The Freeman

INDIANAPOLIS JUN 29 1907 PUBLIC LIBRARY The FREEMAN A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER VOLUME XX NUMBER 25 INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PROF. J. F. LANE, A. M. IS NOW HEAD OF INSTITUTION MERIT WINS HIGHEST POSITION For Ten Years a Professor in the College--Takes Great Interest in Its Welfare--Enjoys Confidence and Respect of Students. Editor Freeman: The letter which appeared in your issue of June the 15th, purporting to be a "write-up" of the Commencement Exercises of Lane College, but which was, in fact, a tirade against Bishop Isaac Lane, one of the most honorable men in all this country, is, so far as it touches upon the change of President at Lane College, is wholly a misrepresentation of the facts which the writer of said article undertook to discuss. He falls far short of the truth when he asserted that there was no cause for the change of president at Lane College, and that Prof. Bray was "ousted" simply to make a place for Prof. J. F. Lane, the son of the Bishop. The writer of that article is either ignorant of the true conditions about the college, or he richly deserves membership in the Ananias Club. Lane College is a great institution of learning, and she has held her own during the past four years under the administration of Prof. Bray, not because of, but in spite of, the peculiar conditions which have prevailed there. God in heaven knows that I would do no man any harm, but ruth is the light of the world. It is well known that ever since Prof. Bray took charge of affairs of the College, there have been upheavals among the students, turmoil and confusion almost without an end. Experience extending over four years has clearly demonstrated that he is not the right man for that place. After prayerful consideration, those in authority thought that four years were long enough for the school to suffer by the experiment; they therefore sought a change. Knowing that the office of president is an appointive one, a petition was presented to the board of Bishops in their regular annual meeting, praying for a relief from the services of President J. A. Bray. The matter was referred by the Board of Bishops to the Board of Trustees and Bishop Lane, the founder, promoter and patron Bishop of the college. When the General Trustee Board met during commencement week, eleven of the seventeen trustees present signed a petition asking that the change be made. Whether eleven out of seventeen are a majority or not, is a problem of Arithmetic which I am willing to leave for its solution to any ten-year-old schoolboy. Upon this petition, and by the authority vested in him as before stated, Bishop Lane acted. In order to make the change, that was all that was necessary, that was all that was done. The change is legal in every respect, and irregular in none. Prof. Bray was not appointed to this position for his lifetime, and he has no more claim to it than any other member of the church who is qualified and has been regularly appointed. The gentleman again strikes wild of the mark when he said, "The provision of the charter that the president of the institution shall be elected by the Board of Trustees renders that matter final, but for the action of the Board itself, when in its constitution it makes this provision: 'The Board of Trustees shall elect all teachers, professors and officers, except the president of the institution, who shall be appointed by the Board of Bishops of the C. M. E. Church.'" Never in the history of the college has the president at any time been elected by the Trustees. Prof. Bray's predecessor, who held the position for nearly fifteen years was appointed to the office and not elected. So far as the charter of the institution is concerned, there is not a word in that instrument designating how the president of the institution is to be chosen. The constitution of the college provides that the office shall be filled by appointment, and so it has been. Although the college has had many principals and presidents during these twenty-five years of its existence, this is the first instance in which one has rushed into the newspapers, or allowed his friends to do so, whining and complaining because he was not retained and in this way try to injure an institution which is doing so much for the race. The only unusual thing connected with the matter, as far as I have been able to discover, is the fact that President J. F. Lane, the successor of Rev. J. A. Bray, is the son of Bishop Lane. It is exceedingly strange to us that men who pretend to be Christian leaders should take advantage of such incidents, and rush into public print to impress falsely those, who are not in the position to know the facts in the case—to prejudice them against one of the best institutions of learning among us by crying that "Bray was ousted to make room for the Bishop's son." Such talk is tom-foolery; it is folly in the extreme; a need especially does it appear so to those of us who know the facts in the case and who are acquainted in any way with Bishop Lane. The Christian Index, the official organ of the C. M. E. Church, under whose fostering care the Lane College is, makes the following editorial comment on the change of president, which will interest, at least, some of the readers of The Freeman: New President of Lane College. Prof. James Franklin Lane, A. M., is now president of Lane College. This new honor came to him at the recent meeting of the trustee board of Lane College. He succeeds Rev. J. A. Bray, A. M., who has held the presidency of this famous institution of learning the past four years. Rev. Bray succeeded Rev. T. F. Sanders of the M. E. Church, South, who held the position fifteen years. During the past twenty-five years of the existence of Lane, Ref. T. F. Sanders held the presidency longer than any others. The M. E. Church, South, wanted one of its representatives at the head of the institution while that great church proposed to contribute largely for Negro education and especially that in which the C. M. E. Church was engaged. President J. F. Lane is the youngest son of Bishop Isaac Lane. He graduated from the Normal course of Lane College about eighteen years ago. Afterwards he attended Walden University, a most reputable institution of learning, noted for its thoroughness and mental training. It is the only institution in the South for the Negro that comes up to the idea of a university. There are others that have merely a classical course and music and have the name of a university. A university is an institution where the various professions are taught. This, Walden has come near doing. The following branches are taught: Classical course, theology, medicine, law, dentistry, pharmacy, nurse-training, carpentry, sewing, printing, blacksmithing, etc. President Lane graduated from the Classical course and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts; several years afterwards he received the degree of Master of Arts. For many years, he was principal of the English Department of Lane College and did efficient work. When the college course was put on, he was elected to the chair of mathematics. He attended Harvard University during summer and took a special course in mathematics. He is the ablest mathematician, in our judgment, that we have in the C. M. E. Church. About two years ago, he was elected to the teacher's training course of Lane College, and to carry on this special work, in a way as to do the most oog, he again spent a summer in Boston at Harvard University making special preparation for his new field of labor. President Lane has spent ten years as professor in Lane College. His elevation to the highest position in Lane College was unsolicited and came as a surprise. He has manifested great interest in the welfare of the institution that bears the name of his distinguished father. The success of the college, in all of the various departments was dear to him. He is eminently fitted for the presidency of Lane College in every way, mentally, morally, and by experience. He enjoys senority as a teacher in Lane College. He is about thirty-five years of age, conservative, has splendid executive abilities, and is not of that variety that so easily takes the swell head. His affability, versatility and resourcefulness are the prerequisites that will give him much success as president of Lane College. He has an abundance of hard common sense—that it seems a great many college men are minus of. His coming to the presidency at this time will inspire confidence in the student body and all concerned. He is the best prepared man we know of in our church for the position. CHAYWOOD STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION NEW OFFICERS ELECTED FOR A PERMANENT ORGANIZATION Special to The Freeman: Louisville, Ky.—The Kentucky Press Association met last week at the Carverry Baptist Church, Tuesday, June 18, to perfect a permanent organization. The meeting at Calvary Church was short, but the business necessary was accomplished, and they adjourned to meet next day at the Kentucky Standard office. The permanent officers elected were N. W. McGowen, Mt. Sterling, reporter, president; J. E. Wood, Danville Torchlight, vice president; Julia Young, Kentucky Standard, secretary; Dr. E. Underwood, Blue Grass Bugle, treasurer. Executive Board—W. H. Steward, Louisville; R. T. Berry, Owensboro, and Rev. S. L. M. Francis, Henderson. The next meeting will be held at Mt. Sterling in August, the date being subject to the president. The meeting was very pleasant, and many reminiscences were brought up by Dr. E. Underwood and others who have contributed much with the pen towards the uplift of the Negro in the grond old commonwealth of Kentucky. It was brought out that the Kentucky Standard, Mt. Sterling Reporter and the representative of the Freeman through the daily papers and the Associated Press had played their part with the other Negro journals of the State, in showing the republican convention that if they endorsed Taft for president, that the republican party would lose 40,000 or more votes of the Negroes of Kentucky. An appeal was made by Secretary L. G. Jordan, of the Afro-American Council, asking all Negroes to assemble in their churches and offer a praper to the Almighty to lend His help in relieving the oppression grow- ing out of discrimination and "Jim Crow" laws under which ten million Negroes feel they are suffering. As one who is given special work to do on the Courier Journal and the Louisville Daily Times, we were pleased to send a number of Negro journals copies of Mr. Watterson's address, or at least part of it. The citizens of this city were very pleased to have the distinguished editor come before them. We heartily endorse much that he said, especially the words, "I want nothing for myslef or my children, which I am not ready to give to you and your children." When all men everywhere and always, will accede to this new version of the Golden Rule, much will have been accomplished towards reaching a complete, harmonious understanding between the two races. Mr. Watterson grew eloquent when he pictured the progress the Negroes had made in the districts of the south. The Negroes are praying and working for such districts. The journalist and publicist uttered the safest and most sane dictum regarding social equality that has ever come from a competent judge, when he said: "Social questions the world over create their own laws and settle themselves. They can not be forced. It is idle for anybody to contest or quarrel with them." These words, coming from one of southern instincts and environments, are pregnant with meaning. He tersely and pointedly says further, "It's best to go your own way, hoe your own row, and giving praise to God that their happiness is in themselves." His whole address was full of encouragement and hope and was ended in a plea for us as a race to go forward, believing in the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God. One of the delegates of the State Republican Convention, who is regarded as a man of splendid make-up was Mr. Claybron Williams Merril weather of Paducah, Ky. Mr. Merril (Continued on page four.) EXERCISES AT WILBERFORCE SENATOR FORAKER DELIVERS ADDRESS TO GRADUATES The commencement exercises of Wilberforce University were of unusual interest last week, although the entire week beginning with the Baccalaureate sermon preached by President Jones on Sunday, the 16th, was taken up by having the anniversaries of the various societies auxiliary to the university, still the really great day indeed pre-eminently the leading day of the commencement exercises was on Thursday, June 20th, when the graduating exercises occurred and the address of Senator J. B. Foraker was delivered. Other exercises had preceded, viz; (a) Annual address by Prof. M. J. Gilliam, A. B., Buxton, Iowa. (b) Joint Anniversary of Literary Societies. Annual sermons by Bishop Abraham Grant, and Chaplain Steward. (c) Gen. A. S. Daggart, of Stamford, Conn., addressed the Literary Societies. (d) Dedication of the Carnegie Library, costing over $15,000.00 and presented to Wilberforce through the energetic and successful solicitation of Prof. Horace Talbert, D. D. (e) Industrial Exhibit in Anett and Galloway Halls. (f) Sacred Opera, "Belshazzar," in Galloway Hall, to a large and enthusiastic audience. It was repeated on Friday night. There were 78 graduates from all departments. There number was as follows: Scientific, 1; Theological, 5; Academic, 9; Normal, 7; Commercial, 9; Theological, 2 (meaning candidates for certificates); Shorthand, 10; Blacksmithing, 1; Printing, 12; Millinery, 12; Cooking, 8; Shoemaking, 1; Carpentry, 1. There were quite a number of honorary degrees awarded, the names of the fortunates appear further on in this report. The chief address of commencement day was the one de (Continued on page four.) THOMPSON'S WEEKLY REVIEW NEGRO AND THE POLITICAL SITUATION AT PRESENT MUST THINK AND CHOOSE WISELY So Says a Prominent Leader of the Race--Howard University Will Celebrate Its Fortieth Anniversary--Florida Business League. Washington, D. C., June 25.