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THE FREEMAN A NATIONAL AND ETHIOPIA SHALL STRETCH FORTH HER HAND ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER VOLUME XX NUMBER 19 THOMPSON'S WEEKLYREVIEW SEEKING TO REHABILITATE LINCOLN AND GRANT PARTY SEATS WANTED AT CONVENTION The States' Rights Problem in a Nutshell--Give the Pullman Porters a Chance--Will Roosevelt Run Again?--Five Bishops. (Staff Correspondence.) Washington, D. C., May 15.—Ten years ago the republican party was a power in the State of North Carolina, and the colored element of that party had the entire country by the tail, so to speak. Senator Pritchard was the 'big man' of the State, and his word was potent at the White House and in the nails of the national legislature. North Carolina's Negroes fed pleniously and fattened at the patronage through. George H. White was a member of' Congress; Henry Plummer Cheatham was Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia; John C. Dancy was collector of Customs at the Port of Wilmington, with three-fourths of the clerks and copists hailing from the domain of the "Tar-beel"; Rev. O. L. W. Smith was Minister to Liberia, following Rev. E. E. Smith, of the same State; J. T. Williams was consul to Sierra Leone, Africa; there was the Third Regiment of Volunteers in the Spanish-American War, officered from Colonel James H. Young down by colored men, and the departments from the humble laborer to the highest-salented berths were literally combed with the dusky sons of North Carolina. But, alas and alack, following the Wilmington disaster and the enactment of sundry election laws, the son of the black republican began to sink beneath the horizon, and their glory took on the frazzle-edge. Mr. White was retired from Congress, the foreign missions were handed over to other States, postmasters were cut off summarily, and few besides Recorder Dancy and United States Attorney E. A. Johnson, are able to poke their heads above the dead level of political authority. Mr. Dancy is "in good," but it was deemed expedient to deport him to the national capital, and the more influential ones at Washington have "saved their bacon" by keeping exceedingly quiet. Even the mighty Pritchard had to be provided for by the national administration, or he would have been irrevocably "down and out." Time was, when to be a North Carolinian, was greater than to be a king, but that golden age has passed into history. The leaders of the present day, however, are waking up, and the more adventurous of the aggregation are determined to exhaust every available resource to restore themselves and their people to their birthright. The next national convention of the republican party is coming on, and they realize that a failure to "take time by the forelock," will mean their permanent elimination from the political equation. They want seats in the convention next year, and are afraid that if they waste time "fooling with the handful of lily-white republicans, nominally in charge of the party, they will be a negligible quantity at the big meet when the roll of delegates is called. Prof. S. N. Vass sounds the tussin of war. He plunges his shining lance full in the face of the enemy and surs in his pronunciation to the people: "The proper thing for North Carolina Negroes to do is to hold county conventions of republican Negroes all over the State and then have a State convention and send delegates to the next republican convention. There is no use taking up time with the few white republicans in the State. They have already insulted our race. Let us not seek their insults again. A contesting delegation will be recognized from any State where we are disfranchised. There is the one place we can be heard, or else they would enlarge our disfranchisement." Proof. Mr. Vass reads a stirring indictment against the local managers, and hones ex-Congressman H. P. Cheatham as a proper man to take the lead in the work of rehabilitating the Negro Republican party, as he is both a "preacher and a statesman," and under no official obligations to the powers that be. Prof. Vass, though nominating Mr. Cheatham for the premier ship, acknowledges that the Old North State is rich in men of courage and capacity, and Editor W. F. Young, of the True Reformer, published at Littleton, the home of Mr. Cheatham, supplements the Vass proposition with the suggestion that in addition to the genial ex-Congressman, "there are Hon. Scotland Hariss, Prof. W. Watson, Attorney J. Y. Eaton, Col James H. Young, Prof. S. H. Vick, Dr. James E. Shepard, A. Middleton, A. D. Dawson, Prof. Edward Cheek, Hon. W. Lee Person and a host of others who could move effectively in the matter into the party and principles of Lincoln." The course of the Negro republicans in North Carolina will be watched by their brethren in all of the Southern States, for the work of selecting delegates to the next national convention is a highly important one and can not much longer be delayed. The success or failure of the Negroes of North Carolina to get together on a satisfactory basis will largely influence the course to be pursued in the other States where disfranchisement and "illy-white republicanism" are in the saddle. The sensible American does not fly off at a tangent at about "the sanctity of the rights of the states," but tries, as Secretary Root advises, to make the state more nearly line up to its constitutional obligations to the citizens within its borders, regardless of race, color, or previous condition. The respect for the natural and logical rights of a state is not diminished in the slightest degree by the insistent cry for the enlargement of the scope of the federal power. It is the gross neglect of certain states to live up to the provisions of the national constitution in their dealings between man and man, between corporations and the people, between the state organization and the Federal Union that brings about the "irrepressible conflict" of which we hear form day to day, producing an unrest amounting to political anarchy. The demand for unheard-of prerogatives by the federal government is growing, and will continue to grow, even if a revolution must eventually come, unless the respective states show themselves more willing to put into operation the reforms that the nation stands ready and anxious to inaugurate. The people of this generation are gradually ceasing to be Virginias, Georgians and Kentuckians, per se; they are proud to step beyond the imaginary lines of the state, and proclaim themselves "Ameicans;" they are citizens of a Nation, not the mere adherents of a section, of which the great world knows nothing and cares less. The true American wants the laws enforced uniformly and impartially everywhere beneath the stars and stripes—in Texas as well as in Maine, Florida as well as in Oregon. We have had one distressing war over the determination of one section of the Republic to set at naught the federal, and now that the wisest of us North, East, South and West, are trying to be one in peace and amity, we should not allow a cabal of firebrands and traitors to precipitate another sanctuary conflict. The Negro, valiant as he may be when the necessity for battle presents itself, is not a warlike people. He prefers the spelling-book to the shotgun, the reader to the rifle. Justice, pure and simple, is all he demands. He wishes to be weighed in the same scales with other citizens of the body politics, whether that priceless boon comes from the state or nation. He is for for the states' rights that preserve the sovereignty of the individual and the privilege of local self-government, and yet does not set aside the fundamental liberties guaranteed by the organic law of the land. He objects very strenuously, however, to that species of state rights which uphold murder and rapine, disfranchisement, peonage, and prosecution of various kins on account of the color of the skin. In proportion as the several states subscribe to the equality of all men before the law, and stop ranting hysterically about social equality and Negro domination—twin myths and imposibilities—this garden spot of ours will prosper abundantly and bring forth the richest fruit of earth. The Pullman porters are again agitating in vigorous fashion the question of forming a strong national organization for offense an defense. There are now in existence two or three associations of a protective character, but their influence as yet has not been felt more than locally, and their numbers would not warrant them in attempting any movement on a large scale. We hope the plan under consideration, will be pushed on to success, and if the right men get behind THE PESSIMIST. WHI JOURNAL NO NEGRO ALLOW BURLEY NEGRO AMERICAN JOURNAL NEGRO'S SARWED NEGRO LIVINGED LET'S SEE WHAT THE NEGROES ARE DOING TOWARD PROGRESS NEGRO JOURNAL G. HAYWOOD it, we are sure some effective reforms can be brought about through such a union. There is not in the entire length and breadth of the land a more worthy, polite, more faithful or harder worked class of public servants than the men who look after the wants of the travelers who patronize the Pullman sleepers. According to our best information these porters are paid beggarly wages—averaging $25 per month. Just think of it! A bloated corporation that earns the amount of its capital in three years, paying for the services of grown men no more than a messenger boy of ten might be expected to be paid for labor that entails no responsibility and requires small personal capacity! No apparent thought is given by the company of the irregular hours that robs the porter of much social enjoyment and breaks up the sweetest part of his home life. Nothing but higher wages can even partially compensate these men for the sacrifices they must make daily, in the performance of their duty. Were it not for the generous "tips" handed them by the sympathetic passengers, who are, as a rult, of the well-to-do classes, they would be wholly unable to support themselves and their families. While these "honorariums" are welcome, nuder the painful circumstances, it is offensive to the dignity and manly pride of a man of standing to be placed in the attitude of a professional mendicant, dependent for his livelihood upon the foliables, whims and uncertain charity of a public which feels that they have amply paid for all they get when they have been mulled of a goodly sum by the Pullman company itself. The tipping system is coming to be regarded as a nuisance on both sides, and it will be a God's blessing when corporations can be made to pay their employees living wages, and when travelers or entertainment seekers of any variety can turn around without being "held (Continued on page four.) COMMITTEE MEETING HELD THE INTERESTS OF BUSINESS MEN'S LEAGUE DISCUSSED NEW YORK, April 27, 1907.—The Executive Committee of the National Negro Business League, in special session, met in the rooms of the Colored Republican Club. No. 138 West Fifty-third 'street, Thursday and Friday of this week, April 25 and 26. All of the members of the committee, with two exceptions, as follows, were present: T. Thomas Fortune, chairman, New Jersey; Booker T. Washington, president, ex-officio, Alabama; Emmett J. Scott, corresponding secretary, Alabama; Gilbert C. Harris, treasurer, Massachusetts; J. C. Jackson, Kentucky; J. C. Napier, Tennessee; S. E. Courtney, Massachusetts; M. M. Lewey, Florida; S. A. Furniss, Indiana; N. T. Velar, Pennsylvania, and Philip A. Payton, Jr., New York. Messrs. Fred R. Moore, national organizer, New York, and C. F. Adams, transportation agent, Washington, D.C., also met in consultation with the committee. The special reason for holding the meeting of the committee at this time was to devote an undivided season to a discussion of all matters affecting the future of the organization. The sessions were held form 3 to 6 o'clock and were resumed at 7:30 o'clock, dinner being served in the rooms of the club by the well-known caterer, W. E. Gross. Reports as to their work were fur- nished by various officers of the organization. It was shown that 446 local Negro business leagues are in existence. A larger proportion of them will be urged to secure charters from the national, organization, more closely, in that way, to connect them with the national body. Hereafter, in the annual minutes of the proceedings of the National League, a full and complete roster of all local leagues with their officers will be printed. It has also been decided to recommend to the Topeka meeting that local leagues be required to pay into the national treasury $1 each per year. The league is, at present, in fairly satisfactory financial condition. It has been decided that all of the money that is paid into the league from life membership at $25 each shall hereafter be kept in a separate fund and invested. For the purpose of awakening interest in the coming meeting to be held in Topeka, Kan., Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 14, 15 and 16, 1977, the national organizer, Mr. Fred R. Moore, will spend two and one-half months, beginning June 1, in the states of Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Territories, in that section beyond the Mississippi river where no session of the National Negro Business League has, as yet, been held. Messrs. J. C. Napier of Tennessee and J. E. Bush of Arkansas have been selected to convey the fraternal greetings of the national organizer to the annual meetings of the State Business Leagues to be held, respectively, at Tallahassee, Fla., and Meridian, Miss., in June. The League's usefulness is apparent in all parts of the country and more than ever the design will be to (Continued on page four.) ONE YEAR $15 "THE SHOO-FLY REGIMENT" HIGH CLASS PRODUCTION AT THE FALLS CITY LAST WEEK TELLS STORY OF OUR PROGRESS Prof R. Augustus Lawson Among Artists at May Festival--Big Ball Came Between the Giants and Cole and Johnson Team. (Louisville, Kentucky, Special.) Beyond peradventure, the most brilliant exhibition of the Negro's histronic talent is embodied in the "Shoo-Fly Regiment," in which Bob Cole and Rosamond Johnson were starring at the Avenue Theatre. It was a production that marks an epoch, and tells a story of Negro progress, not only on the stage, but along general lines, which will cause the entire thoughtful world to sit up and take notice. Before we have journeyed along beaten lines; alsa, it is too true that the proverbial ways and means which brought the Negro Thespian into favor of the footlights are too religiously observed, even in these progressive days. Some of the so-called Negro artists who have come and gone must needs display the inherent meekness and disabilities to induce the plaudits of the public. But it is left for the great Cole and Johnson and their brilliant support to place the intelligent Negro before the people who sit in judgment upon our accomplishments. With dut and profound apologies to the nester of decadent Negro ministrelsy with its various phases, horse play and chicken thief, and fowl exaltation, we are not sure that their abiding faithfulness in depicting the neither side of Negro life had not a single effect in bringing about the multifarious barrenness that obstructs our progressive passage. The great public sits beyond the glare of the footlights and laughs—laughs not at an constructive humor but the singular discomfiture of the Negro. It is amusing to the public, first from thought of its infinite superiority to the colored race. Really there should be some ethical distinction in humor, and the disabilities and failures of an oppressed people should always be tragedy, indeed, never farce. Here we come to Cole and Johnson who mean to force the fickle to laugh at