The Freeman

INDIANAPOLIS OCT 20 1906 PUBLIC LIBRARY Public Library 7-06 AND ETHIOPIA SHALL STRETCH FORTH HER HAND THE FREEMAN A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 42 INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SINGLE COPY—SIX MONTHS. 85g: ONE YEAR $1.59. THE AFRO-AMERICAN COUNCIL ANNUAL SESSION OF RACE'S PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT'S PLEA FOR JUSTICE Equal Chance and Fair Play Asked Money Raised to Test Jim Crow Laws--Mob Violence Must Be Stopped. New York, N. Y., October 12.—The ninth annual session of the National Afro-American Council closed yesterday in a halo of glory. This meeting was indeed the banner meeting of any in the history of the race's greatest protective organization. The representation by delegates, and letters and reports from officials, showed marked advancement in the scope of the Council, and a healthful increase in interest on the part of the people at large, with great prospects promised for the future. At this meeting $1,000 was raised, which, added to the $600 collected during the year, is a neat beginning toward the $10,000 defense fund which the organization has set out to raise to test the disfranchising and "jim crow" car laws that oppress the Negro race in this land of ours. President Alexander Walters, Secretary L. G. Jordan and Dr. Booker T. Washington were the leading speakers of the occasion, and we do not begin to do them justice when we say they simply "took their audiences off their feet" by their masterly addresses. The eloquent appeals made by these distinguished gentlemen to the Negro race to stand together, remembering that "where there is unity there is strength," and their exherting the people to return to God, moved that great gathering as no gathering had been moved before. The people seem thoroughly aroused to the gravity of the existing situation. This was conclusively demonstrated by the immense throngs which attended each day's sessions. Representatives from the various Councils all over the United States, bishops and general officers of the principal religious denominations, heads of many colleges and institutions of learning, editors of the leading journals and magazines of the race, factors in our business and industrial life, together with some of the brightest minds among our women, were present to note the action of this assembly touching the condition of our people in this country. The widespread report of the awful calamity at Atlanta had awakened anew the masses, both North and South, and the session of the Council occurred at what might rightly be called the "psychological moment" to reach the popular heart. Besides many fluent and thoughtful speakers of our own race, a number of prominent white gentlemen also addressed the Council, and their presence did much to encourage the delegates and friends of the Negro that the effort to bridge the mighty chasm was by no means a hopeless one. Conspicuous among them were the Hon. John E. Milholland, of New York, a stanch defender of the constitutional rights of citizens; Hon. Joseph Smith, of Massachusetts, editor of The Pilot; Hon. Joseph Manning, whose illuminating letters to the Northern press have thrown needed light upon the ballot outrages practiced by Southern statesmen (?); Hon. H. L. Humphreys, of New York; Congressman Hallegan, and Hon. Oswald Garrison Villard, the intrepid editor of the New York Evening Post. All of them spoke out vigorously for the equality of all men before the law, and made a most favorable impression upon the mammoth assembly. The Proceedings The regular session of the Council was opened Tuesday morning with a Scripture reading by Dr. H. T. Johnson, editor of the Christian Recorder, Philadelphia, followed by prayer by Bishop Clinton. The opening word of the Council was spoken by Dr. M. W. Gilbert, of New York. His striking words of hope and courage might well be taken as the keynote of the addresses that were to follow. Ex-Corporation Counsel Delaney, introduced by Bishop Walters as a real friend of the race, came as the special representative of the Mayor of the city, and in his behalf delivered a cordial address of welcome and urged the race to stand together and have confidence in itself. Hon. Charles W. Anderson, Collector of Internal Revenue, responded in his usual happy vein. Other addresses of welcome were as follows: By Rev. W. H. Brooks, on behalf of the churches; by D. Macon Webster, on behalf of the bar; by Dr. E. P. Roberts, on behalf of the doctors; Mr. J. C. Thomas, on behalf of business men of the city of New York. Appropriate responses were made by Dr. J. R Francis, of Washington, D. C., and by Mr. Emmett J. Scott, of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. The committee on credentials reported, and then the convention listened to the reports of the officers and directors of the various bureaus. The address of Dr. L. G. Jordan, corresponding secretary, was thrilling to the last degree, and aroused the audience to a high pitch of enthusiasm and led to many hearty pledges of support. Further reference to this admirable address will be made in a subsequent story of the proceedings of the Council. The evening session at St. Mark's M. E. Church drew out a magnificent audience. After an address by Attorney A. C. Cowan, of New York, Bishop Walters delivered his annual address as president of the Council. The speech was unquestionably one of the ablest presentations of the case of the Negro that this generation has ever listened to, and the many salient points were applauded to the echo, showing that he had indeed struck the popular chard and voiced the sentiments of the race throughout the land. —Bishop Walters' Manly Plea for Justice.— The Bishop's address was a manly plea for justice—a dignified demand for an equal chance and fair play. Reciting the history and objects of the Council, he pointed out that despite internal wrangling, the organization had been consistent in its fight for the race's larger life, and the Negro could congratulate himself that he had never done anything to retard the progress of the Nation. Said he: "We have always defended its honor, whether assailed by foes within or from enemies without. The flag, intrusted to our keeping, has never been allowed to trail in the dust. In all the wars in which this Republic has been engaged, from Lexington to Santiago, the colored man has proven himself the equal of any man in arms, according to his opportunities. And he has proven himself equally as courageous in the prize ring, for I declare unto you that Joe Gans knocked more prejudice out of the white people the night he whipped Battling Nelson than all our bishops put together have been able to preach out of them in the last twenty years." Bishop Walters further stated that he believed that the strong arm of the National government must be invoked to arrest and stop mob violence. Citizenship is National, but since control of it has been so grossly abused by the States to which such control has been delegated, the proper protection of the Negro from violence and outrage of every kind calls for an amendment to the Constitution which will place mob violence clearly under the jurisdiction of the Federal government. He praised Cleenn and other executives of the Southern States who had taken strong ground against lynching; attacked the grandfather disfranchising clause, and quoted Secretary Taft's opinion that it would not stand the test of the fifteenth amendment; referred to the fultility of spasmatic agitation, contending for constant and vigorous effort as long as life lasted, as the price of ultimate success. He urged that all qualified voters tender their ballots and insist by every legal method that their votes be accepted and counted. If there are qualifications for which the Negro is unprepared, he urged that they immediately set about to preparing themselves to meet the requirements, be they educational, property or what not. He denounced the "jim crow" car laws, describing them as not only a shameful assault upon the liberties of citizens, but a menace to health, a violation of the laws of common decency and an outrage against the manhood and womanhood of our race. Said the Bishop, with unconcealed bitterness: "Shame upon a country that will allow the riffraff of all the nations of the earth to come to these shores and be granted privileges superior to those of its most loyal citizens. None but those who have experienced it know the chagrin and humiliation one feels when seeing a Chinaman, Italian, Turk or other foreign people seated in a coach from which he is excluded on account of his color. "Jim crow" cars have no place in the civilization of the nineteenth century." Noting that the separate coach car did not come through a desire to get rid of the uncouth, vicious and unclean Negro, but the objection extends to the educated, well-clad and refined Negro as well, it is color and not condition. It is the first duty of the Council to attack the separate coach law at its THE TIME IS COME. CANDIDATE HAYWOOD most vulnerable point, he said, and test cases, based upon the rights of interstate passengers should be carried at once to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Bishop, in the course of his address, gave a graphic exposition of the material prosperity of the race, in spite of all obstacles, indorsed both the higher and industrial systems of education as essential to the race's well-rounded development, favored federal aid to education where the State failed to make adequate provision, urged prison reform to relieve the victims of the convict lease system in the South, argued that the criminality of the race could best be reduced by improving his opportunities for progressive and religious family life, suggested a diffusion of the Negro throughout the great States of the Northwest as a means of lessening the congestion in the South, concluding with an earnest appeal for a more perfect trust in God and for the hearty co-operation of the leaders and of the rank and file of our people everywhere. The Bishop received an ovation as he resumed his seat, and was showered with congratulations upon all sides for his masterly handling of the Negro's case in court. Other speakers whose deliverances attracted a large measure of attention were: Rev. George W. Lee, of Washington, D. C.; Hon. John C. Dancy, Recorder of Deeds; Attorney N. W. Parden and Mr. J. C. Napier, of Tennessee; T. Thomas Fortune, of New Jersey; W. H. Steward, of Louisville, Ky.; Rev. J. A. Robbins, of Virginia; Attorney J. Douglas Wetmore, now of New York, formerly of Florida; Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Lelia Walters, of Jersey City, N. J.; Rev. O. M. Waller, Rev. W. R. Lawton and Dr. W. L. Bulkley, of Brooklyn; Prof. Kelly Miller and Rev. S. L. Corrothers, of Washington, D. C.; Rev. C. S. Morris, of New York; Prof. W. S. Scarborough, of Wilberforce, O.; Rev. G. C. Clement, editor of the Star of Zion, Charlotte, N. C.; Rev. H. J. Calls, of Massachusetts; Bishop G. W. Clinton, and last, but by no means least, Dr. Booker T. Washington, whose clean cut, direct and unequivocal stand for Negro manhood and full-fledged citizenship awoke the echoes and riveted anew his title of leadership of the race in this country. The entire session was characterized by a harmony and good fellowship that speaks well for the future. The race is at last alive to its golden opportunity, and sees in the Afro-American Council the open door to its civil and political rights. —Officers of the Council.— The following are the officers for the ensuing year: President—Bishop Alexander Walters. Vice Presidents (first to ninth in their order)—Rev. E. C. Morris, Arkansas; Bishop Abraham Grant, Missouri; J. C. Napier, Tennessee; Bishop R. S. Williams, Georgia; Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, District of Columbia; Rev. H. J. Callis, Massachusetts; R. L. Stokes, New York; W. A. Sinclair, Pennsylvania; C. N. Sellers, Iowa. Recording Secretary—Cyrus Field Adams, Illinois. Assistant Recording Secretary—Mrs. Fannie Barrier Williams, Chicago Treasurer—John W. Thompson, New York. Corresponding Secretary—Dr. L. G. Jordan, Kentucky. Chaplain—Bishop G. W. Clinton North Carolina. Chairman Executive Committee—W H. Steward. Kentucky. H. Steward, Kentucky Secretary Executive Committee— Kelly Miller, District of Columbia. —Bureau of the Council. Legal, Educational, Ecclesiastical Anti-Lynching, Emigration, Business Literary, Newspaper, Vital Statistics. —Directors of the Bureau. Directors of the Legal, J. Douglas Wetmore, New York; Educational, H. T. Kealing, Pennsylvania; Ecclesiastical, Dr. M. C. B. Mason, Ohio; Anti-Lynching, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, District of Columbia; Emigration, S. Joe Brown, Iowa; Business, Emmett J. Scott, Alabama; Literary, Mrs. Fannie Barrier Williams, Illinois; Newpaper, R. W. Thompson, Kentucky; Vital Statistics, Dr. J. R. Francis, District of Columbia Emmett J. Scott made a good speech. The Boston gang remembered Louis- ville, and stayed away. All the Churches contributed liber- ally to the Council's defense fund. Bishop Walters did yeoman service for the Council in New York City for a month prior to the National meeting. SINGLE COPY-SIX MONTHS, 85c; ONE YEAR $1.80. The Constitution League appears to have merged itself into the Afro-American Council. Always room for one more. *** While many urged resistance, there were no incendiary speeches made. Our fight is through the agencies of the law. * * * R. Leroy Stokes, of the New York Age, is adding some deserved laurels to his brow as a newspaper man, political leader and level-headed race adroit. * * * L. M. Hershaw, one of the high priests of the Niagara movement, was an interested spectator of the proceedings, and subscribed to the fund. *** It was Mrs. Lelia Walters' first platform appearance in a number of years, but she acquitted herself nobly and won many compliments on her paper, "Our Women and the Council." * * * Dr. Washington's sober and thoughtful address caught the favor of the crowd, and completely disarmed the critics, who came with the hope that the "wizard" would encounter a "frost." * * * The address to the country, prepared by Prof. Kelly, a master of logic and the King's English, is pronounced to be one of the strongest ever given out by a Negro assembly. Every word counts. * * * The Newspaper Bureau has been organized, with R. W. Thompson, director, assisted by such able editors and writers as R. L. Stokes, H. D. Slater, Cary B. Lewis, T. H. Malone, Charles Alexander and J. C. Campbell. * * * From the number of prominent factors of the Niagara movement particiating, we indulge the hope once more that there may be an amalgamation of the two useful bodies, especially since the mission of each is practically the same. *** Dr. L. G. Jordan will open headquarters in Washington shortly, and give his entire time to the work of the Council. Dr. Jordan is a veritable storage battery of energy, and Congress will hear from him when the Negro's interests are in the balance. BISHOP WALTERS' ITINERARY AFRO-AMERICAN COUNCIL'S CHIEFTAIN AT LOUISVILLE CONFERENCE WITH LOCAL FORCES Jubilant Over Big New York Meet Ing--R. Henri Strange, Tragedian at Teacher's Institute Ministers Want Dives Closed. Special Correspondence. Louisville, Ky.