The Freeman

LET US VOTE RATHER THAN BE VOTED. THE FREEMAN AND ETHIOPIA SHALL STRETCH FORTH HER HAND Public Library 1-06 A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 46 THOMPSON'S WEEKLY REVIEW DISMISSALOFNEGROTROOPS GENERALLY DEPLOR HEAV & BLOW TO THE NEGRO RACE Influential Papers Advise Men Not to Enlist--Robert Lincoln Will Retire From !Pullman Company Cause of High Death Rate. (Staff Correspondence.) And now it is the Negro's turn to be "up in arms." The Brownsville incident, far from being closed, has developed into a running sore. Press and public among the Afro-Americans of the country are stirred to their depths, expressions both radical and conservative are heard in shops, homes and on the curbstones, and the tenor is unanimous that the punishment visited upon the colored troops is unnecessarily severe, and that when the facts are known there ought to be and will be a rehearing of the case, with a reversal of the terrible judgment that has been hastily handed down, and based on the ex-parte statement of an army officer whose Southern birth and traditions are said to render him unfit to pass justly upon any controversy involving a black man whom the government allows to carry a gun. Not since the overthrow of the Summer Civil Rights Law by the United States Supreme Court, more than twenty years ago, has such a storm of disapproval emanated from the colored people of the land as that which has greeted the order of President Roosevelt discharging without honor an entire battalion of colored troops, embracing, as has already been told in these columns, Companies B, C and D of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, whose bravery at San Juan Hill gives them, in the popular mind, at least, a particular claim upon the generosity of the Chief Executive of the Nation. It so happens that this is the first time in the history of the republic that the power of the President to dismiss enlisted men without trial has been exercised, and it so happens, by a peculiar combination of circumstances, that the blow falls upon men of the despised race in America. Whatever developments the future may bring out in vindication of the President's drastic action, it cannot be concealed that the Negro people all over the country are angry—very angry—and it is being asserted with a vigor that admits of no doubt as to their earnestness that, had the announcement been made a day sooner, there would have been a disastrous slump in the colored Republican vote for Congressmen in the States where the Negroes hold the balance of power. The Northern Negro is taking on a startling degree of political independence, and the leaders that the race would have shown its resentment in no uncertain fashion had it suspected what the administration had up its sleeve in relation to the colored soldiers who had—as they look at it—merely defended themselves manfully against the insulting aggressions of the prejudiced Southern whites at Brownsville. It may be said here, in passing, that among the more conservative elements of our people there is a disposition to shift the blame for the drastic action from the shoulders of the President Roosevelt and place it on General Garlington, upon whose alleged one-sided report and oppressive recommendations the President was obliged to act. It is thought that Mr. Roosevelt, in his haste to get his grip packed and hie away to take a peep at the "big ditch" on the Isthmus of Panama, merely glanced at the note, and perceiving its disgraceful tenor simply affixed his "O. K." to the apparently consistent recommendations of an officer in whom he had confidence, and left its promulgation to Mr. Loeb and the War Department. The popular feeling among the cooler heads is that the President has been grossly imposed upon by Garlington, and that when he returns from the canal zone he will again take the matter up and see that justice is done—that he will exhaust every effort to punish the guilty and see to it that the innocent are protected from injustice. It is assumed that the President's high sense of fair play and his natural love for the boys in blue can be successfully appealed to, and if it can be shown that no conspiracy to shield criminals existed among the men and that they had no information to give concerning the unfortunate affair at Brownsville, there will be little difficulty in securing a reopening of the case. It is not doubted that the President is a subscriber to the doctrine that "better ninety-and-nine men go unwhip of justice than that one innocent man suffer unjustly." This is the charitable view of the matter, and, we think, the correct one. It accords with the President's well known proclamation of "a square deal fora ll," and the friends of the discharged soldiers should lose no time in preparing their appeal from Roosevelt in a hurry to Roosevelt at leisure—from the alleged unfair report of Garlington to a truthful presentation of the evidence by trustworthy witnesses. * * * We give here some explanatory matter, which will be of interest because of the new points brought out and by reason of the recapitulation for the benefit of those who have not carefully followed the story which had its beginning in the "shooting up" of Brownsville and culminated in the discharge order to the troops now quartered at Fort Reno, Oklahoma. By order of the Acting Secretary of War, Gen. Murray, chief of artillery, acting chief of staff, has issued a special order, which covers much of the ground gone over above and in the recommendations of Gen. Garlington. The order reads: "By direction of the President, the following named enlisted men who, on August 13, 1906, were members of Companies B, C and D, Twenty-fifth Infantry, certain members of which organization participated in the riotous disturbance which occurred in Brownsville, Texas, on the night of August 13, 1906, will be discharged without honor from the army by their respective commanding officers and forever debarred from re-enlisting in the army or navy of the United States, as well as from employment in any civil capacity under this government. The discharge certificate in each case will show that the discharge is without honor is in consequence of this previous paragraph. These soldiers are entitled to travel pay." The number of men affected by these orders is 166, and includes twenty-nine commissioned officers, many of whom have served nearly thirty years in the army, and but for their discharge would soon have been eligible for retirement with retired pay for the remainder of their lives. The list includes the seven members of the battalion who were arrested for alleged participation in the Brownsville affair and who have been since confined in the guard-house at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. There was no direct evidence against them. Consequently they will not be surrendered to the Texas authorities, except as the latter may arrest them when they are discharged from the army at the Texas post. Whether any effort will be made by the Texas authorities to apprehend these men as they step out as private citizens does not yet appear. Here arises a technicality that may set the legal lights to guessing. Although there is no doubt as to the President's authority to dismiss enlisted men without trial, serious doubt is expressed in legal-military circles as to the President's power to debar such men from any employment in any civil capacity under the government. It is stated that there is no statute giving the Chief Executive such power and in the absence of law the President cannot limit or prescribe the powers or prerogatives of his successors in office. A number of influential race papers notably the New York Age, are so enraged over the turn of affairs that they are advising the Negro men to abstain from enlisting in the army to take the places of the discharged battalion, and urging those now in the army to drop out of the service when the term expires for which they are now responsible. The wisdom of such extreme action is questioned by the conservatives, who feel that in dropping out of the army the blacks would be simply playing into the hands of the prejudiced whites who do not want to see Negroes in the garb of a soldier, and who get a touch of the nightmare every time they notice a Negro behind a gun. Col. Pitcher's aversion to the black boys in blue is shared by thousands, and it is said that the true inwardness of the severe penalty recommended by General Garlington is to disgust the race with military discipline and discourage their ambition to enter the service. As our retirement from, the army would so intensely gratify the Negro haters therein, we are not ready to JAPAN JAPANESE PUBLIC SCHOOL DIO WHITE SCHOOL SHAYWOOD Japan Looks With Disfavor Upon the Seperate School System in California assist their nefarious scheme of freeze-out by getting out voluntarily. We do not want to furnish the rebels in Congress this winter any ground upon which to base a movement to muster all of the Negro regiments out of the army. At present the four regiments of Negro soldiers are protected by an act of Congress, and it will take a counter-act to get rid of them. The vacancies must be recruited up at once, to fill the quota, and we see no reason why Negroes should not enlist when called upon and fight their battles as best they can within the ranks, in addition to those they must fight against the foe foe on the outside. A report from Washington says the War Department will take immediate steps to recruit the three companies up to the standard required by law, but the admission is made that in view of the circumstances the task will not be an easy one nor will it be devoid of some embarrassments. Until the necessary enlistments are made a battalion of the Twenty-sixth Infantry will be stationed at Fort Reno in case of an uprising of the discharged troops after the severing of their relations with the army, and for the present additional soldiers will be on guard duty, and a roll-call is made every two hours. The consciences of the Southerners are working on them, and trouble is feared by the more timorous ones on the day the actual discharge takes place. It is hoped, however, by the best thinking members of the race that nothing of a criminal nature will occur, for an outbreak and destruction of property cannot fall to redound to the ultimate injury of the Negroes in that section and elsewhere. The gallant Twenty-fifth should take its medicine like men, for the present, and base its claim for redress upon the operations of the law and upon the lofty sense of justice that we trust has not lost its place in the American breast. It is not unlikely that Presi- dent Roosevelt will grant a rehearing if the matter is presented to him in proper form. Here is a duty for the legal department of the National Afro-American Council. Robert T. Lincoln, the son of the late President Abraham Lincoln, announces his early retirement from the presidency of the Pullman Car Company, a place he has held for quite a number of years, succeeding Col. Geo. M. Pullman. Vice-president John S. Runnels is to take Mr. Lincoln's place. The withdrawal of Mr. Lincoln will occasion no regret among the colored people of the country. Under his administration the race has lost practically all of the rights enjoyed when Col. Pullman was alive. The opportunity to pay an extortionate price for a berth in a Pullman was once the well-to-do black man's only bulwark of protection against the jim-crow cars of the South. Mr. Lincoln put up the bars, in response to the besotten sentiment of that section, and now our most cultured men and most refined women are compelled to take pot-luck in the nasty, ill-ventilated niggardly equipped boxes furnished by the companies at first-class rates, and are forced to associate, in many instances, with the worst specimens of humanity to be found in any race. The Negroes have never ceased to venerate the name of Lincoln, but when they think of Robert T. Lincoln and his denial to them of the ordinary comforts to which every citizen, able to pay the price, is entitled by every law of decency and right, they cannot but feel that it would have been well had the generation stopped with the sainted father. Robert T. Lincoln is not loved by the millions whom Abraham Lincoln gave freedom and citizenship. Consumption is the bane of the Negro race. It is responsible for the high death rate among our people in SINGLE COPY-SIX MONTHS. 850; ONE YEAR $1.50. the cities, and increases the cost of our insurance premiums, because by reason of our unsanitary environments we constitute a greater risk to the insurance companies than the whites, whose general surroundings are more healthful. Deputy Mesier, the famous French physician, lays a large share of the blame at the door of the rich, who own these unsanitary tenements and roll in luxury out of the thousands of dollars paid into their coffers by the unfortunate denizens of the slums, who cannot escape the conditions forced upon them by dire poverty. Says M. Mesier: "Ninety per cent. of consumptives die of organic weakness; they must die; there is no help or medicine for them. If society wants to stamp out consumption, it must stamp out poor quarters; it must raze all unsanitary tenements; it must lay low 75 per cent. of the houses for rent. It's the environment that kills people nowadays—the rich and powerful brew the deadly poisons and wield the knives." If the boards of health in our large cities, where strenuous efforts are being made to check the ravages of the white plague, would subject to a rigid investigation all the tenements and alley houses offered at exorbitant rentals to poor whites and Negroes, and order the unsanitary structures to be put in good condition or razed at once, the evil would be given a blow at the fountain-head. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," and while we are spending immense sums of money for the establishment of tuberculosis hospitals, it would pay to take some vigorous steps toward removing the causes of the dread disease. Down with the alley houses on general principles! Our physicians are justly fighting them teeth and toenail, so to speak, under the leadership of such recognized authorities as Drs. (Continued on Page Four.) FORECASTS OF CONVENTION SOME THINGS THAT I MAY OCCUR IN A. M. E. CHURCH BUSINESS METHODS THE BEST Ira T. Bryant Competent for Head of Publishing House--Georgia Has Seven Candidates for the Bishopric--Many Aspirants. By Rev. J. A. Jones. D. D. I see no reason why the mention of Ira T. Bryant's name in connection with the Sunday School Union in my other letter need to have created such a breeze. Mr. Bryant is capable, probably the best qualified man in the church, that has been offered. His lay relationship serves rather to promote his efficiency than to militate against it. Two things have conduced to make the National Baptist Publishing House at Nashville the biggest thing among Negroes. First, Dr. R. H. Boyd, the manager, seeing that God had called him to do business for the church, rather than simply make the sisters shout, has voluntarily converted himself into a lay preacher, and has settled down to look after the business side of that great denomination and left the shout producing capers to be performed by that army of sentimentalists who have not got brains enough to do anything else. The Baptist denomination has shown the good, hard common sense to keep him there. He is that "one of a thousand business men-preachers" of whom I spoke in my former letter. It is not likely that another preacher in that church is Dr. Boyd's equal. But there are thousands—yea, the woods are full of that class of pulpit renters who can beat Dr. Boyd setting the sisters crazy, even to the extent of breaking a few benches and losing a few braids of false hair. Secondly, no pastor is jealous of Dr. Boyd when he comes around. He occupies the unique position of being the biggest thing on the boards, and no Baptist preacher is in a hurry to quit his pulpit to experiment with things which nothing but big brained men can handle. I am not an advocate of laymen, per se, occupying these big offices in the church. My position, briefly stated, is, we want strictly business men at the head of our business concerns, and we want there to stay during "good behavior," etc. If the church expects to compete with the world in business lines, she must adopt the same methods. Why do the great corporations succeed? They do it by putting the best men adapted to the position at the head of affairs. They pay a good salary, and the official has no apprehensions of being ousted at every meeting of the board in order to make way for the special friend of somebody. Ira T. Bryant is an African Methodist, bred and born so. He is not a "shouting Methodist;" none of his class are. In fact, the "shouting Methodist" would never make a successful manager of a publishing house. Nothing slight is meant by this reference, for I am sometimes one of that tribe myself. But there are some preachers who can't differentiate between a draft and a check that would have the audacity to pose as the candidate for the president of a clearing house. What a pity some men in high places can't distinguish between a noise and common sense. Too often we gauge a man's ability by his endowment of lung power. We go wild over the gift of gib. A big speech secured for William Jennings Bryan the nomination for the presidency. But when men got sober Bryan was denounced as a fanatic. This nation, after it came to itslef, was not willing to trust the reins of government in the hands of a wild man, who possessed nothing special but the ability