—The political pot continues to sizzle merrily. The wise acres are discussing the situation freely, but when asked for a "tip" as to which way the wind is blowing, invariably shake their heads and smile in a mysterious way, as if to say, "I know what I want to happen, but I am afraid to hazard an opinion at this time as to what will happen." And that is the whole story. "Every man jack of them" has a marked preference for the presidency, but they are scared to guess out loud for fear they may commit themselves to a choice whichev turn out to be a "frost." Now that the school question has gone to sleep for a few moments and Auditor Tyler has taken his place without friction, the storm-center of the news hovers about the next republican national convention, which is to nominate a candidate for the presidency, and the part the Negro will play therein. A prominent colored leader, whose name can not be used without violating a promise of secrecy, said to your correspondent the other day at the corner of 14th and U streets: "I don't like to confess some unpleasant truths," said he, "but it does look to me as if the black republican is up against a stiff proposition, and if he doesn't 'play politics' skillfully, the entire kit of us will have our names enrolled on the 'down and out' list. I am not permitting myself to be deceived by this clatter here in the District of Columbia, where a lot of jack-legs are raising a fog in opposition to this man or i support of that one, for the whole outfit done up in a bundle wouldn't bid in for two-bits at a dead-letter sale. I am thinking about the figure we shall cut—or fail to cut—in the actual membership of the next national convention, where we have, in the palmy days of the past, been an element to be reckoned with when it came to nominating the candidate and in making the platform for him to run on. Will we be in the game at all this year? That is the question we are asking ourselves. To get down to brass tacks, there is no use in counting on a single Negro delegate north of the Mason's and Dixon's line. That settles that end of the problem, without division. The Northern Negro can have his say at the polls, but he will have the proud privilege of voting for a white delegate at the primaries, but when it comes to sitting in the convention as a delegate—that's another story. "What I am most worried about," continued my reflective friend, his brow corrugated with thought, "is the anomalous situation in which the once powerful colored republicans of the South find themselves. The reorganization of the party, which was inaugurated under McKinley and is now being continued under Roosevelt, has put the 'illy-white' republicans and the liberally inclined democrats in the saddle, and the colored brother has been gradually eliminated fro mthe political equation. One by one we have been ousted from the good federal jobs, and where we still hold on we are made to realize that we are kept there by sufferance, na dwe must not interfere with the working of the machine. At this present time, it so happens that the masses of the Negroes are not in sympathy with the republican machine. The office-holders are apparently acquiescing—because they have no alternative—unless they wish to commit political suicide. The machine will name the delegates to the next republican convention, and if the colored brother refuses to fall into line in due season, he will be left out in the cold when the slate is made up. I am not sure that the Negro will not be frozen out, even if he is willing to 'fall into line,' for the leaders think they have enough white re publicans now to carry their point (Continued on page two.) (Continued from first page.) without considering the Negroes of the party. Judging by the remarks of Mr. Pearl Wright, the national committeeman of Louisiana, and Roosevelt's appointee as Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the hope some have expressed, is practically knocked out, or, as he says, the machine will control the committee on credentials, and the contestants, known to be antagonistic to the administration, will not be recognized. Now, it looks to me that if the colored brother does not bind up his wounds and hobble onto the band-wagon, with such grace as he can command, there will be 'nothing doing' for our people when the next instalment of political rations is passed around. The thing doesn't look good to me, as it stands." "It is no use talking," my friend went on, growing voluble as he approached his climax, "Theodore Roosevelt is the biggest man in the country, and the fellow who can beat him out hasn't been born yet. He is to day the best vote-getter the party has, and I shall be a badly fooled individual if he isn't nominated next summer for his second elective term. He can get it without the asking; he will never admit that he will run again, if nominated, but I don't believe he will decline if the convention nominates him and adjourns without awaiting his answer. Roosevelt isn't a bad man, and he is not an enemy to the Negro. The Brownsville matter was a tactical blunder, but a natural one, all things considered. He accepted the report and recommendation of his trusted officers, just as he has done in a thousand other cases, and as he is compelled to do, as he could not possibly give each episode a personal examination. The President was misled by Garlington, Blocksom, et al., an dit is upon their narrow shoulders the blame really rests. The final decision is not up to Roosevelt yet, and we will be only fair if we suspend judgment in the matter, until the returns are all in. I am satisfied that, at the psychological moment, "Teddy" Roosevelt will com eforward with a ringing statement on the situation that will electrify the country, and mak eevery Negro as rampant for Roosevelt as when the gospel of the 'door of hope' first fell upon the ambient air. I have never joined in the hue-and-cry against the President. I am waiting. But that is not what I started out to say. "Roosevelt will dominate the national convention, it will go to Taft, Fairbanks, Cannon, Knox or Hughes, or whoever is most satisfactory to him. The hurrah for Foraker speaks well for the Negro's sense of gratitude, but it will avail nothing. Nobody but the colored people are seriously howling for Foraker—able man that he is—and it stands to reason that a race that will have mere handful of delegate votes in the national convention, can not do much toward having him out the plum, as against a well organized, all-powerful administration machine. That is the word with the bark on it, and we might as well look the facts squarely in the face. The agitators may yell until they are hoarse, and howl until the cows come home, about whom they will support and whom they will 'scratch', but the fact remains, the Negro vote will be cast, practically in its entirety, for the republican nominee, no matter who he is—in self-defense, if for no loftier reason. The other party, nationally speaking, does not invite a division of the Negro vote, and offers it no encouragement to come over and help to elect its candidate. The Negro vote will be solidly republican, not for what it expects to get, but for what it wishes to avoid." "Bryan is the strongest candidate the democrats have in stock, and despite the handicap that the support of the southern rebels of the Tillman, Vardaman and Hoax Smith stripe are to him, the eloquent Nebraskan will make a good run, an dit will take some tall campaigning to keep our hold on the reins at the White House and at the Capitol. * * * "Now is the time," concluded my philosophic informant, "for the Negro to think well and choose wisely whom he will serve. Chasing rainbows is a delightful pastime, but it never helps a black man 'when the rent coes 'round.' If we want to play this game of politics to win, we want to indulge in more shrewd leaps toward the 'dealer,' and spend less time in blowing off hot air." As my plain-spoken companion ran for his car, the wonder swept through my mind: "Are these burning words the concensus of opinion of the thinking members of the race throughout the country? Are they worthy of the space I am asking for them? If he speaks by the card, what then will the harvest be for the colored man in the next national convention? Where will he stand in the next campaign? Can any one tell? Howard University, the race's leading institution in the world for the higher education, is planning to celebrate its fortieth anniversary in the fall. Elaborate ceremonies are to mark the event, and President Rosevelt will be the principal figure. President W. P. Thirkield has the program pretty well blocked out, and has organized the Alumni into a compact committee on exploitation, with a view of making the observance national in scope. It is estimated that the school has an alumni numbering fully 3,000, and this anniversary will furnish an occasion that will bring many of these to Washington and revive, as nothing else could do, their deep interest in the welfare of their alma mater. An effort will be made to commemorate the anniversary by raising a fund of large proportions for a much-needed new building to accommodate the 46,000 volumes which are now overcrowding the present library. The generosity of a Carnegie or a Rockefeller would be greatly appreciated just now, to help in this direction. Howard University was founded No- THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER ember 15, 1867, and is really named in honor of Gen. O. O. Howard, who at the time was superintendent of the Freedmen's Bureau at Washington and a staunch believer in the possibilities of the emancipated Negro. He saw with prophetic eye that Christian education, coupled with learning in law, medicine, agriculture and the industry, would make of the untutored black people a highly useful and productive citizenry, and he laid the foundation of Howard University broad and deep to bring about this happy desideratum. How well he has succeeded is told in the grand results that the great institution has achieved. Out of this school has gone ministers, teachers, lawyers, physicians and skilled workers whose leavening influence has been felt in the nook and cranny of the American continent and has touched many foreign lands. It is authoritatively stated that the medical department has furnished more colored physicians for the South than all of the other institutions combined. It is further asserted that one-third of all the colored doctors in the country are graduates of Howard University. The institution is taking on new life under the broadgauged administration of Dr. Thir, kield, whose labors as an organizer have been crowned with success wherever he has bee nassigned. He has in the brief period of his incumbency, materially increased