something that excite the resistibilities of other people by other people and demand that the treacherous world shall see the glory and blessings of the achievements and inspirations of the Negro. "Chicken which is the Magna Charta" of most Negro stage business is barely mentioned. The whole play is of the most high class order. It leaves an indelible impression upon all who see it. The music is some of the most tuneful with every regard to harmony and technique of any show of this day. The acting is superb and the staging magnificent. The scene of the soldier boys is most inspiring to the Negro youth, and portrays the bravery and valor of the Negro soldier in the Philippines. Louisville has been greatly blessed by the coming of Messrs. Cole and Johnson and their great company. This elevating and inspiring troupe will be long remembered in this section, as hundreds came miles to see the performance, and hundreds are still singing, "Won't You Be My Little Brown Bear." The intelligent people of Louisville turned one en masse to see the two great song writers who have made the Negro's heart throb with joy. When they return to Louisville again to a larger theatre, undoubtedly they will turn away the people by the thousands, instead of by the hundreds as they did during their stay of the week of May 5. The May Festival was a financial success. The coming of the out of town talent left a higher feeling here among Louisville people toward musical talent. None of the papers, white or colored, we learn, received a complimentary ticket and none of the "press gang" were out, save one. The entertainment was grand in every respect. Such talent as Messrs. Clarence White, Augustus Lawson, Mr and Mrs. Work and Fred Work need no introduction to the public. They have long ago made a world-wide reputation for themselves and the race. Misses Taylor and Peeke sang most (Continued on page five.) IN THE WOMAN'S WORLD. BY "DOROTHY" This column is devoted to the interests of women. Address all communications to "Dorothy" The Freeman, Indianapolis TODAY. Other suns will shine as golden, Other skies be just as blue; Other south winds blow as softly, Gently drinking up the dew. Other goldenrod and asters With the sun and sky agree; These for other men and women— Just today for you and me. Other fruit of winey flavor Wanderers will pluck and eat. Other birds with winsome voices Other songs will sing as sweet. O'er the dappled brook will midgets Dance an hour, then cease to be, All the world may have tomorrow— But today's for you and me. Other gardens will be planted Fair as this which we call ours. Other blooms will put to shaming These benign, old-fashioned flowers; All the glories of the sunset In the sunrise one may see That which others call the dawning Is the night for you and me. —Anonymous. MRS. TERRELL AT CHRISTIANSBURG INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE. Thursday, May 16, the annual address at Christiansburg, was delivered by Mrs. Mary Church Terrel, of Washington. D. C. Mrs. Terrel was chosen as one of the speakers at the International Congress of Women which was held in Berlin, Germany, June, 1904. Her address on that occasion was widely commented upon, because she was the only one of the American delegates who spoke in German. With respect to her speech on that occasion, a newspaper writer has the following to say: "Mrs. Terrel was able to deliver one speech in excellent German, and one equally good in French. This achievement on the part of a colored woman added a fine appearance, and the eloquence of her words carried the audience by storm and she had to respond three times to the encores before they were satisfied. It was more than a personal triumph, it was a triumph for her race." Mrs. Mary Church Terrel is one of the few women of America who can boast an international fame. She is known not only within the borders of her own land but throughout the civilized world, since her appearance before the International Congress of Women in Berlin, Germany, in 1904. She is at present a member of the School Board of Washington, D. C., being one o the two colored members of the board, and the only colored woman who has had this distinction. WOMAN HEARSE DRIVER. A woman driving a "dead wagon" through the streets of Los Angeles is a sight that causes many a tourist to gape open-mouthed in wonder, but the woman herself, Miss Mae L. Andrews, cares very little for the consternation she creates. She goes on quietly about her work and when some disaster occurs in which there is a loss of life the nervy little woman is promptly on the seat of the wagon and rattles along to the scene of the wreck, where she attends to her business as undertaker with a promptness and care that has brought her much praise. WOULD PENSION MOTHERS. Prof. Zoublin of Chicago would have mothers pensioned, so that whatever the circumstances there may be no necessity for work outside of the home. "If it be possible," he said, "I would beg to advance that the state should set aside a pension for women on the attainment of motherhood, so that economic conditions will not be a factor in the prejudice against the important end embraced in marriage." WHY SHE LOST THE CASE. A Texas woman, who is a Christian Scientist, brought suit against a railroad for putting her off the car, and thus causing her "physical and mental anguish." The defense was that as a member of that church she could not feel such anguish, and she won the case, the judge not permitting such defense. Taking it to a higher court, she, however, lost the case, which may establish a precedent in such cases. WILL PUBLISH DIRECTORY. Mrs. H. C. Wright, widow of A. G. Wright for the past quarter of century publisher of Milwaukee, Wis., City Directory, will carry on the work laid down by her husband, managing in detail all the intricacies of compilation and publishing, assisted by her husband's entire force. NURSES ON A STRIKE. Eight nurses of Zanesville, O. walked out of the City Hospital last week and abandoned six patients. The nurses object to the conduct of one of the surgeons, who, they claim, has been unduly attentive to them. The Ida Barnett Literary Club, of Indianapolis, was entertained by Mrs. Sarah Miles in East Sixteenth street, Friday afternoon. THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. The representatives of the different clubs and societies that are members of the City Council will hold a session at the Y. M. C. A. lecture room, May 23. ROLLER SKATING. The skating fad is having full sway at Indianapolis at this time. Men, women, boys and girls are to be seen in great crowds every night on the improved streets. Quite a number of women are enjoying the sport thoroughly and skating clubs have been organized. One man has left his wife because she insisted in finding pleasure in roller skating. HINTS WORTH TAKING. The fashionable street petticoat is no longer conspicuous in color. Bright-hued skirts for walking suits are tabooed. *** The newest ties for linen collars are made of nely striped china silk. Green, mauve, gray, brown and blue are to be seen in this conceit, plaited into bunchy rosettes, or double butterfly bows. New and chic is this neck dressing with the fashionable turnovers. *** In making a simple shirtwaist, with a kimono sleeve attached, try making the silk underneath take the place of a lining. The silk of a waist that is buttoned behind, unfitted except on the shoulders, and the usual sleeve put in. The kimono sleeves is then set around on the silk, attaching it over the arm and using the waist itself for its foundation. This is easier and simpler than cutting the goods out under the arms and using the waist itself for its foundation. This is easier and simpler than cutting the goods out under here and using a separate lining, or half lining, to attach the sleeve to. The strip which forms the kimono sleeve should be held in narrower at the bottom to ease the arm. AN ETERNAL ONION. "My wife is the most economic person on earth," said a West Philadelphia man, according to the Philadelphia Record. "She carries her economy down to the smallest things. Her latest is saving on onions. Now, we never eat onions alone, but my wife uses them to flavor soups and so on. So, whenever she needed an onion she only bought one. A few weeks ago she bought a large fresh onion, and only used part of it in her seasoning. The remainder she placed in a closer for future use. A few days later she needed some more onion seasoning, so she took out her saved-up piece and was surprised to find that it had sprouted. She cut off the new part and let the old portion remain. Now she never has to buy any onions, for that old one keeps sprouting, and whenever she wants a little, she simply cuts it off and leaves it grow." PINK AND WHITE ON MILAN HAT. Pink and white, given distinction by black velvet, is the coloring of a smart hat for every-day wear. The hat is of white Milan straw, the pink first showing in the lining of the straw. The Milan is also here used. The brim is very short in front, is slightly scooped, and springs away to a decided height in the back. The black appears in the form of a velvet scarf, while the crown is ornamented with broad pale pink wings and an immense pink rose. LEATHER-HEADED HATPINS. To match the belts made of twisted leather, which will wear almost everlastingly, a clever worker in leather has invented twisted leather hatpins. These are a novelty and look well in many colors of leather; they are strong, too, and therefore appeal to sportswomen and lovers of outdoor games, such as golf and hockey. To match leather motor coats they possess another claim upon attention. Cream, blue and cherry-colored leather hat pins are charmingly pretty. One of the necessary items of an up-to-date dressing table is the hatpin holder. This may be most attractively made of moirie silk, trimmactively made of linen moire, trimmed with linen flowers and with embroidery in gold cord. One such hatpin holder was cylindrical in shape. The Silk was put on plain, with a little flounce around the bottom and another beyond the top. The top of the holder was covered with a gilt network suitable for holding the pins. The cord embroidery encircled the holder and the cords were tied in a bow at one side toward the top. The ribbon flowers stood out in a ruffle around the top of the holder. MORE COPIES. MORE COPIES. Knoxville, Tenn., May 6, 1907. Manager The Freeman: It seems that I can't get enough copies to supply all of my people and I write you for the amount below, 120. W. D. HEMPHILL. Clarksville, Tenn., May 1, 1907. Freeman Publishing Co., To read a paper belonging to someone else is simply a common holdup to the man who prints that paper. The June issue of the People's Magazine contains a daring story by Harvey Wickham, entitled "A Girl's Best Friend." This is a study of the dreary life of the suburbs of a large city. The characters are drawn with a touch firm and sure, and the moral of the tale, which is both strong and unmistakable, more than justifies its publication, as, in fact, does the strong dramatic interest of the story itself. More than a score of toher good stories, including a complete novel, a storylet, and a theatrical department, several poems anecdotes, and humorous tit-bits, go in to make up the 192 pages of this all-fiction magazine. The People's for June is a very generous ten cents' worth. "The Difficult Islands." Complete novel. Bailey Millard. "Zollenstein." Serial. W. B. M. Ferguson. "An Echo of the Inquisition." Short story. H. R. Durant. "Jonah Number Two." Short story. George Bronson-Howard. "Kallicoil Dick and His Cactus Bat." Short story. Martin A. Flavin. "The Iconoclast." Short story. T. Jenkins Hains. "The Pass of the Mexican." Short story. William Ferguson. "The Man who Was Dead." Serial. A. W. Marchmont. "The Unheavenly Twins." Short story. B. M. Bower. story. B. M. Bower. "Bubble on the Brain." Short story. Karen Koosman. story. Benjamín Strever kearns. "The Man With a Barrow." Short story. Camille Campbell. "The Outsider." Short story. Chas. Steinfort. Pearson. "The One-lunger." Short story Charles Kroth Moser. Are American men losing their chivalry and consideration for women? Is it a fact that it is not so safe for a young woman to travel unchaperoned in the United States as it was a few years ago? The freedom that our girls enjoy has been a matter of comment for a long time. If it is true that we are in danger of losing one of our national characteristics and approximating a European standard in this regard we have something else to worry about besides the growth of corporations and the railroad question. In the number of Smith's Magazine now on the newsstands Miss Annette Austin raises the question, and then answers it in the best way possible. She tells some of the experiences that actually befall a girl who traveled alone. The girl was a typical American from the Southwest, and came to New York as a bread-winner. Aside from the interest in the question involved, the narrative has a distinct charm and attraction of its own from the story-interest. It is well worth reading. In the same number of the magazine there is a complete novelette by Louise Driscoll which will attract more than passing attention. It tells the story of a family suddenly grown rich and agirl suddenly grown poor who is engaged to teach them the ways of the world of wealth. There is an article by C. H. Forbes-Lindsay which points out a new phase of development in the Middle West which will ultimately cause considerable changes in the tide of American commerce. The Panama Canal is not the only canal which needs digging in the near future. It will surprise a good many people to learn that with in a comparatively short space of time Pittsburgh is likely to become a seaport and the center of a great and new commerical development. Housekeeper's Best Friend Cures Grouches and Make Whole Family Healthy, Vigorous and Good Natured. Our women readers who have the responsibility of caring for households, know that any grouchy or irritable member of a family can greatly hinder their work. If John comes home tired and gruff or or of the children has a headache, or any one else is alling, cross or out of humor, affairs are certain to go wrong and all will suffer. The best way to correct evils of this sort is to start right at the breakfast table and give the family a strength-giving morning meal of Malta-Vita, which will make them bright and vigorous and keep their energies at healthy pressure until noon. Malta-Vita is choicest entire wheat which contains every food element needed by old or young and is the only flaked food in which the starch of wheat has been changed by malt-extract into nourishing maltose ready for immedate assimilation, without clogging the system, or taxing the weakest digestion. Malta-Vita is served by restaurants throughout the country, and if eaten at lunch with milk or half and half, so much the better for health From infancy to old age, Malta-Vita is "the perfect food," pre-digested whole wheat, unequalled by any other food. It makes the whole family healthy, considerate and cheerful. Malta-Vita is better than any other food. It shows in results. Try it. All grocers, large sealed packages, 10 cents. DAVIDSON COMPANY. Wholesale and Retail Human Hair Dealers WIGS, $15.00 per dozen or $7.75 each and up up; POMPADOURS, $1.00 per dozen or 75 each and up; kinky bair, waxy hair and stainless steel hair, just black color Money must accompany all orders. 