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THE FREEMAN AND ETHIOPIA SHALL STRETCH FORTH HER HAND A NATIONAL INDIANAPOLIS AUG 18 1906 PUBLIC LIBRARY ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SINGLE COPY—SIX MONTHS. 85c: ONE YEAR. THOMPSON'S WEEKLY REVIEW WHITE LYNCHER SENTENCED TO LONG IMPRISONMENT SALISBURY JUDGE SETS EXAMPLE Meeting of the Y. P. C. Congress-- Bishop Clinton Elected President--Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Honored at Washington. Staff Correspondence. Let it to told in Gath and heralded in the streets of Askelon! At last a white hychher has been made to suffer for his assault upon the peace and dignity of the State of North Carolina! The hero of the hour is Judge B. F. Long, of Salisburg, in the Old North State, and the crime for which the white lyncher has been sentenced to imprisonment for fifteen years was a particularly inexcusable one. This man Hall was an ex-convict and was one of a murderous band which broke into the jail at Salisbury and lynched three Negroes. The Negroes were in the custody of the law, and if found guilty of the crime with which they stood charged—and it was morally certain that they would be so convicted—they would have been executed according to the forms of law, and all would have been well. No unnecessary delay on the part of the court, no possible miscarriage of justice or resort to technicalities could be advanced as a justification for any citizen to take the law into his own hands. The lynching was simply another of those exhibitions of the barberian spirit that seems to be taking hold of the people in nearly every section of our land, and resolved itself into the "nigger hunt" that has for years been the shame of the South and which has stained the fair escutcheon of that section with blood that cries to heaven for vengeance. Of late, such a thing as an impartial trial for a Negro, by a jury of his peers has been practically a dead letter. A mere accusation is sufficient to warrant an outraged (?) populace in defying sheriffs, jailers and other law officers, and to murder the poor defenceless black man in cold blood, without giving him the semblance of a chance to establish his innocence. And a besetten local prejudice and a putenteent associated press condone the crime, invariably sending out a garbled report to the effect that the Negro "confessed." For once, the better sentiment of the people prevailed, and at Salisbury, the sturdy attitude of the Judge in the case of Hall, has been the means of vindicating the law, and saving the community from those who would disgrace every member of it. The net that caught Hall is spread wide and others under suspicion may yet be enmeshed therein. In charging the grand jury relative to the lynching party, Judge Long set an example which other jurists would do well to follow. He instructed the grand jury to make a thorough investigation of the lynching and to sift it to the bottom. He said he proposed to remain in session all summer, if necessary, to effect the arrest and conviction of all who participated in the mob. Brave words, these—and all the braver because spoken in an atmosphere reeking with mob spirit, and in a section in which lynching was a holiday pastime. Listen to this excursion of the gang—it sounds almost too good to be true, yet it is true, every word of it! Judge Long said: "The court is informed that a kinsman of the murdered people pleaded with that band of cut-throats and murderers to let the law proceed. Any man who gave encouragement by word or presence, or took part in it, was guilty of murder in the first degree." This is the gospel truth. The brave and upright Judge then laid down a proposition that stamps him as a worthy wearer of the rime. Said he: "The question now is simply whether the law shall be enforced by the courts or by a mob, and Rowan county shall to a man take stand on that proposition. When sifted to the bottom you will find, as I have said before, that no man of character and standing was in that mob. I am going to perform my duty as I see it, and have no fear. I said before I apprehended any trouble that the law of the land was stronger than any local mob. I do not take that back, notwithstanding the shots about my ears that night." This is the utterance of a southern statesman. To the sorrow of that section, however, such fair-minded men on the bench, are few and far between. Yet, because this courageous hero dared to stand up for law and order, shots are fired to intimidate him—to all intents and purposes his life is placed in jeopardy. It is to the credit of the petit jury that sat in the Hall case that it likewise had the nerve to do its duty. The evidence against Hall was conclusive, and it took only thirty-five minutes for a verdict of guilty to be returned. Judge Long gave him the limit of the law—fifteen years in the penitentiary at hard labor. Hall's counsel, of course, has appealed from the verdict on various pretexts, but if Gov. Glenn is not prevailed upon to interfere, the usurper of the law's natural functions will have a long time to meditate upon the rough road that the transgressor must travel when justice once overtakes him. This instance, and several others happening in Kentucky within the past fortnight, indicate that lynching can be stamped out, if the law officers have the quality of backbone that their positions calls for. At least four lynchings were prevented in the Blue Grass State recently by a show of courage on the part of the sheriffs, jailers and others in authority. They defeated the mobs simply by indicating that they were determined to guard their prisoners with their lives, and it being known that they were handy with their Colts and Winchesters and not at all lacking in the nerve to use them on friend or foe, if the latter came in the guise of a law-breaker, the murderous aggregations beat retreats. Experience has shown us that authority backed by grit is always respected. Mobs exist because they are permitted to exist by spineless apologies for men in uniform and on the bench. Cowardly law officers are a standing invitation to the lawless to float the restraints of decency and order, and to do their worst. A dozen Judge Longs scattered judiciously through the South would do more good toward suppressing the lynching evil than all the legislation that could be enacted between now and the crack-o-doom. The Young People's Christian and Educational Congress at Washington has passed into history. Though the attendance was not nearly up to expectations, the program was excellent and the number of delegates was sufficiently large to demonstrate that the heart of the masses of the race is in the right place, and much good will doubtless come by reason of the contact and exchange of views at the capital of the nation in this year of grace. A multiplicity of subjects was presented for discussion by the ablest men and women of the country, and at this distance the only criticism that we venture, is that too much was attempted in the limited time to do justice to the weightiness of some of the problems that were brought forward for settlement. It would seem to the layman that it would be the part of wisdom in 1910 to have fewer topics and a more discussion of those that are introduced. The tendency of most of our national bodies is to overload the program with distinguished speakers to give a supposed ecclat to the occasion, and to leave too many precious gems of thought to give them the proper attention. To our mind, it is a big thing to have the "Hon. This," the "Rt. Rev. That" and "Professor The Other" on the program anywhere, but it is a bigger thing to so apportion the speakers as to reap the largest measure of returns along the lines planned by the promoters of the various gatherings. The distribution of effort over too extensive an area prevents the proper realization of the gains we make, and destroys that centralization of purpose essential to the achievements of tangible results. On the whole the Congress may be voted a success. The management labored conscientiously, the arrangements were superb, the accommodations were more than ample, the music was divine, and the speakers and presiding officers represented the very best thought and character of the Negro people. All that was done was well done, but, as we have inti- THAT UNION TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. DEMIL OF POWER HIGH LICENS FEE ENVY G. HAYWOOD Of all the Obstacles None Have Impeded Their Progress save the Failure of Their Own Motor. mated, too much ground was broken to be tilled as thoroughly as the importance of the crop demanded. To have threshed out one-half of the grain in the field would have have taken two weeks, with the force of harvesters working night and day. Yet everybody got a hearing, and everybody is happy. The next Congress, nevertheless, will put forward a shorter program, and everybody will be still happier all around. The officers elected by the Congress for the next four years are particularly well-chosen. Bishop George W. Clinton, of North Carolina, was elected as president, and his past record as a virile, resourceful and scholarly executive, assures for the Congress a brilliant administration of its affairs for the next quadrenium. The Bishop's unusually eloquent and pertinent address at the Wilberforce Golden Jubilee, is still ringing in the ears of the country, and his vision of unity between the two great bodies of Methodists—with the hands of Richard Allen and James Varick clasped in brotherly amity—is looked upon as a prophecy that promises early fruition. At Wilberforce in June, he represented most capably the great A. M. E. Zion church, with her 3569 ministers, 3161 churches, and 569.305 members, Livingstone College and Zion's nine other institutions of high grade, and bore an invitation to Bethel's hosts to attend the silver anniversary of Livingstone College, which takes place in May, 1907. At the Golden Jubilee, Bishop Clinton was further honored by having conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws. The other officers of the Congress are: Vice-President, Dr. J. W. E. Bowen, of Atlanta, Ga.; corresponding secretary, Dr. P. J. Bryant, of Atlanta, Ga.; treasurer, Bishop R. S. Williams, of Augusta, Ga.; financial secretary, Prof. John R. Hawkins, of Kittrell. N. C.; statistical secretary, Prof. Kelly Miller, of Howard University, Washington, D. C. The Board of Direc tors organized with Bishop Clinton as president, and Kelly Miller as secretary. I. Garland Penn was made chairman of the executive committee. A circumstance of no small significance happened in connection with choice of a president for the ensuing years. When Bishop Gaines had made it known that he could no longer serve the Congress, there was some lively caucusing among the several denominations, and speculation was rife as to whom the prize would fall. At various points ballots were taken to determine the trend of popular sentiment in relation to the vacant chair. Nominations were made and withdrawn, and warm speeches were delivered in behalf of a score of "possibilities." However, when the situation had crystallized, and a satisfactory result had been reached, it was found, by a peculiar coincidence, that the caucuses of the Baptist, the C. M. E., and the A. M. E. Zion denomination had unanimously agreed upon Bishop Alexander Walters for the presidency, and insisted upon electing it, as they had the votes to do; but the eminent prelate, with characteristic modesty, felt compelled to decline the proffered honor, as he was already president of the National Afro-American Council—a post that occupied a large share of his available time and energy. He suggested that the bodies confer the distinction upon his friend and brother—the very best man, in his judgment for the position—Bishop Clinton; whereupon, as recorded above, Bishop Clinton was elected, both upon his own merits and the recommendation of his gererous colleague. This hearty spirit of fraternity and unselfish co-operation existing between these two men, who, all will concede, have done more than all the other Bishops of their church to bring Zion's banner to the head of the column, is truly admirable, and it is not difficult to see why they invariably succeed in all of their undertakings. be the spiritual or secular. The power of unity in a noble cause is irresistible. S. N. Vass and I Garland Penn were defeated for corresponding secretary. The publication of a daily issue of the Washington Record by Dr. E. W. Lampton, was an interesting feature of the gathering, and illustrated the enterprise, hustle and quickness of grasp in the make-up of the man whom the A. M. E.'s will elect Bishop on the first ballot at Norfolk in 1908. He made several tons of hay while the sun shone, and his stock is away above par at this writing. Those who doubted the wisdom of carrying the current meeting of the National Negro Business League to Atlanta, are doubting no more. In northern cities, it must be confessed, the delegates and visitors can have a better time, after a superficial fashion, than in the cities of the South, as the pleasure resorts, theatres, restaurants, etc., are more generally open to the race; but, as far as the sedious purposes of the Business League are concerned, no city of the North offers so many and such striking opportunities to get into touch with the business progress of the masses of the Negro people, and to be really stimulated by the progress that is being made in the home of the race, as does the enterprising and substantial capital of Georgia. The colored people of Atlanta will surprise many northerners by the number and variety of the business institutions they control. The mammoth poster, published some time ago by Mr. G. M. Howell, gives some idea of the wide swath the black merchants and manufacturers of Atlanta are cutting, but the establishments themselves must be seen to be properly appreciated. The whites of Atlanta can be the most hospitable people on the face of the earth when they want to be, and as surances are given that during the stay of the Business League they will be color-blind. The recordbreaking meetings in Richmond and Nashville (Continued on Page Four) MISSOURI GRAND LODGE UNITED ORDER OF THE ODD FELLOWS MEET AT MACON. Mayor Brock Delivered Welcome Address--George E. Temple the Grand Secretary Re-elected--Grand Reception and Parade. Staff Correspondence. The Missouri Grand Lodge, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, convened in its 25th annual session in Macon, Mo., August 7, in the Odd Fellows Hall with an attendance of delegates and visitors that in number and appearance any previous State meeting of the order. Extensive preparations had been made by the local committee of arrangements to entertain the visitors and the whole town took a hand in making it pleasant. The preliminary exercises were held in the Second Baptist Church at 10 o'clock. The place was gaily decorated for the occasion with flags and bunting and the colors and emblems of the order and was filled to its utmost capacity by delegates, visitors and citizens. Mayor S. J. Brock delivered an address of welcome to the delegates that was replete with encouragement and good advice to which an eloquent response was made by Grand Master Edw. S. Lewis of Kansas City, who presided. Miss Corinna Ray, a member of the faculty of Western College of Macon, delivered an address of welcome to the delegates to the Grand Household of Ruth, to which response was made by Mrs. Sallie Dupee, Matron of Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo. The Grand Lodge and Grand Household reassembled at 2 o'clock p. m., when both bodies went into executive session for the transaction of business. The entire afternoon session was spent in receiving the reports of Grand Officers, which were all referred to standing committees. Among the notables who were in attendance was George E. Temple, of St. Louis, who has served the Order for fourteen consecutive years as Grand Secretary. He was easily the most conspicuous figure of the gathering, despite of his natural modesty and unassuming manner. He was the busiest man in town, for besides attending to the duties of his office, he was consulted by everybody about everything. He declared to his friends that he would not be a candidate for re-election, but those who were in a position to know, said he would be re-elected in spite of any protest he might make. This fact was made manifest at the afternoon's session, when he read his report, which contained a statistical review of the work of the order, showing its phenomenal growth in numbers, character and wealth and a surplus of more than five thousand dollars in the treasury. The reading of the report was received in prolonged applause and the proceedings were interrupted for several minutes while the members extended him congratulations. The report was as follows: Grand Total receipts, $12 097.69; Expense, $6 222 12; Balance, $5 875.57, which is deposited as follows: St. Louis Union Trust, $344.15; Mercantile Trust Company, $3 019.24; Missouri-Lincoln Trust Co., (Savings Fund) 2,007.21; Missouri-Lincoln Trust Co., (Check Fund), $322.27; in the hands of Grand Treasurer, $222.27 The Committee on State of Country took an optimistic view of the race situation in spite of many outrages, advising patience, industry and moral improvement as the best remedy for present ills. President Roosevelt, was praised for his many courageous efforts in behalf of even handed justice to all men regardless of color. Governor Folk, was also commended for his determined stand for moral improvement in civic affairs. The committee on resolution, after thanking the people of Macon, for their hospitality and the various Grand Officers for the prompt and faithful performance of their duties, (Continued on Page Eight) IN THE WOMAN'S WORLD. 