to talk. The African Methodist church will concentrate its publishing interests in 1908. Then if it makes the mistake of electing as manager only a vote catcher, it may wake up some day to find the connection insolvent. Dr. John Collett is doing as well as the average preacher, and much better than many. But when a shrewd business man gets there it (Continued on Page Eight) The Kaufman-Berger Bout. The Kaufman-Berger Bout. So the Kaufman-Berger bout only lasted ten rounds and was a drag-out affair for Berger. In the opening round Sam Berger out-boxed Kaufman to such an extent that it looked as if the young blacksmith would last no time. But in the second Kaufman showed himself up well by scoring a knock-down, and in the third Berger turned things mightily by flooring Kaufman five times. But somehow Kaufman weathered the storm by blocking every blow that Berger delivered to a much better advantage in the fourth. For a while the honors were even and remained so until the ninth, when it was seen that Berger had lost a great deal of strength and Kaufman began showing a wonderful deficiency in the matter of knockout force. Berger was completely at Al's mercy in the closing half of the round, but Al could not hit hard enough to mash a fly. The tenth saw Berger cuffed all around the ring. Occasionally ager Gilbert, of the Richmond Cham-head, but each went wild. Kaufman began making attacks on Berger's body, which soon sent him to the floor just as his seconds threw up the sponge. This battle has settled a great deal of argument among the fight fans of the country, so far as the heavy-weight fighters are concerned. It has demonstrated the fact that, neither Kaufman nor Berger are fit subjects for the heavy-weight championship. It simply shows that both men are but weaklings when it comes to a man like Jack Johnson. In all of the ten rounds that Al Kaufman and Sam Berger fought at 'Frisco Hallowe'en night there is not one instance shown where any real scientific fighting was done. It was simply amateur jabbing. How can one imagine that either could stay in front of a man like Johnson? Could it be that either fighter could stay even five rounds? There is one thing sure—they would have to use a little more science to stay the five. Some sporing writers have stated that Johnson is a man who fights very well at times. That is, he fights splendidly today, and in his next battle falls down, or he simply falls down at every other fight. Well, taking that for granted, we fail to see why Johnson could not whip the winner in his off day. There is very little in his way. It would be just like taking a little training up for something big in the fight line should he fight Al Kaufman. Of course Al showed remarkable ability in his fight with Berger, because Sam is not of very long standing and knows very little about the business any way. It really looks as though Kaufman had as much of a cinch as did Jack O'Brien with his trainer in their fight at Colma recently. Johnson has issued a challenge to the winner of the Kaufman-Berger fight, and as Kaufman won it, it is now up to Big Al. We have no doubt but what it will take a great deal of shaking up to get Al to sign up. Fitzpatrick, Johnson's manager, may have to do a great deal of wagering and newspaper talking to get Kaufman to say what he will do. But then there are plenty of heavies just now out West that are every bit as good as Kaufman and are just as big a card. It does not matter who fights Johnson, he will attract the attention of the sporting world, as every fight sport in the country is, indeed, anxious to see Johnson exhibit some of his fighting ability. He is really the only man that the public is waiting to see in the ring, for much more is expected of him than from any other fighter in that division today. Something is bound to turn up soon. The heavies and their managers can not help but give him a match, for Johnson is the man of the hour in the heavy-weight championship class. Newspapers say that Jack Johnson will go to Australia to accept offers he has received for matches with two heavyweights there, accompanied by guarantees of $1,500 and traveling expenses in each case. McLean, Johnson's manager, thought it best that Johnson should accept the offers, as there seems little chance of Jack getting a match on here for some time. As to the idea of Johnson going to Australia, we think it the proper thing, as it will give Johnson the proper opportunity to show the sporting gentlemen of America just what is in him. 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Many papers have stated that a bill for preventing prize fighting had been brought up and passed in the legislative assembly. In that case it is not necessary that Jack embark for Australia. But, of course, such news must not believed in any particular. Often such things are said for the purpose of keeping the sport in certain regions. A while back it was reported that O'Brien would go to Australia to meet Bill Squires, but fight fans stopped that idea by bringing up the disquieting news that the pugilistic jig was up and that caused Philadelphia Jack to change his program. The world of sport will watch with eager eyes the doings in Australia of Jack Johnson. He will be the writers' of sports main topic while there. It will be safe to bet that he will defeat everything that comes before him. Unlike O'Brien, he will go after Bill Squires for a victorious battle if the chance arrives, and the result will be that he will return home champion of the heavy-weight class of Australia. FIGHTERS ENTER RING TOO EARLY. Terry McGovern, Young Corbett, Eddie Hanlon, Frankie Neil—formerly names to conjure with. Why are they not potent still? Each of these men is still in his twenties; two are just over the border line from their teens. Why are they old young men? These are questions which must be answered by the promoters of pugilism and the fighters themselves. It is well enough to lay the blame of a fighter's decline to the primrose path and the wine cup. With some of the boxers the explanation may hold good, but not with all. The fundamental reason is that youth fight too young, before nature has bat time to build up their bodies to the proper strength; before they have learned to take care of the human mechanisms as they should be looked after. Every one of the men named above should be in his prime; in fact Neil and Hanlon should be rounding out into ripe manhood. Instead they are broken down piligilists, not also gether physical wrecks, it is true, but unit to stand the wear and strain of championship battles. Each one of these men was once a world-beater; each might still be a champion; all are now second-raters. Look at Joe Gans now in his thirty-second year and holding the championship of the light weight class. Gans is yet as good a man as ever. And why is it? Because he preserved himself during his youth. McGovern started fighting when he was 18, won the championship at 21, was defeated at 22 and became a physical wreck at 24. He is in the ring again, but is far from the man he was Young Corbett began fighting at 17 won the championship at 21, lost to Jimmy Britt at 24, and after that went down the bill fast until now, a 26, he is only a third-rater. Eddie Hannon began fighting at 15, lost to Young Corbett at 18 and since there has no real chance to go on top. At 21 he is unable to take a drubbing and is beaten by second-raters. Franki Neil began fighting at 17, lost two nights to Eddie Hanlon and one to Harry Forbes, and was whipped by Jem Bowker for the world's championship, receiving a heavy beating. Recently he was defeated by Attell and Harry Baker, and while yet a good man his beatings have put him on the downward path. All these men began fighting before they attained their growth. Each must have been stuned by the heavy battles he fought. Had they been able to attain their full growth and strength, so that the stamina could remain with them they would be fighting with the top-notchers today. In fighting, as in racing, the sporting public demands too much of the youngsters. Horses are raced as two-year-olds, when they have not attained their strength. By the time they are four to six years old they have broken down. Harness horses are not worked out so early, but the tendency is to race the youngsters, as in the Kentucky Futurity for colts and fillies. Such grand old campaigners and world's champions as Dan Patch, Cresseus, Major Delmar and Sweet Marie accomplished little until they were four, five or six years old. They were allowed to develop stamina. Lou Dillon was raced young; this year we have heard nothing of her. It does not pay to allow fighters or horses to grow without the proper development, but they should not be allowed to fight battles or run heart-rending races until they are able to stand the strain. Bob Fitzsimmons did not fight until he was fully developed. Neither did George Dixon. The result is that both were long the wonders of the prize ring. A pugilist should not be allowed to enter an earnest fight until he has reached his majority; a race horse should not be entered in an important race until it is at least three years old, and never should be driven out until that time. Harry Baker is the latest lad to begin fighting young. He is but eighteen years of age. His body shows no signs of proper development. He is hardened and fit at the present time because he has been abnormally trained to it, not because he developed naturally. With proper care he may last many years, but the chances are that by the time he is twenty-five he may be all in. His beating at the hands of Attell comes too early to affect him seriously. Attell is but twenty-two, and looks much older. Through his methods (like Gans) of avoiding punishment he may last many years, but the chances are that his continued severe training and the knocks he can not help receiving will cause his early decline. The moment his speed and headwork falter he will be an early mark for defeat. Those interested in developing sports to their highest degree should not force the development of man or beast. * * * GANS SPEAKS WELL OF NELSON. "Kid Herman is hardly to be compared to Battling Nelson," said Champion Lightweight Joe Gans yesterday afternoon in Cuevelan, O. "The two fight not at all alike. Herman is more of a boxer than Nelson and in my opinion can not deliver as stiff a punch and receive as much punishment as Battling. In fact, I do not think the lightweight lives who can take the grueling Nelson can. Without any doubt he is the best man I ever fought. Herman probably will give me a good battle as long as he lasts, but I expect to defeat him without the bout going far. Then it will be back to the show business again January 7." Gans is the first boxer who has been able during the last two seasons to give a boxing exhibition on a theatrical stage in Cleveland. John L. Sullivan was barred from giving his act, as were Jack O'Brien, Battling Nelson and Jimmy Britt. CHICAGO TO HAVE BIG GAME CHICAGO TO HAVE BIG GAME DOUGLASS CENTER AND IND IANAPOLIS HERKSTO MEET. GREAT CROWDS ARE EXPECTED FOOTBALL FANS SAY IT WILL BE BEST. THANKS GIVING DAY GAME--LARGE DELEGATION TO GO FROM THIS CITY. The most talked of football game of the season will be that of the Indianapolis Herculeans vs. the Douglass Center squad at Chicago, 11., November 29. The eyes of the country are centered on this great game. There will be excursions running within a radius of 200 miles. Rates have been secured on all lines. A delegation of seven hundred rooters is expected to accompany the Indianapolis Herculeans. It is believed that an attendance of at least 5,000 persons will be on the grounds by the time the game is called. Football fans are undecided in pointing out the winning side, as both teams are very strong, being in splendid form. Manager Gaillard, of the Herculeans, stated that his team was in great shape and that he felt they would easily carry off the honors. Those who have seen the Chicago team work say they are in excellent form and that it will be hard picking for the Indianapolis lads. Those desiring information concerning the proposed game will write Managers J. R. Dunnc, 3337 State street, Chicago, Ill., or Edward Gailard, 405 Indiana avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. * * * A SUNDAY FOOTBALL GAME. On November 6 Indianapolis saw the first Sunday football game ever played in the city. The Hoosier Tigers and Indianapolis Stars met on the Northwestern gridiron before a good-sized crowd. The game was called at 3 o'clock sharp, and when the umpire's whistle blew every one began wondering what the score would be. The Indianapolis Stars were wonderful to look at as Manager Parker led them on to the field, with a determination to win, sink or swim, survive or perish. Then on came the Hoosiers walking in a style that looked as though they were going to eat some plum pudding that they knew all about. Finally they clashed with the Stars and when the line of scrimmage was clear it showed that the Tigers had tasted said pudding by Merida's successful race to the goal, scoring a touch-down. After this the Stars decided to make it rough sailing for the Tigers by hard line bucking, but it brought little fruit for them, as the Hoosiers were a little too earnest. The Tigers went through the Stars' line and around their ends at will. When the end of the first half was reached the Tigers had made a score of 21 to 0. One half the pudding was missed. 6. Onehain the putting was missed. The Stars came back in the second half with blood in their eyes, not because Manager Parker had given each player a little heart-to-heart talk and not for the reason that none of them had studied the book of rules during the ten minutes' intermission. It was for the reason that they had not made a score and felt that they must make one. The Stars kicked to the Tigers' ten-yard line and then the game was on. John Merida of the Tigers in some way got the ball and made a dash for the "throne," but had to stop a moment to render the skies so that the shooting Stars might fall. Then he proceeded safely to the "throne." In the next scrimmage the Stars glittered in a way that would have one conceive the idea that a touch-down for them was near at hand. But the Tigers felt that they had done so well so far that it would break their hearts for the Stars to win. The Stars tried their line and they found it a wall of stone. Several extra new Stars came out and formed a milky way for the Tigers, but for a short period. Seemingly they could not hold any position, for if they dared to buck the line it did them harm instead of good. In the wind-up the Tigers had everything so well under way that the crowd present became amused and left the field before the finish. As the writer left the field he looked over his shoulder and saw "Big Boy" eat ling the last bit of plum pudding and Manager Bottoms of the Tigers writing down in large letters "43 to 0 in favor of the Tigers." * * * Arrangements for the erection of a training camp are already under way. The Kid likes outdoor work, and as long as the weather permits he will do his training under the blue skies. Little work will be required to reduce weight, for Herman is at his best around 130 pounds. Gans will need lots of hard training to get down to the 133-pound mark. At Cincinnati last week he stepped on the scales after his sparring exhibition and the beam registered 149 pounds. While Joe is not doing actual training now, his boxing on the stage keeps him in good trim. At this early stage the entire country is already talking of the battle, and indications are that fans from all parts of the globe will attend the contest. At least 100 friends of Herman, mostly business men, will be in Tonopah the day of the fight. Herman will draw many horsemen from San Francisco and Los Angeles. He has a great following among the lovers of the thoroughbreds, and much of their money will back Herman. * ON THE GRIDIRON A new song has been composed for Gus Taylor of the Tigers, which goes like this: Everybody works on our team, The work that wins the game. Everybody pulls together In honor of the Tigers' high name When Duncan begins his plunging And Merida starts out to run. "Did you see Eddie Bottoms at the Tigers-Star football blowout?" said a little womanly, smiling face to another of her sex. "I think I did," said the other, laughingly. "He is that tall, fair, brown-skinned guy that we met on the corner of Senate avenue and North streets one cold night last winter. To be sure he was there." "There must have been a good many girls there, weren't there?" said the other, sighing. "Oh, there were a few, but none worthy of mentioning," the other one said haughtily. "Then Eddie was a little disappointed, wasn't he?" asked the little one. "Well, I should say he looked it," said the other. Just then a car came up and they boarded it, laughing fit to kill. * * * * Fisk University football team defeated Lincoln at Nashville November 3 by a score of 11 to 9. * * * * The lineup that clashed at Nashville, Tenn., last Saturday. Both are high school souds: Central. Position. Pearl. Davis. . . Left End. . . Harwell Taylor. . . Left Tackle. . . Duncan Delph. . . Left Guard. . . Manson Hopkins. . . Center. . . Whittaker Childress. . Right Guard. . . Greer Cecil. . . Right Tackle. . . Peyton Grigsey. . Right End. Davis or Hurt Eubanks. . Quarter. . . Davis Robinson. . Right Half. . . Hambrick Hays. . Right Half. . . Leach Perkins. . Full Back. . . W, Davis Substitutes, Floyd, Upshaw and McKissack. \* \* \* Kid Herman has announced that he is ready to start training for his finish fight with Joe Gans on New Year's