the attendance and strengthened beyond measure every department. During the anniversary season, Dr. Thirkfield will be formally inaugurated as president. The "tempest in a teapot," which a few professional agitators are trying to stir up over the election of Dr. Booker T. Washington as a trustee of Howard University, will amount to nothing. The probable effect of the action was fully gone over by the Board before Dr. Washington was elected, and he accepted with his eyes wide open to the fact that a small coerie of doctrinaries and one-sided cranks—too narrow to comprehend the value of his connection with the work—would fire a fulsidse of putty balls in his direction. He can not be stamped into a retreat. He will stand his ground, and show how easy it is for a man of large experience in the educational and economic world to find a virtue in and necessity for every variety of mental and manual training when 10,000,000 people, representing widely differential capacities, are to give the opportunities for which they are best fitted as individuals. Dr. Washington has not stood still himself in all these years of effort to educate his people. He has been educating his own mind and gaining a clear conception of how to do best the things that ought to be done. In emphasizing the pre-eminence of industrial education for the masses, the "Wizard" has never minimized the efficacy of the higher training for the classes. He has ever contended for an educated clergy and exceptionally well-equipped teachers; for skilled physicians and strong commercial factors, to act as leaders for the industrial army that, in the nature of things, must do the real work of race building. Those who see with their eyes and not through their prejudices correctly regard this active identification of Dr. Washington with the higher education as an acquisition and are extending hi mthe hearty hand of fellowship. That he has done nothing new, beyond the formal enrollment, however, is evidenced by th effect that he has always insisted upon every boy or girl securing the highest training possible; he has been content to have none but the best in his own school at Tuskegee and he has given his own children the most liberal education that his means would permit. In accepting his election, Dr. Washington wrote to President Thirkield: "I shall do my best to strive with you and others to make Howard University an ideal institution for the elevation of our race. In my opinion, by all of us working heartily and continuously together, we can build up a great Negro university of which the whole country will be proud. Howard University, as you have often suggested needs to be put abreast with the best institutions of the kind in the country." The right-thinging people of the land see outlined on historic Howard Hill at the nation's capital a monumental institution of learning that shall be to the Negro what Harvard and Yale are to the whites. With the earnest co-operation of the forces that stand for the two systems of education and the intelligent correlation of each, bringing them likewise in touch with the public school program at Washington. Howard's future will not only secure as to its own particular work, but will serve an admirable supplement to the fundamental policies that have made Tuskegee the most famous industrial center in the world, and the Washington schools the model from which all others have copied. The election of Booker T. Washington means a friendly alliance between the classical and the industrial systems, and a stronger impetus for progress in every branch of racial endeavor. ```markdown ``` No tributary to the National Negro Business League is doing more effective work in developing the commerciest instinct in our people than the Negro Business League of the State of Florida, which M. M. Lewey, the enterprising publisher and editor of the Florida Sentinel, of Pensacola, is the official head. The organization was formed last year at a great convention at Jacksonville, and no meeting ever held in the State can compare with it in the amount of real, substantial good that it accomplished for the race in awakening in our men and women a desire to make themselves felt in the arena of solid citizenship, to be a component part of the world of business, and in bringing the masses to a realizing sense of the duty they owe to the highly creditable business enterprise owned and managed by colored people. The brunt of the enormous burden of carrying on the work of the Florida State League has been borne by Editor M. M. Lewey, and to his painstaking and persistent labors the success of the cause is most largely due. At his own expense he has circulated literature, printed announcements and invitations and traveled up and down the State conferring with the leaders in the several locali- ties and working up an interest among the rank and file of the race from Key West to Pensacola. Mr. Lewey's constructive work has borne rich fruit, as will be exemplified by the increased interest and attendance at the second annual convention of the State Business League which is called to meet at Tallahassee, Wednesday and Thursday, June 26 and 27. Since the meeting last year, many new enterprises have been set on foot in various portions of the State and those already established have been stimulated and enlarged. The beneficial effects of such organizations are easily seen, and it is encouraging to note that the experience of Florida is being duplicated in so many other States, notably, Mississippi, Arkansas, Virginia, West Virginia, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Maryland and the District of Columbia, where enthusiastic meetings have been held and delegates elected to the annual convention of the National Business League which is set for August 14, 15 and 16 at Topeka, Kans. Undoubtedly, Florida will send up one of the heaviest delegations of business men and women, headed by the indefatigable and ever popular Editor Lewey. The success of the Negro exhibit at Jamestown is having a heartening effect upon the management of the proposed National Negro Fair and Exposition which is to be held this fall at Mobile, Ala., under the general direction of Rev. H. N. Newsome, D. D., one of the ablest executive officers in the country. Dr. Newsome has been touring the North and East in the interest of his project and has received many promises of support from substantial members of the race, who will attend and prepare exhibits. The especial features will be displays showing the progress of the race in the manufactures, business, agriculture and the mechanical trades, in addition to the more ornamental production seen at most fairs conducted by our people. Dr. Newsm believes that a standard exhibition of the things that the race is expected to produce in the very best way, is calculated to do more good than displays i which the freakish and unusual is emphasized. He paid a visit to the Negro exhibit at Jamestown a few days ago and was greatly pleased with all he saw, gleaning many valuable hints from the comprehensive array of race products there. He hopes to make the Mobile enterprise a permanent affair, to be held in the fall of each year, and will erect substantial buildings for the housing of the exhibits from year to year, improving as means will allow. The fair of the present year, Dr. Newsome explains, will, in no sense, interfere with or appear in the field as a rival to the Jamestown attraction. It occupies a field peculiarly its own and has a constituency to which it will directly appeal, without antagonizing anything else. Field secretaries are being designated by Dr. Newosme in various sections of the country, and he expects to arouse considerable interest among all classes through a widely-distributed officiliary. It is likely that Vice-President Fairbanks, or a statesman of similar caliber, will be invited to deliver the dedicatory address. It is being pretty generally recognized by the thinkers of the race that only by concrete demonstrations of the Negro's capacity to take hold of the arts of civilization—showing up the things we have actually accomplished—can we convince the world of our title to the consideration we seek. The more we have of truthful reflexes of constructive ability, the better for all of our kind. Richard R. Horner, a highly-respected member of the bar of the District of Columbia, has been appointed by the Justices of the Supreme Court of the District as a member of the Board of Education for three years succeeding Dr. Oliver M. Atwood, who retires because of continued ill-health. Mr. Horner is a native of Warrenton, Va., and located here several years ago to practice law, in which work he has been very successful. He was educated in the schools of Virginia, and taught for ten years prior to his admission to the bar of his native State in 1898. Mr. Horner has had considerable experience in politics, serving as a delegate to the republican national convention at Philadelphia in 1900, being elected from the Eighth Virginia District, and served in th econvention on the committee on rules and order of business. He was at one time very favorably considered in connection with the Liberian mission, and could have been nominated for Congress in the district once represented by the late John M. Langston. Mr. Horner is well-knew in Washington, though his journals has been comparatively brief, and it is believed that he will contribute to the councils of the school board an experience as a teacher and disciplinarian that will be of inestimable value. The fact that he was the attorney for Miss Mary E. Nalle, a dismissed teacher who has been making a fight for reinstatement, has been brought forward, but it will in no wise affect the judgment of Mr. Horner, should the matter ever again occupy the attention of the Board, as his relation to the case was purely a business transaction, into which his opinion did not enter in a manner to impair her usefulness as an educator whose duties are purely executive. Dr. J. M. Conner, who has the endorsement of the Great Southwest for the A. M. E. Bishopric, has been busy this month talking for the leading schools of his State. His commencement address at the Branch Normal College at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, was a model of eloquence and common sense, and his practical counsel to the students of the colored High School at Fort Smith, is certain to yield rich returns in the shape of better lives and a nobler citizenship for all who heard it. The A. M. E. will do well to accord his mthe promotion that his fitness so abundantly merits. R. W. THOMPSON. 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Be sure and see us when needing a new piece, or when you are getting a complete outfit. Courteous Treatment Our Motto. J. A. MUNCHHOF, Proprietor, 448, 450, 452, 454, 455 W. Washington Street. One-half Square West of Star Store. Will paint, repair and rubber tire your vehicle on short notice. All work guaranteed perfectly satisfactory. The only first-class colored establishment of its kind in the South. Also furnish the best and finest up-to-date cabs and surries in the city. Call, come or phone me for anything on such matters, and oblige. THE SUCCESS OF J. FRANKLIN WALKER, D. D. It has always been The Freeman's policy to publish the good that men do here and there, and when we find a man of mark regardless of his profession, who is doing something, surmounting difficulties and cut riding the storms, we glady announce him that his accomplishments might prove an incentive to others. Such a man we believe the Rev. J. Franklin Walker to be, who has accomplished a grand work in the Queen City. Junour Franklin Walker was born in Cumberland c unty, Virginia, May 20, 1873. Early in childhood his parents died and he was thrown upon his own resources, as a boy he was ambitious to preach the M. S. S. Rev J. FRANKLIN WALKER, D. D. Pastor Zion Baptist Church, Cincinnati, Ohio. word of God, and while yet a lad felt that he had been called by the Master to warn the wicked to flee from the wrath to come. He received his first introduction in the public schools in Columbia, Va., and after attending the Y. M. C. A. night school at Richmond, Va., for some time he took a preparatory course in the Virginia Semi- nary at Lynchburg. From there he went to the Maryland Seminary at Washington, D. C., for a normal and theological course. He was ordained May 13, 1898, at Trenton, N. J. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity in June, 1903. Until this time he had managed to get along fairly well under the name of Junlour Franklin Walker, but after taking the degree, using his own expression, he parted his name THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED CGLORED NEWSPAPER in the middle and became J. Franklin Walker, D. D., and he immediately entered upon a career that has been both brilliant and creditable. While he is yet a young man he has had charge of several choices; and wherever he has been has managed to accomplish some work which would be a monument to his memory after he had gone to another field. Under his leadership church property was bought in Trenton, N. J., and also McDonald, Pa., and a parsonage was purchased in Indianapolis. Zion is indeed a great church, and has demonstrated this fact within the last two years. I have been pastor two years and one month, and in that time we have raised over $12,000 and renovated the church from top to bottom, inside and out, installed a fine pipe organ valued at $3,000, and added 350 members in the same time. It is said that the church is in a better condition than it has ever been in its history. It indeed seems to be a new Zion. Dr. J. Franklin Walker accepted charge of the Big Zion Baptist church on West Ninth street, Cincinnati, Ohio, on the first Sunday in March, 1905, and has beautified it beyond description, has also added over 300 members to the church and has raised $9,000. Also placed in the church a very fine pipe organ, valued at $3,000, and the church presents a beautiful appearance, painted both inside and out. Dr. Walker is said to be the greatest financier that Zion church has ever had, and the greatest money raiser in the State. He is an able and forcible preacher of God's Word, an evangelist and pastor. Dr. Walker is editor and publisher of the Queen City Tribune a paper devoted to the interest of the colored people. It is one year old, and has lived longer than any of the colored papers of Cincinnati. He also has the distinction of being Vicepresident of the National Baptist Convention. When visiting Cincinnati, you must not fall to visit the Zion Baptist church, and see that $1,000 chandaler, gold plated, sending forth light from sixty bulbs, the finest in the State. Dr. Walker is said to have the best choir in Cincinnati and his church pays the largest salary of any colored Baptist church in the State. A rash man provokes trouble, but when the trouble comes is no match for it.—Chinese Proverb. Let this paper follow you wherever you go by sending us your address. Patronize our advertisers. PROF. T. D. SCOTT, Principal. INKLINGS of the INK.SLINGERS. The class entered the High School four years ago with a membership of fifteen, but only eight continued to the end, six of whom graduated. The opening was patriotically grand, if being the 14th day of June and the 130th anniversary of the adoption of the American flag. Miss Aroma Cowles led in singing "The Star Spangled Banner" with the audience joining in the chorus. The declarations were of a high order, thoroughly patriotic and racial. Special mention should be made here of the one on "Thought," "There is Gold Beneath PROF. T. D. SC Principal. the Surface" and "The Transmutation of the Baser Metals into Gold," the latter being delivered by the Valedictorian of the class whose delivery excited the admiration and round after round of applause by the large audience. Prof. T. D. Scott is certainly an "all round" man — versatile, energetic, and thoroughly able to execute the off ces which he filled with such signal success viz., Principal, Conductor, Decorator and Muslc Director. He has been at the head of the school for twve years and is also owner and manager of the finest tonsoria parlors in the city. Mr. Chester Arthur Saunders enjoys the distinction of being the only male graduate this year, but he had the sympathy of the audience from the start. Miss Euell has accepted the appointment as "honor" graduate student to Wesley College, a rare and favored opportunity to a member of the race. By Ar-UU-Tee. Charles Stewart, the dean of the Afro-American correspondent corps, is an expert manipulator of the typewriter—and other machines. * * * The Philadelphia Tribune is confining its operations to its !ome field until its new plant is installed, which will be some time next month. * * * The Washington Post hints that Henry Watterson's "dark horse" may be Booker T. Washington. As a matter of fact, the brilliant "Courier-Journalist" could go farther and fare much worse. * * * The Richmond Reformer wants to see "the Negro at the head of the leading Negro business in the country given a cabinet position under the next administration." Our first-class business factors should now begin to sit up and take notice. * * * * The newspaper men of Memphis and other sections of Tennessee are arranging to participate in the conference of Afro-American editors, which will be held at an early date at the Jamestown Exposition. * * * * Brother "Thede" Baughman, of the Texas Guide, Victoria, Texas, very sensibly says: "The Negro press is one of the greatest agencies for good the race has, and our people should do more to make them influential." We hope the esteemed Star of Zion is in an easy frame of mind about the Negro's welfare at the Jamestown Exposition. A mighty army of visitors—including the President of the United States—have been there and gone away praising everything they saw. Nevertheless and notwithstanding, copies of the Boston Guardian, the Washington Horizon, Washington Bee and Chicago Conservator are conspicuously displayed in the extensive exhibit of Negro newspapers at the Jamestown Exposition. Among the exhibits in the journalistic section of the Jamestown Exposition will be copies of the Memphis Evening Striker, a Negro daily, pub- CLASS MOTIO- "Possunt, Quia Posse Videntur."] CLASS FLOWER- Marecabal Niel Rose. CLASS COLORS- Old Rose and Turquoise Blue. PROGRAM. Chorus - Heaven and the Earth Display ..... Arranged by G. A. Veaze, Jr. Invocation .... Rev. John T. Farley, S. T. B. Pastor St. John A. F. Church. Rastor St. John A. E. E. Church Chorus, "Gloria," G. A. Veasey, Jr., 1873 Salutatory Oration. Seek and Ye Shall Find Kate Theresa Galnes There is Gold Beneath the Surface ... Flora Brown Harris D. SCOTT, mopal. instrumentalSelection Chemical Ervilu, Schrödinger Hazel B. Summers Our Inheri ance..... Chester A. Saunders Chorus—) ... Walt Whitman, O Captain!) ... Edgar Stillman Kelley, My Captain!) ... Op. 19. Where is the End. ..... Rae Duncan Chorus-Love Wakes { Sir Walter Scott, and Weeps } J. G. Colcott. Thought. ..... Hazel Belle Summers Chorus-The Wind { Bayard Tavlor, and Sea } Frank G. Cauffman. Valedictory { The Transmutation } Mary Oration { The Baser } Metals Into Gold { Euell } Presentation of Diplomas. ..... Supt. E. B. Cox Chorus-Oh, Hall Us Ye Free. ..... Verdi. Miss Mabel Clark, Plainist. Benediction. BOARD OF EDUCATION. J. F. Orr, President. B. Schlesinger, Cleek R. D. Adalr. Dr. W. H. Finley. J. Kany. S. R. LeSourd. Dr. A. C. Messenger. INSTRUCTORS, Edwin B. Cox, Superintendent of Schools. T. D. Scott, Principal. Miss Lucretia Willis, Assistant. Miss Kate Schwebold, Assistant. INK-SLINGERS. lished some years ago in the Tennessee metropolis by Rev. Dr. A. L. Hall. Mr. James E. Washington, now publishing the Memphis Mid-Weekly F. ogress, was city editor of the sheet. *** Word comes that the New Age, published for 50 many years at Portland, Ore. has "gone down," and that its editor, A. D. Briffin, has departed for "parts unknown," with the further hint that many creditors are left to mourn his flight. Mr. Griffin is well-known in Indiana. His wife was formerly Miss Emma B. Howard, a popular young society lady of Indianapolis. Editor G. H. Bowen, of the Waycross, Ga., News is a shining example of the versatile a newspaper man. Besides being the editor of a progressive journal for the people, he is the proprietor of the Enterprise Bottling Works, agent for the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company, and a dealer in real estate. He was a Pullman porter before embarking into business for himself. The Western Opinion, of Chicago, is another of the group of race journals conducting a popularity contest, with a free ticket to the Jamestown Exposition as the prize. Under the arrangement made by Editor Alton H. Blake, the most popular lady in the States of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan will make the journey to Norfolk-by-the-Sea at the expense of the Western Opinion. * * * * Col. Tom Logan got next, to the "right dope" when he dubbed his "hot-off-the-handle" Freeman feature "Logan's Lie-rics." At drawing on a fertile imagination, the versatile comedian of "The Smart Set" has the illustrous Col. Tom Ochiltree beat several blocks, and in a square-toed contest, would make the once-famed Ananias look like a charter member of the amateur class. Tom Dixon and his "Clansman" has been given the cold shoulder; the Executive Committee, named by the General Government, has placed before the people of the world a magnificent display of Negro genius in the pret- tiest building on the grounds, and the Negro Development Company is giving the concessionaries on their reservation a "run for their money." "Ought not everybody, including Editor Clement, be happy?" The Lodge Journal and Guide, of Norfolk, Va., shows great improvement, both in tone and general makeup under its reorganized management. F. E. Puryear, a very capable business, man, remains as business manager, but J. N. Brown and P. B. Young are jointly occupying the editorial sanctum formerly held down by J. Henry Cromwell. The printing department which is quite extensive and unusually well-equipped, is in charge of Mr. Young, who is foreman and an efficient workman. The Lodge Journal and Guide is the official organ of the Knights of Gideon, which also operates a prosperous bank on the premises. 非 求 为 Rev. J. G. Robinson, D. D., who left Decatur, Ga., at the request of a howling mob following the eAtlanta riot last year, is now pastor of Young's Chapel A. M. E. Church at Louisville, Ky. An honorary degree was conferred upon him last week by Wilberforce University, and a few days ago he was chosen a delegate to the eKnutty republican state convention. Dr. Robinson is a preacher of force and learning, a writer of national repute, and is very favorably mentioned in connection with the editorship of the Christian Recorder, subject to the decision of the A. M. E. Conference at Norfolk next May. He is said to have the hearty support of Bishop Turner and other eminent men in the church. The Cambridge Mirror, though published in the environs of the sainted city of Boston, is not enamored of the so-called Niagara Movement. It puts forward the following nut for somebody to crack: "The Niagara Movement!" The scriptural pool itself, when untroubled by the angel, was never more placid than this "Movement," with the torrential title. What is there cataratic about it? Was any adventurer upon its tumultuous current ever swept over the brink, for his political daring? It is by means of the ballot that the possession of it is maintained. To that end the Niagara Movement claims to have addressed itself; yet it has no coherent political program. To what political mechanism has our Niagara harnessed its power to accomplish the political rehabilitation of the Negro?" We respectfully pass the problem on to Professors W. E. B. Du Bois, L. M. Hershaw, F. H. M. Murray, W. M. Sinclair, William Monroe Trotter and other high priests and soothsayers of the cataratic contingent. D. WEBSTER DAVIS AT NORFOLK Norfolk, Va.—Special.