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But when the aims of all races shall be for the betterment of existing conditions, race prejudice will be practically eliminated." Mrs. Mayme Merry, president of the local federation welcomed the delegates in behalf of the church. There were some very excellent papers read and among them were those read by Mrs. William Chapman, of St. Paul, "Club Unity;" Mrs. Jessie Murdock Williams, of Duluth, "The Club and Its Influence in the Home;" Miss Ella B. Poter, of Georgia, "Legal Departmental Work." These papers have been retained by the organization for publication In the annual address of the president, Mrs. Ioue E. Gibbs, a report of the annual meeting of the National organization of Afro-American Women at Detroit, to which he was a delegate. 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Heads of Departments: Literature, Mrs Carrie Dunn, St Paul, Arts and Crafts, Mrs. Emma Helm, Minneapolis; Philanthropic, Lucy M. C. Neal, Duluth; Mothers, Anna Mori*, Minneapolis; Junior, Mrs Robert Johnson, Duluth; Legal, May Black Mason, St Paul; Reciprocity Bureau, M Oglesby, Superior, Wis. Emma Jeffery, Minneapolis chaplain; Ella B. Poter, Georgia, field corresponding secretary. A trolley party was given by the Young Men's Sunday Club which covered at least 22 miles of the city. Five of the gentlemen accompanied the party and they took a turn showing and calling out the places of interest to the visiting delegates. On Friday evening a reception was given by the City Federation. On Saturday morning a tally ho party was given the delegates by Mr. and Mrs. William Dawson. In the afternoon Mrs. L. A. Gross, of Superior, Wis., entertained at the Superior Hotel. Mrs. Cordella Johnson, of Duluth Heights gave a reception on Monday night. 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This organization was the first fraternal order founded by a Negro and is today one of the strongest in Amerios. The order has a larger mission than to care for the sick bury the dead, to elevate the Negro to a practical plane of usefulness according to the needs of the present time. Three sessions were held daily but at this time we are unable to secure a financial report or the numerical strength of the order. The grand lodge and its politicians were bent solely on the election of officers and quite a little manipulation went on. The Texas and Missouri delegates claimed that W. M. Farmer, a prominent lawyer was elected over W. A. Gaines. It is not doubted by any one that the election was extremely close and at all times the Kentucky and Arkansas boys were vigilant and energetic in pushing their man, Mr. Gaines, After the vote Mr. Marsha l, of Louisville declared W. A. Gaines elected, Mr. Gaines has served several terms and has brongent out the order wonderfully. The officers elected are as follows: W. A. Gaines, Covington, Ky.; N. G. M.; S. W. Wiggins, Alabama, D. N. G. M.; W. R Perry, Arkansas, N. G. S; Dr. W. E. Brown, Indiana, Asst. N. G. T.; F. W. Bledsoe, Texas, N. G. T; Officers of the National Grand Temple are: Martha Webster, Louisville, Ky., re-elected National Grand Princess unanimously; Katie M. Moore Columbus, V. N. G. P.; M. E. Whitlow Cincinnati, N. G. S.; M. E. Moore, Waco, N. G, T; Ada Smith, Pleu Bluff chaplain, Sanford Sanders, of Cincinnati was elected National Knight Commander of the Knights of Fr endship. The Lexington people opened their homes, churches and halls to receive the delegates. The crowd and pleasure were so great that many were reminded of the red letter days of the fair. The speaking at Woodland park was excellent, but the chief attraction was the plumb and large parade. Some of the finest military drilling ever witnessed in the state was done by Pride of Louisville Camp under Capt. Eli Bowen. There were five judges of military standing and impartiality who with 8,000 spectators, watched Capt. Bowen and his company go almost perfectly go through his schedule. His men were of a fine military bearing and drilled like the famous company that went np San Juan Hill. They were awarded the first prize. Captain Johnson and his famous Garrison camp who had held the trophy for years brought off the second prize. W. H. Brent and his company, of Winchester received the third prize and Lexington the fifty dollar silk flag. It is stated by many that this grand lodge was the ilargest and most successful ever held by the order. Many of the business delegates were informed of the great meeting to take place at Atlanta, August, 80, 31 and September 1, and they expressed a great desire to be present. The grand lodge adjourned meet in three years at St. Paul, Minn. The parade was the largest ever seen in Lexington. Kentucky, Texas and Arkansas numbered among the largest delegations. Dr. Ballard sold over 4,000 soda waters in a week. He broke all records. Over 8,000 tickets were old for the picnic. Excursions came from all parts of the state. J. C. Jackson, the undertaker of Lexington was presented with a fine hat by the Texas delegation. The female military company of St. Louis made a hit at the drilling grounds. They gave quite a splendid exhibition. From a military standpoint Louisville brought away the honors while Arkansas led with the greater number of business men. Smith Bauchman, of Louisville, one of the oldest business men of the state and the pride of his life is the phenom inal growth of the order. Every delegate left highly pleased with Lexington's hospitality and many claimed they would return to the garden spot of Old Kentucky. Mr. Bledsoe, of Texas was the happiest speaker of all occasions,and remind- ed one of Hon· J. E. Bush of the National Negro Business League. Mrs. J. C. Jackson gave the visitors several carriage drives over the city and was the recipient of a beautiful handbag from her many friends. Rev. S. E. Smith, pastor of the First Baptist church took a prominent part in the memorial services. This church is one of the finest edifices in the State. Among the delegates were teachers, preachers, doctors, lawyers and business men and politicians. The politician. The politicians made good on election night. Bryant Luster, of Little Rock, Ark., a successful business man was the only banker among the delegates. He represented the Capital City Savings, of which Judge M. W. Gibbs is president. William R. Rhodes, State Grand Master of Colorado and a Kentuckian was a delegate from Denver. He went West in the interest of Y. M. C. A. a few years ago and began as a clerk in a wholesale jewelry store, and up to date he has accumulated some valuable property. Prof. W. R. Perry, of Pine Bluff has been the lever in raising the U. B. F. to its high standards in Arkansas. The birth of the order in that state was in 1874 and today there 28,000 and 800 Juvaniles. They have $50,000, $20,000 in halls, three uniform ranks. The Pine Bluff Lodge owns and operates an 80 acre farm upon which is situated a widow and orphan's home. Dr. J. G. Thomas, of Ft. Smith, Ark. was a delegate who has been of great service to the order as well as the leading physician of his state. He is the most conspicuous lodge man of Arkansas, being a state officer in the U.B. F., Pythians, Odd Fellows, and Knights of Tabor. He is the manager of the People's Drng Store and proprietor of Thomas' Millinery Establishment. Among the most prominent visitors and delegates was Col. Ferd Havis of Pine Bluff, Ark. For a number of years he has stood head and shoulders above his fellow townsmen in politics and business. He has been a member of the State Central Committee and was appointed postmaster and is being urged for United States Marshall, of that district. Col. Havis is connected with many business enterprises of his town and is manager of a large mercantile establishment which is the pride of the South. He is a stockholder of the Capital City Savings Bank, owns valuable property and is worth $50,000. C. B. Lewis. Always give former address in case of removal where paper is to be changed from one place to another. REFRIGERATOR RULES. Use clean, flat dishes to hold whatever is on the lower shelves. Buy your ice in pieces as large as can be accommodated. This is much more economical than to buy small ones. Be careful not to fill dishes too full so that they will spill over. If anything is spilled, don't fail to wipe it up immediately. Pack the ice well together and do not wrap it in paper or cloth; instead, keep the door of the ice chamber shut as much as possible. Do not put food of any sort directly on the ice. If it is absolutely necessary to place it near the ice, see that it is in glass or porcelain. Empty the refrigerator at least once a week; scrub the interior thoroughly, then scald the ice chamber and drainpipe with boiling water in which a lump of soda has been dissolved; follow this with clear boiling water; wipe dry and let it air for twenty minutes. Great Men's Childhood. "Many great men," said a psychologist, "gave signs of greatness even in their childhood. Mozart at the age of five composed a piece of music so difficult that his father, a professional musician, had some trouble in playing it. "Macaulay before he was eight wrote the 'Compendium of Universal History, Being an Account of the Leading Events From the Creation Down to the Present Century.' "Hartley at seven wrote a long and abstruse essay on the 'Nature of Man.' Bacon at nine finished a work on philosophy. Milton at twelve wrote two epics. "On the other hand, Goethe, Steele, Dr. Johnson, Wagner, Voltaire, Tennyson, Poe and Fenimore Cooper were deemed stupid in their childhood." Bitter Jerrold Among the sayings attributed to Douglas Jerrold is a very bitter one he applied to Mark Lemon, then editor of Punch. Lemon was deeply attached to Dickens and showed it in a very open fashion, which perhaps aroused the great satirist's jealousy. At all events, as Jerrold was walking out one day with Lemon and another friend, and Dickens with several more behind them, Lemon suddenly dropped away and turned back. "What has become of Punch?" asked Jerrold's companion. "Did you hear Dickens whistle?" was the cynical reply. "Dickens pays the dog tax for Lemon." ```markdown ``` GREAT 1 NEGRO LIE History of N $1.0 History of NEGRO SOLDIERS $1.0 LIGHT AHEAD $1.0 Or all three of these value order $1.0 General Clarkson, "You must develop a litter of your great men, such as —put it in the hands of may know what their race Agents Wanted E. A. 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This is the greatest Colored Fair in America, and everybody attends it. Many attractions have been secured. The Premium List revised and enlarged. Greater than ever. Reduced rates on all railroads. Come early and bring your family. ANDREW SCOTT, President. A. L. HARDEN, Secretary. THE HOTEL Christian and unsectarian. For the education of young men and women in the higher studies. Collegiate, Normal and High School Courses, with Industrial Training. *Nine Practical School and Kindergarten building for teaching teachers. Graduates secure most important positions teachers and leaders. Home life and training. Athletics. Superior advantages in Music and Printing. Aid given to needy and deserving students. Term begins the first Wednesday in October. For catalogue, address: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. The French philosopher M. Le Bon, commenting on the motto of the revolution, "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity," declared that the real difference between the French and the British lay in the fact that the French were enamored of equality and cared little for liberty, while the British insisted on liberty and never gave a thought to equality. And when some one quoted this to Ruddy Kipling he instantly added his own comment to the effect that what the American really preferred was fraternity. "He is a good fellow himself, and he expects you to be one." Indiana Can find you Employment employment Bureau in every line of work. Address Chas. S. Bradley, Box 80, Connersville, Ind. Mr. Spongely (slightly related)—Splendid! Magnificent! Do you know, Uncle Eli. I believe I shall never get tired of seeing the sun set behind that hill! Uncle Eli—That's what me an' mother's beginnin' to think.—Puck. --- --- Convinced. Ladies in the Hair Business write us for Wholesale Price Lists. 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John Rauch Cigar Co, =* Indianapolis, Ind. journalists and correspondents have the uncanny oar-marks of the death-bed repentance. eae If government ownership oan sound the death-knell of the jim crow car, we are for 1t—even If 1t does savor strong: ly of a questionable paternalism. eee Msj>r Menvz\es, candidate for con- gress down in Indiana's first district, is “barking up the wrong tree’ when he essays to do things to Senator Hemen- way. oes There are people;who complain that our papers do not publish ‘‘all the news.” They would be the firat one’s to lead a mob against us if we did “pablish all the news” that we know—concerning them. | éhene Csntralization of governmental power at Washington msans a Nation—anot a Aisorganiz2d mob of minor States strag- gllng for selfish local ends and insepar- ably wedded to local prejadicas, super. stitions and traditions. eee ‘The prospective row over the cele- brated “open letter” in the A. M. E. Z'cn Oharch looks as if it will finally develop into a match between the “Pie- Eaters" va. the ‘Pie-Hnnters,” with the latter Hlelding in the first half of the first ining. see The brethren cf the Methodist con- nections are busy now-a-days with penell in hand. The A. M. E's are trying to figure out the things that were not done at Chicago, and the A, M. E. Z on’s are clphering on how the things got done that somebody says were done at St. Louls. sae How many people, even in the Middle West, knew that the Ualted States Court, sitting at Louisville, Ky., had a colored crier? Willis 8, Kean, an Afro- American, who has held that position for the past six years by appointment of Judge Walter Evans, died s few days ago of cancer of the stomach. eee Dr. W. D Cksppelle for bishop, Dr. THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. Oh! Say, Wouldn’t That Be A Dream? (With Apologies to Ernest Hogan.) ‘A. J. Carey for manager of the Phila- delphia publishing house, leaving « clear track for Ira T. Bryant for secre- tary of the A. M E Sunday School Union at Nashville, might be the very happiest solution of the gravest prob- lems with which the Norfolk General Conference will have to deal, see ‘These are the days of the lodge anni- versary celebration—the days when the Moat Iliuatrious Bow-Wow and Right Worthy Grand Dig-Dig of the Supreme Connell of #iub-Dabs put on their red- dest eash and their longest ostrich feather, and prance most gaily upon their fisry, untamed steeds, to the un- trancing strains of the Koyal Toot-Toot. eee At building sanitary fiste and finan cing live business enterprises the Negro is slow and painfully hesitating, bat when it comes to paying out thousands of hard-earned dollars for the royal purple and tinsel gew caws that make up the paraphernalia of a lodge, and equandering more thousands for hall rent and expensive jaunts to conven- tions he is “‘there with both feet.” If everybody could be ‘‘nappy, happy happy!” all the time, ge If @ lynoher could really be punished in 9 measure befitting his crime, =x If the democrats should hatch! Bryan and Gray against Taft and Lodge. oa If Jay Wesley Cromwell would oon: sent “to sit on a stool and look pretty’ for even two minutes. aoe If Recorder John O. Danoy’s “Life of Dr* Price” should be placed on the mar- ‘ket before the completionzof the Pan: ama Canal. = If the Afro-Ameriesn Counoll jand the Niagara Movement would agree ‘to sink all petty diffsrences, and Sunite for the common good. a If the long-winded pulpiteer conld be made to realize that short sermons make fall benches and a larger fepiritu- al life in the congregation. geet It everybody would jast move that the election of Ira T. Bryant as s2ore- tasy of the A. M, E Sunday School Union be made unaminous. ae If the sleek, high-sslaried preachers would learn to pay thelr wayas they go and stop feeding upon the bounty of poor washerwomen who can sosrcely keep soul andjbody together. pall If our good-looking Consul James G. 3 AZTEC ARCHITECTURE. Wonderful Endurance of the Old Mexican Buildings, ‘The Mexicans or the Aztec Indians can give the people of the United States lessons in architecture and in solid construction of buildings. ‘Thece are buildings standing today, in the City of Mexico that have stood for three centuries and are in an excellent state of preservation. There is not a frame building in the city. There are a few adobe, but most all are stone, brick or cement. ‘There is a_ brick building down in the old part of the town that was ereeted prior to 1450, It shows that so tong ago as that the Indians were experts in the manufae- ture of bricks But probably 80 per cent of all the ‘uildings are made of concrete cement. Cement and concrete have been used successfully in Mexico for 500 years, and all the cathedrals and churebes are of that material. On the line of the Vera Cruz Pacific can be seen the rains of Toro Bravo, where there are evidences of a city ruined centuries ago. ‘There are some twenty pyramids of solid cement which must have been erected over 500 years ago. One of these pyramids is 170 feet in height, and on the summit rests a cement ledge thirty feet in diameter, This, as well as others, is of filigree work and carved statuary. Near this stands another of white Umestone, built in four terraces, with carvings and ornamentations which ‘would put to shame the modern Amer- fean sculptor. It has stood all these centuries, yet the limestone is much easier broken than the cement. ‘Think of a town of almost 400,000 persons, and the fire record is three in one year. ‘The inside walls of many of the build- ings are as much as six feet through, and all buildings are built around courts. There is no provision in any of them for fires, and at the present time small coal oil stoves are selling in the city for $20—the same that seli for $3 in the states. The floors are of stone, the ceilings of filigree cement, the walls of coarse plaster and almost without exception hand painted. The architecture on many buildings in the republic shows that the Indian of cen- turies azo was ahead of the modern builder of today.