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THE FREEMAN A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SINGLE COPY-SIX MONTHS, 85C; ONE YEAR ARMY CUSTOM DISTURBED NEGROES WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY IN BANDS THANKS DUE EMMETT J. SCOTT Secretary Taft: Looked Into the Matter Which Was Brought to His Notice by the Efficient Secretary of Tuskegee. Washington, D. C., Feb. 11.—The correspondence on file in the War Department in reference to the matter of appointing colored band masters in the army is quite interesting, and reveals how signal an accomplishment is the bringing about of the order to the effect that colored men are hereafter to be given a chance to secure these desirable berths. Mr. Emmett J. Scott, of Tuskegee, Ala., who brought the matter to Secretary Taft's attention, deserves the unstinted thanks of the Negro eople everywhere for his efforts; no less deserving of thanks and gratitude is Secretary Taft, who promptly looked into the matter, and after proper investigation threw open this new "door of opportunity." The correspondence is in part as follows: War Department Memorandum for the Secretary of War: Subject: White men as chief musicians of bands of colored regiments. Emmett J. Scott, of Tuskegee, Ala., under date of December 12, 1906, writes to the Secretary of War, as follows: "I beg to call your attention to the fact that years ago white men were enlisted and appointed chief musicians, and placed in charge of the colored regimental army bands. At that time there were no capable colored musicians available. The custom is still in force, although the cause has long since ceased to exist. The duties of chief musician have been satisfactorily performed by colored musicians in absence of the chief musician in the regular army. The colored volunteer bands were led by colored chief musicians, one of which was appointed to the grade of second lieutenant in recognition of his ability as a chief musician and his efficiency as a soldier. The enlistment of white men for the position as chief musician in colored bands closes the door of opportunity' and promotion to that grade, to the best colored talent in the service and makes it harder to enlist desirable civilian musicians. "In view of the foregoing, I beg to ask that hereafter 'for the good of the service' enlistments for the colored regiments will be kept strictly within the meaning of section 1104 Revised Statutes of the United States and EL 1878, dated 28 July 1866: 'The enlisted men of the two regiments of cavalry shall be colored men.' The same pertains to the Infantry. "I would further suggest that the white chief musicians now in the colored bands be transferred to white bands in the service of the U. S. Army." "The Military Secretary furnishes the following memorandum: "The latest muster rolls on file of the bands of the colored regiments show chief musicians as follows: 5th Cavalry—Carl S. Gung." 25th Infantry—Joseph Belisle. "All these men are white. "Chief musicians were first authorized by the following provision of an act of Congress, approved March 3, 1869: "Provided, That there shall be enlisted in each regiment a chief musician, who shall be instructor of music, with a salary or sixty dollars a month and the allowances of a quartermaster's sergeant." (15 Stat. L., 318.) "The existing law relative to chief musicians (Sec. 1279, R. S., and Army Reorganization Acts of March 2, 1899, and of February 2, 1901), does not specifically require that they should be enlisted men. The fact remains, nevertheless, that, technically, they are now and always have been enlisted—the form of contract being identical with that of all other enlisted men. "The interpretation by the War Department that all white men may be enlisted as chief musicians of colored regiments was probably based upon the above outlined reasons and the impracticability of obtaining capable and suitable colored musicians for that position. "The FACT THAT IT HAS HELD UNQUESTIONED FOR MORE THAN THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS WOULD SEEM TO JUSTIFY THIS INTERPRETATION. "To transfer or discharge the present chief musicians of the colored regiments because they are white men would, it is believed, be very unjust. It is deemed advisable, however, that, in the future, vacancies which may occur in the grade of chief musician in colored regiments should be filled by colored men, if suitable and competent ones can be obtained. "It is recommended that the commanding officers of the four colored regiments be informed accordingly. "It is further recommended that Emmett J. Scott, Tuskegee, Ala., be advised, in answer to his letter under consideration, to the following effect: "That while, technically, chief musicians are enlisted, their status is very different from that of other enlisted men. Their enlistments are special, for a certain grade and purpose, and, consequently, not subject to the usual restrictions. The position is a very difficult one to fill properly and is not reached by the ordinary process of promotion in the regiment. "In view of the foregoing, I beg colored bands to white bands. When it appears that colored men of requisite qualifications for the position of chief musician can be secured, and having due regard for the just claims of the present chief musicians of colored regiments, due to their past service, colored chief musicians will be enlisted for the colored regimetns as vacancies occur." Secretary Taft in transmitting to Mr. Scott copies of his order in the above matter said: "I enclose herewith copy of a memorandum prepared for me in view of your letter, and a copy of a letter which I have directed to be sent to the colonels commanding the colored regiments, so that ultimately we may have colored band leaders in the colored regiments. "Very sincerely yours, (Signed.) "W.M. H. TAFT." "Memorandum for the Military Secretary: "In accordance with instructions of the Secretary of War, as contained in memorandum of January 16 herewith, please send letter in substance as per appended draft to the commanding officers 9th and 10th regiments of cavalry and 24th and 25th regiments of infantry. "By order of the Secretary of War. (Signed.) "Major-General, "Chief of Staff." Letter issued to commanding officers colored regiments: "Commanding officer 9th cavalry, 10th cavalry, 24th infantry, 25th infantry. "Sir—The Secretary of War has directed that hereafter white men be not appointed chief musicians of FREEMAN—FOUR bands of colored regiments when colored men possessing the requisite qualifications can be secured for that position. "He therefore directs that when a vacancy occurs in the position of chief musician in your regiment, due effort be made to fill it with a suitable and competent colored instructor of music, and if such cannot be obtained you will report the fact to the War Department. He further directs that in no case will the appointment of a white man be made without the express authority of the War Department. "Very respectfulq. (Signed.) "Military Secretary." WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. LEGISLATURE BILL OF IN TEREST TO THE RACE. HAYWOOD Who Will Present the Bills that are of Interest to the Ten Million Negroes? PROF. MARK ON "TEACHER AS A THOUGHT-PRODUCER." (Staff Correspondence.) Louisville, Ky.—(Special). — The February meeting of the Louisville Teachers' Institute at central High School was the best attended of the present school year. President W. D. Thomas presided. The rich and varied program of the occasion was furnished by Prof. Joseph S. Cotter, the able principal of the Eighth and Kentucky Street public school, and he deserves unstinted praise for the taste and judgment shown in the preparation of the several numbers. The principal address was delivered by Prof. E. H. Mark, superintendent of the Louisville Public Schools. His subject was "The Teacher as a Thought Producer," and the central idea of his remarks was that text-books were only a means to an end with the true teacher—that rules, problems, theorems and all the paraphernalia used in the school room were simply instruments to develop thought power in the pupil. He had little faith in teaching by rote—he wanted the instruction that made boys and girls think for themselves, that made them stronger warriors in the battle of life, and that the matter in books was rubish that did not tend toward the creation of original ideas and methods in the solution of the problems that the children must grapple with when school days were over. The address was listened to with deep attention, and every teacher was materially benefited by the wealth of practical suggestions Prof. Mark put forth. The following poem, dedicated to Prof. Mark, was composed by Prof. Cotter for the occasion. It was called "The Child," and the significance will be readily seen by the peculiar adaptability of its theme to the germ through given out by the widely-experienced Superintendent. The Neighborhood Home and Training School for Colored Boys and Girls, conducted by Mrs. Bessie C. Jones at Fifteenth street, under the patronage of the Neighborhood Circle of the King's Daughters, is making gratifying progress, and fully fifty young people are being benefited PRICE FIVE CENTS. SINGLE COPY-SIX MONTHS, 85C; ONE YEAR $1.50 by the instruction and care received at the hands of the officers of this institution. The classes in cooking are doing exceptionally well. They are in charge of Miss Atholene Peyton, of the public schools, and author of the Peytonia Cook Book, which has achieved a wonderful degree of popularity among the best authorities on the culinary art. The officers of the Neighborhood House are Mrs. Bessie C. Jones, superintendent; Miss Daisy E. Conrad, secretary; Mrs. M. E. Porter, treasurer and matron; Miss Lucretia M. Gibson, trunk matron; Mrs. M. E. Mead, assistant matron; Dr. S. Stone, consulting physician. Daily classes meet from 2 to 6 and from 7 to 10 P. M. Postmaster Robert E. Woods is demonstrating that he purposes to give the colored aspirants for places in the postoffice a "squater deal." Since his induction into office he has appointed several new colored carriers, promoted others, and given meritorious clerks better assignments as a mark of his appreciation of their painstaking labors. The latest Afro-American to be designated for ap- (Continued on Page Four.) THE NEGRO AT JAMESTOWN WILL HAVE AN EXHIBITHIGHLY CREDITABLE TO THE RACE ORGANIZATION HARD AT WORK The Experienced and Ca able T. J. Calloway atthe Helm-Pittman's Building Going up-Tuskegee Institute in Line. (Special Correspondence) Washington, D. C. (Special).—Headquarters have been opened here for the Negro Department of the James-town Exposition, and are under the supervision of the commissioners appointed by the Government, as are also the local branch at Norfolk. The officers and their desgnated duties are: Messrs. Thomas J. Calloway, chairman employment, contracts and general administration; Andrew F. Hilyer, secretary and treasurer, accounts and exhibit space; Giles B. Jackson, director-general, advertising and concessions; Mrs. A. M. Curtis, fiscal agent. This is a splendid staff, an done that will work together most harmoniously, which is a highly important consideration in an enterprise of this magnitude. Mr. Calloway, who is detailed as the chairman of the executive committee of the Negro Commission, spent a few days at Tuskegee last week, and conferred with the officers of that institution. Mr. Calloway is particularly anxious that Tuskegee Institute shall be represented in the Negro Building when the Exposition opens, April 30th. Mr. Calloway says in connection with the Negro Exhibit, that the most important exhibit will be the Negro Building, which was planned by W. Sidney Pittman, a Negro architect, and is being erected by Bolling & Everett, of Lynchburg, Va., Negro contractors. The corner stone was laid February 14 (Frederick Douglass' birthday), with inspiring ceremonies. Negotiations are in progress for an exhibit of inventions that were patented by Negroes. It is expected to have a series of these extending the entire length of the building, so arranged as to be in operation during the hours of the exposition. No less interesting will be a series of art models showing the progress of Negroes from the landing at Jamestown until the present. A small series of like nature was displayed at the Paris Exposition and attracted great attention from the social economists of the Old World. A series of handsome charts, to be prepared by experts in social statistics, will undoubtedly attract wide attention among students of race history and industrial opportunity. Among some of the interesting exhibits which the States will send may be mentioned a model of a town in Mississippi, owned by, composed of, and officered entirely by Negroes; an exhibit costing $20,000 from Ohio, in which Negroes will be making watches during the Exposition; and an exhibit from South Carolina showing the operation of a new sort of railway apparatus. Hampton, Wilberforce Normal, and other noted schools will have typical exhibits. The trial of Supervising Principal F. J. Cardozo is still in progress at this writing. Many legal quips have been indulged in, and the Cardozoites have even had the Board of Education on trial for its life as a constitutionally-appointed body, and considerable bad blood has been manifested all around. There seems to be an undercurrent of opposition to Mr. Cardozo among the members of the Board that the injustice of the fight against him is so palpable, that it is the general opinion that he will finally be sustained. The case has attracted national attention, and the sympathy has all been with Mr. Cardozo. Bethel Literary and Historical Association is still enjoying a tidal wave of prosperity, under the painstaking administration of Miss Marie A. D. Madre. Speakers of national reputation have been appearing on the programs, and the attendance has been the largest for years. Opposition has strengthened Bethel, instead of diminishing its prestige. The matrimonial match-makers are trying to "get busy" with the probable WE KNOW NO MORE. I sometimes feel that life contains Nothing in all its wealth to pay For half the sorrows and the pains That haunt our day. Ambition lures us on and on A dangerous and a treacherous guide! With every vict'ry that is won Goes humbled pride! And, still, we labor, love and trust, And seek to conquer as we go! We reap at last repose in dust— Naught else we know! We leave the gengairs of our power, The hearts that hate us and adore! And after life's distressing hour We know no more! TIMOTHY THOMAS FORUNE. SMALL TALK. It is a coming thing among some women and some men to indulge in small talk. The individual who is too lazy to read and keep posted in order that he may be able to carry on a sensible and interesting conversation is a hindrance. There is no excuse for just plain ignorance now, when papers and magazines cost so little, and the best can be read at the free libraries without any charge whatever. Among the commonest subjects of "small talk" among our people are "color, hair and age." Valuable time is spent in discussing the personal qualities of the absent party. Colorophia is a prevalent disease, and not all among women but the men, too, have the infection. There can be no disgrace if one's color borders to the white, and neither is there any special honor if it leans to the black or vice versa. A man or woman should be weighed according to traits in their character and not according to the color of the skin. The hair is also a "bone of contention." Its quality and whether it is or is not real, straightened or bought, and the age comes in for its share. "Oh, she's so old and so old," or "I am just so old," and what does it matter? The main thing is whether the years have been profitably spent or idled away; that fact and not the years is placed for or against us. The peddling of detrimental hear-says, so often handicap severely persons who are trying to succeed. So often men in trying to elevate in one woman's estimation will proceed to degrade another one by saying downright unkind things or indifferent comments on her in general. This class of "small talkers" every woman should flatly ignore. WOMEN AS JURORS. Women are now sitting as jurors in Norway. The last Storthing passed a law making them eligible to serve on the same terms with men, and the system has now gone into effect. Unhappily, its beneficial features have been obscured at the start by an fortunate incident. Three women who were drawn for the trial of a particularly gross and revolting crime against morality, after listening for two days to testimony of the most salacious sort, without any relief in sight, asked the judge to be excused from duty. The opponents of the extension of further rights to women seized upon the incident as proof that women can not fill public office without causing an endless number of confusing and hampering discriminations in individual cases. The supporters of the women's cause, however, hold that the incident has no significance at all in determining women's fitness to serve on juries, owing to the aggravated character of the case involved. WOMAN SUFFRAGE The New York State Association (made up of women), opposed to the extension of suffrage to women, has made its eleventh annual report. It records that last year a bill for limited suffrage in New York was killed in the Legislature and goes on to say: "To the assertion that suffrage would improve the condition of women, it has been pointed out in answer that the women of America are already the most privileged in the world. If the whole woman suffrage movement died to-morrow, never to revive, the women of New York State would not by that bereavement lose a single opportunity of usefulness; a single needed right; a single path to education, to occupation, or true advancement." That women will vote at the next general election in Grea. Britain may now be accepted as a virtual certainty. The leaders of the two great parties, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and Mr. Arthur Balfour, along with more than 400 of the 670 members of Parliament, have definitely pledged their support of the enfranchisement THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. BY "DOROTHY" bill introduced by Mr. Keir Hardie, leader of the labor party, which is a unit in its favor. Of the 20 members who have not given positive pledges, it is said with apparent authority that not more than 50 would vote against the bill if action could be had now. Unfortunately, the custom of British government forbids the consideration of franchise questions until a final session, on the ground that, if the electorate be enlarged, Parliament must dissolve forthwith in order to give the new constituency immediate voice. If, as seems likely, the present Parliament shall run, its full course, six years will elapse before the bill can be passed; but the sentiment is now so nearly unanimous that only an extraordinary change in public opinion, as well as in the disposition of members, can prevent its ultimate enactment.—North American Review. Mr. Sylvester Russell has kindly sent the solution to the "Scripture Cake" given some weeks ago. With many thanks to him I herewith give the same: 1. I Kings 4:22. Five cups white flour; one cup white corn meal. 2. Judges 5:25. One cup each of water, milk and butter. 3. Jeremiah 6:20. Two cups of sugar. Jeremiah 17:11. Six eggs, boating beaten. 