury since the last general conference by the bishops than in any previous quadrenius. Don't you think this is true? You remember, Dr. Johnson, that in the spring of '99, Dr. John M. Henderson, then pastoring Bether, New York, wrote an article for "The Free the bishops, even intimating that the only way for a man to get along with some of the bishops was to point out to those chief shepherds the easy character of the flock whenever they were around. You will remember, also, how indignant I was that such a charge should be laid against our episcopacy by an elder in the church, and that I wrote a letter to the Recorder demanding that Dr. Henderson be made to prove his vile charge or be expelled from the church. I even went so far as to say that if I were a member of the New York conference I would see that he were placed on trial. You remember also, that you did not publish that letter of mine for the reason that six of the bishops advised you not to, for some peculiar reason preferring that Dr. Henderson should not be challenged to prove his assertions. Then Dr. Cook took up the matter at the New York conference and prepared charges against Dr. Henderson for slandering the bishops. But when the conference met a visiting bishop took Dr. Cook in hand and persuaded him to withdraw the charges and Cook and Henderson were both elected to the general conference. You remember this disgraceful incident very well, and the deductions which you drew from it in private. Now, have not subsequent developments proven those deductions to be correct? You know that they have. Then why in the name of God do you not rise up and smite those unholy men hip and thigh, as your conscience tells you to? If you are too cowardly to defend the purity of the pulpit then you are not fit to occupy the editorial chair, much less that of bishop. Now, I wish to inform you that the people are taking great interest in my writings, and I am receiving letters from ministers, superintendents, lawyers, business men and laymembers of the general conference from every district and they are pledging themselves to do their part towards carrying on this reform at any cost. You may try to shoit it, or to stop it by misrepresenting me, but that will do no good. The people are going to stop supporting the church unless it stands for righteousness. They will not give dollar money to be squandered by those who are already well paid, while the widow and the orphan are left to suffer. The people who pay this dollar money are not interested about Graham's baptism, but they do want you to tell them whether Graham's charges are true. Will you dare to answer as a man of God? D. A. N. B.—The above open letter was malled to Rev. Dr. H. T. Johnson editor of the Christian Recorder that he will reist, 1906; but for fear that he will refuse to publish, only in garbled extracts, I mail the same to the Freeman, that the readers may have my full reply to Dr. Johnson's criticisms, and note carefully whether he will give an honest reply. D. A. SPRINGFIELD, IL Otis B. Duncan, colored is the republican nominee for alderman of the first ward. 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It is a simple harmless lie to the recipe I will send it. Free to every suffering sister who writes to me. I have nothing to sell. The case of a woman helping woman. I send Mrs. Press Mrs. A. B. Hudnut. Scent Bend. Ind. The St You can always be found if your name appears in The Freeman's Manager's and Actor's Directory. J. W. Jordan will be seen with Norris & Rowe's Circus this season. Bland & Frye are laying off in Kansas City, Mo., at Hotel McRay, 721-723 Charlotte street. Tom Logan has undergone a dangerous but successful operation at the New York Polyclinic Hospital. George Bryant and A. A. Copeland of the "Hot Time in Coontown" were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Anderson, at Piqua, O., Sunday February 25. The genial Tom McCain, well known to the profession, is now in charge of the Frontana Club, 239 East Twenty-second street. "Nuf Sed." Cooper & Robinson will go to London early in May. Brandon & Wiley will also fill an engagement there soon. Johnson & Weils will open at Budapest. H. La She, the novelty slack wire artist has accepted an engagement as stage manager at Owasso, Mich., until May 1, with parks and county fairs to follow. Cole & Johnson, under the continued direction of M. S. Bentham, will return to England in May for a return engagement at the Palace and next fall they will present "The Shoo Fly R giment," with a first-class company. BILLY KERSANDS MINSTRELS BILLY KERSANDS MINSTRELS BY SYLVESTER RUSSELL. At the Lyceum Theatre, Elizabeth, N. J., February 19, Billy Kersands Minstrels opened matinee and evening to a large and enthusiastic audience. On February 20, I reviewed the performance from a seat in the orchestra. The curtain rises on a grand military watermelon first part disclosing Prof. James S. Lacy and his orchestra, S. L. Green, E. D. Stafford, Clarence Jones, J. W. Mobey, Amos L. Galliard, Charles S. Crossin, George Reeves, W. M. Dozler, F. J. and B F. Williams. The singers, with John E. Sherman as middleman are attired in white satin, Father Washington knickerbockers, with wigs to match. The comedians wear maroon PHOTO BY HAYWICK MRS. SADIE CHACON BRITTON. New York soubret, now appearing in vau devil in England with her husband. What tho' there be "stars" above you, We will not hesitate To say you're the best we ever knew; You are far beyond the "great." Let others act and try to win me— Even heaven I would miss, Still gladly would I cling to thee, Theo' l clung by just a kiss. CHARLES MARSHALL. THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER satin Prince Albert coats of regular mins strel fashion. After the opening chorus which is lively and tuneful, Mazie Campbell is the first comedian to step forth and win honors in a little song called "Sallie." This is followed by a solo, "When the Bees are in the Hire," by J. A. Watts, a high tenor whose voice gives superior satisfaction, if we are to judge by generous applause. Dave Smith another comedian sung "Josie, Listen to Me" and showed himself to be a natural singer and dancer. T. O. Mills, a high contra-tenor rendered "somebody's