—Hobart News-Re- Ley Paradoxical, Suburban Patient—Doctor, L am sor- ry you have had to come so far from your regular practice. Doctor—Oh, it's all right. I have another patient in the neighborhood. so I can kill two birds with one stone—Judze. It the brethren of the two leading Methodist organizations are at logger- heads over the name the combined ag- gregation should bear, what is the mat- ter with The United African Metho- dist Episcopal Church”? It is simple, suggests the thought of being made up of strong component parts, and does away with the cumbersome idea of trying to retain the old titles of ‘-Bethel” and * Zion.” S's « How many more forelorn hopes will the illustrious Jay Wesley Cromwell have to lead before his deluded follow: ers are convinced that he is a ‘Jonah ?” The Negro Academy, the J. Albert Johnson bishopric campaign, the fight against D. C. Hill, the covert opposition to the Hershaw, Richards, Cardozo, Miller, Gregory and Jackson adminis- trations at Bethel Literary, the Moore run for the Howard University presi- dency, the Davidson mess, and fiaally the disgraceful bolt from the Madre- Richards-Scott “regular” organization, are just @ few of the fiascoes with which the name of “Rule or Rule Cromwell” has been identified within the past five ae, Carter and the Sultan of Turkey de- clde to “double up” ‘for reasons satis- factery to themselves, when the former takes hold of his new job beyond the Mediterranean, es | If William Jennings Bryan would take a strong standin favor of an honest enforcemant of the 15:h. Amend- ment and declare his unalterable oppo: altion to jim crow car laws. —— Ifthe warfare between the Madre- Richards-Soott and Cromwell-Davidson Laoas wings of Bethel Literary and Historlo Association could be referred to The Hague tribunal for settlement. —— Ifthe A. M. E, §General Conference should create the office of “Field Seore- tary for Temperance Work” and bestow the same upon the Rev.) R. 0. Ransom asa vindication and consolation prize, aS If the Supreme Court of the United States should hold that {Berea {College has apertest right to educate blacks and waltes togather in the Common ‘wealth of Kentucky. : = It the yoar 1909 should find Fatrbanks in the White House, Roosevelt in the Senate, Taft on the Superlor Bench, Cannon still in the Speaker's Ohair. Root at the Court of St James, the 15th Amendment in fall force, jlm-crow cars abolished, lynohing suppressed and Tuskeges’s endowment fund at the $3,000,000 mark. THE ISLAMIC WORLD. Ite Two Divisions ahd Its Attitude Vowurd he Sultan, The Islamic world is divided Into two grestt divisions- the Sunni Mobam- medans, who occupy the Turkish em- pire, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Tripoli Afghanistan, Egypt and the Sudan, and the Khanates of central Asia, and the Shiah Mohammedans, who oceupy Persia and are scattered all over the Mobammiedan world, some 5,000,000 of them being in India. By the doctrine of the latter the caliph must be a lineal Gescendant of the prophet. ‘The Sunnis, on the other hand, do not insist on this, but it is an article of necessary faith i» Sunni theology and law that the ca- liph must be an Arab of pure blood be- longing to Mobammed’s tribe. Ou this point there is absolutely no difference in the Mohammedan world, barring one or two insignificant sects out of the Lundreds of sects into which Mobam- medanism is divided. One proof test is the Friday. prayer. In no country out of Turkey is prayer offered up for the sultan of Turkey. To do so would be an act of sedition and treated as such. I would not give much for the life of the mollah who dared to offer up prayers for the sul- tan in any mosque in Afghanistan or Persia. The Arabs repudiate with scoru the idea of the sultan being ca- liph; not, indeed, has he ever dared formally to appeal to the Mohamme- dan world in that character. He was never acknowledged as caliph in India, and if he publicly claimed the title formally even in Constantinople it is probable that he would find himself deposed by a fetya of the Sheikh ul Islam.—London Times, ‘len Good Things. There are ten things for which no one has. ever yet been sorry. These are: For doing good to all; for speak- ing evil to none; for hearing before judging; for thinking before speaking: for holding an angry tongue; for being Kind to the distressed; for asking par- dons for all, wrongs; for being patient toward everybody; for stopping the ears to a talebearer; for disbelleving most of the ill reports. ‘Too Valuable to Lowe. Mrs. Clinton Streeter—Joln, wake up! The cook is sereaming “Burglars!” Mr. Clinton Streeter—Great Scott! Tl go right down. Mrs, C. S—No, don’t; they might shoot you. Mr. C. S—That’s a small risk to take. My goodness, wo- man, suppose they should steal the cook!—Kansas City Indépendent. A Toss Between Rivals quarrel between the chums. If this invariable result had happened in our ease there would be nothing worth the felling. So many such affairs have taken place that they have ceased to be at least novel. Dorothy said she Would have neither of us, declaring at the same time that we were more in love with each other than with any one else. I will admit that this helped Ben and me to keep from quarreling, though neither of us believed her, We invented tests to foree Dorothy to show her hand. Whether she was too smart for us or whether she had | nothing but friendship for éither of us We could not tell. At any rate not one of our tests gave us any information, We conspired to send her invitations for a drive to take place at the same hour of the same day, hoping she would show her preference by accept- ing one and declining the other. ‘The little minx accepted both, asking us to call with an equipage capable of seat- ing four persons, as she wished to take her grandmother. We were both furious, but dared not disobey. We tried to force her to choose one of us to sit beside her, but she declined to enter the carriage till all bad been seated, She was the life of the party, Which must have been a difficult role to play, for Ben and I sat “nursing our wrath to keep it warm.” When we handed the two women out, Dorothy was profuse in her thanks for an in- Vitation which had not been given, One day I told Ben that there was but one way to force a decision be- tween us. That was to tell Dorothy if she would have neither of us she must lose both of us. We would both “go west.” Ben consented to this at once. He believed the girl loved him and whe it came to the point of los- ing him would show her hand. I had no doubt that I was the fortunate mian and, if a choice was inevitable, would be chosen. If you ask on what grounds we based these opinions I re- ply that each drew his inference from Dorothy's actions toward him. She leat ae We holomanl ee ene ae Promise not to tell Ben, and gave Ben | her photograph, exacting his promise not to tell me. ‘This sort of trick she played us in a great variety of ways. It was quite natural that each should deom himself the favored one. One evening we called on Dorothy together and stated our proposition. In order that neither should have the advantage of being spokesman we were both spokesmen. Ben made a preliminary statement of the ease, while I followed with the alternative. The little witch's eyes danced while we were doing so, though when the last words were spoken, “or we go west tomorrow.” she looked at us in- quiringly. Seeing determination in the countenance of each, she made a little gasp, then turned her back and walked to the window. When she turned toward us there was a singular expression, or rather combination of expressions, on her face—something serious, something comical, and, above all, something ex- tremely mischievous. “I don’t wish to drive two such fine fellows away,” she said. “If I must choose between you I must make my choice by lot.” Going to an antique writing desk, he opened a little drawer and took ‘out, an old copper cent, such as has now gone completely out of circula- tion, “It is a toss between you. I shall flip this cent. If it comes down tails” (he said this to Ben) “I will marry you and make you a devoted wife. If it comes down heads” (turning to me) “you are the one I shall love till death do us part.” “You give me tails. I am not your preference,” said Ben in a frightened tone. “Let us choose for ourselves,” I said. “Give Ben first choice.” “You have neither of you anything to do with the method by whieb I come to my decision,” she said. “It is I who make the choice, not you.” Tossing the cent in the air, giving It a flip at the same time with her thumb, it fell on the floor, rolled about awhile, struck the leg of a chair and was still. Ben and I both sprang forward, but Dorothy waved us back. “One step and you both go west!” she exclaimed. Picking up the coin, which we could both see she did carefully and fairly, she held it out to us without looking at it herself. “Heads!” I cried. Ben dropped into a chair. She went to him and took his hand, while a tear stood in her eye. I slipped out of the room, leaving her to comfort him, Ben acted very nicely about the af- fair and took his disappointment re- markably well. This, Dorothy told me, was because I had secured her by chance and not by preference. 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Special Fates on WRITE UPS. tered at th ice a Reet cee Indiana, as second class matter, _ Ail matter should be sddreseed to The Freeman Publishing Company, (INDIANAPOLIS, - INDIANA, ——— SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1906, Is General Office The ‘Open Door??? A number of Zionites who object to the seeming advantage that general officers enjoy inthe matter of being elevated to the Episcopal Bench, met at Livingstone College rpcently and effected an organiza- tlon, presumably to balance up the chances of the plain, everyday pastors for Bish- opric honors. The active promoters of the organization ere sald to be Revs. J. W. ‘Thomas, William Sutton, W. H. Graham and others. Several aspirants from the pastoral ranks, who were Invited to join the movement peremptory declined to en- dorse it, as productive of unnecessary divisions where a spir.t of unity should pre- vail, Itisconceded that the general of- ficers, whose business carries them into the many annual conferences, have a de- cided advantage over the. “‘stay-at-homes"’ in meeting the people and corraling delegates, but such advantage Is circum- stantial, and they ought not to be blamed for accepting the benefits that accrue therefrom. Somebody, however, has call- attention to the fact that the much-abused general officers have no congregations from which to draw marriage fees, nor to receive sults of clothing, watches, gold-headed canes, easy chairs chairs or pound parties, etc., and are denied a very large share of the home comforts that fallto the lot of the weli-lncated pastor. Neither the general o’fice nor the pastor has a continuous bed of roses in the pursuance of his work, and on atair average, it looks to us almost like an “even break.” Instead of the pastors organizing against the general ojficers for offense or defense, we would suggest that they buckle on their armor after the con- ventional style, and approach the Bishopric stronghold by way of the general office route. This method may take time, and it may be an injust requirement, but its ef- fectiveness 1s what counts, and results are what is wanted. Ifthe general office is the open door to the Bench, it behooves the wise candidate to first get a grip on the eeneal office: Lynching Leads To Anarchy. I will be remembered that some time ago Judge J. H. Stotsenburg, of New Albany, Ind,, president of the National Federation of Civic Rights and one of tho strongest friends the oppressed Negro has among the white people of this country, published a letter in the Indianapolis Star, in which he vigorously denounced the lynching evil, pled for the right of trial by jury foe every person accused of crime, regardless of col- or or nature of alleged crime, and gave the Negro some wholesome advice touch- ing the power of his ballot as a weapon for self-defence, The letter was an able one, and was given out by the Judge as an an- swer to certain queries propounded by Messrs D. S. Maxwell, E. R. Gaddle, Henry Brown, Henry Sterret and T. H. Johnson. Following its publication in the Star, many leiters of commendation were received by Judge Stotsenburg, extolling his virile stand for law and order and civic decency, among them such prominent national leaders of the Caucasian race as Hou.John Overmyer, Thomas C. Day,E.D. Crumpacker, J. Warren Keifer, G. B Cardwill and others, The best thought of of the country is against lynching, however it may repudiate the crime for which the lynching was brought about. Taking any man’s life by usurpers of the law's functions without impartial trial, conviction and or derly sentence, is murder, and the practice leads inevitably to anarchy. Defenders of the national honor, like Judge Stotsenburg and his confreres, are statesmen, philoso- phers and seers. THE FREEMAM, AN ILLUSTRATED COLOKED NEWSPAPER. “To See Ourselves As Others See Us,’’ Bishop Tanner, in the course of a well- written article in the Christian Recorder, makes an observation’ so full of wisdom that it may be applied to hundreds of in- stances where bumptious little fellows as- sume to sit in judgment upon the labors of of their ‘betters,”” or to discuss matters concerning which they are profoundly ig- norant. Says the good Bishop: “Suppose a village postmaster should venture to criticise ‘Paradise Lost,’ or the village architect should kave grave doubts as to fthe excellence of the dome af St, Pe- ter's, ‘Paradise Lost’ and St, Peter's would not feel it much, but it would fix the intellec- tual grade of the postmaster’ and the architect.” Reflecting upon this bright little nugge' of truth, we ar8 almost unconsclously re- minded of the miseducated and bias-vision: ed}Negro, without a dollar in the world, at tired in a hand-me-down suit, much the worse for wear, shoes down at the heel, hhat that has seen better days, and with out a change of linen—yet, who witt the barber shop or barrell house as hi forum, insists upon holding up thrifty in dustrious and level-headed men of hisrace to point out the mistakes of Booker T Washington, and the “folly” of the “Wiz ard’s"’ wealth-producing system of edu cation. Itts enough to give any morta “that tired feeling,” but these fellows go on and on, unmindful of the ridiculou [sere they cut in the eyes of the thought ful, productive forces of their communities Bishop Walters’ Call To Arm: In another column of this issue ‘of The Freeman will be found an eloquent appeal tothe Negroes of the nation to organize for their mutual protection, sent out broad- cast by Bishop Alexander Walters, presi dent of the National Afro-American Coun- cil, He points a way out of our many Aifficulties. He is asafe and sane leader, and has at his back, inthe plans outlined, a host of the best men and women of the race. Read his stirring appeal, and be guided thereby. Race journals in every section are respectfully asked to copy, an¢ leave call standing in their columns. Tue recent meeting of the Missouri Grand Lodge’ of the United Order of Odd Fellows, held at Macon shows much pro: gress along substantial lines. It was thels twenty-fifth annual session and from the report of the finances much careful atten- tion has been given to them. Mr. George E. Temple, of St. Louis the Grand Secre- tary for three years and who was re-elect: ed has given his personal attention to the welfare of this organization. He is alse deputy grand master of the order in Amer!