day, and Gans says he will cancel all his theatrical engagements in order to start work for the battle. This will mark the beginning of another championship fight, which have become common since the Nevada gold regions have begun to bid against one another. Tonopah is determined to have the Herman-Gans fight go down in pugilistic history as the greatest battle ever known, and to further the plan has adopted a novel scheme. Not content with the fact that the battle is for the championship and that the $20,000 offered the fighters will stir them on to battle like they have never battled before, the Casino Athletic Club of Tonopah has set aside 1,000 shares of stock, which will be awarded the victor. \* \* \* Hugo Kelly is working out at Chicago with a lot of bantams and featherweights with his idea of improving his speed. He realizes that in Dave Barry he is going to meet a tremendously good man, next to O'Brien probably the best man he has ever crossed arms with. Barry's great fault is the inability he has of delivering a blow with any strength unless he gets set for it. To keep Barry from getting in position to deliver a blow at full speed is Kelly's main object, and that is why he is working out with fast small men and working almost altogether on the defensive. There is a chance that Mike Ward, the Sarnit welter-weight, will have Jack Dougherty as his opponent at Grand Rapids, Mich. Harry Lewis was to have fought Ward, but canceled the date. * * * It is to the credit of the head and heart of Pugilist Joe Gans that, had he been able to get a return meeting with Battling Nelson, before taking on Kid Herman, he was willing to give half of his share of the proceeds to any charity agreed upon by a coterie of newspaper men, the money to be equally divided between white and colored institutions. Joe Gans is every inch a man. * * * Jack Johnson casily outclassed Jim Jeffords in a hot six-round bout at Lancaster, Pa., last Thursday night. Jeffords fought gamely, but Jack had too much steam behind his blows. Jim did much of the leading and managed to land some good blows, but they had very little effect on Jack, who worked away steadily on Jeffords' jaws and ribs. The sixth round was decidedly Johnson's. Mike (Twin) Sullivan and Joe Thomas were matched at San Francisco November 6 to fight in that city for the wetterweight championship of the world on Thanksgiving day. The weight is to be 145 pounds. The fight trust is managing the affair and Graney will be in charge, as November belongs to him. The Central High School of Louisville, Ky., defeated the Russell High School eleven of Lexington by a score of 23 to 0 at the Dusky Roads Park at Louisville on Saturday, November 2. Ten years ago, boys, when we matriculated to the Freeman Round Table, those were bright days. What a halo seems to linger around the thought of those other beautiful days. We were ten years younger, less sardonic, less sagacious, more crude, hopeful with bounding younger hearts, pleading for every weal in behalf of a sad and stricken race, sore from the brutal usages of horrible tyranny. Boys, we worked like Trojans, but in spite of our all-consuming interest to assuage dastard conditions and keep a thoughtless people from nearing the brink, we have seen with eyes of pity hope after hope decay. Insistent were we that goodness, soberness, sensibility should characterize our people. Yet we have seen our pillipic philosophy set at naught. It all teaches this one lesson: There will in the settlement of human principles emerge some noble characters as individuals from the crucible of turmoil burnished with the gold upon their wings, and they fly out into the thought world of nobler lives and let their light shine for humanity to be guided by. Boys of the Freeman Round Table, Elwood C. 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The universal denunciation ‘of the unspeakable “Clansman” by the press of the South, leading to its ex- clusion from the theaters of Georgia, Florida and Alabama, and the united stand of such papers as the Louisville Courier-Journal, Atlanta Constitution, Mobile Register, Jacksonville ‘Times: Union, Montgomery Advertiser and Birmingham Age-Herald in opposition to mob rule and lynching, point to a ‘speedy resumption of the reign of rea: son and a larger degree of security for all law-abiding citizens of the infected regions of our land. Although the ‘Tillmans, Vardamans, Dixons and charlatans of the loud-mouthed type are permitted to blow their “bazoo” as freely as of yore, it is a pleasing fact that scarcely a reputable journal be: low the Mason and Dixon line treat their animadversions seriously or at: tach any credence to their extravagant pretensions with reference to the re- peal of the 15th amendment and other things equally foolish and impossible of accomplishment. As a striking evidence of the return to sanity on the part of the thinking journalists of the South, we are giving here the letter of an anonymous corre: spondent, addressed to the editor of the Montgomery Advertiser. As will be seen, a feeble attempt is made to excuse lynching by use of a far. fetched, but apparently plausible, ex. ample. Here is the letter: “As a reader and admirer of your grand old paper, I want to ask you where in the name of common reason does the shame come on Mobile coun- ty for putting out of the way two wild, ravenous beasts—two human hy- enas. Suppose you saw a mad dog coming down Dexter avenue, bearing down on some unprotected babies, would you, shotgun in hand, stop for ‘a moment to call a police to arrest that dog? Now, whenever a man rav- ishes a woman or child, black or white, he is no more human, but a wild beast, and has no right of trial or even time to pray.” To this wretched little screed the Advertiser rallies with the following manly and convincing rejoinder: “The shame consisted in the fact that we have a well established code of laws, an honest judiciary and law officers whose duty it is to enforce the law. The mad dog loose is a common enemy liable to do untold damage. ‘The Mobile prisoners who were lynch- ed were not free, but bound strong and fast, They were in charge of the of- ficers of the law. ‘The court was ready to try them and they would surely have paid the penalty which attaches to their crime. It was a shame upon Mobile and the State that the law was not allowed to take its regular course, We would have had no apol- ogy to make if this had been done, whereas now we are subject to re- proach and condemnation, Mob law is a crime and those who engage in mobs are criminals.” Brave words, these! They are spo- Ken at a time when calmness of utter- ance and soberness of judgment are especially desirable and necessary to maintain the peace and well-being of that section of the country. We are THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER, glad the Advertiser speaks out .80}. plainly, calling a “spade” a “spade,” ), biting not its tongue in characterizing as criminals the outlaws who raid our jails and set our courts at naught. These words, fitly spoken and admir- ably timed, will doa mint of good. Truly, we are entering upon @ sea- son of sanity on the problem of the races and the sanctity of the law. It can be maintained, if the ‘best ele- ments of whites and blacks of the South and the Nation stand together for the welfare of the whole people and refuse to be stampeded by con- seienceless demagogues on the one hand, eager to turn prejudice to polit- ical advantage, or by rattle-brained ag- itators on the other, whose conduct is governed by mercurial emotions rath er than by the dictates of discretion. Some Things to Think About. to insure the supremacy of the law, but the actual leaders of mobs are rarely citizens of good standing. They are criminals at heart, and have little respect for the restraints of govern- ‘ment or regard for virtue, They ‘merely seize the opportunity presented for making a wanton attack on society, depending upon the excited state of the public mind for justification and immunity from the punishment that would be meted out to them under ‘normal conditions of peace. The evils lot shob violence do not stop with a single outbreak of anger. Just as the ‘sight of blood arouses the passions of the wild beast, so a lynching excites in ‘the participants a desire to commit other outrages against the law, and the margin between mob rule and an- archy is too narrow to be perceptible to the layman. ‘he attitude of such strng Southern leaders as Governor Glenn of North Carolina, Governor Heyward of South Carolina, Governor Jelks of Alabama, supported by thou- sands of sane business and religious factors in such cities as Atlanta, Greensboro, Columbia, Montgomery, Mobile and other scenes of recent dep- redations, is a hopeful sign, and tends to breed in the public mind a con- fidence that a better order of things is soon to come, There is no profit in abuse of those who are doing the best they can under the most distressing circumstances. What we need most at this time is not nagging recrimination, incendiary talk or direful forebodings as to the future, but an even-tempered, patient, persistent and wholesome ef- fort to bring about a sympathetic co- operation on the part of the far-seeing elements 6f both races, each to lend its full strength to the suppression of the disorderly members within its own ranks. ‘The Law and Order League, established in Alabama the other day at the suggestion of Dr. Booker T. Washington and endorsed by Governor Jelks, is a step in the right direction, and rebuts the oft-repeated allegation that the Negro fails to differentiate between the good and the bad within the race, and that we are prone to de- fend or protect our criminals. Many of our best-intentioned white friends do not realize as clearly as they should that Negro society is made of classes as distinctly defined as are found in the ranks of Caucasian society, and that to gain admission to the homes of our cultured and refined people, the applicant must possess the same vir- tues and degree of acceptability that are insisted upon in the most exclusive cireles of their own race. We wish it known that we place the same empha- sis the whites do upon character, in- telligence and industry, and set the same premium upon right living and the same stigma upon vicious living. Upon this we base our hope for the welfare of our children and our chil- dren's children as useful and respected members of the body politic. We yield nothing to our white friends in the strength of our patriot- ism—we are the most loyal citizens of which this republic can boast, and his- tory will bear out our modest conten- tion. No other class of people between the oceans would have stood by this Nation in its hours of peril under the same cavalier treatment, As Ameri- can citizens we confess with shame, that our record of lynchings, mob rule, outrages upon the law and inexcusable violations of the constitutional rights of the black, millions that abide among us are conspicuous as evidences of the frailty of our national compact, and unless stringent measures are pier to discourage this all too prevalent tendency toward outlawry, ainalees discrimination and hypocritical per- version of the principles of equality and justicé, laid down by the founders of the republic, we may be compelled some day to defend to the civilized world our claim to capacity for self- government. It is not too much to say that democracy—in the true mean- ing of the term—is on trial. Our “model republic” has not yet passed the experimental stage. These are some things to think about. A Comparison That is Odious. We notice that the esteemed Cleve- land Journal has a long and yery clev- erly written editorial in a recent issue comparing Dr. Booker T. Washington with a certain school teacher in At- lanta, We do not presume that Dr. Washington would have any objection to being compared with a Negro who has bought himself a home, or has founded a school, or is president of a college, like Dr. Crogman or Dr. Bow- en; or who has largely assisted in building up some massive church, like Bishop Turner or Bishop Grant; or |who is at the head of some substantial fraternity, like Dr. Taylor, of the True Soe or a man who has started a bank, like Dr. Pettiford, of Birming: ham, Ala.; but we do not imagine that the eminent Tuskegeean feels flattered when he is compared with an individ- ual who has bought no home, who has founded no institution of learning an who has built up no beneficial organ- ization—who, in fact, has done nothing but draw salary as an ordinary school teacher. With all due respect to our well intentioned Cleveland contempo- rary, this does seem to be one of those comparisons pronounced by sages and philosophers as “odious.” The God's truth of the whole matter is that the real leaders of the race are those who can show some constructive ability—who can do something besides find fault and talk. ‘Those who essay to stand in the forefront must do something tangible for the uplifting of the masses—he must cause two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, as it were. This is the posi- tion the race is taking more and more each year—and we are glad it is so. The lynching spirit is contagious. An American Negro came very neat being hanged by an infuriated mob in the streets of Berlin not long ago, simply because in trying to protect himselg from a jeering crowd of boys, who were tormenting him because of his color, he threw a stone, which acci- dentally struck a little girl. The mob beat the Negro nearly to death and were in the act of stringing him up to a tree when the police came to his rescue. Is there material in this for an international issue? The Negro was an American citizen. Let the National House of Repre sentatives, in the exercise of its right to pass upon the qualifications of its members, refuse to seat claimants whe appear with certificates obtained by proven fraud, and we shall soon see a revision of election methods in the rotten boroughs of the Southland. It is the bounden duty of, Congress to ‘purge its tainted membership, and it ‘can best be done in the constitutional manner here outlined. John Sharp Williams, who occupies a seat in the Congress of the United States by frand, finds a ghoulish satis- faction in referring to educated and self-respecting Negroes as “veneered savages.” We pass John up as too rotten to handle, Mississippi is badly off for statesmen (?) when she dis- graces herself by sending such sorry specimens of decadent politics to Washington as her spokesman. Get money—not for its own sake, but because of the power for good that its possession makes you. Marshall Field said: “Money is the only thing that keeps you an independent man. It is the only preventive against pov- erty and dependence. Keep yourselves free by making yourselves independ- ent. That means saving a portion of every earned dollar.” Harlan and Day seem to be in sym- pathy with the nationalist idea on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States, Moody will make a third. Give us two more of the same stripe and we shall have a majority. ‘The opponents of the fetich of states’ rights can then expect to get some de- cisions that uphold the dignity of the Nation and that stand for the best interests of the whole people, unfet- tered by the ante-bellum traditions of a section of freedom entirely out of harmony with the central thought of the federal constitution. At the conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, at Birming- ham, Ala., a commission was appoint- ed to take up the revision and restate- ment of the twenty-five articles of re- ligion of the church, with a view of bringing into closer touch with the demands and revelations of latter-day thought. This is a matter to which the colored Methodists must likewise seriously address themselves at their general conferences in 1908. Religion must keep up with the other phases of human progress if it would main- ‘tain its hold upon thinking people. Several colored candidates ran the gauntlet 6f Tuesday's elections in va- rious States, with gratifying results. F. L. Barnett, for municipal judge, and Oscar DePriest, for county com- missioner, pulled through at Chicago, L. H. Palmer broke into the Wiscon- sin legislature by way of Milwaukee, with the back counties yet to be heard from for other victories. ‘The Japanese school. question is loaded at both ends. The whole situa- tion shows the futility of trying to make class laws square with a system of government where equality of the masses is supposed to be the ruling principle. Some of our brethren are unduly “finicky” about getting their “entitle- ments” on straight. In fact, they re- fuse to recognize their names in print unless it is accompanied by the highly prized “D. D,,” “LL. D,” “Ph. D.” or “Prof.” President Koosevelt says the best way to have peace is to “shoot straight.” Were a Negro in Georgia to say “amen” to this proposition John Temple Graves would denounce it as “incendiary language.” ‘The country is enjoying a prosperity that is unparalleled in its history, but prosperity to be wholly satisfactory must be as equitably distributed as natural and human laws can ar- range it. he As with the white folks, our race has quite a few editors whose shears are sharperth an their wits, and they make free with the output of the brains of their contemporaries without giving an atom of credit for the same. ‘The telephone is a useful instru- ment—when not abused by silly young girls for gossiping purposes and by dangerous old women for the spread of the neighborhood scandals. There are fools and fools, Some would try to butt a hole through a stone wall; others “play the races” with the expectation of getting ahead of the bookmakers. A dignified and manly protest against injustice goes farther than in- coherent abuse. Mind that, you who hold cofiyentions and memorialize Congress or write addresses to your country. The obscuration of William Ran- dolph Hearst ledves more room in the limelight for the Hon. William Jen- nings Bryan. | Men of weight and substance take off their hat to the Negro who can sign a check on the bank. Moral: Get a bank account and be somebody. ‘A taxpayer is a safe citizen, He has a stake in the community and cannot afford to countenance crime or indulge in a reckless exercise of the suffrage. Color blindness is usually regarded as an affliction, but to the bourbons of the American Nation it would be a positive blessing. 