-The Kentucky metropolis was honored Saturday by a visit from Bishop Alexander Walters, the popular and efficient president of the National Afro-American Council. He had come on direct from New York, leaving there immediately upon the adjournment of the ninth annual meeting of the Council. He was accompanied by his brother, Rev. Isaac P. Walter, of Staten Island, N. Y., and Rev. L. G. Jordan, of this city, who returned home bearing a triumphant indorsement of his great work for the Council in the form of a unanimous re-election as corresponding secretary. The party was met at the station by Mr. R. W. Thompson. The Bishop was jubilant over the successful outcome of the monster meeting at New York, pronouncing it to be without question the most enthusiastic and profitable session the Council had ever had. Representative men and women of both races were present in large numbers, he said, and the speeches went to the marrow of all the problems affecting the well-being of the Negro in this country, and the result of these clarion messages to the right-thinking people of the land can not fail to redound to our everlasting benefit. As a proof of the sincere and practical interest of the gathering in the cause of race elevation, the handsome sum of $1,000 was raised to carry on the good work, and reasonable salaries were allowed the executive officers, so that their time and best efforts may be guaranteed to the organization. The Council has marked out a definite and quite ambitious program for the coming year, and Bishop Walters says he was never so hopeful of a permanent and satisfactory amelioration of the oppressive conditions under the Negro people now labor. The North has awakened to its duty; the South must be made to see its opportunity, and the Negro is coming to realize that Providence is ever ready to help those who show a willingness to help themselves. Bishop Walters' mission in Louisville was to confer with the local forces, and to ally them sympathetically with the Council's purposes, and to give final instructions to the officers of the organization who make their headquarters here. They are: Dr. L. G. Jordan, corresponding secretary; Prof. W. H. Steward, chairman of the Executive Committee, and Mr. R. W. Thompson, director of the Newspaper Bureau. After partaking of an elegant dinner at the beautiful home of Mrs. Lavinia Watson, 1003 West Chestnut street, the Bishop, accompanied by Mr. Thompson, in one of Mrs. Watson's finest "turn-ups," made a tour of the city, visiting the magnificent new quarters of the Y. M. C. A., the Baptist Foreign Mission Board, the newspaper offices and the homes of several of his ministerial brethren and personal luncheon with Dr. Jordan. The Bishop left in the evening for points in the South. He will be joined at Jacksonville, Fla., by Mrs. Walters and Master Hills Watson Walters, after which the party goes to Key West, where the Bishop holds the South Florida Conference of the A. M. E. Zion Church, and later to Mobile, Ala., by way of the Gulf of Mexico. An interesting program was presented at the October meeting of the Teachers' Institute. The new president, Prof. W. D. Thomas, presided for the first time since his election, and made an excellent impression. Prof. J. Raymond Harris read an original poem; Miss Nannie H. Burroughs gave a graphic portrayal of present conditions in the South, and Miss Emma Ashford sang the intermezzo from "Cavaleria Rusticana." The feature of the day was the splendid dramatic recital by friends, winding up with a toothsome Mr. R. Henrl Strange, of Philadelphia, who was in the city during the week with the Williams & Walker Company, assuming most brilliantly the role of "King Menelek II," Abyssina's famous monarch. Mr. Strange's first selection (Continued on Page Four) cy RES Gf TTY ps (DAY) Ny a Ln ie iN) os NG ie 74), | WORLD, WII lo) AL Nh KEN : = => Ba ees BY “DOROTHY eas me ) Sg Rel ‘This column fs evoted to the interests « 4 ) BAAN # women. Address all. communications = — “Dorothy,” The Freeman, Indianayohe, In ——_ i GETHSEMANE. (By Ella Wheller Wilcox.) i" In golden youth when seems the earth Asummer-tend ofsurging mirth, ‘When souls are glad and heartsare light, And not esha ‘ow lurks ia sight, ‘We do not know tt, but there lies Somewhere velled under eveulng skies Agarien which we all must see— ‘The garden of Gethsemane. ‘With Joyous steps we go our ways, Love lends a halo toour days: Light sorrows sail like clouds afar, We laugh, and say how strong weare. We hurry on; and hurrying, go ‘Gloe to the b srderiand of woe, ‘That waits for you, and waits for me— Forover waits Gethsemane, ‘THE FITNESS OF THINGS. “To do the right thing at the right time” is generally a hard lesson to learn, and harder yet to put in prac- tice. When one meets a friend in the street whose haggard appearance gives them a shock, it is almost by su- perhuman effort that they refrain from saying, “How badly you look.” But that is not the time to advise them or make it known to them that you are solicit ous about their health. Ofttimes a careless, unguarded speech spoils a whole life, deadens desire and ambi- tion. Watch for the opportune time to express yourself. In the matter of dress, how few people stop to consider when and where to wear certain kinds of dress. For instance, in summer white dresses and dark underwear, white shoes and black dresses. What looks worse? And further along the line, gorgeous, befeathered hats and white gloves at market? Party and evening dresses worn on the shopping expedition. It seems too ridiculous to be true, but fr is so. People who are not blessed ‘with an abundance of tresses generally wear the most combs or other hair ornaments and do so because some ‘one else does. It is not a sin to use whatever legitimate means is in your power to improve your personal ap- pearance, but it is an unpardonable blunder not to acquaint yourself thor. oughly with the fitness of things. Make it a study when and where to do things. Cultivate your own indi- viduality to the best advantage. THE CRY OF THE HOUR. ‘The recent lynching and mobs in the southern sections of the country have brought to light the value a white man places on their women. A white woman is supposed to be insulted: by a Negro man. and countless Negro men must answer for it. How many Negro men will even resent an insult given a colored woman even in his presence? Many will coincide and add to remarks made by men of the other race, while others will quietly go on their way. If in any instance he hap- pens to hear of such a case, he may be heard to say “She knew him,” or “I don’t admire his taste.” We hope that our men will enter into the spirit of protection of their women, not in dis- obedience to the law. but in a legiti- mate and orderly way. The cry of the hour is “Men who will respect and protect their women, and women who are worthy and will demand it.” FORD’S HAIR POMADE FORMERLY KNOWN AS “OZONIZED OX MARROW” Makes the Hair Long, Soft and Easy to Comb READ WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY Key West, Fla. An. 28, i904. West Chester, Pa., Meh. 30, 1965. Trured only one battle cf'yourbwmsie ant tig Thad teohondfawne’ ana mij hate i ae air han stopped breakingof anthas grear'y out. 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A. 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Il. (ark Ferd Baad erastia without ay sicmatare Agee Mosmaeeeees *“ Down shadowy lanes, across strange streams Bridged over by our broken dreams: Behind the misty caps of years, Beyond the great salt fount of tears, ‘The garden lies. Strive, as you may, ‘You can not iiss {t in your way. ‘All paths that have been or shall be, Pass somewhere through Gethsemane, All thoge who journey, soon or late, ‘Must pass within the Garden's gate; Must kneel atone in darkness there, And battle with some fleres despair, God pity those who can not say, “Not mine but thine," who only pray, + Let this cup pass,” and can not sve ‘Phe purpose in Gethsemane, At the regular montniy meeting o! the Phyllis Wheatley W. ©. T. U., held at the home of Mrs. W. A. Carter, 141 Linden street, Harrisburg, Pa.,” last month, the following officers ’ were elected for the ensuing year: Presi dent, Mrs. J. P, Scott; vice-president, Mrs. BE, A. Johnson; recording secre tary, Mrs. W. A. Carter; corresponding secretary, Mrs. M. L. Blaylock; treas urer, Mrs. M. J. White. Mrs. W. A. Carter and Mrs. E. A. Johnson were elected delegates to represent the so ciety at the county convention, which will convene at Penbrook, Pa., October 20th. | Miss Clara B. Mays, an enterprising young woman cf Indianapolis, has organized a parliamentary class for women, which meets every Wednesday night. Since women have so many or- ganizations it is quite necessary that they should be able to preside and also to be floor members with intelligence and all women who can should take advantage of this opportunity. “There is gladness in her gladness when she’s glad, there is sadness in her sadness when she’s sad. But the gladness of her gladness nor the sad- ness of her sadness is nothing to her madness when she’s mad,” says a Col- orado bachelor of his best girl. Edith Madden, a young colored woman at Chicago, Ill, has been ap- pointed as a clerk in the Western Union Telegraph Company's offices. A young white woman who was an em- ploye resigned, refusing to work with a colored girl. The manager promises to keep Miss Madden as long as she gives satisfaction. | aties Louisa Leftwich, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who recently completed a course of study in normal and missionary training at Hartshorn Memorial Col- lege, Richmond, Va., has been appoint- ed as matron of the Industrial Bap- tist Academy at Dermott, Ark. Wellesley College has received the sum of $5,000 from A. A. Sweet, the income of which will be used to buy books for the study of Biblical history. Much attention is now given to Bible study in most of the colleges for women. A department for instruction in mil- linery has been opened up in Lane College, at Jackson, Tenn. Miss Mitch- ell, a graduate in domestic science, is in charge. Mrs. Fannie S. Monk, the wife of Rey. Charles V. Monk, the preacher THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. ‘rc fo ae Ee ANINGS: MER ee Sere a Gs and author, is also a writer and a poet of consiterable ability. She formerly taught music in the Hillview Conserv- ‘atory of Music at Philadelphia and now has some advanced pupils at her home. NAMES OF TEXTILES, ‘The names of fabrics are in many cases derived from the place where they were first manufactured; in oth- ers the name is bestowed in honor of the place where it first became known to commerce, or from the materials composing its texture. ‘Thus the name of muslin is derived from Mosul, in Asia. : es Cambric comes from Cambai; gauze from Gaza; baize from Bajac; dimity from Damietta, and jeans from Jean. eee ‘The name damask is an abbreviation of Damascus; satin is a corruption of Zaytown, in China. wes Velvet is the Italian yellute, wooly and is traceable further back to thé Latin vellus, a hide or pelt. 6 sae 3 Serge comes from Xerges, the Span ish for a certain sort of blanket, ee Bandana is derived from an Indian word signifying to bind or tie. ee Alpaca is the name of a species of llama from whose wool the genuine fabric is woven. Calico is named Yor’ Calicut, a towr in India, where it was first printed. sae Blanket bears the name of Thoma: Blanket, a famous English _clothier who aided the introduction of woolen: into England in the fourteenth cen ore. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. When you are arranging your kitch- en sink see to it that it is high enough so that you will not be compelled to stoop while washing the dishes. If a teaspoonful of glycerin is mixed with every pound of fruit used in mak- ing jam it will obviate the danger of erystalization, which is the bane of the thrifty housewife. Avoid putting’ soda ‘in the water in which you wash fine china, particular- ly china that has any gilding on it, because soda soon injures the gilding. Instead use a good laundry soap. Be careful at éachi ironing to fold the table linen in a new way, if possible, as it wears first in the folds. A good | Walter J. Johns, editor of the Evans- ‘ville Transeript, is dead. aoe Quincy, IIL, is having much trouble over the mixed school question, oe The roller skating eraze among col- ored people has reached Indianapolis. vara | Preston B. Peters of Tuskegee’s class of 1898 is a custom house inspector at New Orleans. ; se The Afro-American Republicans of Richmond, Va. have organized to fight the “Lily Whites” in Virginia. . eee The colored school children at Cof- feyville, Kas., are forced to enter and leave their school by the back door. Paras The Colored State Fair of Georgia will be held at Macon in November. Booker T, Washington will be the principal speaker. | wae The National Merchandise Compa- ny, Itd., is a recent business enter- prise at Philadelphia. J. W. Pollard ta secretary and general manager. I. Chambers, editor of the Bluff City News, Memphis, Tenn., is the only Ne- gro member of the American Weekly Publishers’ Association of Chicago, Ill. se The mayor of Macon, Ga., prohibited the performance of the “Clansman” on account of the recent riot. Steps will be taken to keep the show entirely out of the State. wee As a result of changes and the crea- tion of new positions, twenty-five new teachers and instructors have been added this year to the faculty of Tus- kegee Institute. i ae | The great parade of Odd Fellows at Richmond during the session of the B. M. C. included 3,000 men, the larger | portion of them in the uniform of the various branches of the order. | <8 ‘The public schools opened at Rich- mond, Va., last month, with a de- creased attendance of Negro children, as they are still at work and unable ‘0 attend until later in the fall. Paris J. S, Smallwood and Robert Fitz zerald, whol wished to become candi- lates for the city council at Atlantic city, may run independently, having een run down by the machine, eee The Union Transportation Company f Austin, Tex., is using an automobile arrying eighteen persons to fight the jim-crow” cars. The income of the treet car company is being seriously mpaired. plan is to purchase an extra half yard of table cloth and after a time cut off the extra length. This brings the creases in a new place. If a tablespoonfil Of glycerin is added to every pound of flour used in bread and cake making it is a great improvement. Both doughs will be “shorter” and the articles will keep fresh much longer. Have the shelves and floors of the kitchen storeroom washed at least three times a week with a solution of permanganate of potash. ‘The best way"to ‘clean zine is to dig a piece of cotton in kerosene and tc rub the article to be cleaned with it until all the dirt is removed. Rinsé with hot water and dry with a clear cloth. FASHION HINTS. ‘The favorite new shade this year is a deep wine color, neither red nor purple, but a rich, warm shade for winter. There is no decline in the popularity of lace. It promises this winter to be even more extravagantly used than it was last year. ea The short coat is back into fashion. But your last year’s long coat is very good taste and will serve for all morn- ing and wet day wear, for traveling and for very cold days. ee Not only are metals used in the making of the new buttons, but stones of all colors and Dresden effects are also in vogue. The buttons are of all sizes and shapes, round, square, ob- long and three-cornered, and even the tiniest show combinations of metal and stones, while many give evidence of elaborate workmanship. A great many bittGn shoes will be made this fall and winter, and the dealers who supply buttons to manu- facturers have to keep a stock that suggests the button counter of a de- partment store. One firm that makes medium and fine shoes for women uses over 200 different sizes of buttons, and over 200 different colors. Each button has its peculiar use, and may be employed to best advantage on a certain kind of shoe. | Some physicians recommend a drink of cold water every hour or two as a cure for nervousness, NOTICE. All presidents and corresponding secretaries of women’s clubs are re- quested to send name and address to this department. Ss, r at? Sire Dr a, =e a ah A 4 ae we W. R. Pettiford, of Birmingham, one of the leading Afro-Americans in the State, was before the Board of Convict Inspectors, at Montgomery, Ala., and asked that an Afro-American preacher be appointed as one of the assistant chaplains, the contention being that the Afro-American prison- ers would be so much better satisfied to have one of their own color to look after them. The matter was referred to Chaplain George E. Brewer for his consideration. oe © In conformity with a resolution agreed to by Kentucky Baptists at the Memphis session of the National Bap- tist convention, a conference of the several factions will be held at the Green street Baptist church, Louis- ville, Monday, November 5. "The call is signed by Rev. D. A. Gaddie, pastor of that church, and the avowed object of the caucus is to unite the elements that have been warring over the con- trol of the State University and to harmonize upon some equitable ground the differences that threaten to dis- rupt the Kentucky Association and make a second association necessary. wee The Kentucky State Association of Colored Teachers will meet at Lexing- ton, Ky., beginning at 2 p. m., Wednes- day, December 20th, and closing at noon Friday, December 28th. Accord- ing to the announcement of President F. L. Williams and Secretary, Miss Zenobia F. Cox, it is the purpose of the officers of the association to make a program which will call forth a dis- cussion of not only the most important school questions, but also the most vital questions of life. An attempt is being made to bring to the meeting, as invited guests, the most efficient and accomplished speakers who may be secured, James Humbles, seventy-two years old, one of the best known colored men of Lexington, Va., is dead. He was born of free ‘parents and was never a slave. During the clvi] war he entered the Confederate army and served as bugler in Company C, First Virginia Cavalry, commanded by Capt. M. X. White. During part of the war he carried a musket and saw active service. Humbles voted the Demo- cratic ticket at all elections in his State. He owned considerable proper- ry, earned by restaurant keeping, in which he profitably engaged until a rew years ago. He was highly re- spected by both races and his funeral was one of the largest ever held in Lexington, being attended by hun- ireds of the best whites of the com- nunity. THOMES= | Alabama| may be counted a. MACON county of the most favored te the State of Alabama as to lands, churches, schools medical attention, railroads and other organization. for the common good of the people. s PUBLIC SCHOOLS. very community in the county has or ts trying eight months’ public school term for colored ool fonr or five months, and the other three ; sription. One community raised about $500 { Ned to the erection and eqaipment of @ school Some of the best teachers to be found in the § lio echools in this county. NIGHT SCHOOL. wo of Tuskegee there Is night school where arge, for nine months in the year. There, n ickmasonry, cooking aud sewing are taught. A.M.A. SCHOOL, ushern portion of the county a well equipped schers 1s maintained by the American Mics TUSKEGEE INSTITU ot be repeated that the Tuskegee Normal and ishes educational advantages for any boy or girl e, bat the school offers to bay any kind of fat CHURCHES. that Macon County can hardly be equaled sof } minister is concerned. He preaches pure liv der in the practice of his dovtrine. While eao burch yet the denominational