5. I Samuel 30:12. Two cups of raisins. 6. I Samuel 14:25. Six tablespoonfuls of honey. 7. Nahum 3:12. Five figs, chopped. 8. Numbers 17:8. A few Almond nuts. 9. Leviticus 2:13. One pinch of salt. 10. II Chronicles 9:9. Season with spice. At Los Angeles, Cal., last week, as an object lesson to dilatory highway commissioners, the women turned out with picks and shovels and smoothed the wrinkles out of Washington Boulevard. In the army of roadmakers were the wives and daughters of millionaires. Earth began to fly early in the day, and holes which have been the bane of travelers along the thoroughfare were filled. At noon lunch was served under the trees at the road side. Auto parties which passed along the road cheered the women shovelers. A judge at Cleveland, Ohio, granted a divorce to a couple last week who had known each other just four months previous to the marriage, and scored them severely for having married with such a short acquaintance. An anti-suicide bureau has been established at Philadelphia at the Salvation Army barracks, and three persons—would-be suicides—have been saved, one of whom was a woman who was the victim of domestic unhappiness. Women in China have the privilege of fighting in the wars. In the rebellion of 1850 women did as much fighting as men. At Nankin in 1853 about 500,000 women from various parts of the country were formed into brigades of 13,000 each under female officers. Of these soldiers 10,000 were picked women, drilled and garrisoned in the city. Women of England have recently added boxing to their list of sports. In spite of the unpleasant associations it has, earned in the minds of most women, it is an excellent pastime. It is a finer and more scientific development of the punching bag, and is, perhaps, the most valuable of exercises for reducing weight. One expert claims that women are too nervous and timid to be successful at boxing, but others argue that it will teach them courage and coolness, and will give new life and energy to the morbid, oversensitive woman. It is also claimed that if a woman would bring grace and suppleness to her form in the quickest manner she must take her boxing as regularly as her bath. FASHION NOTES. Brown is the color par excellence in choosing a spring costume, and when the tone is a dark one yellow is effectively introduced to lighten the somber shade. A street suit to be worn as soon as coats and wraps are discarded is of rajah silk and in a dark brown. This is relieved by the jacket, which is of delicate chartreuse colored silk embroidered with the duller color. The bodice and skirt are cut in one. The graceful fitting is managed by means of tucks at the waist line and on the skirt. The yoke of the bodice is of mellow Meechlin lace. This is outlined by narrow brown velvet, Shaped pieces of yellow cloth finish the bodice and the sleeves are held in place with amber buttons. The two colors are used successfully on the hat. It is a small round leg-horn, the straw being of the burnt yellow, and the band about the crown of the brown velvet. A couple of cream-colored wings, with a cock alr are set at the left side, with yellow roses about them. * * * * Short sleeves are still to be worn for evening dress, but for ordinary every-day wear three-quarter sleeves are coming in. MAGAZINES FOR MARCH. Ainslee's for March contains an exceptionally fine list of fiction. Besides the second installment of "Her Son," by Horace A. Vacell—which, by the way, is developing into a really great stor—and the novelette, "The Wishing-ring," by Dorothea Deakin, there are great short stories by Edith Macane, L. Frank Tooker, Frances Willing Wharton, Johnson Morton, Roy Norton, Broughton Brandenburg, Constance Smedley and Mary B. Mullett. There are about twenty numbers in all in The Peojele's Magazine for March, an all-fiction publication of 192 pages. One complete novel and a great number of well-selected short stories make up this generous bulk of fiction. John H. Whitson is the author of the novel which opens the magazine, and among the writers of the short stories are Newton A. Fussie, Rodrigues Ottolengui, Juli Truitt Bishop, Ethel Watts Mumford, Edwin L. Sabin, Brand Whitlock, Richard Marsh, and others. The magazine sells for ten cents. "Shall We Tax Wealth?" is the title given to an unusually interesting feature of the current number of Smith's Magazine. It consists of a symposium on the much discussed topic of the income tax, and contains opinions from such widely divergent personalities as Joseph Letter, the millionaire; Hudson Maxim, the scientist, and Governor Folk, the reformer. It is of unusual interest for the insight it gives us into the personal views of many of our prominent statesmen, financiers and thinkers, and it is of decided value as the best possible gage of public opinion on this question. Besides this the magazine contains a number of splendid short stories and articles by such writers as Holman F. Day, Charles Battell Loomis, Elmore Elliott Peake, Tom Mason, Anne O'Hagan, Wallace Irwin Lillian Bell, and Charles Garvice. It is profusely illustrated, having a set of sixteen pictures of stage beauties and another set of eight full-page pictures of cats which are sure to interest every one. Wasn't it Rabelais who said, "An inch of joy surmounts of grief a span, because to laugh is proper to the man?" At any rate, whoever said it, the sentiment has been indorsed by people of all classes. That the editors of the Popular believe in it thoroughly is evidenced in the March issue, just published, which contains at least four stories overrunning with laughter, "Slinky Bill," by Martin A. Flavin, is a very amusing history of an affair that began in an act of kindness and ended in sulfurous language. "A Deal in Horse-fleash," by George C. Jenks, is a very funny tale of a suburbanite and a bay golding. "The Infernal Feminine," by B. M. Bower, tells in irresistible fashion how certain susceptible cowboys lost their heads over a very startling beauty. Then there is "The Lady of Luzon," by Geo Bronson-Howard, one of the best the things the Popular has printed. It has to do with an unassuming fellow cursed with the name of Plantagenet Hock, who was forced to be a hero it's a capital story, and well worth reading. M. AND F. UNIVERSITY. Hopkinsville, Ky., Feb. 12.—The Hopkinsville M. & F. College, under the management of President P. T. Frazer, a graduate of the State University at Louisville, is enjoying unprecedented prosperity. The enrollment this year is far in excess of that of any previous year, and the character of the work done speaks volumes for the management. The rhetorical exercises last Friday were witnessed by a number of visitors from the city, this being the week for the appearance of the second-year preparatory class. The class is under the direction of Miss Daisy B. Hall. Those students having orations of exceptional merit were Patterson T. Frazer Jr., Willie Merriweather, Aaron Dade, Nannie Samuels, Mattie Moore, Lucy Ladd, Birdie Radford and Lydia Roach. Miss Vernetta Anderson, the assistant instructor in instrumental music, and little Miss Johnnella M. Frazer entertained the audience with two delightful instrumental duets. The students were given a social Tuesday night. The faculty leaves on the 18th to attend the Farmers' Conference at Tuskegee Institute. To The Freeman, Indianapolis, Ia. Gentlemen and Friends—Please find enclosed money to renew my subscription to The Freeman for 1907. For nearly twenty years The Freeman has been a constant caller to my domicile and we are glad to have it call as of yore. With best wishes for its continued progressiveness, etc., I am Norfolk V2 Norfolk, Va. The Freeman Publishing Co. Dear Sirs--Your notice came today with my Freeman. In reply I beg to state I can't do without that paper. It is right up to date. As long as it is printed it will find a warm spot in my house. I clip the pictures out and paste them on cards and now I have a fine gallery of colored people who are "doing things." Yes, sir, The Freeman for mine. Yours for the Negro race in victory or defeat, CHAS. SUMNER JONES. W. P. Dabney, the music publisher, of Cincinnati, states in the Washington Times-Star of a recent day that he is not a candidate for surveyor of customs, as has been said by Cincinnati and Washington papers, and that his visit to the capital was on purely personal business. FIFST SETTLER IN SWALL MODEL MISSOURI TOWN Hastings, Me.—Special.—On the side of a hill not very far from the deserted lumber mill here is the grave of "Nigger Tom," to whom is given the credit of discovering the town of Hastings and becoming the first settler thereof. The grave is marked only by a mound of earth and a beech tree. On the sides of the latter are marks which show that some one at some time engraved the biography of "Nigger Tom," for it reads: "TOM, 1863, "FIRST SETTLER AND A SLAVE." The last time he was seen alive was in the fall of 1863, when a party of lumber prospectors were tramping through the woods and stopped at the camp of "Nigger Tom." Next year a small lumber mill was built near the spot where Tom's camp had been situated and the place was called Hastings. It was more than seven miles from the railroad, the nearest station being at Gildad. It had and holds to this day the distinction of being the only town in the world which is not reached by a carriage road, and also the largest settlement in Maine which is exempt from State and bank taxes. Its houses are of the dry goods box variety, being two stories high, painted venetian red and chained to the ground so that the spring freshets will not tear them from their foundations. There are about 1,500 people living in Hastings, which is conducted on a socialistic plan, those of the inhabitants who have a good education being engaged to take turns at teaching school, and each housewife helping the other with domestic work. The mail coming to Hastings is sorted and delivered by one of the employees of the store owned by the company which established the sawmill, and the same man keeps the savings of the workmen and pays interest on the deposits. There has never been what might properly be called an arrest in the place, and if, perchance, one of the workmen is guilty of a minor offense, he is taken before the company's bookkeeper and made to pay a small fine, which is deducted from his pay and added to the fund from which school books are purchased. The town has no representation in the State Legislature, but one of its citizens will go to Augusta within the next few days and ask for an appropriation with which to erect a monument to "Nigger Tom," whose memory is held in deep reverence by the children and oldest inhabitants of Hastings. PROF. COUNCILL AT COTTAGE HOME FORETREATMENT. Prof. W. H. Councill, principal of the Normal Agricultural and Mechanical Institute at Normal, Ala., is spending a season at the Cottage Home Infirmary at Decatur, Ala., of which Dr. Willis H. Sterrs is proprietor and chief of medical and surgical staff. Under the care of Dr. Sterrs, the professor is steadily recovering from a serious attack of nervous prostration, to which he has long been subject. The fact that a colored man of Prof. Councill's standing and influence can go to an institution for treatment and recuperation, where the buildings, grounds and equipment are all the property of a member of the race, and where the consulting physicians and trained nurses are all colored, emphasizes most forcibly the need of many such institutions throughout the land. The time is coming when everything the race needs from the cradle to the grave can be supplied promptly, reasonably and satisfactorily by some member of the dark-hued sons of men. Provident Hospital at Chicago, Citizens National at Louisville, Frederick Douglass at Philadelphia, and those at Richmond, Memphis, Tuskegee and Decatur furnish a nucleus of a magnificent chain of Negro hospitals that is sure to grow with the growth of race intelligence, confidence in our professional men, and the knowledge of how to effectively combine our material resources Every Lady Read This. 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After taking two bottles I could dress myself. Then I went to work and now I can work and go out, and have told many the benefit I have received from these remedies and sex. I have been cured it since. I am fifty-nine old and pretty good yet." ANNA R. PALMER, Lewistown, Pa. Dr. Miles' Nervine is sold by your dentist. Please ensure that the first bottle will benefit. If it fails, he will refund your money. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind THE MAGIC SHAMPOO HAIR DRIER Make a shampoo shampoo the hair of your choice with the Shampoo Drier. It is the only device which will allow you to shampoo the hair or scalp. It is gentle and safe. It looks natural and beautiful, which bids to a lady's appearance. The Shampoo Drier is a shampoo combo. A receptacle contains shampoo in all its combo. For sale by toilet article dealers. By mail, price $1,000. "Sir!- The Shampoo Drier is used in my par or with perfect satisfaction. I am dame Coart, 17 ken torkay ave. Atlanta City, N.Y." Magic Shampoo Drier Mfg. Co. 400 Century Blvd. Minneapolis, Minn. Dr. Ward's Perf Prevents Painful Menstruation. Cures Mon- Medical Profession. Contains Acts Quickly and w Sent on receipt of 25 Cents to an W. F. REYNOLDS, Pharmacist, FORD'S HAIR FORMERLY "OZONIZED O Makes the Hair Long, READ WHAT T I used only one bottle of yacht first, Ph. Aug. 28, 1984. I used my hair has stopped breaking off and has greatly hair has started using this wonderful preparation my hair has been longer and now it is ten inches or more. Yours: 314 Southard St. MINNIE FASTER. Brookhaven, Misc. Aug. 13, 1984. Gentlemen, I need any preparation so excellent for the hair. My hair is not as thick as I am, but rather dead but since I have been using your hair pomade I have it was when I was a girl and it has a lively, glossy color. Gentlemen: I must confess I never tried any preparation so excellent for the hair. My hair was so thick and rather deadly but since I have been using your hair pomade much like that it was when I was a girl and it has a lively, glossy color. C. L. ROBERTS. Atlanta, Ga., June 6, 1900. Gentlemen: I have always found have found it to do more than it is recommended to do. It stops the hair from falling out and has a scalp smoothing the hair soft, pliable and good. have seen the + original letters and text E. C. Kno, Manager of The FORD'S RAIL firm, formerly straightens Kinky or Curly Hair with its length, and is the only safe preparation Hair straight, as shown above. Its use must be accompanied by proper care and treatment, 2 to 4 bottles are usually required. POMADE* ("OZONIZED OX MARROW" itching, invigorates the scalp, stops the hair, and by nourishing the roots, gives it new life. POMADE* ("OZONIZED OX MARROW" about 1858, and the label, "OZONIZED OX M. Patent Office in 1874. In all that long period from the hundreds of thousands we have sold, no matter how long you keep it hair STRAIGHT, hair STRAIGHT, hair STRAIGHT, hair STRAIGHT, HAIR POMADE* ("OZONIZED OX MARROW" only in Chicago and by us. • The genine hair Refuses to oatmeal. Full direction drinker is required. We loan money on Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry And All Articles of value. LOWEST RATES Ertel's Loan Office 209 Massachusetts Ave. Private Entrance, 108 E. Ohio St. New Phone 1790 Send Your Next Bundle to the Hoosier Laundry 320 Indiana Ave., The Place where Linens last We also do FAMILY WASHING Rough Dry at Five Cents Per Pound Madame Ellis's Face Bleach, Warranted Harmless and Guar anteed to give satisfaction. $1.00 Per Bottle $1.00 Trial Size 50c. Ellis's Face Cream 25c per box. Mail Orders promptly attended to, Address 157 Eucid Ave., Civiland, Ohio. Periodical Powders Halthy Cramps. Has the Endorsement of the no Oplum or Poisonous Drugs. With Soothing Effect. By address in the United States. Corner West and Tenth St., Indiadapolis, Ind. IR POMADE KNOWN AS OX MARROW" Soft and Easy to Comb THE PEOPLE SAY West Chester, Pa., Mc. Ch. 30, 1965. I had typed fever and my hair all came cat. I used three bottles of now my hair is nine inches long and very thick and nice and straight. Most every one seeing how good your pomade did my hair, they too are anxious for it. My hair is an example to every. Yours respectfully, ELA BIT. Colvert, Tex., Mc. Ch. 31, 1965. I have used one bottle of your pomade and my hair is now perfectly soft, soft and black as silk. I will not be without it. RIHOA FOWARDS. Colvert. Tex. . Mch. 31, 195. I have used one bottle of your pomade and my hair is now perfectly straight, soft and black as silk. I will not be without it. RHODA FOWLERS. Paris, Paris, Mo., July 15, 1926. Gentlemen. When I began using your pee made my need was so bald I was ashamed of myself, but now my hair has grown three inches over it, I load and I have been using it only two months. DA PRIEST. story to the gentleness of the statements. the Freeman. my known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" so it can be put up in an style desired consisting on known to us that makes Kinky or Curly takes the most stubborn, harsh, kinky ormb. These results may be obtained from one of our stores or from a store that removes and prevents dandruff, relieves from falling out or breaking off, makes it grow and vigor. Being elegantly perfumed and gentlemen and children. FORD'S HAIR MARROW" made by Charles Ford, rested in the United States of time there has never been a bottle returned. FORD'S HAIR POMADE remains sweet. Be sure to get Ford's, as its use makes it more gentle. FORD'S HAIR DROOW" is put up only in 50c, size, and is made as the signature, Charles Ford, Presst, on each with every bottle. Price only 2.99. Sold by MOTHER'S BREAD BRYCE'S MAKE Best of all Fresh every morning at the grocery Heavy enough without being soggy. Light enough without being fluffy. Its taste tells the story. Sold by Grocers Only. PRIZES, the first prize being $60.00. Remember, I make this advertising of fer to honest men and women who are alert and ready to grasp a real good thing. Curiosity seekers, triflers and others not meaning business not wanted. I mean business and will send contract and full information to any person meaning buniness. Write me to-day; to-morrow may be too late. FAMILY WASHING FIVE CENTS A POUND FLAT PIECES IRONED. PROGRESS LAUNDRY. 203 N. Illinois Street. 111 N. New Jersey Street. 228 Massachusetts Avenue. 428 E. Washington Street. The new non-failing, inimitable, and most meritorious medium for promoting healthy hair growth. Test it, and you will, after only a few applications, be fully convinced of its superiority over all other hair tonics. This is a fair, open and honest offer. If you want a beautiful and luxurious head of long, soft, flowing hair, send your name and address at once to BUY AT Renihan ICE and COAL COMPANY New Phone 3598 523 Indiana Avenue. Two Baskets 25 Cents Two Baskets 30 Cents Two Baskets 35 Cents We sell by the TON AND CAR LOAD LOTS [Picture of a man in a suit with a mustache]. J. G. McPHERSON. PRIZES, the first prize being $60.00. Rem fer to honest men and women who are aler thing. Curiosity seekers, triflers and others I mean business and will send contract and meaning business. Write me to-day; to-mo Address J. G. Mc P. O. FAMILY W FIVE CENTS A FLAT PIECE PROGRESS 203 N. Illinois Street. 