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Th Pennsylvania and parts of New Jer: sey there will be some slight curva- tures, but compared to, any existing steam roads, and for all practical ar- gument, the new electric route will be & direct straight line, a line which cuts the’ distance down 160 miles, and with the 75 miles an hour average speed of INFORMATI¢ GABEL & CLINTON, 617 Traction Please send me further particula Airline R. R. pAGURORRE: cet ssosaphtceer at, Jn wr.ting mentisn The Freeman, —— THOMPSON'S WEEKLY REVIEW (CONTINUED FROM FI RST PAGE. George C. Hall of Chicago, A. M. Cur- | tis of Washington, D. C., W. H. Sterrs of Decatur, Ala., John E, Hunter of Lexington, Ky., N. F. Mossell of Phil- adelphia, M. W. Johnson of New York and their many: enthusiastic support- ers.and colleagues in all parts of the country. * ) eae The Negro end of the Jamestown Exposition is to be a sure go. The $30,000 building 'is planned for, and is tob e erected by Negro contractors from drawings by W. Sidney Pittman, a noted Negro architect. The several States are waking up to the necessity for exhibits of a creditable nature and it Is hoped that Director-General Giles B. Jackson will be able to interest every section of the country in the work he has pushed with such signal energy and success. The middle West is a field practically untouched so far. If Col. Jackson is too busy with the South te take a look into this pro- ductive territory, let him send Mrs, the electric engines, makes pos gutting down of the’ running Rome 8 Hours.” The traina’ will wes eet Saulpped ‘and will Comals, Sueur SSntehee for" comfort ant a2t mR Inguring the safety ge nsygce¥les Nov longer tar the clocks thing ofthe futures ie ie nae ee 8 BGI, pul iin tle crn. teanaportation ay act In me Siacerte lines. pasaitet that vey Ameria Gnd taice away" From: euch Seam trade Sanda of dollars every soar teengttote ger trame ‘Tne Arak electric locomotive tn regu, larservice on a” steam eit fame made ies initial” rane TecatONd ie Tinos of the New Bare tasty, 9h fhe Biased tee eacieneGte Te propelled a Weavers at treme, aaue’ speeds it "stopped tant Semen, Grithont Jolt or Jane ee Wey ttarted Bite passengers sok Hae anes Steam Urals fan as aoa othe “Grithina: yen romney The aivision of the Chicare Now Yor tt trio Alriine "will undonstea gee operétion, Bee oe cto un this ba done the roan all be cannes tnat gat the tout Ricceeaing med in id A Beestae Bower will ne advance’ very localite sions the route ot the raliroud is. tnterestan ie Sis ett End ia not only boring Shatter tuantitles. bud the care renee Ste back of thie rautees eis Pers oe ee Fee ot tin soeblesien We can not tell sir i an ndvertiae ee oe ee eta ts 60a SOE = GABEL & CLINTON, 617 Traction Terminal Building, Indianapolis. | ‘These representatives are prepared te aamongereve the future of tits Fone be OSE eras utaee we eonceny EO HER otis ook tay casas ig EU rat a ie Piper cant tore bremen es nee Be pec mete mitre shlag van ene: Beate We piniah the sinks Nets ling of First Bivision oe 4 cc rr = —r—rh—h er ANS obeoiiclipigls i Ait a el | eth 8 — Dees PLEIN =e a eS Beene gee ep ot ee) RS] Be oe pee fs i. RS ere Sk. ) {eu Part of Comstrection Gang at Werk whieh tells all about this enterprise and the progress of this road in its bulld~ ing. "Send for it. It ts free for the ask- Ing, and will teli you things we can not show here, owing to lack of space ‘Avhundred dollar share costs $41.90 to-day. Don't wait until it advances, Now is the time to bu; ‘Payments may be made on the Install- ment plan, $2.70 down, balance In nine monthly payments. Bea ON COUPON. Terminal Bldg., Indianapolls: rs of the Chicago-New York Electrle DE A. M. Curtis, who knows everything and everybody in these parts. Now ‘that the Exposition is to be held, and upon the spot where this people frst saw American soil, let us se to it that the showing is worthy of Many foreigners will rely upon this exhibi tion as the measure of our prosriss as a people, and for this reason It be comes more than a sectional or @ fam ily affair. It is national in seope ant far-reaching in effect. The entire rae should hold up Col. Jackson's nants in this immense work. More anon. ROW. THOMPSON. Binumcuan, Ala.,. Spectal—The body of Anna Shirley, a Negro woma s found at-Pratt City this morning with °°" head crushed and Ind’cations that she fad been criminally assaulted after sh* been murdered. D. W. Sparrow, a quer? al the State Convict Prison, and LG. ='-"** . former guard, both white men, have been held for investigation It is sald tha! 02148 and money alleged to belong {9 thoo- =" were found near the soene of the mur?" Bi at ko as The Stage The St The Hagenbeck shows will make its winter quarters at New Orleans, La., maintaining a permanent zoo. Isaac Devine, the laughing, singing, whistling and dancing comedian, is an attraction for theater-goers at Paris. Eph. Thompson, with his trained elephants, went big at the Shubert vaudeville house at Columbus, O., last month. Marie Bostwick, soprano singer and buck dancer, has closed in the Mahara Minstrels. Address 1920 Lawrence street, Denver, Colo. Johnny Carson was in Indianapolis last week engaging people for P. G. Lowery's "Nashville Students." Miss Sallie Lee, Bluford and Carter, James B. Hall and J. W. Carson were visitors at The Freeman office last week. James B. Hall, a member of P. G. Lowery's "Nashville Students," was the guest of friends at Indianapolis last Saturday. Miss Sallie N. Lee, of P. G. Lowery's "Nashville Student Co., spent last week in Indianapolis, the guest of Mrs. Mollie Black, 1116 Fayette street. The Meredith Sisters had to present their act in street clothes recently at Toledo, owing to customs difficulty between Toledo and Toronto. In spite of the inconveniences the act was, well received. Chas. T. Edwards, alias Little Charlie T., now leading comedian and stage manager with the Damon Musical Comedy Co., now touring Illinois and Missouri, sends regards to Will Goff Kennedy, John Dennis, Fount Woods and all friends. Mr. Edwards is meeting with great success, as he makes many friends. The Whangdooodie Comedy Four made a return engagement, with the Night Owl Burlesque Company at the Galey Theater last week. Mr. James White was a Freeman caller on Tuesday. While in the office he made quite an extensive talk about future possibilities in the profession. Mr. White formerly lived in Indianapolis. Laura S. Logan, the sweet soprano and coon shouter, and Emmett Pierson have closed their successful vaudeville engagement with "Jolly Minstrel Girls" at Rochester, N. Y., on account of the illness of Miss Logan's mother, but will resume their work as soon as her condition will permit. Address 1520 Gravier street, New Orleans, La. Tommy J. Hobart, the black star, was at Minneapolis the week of November 6 and joined the Tiger Lilies Burlesque Company. Mr. Hobart enjoyed the distinction of being the only colored comedian ever seen in that city with a white show, and judging from four curtain calls he was the hit of the presentation. He sends regards to Col. Mallory at Dayton. Mr. and Mrs. Babe Alexander entertained Miss Alice Clark, of the Williams and Walker Company, at their well-appointed flat on Walnut street, St. Louis, with a midnight supper last Saturday night. Among those present were Miss Kate Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, Messrs. Guillam and Hall, Marsall Chappelle, Mr. and Mrs. Heneley, Miss Jenkins and Mr. Smith. THE FREEMAN GALLER Member of the Hogan Aggregation. In days that now are past and gone, When love itself was young, And some fair youth was both to be The one on whom you'd hung, Your heart that seems so light and free, So full of love and sweet, That self same youth, if all was well, Would humble at your feet. -GARFIELD T. HAYWOOD. THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER SMART SET COMPANY. Jerry Mills and Lawrence Chenault were among the spectators at Sunday matinee. Mr. Chenault occupied a box while Mr. Mills adorned the front row. Miss Jennie Pearl, as Palora Bareland, is very satisfactory. Miss Pearl possesses a sweet voice and a sweet face. The audiences take kindly to both. *** The members of the theatrical profession stationed in Chicago are going to give a grand ball and banquet Thursday evening to S. H. Dudley and members of the Smart Set. * * * Miss Hattie Christian has been sick since leaving Detroit, and whenever the girls go out they send flowers, fruit or a postcard to let her know she is not forgotten. * * * Chas. Gilpin, late of Williams and Walker's Company, joined the Smart Set last week. He is doing Remus Bareland. His work in this character is very impressive. He is also an excellent baritone singer. * * * Miss Teenie Russell is now playing the role of Samantha Grindle, and her clever work has made this character one of the principal hits of the show. Miss Russell is a good singer and a talented, versatile artist. Prof. Williams and his four equine beauties joined the show in Milwaukee. The ponies are well trained and do a clever act. Prof. Williams is the only colored man to own and successfully control a legitimate circus and is one of the most successful animal trainers in the country. It is with sinceré and heartfelt regret that we learn that we must lose our musical director Mr. Tim Broyum, and his wife, Daisy. Both are prime favorites with the company and we regret to see them go. Every effort is being made to retain them with the company. It is the old tale of prejudice. Local orchestra leaders object to a colored man leading the orchestra, notwithstanding he belongs to the union and is thoroughly competent. *** The "Black Politician" opened at the Columbus, Chicago, Sunday to overflowing houses. S. H. Dudley is an undisputed favorite in the Windy City, but never was he so well received as at Sunday's opening. From his first appearance to the curtain's fall at the close of the third act every entrance of Mr. Dudley was the signal for an outburst of applause, followed by peals of laughter. The audiences were unanimous in voting the "Black Politician" the superior of "A Southern Enchantment," the Smart Set's first offering. * * * Show folks are undoubtedly the most open-hearted, tender-hearted and liberal-hearted class of people in the world. Let any member become sick or in trouble and any member in the company will divide the last nickel. This phase of show life has been most beautifully illustrated in the Smart Set. Eunice B. Wren was taken ill with that dread disease, consumption, and the management deemed it best to send him home. When this fact was made known to the company, in less than five minutes the members had subscribed fifty dollars, while Mr. Harry Hill gave him his transportation to Toronto to New York and a ten-dollar bill. MAHARA'S MINSTRELS AT EL PASO, TEX. Mahara's Minstrels at the Crawford as crowd pullers certainly justified the claims made for them and the house was sold and standing room was being bought early yesterday evening. Not one of the large crowd but will say that the show fully fulfilled the claim made for it, that it is one of the best organizations of a similar type on the road. Mahara's Minstrels are, beyond a doubt, one of the best, if not the very best, minstrel troupes that have appeared in El Paso in years. The form, get-up and program of the minstrels is just sufficiently diversified from the ordinary run of minstrel shows to give it the spice, snap and ginger of an entirely new sort of show. In general get-up the show is modeled something after a musical comedy, with the exception of the time-honored "first part," which remains unchanged in form, but glitteringly new in composition. The troupe carries a magnificent bunch of Negro voices, and not one weak point in the entire aggregation serves as a disappointment. Funny George Taylor kept the crowd convulsed with laughter during the entire time he was before the audience. His simplest move or gesture was a signal for uproarious laughter from the crowd, and his song, "I'll Be Back in a Minute, but I've Got to Go Now," made the hit of the season and called for repeated encores. Time Ouseley, "the crazy comedian," in song and monologue, stood nearly as high as did Taylor in the estimation of the audience, and he was recalled repeatedly. In the second part his monologue was exceptionally clever and roundly applauded. "Cheyenne," opening the second part of the minstrels, and participated in by six singers and dancers, lead by Lucille Collins, savored of the musical comedy and was very fine. Among the songs sung, with the exception of "Cheyenne," it is safe to say that not one person in El Paso heard one of them before. They were all new, snappy and of the melodious coon variety so popular always—El Paso Times, Sunday, November 4. The X-Ray Turned on the Most Illustrious Figure in the Fistic Arena of the Century---Winning Laurels for Himself and for the Race--Brilliant Home-Coming Planned at Baltimore Looking Wisely to the Future--Herman, Nelson and then Retirement on $50,000 and Title: Joe Gans is an honor to the Afro-American race. His triumph over the mighty Dane, Battling Nelson, at Goldfield, Nev., on Labor Day, has made him the unquestioned champion lightweight of the world, and the most talked-about figure now known to the fistic arena. Gentlemanly in bearing, honorable in all his dealings, and possessing an intelligence that would do credit to any of the callings more in favor in polite society, Mr. Gans has elevated a once despised profession to a plane of dignity hitherto undreamed of by the devotees of the squared circle. Prize fighting has been under the ban and regarded as a brutal sport, largely because of the brutal instincts of the major portion of the men who have followed it. Just as James J. Corbett's fine address and engaging personality rescued the manly art from the disfavor into which the "toutus" and "plug-uglies" had plunged it, and made it respected in the eyes of the best white people as an important branch of physical culture, Joe Gans has by the same gracious gifts attracted to his once tabooed calling THE NEW YORK TIMES THE MUSICIAN JOE GANS, Champion Lightweight Boxer of the World. the ardent admiration of our ministers, teachers, doctors, lawyers, business men and the general public, and elevated it to an assured place among the applied sciences of the times. Corbett for his race and Gans for our own have rendered a distinct service to their day and generation in demonstrating that the fictic art is not an inherently degrading sport. They have proven quite conclusively that the development of a sound body is as essential to the rise of a people as the cultivation of the mind, and that both the physical and mental faculties working together in peaceful harmony form an invincible combination for the good of mankind. They have shown that, properly envisioned, the practice of the manly art of self-defense is a protection in the fullest accord with morality, and provides for the effective use of the only and readiest weapon that a gentleman may carry, with the approval of high-grade civilization. When the wires flashed across the country the cheering news that Joe Gans had "bested" the toughest proposition in the prize ring, and that his conduct during the long and fiercely contested battle had been marked not only by splendid generalship, manly fortitude and matchless skill as a boxer, but by generous forbearance and fidelity to the approved principles of the game—in beautiful contrast with the bearish propensities and foul tactics of his unscrupulous opponent—in every Negro home in this broad land there was unrestrained rejoicing. The victory meant more to the race than the mere retention of a championship trophy for an individual or the filling of the man Gans' pockets with golden coin; it was a vindication of the mental, physical and moral capacity of the despised black millions, whose prowess is ever on trial; it opened the eyes of the world to the fact that the Negro is a factor to be reckoned with in every walk of life trod by the white man, from the pulpit to pugilism. Staid churchmen vied with the multitude in the acclaim over the heroism of Joe Gans, and denominations forgot their doctrinal differences in their enthus --- *** ism over the conquering power of a member of the race who had won his spurs so grandly in the "field militant"—the natural companion-piece to the spiritual force of the "church triumphant." * * * Bishop Alexander Walters, a learned prelate of the A. M. E. Zion church and an acknowledged leader of the race in religious, political and social life, thundered in the presence of the great Afro-American Council, in session at New York: "I decalre unto you," said this worthy man of God, "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!" And all will agree that he told noth- ing but the truth in this remarkable—if not to say