feeling 1s seldon ord at times when church creed should be put a nd Methodist are the prevailing denomination an be found a fairly good charoh building. INSTITUTES. SNe = * History of NEGRO RACE. ; $1.00. History of NEGRO SOLDIERS in SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. $1.00. | LIGHT AHEAD for the NEGRO g $1.00, Or all three of these valuable dooks, together in one | order for ‘ $1.50. General Clarkson, 4#@1sqing,the "Colores Re-u' ica “You must develop a literary taste and write history of your great men, such as the white men have done —put it in the hands of your children so that they may know what their race has done” Agents Wanted S#ary eae ton: E. A, JOHNSON, Mostar ts em Yee, If Your Stomach Complains it is probably getting unfair treat your selection of food and see how once a day,for breakfast-eat Malt it is probably getting unfair treatment. Just discriminate some in your selection of food and see how much better you feel. At least once a day,—for breakfast—eat Malta-Vita Always Ready to Eat--No Cooking This advice is right. Your doctor you so. For Malta-Vita is so now the same time so easy to digest. active digestion, makes rich, red body and mind alike. That's be whole-wheat. Malt extract, mix This advice is right. Your doctor, if you asked him, would tell you so. For Malta-Vita is so nourishing and strengthening and a the same time so easy to digest. It tones up the stomach, restores active digestion, makes rich, red blood and gives new vitality to body and mind alike. That's because Malta-Vita is pure malted whole-wheat. Malt extract, mixed with the cooked wheat, turns the starch of the wheat into maltose, or malt sugar, most wholesome food and easily digested even by the weakest stomach. Malta-Vita is the perfect food for men and women. It makes little children sturdy and strong. Always wholesome, fresh, crisp, appetizing. Get some today. All Grocers, Now 10 Cents SOME THINGS THAT SOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING SOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING The Brightwood Avenue Republican Club of the District of Columbia has endorsed Senator J. B. Forker for the presidential nomination in 1908. Mrs Henry Jones, an Afro-American woman of Philadelphia, eighty three years old, has reality interests in the Quaker City aggregating one million dollars. The Kentucky Conference of the A. M. E. Church met last week at Cynthiana, KY., and the West Kentucky Conference of the same denomination assembled at Bowling Green Oct. 17th. There are some business enterprises started recently in Cleveland, Ohio, that attract special attention, namely, the People's Drug Company, the Clayton Grocery Company and the Millinery Parlor of Miss Burch. The Colored Farmers' Progressive Union has local unions in about thirty counties in the State of Arkansas, and now has fifty-seven commissioned organizations, covering about one-half of the counties in the State. The Giant Trade Company is the name of an enterprising firm of undertakers engaged in business at Madisonville, Ky. J. A. Watson is president of the company, J. W. Bronaugh is secretary and §B. Lincoln Teague is treasurer. Dr W. J. Yerby of Tennessee, the newly appointed consul for Sierra Leone, West Africa, has reached Liver- INDIVIDUAL HOTEL DIRECTORY [One address line $4.00 per year; including subscription to The Freeman. in advance.] HEADWAITERS. J. W. Redmond, Headwaiter of The Carroll, Vicksburg, Miss. C. W. Dwyer, headwaiter Commercial Club Minneapolis, Minn. C. H. Plummer, headwaiter Hotel Brunswick, Uniontown, Pa R. H. Bradley, Headwaiter Menger Hotel, San Antonio, Texas. G. W. Bland, Headwaiter of The Oliver, South Bend, Ind. ```markdown ``` VICTOR TALKING MACHINES. 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All Grocers, Now 10 Cents THAT ARE HAPPENING pool en route for his post. Mrs Yerby joins him in the spring. The children have been placed in Fisk University, where, in the interim before sailing, Mrs Yerby will take a special course in French and German. preparatory to assisting her husband in his life's career in the diplomatic service of his country. A representative of the Interior Department spent a season at Tuskegee Institute, last spring, studying the methods of teaching employed in the class rooms and shops. As a result of this study the Tuskegee method of teaching has been adopted by the Indian Service of the In eror Department, and it is understood that it will be followed as far as possible in all of the Indian schools, most of which are located in the northwest. On October 1, 1906, the first colored shoe store opened its doors in Brunswick, Ga., under the aupices of the Brunswick Mercantile and Realty Co. The store is located on the main business thoroughfare of the city, and the stock is all new and complete. The enterprise comes as the result of a resolution offered in the corporation last April by the far seeing James G Carter, who has just accepted the United States Consulship at Sivas, Turkey. Isaac B. Williams, an intelligent and respectable white man of Columbus, O., in an endeavor to rebuke the thousands of his race who insist upon associating with Negro women, without going through the formality of a marriage ceremony, was married in Washington, HOTEL DIRECTORY This column used exclusively for the ad dresses of hotels restaurants, lodging and restaurants, the country, and intended as a guide for the traveling public—you business solicited. 151 Hotel Dwyer (European) C. W. Dwyer, proprietor, first class rooms by the day, work on boat, heat, electric light and bath, 22 Washington Avenue, South M nneapolis, Minn. 106 Hotel Refomer--First class in all respects 90 N, 6th street, Richmond, Va. A. W. Holmes, manager 00 N, 6th street, First class rooms and board rooms neatly furnished, 712 and 714 W, 9th street Little Rock, Ark. 105 Waldorf-Astoria Hotel--327 Laurel street, Hot Springs, Ark. 106 Wollman proprietor, Indianapolis, Ind. Silver Moo Hotel-Henderson, Ky. 108 second street. Frank Wilcox Pro. VICTOR TALKING MACHINES. The Victor is so perfect it is often mistaken for the human voice. It is proving a never falling source of DELIGHT to Thousands. COME IN AND LET US TELL YOU all ABOUT it. THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. D. C., last week to Mrs. Elizabeth Fister, a colored woman of Cincinnati, the ceremony being performed by a prominent colored minister of the National Capital. The happy couple will reside in Ohio. Scribes and Scribblers. BY R W THOMPSON SHORT BY R W The Nation Dr. A. S. Knapp of the National Department of Agriculture, with present headquarters at Lake Charles, La., where a number of important experiments are being worked out by the government, spent some time recently at Tuskegee Institute inspecting the Experiment Station and other divisions of the agricultural department. Secretary Wilson and Dr. Knapp are considering the advisability of working out certain of their experiments at Tuskegee under the direction of Professors G. W. Carver, G. A. Bridgedorth and others connected with the agricultural faculty. The report of Rev. T. A. Blue, librarian of the colored branch of the public library at Louisville, Ky, shows that during the year just closed, the institution had 35 826 visitors and had 17,836 registered borrowers. The library is now complying rented quarters, but the plans for the new $35 000 building have been drawn and ground will soon be broken for the same at the corner of Chestnut and Tenth streets, a very convenient location for its patrons. Librarian Blue is capably assisted by Mrs. E. G. Harris, a lady of rare culture and refinement, and who is admitted to be one of the best posted authorities on lite.ature in the country, regardless of race. The report of Miss Nannie H Burroughs, the energetic corresponding secretary of the Woman's Convention, auxiliary to the National Baptist Convention for the current year—the sixth in the history of the organization, showed $15,525 05 raised during the year, and the receipts at the convention, including the supplementary report and the report of the finance committee, amounted to quite $1 100 additional. The Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church of Chattanooga, Tenn., is the banner organization of the year. Mrs. H. E Jackson of Ohio heads the roll of honor of the vice-presidents. SCRAPS FROM GEORGIA SCRAPS FROM GEORGIA By Rev. J. G. Robinson, D. D. Editor The Freeman: Georgia is now settling down to normal conditions. However, the mob and riot seems to be the all absorbing topic of the state. The white clergy and even those who help Hoke Smith are now writing beautiful articles to secular and religious journals, trying to undo what was done in the eighteen months of villainous campaign that swept Hoke Smith into the seat once occupied by such a patriot and statesman as H. Y. Adkinson. * * * In view of the numerous articles by these hypocritical men of the cloth the public mind is being temporarily quieted, yet the old adage, "A burned child dreads the fire," sweeps over the hearts of the Georgia Negroes, and hundreds—perhaps thousands—are leaving and preparing to leave the state. * * * Ben Tillman, the "pitchfork Senator from South Carolina, addressed an audience in Augusta a few nights ago, and while he indulged in his usual manner of abusing the American Negro, he came out in bold language denouncing the custom practiced in many parts of the South of white men living openly with Negro women. He claimed that this custom should be as vigorously fought down as the white man fights to keep Negro men and white women apart. Echo: The Atlanta News, the paper most responsible for the riot in Atlanta, has taken up Mr. Tillman's utterances and is waging a vigorous war against this damnable practice, so detestable by decent people of both races. *** We are merging, we hope, into the sunlight of a brighter day for our race's existence in this country. Many feel that much good will accrue as a result of the discussions growing out of this horrible race conflict. At least we hope so. I have never openly advocated African emigration or Negro colonization, but I fear that Bishop Turner has told the truth too true to be contradicted when he proclaimed that there is no manhood future for the Negro in this country. Everything Bishop Turner has said would take place is coming to pass right here before our eyes. And while he yet lives to see the fulfillment of his burning prophecies, the American Negro in general, and the Georgia and Southern Negro in particular, are passing through a veritable vale of gloom. the cringing, whining, compromising, as well as sickening editorial in the Atlanta Independent, endorsing the Southern whites for running the great Dr. White from the state because he dared to speak as a man should, should receive the censure of every race-loving man in the land. The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows has stooped to a very low level in selecting the author of such an editorial to hold its funds. * * * * Free speech, the basis of all civilized governments, when throttled turns the wheels of progress backwards. Discretion in speech, I grant, should characterize the utterances of every public speaker, whether by pen or tongue, but it is a notorious fact that in Georgia the white man, inch by inch, has so clipped the Negroes' tongues that you can scarcely ever hear a manly utterance by a Negro. Therefore when happens to say a thing and has to run for his life no true leader or true man will rejoice. Rev L E. Christy, after an absence of several weeks attending the Illinois Conference of the A. M E Church and visiting in Chicago, is back in the editorial harness in the sanctum of the Sentinel, East St. Louis, Ill., and will soon begin to make the fur fly. Editor-in-Chief C. Cook of the Wisconsin Defender, Milwaukee, announces that he has secured as his assistant Mr. Frank C. Robinson, recently of Louisville, Ky., and formerly connected with the Kentucky Standard of that city Mr. Robinson will doubtless prove a valuable acquisition to the journalism of the Badger State. R B. Montgomery, editor of the Wisconsin Advocate, has been giving excellent service as collector for the M.Kinley memorial fund in Wisconsin. He has now been named by Giles B Jackson as State Commissioner for the Negro Development Company. Walter J. Johns editor of the Evansville Transcript, the only Afro-American journal in southern Indiana, is dead. Mr. Johns had been in charge of the paper about two years, coming from Favetteville, Tenn., to take up the work. The esteemed Kentucky Standard, at Louisville, Ky, shows marked improvement, both in its editorial and new columns, under the painstaking management of Miss Julia Schmers Young Y. M. C. A. CONFERENCE. The Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Colored Men's Department of the Young Men's Christian Association of North America will be held in Asheville, North Carolina Nov 29 to Dec 2 The Young Men's Institute of Asheville, which recently joined our association brotherhood, will entertain the conference. Reduced railroad rates have been applied for and a strong progress is being prepared. A large delegation is expected to attend this conference and enjoy the wonderful climate and scenery in the "land of the sky." The greatest mistake since the emancipation made by the Negro wing of the Republican party was its failure to contend for and demand the putting out of a ticket in opposition to Hoke Smith and his party in the last campaign. No more wicked results could have followed a joint compass than what did follow the abuses heaped up by Hoke Smith and his coadjutors. -Scraplets. Dr. Flipper is growing in popularity each day for the bishopric. --- If ever I am elected editor of the Christian Recorder I will never "eat crow." Mark that. * * * I thank the many friends who are championing my cause for the editorship of the Christian Recorder. * * * Adleu, Bishop Arnett. Another hero sleeps. Who will take his place? Your labors will live as enduring as time. * * * The Freeman stands at the head of the Negro journalism and an effort should be made to put it in the home of every Negro in the land. ```markdown ``` The Negro race needs a strong daily paper somewhere in the center of our great population. R. W. Thompson is the best fitted man in the race to edit such a paper. --- Dr. Conner of Arkansas is running in break-neck speed by the side of Dr. Flipper of Georgia, and thus two great men will ascend to the bishop's bench without going the general office route. ★ ★ ★ Bishop Turner advocates the setting apart of a resident Bishop to West Africa and urges the election of Dr. R. H. Singleton, Valdosta, Ga. Dr. Singleton is a great preacher, a ripe scholar and well fitted for the position. \* \* \* Hurrah for Mr. Ira T. Bryant! From what we can learn his stock is increasing throughout the connection, and no one need be surprised if he should land at the head of the S. S. Union in 1908. More anon. COL. PEARRE PUNCTURES A BUBBLE. Cumberland, M1., Special. — The emancipation celebration here was the largest and most successful event ever attempted by the Negro race in Western Maryland. The parade proceeded to the baseball park, where the barbecue held, and where Congressman George A. Pearre delivered the principal address. He advocated universal suffrage. He said the white man was the friend of the Negro, and the Negro should not view his friendship; with distrust or suspicion. Col. Pearre went fearlessly into the question of social equality. This was a bugaboo which was used largely by politicians to stir up prejudice and accomplish selfish results. Col Pearre contended that social equality could not be established by legislation or government. He declared the Negro had his social standard, and some Negroes could not enter the social set of others. The Freeman can be found at Loa An 100, at the Santa Fe Barber; v M. Shelton The National Peace-Maker. When affairs go wrong with men, Who can set them right again? Papa Taft. When times are out of joint, Who's the surgeon to appoint? Papa Taft. Taft, Taft, Papa Taft, He's a man of endless craft. He can cure our every ill, He's the nation's peace-making pill. When Filipinos get in a huff, Who shows them that he's "the stuff?" Papa Taft. When the Cubans start a fuss, Who can straighten out the muss? Papa Taft. Taft, Taft, Papa Taft, He's as solid as a raft, He can cure our every ache, He's the bolus all should take. When race problems make us all so licitous, Who can adjust them so felicitous? Papa Taft. When there's need of worth or weight, Who's the man to serve the state? Papa Taft. Taft, Taft, Papa Taft, Down on those who mob or graft, Let us loud his praises sing— Peaceful cure for everything! Truly, the race problem is approaching the acute stage. * * * Louisville threatens to become a national literary center. * * * The Niagara Movement has met twice, "resoluted" twice—only this, and nothing more. * * * Those of us who took in every excursion this summer and ran to every old picnic are now in need of coal. * * * The Negro is getting oceans of advice these days, but not a rivulet in the way of enlarged constitutional liberties. * * * After all the ballot—intelligently and independently utilized—offers the shortest route to full-fledged citizenship for the black man. The school situation in the national capital has reached the point where explanations in two-column doses are necessary to clarify the atmosphere. * * * * We would like to see Hon. Richard Theodore Greener, scholar, orator, diplomat and accomplished gentleman, comfortably assigned by the State Department. * * * * Speculation is rife among the uninitiated masses as to the whereabouts of one Prof. W. E. B. DuBois since September 22, the date of the Atlanta riot. * * * * The reverberation from Indiana that sounded to some of our contemporaries like an incipient earthquake was only the formal launching of the Fairbanks presidential boom. "Hoax" Smith might be an appropriate name for the new Governor of Georgia, were it not for the fact that he has kicked up a rumpus that places him outside the joking lines. * * * The echoes of the Detroit meeting of the National Association of Colored Women have been drowned out by the noise generated by succeeding powwows of the race leaders of both sexes. * * * The Atlanta Independent has a chronic case of "Ruckeritis." If Editor B. J. Davis doesn't take treatment for it speedily, a few more violent attacks like the last may terminate fatally. \* \* \* We would like to have a photograph of Governor Vardaman as he affixes his signature to the charter for Mississippi's fifteenth Negro bank. Something tells us that he won't look "natural." * * * Some Negroes still have little enough sense to tackle these face bleaches and anti-kink decoctions in a futile effort to be white and have straight hair. They learn a few things "after tackling." *** None of the aspirants for the lightweight championship seem to want a "run-in" with the Hon. Joseph Gans, of Baltimore. Even Jimmy Britt got a bad case of "cold feet" after the little episode at Goldfield. *** Commissioner Yerkes is sustained by law that the Public Printer must spell "gauger" with the "u" when the statutes referring to such employees of the internal revenue service are quoted. "Gager" won't do. Thus the so-called "simplified" spelling causes a multitude of complications. *** In the duchy of Saxe-Altenburg, in the German empire, the authorities have issued a circular to school teachers in which they are cautioned against many of the snakes of life, and dirting, in particular, is expressly forbidden. 