Waiting for Me" with a voice that is magnificently sweet and clear. "Fare Thee Well; That Means Goodbye," introduced Bunk Campbell and showed him to be a comedian of some little importance. W. A. Dixon, a tenor singer with a slurring accent on his disyllables sung "Sweet Adeline," a trifle swift but sweetly and was well received. At this juncture it was lett for Kid Langford to sing and talk and do as he pleased to warm things up for the reception of the star and king of laughter. Here Billy Kersands, the most popular minstrel comedian in the world, whose name is a household word in every city, town and hamlet, wearing his heavy plaid coat, with a collar as high as a house and a silk hat placed low over his forehead, made his appearance from the back of the waterme on ground only to receive an ovation such as only Billy can. And with a smile as broad as any in the land he executed the most graceful artistic song and dance that I have ever witnessed from any minstrel man. Then came the olio. This was opened by Arthur Mazwell, the pluperfect myrimidon of trick bleycylists who at once created an uproar by his daring feats of locomotion. He not only rode without the hapie of his bike but rode backward and forward, treading the wheel with his hands with his feet thrown in the air and climbing through his wheel while it was motionless, gained for him distinct attention. His most difficult feat was to mount and ride his wheel without he aid of his hands. This accomplishment sent him off the stage amid the wi dest cheers. To this with unassuming grace, he politely bowed his acknowledgment. The Campbell Bros., Bunk and Maze, the black aristocrat, was the next twin and one that can be highly recommended as a black face team, these boys are above all things natural. Besides having loud musical voices they have talent and loud ways that give much entertainment. Alonzo Moore, a young magician whose racial accent gave the audience pleasure, soon convinced them that he was up to the usual standard of his race in another line. From tiny bits of paper he strewed ribbons all over the audience. At other moments he produced chickens, ducks, rabbits and guinea pigs without notice. His sudden production of flags of all nations including a large American flag, was something to wonder at and won for him great applause. The Comedy Four in Zulu pastimes, gave mirth in generous measure and the imperial drill led by John E. Sherman gave much pleasure. Billy Nichols, the mimic who was next on the program was omitted. Mrs. Kersands stated that he had been retired from the company. Billy Kersands himself, whom I might here state is the only and original Kersands that ever was or will be filled the vacancy and left nothing to be desired. Billy's imitations of women were decidedly clever and natural. His rendition of the "Mighty Dollar" was still a greater factor in his repertoire and his presence was thrice re-demanded amid screams of applause and laughter. The olo was concluded by a sketch entitled "Nancy's Elopement" by the Alabama Quartet, Kid Langford, Dave Langford, Dave Smith W. A. Dixon and Oscar Cameron. Langford played old man; Dixon old woman; Smith sweetheart and Comeron was a nice young lady. The olimax of the elopement ended with much merriment and commotion. The successful management of Billy Kersands is due entirely to the business ability of his wife, as Mrs. Kersande I discover is a lady of rare quality and intelligence. Of Billy Kersands the rarest thing I can say about him is that he can draw a paying house anywhere he goes. The executive staff is as follows:Mr. and Mrs. Kersands, proprietors; George W. Treyser, manager; Gus Gosethe, advertising agent; George L. Barton, advance agent; John C. Sherman, stage manager. Mr, and Mrs. Frank Clermont, Chris Smith and J. Wesley occupied a box at the performance. The' Clermontos, Frank and Etta, more widely known as the Hiawaiian Singing and Dancing Sketch, who have been playing the best houses of the East and have just finished their last Keith engagement at the Richmond Theatre, North Adams Mass., and after their visit home looking over their flat, and the Kersands show at Elizabeth and Orange, N. J. They are engaged by Manager McKay, of the Bennett Moulton as a special feature for his company, going West, having been booked over the Lubelski Circuit opening at Denver and playing all of Colorado first, then to the coast. They will go East for their summer engagements over the Walter J. GIDEON'S "HOT TIME COONTOWN" COMPANY At Wild's Opera House, Noblesville, Ind., Tuesday evening of last week, James Ferdon presented Gideon's "Hot Time in Coontown." A large and enthusiastic audience witnessed the rising of the curtain and were highly entertained throughout the evening by the clever performers "Hot Time in Coontown" is a musical comedy in two acts, under the very efficient management of John F. Eagan and [Portrait of a young man in formal attire, likely a student or a gentleman, with a serious expression. The background is plain and dark, emphasizing the subject. The image is in black and white, suggesting it may be from the late 19th or early 20th century.] ANDREW ASBERRY COPELAND. as a first-class entertainment meets the approval of the theatre goers, ranking well among the very best. Each performer displays good training and a plenty of talent for their respective parts. H. Q. Clark makes real Andrew Jackson Jones from Greenville, and his initiation into the Social Arts by Manager Slicken (A. A. Copeland) is a model for comedy. The musical numbers by Leah Clark, the prims donna, Carrie Morton and other members of the company were loudly encored. The very effective chorus work is done by Mamie Bostwick, Dora English, C. Martin, Beulah de Shattio and Frankle Barton, fascinating in well-fitting and ar- Pilimmer Park Tour. Address 129 West Twenty-seventh street, New York. GOOD MINSTREL SHOW. If any one questions the loyalty and patriotism of the denizens of these devoted provinces, he should have heard the magnificent outburst of applause with which the large audience greeted the stars and stripes at the Becker last night, when at the conclusion of a flag song, every member of Frank Mahara's minstrels came forward waving an American flag. The troupe is among the best minstrel companies on the road and the large audience was well pleased throughout the performance, in bringing them here the Becker Bros, are maintaining their previously announced determidation to present nothing but the best in every class of entertainment to the patrons of the patrons of their theatre.