- ca, thoroughly acquainted with the prin- ciples that underlie success and with the obligations of the prosperous institutions. Real ability is the best recommendation for any promotion. To him who has been faithful comes the well-earned reward, and there could be no better choice for grand master than Mr. Temple. Senator Batter of Texas, is worrled about the ambitious, self-respecting Negro who rings the white man’s front door bel when he has business at the white man’: house. Bailey Is one of those youthful bourbons who have Inherited a job-lot o! foolish traditions from an anti-bellium stave-holding ancestry, who disgust the common-sense of the present generation by making a specialty of heaping a moun- tain of maudlin sentimentality upon the devoted heads of the old-fashioned, ob- sequious, hat-in-hand Negro, who, they claim, Is the only type that knows his place and keeps religiously in it. It isn't worth while to waste time trying to redeem such hopeless cases as Joe Bailey. Tue importance of building up the in: dustries and enlargement of business op- portunities at home cannot be overesti mated. *No city or town can prosper that makes it necessary for the best young men togo away to find an opening for the ex- ercise of his ta'ents. Develop the home Institutions, keep the bright boys and girls at home, and they will dsvelop the town 0 that you won't know the old place ina fow years. So many Negroes re allying themselves ‘with the Catholic, Eplscopalians, Seventh Day Adventists, Christian Sclentists, Pres- byterians, Congregationalist, Campbellites, with here and thers a Lutheran, !a Dowieite and a member of the Church of God,that it is sald the leagers of the old-line Baptist and Methodist fai hs are beginning to take notice, and the why and wherefore will con- stitute one of the many subjects for inves- tigation at the ‘national meetlings of those denomizations. Unsunprut of the painful fact that Missis- sippi has had trouble enough to last her an- other generation, Governor Vardaman has let it be known that he is a candidate for the United States Senate, Is Mississipp! willing to add to her shame by sending such a blackguard to Washington, to rep- resent her Christian men and womem, when decent material can be had for the asking? Surely not! Wit Indiana's appointment list away above the 100 per ent mark and little or no recognition in sight through the examin- atlon or transfer route until 38 states and territories have had “‘thelr'n,"” it is not te be wondered at that the Hoosler enthusiasm for the beauties of civil service reform is only about 32 degrees Fabrenheit—and fall: | ing rapidly toward zero, We are forry to inform the esteemed ‘Star of Zion that there was a -‘Yyellow ‘streak"’ in the make-up of Congressman E. Spencer Blackburn, after all, It is diffi- cult to vouch for a Southern white Repub- lican on the race question for twenty-four consecutive hours, without running a dan- erous risk of having your judgment dis- credited. “THE most discussed man in the A, M. E, Zion Church today is the Rev. William Sutton, D. D.," tersely says the Star Zion. It may be added that the said Sutton, D. D,, fs also one of the most “cussed” men of the A. M. E.Zion Church toaay,if what we hear in certain quarters is to be believed. Dr, Booker T, Washington addressed 5,000 people last Satuday at Winona Lake, and made a strong plea that the Negro be judged by his best specimens—not by his worst. His address later to the allied associations of Indiana editors, was indeed “An Appeal to Caesar.” ‘Tue citizens of Atlanta and the State of Georgia in general are preparing the National Negro Business League the greatest reception in its history, Many of the strongest and most successful of our men and women will have places on the program. Tue demagogues of both parties in Ok- lahoma are working the color line in politics for allthat it is worth, The wise Negro will not be decelved by elther, but will keep inthe middle of the road, watching the main chance. ‘Tue Freeman speaks for no man nor set of men, It is not the creature of any party, faction or cult. It speaks for all the peo- ple all the time. If youseeit in The Free man, it's so. A virlle Republican organization “in the Southern states will, keep the Democrats hustling to find reasons for the solitary faith that is within them. A judictal lynching, lke that “pulled off” at Mayfield, Ky., 1s scarcely an im- provement on the uld-fashioned kind. THOMPSON'S WEEKLY REVIEW (CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.) demonstrate that going South takes away nothing of the essential inter- est of the meeting, and there is yet to be recorded a single instance where any trouble has occurred at a south- ern meeting on account of the color question. Whatever the feeling of the South may be on the Negro in poli- ties, the representative citizens of that section certainly believe in the Negro in business, and are willing at all time and in’ every way to lend him a helping. hand. Special trains are be- ing arranged for from all points, and the indications are that the Atlanta meeting will surpass any of the pre- vious six in point of attendance and quality. It is a happy understanding that the League shall oscillate be- tween the North and the South, so as to give the people of both sections aa equal opportunity to be present and to come into close contact with the forces that are making for the race's material development—the de- velopment that to-day ranks with edu- cation and morals as a factor in the solution of the race problem. By all mea:.s, register your presence at At- lanta, August 2931, and you will not regret ihe visit, The appointment of Mrs. Mary Chureh Terrell as a member cf the Board of Education at Washington, D. C., is ‘a compliment of the highest and most significant order. She is one of the three colored members of the Board, but the only one of the nine memibers appointed on the new Board who had ever served in that capacity in the District since the beginning of the school system. As a means of correcting certain abuses, the Judges of the District Supreme Court, to whom was given the appoint- ing power, decided unanimously not only to remove every, member of the Board legislated out ‘of existence by Congress last spring, but to select no- body who had ever served in the past. It was a remarkable testimony of Mrs. Terrell’s superior fitness and a proud vindication of her former rec- ord in the office, that she should again be called to the “helm” and still more remarkable that the only exception made in an fron-clad rule, should be in favor of a colored woman. Mrs. Terrell is one of the race’s truest rep- resentatives in the entire country. Her courage, loyalty and capabilities have never been brought into question although she has served in many sta- tions calling for the qualities of which heroines are made. Her achievements as president of the National Associa- tion of Colored Women are well known; her reputation as a lecturer and advocate is international; her speeches at Berlin in German, French and English attracting the attention of delegates from every quarter of the globe, electrifying the Woman's Congress of the World. Her appear- ances before the most cultured white audiences, such as she addressed not long ago, at Cornell University, have carried our case to tribunals that can not fail to do us a mint of good. Mrs. Terrell’s latest exploit is an article of great strength and clearness of statement, printed in the July Num- ber of the Ninteenth Century, entitled, “A Plea for the White South by a Col: ored Woman.” This magazine is one of the largest, oldest and most influ ential publications in England, and it is to the infinite credit of the editor that he permitted Mrs. Terrill’s truth: ful portrayal of southern conditions to America to appear, after the manu: seript had been rejected by one of the broadest and best magazines of this country, evidently for fear of the consequences of the South's wrath. In this article, which is worth going to a great deal of trouble to secure, Mrs, Terrell deals with conditions in Dixie without gloves, yet she can not tell the whole truth, in all its ghastly details, for the whole truth can not be told in the limited range of the English language. We have hac the pleasure of looking over Mrs. Ter rell’s recital, and are more than ever impressed with her rare bravery as 2 race champion, and with her extraordi nary power of going right to the root of things, without unnecessary ver biage. We shall have more to sa} on this subject later. Steps. pen, eae that Mrs. K. P. Hood, president of the Woman's Home and Foreign Mis- sionary Society of the A. M. B. Zion connection, will be present at the Con- nectional Council of her church at Norfolk on the 22d—not to resign, 2s some one has asserted—but to take hold of the work with renewed vigor, now that her distinguished husband is on the road to recovery. Should ‘Mrs. ‘Hood decide to retire in 1908, ‘Mrs. M. B. Washington is presumed to have the best chance for election as her successor, although the same au thority mentions very strongly _ the names of Mrs. G. W. Clinton and Mrs. Annie W. Blackwell as possible aspi rants for the place. Should Mrs: Clinton sucgeed Mrs. Hood, it is said that the program calls for the elec tion of Mrs. Blackwell to the presi dency of the Juvenile Department now in charge of Mrs. Clinton. I Mrs. Washington is not advanced, she is likely to remain where she is— in the chair of the first vice-president of the W. H. and F. M. Society, where she has borne the brunt of the battle during the current quadrennium. In the event of a friendly contest be tween these powerful forces and theit friends, it is expected that the east ern and southeastern conferences wil stand by the Clinton-Blackwell com bination, while the western and south western contingent will be found in Mrs. Washington's camp. Mrs, Hood Mrs, Blackwell, Mrs, Clinton and Mrs Washington are all yeoman workers for Zion, and all have served with dis tinction ‘in some of the church's most trying stations. It seems that “Zion gives her women larger opportunities for usefulness than some other denom inations, and we are proud to say that they have not failed to make their in fluence helpfully felt in every depart ment of the connection. No matter what group of the sisters win the coveted positions, all will be found doing their full duty for the uplift of humanity and the glory of theit chosen faith. The Afro-American Council is boom: ing. Bishop Walters’ call to “Organ ize!” is being responded to with vigor that is as astonishing as it is grati fying. A greater degree of enthusiasm is being manifested now than at any other period in the history of the pro- fective movement. The steps to be taken to test the disfranchising con- stitutions of the South are endorsed by the race all over the country, and Corresponding Secretary Jordan _ is chasing no rainbows when he express- es confidence in his ability ot raise $5,000 by the opening of the meeting in New York on ‘the Sth day of Octo- ber. ‘The legal department of the Council is an able one, and embraces some of the country’s best known lawyers, but the organization would score “big” if it could secure the serv- jeves of the Hon,. Joseph H. Choate, of New York, ex-Minister to England, as chief counsel when our case goes upon to the Supreme Court of the United States. Choate is a magic name to conjure with in the highest courts of the republic. R, W. THOMPSON. 7 BUSINESS INTERESTS. | | ‘The Johneon House; first-class rooms and board 32% Capitol Avenue. Go to the Hudson for good meals at popnlar prices. Good sleeping rooms. L. J. Davis, prop., 419 Indiana avenue. Mrs. W. E. 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Phones New 4972; Old 651, pic EXPOSITION IN OHIO. Mr. P W. Chavers, Editor of the Columbus Standard aud General Direc tor of the Ohio State Colored Educa tlonal and Industrial Exposition and Mx Horace B. Slatter, Chief of the Depsrt- ment of Publicity of the Ohio State Colored Education and Industrial Bx- position called on Vice President Fatr- banks. and urged him to accept anin- vitation to deliver an address on Satar- day, August 20th, at the Exposition which will be held at Colambur, Mr. Fairbanks aocepted the Invitation, which has been backed by personal let- ters from thé Governer of the State of Ohio and from other ir izeutial poeple in the state. ‘With Mr, Fairbanks on the opetl:s sy of the Exposition will appear Gor ernor A. L. Harris of Ohio and Dn Booker T. Washington. The expcel ion ‘will continue fora weex, during whe} time various prominent speaker of both races will appear. (n the eecorl ay of the exposition, which willbe women’s day, Mra, Mary Cbureb Té rell, Mrs. Carrie Clifford, Miss Daley Dean Walker of Indianapolls and otter prominent women will speak. 02 Oblo Day, Mayor Badger of Colambue, Sez tor Foraker and Congreseman Lous worth will speak. Oa Business Men* Day various businessmen of the tale will epeak, at which time a state Bat ees Men's League will be organi Other addresces will be delivered YY Prof. W. E, B. Du Bole, Presideat Joshua H. Jones and Prof, J. Ws “ih bert on Educational Day. Une of the principal features of fe exposition will be the exbibiton of Various articles produced by the color ed people in the state of Obio. artiolee of manufacture, art snd handicraft which will show the progres: of 0% people in that state. Large crowds will attend the expoel tion from all parts of the stste sné8F" rangements are being made for ® large crowd to go from this point at exceed ingly low rates. CAROLINE BALLET Walter Tidrington left last Saturday for New York to join the Williams & Walker rehearsals. Billy King is now staging Captain W. D. Ament's Carnival production, carrying twenty-two people. The Bradfords have signed with John A. Himmellein's Ideal Stock Company as a special vaudeville feature for the season of 1966-1977. Dewey & Thornton are playing at Godfrey Pavilion Theatre, Reeds Lake, Grand Rapids, Mich., this week, making a hit, with Kalamazoo to follow. Billy Arute has closed with Millican's Minstrels and is now with P. G. Lowery's Musical Enterprise en route with Wallace' Great Shows, and wishes to hear from all friends. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scott are still with the Great Parker Amusement Company No. I, and send regards to all who know them. There are nine performers in the company, playing to S. R. O. nightly. Mrs. Scott is singing "Silver Heels" and "Linda" and Mr. Scott "Bye, Bye, Eva, Bye, Bye." The Theodore Drury Opera Company under the direction of Robert Grau, opened the season at the Kallock Theatre, New York, August 5, with a matinee. The company now has 42 weeks of solid booking in the United States and Canada with England, France and other European countries to follow in the spring. They are now at Washington, D. C. The H. Q. Clark Band en route with the Forepaugh-Sells Circus was entertained at Salt Lake City by J. E. Green, the trombonist. H. Q. Clark is busy arranging music for his winter show. Robert Brown, alto soloist is carrying his arm in ailing on account of vaccination. John Mobley desires to hear from Montrose Douglass; and E. J. Elliott from Ed. Collins. After successfully FOURTEEN bridging over the sum' BLACK mer months with only HUSSARS. two weeks' lay off, we now start on our regular season and the time is booked for one year solid. Mrs. Henderson Smith joined us at Cleveland to spend a few weeks with her husband, our genial manager and bandmaster. The Detroit Free Press of August 7, says: "Bowing profusely, his expansive smile displaying a fine dental advertisement, a colored men stood in the center of the stage of the Temple theatre THE FREEMAN GALLERY R. R. CHURCH. Owner of Church's Park and Auditorium at Memphis, Tehn. Charles Frohman, Klaw and Erlanger, May boast of their control, But now there comes another one, That's worthy to behold Far down in sunny Tennessee, Where freedom made us know We were to be as other men, And do as others do He's built a fine new playhouse, That's a credit to us, too. THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER TO THE PROFESSION . . . Actors and actresses send me your latest photo today. Address Elwood C, Knox, Man'r The Freeman, Indianapolis yesterday afternoon. Grouped around him were thirteen other colored folks, garbed in Hussar costume. They constituted the headline act of the bill that opened the new week. Curtain after curtain was demanded by the audience at the conclusion of the number, and finally the members of the troupe were compelled to walk across the stage singe y. The act is styled, Lasky Rolfe & Co's Fourteen Black Hussars. The men and women constituting the company are picturesquely costumed, and their performance is not only meritorious from a musical standpoint, but they secure unique effects from the various instruments and their manner of grouping the tableaux. FROM NEW YORK CITY. Marie Thomas Young is quite ill. Matt Housley, the Honey Boy is studying for a trained nurse. Lord E. Denton will take his company on the road in three weeks. Anthony Byrd mourns the loss of a diamond pin which he valued at $90. We are in receipt of flattering reports as to the success of Harry Brown in London. Bessie