1403 Columshon St, Ft. Worth, Texas. HIGHER WAGES TO NEGRO WORKMEN HIGHER WAGES TO NEGRO WORKMEN Secured by This New Union Order—Grows By Leaps and Bounds—Started Five Years Ago with Nothing But a "Principle"—Now Has Over 400 Subordinate Lodges and 36,000 Members. Over 30,000 homes of our people have been filled with joy, because of the Protection of a great and powerful Union Order, which is using its strength and influence to secure better conditions for our people. This is the first and only great Union Order in this country, holding an International Union Charter from the Courts, which gives full Protection and Benefits to our race. There is no color, race or sex discrimination in this Order. The negro has an equal standing with the white members, and can be elected to hold any office. Every effort is made to advance the condition of the members, by securing equal opportunities to work with other workmen, to learn the trades and to have steady work at high wages and Union hours. The Grand Lodge donates $100.00 for the burial of each deceased member. A fine monthly Journal is published. A Membership Book of the Order is recognized by all Lodges everywhere. Distressed members are assisted. Each member and Subordinate Lodge has the privilege of buying stock in the Order, on low monthly payments, said stock paying 8 per cent interest, guaranteed. A Leading Negro Deputy is wanted in each locality, AT ONCE, to form Lodges, sell Buttons, take Journal Subscriptions, sell Stock and act as DISTRICT DEPUTY ORGANIZER. This work can be done in spare hours, but many are devoting their whole time and attention to it. Big money is made by good hustlers. Write at once. 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CALL ISSUED FOR MEETING CALL ISSUED FOR MEETING To the Members of the National Afro-American Council, Delegates from Local Councils and Affiliated Organizations, Such as Churches, Colleges, Benevolent Societies, Newspapers and Other Race Organizations, Greeting: The Tenth Annual Session of the National Afro-American Council will be held at Baltimore, Md., June 26, 27 and 28, 1907. The Necessity for the Meeting. The unceasing energy of those bent upon the creation of a public sentiment adverse to the Afro-Americans; the open advocacy by Senator Tillman, Governor Vardaman, John Temple Graves and others of the repeal of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitution, thus reducing the Afro-Americans of the South to serfdom; the timid and uncertain stand of those who essay to befriend us, even to President Roosevelt who has said so much about "fair play" and the "door of hope," but who has dealt us a severe blow in the dismissal of the colored soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry without an adequate trial; the bold and defiant assaults of these satisfied with nothing short of our absolute undoing, certainly necessitates the meeting of the leaders of the race in an advisory way. The situation is grave and demands the exercise of wisdom, prudence and intelligent effort to overcome the dangers, menacing what political and civil rights we have left. A Plea for Unity. Realizing the necessity of united action of all our forces, we invite the representatives of all similar organizations to be present at our meeting. In this crisis we all should be willing to lay aside all prejudices, jealousies, bickering and strife, meet and confer together on vital questions which concern us all. At all hazard, let all the factions get together and make a united attack upon the enemy. Work of the Council. The Afro-American Council has seconded the efforts of the press in creating a favorable sentiment against lynching and the humiliating "Jim Crow car law." It has brought encouragement and hope to many of the leaders of our race who had become discouraged and it is still battling and will ever battle against all forms of injustice and discrimination. An Urgent Appeal for a Large Attendance. It is an earnest desire of the officers and members of the National Council that every religious organization, every college, benevolent society, newspaper, indeed all race organizations send at least one representative to the Baltimore meeting. We believe that it will be the largest and the best in every way that we have ever had. Basis of Mempership. (Article 3 of Constitution.) Section 1. The National Afro- American Council shall be composed of members as follows: 1. All persons who hold life mem- ship. 2. Council delegates representing fully accredited local councils. 3. Affiliated delegates, representing organizations of similar plans and purposes co-operating with the National Afro-American Council. Section II. Every local Afro-American Council shall be entitled to representation in the National Council by delegates elected on the basis of one delegate to every fifty members, said delegates to qualify upon presentation of credentials and payment of five cents for each member so represented. Provided, however, that any local council having less than fifty members shall be entitled to two votes upon presentation of credentials and payment of the annual tax of three dollars ($3.00). Section III. Religious and secular organizations which have for their aim and work the mental and moral elevation of their race and which desire to co-operate with the National Council may be represented by affiliated delegates, not more than two delegates to each organization. Said delegates should have the right to vote upon payment of three dollars ($3.00) for each delegate. Section IV. Editors of Afro-American newspapers and the principals of Academic Schools and Colleges may be admitted to membership in the National Council and be entitled to a vote upon presentation of credentials and payment of the annual tax of $3. A Truly Representative Body. From the above it will be seen that the National Afro-American Council is a representative body. The mere payment of $3.00 does not entitle one to membership. The Council must be assured that each person enrolled represents a local council or an affiliated organization, or is an editor of an Afro-American newspaper or is the principle of an Academic school or college. Lynching, Disfranchisement and Separate Coach Law Are the Paramount Questions to Be Discussed. While many of the questions relative to the rights of our race will be considered, it has been decided that the above named questions shall have the right of way. Speeches Should be Short and to the Point. By the action of the National Afro-American Council each speaker is limited to twenty minutes and in view of the fact that a portion of the Cau casian press of the country is ever ready to misrepresent the words of the Afro-Americans, all speeches must be in manuscript in order that they may be absolute proof of just what each speaker said. Entertainment The citizens of Baltimore are preparing to give the Council a royal good time. Let all organizations above named elect their delegates as soon as possible and send their names to Cyrus Field Adams, Secretary, 934 S. street, N. W., Washington, D. C. BISHOP ALEXANDER WALTERS BISHOP ALEXANDER WALTERS, President WILLIAM H. STEWARD, Chairman Ex. Com. REV. L. G. JORDAN, Corresponding Sec. Rev. A. L. Gaines, D. D., chairman of the local committee, 114 East Center street, Baltimore, Md., to whom all parties may write for information concerning board, entertainment, etc. PHYSICIAN AT INDIAN RESERVATION IN MONTANA DR. F. A. STOKES RECEIVES AN APPOINTMENT Dr. Frederick A. Stokes left last week to serve as government physician at the Tongue River Indian Reservation in Montana. Dr. Stokes was born on a farm in the eastern part of Indiana and received his earliest education at an old Quaker academy near his home. At the age of seventeen years he began teaching school and taught for two years, after which he entered the pharmaceutical department of Purdue University, from which he was graduated with the class of '94. He took a post-graduate course in chemistry and then entered the In- DE. B. C. CROOKS DR. F. A. STOKES. diana Medical College and took the full course, after which he became house physician at the Allen Surgical Institute. After leaving this position he took up the practice of medicine, which he followed until he was appointed house physician at the Indiana Home Hospital in this city, and when Beech Grove was opened this hospital started a branch at Beech Grove and Dr. Stokes was placed in charge, where he was when he received his appointment. The appointment was the result of a competitive civil service examination in which Dr. Stokes secured first place. The salary is a god one, with quarters furnished. His wife will join him soon. Dr. Stokes is the son of Rev. Lemuel Stokes, a well-known minister of Indiana, and a brother of Edwin F. Stokes, a teacher of manual training in the Indianapolis public schools. His many friends wish him success in his work. DATE OF MEETING EXTENDED. National Baptist Sunday School Congress and Young People's Chatauqua at New Orleans, La. It is announced by promoters that owing to a special session of the Louisiana Baptist State Convention, which convenes in Baton Rouge, La., June 25-26, 1907, the sessions of the National Baptist Sunday School Congress and Young People's Chauautauqua, which has been called to meet in New Orleans, La., June 26-30, will have their opening session at the First African Baptist Church on Third street, between Franklin and Liberty streets, New Orleans, La., on the morning of June 27, and will continue daily up to and including Monday, July 1. This extension was necessitated in order that all of the brothers of the state convention might be present at the opening, as it is their request. Tickets will be on sale and will read for the 26th, as per call, but the 26th will be taken up in assignment of homes and other preliminaries necessary on such occasions. In accepting the invitation of the Baptist City Pastors' Conference of New Orleans, La., to bring the congress to that city, it was done for the benefit of the denominational growth in New Orleans. The secretary of this conference, Rev. A. Hubbs, with the president, Rev. A. Sims; the instructor, Rev. C. Tharps, together with the treasurer, Rev. G. W. Torney, has assured the management of the congress repeatedly that all will be in readiness and that no messenger or delegate will have the slightest cause to complain. This assurance has also been given by the officers of the state conventions, and it is urged that all Sunday School workers begin their preparations to take charge of the Crescent City. CHEF Waiters & Cooks Prefer Our Make JACKETS AND LINEN because they have found them satisfactory. Write for complete Catalogue FREE. giving full instructions to order, Marcus Ruben Iuc.) 380 State St., CHICAGO ILL. Watches and Sterling silverware Carl S. 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ENo prertigement {userted on frst page. 8 eclat ‘tates on standing professio al and busivess Be heemurts deat Mak Bp ew te UPS Totered at the po-toflln, at Tudianapolle, sonan, as geod! dh bs w ter. at Til matter should be sidressed to ‘All matter should be sAdressed to The Freeman Publishing Company, “NDIANAPOLIS, - INDIANA, —— SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1907. ‘The Negro exhibit at Jamestown is indorsed by Booker T. at any rate, our very classical friend to the con- trary, notwithstanding, Mr. DuBois, of Atlanta, Ga. In other words, Mr, John Temple Graves says that mr. Wm. J. Bryan has no need for the presidency, since the present incumbent has stole his thunder. ‘A great faly for colcred people is contemplated» Will Brother DuBois prepare an exhibit? It would be well to look after the matter before things get along too far. Intemperate speech is a part of the trouble. A soft answer turneth away wrath. Now, if such be the case, what will a “hard” customer get us, pray tell. It will simply get us h——. Colored capitalists of Philadelphia have invested in a cigar plant, It they can manage to supply one per eent of the colored men who smoke, ‘success is assured them at once. Some funny things have happened during the roller skate craze now on. A colored man carrying a hod, a shov- el and a hoe merrily gliding along the cemerft streets was one o f them. Automobiles will not always be out of reach of the average citizen. When the patents are out, curiosity gone, excitement over, a new fad estab: lished, then they will go the way of the bicycle. The Constitution League of the United States, with headquarters in New York, has joined with the De- fense Committee of Boston in the ef- fort to probe into the discharged sol- diers’ affair, : Florida—land of Ponce De Leon, of Flowers—Pascua Florida — enchant- mentland, the mecca for immortal youth—De Soto and his noble band. How now? What baseness be you now engaged fn? The Sage millions will be used to eradicate, as far as possible, the causes of poverty and ignorance. To the unitiated it appears indefinite. However, it is understood that it will be an uplifting influence. It will be gratifying to Y. M. C. AL People everywhere to know that the Y. M,C. A.’s of Washington, D. C., have succeeded in raising the $25,000 necessary to secure a like sum offered by John D. Rockefeller. President Roosevelt is an extreme- ly popular man. If he had not de- ¢lared so emphatically that he did not care for another term he would have to be reckoned with as one of the strongest factors in the running. While we are being made to like some forms of “jim crowism,” so- called, let us also admit that it is doing a bit of good on its own account. Many a shop, factory, store are due to that species of latter day Ameri- canism. But if Florida should succeed— Have you thought about it? Succeed in making good a constitution that purposely, maliciously, with afore- sight, deliberately denies the Negroes the ballot. What about the Fifteenth amendment? So the contemplated new constitu- tion for Florida will purposely shut the Negro voters of that State from the election franchise in order, it is said, to test the validity the three latter amendments of the Federal Constitu- tion. Perot trike et Our well esteemed fellow-townsman, John McGregor, county commissioner, has been to see the President. Mr. Roosevelt was simply delighted with Mr. MeGregor's unique calling card. Straightway he will order some just Uke t hem. Who said Mr. President “eika ani: sandisiadienn. © y As to education again: Get what you can pay for and are willing to un- dertake securing. As a principle, the proposition to educate generally the masses along the lines that the mass- es are likely to engage in, is not sub- ject to debate. It has been the prac- tice of the world since it began and canont be otherwise. While Messrs. Taft, Foraker, Hughes, et al., are trying to discover who is who, Vice President Fairbanks is likely to gather the fruits of the toil. The distinguished Indianian has impressed himself on the country at one in every way worthy to serve the country as its chief executive. Dr. J. N. Hurty, of Indianapolis, who recently visited the Jamestown Expo- THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER sition, “expressed himself as very) much pleased with what he saw. He | said that the enterprise had been ma- | ligned. It is in every way worthy, | according to the doctor, who also says that he will visit it again later on. Rev. J. G. Robinson, of Louisville, Ky,, thinks there is no future for the | Negro in this country, and advises the masses to emigrate to Africa and build up a strong government. Evi- dently the labors of Bishop Turner are not entirely in vain. Methodism’s “grand old man” has at least one con- vert. Mr. Stanley Mitchell, the well- \mown chief of the Civil Liberty League, desires to have it known that the movement is both alive and active. ) ‘Announcement will be made in a few! days concerning its future move- ments, also of date for the National Convention. Present headquarters