—The Shawnee Herald, Shawnee, Okta., Feb. 24. There is important mall for The Pauls at this office, received March 5, postmarked Pittsburg, Pa. Notes from New Orleans Minstrels. —We are doing exceedingly well, the performers are cleaning up. J.B. Norton, the stage manager is still singing "Fare Thee Well," to success. We are at Lake City, Fla. When in Knoxville, Tenn., call at 607 Vine avenue and secure a copy of Tne Freeman from the agent, F. W. Borders. The Freeman can always be secured at James Hudson, barbershop, 112 East Ninth Street, Ft. Worth, Tex. HOTELS The hostess of the Owl Cottage begs to announce to her many friends and patrons that the cottage will hereafter be known as the Hotel Lafayette which has been renovated and beautified out, including a new dining room, steam seat, gas hot and cold water batts. All light and early room. Central location, just 3 minutes walk from Pennsylvania depot. Open all year Bell 1311 D. Mme. A Holbert, prop. H Pinkney, manager, 102 and 104 N North Carolina Ave, Atlantic City, N. J. --- NOTICE. HOTELS tistic costumes. The plastique roses of Queen Dora is a dream of beauty, a pretty dance, in a multi-colored gown. J. A. English is a marvel hoop roiler. He is the undisputed star artist in that line of the present day, using more hoops and in more difficult feats, without any assistance, than any other hoop performers Jack Johnson, Johnnie Mitchell, Count De Robeo and C. Dodson are perfect essentials in this high standing aggregation. The superb orchestra is under the direction of Prof. A. G. Frederick. Andrew Asberry Copeland, the second George Walker of the profession is an extraordinary performer besides having a A. most excellent voice. He assumes the role of Eil Sitckem, manager of Coontown Opera Company, and in spite of the tremendous comedy, his real business ability is much in evidence. His song "My Dahomian Queen" is rendered with the fervor of a true admirer. Mr. Copeland is a real actor and his appearance both on and off the stage is beyond criticism. He has an immense wardrobe and a generous supply of genuine diamonds. Elwood C. Knox, the manager of The Freeman, was a guest of the company at 5 o'clock dinner in their elegantly furnished and well appointed car, attended the evening performance, and enjoyed the splendid show. COUCHESTER MANAGERS AND ACTORS DIRECTORY Your name and address at ten cents a line or 3 lines for 25 cents for each insertion. D. C. Scott, Fred Rucker and Peater Perry in No man's Land Co., permanent address 322 Elmwood Ave, Topkea, Kan. Broadway, theater and comedian, with the Black Fath Toulhoudon permanent address 209 West 27th St, New York, NY. AT LIBERTY Talented amateur, no great thing but can make good if given a fair trial. I am a good comedian, have speciality and can work in acts. Smoke or booze? No. 5 feet, 11 inch weight. Smoke 150 lbs. Age 16 years. Ministrel or Musical ensemble with private car. Ministrel or A. J. SMITH. THE FREEMAN POSTOFFICE. Beecham, Mrs Bachelé (Robinson, Miss Lydia Grosby, Mrs Grosby (Robinson, Miss Ada Howard, Mrs Eddie Smith, Mrs Eliza Johnson, Mrs M E Teinte, Mrs Bard Moore, Mrs Fortes Yeres, Miss O O Ogden, Mrs Helen -2 GENTLEMEN'S LIST. Armstrong, Thos Blumer, Robt Bunk, Rick Campbell Bros Douglas, J R Dotson, W A-2 Dotson, Harry Davis, Sam Devine, Isaac P Devine, Thomas Ellottie, E J Ellottie, Foy Goodlow, Wili Glenn-Kurt, 2 Howard, Eddie Hatch, Joe Junt, Henry R-3 Johnson, Rey G Jones, Simon Lee, Willie M La She, Herbert Looney, E J McCannion, Prof J Moody and James Prince, Arthur Payton, Harry Parker, R R Ruc, Chs E-2 Reed, Edward Swan, Thomas Swan, Ge A Sweatman, Wilbur Vassar, Milton Watkins, T A Watkins, T A White, Capt B Y William, Devine Wolff, E-2 William, John-2 Billy Kersands' Minstrels: Lykens, Pa. March 12; Middleton, 13; Carlisle, 14; Get Hermann, 16; Kirkpatrick, 17 Black Patty Tronbadours: Lycme Theater, Cleveland, O, March 12 to 17 Frank Mahara's Minstrels: Newton, Kas, March 13 Smart Set Company: Trenton, N. J., March 15, 16, 17 Harry A. Brown, Singing Cartoonist: Fam- ly Theater, Brownokin, Pa., week of March 12 Prince Oskazuma—African Traveler: Or- ange, La., March 12-13 New Orleans Minstrels: Paro, Ga., March 12; Boston, 13; Whigham, 14; Carlo, 15; Pam, 16; Camilla, 17; Albany, 19; Arlington, 20 The Clermont, Frank and Eta, en rout, with the Bennett-Moulton Co.: Rutland Vt., March 12 to 17 Gildenberg O, March 12; In Courtown: Mans- sell O, March 12; Mt. Vernon: Mt. Miller- burg: 14; Zanewilley, 15; Coshooton, 16 ```markdown ``` LADIES' LIST. ROUTE. 1 morning of Feb. 26th Those that are not able to road fare will notify me and same. All parties are not cuts or photos for herald p P. S.-I also have room for a few m parties wanting 40 weeks' work with a re ADDRESS PAT CHAPPED Want At all times Sober COLORED PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS Must be gentle COLORED COMEDIANS, SINGERS Must be gentlemen, good dress icine compa THE GREAT PAUL'S NEW L Feb. 26th for not able to pay notify me and I lies are notified for herald purp om for a few more peaks' work with a reliable CHAPPELLE, ants es Sober and ERS, MUSICIANS Must be good. MANS, SINGERS n, good dressers micine company, 'S NEW LIFE morning of Feb. 26th for rehearsal. Those that are not able to pay their own railroad fare will notify me and I will advance the same. All parties are notified to send on their cuts or photos for herald purpose. P. S.