—Dr. D. Webster Davis delighted an overflowing audience last Friday evening with his humorous lecture, entitled, "Some Folks I Don't Like to Meet." He was at his best, and kept the house in a constant roar of laughter by his wittery sallies, mingled with much sage philosophy. He paid an eloquent tribute to the Negro exhibit and urged all Norfolk to hold up the hands of the management and to leave no stone unturned that would add to the success of the best opportunity that has ever come within their reach. Miss Florence Rolling rendered several violin solos that won favor at the hands of the brilliant audience. A Thing of Many Names. The Thames has been the cause of much controversy. Its name has been variously stated as Tameses, Tamese, Tamises (at the juncture of the Isis and Tame, near Dorchester), Tamisa, Tamesa, Thamisia, Thamesis and finally Isis (where it flows between the Oxfordshire and the Buckinghamshire shores). Thus at Oxford it is still often called the Isis until it receives the shallow river Tame just below Dochere, from which point it is called Thames. Historians trace this error to an early attempted division of the Latin word Tamesis into two words, Tame esis or Tame isis, suggested perhaps by the existence of the Tame in Buckinghamshire. The Saxons called it the Tames, ancient maps and documents designating it Thamesis Fluvius. —From "In Thamesland." Harvard Then a College of Children. In 1685, when elected president of Harvard, the Rev. Increase Mather refused to resign the pastorate of the North church in Boston for the sake of "forty or fifty children." Therefore he used to ride back and forth from Boston to Cambridge, charging to the college the cost of shoeing and baiting his horse and mending his saddle. Many of these students were but twelve or thirteen years old.—"Individual Training In Our Colleges," by Clarence F. Birdseye. Naming the Baby. They were choosing a name for the new baby. "I think Esmeralda is too sweet," said one of the infant's aunts. "Alfreda is better and more uncom mon." said another. "How would Alvina do?" asked a third. "Hardly." said the fond father. "You seem to be getting away from the idea that this is a baby and not a new kind of cigar."—London Graphic. The Epitaph of Mary Lyon. In the grounds of Mount Holyoke seminary, overlooking the beautiful valley through which the Connecticut flows seaward, is a monument to Mary Lyon, the Massachusetts teacher who founded the college. On it is inscribed a sentence of her own. "There is nothing in the universe that I am afraid of but that I shall not know and do all my duty." Still a Dream Dolly — Molly Wolcott told me a month ago that her new gown was going to be a dream. Polly—Well, that is all it is so far. Her husband won't give her the money for it.—Somerville Journal. COOKS Prefer Our Make JACKETS AND LINEN because they have found them satisfactory. 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Oklahoma is gathering and marketing its largest crop of peaches. Who will stand up for the small Negro boy or the larger one? An underground city—stupendous proposition. But why not? A good many more things that we could do that we are not doing. Topeka will soon be the storm center for the Negro business man. Chicago will be outclassed when New York gets its underground city. Between the ruction of the great statesmen, the Negro is coming into his own. Toledo is to have a bank managed by colored people; it is an encouraging note. The white Bluks and colored Bluks have no favorites; they rejoice together. The Van Camp packing house, it is said, will employ colored girls. It is good news. It is to be hoped that the Vän Camp packing company will find the colored girls willing and useful. What is Williams and Walker and the rest of the dear gang doing during the heated term? The colored voters down in Georgia have gone to registering like mad. The Independent of Atlanta piled the whip. Fourth of July will soon be on with its vim and also casualties. The small boy must glorify if he does pay for it. The Kentucky baseball bunch will have to get better; it had nothing to take home but their hats—not a game out of three. Governor Vardaman of Mississippi has got religion. It goes without saying that he will be interesting from this time on. Regular tropical weather now; making up for lost time. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it shines and sometimes all together. Governor Vardaman of Mississippi has done the Saul of Tarsus act up to date; now if he will become the new Paul, the analogy will be complete. Dr. W. P. Thirkield says that the selection of Booker T. Washington as a member of the board of trustees of Howard University was a positive gain to the institution. Ralph Waldo Emerson said that the ministry was the first office of the world—the Christian ministry. It ought to be that way, and yet sometimes it is held as the last resort. The picnic season is on. The colored people are accused of preferring a picnic to a job. If they could spend a few days at the lake or seashore, they would not think so much about an everyday picnic. A hundred years ago we were styled simply the United States of America. How now? The United States of America, her dependencies, semi-states, protectorates, and the Panama canal, if you please. The cool, level-headed Fairbanks will do to tie to for the Presidency. He is conservative, sound and safe, a man to whom the nation will turn when it begins to look seriously for the man. When the Hague conference gets busy, nations grow apprehensive, docking, bottom scraping and inspection in general are the program; also a few more Dreadnaughts as a side diversion. Wilberforce commencement will be particularly remembered this year. The distinguished Foraker was present, delivering one of the great speeches of the age in behalf of the Negro race. Whatever be the motives of Senator J. B. Foraker, presidential or what not, he has arrayed himself on the side of right. It would seem that it were fitting for men of means and position to champion the cause of the oppressed. President Roosevelt formally opened the Negro building at the Jamestown Exposition. Mrs. Roosevelt was on THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER the scene, was delighted also to note the commendable progress of the race, made plain by the many interesting exhibits. It was Joseph Addison who gave us the beautiful allegory wherein he pictured the people as throwing down their burdens of discontent into one great heap, giving the opportunity for exchange. If the thing was done today most of us would fight shy of the Czar's burden. Ray Stannard Baker writes for a salary; he must make his articles demandable. The magazine readers are not as a rule colored people. It stands to reason that he is not fair. The articles could be fair at the expense of popularity. The popular is more or less sensational. The sensational sells. A few more farmers among us also, just for diversity, if nothing else. We have something like thirty thousand colored people in this city—Indianapolis. It means at least four thousand heads of families; these must purchase food daily. Who supplies the food? The Ray Stannard articles on the Negro, now running in some of the magazines, are catchy and interesting. However, they are not at all fair; they are more or less burlesque in spots. They were written for sellers and not for down-right information or for the Negro's good, or for any one's good. The owners of automobiles, according to a St. Louis paper, are contending with a new trouble—the chauffeurs insist on taking a spin of nights with their lady loves, which is said to be annoying to the owners, since they often find their machines in bad repair as a result. R. Stannard Baker does say many good things in the maze of which he, however, gives the Negroes never-to-be-forgotten slaps. The sweet things, seemingly, are coaxingly said, as if by program—simply to get the Negroes near enough to deal them the unexpected. Hon. Chas. W. Miller, of Goshen, formerly Attorney-General, has been announced as a candidate for governor of the State. Mr. Miller is a brilliant campaigner, as will be remembered. He is of genial, entertaining personality, a quality greatly in his favor as a candidate. Besides his engaging manner, he is well prepared to preside over the destiny of the State. He is of ability and force as a statesman and has excellent standing throughout the State. FAIRBANKS, THE CANDIDATE. The tact and wisdom displayed in the conduct of the Fairbanks campaign for the presidency have given the opposition very little opportunity to assail him from any quarter. In fact, it appears that he has not conducted a methodical campaign, simply relying on his record in the public service and his usefulness as a citizen. After all, this may be the best of campaigning, none knowing it better than the distinguished Vice President. This, however, is merely a conjecture; it may be that he has no thought of direction, one way or the other, an influence that one could also get by the apparent indifference shown by him or by those said to have his "boom" in charge. His personality alone has made him a very formidable candidate, a condition that is extremely puzzling to those that are announcing their favorites from the house-tops. But with all the hurrah possible, it is difficult work to launch some of these booms, or at least to make them go. The Fairbanks opposition finds it quite a task to get itself together. After making a rigid investigation of his official career, and finding it safe and sound, it concluded to attack the source of his wealth, insisting that he was greatly favored by rich relatives in his youth, and who boosted him to fame and fortune. It is the only charge—that of being overpaid through favoritism. Even this trifling charge is set at naught by the friends of Mr. Fairbanks, who insist that his first salary, as an attorney, was $440 instead of $5,000 yearly as alleged by those who would detract from his fame. This seems to be the sum of his early sinning. What little import attaches, is owing to the fact that he was a railroad attorney. It will be presumed that young Fairbanks, if like the struggling young lawyers of to-day, was glad of the chance to make out papers for any old concern, corporation, or what not. In the more recent days the Vice President has been accused of buying up and squelching newspapers in the State that were unfriendly to his candidacy. This charge is news to the Indianians, who ought to know something about such a "large" movement. The Star of this city declares that he does not own one dollar's worth of stock in that publication. It has been thought that Mr. Fairbanks has newspaper interests, but it is not thought they were recently acquired, whatever they may be. If this be even true, the interest, or interests have not been discovered through an intense bias for his candidacy at present or for those of the past. He has simply endeared himself to the citizens of the State generally, and who find him so eminently fitting for high places that he moves into them without protest on the part of his constituents. Indiana is fortunate in having a candidate whose candidacy not only appeals to the State, but receives respectful consideration throughout the country. What that far off convention may do can not be fixed by rule or precedent. Conventions are sometimes freakish, doing the very unexpected. The Vice-President has declared for the Roosevelt policies, the chairman, Capt. Harry S. New, insists that the convention will name a man that stands for such policies, so it appears that if the convention nominates Fairbanks it will have compiled with the political demands of the republican party, and which are fortunately in accord with the progressive thought of the day and also presenting for consideration a fine type of man in every other way. and I congratulate you (parents and friends) that your struggles and sacrifices have helped to make this possible: (To the parents.) In the course of your work I am sure that you have been impressed with the truth that there must be education of the heart as well as education of the mind; education of mind to the end that the great principles and laws may be investigated and determined, and education of heart to the end that those principles and laws may be applied to the betterment of all. This dual education—of heart and mind—made the martyrned Lincoln, immortal, great, and none can be truly great without it. "Bear in mind that your education has not closed; but hat it has just begun. o not expect that your paths through life shall always be through bloom and verdure; but expect much of disappointment, much of tragedy; for; at best, life has much of these. But always recall that you must be true, stout-hearted, and unceasing, and that by means of these great qualities, your course, though often blocked and turned, will be as surely forward to the higher goals, as that earth's streams, of which I have just spoken, though constantly thwarted by mountain, hill and bowder, at length shall find the sea." EXERCISES AT WILBERFORCE livered by Senator Foraker, the presence of whom was a most decided incentive for a large gathering of representative people of all classes. The full bench of Bishops was present except Bishop Handy, who is ill, and Bishop Arnett, who died quite recently. Prof. Scarborough and Prof. Shorter, with others of the faculty associated the Senator who spoke feelingly of the deceased Bishop Arnett, and in a most complimentary way of Bishops Turner, Derrick and Grant. The real gem of the Senator's address was the following: "The investigation may prove futile to establish the truth. It may never be known who did the firing, but it will always be known that the men have at least had a chance to state their side of the case. If for what I have done in this behalf I am to be eliminated from public life, as has been proclaimed, then let it be known that I shall at least carry with me into private life the consoling satisfaction of feeling a nd knowing that I have been rebuked for an action that I shall never regret, but always esteem as creditable to my heart as a man and to my sense of justice and duty as a public official."