Oliver sustained a severe injury last week by falling when overcome by the heat. "Kid" Coie," the well-known entertainer and Charles Wilson the 'celloist are at The Marshall Hotel. Frank Fowler Brown, the rising young Hoosler tenor is succeeding nicely with The Rufus Rastus Company. Eddie Goggins, formerly of Goggins & Davis came up from Washington, D. C., last week and spent several days with old friends. Allie Gilliam, of the Hogan Company sends regards to all friends In and out of the profession, and says, "Hello, Nettle Lewis." Alex A. Talbot, a prominent local tragedian, and Madam Elizabeth, Williams of the Oriental Stock Company are nicely placed with Cole & Johnson's "Shoo-Fly Rergiment." --- Will H. Dixon will be assisted by his partner, T, Alfred Anderson, of Chicago, in work on a musical production for Edna May which will be presented in London in the near future. --- Al Johns, the popular song writer will essay the role of "Mr. Bessley" in the Rufus Rastus Company. It is said that he is writing a ballet for Alda Overton Walker and two new numbers for May Irwin. --- Carle Browne Cooke, the journalist, author-dialect comedian is playing an all star variety on the Keith-Proctor circuit. Young Cook has been in poor health lately but is still assidiously at work on his new play for which several good managers have already offered him a good figure. --- Ernest Hogan and his thirty-five Merry Minstrels are filling a four weeks' engagement at Hammerset's Roof Garden. The big show will go on the road September 2d, and will play principal: cities and is booked for a run in New York City. The following is the roster: Ernest Hogan, Harry Gilliam, Henry Troy, Al. Johns, Allie Glam, Harry Fiddler, J. Leubrie Hill, Tom Logan, Anthony Byrd, Will Wilkins, William Moore, Matt., Angelo and Beverly Housley, Bass Foster, Lester Walton, Ed Staples, Frank Sutton, J. Worles, F. F. Brown, Ed Gray, Abbis Mitchell, Carita Day, Alice Mackey, Laura Moss, Sarah Green Byrd Georgia Harvey, Maria Young Madge Gans, Odessa Warren, Bessle Oliver, Mable Turner, Maud Turner, Susie Staples, Willie Wilkes Anna Wilkins, Theresa Jones, Florence Bates, Mollie Beever, jeannette Tucker, Blanch Johnston, Carrie Seamor, Frances Sims. The staff is George Harris, manager; Harry L. Gillam, stage director; H. Lawrence Freeman, musical director; H. Freeman, advance representative; Joe Dale, stage carpenter; W. Donnelly, electrician. Fred Phillips, master of properties; Ted Morse, master of transportation; Willie Wilkes, wardrobe mistress. Every Lady Read This. Years ago when I was a sufferer, an old nurse told me of a wonderful cure for my broken arm. Uterine and Ovarian troubles it cured me in one month. It is a simple harmless lotion that will cure a broken arm. I will send it to Free to every suffering sister who writes to me. I have nothing; to sell. This is a case of woman helping woman. I send a address Mrs. A. B. Hodan, South Bend, Ind. New Theatre Gayety. The New Theatre Gayety, corner New Jersey and Washington streets is making a strong bid for the lady patronage, with the opening of the New Gayety. A number of the shows that have proven favorites in Indianapolis will once again be seen here, commencing with Roble's Knickerbockers which opens the house on Labor Day, Monday matinee, September 3. Their will follow in rapid succession such well known attractions as the Masqueraders, The Hyde Show, Dainty Duchess, The Behman Show the Trans Atlantics and all of the shows controlled by the Columbia Amusement Company, otherwise known as the Eastern wheel, with such an array of high class shows it is more than likely that this new playhouse will prove a winner and as the management pledges them themselves to always maintain a high moral standard and present only clean burlesque and vaudeville, every indication points to a season of prosperity. Lowery's Musical Enterprise Lowery.—We are agreeably surprised. Your company is first-class in every particular. MALLORY BROS. Lowery.—Your band orchestra and show are all first-class and a credit to the profession. LLOYD COOPER. P. G. Lowery.—My recent visit with you and your company has convinced me that your Progressive Musical is the best of its kind in the world. JAMES LACEY, Bandmaster. Lowery.—You are certainly the right man in the right place. You have elevated the circus business from a mere ballahoo stage to a first-class concert band theatrical performance. GEORGE BAILEY. Friend Lowery.—Your band plays unusually smooth. The best twelve piece band I have listened to for years. The bass section is extremely good and the progress you have accomplished has made you a pattern for others to copy. C. L. BARNHOUSE. HOW I SPENT A BY TIM OWSLEY, THE CRAZ HOW I SPENT MY VACATION. HOW I SPENT MY VACATION. BY TIM OWSLEY, THE CRAZY COMEDIAN AND AUTHOR. THE MASTER Boys, I spent my vacation, in old In In the city of Indianapolis, and say, b I went there to see my mother, the fir And I was filled with so much joy, m My second day in the city to The Free And this is how I was greeted, as is "Good morning, sir, come right in." Who was it? Why, E. C. Knox, man Of course he didn't know who I was a But I had a letter from W. A, Mahar He glanced at it a moment, and looked And said, "Well, Tinn I suppose you" I told him that I thought I would, if I Boys, I spent my vacation, in old Indiana State. In the city of Indianapolis, and say, but it was great: I went there to see my mother, the first time in several years, And I was filled with so much joy, my face was covered with tears, My second day in the city to The Freeman office I made my way, And this is how I was greeted, as I stepped in the door that day, "Good morning, sir, come right in." were the first words he said to me, Who was it? Why, E. C. Knox, manager of The Freeman. Seel. Of course he didn't know who I was when I first went in, But I had a letter from W. A, Mahara, which I handed right to him He glanced at it a moment, and looked up with a smile, And said, "Well, Thin I suppose you'll be with us for awhile?" I told him that I thought I would, if I found things O. K. Said he, "While in the city, call and see me every day, Then we talked about show business, you know all performers do; Of course I told him a few stories, but the most I said was true. Well, we talked and talked and talked, 'till my time to go grew near. Said I, "Mr. Knox, I guess I'll go." "Wait I've a bug to put in your ear." Then across the street we went and stayed a moment or two. Just what we did across the street, I don't think it concerns you, After that every day to The Freeman office I would go. In fact I made it my headquarers, while in the city, don't you know, Knox treated me so royal, boys I can never forget him, Sometimes I most forget that I was just plain Tim, You know he meets all the stars; and knows the dope you see. I never dreamed he'd take up time, with a young "comede" like me, Say he ain't a bit stuck up. Did he show me the town? I guess he did, He took me to the Capital National Bank, where he deposited his dough, Then he took me round the city, some sights to me did show. Then he took me to his club, where all the elite colored gents go, And I declare it was the greatest that I ever I saw before, Then he took me to the brewery, the place I can't forget, The fact is, that I often wish I was in the brewery yet. And on the day we parted, as he went to shake my hand, He said, "Have you enjoyed yourself?" I said, "yes, I'm crazy I am." Then he gave one hearty laugh, as I said good-bye to him, And with one more good-bye shake, Mr. Knox said, "Bye, bye Tim." THE FREEMAN POSTOFFICE. LADIES' LIST. Brown, Mrs Pearl Bostwick Mrs, Marie Brown, Mrs Maggle Gentry, Mrs Minnie Irver, Mrs James Moore, Mrs Fortes Miles, Miss Mable Robeson, Miss Ada Roberson, Miss Ann Robinson, Miss Lydia Wilson, Mrs Margret Wilson, Mrs EQ Williams, Mrs EQ GENTLEMEN'S LIST. GENTLEMEN'S LIST. Armstrong, Roy Armstrong, Thos Bostwick, Bill Bostwick, G W-2 Buneyreagard, Happy Buny, Geo Hunley, Wm Benbow, Wm Bryants, Musical Family Cooper, F. Castro, Frank Colins, Edward Crosby, Frank Cullen, U. Dudley, Chas' Dudley, Woh Douglass, Montrose Devine, Isaac P Devine, David Edwards, Chaas Fostor, S B Foster, S, B Good, John Housely, Beverly-2 Hill, Geo Hill, Fardier, Walter Hysell, R Hope, Hump Henderson, Lee Hunt, Hl Henry Hicks, Oscar Isler, Arthur Inman, F W Joy, W Jones & Black Jones, George Johnson, J L Hunley, D L Knuner, L D Larkins, John Lowery, G Wilson Larkin, F Milligan, Fred Miller, Joe Maxwell, Arthur Moore,inkle, Charlie Jrtnin, Spencer Payton, Harry Porter, Peter Rowland, G W Devine, Isaac P Devine, David Edwards, Chaas Strander & Strander Smith, D D Smith, Jeff Smith, J H Smith, Sank-2 The Reeves Thompson, A B Tolliver, John Watkins, J A White, R' C. Wise, Jim Dandy Dixie Minstrels under direction of Voekelk & Nolan: Spartanburg, S. C. Aug. 20; Atlanta, Ga., 21-22; Jackson, Miss., 23; Vicksburg, 24-25. B. Q. Clark & Co., with Forepaugh-Sells' Cira B. Q. Clark, Oregon, Aug. 17; Salema, Albany, Ore., 20-21; Garbo, IA., Aug. 21 to 24. The Great Paul Quaker Medicine Co.: Lawrence, Mass., indefinite. New Orleans Minstrels: Anadarko, Okla. Aug. 20; Lawton, 21; Apache, 21; Chickasaw, 21; Garbo, 20. Proctor's Arkansas Minstrels: Redwood Falls, Minn., Aug. 20 to 25. Harry Brown and Delores, Singer and Cartoonist: Howard Theater, Boston, Mass., week of Aug. 20. The Fourteen Black Huskers Shea's Theater Buffalo, N. Y., week of Aug. 20. Black Huskers Suburbanville, O. Aug. 20; Belair, 21; Parkersburg, W. Va., 22; Charleston, 23; Huntington, 24; Portsmouth, O. 25. The Freeman in Chicago. Ed. Felix, 368 Thirtleth street. Louis Love, 2720 State street E. H. Faulkner, 3104 State street. H. S. Winston, 280 Tweney-ninth. Richard Webb, 2640 1-2 State street. J. P. Winstead, Shining Parlor, 391 Thirty-first street. TIM OWSLEY. 1906. ROUTE For the Present Season, Winter Season and the Future to Come. THE WORLD'S FIRST WORLD WAR P. G. L. Good People for and CIRCUS VALE IN THE FEATURES for W. H. Class Minstrels, seas Four good comedians; four dance. Special care is girls who sing—pre- who do Send photos. Musicians in all lines onets. This opportunity to musi- miss. Do not mlsrepresent yourself what salary wanted. Address care Indianapol's, Ind., or B. F. Wallace P. G. LOWERY. Good People for the Largest and Best FEATURES for W. H. McFARLAND'S Highest Class Minstrels, season opens Nov. 10th: Four good comedians; four small boys who sing and dance. Special care is given to small boys and girls who sing—preference given to girls who dance. Send photos. Musicians in all lines, from Piccalo to Drum; five clarionets. This opportunity to musicians is a schooling you should not miss. Do not misrepresent yourself. State just what you can do and what salary wanted. Address care E. C. Knox, The Freeman office, Indianapol's, Ind., or B. F. Wallace Circus en route, in Freeman. WANTED QUICK ALL KINDS OF Vaudeville Actors Must be Good. Good Wardrobe OFF AND ON. State all in first letter. Send Pictures which will be returned to you. Must write before September 1st. Address F. H. WILMARTH, Business Manager, Room 18-4141 E. Adams Street. C. W. BEBEE, Stage Manager, 811-813 E. Washington St, Springfield, Ill. or The Freeman. COLORED Artists are COLORED Hits from COLORED PUBL1S COLORED Theaters COLORED audiences WALTER W "Good Night," (a seren "Onn Are two of the most heartfelt, senti Singers, send late program and secu manuscript. COLORED Artists are Singing COLORED Hits from the COLORED PUBLISHING HOUSE in COLORED Theaters to COLORED audiences. WALTER W. WALLACE'S SONGS. "Good Night," (a serenade) and "Only A Crimson Flower" Are two of the most heartfelt, sentimental songs being sung on the stage. Singers, send late program and secure FREE COPIES Song writers, send manuscript. HUB MUSIC CO., Boston, Mass. The Empire Theatre The Empire Theatre will open its season Thursday August 23, with quite a swel attraction, the Reilly & Woods Company which is said to be stronger than ever before which is saying a great dea. It is headed by Pat Reilly who has surrounded himself with performers of sterling merit. "I think the season will be a revelation in the burlesque line," said Charles Zimmerman, manager of the Empire Theatre, "Competition, you know is the 'spice of business life' and the season store will be more than this city has ever known. Managers are aware of the fact and know they must hand out the real goods if they wish to make good." Miss Minnie Cooper, who has been touring South Australia has returned home and is now ready for chorus or solo work. Address, 200 N. 4th. street Newark, Ohio. If your news dealer does not have The Freeman on sale have him order it for you. NOTICE. FOR the Largest Best UDEVILLE WORLD. McFARLAND'S Highest on opens Nov. 10th: for small boys who sing and given to small boys and reference given to girls ance. from Piccalo to Drum; five clari- ans is a schooling you should not f. State just what you can do and E. C. Knox, The Freeman office, Circus en route, in Freeman. The Budweiser Theater TAMPA FLA. One of the finest theaters in the U. S. devoted exclusively to colored performers. WANTED at all times performers in all branches, Chorus girls with good voices and good appearance, also musicians who double B. and O. Explain all first letter. Tickets advanced. R. S. Donaldson. prop. Budweiser Theater - Tampa Fl. The Singing of the WALLACE'S SONGS. made) and by A Crimson Flower" mental songs being sung on the stage. FREE COPIES Song writers, send UB MUSIC CO., Boston, Mass. ATTRACTIONS WANTED At the Entire ownership and management colored Seats 1200. Good opportunity for good colored shows. W. J. LATHAM, Manager Coming Soon to Your City The greatest Negro enterprise traveling. Mv two shows, "A Rabbit's Foot Co. & Funny Folk Co., watch for the two big funny shows touring the country in their own private care, can always place good per formers and musicians Address Pat Champelle as per route or home office 1054 W. Church St, Jacksonville, Fla. HALFTONE PICTURES in the reading pages of THE FREEMAN will be inserted at these prices: Single Column - $3.00 Double Column - $5.00 The Freeman is on sale at the East End Music Store, St. Louis, Mo. NOTICE ! AN EPIDEMIC By Martha McCullogh-Williams | Se Dai ge A eae a “I bave my opinion,” Mrs. March said impressively, “of folks that don’t know no niore'n to give a candy pull, You don't go to it, Louizd; not om: step. I've brought you up genteel and genteel you've got to stay while yor stay with me and your pa.” “H'mp! That's likely to be always the didoes you cut up,” her spinster sister-in-law, Miss Mary-Bet, sniffed. “Patience knows, if I had a girl like Loulza, comin’ on twenty-one, and four more a-crowdin’ her, T'd be glad and thankful of any chance to show her off. Aud T'd like to have you tell me what there is against a candy pull? Dear knows, I've seen better'n you at ’em and havin’ a mighty good time.” Miss Mary-Bet had “means;” hence her outspeaking. Squire March had charged his wife never to argue with her. Therefore that Indy contented herself with a mild retort. “{ can't say as it’s real sinful, uu- less they mean to have playin’ after: ward. And I hope you don’t think I hold with them kissin’ games.” “I don't know but you'd better,” Miss Mary-Bet said ruminatively. “I say let Louiza go, and Mary-Bet and Sally too.” "My! That ‘would be a team of Marches,” Mrs, March said, drawing down the corners of her mouth. Miss Mary-Bet got up decisively. “here's goin’ to be four Marches,” she announced. “I'm goin’ myself. I know the Peterses would ‘a’ asked me if they hadn't thought it wasn't wuth while. And'I'm goin’ to take my nieces and buy ‘em a new frock and rib- bous and shoes. Don't you say a word, Hannah! One old maid in the family Is more'n enough.” Mrs. March gasped; she was past speech, Miss Mary-Het was commonly so close with her mouey her present liberal mind was in the nature of a miracle, But if she repented it she held fast to her word and trotted off 1 week later to the Peterses In the high est possibte feather. Loulza was gorgeous in a plald frock —steen, blue and purple; Mary-Bet junior sported a scarlet deliine, aud little Sally, a yellow haired fairy who Zo eS fe re] — iC | fe oe ban gue 8 | dee SEGA & ears T- a o looked like a changeling among her high colored brunette sisters, was in robin egg with little reliefs of white. Miss Mary-Bet herself was a picture of elegance in a span new black silk. Mrs. Mareh declared it was tempting providence to wear such a thing where molasses candy was so to abound, but Miss Mary-Bet had only tossed ber head and marched off with it some- thing higher than usual. She was rising forty, also fat and fair, Her sharp tongue and masterful ways had kept men rather in awe of her. Now that youth was past she began to see that the world wagged mainly for married folk, so she had made up her mind to marry off her nieces out of hand in spite of their mother. Louiza was not much of a problem. ‘She was so kindly and sweet spirited, withal so much a born economist, at least three personable widowers were thought to be on tenterhooks about her, each waiting the lucky chance that would let him speak bis wish. All of them would be at the candy pull, and each should have his chance. “Miss Mary-Bet had cautioned