startling—declaration. The sporting editor of a metropolitan daily confesses that the whites cannot lift themselves out of their prejudices long enough to give Gans full credit for what he can do, but loosens up sufficiently to say: "Gans is not the dense fellow that THE FASHION OF THE TIME some of the followers of the game imagine; on the contrary, he has a good amount of common sense and can discuss sporting and other topics of current interest with a knowledge and fluency that would surprise a great many. He has some pretty good ideas on the fighting game in general, and is a thinker on his feet, both in the ring and handling matters of business. If Gans were white, he would be the idol of the boxing fans, but the fact that he is colored makes a big difference." This is indeed "praise from Sir Rupert," and no one can doubt the absolute sincerity of the writer, for he and his fellow scribes have never been able to commend Gans or any other Negro fighter except when circumstances actually compel them to do so. place on New Year's day before the Tonopah (Nev.) Athletic Club. The purse will be $20,000, the winner to get 60 per cent. and the loser 40 per cent. The weight will be 133 pounds two hours before the battle begins. Gans, who has been touring with a theatrical company at $1,000 per week, will close his engagements and go into training very shortly, making his headquarters somewhere in the West. Although Herman is a clever boxer, he is by no means the equal of Gans, but the veterans say he is strong enough to put up a fight that will be as full of ginger as any fighter eligible for a meeting with Gans. Notwithstanding the fact that signing articles for the contest with Herman will necessitate some radical changes in Mr. Gans' well-laid plans, it is understood that he will pay the expected visit to his home in Baltimore on the 22nd of November, which Now, Mr. Gans, after dickering with Battling Nelson for a return fight, but without result, will take on Kid Herman, who is recognized as the most promising of the younger applicants for fame in the light-weight class. Barney Girard acted for Gans in arranging the preliminaries, and Nat Lewis represented the interests of the Chicago lad. The contest will take will be his first trip there since his --- * * * famous "go" with Nelson. As has been told in these columns, his Marry land friends are preparing great things for him in the way of receptions. The Monday Junior Elevating Association has made great preparations for a monster reception and banquet in his honor, and as a feature of the event will present him with a handsome gold medal, emblematic of the championship of the world. It is announced that Hon. Harry S. Cummings, Baltimore's most popular lawyer and statesman, will deliver an electionion and at one time the controllingquent address of welcome and present the medal, and there will be a response by Mr. Gans, who is an easy and fluent talker, as those who have heard him during his theatrical tours will testify. One thousand souvenir buttons will be distributed. Another banquet for one hundred persons is also being arranged for, besides theater parties, auto spins, the crowd "strawides" and minor functions galore. The promoters say that neither pains nor expense will be spared to make the Gans "home-coming" the most brilliant social season the Monumental City has ever seen—and some luminous affairs have been "pulled off" in that "peck e" the woods," too. Joe Gans is casting a prudent eye to the future. He realizes that he is getting no younger as the days flit merrily by, and it is his desire to retire voluntarily and with the title still in his possession. "It would be a great feather in my cap and it would be a great thing for the colored race," said Mr. Gans, while discussing the matter. "You know that no colored fighter has ever retired with a title, and it would be a splendid thing if I could do it. I "A RABBIT'S FOOT" COMEDY COMPANY. Happy Howe is still starring with the company and making big hits, Prof. J. H. Campbell, the magician, is making good. He has added a few more tricks and leaves them wondering about him, especially when he turns wine to water. Charles Saulana, better known as "Cuba," is making a big hit singing "On Your Way." Joseph M. Means, as "Rube," is making a big hit with his educated goats in the street parades. He sends regards to all friends. NOTES OF THE ALLEN'S MINSTRELS. H. S. Smith, Thomas Downs and entire company send regards to all friends. * * * C. Adam Larose, our female impersonator, sends regards to friends in Macon, Ga. * * * We are still in the Lone Star State, meeting with great success. All the boys are beginning to* prepare for Christmas and expect to have a great time. ```markdown ``` John W. Dennis and J. H. Williams, our leading comedians, are sending them out crying for more nightly. Chas, McKinzy, the boneless wonder, holds his own in the olio. Mitchell and Sims are cleaning up with their comedy sketch. TERRY'S U. T. C. CO. The Beechums are still getting encores every night. * * * Our cook, R. Hendrick, never fails to have meals on time. * * * D. T. Overton, our bass singer, is getting along fine in his solo. * * * Miss Nettie Barnett went to visit her father at Bowling Green, Mo. * * * We met the Stetson show No. 1 at Centralia, Mo. There was a great hand-shaking. * * * Miss Tillie Shelton and Joe Perkins are making a big hit with their act, "The Milk Mald." * * * Mrs. Alice Edwards is singing "Why Don't You Try?" with success. J. W. Beecher is still holding his own as a singing and dancing comedian. THE ELYSIUM THEATER. The Elysium Theater, one of the handsomest and finest equipped theaters in New Orleans, La., opened its doors Sunday, November 11, under the management of the Snow Amusement Co., with the Billy Kersands Minstrels. The policy of this house will be to play none but colored attraction sand to cater to the colored people. The entire orchestra, half the balcony and the entire gallery will be reserved for them, and the management will organize a first-class stock company, composed of colored performers, and will play the entire season with a change of play each week. Some of the big New York successes will be produced by this company. Mr. Winston Lorimer, the well known stage manager, has been secured, and leaves in a few days for Chicago, where he will form the principal part of the company, and a scenic artist is now actively engaged in putting in a big stock of special sets. The ushers are in full uniform, as are all employees in the front of the house. They will all be colored—the ticket sellers, ushers and orchestra. There is no doubt that this will prove a boon to the colored people of New Orleans, as they will be afforded an opportunity to see all the new plays and all the big colored road shows in a comfortable orchestra seat or a box and will be served by their own people. THE GAYETY THEATRE. They roll them down the middle of the alley straight for the head pin and make a ten-strike every time. That is the way The Lid Lifters' first part, living pictures, olo and burlesque do it every time they give a performance. Never heard of them? Well, let us give you a tip: This is their second season. They entered the llist for public approval last season and at would like to have $50,000 for myself that I could invest at 5 per cent, then I would be willing to retire for all time. That would make me independent for life, and I could retire as champion. I know I cannot go along forever and put up the fight I did against Battling Nelson, for age will tell some time, and I am not very young. I will get mine, if I keep at it, the same as others before me got theirs." With the winner's end of the New Year's day battle and assuming that Nelson will want another trial for big money, together with his share of the fight pictures of the several events, Mr. Gans will certainly have the $50,000 or more to his bank account. His friends wish for him the best of luck in the impending struggles, and agree with his judgment that a dignified retirement will then be the part of wisdom, both for his own reputation and that of the race which so proudly claims him as its favorite son. Leaders there have been whose fame will rest upon great speeches delivered, eloquent sermons preached, massive schools established, and upon the material prosperity following in the wake of their inspiring influence, but a grateful populace of 10,000,000 souls on this continent will pause a long time before they are willing to concede that many factors in this generation have done more to solve the physical side of the race problem or to enforce a wholesome respect for the manhood and bull-dog tenacity of the Afro-American people than the magnificent specimen of muscle, mind and moral courage from Baltimore, bearing the modest name of Joe Gans. Handicaps of fortune have not barred him from the heights. E. C. KNOX. one took rank as a top-notcher, and at the finish of the season there was none to dispute their claim of being the leaders. This season they hold the same position. No show outranks them in any particular. Look out for the warm wave; it is coming, and you will feel it the minute you get in the neighborhood of the Gayety next Thursday, but it is the kind that will exhilarate. One of the no-chance-to-fall-down, sure-to-win favorites. One of the sort they bar in the cellar and play the other starters to win second place. The girls! They're hummers from Hummerstown. That is one of the reasons you'll find the Lid Lifters the leading burlesque show of the season. Don't fail to see them. Three days, starting Thursday, November 22. This season they have their greatest success, the Chinese opera, in two acts, "Wu Ting." The comedy element in Louis Robie's Knickerbockersi is supplied this season by William C. Cushman and Ben Neff, Jennings and Jewell and William G. Clark, who will be seen in appropriate parts when the Knickerbockers open at the Gayetey Theater next Monday for a three days' engagement. The beauty and shapeliness are furnished by that duo of acknowledged beauty, Clyde Darrow and Louise St. Clair, who lead a chorus of twenty charming young women no less noted for beauty of face and figure. NOTICE. If Miss Carrie Harper formerly of New York City will communicate with Mr. Isham Johnson, 241, W. 29th St., New York City, she will hear of something to her great advantage. THE FREEMAN POSTOFFICE. LADIES' LIST. Brown, Mrs Pearl Beavers, Miss Susie Connor, Miss Florce Gerard, Miss Minnie Gentry, Mrs Minnie Irvr, Mrs James Joseph, Miss Emma Moore, Mrs Fortes Perry, Mrs Lizzie Roberson, Mrs Ada Roberson, Mrs Ann Roberson, Mrs Eliza Smith, Mrs Eliza Wilson, Mrs Margreve Williams, Mrs E O Woods Mrs Annie Williams, Mrs E-2 Moore, Mrs Fortes GENTLEMEN'S LIST. Arnute, Wm Allen G W Armstrong, Roy Armstrong, Thos Armstrong, Roy Armstrong, Roy Brown, W C Bearegard Happy-2 Bundy, Geo Bhuner, Robt Bryan, Mysal Family Collins, E N Collins, Edward Crosby, Frank-2 Dudley, E B Deloose, W H Dickson, W Thomas Edwards, Al Edeward, Al Eberhart, Frank H Edwards, Chas Gant, R H Hill, Geo F Helms, Billy Hilliard, Walter, Hunt, H I Henry Hysell, N R Isher, Arthur King and Balley Knuever, L D Lewis, Lewis LaRose, A C McQejey, M McKaniss, W H Bryan, Mysal Osborne James Reed, Edward Reed, Prof E S Simmons, J W Simmons, 2 Simmons, Rich Stevens, B F Stevens, Sam Stevens, C S Simmons, Sank-2 The Joly Price Thomas, Dick Thpson, A B Wilson, Chas Williams, John H 1906. ROUTE. A. Rabbit's Foot Company: Mobile, Al., Nov. 19; Brown, I., Evergreen, 22; Georgia, 23; Greenville, 24. Funky Foll's Comedy Co.: Rock Hill, S.C., Nov. 18; Yorkville, 20; Blacksburg, 21; Clifton, 22; Union, 22; Spartansburg, 24. Williams and Walker in Abyssina: Great Northern Theater, Chicago, Ill., Nov. 18 to Dec. Dandy Dixie Minstrels under direction of Voekelle & Nolan: New Orleans, La., Nov. 19 to 25. Rockwell's "Sunny South" Co: Canastota, N., Nov. 19; Clinton, 20; Wet Winfred, 21; Sherburn, 24. The Fourteen Black Asshars: Scheectady, N., Y. week of Nov. 17. Luke Puley's "Five Black Americans" with the Bachelor Club Buries Dept.: Detroit, Mich., week of Nov. 19. Billy McLain & Co.: Casino-de-Paris, France, Nov. 1 to Dec. 1. Hilary McLain and Delores—Empire Theater, Chester, Pa., week of Nov. 19. Three Musical Bumpers: Gotham Theater, East New York, Nov. 19 to 24. Robinson Parquette and Woods: Union Theater, West New Brighton, S. L., week of Nov. 19. Terry U. T. Company: "ebb City, Mo., Nov. 19; Neosbo, 22; Miami, Ind. Terc., 23; Chelsea, 24. Gideon & Ferdon's Hottest Coon in Dixie—Kutztown, Pa., Nov. 17; Reading, 20; Mackanoy, 22; Hazelton, 24. Ernest Hogan in Rufus Rastus: Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 19; Neosbo, 22; Miami, Ind. Terc., 23; Chelsea, 24. Pike's Rufus Rastus Minstrels, Sterling, I., Nov. 18; Dixon, 20; Mandota, 21; LaSalle, 22; Streator, 20; Ottawa. THE "DARKEY DREAM" COMPANY REHEARSAL. By Free Lance. "Everybody get ready for the first ensemble! Everybody! Say, lady, kindly take that chewing gum out of your mouth. It is utterly impossible for you to sing with that wad in your jaws. Now, everybody, sing! I don't want any one to yell, but sing, and sing so I can understand what you are singing. Don't all of you stand there like dummies. I want to see you move about like you had some life in you. Uncle Remus, don't forget your lines. Speak 'em out so all can hear. Now, everybody, forty, chorus." The above is a little speech that the stage manager of Charles De Graw's "Darkey Dream" company made as he stamped his foot, clapped his hands and beckoned commandingly at twenty or twenty-five intelligent looking young ladies and gentlemen. In a short while they were seen in their respective places upon the stage of the large auditorium of Realty Hall, where they have been rehearsing for the past two or three weeks. At the signal of the manager a lively ditty was struck up by a man at a piano near by, after which a light soprano voice began singing. Finally the manager was heard to say "Forty, chorus," and then there was a blending in of deep, sweet, round tones from many voices that fairly shook the rafters of the massive building, Passers-by halted in their course just as if they were magically struck by those enchanting strains that poured out of every opening in the hall. The first part was on. In the first part much good comedy is brought in, especially in the garden of Uncle Remus. Uncle Remus, who is supposed to be a well-to-do Southern Negro farmer, plans to give Booker T. Washington and his private secretary a reception and in doing so invites all of his fellow-townsmen to the affair, and they come in drowsy, singing and dancing and appearing as happy as a lark in the morning. Uncle Remus announces that his guest, the great educator, has not arrived yet and that they all come into his house and enjoy a repast. Then he the happiest part of the play. Roy Johnson, formerly of the Hoosier Amusement Company, takes hold of a part of the comedy here and Grant Watkins puts up very strong assistance in the manner of playing an extra good "straight." It seems that Watkins and Johnson are ever studying up some plan that they may be successful in giving that wily, comical little fellow the worst of it. But George W. Temple proved to be too much for them. Once they were successful in pouring a pitcher of water into his hat, but when George got ready to return his hat to his head he simply pulled a bucket from his headgear that had caught the water. But real comedy comes into play in the scene wherein Watkins gives $5 to Temple and Johnson and tells them they are to play the part of Booker T. Washington and his secretary, Emmett J. Scott so as to fool Uncle Remus. Successfully they enter Uncle Remus' house disguised as the educator and his secretary, and just to see their makeup is enough to provoke screams of laughter. Cheers and rejoicings of all sorts are tendered in half of the "great man." Finally he is called on to make a speech, which is the best humorous piece of get-off we have ever heard. He resumes his seat amid storms of applause, and while the applause is subsiding a brass band strikes up a martial air on the outside. There are many other good parts of comedy worked in throughout the three acts, but to say that there is any real plot would not be putting it right. The show as a whole cannot help be a success, as its roster is of a very high order. Such people as the Elliott sisters—Ella and Elizabeth—who are as good at singing and dancing as the average soubrettes at their age in the business. Then there are the two Roys—Lizzie and John—who are better known as the Bon Tons in the Eastern circuit, where they have just closed a successful engagement. The Roys are a clever sketch team. They are the genuine goods and cannot help but make a success. Jackson and Good do some clean, up-to-date buck dancing. They show plenty of soj to unopot unopot unopot sdsas man company is found in Miss Hattie Garland, late of Allen's New Orleans company. She has a very animated voice, one that is sweet and flushed with melody. She sings "Dainty Lady Rose Bud" in such a manner that any one hearing her could not help but become charmed. There is, indeed, a very bright future awaiting her which many a girl will be envious of. Eddie Stafford, who is well known to the theater-goer, appears to excellent advantage as Uncle Remus' proud son. Eddie is good as he has always been in theatrical lines. Roy Johnson is "among those present" as Mr. Bullet in the cast. He is entertaining all the way through. In fact, he produces a goodly portion of the fun making. Uncle Remus is dignified and pleasing just now, but he must get a little