are at Memphis, Tenn. | aiready the Y. M. C. A. of Wash- ington has raised something over $10,000 towaré the $25,000 it must |raise in order to secure the Rockefel- ‘lier offer of $25,000. The young men of that city, captamed by Mr. J. E. ; Mooreland, are putting great energy in the campaign, They feel sure that ‘the Rockefeller purse will not go un- pnocketed. The National Association of Ne- groes is in the fourth year of its ex fstence. It has become an institu: tion for goed, its influences have gone out, reaching over the entire country. ‘The fourth annual convention will be held at Hampton, Va. July 17-19. Indications point to the largest gath- ering of Negro teachers ever assem: bled in the country. When you subscribe to a race paper and pay for it; when you buy a big basketful at your colored broth- er’s store, if conveniently near; when you call in a colored doctor, un- dertaker and others of the profession, you are taking out a policy that in- sures to the proper industrial lonzev- ity of the race. It insures racial life. Maybe the goodnatured Secretary Taft will volunteer to serve as “pexce- maker” to the warriors who so radi- cally disagtee as to the feasibility and advantages of the Negro Exhibit at Jamestiwn. Will the “three tailors of Tooley ‘sireet,” who publish “a journal of the color line,”.accept the jolly Ohioan as referee? é Says the Washington Bee: “We move the appointment of Dr. A. M. Curtis as Surgeon-in-Chief of the new Freedman’s Hospital. Who will sec- ond the motion? ” We think the peo- ple will all agree that if a change is to be made at that monumental insti- tution for which Dr. Curtis has done so much, he is pre-eminently the man is tha sina. The Niagara Movement is unutter- ably opposed to any movement, good, bad or indifferent, that bears the seal of Booker T. Washington's approval, or which has not been specifically de- nounced by him. Take that as a start- er, and you will understand the true inwardness of a great many flings that float around by way of Boston and Chicago. Invitations have been issued calling attention to the 26th anniversary com- mencement exercises to be held at ‘Tuskegee, beginning May 27, continu- ing until May 80, Among the speak- ers will be Bishop W. A. Candler, of the M. E. Church, South; Rev. ‘Dr. J. W. Carr, of the First Afriean Bap- tist Chureh, Savannah, Ga., and Hon. Chas. W. Anderson, collector of rev- enue at New York City. President Roosevelt has repeatedly declined being considered for another term. The President is popular and deservedly so, yet he will have no more of the Presidency. The chances are that Indiana will furnish his suc- cessor in the person of the honorable vice-president, Fairbanks, one of the yery distinguished men of the coun- try, recognized as such generally. It looks as though he will be chosen to further the destiny of the country in 1908. Education is simply a help to get through the world. This applies to the ordinary people. The rich may pursue it for mental cultivation, sim- ply because they have the time and means. We do not need it as a fad. When we cannot appropriate to the yery finale we have got on just a little too much ballast, Leisure comes with wealth, the thing we have to acquire. Educate according to the probability of usefulness. One of our exchanges expresses it- self as extremely glad to have the opportunity of presenting the likeness of Hon. T. Thomas Fortune, of the New York Age, to many of its readers. It says further that for fifty years the pen and voice of Mr. Fortune has defended our race, ete. Gret Scott, is the man dead? Fifty years—and does the writer think that Mr. For- tune will be flattered by that state- ment? Where shall we place his age? And in that day, that better day, says one, the sword will be turned into ploughshares and the battleships into universities. In a world of ultra- civilization, where Christ is the rec- ognized exemplar, guide and gate, it does seem strange that the most inhu- ‘man practice of killing, under the guise of war, should be such an ac- ceptable tenet in the creed of civil-| ized peoples. Editor Wilkins has been converted and in a recent issue of his paper, The ‘Chicago Conservator, makes an open confession which we understand has always been regarded as “good for the soul” and we do want our distin- guished friend to be blessed with a full and complete salyation, but now that he has been converted would it not be wise for him to make a com- plete breast of it and tell us all about it and who influenced him to do it? Who did it to him? The Philadelphians say they don’t like “jim crow” schools, having ref- erence to separate schools, a few of which have been recently established in that city. We would advise that ‘they don't call them “jim crow” schools, then they won’t be “jim crow” schools. It is quite enough to belit- tle, if it must be thought of in’ that way, without helping boost it along. The situation can be just as well ad- dressed without our own, willing stig- matization. . A bill to disfranchise the colored yoters without a conscientious qualin has worked its way through the Flor- ida Senate. It may be a little early for exaltement, but we may depend on it, that, if a pure, unadulterated dis: franchising measure becomes a law in Florida, there will be some. wail- ing and gnashing of teeth. It appears that the colored people of Florids | soma be extremely busy at this juncture. It is said that the “Times” of Wash- ington, D. C., does not care for the 100,000 colored people of that city as it concerns its circulation.” Perhaps the managers of that publication con- sider the opposition a sort of an as- set, basing their judgment on the fact that more or less prejudice exists in the capital, and that it will be to their financial gain to openly recog: nize it. They may be mistaken in their conclusion, as were the manag: ers of a publication in Atlanta, Ga, that tried to thrive on race hate. The program was a failure, admitted to be so, generally, by those of the section and by those elsewhere. If _ the “Times” has the same object in view. it will also have an excellent opportu nity to play a losing game. ‘We are opposed to everybody who is opposed to the Negro as a citizen and a man, and we have no person ot persons picked. We don’t care whether he poses as a democrat or a republican, if he is against the Negro having the rights of any other citizen, then we are up against him or them. We, as a race, must use our best endeavors to keep back the white men who oppose us in any of the com- nion rights of citizenship—New Port, Va., Star. ‘That's right, my brother; we voice the same sentiments, and feel that un- der the cimcumstances that that is the only way, as a race, that we can hope to win in the political world. Vote those out who are not for us, and those in who are for us, and are will- ing to give us a man’s chance in the race of life. Let us be not only ag- gressive, but decidedly progressive in the exercise of our eltizen rights. We should contend fox, every inch of ground, favoring “the common rights of citizenship.” “THE DEGRE# BUSINESS.” ‘What unholy ambition is actuating our ministry for the most now! Most all of them are now, even before any meritorious service is done, they pass their cards in with Rev. Dr. So and 80, D. D., LL, D., ete, it has gotten so here of late that you can scarcely meet a man of us in any of walks of life who is not a “doctor,” or “prof.,” or “D. D.,” and such. This is an in- dication of childishness or weakness that we should at once get rid of or the race will be a laughing stock to the civilized world. Dont sham your way through life; be a man; don’t be a flunkey, nor.a monkey—but a man! PROCRASTINATION. Mr. Optimisto—Gentlemen, I rise to drink to the success of the Negro na- tion and in the meanwhile propose a glorious exposition to be held by it in 1819, a ter-centennary celebration of the announcement of the Negro's arrival on these shores, including a panoramic exhibit of his progress and achievements up until the present day. "Mr, Pessimistibus—Don’t know ‘bout dat; not real sure we am so thankful fah de privilege of bein’ heah. Dis ain’t been no picnic, genermens, dat you all know, But if de event am to be celebrated, let us has it sooner. Ah don'ts like dis way of waiting so long. Genemens, makes it 1910 and you connt ons me as tocing right to de mark. -It am plenty long to wait, plenty long, sah. HOW WILL THEY SQUARE THEM. SELVES? ‘The “man-up-a-tree” is wondering how those A. M. E. preachers who are making faces at the alleged “jim crow exposition” at Jamestown, and warn- ing the people against attending, be- cause of the “Jim crow cars,” ete,, in and about Norfolk, will manage’ to square themselves when they begin urging the thousand or more follow- ers of Methodism to attend the Gen- eral Conference in the Virginia Tide- water next May? If it isn’t safe or expedient for col- ored people of pride and intelligence to go to Norfolk now, to inspect one of the strongest educational agencies in the civilized world, can they con- sistently ask self-respecting Afro- Americans to risk attending a General Conference of a religious body, con- ducted under the same self-governing system as is being Bioceneilly com ployed by the management of the Ne- sro Department of the Jamestown Ex- position? If the city of Norfolk is an undesirable place to go this year, on account of the prevalence of the “jim crow” regulations. is there any as- surance at hand that the situation will be any different next year? How will the good brethren spuare themselves on this very ticklish prop- osition? =—__— “Big Stick” from His Brownville Friends. |, Galveston, Tex.—In appreciation for the stand he has taken in discharging our soldiers, President Roosevelt is to be presented with a jeweled “big stick” by prejudiced ‘citizens of Brownsville, Tex. The large walking cane is made of Mexican coffee wood, exquitely carved and mounted with Texas silver An engraver has been working on the emblematic figures for over six months, and the cane is pro- nounced the finest piece of workman- ship ever designed for a stick, which weighs 4% pounds. It will be for- warded in a few days, with a petition that: he use it on the senate committee on military affairs in the name of in- justice and the honor (%) of pre judiced Browsville “citizenship.” Ss “PEACOCKS AND APES.” An REO Bee er) ea Franeis Robinson.) ‘Text, I Kings, 10:22, “Bringing gold and sliver, ivory and apes, and pea- cocks.” ‘The Rabbis have a story that while Solomon's shins were trad- ing in the far ports of India the ex. perienced mariners, the old men of the fleet, exchanged their goods, which they,had brought as a business venture, for gold, silver and ivory: but the young men of the fleet, the inexperienced youths, who for the first time were gazing on the seduct- ive sights of India, battered their pos- sessions for the dazzling peacocks and the amusing apes. And so it came to pass that when the navy of ‘Tarshish came again home to Hebrew lands the ships brough back not only gold, silver andvivory, which the great king had sent them forth to bring |back to him, but with the gorgeous indescent peacocks and the wringled, chattering apes of life. ‘There is the peacock of strutting pride, a bird that js curtivated very extensively among ‘1us just now, as seen in the caste dis- ‘tinetions, our political jingoism, our snobbish social shibboleths. Drawing lines more tightly against ourselves. ; In the actual battles of life this pea. _.cock bars the gate to prosperity. | Young men, instead of leading hones| .\lives, prefer to dress like “dandys,” jhang around the saloons and at th spool table and at the dance halls ;| Young women despise the comfort ; {of life for positions, which threaten: s;physical and moral ruin. The down |ward robe is croded every day with :!some peacockish young man anc woman going out to market there al for a moment of pleasure. “Going tc ,jhave a good time.” ‘There is also th 1; Peacock of tinsel life, all for vanits sjand display. Oh, how they distor »|themselves in the public eye. The _|tear down the sky in order to catel ,{larks. What, then, are the apes whick we are taking into our ship to the *lexclusion of the King’s ivory, silver {jand gold? Let us enumerate a few ,|for instance. There is the ape of "|vulgarity, another is the ape of bes tial propensities, another is ape o} "jidleness, forgetting that the idle ,|man’s house is the devil's workshop “|Look at the South today, wtih its S|unholy Iynchings and Jim-Crowism , | These are some of her apes. Another ,jape is which many of us are prone {to welcome into the ship of our life "Jexperience, is the ape of an unclear a: also the ape of a neglect of {Spiritual things. We are occulists {and spiritualists, theosophists anc ,jSelf-styled scientists or any other fina of an ist that wears an ape's tT tail. LECTURE AT SIMPSON’S CHAPEL. Rey. Dr. I. L. Thomas, a general officer of the M. E. Chureh, delivered a timely lecture at Simpson's Chapel Wednesday night, May 1. Subject: “The Man Talked About.” It was in- ferorting, tustective aad praciieal and delivered in simple, plain, unaf- fected manner, the speaker being at perfect ease, carrying his audience with him in closest attention through- out its delivery. The applause which greeted Dr. Thomas was genuinely enthusiastic and evinced the deep in- terest his audience had in what he was saying. At the close the doctor gave a graphic description of the At- lanta, Ga., riot and his experience therein, for he was himself a victim of the mobbers. He was among that number of prominent colored men who were forced, at pistol-point, to march through the streets to the jail, where he remained incarcerated until the leaders of his church procured his liberation. ‘The doctor departed on a late train to Chicago. The choir rendered special musical service on this occasion and Mr. Collins sang pleasingly a special solo. Lawyer Hill presided ably. Dr, J. F. Robinson association his old schoolmate. THOMPSON'S WEEKLY REVIEW (Continued from =rst page.) up” by some underpaid individual, smirking and grafting for a coin or sc to augment his slender salary. Any effort, therefore, on the part of the gentlemanly Pullman porters to main- tain the high standard of thefr calling, by increasing their pay, and thereby retain in the service persons of re- liable character and demonstrated eff- ciency, is deserving of the cordial sup- port of all who must Journey up and down the country, and wish to do so in comfort and safety—or who have wives, daughtres, mothers and sisters who may sometime need the attention and kindly assistance of the only agents of the “soulless corporation” near enough to extend the needed courtesies. To hold in their employ men of the culture, intelligence and fidelity to administer their functions in such a painstaking manner as to make the Pullmans popular with their patrons, the managers should be will- ing to pay them better wages, and make their living less dependent upon chance. That the company is able to be liberal is duly attested by the fact that not long ago the enormous sur- plus of $26,000,000 was divided among the stockholders as the profits of a single year. A national organization, to include in its membership every porter in the Pullman service, and conducted on strictly business prin- ciples, would be very potential in se- curing improved conditions, living wages and a greater respect for the profession in the eyes of the people at large. It is to be hoped that the porters’ much-needed organization will he effected and that it will prove ef- fective. ‘Will the President. run again—that’s the question that is worrying the pol- iticians. If he is out of the game, they will feel free to make other al- liances, without danger of losing their grip. If he is in, they want to take a mortgage on a cozy corner of the administration heart, and live on the ground floor. It is said that the Pres- ident will stand by his declaration of the night of the 1904 election, and that he will very soon issue another proclamation to that effect, and set at rest all speculation on the subject. He is said to be thoroughly committed 0 the candidacy of Secretary Taft, as he genial Ohioan is in perfect ac- ord with policies uearest to the Roosevelt heart, aad the President nese + = (4— WHAT ARE You DOING? a 7 with your washing? Are . AT VY sendingit out toa compete” hi‘ Spa cp laundry—one that sends | bet | ci itback clean sweet and “i, ~ AR everyway? You ~an answer | [— Fe Seg UE you send it to Us HH . M2 Grand Laundry Se = = TRE | otra we 2000 5. (Sy priety throw the strength of his ad- ministration in support of one who will continue tne work along the lines he lias been pursuing for the past six years. The Taft situation seems to be brightening, since the Ohio trouble has been simplified by the advent of Boss Cox into the administration ranks, and the withdrawal of Sena- tor Foraker from the presidential equation. An Ohio delegation for Taft for president, and Foraker for re-elee- tion to the Senate, is an exceedingly happy arrangement, and the beauty of the compromise would be still fur- ther enhanced by having the eloquent Foraker place Taft in nomination, as he did McKinley some years ago. ' Al- ghough the Ohio pot has been reduced to a simmer, the Presidential fight is by no means at an end. The tall form of Vice-President Fairbanks looms up formidably upon the political horizen, and Indiana will stand by him as long as his name is before the convention, supplemented by sundry aid from other sources, Cannon, Lafollette, Hughes, Knox, Seott and maybe a “dark horse” or two will doubtless be heard of in the earlier balloting. The colored brother is making a desper- ate effort to grasp a few seats in the convention on the contest plan, and some of the southern contingent may be able to convince the committee on credentials that the “lily-white re- publicans” down there behind the sun are not “toting spuar.”