228 Massachusetts Avenue. PROF HARE'S CRESCOLIAN HAIR GROWER (SALVE FORM) FOR SHORT, HARSH, TROUBLESOME, UNRULY HAIR. REGAL REMEDY CO. RICHMOND, VA. The new non-failing, inimitable, and moting healthy hair growth. Test it, and d tions, be fully convinced of its superiority ove fair, open and honest offer. If you want a be soft, flowing hair, send your name and addi THE REGAL REMEDY CO., No. 9 BUY A Renihan New Phone 3598 523 Two Baskets Two Baskets Two Baskets We sell by TON AND CAR In the final analysis, ballots are more effective than bayonets in securing for the Negro the protection he needs. The man who has a sayso in the election of those who must administer the affairs of his community will be respected more than the subject who has no voice, and he him self will grow in self-respect and truer conception of the responsibili ties of citizenship. The preacher of peace promoteth prosperity. THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER WANT a reliable lady or gentleman to act as my representative, and take order, deliver and collect for my High Grade Toilet preparations. Housholds reminds etc., in every town and city in the U. S. The work is pleasant and profitable and any person willing to work and folow my instructions can earn from $1.50, to $3.50 per day. My goods are the fastest sellers on the market, as every article I manufacture is of such superior quality and so reasonable in price that all can afford to buy and agents will find themselves in a well established business before they realize it. It will not cost you one cent to engage in my work I will furnish you advertising matter for free distribution, and fill all your orders on 30 days time, and will take back all goods not sold, all at my expense, besides I will give you an opportunity to win one or more of the 43 GASH Remember, I make this advertising of are alerted to grasp a real good others not meaning business not wanted. Act and full information to any person; to-morrow may be too late. McPherson, P. O. Box 14, Dorchester, Virginia. WASHING ITS A POUND CES IRONED. S LAUNDRY. 111 N. New Jersey Street. 428 E. Washington Street. Have You Heard of Prof. HARE'S Crescolian Hair Grower To any one who will write to us—a postal will do—we will send a full size box of Prof. Hare's Crescolian Hair Grower. and most meritorious medium for pro- tit, and you will, after only a few applica- tiority over all other hair tonics. This is a want a beautiful and luxurious head of long, and address at once to No. 9 N. 13th St., Richmond, Va. Y AT ICE and COAL COMPANY 523 Indiana Avenue. 25 Cents 30 Cents 35 Cents well by the AR LOAD LOTS Negro criminality is the greatest where the Negro is treated the worst. Improvement in the master begets improvement in the servant. Make a note of this. ye who would reform the vicious black man. The most effective reforms begin at the fountain head There is a potency in good examples If the real, live, genuine, bona fide Simon Pure "Uncle Noah Baxter, of Marble Falls, Texas," will reveal himself in the flesh, we'll agree to stand treat. We all liked little Sukey, from the commander (myself) to the lowest ranking officer on board. Sukey's name was Chonosuke Hirano, but we couldn't possibly think of calling him all that, so we reduced the whole to Sukey. Sukey was my body servant and was a native of Japan, five feet one inch in his stockings and quick and wiry as a cat. Talk about servants! I never knew what a servant was till I got Sukey. If I wanted any article at table, before I knew I wanted it Sukey held it right under my nose. If I needed shaving, Sukey knew just the minute my mind was off more important things and would have me lathered and my beard off without leaving a scratch, and all in a jiffy. To have Sukey for a servant to have another pair of legs, another pair of arms and another brain that cost the master no effort to work. But nothing is perfect. Sukey had one failing. He was continually borrowing my belongings. Now it was an ink well, now a magnifying glass, anything, everything that he could lay his hands on, and, since he had the freedom of my cabin, he could lay his hands on anything it contained. It seemed to be a manla with Sukey, for he never took anything to keep, and he took lots of things that could not possibly be of any use to the captain's body servant. One evening I missed my chronometer and nautical almanac. I asked Sukey what had become of them, whereupon he went to the little cubby hole where he slept and brought them to me. I questioned him as to the cause of his borrowing my things, and he said he could not help it; he was born so. I put it down to kleptomania; but, as kleptomaniacs usually hide the things they steal, this was not very satisfactory. One day Sukey went out on the forward deck. The weather was very rough, and a sea came aboard. When it went back into the ocean, it took Sukey with it. I was on the deck at the time and saw Sukey look at me with an appealing glance. I stopped the ship at once, called to a man on the deck below me to throw Sukey a life buoy and had a small boat lowered. It remained out at great risk for half an hour, and when it returned the young ensign commanding it reported that Sukey was not to be found. Sukey, being only a copper colored Japanese, would not usually be considered worth risking other lives for, but he was invaluable as a servant, and I couldn't get over the look he had given me. So I sent the boat back to make another search. This time they remained out an hour, but when they returned Sukey was with them. As the drenched little beggar climbed the ladder and hopped over the gunwale I gave him a dressing on the impropriety of tilting over the forward deck when the ship was taking water, telling him if he ever did it again I would put him in irons. The truth is I was angry with myself as well as with him for risking other good lives—the lives of white men—to save a little five foot Japanese. Sukey knew well enough what I had done for him and from that time forward evinced the greatest affection for me. He even conquered his kleptomaniac proclivities. All this happened several years before the Russo-Japanese war came on, Sukey left me not long before that event. During the war I took my ship into port at Nagasaki. An admiral with several ships, all of which formed a part soon afterward of Admiral Togo's fleet at the battle of the sea of Japan, was lying in the harbor. A boat came from the Japanese flagship with an invitation for me to dine with the admiral. I accepted and at 6 in the evening was rowed in my gig to keep the engagement. What was my surprise to be met on going over the ship's side by little Sukey with a napkin over his arm and a tray on his hand. The captain of the ship was there, too, to receive me. Sukey, whose eyes were glistening with pleasure, told me that the admiral had deputed him to take me to a cabin below to mix me a cocktail. I followed him, and he gave me such a cocktail as I had not tasted since he left me. Leaving me to enjoy it, he went away, and after awhile a servant came and informed me that the admiral was waiting for me at dinner. I followed the man, who led me to the admiral's dining cabin. Who should advance to meet me, resplendent in a magnificent uniform, but little Sukey. "Captain," he said, radiant with smiles, "I am happy to welcome you on my flagship, especially as it gives me an opportunity to thank you for making a special effort to save my life, for I would now be with my ancestors but for you. I must also thank you for bearing with my kleptomania habits, for your things, especially your scientific books and instruments, were of great use to me. But more than Bishop H. M. Turner fell on the ice in Kansas City, Mo., a few days ago an broke an arm. Commissary Sergt. Saint Foster, Tenth Cavalry, has been placed on the retired list on his own application. Capt. C. W. Keatts, of Little Rock, Ark., National Grand Master of the Mosaic Templars of America, is still confined to his home, but seems to be much better this week, according to the Mosaic Guide. Miss Emma Louise Phillips, eldest daughter of Bishop and Mrs. C. H. Phillips, of Nashville, Tenn., having finished the normal and musical course of piano and voice at Walden University and also a year's course at Fisk University of special study and voice, entered the Musical Conservatory at Oberlin, Ohio, for a special course in voice, harmony and piano, January 4. Of the three members elected members of the license board by the City Council of Central Falls, R. I., one was a colored man—Richard A. Butler. Mr. Butler has lived in the city for a great many years and is engaged in the real estate and insurance business. The Providence Journal says he is the first colored person who has ever held office in the city, and probably not in New England can it be found that an office of this kind has previously been bestowed upon a member of his race. He is possessed of business ability, however, and he has the confidence of the people in a marked degree. It is felt that he will make a valuable member of the board. "If Mr. Thompson's figures are as true and exact as the distinguished writer himself, then Rev. J. M. Conner's election to the A. M. E. Bishopric is a sure thing," says the Mosaic Guide. "In the election of Rev. Conner to this exalted position the whole of Arkansas will be grateful to the A. M. E. Conference; not the Methodists of Arkansas, but members of every denomination have a peculiar interest in the election of this most worthy D. D. and are very anxious for his election. Rev. Connor is not like most ministers, but is a man that while following his chosen profession of the teaching of unknown things, at the same time interesting himself in all things that tend to uplift his people." Jack Johnson, the California Afro-American heavyweight, may not know just where he is going, but he's certainly on the way. He is doing fairly well with his invasion of Australia. He has already gotten the papers fixed up for a fight with Peter Felix, the crack heavyweight of that country, and the battle will take place the early part of March. The mill will be "pulled o" at Melbourne, and a guarantee of $1,500 has been deposited by Johnson. When Johnson cleans up Australia he will return to California to pay his respects to Jim Jeffries, if Bill Squires doesn't polish the champion off in the meantime. Dr. E. P. Jones, of Mississippi, who was elected as fraternal delegate to England at the recent session of the B. M. C. of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, is preparing to go to London to perform the duties assigned to him under that election. Dr. Jones made a fine race for Grand Master of the Order, but was defeated by William L. Houston. The an-even my life-1 must thank you for the experience gained for my government in noting your methods in managing your ship. We Japanese needed knowledge of naval affairs, for we knew we would soon have to meet the Russian navy." I stood looking at him in blank astonishment till he had finished, then said: "And I, admiral, have to thank you for most excellent attendance. If you are as good an officer as you were a servant, you will have little trouble with the Russian ships of war." My astonishment was far greater when in conversation at dinner I found the admiral knew more than I about advanced naval warfare. NELSON MAXWELL A Use For His Hat A funny incident of a drawing room meeting was recently noticed. A grave looking gentleman, with an unusually tall hat, entered and, seeing no rack in the hall, placed his hat on the floor just behind the door. Pretty soon another grave man entered, with a large, dripping umbrella, and, peering anxiously for the usual receptacle, saw in the gloom the hat resting on the floor. His eyesight was probably poor, for he mistook it for one of the new umbrella holders, and in it he deposited his dripping umbrella. This was an example for those who followed, and in a short time the solemn looking hat was stanchly holding a dozen umbrellas. At the end of the meeting the water in the hat was an inch in depth.—London Tit-Bits. A Thirsty Cat. "Perhaps you think the old water in the milk joke has been worked to death, but I've found a new variation of it," said a south side man recently. "You know, I have a small negro girl as a nurse for my children, and one of her duties is to tell stories to the kids just before bedtime. They always list ten intently to what she says, and last night I decided to listen too. This is what I heard: "An' de cat, she got thirsty, an' got thirstier an' mo' thirsty, an' finally she went to a pan ob milk sittin' in de pantry to get a drink ob watah." "I told the story to our milkman this morning, and he didn't laugh at all."—Kansas City Times. A man rarely has reason to regress the things he doesn't say or the letters he doesn't write.—Hartford Times. Mississippian is "gance," and there will be another opportunity for him "in the sweet, sweet bye and bye." Commenting upon what The Freeman had to say recently concerning the merits of Mr. "Phil" Waters, the Charleston (W. Va.) Daily News of February 6, says: "One of the best posted men on the financial condition of the State is Phil Waters, who is serving as one of the clerks of the Senate finance committee. Mr. Waters has had a long experience in the intricate work of figuring on the State's resources and expenditures, having served as clerk of the finance committees of both houses for a number of sessions. He is one of the hardest working clerks among the attaches and being always polite and affable, has made friends of all the members. His present position is one of trust and responsibility and that he is filling it so acceptably is a source of gratification to his host of friends." The young colored man who forgets his disadvantages and "makes good" wherever fortune places him, will find appreciative friends among all classes and in both races. Keep an eye on "Hustling Phil" Waters, West Virginia's favorite son. President A. W. Harris of Northwestern University, Chicago, has surprised his colored friends by declaring himself in favor of separate schools for the races. This is all the more a shock in view of the fact that Northwestern has always had Negro students. Dr. Harris said: "I have lived sufficiently among Southerners," he said, speaking of his experiences in the education of boys at the Jacob Tome Institute in Maryland," to have taken up many of their views, and even today I am shocked when I enter a school and find white children and blacks seated together. You know in that portion of Maryland from which I came to Evanston we have the white schools and black schools, and it is this system to which I am accustomed. I believe it was a whichese one." It is to be hoped that Dr. Harris has taken something by this time and recovered from the effects of his Negrophobia "jag." Dr. Owen M. Waller, a prominent minister of the Episcopal church and practitioner of medicine in Brooklyn, N. Y., was an ardent supporter of the election of William Randolph Hearst in the late campaign. He defended the record of Mr. Hearst and pointed out wherein the Negro voter ought to come to the support of the measures for which the noted editor stands, asserting that only by allying himself with the element that Mr. Hearst champions will the Negro find freedom. "We have tried the other doctor for thirty years," says Dr. Waller, "and now we are in a dying state, politically. Can any harm come to us by calling in a new physician and giving him a fair trial?" The Negroes are joining the Independence League at a rapid rate in the national metropolis, and are voting according to their interests an dsober judgment—not according to the prejudices, imaginations, sickly sentimentality and the defunct slavery question, Dr. Waller is favorably mentioned in connection with the Missionary Bishopic which the next General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church is likely to create as the official head of the colored parishes of the country. IMITATION PEARLS. They May Be Detected by the Hole Drilled Through Them. The means of ascertaining the genuineness of pearls, which are frequently imitated with marvelous skill, is especially important to the layman, even though the jeweler may quickly detect them. Imitations are usually lighter than real pearls and generally are brittle, although some are made solid of fish scales and do not break so easily, while the holes, which in the real pearl are drilled very small and have a sharp edge, are in the false larger and have a blunt edge. As a rule, the imitation pearls are like hollow spheres of glass colored internally with a coating imitating the orient of natural pearl. The manufacture of these articles embraces two series of operations—the production of the sphere and the introduction of coating. The spheres are produced by the glassblower, who by aid of an enameler's lamp soldiers the extremity of a tube when the substance is of the right consistency. In this way are obtained very regular little spheres that serve for the composition of the ordinary quality of false pearls. In the more beautiful imitations the tube employed is slightly apalescent, and the glassblower, besides, gives to the little spheres while they are yet malleable certain slight perceptible inequalities of surface by gently tapping them with a small iron bar. This gives them a still greater resemblance to natural pearls, which are very seldom absolutely regular—Exchange. Liquid Spirits "I don't give money to trampa What do you do for a living?" "Indeed! And what work do you do for the society, pray?" "I help in the investigation of material spirits."—Baltimore American. Hard knocks often help to make the man, but he will encounter plenty of them without purposely getting in the way of the rock as it comes rolling down the hill—Macomb Eagle. n. the wife of our promi- aler," he wrote, "was ap- nored in watered silk." Waiters & Cooks Prefer Our Make JACKETS AND LINEN because they have found them satisfactory. Write for complete Catalogue FREE. giving full instructions how to order, Marcus Ruben (Inc. 890 State St., CHICAGO ILL. HAIR SWITCHES Hangs and Wigs of Every Description Most Complete Line of Hair Goods in this Country for Colored People. 50c buys a single braid made of Black Kinky Hair. Buy a single braid made of Black Kinky Hair 16 inches long. $1.00 buys a Creole Switch, 16 inches long. Brown or Black. $1.25 buys a Creole Switch, 20 inches long. Brown or Black. $1.75 buys a Creole Switch, 22 inches long. Brown or Black. $3.50 buys a Natural, Wavy, Hand-made Switch like cut. Send sample of hair when ordering Creole Switches. Send sample with order and get your goods by return mail. Send stamp for catalogue. 100 T. W. TAYLOR, Howell, Mich. When writing please mention this paper. Wm. Billingsley, Florist Choice Cut Flowers Designs a Specialty Old Phone, Main 3712 New Phone 3002 201 N. Illinois St., Indianapolis. STATE ORGANIZERS WANTED* $40.00 PER MONTH. Wanted at once organizers for Virginia, Washington, D. C., Alabama, Georgia and Texas, men who are prepared to take charge of State. Steady work, excellent chance for promotion. Experience unnecessary. The Consolidated Order of Friendship, Roanoke, Virginia. Established 1889. Old Phone 4053 JOHN T. CUSACK, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Chinaware, Glassware, Household Furnishings, Hotel China, Bar Glassware, Dinner and Toilet Sets, Fine Decorated Lamps and Bric-a-Brac. 357-801 W. Washington Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. NeV Curiosity Shop SECOND HAND FURNITURE BOUGHT, SOLD, AND EXCHANGED 245 Indiana Avenue Old Phone, Main 5536. JAMES N. SHELTON LUCASB. WILLIS Old 1694 Main-Phones—New 8058 Shelton & Willis (Licensed Embalmers) FUNERAL DIRECTORS & EMBALMER Best Service. Lady Attendant 418 indians Ave. Open all Night. 