more active. Miss Alice Howard, late of the Chicago Star Stock Company, makes herself felt by her efficient contracto solo work. But Grant Watkins is really the ideal as the "dude." He looks his part and acts it without fault. He is "Mr. Slick," and he looks it. As there is some very difficult music to be handled in this show Mr. Bob Wilson, formerly band master in the great Lemon Brothers' circus, has been engaged to direct the chorus and look after the band. They have a good orchestra of seven pieces. The following compose the orchestra: Bert Smith, first violin; Thomas Jones, second violin; Fred Garland, slide trombone; Bob Nelson, cornet; George Smith, bass violin; Sam Jones, clar THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER The play is from the pen of George Temple and is a fit piece of work to offer any audience. Charles DeGraw, who is the producer, has caught the right idea in putting out shows. It is not known how soon the "Darkey's Dream" company will take the road, but it is believed that it will leave within a couple of weeks. Odd Night at Hammersteins and a Romance of Coon Hollow. BY SYLVESTER RUSSELL. There was a sprinkling of rain falling fast and growing thicker as I pushed my way up to the reserved seat gallery line at Hammerstein's New York Olympia, a fortnight ago, to see a variety show of respectable vaudeville, where actors swear the same as they do in legitimate performances, all in line with deceptive American managers, and their solicitation to have us drop in and close our ears when actors curse and damn. I was grateful to old Oscar (excuse me, I mean Mr. Hammerstein) for the reserved seat gallery system, which works like a charm and should be instituted in every decent theater. I should have felt like a prince in a twenty-five cent reserved gallery seat. But I 'looked back. Behind me in the upper, circle of private smoking boxes I could see the very box I once occupied, by courtesy of the management, to witness Hammerstein's ideal summer card, "Hogan" and the Memphis Students. After George May's rich orchestra had ceased its overture, "Please, Critic, Be Merciful to Actors," I braced up to see what was coming. You know it's a very painful thing for a grand opera and missionary critic to have to stoop to the variety stage for news and reduce himself to the level of Sime and Rush, of burlesque fame and bogus logic to earn fine bread and butter. The olo-margarine started up with Jacobs' dogs, three in number, one educated and the other two, like Jacobs himself, were pretty good fakers. Then came Cook and Stevens, a new colored team. I had made an early trip over the Hudson that evening to see them. The comedian of the team has a good singing voice and will make a pretty good actor after he learns how to dress in stage rags. He must soon throw that old derby hat and prince Albert coat away and tell his Chinese partner to dress up like a "dandy" and help him tell some new riddles. The day of advancement for colored actors depends upon how much new, original goods they can deliver at astonishingly short notice. Guyer and O'Neill, two nimble dancers, gave an act with a strong finish, but Guyer could well be guyed for stretching his solo talks too long. Sean and Warren held their audience in captivity. These two men evidently know that a vaudeville audience consists mostly of people like themselves—stark crazy. Harry Tate of London was next, presenting an English laughing at, but everything worth is very funny in America. I expect an American automobile with a good white actor and actress and a bunch of colored servants in it who can sing and dance with a heap better. This is a good original tip; we must tell Billy Clifford or some other tribute Clifford because I know that Seamon or Hurtig would buy him an automobile. Then came Miss Maud Lambert, the handsome opera singer, exquisitely dressed and wearing diamonds. Her art is finished, but my dream of her voice was a disappointment. The shading of her lower notes was so soft you could not hear them, but she couldn't help it. No wonder she's in vaudeville. John T. Kelly in "A Game of Con" was the star attraction of the bill. Rice and prevost, comedy tumblers, created roars of laughter. The straight man of the team is a good-looking fellow, but his face is thin and his front lock of hair, which is combed into a spit curl, falls apart when he tumbles. The comedy clown is quite different in character, but not in sentiment, and funny enough to be sent to an asylum. The "Immescaphone" was next to last and something wonderful in size for its age. The Vitagraph views showed a convict chase and I wish that convicts could see it to admire it. This graceful tribute to ex-jail birds closed the strongest vaudeville performance in New York. Coen Hollow at Stamford Coon Hollow at Stamford. Callahan's "A Romance of Coon Hollow" played at the Family Theater, Stamford, Conn. Thursday evening, October 25th, 1906. There is always something of more than human interest in Southern plays when two races meet upon the stage for the mere sake of money. Beyond money interests the public is called and turns out to see how a playwright can best picture the bright, humorous, pathetic and daffy side of the theater race problem, without an ounce of social equality. Social equality, from a theatrical point of view, where the two races continue to mix will be a dandy "outpoot" controlled by singing and dancing, until kissing, hugging and marrying, as they do in real life, can come into session without hissing. At present we are contented to see the white man bossing the aged darkey, a cowardly device, and drive the darkey to point up to heaven, where the pure in heart, both white and black, are changed to --- one bright color. Mixed race love on the stage is yet very young, but has been played in disguise by white actors without even comment. Eva still loves Uncle Tom, and Georgia, a much bigger girl, who lives in Coon Hollow, down among the coons, is enaptured (in one scene) by old Remis's allegory to such an extent that a sudden dread impulse threatens her to leave. She suddenly leaves while old Remis is measuring his story on the ground. We don't know whether this impulse is one of base rumor or actual sentimentality. We care less. We go to see and hear, to feel the secretive animation of it all under the guise that we are rushing to see a great Southern play, where white people really act and where darkies sing and dance enough to pay the expenses of managers, white actors and all. The cast was made up of people still young in the business. Miss Estelle Ferry, leading lady, is the star (I was told by an actor), but she failed to shine any brighter than the glimmer of the footlights. It was hard to tell who was the leading man, Samuel Gaines, a colored comedian, who played the part of Remus, made all the fun that could be had when other actors were not ranting or a darkey chorus singing and dancing. The hit of the show was the singing of the "Coon Hollow" quartette, consisting of Samuel Gaines, George Garnett, Rolly Gibson and Eugene Perkins. Their selections were well chosen and their Southern pastimes and cake-walk, which followed, were well up to the standard. Sam Gaines made a very favorable impression, both as an actor and comedian, but his speaking voice, which he generally pitches too high and too loud, suffers from a nasal tone. But he is fortunate in eliminating this defective tone in favor of his good judgment when singing in the quartette. All the white actors in the cast were fairly good. Geo. P. Harris, T. J. Munson, Burton Mallory, W. J. Hurley, Alfred Thomas, Miss A. Pullman, Adelaide Adkins and Emily Anderson shared second honors to Miss Ferry and Mr. Gaines. It is safe to say that there are no objections whatever to a Southern play like this. Mr. Slavin is acting manager with the show for Mr. Callahan. THE BUDWEISER THEATER, TAM PA, FIORIDA We have the best vaudeville and all-around entertainment ever presented by a colored organization in the state of Florida. Our orchestra is second to none and our band is par excellence. The following is the roster: R. S. Donaldson, proprietor; Will Goff Kennedy, amusement director. Our band and orchestra is as follows: Wm. H. Dorsey, musical director; S. B. Foster, first violin and cornet; George Rhone, first violin and trombone; Frank Hopkins, second violin and baritone; Tomas Ponce Reyes, cello and cornet; Walter Mitchell, tuba and double bass; Clarence (Piccolo) Jones, flute and piccolo; Harvey Pursley, clarion; R. J. Anderson, cornet; Amos Gillard, trombone; Pearl Moppin, trombone; Freddie Goodwin, traps; Sam Cohen. The performers are as follows: Billie Reeves, Buddy Glenn, Williams and Devine, Inman and Davis, Carrie Hall, Mabel Miles, Kittie Brown, Saparo and Harris, Edith Banks, Theresa Burroughs, Sallie Ramsey, Dan Randall, Sam Catiel, electrician and machinist. Pearl Moppin has added juggling to his already strong hoop act. The company sends regards to all friends. The proprietor, R. S. Donaldson, is one of the most successful business men in South Florida, a sportsman and all-around good fellow, and contemplates taking a tour with the company through the state of Florida, visiting the largest cities and winter resorts. IN MEMORIAM Richard J. Moore, after a short illness of Bright's disease, died at the home of his father, Mose Moore, 217 South Perry street, Dayton, O. Mr. Moore's wife died several years ago, leaving him with a small boy. He has been a father and mother to the child, giving him all the care and attention he could. He was a beautiful child, kind and loving and loved by all who knew him. The past summer his father married Marion Smart and it seems as if the marriage was a blessing to the child. They loved each other dearly and she was his constant companion. She was a great comfort to him in his last days, as he would beg her not to leave and at night thought he could rest better in her arms. She showed the marked devotion of a true mother. His father gave him everything in life he wanted and in death he had him laid away in splendor and grandour. The floral offerings that were sent in sympathy by friends were numerous and beautiful, filling two hacks. The services were very impressive and hundreds of friends came to sympathize with Mr. and Mrs. Moore in their sad hour of bereavement. L. C. Thomas, traveling horseman, Gainesville, Tex., writes from Paris, Tex.: "I was out to see the A. G. Allen Minstrels last night in Paris and it was just fine from start to finish and singing all late songs. J. H. Williams is one of the best comedians and old man impersonators I have ever seen, and I have had the pleasure of meeting them all. John Dennis is also a good one. In fact, the whole company is good and the band is fine. They are all strangers to me, but I never forget a good man's name when I hear it once. Hope to meet the company again and would like to hear from Williams and Dennis at my headquarters, as I am a professional man myself." *** The Turkey Paw Quartette, James Brown, manager, are doing a first-class business. B. M. Lewis and E. A. Davis send regards to Arthur Maxwell and to all of the Smart Set company. J. N. Coble and E. J. Brown send regards to James Crosby, G. C. Collins and Clarence Powell. FALL CITY EVENTS, Louisville, Ky. (Special)—By appointment of Bishop Shaffer, Rev. J. G. Robinson, D. D., is now pastor of a cozy little church here known as Young's Chapel. For the past few years Dr. Robinson had been stationed at Decatur, Ga., six miles from Atlanta, but because of certain articles written by him touching the race riots in that vicinity not long ago he was waited upon at midnight by a delegation of forty "prominent citizens of Decatur" and requested to leave the community at once. In the mob, Dr. Robinson says, there were the county superintendent, a banker, a white Methodist preacher, the clerk of the Superior Court and others of like standing. They said it would be impossible for them to control the Negroes with him among them as a leader after the reports he had sent to Northern papers, and assured him that in ordering him to elate within twenty-four hours, upon penalty of death, they meant exactly what they said. In some manner Rev. Robinson's plain-spoken story of the Atlanta reign of terror reached the editor of the Atlanta Constitution, and it was deemed unwise by the Decatur gang to allow a man of such rare courage and resources to remain and strengthen the backbone of the Negroes of less intelligence, who, otherwise, could be kept in subjection. Dr. Robinson will be permanently located in this city, and regards himself fortunate in having been able to find refuge in such a hospitable community. Mrs. Robinson, who has been teaching special departments in an industrial school at Covington, Ga., arrives this week. She is a lady of varied accomplishments and a skilled musician. She will be a welcome addition to our social and intellectual circles. Dr. Robinson has already created a most favorable impression by his thoughtful and eloquent sermons and engaging personality, and his influence is being made manifest in many helpful ways. He is a public-spirited citizen wherever he goes, and he is laying plans to organize a local council and to lend his aid to the establishment of a branch of the National Negro Business League and to exert himself to increase the efficiency of the Y. M. C. a, the literary forums and to instil into the people the intimate relationship between the so-called higher and the industrial education. While differing slightly in method from Dr. Booker T. Washington, Dr. Robinson expresses himself as in hearty accord with the ends aimed at by that distinguished leader, and says he will be found holding up Dr. Washington's hands upon all occasions and extending the sphere of the uplifting work that centers in and about Tuskegee. Dr. Robinson will deliver a series of lectures here and elsewhere at an early date. He is an agitator, but believes in intelligent agitation, guided by judgment and a discreet recognition of the peculiar conditions that confront our people in all their efforts at self-betterment; he would unite the races by the ties of friendship—not separate them by cherishing hatred and threatening retaliation by force of arms. Like Dr. Washington, he stands by "sympathetic co-operation of the best classes of both races" as the watchword of the hour. He is adapting himself to his new field of labor, and for the past he has no lamentations. 幸 军 幸 The leaders of the independents here are asking the very pertinent question, "Why doesn't Mayor Barth or some of the city officials who owe their prestige and power very largely to the support of the liberal colored men who voted for them at the last city election, find it expedient to grant some suitable recognition to one or two competent colored men who might be put forward as the representatives of the independent movement? Surely they are entitled to a share in the spoils they loyally assisted to "land" and they point to the example of Tamany, in New York city, where the Negro allies of the "tiger" are comfortably taken care of. A colored fire company, a few policemen, a clerk or so, a messenger in the mayor's office, a time-keeper on the street gangs, a truant officer or a custodian of a municipal building, would help some, they say. Louisville is away behind her sister cities in recognizing the Negro as a political factor, and he is away behind in the matter of asking for recognition of the right kind. The 8,000 or 10,000 colored votes here, scientifically handled, could be made to work wonders. * * * Civil service examinations are doing well for the intelligent young colored men and women of this community. There are quite a number of clerks and carriers in the local postoffice who earned their places through the competitive examinations, and others are on the eligible list. Last week three substitute carriers, Messrs. Davis, Hammonds and Whitley, were advanced to regulars, and Will Worley is to "go up" soon. J. H. Black, an efficient clerk, was promoted from $800 to $900 per annum. Miss Esther G. Irving, late of Cleveland, O., employed for some months as private secretary to Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, of the Baptist Foreign Mission Board, was appointed a few days ago as a stenographer in the Bureau of Forestry, Agricultural Department, at Washington, as was also Mr. John Davis, who took the examination last spring. Of the four who took this examination three were colored, and the two who passed received appointments. Colored men are found in the internal revenue department, and hold various minor positions in the custom house. Another test for clerks and carriers in the postoffice will be held on the 22d. No credence is attached to the rumor that Postmaster R. E. Woods has declared that there are too many Negroes in the postoffice and that a quietus will be put upon such appointments in the future. It is not believed that he will pass over colored men on the eligible roster without good and sufficient reasons other than that of color. The Neighborhood Settlement Home and Training School Association of the King's Daughters and Sons, for the training of Negro boys and girls in useful pursuits, filed articles of in- COTTON PICKERS' BAND UNDER DIRECTION VOELCKEL & NOLAN 126 West 44th Street, New York City, N. Y WANTED. A Full Acting Company to put on Dramas. Preference given those who do specialties. Play full season and all summer. Write at once. Sate all in first letter. Send photo if you have one. Make salary low as it is sure. The Finest Theatre in the South playing Colored Attraction. corporation this