. During the framing-up of the platform, there will be some caloric remarks by Editor T. ‘Thomas Vortune, of New York, and afterwards, the ‘colored vote of the North and West will decide whether they will choose the republican nom- nee or Mr. William Jennings Bryan as its partner for the next waltz. The campaign of 1908 will not be a scrap for mollycoddles, and somebody will be in fine shape for hospital treatment when the ruh is over. Capt. Charles Young, one of the few colored commissioned officers of the United States Army, is in Washington, preparatory for a journey to the Phil- ippines, where he has been assigned to duty. For several years he has been serving as a military attache at the American Legation, Portau-prince, Hayti, but has been recalled for im- portant work in the Orient. During his stay in the Nation’s capital, he is the guest of Drand Mrs, Curtis, of 1939 13th street northwest. Capt. Young is a graduate of the West Point Military Acadamy, and has rendered some excellent service in the Regular Army, and was given a commission as Major of the 9th Ohio Infantry dur- ing the Spanish-American War, in which capacity he made a brilliant record. eee | Mr, Ira 0. Guy, first vice-president of the National Negro Business League states that the arrangements for the Topeka meeting of that organi- zation are progressing most satisfac- torily, The people are united in sup- port of the League, and their one thonght seems to be to give all who come a royal welcome and entertain- ment®in keeping with Kansas’ pro- verbial hospitality. ‘The merchants of the vicinity are sprucing up their Places of business, and expect to make a favorable impression upon the body. The present indications point to an attendance of fully 500 delegates, ex- clusive of the visitors. The com- mittee on “Homes and Location” is listing all of the available lodging houses, and preparations are being made to take care of not less than 2,000 strangers. The price of lodging has been set at'$1.00 per day. Those in a position to know say that there has been a marvelous development among the colored people of the newer states west of the Mississippi river. The number of farmers, who haye rich holdings in Missouri, Towa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma’ and the Dako- ias, is said to be inconceivable, and throughout that fertile region the col- ored business men are reaping a glor- ious harvest. These will be present in large numbers, and of course the old “stand-bys” like Messrs, Lewey, Payton, Bush, Adams, Gibbs, Harris, Scott, Banks, Montgomery, Smith and the rest, will be on hand. ' The appar- ent distance from the East will not inure to the disadvantage of the League's attendance or. effectiveness, This is a big country, and it is the aim of Dr. Booker T, Washington and his co-workers to carry the League to all sections the stimulating influence of the vast aggregation of earnest and thrifty business men who are making themselves prime factors in the world of finance and trade. It is the turn for the Great West to feel this magic electric current, and the West will be there in a highly receptive mood, for its special blessing. The program will be of a nature that will appeal strong- ly to the pioneer captains of com- merce and agriculture, who are cre- ating broader opportunities in a coun- ry that is comparatively virgin soil ‘© our endeavors. It is not doybted hat the Topeka meeting will measure up in all respects to the best sessions he organization. has enjoyed during ts seven years of increasing bene- icial existence. A chorus of fifty voices, selected from the finest musi-| pal talent in the of Topeka, will be a tellar feature of the Business League season. wale And now the scholars and educa- tional managers are saying that solic- iting funds for the maintenance and development of the great schools of the land has been reduced to a sci- ence! In expounding the fine art of “begging,” nuder present cenditions, President Hadley, of Yale College, credits President Tliot, of Harvard, with the important discovery Which was passed on himself by that digi, guisned educator, that a college ident should never ask a tan ‘diay for money. According to Dr, Eig’ view the duty of the president sume, be to have his plans in such att shape that they wagld appeal ty man who was interested, and that tye president's appeal was’ far stron when made in the form of a plan, thay When made in the form of a request While President Eliot docs not unter take to show where this idea orisie ed, he thought it worth white to en phasize the fact: that Dr. Booker Washington, “the most. ceconiplisia) solicitor of funds for educational pus poses in the world,” has, througtoat his career, acted on the’ principie ¢ never asking directly for cash, jp has made his cause beg its own wap by making it appeal so strongly to te sympathy of wealthy men that the have cheerfully and enihusiasticaliy volunteered their financial suppor, It would seem that “begging” is realy one of the fine arts, indigenous tp American soil, with a Nesro as the most successful exemplar of its yast possipilities. It is concesed that th best “begging” for any worthy caus in this generation is made in aocor dance with the principle laid down ty Booker T. Washington. cee In Norfolk, the proposed “rin i: augurated for “The Clansman” has been abandoned. The company, ix eluding Tom Dixon and his mezath erian audacity, has departed, bag ant baggage, for New York, leaving 1 one to regret their absence. The « gagement dragged through but om measly week. ‘The people refused t be interested in Dixon's rot, and all parties concerned lost money. The “let it alone” policy worked like charm. The companies playing Granby and the Majestic are drawing fine houses every night and raking a the dollars. The good citizens of Ne: folk are to be congratulated up their discriminating judgment in the| matter of the dramatic food servel to them, if for no other reason, se The consesus of opinion among the] A.M. E. clientele who drop us frequent} letters, suggestions, etc., seems to be that five Bishops will be chosen by) the General Conference at Norfoit next May. The favorite slate includes thé names of Drs. EB. W. Lampton, B. Parks, J.M. Conner, 1. H. Reynolds and H. T. Johnson. The Episcopl Bench would be materially streagt ened by the addition of these emineat churchmen, and five are none to many, if the church is to be expaniel and the present field tilled as thor oughly as is should be. R. W. THOMPSON. (Continued from first page) enlist the helpful sympathy and i terest of all interested in the bus ness future of the Nesto people Mr. Philip A. Payton, Jr., a menhet of the Executive Committee, on Fr day evening, at his beantiful home No. 13 West One Hindred and Thi ty-first street, entertained the Exect tive Committee at a banquet siven it its honor. ‘The board was also grace! by the presence of two other bishls representative men of the race, Hoe W. Anderson, collector of intel revenue, New York City, and_Ho Harry W. Furniss, American 7005 Extraordinary and Minister Pleaist tentiary to the Haytien government ———— Miss It So many ailments ar purely nervous affections that you can hardly miss it if you, try Dr. Miles Nervine. It restores ner ous energy—and throug its invigorating influent upon the nervous syste the organs are strengthe ed. The heart action 8 better; digestion improv ed, the sluggish condition overcome, and healthy a+ tivity re-established. “De, Miles, Nervine, is wthaae What allea'me, {had a gov 1hysiie but got mo relief. I could not of sleep, work, sit or stand. I was nest eragy. One day T picked up yout the first thing tat met m= le ¥) fan advertisement. of Dr. Sle" Xe!) ine, T concluded to try it hs doctor go, and I did so. After OA two bottles T could dees mt I began taking Dr, Miles! If." and now T can work and 5 have told many the benefit ! ceived from these remedies 3" eral of them have been curd 1 J since, Tam fifty-nine years ot ANNA"R. PALMER, Lewistown. Po drreeieerecNerat dtatene that Set borkia will pensnie. if 1 fails, Wil refuna “your money. Miles Medical Co., Elichart, Ind The St London is gradually growing stricter with stage children. A trio under 14 has been refused a license. Wilson and Puggsley have just closed a ten week's engagement. Regards to the profession. George Fletcher is meeting with much success with Fred S. Millican's Minstrels, en route through Alabama. Dick Williams, the famous comedian, will open the season with Henry Bros. shows. Regards to all friends. * * * Tom Brown, the clever performer and song writer, is now in New York with interests in the Archer & Lemonier Publishing concern. * * * * "There is a good show at the Alhambra (Barrasford). The headliners are the fourteen 'Black Hussars,' known on your side, and a hit in Paris."—Paris Notes in New York Variety. * * * * Chas S. O'Brien, the Ragtine Banjo King, has recently returned from Cape Town, Africa, and is now with the Sells-Floto Circus. He wishes to hear from the Bradfords, Charles Walker and Ida May. * * * * Laura S. Logan, known in the profession as the sweet soprano and coonshouter, has written some songs that will be placed in the market very soon, and will no doubt made a decided hit. "Carita Day and Her 'White Picks,'" is the latest act Miss Day has prepared. The t two boys used were formerly with Eddie Leonard. Miss Day was Ernest Hogan's leading lady in the successful presentation of "Rufus Rastus." * * * * C. W. Moseley, proprietor of Moseley's European Hotel at Richmond, Va. has opened an up-to-date Roof Garden at his hotel, spending a large sum of money fitting up the same, which is one of the most enjoyable palaces in the South. * * * * Myers and Keller have a large colored act in preparation and its first appearance is booked by them at Bayonne, N. J., Park. Bert and Bertha Grant are the principal members. Time for next season will be obtained if the piece proves successful. The Great English Hoop-Rolling Marvel, and Queen Dora, with her Electrical Dances, have closed with Gideon's "Hottest Coon in Dixie" Co, at Hamilton, Can. They join the S. H. Dudley's "Jolly Ethiopians" at Philadelphia. Regards to friends. * * * * Frank Sutton, the well known Pittsburg, was in the city last Thursday, en route to his home from French Lick Springs. While here he was shown beautiful Indianapolis by genial Archie Greathouse in his Automobile, after which he was entertained at dinner at Mr. Greathouse's beautiful residence in N. Capitol Ave. * * * * The Meredith Sisters are compelled to cancel a few weeks of their time, owing to the temporary giving out of Pearl's voice. After a short rest they will go to Europe, where they are in big demand and after another tour of that side, during which they will visit China, they will return to America with many added features to the act. WALKWOOD THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER Billy Bradley, of Bradley & Miller, writes: "We are making a grand success with our act in vaudeville on the Royal and Baldson circuit of vaudeville houses in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Miss Daisy Miller is singing with great success 'Feather Your Nest.' I am married now. Regards to friends with the 'Funny Folks Co.' "Donaldson's Florida Blossoms," and P. G. Lowery and Company. Permanent address, The Freeman." * * * * The Sells-Floto Side Show Band is composed of the following members: Benjamin Lowe, director, solo cornet; Sherrill Green, cornet; Littleton McDuff, cornet; Arthur Jackson, clarinet; Daniel Smith, 1st Alto; James Brown, 2d alto; Benjamin Everett, 1st trombone; W. A. Hall, 2d trombone; Vernia Johnson, 2d trombone; Milton Fore, baritone; Prentice Griffin, tuba; Samuel McDaniel, snare drum; Chas. S. O'Brien, bass drum. Among the calefs at The Freeman office last week were John Larkins, Elizabeth Wallace, Lizzie Taylor, Helen Taylor, Marie LaCalle, Cora LaCalle, Lucile Baynard, Emma Baynard Whitney, Mamie Carter, Al Watts, Mabel Gant, Arthur Lillard, Mr, and Mrs. Montrose Douglas, Leo Barley, Eugene Barley, John Boone, Gertrude Peterson, William Cook, James Reed and Charles Bongra, members of the Black Pattl Troubadours. Leroy Bland writes from Frank Mahara's Minstrels: The land of lee and snow is what Wisconsin should be called, as it is at this writing, the 1st of May, and snow—snow everywhere. But the business is great and everyone is happy, for the ghost hasn't been crippled yet. Our band is looking fine in their beautiful new uniforms. The stage folks are looking forward for the day to arrive when their new first part cothes will appear, as they are jealous of the band's suits, for they certainly look good to me. Sunday, April 28, was indeed a gala day for the Black Patti Troubadours, as, through the kindness of their genial managers, Messrs. Voelckel and Nolan they were allowed a stop-over on their way from Chicago to La Salle in order to witness the matinee of the "Dandy Dixie Minstrels." The performance was par excellence and afterward the boys gave a swell luncheon in their private car for the guests. Everyone bade farewell at 5:30 p. m., with sincere regrets and hopes of another reunion in the near future. Le Roy Bland writes from Fank Mahara's Minstrels: A month among the pines and we have been getting the money, although it is just like winter. It seems as though the people of northern Wisconsin are doomed to have very little summer this year, for it snows, then rains and is very disagreeable, but the business is