—I also have room for a few more performers and musicians; parties wanting 40 weeks' work with a reliable show must write quick. ADDRESS PAT CHAPPELLE, 1034 W. Chuco Street, Jax souville, Els Wanted!! At all times Sober and Reliable COLORED PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS THAT PLAY IN BAND Must be gentlemen, good dressers, for my large medicine company, THE GREAT PAUL'S NEW LIFE MEDICINE COMPANY. THE LADY OF THE MIDDLE-SECTION Reference, my staff for the la Paul, owner; Prof. A. A. Copelam general advance agent; Geo. Bry Clark, stage manager. P. S. Will not advance ti haven't got the fare I don't Staff for the last th A. A. Copeland, m cent; Geo. Bryant, er. It advance ticket share I don't need going to a cornet of Brooklyn, N oney. All my o selves engaged in theater. I, Empire The Missco, Californi !! for Colo Amusement Co can double Viol station show, Buzzard, Wire or write musi Smith, stage managed 26 to March 3, Sour Lake 19-24. For A G Allen's Uni class TUBA PLAYER be a first class MUSI Permanent Address PRINTING C The Great Paul, Dr. James Ferdon. Reference, my staff for the last three years, The Great Paul, owner; Prof. A. A. Copeland, manager; Lash Gideon general advance agent; Geo. Bryant, band leader; Qualie Clark, stage manager. P. S. Will not advance tickets to no one, if you haven't got the fare I don't need you. I advanced one ticket last spring to a cornet player by the name of Mr. Strippling of Brooklyn, N. Y., have not seen ticket, man or money. All my old people write me and consider themselves engaged. Address all letters to my Western theater. The Great Paul, Empire Theater, San Francisco, California. WANTED!! for Colored Band With the Nichols Amusement Company a CORNET PLAYER that can double Violin in Orchestra. Colored performers for plantation show, Buzzard, Earthquake, Idela Patterson, Rastus, Bob Denison Wire or write musicians address Wm Simmons, leader performers; Chas Smith, stage manager of Nichols Rag Time Opera Kirbyville, Texas Feb 26 to March 3, Sour Lake, Tex, March 5-10, Zwolle, La., March 12-17, March 19-24. WANTED for A G Allen's United Minstrels Shows one's first class TUBA PLAYER Frank Castry wire. Must be a first class MUSICIAN. White Springs, Fla. March 5 Jasper Fla. March 6 Permanent Address: ANTE Proctor's Origin furnish band for pieces, etc. Vick 17; Greenville, LOST!! Time In Coo Indiana wifen last hee to write the owner For Geo. H. Proctor's Original Arkansaw Minstrels. Leader to furnish band for above show, state price, number of pieces, etc. Vicksburg, Miss., 5-10; Jackson, Miss. 12-17; Greenville, Miss. 19-24. Some place in Ohio or Indiana wifen last heard of. It will cost the manager 2 cents a day to write the owner. When last heard of company was doing big business. Perhaps they are obtaining money under false pretense and afraid to write, if this last ad. should come to your notice all the performers and managers please write to me at once and receive a liberal reward, also send route. Dr. James Ferdon, Empire Theater, Sole Owner and Angle. San Francisco, Cali WILL OPEN UP IN THE MIDDLESTATES ABOUT MAY 1. LARGEST AND BEST MEDICINE CO. IN THE WORLD. 5th for rehearsal. to pay their own rail- and I will advance the notified to send on their purpose. Now more performers and musicians; a reliable show must write quick. ELLE, 1054 W. Church Street, Jacksonville, Fla. nted!! er and Reliable MUSICIANS THAT PLAY IN BAND e good. SINGERS AND DANCERS pressers, for my large med- mpany, LIFE MEDICINE COMPANY, Mr. James Ferdon. The last three years, The Great Land, manager; Lash Gideon, Bryant, band leader; Qualie. We tickets to no one, if you don't need you. I advanced cornet player by the name Brooklyn, N. Y., have not seen all my old people write me engaged. Address all letter. The Theater, San Francisco. Colored Band iment Company a CORNET, violin in Orchestra. Buzzard, Earthquake, Idela Patterson, write musicians. address Wm Simmons, manager of Nichols Rag Time Opera, Sour Lake, Tex, March 5-10, Zwolle. Allen's United Minstrels Shows one's first PLAYER Frank Castry wire. Must pass MUSICIAN. White Springs, Flatnt Address: TING COMPANY, Allen and Quine, owners. TED! Original Arkansaw Min- band for above show, state Vicksburg, Miss., 5-10; Enville, Miss. 19-24. T!! n Coon Town Co.. in last heard of. It will cost the Musicians and Performers and everybody who are bookedwith my two shows, Funny Folks & A Rabbit's Foot Comedy. You are hereby notified to report in Jacksonville.Fla..onthe The Great Paul the Diamond King Medicine Man Wants Good Colored Performers that Can Stand Prosperity and Good Treatment, STAGE. To Mr. Bert Williams: Best wishee; sorry Raymond won't not let me see dress rehearsal last night GREATER NEW YORK STAGE NOTES. BY CARLE BROWNE COOKE. The Rufus Rastus Company opened last week at the West End Theatre, in Harlem. J. Edward Green is improved in health; Harry Gilliam and wife are improving from a recent illness. Miss Bessie Gilliam, Miss Marle Lange, Clarence Bowen and Mrs. Burns are making a hit at Hammerstein's Variety Theatre. They play the Colonial soon. The famous Smart Set Company is in New York this week. They have a fine show this year, headed by S. H. Dudley and John Bailley, the singing, comedian, Messrs. Shipp, Rogers and Cook's great musical creation is an instantaneous and genuine big hit and will have a much longer life than 'In Dahomey.' The great advance sale of seats for the next two weeks, proves that patrons love high-class Negro entertainment. Hundreds of telegrams, appreciative and expressive of good will and real interest from friends in various sections who recognize their great achievements, have been received. The following are among them: Hotel Holland, New York City. Williams & Walker Company: Hope your success tonight is biggest you ever had. Pittsburg, Pa., February, 20, '06. Williams & Walker, Our best wishes for a long and successful season. Ward & Anderson. To George Walker: Good luck old man. Kaook them out for sure tonight. John W. Bailey. Smart Set Company. To George Walker: The race looks up to your achievements tonight. My heartiest is with you both. The artistic future of the Negro actor depends upon your success tonight. Knock them hard. Please read to your company before the curtain rises and convey my best wishes. Ernest Hogan. To Williams & Walker: Good luck. You may answer this when show closes in October. John Edwards. To Bert Williams, New York, From my heart I wish you and company success. Dan Avery. Pittsburg, Pa., February, 20. To Williams & Walker: We are here Bart, but our hearts are with you. Millie & Harris. Smart get Company. George Walker & Co., May God give you success