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Whatever way be the virtues or shortcomings of the government ownership of railroads, the question is not likely to develop into a burning issue for a long time to come—if ever. From our rather limited range of vision, it seems to us that Gov. Folk, whose economic conservation is of the type that entitles him to a place in the "safe and sane" class, strikes the nail pretty squarely on the head when he expresses himself as opposed to government ownership, but as forming a more stringent government supervision. His position is not far from that of President Roosevelt, and is one that Mr. Bryan will probably be willing to give a fair trial. Says Gov. Folk: "If there were a Controller of Railroads appointed by the President subject to removal at pleasure, with absolute power to suspend directors or officials of Interstate railroads violating the law and to appoint receivers to take charge of the road until its operators could furnish sufficient guarantee of more responsible management, the result would be to remedy evils now existing in railroad affairs. In other words, give the Controller of railroads the power over railroads that the Federal Government now exercises through the Controller of the Currency over the national banks." To the Negro the idea of government ownership of the railroads has been held up in a most alluring light. It has been heralded as the doom of the "jim crow" car, the death-knell of every form of racial proscription in the Pullman sleepers and diners, and pictures of Negro engineers, firemen, conductors, train dispatchers and division superintendents, all under the civil service rules, have been held dazzlingly before our eager eyes, and many of us have thrown aside all consideration of the economic unsoundness or financial impracticability of the policy, and looked only to the harvest the race would reap from its adoption. These dreams may be realized—when government ownership comes; but that day is so far distant that we might as well wake up, and content ourselves with some plan that offers more immediate results. We might for instance more nearly exhaust the rich possibilities that lie in "individual ownership" of even smaller things than railroads. We might buy a home on a farm, embark in some profitable commercial enterprise, start a bank, or manufacture something the people want to buy; or, if there are those among us who are ambitious to gain a standing with the Hills, Goulds, Vanderbilts, and Harriman's of the railroad world, suppose they invest their funds in a few blocks of Louisville and Nashville "preferred," southern "common," or Seaboard "4 per cents," and see what a vital effect such a policy of "individual ownership" would have upon the solution of the race problem. A group of Negroes could acquire a goodly interest in any of the great railroads running through the South, sufficient to secure influential representation upon the board of directors there would come a crimp in the "jim crow" nonsense that all the race prejudice in the South would never be able to straighten out. This is not a dream or a vision—it is practical, and can be accomplished sooner than this country could be made to risk the scheme of government ownership. In the meantime, it is our opinion that the policy of government regulation and rigid supervision advocated by President Roosevelt and Gov. Folk, two of the ablest representatives of the great national parties, is the best thing In sight. We are not sure that broadly interpreted by a broad Interstate Commerce Commission, that the Negro would not be as firmly THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. guarenteed his full citizen rights as if the government itself actually assumed the ownership of the railroads. A stringent law forbidding discrimination on account of race or color, rigidly enforced by a strong supervising controller, would do all for the Negro that federal ownership would be likely to do. If a Controller of Railroads can be secured with the plenary power over the railroads that the controller of the currency has over the national banks, let us by all means chime in with the idea advanced by the Governor of Missouri. Perhaps he is building better than he knows. The Afro-American Council. The Afro-American Council. The National Afro-American Council has met and adjourned. It did its work nobly, and a spirit of harmony pervaded the entire proceedings that awakens new hope. The platform of principles rings true and speaks volumes in the heart of the Negro masses for "The cause." With our best foot foremost, and no bickering over petty office, no jealousies or undue thirst for personal aggrandizement, there is every reason to believe that effective work will be done for the race by this splendid organization. The officers are well chosen. They are without exception, seasoned men and experienced women, who know just what the situation calls for, and are willing to give their time and talents to the work in hand. The hour for speech making is over. The organization now must get down to serious business. The people of the country have faith in the Council. They have forced the "kickers" to the rear. They have contributed their means to the support of the organization, and are ready to contribute more. It is now up to the Council to give a good account of its stewardship. We believe it will live up to all reasonable expectations. MISS EDITH MADDEN, a talented young colored girl, was appointed a few days ago as a clerk in one of the sub stations of the Western Union Telegraph Compay in Chicago. A white girl, employed as chief operator in the office, notified the management that she would not work in the office with a colored girl, and tendered her resignation, which to her surprise and consternation, was promptly accepted. Her place was filled without difficulty, and everything is now moving along serenely. This sort of nerve and spirit of justice, exhibited by employers when the color question arises, would work wonders in the discipline of the majority of business establishments which are now controlled by the petty prejudices of inconsequential subordinates. The man who owns a business should be the sole judge as to who should do his work. Local militia cannot be trusted to protect anybody from a mob in any section of the country. In nine cases out of ten, the mob is recruited from the fathers, brothers, sons and cousins of the men behind the guns, and the latter know it. They will not do their sworn duty, under such circumstances, for "blood is thicker than water,"[and the ties of, kinship overcome their regard for the majesty of the law. We need the federal troops when real shooting is] to be done; we need men who have no intimate connection with the locality affected, and to whom all mobo- crats look allike. WE grant the contention of the Louisville Evening Post that some means ought to be devised to keep the loafing Negro in the "straight and narrow path," but we fall to see any reason why industrious, law-abiding and highly-respectable colored citizens may not feel at liberty to meet in orderly fashion and discuss ways and means of ridding themselves of the jim crow car—an institution the whites would not tolerate twenty-four hours, if they were asked to accept it, law or no law. THE police authorities recently discovered a secret organization of Ku Klux in Augusta, Georgia, and broke it up. Detectives found in a local job printing offices literature privately printed for the organization, and on further investigation found that a local tailoring establishment of high repute had made gowns and other regalia for the band. Are the hands of civilization being turned backwards to reconstruction days? It often requires more genuine courage to remain silent under a wrong than it does to cry out. To do the right thing at the right time is the essence of true valor, and it is the essence of common-sense. The prudent Negro preserveth himself for the battle, destroying himself not in the skirmish. A correspondent, writing from a Texas town, evinces his fidelity to the Roosevelt "simplified" spelling by sending us a letter addressed to "Mr. George L. Nox," etc, etc. Why not "Nox," if silent letters are to be eliminated as non-essential? We are more than pleased to see the race's invincible champions, Washington and Walters, so happily uniting their forces for the uplift of the race. The combination stands pre-eminately for worth, wisdom and work. THE noble red man is "makining it," in good shape in Oklahoma; why may not the black man take time by the forelock and get into the game while "colors" are in sty'e? Both black and red are classed as staples. THE promoters of the Ohio State Colored Educational and Industrial Exposition were so greatly encouraged over the success attending this year's effort that they will try it again, on a larger scale, in 1907. THE Western Press Association has decided to hold its next meeting at Topska, Kansas, in connection with the meeting of the National Negro business League in August. THE ballot is the corner-stone of citizenship. He who is denied the right to participate in the government under which he lives is not a citizen, but a subject of that government. BULLETIN from the Treasury Department, Washington, announces the promotion of Richard H. Nugent, District of Columbia, from $720 to $900; Shelby J. Davidson, Kentucky $1,200 to $1,400. The statue of Henry W. Grady, the apostle of the "New South," looked down upon the mob in the streets of Atlanta, and was unmoved -only because it was stone. "The CLANSMAN" doesn't belong to the right "clan" to be acceptable to the re-spectable people of the land. Don't look at the world through bule glasses, when rose-hued spectacles can be had for the same money. We hope the "Government at Washington still lives." And Mr. Bryan—he "didn't have nuthin' to say." General Correspondence. From Various Sections. Mrs. M. J. Lewis, of Howell, Mich. is visiting her son Edward and wife. The Collins Brothers were in the city Mon day evening.—GEO. ICH. Golf of Jackson was in the city Sunday.—The Old Maid's Convention was a great success Mrs. Brown, is president of the Association, Miss Tillie Adams, secretary, Miss Mattie Adams, treasurer.—Mrs David Price entertained Mrs. York Harrison, of Ypsilanti at supper Monday evening Mrs. Boyles is able to be out again.—Andrew J. Sawyer, Jr., who was elected prosecuting attorney two years ago and has proven himself a man of equal rights and square dealing is a candidate for a second term.—Dr Estel Berks, Claud Smith and Harry Thompson spent Sunday in Ypsilanti.—Miss Bertha Harris spent Sunday at Jackson.—The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Anderson, of Ypsilanti, died recently.—Quarile Harrison is quite ill. The new minister is much pleased with the people and also his new quarters. Mr. and Mrs F. S. Cunningham spent a very pleasant week on their vacation at James- ROCHESTER town, N. Y., the N. Y. guest of Mr and Mrs W. H. Darsen On the return home they were the guests of Judge Trodge at Mayfield. W. C. Cole and Miss Toone, of Little Rock, Ark, were married Tuesday of last week by the Rev. J. W Brown. There will be a Harvest Home Ball Sunday for the benefit of the A M. E Zion church, at the St. George's Hall. Every friend is invited to be present on this occasion and make a donation of some article of food or provisions of any kind and send the same to 108 aldena avenue. On the following Thursday evening these goods will be sold for the benefit of the building fund Rev, J. W Brown is pastor. Series of meetings are being held at St. John's A. M. E. church for the past two weeks and are EAST ST. LOUIS being well attended ILL. C G. M. Finney, of Springfield Ill. visited the Knights and Daughters of Tabor last week and was tendered a reception Friday night at St. John A. M. E. church.—There will be a mass meetin by the Baptist Ministerial and Deacon Alliance at Macedonia church Monday night to discuss ways and means of improving our race. Prominent ministers of St. Louis, Mo., and this city wl,l speak.—Mrs. Nannie Whiteside is the guest of relatives at Charleston, Mo.—Mrs. C. Cotton visited Lebanon, Ill. in the interest of the Mother's Circle last week. Mrs. Mary Dillard, Mich., who is the guest of her mother, has a very slok baby—Under the COLUMBIA direction of Miss M. TENN. E. Kelly, some of the best talent of the city presented an extravaganza at the St. Paul A M·E. church last week for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A.—J·W. Goodloe, formerly of this city but now residing in Nashville, was here last weeer. Peter B. Nelson, who is now in the employ of Peeler & Harris will go into business for himself at an early.—The big fire of last week put at least fifty men out of work—Early Johnson, agt. for The Freeman extend his thanks to his patrons and solitots their continued patronage. Grant Williams of the Tribune staff is visiting in the city of Richmond, Va. —Cherry Street Bap- PHILADELPHIA, tist will occupy their new edifice very soon. —Mrs. Rose, Morris deserves great credit in helping the building fund of Dr. Credit's church Mrs. Moore will make an extended trip through the South on account of her health.—The churches of the city are moving along nicely. Several of them are contemplating new buildings in the near future.—The city has its old appearance again, in the way of new faces that have appeared upon the streets since the closing of the sea-side resorts. THE CAUSE OF THE SCARCITY OF RAILWAY POSTAL CLERKS It is an undeniable fact that two out of every three appointments made in the South by the Civil Service Commission to the railway mail service are Negroes. During my short period in the service seven out of every ten sub-situates appointed were colored men unexperienced. I might say, green men are placed on heavy lines and expected to do the same work and do it as satisfactorily as clerks of long standing. They must do this work or they are told that there is nothing else for them to do. Colored men are put on daily duty, and are not given any time for study; hence, when they are called up for their examinations they fall and are dropped. Some, rather than undergo the humiliation of a removal, send in their resignations. Colored men are not wanted in the cars, and every advantage is taken of them in order to make their stay burdensome. White men who are not able to perform service and study to are laid off and given time to put up their examinations. If a colored clerk has any trouble in the cars with any of the white clerks there are three white clerks to one colored who go into collusion and swear that the colored man was to blame. White men with any backing or any resource whatever do not want the position. The "bosses" to an extent favor the white clerks in any undertaking. The service in the South is made up of the better class of Negroes who, if they were white, would seek higher and better employment. Civil service in the South has ceased to exist, and is pure and simple "boissism." The duty imposed and the consideration received by the colored man makes the service rather burdenome, and as long as this state of affairs exist there will be a scarcity of men. All men of any standing or ability whatever are trying to better their condition. L. D. (UNNINGHAM. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our heartfelt thanks to our many friends and Column bla Lodge Lodge K of P.. Drs. Ward, Brown, Furniss, Burris and Undertaker Willis for their kindness and great assistance rendered us during the illness and death of our dear one, Dr. D. H. Brown and for the many beautiful floral offerings seat. Mrs. Carrie Brown, wife; Samuel brown, father; Mrs Robt Ashby, sister SHORT FLIGHTS. (By R. W. Thompson.) Reuben Shepherd, of Washington, D. C., will be glad for the rest of his life if he can get back his kinky locks. Some white man sold him a bottle of a liquid which he was told would make his hair grow long and silky, and being tired of his "can't-you-don't you" hirsute appendage, he gave the stuff a trial. To make it work faster he mixed carbolic acid and oil of pepermint with the preparation. It was a horribly burned head and face and a hurry-up trip to the hospital for Reuben, and no longer did the craze for straight hair beset him. If his kinks will only come back again he will be forever satisfied to let well enough alone. * * * A great many high-sounding platitudes about free government and Profitable Employment ::- FOR YOU ::- do not mean business. I mean business and will gladly send to any person writing me for contract and full particulars. 3 breaking up class distinctions are heard these days upon the stump, but when pinned down to actual application the spellbinders are compelled to confess that they do not refer to the colored man. Free government, equality before the law and the abolition of class distinctions contemplate only the white man as a factor in the American scheme of government. The Negro is a subject class. * * * A Washingtonian was excused from jury service the other day on the confession that he was "not civilized." If persons impaneled for jury service down in Georgia, Alabama or Mississippi were equally frank, the judge might be compelled to try the bulk of his cases unassisted by that mighty bulwark of our free institutions. It might require a search warrant to round up "twelve men, good and true" and also "civilized." When Secretary Taft gets through with his efforts at pacification in Cuba he might find a fruitful field for his peace-making proclivities among the dreamers and doctrinaires in and about No. 3, Tremont Row, Boston. BISHOP WALTERS' ITINERARY BISHOP WALTERS' ITINERARY (CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE ) was James Whitcomb Riley's favorite bit of character painting, "Good-bye, Jim, Take Care of Yourself", and, being heartily enced, responded with the death scene from Shakespeare's "King John." Mr. Strange's work in this trying impersonation showed him to be a master of the histrionic art, and indicated deep study of the emotions that sway human conduct. The wish was freely expressed by the Institute that Mr. Strange could be surrounded by a competent aggregation of Negro players and make a tour of the country in a round of legitimate characters, including "Othello," "Richard III," "Ingomar," "Lanciatto," in "Francesca da Reinsins," "Hamlet" and "Macbeth," in all of which he would appear to marvous advantage and demonstrate the capacity of the race for the higher phaess of dramatic effort. Mr. Strange promised to arrange for a reading in Louisville at the close of the theatrical season. His welcome at the hands of our citizens will be a warm one. At the conclusion of the regular program pertinent remarks were made by Prof. J. R. L. Diggs, the new president of the State University; Mr. R. W. Thompson and Rev. H. W. Jameson. Dr. Booker T. Washington, accompanied by Secretaries Emmett J. Scott and Julius A. Cox, passed through the city Monday evening, en route from Frankfort, Ky., where Dr. Washington spoke during the day in commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the Kentucky State Normal and Industrial Institute, of which Prof. J. S. Hathaway is president. Dr. Washington's party has just been attending the New York meeting of the National Afro-American Council, and were journeying homeward to Tuskegee. The Ministerial Alliance has memorialized the city authorities, asking suppression of the low dives and gambling dens frequented by Negroes. These places, our ministers state, are breeding spots for criminals and vagrants of all kinds, and that their closing would improve the moral tone of the colored people of the community. The Negro must guard his good name, or the awful Atlanta episode may be repeated in the slums of Louisville. Mrs. W. J. Yerby, of Tennessee, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Edmonia Thomas. She has gone to Nashville to enter her children at Fisk University, and will herself take a course in French and German. In the spring she will sail for Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa, to join her husband, who is United States Consul at that point. A grand carnival will be held next week in the new building of the Y. M. C. A., 914 West Chestnut street, for the purpose of raising funds to furnish and equip the place. The carnival will open Tuesday evening and close Fril WANT for my Fall and Winter work the services of FIVE HUNDRED Deliable colored men and women living in towns having a population of two hundred more intelligent people an hour race who can soare an hour or two of their time a day taking orders for our goods and distributing our advertising matter. The work is easy and pleasant, and any honest person willing to work and follow my instructions can earn from $150 to $350 per day. We furnish you everything at our expense and give you an opportunity to clear from $25 to $100 per month without it costing you one cent to engage with us, besides you will have an opportunity to win one of the forty- three CASH PRIZES, the first prize being $60. We offer the opportunity to honest people in every State in the Union who are willing to work. We have no time for triflers or curiosity seekers who ness and will gladly send to any person luculars. -morrow you may forget. McPherson, P. O. Box 14, Dorchester, Virginia day evening. Booths of various kinds will be in charge of the ladies' committees, and it is hoped the attendance will be large and the patronage liberal. * * * Miss Nannie H. Burroughs is in Texas, in the interest of the Women's Auxiliary of the National Baptist Convention. * * * Miss Bessie L. Allen has been appointed a probation officer by Judge Wilson, of the Juvenile Court. * * * The A. M. E. pastors are attending Conference this week at Bowling Green. 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The Original Boomsky, e route wit the Adelalde Herman Company, was in the city a few days ago and a caller at the Freeman office. Mrs. Louise Kersands is quite ill and is in Dalas, Tex., with her friend Mrs. Stokes. This is the first time Mrs. Kersands has been away from the company since its organization. J. Ed. Green, director of amusement at the Pekin Theatre and his company took up a subscription for Murtel Ringgold, late of the Rufus Rastus Company. It was received with many thanks to Mr. Green. Muriel Ringgold, the original "Snowflake" of the Rufus Rastus Company is now at her home in New York City much improved in health and will probably be seen again behind the footlights in a few months. The Whitman Sisters and Willie Robinson are the hit of the bill at Poll's Theatre, Worcester, Mass. They play their seventh week on the circuit at Waterbury, Conn., commencing October 15. Regards to all friends. The Tompsons have closed at Shanley's Pleasure Garden, Memphis, Tenn., and this week they are entertaining at thet Royal Swells Club. Mr. Thompson is singing "Good Bye, Mr. Greenback," while his wife is entertaining with "Alamo." Will be at at liberty after Nov. 1. Would like to hear from Prof. P. G. Lowery. Regards to the profession. Allen's Minstrels are still in the West and are now heading for Texas, still making good. H. S. Smith is still making a big hit with his song, "I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way." J. H. Williams is singing the "Ragtime Boy" with great success. Dennis & Norton are doing the big act in the olio. Moore & Vaughn and Charles McKinzen, the boneless wonder, with his great tricks, are quite a success. Regards to friends. The P. G. Lowery [Enterprise] is about to complete their season with the Great Wallace Show. Grace Arnte ciced at Cartersville, Ga. Prof. Lowery ce'bared his birthday on the cars, October 11, with a highball party. The singers are holding their own. The band is up to the standard with the following members: Prof. P. G. Lowery, Thomas May, cornet; F. C. Richardson, clarinet; Janetole Nictor, alto and 1st, violin, H. B. Washington trombone; James B. Hall, baritone; Jno. W. Carson and Witten Viney, drums. HARRY WILSON BILLY A. NITE. Now En Route with P. G. Lowery's Show No matter what your part may be, Nor what's played by the rest, The man that plays successfully, Is he who acts his best. THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER TO THE PROFESSION - Actors and actresses send me your latest photo today! Address Elwood C, Knox Man'gr The Freeman, Indianapolis Williams and Walker in Abyssinia. No show or recent years has been more eagerly anticipated than was the Williams & Walker combination, "Abyssinia." The reputation made by these people, long since, had spread far and wide, east and west and even abroad. However, in justice to other shows, it should be said that this violency had seen them. "The Smart Set," with its Dudley and Marlon Smart, came every year, "Rufus Rastus" with its Horgan and Carita Day, Abbie Mitchell. BERT V BREST WILLIAMS Troy and Frank Brown had been with us, and also "Black Patti" and her set, but no Williams & Walker. Finally, Indianapo is has been favored by that notable aggregation—the very top notchers according to many. Excellent houses greeted "Abyssinia;" appreciation was shown from curtain to curtain. It says that the show lived up to its reputation and a little more, also according to many. As an entirety the presentation White 4. V. 34 was superb. The scenery was gorgeous but appropriate, representing an oriental country as it did. The singing was featured, judging by its excellence; it was sandwiched in everywhere, was of all descriptions—recitative, oratario, choral, chorus where the company as a whole particularly shone. No great soloists in the bunch or better all good soloists, but doing chorus work in the main. Fine voices were heard in the ensemble that kept their individuality among the roar of bassos deep and the prima donna's thrilling tones. The opening chorus would have served as a bit of a great music festival bewilderment would have delighted Wagner himself. better, be the fitter stage. Be select The play but few the stars particular as "Worde decided Menelliky piece fine draft of the place in actor. O'er" play --- The scenes were laid in Abyssinia, where a party of United States Negroes are traveling, headed by one "Rastus Johnson" who had struck the Louisiana lottery for a small fortune and which he proceeds to blow in, by "doing" the world. "Rastus Johnson" is George Walker. His close friend on the trip is "Jasamine Jenkins" who has nothing but his society, the character taken by Bert A. Williams, "Rastus Johnson" is the money bags and foots the bills. The play is fairly deftened, there are many amusing features suggested and brought about in the progress of the play and are dependent on it. The individual abilities of the two comedians are not readily judged since the situations brought about afford amusement and fairly take care of themselves, that is, the situations, Walker is apparently more versatile of the two and does some excellent work that fixes him an artist. Boh of them have studied the art of not giving too much. In fact Wil lams does much of his better work by gesture, glance, sigh and incidental expressions which stamp him an actor of the legitimate school. He is a man of parts—Intellectual; he "mixes his brains with his paint." Either are very WILLIAMS BERT WILLIAMS with us, but no favored very top excellent excitation in it. reput- ding to entation clever men, in stage parlance and gentle- men when in society—learned and cultiva- ted. Alda Overton Walker is a prize. Too much will not be said of her qualities. She it appears, is at least, one plea for the existence of the stage. Her carriage, her grace, her figure as a whole, her limbs in particular have a right to be seen and admired, if the same can be said of a piece of art in marble. She sigs well, no dance better, beautiful In speech—without doubt the fittest colored woman living for the stage. In a carnival for grace she would be selected as queen. The play is so arranged that there are but few conspicuous parts, beyond those of the stars. The minor parts, as noted were particularly well rendered. George Catlin as "Wong Foo," a Chinese cook made a decided hit. Catlin is a comedian. "King Menelik" by R. Henri Strange was a pretty piece of business, showing clearly his fine dramatic ability. The intense anger of the King displayed was worthy of a place in a drama, the dream of the Negro actor. Charles H. Moore as "Elder Fowler" played his part well, as also, Hattie --- McIntosh, who took the part of "Aunt Callie Parker," who gets very homesick and sings a telling "Ode" to America, her far away home, more particularly Kansas. The Oriental hue gave excellent opportunity for the scores of beautiful colored girls who needed but little making up to appear as the native born. The market place scene scenes afforded a bit of the customs of the country, and where "Ras" and "jas" ran amuck, succeeding in get- GEORGE 1 GEORGE WALKER GEORGE WALKER ting in the toils. Some pretty work was done by the flower girls and othet that added to the "Gaiety of the nation." Among those were the Misses Minnie C. Brown, Bessie R. Palne, Daisy Tapley, Ada Gulgesse, L. Brown, E. Brady Rodgers, Vaughn, Ellis Clark, Day, Meredith, Martin Bush and others. The execution of military movement by Menelik's soldiers was greeted by well-earned applause. W. C. Elkins deserves great praise as director of the choral music and choruses. The show was particularly clean and tull of pleasing surprises from start to finish. It was another evidence of the progress of the Negro actor. There were indications of fetters still, that hold the Negroes to certain lines and groves. ```markdown ``` O AIRA OVERTON WALKER but there were further evidences of the great strides made and which perhaps is best exemplified by this show. All of which was best histrionically among the race was noted and which spoke in certain tones of the abilities and capacities in every direction and also of the brilliant future for the race along esthetic lines, the arts. It stands to reason-art—the best, is the result of sufferings of pain and which in the nature of things are the chief assets of the race. The beautiful operetta were so, because of the passion voices. The tremolo bassos owed to imprisoned souls and spoke their language, it was a great show. PENCIL. She has well mode rectly and a gift, no is the idle Reid, the just spoil confidence in American work and There holds you with her bright eye gourgeous string your lina her songs 'This bea Where ev "THE ABYSSINIA MAIDS." The first appearance in this city of Williams and Walker's latest musical creation, "In Abyssinla," introduced in this city a bevy of women aspiring for fame and earning a living behind the footlights, singing and dancing themselves into the favor of the audience and winning their way into the hearts and respect of the general public by their ladylike behavior. While the stage, as far as men are concerned, is lending much to the solution of the troublesome race problem, the women of the profession are also ```markdown ``` By Dorothy. in the upward march by raising the standard of that womanhood that has chosen the stage as a means of service to humanity, and the women of "In Abyssinia" are doing well their part. While there were a number of unmarried women in this company, the married contingent was very noticeable. It is apparent that the married women have "the best of it" only in the fact that they have some one that is pledged to look after them "for better or for worse," and the young ladies WALKER learn a lesson of self dependence, and at the same time showing how a woman can demand and hold the respect of men with whom she is thrown in daily contact without a legal protector. The star of the women stars is Aida Overton Walker, who is known in the cast as Miram. Every one who has witnessed the production knows that this young woman is the personification of grace, strengthened with rare talent. The same is true of her personally. Every movement, whether to put on a bit of powder or fasten a stubborn hook and eye, is grace itself. In the analysis of features, Mrs. Walker is not a beautiful woman, her features perhaps would not do for an artist's model, but she has that beauty of face that belongs to one whose work is a part of them, who studies and works with the fire of ambition. N WALKER. She has a gentle, refined manner, a well modulated voice that speaks correctly and is a born dancer, which is a gift, not even an inheritance. She is the idolized and only child of Mrs. Reid, the wardrobe mistress, and is just spoiled enough to have sufficient confidence in her ability. Her success in America and abroad is due to hard work and not by any special favor. There is a charm about her that holds you, and as you look at her, with her pretty smile and her big, bright eyes, as she arranges the gorgeous string of beads, there comes to your imagination the chorus of one of her songs: "This beautiful island of By-and-By Where everything delights the eve. Want