—Senator Foraker, at Wilberforce. This was a great speech and was enthusiastically received by the thousands of hearers. In the evening, the opera, "Belshazzar," was rendered and marked an epoch year of old classic Wilberforce as well as fittingly observing the 44th anniversary of this most important and popularly favored educational institution. Bachelor of Science—Warner M. Lewis, Mississippi Bachelor of Divinity—Earl James Lunon, Arkansas; James Allen Bynoe, Barbadoes; James Batthew Benjamin Mitchell, Arkansas; James Pratt Richards, South Africa. Doctor of Divinity—M. E. Davis, Nachez, Mississippi; Henry P. Anderson, Trenton; David Franklin Caliman, Washington, Pa.; J. G. Robinson, Louisville, Ky.; Charles James Powell, Pittsburg, Pa.; John F. Dickerson, Jacksonville, Fla.; D. J. Brown, Camden, N. J. NOT THE FREEMAN AGENT. To the Public: Mr. C. G. Clarkson now located at Newberry, S. C., and who has been representing The Freeman throughout South Carolina for several months, is no longer authorized to act in any particular for The Freeman. Persons giving him their subscription after June 22, '07, do so at their own risk. Those who have given it prior to this time who have a complaint will please send in notice of same accompanied with receipt for money for subscription. The best thoroughly equipped (colored) Hotel in the State. Well advertised business already established—a hotel that is making money now. Personal reasons for wishing to go out of business. Reply in care of Freeman, Indianapolis, Ind. WANTED—FOR SALE all kinds of Concessions, no excuses. One million will be here for the Negro Tri-State Fair and Industrial Exposition. For particulars address W. A. Hill, secretary and treasurer, Board of Trade building, St. Joseph, Mo. Wanted—First class, all around blacksmith, must be good horse-shoer. Steady employment and good wages, to sober, industrious man. Apply at once. J. K. Donnell, the Boss horse-shoer, 601 Fayette St., Indianapolis, Ind. Wanted—Good barber; half and board or per cent. William Davis, 223 W. Main Brazil, Ind. BRAZIL needs a good colored restaurant. There are two first-class doctors, Dr. J. B. Oliver and Dr. A. T. Griffin. The former has practiced in Brazil for more than sixteen years, and has the distinction of being considered one of the WHAT OUR STAFF CORRESPONDENT SAW AT XENIA AND WILBERFORCE. Thirteen groceries owned and controlled by colored men, of whom none are more popular than Messrs. Holmes & Thomas, who are also the undertakers of that city, with a complete outfit for the conduct of the business. Mr. William Smith's grocery ranks high also. Chas, H. Scott is the leading confectionera and ice cream manufacturer, having all the latest appliances for the making of the cream, the freezing thereof and also the manufacture of his own sodas, etc. He is a wealthy Negro. Prof. Horace Talberts sons are in the insurance and mortgage loan business, with offices in Xenia and Wilberforce, they are bright young men with great business aptitude. They are bound to succeed. Watch for their advertisement in the Freeman. The finest Negro church edifice in that section of the State is the Zion Baptist Church of which the Rev. O. O. Johnson is pastor. The Rev. John T. Farley, the young progressive, energetic pastor of the St. John A. M. E. Church, is closing a most successful conference year, and is thinking seriously of taking unto himself a wife in the near future. The Harris Hotel is a worthy hostelry and that means a good deal. It is ably seconded by the Watkins House and Cafe. Travelers can find a sweet resting place at either place. Dr. Hawkins, the druggist, and Dr. Lindsay, the veteran physician, are both estimable gentlemen and are doing well in their chosen profession We wish here to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Professors Shorter and Scarborough, Mrs. Biship Arnett, a nd Mrs. Reid, of Wilberforce, for hospitalities extended us during our brief stay in the town. We noticed that all the cottages owned by the Afro-Americans in Wilberforce was in splendid condition and that none outshown Prof. Scarborough, which is-to-date in every par- Dr. Jones, the irrepressible, indomitable, courageous and almost if not quite so "matchless" president of the thriving and successful Wilberforce, is entitled to double honor this year for he has accomplished wonders for the University and the Church. Facts and figures if we could in this brief way present them., would bear us out in this assertion. During the year Galloway Hall and Carnegie Library have been completed and occupied, greatly adding not only to the facilities but in a larger sense to the imposing dignity of the great university. r. Jones knows that if he had not been able to marshall the forces and if all the united faculty had not given him their undivided support, he would not have reaped such a splendid harvest during the last university year. Secretary Horace Talbert is untiring in his work and despite the fact that his arduous duties of office tax his time and strength, still he has been able to put upon the market another important litterary work named "The Sons of Allen." STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION (Continued from first page.) weather was admitted to the bar of that city, but later became a clerk in the post office. For a number of years he has been giving much of his time to the writing of poetry. His latest production is a book of poems entitled "Lights and Shadows." His poems for the most part depict the sublime beauty of plain and simple life on the spacious fields of the country. Louisville has several poets whose works are on display at the Jamestown Exposition, and we are glad to note that the southwestern part of the State has given birth to one who sings in unison with a happy muse. The commencement of the Central High School was held last Friday night at the Masonic Theatre. There were seventy-seven graduates. The singing and orations were of the highest order, showing research, brilliance and beauty. The music was under the personal direction of Miss Godshaw (white), assisted by Miss Sadie Walker, one of our own girls, who has displayed much ability as an artist at the piano. The program was in charge of Prof. D. L. Lawson, principal of the school. The speakers were Misses Anita Leach, Annetta Mosby, Rosa Taylor, Mary M. Edwards, Clara Barbour, Hazel Brown, Willie Maze, Pessie Davis, Georgia A. Thomas and Mr. Arthur P. Evans. The feature of the occasion was the address to the graduates by Hon. H. H. Thatcher, of Louisville, and formally assistant and acting attorney o the United States Court, who said, in part: "Prof. Lawson, Graduates, Parents and Patrons: "Before I speak to the graduates I must first speak a word to all; and that is to voice the thought which has filled my mind and heart throughout the evening's program. If there be any one, anywhere, who doubts the upward destiny of your race, if he could but look on this picture (pointing to the graduates), and on this (pointing to the great audience, filling the theatre from pit to dome), and if he could only have heard these speeches, songs, and declarations—his doubts would forever be dissolved. "Looking upon this great audience of bright-faced, cheerful, well-dressed people, and hearing these young men and women from this stage, it is almost beyond the belief of those who never witnesses it, that less than fifty years ago, in this fair land, cruel servitude held sway. "But this great and splendid transformation gives us hope; gives all hope; gives hope to those of every racea nd creed. It strikingly reveals the great, eternal plan. So surely as that all the waters of the earth—however remotely they may spring or fall—go, forever, rushing, winding, singing to the sea—so surely as that the great sun forever strives to throw its beams upon the earth—that sure it is that, in the Providence of God, the natural destiny of each and every human race is upward to the heights. "I congratulate you (the graduates) for the splendid work you have done; (Continued from first page.) Degrees Conferred. ELWOOD C. KNOX, Mgr. FOR SALE. General Correspondence From Various Sections. BRAZIL, INDIANA. 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? QUICK POPULARITY IS THE RESULT OF MERIT Drink Gettysburg Rye, The, Whisky THAT MADE THE ELKS' PICNIC FAMOUS. AT ALL FIRST CLASS BARS. Old Mission Wine Co. D. stributors. 143-147 N. ILLINOIS STREET. Light Livery, Party Wagons, Coupes, Carriages. Horses taken to the Country UNION DRIVERS. Winter and Summer. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. GEORGE ROACH, Manager. O MONEY Assured S When you borrow me Indianapolis Mortgage you are just as sure of satisfactor of transaction as if you were dea city. Our contract is plain an trip you up; any one can grasp it just what rate of interest you are ments are to be made. Contains can be added on. You get all the security remains in your possessi you do borrow, you should not coo Indianapolis Mortgage 210 Unity Building, I Old Phone, Main, 541. QUICK POINT IS THE R ME Drink Gettysburg THAT M ELKS' PICN AT ALL FIRST Old Mission Wine 143-147 N. IL BOTH PHONES 1543 C. W. S Boarding Light Livery, Party Wagons, Coupes, C UNION DRIVERS. Winter and GEORGE ROA best in the city. The latter is a young man, reared at Brazil, and has the confidence and respect of both white and colored.—There are several well-to-do miners among our people and many good, respectable citizens in other walks of life. Sam' Johnson, who has had four daughters to graduate from the high school, has one attending the State Normal at Terre Haute.—Henry Green has been electrical engineer at the Traction power house for many years. Messrs' Holt, Godley and Davis are the leading barbers of the town.—The Potter brothers are making good in their line of work.—Mr. and Mrs. Tuggle have built up a good reputation along their line of work. Mrs. Tuggle is a first class milliner.—The ministers are all doing good work among the people.—Mr. Foster Barnett is another one of Brazil's reliable and prosperous colored citizens.—There are many whites who always offer encouragement to colored enterprise.—Mr. E. J. Bard, the tea merchant on Main street, is a great friend to us.—The Lawson & Miller undertaking business has by conscientious dealing built up a first-class trade and is gradually making customers among our people. They are subscribers of The Freeman.—There are other good white people who are interested in the progress of the colored people in Brazil. "SEER" JACKSONVILLE. ILL. THE Ladies Art Club met recently with Mrs. M. C. Clark on S. West street Ray Moxley is quite ill at his home on S. Clay avenue.—The Second Christian church is progressing nicely.—Among the colored graduates of this city was Miss Etta Stewart who received many nice presents. She was the only graduate of the high school. The eighth grade graduates were Misses Jessie Allen, Eva Triplett, Mattie Banks, Gertrude Morgan and Earl Allen and Willis Allen.—The Domestic Social Club meet recently with Mrs. Henry Powers on S. Harding avenue.—Mrs. King is very ill at home in Hannibal, Mo.—Mrs. Nancy Brown Easley who has been quite ill is some better.—Jessie Dugan died recently in this city at the home of her sisters on N. Sandy street The funeral was held at the A. M. E. Church Rev. James Higgins conducted the service Interment was in East Cemetery.—A picnic was held at Havana recently and was largely attended.