fine and crowded houses gret us everywhere. We had the pleasure to meet the McCable Troubadours last Monday at Marshfield, Wis., and spent a few hours of happiness together, meeting old friends and making new ones. The company numbers twelve people, and they certainly looked prosperous. Ed Frye has left the company to get married, and every one wishes him much success in his new life. Le Roy Bland's sextet, assisted by the following people, Jessie Harris, Bertha Stone St. Clair, Julia Russell, Jake Elliott, Arthur Moss and W. B. Bostwick, are getting along fine in their African hindoo love story, entitled, 'In a Hindoo Cause,' published by Shepard N. Edmonds. Our band, under Prof. H. Q. Clark, is just fine. Arthur Moss is singing "Good-Bye, Sweetheart, Good-Bye" very nicely. Leah Clarks, "He's a Cousin of Mine," is a scream, and W. B. Bostwick's rendition of "I'll Be Back in a Minute." always endears him to his auditors. The Harrises—James and Jessie—are fastly coming to the front as a neat singing duo. Bertha Stone is still making a hit with "Consolation," for she renders it very soul stirring. Jake Elliott makes them scream in his funny dance. George Smith, our great trap drummer, has added two new drums to his large collection of traps. Every one is happy and well and send our best regards to friends. THE FUNNY FOLKS COMEDY CO. We are still in the State of Mississippi, the weather has been bad and very rainy for the past four weeks, but we are doing a very good business considering. Everybody is happy. Tom White is singing "Miss Georgia," together with his eccentric dancing is simply cleaning up. Hi Jerry Barnes is doing nicely with "He's A Cousin of Mine," also Miss Susie Beavers is using with telling effect, "I'm Going Right Back to Chicago." The consensus of opinion with the entire company is that our genial Manager Mitchell Chappelle is the best ever. He would like to hear from Prof. A. G. Jones, Malcolm New and Rudolph Reynard. Jim London, our spieler, sends regards to "The Rabbit Foot Co.' and friends. We will soon be in the State of Arkansas. Our chef, Lon Campbell, wishes to be remembered to friends. CONEY ISLAND MINSTRELS. Chas, Stafford, the singing comedian and artistic entertainer, has been reengaged to take charge of the Coney Island Minstrel, after an absence of seven weeks, receiving the position after the dismissal of Robt C. White. The show is featured by the leading comedian, Lee Henderson and Mance McDaniel, monarchs of burnt cork. The McNeils—Rhodia and Johnny—are cleaning up nightly with their new act, "Wash Day in Coon Town." Miss Estella Nyler, the dainty comedienne, is always pleasing. Mr. Joseph Jefferson is rendering his latest bass solo, SCENES FROM BLACK-PATTI A ROYAL COOM. "EPH JACKSON DON'T LIVE HERE NO NO." KING AND BAILEY JOHN LARKINS. EPH JACKSON WOW-0-0-00- WOW-0-0-00 MONTROSE DOUGLAS. THAT'S FARTING. MARIE LACALS. "LIT-T-ALONE" "LIT-TIT-ALONE" AL. F. WATTS. THE MISE R. (AC.F. WATTS) BLACK PATTI. Miss Estella Finley takes the audience by storm in her buck and wing dancing. Albert Smith, the knockabout comedian, has returned to the show with new, up-to-date stuff. The orchestra, of 6 pieces, under the direction of Prof. Boyd McDonell, is rendering nothing but the latest music. The show is stronger and better than ever and Mr. Char. Stafford, the stage manager—Jolly Chase, as he is called by all the company—is being complimented daily by the owner, Mr. Mike Smith and the manager, Mr. Joe Oppice, on the success of the show. We are carrying seventeen people. JOLLY JOHN LARKINS STILL KICKS 'EM HARD. The Black Patti Troubadours met with the strongest and most cordial greeting during their last visit to Dayton, Columbus and Pittsburg than any former time in the history of the company. The universal satisfaction given this season is conceded to be the acquisition of Jolly John Larkins, the big comedian. His popular song hit, "Common Sense," is still the hit of the show. Mr. Larkins has just completed another winner, "My Sweet Charinda Brown," which the management at once accepted and is using it in the place of "Coleen Baum," which was formerly one of the feature song numbersThe Thompson Music Co., 268 Wabash Ave., Chicago, are the publishers of the new song. WITH COLE BROTHERS' CIRCUS The Bruces and Jolly Prices are making very decisive hits with their high-class work. Mr. Wolfscals might well be proud of the most excellent company he has placed with the Cole Brothers Show for this season. Walter Rector, after two season's absence from Wolfscale's Company, is again found in the bunch. He is making his fifth season here. Regards to Mr. Will Thomas. W. B. Taylor, of Henderson, Ky., is playing trombone in B. and C. with Wolfscale's Band. As he is no novice in the profession, it is needless to say he is given full satisfaction. THE FAMOUS HONOLULU MIN STRELS. S. T. Dunmore's Famous Honolulu Minstrels opened at Columbus, O., April 20th, with the Adam Four Paugh & Sells Brothers' Circus. With one SCENES FROM A ROYAL THE FINAL WHEEZ MAN JOHN MONTROSE DOWELRS. THAT'S FLATING. MARIE L. THE MISER. (AL.F. WATTS) any circus of to-day. With a big success. The's how is doing a larger and better business this season than ever before. The company consists of some of the best colored performers of today, and musicians. Members of the company: Arthur Hoffman, manager side show. Laurence Norris, issistant. S. T. Dunmore, business manager. Charles C. Minor, music director & band leader. C. A. Moore, stage manager. Mrs. S. T. Dunmore, secretary. Td English, solo cornetist. W. H. Shackelford, cornetist. O. L. Actkins, clarinet. H. W. Marton, first trombonist. P. A. Venable, second trombonist. M. S. Newton, first alto. G. K. McCoy, second alto. E. N. Witt, baritone. Ted Morton, bass tuba. J. H. Wickliffe, snare drummer and traps. The company, while in Philadelphia was visited and entertained by Angelo and Matt Hously. All are well and send regards and best wishes to all friends in nd out of the profession. Would like to hear from George Hamilton. WILLIAM McCABE'S GEORGIA TROUBADOURS. A company that carries original people and one that is clean, up-to-date, and strictly A1, first-class, and is endorsed by public and press, and carries their special scenery and effects. New songs, good singing and dancing, that makes the audience in perfect harmony with all, as they call it, "The Funny Show." The title of the play is "A Trip to the Jungles," written and featured by Mr. William MsCabe, the very able and noted comedian. It is a well written play, and has good backgrounds in which every one can bring out the good parts that goes to make a good show better. Mr. McCabe has added to his company "The Simmons," the highclass musical artist, who always spellbound the audience, and are praised very highly for their up-to-date manner and technical way in which they deliver the goods. At the same time was added B. McWilliam, one of Indianapolis's greatest cello solistors, whom the audience says "The man with the overgrown fiddle is a wonder of the age." Miss Medray McCabe, the beautiful Cuban dancer, excells all serpentine dancers of the age, while Master Rudolph McCabe, the funniest boy comedian now on the American stage, always gets his as well, and Master Billum McCabe, the boy ballad artist, is a sure winner. Prof. Rufus Wilson, the great riptime piano soloist, always wins in his original trick piano playing. You can't lose him, that's all. Mr. Walter Laroy, the champion busk and wing dancer, never falls to win and his winning ways wins for him one of the good names, "The Good Drawing Card." The S. R. O. is frequent itself, and the audience knows there is something doing when the orchestra begins its sweet strains of music. The Georgia Troubadours, while passing through Marshfield, Wis, met and surprised the Mahara's Minstrels. They all looked fine and good. We were treated with several which is an excellent one. It was a pleasure for us to meet them, as we of reorganizing and infusing new life have never met a colored show since we left Chicago on June 29, 1905—two selections by Prof. H. G. Clark's Band, years ago—two seasons without closing. The Mahara's Minstrels just got in some beautiful band suits and they certainly did look hot. Mr. William McCabe will carry a band and orchestra next season. J. W. Simmons, band leader. Look out, boys; you want to write when you see the ad. L. E. GIDEON'S HOTTEST COON IN DIXIE COMPANY. Our company is now in its third week in Ontario. All are in good health. Ben Goodall and Miss Elsie Lucas, of the team of Lucas Sisters, joined us at Guelph and the company now numbers 35. E. T. Jackson has BLACK PATTI COOK. "EPH JACKSON COUNTY LIVE WHERE NO NO." KING AND DAILY 0 LARKING. EPH JACKSON WOW-0-0-000. WOW-0-0-000. CALS. "LIT-TIT-ALONE" "LIT-TIT-ALONE" M. F. WATTS. BLACK PATTI. WOOD charge of band, making hits nightly. Miss Edith Logan, the leading soubrette, is meeting with much success; Earl Burton is singing "I wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home." Will Richerson continues to hold the audience spellbound by singing, "Love Me, and the World Is Mine." Theo Henderson in the role of "Lillie Snow White," is filling the part very nicely. Mr. and Mrs. A. Washington, the singing and dancing team, wishes to be remembered to all friends. Rowland the Great Tramp Juggler, wishes to be remembered to P. G. Lowery, Miss Mable Cole, of Ithaca, N. Y., send regards to all friends. Marie Lucas, the trombone soloist, scores a hit at every performance. Miss Lucas is the daughter of Sam Lucas, the Grand Old Man. Andrew Copeland, our stage director, has been very busy the last two weeks writing a new play, entitled "The Man from Southland," for which Mr. Gideon, our manager, is having scenery and electrical effects made by Studebakers, of Chicago. He is also having M. C. Lillie, of Columbus, O., make wardrobe for some. The show will open at Brooklyn, N. Y., the first week in September, and is now booked solid to the coast. Lyrics are being written by Tom Lemonier. Mr. Copeland was an extra big hit the week of the 6th, at Toronto, Ont. Company sends regards to all friends. ERNEST HOGAN HOME. From the New York Variety. "Rufus Rastus" is in town. His show closed last Saturday, and on Monday Ernest Hogan, who has been Rufus Rastus" on the stage all season, dropped into town with four girls recruited from the company. Mr. Hogan calls them the "Four Georgia P.J.COOPER'S Old Plantation Funny Folks Company WHITE CITY, WIS., SATURDAY, MAY 25, 907. Can use a few more Musicians to complete Band and Orchestra or double stage. Good Balyho People, Singers, Dancers, Quarletts, Sister Teams, Novelty Acts. In fact anything that will make good; also EIGHT LADIES for CHORUS. Good people wanted at all times Address P. J. COOPER, 40 Eighth Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Two girls wanted to entertain at Moseley's Roof Garden, Richmond, Va. Must be good singers and dances; also bright and good looking. Will send tickets. Address C. W. MOSLEY, 920 North First Street, Richmond, Va. Write at once and state lowest terms in first letter. Send photo if convenient. Girls," and expects that they will play this season on a roof. Mr. Hogan may do a single act himself during the summer, returning to the road in the fall with a new play called "The Minister to Blazazas," under the management of Hurtig & Seamon. The laughs in the show will commence when Mr. Hogan sneezes out the title. A florist named Nugent, with a place of business on 28th street, near Broadway, summarily caused the arrest of Mr. Hogan several days ago. Hogan was standing in front of the florist's when the proprietor ordered him away. An argument followed, and Nugent had the colored singer arrested. He was immediately bailed out by friends. Later he was arranged in Jefferson Market Police Court. Hogan declares that he is interested in a music publishing firm which has offices in the same building as Nugent's place of business, and protested in court that he had a perfect right to stand on the sidewalk. A. B. C.'S BEAT SPRINGDALES. The A. B. C.c defeated the Spring- dales at Northwestern Park, Sunday by the score of 8 to 6. The features of the game were home runs by Mer- ida, Shawier and Long. Score: A. B. C.c 1.0 4.0 6.0 7.0 A. B. C.'s.....1 0 1 1 4 0 2 00 *-8 7 3 Sp.gdals...0 3 0 1 0 1 0 01 *-6 7 3 Batteries: A. B. C.'s-Talbott and Crimm; Springdales-Giffin, Hawkins and Osborne. Umpire-Adams. Attendance-2,000 As a curtain raiser, the I. B. C. team defeated the "Rooters" by a score of 8 to 4. "THE SHOO-FLY BEGIMENT" (Continued from first page.) charmingly and acceptably, reaching the highest notes with perfect ease. The Fish Jubilee singers were excellent. They carried off the most applause. Messrs Barnet and Hampton of this city had good parts, and they held up their own as well as Louisville's reputation. The chorus was exceptionally fine, and they too shared a great deal of applause. Upon the head of G. M. McCllan falls much of the honor of the May Festival. We have not learned what the net receipts are, but it is reported that no money was lost in the affair. The largest crowd that has ever witnessed a baseball game between two colored teams in this city, did so on last Sunday, between the Louisville Giants and the Cole and Johnson teams. It is estimated that over two thousand five hundred were present. In the practice before the game Mr. Gant, one of the best players of the Cole and Johnson team received a severe cut over the eye accidently, which barred him from taking any part in the game. This fortunate accident seemed to have put a damper on the Cole and Johnson boys and they showed it all through the game. The Louisville Giants are a crack team, having had a great deal of practice this season, while the Cole and Johnsons had had little. At 3 o'clock sharp Umpire Nutter called the game, and the visiting team went to the bat. Mr. Cole, better known as "Celster," made a hit, and Allen went to first base; Porter got his base on balls, while during the first inning Ray, Midleton and Norton got out. The Giants came to the bat and made some good plays. Emmery, Miles and Watson did some good playing, and during the game five scores were made. The second game Jackson, Tribble and Emmett struck out, the visitors being unable to score. Dicky, Emmery and Briscoe of the Giants also struck out. In the third game Norton, Porter and Allen struck out, while in the ending of the game the Giants made one score. During the fourth game neither side was able to score, and some very effective work was done by Cole and Dicky, pitchers. At this point the game became interesting. It was during the fifth game that the Giants pricked up their ears and got in the game right. The visiting boys also picked up courage and made one score. Tribble carrying off the honors of the game, while the Giants made four scores. In the sixth inning Cole, Allen and Middleton were unable to hit or score. The Giants warming up to the past inning, made four more scores. In the seventh inning Ray, Jackson and Tribble of the "Ceisters," fanned out beautifully, but during the same inning Bob Coles got in form and kept the Giants from making so many scores. Capt. Coleman was the only one able to get around the diamond. In the eighth inning Emmett, Norton and Porter struck out, and during the same inning the Giants made three scores. In the ninth the visiting boys were unable to make a score. The game closed with everybody feeling good, having an opportunity of seeing the great song writers on the field, as well as on the stage. The score is as follows: RHE L'svle Giants. .5|0|1|0|4|1|3|0—18|17|0 Cole-Johnson. .0|0|0|4|1|0|4—11|2|0 Mr. Gant, who was hurt, was attended by Dr. J. A. C. Lattimore. The team left Sunday night for Pittsburgh in a Pullman over the Pan Handle. Everybody in the team received about $16.25. Much credit is due Manager Pankey for so extensively advertising the game. Mr. Mose Moore and wife, Marion Smart Moore, are in the city attending the races. They are the guests of Miss Salome Worthington. Mrs. Moore was one of the leading ladies of the land on the stage, her reputation being known all over the universe. Her husband is a popular business man of Dayton, having amassed quite a fortune. Miss Nannie H. Burroughs is out on a tour delivering commencement addresses. She will speak at Danville, Padauch, Richmond and Charleston, S. C., Savanach, Ga., Knoxville, Tenn. and Washington, D. C. CARY B. 