Musician and Per to enlarge FRANK MAHARA FRANK MAHARA, care to enlarge FRANK MAHARA'S MINSTRELS. Address FRANK MAHARA, care CUHTES THEATER. Denver, Color do. Week of October 22, 1806. Nice mild sunshine every day, Full moon shining ev'ry night they say, Flowers all nodding as you pass by, Bidding you welcome with a happy sigh. Old toil and care can't live over there On the isle of By-and-By— On the isle of By-and-By." Mrs. Lottie Williams, who appears as Miss Primley, is a pretty woman and a favorite with everybody and impresses you as a woman that can and will make many sacrifices for the happiness of others. She likes her work and has traveled for a number of years. She and Mrs. Walker are devoted to each other. For seven years they have been constantly together, having been married the same length of time. Mrs. Williams has no mother living, but her friends and husband make up the love and petting that the mother would have bestowed. Mrs. Williams is a well informed woman and takes a general interest in current events. Mrs. Hattie McIntosh ("Aunt Sallie Parker") is the widow of Tom McIntosh, the comedian, who died a few years ago. She prefers the profession and has traveled with companies for some years, and was successful in vaudeville with her husband. She is a very pleasant woman, but not frivolous, for she has plenty of good common sense. Minnie Brown, the young woman who leads the chorus of the flower girls, is a thorough westerner. She is a native of Spokane, Wash., and her engagement this season and a part of last season with this company is her first time away from home. She has the characteristics of western people to do their best in whatever they make up their mind to do and make a success. She is a hard worker and hopes to make a mark in the professional curriculum. Ada Guigesse, Misses Rogers, Vaughn, Ellis, Day, Payne, Tapley, L. Brown, E. Brady, B. Brady, Clark, Meredith, Martin, Bush and Maggie Davis make up the rest of the women of the show, whose dispositions and temperaments are of the pleasant kind and work for the best. And so the women of this particular aggregation form a part of the great army of limelight workers, giving to the theatergoing public the result of hard toll and sacrifice, and the public gives to them financial support, and more, too, the proof of the old adage, "Give the best you have and the best will come back to you." For the most severe are coming into the knowledge that when the individual merits a place among the worthy that it must be given. The women who are so apt to sit in judgment without knowledge are coming into the truth as it is, and if the women of the profession fail to amuse, they are doing much if they do no more than broaden the minds and make the hearts more kind of their sisters whose talent is in a different direction by their loyalty to what is of benefit to themselves and others. And to these women, in the language of Abyssinia, "Salaam Allah" (May the peace of God be upon you). THE FAMOUS F. L. MAHARA'S MINSTRELS. The famous F. L. Mahara's Minstrels are working smooth and pleasing both the management and the public. F. L. Mahara, our manager and owner, is resting with ease and well satisfied. Bland and Frye in their Zulu travesty, entitled, "A Dream of Dahomey," are still making a favorable impression and their new song, "In Hindoo Canoe," by Shepherd Edmonds, is a winner. The show is playing its last stand in Utah and its annual tour through Colorado. Every member of the company seems to be well pleased with their stage manager, R. E. Shaw, who took the pace of Skinner Harris, the world's wonder comedian, who closed at Ogden, Utah, having secured vaudeville dates. 1. "Me and the Minstrel Band"... Ed. Frye 2. "She Waits by the Deep Blue Sea," "Way Down East," "Starlight"... Arthur Moss 3. "The Man with the Jingler is the Man for Me"... Marie Bostwick 4. "I'm Just Barely Living, That's All"... R. E. Shaw 5. The Verna Quartette in musical selections. 6. "On Your Way, Babe," "What's the Use Knocking When a Man Is Down?" ..... Jas, Harris 7. North American Indian charac- Jas. Harris, trombone virtuoso. John Pamplin, the world's greatest colored juggler. Good night. THE STAGE. By "WOODBINE." BY DOROTHY In order that he might keep the young men of his company in touch with each other during the summer months and also to furnish them employment, George Walker organized the Williams & Walker Glee Club at the close of the season in the summer of 1905. The members were taken from the male chorus and are graduates of the best music schools. At that time the following composed the club: William C. Elkins, director; J. L Hill, Henri Green Tapley, Sterling C. Rex, Charles Henry Young, Charles Henry Moore, Charles Lincoln, Theodore Lawrence Pankey, James Escort Lightfoot, J. Mantell Thomas, Adolph Manuel Henderson, Arthur H. Payne, Lloyd G. Gibbs, Lewis Henry Saulsbury, and Modeste Bee G巩illaume. Some few changes have been made. In August, 1905, this club visited Dr. and Mrs. Washington at their summer home at South Weymouth, Mass., near Boston, and their presence was highly appreciated by the great educator. The club has appeared in vaudeville with much success and has been a headliner over Caucasian artists of note and have therefore proved themselves to be one of the best choirs seen in this line for many years. Their repertoire consists of both popular and classical musical numbers, which are received enthusiastically by THE BLACK PATTI TROUBADOURS We are now in Texas and doing fine business, turning them away at nearly every performance. The show opens with a one-act comedy, entitled, "A A. H. W. C. ELKINS Director of Vocal Music and Manager of the Glee Club. Royal Coon," with John Jolly Larkins in the comedy role, and he keeps them screaming from start to finish. The papers say he is the funniest man alive and as a comedian he is incom- GREEN HENRI TAPLEY Prominent Character in the Cast. parable. Larkins is supported by Al. F. Watts, our stage manager, who is also a great favorite with the public, as well as of the company. Regards to all friends of the profession. * * * Boone sends regards to the Howards of C. W. Tyler's Minstrels. * * * James A. Lillard is also better and will take his place in the performance in a few days. * * * Watts and Gautt, eccentric comedians and conversationalists, are also doing some excellent work. * * * Mr. H. D. Collins, advance agent for the Dixie Minstrel Company, is also visiting our show for a few days. Montrose Douglass is a wonder in his daring bicycle act and is winning many laurels. Just see him some time. * * * Our advance agent, Mr. Morrow, is visiting the show for a few days and his stay is being made very pleasant. * * * Lizzie Wallace, in a "Coon of Pedigree," is a sure encore. Al. F. Watts in his "Dixie Boy" song and drill is a very commendable feature. the public everywhere, and the absence of rag-time is quite a surprise, while their version of high class music is enviable. The conductor, William C. Elkins, is a trained musician, who has studied in New York and London, and the success of the club is due to his superior knowledge of this art and his ability to bring out the talent of the young men of the chorus. It has always been conceded to the Negro that he can sing. He is blessed with this marvelous gift and with training he is wonderful. There is that quality in their voices that appeals to the hearts of the kind and to the minds of the more critical. A commendable trait of the men who form his chorus and entertain so splendidly audiences everywhere, is the high regard they have for women and their appreciation of goodness. They have high ideals and are striving to live up to them. The press has been generous to them, not in a flattering way, but giving the plain facts about the artists. It was the purpose of Mr. Walker also when he organized this chorus to further and advance the art of music among his race, not only the acquisition of money and fame, but to develop them along artistic lines. And the result has been the fulfillment of the lofty purpose and the promoters are well pleased. [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie]. CHARLES H. MOORE Assistant Stage Manager in "Abyssinia." Our company visited the Sells & Photo shows at San Antonio last week and spent a very enjoyable day drinking red lemonade and feeding the monkeys. * * * Cluno & Cassells, the acrobatic and singing team, always receive their [Picture of a man in a suit and bow tie]. share of the aplause, as it is an unusual occurrence to see Negroes doing their line of work. * * * Larkins makes his initial appear- PETER H. ance in "A Royal Coon" and later on in the olio when he sings "Wouldn't That Be a Dream?" he proves himself the real mirth provoker that he is. * * * Wm. Pinnell, who has been ill for some time with malaria, was placed in the hospital at Dallas, Tex., by age to be helped rather than left in a low, filthy, Southern jail. * * * We close with fifteen minutes of opera, taken from the "Chimes of Normandy," of "Bells of Conners- tious laugh, met at Chicago, who for him that Pet rears for sleep. * Our company M. B. S. ARTHUR H. PAYNE Prominent Character in the Cast. our manager, Mr. Voelckel, and no pains will be spared for his care and comfort. * * * * Our chorus is excellent and the music spicy. Madam Patti continues to charm the multitude of admirers who swarm the theaters to worship at her "shrine of song." The papers claim [Picture of a man in a suit]. J. E. LIGHTFOOT Prominent Factor in "Abyssinia." her to be in better voice than heretofore. * * * Will A. Cook, who for the past several years has been a member of the Black Patti Company, will bid show life adieu and leave for his home in Indianapolis. There will be many tears shed by certain people when he leaves. * * * John C. Boone sings "Dear Old Georgia," supported by the Trouba- [Picture of a man in a suit and bow tie]. JAMES VAUGHN. Director of the Orchestra. dour Quartette. J. P. Reid, W. A. Cook, Chas. Brugas, J. C. Borne, and as one of their many encores they sing Dunbar's favorite poem, "Po' Little Lamb," and should you ask if they do [Name] CHARLES G LP.N Prominent Figure in "Abyssinia." it justice—just refer to some of the numerous newspaper clippings. * * * Charles Bryce, a sixteen-year-old lad, and member of the Cole & Johnson show, was imprisoned in Ft. Worth, and left there by the company. Several members of the Patti show made up a contribution and paid his fine and released him, as we found him to be a smart and intelligent boy and at an age to be helped rather than left in a low, filth, Southern jail. * * * * We close with fifteen minutes of opera, taken from the "Chimes of Normandy," of "Bells of Connerville," by Plaquette, a condensed version of the second act, "The Chateau Scene." The characters are: Henri, Marquis of Connville. ..... John C. Boone, Baritone Jean Granicheux. Chas. Brugia, Tenor Gaspard, a Miser. .. Al. F. Watts Jeanne..... Marie Lacals Surpelet. Jeannette Murphy The Baillie. John Larkins Germaine, the Lost Marchioness. ... Black Patti (Sisseretta Jones) Soldiers, sailors and villagers... ..... Company THE FAMOUS BILLY KERSANDS MINSTREL The old ship is still moving, slow but sure. Never before has this agg- gregation met with such success as it is having this season pleasing every- body. Billy Kersands, the king of col- ored minstrels, is still astounding the audiences with his witty, original and joculating monologue. Some say he is a prince, others say he is a wonder, but after all it will be admitted that he is the champion. Alonzo Moore (the Black Herman) is still leaving the people after him to wonder about his marvelous work. The old reliable trick bicyclist, Arthur Maxwell, is doing business in the same old way, doing tricks on an ordinary street bicycle that seem almost miracles. There is but one Maxwell. Juggling Johnson has by his wonderful tricks with the hoops won for himself the title of "The Hoop King." He is receiving the compliments of all, both white and colored. His work is perfect in every form and all show-going people say it is the best ever presented to the public. Prof. Lacy's band is yet furnishing the sweetest strains of music ever heard in Dixie. We have, without a doubt, the best minstrel band on the road. Our band is pleasing the public with many of Jas. H. Wilson's compositions. He has proved himself a composer and arranger beyond the ordinary. Our orchestra is all that can be expected. Prof. Lacy is also the leader of the orchestra and he has proven himself a leader indeed. Prof. Lacy possesses a quality for leadership, that but few men possess The Alabama quartette is the talk of everybody. They never leave the stage without an encore. They are striking the country like a tornado with their late song success, "Napinee." W. Henry Bowerman, our silver-tongued tenor singer, is making a hit everywhere with his sweet and soothing ballad, "Mangurie." Jakie Smith is singing with great success the "Pilot." Little Jakie is without doubt the greatest bass boy soloist in the business. J. Louis Johnson, our very mellow baritone singer, is showing to the public that there are but few baritone singers beside himself. Prof. Lacy and band were very proud to welcome the three slide trombones manufactured by his friend, M. E. O. Henschel, especially for his band. They are played by Messrs. Chas. F. Crossing, Calvin Miller and Walter A. Law. They have proven to be all that can be expected of a trombone. The members of the Kersands show regret very much to announce the loss of our true and staunch friend, Jakie Smith, who was bereaved of his brother, Isaac Smith, a few days ago. Mr. Isaac Smith leaves a mother, a brother and sister to survive him. We've lately organized a debating society, to which belong many earnest workers. Our next topic is, "In What Way Can We Better Ourselves as a Race?" Regards to all friends. RUFUS RASTUS NOTES. Will Able's many friends in this company send best regards. Jimmie Worles has acquired the title of "Light-hearted Strut." Miss Laura Moss wants to hear from Mr. Thos. Christopher, of Cleveland, O. Miss Georgia Mickey Harvey is suffering from a badly swollen face, due to neuralgia. William Tyler has closed and accepted a position with Joe Jordan's Pekin Orchestra at Chicago. Jolly John Leubrie Hill has written a new march which he has dedicated to himself. Title, "The Pork Chop King." Mrs. Cynthia Stewart, of Peru, Ind., was royally entertained by her grand-daughter, Miss Anita Wilkins, last week. A daily question with Miss Loretta Turner is, "How far is it to New York, and how long will it be before we get there?" Harry Troy, America's foremost ballad reader, is suffering with a severe cold, but has lost none of his applause-earning energy. Isn't it about time Brother Sylvester Russell was coming to the surface with some more timely hints and wholesome advice? When we were at Cincinnati, the former home of the Housley Brothers and John Hill, the way those four got around was a caution. Speaking of alteration—Mitchell, Moss, Mickey and Mackey—how would that look on a three-sheet for a vocal and instrumental quartette? Charles Base Foster was a mighty happy man during our sojourn in Chicago, and from all reports will in a few weeks be "Happy, happy, happy." Billy Moore does not claim to know so much about asphalt, concrete or cement, but can talk more "Pitch" than any member of the show. Harry Fidler has played "Hugo, the porter," so much that it comes second nature to him to grab anybody's old valise and carry it to the station when making trains. Pete Staples, the man with the infec- THE DANDY DIXIE Minstrels AND COTTON PICKERS' BAND UNDER DIRECTION VOELCKEL & NOLAN 126 West 44th Street, New York City, N. Y Best Real Negro Minstrel Show in the World; Bar None. WANTED at all times HIGH CLASS Minstrels, Musicians, Singers, Dancers, Comedians and Specialty Acts. Gentlemen Only Need Apply. WANTED for MAHARA'S MINSTRELS Alto and Cornet To Double Stage. A First Class Comedy and SONG and DANCE TEAM. Also a SOUBRETTE for DAMON'S MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY. Send photo and address W. A. MAHARA, 160 S. Clark Street, Chicago, IL. WANTED---A No. 1 SOBER COLORED BASS SINGER and CAKE-WALKER. A long engagement to the right party. Answer as per route or permanent address, Little Sloux, Iowa. W. G. DICKEY, Manager Terry's Uncle Tom's Cabin Company. WANTED--At once for Budweiser Theater OR CHESTRA First Class Clarionet Player Will Send Ticket. Theater OPEN The Entire Year Finest in the South R. S. Donaldson, Bubweiser Theater, Tampa, Fla. Wanted at all Times First-Class and Up-to-date ...ARTISTS... and a TEAM that can Double and Change often. State all in first letter and send photo, which will be returned. Address TROS. WILLIAMS, San Isidro 24, Havana, Cuba. Coming Soon to Your City The greatest Negro enterprise travel ing My two shows, A Rabbit's tious laugh, met many bosom friends at Chicago, who made it so pleasant for him that Pete is three weeks in arrears for sleep. Our company were the guests of Col. R. T. Mott last Thursday and witnessed a highly creditable performance of J. Ed. Green's Stock Company in "My Cousin's Wife." Judging from the amount of matter R. W. Thompson turns out weekly, one would come to the conclusion that he "works while you sleep." This is not a Cascaret joke. Arthur Abraham Jones Hogan, of Kansas City, Mo., was the indirect cause of "Uncle Rube" injuring his right hand while "skylarking" on the train between Columbus and Cincinnati Sunday morning. Harry, Allie and Laura Gillam