3 PER CENT. INTEREST Paid on saving accounts can be drawn anytime with interest. No account too small. THE RICHCREEK BANK 106 N. Delaware St. Free TO BOYS and GIRLS under 12 years of age One to a family FREE Send us a 2ct stamp and we will send you an "EXER-KETCH" patented Game on Novelty Jane. Inquire price 12 cts. WRITE TO-DAY. "EXER-KETCH" NOVELTY CO., 55 N. Senate Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. PICTURE FRAMES AT- PICTURE PLACE, Indiana Avenue (Safel Bloch) Indianapolis, Ind. R. E. WELLS, Proprietor GOOD QUICK & ARTISTIC ENGRAVING INDIANA ELETRYYPE CO. 23-28 W. PEARL ST. INDIANAPOLIS If you want a neat nair cut and shave, patronize G. S. Baker, 611 9th Street. Everything strictly new. Do not fall to call tor a copy of The Freeman, which is on sale each week. Louisville, Ky. Time never hangs heavily on hands THE FREEMAN A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED COLOR D NEWSPAPER. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. 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Newspaper advertising is the best medium for reaching the people and winning their confidence. If the republican national convention could be held just now, wouldn't there be a sure-enough "battle of giants!" If the Attorney General honestly wanted testimony that amounted to something in the Ed Johnson lynching case—and he looks as if he did—he was eminently correct in having the witnesses do their talking in Washington instead of Chattanooga. John Sharp Williams admits that the South is against government ownership of railroads because it means the death of the jim crow car. The United States Government appears to have compromised the Japanese school controversy by allowing the Japs to do as they please—to attend the white schools, in short. Miss Lottie Williams, of Chicago, has won a much-coveted prize in the Cook County Civil Service Examination. She outranked all her competitors and gained an appointment as a probation officer in the Juvenile Court. Can Mr. Bryan defend the government ownership of railroads to his Southern constituents, in the face of John Sharp Williams' declaration that the adoption of such a plan means the passing of the separate coach or jim crow car? Experience demonstrates that it is not the "big Negroes" who support the enterprises of the race, but the hard-working, unassuming masses. The common people are the salt of the earth. Lincoln once said: "Lord Almighty must have loved the common people best, for He made so many of them." Here's a "pointer" for the right parties: Says the Mound Bayou (Miss.) Demonstrator: "Mound Bayou offers an ideal location for the establishment of a first-class drug store. A splendid territory and a clear field. For the man with the necessary capital this offers a tempting investment. Hampton, Va., is to the fore with a branch o the National Negro Business League. Organizer Fred R. Moore was there not long ago, and succeeded in forming a local league with the following well-known business men as officers: W. E. Atkins, president; J. E. Smith, vice-president; W. T. Anderson, secretary; Thomas Harmond, treasurer; J. W. Robinson, auditor. Senator Beveridge and Mr. Bryan have arranged to debate the burning issues of the day in one of the national periodicals, and it is expected that the argument will lay down the lines upon which the next presidential campaign is to be fought out. The Indiana Senator is one of the country's finest orators and cleverest de- baters, as well as a thinker of ripeness and clearness on all public questions. Some of the subjects to be touched upon are the tariff, the trusts, swollen fortunes, centralization versus State rights, finance, corporations, the income tax, suffrage abuses and incidentally the race problem. The discussion promises to be one of universal interest and profit, and the people will watch it with absorbing interest. Beveridge and Bryan are foemen worthy of each other's steel. Rev. Miller, of Beaumont, passed through the city. * * * Mr. Roberson, of Galveston, is at the Hagan House. * * * Mr. Wallace Dereaux and Miss Mary Stevenson were quiet marrier at the residence of the bride. * * * Rev. Morgan has been to Palestine to attend to some very important business. * * * The masquerade entertainment at the Masonic Hall on the 14th was quite a success. The house was crowded and a good many were masked, viz; Messrs. Earl Alkers and H. E. Jackson, President of the United States; Mr. R. R. Williams, Japanese; Miss Willie Vincent, huntsman; Mr. William, Sanders, rough rider; It is evident that the Washington Board of Education picked up a hot proposition when it tackled Supervising Principal Francis L. Cardozo and tried to dismiss him by starchamber methods. While trying him on some puerile charges, he has sprung a sensation by attacking the constitutionality of the Board's own existence, and may make it stick, overthrowing the entire "house of cards" set up by the "Chancellor government. In all momentous crises involving the essentials of the white man's progress the Negro seems destined to be the pivot. We hope for a satisfactory adjustment of the difficulty, but the sympathies of the people of the nation are decidedly with Mr. Cardozo, and they want him to win. President Roosevelt Coming President Roosevelt has accepted an invitation to visit Indianapolis on Memorial Day—May 30th—and deliver the oration at the dedication of the monument to Gen. Henry W. Lawton. The invitation was presented by a committee consisting of Evans Woollen, of the Commercial Club; R. O. Hawkins, of the Board of Trade, and Hilton U. Brown, of the Indianapolis News, which raised the money for the monument by popular subscription. The committee was accompanied by Representative Overstreet. The President expressed pleasure at being selected to pay the principal tribute to the memory of Gen. Lawton, but said he would probably talk also on Oliver P. Morton, war Governor of Indiana, and the then soldiers of the Civil War. He had recently been reading a history of Gov. Morton, he said, and considered the war Governor of Indiana one of the greatest men of the Civil War period. This will be President Roosevelt's first appearance in the Hoosier capital since his accession to the Chief Magistracy of the Nation, and his coming on this occasion will be a coming on this occasion will be a red-letter event in the history of the State. The colored troops will be on hand to do honor to the memory of the valiant Lawton, and to greet their Commander-in-Chief. Dr. H. W. Furniss, Diplomat. Rosy JOHNSON All along Sen'tor Foraker has been makin' his cries to high heaven that he love the Negro, but just as soon as the President beins to talk of app'intin' Ralph Tyler as Surveyor of Customs at Chucinnatti the Sen'tor files up an' gets huffy beouz Mr. Rooseyvelt wants to send what he loves so well. The woman who can make good butter, darn socks to a frazzle, cook a good meal that'll tickle her husband clear to the washband an' keeps the children's neck an' ears clean hardly ever gits into a divorce scrape. Always keep your wife busy as yourself. General Correspondence From Various Sections. CENTRALIA, ILL. A valentine party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Len Taylor February 14 in honor of the young people. The home was beautifully decorated with heart-shaped valentines. The guests, after receiving a bountiful supply of refreshments, retired to a room, where there was a large valentine box waiting, which was opened and caused great merriment. A beautiful bouquet of sweet peas was given to each guest as a souvenir. Their retired at a late hour, wishing Mr. and Mrs. Taylor many more such pleasant evenings. Music was furnished by Mr. Brownie Cash and Mr. Oscar Wallace. BATTLE CREEK, MICH. Chas. Benton, a well-known Lansing ball player, has bees signed by the Douglas Athletic Club for the season. * * * * The Masquerade Ball was one of the most enjoyable affairs ever had in the city, and the committee in charge is to be complimented. * * * * H. J. Holmes continues as head waiter at the Post tavern, with an able crew. * * * * Rev. Hampton and Rev. Becks are to be complimented on the work being done by both churches, A. M. E. and Baptist. * * * * W. F. Wyman remains as proprietor of the Diamond Club and seems to be doing excellent, being ably assisted by Mr. Stokes. * * * * Post Tavern waiters will soon announce their first annual ball. DALLAS. TEXAS. Mrs. J. W. Robinson as daughter spent a week visiting relatives at New Orleans and attending the Mardi Gras. * * * * See Mrs. J. G. Guffin about that new Easter bonnet. The latest styles now ready at 596 Cochran street. * * * * The last notes on the K. of P. Main street property have been paid and the lodges are now free from debt. * * * * The colored teachers of the country held their institute meeting at the Courthouse this week, and many subjets of interest were discussed. About forty teachers were in attendance. * * * * Your old hat made over or a new one that will please you at 596 Cochran street. * * * * Miss L. C. Haynes will appear for the benefit of the C. M. E. Church February 25. * * * * Have the new hat made to suit you at 596 Cochran street. * * * * Mrs. L. Bryant, of Austin, is visiting in this city. * * * * Burl Fisher, of Spencee, Wis., formerly a resident of this city, spent several days here with relatives and friends. He was entertained by the Masons, Elsks and Odd Fellows. The Alberphile Social Club is in the limelight. Its purpose is to further literary work and encourage musical tastes, and pleasure combined. MARLIN, TEXAS. W. C. Cartwright was called to Mart on business. * * * * Johnnie Battle has accepted a position as waiter at the Arlington Hotel. * * * * Mrs. Sherman, of Waco, was in the city visiting her husband, Jeff Shermas, baker at the Arlington Hotel. * * * * Miss Alberta Howard and Mr. Johnson were married at the residence of the bride's parents on Coleman street. * * * * Messrs. Johnson and Shepherd, who have been registered at the Hagan House and also at the bath house, left for their respective homes, much benefitted by the Marlin hot water. * * * * Gus Gerald is able to sit up Rev. Miller, of Beaumont, passed through the city. * * * Mr. Roberson, of Galveston, is at the Hagan House. * * * Mr. Wallace Dereaux asd Miss Mary Steverson were quiet marrier at the residence of the bride. * * * Rev. Morgan has been to Palestine to attend to some very important business. *** The masquerade entertainment at the Masonic Hall on the 14th was quite a success. The house was crowded and a good many were masked, viz: Messrs. Earl Aikers and H. E. Jackson, President of the United State; Mr. R. R. Williams, Japanese; Miss Willie Vincent, huntsman; Mr. William Sanders, rough rider; Mr. Bruce Gerald, female impersonator. Mr. Percy Ford was the most comical masked in the house and attracted the attention of all of those in the hall. Miss Mazie Moore, Little Red Ridisg Hood; Mrs. Della Ford, Japanese; Miss Maud Sears, little Dutch girl; Miss Lucy Jefferson, Mother Goose; Mr. Willie Morgan backwoodsman; Mrs. Jessie Moore ghost: Joel Williams, sailor boy, and others. FACTS FROM THE FALLS CITY (CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE ) pointment as a clerk in the office was Mr. R. W. Thompson, who led the entire eligible list at the November Civil Service examination, but Mr. Thompson, who has been employed for upwards of four years at the United States Quartermaster's Depot in Jeffersonville, has declined the proffer, deciding to remain where he is. Mr. George A. Hampton, instructor in music at the State University, was appointed a carrier this week, and has qualified for the position. There are about twesty Afro-Americans in the local postoffice, and they are well treated by the authorities. Other colored men are said to be slated for appointments, according to their standing on the list of eligibles. Librarian Thomas F. Blue makes the followin geport of the work of the Colored Free Public Library for the month of January: Attendance, 3,500; number of books issued, 2,463; average daily circulation, 95; number of readers' cards issued during the month, 122; total number of readers' cards issued, 2,561. Four reading clubs meet at the library weekly. For the convenience of those who live at a distance, two library stations are open twice a week—one at the Eastern School and one at the California School. The contract for the sew $30,000 colored library at the corner of Chestnut and Tenth streets has been let, and active operations will be begun early in the spring. Mr. Blue is making an ideal librarian, and Mrs. E. G. Harris is rendering valuable assistance. The Dispatch Printing Company, which gets out a number of important publications, besides doing a fine line of job printing, will print a special Easter edition of 150,000 copies of the Missionary Herald for the Baptist Foreigns Missionary Board. The issue will carry a supplement containing much matter bearing upon the National Afro-American Council, of which Dr. L. G. Jordan is corresponding secretary. By this means over half a million Negroes will be reached, and brought to know more of the plans and achievements of his race's great protective organization. The Dispatch office is now engaged in printing the charters of the Cave Dwellers Life Association and the Afro-American Council, and they are pretty pieces of typographical work. Mr. Robinson, of Chicago, has been engaged to take charge of the working force of the Dispatch company. Stoner's Chapel A. M. E. Church on Twelfth street, near Hill, was totally destroyed by fire Monday afternoon. The building, which was a frame, was valued at $1,500, and there was $800 in insurance. The pastor, Rev. Green A. Johnson, was unable to account for the disaster, as there had bees no fire in the church since 10 o'clock Sunday night. Suspicion is directed toward some children who were playing in the vicinity of the structure when the fire broke out. The membership is made up of thrifty and progressive people, and Mr. Johnson says they will rebuild as soon as possible. Arrangements will be made to worship elsewhere temporarily. THE CHILD. Dedicated to Superintendent E. H. Mark, by Joseph S. Cotter. It is a story that it can not tell. It sees a point, and then it esses it not. Behold the only human miracle— The Teacher's leading it to grasp the plot. It is a jewel lost in its own worth. The search is almess, and the loss is twain. The Teacher's absence, and a puzzled earth; The Teacher's touch, and all is found again. Other features of the interesting program were as follows: Reading—"Old Greenbottom Inn'... Prof. G. B. McClellan. Address—"The Teacher as a Thought Producer"...Supt. E. H. Mark. Song—Five boys from Eighth and Kentucky. M. Lyda Johnson, Leader Address—"The Teacher and Industrial Work". Miss Sarah L. Rogers. Original Poem—"Home Coming"— (Prof. J. E. Simpson)..... Miss Etta McAfee. FALLS CITY FLASHES Mr. George Watson has returned to French Lick Springs. * * * Prof. G. B. McClellan has opened a school of music in connection with the Y. M. C. A. on Chestnut street. Mr. R. B. Elliam, late of Helena, Ark., will instruct the classes in instrument- W. C. HAZEL, The TAILOR, 322 and 327 Indiana Avenue. See Us for Your Spring Suit Everybody knows that we have the NEWEST AND LATEST FADS. Ask your friends. Suits $20.00 and up. The GLOBE BARGAIN STORE 582—INDIANA AVENUE—582 The STORE that SAVES YOU MONEY. UP-TO-DATE LINE OF Dry Goods Shoes, LADIES' and GENTS' FURNISHINGS. A Few Specials for Saturday in Shoes: Misses Shoes, $1.25 kind, for... 79c Men's plain toe or tip, $2.00 kind, for... $1.49 Men's $2.50 shoes for... $1.98 Ladies' Victor Kid for... $1.49 Don't Forget the Number 532--INDIANA AVENUE--532 Wildofsky Brothers' Old Stand. Gem Laundry, 235, 237, 239, 241 INDIANA AVE. Rough Dry Family Washing 5¢ per pound Phones 1671 tal music, while Prof. McClellan will teach the vocal. * * * The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Broadway Zion Church will hold special exercises on the second Sunday in March, under the direction of Mrs. R. S. Rives. A feature of the occasion will be a paper by Mrs. Grace Lucas Thompson. * * * Dr. L. G. Jordan, corresponding secretary of the Baptist Foreign Missionary Board, and of the Afro-American Council, delivered the Frederick Douglass Day address in Indianapolis last Sunday, under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., of which Mr. John E. Taylor is secretary. * * * Mr. Emery Northington, an enterprising business man, has opened an elegant tonsorial parlor at 1108 West Walnut street in the new building. The furnishings, which have few equals in the South, and are unquestionably the finest owned by any shop in the city operated for Afro-Americans, are valued at $5,000. Mr. W. H. Lawson, a government gauger, slipped on the floor last Saturday while working at the Rugby Distillery, Portland, and as the result of the fall broke two ribs. The slippery condition of the premises was due to the recent flood, which had covered the entire floor space. Mr. Lawson is being attended by Dr. F. G. Fowler and is doing well. The Church of Our Merciful Savior (Protestant Episcopal) confirmed a class of twelve Sunday morning. Bishop Charles E. Woodcock, of the diocese of Kentucky, administered the solemn rite of confirmation. Merciful Savior is now an independent parish, and is prospering under the new arrangement. Rev. D. LeRoy Ferguson, a highly competent divise, continues as rector in charge. Among the distinguished out-of-town people who attended confirmation services last Sunday at the Episcopal Church of Our Merciful Savior were Mrs. Mary E. Washington, of New Albany, vice president of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the A. M. E. Zion Church, and the pastor, Stolford C. Manuel, wife of the pastor of the Second Baptist Church, New Albany, Ind. The colored people of the city are taking a commendable degree of interest in the forthcoming "Made In Louisville Exposition," which will be held in the magnificent Armory, beginning March 18. The Kentucky Standard is planning to issue a special souvenir edition as a part of the "Everything in Printing" exhibit, and the American Baptist will have a representative on the ground. * * * * Mr. Willion S. Peyton, son of Dr. W. T. Peyton, instructor in chemistry at Prof. W. H. Council's school in Normal, Ala., a graduate of the Lake Forest (Ill.) Academy, represented the citizens of Louisville at the Tuskegee Negro Farmers' Conference on the 20th and 21st. Mr. Peyton is as accomplished young man, and his energies are ever bent in a forward direction. He has a brilliant future before him. GRACE LUCAS THOMPSON. THE NEGRO AT JAMESTOWN THE NEGRO AT JAMESTOWN (Continued from First Pages.) "intentions" of those apparently confirmed bachelors, Prof. W. H. Richards, Lawyers J. A. Cobb, Ira T. Bryant and W. L. Pollard. The proposed tax on old bachelors, agitated now in several States, seem to make no serious impression upon these very eligible gentleman, and they insist upon pursuing the even tenor or their way, regardless of sentimental sighs from the "old maids" quarter. Lawyer N. B. Marshall is contributing some original and entertaining fic- tion to the Boston Guardian. * * * * The facts are coming out. The black