week with the following charter members: Elizabeth C. Jones, Solomon Stone. M. D. Daisy E. Conrad, Azalia Carter, Atholene Peyton, S. Gertie Hutchinson and Lavinia C. Owens. There is no capitalization and the maximum indebtedness is fixed at $15,000. The association received substantial encouragement during the session of the King's Daughters, and the illuminating address of Mrs. Jones stirred up the deepest interest in the organization among the wealthiest white ladies of the city, who are anxious to do what they can for the improvement of the condition of the Negro race. The Frontenac Aid Association is to have a $10,000 hall and club headquarters on Walnut street, between 8th and 9th streets, and the walls of the same are well under way. The corner stone was laid Sunday week, with impressive ceremonies, addresses being delivered by several ity ministers and Lawyer Albert S. White. The officers of the Frontenac Club are: James H. Stringer, president; George H. May, vice president; Andrew C. Lewis, secretary; John Stone, chaplain; James Perry, C. of B. L.; and C. C. Beacham, director. Mr. Peter Walker ic chairman of the building committee and is giving his personal attention to the work of construction, assisted by Mr. Taylor Murphy. The Frontenacs expect to take possession of the new structure December 18th, and the grand opening will be one of the notable events of the city. Mr. R. W. Thompson was the speaker at the third of Prof. J. S. Cotter's series of Friday evening talks to the night classes under his charge at the Central High School. The chapel was crowded with the 330 enrolled pupils and they listened very attentively to Mr. Thompson's story of the genius and purpose of the National Negro Business League and of its wonderfully stimulating effect upon the commercial life of the Negro of the Nation, as shown by the exhibit at the Atlanta convention. The speaker laid particular stress upon the increase in the banking business and in the greater volume and improved quality of the products of agriculture, attributable to the constructive organization of which Dr. Booker T. Washington is the head and vital force. SPARKS FROM THE ANVIL. The Y. M. C. A. carnival netted over $300. Mr. Thomas Cole spent a day in Cincinnati on business last week. Central High School defeated the Russell High School from Lexington recently by a score of 23 to 0. Dr. W. L. Taylor, president of the True Reformers, lectured at Quinn chapel a few evenings ago. The floral exposition for the Church of Our Merciful Savior is in full blast and a handsome sum will be realized. The Business League is trying to get together. Our business men appear to be too busy to meet on business matters. Mrs. Lavina B. Sneed, of the Indianapolis public schools, and Mrs Julia Brown Harris will spend Thanksgiving here. TOM RICHARDSON. 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Every colored citizen who has the in- terest of the race at heart, will rejoice to learn that a great Labor Union is using its strength and influence to sceure higher wages for the negro laborins men ani women, ‘This is the first labor organization in this country to take up the battle in behalf of our race. This Union proposes to see thaty the colored people are yiven their proper place in the work of this country, and siworded equal epportunities to” work with other workmen and receive Union waxes and hours, ‘They will extend full protection to their negro members, and Insist upon justice being done them. ‘The negro has an equal standing in this mmion, with his white brother, and is eligible’ to hold any office in the organization, When a meniber dies, $100.00 is paid te his beneficiary, this being one of the beneficial features of this Union. If a leading negro of each locality wil become a Deputy, and help extend this Union by forming new Lodges, he will uplift our people and do grand work for the race. He may continue his regular employment, forming the Lodge during idle moments, and receive good pay. for his efforts, ‘Those of our readers who desire to take up this work should write THE INTERNATIONAL LABORERS’ UNION, DAYTON, OHIO, and request sample Journal, Constitution and By-Laws and instructions about becoming a_ Deputy Organizer for this progressive Union. Ve sure to mention this paper and enclose 10 cents to pay the postage. Also give reference as to character and honesty, SHELLS afe the latest GOLD 32s slipped over a tooth. Look like dentists’ work, costing $10.00. Acents wanted, (Send stamps or money orier.) Gold Plated Shelis 100 cr 12 for 400; Salld Gold Plated, 250 or 12 for $1,50. Adicess Wall Jawelry Co., Box 162, Selma, North Carolina, THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED CCiQRED NEWSPAPER SHORT FLIG HTS. aera sauing pe iit tats,| with men and my: self, ‘Up the steep summit of my life's forenoon, ‘Three things I learned, three things of precious worth, To help and guide me down the west- ern slope. T have learned how to pray, and toil, and save; To pray for courage, to receive what i comes, ‘Knowing what comes to be divinely i sent; ‘To toil for universal good, since thus, And only thus, can good come unto me; ‘To save, by giving whatsoe’er I have ‘To those who have not—this alone is gain. —Hila Wheeler Wilcox. Push—don’t knock! He wins who can “do things.” eee The pictures indicate that Nelson was “jabbed”—not, “jobbed.” 7 ‘ Good habits on the part of an am- bitious young man is a business as- set. posses In addition to getting licked by Joe Gans, Battling Nelson is to be married. oes ‘The Negro voter fares best where party majorities are smallest. The moral is plain. | Ofttimes a leader is made more famous by the abuse of enemies than by the praise of friends. _ 8 It is not of so much consequence who started the Afro-American Coun: cll as that somebody Keeps it going What superstitious people call “luck” is nothing more nor less than applie@ common sense and unceasing industry. Lue Ben Tillman stands in greater need of % passport to guarantee his godd behavior abroad than any Negro we know of. oe Senator Joe Bailey winces as if he thinks something personal is intend ed when Standard Oil is mentioned ir his presence Jimmy Britt does not want to de any business with Joe Gans. It is as a long-distance, hot-air fighter tha Jimmy shines most resplendently. see No community in the land should be willing to confess that its guar dians of the law are too weak to cop: with the rufflans within its borders ‘The United States is a Nation with a capital "N.” ‘Tho states are the children—not the boss—of the gen eral government at Washington Stick a pin there! Naturalists say it is eruel to a bee to compel it to be idle, Current ob servation proves that it is cruel to a community to permit a lot of able. bodied men to exist in idleness. Despite the glittering platitudes oI the spellbinders, we are not one in this country until every American citizen; black and white, is as secure in his rights in one section as in an: other. The wage-earning Negro who can get ahead of the race track sharks and professional poker pirates in a given season is entitled to a full equipment ‘of Carnegie’s handsomest hero medals. wee ‘The Washington Post administers somebody a gentle “knock” when it says: “When it comes to a casualty list that will attract attention, an At. lanta race riot has the Cuban rebel- lion beaten a block, and then some.” It is the solemn duty ot every preacher, teacher and race leader to do his level best to reach the un- reached among our people. The Christian Negro must lift up the SS viclous ones, in gelt-defense, if for nd loftier a motive. < se Scott C. Bone’s new daily, the Washington Herald, is a beauty. Scarcely a month old, it is already exerting a healthful influence upon the morals, manners and public sen: timent of the denizens of the nation’s capital. Long life to the Herald! “Nevertheless the teaching of Booker T. Washington is sound,” says the Louisville Post, “and there is no safety for the Negro in any path save that of industry, frugality and thriftiness. ‘Work or die’ is the edict emblazoned upon every high- way, amd it is self-enforeing.” Yea, verily! ct ee Local organizations do the work National organizations furnish the inspiration and supply valuable sug: gestions through the comparison of notes and experiences. Whether it be business, religion, fraternal or race protection, it is the local body that must do the actual, result-pro: dueing work. ae Agriculture is a fundamental in- gredient in the prosperity of a people: To engage in such a noble industry, on a scientific basis, is not drudgery —it is a perennial delight, leading di rectly to individual and financial in dependence. What nation can get along without the man who produces its meat and bread? The Democrats of Muscogee coun |ty, Georgia, have declared in favor of the Australian ballot for use in the state primaries, improved and per | fected so as to eliminate all possible | chances of fraud. If any device car |be adopted in Georgia that will lesser the amount of fraud now perpetrate: against whites and blacks, by al || means let it be tried, and quickly, too | wee | Contrary to popular belief, whit people are as fond of chicken as the Jcolored brother. Notwithstanding th }fact that the market reports shov [that over 300,000,000 chickens wer hatchet during the current year, i is doubtful if the black man has beer Jable to secure anything like the num ber that the fat-pursed white mar [has placed beneath his vest. It f the other race that “raises” the lion’s share of the succulent fowl ft {divers and sundry ways, see | Some of our business men fail t grasp the fact that this is a hurry. world. They eannot succeed 3 Jpromising to deliver an article or Saturday, and then keep him waitins another ‘Week or so in discomfort over your delay. And, furthermore they cannot expect to hold trade by Jbeing “just out” of the commoaits that a customer calls for and must have right away. Get in a rush, col ored business man, or you will be pushed out of business by somebody who knows how to get busy. ae Mrs. A. T. Wilson, a Georgia white woman, lived with a highly agreeable Jhusband six months before she dis covered that he had Negro blood in his veins, and then he had to flec from the state, with relatives of the | wife after him, threatening to lynct him for the cruel outrage he had-vis ited upon their kinswoman. — Just where the difference came in would require the Best efforts of an expert in mental acrobatics to determine “A man’s a man for a’ that.” The Philadelphia Negroes whe formed themselves into a mob and put a stop to “The Clansman” took their cue from the so-called “superior race.” In this instance, however, the mob compelled the officers of |the law to do their duty; they dic not appear in revolt against the in cendiary play until they had ex Jhausted every peaceable method o' having the monstrosity withdraws from the stage. Few, if any, Cau asian mobs give the machinery o} the law an opportunity to get inte motion, e656 Evidently somebody is still trying to fool the Rev. Jay Albert Johnson into the notion that he has as muct: asa “lookin-in” at the A. M. E. bish opric—and it is such a pity, too. A great connection that has its sainted Paynes, Shorters, Quinns, Waymans and Arnetts to revere, and an abund ance of such broad-gauged materia like Lampton, H. T, Johnson, Parks Henderson, Conner, Flipper, Reyn olds, Roberts, Chappelle and other: to draw upon is not apt to beat the bushes for cheap demagogues, pomp. ous egotists or conseienceless pre tenders. TOOK HIGH HONORS. Guthrie, Okla, Special~ In a recert State Medical examination held at Guthrie, Oklahoma there were thirty-three appli- cants among whem was only one eslored in the person of Dr, W. L. Haywood. Ow of the thirty-three persons only twenty-two passed, In the general average Dr, Hay- wood stood third. However, he has the distinction “f making the highest. mark i: Physical Diagnesis, and Theory and Prac- tice of medicine. Dr. Haywood Is a gradu ate of the high school of Waxahachie Texas; a college graduate of Paul Quint College, Waz0, Texas, and the Meharr) Medical College, Nashville, Tenu. He i anei ergetic young man and hes hopes i the u'timate triumph of the race. He wil practle his prefession at Oklahoma Gity and can be reied upon to hod aloft th. tanser of grand old Meharry College, an will win the esteem confidenge of | the eople with whem te has cast his lot. E. T. MONTGOMERY DEAD. Noted"Head Waiter and Writer Ends a s Useful Career, } ; The colored waiters throughout the country will be shocked and grieved to know that E. T. Montgom. ery is no more, | While Montgomery has not been in the best of health the past few years, “his most intimate friends had no dream of his early demise. He was [taken il about the 10th of October, | while head waiter at the Wayne Hotel, | Detroit, Mich, and after two weeks of illness retovered sufficiently to go | to Toledo, O., for special treatment for Jan abscess which had formed on the jbrain. The fact that he was able to |make the trip to Toledo encouraged | his friends, so when the wires brought the sad news of his death on Sunday evening, November 4th, the news was | indeed shocking. | During his illness both in Detroit |and Toledo he had the best of care— | the best that a loving and devoted wife of moderate means could give, He was attended by as many as three doctors and his wife was at his bedside day and night administering as only a lov- ing wife can, refusing to leave until he had breathed his last. Although a |white woman, Mrs. Montgomery ful- |{illed her marriage vow to stick to her Jhusband until death. The writer made a speciil visit to Mr. Montgom- Jery during his illness and knows whereof he speaks. | Edward T. Montgomery was born in | Texas, where he received a high school education, Like many bright South- ern boys, he soon found his way into |the North. He drifted into Chicago Jprevious to the World's Fair, where Jhe was employed as waiter ‘at the |) Hyde Park hotel. Later he found em- i ployment at the Beach Hotel in that iJcity. Here his sterling qualities were recognized and he was appointed third waiter, He filled this position about »| two years and then he was made head J waiter. “He, being a member of the "| Waiters’ League, at once set about to try and help his fellowmen. When the '|Head Waiters’ National Association »] was organized in Chicago in 1898 Mr. ||Montgomery was chosen first vice. \| president, at which time he was head -|waiter at the Beach Hotel, It was at \| this convention hat he read his first | paper on service, and the same was »| published in the Hotel World. ‘The \| waiters know and appreciate the great work done by Mr. Montgomery while he was vice-president. One special act Jmnay be briefly stated, and that is the |] incorporating of the association under the laws of IMinois and bearing the expense of same. Leaving the Beach | Hotel he accepted the position of head ‘|waiter at the Oriental Hotel, Dallas, '|'Tex., but resigned a few months later |to accept the position of chief head | waiter for the Bailey Catering Co. at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition. '|Here he was in charge of restaurants “A” and “B” in the plaza and “C” and |b” in the stadium and later in the {season succeeded a white crew in the Tower restaurant. All of these he managed with success, gaining much 'Jhonor for himself and the 250 colored | waiters under him, | Leaving Buffalo, he went to Cali: fornia, during which time he wrote ‘special articles on service fot hotel |iournals. In the winter of 1902 he '|was in charge at the Park Hotel, Hot '|Springs, Ark, He was also at’ the |®rankfort one summer season in | Michigan, and then the Boody House Jat Toledo, 0. When William Alexan- Jder died Mr, Montgomery beeame his | successor, returning to the Park Hotel, at Hot Springs. When. closing the past season Mr. Hayes was so well {pleased with his work that Mr. Mont- '| zomery was transferred to the Wayne | Hotel, Detroit, Mich., to fill the va- |cancy’ caused by the illness of Samuel Bloodsoe. This position he held at | the time he was taken ill, on or about |the 10th of October. Mr.’ Montgomery was @ noted head waiter and a gifted ‘Iwriter. Being modest, he chose the .Jnom de plume of “A. B. Carter,” and contributed many articles to The '|Freeman under this name. His artt- J cles on service were sought by all the hotel journals, and he said much and '| did much for the colored waiters, and in his death the colored waiters have lost one of their best friends. ‘The ‘Jinterment was at Toledo, 0. The '|funeral service was largely attended. |'The floral contributions filled one car- |riage. A delegation from Detfoit, headed by C. R. Johnson and 8. L. | Williams, attended. Beautiful floral designs were sent from the Wayne ‘Jand Cadillac Hotels. The pillow of ‘Jroses given by the waiters of the '|Boody Hotel, under “Col.” John B. |Goins, was lettered in gold and was | very appropriate. "What E. 'T. Montgomery accom: '|plished in life may be duplicated by any bright boy. Having lived a useful life, Edward T. Montgomery's name and fame still live. RR Ne 60 YEARS" EXPERIENCE Trave Marks DESIGNS. Anronenentng nsxets ot een et Seer eins ieee Sere d seaiecat iAMantae ace sects Shit tanto Scientific American, — A handeocpety Mogtrated week: Wieue: | aut Thar shanches gL. ald by all newedsors HMUNN & Go,2s-=4e New York UN oO ee et, Wasbincton. 