—Mrs. Alice Dabney left recently for a visit with her daughter in Bloomington, Ill.—Thomas Berry age 16 years died recently at his home on N. West street after a long illness. He was a boy well liked by all and was a bright boy. He leaves a mother, father and two sisters. He was a writer of The Freeman --- GRAND LAUNDRY 109-111 W. Tenth Street TO LOAN Satisfaction money of the old reliable gage and Loan Company very treatment from beginning to end binding with the most solid bank in the d simple. It contains no snares to its meaning at one reading. It tells to pay and how and when the pay- no loop-holes where extra expense time you need on the loan and the on. Is there any reason why, when some straight to our office? gage and Loan Company, 147 East Market Street. New Phone 1419. POPULARITY RESULT OF BRIT Big Rye, The, Whisky MADE THE IC FAMOUS. CLASS BARS. Co. D. stributors. ILINOIS STREET. 919 N. ILLINOIS ST., REAR. SHEETS, Livery Stable Carriages. Horses taken to the Country and Summer. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. ACH, Manager. for many years and will be remembered by many people of Indianapolis, Ind.—Mrs Jessie Britt Charles of Springfield, Ill. is here visiting her mother.—The Mallory Brothers are doing a good business in their second hnd store on S.Main Street.—Subscribe for the Freeman it is a good newspaper. DALLAS. TEXAS. ENTHUSIASTIC gathering of business men and women is much needed in Dallas to push the cause of virtue and morality. The petty nuslances among the rares are too ripe and will soon burst which will prove disastrous to the tax payer and property holders. A stop must come.-Leon Meyers and Miss. Ellen Cooper were married Thursday night of last week at the beautiful residence of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cooper in Queen City a suburban town of the great metropolis. Both parties are well known and many of their friends were present to congratulate. They were the recipient of many useful presents.-Mrs. M. E. Payne and daughter are visiting in the Almo City.-Miss Maggie Roberts of El Paso and Miss Mollie Thompson of Waco are the guest of Lowery on Young street.-Mrs. O. Mackey of Fort Worth spent several days here visiting Mr. and Mrs. Earl White on Julett street.-Each of the delegates and visitors to the K of P. Grand lodge at Houston did well their part and the reward comes to the victors. Dallas gets the grand lodge next year. The financial stalting of all the lodges in the lone star state is as follows: 42 new lodges organized; 4 re-instituted; total 46. Amount of money collected for Grand Lodge. $4,008.00; Temple $1,517.25 ENDOWMENT. DR. Balance brought forward..... $ 7,814.63 Endowment tax..... 31,584.45 Policies'..... 185.00 Annual sermon..... 228.05 CR. ..... $39,812.13 Beneficiaries for August ..... $ 7,350.00 Beneficiaries for December ..... 7,800.00 Beneficiaries for April..... 5,399.91 Salary for secretary..... 300.00 Salary and office expenses for President..... 385.30 Commissioner of Insurance..... 7.00 Refunds and disbursements..... 549.45 ..... $21,691.66 Balance on hand.....$18,120.47 Number of deaths this year, 70. Total amount of beneficiaries, $8,200.00. Total on hand above all indebtedness, $9,920.47. Totat cash collected from all sources, $38 158.35. ————. 2931 State Street, Chicago, Minois. ——\——_- eas z The Hits of to-day. Second Largest Mailing System in the Northwest. Songs that are to ship Twenty-five (25c) Cents each—all postage paid by us. S “Sweetie, Dear,” “Take Your Time,’’ “Let It Alone,” 5 “Pm Going to Exit.”” “Since You Galled Me, Dearie,” “(Running Wild.’’ " You don’t see what t in this list, enclose 2931 State Street, 2lnmaqen tonne at money orice ~~» THE GREAT WESTERN MUSIC SUPPLY, “Gittago, tines’ \ . =) KS Hage, AS. __ Ss Bumpty are at t Fas <N Will Brown, He 1S x Taylor and W | BY A'S making good ii |X Y Tia [at the Bell t I\YWA QE | Weeks to follow 4 fs | Madam Myrti iy = (Gd |lady beritone si 9” / f oe (AR)i | Brown's ‘Tenne: 0 NSSE'Y | that the show ms [£7 ae -§ |ever in four ys ie ) 3\ G23? | added to his sh ux ; I. A ‘| Kansas City, M ie 1 K 449” |feel happy to } sa Tae most completed “Fe ey ing season. Re ing up for all dé eA ter Norman Lit aN hoop controller nN K ing the audien | : 4 night, introduci { Also Manager f ye N band and orche: YY s and so far as h = Fey cerned, there is = ‘and lila tone a Alonzo Moore, the great magician, is wr in Chicago. Danis and Jones, of Allen’s Min- eis, sead regards to Sam Johnson igi other friends. | tie members of Parker's Amuse- t Company send regards to all ais in and out of the profession, | ‘tie pupils of Clarence Cameron nite at Washington, D. C., will give frctal at Lincoln ‘Temple churehp fwsiay evening. | Mr B. MeWVilliams, the Indianapolis rite, will make a flying trip to janspolis for a few days and re- ya to Chicago where he will rejoin p show, the Georgia see august frank Walker, the clever Chinese Jialian impersonator, is a big hit 4i Frisco Park, Peoria, II ‘This ik San Lueis Park, Chicago, Ill, of the Bist. | Richie ond Francis will take out lr own company, playing the sum- resor We are having special # made and wardrobe people en- dare Harry Woodine, James fou, Lucy Mallary, trio; Ritchie i Francis and Band. | Pie Red, Tom Hammond, “The <r.” Wm. Hurley, Wm. String- Serge King, Bud Pettis, Johnny i, Henry Luster, George Owsley, janes Combs, were disappointed s for Louisville in the great ziter of the “Giants” last Sunday the hands of the A. B. C's. Tiliam MeCabe, manager Georgia Prbalours, send regards to all pro- ‘onal friends and La Roy Bland i members of Mahara’s Minstrels. * out for the big ad in The Free- next week, * * The Simmons ical artists send regards to all eis. * * Mr. Walter Hulet, bet- known as Walter La Roy, will ke unto himself a better half soon. ill know all about it in a later issue. it hope Mr. Hulet a great success hope to know more about it later. LV. Purcell, the So-Different, rites from San Francisco: “The then quartet are at the Wigwam ater, the three Mitchells are at Pe Empire. Harry Brown has ten eis over the Coneidine Circuit, & Jones (Nina & Dock), are en- ‘aining at Pureell’s, Mines & tHE FREEMAN GALLERY VA Me? of) Dr, Se nh Og “pe Raa ge = Pr » ie TR Ae) OT 7 §: ORSIAL Moxey, Me female Sarltonist, with the “Four Creoles" in Vaudeville. Ber aa ©! your votce and my heart Fow they battle the time, As you sts and depart ; The world is just fine. Dreamingly | walk through the lane, Aad ever hear your voles, “Ealrest Toreador of Spain.’” —Charles Marshall. THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPp,prp Bumpty are at the Novelty in Oakland, Will Brown, Henry Stewart, Rudolph Taylor and Walter Lancaster are making good in a comedy quartette at the Bell theater, with twenty Weeks to follow over the three L's. Madam Myrtle Brown, the greatest lady bgritone soloist, also the star of Brown's Tennessee Minstrels, writes that the show is going better than ever in four years. Manager Brown added to his show Mr. N. Stirman of ‘Kansas City, Mo,, and it makes us all feel happy to know that we have al- most completed our troup for the com- ing season. Ross & Stone are clean- ing up for all dancing comedians. Mas- ter Norman Little, the funny boy, and hoop controller and juggler, is hold- ing the audience spellbound every night, introducing two new rope tricks. Also Manager Brown has his little band and orchestra above the average and so far as his ventriloquist is con- cerned, there is none as good. Brown and his troup send regards to all per- formers. COLE BROTHERS’ SHOW. |, The Cole Brothers’ Show is still in the east playing to most excellent business. Mr. Wolfscale's Voudeville Company is still pleasing the large audience we daily face. We are anx ious to hear from Will Thomas. Write Will, care of Freeman, Our roster is as follows: James Wolfescales, manager; Chas. Bruce, stage manager an dprincipal come: dian; Mr. and Mrs, Ed Price, Mrs. Bruce; Miss Williams, Mr, W. T. Rus sell, Mr. Roy Wolfscales, Mr. B. Lois- well, Mr. Thos. Sulcer, Mr, Sam Ried, Mr. W. B. Taylor, Mr. W. S. Smith, Mr. Troy Wolfseales, Mr. George Pow- ers, Mr. John Bull and Mr. W. L. Rector. THE PEKIN. The new “In Zululand” at the Pekin, has caught on big and despite the sud- den hot spell this “parlor home of colored comedy” has had crowds at every performance. The production at this theatre follows closely in lines and situations the old play produced here last season, but there haye been quite a few changes made for the bet- ter, new music added and it goes with a swing from start to finish. Har- rison Stewart who made quite a repu- tation in the character of Jack Pot in this play is funnier than ever and the balance of the cast assists him to the very best of their ability. The staging of the musical numbers which is one by original Billy Johnson, of Cole and Johnson, shows the master hand and the entire production as a whole under the able supervision of J. Ed Green, is pleasing and entertain- ing. The music for this piece was writ- ten by Joe Jordan, Will Marion Cook and J. 'T. Brymn, the three premier colored song writers of America and it is of a decidedly high class. Beginning Monday, July 1, Manager |Motts announces the spectacular pro- duetion of a brand new musical com- edy drama, “Captain Rufus,” with special scenic effects and music. It is expected that this production will hold the Pekin boards for a long run as extensive preparations have been made looking to the success of the play. The piece is by J. Ed Green and Alfred Anderson, with music by Joe Jordan, J. T. Brymn and H. L. Free- man. PROSPECTS OF THE NEXT COMEDY SEASON By Sylvester Russell. ‘With the turning of the tide, after a season of bad new managers, bad ‘bookings, and in some cases bad stars |and actors, if, from this early hour a perfect new chart can circumvent all branches 0 frequisite demands for a fresh new season, there is no rea- son why the prospects for next sea- son’s comedy should not be_ bright and its financial outlook made prac- tically available. First of all, the Bob Cole season, as I see fit to call it, ‘or otherwise, Cole and ohnson in the “Shoo Fly Regiment,” which I regret I did not see, but of which actors and other people have informed me of, hasat length, after a loss of perhaps $5,000, perched its way upon a limb into the big green tree of winners. This, of course, means that the com- petitive degree of rivalous hustle with which the Williams-Walker-Shipp-Rog- ers forces will be frought, say nothing of Ernest Hogan, who, himself, still lingers behind illegitimately, and Sreman Dudley mildly and farcically in the race, will mark the exciting scenes of cherished interest, when everything is ready. And let us im- plore times motion that Jesse Shipp has not been frightened by the threat- ening traits of Alan Dale and Acton Davies. New York would have trert- ed Abssinia far better if the Morning Sun had given us a more advanced review from the pen of W. J. Hender- son, Away with critics who dwell on classics, who evade and score race progress like babies half weaned from the bottle. ‘Two other advents in the dramatic- comedy element that can be reason- ably mentioned is the stock company at the Chicago Pekin and Lash Gid- eon’s “Hottest Coon in Dixie”—which, in view of changing theory should b called “The Hottest Darkey in Dixie. Andrew Copeland, the new comedian, has been spoken of as a new Gideon find. The new Pekin theater bas pre Sented a series of ne wplays, much to the credit of the producer of J. Ed Green and others, Prof. James _T. Brymn and Joe Jordan having espe cially distinguished themselves in musical composition and Harrison Stewart, the new stock star comedian, of State street, who is said to be thoughtful and attentive to h is books, and who is moderately spoken of as a dramatic necromancer, whose future is predicted at long range, is very much in practice and can glory in the fact that the critle hasn't seen him yet to determine the spoils of a local* reputation. Jolly John Larkins, who has ap- peared in the one-act comedy of the ‘Troubadours without being seen by the critic thus far this season, has already been spoken of. The greatest of alarm has been entertaimed con- cerning the new air ship exploits of Emest Hogan and the abrupt closing of his successful season as a comedy star. It seems almost useless to give ‘out further comment on the future prospects of Mr. Hogan. He “will” have his