boys at Brownsville are not so dark as they were painted. * * * * Dr. E. W. Lampron, financial secret ary of the A. M. E. Church, is at his desk again, after a painful illness. * * * * It is rumored that Prof. Richard T. Greener, late consul at Vladivostok, Russia, is booked for something good. * * * * Register Vernon's banquet was the big social function that Washington has witnessed in many a year—if ever. *** Help to save the Frederick Douglass Homestead at Cedar Hill, Washington, D. C. Your little might will do a mint of good. * * * * The Bee is divided between the fa- voreite sons of Indiana and Ohio— Vice-President Fairbanks and Senator Foraker—for the Presidency in 1988. * * * * Events are happening so fast that the queries propounded by the aage weekly are answered before the paper can get off the press. A great daily is the need of the ract. * * * * The famous Pen and Pencil Club of which W. W. L. Pollard is now the president, held its annual observance of Frederick Douglass' birthday on the evening of the 14th at Odd Fellows Hall. * * * * The Jamestown Exposition should be made a success—not abandoned. It is now too late to allow a failure to be scored in the Negro Department. It is "up to us" to make it a go, and we can do it, if we will. * * * * Mrs. Ida Gibbs Hunt, wife of the for- mer consul to Tamatave, talked inter- estingly on "Madagascar" recently at the Zion Baptist Church, illustrating her theme by stereoptic views. Mr. Hunt is now consul at St. Ethelene France. The Brownsville investigation, in progress at the capital under management of Senator J. B. Foraker, bids fair to continue for some time. The evidence grows more and more favorable to the men, and is "showing up" the "good citizens" of Brownsville in a most unenviable light. House Document No. 312, carrying a full statement of the expenditures from the appropriation for miscellaneous expenses of the United States Census Office for 1906, shows an item of $6.60. paid to Mr. Robert A. Pelham for rental of two paste-supply devices. Director North speaks highly of the effectiveness of this invention by Mr. Pelham, one of the most efficient clerks in the Census Office, and finds that the work of pasting together parts of tables, etc., is greatly facilitated by its use. Ira T. Bryant continues to gain ground in his great face for the secretaryship of the A. M. E. Sunday School Union. A report from Chicago, emanating from a prominent divine, presumably in the confidence of the Rev. A. J. Carey, says that that gentleman is not a candidate for the place, and has not instructed his friends to do anything for him in the direction of securing votes for the Nashville office. This simplifies the situation somewhat, and leaves Mr. Bryant in sole possession of the field. "The Richards Literary Club" is a thriving organization of young people named in honor of Prof. W. H. Richards, who is widely known and appreciated as the stammer friend and patron of aspiring young men and women. At a recent meeting "Alexander Dumas, pere," was the subject for discussion, Mrs. Coralie Franklin Cook leading off with a brilliant biographical sketch of the eminent French writer. At the last session the birthday of Frederick Douglass, the American Commoner, was appropriately commemorated, the principal speaker being Miss Eyvlyn Lynch. The St The Washingtontons continue to make a hit across the big pond. S. H. Dudley started out in early life as a jockey. The horse-race scene in "The Black Politician" carries him back home. Jas. ("Kid") Wade, the popular pianist and vocalist with his little Miss Toy Dudley are now the principal entertainers at the Capital Club, Fort Worth, Texas. Frank Mahara's minstrels are now in their home State "packing houses," and everyone is happy. The company had the pleasure of playing M. McInity's home in Iowa and were tendered a grand reception. A rumor is afloat that James Burris, who plays the "straight part" in "The Black Politician," is to double up with a partner for vaudeville work, leaving "The Smart Set," and furthermore that Tom Logan, the versatile comedian, a feature with Ernest Hogan's "Rufus Rastus" show, is to succeed him. Mr. Logan has a wonderful command of the English language—a highly necessary qualification for "gentleman leads"—and this part would give him the opportunity his friends have long thought he ought to have. Mr. Logan is a valuable man with any kind of a theatrical entertainment, and he is already besieged with attractive offers from first-class companies for next season. HARRY J. FIDLER AS "RUFUS RASTUS" Harry J. Fidler, the versatile actor, stepped into the shoes of Ernest Hogan Wednesday night of last week at Dayton and starred in "Rufus Rastus" in a creditable way. Fidler's make-up was real good and found favor with everyone in the audience. To anyone who has seen Hogan in the part, there was a great deal of difference in style and manner, but that is the case with most comedians—not one of them are any ways alike, yet each of them manages to create laughter. Hogan has his way and Fidler has his, although many present believed that they saw a similarity in Fidler's rendition of "Rufus Rastus." However, Mr. Fidler's work proved to be very pleasing throughout the entire performance. He showed that he is capable of holding his own at any time that the part may be placed in his hands. But, of course, "Fid" has always been noted for such things. THE NEW ORLEANS AMUSEMENT AND INVESTMENT CO. The New Orleans Amusement and Investment Company has been organized with a capital stock of between $25,000 and $50,000. The purpose of the organization is to purchase sufficient land to establish a fine park for amusements, such as baseball, foot- THE FREEMAN GALLERY G. HAYWOOD EDNA ALEXANDER. Formerly with Cole & Johnson's "Shoo-fly Regiment." There is, that trods the foreign shore And breathes the foreign air. Unfounded with scents of prejudice A woman sweet and fair. And though the waving ocean Divides, she takes the stand And speaks for Ethiopia In her adopted land. GARFIELD HAYWOOD. THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER ball, picnic grounds, and all outdoor athletic sports. Also to erect a pavilion which can be used for dancing and theatrical purposes, and as a skating rink. This place being available for large picnics promenade concerts, etc., societies and social clubs will have unsurpassed facilities for giving their entertainments. This organization will select a site with due regard to convenient street-car facilities and will in every way cater to the comfort and convenience of its patrons. With thousands of amusement-loving people to draw from, this pleasure resort will, without doubt, receive an immense patronage. The officers are W. J. Rickerson, president; John J. Winston, first vice president; M. C. Hackett, second vice president; James Lewis, Jr., secretary; Edward O. Moss, treasurer. HOGAN AND HIS NEWVENTURE At last the much talked of project has been launched. Mr. Ersest Hogan, the great comedian, has gotten his airships ready for sky sailing. For some time past much talk had been made about "Hogan and his airship idea," and those that made such talk thought they were springing something in the humorist line; but it has turned out to be an actual fact that Hogan is to deal in airships on a large scale. Quite recently a company was formed under the name of the Parks-Hogan Airship Company, with J. P. Parks, president; Ernest Hogan, general manager, and Joseph Schwartz, business manager. This company proposes to solve the problem of practical aerial navigation by making flights in their airships thousands of feet in mid-air. The Wolverine Flyer No. 1, with Ray Stevess featuring "Buster Brown of the Air," has already made several successful trips, under the management of the new company, of which the Detroit Press said was "a wonderful creation of the air." These ships will make search-light ascensions at night. The company intends to exhibit the work of these ships at every park and fair throughout the country. There is no doubt but that "Hogan and his airship idea" will prove a great success. We think that all managers of parks and fairs should lose no time in engaging this attraction, as it will be a great drawing card every place, because it is something new and novel. "SUNNY SOUTH" COMPANY. We are now in the State of Ohio and business continues good. We played Satrobe, Pa., and here is what the Satrobe Bulletin said about us: "On account of the opera house at Irwin having been destroyed by fire, the J. C. Rockwell 'Sunny South' company, which was to have played there tonight, was compelled to cancel the engagement. They will give their entertainment tonight with an entire change of program with popular prices." And later: "We have had a few shows here, but nothing to approach this one has ever been seen hereabouts. They played to a crowded house last night and everyone pronounced the show par excellence. Two hours and a half of solid fun, interspersed with clever dancing and popular songs, was the menu last night, and an even better program is promised tonight. The curtain raises last night allowed the company to display their cleverness in dancing and specialty work, the colored mummy as portrayed by Mr. J. W. Turner especially making fun every minute the curtain was up. A number of songs and sketches, which were clever, after which the male quartet of the company gave a number of selections composed of the named artists Cliff D. Brooks and Robert Guthrie, Bill Briggs, James W. Turner. This quartet is one of the best colored quartets ever heard in this city and is worth the price of admission itself. Following this was a little playlist staged by Mr. J. W. Turner, called 'The Gold Dust Twins' and in which was given the audience 'no time to cease laughing.' As a finale came a patriotic song, which was sung by Clifford D. Brooks in a grand style with a swell background. This show contains nothing vulgar or coarse even the repartee being pure humor nothing else. We can say that this is the best aggregation heard here in many days, both in quality and quantity." We all had the pleasure of visiting Ernest Hogan in Wheeling, and it made us all feel good to meet so many friends. Billy Kersand's minstrels were there. Now you might know what happened. "Pap" Van sends regards to Henry Washington, Tom Drake and all friends. GIDEON & FERDON'S "HOTTEST COON IN DIXIE." Weather has been exceedingly cold in New York State, where we have been showing for the past three weeks. Business, however, has been giving universal satisfaction On January 31 at Hornell, N. Y., the company was entertained by the Waiters' Club of that place, an organization consisting of a number of the best young people there, whose officers are Messrs Earnest Clemens, Frank Rowe, Jas. H. Carter, Lorenzo Snowden and Leroy A. Wheeler. The reception was given at the Sherwood Hotel and an excellent time was had. The banquet hall was very tastefully decorated and a dance was given after the supper had been served. The company hereby returns its thanks to the members of the Waiters' Club as desires to say that these affairs tend to make life sunshine for those whose home is on the road and who thereby doubly appreciate these courtesies which are extended them. Prof. H. P. Frederick, of Corning, N. Y., who is a member of the I. B. P. O. E. W., sent a special delivery letter to Mr. Copeland of our com- HAVE YOU SEEN THE PICTURE OF OUR COLORED SOLDIERS STORMING It is a Beauty! All ready for framing. With a WAR HISTORY of the NEGRO printed a the bottom. This picture is given, FREE OF CHARGE, with every copy of the Greatest Negro Soldier Song. No loyal Colored persons will be without this magnificent tribute to their race. Send 25c to DABNEY PUBLISHING COMPANY 4:0 McAllister Street Cincinnati, Ohio. Agents wanted. pany to Elmira, N. Y., on last Wednesday inviting him and the company to a banquet on Saturday evening after the performance in Corning. The company was escorted by Prof. Frederick and Mr. Tavlor, who is steward at the St. James Hotel, to the club rooms. Here another delightful evening was spent. Whist and euchre, dancing and singing were indulged in and the Corning people proved themselves to be excellent entertainers, and the wee small hours came swiftly—as they can only when everyone is enjoying himself to the utmost. Andrew A. Copeland and Will C. Washington, of the company, members of Burkes Lodge No. 47, I. B. P. O. E. W., were the guests of honor. The company sends regards to all friends and wishes for a successful season. SONQ OF A SHIP. You may have heard of the Browsville affair. In these golden days of Lent, But have you as yet ever got "hip"— To Hogan and his great air-ship? You've heard of Walcot playing "Uncle Tom!" And likewise of Dudley and Channis O'Brien And also where Hannah Ellas came from Of Joe Schwartz from over the Rhine, But have you, as yet, been given the tip About Mr. Hogan and his great air-ship? I know you've heard of Ben Tillman's fall, Also of the country's great wave of re- form, And about Joe Gans just licklin' 'em all' And yet more news of that Atlantic storm. But the news that has surely made the hit is about Uncle Rube and his great air-ship. -Charles Marshall. LOGAN'S LYRICS. The Same Being a Truthful (?) Record of Events Happening to Stage Favorites, with a Slight Change of Persons, Time and Place.) One of the hardest things for a performer to bear is when an audience laughs at the wrong time. Many an actor by his wit has been able to save the scene by a spontaneous reply or a piece of "business" interpolated on the spur of the moment. Tom Brows, the protean actor now itch the "Rufus Rastus" company, while appearals at a benefit several years ago acceded to the request of a number of friends to do a scene from Richard III. He had just finished claiming "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" when a young man in the audience called out: "Won't a donkey do?" and in a flash Tom quietly responded, "Yes, come up!" Alice Mackey had a similar experience with the Patti show some years ago. She was singing a song while standing on a platform, and in the pickup of the chorus of the alst verse she was to run down the steps in order to finish at a certain place on the stage. Her first step was a mis-step she slipped and landed at the bottom of the steps (three in number) in a sitting position. The unexpected happening caused a titter in the audience, but Miss Mackey completely ignored it and went through the song as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened, winning much applause at the end. *** Ernest Hogan had with his company a few seasons ago a performer who, while competent, was so very disagreeable that Mr. Hogan decided to give him his notice. Within two hours from the time of giving the notice, the report had gotten around that a job paying a good salary was open. A certain young professional, desirlsg to get as much for his services as possible, made the fatal mike of over-estimating his worth, and decided to ask a figure double that of the man whose place he had hoped to fill. "How much will you want to do the straight, sing a duet with the leadisg lady in the second act, and lead the drill in the finale?" asked Mr. Hogan. The applicant, fearing a small figure would cheapen himself in the star's estimation, said he thought he could afford to fill the place for a hundred and a quarter per. "Don't slam the door whes you go out, will you?" answered Hogas. Harry Fidler started in life a blacksmith's helper. Owing to the hard work and the infrequency of pay days Harry ran away, went to St. Louis and got a job with a minstrel company as interlocutor. Proudly he wired his father that the show would play Peru, Ind., on a certain date and invited the old gentleman to come and see him "act." After witnessing the performance, the father met his boy. "Harry, do they really pay you wages for just sitting down and answering a lot of fool questions for those blacked-up fellows?" "Yes, father" said Harry, somewhat surprised. "Well, fool them as long as you can, son. Such a snap can't last for ever." TOM LOGAN. Note.—We have contracted with Mr. Logan for a series of short stories concerning members of the theatrical profession, articles to appear weekly.—Ed. HOTEL DIRECTORY THE EXCELSIOR HOTEL, (European) 23 W. 9th street, Anderson, Ind. W. T. BAGBY, Proprietor. Rates $1.00 per day and up. THE PARKER HOUSE The many patrons of the Parker House during the past year, are extended thanks or their liberal patronage, also for the kind y reference to the house from time to time. The same courteous treatment will be accorded in the future. The best of the seasons always on hand. Excellent service. Excellent table, good sleeping rooms, bath, etc. J. W. Holliman, Prop., 317-321 W. Michigan street. Phones: New 4972. Old 651. NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS tor man and wife or gentlemen. All light; all improvements for light housekeeping. Apartment No. 6, 53 West 133d Street, New York City. NOTICE. SYLVESTER RUSSELL'S REVIEW Has removed from ORANGE, N. J., To HAZLETON, PA. Address all mail To SYLVESTER RUSSELL, Hazleton, Pa. M. S. Youree, Double or Two-Toned Whistler & Singer. Open dates after April 30. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address 910 Pine Street, Oakland, Cal. The America Theater Jackson, Miss. Open Dates for Good COLORED SHOWS. Entire management and ownership colored Seating capacity 1200. W. J. LATHAM, Manager. Plays To Let On Royalty TO Amatuers or Professionals Music accompanying all plays,data how to stage same by J. Ed. Green. WILLIAM FOSTER, Business Manager, PEKIN THEATRE, Chicago, Ill WANTED Performers, Musicians, Ball Players and Boss Men. 40 weeks' work to right parties. Both ladies and gentlemen for my two shows. A. B. PAT CHAPPELLE. One show applying March 1st, the other April 1st. Those applying for boss men or foremen positions must send reference. Need not apply if you can't work colored people. Address PAT CHAPPELLE, Owner Rabbitt's Foot Co., home office 1054 W. Church street Jacksonville, Fla. Will send tickets. SEEN THE FREED SOLDIERS STORMING IN HILL? A WAR HISTORY of the NEGRO printed a STATE OF CHARGE, with every copy of the Soldier Song, "Colored Soldiers." At this magnificent tribute to their race. ING COMPANY 4:0 McAllister Stree Agents wanted. ERNEST HOGAN, JOS. SCHWARTZ, General Manager. Business Manager. J. P. PARKS, PRESIDENT. The Flight of the Air Ship Thousands of Feet in Mid-Air, the Greatest Attraction Ever Presented to the Public. We carry our own VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS For Aerdrome Patrons. Ship Makes Searchlight Ascensions at Night. FLIGHTS GUARANTEED. THE WOLVFRINE FLYER No. 1, Featuring the BUSTER BROWN of the Air—Rey Stevens. "A Wonderful Creation of the Air."—Detroit Free Press. Managers of Parks, Etc., Write at Once for Open Time. Eastern Agents, Hurtig & Seamon, 147 W. 42d St., New York City. 282 Antoine St., Detroit, Mich. AMUSEMENT BOOKING ASSOCIATION. P. S.