on your opening night. Charles Hart. To Williams & Walker, Accept best wishes for an unprecedented success. J. Timbrum and Wife. P.ttsburg, Pa. Williams & Walker Company: Best wishes and success. Smart Set Male Octette. Williams & Walker: Good luck and best wishes for a knock out. Harry Pollock. To Williams & Walker: May you have a hit and a big success. THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. Frank E Freeman, the business manager, of the Rufus Rastus Company which comes to the Park Theatre March 22, tells a few amusing anecdotes about Ernest Hogan, the prominent comedian, who portrays the title role in that cleverly advertised Ethiopian musical sensation We were playing in one of the mining towns of New York to break the showin. Unfortunately a convention of some order was there at the same time. Hogan tried hard to find a room for himself. After hunting around in vain for an hour or so he asked an old farmer to recommend him to a place where he could find a bed for a night. "Well" said Hiram, "the toils were pretty well filled, but have you tried the hospital? It's right around the corner and they generally have a bed for emergent cases." At another time Hogan and I boarded the Lackawanna train in Hoboken and made for Sorraton. Hogan's pockets were filled with heavy bundles of gold certificates, stage money of course. However, they looked so close THE NEW YORK TIMES THE BLAKE MR. ERNEST HOGAN to the real stuff that Hogan, who is a practical joker tried all sorts of stunts with the waiter. While sitting at luncheon in the diner, he pulled one of these ear floates out of his pocket, folded it neatly and dropped it on the floor unnoticed by anybody. The head-water p seed. "Look here," shouted the Negro star at the top of his voice, 'somebody dropped a twenty dollar bill.' The waiter took a quick glance at the bill oried almost instantly, "Be Gosh, I've been looking for that bill for over an hour." In his attempt to pick it up, he dropped an armful of plates. Hogan and I were laughing until the tears rolled down our cheeks, and the waiter felt very much relieved when we changed our seats in the diner for two in the smoking car. Just as amusing is a ory illustrating the frankness of the ever witty Hogan. A young man who thinks his voice will some day win his renown in the Rufus Rastus Company, confided to the comedian, that he had an engagement that evening at a concert "If I should miss the car," he said as Williams & Walker: I wish you and company unbounded success tonight. Harry Hunter. Philadelphia, Pa. To Williams & Walker: Accept my very best wishes for success. Burrow D Wilkins. Williams & Walker: May your opening be an overwhelming success. Brandon & Wiley. Schenectady, N Y. Williams & Walker: Friend George and Bert:—1 was up front tonight. Show was grand and I enjoyed it immensely. A credit to our people. It is expected that "Abyssinia" will be taken to Chicago for a run at one of the popular high-class houses. Patronize our advertisers POPULAR STAR COMEDIAN he gazed on the street, "it would be terrible you know, I never like to disappoint an audience." Hogan remembered that on several occasions he had been compelled to sit and listen to the young man's vocal efforts, when only politeness prevented the audience from throwing vases at him. Here was a chance to get back. "And you really don't wish to disappoint your audience?" the comedian asked sarcastically. "Indeed, no." "Then miss the ear." And now the young fellow's nspiration to join the Rutus Rastus Company have vanished forever. Ernest Hogan, the popular comedian who portrays the title role in "Rutus Rastus" tells the following delightful little story: My company and I were making for Cinno nati on the night train. It seemed that the Pullman porter was very much pleased to find a special sleeper occupied by colored merry-makers. If he anticipated any fun, he certainly was spared from disappointments, for the members of the company were en- THE NEW YORK TIMES gaged in singing and all sorts of dances from a buck and wing to a cake walk. The hilarity lasted until early in the morning, and I believe it was close to three o'clock when I retired. I had just fallen into a real dolce farinete, when I was awakened by the porter, asking me for my request. Why, my dear fellow, I haven't called you and off he went. Ten minutes had hardly passed when my siesta found a new interruption, 'Can I do anything for you, Mr. Hogan?' asked the ever busy porter. "Please go away and let me sleep" was my rather angry reply. With a turn he rushed off once more, only to annoy me after a few minutes again with the same question. This time I lost control of myself and I gave him to understand that I would change the color of his face if he dared to continue disturbing me. 'Well, Mr. Hogan,' was his polite reply, "I don't like to tear you away from your slumber, but if you would move your knee from the electric button we both would have rest." --- J. W. Connor. Work all Summer closing regular season May 1st. Open Summer season May 5th. at Pittsburg, Pa., with Ferdon's Quaker Medicine Co. Milton Vassar & Bro. write. Address James Ferdon Owner, L. E. Gideon, Gen. Mgr., Route or care The Freeman. SYLVESTER RUSSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY, ORANGE, N. J. WANTED for Fred Lew s' Big Sensational Plantation Musicians for Band 2 comedians, 2 lady performers. Address The Freeman. Park season opening April 1. Beechum and Stafford write, Address care of The Freeman [Portrait of a man in a bowler hat and suit]. R. Augustus Lawson, the eminent pianist and Sylvester Russell dined with Bob Cole at the Marshall House New York, February 23. Mr. Lawson was en route to Philadelphia where he gave a recital. Notes from Kansas City — Patton's Barber force sends regards to members of the Honolulu Minstrels and wish them much success. Pete Woods, the famous Australian comedians is resting up in Kansas City. Mo., and sends regards to all friends; permanent address 123 West Sixth, Kansas City. All theatrical people when in Kansas City. Mo., can find The Freeman at the Black Diamond Messenger Office and the Seymour Cafe, 709 Wyandotte street. NEW FITCURE At Last a Cure is Found for This Terrible Malady YOU