Tou- {za not to be precipitate. “Don’t let any man have it to throw up to you that you couldn't get anybody else,” she had said. “You jest listen to all of ‘em and say you gotter have time to make up your mind. Then you can take your pick. Shucks, don’t tell me you won't get it! You'd ’a’ been mar- ried long ago if your ma’d had the sense of a goose. She's kept you tied right to her apron string and never let anybody name courtin’ that she wasn't right there to stop the whole thing.” Mary-Bet junior was a handful even without the red frock. Her godmother was none too fond of her—they were too nearly off the same piece. The most eligible of the widowers had shown symptoms of wavering when- ever he found himself in Mary-Bet Junior's vicinage—he was under thirty. THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. fia tnd tc Bla te Nance hours. ‘That was five years back, so he had been wonderfully constant. It was only this last year that he had been seen anywhere but at church, | Sally's blue eyes were still those of @ child—at least to the casual glance. Looking to their depths, there was something more. Sally had light, small fect and moved like thistledown in summer aus. When the playing | began she was the star. She had not ‘shone in the candy pulling; it was hard work, and, besides, she hated her pulling partner, Sandy Roberts. It made her almost sick to touch hands with him in the folding of their candy skein. After the first time she had let go the candy; thereby giving Sandy a fall or so. He meant to get even with her in the playing by choosing her out of the very first ring and kissing her not once, but many times. | Possibly Sally suspected as much. Certainly she fought shy of any ring where he stood up. Since he was a fine singer and a ready leader, that cut her out of many things, but she did | not very mueh mind. Silas Venn, the oldest and staldest of the widowers, somehow took her under his protection | and saw to it that she was not lone- some. Miss Mars-Bet chuckled to see it. | “Thinks he’s same as in the family and bein’ good to little Sis,” she said "to herself, adding after a breath, “but, unless I miss my gness, he’s goin’ to get the sack, Louiza looks like she | plum’ wropped up in Job ‘Trotter; he’s been tellin’ her all about the efr- euses he’s went to ever since the call come to pull candy.” Evidently John was much flattered. He talked on and on through “Swing Old Liza,” through “Mister Bluster,” through “Oats, Peas, Beans and Bar- ley” and to the beginnings of “Snap.” “Snap” forbids conversation, albeit it is destitute of singing. Louiza was a beautiful runner, a swift and sure catcher, What need to add that she was ruthlessly snapped on to the floor almost as soon as ever she sat down? Sandy Roberts, in especial, got her out whenever he could, and since he was the life of the game that was very often. But wheu, in the course of play, she became part of the stump, he thought it would be great sport to get himself irregularly the pursuer of Sal- ly. He caught her, of course, although she made him pant for it, and would not let her go until he had given her a resounding smack. ‘The next minute he measured his length on the rag car- pet. Silas Venn’s fist had sent him there, and Silas himself stood over him with eyes that said plainly, “Come out: side and settle it.” | Then something happened; something to talk abont for at least a generation. Loniza, the meek and mild, the gentlest creature living, flew at Silas in a rage, shook him hard and whirled him aside, then stooped over the prostrate Sandy, half sobbing: “If—it he burt you, I'l Kill him! Get up, Sandy, darlin’. 1 don’t care who knows now.” Sandy rose to his feet, to the occasion “There's a mix got to be straightened | up, folks,” he suid, catching tight hold ' of Louiza’s hand. “We're goin’ to mar ry next week, if we have to run away _T've been waitin’ and waitin’ till she ‘said I might tell the old folks, ‘They ‘ don't like me, but they'll haye to lumy me.” | “Sandy, 1 beg your pardon! Shake: I thought you were after somebody else,” Silas Venn said joyously, edging to Sally's side. “I'm goin’ to speak out, too,” she said. “If Sally won't have me T'll stay a lone widower till the end o” my days. How is it, little gal?” “Humph! Look at her face, She's been lovin’ you since she saw you cry so at your wife’s buryin’,” Mary-Be Junior, the irrepressible, broke in. ““An¢ I ain't ashamed to say I've loved Hen ry just as long. He—he's just now found it out. But it’s all comin rignt”— “Except for me,” John Trotter inter | rupted, crestfallen. | John was thirty-seven, if he did ad mit to only thirty-three, “He had, more | over, a flock of girl children. That wa: | why’ Toulza had been set down s much his special benefaction. ‘He look ed speculatively at Miss Mary-Bet After all, she didn’t stiow the five years between them, “I wonder if you'd look at a fellow my size and shape,” he murmured un der breath. Miss Mary-Bet shook her head ai him, but said in his own key: “It mus be marryin’ is catehin’, same as measles. Come, and let's talk it ove _ some other time.” Hers os genome ha This question is answered in a most interesting manner by George Leland Huuter in an article entitled “The ‘Truth About ‘Doctored’ Rugs” in Coun- try Life In America. He writes: “Abrash 18 a most interesting word In Persia if father, son and grand- son have Roman noses, then a Roman nose is the abrash of that family. Tf gluttony is characteristic of zenera- tion after generation, then is gluttony the hereditary abrash. If it is a strawberry mark on the left shoulder, then the strawberry mark is an abrash. ‘The abrashes of a rug are the stripes or bands that run parallel or entirely across the pile. When seen for the first time by Americans accustomed to admire and Insist on the deathlike uni- formity that characterizes machine products abrashes are apt to impress them as defects, particularly if wide. It takes experience and acquaintance with the art industries to grasp com- pletely the significance and artistic valine of individuality.” THE INCONVENIENCE . OF SUPERSTITION MELT TENET TTT TTT TTT TTT rOrieinal.?: Pie) ene Mets theeer tom ee Lee on his engagement, which he had an nouneed to me by letter a. few day: after my departure. I found him in hi den at home smoking an after dinne cigar. He listened to all the pleasan ‘things I had to say to him about enter “ing upon the happy engagement period ‘then, after waiting for me to light : cigar he handed me, settled back in bi “chair and said: “You're too late. It's off." none ; “Yes, off—off for good.” “What's the trouble?" “There is or was just one fault i Molly, and, though I admit there are : great many in me, her one fault is 3 staggerer.” “Extrayagance?” “No. Quite economical.” “Fond of admiration?” “No more than any woman,” “Hot tempered?” “On the contrary, she's very ami able.” “{ give it up. ‘Tell me what it is.” “She's chock full of petty supersti tions. You know how long I was try ing to get her. Well, the reason was that she was consulting fortune teller to find ont whether the match woul be a lucky or an unlucky one, ‘Th Witeh she had most confidence in tol her that there was a dark gentlemat wanting her (that's me), but if she married him she'd be yery unhappy. T took me a year to find out about this but when I did I fixed the witch witl a five dollar bil and she told Moll she'd got the light and dark gentlemer mixed, and Molly was to marry the dark one, ‘This settled it, and 1 sup posed the coast was clear when Moll informed me that my original proposa had been made on « Friday and T inus do it over. I was to call and take he by surprise jnst as 1 had done on thi first occasion, I agreed, and do yor know I struck the thirteenth day of th mouth, I had to wait a few weeks fi order to surprise her again, and thi time I didn't strike any bad Inck. | proposed for the third time. “Stupid ass that T was, T went of and honght an opal engagement ring When 1 offered it Molly almost faint ed. She said that even to offer au opal would inyolve a never ending chain of bad luck. ‘The engagement must be broken and we must best all over. ‘This made me tired, but J was very much in love and consented to what 1 couldn't help. It took us two months to get around to where J could give her another ring. 1 bough one with a number of stones in the setting, a big one in the center, with two outer circles, the whole forming 4 cluster. As soon as she saw it she be gan to count the stones and in another moment turned pale and dropped th ring. “‘What is the matter now? I gasped “There are thirteen jewels.” “1 swore. ‘Then 1 told her that she must either wear that ring or go with out one. Her amiability conquered and I consented to begin over onc more, The next time I got ahead the fates by giving a solitaire dia mond. ‘That was four months afte she had aceepted me. “1 was invited to her housé to 1 Ginner to celebrate our engagement “Molly and I sat side by side. I acei dentally upset the saltcellar betweer us. | “ephrow it over your shoulder quick! she screamed. I grabbed th | heavy cut glass saltcellar and, throw ing it over my shoulder, smashed + mirror on the sideboard. | The salt! ‘The salt? she cried ‘Not the salteelian” | -“Confound the salt!’ 1 blurted, } “She grabbed a fistful of the sal and tried to throw it over my shoulder but, being in a hurry, she threw it int: my eyes, Great heavens, how it smart ed! I lost my temper and said a loi of things that shocked my prospective mother-inlaw, but the father-in-lay looked at me approvingly, and 1 knew he was on my side, though he didn’ dare say so. “Molly wet her napkin in a finge bow! and wiped the salt out of mm eyes. She sas so lovely about it al that I quieted down, and, though th rest of the dinner was not exhilarat ing, there was at least no bad feeling “Of course I insisted on replacing thé mirror, and, of course, I was not per mitted to do so. My own celebratiot of our engagement was to be a part} to the opera. I paid $25 for a box anc invited the whole of Molly's family- seven persons. Everything looke¢ promising, the weather was fine an we had every reason to believe wi would haye a good time. But just a we were entering the opera hous | Molly and I both stubbed our toes o1 a half step between the entrance pas sage and the foyer. Do yon know IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS... Before entering the prize-tighting arena George Dixon worked in a photo grapher’s shop in Boston; Frank Craig, the “Harlem Coffee Cooler,” was a walt er in @ restaurant; Joe Gans was em- ployed in a fish market in Baltimore, and Joe Walcott officiated in a billiard Parlor in Boston. one “Ihave been fightlog for sixteen years,” says Joe Gans. “I figure that in that time I have made about $100,000, but ellI have left to show for itis couple of houses in Baltimore, The rest of it went backing sure things on the race tracks—dope right from the stable—the can’t-loose kind, you know. Every man in this business is going to get his sometime, I know if! stay I will get mine, but I certainly would lke to get that Bat Nelson in front of me before I retire. Hehad better hurry up and take me on before I die of old ae ame W. W. Naughton the well known nestern sport writer has the following to say concerning olever Joe Gans:— ItGans makes 193 naturally while training {t seems to me that Gans at 135 will be as strong as Gans at any other weight. I'll know better, of course, when I tab him at his work, but at this stage of the proceedings I am infinenced by what I have heard in regerd tc slambin weight, 1 am beginning to think that if Nelson finds any weak spots in Gans and tumbles him over it will be because Gans has been too lons at the game and 1s beginning to go to pleces physically . cee Jimmy Britt is one of those who think that Gans should be a favorite To be plain Jimmy expects Gans to win. Britt thinks, nowever, that if mating the welght weakens Gans to any extent the Dane will bide his time aesimilate considerable punishment and then bat. : the Negro sround in a manner that will be perfectlyscanda'ons. Gans says the weight is the eustest thing about it. He belleves he will do 133. with lezs dit. floulty than Nelson wiil experience Somehow Ithink Gans is right about the welvht phaseof it. I bave good reasons for believing thst it is no hard: The National Medical =Association—= See eg ee oe Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists Will Meet In : : Philadelphia, Aug. 21-3 At ODD FELLOWS’ TEMPLE, Broad and Cherry Streets, The Citizens’ Committee of Sixty, In co-operation with the Statf of the Douglass Memorial Hospital and the Philadelphia Academy of Medicine and Allied Sciences has established headquarters at the Banner Real Estate Building, 1428 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Regular sessions of the Assoclation, subject, of cours, to changes by the Nationa Body, will be held in the Model Reception Hall in Odd Fellows Temple, southeas! corner of Broad and Cherry streets, as follows: Morning Session, 9 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. Afternoon Session, 2 to 4:30 p. m. Special.—Surgical clinics will be provided by the Douglass Hospital. Doctors Daniel H. Williams, George C. Hall of Chicago; Wm. A. Warfield, A, M. Curtis of Wasington; R. F. Boyd, J. H. Wilson of Tennessee; John E. Hunter of Kentucky: N. Fy-Mossell, J. Q. McDougald of Pennsylvania and others skilled in ‘Surgery will be on hand. ‘Special.—The Citizen's Club of Philadelphia bas very kindly extended the hospitality of their Club house, 527 South Broad Street, to delegates and visitors dur- ing the convention. Receptions and banquets will be held as follows | Tuesday Evening, August 21, at 8 p. m.—Reception at historic Bethe! A. M.E. Church, the mother of colored churches, Sixth street below Pine. There will be welcome addresses by the Mayor of Philadelphia, representatives of the churches and others, and responses by delegates. Special music. After the exercises, social and refreshments in the vestry. ! Wednesday Evening, August 22, at 8 p. m.—A Platform meeting will be held at Zion Baptist Church, 13th street, above Wallace. ! A paper will be read on Tuberculosis by Dr. J. S. Lennon, followed by ten minutes discussions. Afterwards social and refreshments in the lecture room. Thursday Evening, August 23, at 9 30 p. m.—A grand reception an¢ banquet will be given in the Auditorium of the palatial Odd Fellows’ Temple, the best located butlding in Philadelphia for such purposes. Tickets of admission $1.00, {nclu- ding refreshments. Other receptions free to the public. ‘At all of these functions, receptions and banquets, tickets and refreshments will be served free to all delegates and their families. Special.—The H. K. Mulford Company have arranged special train service an: |exterded a cordial invitation to members of the National Medical Association to visi | their Antl'oxine and Vaccine Laboratories at Glenolden. Pa., twenty minutes’ ride from |Philadelohia from the Broad Street Station. The additional hospitality of a lurcheor will be provided by the Company at their laboratories. ‘These laboratories are recognized as the most complete in the world for the pro: ' duction ef Diphtheria Antitoxin, Tetanus Antitoxin, Poeumonia and Anti-Streptococcie | Serums and Human and other Vaccine Produets, etc. | Special.—Friday, August 24 atrip to Atiantle City, the famous resort, has been arranged. An hour's ride from Philadelphia by train. Doctors Fayerman, Morris, | Terry. Hawkins and local friends will do the honors. A dip in ths surf, a shore-dinner and a reception in fhe evening atthe famous Fitzgerald Auditorium, are some of the attractions and inducements held out to delegated and visitors, All friends desiring may take advantage of this trip. The public at large are cordially invi‘ed to patronize all the sessions, receptions, banquets, etc. ‘Sub-Committee of Arrangements.—Dr. N. F. Mossell, Medical Directo Douglass Hospital; Dr. Milton N. White, Chairman Staff Douglass Hospital; Dr. J. S. Lennon, Porestdent Phi'adelphla Academy of Medieine; Dr. RJ. Abele, Rev. W G. Parks, D.D., Mr. Wm. P. Allmond, Mr. Jerome Baptiste. Ex-Officio.