—Would like to hear from Al. Hardin, Lexington, Kv., Robert Church, Memphis, Tenn., and all Fla. Associations. The Elysium Theatre (First-class and thoroughly up-to-date) NEW ORLEANS, - - - LOUISIANA, Under entire control and management of GOOD COLORED SHOWS Address J. J. COLEMAN, American Theatrical Exchange, room 6, New York Theatre Building, New York City, N. Y., or W. J. NICKERSON, 120 N. Galvez St., New Orleans, La. GIDEON & FERDON'S Hottest Coon in Dixie Musicians, and Performers, Those Doubling Brass Given Preference. Never Close. Address L. E. GIDEON, room 601 Times Building, New York City. Wanted At Once. Performers that Double in Band. FOUNTAIN B. WOOD, Tootle Theatre, St. Joseph, Mo. The Crowning Achievement of the Twentieth Century. PROBLEM OF Practical Aerial Navigation Solved, The Flight of the Air Ship Thousands of F in Mid-Air, the Greatest Attraction Ever, Presented to the Public. We carry our own VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS For Aerdrome Patrons Ship Makes Searchlight Ascensions at Nig FLIGHTS GUARANTEED. E WOLVFRINE FLYER No. 1 Featuring the BUSTER BRO of the Air- enrs. "A Wonderful Creation of the Air."—Detroit Free P Managers of Parks, Etc., Write at Once for Open Time. Eastern Agents, Hurtig & Seamon, 147 W. 42d St., New York C Western Agent L. P. Parks, 282 Antoine St., Detroit, Mi AMUSEMENT BOOKING ASSOCIATION 167 Dearborn Street, Room 507, CHICAGO, ILL. P. S.—Would like to hear from Al. Hardin, Lexington, Bert Church, Memphis, Tenn., and all Fair Associations. The Elysium Theatre (First-class and thoroughly up-to-date) N ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Under entire control and management of Colored Promoters. (New Orleans Amusement and Investment Co., Ltd.) Open Dates for GOOD COLORED SHOW Address J. J. COLEMAN, American Theatrical Expo 16, New York Theatre Building, New York City, N. NICKERSON, 120 N. Galvez St., New Orleans, L. anted GIDEON & FERDON'S Great Coon in D tions, and Performers, Those Double Given Preference. Never Close. L. E. GIDEON, room 601 Times Building, New Y VOELCKEL & NOLAN Shows First-Class Colored Performers Wanted. Smart Minstrel Men WHO DOUBLE IN BRASS PREFERRED. VOELCKEL & NOLAN, 126 W. 44th Street, New York. Wanted At Once. performers that Double in Bark FOUNTAIN B. WOOD, Tootle Theatre, St. Joseph, Mo. The BLACK PATTI TROUBADOURS SHORT FLIGHTS. BY R. W. THOMPSON FREDERICK DOUGLASS. When a star is quenched on high, For ages will its light Still travel downward, from the sky Shine on our mortal sight. So, when a good man dies, For years beyond our ken, ‘The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the path of men. —Longfellow. see Save the Frederick Douglass home- stead! sae Society does not snuggle up to the “hugless dance.” Portals open wide for the man who pays as he goes. eae Anniversaries are “fat” for the pro fessional orators. ‘The Negro “star” is a fixture in the theatrical firmament. see When the politicians fall out, we stand a chance of getting “our'n.” eee Preachers: Preach the Gospel of work and salvation will be nearer at hand for the people. | Collector Henry A. Rucker, of At- lanta, continues to make a noise like @ man “sawing wood.” oe See to it that your State is ade- quately represented in the Negro Building at the Jamestown Exposition. see ‘The legitimate successor to Paul Laurence Dunbar constantly comes— be “he turns around and walks right out agoin.” 2 Keep your head cool, your feet warm, trust in the Lord—and “hustle like Sam Hill” for the man chance. You'll get “in good” that ways Many so-called “good people” would do some outrageous thing without a twinge of conscience, were it not for fear of the tongue of gossip. eee Attorney-General Bonaparte is do- ing all he can to break up the cruel practice of peonage in the Southern States. More power to his arm! ‘The bug-house is the only suitable place for wives who insist upon sean- dalizing their husbands, and then ex- pect to live happily with them. are Arkansas endorses our efforts at slatemaking for the A, M. E. Bisho- pric, anyhow. Maryland ‘need not thing she is the “whole show.” sae A woman who behaves herself in the old-fashioned way, seldom has to appeal to the unwritten law—or any other kind, to defend her good name. ee If we are compelled to have Jim Crow ears in certain States, let us insist that it be as good in every re- spect as those occupied by other races. see The sensible Negro opens doors of opportunity. We can not afford to close a single one now open, even it the conditions inside the structures are not entirely ideal. If it is the established policy of the Boston Guardian to denounce any movement with which a Tuskegeeite is prominently identified, it will soon have to flock by itself. eer The Negro people may be somewhat shy on culture and the arts of civili- zation, but they have yet to produce a counterpart to the Thaw trial, or a scoundrel that is a marker to the late Stanford White. eee There may be some pleasure in be- ing “It” at intervals, but the black man, with his perennial problem, has been “It” so long that the distine- tion is growing a trifle monotonous— if not threadbare. New Jersey, having escaped its erst- while peril of “overleaderization,” is struggling along the best it can with the advice and consent of Bishop Wal- ters, A. B. Cosey, Jesse Lawson and R. Henri Herbert. eee If you did not observe the birthday of Frederick Douglass this month in your church, school or lyceum, you failed to do your duty by the’ “No- blest Roman of them all.” Don’t neg- lect it next year. : Justice is ever an attractive goal, but short cuts to it are lined with pit: falls that endanger the welfare of so- ciety at large. The long path is the THE DYING FIRE.. ‘They sat together by the dying fire, The faint red glow shining around each head, And they were all voicing their great desire: To live the life of the years that were dead. He had been manly and brave in these days, He had fought in wars, and worked in the fields— She has reared children and taught them God's praise, The lessons of life and power to yield. And now in the dying light of the hour, When embers were dim, and limbs were weak, They're trying again with all their power To bring back the dead and make them speak. “Twas silence everywhere—without and within— No answering word to their feeble call; For the loved ones were far, far away from sin, ‘And hanging above them was Death's white pall. So in the twilight the old folks wait With patience through the long hours alone. Until some angel opens wide the gate— And they enter their Heavenly home. THOS. H. PETER: SE Don't miss the Tuskegee Negro The Boston Guardian is | Farmers’ Conference next week—the | “ft” now because of a repo! 20th and 21st. It will be a revelation | hotel, exclusively for colores ‘and education alike to the simple yeo- is to be established in its man on the farm and the college-bred The Guardian would not be man who knows nature only by con- able by its nearest kin if | tact with his books. All roads lead ‘ever relapse into a state or ba Saakemen ment week. { tranquility and level-headedn safer, though it tax our patience to the limit to pursue it to the end. | tne friends of Baltor M. M. Lewer, of the Florida Sentinel, are looking ‘around with microscopes and__field- lgiasses to discover what variety of |glue Collector Josph B. Lee uses to hold himself in office so securely. eee ‘There is a quiet, dignified and unas- suming gentleman down in the Queen City by the name of Mr. Thomas Jef- ferson Monroe who would sacrifice his personal inclinations and accept that Collectorship, rather than see it go a-begging. sae Now that T. Thomas Fortune has moved back to New York and Sylves- ter Russell has transferred his lares and penates to Pennsylvania, New Jersey's quondam equilibrium in the matter of leadership seem in a fair way to be restored. ‘The kind-hearted American people are mightily interested in the poor black man’s conditions—across the sea, Let it not be forgotten that jthere are reforms of the most press- ing character needed here at home— at, our very doors. . ee Not social equality—that will take care of itself—but industrial equality, is what the Negro needs in his busi- jness at this time. Open the doors of the mills, the workshops and factor- jes to the black man, and the parlor entrance can await the crack o’ doom. a Despite the jeremiads of the doctrin- aries, those time-honored institutions, Marriage and Divorce, run along in about the same old way. People tie [up with, whomsoever they Imagine they love, and seek release when they find they’ have gotten the “worst of ie soe “During the President's trip through the canal zone one of the leading citi- jzens asked Mr, Roosevelt what he |thought of the criticisms as written by Poultney Bigelow. The President answered: ‘Small people, like small files, despoil large things and large en- terprises.’” After all, in sending Tillman to the Senate, South Carolina may not be as big 2 fool as she seems. ‘The good |people of the Palmetto State thus get rid of the personal presence of its most pestiferous blackguard for a large portion of every year. Evi dently, there's a method in South Car- olina’s apparent madness. We had a bright thing to say about the new consular regulation requiring aspirants to speak more than one lan- guage, but the pert paragrapher on a local daily said it before we could get to press—so we will just “pass it up.” That is what the candidates for the aforesaid consular jobs are now compelled to do. ee ‘This generation is producing too few young men of the Emmett J. Scott type. Such faithful servitors to the human family are seldom appreciated until they have been gathered, unto their fathers. Let us, who know of their admirable qualities of head and heart, strew their pathway with ros- es as they pass in and out among us today. see If there isn’t a batch of charges on file with the President against Ralph W. Tyler, alleging moral, intellectual [20 other brands of unfitness for the Cincinnati collectorship, his _ career must have outranked Caesar's wife in freedom from suspicion. ‘The “white flower of blameless life” is not tong for him who dabbles in polities when the pot is hot. vee The fighting habit must be bred in the Gans blood. ‘The clan will “serap” when the opportunity offers, purse or ho purse, with or without gloves, any kind of rules to govern. Bud Gans, of Danville, Ky., a cousin of the Baiti- more lad, had Occasion to land on a fellow-citizen the other day, and might have gained a record as’ champion lightweight of the Blue Grass State, had not his adversary made such a hasty get-a-way. The “Eugene B. Pinchback,” arrest- ed somewhere in the East for forgery is not the son of Former Governor P. B. S. Pinehback, of Louisiana. ‘The silver-haired captain of the “Old Guard” has but two sons—Bismarck and Walter—and both of them are holding responsible positions in the Government service at Washington, and making records befitting — the painstaking training given them by |their distinguished sire. The Pinch backs ure all right! THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. | {PRESENT CONDITION ee en Tae dane sphere adorned with a dark skin. | OF PARTY AFFAIRS t,Pestomce, Devartment owes. tof Many years ago the Lord put the Government of this country in the hands of the republican party because they had the mind and method which most pleased Him of the two parties, so He took the country and give it into the hands of those nearer doing His pleasure. So He caused the whole land to thrive and grow rich, mighty and have great honor. This has last: ed for these fifty years, and now at this time the republicans have become slack, tolerant and compromising with the party once known as rebels. More- over, they have and are partaking of the ways which these people did and do yet practice. God rose in battle against them and took from them their possessions and put people to rule over them which they hated, because they executed very wicked and un- godly judgment and even practiced doctoring for seripture which did not please God, at the same time profess- ing to be his people and Christians. ‘The Lord resisted them, cut off their prosperity, took from them their rich- es and honor and gave it to them whom had left place in their minds which the Lord Might occupy. Now the men the Lord have honored and made rulers and governors of the country, given riches and honor and prosperity at home and in foreign countries and people of distant lands call theh country a blessed place, The oppressed foreigners look to this coun- try for relief and this country does all in its power to defend Him, Yet here at home their own people are suf- fering untold calamities being smitten, stricken, plundered, robbed, ravaged, mobbed, murdered and all manner of misery heaped one on the other and the men and rulers that the Almighty God gave the country in the hands of simply wink at these things, and make many different expressions, some having a tinkling of a kind of sympathy, but all of about the same conelusion only different in words— such as we are powerless—we have no jurisdiction, going to investigate, the law must be sustained and like expres: sions and,the whole matter stops there. ‘The Almighty is not pleased with such things. He is going to intervene. He is no respecter of persons; all are His, and He is the mediator and Saviour of all. He is of long forbear- ance but He will take down a stew- ard who will not do His will and put another in his place. This is a great country and a great people, but the Almighty is the same God He always was. No one can prevail against Him. JAMES LIGHTFOOT. SOME EVENTS OF INTEREST ‘The white residents along a rural route out of Hopkinsville, Ky., having refused to accept their mail from the hands of a Negro carrier, the Post- office Department promptly abolished the route and ordered that the people must go to the Hopkinsville postoffice for their letters, ete. ‘This action was both right and wrong. The depart: ment was right in insisting that an ‘agent who was acceptable to the gov- ernment ought to be acceptable to the patrons of the route, when nothing worse than color could be alleged against said agent; the government was also right in withdrawing the convenience it had established, when these narrow-minded people attempt- ed to do by bulldozing what they could not accomplish by an appeal, filed in the regular way; it had a right to protect its dignity and authority in the way that it did. The govern- ment erred, however, in punishing the innocent colored patrons of the route, who were thus forced to travel all the way to Hopkinsville for their mail, and a worthy servant is out of a job, simply becanse a handful of “vo' white trash” in the neighborhood had a bad case of Negrophobia. The de- partment should have maintained the route, in any event, and had it under- stood with the carrier that he make deliveries wherever the people would aecept them—no matter if the stops included nothing but the colored pa- trons—and allowed the others to take “potluck.” ‘The government can not afford to permit itself to be “bluffed” into assuming any course not in con: sonance of its own deliberate judg ment. The object of the marplots on the route was to get rid of the Negro and have a white man appointed in his stead. While they have so far failed to secure a white man, it is not unlikely that after a while, when the situation cools off, the route will be quietly restored—and it’s dollars to doughnuts that the carrier then appointed will not be a-Negro, So in the final analysis, the discontinu ance of the route was a “back down’ on the part of the government, an¢ a quasi-victory perches upon the ban ners of a discreditable element of ou! body politic, at the expense of out national pretensions to “equality of opportunity, and at the sacrifice of « The Fostomice Leparment owes ” Carrier W. L. George a reinstatement or an assignment to another route, "equal in all respects to the route upon which the “high jinks” have been kicked up. As it stands the depart- ment has a nut to crack, and it can not be cracked too soon. wee It is said that George W. Vander- Dilt paid $75,000 for the log cabin and six acres of land owned by a Negro named Collins. Collins paid $200 for the property twenty years ago. When Mr. Vanderbilt decided to ‘build his famous Biltmore mansion, the site he selected was within a stonesthrow of the Collins cabin. Landscape artists and engineers laid out an approach from Biltmore vil- lage to the Vanderbilt mansion. The route lay through Collins’ six acyes. Mr. Vanderbfit went to Collins and offered three or four times the price the Negro had paid, but, to his sur- prise, Collins refused to ‘sell. A. still higher price was offered and Collins consulted a lawyer as to what should be done. The advice was to double the price on Mr. Vanderbilt. ‘The millionaire refused to pay, but a few months later he came around and accepted the terms. ‘Then Collins decided he wasn't quite ready to sell’ and doubled the figures again. Several times Mr. Vanderbilt made offers, and finally, in desperation, he changed the approach and had it built around the log cabin. When Collins was told that he could get $30,000 every one thought he would take the money, but he was holding out for still more. Mr, Vanderbilt in addition to his purchase price, agreed to buy a lot elsewhere and’ build a $10,000 house on it for Collins and his family, also to allow him a large annual allow- ance. Collins was a hack driver in Asheville, and was dependent solely upon this occupation for the support of himself and family. When Mrs. Vanderbilt, came to Biltmore House all Mr. Vanderbilt's offers to buy were withdrawn, Mrs. Vanderbilt said they were an inof- fensive Negro family and were not objectionable neighbors. Mr. and Mrs, Vanderbilt got Col- lins’ ‘consent to change their cabin into a pretty cottage, covered with vines, and pretty walks were laid out. Mr. Vanderbilt told Collins that he would give him $50,000 and no more. ‘This was a standing offer. “It is said that Vanderbilt had of- fered him at one time about $75,000. ‘The rtlations that existed between the Vanderbilts and the Collinses were unique. Two of the daughters were employed as servants by Mr. Vanderbilt. Several years ago Collins removed to Pittsburg, Pa., and has since made Pennsylvania his home. He proposed to go into the livery business at Pitts- burg, and wrote his agent here to let Mr. Vanderbilt have the property. Collins has been holding out against Mr. Vanderbilt for fifteen years. eee “To return to our muttons,” reading the various articles that have ap- peared in the papers of both races, touching the Episcopalians, we are more than ever convinced that the colored membership of that church is logically entitled to a_ missionary bishop, and that one should be elected without serious objection at the next General Convention in October. The canon providing for such election will doubtless become a law, and it should endow the said missionary bishop with plenary power over the parishes made up of colored communicants. As the colored department of the church grows, additional bishops should be provided, and the influence of the church extended in every di- rection through a strong missionary effort. At the same time, a policy of gradual separation into an independ- ent, self governing body will solve many of the difficulties that beset the church today. Under a system of complete organization, officered from bishop to librarian of the Sun- day school by colored communicants, Episcopalianism would take a much firmer hold upon the thinking men and women.of the race, and its mem- bership would be augmented from the very best stock of those who wish to ally themselves with religious work. Besides this, such a separation—yet maintaining friendly relations with the main stem—wonld relieve the embarrassment of thousands of con- scientious white parishioners, who really do not know what to