MAY TEST IT FREE. Do you suffer from Epilepsy, Hib or Funnelling Spell or Painting cure you. I am cure ing inside where every other cure had remedy had failed and I can cure you Mr. Lemuel Davis or Lloydville IIe Ohio. I am trying to tell the vicious cure of my son. He has not had a single fit in somethin, when I saw your ad- vancement in a months ago, he was having fourteen a day. A cruel experts had just pronounced him in- carnable and then bate Judge had or- ganize the Home for incurables at Gallipolis. Your ardio in this town, for all of our friends and neighbors consider this cure miraculous." If you suffer from a or nerve pain, you should not wait for this great remedy at once. It's cures are most wonderful, and you can be free of it. You who have suffered for years are cured by this free trial treatment alone. Why not make a trial of it in your own case. DR. CHAS. W. GREEN. *Source St. Criex, Bickle, Mich* Future" MOORE'S First-class talent wanted at all times. We can use several young girls in chorus work we furnish all wardrobe, no charge to performers. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Conley, MECHANICAL ORCHESTRA LIFE MOTION PICTURES STEREOPTICAN VIEWS ILLUSTRATED SONGS The best exhibition money and time can produce. Entirey new. En gageme. its for halls, churches and schools anywhere in the states, send for dates, living capacity, etc. H. C. Conley, 3355 Forrest Ave Chicago, - Ill. May to Sept. Box 242, Kenilworth, Ill WANTED-YOUNG MEN WORRALLS EMPLOYMENT AGENCY Inc. $28.000--Positions--A Square Deal Wants to Position You Want. Wants Wide Elders. MEMBERS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Look ahead; get out of the old idt run more, earn more, see more, be more in life. We market YOUR ability in any line. Iridle, we find YOU employment. If employed, we find YOU employment, better salary, inde- pendent work, better towns and cities, whether inexperienced, ex- perienced, technical or high-grade. We can serve YOU. Call, send stamp for terms, plans, references. 200 MEN PLACED LAST WEEK. Calls Promptly Answered. Best Attention Bessie Walker, Lady Assistant 1029 Virginia Ave. Old Phone, Main 57 We want colored young men for all kinds of hotel. store, wholesale, railroad and general work If you want a nice job write us Tiffany-Sanborn 254 N Illinois St. Indianapolis George W. Walker of Williams and Walker, permanent address 122 West 96th Street, New York, NY. Mallory Bros., Brooks & Halliday, permanent address Mallory Cottage, Jacksonville, IL. Cole & Johnson, permanent address Marshall Hotel, West 334 street, New York City. J A Hoop (T) Englisha ... Queen Dora The Hoop (T) Famous Electrical Rolling The Fheeer (T) Jansense Marvel En r ule (T) Seraphinite Hot Time in Coountown, and Plain Posees The Clarks--H. Qualli & Leah, en route Hot Time in Coountown Co.; permanent address 612 N. Walnut Street, Creston, Ia. John F. Eagan, Manager Gideon's Hot Time in Coountown, permanent address 161 Dearborn Avenue, Chicago, IL. Al F Watts, Stage Manager Black Patti Troubadours, Permanent address The Freeman. Mrs Jeanette Murphy Green, en route, Black Patti Troubadours, Permanent address The Freeman. Harry Kraton, assisted by Ethel Kraton, Black Patti Troubadours, Permanent address The Freeman. Rusco & Holland, owner and managers of Georgia Minstrels, National Printing Co., Chicago, IL. H. A. Gocke, "Trapm Comedian," Black Hole, Permanent addres s The Freeman. W. A. Gocke, Stevens, home address 2232 State street, Chicago, IL. J. Louis Johnson, Tennessee Jubilee Car per add. 2702 State St, Chicago, IL. The great and only Ray Trusty's permanent address is 406 South 7th St, Philadelphia, Penn. J Ed Green, "Mr. Beasley" Stage Direct or Rufus Rastus Co permanent address 12 W. 53 St. New York city. Harry L. Gillam, Acrobatic Comedian, Rufus Rastus Co. per add Welts, Minn. P. R. S. Tom Logan Rutus Rast- Season 1996, personal represen- tive in lative nestest Hogan To the Theatrical World: A new star has arose and demands universal consideration of the many theatrical managers and proprietors, in the position of a Park and Auditorium general Amusement House for theatricals and conventions. In attending Black Patti Troubadours engagement, you could get "3. R. O.," and its situation is such that from a moment's notice a large audience can be collected. Its seating capacity is 2200, beautifully lighted by electricity; cars stop at the door; centrally located; large and spacious dressing rooms. Stage 35x75 feet; height to rigging 46.6; drops 20x32 Can use good acts at all times Reference.—Voselckel & Nolan, Rnscos & Holland C. Jav Smith, Billy Kersand THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. “fh Le ae & ee pen ean end sine? youll ve oiemiawis Y) ‘ We make loans on FURNITURE, ORGANS and 7d \ sia eae ene sours Sareea ee aS ei Fired. Sve atvotoan on WATCHES and Dik a ee Sit eal ee Second Floor, Room 208,State Life Building, © Old Phone Main 3162 (Formerty Stavenaon Building) Front Room 15 E. Washington St. ‘New Phone 4270 Royal Banreuth Pottery At Half Regular Prices Sixty or more oddly designed vases, mugs and pitchers, decorated with colored figure studies and landscapes A dozen pieces, mugs and small vases that were cheap at 50>, now cut to just one half ......25¢ About 20 pleces. pitchers, mugs and od3 vases, that sold at 75c, now just half....... +1 BBC About a dozen tall vases, hand some designs and colorings, were marked $1.00, the price now. Jes +5OC Two large pitchers, gold han- dies, decorated with pretty fig- ures in colors, were $2.50, now just half,........