—Bishop L. J. Copoin, president; Bishop J. S. Caldwell, chairmar Executive Committee; Rev. G. L. Blackwell, D. D., treasurer; Wm. A, Sinclair M. D., secretary. DiiiGanen Ane a Wha dou Bee limit now, and in the fact that he cat do it #0 easy Iles the greatest element of danger to Gans. cee Gans fought Holly several weeks agc st Seattle, Washington, and got the de cision, The bout was reasonably fierce without elther man being beaten ut Very much, despite reports to the con: trary. The Gans bont is likely to close Seattle to boxers in the future unless the authorities should change thei minds. It seems to have been a rowdy affair and immediately after the ffght {twas ennounced that Tommy Burn: and Mipe Sohreck would not be allowed to meed there. “Consequently this bout {soffand the menagers are trying to have it pulled off somewhere else, but mith small euccess. ‘There has been some talk of pulling it off in private with 8 $5,000 side bet and s0 on, but this is probably meant for a joke. eee Iftalk will have any infinence in making matches there will be plenty doing this fall in the pugillstlo line Promoters from one end of the country to the other are getting hoarse in teli- ing what they expect Fighters Will to do in the near fn- Be Busy. ture. Ciphers seem to be at a discount, as any number is ad¢ed to eome of the figures proposed for forfelts, — Kerrard- lees of what will come out. of all the talk it certainly seems as if boxing re- fuses to be killed by any comb nation of adverce c rsumstance:. Authoritie: everywhere are putting the screws to the sport, only to have the fizhters come up smiling aud ready for more. If you could call it'a revival of the sport, ‘the many matches proposed seem to prove it, From New York to San Francisco and in between clubs without number are pulling off shows and are planing to give others. If one-third of the bouts are carried through there will be busy times in the boxing clroles during the chilly month. ‘The promoters are how- ever, not waiting for the frost, but are busy planing many and pulling cff a few bouts during the heated term. Conditions given out for public con- sumption At the same time it will take more than affidavits to make the followers of boxing believe that Gans can make 133 pounds at ringelde and be anywhere near bis best. 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Park@eper’s Fiend | \Weteul Polish . as yoy AN IBLE IAW ShifAo-DATE : WF yrarictEe J (AW Use ear Si ere | Mies Oa amare aay jenn [Sern Hoe on a Droge a Notice =:- THE Danville Colored Fair Association Wi hold its ANNUAL FAIR anaes DANVILLE, KY., August 15, 16, 17, ’06. est Colored Fatr in the State. Reduced Rates On All Railroads. For information write th uag,Me DUNCAN, President, 2B, HAMILTON, Secretary? SD seater 3PER CENT. INTEREST Paid on saving accounts can be drawn eomaaea THE RICHCREEK BANK - 106 N, Delaware St. ee ee Puan, Ou ax VARNTSERE, ‘Tix An Garvamizep Inox Wore FRANK H. PRUNK Hardware, Pumps, Pipes, Eto. 522 INDIANA AVENUE, Telephone ‘88, INDIANAPOLIS, DEDIANA 7 25cPHOTOS-25¢ — Colored People “A Specialty- New York studio, 147% Illinois Bt JHE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED CGLORED NEWSPAPER, ——$—____. - = Pee Thedirt ts fying at Culebra Cat | o2ntly —Mrs Rachel Z Panam, nineteen of the fifty or sixty | panied Mrs Belle E cc= & stoain shovels are hard at work. The| where they visited 1 re : ‘mosquito is not fiying. Probably there| the fortletn anniver: a is too much dirt for them, Rev. and Mra, Chris alpen ed—Thea.M £ C 3 eI <a uate Walter Wellman, on Danes Island, going on and is mee % GT OV a- — i qX e Spitzbergen, as now connected with the may probably contin Sa | p ae a entire world by witless. North pole| es Mf J. Brown of 25 280 a ee Ae iy news at breakfast may be some cor:-|q month's vacation, Wiig SW > SF eee £ pensation for the high price of ice, ‘ber 8 happy viet, ee idcmgie— FS x <acne has the bell telepho: 48 Leeann SIE ms There Isa wide difference between| the Wea side,—Mrs REC Yn, «ss eS ‘the heart and the mind of the man who bas g: ne t2§Unionts Re stands behind the bar of a saloon azd| Banks of Charleston es aoe ee reo stands in front, One ts for |olty visiting hee trl GH : hisfamily and the other is against his.| Brown on the West s oe esse Anaual Conference It does seom that most every one be- schedule instead of | : the have developed some crack ball tosters| iieves all that the man that’ ie dow 1906 i will be hela cite ee ae eat in| within the last few years. need#ls advice, Bat if your are wish- | Washington, Pa—™ nights of Py —_ ‘ing that @ man be lifted give him help Miss Emma Johneo Josle Bryant, an Indianapolis white| with your advice. town were married , ne colored Masonic Grand Lodge | woman, who had indulged in the luxury coeee win of the Free Mot wil anes its fiftieth anniversary 10 | of paving a colored husband, was ar} A great many of our young men often) oe eee! Indianspolls, August 21, pe ee ee ae ee eee The cfficers of the Physicians, Den- tists and Pharmacists Cinb in Chicago are Dr. George C. Hall, president; Dr. Charles E. Bently, vice-president ; Dr. Jchn E, White, treasurer;!Dr. Andrew L Smith, secretary. E Negroes form eleven per cent of the total population of the{United States, ‘Ninety per cent of them live in the South, where they form one-third of the population. Eighty per cent of them live 1n the rural districts or smaller towns. Birmingham, Ala., the Pittsburg of the Sonth, looks good to the budding Professional men of therace. A swarm of Meharry’s graduates in medicine, dentistry and pharmacy are locating there, and all seem to be getting hold of the coin, The following public conveniences are maintained by the colored people of St. Louls for the accommodation of their own race: The Provident Hos- pital, the Newport Hotel, the Dovglass Hotel, the Old Folks’ Home and the Orphans’ Asylum, White bellboys have been replaced by Negross at the Old Inn, Louisville, Ky. Sometime ago the white waiters &t Seelbach's, In the same city, were discharged and a crew of colored men substituted. Colored waiters are far more satisfactory In sonthern hostelries than white. Tuskegee Institute is to have an egri- cultural propaganda, in charge of Prof. G. W. Carver, using a wagon, and stop- ping at polnts along the country roads thronghout the State of Alabama. The plan is somewhat similar to * The Better Barming Train,” in successful opers- tion in New England. Washington’s colored people are tak- Ing on the building spirit W. L, Pol- lard, a prominent lawyer of the nation’s capital, has been granted permi's to erect two 2 etory brick dwellings at 305 to 809 Oakdale Place at 8 cost of $6,000, ‘The same party was also granted a per- mit to erect two 2-story dwellings at 804-306 V street at a cost of $4,000. The architect, Roscoe O, Vaughn, and the contractor and builder, James Pinn, are both colored men. Fred Tenney. manager of the Boston }#00 of a colored couple w baseball team, of the National League, |falthfal servants in the J denies the report that he has been mak-|for twenty years. The , ing overtures to Willlam Clarence | favorite with Mrs Jobneo Matthews with s view of adding that|{t became seriously ill sh brilliant Afro-American short stop to|™moved from the little honi his staff. None of the big leagues has | to her own premises, whe been able to swallow its prejudice long | five st' qi, gbersonal at enough to admit a Negro player to| grew ateadily worse, acd 1 membership in its ranke, although we | as described. eee ———— SECOND THOUGHTS. | BY CHARLES MARSHALL. Practice simple life. eee August and real August weather ! eee A cheery voicets wealth of inspira tion. eee Get coal befcre she leaps from you! grasp. Misery and Russell Sage wect hand in band. Let usall be leaders in upbuilding the Negro. eee ‘The square dealing man never be comes rich. eee ‘The succeseful pastor ie always a fa: orite of the women of his ficck. eee Advice for the poor man is of ver3 ttle value without financial aid. eee ‘The smaller the business we have the more bookkeepers it seems to take. eee A great deal will befall Atlanta, Ga. during the 15 16-17 of the month, see ‘There are few braver or greater men than those who marry without money. eee About the only man that should ever have developed some crack ball tossers within the last few years. Joste Bryant, an Indianapolis white woman, who had indulged in the Inxury of having @ colored hueband, was ar: rested recently for whipping a Cauoas- {an “‘rupberneck” who insnltingly in- quired of her as che journeyed to a saloon to buy some “fire-water” for her Mege lord, Are you the wife of that dirty nigger?” Mrs. Bryant, with a loyalty reminiscent of the age of mar- tyra, replied in the affirmative—and then ‘‘cleaned ap” the surrounding slde- walk with the inquisitive and highly indiscreet intterrogator. The Governor of Alabama has chosen wisely in choosing Dr. Booker T, Wash- ington to take charge of the Afro- American exhibit at the Alabama State Fair, which will be held in Montgomery in October. A commodious separate building will be provided for the ex hibit, centrally and advantageously located. The cxhibit will be a most comprehensive one, showing the edu. cational and industrial progress made by the Negroes of Alabama, and will be well worth attending. The 24th Infantry defeated a horde of vengeful Pulojanes a few days ago in the Philippines. ‘The colored soldiers were attacked while on the taail be- tween the towns of Toloss and Damani, Isle of Leyte, and a desperate battle took place, resulting in the rout of the fanatics with a losa of fifty killed and more than elxty wounded, while on the Afro-American side only one sergeant of the constabulary was wounded. The Negro can be depended uvon to give 8 good account of himself whether in war or peace, The C. M E. Church has five bishops at this time—Holsey, Lane, Williams, Cottrell and Phillips. At the recent General Conference at Memphis, Tenn., no additional bishops were elected, but the following general cfficers were chosen for the ensuing quadrennium : Editor of the Christian Index, R. T. | Brown (re-elected); statistical secretary, M. ©. Cleaves; secretary of Epworth League, RL. Stewart; secretary of Church Extension, K, 3. Stout; seore- tary of Missions, W. B. West. The first Sunday in Jnly of each year was designated as “Epworth League Day.” Mrs. Tom L. Johneon, wite of Cleve- land's well-known mayor, immortalized herself recantly by her careful minis- trations In behalf of James Tyler, a 12 year old Negro 1ad, who died in the milltonaire’s palatial residence and wae buried from there. The boy was the s0n of @ colored couple who had been faithfal servants in the Johnson home for twenty years. The child was a favorite with Mrs Jobneon, and when it became serlously ill she had it re moved from the little honse in the rear to her own premises, where she could give it her personal attention; but, ‘despite all she could do, the littie fellow grew steadily worse, and the end came eee be discouraged is the Negro newspaper man, eee Leaving out the early morning toddy will cause you to have 8 more success: fal day. Itis.s very wise women or man whe knows that every new fashion is not be- coming to them see It is not possible for the paragrapher to aconse our lads of being after chorus gtrls—only cooks, een If you are real hungry and you go to church dinner to dine how terribly disgusted you can be made. When the favorite daughter marries @ preacher yon can figure that the fath: never had anything. Sear Story writers should be carefal in selecting pens. Upton St. Clair is reaping a fortune from his pen. 2808 Generally you can tell by the look of the farniture how successfully 2 married couple hve gotten along to- gether. eee ‘Never attempt to play cards in the home of a Christian gentleman, especial: ly with his daughter, for fear that he may deal you s club, The dirt is flying at Culebra Cat Panama, nineteen of the fifty or sixty steamhovels are hard at work. ‘The ‘mosquito is not fying. Probably there is too much dirt for them, Sees, Walter Wellman, on Danes Island, Spitzbergen, as now connected with the entire World by witless North pole news at breskfast may be some cor- pensation for the high price of toe, cee ‘Theresa wide difference between ‘the heart and the mind of the man who stands behind the bar of @ saloon and tbe one Who stands in front. One is for his family and the other is against hie. cee It does seem that most every one be- Heves all that the man that is down needsis advice, Bat if your are wish- ing that a man be lifted give bim help with your advice. eae A great many of our young men often plan to use their earnings in the most usefal snd helpful way poselble until |pay day comes to hand then all thetr bright ideas tarn to the most alarming of follies, cae Have you noticed that the halt straightening business is not so well patron!zs4 at present? Maybe our wo. men found out that thelr hair looked better without it or else found it cheap: er to buy it already straightened. General Corresspondence. The Colored Sammer JONESVILLE, ‘Ncrmal which recent La. ly closed at Marhs- ville, Le, was a sue cess. It was conducted by Prof. J. W. Hunter of Windsborro, La, assisted by Prof. J. M. Burr, and Mies H. M. Carey of Lake Charles, La. The faculty and student-teachers Were royally enter- tained by the good eltizens —Miss Willle B. .Fester recently returned to her home from Missteelpp! where she had been attending echool.—At the home of the brides parents, Mr. Dennis Bell and Miss Henrietta Griffin of this city were united in wedlock racentiy, They will make their fature home in Clarks, Ls, May their wedded life be a long happy one’ J.-H. Washington cfficlated.—The ice cream man, Wm. Davis, keeps the good citizens oool once a week with de- licious cream. Monday eve, Aug. 6, HOPKINSVILLE, at the Virginia St., Ky. Baptist Chureb, the g00d people of Hop: cinsville were treated to a most delight fall entertainment by the “Prince Herman Moore” of Pittsburg, Pa., known throughout America It is gen. erally regarded as the beet performance of tho kind ever witnessed tn Hopkins. ville. Mr. Moore's rendition of the ‘Chariot Race of Ben Hur” was par. itelaey artistic and interesting. His ‘associate, Mr, Evans, the ventriloquist, te master of bis work. His mind-read- ing deserves special mention. The most charming featare of the perform- nod was “Prince Herman at Home in the Land of Bewllderment.” Mr Moore is an exceptioally smooth magician and within @ very few minutes he had per- formed more wonderful mysteries than one could enumerate. Along with all these wonderful gifts he has carried s cultured mind ands Christian obarac ter. Hon. B. J. Merrill, G, Conumpra, M., of the I. 0. I, of TENN. Tennessee, has ap- Pointed Ellis Harris of this city Deputy for the following places: Franklin, Prospect, Aspen Hill and Polaski, Mr, Harris is 9 deserving Immaculate, and is thoroughly conver sant with the affiirs of the order.—Mics Annie Wade bas been visiting in Mt, Pleasant and Lewisburg.—Miss Willie ‘Stones left Inst week for Monteagle for a short stay —Prof. J. H, Kelly is visit- ing several towns in Tenneasee.—Chas, B. Nicholson returned last Suturday to Vashville —Monarch Lodge No. 30, K. of P. held their Fourth Anniversary Thareday evening of last week at their hall in 8. Main St. The public was in- vited and quite an enjoyable time was spent. The presence of a number of visiting Knightsof Mt. Pleasant added considerably to the merriment of the occasion. —James Gordon is erecting a nice brick house in Eastend St,—Mies Annie P, Williams spent last week in ‘Nashville. —Miss Bradshaw has gone to Washington, D. C., to visit relatives.— Ike Walker a well known rock mason died last week —Mrs Hubbard of Louls- ville has been visiting relatives in this olto —Miss Mary Porter has returned froma visit to Nashville —The Glade St., Chapel Sunday School he'd their picnic Thursday of last week.—Colam- bia defeated the Louisville team last week by a score of 12 to 9 --The funeral of Mrs. Harris was held last Saturday at the Baptist Church. ‘Mrs. Helen Urable of MORGANTOWN, Uniontown, Pa., isin W. VA. our city spending a few days with her parents Mr, and Mrs, John Rhodes, 61 Malden Alley—The A. M. E. Grand Rally was held in the court house re- | 2ntly —Mrs Rachel Moore who ‘com; Panied Mrs Belle Ellis to Bellevemonto Where they visited friends and attend. the fortieth anniversary celebration of Rev. and Mrs. Christian have retarn. ed —The A. Mf Camp Meeting ieatill folng on and is meeting with suocess it may probably. ‘Continue another week,— Mrs M. J. Brown of West side is taking ‘® month’s vacation. Many friends wieh her a happy vielt. Mr. A. H. Brown hhas the bell telephone in his home on the Wes side.—Mra Francis Clifford hae &: ns t2Untontown, Pa.—Miee Ri th ‘Banks of Unarleston, W. Va, ts in our chy visiting her friend, Miss Eva M. Brown on the W. ‘est side.—The Pittsburg Annual Conference has changed the sebedate instead of being Septomber 26, 1006 i will be held October 17.1996 at Washington, Pa.—Mr. Frank Nash and Mise mma Johnson both of Morgan: town were married Aug 6, Rey, Bald. Win ofthe Free Methodist Charen fi. clated —Mra. Manerva Mead is employ. edin the laundry department in the Wallace honee.