do with! the social phase of the redemption of souls, when those souls are identified | with the darker races, Ministers and. laymen of color, who have attended the conferences, conventions or syn- ods of the mother Methodist, the Epis- copalians or the Presbyterians, and have been obliged to evade the social functions given for the enjoyment of the gathering as a whole, cooking up subterfuges that almost’ broke the Ninth Commandment, in their en- deavor. to spare the tender sensibili- ties of those who might be unable | to adjust themselves to the Negro as a social equal, even though engaged in saving his, soul as a kinsman, offer- ing devotions to one God as the Fa- AT THE EDITOR'S DESK. dispensableness of Negro labor. eo Evidently, Brother J, H. Murphy doesn’t want any framing up of A. M. E, bishopric slates unless they bear the “made in Baltimore” union label. eee And yet, no Negroes in the uniform of the United States army have at- tempted to embarrass the President by applying for admission to the the- atres or other public resorts of the national capitaJ. The President said not long ago that any manager who offered insult to the sacred garb of one of Uncle Sam's defenders by re- fusing him accommodations, would forfeit his license. Perhaps our sol- dier boys are too tender-hearted to make a poor white man lose his. license, especially when they can get all the enjoyment they need at the excellent places under Negro manage- ment. | Bishop Walters is a believer in in: telligent and dignified agitation. In response to a letter from a “conserva- tive,” asking if silence were not the better course, with reference to many issues touching the condition of the Negro race, he said: “Silence requires more patience and forbearance than mortals situated as we are can command—It is too much to expect of men and women humiliat- ed daily by circumstances which the white people ean neither appreciate nor understand. ‘The cultured Negro feels the slights and discriminations to which he is subjected by custom and laws, as keenly as any Caucasian of similar breeding, placed in the same position, We should Iet_ the world Know of the progress the Negro race has made on moral, religious and intellectual lines, and demonstrate by tangible proof that we are not ‘a race of criminals,’ as some in high sta- tions are striving to make the world believe. Wo should ery aloud against the injustices which are being perpe- trated against us by the enactment of the ‘Jim Crow’ car and disfranchise- ment law in the South, Let us speak of our wrongs," he continued, “and agitate vigorously, until thosé wrongs are righted.” Secretary of the Treasury Shaw is a practical man of affairs, and a safe counsellor in matters touching the success or failure of the boys of this country, white or black. In reply to a letter from the principal of a high school in Kansas, he sent the follow- ing characteristic letter which ex- plains itself: “My Dear Sir—I am In receipt of your letter asking for your pupils, as a New Year's sentiment, what I con- sider theh essentials of success in business." Any boy in your school can answer that question as well as I. ‘They all know the price of success, though the mapority will refuse to buy at par. Unfortunately, however, there are no bargain counters, or op- portunity for payment in advance. It is sold to ali on the installment plan, under broad and exacting forfeiture provisions. Payments must be made every day, and a single default fre- quently terminates the contract and precludes all possibility of reinstate- ment. i “Very truly yours, The War Department is inviting col- ored men to enlist in the army, and any one who wishes to make a career in the military service should not hes- itate to take advantage of the oppor- ‘tunity thus presented. To remain ont of the army in a sulk, simply because of the cavalier treatment visited upon others by a coterie of prejudiced offi cers, is a case of “cutting off their nose to spite their face,” injuring no one but themselves. The Garlington’s, Blocksoms and Slaydens would be “tickled to death’ to have the Negro kicked out of the military service, and it would be suicidal to gratify them by kicking ourselves out. This coun- try is ours, and the Nation is a big- ger institution than any one man or set of men in it. We say the black man should enlist early and often, and continue to stand by the flag. If ft does not stand for all that the fath- ers intended it should, it is our duty to help to redeem it from the dis- grace which marplots and bogus ‘Americans have inflicted upon it. | ‘The masterly’ address of Hon. Wil- liam H. Fleming, of Georgia, on “Slav- ‘ery and the Race Problem in the South,” with special reference to the State of Georgia, is being circulated in pamphlet form among the people of the country, and it is doing much to clarity: the popular mind on this all- absorbing question, The address was ‘delivered before the Alumni Society of the Georgia State University at Athens, June 19, 1906, and has _re- ‘ceived many evidences of approval at the hands of the right-thinking whites of the South. Coming from a South. ern Democrat, unto the manor born, ‘the sentiments so candidly uttered are of more than ordinary significance. Here is what President Roosevelt has to say of Mr. Fleming's impressive deliverance: “Mr. Fleming's speech is admirable, alike for its fearlessness, its sanity, land the high purpose which it shows. The problems of any part of our great common country should be held to be the problems of all our country—at least to the extent that all our people should give their hearty and respect- ful sympathy to those who in their own neighborhood are trying to solve their particular problems aright. In each locality we have our own special and peculiar difficulties; and when a i brave: and honest man does good work in meeting the peculiar difficulties of his own region, he not only does good therein but by example and influence he helps Americans in other parts of our great commonwealth manfully to grapple with the various evils which they in turn have to strive against.” This is one of hundreds of letters sent to the’ publishers of the pamphlet |—Dana Estes € Co., Boston, endors- ing the remarkable speech ‘of Mr. Fleming. Everybody should have a copy. It can be obtained by writing to the publishers or to Prof. H. M. Browne, Cheyney, Pa. POULTRY Supplies We carry the Largest aud Most Com plete line of Poultry Supplies In the West, Prairie State Incubators Brooders AND Universal Hovers. | These are the World’s Standara ‘Machines, A fall line of Poultry Supplies, Eversthing fof Poultry Raising Twelve Breeds Stand. ard-Bred Prize Winning Poultry. 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Chattanooga need not feel scandal- ized because Attorney General Bona- parte thinks the witnesses against lynchers could not get “a square deal” there. A community that condones lynching is not apt to deal very gently with those who insist upon prosecut- ing the lynchers. Chattanooga will have to stand upon the record she has made. | Senator Forakers ~equal accommo- dations” amendment has been vindi- cated. Kentucky colured men are now begging their State to do what the Foraker measure would have empow- ered the general government to have done. Some of us do not look far enough ahead before taking a stand. Boston, Mass.—Special.—Prof. Phil- ip B. 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Taylor, the great Negro runner from the Unt versity of Pennsylvania, who has been heralded broadcast as the fastest mid- dle-distance man in the country, lived ‘up to his reputation Tuesday night, of last week at the annual games of the ‘Pastime Athletic Club at Madison ‘Square Garden. He not only defeated the fastest ‘men in the Bast, but ran 600: yards in the special race in time that equall- ed the world’s indoor record of one minute and fourteen seconds. Com- peting against him were Harry Hill man, of the New York A. C.; Charles Bacon, of the Irish-American A. C., and Eli Parsons, of Yale and the New York A. C. ‘Try as these champions might, they could not defeat the Negro.» Every device allowable under the rules was tried in an endeavor to keep Taylor from winning. It seemed as though they cared not whieh won so Tong as they could beat Taylor. They alternated as pacemakers. ‘They varied their speed while in front, sprinting at different periods, and ran slowly at others. But these tactics did not annoy Tay- jor. Until within a hundred yards of the final he maintained the same pace. es that point Hillman and Parsons were ten yards in front of him. The winner then gave the most wonderful exhibition of sprinting in a long race ever before witnessed in the Garden. ‘With a terrific burst of speed he set sail for the leaders, and when within fitty yards of the finish had cut down their lead to one yard. Although tired he continued this race, and at the finish beat out Harry Hillman a few inches Parsons finished third. C. B. Tooley, of the New York Ath- letic Club, was unfortunate. He won the hurdle race in record time, but having knocked down a hurdle in his effort the record was not allowed. He ran sixty yards over high hurdles in 8 15 seconds, beating the old record by a fifth of a secona. Northridge NO ROSES IN HIS PATH. “You can talk all you want about hard luck fighters and near champions but there is not a fellow in the world who had the hard time I did in getting up in the fighting game,” said Tom Sharkey, in talking about the heavy- weight tangle. “When you fellows give Jeffries those great boosts I have to lean back and smile,” continued the ex-deck scrubber. “I had him on the go at Coney Island, and if it was not for his seconds kidding him along and telling him that T was all in I would be champion of the world now. He never had such a fight in his life, and the roar that followed the refer- ee’s decision, skinning me, is enough to satisfy anyone that I should have had a draw at least. I did not kick about that so much, but all my life in the ring I was kept down. Came Ashore Twelve Years Ago. “When I got off the ship in "Frisco twelve years ago they could not see me with a spyglass. I had skinned everything on the ships and came ashore to get a few more. I beat Billy Smith and a few other second raters, and they said, ‘We'll have to get’a man to lick this sailor.’ “Greggains tried to stop me and I nearly killed him. Then Choynski tried the same trick, but I hit him in the body and crossed him on the jaw, sending him through the ropes into the audience and he was out for fair. Eddie Graney, his second, yelled foul, and, being in right with the ring polf- ticians out there, they stopped the bout and gave Choynski a half hour's rest and then let us go on again. He stayed the eight rounds, and I won, but I should have had the knockout to my credit. Police Saved Corbett. “Jim Corbett was then champion of the world, and he agreed to fight me four rounds at Mechanics’ pavilion. I chased him all over the ring and had him so bad in the third round that he jumped behind the referee and yelled for the police to save him. I was trimmed out of that too, but I kept on battling. “Think of a little fellow like me going up against big Jeffries. Why, if they saw him fighting a little fel low like me on the street there, they'd arrest the big guy. If I was as big as that fellow, I'd say, ‘Throw three or four heavyweights ‘into the ring till I skin ‘em.’ He's big enough to fight two at a time. Anyway, we went twenty rounds m_ ‘Frisco,’ and he got the decision, and then we went twenty-five out here at Coney, and Siler gave him the decision. List of Victories. “You can’t name another fellow who went through the bunch as I did and then lost the title by a close de- cision. I licked Rublin, MeCoy, Cor- bett and Choynski, and won on a foul from Fitzsimmons, and to think of battling big Jeff for twenty-five rounds and losing the decision. That's enough to get on anyone's goat, isn’t it?” THEY WANT GAMES. The Marlin baseball team, of Mar- lin, Texas, has reorganized and is under the management of Messrs, Frank Jackson, Sam Goodman and McBride Richardson. They are out with a challenge for a game of base- ball with any team in the country. won his heat in this event in this record time. ‘The summaries: One Mile Handicap—Won by H. P. Odell, Irish-American (55 yards); Harry Jensen, St. Bartholomew A. C. (100 yards), second; E. P. Carr, Xa- vier A. C, (45 yards) third; time, 4m. 24 458, Sixty-Yard Handicap—Won by Geo. B. Hall, Irish-American A. ©. (15 feet); William Slade, Pastime A. C. (11 feet), second; L. B. Dorland, Pas- time A, C. (13 feet), third; time, 6 1-5s. 880-Yard Handicap—Won by Ed- ward A. Kelly, Twenty-third street Branch Y. M. C. A. (50 yards); G. Haynes, Columoia "University ' (36 yards), second); William Van Thum, Xavier A. A. (38 yards), third; time, Im. 56 4-58. Bight Lap Relay—Sunday School Athletic League—Won by Green, P. 8. (15 yards); St. Andrews P. E. S. S., second; Central P. S. S., third; time, 3m, 22s. Eight Lap Relay Catholic Athletic League—Won by St. Anne; Annunci- ation, second; St. Ignatius, third; time, 2m. 54 3-5s. 220-Yard Handicap—Won by L. B. Dorland, Pastime A. C. (12 yards); R. C. Goggins, Pastime A. C. (16 yards), second; O. F. Langang, Irish- American A. C. (8 yards), third; time, 23 1-5, Standing High Jump Handicap— Won by J. A. Biller, unattached (2 inches), with actual jump of 4 feet 10 inches; Charles H. Parry, Brooklyn Central Y. M. C. A. (3 inches), sec- ond, with actual jump of 4 feet § inches; Martin Sheridan, Irish-Amer- iean A. C. (1 inch), third, with actual jump of 4 feet 9 inches. One-Mile Relay — Intersettlement Athletic League—Won by Clark House; Gordon House, second; Boys’ Club, third; time, 3 m. 46 2-5s. 600-Yard Special- Won by J. B. Taylor, University of Pennsylvania; Harry Hillman, New York A. C., sec- ond; Eli B. Parsons, New York A. C., third; time 1.14, 4 ROLLER SKATE CHAMPIIN ON THE WARPATH. James W. Turner, stage manager for J. C. Rockwell’s “Sunny South” company, says that J. J. Bell, the white roller skater, is now racing at the Exposition Rink in Pittsburg, Pa., has never won the championship speed roller skater of the world, as he has never defeated the following roller skaters, who have been the only ones holding title are the fol- lowing: J. W. Turner, the present champion, from 1 mile to 100 miles; Alexander Snowders, Kenneth A. Sk.aner, Fred White and Charles Watson. I might name a few other good ones he has never defeated and he has met them all, as I am a wit- ness, having defeated him and the above named racers. Now if Mr. Bell wants to make good, let him put up some money and stop advertising through the pa- pers for some of us are traveling very near him. (Signed) J. M. TURNER. Rolltr skating champion of America from 1 mile to 100 miles. CLIFF BROOKS, : Alliance, Ohio. “STRINGING” THE BRITISH PRESS Battling Nelson is having a grand time in England, telling all the Brit- ish sporting men how he whipped Joe Gans at Goldfield—and getting away with it, Here are a few extracts from one of our four interviews with Battling Nelson printed on four different pages of the Sportsman, London: “Battling Nelson is not only a won- derful pugilist, but the chief of the firm of Battling Nelson Mining Com- pany, Overland Buildings, Reno. Nev. “He is a Fitzsimmons on a smali seale—a mass of bone and muscle,” “Gans quit stone cold. I don’t think he'll face me again.” “Nelson is a fighter pure and sim- ple, a wonderful hitter for his weight, and quick in the bargain. His bout with Britt proves this, as also did his last engagement, the one with Gans. All this was corroborated last night by the Dane himself.” Here are a few mentions of Billy Nolan: “A smart, dapper little gentleman, Billy Nolan is the ideal cute American business man. He is still smarting under the decision given against his man at the Goldfield Athletic Club, Nevada, last: September, and he has brought over the pictures of the match in order, he says, to prove to the British public that the decision was all wrong. Said Mr. Nolan: ‘We have eight sets of films running in America, and all over the States Nel- son is looked upon as the winner.” Won't it be fearful when Gans goes over and tells them the true story? JOHNSON AGAIN. From Australia comes the pleasing information that when Jack Johnson arrives there he will be matched to fight Ptter Felix, who has _ beaten some fairly good men. If Johnson should. defeat Felix, he would be matched with Squires, the mill to take place next summer. Squires, who says he is disgusted with the way the Nevada promoters handled him re- cently, will not come to America for a year at least. In the event of vic- tory over both Squires and Felix, Johnson would be able to return here in the fall with sufficient prestige to demand a battle with James J. Jef- fries, Jack O'Brien or Tommy Burns, but if either Australian should beat Johnson his career as far as being a drawing card, would be ended. ae ET GIVE BLACKBURN A CHANCE. Fight fans are saying that after Picking over the whole pile of light- weight fighters they find Jack Black- burn to be the only fit opponent for Joe Gans. Of course Battling Nelson is a very likely fellow for the cham pion, but it seems that the only rea? equal that Gans may be found in Blackburn, and they base their argu- ment on what Blackburn has done in the past. In the two contests that Gans has had with Blackburn some- how Jack has shown up to much bet- ter advantage than Battling Nelson or any other of the present lightweight topnotchers. In both battles it was shown that Blackburn came out a shade the better—not saying that he completely out-boxed the champion, but he left the ring with the impres- sion foremost on everybody’s mind that if the fight went for many. more rounds, Blackburn would be the win- ner. “Why don’t Gans give Blackburn a chance?” ask many. Is it that Gans sees a tough proposition before him or might it be that Joe thinks that he is stooping too far down out: of his class, and then again it might be that the Baltimorean is only waiting for some club to hang up a purse to make it worth his while. Whatever may be the cause, it is our opinion that should some promoter offer a suitable purse a finish fight between Joe Gans and Jack Blackburn would surely be pulled off. WHAT PRIZEFIGHTER HAS THE MOST WEALH? Who is the richest prizefighter in the world? This question has often been asked. Some have said it is Jeffries; Tommy Ryan has been men- tioned as the champion of finance; Britt has been proposed; Jack O’Brien has been suggested; Charlie Mitchell has been in line; Tom Sharkey is known to be very wealthy, and so on ‘The latest claimant to the bank ac- count belt is Reddy Gallagher, who won and lost battles on the coast in the days of Young Mitchell, Ike Weir, Peter Jackson and George Dixon. Gallagher married a San Francisco girl and later moved to Denver, where he has been located ten years or more. He saved his money while a fighter and after he retired was successful as a boxing promoter. He pulled off several of the fights Kid Parker and Young Corbett fought at Denver. Gal- lagher cleaned up handsomely on ‘these contests and the profits went into real estate. | He recently sold the Coliseum build ing in Denver for something like $150,000, Gallagher is the owner of other valuable real estate in that city, | WRESTLING GETS A BOOM. ‘The wrestling game is threatened with another boom, A $10,000 purse will be hung up for a wrestling match between George Hackenschmidt, the “Russian Lion,” and Frazk Gotch, to take place in Kansas City in May. ‘The promoters and Gotch will notify Hackenschmidt that $5,000 will be posted in England to insure the purse, ‘which will be divided on the basis ‘of 75 and 25 per cent. A side bet of ae. will also be made. a IN THE PROFESSION. Actors, like lawyers and doctors, have their hobbies—their ways of en- joyment—and so many of them find it in a game of baseball. Some actors would rather play or wateh a game of ball rather than anything else besides following their profession. Take Pat Chappelle, Bert Williams, George Walker, Sherman Coats, or any of the “big” actors, and you mention base- ball to them and you can get a con- versation that is really delightful. Most every male member of “Aby- sinnia,” “Sho—Thy Regiment,” “Rufus Rastus,” “Smart Set,” Chappelle's “Rabbit Foot,” “Black Patti,” “Troub- adours,” ete., plays the game. ‘This season there will be organized some fairly good teams among the stage folk on account of the increas- ing popularity of the sport. Every troupe traveling has its manager looking out for games for the coming See San Francisco, Cal.