---+ $1.25 3 dark green muzs decorated with figure studles In colors, were cheap at $3.00, the price now See eee The rest are odd pieces, and the old price tickets are left on, and all will be sold at just half the marked prices. —Fourth Floor, Center. Two Shoe Specials for Saturday Selling - - — L.S.Ayres&Co. | | OITY ANC SOUIMTY BRIEFS. Woodbine Perfume has magic pow ers. On sale at Blodan’s Drag Store. ‘Mr, and Mrs, Fred Patridge enter tained at dinner Wednesday Rev. G. W Simmons, Presiding Elder Siesle an¢ Gaorge L. Knox. Solos, eketohes, skite, monologues and other good thiage too numerous tc mention at ths Samner Leagae Min strel at Tomlinson Hall Monday even ing, Maron 27, BUSINESS INTERESTS Osll up Kimble for transfer, 311! Indiana avenue; Phone 1906. Hayes, sole agents for Ozonized Ox Marrow. Just received a new shipment; 4000 palra of shoes for men. women end children, at Wilson's Sample Shoe ‘Store, 236 Massachusetts avenue. Stop at Hayes’ Drag Store 502 Indians Ave. Hayes’ Waite Line and Menthol will fix your cough. Fall line at Bennett Bros’. feed store 821 Indiana avenue, Good Big Lunches 109 and 150, J. F Love, 325 Indians avenue. If you don’t trade at TRULOCK’s PHARMACY you lose money and 80 does he. 633 Indiana avenue. Household goods bought, sold and ex. changes. wW. H. Baron, 838 Indian: Avenue. TRULOOK, the popular dragcist, bewts them all on prices and quality Presoriptions a specialty. Registered pharmacist always in charge, No. 63 {indiana avenue. a ec lias ala We extend the many thanks of the familly to the good people of Noblesville ind , and elsewnere who so Kindly as: sisted during the sickness and death, of my only sister, Abbey Williams and assure you that youall have found a place in our hearts that will never be vacated. Dearest sister, thon has left us, Here thy loss we deeply feel; None bat-God He hata bareft us, We oan all out sorrows beal Yet agata wa hops o mest thea, ‘Whgn the days of life have fixd. But in Heaven with jy to greet thee ‘Where no farewell sears are shed, Peaceful be thy silent slumber; Peaceful in the grave so low, Thou no more will join our number, ‘Thou no more our songs will kaow: rJAMES M. THOMAS, Save Your Money Better than a Bank J.P. MULLALLY, 2-232 DANIEL 0, HUNTER DEAD PROMINENT PRINTER OF THE FREEMAN PASSES AWAY - Daniel David Hunter, for over ten years cecetee of The Freeman com- posing department, died Friday Marcb 2, at midnight of Bright's disease, after being confined to his bed for only five days. Mr. Hunter had been complain- fog of {il health for some months ba did not become critically ill until Mon- day morning Febroary 26, while at his work and was taken to his home in 8 carriage. Mr. Hunter was a printer of much reputation. Ho learned his trade as an apprentice on the Shelbyville Republi- can, and worked on euch papers as the Michigan City Times, Lafayette Call, Richmond Palladiuw, Tne Franklin Banner. Lebanon Patriot, American Ee & of r oe a... : aed a Sea Ane neetaaas Baptist, Lexington Standard, The World and The Breeman during the twenty-five years he worked as printer. He received his edabation in the pub Ho sohools of this clty, where he had made his home the greater part of bi life. Mr. Hunter was a staunch mem: ber of Allen Chapel A. M, E. church: organizar and director of the Junior ‘choir and was superintendent of the Sandayechoo! for ceveral years. Mr. Hunter was forty-seven years old and was widely known in churet newspaper clroles. The faneral ser vices were held at Allen Chapel last Monday afternoon, condacted by Rev. Sampeon, A wife, father, several brothers and other relatives survive him A PROMISING INSTITUTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Bottles Academy at Warrick, 8. 0, is one of the comlag schools of the South. Lovated in a ection wher. Nogroes in large numbers own the farm lands, the evhool may be counted a se cure fixture. Prof. Nicholeon, presi dent 1s @ gentleman of high ideals Ho and his able faculty, alded by Rey Oliphant, 8 great preacher, doa wort jastly called “Race Building.” ress. Why suffer longer with bad health when for $1.00, you can get a fall size bottle of Newton's Blood Renovator, which is @ sure and positive cure for rhenmatism, catarrh, syphilis, eczema and all forms of stomach trouble. If you suffer from any of the above trou: bles, call or phone, 604 N, Senate ave. Ola phone, Main 1043, Dr. Witla ‘Newton THE PARKER HOUSE Doctors, lawyers, captains, Heuten- ‘fnte, managers, merchants, clerks, editors, reporters, solicitors, collectors, type-writers, stenographera, teachere, preachers, students, hair dressers, com positors, musicians and poets are among those that take thelr meals at the Parker House. Every oonventence Good sleeping rooms, bath, eto J. W. Holliman, Prop, ‘817-381 W: Michigan street. | Phones New 4972; Old 651. LOST RELATIVE. | Wanted to know the whereabouts of Lucy Booker; last heard of at Jent, Ky Any information address her daughter Lonlee Jackson, 423 West Michigan street, Iadianapolis, Ind. ‘The big event—the Sumner League ‘Minstrel at Tomlinson Hall, March 26 Nothing ever happened itke it, P.8 A promenade iso, Tae Freeman oan be secured eac b week in Macon, Mo,, by oalling on John W. Houston, 8 Vine street. Ti GLCKMANS Waa ve-ro-PaTE Cloak & Millinery Store 205 Indiana Ave, Shiel Bldg No former season ever caw a greater or prettier selection of COATS and SKIRTS ae those shown by us at our new store. Costs PRICES Skirte 33:98 92 98 498 3.50 5.50 BEAT FIT IN TOWN 898 598 GUARANTEED 450 650 498 6.98 550 7.50 and upwarde. 5.98 $650 and upwards i! GLICKMAN’S (atm ee etamnnemmnemmeee a | 3 PER CENT. INTEREST Paid on saviog accounts oan be drawn * Soaeaem: as THE RICHCREEK BANK Doane 106 N, Delaware St, | poe M. B. Cody & Go Importers of FINE MILLINERY arpee Spring Styles Are now on exhibition 9 N. Iilinois St. TAKE NOTICE This a Guarantee of Genuine ae DeSean, _ Robert P. Blodau, Druggist, @21mainna Avenue, Indlanapoie, Ina Miss M. Deery, Exclosive styles in MILLINEKY, | NOTIONS & HAIR GOODS. Pri- oe eases 1214 North Senate Ave. ee eeernmenneeememins Be aaa eae Susan __ | State of Indiana, Marion Co., 8s: ‘Sanborn | inte ‘Ys | Superior Court of Marion county Charles | Pin the State of Indiana. Santorn | No, rigid ©" Complaint Divaron BELT ENOWN, That on the7ta day of arch 106." the above’ named plaintift, by. her ‘att imoy, fled in the office of ‘the clerk of the Superior court of aiarion county, in. the State Of Indiana, her complaint against the above awed defendant" barles Sanborn and. the said plaintif! having also filed in ald clerk's office the affidavit of a vompetent pe. son,show: lug that said defendant Charles wanborn is not, a resident of the State of Indiana and Said eanse 1s for divsrce and tha” the above homded defendant is a neceseary party thereto fd wherous sald pialuti having by endorse iment on said complaint required said. defen- Gant