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McCameron Prof. J McBade, G W McKenna, J McKanlais, W H Miller, Frank Mongomery, A H Moppin, H Moppin, Pearl Prince, Geo, W Pickett, Mr. Rope, J H Rope, Chas E Rodgers, Fred Rose and Fulton Rose and Edward Rucker, Ross John A Sherman, J E Smith, David Sherman, Grande Shields, William Smith, J J Smith, Prof J J Smith, Stevens, Sam Smith, Harry C Smith, Charles Smith, Thomas, Dick Thompson, A, B Wade, James Kid Wason, Chas Williams — 2 Wood, Edward Wilson, John eathery, Joe easton, Houston Williams & Stevens Williams, J H Bryant Academy Family Cross & Cross Chappell, L. W. Chapman, J. C. Chapman, J. C. Clay, Louis A Clearmont, Frank Edwards, Chas Edwards, John Edwards, Hackleman, E M Beils, Billy Howard, Ed Iwerks, H Iwerks, Arthur Johnson, J Lewis Johnson, Sam Johnson, Billy Jackson, J Jackson, J Jones, Simon Jones, George A Kenney, Charles E Kenney, E Kenney, E Kemp, Robert LaShe L Lomar, Lomar Maxwell, Arthur McKenny, Chas Funny Folks Comedy Company—Helena Ark, May 20; Clarendon, 21; Stuttgart, 22 Blue Bueff, 23; Little Rock, 24; Argenta, 25 Hoboken, 26; May 19; Arnipour, 20; Smith Falls, 23 Beuth, 22; Peliboro, 23; Ospana, 25; Beilleville, 27. Jolly Ethiopians, S. H, Dudley Manager—Chester, Pa, May 30 to June 1. Wm. McCabe's Georgia Troubadours—Ogeean, May 20; Philadelphia, 22; Phillips, 23; Prentice, 24; Athena, 25-26. Frank Mahara Minstead—Faro, N, D, May 21; Valley City, 22; Jamestown, 20; Oakes, 24; Aberdeen, 25-26. S. T. Dunmore, with Forepaugh-Sells' Circu Newark, N, J, May 20; Elizabeth, 2 Earley, 22; Allentown, 22; Lebanon, 24; Pottsville, 23. ADDITIONAL STAGE BY DOROTHY The last colored show of the season brought us Madame Sisseretta Jones (Black Patti), with a female support of twelve, but the superstition of thirteen as far as that number of women is concerned holds no ill place in their success. Madame Jones, the star, has been before the public for many years as an artist and has met with unlimited and unquestioned success, having sung from crowned heads abroad and to newsboys in the gallery in America. She is the highest-salaries colored woman in the business, and the ```markdown ``` 1930 THE FASHION STORY possessor of a fortune in jewels, besides costly gowns and everything else that makes life worth the living to any woman. She is honored everywhere as a positive exponent of the profession she represents, and also as a lady of refinement and culture. Her ideals are high and her manner worthy of imitation. Her form is good and she wears her gowns with that queenly air that characterizes aristocratic heredity. She is as dear as she can be and makes you feel that you have always known her. There is no trace of self-conceit and very prominent in her make-up is her general interest in her friends. She is the only child of her family and her mother lives at Provi is called "Cuppie" and its body. She has been light for some time, parts, and will be reme of the Filipino girls who is very desirous of faction to the public ment, and ir placed to tage in this show and the creative of the opportunity very best. She and her support of their mother Cora seems very child is rather young, but w in accord with "Cuppie loves very much. Miss "Cuppie" Lacale dress when they are ready everything is in order MISS MAE 1 A MISS MABEL GANT dence, R. I., and Madame spends her short vacation there. Miss Mable Gant, who does the turn with Al Watts, is pleasant, but reserved, in her manner, and makes a very good impression on her acquaintances. Elizabeth Wallace is as lively off the stage as she is on, and has many spoiled child notions. She has traveled abroad, but rather likes this side of the big pond, since you must cross it to get to the other side. She is very anxious to be a "real top-notcher" and expects to do some hard studying this summer. She was here with the Smart Set two seasons ago. Lizzie Taylor has the responsibility of the wardrobe and does good work in the production. She is from Chicago, where her husband and mother --- now live, and made quite a name for herself two seasons ago at the Pekin singing "Feather Your Nest." She is really more inclined to be of the domestic sort than to be in the eye of the public. She intends staying at home next season and keeping house. Her sister, Helen Taylor, is also with the company. She teases everybody and is into everything, in every girl's dressing room, passing her opinion on things in general and keeps up amusement for everybody. Then there are two other sisters, Marie and Cora Lacale. The former C is called "Cuppie" and is a fine little body. She has been before the footlights for some time, but not in big parts, and will be remembered as one of the Filipino girls with Carita Day. She is very desirous of giving satisfaction to the public and management, and ir placed to a good advantage in this show and is very appreciative of the opportunity to do her very best. She and her sister are the support of their mother in New York. Cora seems very child-like, and she is rather young, but works hard and in accord with "Cuppie," whom she loves very much. Miss Wallace and "Cuppie" Lacale dress together, and when they are ready for the street everything is in order. Powder and ABEL GANT make up are in their place, every dress hung just so, and slippers all in a row. Everything indicating neatness. Lucile Baynarde is quick, full of life and fire, and has had the misfortune of having her trunk, with its contents, misappropriated, and the relating of the same brings forth a storm of reproach against the offender, in spite of the fact that she has another one, replenished with a well-chosen apparel. Emma Baynard Whitney was seen here last season with the Smart Set and traveled with the same company at the beginning of the season, but on account of the serious illness of her mother she was compelled to cancel her engagement, and after her mother's recovery she joined the THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. 1900 Troubadours. She enjoys the work from the pleasure derived and from a financial standpoint. She will not join her husband in the summer show of S. H. Dudley, but will rest for several weeks during the heated term. Mamie Carter made many friends while here and makes a very swell appearance in street costume. Gertrude Peterson does not appear to one as a "ilmeight" follower and when she does that dancing stunt it did seem almost possible. She has an attractiveness that seems fitted to a writer of the Marie Corelle style. Mrs. Montrose Douglass is the only one of the company traveling with her husband, and is full of dash and go. A rather handsome face, pleasant manner and graceful form, add to the charm of her talent And thus they appear behind the scenes, another regiment of the army of working women. Each one earning their living by the sweat of their own brow, and each one, as is true of all, sensitive to the fact that they are a target for gossip. But, that does not hamper their ambition to use their given talent, for they are confident that in time the public will be more fair to women who must earn their own living; that men who pose as gentlemen elsewhere will treat a chorus girl as they would wish that their ```markdown ``` JAMES ERNEST GREEN. own sister be treated in thier social world, and the most critical will demand the same proof as to the reputation of a woman in public life that they must have concerning the woman in private life who is surrounded with a home and protection. When all Negro men reach that point where they will protect their women and treat them with that consideration that every race gives to theirs, not only will the woman in public life be better off, but all the race in general. Madame Jones has surrounded herself with good workers and for her all of them have the highest respect. "And when the players' mask is laid away The book of labor and reward is sealed; No more we heed the trappings of the play. And each one themselves is revealed. Each one, on them the honor rests. Lives well lived, long duties nobly done; Each one gone to their eternal life; That is the better fame for all to win." Watts and Gant are the team names of those two entertaining people, A. F. Watts and Mabel Gant, who took a prominent part in the new Black Patti Troubadours that were seen at the Park Theater last AL. WATTS. AL. WATTS. week. Mr. Watts is very versatile in the and of recognized ability. He has has be histronic talent of high order. Miss pared Gant is a good coon song singer, a father buck and wing dancer and also fancy too, c dancer. COMPANION OF MADAM JONES AND HER BABY BY DOROTHY. Over nine years ago J. Ed Green, the producer and playwright at the Pekin, met and won Jeanette Murphy in Chicago, and one year later they were married at St. Louis. Four years later the stork came to Nashville, Tenn., while Mrs. Green was visiting her sister, and brought them a baby, who was called James Ernest, James for a friend of Mr. Green's at New Albany, Ind., and Ernest, for Mr. Hogan, his former associate in professional work. James Ernest is a bright little fellow, with his mother's pretty eyes and his father's positive disposition. He loves his parents very dearly and shows everybody their pictures, whether the chubby little hands are clean in dirty, "you must see my papa and my mama." His father idolizes him, A MRS. JEANETTE M. GREEN. and at one time sent him thirty-two dresses. He dreams of the time when James Ernest will follow in his own footsteps far up the ladder of success. James Ernest will follow in his own theatrical season by a friend of Mrs. Green's at New York, and his joy is beyond description when his mama comes home. Mrs. Green has been the devoted companion of Madam Sisieretta Joner (Black Patti), for five years. She is of a quiet and retiring disposition and is Madame's "jewel." She looks after everything for her and accompanies her everywhere. The sight of Jeanette is all sufficient to allay most any worry that the great singer may have, and the thought that perhaps Jeanette and J. Ed, together with the baby may settle down to housekeeping next season and that she may lose her Jeanette is causing Madame Jones to lay awake nights and wonder what she will do without her. She thinks that J. Ed and baby James may need her, and then she says to herself: "I can't give her up now, for I need her most." Mrs. Green also takes a part in the production, but all her enthusiasm is centered in the future of James Ernest, who no doubt will take to the profession. At some distant date no doubt, we will hear of a cottage in a quiet town, with flower gardens, and green grass and every comfort necessary to happiness. There will be books and books, piano and music and a study, with manuscripts galore of new plays that are hits, and in the most will be J. Ed Green, Jeanette will be petting some favorite flower WATTS. in the garden. James Ernest, who has been away to school, being prepared to take up where his ambitious father has left off, and Madame Jones, too, comes the same day to see her own Jeanette. Catering to no special Race, Creed or Color. Published at Hazleton, Pa., SYLVESTE RUSSELL, Editor and Proprietor All the most important details of the American Stage, abreviated Editorials on National Questions, Passion Poems, Comic Prose and a special Domestic Subject will appear each month by the Famous Sage Critic, Domestic Poet and common Philosopher. 50c=== Special Subscription ===50c FOR ONE YEAR. Address all mail to THE SYLVESTER RUSSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY. Hazleton, Pa. 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LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 9.—A bad taste is in the mouths if fight fans as a result of Wednesday night's Burns-O'Brien battle, which developed into a sprinting match and the awarding of the decision to Burns at the conclusion of the 20-round go. Throughout the bout Burns pursued his shifty opponent, and, although he several times got in hard blows, there was not even a knockdown during the affair. Contest Had Shady Tinge. A rather shady tinge was given the bout when Referee Eyton, the club referee, called off all bets from the ringside before hostilities commenced. He declined to assign any reason for this action, but one rumor had it that Billy Nolan, now manager of O'Brien, had a large amount down on his charge and had circulated stories that reached Promoter Tom McCarey's ears, thereupon ordered Eyton to take the action that followed. There appeared a decided difference of opinion among the spectators as to whether a clever fake was pulled off or not. O'Brien Appeared Afraid. In the first round, O'Brien carried his defensive tactice to such an extent that he appeared to be afraid of Burns' rushes. In round two they mixed fiercely. From the third to the fifth, O'Brien showed more aggressiveness and landed repeatedly, but his blows went high and lacked steam. From the fifth to the tenth round, with exception of the ninth, the fight was a runaway affair on the part of O'Brien. Few Blows were landed. In the ninth one of the firecest mixups of the evening occurred. In round twelve Burns was after his man in a way that looked as though he was after a knockout. They kept it up in round thirteen, neither having much the advantage and both landing effectively. In the fourteenth Burns' eye was almost closed by a swing. In the fifteenth they both missed and Burns then landed left and right to the face. O'Brien was almost knocked through the ropes, both trying for a knockout. Slugged O'Brien at Will. From the fifteenth to the twentieth, Burns sailed in viciously, following up every advantage and slugging O'Brien at will, landing on face and body. Burns clearly outpointed O'Brien. to the Stomach. LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 10.