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Mrs. Carter Stone, of Manitou Springs, Colo., is the guest of Mrs. Earl Titus in Muskingum street. George Simmons, well known in typo circles now residing at Danville, Ill., was in the city Monday. Woodbine Perfume, Oh! how fragrant, exquisit, enchanting bewitching. Only at Blodau's Drug Store. L. D. Scott, principal of the High School at Xenia, O., attended the Teacher's Convention in this city last week. Mrs. Ida Colman Logan, of Louisville, after several years absence, is spending a few days in the city, visiting friends. Mr. Thomas Poole died Sunday night of stomach trouble at his home in Adalale street. His remains were sent to Nashville, Tenn., for interment. Clarence B. Allen, pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church at Louisville, Ky., and Dr. W. F. Cowen of Cotton Plant, Ark., are attending the General Presbyterian Assembly in session here this week. LADIES - If you want better and longer hair, go at once to your Drug Store and ask your druggist to get you a box of Taylor's Hair Grower and Dandruff Cure (pomade). Price 25 cents. Made by Taylor Remedy Co., Louisville, Ky. Agents wanted everywhere; $2 to $5 per day. Write at once for full particulars. C. W. P. A. M&EING. The C. W. P. A. held a meeting at the Realty Hall last Sunday evening, at which time the president, Miss Daisy Walker made a report showing good results and favorable prospects. If the plans of this work turn out as Miss Walker contemplates this association will be of great benefit to the women of this city. The exertion of good influence over them young and old, will be of value to the race, and anything that tends to the uplifting of humanity should meet the approval of the entire BUSINESS INTERESTS. The Johnson House; First-class rooms and board 322 Capitol Ave. Furnished rooms for gen lemen. Special rates to theatrical people. 607 West Eleventh street. Coal by ton or basket; two baskets 25 cents. Bennett Bros., 321 Indiana Ave , New Phone 2977. Indiana Fish and Oyster Company, 626 Indiana Avenue. Phone 5651. William Leonard, manager. Dr. Langston, dentist at 424 Indiana Ave., New Phone 1692, makes a specialty of plates, crowns, bridges, repairs and regulating children's teeth. A THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. WANDERER ON THE WING WANDERER ON THE WING ATHENS, Ga., Special.-The unsettled state of affairs around Atlanta did not endanger the good feelings existing between the white and blacks of Athens. This town is the home of some of the best white people of Georgia, and it is the home of many of the best Negroes of Georgia. Where good people live and control we have peace regardless of color. The clash comes between good and bad, and between bad and bad. Georgia is as good a place for the good citizen as it ever was, and I think, one of the best places in this country for the honest, earnest industrious Negro. The Atlanta outrage showed unusual features of brutality it's true, but it called out a latent sentiment establishing certainties where we once had doubts. Then too, it showed more clearly than ever that it should be the work of both races to restrain their respective criminal class. The Negro's problem is to reduce as low as possible the breaking element. The white race needs the same attention and in addition to it, great care to put its best men in the law making element. Ths whole question will settle to a matter of individual character and worth, after a while. The individual is the social unite and no change can be lasting that does not affect the units. Here in Athens, the home life among Negroes seems high. That is always an indication of the right kind of propress. It would please me more to see 500 Negroes, each in a $1,000 home, than to see 499 black paupers and one Negro living in a $500,000 mansion. I place my bet on the average Negro, and am not robbed of hope because of a riot, neither do I throw up my hat and cheer when by force of favorable conditions a single Negro raises his head above his brethren and catches the public eye. it is the slow but certain march of the geat central mass that will bring you the solution. Athens is blessed with good schools. The Broad Street High School, Prof. Harris, principal, is said to be the best of its kind in the State. Jeruel Academy is a great school operated entirey by Negroes with Prof. Brown, one of Georgia's most gifted sons, at its head. Knox Institute stands for the higher education, being a feeder for Atlanta and Fiske Universities, yet, Prof. Clark keeps close watch on the demands of the times and has the industrial features well in hand. Heard's University, is a school, a monument, an example, and anything else that is praise-worthy. It is the work and the sacrifice of one man, and he a Negro. Mr. Heard is worth more to the race than fifty calamity, Jonahs Mrs. Reed is doing a good work in East Athens. She is able and careful—an inspiration to teachers and pupils under her. Miss Julia Jackson. is the Booker T. Washington of Athens. She has bought and started an Industrial School, 4 miles east of Athen. One beautiful building for school purposes, a beautiful home, a well stocked country store and 300 acres of land are the present fruits of her labors, with greater things to follow. This town is the favorite home of able divines, Revs. Harr's, Wingfield, Horton, Brown, Wiley, Porter, Maddox, Haynes, Crumbly, Stovall and a few others and are men who hold the good of the race to heart. The business interests of our people is unfortunately neglected; yet we have evidences of new life along some lines. Cole's Livery Stable is a successful venture. I shall mention them all in a business write-up of Athens later. Murden is in the undertaking line and doing nicely. In fact it is claimed that the style in which he leaves his subject, robs death of its sting. I am preparing a great write-up of Athen and Athenians. WANDERER. FORECASTS OF CONVENTION FORECASTS OF CONVENTION will not be long before the publishing house in Philadelphia will cease to be a ward of the connection. It will be a revenue-producing department of the church. Dr. Collett could do even better, but like all of his predecessors his time and attention are divided between the successful management of the Book Concern and the prospect of being elevated to the bishopric some sweet day. The foremost candidates for the bishopric in 1908 are H. B. Parks, H. T. Johnson, E. W. Lampton, W. D. Chappelle, among the general officers, and J. M. Conner, J. S. Flipper and Dr. Reynolds, among the "floor men." A majority of the list will be disappointed. Only three new bishops will be elected, unless some unforeseen contingency arises to change conditions. There is a regiment of aspirants waiting for the shoes of Parks, Johnson, Lampton and Chappelle. Somebody said I belonged to that regiment and that the moocasins of Dr. H. T. Johnson would be comfortable footwear for me. But let that pass, "There's many a slip between the cup and the lip." Georgia is coming up with her usual army of aspirants, and, judging from what Dr. J. G. Robinson says in the Christian Recorder, if the state of Georgia gets all she wants she will encompass the earth. Think of it! Seven candidates for bishop and SECRET When you need money you'll be pleased with our way of dealing with you. Prompt, Sate and Reasonab. e always We make loans on FUUNITRUE, ORGANS and PROMOTIONS of all kinds of moving. Our rates are positively the lowest in the city and payments within reach of all, £250.00 in full in fifty weeks. Other amounts in same portion. Payments can be made monthly if desired. We also loan you a vehicle. We strictly private, courteous treatment to all. It cost nothing to investigate. New Phone 4270 three for general officers—and it is a year and six months ahead of the time for election. Great heavens! What will the harvest be by 1905? If Dr. Flipper had emigrated to some other state—any old state—ten years ago he would have been a bishop long before now. There are too many big men in Georgia. Every time one of the magnates loops up he is silenced by the cry, "There are others." The connection would like to see the army of giants in Georgia keep quiet long enough to allow Flipper to hear the call, "Come up higher," and Dr. E. W. Lee to quietly take his seat in the office of financial secretary. It remains to be seen whether the church will heed the campaign lectures of Bishop Turner in favor of the election of Dr. Singleton as resident bishop for West Africa. Be it said to the credit of Bishop Turner he is the only bishop on the bench that is bold enough to even endorse, publicly, the candidacy of any man. Why a bishop should be too timid to endorse the candidacy of men who openly advocated and championed their cause is a thing I could never understand. Perhaps they are afraid that they might be dethroned or lose some of their dignity. Let some of them explain. Y. M. C. A. Notes. Rev. G. H. Martin, pastor of Corinthian Baptist Church will address the Monster Meeting on Sunday, subject: "The Rationality of Religion or a Sound Mind," Large numbers of men should turn out to hear Rev.Martin on this very important subject. Good singing; all men are Invited; doors open at 3 p.m. The Monster Meetings will be held in the Y. M. G. A. rooms until further notice. Come on time. REAL MIRACULOUS. Learn hynotism, throw your voice, magic tricks, grow the mango tree tuban mystery eight others, 25 cents. G. W. H. Jones, 1244 Holley St., Augusta, Ga. A BLOOD THRILLING STORY STRANGER THAN FICTION -- STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO WITH ONE LITTLE WRITING TABLE, A FIVE CENT BOTTLE OF INK, THREE WRITING PENS AND A THREE CENT TABLET --- LAST YEAR DI $125,000 WORTH OF BUSINESS---THIS GREAT TEN YEAR HISTORY IS TOLD IN THE NOVEMBER NUMBER OF M'GIRT'S MAGAZINE. Dear Friend—The November number of the McGirt's Magazine is a great "National Baptist Publishing House number. One of the greatest issues that I have yet published. Besides the regular features of the Magazine this number contains the "History of the National Baptist Publishing House, covering a scope of ten years, with more than thirty illustrations." You will see more than twenty well-furnished offices, showing the different managers, clerks, typewriters and stenographers, typesetters, book-keepers, printers and binders; in short, the vast host of three hundred colored men, women, boys and girls employed in three great buildings owned out and out by Negroes. To see this work will cause the blood to course rapidly through your veins. No one who has never seen this great establishment can imagine that any body of colored people is doing so much business as is illustrated in this great number. To read about a company that receives each day more than 3,000 letters, and spent for stamps last year more than $14,000 is a treat that every member of the colored race should avail himself of. This is too great to describe by words, and you will have to read this ten year history to really have any idea of this great establishment, known as the "National Baptist Publishing House." This Magazine is an illustrated monthly that has been published for the last four years. It has come out regularly every month. In these four years we have not published a number so fascinating in character and comprehensive in scope. In this same issue you will find an article entitled "Shall Lynching Be Suppressed and How?" by Wthrop D Sheldon, L.L.D. of Girard College, Philadelphia, Pa. I give my word this is the strongest article that I have ever read. The umber contains 60-pages. Subscription price to the Magazine is $1.00 per year. Special Offer. To any person who will send One Dollar we will send the Magazine for one year and will make him a present of four copies of this great November number. These four copies you can sell and make yourself a present of the money. Special Offer to Agents. To any person sending One Dollar we will send fifteen copies of this 'National Baptist Publishing House Number.' These copies can be sold as fast as they can be handed out. We request every preacher Sunday School teacher, president of Young People's Society to send at least One Dollar for fifteen of these copies to sell among their people. This issue will awaken the people as they have not before been awakened to the great progress of the colored race. 420 S. 11th St., Philadelphia, Pa. in ordering more than fifteen copies you can have the Magazine for seven cents each. Single copy fifteen cents. A BOWL FULL OF HEALTH Malta-Vita contributes more to your health than all the other foods combined, because it's made better—tastes better, and there's none "just as good." It's delicious. Large 15-cent package Now 10 cents THE PARKER HOUSE Doubtless you feel fine in this splendid weather. You will feel better still if you drop into the Parker house and get sustaining things for the inner man. Remember that this is turkey month. Get yours at the Parker House and don't be worried. You do not have to take a whole one Excellent service. Excellent table, good sleeping rooms, bath, etc. J. W. Holli-man, Prop., 317-321 W. Michigan street, Phones: New 4972; Old 651. A GRAND AND WONDERFUL Book entitled "How to Keep the Body Sound and Well Without Dangerous and Poisonous Drugs." Medicines are surely killing people. This great book teaches the laws of health. Our agents make $9 per day selling it. Sample copy and terms to agents for $1.00. R. W. T.'S GOOD BOOK ASSOCIATION, Lock Box 27, Finley, Tenn. The Palace Rooming House. Where rooms can be had by respectable ladies and gentlemen. Everything first-cass. No beer or liquors of any kind allowed Rooms to e joy home privileges. A clean place for clean home. When visiti- ng the city, give her a call. Mrs. Moore proprietor, 321 1-2 lindau avenue. The Atlanta friends would like to know the wherhabouts of Ecdie Morrison, the prize fighter. Important news awaits him. Wanted—A "Nationalist" Supreme Court at Washington. Short Talks on Tailoring TWISTED LEGS in trousers cause the crease, w ich should strike the foot at the center of the instep, to turn in or not. This is from badly balanced cutting or improper joining by the tailor. Special cutting should be employed for bowegged men to guard against a twist. If pants do turn, turn them back to your tailor. We do a straight business. Suits Tailored to Taste $18 to $50 Deutsch Tailoring Co. (incorporated.) TAILORS, 41 S. Illinois Street. 3 PER CENT. INTEREST Paid on saving accounts can be drawn anytime with interest. No accunt too small THE RICHCREEK BANK 106 N. Delaware St. PICTURE FRAMES AT- PICTURE PLACE, Indiana Avenue (S le) Bi ch) Indianapolis, Ind. R. E. WELLS, Proprietor. Fancy Groceries. Smoked and Fresh Meats Butter. Eggs at the bottom rock prices. Prompt delivery of all orders guaranteed. Don't forget the number 1202 West Street. THE CAFE DEPARTMENT pleases all. Best Meals and Lunches 15 and 20. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. BATES & YOUNG. 534 Indiana Avenue. I JUST A MINUTE! Eureka S Fancy Groceries, Smoked and Fresh prices. Prompt delivery of all orders 1202 N. W Old Phone Main 5474 LADIES' EXCHANGE THE FAVORITE REFRESHMENTS, IC With Good THE CAFE DEPARTMENT pleases all OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. BA HOLIDAY LIGHT TO PROGRESSIVE STOREKEEPERS THE WELSBACH GAS ARC will illuminate a STORE DISPLAY with a brilliance equal to FOUR HUNDRED Standard Candies for each Arc. The cost for Gas for this intense meadow light is One Cent and a Half an Hour per Arc. Price $8.00 cash, without maintenance, or 12-monthly payments of $1.25, including inspection and maintenance. The Indianapolis Gas Company, 45 S. Pennsylvania Street. Aluminum Oil Stoves, The best on the market no other stove will give as much heat. No other is as cleanly or as safe. Others at all prices. Vonnegut Hardware Co., 120-124 E. Washington St INDIANAPOLIS. CHAS. W. MOSBY. Attorney and Counselor at Law. UNITY BUILDING Room 209. 142 E. Market St. Indianapolis, Ind. H. L. SANDERS. ESTABLISHED 1889 Send Us Your Order. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR Waiters' and Cooks' Outfits, Barbers' Coats Dentists' and Physicians' Operating Coats and Butchers' Jackets. All Mall Orders receive prompt attention. Write for our 1906 Catalogue and Price List. Store 206 Indiana Ave. Factory 108, 110, 112 W. Ohio St Phone 258. Have You Heard of The Supply Co. Fresh Meats Butter. Edge at the bottom rock all orders guaranteed. Don't forget the number N. West Street, 4 INDIANAPOLIS, IND CHANGE-- MORE POPULAR THAN EVER FAVORITE PLACE FOR S, ICE CREAM and SODA With Good Fruit Juices Deases all. Best Meals and Lunches 15 and 20c. BATES & YOUNG, 534 Indiana Avenue. 'A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed." Nathan T. Ward, PROFESSIONAL BONDSMAN Room 1 Wilson Block, 12 N. Delaware St., Residence 507 Hiawatha St., Indianapolis, Ind. OFFICE New Phone 3458 RESIDENCE New Phone 2666 MRS. WHITTEN, MRS. WHITTEN, Millinery Special sale all next week of Tailored and Dress Hats. We also do exclusive ORDER WORK. Give us a call; we will convince you; our time is entirely yours. 335-337 Indiana Avenue. Shank Furniture & Storage Cc. 339 E. Washington St. Best facilities for moving, packing, storing and shipping Furniture and Household effects. Phone 202 Phone 2028 AINTS, OIL AND VARNISHES. TIN AND GALVANIZED IRON WORK FRANK H. PRUNK Hardware Pumps, Pipes Etc. 522 INDIANA AVENUE. Telephone 1168 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIAN EVERYBODY igan's reet, for everything usually kept in a first-class drug store. Prices are the same as in all CUT RATE Drug Stores Only registered clerks employed. Sole agents for Ford's Hair Pomade and Hair Straightener. JAMES N. SHELTON LUCAS B. WILLIS AO 4094 Main—Phones—New 3068 (Licensed Embalmers) FUNERAL DIRECTORS & EMBALMER Best Service. Lady Attendant Prices. 418 Indiana Ave. Open all Night.