to appear in’ said. court, and answer oF Gemur thereto on the 7th day of May, 190. NOW, PSEREFORE. Hy” order of said court, said defendant inst above anmed ishere- by noti‘ied of the filing and ‘pendency of aid c¢c'mplaint against him and that unless be ap- post and answer or demur thereto, at the cal: Thg’of said cause on the 7th day of Ma, 100, the same being the first judic'al day of ‘term of said court, to be begui and held at the court house in the city of tndianapoils, ‘on the Ist Monday in May. Iii ‘said complaint. and tho matters end things therein contained aad alleges Will be heard apd determined in. ins Absence. ‘Wa. B. Oavia, Olerk MM; B. Goonmo,jattorney for Plaintift, For Assessor of Marion county Albert A Womaok, Satj2c: to dectsion of Re publican convention. For Sherriff of Marton county Ed G Sonrbler, subject to the decision of tné Repnblican convention, Fred . Gardner, candidate for treas turer of Marion county, subject to the Republican Nominating convention For Clerk of Marion County, Leonaré M, Quill, Subject to decision of Re publican’ Nominating Convention, ‘Maroh 31. For Surveyor of Marion County Henry W. Klausman, Subject to de cision of Nominating Conventier Mareb 31. MORGANTOWN. VA. The White Cross Club gave a fine entertainment in Hunter Hall March 1. There was a large attendance and the evening was epj>yed by all. The pro- oxeds are for the benefit of the new A. M. E, church, Rev. J. A. Patterson, pastor.—Mra. J. A. Patterson is vieit- fog her parents and friends—J, H Lovwts will spend Sanday at Clarksburg W, Va—Mre. JI. Wrisht hae moved to the West Side wite Mrs. Hannah Hamilton.—Miss Eva Brown has re- turned to school. ‘The Freeman can be found each week at John Cameron’s barber shop, Minden Louisiana. tins — I's the Unexpected that Happens” You will feel more comfortable if your life and in- come are protected by carrying a policy with the CONTINENTAL CASUALTY Co. Accident and Health Insurance on small monthly payments Prompt and liberal in payment of claims. GREGORY & APPEL, W. _B. ALLEN, RESI( ENT AGENTS SPECIAL AGENT 131 E. Market Street. J.D. BARBER, Solicitor s2YFRPROR TET ERIN Ss Se ee ae or a ee 2 a oe eee ‘i Wi) sf BE A MIXER il | 555% Ve eae aso eee aU Miles Send for any Formula you Peers “ies Na aN, want in Food Extract, Med. te Ry ‘ae icine Toilet Article, Et: Bs amar (7 NG Oa te Tell you how to make IK Ay (is money and where to buy * . Saal che goods cheap. Sayen [ater fe) aul ven a Address the GOOD FORMULA CO., 3732,Kenwood |adianapolis, lad, ‘ ny rey: Cas os I Cam te bee (ys NAP Oo Dorey Give the Tailor a Chance We have our trade to supply, but —we have our reputation to main- tein. Weare more or less in the hands of our journeymen tailors, and they are pretty apt to turn the scaews if too much rushed in busy a Give us a chance. Order now and let us finish up your work before the rush. You need not take the garments before youare ready for them The ad- vantage to you is in the work. Suis and Coats Tailored to Taste $18 to $50 Deutsch Tailoring Co. 41 South Illinois St. ___ INDIANAPOLIS :- INDIANA OG GREETS © CREED OGHEBES. 9 ‘ TAILOR, 8 W.C. HAZEL, 327 Indiana Avenue q SPRING OPENING TODAY.... 8 500 Patterns for Inspection. q OW GEE 0 GEE € Gm «50 JUST A MINUTE! Have You Heard of The Eureka Supply Co. ena Groceries? Smoked and Fresh Meats, Butter, Eggs at the bottom rock prices? Prompt delivery of all orders guaran- teed. Don't forget the number, 1202 N. West Street, Old Phone Main 5474 INDIANAPOLIS, IND | CHCEORCHCECEOED CCEA CRPCECHCRECEC CHER CUCECECE BES CREE CECE CECE CHCECECE CRORES WM. F. KUHN JOHN A. KUHN KUFN BROS. Wholesale and Retail : Fine Cuts of Beef, Fresh Dressed Poultry. f : Qla Phono Main 3308. 407 W. Michigan St., New Phone #80. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. f erg eee mancnan manana aos Ci CHOROROROHORSRORO KOSUROBCHOBCEORO! OFCKCEO “MOHD OBOE The Old and Original Cut Rate Market is still at 238 Indiana Ave, Retail Meats at wholesale prices. Give him a call... New Phone 1839, THE ARCADIAN HOME BAKING HOMEMADE PIES AND CAKES Made to order. Confectioneries and cigars. We strive to please everybody. Ice Cream. JAS. H. GRUBBS, President, manager 1204 N. West St. Co erence MAGIC TRICK CARDS. ¢ Writ ete carte Tho west Lvicke ure the following: ‘sil: the ces Baek ia tue or mse aid tuo duce in the rit! hav. ing shown them, take In the deuce among the fur inthetett i Bands Pon thoy will detaraed ints four deucos These trans fs Caro ae no aay ou ceaa Doriorm the tricks Price pot: ’ waiidamie HATCHER SHEE ky ois. THE NEW 1004 N. West Street, J.C, WOESSNER, Prop, INDIANAPOLIs The Two-Price Clothier Best $10 and $16 MEN’S SUITS in the World s.E.HEDRICK Has established a store for men that is radically differeut from any that you have ever visited. The ‘‘one-price clothier” has been with us for years. Hed- rick is the original two-price clothier. He will sell men’s suits. top coats, over coats and raincoste at e w No and No Less More - Every garment in the house is spick-span’new. Come in even if it’s only to “take alook.” Our success depends on cur giving you better clothes for #10 or for $15 than you can get of any other dealer. We can do it and will do it. S. E. HEDRICK of Washington Strcet 7 South Ilinoins St Pittman’s Confectionery Toe Cream and Soda pith, the comnection. “Cigars and Tobaced: 1232% N. West Street Phone Matn 3359 a ee i Fora fiae linecf SHOES and RUBBERS call and see Jacob Mueller 1109 N. West St. REPAIRING NEATLY DONE re MERIDIAN ST. STORAGE CO, 366 &. Mertdtan St The old roleltable, Cleanest and Safest in the city. Storage #1 per month, Hauling $1 per load. New phone slo ST TE: A. M. EYSTER Perscription Druggist High Class Stationery and Perfumes, Week's Cold Tablets a spectalty. 19th and N. Senate Ave, Indianapolis. — — BREWERS _ BOTTLERS New Phone 1816 Res.: New Phone $604 The Banner Storage Co. Everybody stores with Miss Youtsey, sepac rate apartments, no other businevs in the saine bullding 360 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis, Ind. = Shank Furniture & Storage Co. 339 B, Washington St. Best facilities for moving, packing, storing and chuppise Furniture end lousehold effects. 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