have joined hands, and the act when completed will be known as "The Gillams." The turn calls for four people. We see only three, but will look to Harry for the fourth. SMART SET NOTES Mrs. Mazy Montgomery is very ill but we hope for her speedy recovery. * * * * The jockey girls, Emma Baynard, Daisy Brynm, Sarah Venable and Mazy Montgomery send love to all friends. * * * * Tim Brynm has written another hit in his "Lady Lindy." It is sung by Sarah Venable and chorus to several encores nightly. * * * * The male octetite is still a strong feature with the show. Their work is uniform and singing excellent. It is composed of the following: First and second tenors, Wm. Baynard, Geo. Day, Wm. Ramsey, Jube Johnson; basses, Matt Johnson, Geo. McClain, Robert Williams, Frank Montgomery. * * * * Despite the inclementy of the weather the attendance in Cleveland this time has far surpassed any other visit to the Forest City. The Cleveland Clipper says: "When colored people get on the stage there is always much doing. There is a whole stage full of tanned brethren at the Cleveland this week. The "Smart Set," we hasten to say, is the very best production of its kind showing today. The play revels in characteristic African pastimes—dancing, cake-walking, flashy colors in dress and syncopated melodies. The songs are good and the singers better. The dancers are decidedly warm and the hoe-downs put a volt or two of enthusiasm into the blood of the audience. The horse-racing atmosphere shows the colored performers in their element, and everybody has both hands full of money. Honest and true, there THE DIXIE MIN AND COTTON PICK UNDER DIRECTION VOELCH 126 West 44th Street, Best Real Negro M World; E WANTED at all times HI Singers, Dancers, Comedians Gentlemen Only WANTED for MAH Alto and Cornet SONG and DAY Also a SOUR DAMON'S MUSICAL Send photo and address W WANTED---A No. 1 SO SINGER A long engagement to the right party. A Little Sioux, Iowa. W. Manage WANTED--At once for Budweiser Theater ORCHESTRA First Class Clarionet Player Will Send Ticket. Theater OPEN The Entire Year Finest in the South R. S. Donaldson, Bubwelser Theater, Tampa, Fla. NOTICE! NOTICE HALFTONE PICTURES In the reading pages of THE FREEMAN will be inserted at these prices: Single Column - $3.00 Double Column - $5.00 are many good, wholesome laughs in this extravagant extravaganza, and S. H. Dudley, with his inimitable comedy, is responsible for most of whom His fun is infectious and wholly irresistible. The performers seem to enjoy their work so much that the most wooden stick in the audience must bend a little in the enjoyment of the celebration." The Smart Set has added another member—Chamis O'Brien, a full blooded donkey, possessing all the attributes and qualifications peculiar to its breed. Just what Mr. Dudley was to do with Chamis was not clearly defined. He is not much for clearly, but is conspicuous for the liberality in length of ears and the flexibility in which he can uppercut with his hind feet would turn Joe Gans green with envy. Tim Bryum tried his voice and pronounced it a wonder, even for a donkey. Chamis missed his cue the first performance and started to sing at the wrong time. It was necessary to lead Chamis out in the alley before the performance could continue. Mr. Dudley and Chamis have become fast friends. It is one of the most laughable spots in a truly laughable show when Dudley brings him on the stage and upbraids him for not appreciating good treatment. "I took you out of the street," says Dudley, "and put you in the stall with my race loss, Ginny. You had hay to eat and straw to lie on. How did you 'preciate it by tryin' to kick the stalls off of Ginny. If she loses dis race you're gwine to lose yo' life," but eventually they adjust matters, shake hands, kiss and make up. The Afro-American Musical Association of Pittsburg, Pa., held its first grand musicale recital September 27 at the Turner Hall. Among the talent presented was the Eureka Quartet composed of R. W. Jenkins, Johnson, Coleman and Gordon; Mrs. Fannie Jackson, soloist; White and Butler, Moody and James, comedians; Miss Mamie Banks, the elocutionist; Mrs. Susie Manuels, accompanist, assisted by Billy Bradley and Jones' orchestra. The affair was a decided success, both from an artistic and financial standpoint. E. B. Robinson, J. T. Williams and C. A. Howard were the committee on arrangements. A curious version of "Faus" is being played to packed houses at Tokio. The adaptation of Goethe's tragedy is in Japanese and represents Marguerite, as in the original, be trapped and abandoned and killing her child, but the denouement is totally different. She is pardoned by the Japanese courts and marries an army of ficer, who has distinguished himself in fighting against the Russians in Manchuria. ANDY Minstrels' AND MINKERS' BAND MIXEL & NOLAN New York City, N. Y Minstrel Show in the Bar None. IGH CLASS Minstrels, Musicians, and Specialty Acts. Need Apply. ARA'S MINSTRELS To Double Stage. 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Bar-Keeper's Friend Metal Polish AN INFALLIBLE UP-TO-DATE ARTICLE CARD BY MORE PEOPLE TIM MILLOTHER METAL POLISHES DONATED IN THE WORLD OF SPORT BY JOHN L. FOOTSLUG. den's presidency for more than thirty years, of the organization of the various departments, and, as a fitting climax, which received round after round of applause, advocated the erection of a monument to the memory of Walden's first president, who gave the better portion of his life for the education of the Negro in the South—Dr. John Braden. Dr. G. W. Hubbard, Dean of the Me- harry Medical College, the Nevada refuses to be counted out of the fighting game, another place suitable for a ring has been discovered. Lo. Ange's fight promoters have hopes of striking pay dirt in searching one of the boom towns in the desert state. It proceed to bring Jack O'Brien and Tommy Burns together there some time in December or if this falls through Joe Gans and Jimmy Britt. They are already taking of purses of $20,000 to $30,000 and this should make Goldfield and Manhattan sit up and take notice. While these night blooming matches are being arranged Joe Gans and Battling Nelson who carried as much gold JOE GANS. as the best of them out of Nevada, are still raking in the shapels without hurting anyone's feelings. Nothing has been accomplished looking toward a return match between this pair until the last two or three days when Noian made a bluff talk through the columns of the Indianapolis Star. But with all his talk it does not look as though that they will get together before the coming of next spring. Money is coming in too big a bunches at present to make either anxious to exchange wallpops. Of course the fierce debates between Gans and Nelson are still getting warmer and show no disposition to subside. One of the starethings about the boxing game is the fact that hardly a single man has come to the front and offered to help James J. Jeffries re-enter the ring. This is one of the oddest situations known to the sport. Of course there has been challenges from medicore men, but not one real bond fide offer from anyone who can be classed any where near the top. In the past whenever a new champion in the heavyweight division has come to the front, fighters have been sleeping on his doorsteps until a match had been arranged. These days it seems to be the fashion to visit Jeffries, sits him up, shake hands with him and then assert that they are willing to meet any man in the world, barring the boiler-maker. Jack O'Brien who has made a few claims during his fighting career, modestly disclaims any ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION LARGE AUDIENCE WITNESSED THE EXERCISES. Fortieth Anniversary of Walden University and Thirtieth of the Meharry Medical College-Addresses by Prominent Men. Nashville, Tenn., October 1.—An audience that completely filled the spacious Meharry auditorium Saturday afternoon, September 29th, witnessed the exercises commemorating the fortyth anniversary of Walden University and the thirtieth anniversary of the Meharry Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Colleges. In the faces of the vast audience of Negroes assembled one could detect unmistakably the signs of the forty years of educational work among the race in the intelligence, dignity and refinement displayed, as well as in the rapt attention paid all the speakers. While all the speakers were listened to with the closest attention, perhaps the most interesting address of the day was that delivered by the venerable Bishop John M. Walden, of Cincinnati, after whom the University is named, and to whose efforts perhaps more than to those of any other man the school owes its existence and its present prosperity. The exercises were opened by prayer by the Rev. E. W. S. Hammond, one of the best known Negroes in the Methodist Episcopal church, and who for years has been the Dean of the Theological Department of the University. He was followed by Dr. John A. Kumler, desire of wanting to meet Jeff. No, not for Jack. The Philadelphia meet the champion the other day at Los Angeles, took a view of Jeff's bulk and decided that heavyweight honors are not for him, if the "farmer" pugilist is be taken into account. Of course Jack Johnson is the only willing man. Jack would undonbtdtl. jump at the chance of winning an opportunity to "clean" Jeffries, and there is not the least doubt that Big Jack would be successful in beating the boiler-maker clear out of the ring. There are others in the limelight but the boxing fans have made up their mind that Johnson is the only man for Jeffries. There is Tommy Burus always willing to mix up; also Marvin Hart and even Mike Scherok and Jack Root, but it would be a waste of time to put any one of these against Jeff. There are a number of "morning glories" of various hues, but Jack Johnson is the only one that would make a mouthful for the "champ" With only three men in college, Williamson, Carr and Thompson and as this year's freshmen cannot try for positions on the track team, owing to the new rule which makes it necessary for a man to have a credit for a full year's work before he can participate in the events. Prospects for a successful 1906 track team for the college at Bloomington, Indiana are not very brilliant. There is one sure point winner in the aggregation and that is George Thompson the colored athlete, who holds the State record in the quarter mill "Bose" Williamson will have to take care of the long-distance run "Sis" Malott, the former Shortridge High School runner, is eligible for the team and promises to make good in the quarter and half-mile. Aside from these four men the good material is excceedingly source. There are only two men eligible for the captaincy—Williamson and Thompson—and the question immediately arises, "Will Indiana obsoa a Negro to lead her on the track?" Thompson is the older man of the two, and if his color does not count against him he will be elected captain. Talking about Jack O'Brien it seems as if the match with Sam Berger is going to fall through after all. Jack insists on conditions which call for clean breaks and this Berger is not willing to concede. In the meantime Jack is making matches, hay on his alfalfa ranch, and I suppose is getting some of the coin of the realm. Also while Jack is howling over third raters Bill Squires who is suppose to be the best they have in Australia, is threatening to hunt up Jack in his own lair. He has sent word that he is coming to this country to keep step with O'Brien in the ring if the Philadelphia defuses to cross the sea. This should at least be an interesting match even if it didn't figure much in a championship sense. Squires is said to be shifty, alarms: as fast as O'Brien but he will have to step some to keep up with the eastern scraper. When you hear of Marvin Hart whipping anybody, the victim will be some poor fellow who cannot fight. Hart is the monumental bluffer of the times. president of the University, who briefly outlined the purpose of the exercises and told of the growth of the school and its early history. Dr. Kumler then introduced Bishop Walden, who was greeted with applause as he arose and frequently interrupted with applause during the course of his address. Bishop Walden's address dealt almost wholly with the foundation and early history of the school. In the beginning he asked his audience to pardon him if he referred to himself a great deal, as he had been so intimately connected with the history of the school that it would be impossible to relate its history and not frequently mention himself in connection. He stated that immediately after the civil war he became secretary of the Freedman's Bureau, and this position, added to a natural liking for the work, caused him to become interested in the education of the Negro. In August, 1866, he made a trip to Nashville to look over the Southern field, with a view of establishing schools, and while here met General Fisk, then in command of the Union army in this district. General Fisk offered the bureau certain buildings in the city for school purposes, which had been used for hospital purposes, if the bureau would purchase the ground on which they were located. Bishop Walden returned to Cincinnati and laid the proposition before the board, but as there was no money in the treasury the board was about to decline the offer, when the Bishop prevailed upon the members to permit him to borrow and otherwise raise the $5,000 necessary to enable the bureau to accept the proposition offered by General Fisk. Being successful in raising this money, Bishop Walden returned to Nashville and purchased the ground and a building which had been erected by the Confederates to be used as a gun factory. More history was told by Bishop Walden of Dr. John Bra- den's presidency for more than thirty years, of the organization of the various departments, and, as a fitting climax, which received round after round of applause, advocated the erection of a monument to the memory of Walden's first president, who gave the better portion of his life for the education of the Negro in the South—Dr. John Braden. Dr. G. W. Hubbard, Dean of the Meharry Medical College, the man who organized the medical department and its first professor, reviewed the work of that department. He told how the school was begun on an original donation by Samuel Meharry thirty years ago, with but little apparatus and two teachers. Among other things he said: "The Meharry brothers hated four things—tobacco, whisky, slavery and the devil. They loved two things—God and their fellow man. Mrs. Samuel Meharry is still living, is ninety years old and would have been with us today, but she is in poor health. Samuel Meharry gave the first $500. The school opened in 1876 with twelve scholars and two teachers. Its growth was slow. Ten years afterwards we had fifty students and fifteen years we had 100 students, which was the largest school of its kind in the country. We then had a large celebration. Nearly one-half of the colored graduates in medicine are from Meharry. We have had in all 733 graduates in medicine, eighty-nine in dentistry, eleven in nurse training and have thirty members on the faculty. Our requirements for admission are higher than any Southern school except Vanderbilt University." Perhaps the most interesting address from a racial standpoint was that delivered by Bishop William F. McDowell, of Chicago, who was at the time holding the Central Tennessee Conference. Hc advocated the best and highest training for the Negro youth and said: "I am not one of those who think it necessary to limit the forces that make for the elevation of your people. Men are not likely to be lifted too high. Life is not likely to be made too good or too fine. It is the purpose of this University to make for truth, the truth that will make men free. To make men free from narrow conceptions, free from ignorance, free from vice. The influence of the University must be felt in the lives of men. People sometimes speak of the evils of mere culture, as if ignorance was a good thing. The only evil to be seen is in mere ignorance. It is the business of the University to make for the community rich returns for what has been placed into it. "Life is destroyed often because life is wicked, and because life is barren. The poor are destroyed because of their poverty. The barren are destroyed because of their barrenness. The empty-headed are destroyed because of their empty-headedness. The returns the University will make to the community will be seen in the lives of the men, whether in the cabin or in the mansion. It will make its returns in plenty. It will give to the community certain conceptions of character. It will give to the community an ideal of honesty. Its influence will be felt in the piety of those amenable to its influence. The University will make a safer, cleaner community. "This Negro problem is not yours alone. It is not ours alone. I do not think you can solve it without our help. I know we can not solve it without yours. It is not the problem of the white man's. It is not the problem of the black man's. It is the problem of both races and all races under the flag. It is the problem of the republic itself and of the kingdom of God within the republic. We must not allow men to hinder its solution by bitter words and wicked words, when soft words and Christian words can be spoken in their place. The solution of this great problem does not rest with industrial schools alone. Would to God it were so simple. Why, if it could be solved so