--The question, “Where do all the pugs come from?” is answered in this city by the fact that over 200 amateurs are in training right now. ‘The prospects for a good crop of feather and lightweights was never better, and local trainers are trying hard to convince themselves that it is only a matter of a short time before a conqueror of Joe Gans will be de- veloped. ‘There is plenty to encourage the young pug. There is a regular week- iy exhibition, consisting of from six to eight four-round bouts, at which tremendous enthusiasm is aroused. The attendance scarcely ever falls be- low the 3,000 mark. The big purses hung up in Nevada also have something to do with the growing desire of the youngsters to be pugs. The most promising boys right now are Johnny Murphy and Willie Con- roy. They have put it over all the amateurs in their class, and are among the score or more who an- nounce they will soon join the pro- fessional ranks. It seems that California will ever hold its reputation of turning out more pugs than all the rest of the States combined. WEIGHT OF PLANETS. It Is the Macs of the Body That Counts ‘With: tis! Alerueemine. If a ham weighing thirty pounds were taken yp to the moon and weigh- ed there, the “pull”—the attractive force of the mwon upon the ham— would amount to only five pounds. There would be another weight of the ham for the planet Mars and yet an- other on the sun. A ham weighing thirty pounds at New York ought to weigh some $00 pounds on the sun's surface; hence the astronomer does not speak of the weight of a planet, be- cause that would depend upon the Place where it was weighed. But he speaks of the mass of the planet, which means how much planet there is, ho matter where it might be welshed. At the same time we might, without! any Inexactness, agree that the weight of a heavenly bodv should be fixed by me welgnt 1 woud nave m Aw. York. As we could not imagine a planet fn New York, because it may] be larger than the earth itself, what We are to Imagine is this: Suppose the| planet could be divided into a million million million equal parts and one of| these parts brought to New York and| weighed. We could easily find its weight in pounds or tons. ‘Then mul tiply this by a million million million, and we shall have a weight of the plan, et. This would be equivalent to what astronomers might take as the mass of ‘the olanet.Caerant Titeraters: AN ANCIENT TELEGRAPH, Used by Grecian Generals Im the Time of Aristotle, ‘Telegraphy as a means of conveying Information to a distance by means of signals, ete.,, was used by the Grecian generals in the time of Aristotle. ‘This early mode of telegraphing consisted of two or more earthen vessels, ex- actly similar in shape and size and fill- ed with water. These vessels were each provided with faucets of exactly the same caliber, so that an equal amount of water could be discharged from each in a given time. In these vessels several uprights were fixed, each with disks attached, on which were certain letters and sen- tences. When all was in readiness the party desiring to communicate with another started a signal, which was continued until it was answered by another which signified “go ahead.” When that signal was given both turn- ed the faucets, and the water com- menced to escape. The water contin- ued to flow until the sender of the message relighted his torch, when the outlet to both was instantly stopped. ‘The receiver then read the message o the disk which was standing level with the water, and if everything had been executed with exactness it correspond- ed with the message which the sender desired to convey, and which of course was the one also shown on the disk standing on a level with the water in Goede ots A Caustic Critle, A local paper in Hungary published ‘an account of the rendering of “King Lear” on the stage of a very small theater in the town where the paper appears. The Hungarian critie began his article in this way: “The historians of literature are still at daggers drawn as to who wrote Shakespeare’s pieces— Shakespeare or Bacon. After tonight's performance of ‘King Lear’ there can- uot be a doubt on the matter if any one will take the trouble to look into the tombs of those two famous men, ‘The ‘one who still lies on his back has not written ‘King Lear, at any rate, for the true author during tonight's perform- ance must certainly have turned in his grave.” Studio. “Studio” 1s one of the many for elgn words that have acclimatized themselves in the English language. It Is a recent import from Italy, un- known to Johnson’s Dictionary and ap- pareutly not occurring before the nine- teenth century, but it has supplied a want. “Study,” which Is the real Eng- lish for “studio,” suggests a room for reading and writing, and “workroom” lacks distinctiveness. The French get along with “atelier,” which literally means a place in which small planks ‘are prepared—in other words, a car- ‘pontinta Wockshons. * ‘The Poppy. ‘The poppy throughout the east is an emblem of death, In many parts of India this flower is planted upon graves and in cemeteries. Whether or not the fdea was suggested by the poisonous character of the Juice Is uncertain. It is believed that the poppy was known aga funeral plant to the ancient Egyp. tians, for upon the tombs opened by Belzoni there appeared representations of plants which were evidently intend- ed for poppies. Comforting. “Say, Elsie, look around the street corner again and see if August isn't coming yet.” “No, I don't see him. But don’t be worried; the people are looking more and more like him every minute!”— Fliegende Blatter. Seareity. “One has very few friends in this Ufe,” said the misanthrope. “Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne. “ suppose that is one reason why 6. friend is so likely to be overworked.”-. Washington Star Does Your Girl Swim? Wedderly—Can the girl you are en gaged to swim? Stngleton—I don't know. But why do you ask? Wedder ly—Because if she can you ought to hs happy. A girl who can swim ean kecs ber mouth shut—Buffalo Commercial WE are still in a position to offer muslin bedding at reduced prices in spite of the advance in cotton. 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Board has gone to West View Kentucky, to present stereoptical views. Remember the "All-Star" entertainment Thursday night, Feb. 28, at Simpson Chapel. Lenten services are held every Tuesday evening at W. H. Fielding's Shop, 505 Indiana avenue. Woodbine Perfume, Ohl how fragrant exquisite, enchanting, bewitching. Only at Blodau's Drug Store. Mrs. Neillie Easton Kakaza accompanied by her husband was the guest of her parents a few days last week. Do not forget the "All-Star" entertainment to be given at Simpson Chapel on the 28th of February. Lewis Wharton, of Lincolnnall was in the city the first of the week, en route on the "Seed and Corn" special. Will H. Beeler, who is engaged in the transfer business at Danville, Ill., was in the city Friday of last week. Mrs. H. H. Finley of Louisville returned home Friday, her visit having been cut short owing to an attack of la gripe. Mrs. J. H. Lott and little daughter Lillian are in St. Louis, on account of the illness of her sister, Miss Mary Jones. The best talent of the city has been accured for the "All-Star" entertainment at the night of Feb. 28 at Simpson Chapel. The genuine Carler's Rheumatic Remedy sent by mail on receipt of price 50 cts (stamps). Has cured others; will cure you, Address, R. P. Blodau, druggist, Indianapolis, Ind. Miss Clara Easton, who has been in the employ of Dr. S. A. Furniss for the past five years, has accepted a position as bookkeeper with G. W. Frlerson & Co., Funer-Directors and Embalmers. The fourth and last quarterly meeting for the conference year will be held at Simpson Chapel, Sunday, Feb. 24. Dr. G. C. Sampson will preach at 3 p.m. Bethel Church choir will render the music. We earnestly invite all our sister churches to be with us. A man with a hatchet and saw may do a reasonably good job, but should you wish first class work you employ a mechanic thoroughly equipped with the tools of his occupation. Moral: Do you desire the best services of your physician, have your prescriptions filled at Gauld's Pharmacy, 601 Indiana avenue. Youalways get the best. A TIMELY BENEFIT. Rev. Casicus M. Crosby of South Bend, Ind., who recently died, was insured in the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. His widow received $2,000, and the reverend had only been in the company a short time; in fact, had paid but once on his policy. The Fidelity Company's advertisement appears elsewhere in The Free- "A THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER Thursday eve, Feb. 28, 1907 Miss Daisy Walker - Elocutionist Prof. Crowden - - Magliolan Mrs. Chas. Harper - - Contralto " J. T. V. Hill - - Pantomine " A C. Moss - - Reader Miss Mary Hagood - - Musician Prof. W. D. Collins - Basso(solist) T. D. Davis - - Singers T. V. Johnson Committee—George L. Knox, chairman; A. C. Bybee, secretary; Thos. Roglster, treasurer. Mrs. Mattle Jackson chair. Refreshments. GENERAL PRACTITIONER OF MEDICINE 1910 Surgery and Obstetricice. All kinds of diseases of male and female cured without the use of knife. A specialty on all kinds of diseases of the human race, especially Cancers, Tumors and all affections of women. Fifty-two years of experience. DR. B. F. JONES, 517 Bowman St., Indianapolis, Ind. Will Appear in the All Star Entertainment. Madam Evalina Dunham, the noted singer of Nashville, Tenn., and formerly a member of Fisk University Jubilee Singers, will sing at the "All-Star" entertain- MADAM EVALINA DUNHAM. ment to be given at Simpson Chapel, Feb. 28. Madam Dunham has an excellent voice, according to what the press and public say of her. The Freeman can be found at Los Angeles, Cal., at W. M. Shelton's, 733 E. 3rd street. If you want a neat hair cut and have, patronize G S. Baker, 611 9th street. Everything strictly new. Do not fail to call for a copy of The Freeman, which is on sale each week. Louisville, Ky. LADIES or GENTLEMEN can make money selling our famous remedies, Taylor's Hair Grower and Dandruff Cure, (PROMADE) and Taylor's Face Cream and Beautifier in 250izes. We want a local representative in every city and town in the United States and can show how you can make a steady income of from $2 to $5 per day. All goods guaranteed to please customers or money refunded. No capital required, no risk. Pleasant employment. Write us at once for full particulars. Address, TAYLOR REMEDY Co. Dent 4. Louisville, Ky. SECRET When you need money you'll be pleased with our way of dealing with you. Prompt, Sate and Reasonable always We make loans on FURNITURE, ORGANS and PERSONAL PROPERTY of all kinds without removing. Our rates are positively the lowest in the city and payments within reach of all, $25.00 loan payments are only 800 per week. This pays an full in fifty weeks. Other amounts in same proportion. Payments can be made monthly if desired. We also loan on WATCHES and DIAMONDS. All business strict y private, courteous treatment to all. It cost nothing to investigate. AL LOAN CO State Life Building, Old Phone Main 8182 Stevenson Building) Washington St. New Phone 4270 ANY OVERCOAT in the house. Several nice ones left to pick from. This season's eats and fabrics. $10.00 to $20.00. Just like finding money will buy any heavy weight SUIT in the store. Nice for dress or business wear. A Twelve Dollar Suit. Don't press this. THE CAPITAL NATIONAL BANK With Capital, Surplus and Profits of $460,000, and total resources of $5,000,000, respec fully solicits the business of banks, bankers, firms, corporations, manufacturers and in individuals, to whom every accommodation consistent with correct banking will be ex tended. FRANK D STA NAKER president: OFFICERS — HIRAM W MOORE, cashi ANDREW SMITH vice-president: GWYNN F. PAITERSON, asst cashie REGULAR GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY. Direct banking connections in every county in the State of Indiana. This store carries a general line of hardware, and the Old Store at 522 Indiana Avenue, will be devoted exclusively to the Tin and Galvanized Iron Work trade, but when you want Hardware of any kind call at my New Hardware Store, 309 W. Washington Street—Just West of State House. Cut Price Drugs and School Supplies PRESCRIPTION SPECIALIST Sole Agent for the famous "Kink Straigh- ener" Hair Pomade. Both Phones. Cor. St. Clair St., and Senate Ave Radiant Home Baseburners and Heaters They are great fuel savers and powerful heaters. We are exclusive agents in Indianapolis. We also sell the Estate line of Baseburners and Heaters. Vonnegut Hardware Company, 120-124 E. Washington Street. 36 N. Delaware St. New Phone 994 CITY LOAN CO. 22, 23 and 24 BALDWIN BLOCK, Indianapolis, Ind. LOANS On Real Estate, Colateral, Personal Security, Chattels, Storage Receipts, Salaries, Assignment or Rents and all other good securities. 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. J. E. MILNOR C. H. COBB H. B. SAYLES C. F. SAYLES & CO., Insurance, Loan, Real Estate AND 127 East Market Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Old Telephone 476. New Phone 906 BUSINESS INTERESTS. Coal by ton or basket; two baskets 25 cents. Bennett Bros., 321 Indiana Ave , New Phone 2977. M. J. Barnum, successor to John F Trulock, out rate druggest, graduated opti clan, 638 Indianave., 5559-K New Phones Old Phone 3620 Main. Dr. Langston, dentist at 404 Indiana Ave., New Phone 1692, makes a specialty of plates, crowns, bridges, repairs and regulating children's teeth. Wanted—One hundred people to read colored literature, books, papers and magazines of all kinds—Robert Payne, agent, 54 Garham street, Rochester, N Y. The Tuskegee Negro Farmers' Conference next month will be bigger and better than ever. MEET ME FAR Men's Overcoat Reduced to the Saturday's Gl ANY OVERCOAT in the house. Seven from. This season's euts and fabrics. like flading money $6.50 will buy any heavy for dress or business miss this. MEDIUM WEIGHT SUITS ANY HAT CAP STYLE COLOR $1.00 FROM·FACTORY·TO·YOU Hats and Caps MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED Money With Order—No Goods Sent C.O.D. SEND SIZE, STYLE AND COLOR CATALOGUE FREE DR. W. N. SHORT, President STERLING R. HOLT, Vice-President HARRY E. HILL, Secretary. AMERICAN HAT CO., Department C., 31 S. Illinois St., INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Have You Tried the new Nut Size GAS COKE? For KITCHEN RANGES, BASE-BURNERS and HOT BLAST STOVES. $5.50 A Ton Delivered. The Indianapolis Gas Company, Majestic Building, 45 S Pennsylvania Street. Phones-Old, Main, 447; New, 82. The Fidelity Mutual Insurance Company, 830 STATE LIFE BUILDING Indianapolis, Ind. We give Colored Women and Men the same advantages as we do the whites. See us be- fore insuring ELSEWHERE. A splendid Agency proposition open to an energetic Man or Woman to work among their people. Indianapolis PAINTERS of Portrait HIGH-GRADE Company, PORTRAITS IN CRAYON, Pastel and Sepia. Incorporated. 411 Massachusetts Ave. Frames Made to Order, Any Size. EVERYBODY Indiana Ave. Igan street, 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. CANCER SPECIALIST Dr. E. B. Brigham, specialist 18 W Market street, Indianapolis has the "Best" Cancer treatment used today. Consult him for all malignant skin diseases. ACE TO FACE Boats and Suits the Last Pennv. Clean-Up Sale. rnal nice ones left to pick $10.00 to $20.00. Just weight SUIT in the store. Nice wear. A Twelve Dollar Suit. Don't We have a few that table and right for early The FAMOUS FURNITURE COMPANY, J. A. MUNCHHOF, Proprietor, 448, 450, 452, 454, 455 W! Washington Street. Save on Furniture. New Idea in Buying Furniture. We will give with every purchase in our stoae a beautiful present. So come and get a premium. OUR LIBERAL CREDIT SYSTEM. Beautiful Picture free with..... $ 15 00 Purchase Thirty-one pieces hand-decorated dinner set with..... 25 00 Purchase Fine, highly finished Mahogany or Oak Parlor Rocker with..... 40 00 Purchase Beautiful Oak Velour-Covered Morris Chair with..... 50 00 Purchase Elegant Leather-Covered Morris Chair with..... 100 00 Purchase Now is your Golden Opportunity to get what you need for your home at the THE FAMOUS FURNITURE COMPANY. One-half Square West of Star Store. BLODAUS MANUFACTURE.] Cures Rheumatism in all its Forms, also Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Stomach. Has Cured Others--Will Cure You. Carefully prepared by Registered Pharmacists, under the supervision of the manufacturer, who has had Thirty-Five Years of practical experience in the Drug Business, has compounded many thousands of Physicians' prescriptions and private recipes for Rheumatism and attending ailments. This experience, with close observation of their effects, has produced this Remedy, which not only gives relief, but cures. Therefore we say: A Cure Found at Last. DAN CARTER, a well-known Patrolman for many years in the city of Indianapolis, had Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble of Five Years' standing, when not confined to bed was on crutches, he is now completely cured and on duty. you are just as sure of satisfactory treatment from beginning to end of transaction as if you were dealing with the most solid bank in the city. Our contract is plain and simple. It contains no snares to trip you up; any one can grasp its meaning at one reading. It tells just what rate of interest you are to pay and how and when the payments are to be made. Contains no loop-holes where extra expense can be added on. You get all the time you need on the loan and the security remains in your possession. Is there any reason why, when you do borrow, you should not come straight to our office? Indianapolis Mortgage and Loan Company 210 Unity Building, 147 East Market Street. Old Phone, Main, 541. New Phone 1419. Frank W. Flanner. Chas. J. Buchanan. FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 320 N. Illinois St., Indianapolis, Ind. Proprietors Indianapolis Crematory. ALL GOODS SOLDBY PINK'S Cut Rate Pharmacy Comply in every way with the PINK'S PHARMACY 550 Indiana Ave., Southeast Corner West Street. By Our CREDIT SYSTEM you have the use of whatever goods are needed for the comfort of your home while you are paying for them. You simply pick out the GOODS YOU WANT and we will deliver them to you IMMEDIATELY by payment each week. Mission Chair