—O. W, Alexander form ly of Greensburg, Pa.,tas become one ofthe firm of Brown and Garner bar ber's of Morgantown, W. Va, he was home visitor Sunday Aug 5th, return. ed Tueday evening Ang. 8 1906,—The Educational Endowment Day will be held at the A. M, E, Chuch Sunday September 16, an extensive: program ie out which is to be rendered on that day Every body is invited to join in with ue ‘and help the good cause along. LANGUAGE EVOLUTION, Use of the Sufix “Less” In Verbs, Nouns and Adjectives. Many will remember that some years ago there went on a violent contro- versy about the word tireless. ‘The discovery had been made that “less” was a suitix which could properly -be appended only to nouns; hence the form must be discarded, and we must all take pains to say untiring. The duty of so doing was preached from scores of professional and newspaper pulpits. No one seemed to think or care for the various other adjectives similarly formed and therefore liable to the similar censtire which they never received. Hostility was direct- ed against it alone. ‘The actual tlaw which vitiated thé arguments against tireless its censors never knew or took into consideration. ‘This was that the fancied rule covering the creation of such words had practically long ceased to be operative whenever a new forma- tion struck the seuse of the users of language as being desirable. Unquestionably in our earliest speech the suffix “less” when employed to form adjectives was)joined only with nouns. But the general sloughing off of nominal and verbal endings which went on in later centuries reduced a great proportion of substantives and verbs in the speech to precisely the same form, Tn consequence the sense of any fundamental distinetion be tween the two broke down in many ways—in one way in particular. ‘There is nothing easier In our speech than to convert & verb into a noun or a noun fnto a verb. It is a process which bas taken place constantly in the past and is liable to take place at any time in the future, either at the will or the whim of the writer or speaker— Thomas I. Lounsbury in Harper's. A Horse Story. Our Dumb Animals tells a remark. able story about the intelligence of = mare who saved her colt from death by stopping a train on a railroad in Texas. The colt had fallen with its Jegs through a raitroad bridge, and the mother started down the track to meet the coming train. As the train came up che stood on the track whinnying. ‘The train stopped, and then the mare trotted ahead of it as it moved slowly ‘to the bridge. Here the colt was dis- covered and extricated from its peril. ‘ous position, The story was vouched for by the engineer, railroad men aud Passengers in the train, ANGIENT ARTISTS. Wonderful and Lasting Work of the Greco-Egyptian Painters. ‘The methods of the artists of ancient Greece and Egypt were totally differ- ent from those of the present day and ‘were evidently vastly more durable. Panels of wood were used to paint on —sycamore end eypress—also panels or ‘papier mache, and occasionally they ‘were formed by gluing three thick- “nesses of canvas together. ‘These pan- ‘els were usually about fourteen inches long by seven inches wide. ‘The artist used liquid wax instead of oil to mix the colors, which were made, not from vegetable, but from mineral substances, and were of marvelous brilllancy and permanence—blue powdered lapis 1a- zuli, green malachite, red oxide of iron. ete.’ The colors were laid on in patches, somewhat after the fashion of a mo- saic, and afterward blended with an instrument called the cestrum, which appears to have been a lancet shaped spatula, long handled, with at one end a curved point, at the other a finely dentated edge. With the toothed edze the wax could be equalized and smooth- ed, while the point was used for plac- ing high lights, marking lips, eyebrows, ete. ‘The final process, which gives the name encaustic to this kind of paint- ing, was the burning In of the colors. ‘This was done by the application of a heated surface to the panel, though in Egypt the heat of the sun was prob- ably all that was needed to complete a eae cra ‘There's a Reason. Bill—He used to be a Jawbreaker, but he’s changed now. Jili—Keeps within the law, now, does he? Bill—Oh yes. Keeps within the jail too—Yonkers Staieaman. => —HOWARD— Including Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutie Collesss, Washington, D. 39th Annual Session Wit Pot OEE dr sIBOS, 90 Students Matricytates tion osty: FOUR YEARS: graded course THREE YEARS" graded SES BEARS: gras TERER YEARS! eraca Instruction ts given by didactic lectttes, quizzes, tinneny cutaetic Heal labatory demonseg ete Well equipped tabsmmemee toms; departinents: Unexeshon eats ‘AU ethdenta must register beroro Setober tt For catalogs oF fiviher infor- mation apingtto F. J. Shadd, M. D., Secretary, 901 . Street, Big Four Round OnLy $4 om Indianapolis, Ind., TO} Benton Harhor Fruit Belt of Michigan. Peaches, Pears, Apples, Grapes, now in : Saperabundance, ‘Tlokets will be sold for all trains Monday, 424s Ys 27, 1906. Tickets good Teturning ten (10) days. Ample time for exoursions on Lake Michigan. Berton Harbor and 8t. Joveph are most noted summer resorts, Splendid hotel accommodations oan be had at reasonable rates. A trip up the ‘St. Joseph river on the ‘Steamer ‘‘May Graham” or “Edna,” is a feature which should not be missed by excureiontats, ‘Side trips to Eastman’s Springs, Lake Cora, Ottawa Beach, ete, For tickets and full information, call on Agents “Big Four Route,” or address the undersigned, H. J. RHEIN, Gen'l Pase Agt., Cincinnat!, Ohic, io ©. CLARK, Gen’l Agt. Pass, Dept. DRINK WIEDEMANN’S Fine Bottled JACOB METZGER CO, Wholesale Dealers An insult to your face—-poor soap; insiston Williams Shaving Soap. Sold everywhere. Free trial sample for z-cent stamp to pay postage. Write for booklet «¢ How to Shave.’? ‘The J. B. Williams Co., Glastonbury, Ce SS eee Bee Mrs. Ed. Jrowee Bro, mie, Eamundeus | peeve Ce See | Fo, tna prevente oe Pegi char ae a I eecetiteia lars Flora_ St, | a> Dallas, Texas “2igeer oak secmpany al oes for ———————— SESE ‘The Freeman can always be ecoured at James Hudson, barbershop. 112 Eset inth Street, Ft. Worth, Tex. SILK SUITS $8.75 All that have until now sold at from $17.50 to $25.00, have been grouped at a quotation that brings all of them to half-price or less. These suits are in shirtwaist style, made of plain and checked silks in brown, blues, black and white and novelty effects. Take your pick at $8.75 —Third Floor, North. Dress SKIRTS $1.98 A table full of this season's dress skirts, of broken plaids and black and white checked worsteds, most of them recently selling $5.75, choice $1.98 A large lot of finer skirts €f white and cream luster, panama and serge, some of them trimmed in black velvet: have been selling at $12.75. to close them out. ..... $5.00 —Third Floor, Center. L.S.Ayres&Co. CITY AND SOCIETY. The 50th. Anniversary of the Masonic Grand Lodge, F. A. & M. of the State of Indiana will be celebrated at the State Fair Grounds, Thursday August, 28. Mrs. Charles Jones, of Terre Haute is the guest of friends Rev. J. C. Patton has recovered from an attack of typhoid fever. Miss Mayme Edwards of Louisville, is visiting Mrs. John Greiswold. W. M. Porter, of Memphis, Tenn., was the guest of relatives last week. Bishop C. T. Shaffer, D. D., will preach at Allen Chapel at 11 a. m. tomorrow. The Pauper Burial Club will meet at Realty Hall, Friday August 24. Business of importance. Woodline Perfume. Oh! how fragrant, exquisite, enchanting, bewitching. Only at Blodan's Drug Store. Leon T. Davidson, accompanied by his brother, W. E Davidson, of Hamilton, C., has gone to Detroit and eastern points. Master Albert Booth will leave next Tuesday to visit his cousin, W. E King and wife at Dallas, Tex Mr. King is editor of the Dallas Express. The C. W. P. A., of which Miss Dayse Walker is president, will give a rally at Bethel A. M. E. church Sunday at 3 p. m., for the benefit of the Young Woman's Club Home. There will be an old-fashioned barn party and promenade concert at Gymnasium Park, at Norwood Wednesday evening, August 22, given by the Service Club, Miss Mary Johnson, president. Mrs. Minnie E. Davis, widow of the late Rev. James A. Davis; a teacher in the Turner Normal and Industrial Institute, of Shelbyville, Tenn., and her daughter, Miss Flossie Davis, of Fisk University are the guests of Mrs. Anna C. Clayborn, 1115 Fayette street, At the Missionary Association held at the District Conference of the M. E. church, at Rushville last week, the following officers were elected: Mrs. Carrie Ross, president; Mrs. J. T. V. Hill, 1st. vice-president; Mrs. J. S. Bailey, 2d.; Mrs. D. E. Skelton, 3d; Mrs. Rhetta Curry, secretary; Mrs. Della Griffin, corres. secretary. The meeting was the most successful one ever held in the district. At the close of the meeting a beautifully bound book was presented Mrs. Carrie Ross the president. Mrs. J. T. V. Hill gave a reception Friday afternoon in honor of the new officers and local membership of this city at her home. You can get the Freeman, Tuesday at 117 N. Vernon avenue, Pasedena Cal. "A CENTRAL Second Floor, Room 208, State L (Formerly Stevenson Front Room 15 E. Washingt THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. PRIZES AT THE STATE FAIR BIG CATTLE AND HORSE SHOW AND RICH AWARDS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. The Indiana State Fair, which opens at Indianapolis on September 10, will distribute $35,000 in premiums, including $10,000 for the trotting and pacing races. The big show of the exposition will doubtlessly be in the department of beef cattle, in which the awards will amount to $599, an amount sufficient to bring out blooded stock from the best herds in the country. The heavy draft and coach horses will be awarded $4,347, and the light harness and saddle horses will receive premiums amounting to $2,300. The wealth of animal blood in these three departments will be revealed to all visitors to the Fair when the big live stock parades take place on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons of the Fair week along the main drives and before the Grand Stand. The prizes offered in the Fine Arts Department reach over $1,200; $1,900 is offered on poultry; $2,200 on sheep: $1,588 on swine, and on through the whole Fair the premiums are ample to bring out unusually heavy exhibits. That the State Board of Agriculture may carry out its determination to give a five days Fair, opening on Monday, the judges will go to work in all departments early Tuesday morning, and exhibits not on the ground and ready for visitors forfeit their chances of winning premiums The entry lists are now pouring in upon Charles Downing, Secretary of the Fair, at the State House, and all entries close on September 1st. Aeronaut Leo Stevens will make daily flights in his big Air Ship; Weber's Prize Band of America will give morning and evening concerts, and an uncommonly fine programme of free vaudeville specialities will be given each afternoon through the week. MISSOURI GRAND LODGE. eulogized the character and services of Grand Secretary Geo. E. Temple, whom they characterized as the nestor of Odd Fellowship in the West. Mr. Temple, who is also National Grand Master of the Order, was heartily endorsed as Missouri's favorite son and all members and friends of the order were urged to exert their utmost endeavor in behalf of his election, when B. M. C. meets in Richmond, Va. next October. The resolutions were adopted unanimously, by a rising vote, amid the wildest enthusiasm. The session closed August 9, amid scenes of great rejoicing and enthusiasm. The attendance was the largest in the history of the Order and the sessions throughout were characterized by harmony and dispatch. The next meeting of the Grand Lodge will be held at Boonville. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year by the Grand Lodge: E. S. Lewis, Kansas City, Grand Master. D. B. Jones, Sedalia, Deputy Grand Master. George E. Temple, St. Louis, Grand Secretary. Aug. Turner, St. Louis, Grand Treasurer. The Grand Household of Ruth also elected the following as their officers: Sallie Dupee, D. M. N. G. Anna Cason, District Recorder. Mina A. Scruggs, District Treasurer. At 2 o'clock the Grand Lodge joined the local Subordinate Lodges from every town within fifty miles of Macon, in a grand street parade in honor of the occasion. The gorgeous pageant in which 2,000 Odd Fellows participated was led by St. Louis Patriarchie, one of the best drilled military organizations in the State and the St. Louis Juvenile Cadet Corps, composed of 50 little boys under 15 years of age who were cheered all along the line of march for their soldierly appearance and clever military maneuvers. It was a red letter day for the people of Macon, who turned out en masse, in holiday attire to witness the demonstration and it will be long remembered by those who participated in the display. The concluding feature of the three days' program was at night at Odd Fellows Hall, which was thronged with the best people of Macon, who tendered a grand reception to the delegates and visitors to the Grand Lodge and Grand Household. Most of the delegates left on the midnight trains for their homes. SECRET When you need money you'll be pleased with our way of dealing with you. Prompt, Sate and Reasonable always. FURNITURE ORGANS and PERSONAL PROPERTY of all kinds without removing. Our rates are positively the lowest in the city and payments within reach of all, £2500 loan payments within reach of all, £2500 loan payments within reach of all, Other mounts in same portion. Payments can be made monthly if desired. We also loan on WATCHES and DIALOGUE equipment. We also provide treatment to all. It cost nothing to investigate. New Phone 4270 PROGRESS OF THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS IN KENTUCKY ENCAMPMENT AND GRAND BLODGE MEETING RECENTLY AT HENDERSON FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE ORDER JOHN B. SNOWDEN, OF LEXINGTON ELECTED CRAND CHANCELLOR New Lodges Organized and the Endowment Fund Increased--New Chancellor Presented with Gavel and Book--Grand Parade and Prize Drill--Frankfort Wins First Honors. Henderson, Ky., Special.—While Pythianism has been making triumphant marches in nearly every section of this country, its progress in Kentucky has been of a marked degree. The Encampment and Grand Lodge at Henderson a few weeks ago was the most successful and harmonious gatherings ever assembled in this section Congressman A. O. Stanley and Mayor S. D. Harris were among the speakers. There were over one hundred delegates from all over the State to make laws and to assist in successful Pythianism in this jarsidiction. The reports of the grand officers were made which were quite encouraging. There was no scramble for office, the delegates came for a higher purpose. The parade was through the principal streets and where the Knights were in camp. One of the finest military drills ever seen in Kentucky was given by the Uniform Rank. Frankfort won BROGSON LEX. N.Y. JOHN B SNOWDEN. the first priz); Richmond, the second; Lexington, the third. The following officers were elected: John B Snowden, Lexington, Grand Chancellor; W D. Grant, Paris, Vice Grand Chancellor; J. R. Monday, Henderson, Grand Prelae French Thompson, Paris, Grand Treasurer; B. F. Johnson, Louville, Grand Keeper of Records and Seals; J. H. Garvin, Winchester, Supreme Representative: A. L. Garvin, Harrodsburg, Grand Master of Arms; S. D. Miller, Grand Marshall; Dr. Wendall, Lexington, Grand Medical Director; Mr. Frazier, Grand Outer Guard, Board of Control, Dr. Guinn, Dr. Armstead, W. W. Wilson; E E Underwood Supreme Representative. Honorary members, Messrs. Nugent. Washington French Thompson and Miller. While all the grand officers have been very active in pushing Pythian prog- S C M SCM SCM GEORGE E. TEMPLE, Deputy Grand Master G and Leading Candidates at the Richm Deputy Grand Master G. U. O. of O. F., Ranking and Leading Candidate for Grand Master at the Richmond B. M. C. ress throughout the State, every member has shown a disposition to join in the triumphant march. Chief among the generals has been John B Snowden of Laxington, Ky. Mr. Snowden is a graduate of Chandler Normal, of Lexington, and is a mall carrier. He is assistant secretary of the Colored Agricultural and Mechanical Fair Association of Lexington. Mr. Snowden is a young man of high standing. For three years he was grand keeper of records and seals and was one of 6th most proficient office-holders. His administrative ability made him the logical candidate for grand chancellor. Since his election to that office Pythianism is out of the rut; scores of struggling lodges have been helped, new lodges organized, endowment treasury raised from $1,000 to nearly $20 000. In the past year there was a gain of 50 per cent in membership, fourteen new lodges instituted or a gain of 40 per cent, with an increase of new business of over fifty dollars per month. Grand Chancellor Snowden has given great encouragement to the Uniform Rank. He recommended that the grand lodge secure tents 'as other States have done for their Uniform Rank. His high regard for the Court of Calanthe has won for him the great respect of the State of Kentucky. His recommendations and annual report as well as his practical addresses on his annual visitations raised him higher in the scale of admiration and worth. Supreme Chancellor Starks writes that Mr. Snowden has broken the record. He was presented with a twenty dollar gavel and also a volume of 'The Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius" by Charles Anderson. Mr. Snowdeu has a beautiful home, (a charming wife and little daughter. S C M U. O. of O. F., Ranking state for Grand Master mond B. M. C. JUST A MINUTE! Eureka S Fancy Groceries, Smoked and Fresh prices. Prompt delivery of all orders 1202 N. W Old Phone Main 5474 STUCKY'S D FOR LOW PRICES ON D Prescriptions given LLINOIS and OHIO STREETS. Gem La Fancy Groceries, Smoked and Fresh Meats, Butter. Eggs at the bottom rock prices. Prompt delivery of all orders guaranteed. Don't forget the number 1202 N. West Street. STUCKY'S DRUG STORE, FOR LOW PRICES ON DRUGS AND MEDICINES. Prescriptions given particular attention. LLINOIS and OHIO STREETS. PHONE 722, MAIN 1329 Gem Laundry 235, 237, 239 and 241 INDIANA AVE. Rough Dry Family Washing 5c per pound. 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