—After twenty terrific rounds the battle between Jack "Twin" Sullivan of Boston and Hugo Kelly of Chicago for the middleweight championship was declared a draw by Referee Tommy Burns tonight. It was a fierce contest from the first tap of the gong till the referee raised the gloves of both fighters at the end. Sullivan fought a clever, heady battle, but he was pitted against as tough a proposition as he has ever met in the ring. There was a long squabble before the fight over the question of a referee. Kelly refused to accept Charlie Eyton, the club official, owing to the fact that he thought Eyton had given him the worst of the decision in his former battle with Sullivan. Tommy Burns was selected and rendered a good decision. Hugo Worries Sullivan. Kelly fought like a whirlwind. He went at the Boston boy in a manner that seemed to sweep Sullivan off his feet. Several times Kelly had Sullivan worried by his series of rights and lefts to the pit of the stomach. At one point Sullivan seemed to be feeling badly, but as the fight pressed he improved. Jack's straight lefts to the face brought blood from Kelly's nose, and the hard lefts in the pit of the stomach in close quarters had the Chicagoan on the defensive in the clinches. At one stage of the battle Kelly appeared to be weakening and hung on as if about to go down. In the fourteenth round Kelly was the stronger and caught Jack on the jaw with a left sending him to the floor. Sullivan was up fighting in a moment. There was considerable clinching throughout the fight, the men repeatedly struggling the length of the ring with locked arms several times, and Referee Burns was forced to separate them by main strength. In the heat of a hot mixup in the eighteenth Kelly sent in a low left which apparently did no damage. Referee Burns started to caution Kelly and Sullivan dropped to his knees with a move as if hurt. Burns, after cautioning Kelly, motioned the men to fight. The decision was a fair one. The Hard Hitting and Fast Fielding A. B. C. Ball Team. THE BASEBALL TEAM Top Row, Left to Right—Fred. Hutchinson, S. S.; James Shawler, L. F., Capt. Elmer Hirson, C. F.; John Merida, C. B.; Lewis Gatewood, 3B. Lower Row, Left to Right—Frank Young, R. F.; William Prigm, C.; Leonard Griffin, P.; John Chenault, C.; George Board, 1B. The woods are full of champions—to hear them tell it. The funnies thing in the "champion" line just now is Honey Mellody. Honey is a fine fellow and a good, hard fighter. He always fights to win. But doesn't he love that title? Honey wouldn't risk losing it for the world. He is so anxious to hold it that he won't fight for it. He just makes his matches at a middleweight figure and calmly announces that he isn't "fighting for the title." As things stand, Mike "Twin" Sullivan has a clear claim to the honors if he can show that he weighed in as a welterweight when he fought and whipped Mellody in Los Angeles. Of course, if he wasnt a welterweight he isn't welterweight champion It doesn't make any difference what Mellody weighed, if Sullivan was a welterweight. If Mellody tipped the beam at a ton and lost to a welterweight he lost his title. According to my way of thinking he had forfeited it anyway by failing to defend it at weight. Joe Thomas the Best. As for Joe Thomas, he is the best of the lot, but he has no claim on the weiterweight championship yet. His first victory over Mellody was won before Mellody took the championship from Walcott. It doesn't count. His second bout with Mellody couldn't count unless it had ended in a knockout, for there was no referee's decision to base a change of championship on. Thomas had the best of the bout, but it was only a six-round affair and didn't show anything except that Thomas was a better boxer. There is no middleweight champion now. Fitzsimmons has been heard from again. Fitz claims that he is The Hard Hitting and Ball Top Row, Left to Right—Fred. Hutchlin Elmer Harron, C. F.; John Merida, 2B.; L. Lower Row, Left to Right—Frank Y. Griffin, P.; John Chenault, C.; George B. Ran Butler, Own still the best of them middleweights, because no one ever took the title from him. But Bob's claim is a joke. He may be able to whip all the middleweights in the ring just now, but he has no right to the title until he does it, for he retired from the middleweight class ten years ago, and hasn't fought a middleweight in all that time. The heavyweight jumble is no better than the others. "Jeff" is the only man in sight when he is in the ring. But "Jeff" has retired—permanently retired, "unless a foreigner wins the title." That puts "Jeff" out of it. No foreigner is going to win the title. Tommy Burns and Jack O'Brien have rival claims. Jack Johnson wants to argue. Sam Langford, if he whips Gunner Moir in England, will have a few words to say. Mike Schreck says he is the champion, because Jim Corbett picks him as the best man in the country. Burns and O'Brien are the nearest to the real thing. O'Brien beat Fitzsimmons. Burns disposed of Marvin Hart. Burns and O'Brien fought a draw. When the winner of their next battle takes on Bill Squires of Australia the situation will be cleared up. Neil's Carelessness. Abe Attell is featherweight champion. The bantam title is floating about in England, where Frankie Neil carelessly left it a couple of years ago. As for the light heavyweight, that is Jack O'Brien, and he hasn't even mentioned it for a year. It will soon be a forgotten honor, invented for a special class fight between McCoy and Root, and fallen into disuse because it is a superfluity now that the gigantic Jeffries has retired from fistcuffs. Jack Johnson, being unable to secure a match with Squires, the Australian, has returned to America. MAKE YOUR BICYCLE TO R. BARON BICYCLES and HARDWARE Our Guarantee is Good phone 5407, Indianapolis, Ind. PURSES I HAVE FOUGHT FOR. When a successful professional boxer looks back over a long record he is compelled to think of meager purses he has sometimes fought for. I once fought for a $4 purse, won the battle and then was paid off by $4 worth of hot air. This battle happened on April 23, 1896, in Philadelphia. My opponent was Neil Collins, and the affair what is called a "grudge fight." It was at a benefit given for Jack Hanlon, and I won easily in four rounds. When I went around to Billy Payne to get my money he threw a hard luck story at me that was perfectly satisfying and kept the money. There is quite a difference in the size of that purse and the amount of money I earned in San Francisco by defeating Robert Fitzsimmons. That battle netted me $7,156 off the reel. I bet $1,000 on myself and won $1,200 more, and then I got a 16-week engagement in vaudeville theaters at a salary of $700 a week. So that Fitzsimmons battle netted me in the neighborhood of $12,000. Up to that time that was the biggest amount of money I ever earned at one time in the ring. When I was seeking a reputation I frequently fought for $50 and $75 purses, and many times had great trouble in collecting the coin. When I first blew into Chicago from Philadelphia, and incidentally it was my initial trip away from home, I had with me Danny McMann, one of the best little men that ever drew on a glove. This was in 1899, and both of us were up against it as regards ready money. At last I secured a match with Kid Baxter. The latter was one of those "dese and dose" class of fighters. Joe Choyinski was acting as referee, and he gave me the decision. That was the first time I had ever met Choyinski and it was only a few years later that I met him in the ring and defeated him decisively. Sol White's "History of Colored Base Ball" is "just off the press. It is unique, in that no history of the popular pastime, as played by colored men, has ever before been written. No one knows more of the progress of the game better than he, and he writes most entertainingly. In addition to the full tale of the progress of the game there are nearly a hundred half-tone pictures of old-time and present-time colored players, includ- Fast Fielding A. B. C. Team. Jenson, S. S.; James Shawler, L. F., Capt. Lewis Gatewood, 3B. Young, R. F.; William Primm, C.; Leonard Board, 1B. Mer and Manager. ing all of the present-day celebrities, and a number of groups of the prominent teams or tuns and past years. The book is on sale wherever the Philadelphia Giants are playing. Sam Langford, colored American pug, who whipped Tiger Smith at London, has issued a challenge to any man in England at his weight. Major Taylor Found. PARIS, May 10.—The French expert bicycle rider, Poulain, be "Major" Taylor, the American colored rider, yesterday, in an interesting match. The Louisville Giants defeated the Kentucky O. K.'s Sunday, May 5, by the score of 18 to 4. Batteries—L. G., C. Coleman and J. Bell; Ky, O. K.'s Hayden and Churebill. THE PEKIN. The "sold out" at the Pekin, State and 27th streets, is working over time. The present attraction, "The Husband," is probably the very best of all of the Pekin successes. There is a snap and a go to this musical farce comedy that is irresistible and it can be truly said that every line is a laugh and every song a hit. A great deal can be said for the staging of the ensembles and different song numbers, the evolutions and choral effects being the greatest ever attempted by J. Ed Green, the Pekin stage director. Harrison Stewart has a part in this new show that is certainly a scream from curtain to curtain and he is nightly greeted by a whirlwind of applause and laughter. Jerry Mills, Lottie Grady, Dom Wormley, Mat Marshall, Nettie Lewis, Pearl Brown, acquit themselves more than creditably. Among the song hits, of course, "Running Wild" is the main feature. This song is destined to be one of the song hits of the century. At all of the cafes and restaurants, nothing can be heard now but "Running Wild"; "Oh, Susann," "Lady Lindy" and "Butlers and Maids." Opening chorus are next in the line of popular favor. The music of this show was written exclusively for this production by Joe Jordan and J. T. Brymm. --- BASE BALL UNIFORMS At... 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The death of Rev. W. H. Brown occurat Ft. Wayne, Ind., Monday. He was a member of Central Lodge, F. A. and A. M. of this city. Rev. Noah W. Williams, and Dr. Norrel of Richmond, and Charles Herring of Greencastle were in the city Wednesday en route to Franklin. W. A. Kersey was in South Bend, Ind., this week in the interest of Y. M. C. A. work and organized a prayer band. Hh also spent a day at Chicago. The Y. M. C. A* will hold a public meeting at Simpson Chapel at 3 p. m. at which time Thomas E. Taylor, the general secretary will review the work of the past year The teachers of No. 26 school will give the program at Flanner Guild Sunday, Miss Frances Berry will deliver an address and Theodore Cable will render a violin solo. Bethel A. M. E. Church Benefit Club will give a grand entertainment at the church Tuesday evening May 21. Harry Fidler, the minic and impersonator, supported by excellent local talent will present the program. Mrs. Mamle Gardiner is president of the club. Ascension services of the Zerubbabee Commandery of Knights of Templar were held at Allen Chanel last Sunday night. The sermon was delivered by Rev. George Sampson; Scripture reading by Mrs. Joe Lewis and Mrs. Fred Patridge rendered an effective solo, "O, Lord, Show Me the Way." STOCK SEASON OPEN. THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. ing "The Darling of the Gods." The company is very strong, and will present all standard productions during the six weeks of its engagement. "The Girl I Left Behind Me" will be the opening next week. RICHMOND, VA. Booker T. Washington, Jr., was among the guests for the past week at Miller's Hotel. Mrs. Miller entertained in their honor with a dance Friday night of last week at Princess Hall.—C. W. Mosely, Wilmer Turner and George Burrell have returned from the Jamestown Exposition, where they spent several days. MOBILE, ALA. You can get The Freeman at the People's Drug Store.—J L. 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The Pilgrims of the city have been visited and a grand total of members and monies reported were astonishing to the grand head of that order.—The city election is warming up things.—The colored tax payers and voters club is in the limelight having organized in the city and the results are more than gratifying in a pure principaled way.—Use that poll receipt to the best advantage which will help to make a greater Dallas and better citizens and better your homes.—The Odd Fellows Thanksgiving services was held at St. John Baptist Church cor. Allen and Cochran streets Sunday. 6 lodges and 4 Households of Ruth took a part Rev. McPheasant did justice to the three links and a neat program was presented showing the progress of the order and etc.—Phone J. G. Griffin main 1754 your wants.—Mrs. Haden and son of Argmore were the honored guest of Mrs. J. G. 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The house was crowded to the door, and if the initiatory audience be a basis upon which to judge future attendance the enterprise is booked for grand success. The management has spared no pain in fitting the place up with all the latest equipments necessary to a first-class skating rink. No detail seems to have been omitted. All of the best colored citizens are loud in their praise of the way the place is conducted. No rowdyism of any character is tolerated. The sweet strains of Shelton's Orchestra, which has been materially augmented for the occasion, dispensed the music for the occasion and will continue. Out of town visitors have not seen Indianapolis until they have visited the Mascot Skating Rink. See advertisement elsewhere in this issue. --- 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. BALL BEARING Roller Skates Extra heavy wheels and Steel Ball Bearings. Special Priced While they last, $2.45 Other Steel Roller Skates at 75c, $1.25. We also sell Henley Skates. VONNEGUT HARDWARE CO., 120-124 E. Washington St. 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. "Dorothy" SAYS The GAS RANGE has emancipated Women From a Condition of SLAVERY In the Preparation of Food. Housewives AND Cooks Should Take Her Advice and get a "PERFECT" Gas Range SOLD BY The Indianapolis Gas Company, 45 S. Pennsylvania Street. Clothes for Men of Taste The latest styles in cut and design, together with the newest patterns in the recognized fabrics of fash- ionable correctness, for $9.99 No More No Less Park Theater Cloth- ing Store, 150 West Washington St. 500 COLORED MEN AND WOMEN WANTED For all kind of work. Write me to day and see what I have to offer you. All you have to do is to get on the train in your town, get off in Pittsburg and go to w rk; can secure this position for you before you leave home. If you have a sister, mother, daughter, wife or any relative that want to come out here write me before the summer is gone for particulars. Write THOS. H. HARRISON, 1310 Wylie Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. The Greatest Novelty Ever Introduced in the Interest of COLORED PEOPLE. Admission 10 Cents, Skates 15 cents Extra Music by SHELTON'S ORCHESTRA. Realty Hall, West North St. 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 snakes 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 the office? The Bee Hive LADIES OUTFITTERS 408 W.WASH. 37 Low Neck, SWISS EMBROIDERY Waists 98c Trimmed, Voile Jumper Suits $4.95 Plaid Linen Jumper Suits $3.98 Full plaited Voile Skirts $2.95 Sailors 49c One-Third off on every Hat and Skirt in the store for SATURDAY----408 W. Washington Street ALL GOODS SOLD BY PINK'S Cut Rate Pharmacy Comply in every way with the PURE FOOD LAW. We Lead, Others Try to Follow. PINK'S PHARMACY, 550 Indiana Ave., Southeast Corner West Street. To make room for our fastly arriving Summer stock we will close out all Spring Suits, Jackets, Skirts and Millinery at one-half regular prices. $15.00, $18.00 and $20.00 Tailor-made Suits, well made in Pony and Eton styles. DOMB BROS, LADIES' OUTFITTERS. 134 W. Washington Street. Everybody knows that we have the NEWEST AND LATEST FADS. Ask your friends. Suits $20.00 and up. THE GRAND LEADER 338-340 E.WASH.ST. Wash Suits, All new style waists and full made Skirts, in light blue, navy and pin dot lawns, regular $2.75 values, sale price $1.49 EVERYBODY Goes to NORTON'S DRUG STORE, corner Indiana Ave., and Michigan 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. The Freeman can be found at Los Angeles, Cal., at W. M. Shelton's, 733 E. 3rd street. Between the Physician and Patient stands the Pharmacist. It is his office to dispense the purest and best drugs. Upon his skill and integrity the physician depends for results. An error on his part may result seriously for the patient. You can, with confidence, bring your prescriptions to Gauld's Pharmacy. 601 Indiana Ave. Try a classified ad in The Freeman