simply, we could easily stock the country with industrial schools and quickly get rid of it. It is not so simple. It requires not only industrial education, but it requires all kinds of training. Every kind of education that is good for our race is good for yours. Every kind of virtue that is good for any people is good for yours. Any vice that is bad for all people is ten times worse for you. "Patience! patience! confidence! confidence! confidence! Master prejudice with love supreme, conquer poverty with intelligence and godliness. These are the qualities you must have. When the issue comes between lawlessness and law, black scholars must be found on the side of law; when the issue comes between intemperance and temperance, black scholars must be found on the side of temperance; when the issue comes between dishonesty and honesty, black scholars must be found on the side of honesty; when the issue comes between lust and virtue, black scholars must be found on the side of virtue." Other addresses were delivered by Dr. R. F. Boyd, on behalf of the alumni; Dr. J. G. Merril, president Fisk University; Dr. P. G. Guernsey, Roger Williams University; Dr. W. F. Tillet, Dean of the Theological Department, Vanderbilt University: Dr. W. H. Kemer of the Turret Board. HOWARD UNIVERSITY OPENS. Washington, D. C., Special — Dr. Wilbur B. Tinklefield has actively taken up the work as president of Howard University, to which position he was elected last May. He resigned September 1 as corresponding secretary of the Freedman's Aid and Southern Education Society of the M. E. Church, which holds forty-three schools for white and colored people in the South. The college of arts and sciences, the Teachers' College, the preparatory school and the schools of theology, medicine and law are all open for the fall term. The freshmen class is one of the largest in the history of the institution. President Thinklefield spent the letter part of the summer with his family at their summer home on Lake Michigan. They will occupy the president's house, which was built for President Rankin some years ago. By Special Request of the Public I am Forced to Continue my Practice as a M. MIST and PHRENOLOGY weeks' vacation did me lots of good in a honored after all the time by people of both professions of life to consult with me, so enter the field again as the noted mist and Phrenology of the World. Be Sure That You Read This NOW THYSELF. PALMIST and PHRENOLOGIST. The eight weeks' vacation did me lots of good in a way, but I was clamored after all the time by people of both sexes, of all professions of life to consult with me, so I now enter the field again as the noted Palmist and Phrenologist of the World. Be Sure That You Read This. MAN, KNOW THYSELF. This is the Age of Science. TECHNOLOGY is the SCIENCE OF THE MIND. The power of the mind, as seen by the deed in giving a set form to the skull. Fractal build it places you either in the men's motive or vital temperaments. Lots about our neighbors, but not so many. Know yourself. You will learn how animated, well harmonized in order to produce the best specimen of children, which is the highest object of man's life. IS A FAILURE WITHOUT SUCCESS. I amend. Never too late. Help yourself take your life sweeter than all your friend's character delineated at once, and know your name McNairdee-Moore, 1527 English Avenue,apolis, Ind. New phone (residence)manently located at her home. It reveals the power of the mind, as seen by the development of the brain in giving a set form to the skull. From your physical build it places you either in the mental motive or vital temperaments. We know lots about our neighbors, but not so much about ourselves. Know yourself. You will learn how to be well mated, well harmonized in order to produce the best specimen of children, which is the highest object of man's life. LIFE IS A FAILURE WITHOUT SUCCESS. You can amend. Never too late. Help yourself. It will make your life sweeter than all your friends. Get your character delineated at once, and know your power by Madame McNairdee-Moore, 1527 English Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. New phone (residence) 9557. Permanently located at her home. "THE DOLLAR MARK." Six MONTHS FREE Let me send you my Magazine, THE DOLLAR MARK, Free for Six Months. 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All basiness strict'y private, courteous Sean eee Second Floor, Room 208, State Life Building, Old Phones Main 3182 (Formerty Stevenson Building) Front Room “15 E, Washington St. New Phone 4270 ee rey Sl | Eg pan The Art of the Potter | Beautiful Vases from the | World’s Best Craftsmen i | Weddings, anniversaries, birthdays anniversaries, birthdays and like events occur and recur with singular frequency. And they are events which cannot be ignored; one must give them thought—one should have sufficient knowledge of appropriate gift things and their source to choose with good result. ‘The Art Floor will Help You You can visit it to your sure enter- tainment and profit any time. Its warcs are widely varied, unusually extensive and always attractively displayed. The show of art pottery at this season is particularly interesting. Little that is really worth while is absent ; much that you'll see nowhere else is abuntantly pientiful. Other wares drawn from all nations are well represented and all are the careful selection of men who have given this phase of art sincere study. ‘Welcome to see or to buy. —Fouth Floor, Center. L.S.Ayres&Co. Indiana's Greatest Distributers of Dry Goods. CITY AND SOCIETY. ‘Mrs, Claude Allen has returned from Ohicsgo. Mrs. Nannie Bowlin has returned to Kelamazoo' Mich, Dr. John W. Norrel spent Tuesday in Munote on business, Robert Williams is ill with typhold fover at his home in Douglass street. Mrs. J, 8 Batley visited her sister, ‘Mrs. Ed. Smith at Noblesville this week, Mrs, Mayme Shelton wilt be hostess to the Woman’s Club Monday aft-r- noon at 2 o'clock. Indians Fish and Oyster Company, 626 Indiana avenue, Phone 5661. Wil- lam Leonard, Manager. Woodbine Perfume. Ob! how fra- grant, exquisite, enchanting, bewiteb- ing. Only at Blodau’s Drag Store. Mrs. Nannie Smothers and grandson, ‘Master Olifford Bowman have returned from 8 five weeks’ visit at Chicago. All men are cordially requested to be present at the Monster Meeting of the ¥. M.O,A.at Realty Hall tomorrow afternoon at 8p m A. H. Godard will be the speaker. ‘The Woman's Club will give thelr seventh annual Mask Charity Ball at Tomlinson Hall, Monday, November 5, 1906 Admission 00c. Bert Mitchell will fornish the musto Mr. and Mra. James Jackson celebra- ted thelr thirty seventn anniversary ‘Thureday evening of last week, at thetr home in Fayette street. Many hand- some presents were received. Mrs, Edmonta Robinson, mother of ‘Mre. John Easton, died Monday at the home of her daughter in Darnell street, Monday afternoon The faneral ser. vises were o nducted by Rev. Oharles Johnson Wednesday afternoon. St. Philips Mission will give a Grand Pr'z3 Marquerade Hallowe'en night, ‘Wednesday October 31, at Odd Fellows Hall. One half ton of coal will be given to the best fancy marque and one-half ton for the most comical, LADIB3.—If you want better and longer hair, go at once to your Drog Store and ask your draggist to get you a boxof Taylor's Hair Grower and Dan- draft Cure'(pomad-) Price 25 cents. Made by Taylor R-medy Oo., Loutsville Ke. Agerts wanted everywhere; $2 to$5per day. Write at once for fall particnlare. : Miss Mary Hoes, one of the most prominen: and cultured young ladies of Kooxville, Tenn., who has been the honored guest of Mr, and Mrs. Isaac Hoss, in Hudson street for seyera weeks left for her home Thursday of last week, Miss Hoss is a graduate of the Austin High School at Knoxville and bas ctanght in the public schools there for nie vears Shes mnch im. pressed with the Indi m. capital and: ‘he progrere amocg ths colorea people THE FREEMAN, AN {LLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. CHAMPION GANS IN THE CITY Joe Gans, the undisputed light: weight champion of the world, {s in the olty this week appearing at two performances daily at the Empire ‘Theatre, with Tom Miner's Bohemien Burleequers. At each one an ovation Isgiven him Men who have never been seen in the audiences before, are there, cheering for further orders. Previous to his three lively rounds with a local boxer, which constitate his ‘act, Mr. Gans makes a statement oon- cerning hisfight with Battling Nelson in which he speaks of the unfair treat- mentaccorded him by Nolan, and far- ther says that in order to prove that heis willing fora return fight with Nelson that he will do better. giving 85 per cent to Nelson and one-half of his 65 per cent to any charitable insti ‘ta fon agreed upon by the newspapers of the country. Mr. Gans is a good public speaker, sincere in expression and manner. Daring his stay here, the citizens are paying him much homage He is the guest of Mr. and Mrs: N, P. Gardiner at their beautital modern residerc3 in Center street. Wednesday afternoon, ho was shown the olty in the big toarist cars belonging to Mr. Archie Great- house and Mr Sam Welch, the coal merchant, scoompanted by Mr. Welch Dr Joseph Henry Ward, Elwood 0. Knox, general manager of The Free- man, Mr. N. P. Gardiner and Mr Greathouse: The trip ended at the pretty suburban home of Mrs: Tente Pearson, fourteen miles north of the olty, where the party was highly enter- tained at a splendid dinner by Dr J. H. Ward. Atthe close of the afternoon performance Mr Gans mde a visit to to The Freeman office, and took a lock at the forms and other things. ‘Thareday afternoon and evening tke Sumner Leagus, the leading organ!zs- tlon of Afro-Amerioan eoclety and of political infinence aa well tendered him reception at their palatial rooms in North Senate avenue Several hut- dred people were present to pay thelr respects to the champlon and shuke the hand that won for him his title. ‘The closing of the honors will be the barquet at the well-appointed home of Mr and Mrs. Emsirdell Stone, which will be the most elaborate affair given in this clty for -years. Mr. Gons has mado many friends and admirers by |his gentlemanly bearing and intelli gence, Persons who have no interest or patience with pugilistic doings have been very favorably impressed by this exponent of legitimate sport, who has come to them @ corqueror ‘In his pro- fesston, & real hero of the hour: Mr [Gans has won his lanrels from knowing how to “deliver the goods” and not by tricks or favor, and {s placed among the worthy of his race. LOCAL TALENT TO APPEAR. Monday evening, Oct 22, at Simpson Chapel. the drana “The Scheme of Sit Mogers;” written by Mrs. Sadie Dun- gey, will be presented by local talent, for the penefit ofthe Ohurch with the following vast: ‘Chas, Haywood, in love with Dora Dean, - - - sss 5 ++ Monroe Stuart Sir Rogers, the villian playing against Dora Dean, = + + + + John Morris Robert Martin, private secretary to Lord ‘Desmis, > - = - Kinble Black ‘Jacco, servant of Dora Dean, John William: Policeman - - - - Geo, Dungey Dora Dean - ‘Mrs, Blanche Jones Bel Evylian, in league with Sir Rogers, — - st = = = Mrs, Sadie Dunges ‘The Banker's Daughter, Mrs, Kimble Biacl Admission 10 and 15 cents “T Bus NESS INTERESTS. | ” ‘The Johneon Honse; first-class rooms ‘nd board 82 Capitol Avenue, Coal bythe ton or basket. Bennett nee 821 Indiana ave. New ‘Phon 207 | Farnished rooms for gentlemen Speotal rates to theatrical people. 607 West Eleventh street, Go to the Hudson for good meals at popalar prices. Good sleeping roome L J. Davis, prop., 419 Indians avenue Japanese Honeysuckle is one of the finest perfames, andis winning triend every day. You will always get th genuine at Gauld’s Pharmacy. Blind Harris, the pianist and yooalist who was seen satisfactorily in this olty several years ago {s again in the city, accompanied by Mr; J. Yeargin witp moving pictures, giving a high-clast entertainment. They will appear at the Second Baptist church, Monday night; Tueeday, New Bethel; Wednes day; Mt. Zion; friday, Antioch. Ad mission 15cents; Children under 15 years, 10 cents. THE FREEMAN POSTOFFICE. ‘LADIES’ LIST. Brown, Mrs Pearl = Russell, Miss Emma Beavors, Miss Susie Rubeson, Miss Ada Connor, Mi-s Fior'ce Robersoz, Miss Ann Gerind, Miss Minnie Robinson, Miss Lydia Gentry, Mrs Minnie Smith, Mts Eliza Irvir, MrsJames Wilson, Mrs Margret Lee, Miss Etencis — Willintae, Miss BO. Mitchell, Mrs Rose — Woods Mrs Annie Moore, Mrs Fortes. Williams, Miss E—2 Perry, Mrs Lizaie GENTLEMEN'S LIST. Armstrong, Hoy Isler, Authur Armstrong Thos _Kingand Bailey Armstrong, Roy -Knuner, LD Blick, Perry Lewls, ba Browa, WC Lows) Fred Beauregard Happy-2 MeGrader, AT Bundy, Geo Mitehell, Futon Blumer, Robt Meg ity. Benbow, Wm MeRanines, WH ‘Bryanis Musial Miver, rake cons Sg gaborie James ins, awari "ay tony Har Groaby’ Frank=2 Reed, award Collins, GC) Rood; Profs Dennisand Jones Stanley, Pete Deloose, WH Smith, Henderson Devine, Isaac P Simmons, teh Dick-ob, 'W Thomas Singleton, J.C Hilivtte, Silas © Stevens, BE Eberhart, frank Hl Stevens, Sam Kdwards, Chas Smith, Harry © Gooaloe, Joho Strunder & ‘trander Heims, Buddie Simms, Sunk—2 Hid, Geo t ‘Thompson Thos Helin, Billy Toomas, Dick. Hiulard, Walter,‘ Thompaba, AB Hysell, NE White, RC 1906. ROUTE. 1907 1906, 1906, ROUTE. 1907 ,Raboive, Root, Company azo, ity Miss, Oct, 21; Ory*tal Springs, 23, Brook: eee 24; ‘surhmlt, 25 Bazeihurs:, 26; Can Bre ick Hetil troubndoure: Parcel, Ind Tey ack ate trocenceare; Maes TG, Chickasha, Ind,’ Ter, ¥; Cawton, Vista, shan, be Eroest Hogan in Rufus Rastus: Cleveland, Obio, Oct 22 to 27. Jones's Hayat; Eile Thanet, dass aes Soca le. Wile ead Walker“in’Abyosina: Louis, Mo., Oct, 22 to 27, Dapay Disig: Masri onder aieton of nar Die, Minato onder, aise on,g St So cs ea PeAete sity Herm’ Miia: Dennaon Ter, iy eee A Don Teh Sigg Ing BOE” 3! CH he 2G, cin with Forepoughsti iret: Sask wih Corer et Tle, 24; Ei Reno, 25, Lawton, 26; Hobart, 27, Wm _ McCabes’ Georgia ‘Troubadours: Ca. tawba, Wis, Oct. 24 Keonan, 23; Ingram, Boies ees Ras croos corey Weert! ase i ns a Bigsk’g Joner! 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Indianapolis, Ind. === eamNTs, OTL AND VARNISHRS, ‘Tow ap GatvanizEp Ino Work * WRANK H. PRUNK Hardware. Pumps, Pipes Kite. 522 INDIANA AVENUE, Telephone 1188, LwDIANaPouis, IyplaNa MRS. WHITTEN, Millinery SEE HER FOR Up-To-Date Millinery AND REASONABLE PRICES. 335-337 Indiana Avenue. cs DIVOROE LEGAL. Commodore } State of Indiana, Marion Co, 6. P, Rogers | inthe vs} Olroult Court of ifarion Co.» Lice} "Inthe State of Indiana, Rogers | | No. 15s 4 gomplaint for Divorce. BEITENOWN, That on the ti day of Oct. 1908, the love name. plaintit, by hi attorn ey, fled to she office of the Olerk of the “ireult Gourtof tharion county In thestate of indiana ‘bis complaint, agains’ the above, named mnt. Lizzie Rogers, and. the plain eying nino filed in ‘said’ Clerk offs the affidav:t of m competent person, sh wing that™ sald defendant, Lizale & gers ie no fa resident of ‘the state of indiana and said Cause 18 for alvoree 4. that the above named Sefendant is 8 necseary party: thereto and Whcrote ould riaintif having by’ endorsement on said complaint required sala defendant to Appear in said court, aod answer or demur therevo on the 17th ay ofD conmber, 1008, NOW, TEERECORE, By order of said Court sald defendant last above named is. hereby Sotiied of the fling and ponconcy of eald con 1eF and that uniees she a Rod answer or demu thereto, ‘t the alfing of said cause on the 17th day of hecember, 1006 the same being the 13th judicial day of a term of sald Court, fo be began and eld at the cour Roun tn the elty of fndianapolis, on thet the matters aud things thereln coupsinen ane ie mai a Alleged, will be heard and determined tn he absence, Wy. H Davis, Clerk Jas ‘F, V. Hill 20% North Delaware street, Attorney for Plaintift. DIVOROE LEGAL. Lorgpa, | Stato of Indians, Marion Co,, ss; ‘Peters inte vs. }Cireult Court’ of Marion county Robert, ‘Tn the State of (nian. Peters] No 1638 °° Complaint Divorce. BEIT KNOWN, Thaton the lit day of Oct, 196. the above! named plaintif” by het att rnoy; filed in the office of theclerk of the Girenlt Court of Marin county in. the State of Indiana, her com Ialut against the abyve Ramed defendant Kobe t-Prters, aud the ‘aid platotif having also ed in sald ork’ office the affidavit of a ompetent ne sou.chow. {ng that said" defendant” Bobert’ tars. nota resident of the State of. Indiana ‘and tld gauge, is for div roo and tha he above Ba fant fsa Deceteary party thereto And whereas eaid platatif! Tiaelog' by eaderee. iment on sald complaint required. said. det Gant to appear in sald court, and answer or Geamur thereto on the 1th day of December, SNOW, THEREFORE, By order of st ‘court. sald defendanr inst above pamed is here- bby notl ted of the fling and pendency” of raid c mplatnt against him and thet unites be ap. ‘and answer or demur theretn at the cell Tag of said cause on the 12th day of Dee. 1506 the same being the ninth jadie'al day of s torm of said court. fo be begun aud bein atte court house tn the city of Indianapolis, on the Ist Monday in December 106 sald chmpleint and the matters xnd things therein. contalued ava silogra will be heard aud determinrd fo absence. cE. Davis, Cher! oT Eo Wisewan,, Attorney for Plaintify. SS - - wy ' QD AILORING ~~ 2 BOEEUNS Me cA FY ‘You musthave confidence Ka ia in your tailor—his abllity to A 9 Properly fit and tallor you. 9 ‘@\ eZ) you draw a good one—then \ <s be you're all right. 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