way. His way is a reckless barried to his financial upbuilding. No wise man, even as stalwart as Mr. Ho- gan, can do two physical and mental branches of work at once and do them completely. Whatever there may be of discord in the harness so success- fully handled by Managers Hurtig and ‘Seamon, through Acting Manager Geo. Harris, hitched to the head of Ernest Hogan, it is plainly up to Mr. Hogan to avoid the “blind staggers,” if pos- sible, and so steer clear of the river. Both Cole and Johnson and Williams and Walker are to be booked under new auspices. They are proprietors of their own shows and each have a representative. Williams and Walker will probably have a new play next season, but Abyssinia need not nec- essarily be shelved for at least one more season. It is clearly unsurpased by any white production of similar classification on the boards and the trifling class of colored people who say they don’t like it can stay away; there are those who do of both races, and others can sit and wait for Bert Williams. Whatever else is to be prom- ised for next season, nobody knows and whatever is not carried out every- body sees. “To be or not to be,” is what we must again repeat like William Shake- Speare. That is the question. A CRUSHING DEFEAT. The Much Heralded and Over Esti mated “Giants” of Louisville “Showed Up” by the Invincible “A B. C.'s” of Indianapolis—Demus, the Crack Second Baseman of the Ken: tucky Aggregation, Played Like Child on the Village Green. It was almost piteous to observe the frantic efforts of the Louisville Giants, an aggregation of so-called ball play- ers from Louisville, to even make a showing against the A. B. C.’s of this city, Saturday and Sunday of last week. They proved absolutely one of the weakest eams yet introduced on the local field this season. A painful Jack of team work was noticeable ‘throughout each of the contests. It was amusing to note the desire of the Kentucky bunch to continuously fire the ball around the diamond and in every instance some one of the vis- itors managed to throw the sphere away, and on the error invariably caused the chalking up of one or more scores against them. Demus, the mighty second baseman of the Lou- isville's, as he was heralded by Wm. Lancaster, an enthusiastic rooter for the visitors, proved the undoing of the Giants in their opening contest, with the locals. With two men down in the third, he made a series of cost: ly fumbles which, together with the fierce hitting of the Indianapolis team, netted the A. B. C's six tallies. Groans of bitter disappointment were common among the contingency from Louisville who had come up to applaud the “Giants” to victory. Some were loyal, however, to the last, ex- cusing the awful showing of their home team to the fact that they had never faced such a throng of specta- tors and that they were away from home. ‘The local team seemed never to have been in better form with their all times on the benders and twisters tossed up by Helms, Thomas and Dickey. In the first game of the doubleheader Sunday, Holmes and Thomas were cracked for ten. safe ones, among them being two homers and three two-baggers. In the sec- ond game, Dickey did the slab hon- ors for the visitors and fared some- what. better, only five hits being se- cured off of his delivery. Coleman showed well as a backstop. The tab- ulated score follows: ea ee : | Giants. RHOARE Bmery, Cf. .............0 0 0 0 0 Bristow, If .022020552.50 0 0 0 0 Miles, Tho... 6.662620 0 2 0 0 Watson, 8b. ......0....0 0 3 0 1 Wallace, 2b-°.....0.-...1 0 2 1:0 eas) AD. deeeessc<<:s<001 8 9-07 0, ROPE Bees. es.ce, 0 Bd 8 Coleman, e. .....2221 1 2 2 1 Helms, p.ee..eeeesees.0 0 2 0 0 ‘Thomas, p. ............0 0 11 0 WBEAIN: Necks vaxpeeysode <AA Be A.B. Cs. RHOAB EONS ieeceroreear as ie a ar Shawler, If. .........1 110 0 Herron, ef. .......000.11 0 1 10 Chenault, «9 220000..1012 2 1 0 0 West, 86 sein stee ed 2 2 BL F. Hutchinson, ss. .....2 2 8 3 1 Board, 1b. ............0 19 0 0 Youns, Th ........0 0 1 0 0 Griff, De... 0 6 2 0 Totals .......4...4..910 2712 8 Rol one hal yee ABCS4.40410000* 910 3 LG's ....001010010 3 4 4 Batterles—Grifin, Chenault; Helms, Thomas, Colmena. Tow base hits— Chenault, Hutchinson, Merida, Ross. ‘Three base hit—Shawler. Home run i—West. Struck out—By Griffin, 6; |by Helms, 1, Umpires—Puryear and femme Second Game. | Giants. RHOAE Emery, Cheeses. 0 2 0 0 Bristow, IQ. T00III0 0 2 1 0 Mites, rf. ...........0661 10 0 0 Watson, 3b...200.05550 0 2 0 0 Wallace, 2b. ...........0 1 2 2 0 Ross, 1b. ..............0 2 8 0 4 Rogers, 88. ............0 0 4 2 2 Coleman, CQ. ceeeeceeee0 O 210 DICKOY, De gee ones 50 08 A Pendleton, 1b. ..01/11.11 0 0 0 0 Totals —20-sn.auteyssad Aa FT A.B. Os. RHOAB Merida, 2b. ............1 0 3 2 1 Shawler, If. ....,.......1 0 3 10 Herron, cf. ....,.......2 1 8 10 PrimM, G. .iececscceeeed 1 110 West, Bb. 2242. 5s5c205060 2 010 Hutchinson, ss. ...1:.150 0 2 2 0 Board, 1b. ........6....0 17 0 0 Young, rf. .............0 0 3 0 0 Talbott, DP. .............0 2 8 0 0 TORRE oases codeSs6 BI ATOT A RHE AB C’s...20202000% 651 L.G’s ....000100100 25 7 Batteries—Talbott. Primm; Dickey, Coleman. Home runs—Herron, Primm. Struck out—By Talbott, 2; by Dicked, 5. Double plays—Shawler to Hutch- inson; Merida to Board. Next Sunday doubleheader. White Sox. ——_ WANTED {202182 URGES GAME "Championship of the West for the Negro TH-State.Palr and Industrial Exposition ut St. Joseph, Mo. August 4th to loth, 1007, "$5,000 to be. distrib: tuted in prizes and’ premining. “for partion: ‘address WA. Hill, Board of Trade build: mg St. Joseph, Mo. —_—_— ee A Fred Douglass Sulis, PROFESSIONAL PIANIST, Leader of Orchestra, etc., ful ly experienced in all branches of the show business. Perma- nent address The Freeman. The America Theater Jackson, Miss. Open Dates for Good COLORED SHOWS. Entire management and ownership colorea Seating capacity 1200. W. J. LATHAM, Managr. “FOR RENT” Minstrel Shows UNDER CANVAS a r—r—~—™ fC oe i <r | eo fe [oe we ine # Ready to set up and do bustness, includ- ing cars, tent, seats, lights, advance agents, performers and musicians. Will route shows and make all. railroad con- tracts} in fact, show complete and ready to set up and do business. Have one show on road now, and the manager has been malting clear for bimselt $200 to $400 per Weel since opening. Parties desiring such business will do well to write me for full particulars. Don’t write unless you mean business and have money to do business with, And a per- gon don't have to know anything about the business to be successful, as I guide and protect the show. Parties desiring full particulars will address Par Cu,prenie, Manager and Owner, Ranurr's Foor ann) Fuxny Fouxs Comepy Co, The successful manager who has made over #50,000 in five years, Performers and musicians write ; can ae 200 or more. Address, 1054 West thurch St., Jasksonville. ¥la.. or en route of “A Rabbit's Foot Co."” —$—__ ae vester Russell’s Review A National Co-Operative Magazine and Advertiser, Catering to no spectal Race, Creed or Color. 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BE a Re Oe ESS Es ES CR NW BOLE ee {iin'Studfontod “wn amamnense boned ‘wall aersoundea oe Wee: cuore, popala foutaren “Magnifosnt river front ‘with hundreds of boats,” Grent nketing Take seonie railroad, loop-the-loop, chiites, ferris whiel a d funny and fascinating shows, reo vaudeville wets and band concerts dally. ea 2 a Mae 8k Ei ormped and conduc by a Colored Man at Write for Seta sate Phone ha ——— Boxing LATEST RING NEWS. Base-Ball AND Athletics Injustice is frequently done to that remarkable boxer, George Dixon, by coupling him with other fighters who have cut snort brilliant careers in the twenty-foot ring by dissipation. For example, Young Corbett, Terry McGovern and Dixon have all been put in the same class of Queensbury failures. Their cases are radically different. Both Corbett and McGovern are only twenty-seven years old, and should now be at their best physically, but each is a wreck as the result of inexcusable dissipation. As athletes they should now be in condition to fight at their best, but they went the pace that destroys physical vigor and as a result are out of the ring. Dixon is now thirty-seven years old, and has run his race as an athlete. There are no pugilists in the ring of his age who are able to fight with the vigor and skill of youth. In fact, fighters, as a rule, lose their steam after passing the thirty-year mark. Joe Gans is one noteworthy exception, he being still very formidable at thirty-three. Fitzsimmons also was a remarkable man in respect of age and fought well up to his fortieth year. But Gans and Fitzsimmons are exceptions to the rule. Dixon, who fought offender and worked harder than any boxer of his time, was played out after his thirtieth year and lost his speed and strength. This was not due to dissipation, but simply to the strain of the work he had done in the ring and on the stage. Scarcely had he finished one hard battle than he was asked to begin training for another. This severe course of work depleted his vitality. It has been said that the $350,000 or $400,000 that Dixon earned in his prime was squandered on wine, fast horses and other frivolities. This is doubtless true, but the money was not spent by Dixon, who never had a wine appetite, gin being more to his liking. Besides, Dixon seldom went faster than Shank's mare or a street car would carry him. While Dixon's fighting days are over, not fro mdissipation, but from ge and hard work work, he still is a good state of preservation, and should not be mixed up with the boxers who by their habits have made old men of themselves in their youth. Dixon was never bright mentally, but had he been he would have held on to a few thousands of the great fortune he earned with his educated fists. M'EARLAND ALMOST A CHAMPION Incredulous citizens of the doubting State of Missouri frankly confess that "Packey" McFarland has exhibited a convincing quantity of Queensbury intelligence and that he doubtless will continue to "show" to an appreciative public. "Packey" has the unique record of having won, either by knockout or on points, every one of the thirty-nine fights in which he has engaged since he entered the ring in 1904. Thirty-one of the battles he won by knockouts and in the other eight bouts he earned the decision on points. It follows, as a matter of course, that McFarland must have won his bouts decisively, for few referees nowadays care to decide in favor of a fighter on points unless he has won convincingly, and therefore decisions of drawn battles are numerus. The fact that McFarland has not a drawn fight in his record shows that he must have won each one by a large majority. Harry Gilmore, Jr., who is the manager of McFarland, and whose father once fought for the lightweight honors and lost, declares that McFarland is the coming lightweight champion of the world. Naturally that assertion can be ascribed largely to the enthusiasm of the manager in the future of a man who may enrich him, but the record of the youngster is certainly worthy of serious consideration. "Packey" is only nineteen years old, having been born in Chicago on November 1, 1886. He was christened Patrick McFarland and was for some inexplicable reason nicknamed "Packey" by the boys in the neighborhood. A glance at the list of McFarland's victims does not reveal the presence of any very formidable pugilists. In fact, up to the present year "Packey" had not beaten any men who were more than mediocre in ability, but this spring he defeated two men, in the doing of which he stamped himself as a good one. Kid Goodman and Maurice Sayers are the men and while McFarland won on points yet he did so handily. There is only one weak spot in "Packey's" armor, and that is his failure to meet Dick Hyland recently when he had a chance. Perhaps he THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER can give a satisfactory reason for his action. It may have been the shrewd manager who concluded that Hyland was too tough a proposition to send his youngster against so early in the game. In that case the manager showed good judgment. UNFAIRNESS TO JOHNSON HURTS PUGILISTIC GAME. By John L. Footsug Not so much interest as some news-paper writers would have you believe, is being taken in boxin gthese days, for the simple reason that there is not any fairness shown among promoters and boxers all over the country. The supporting public want fairness delt out to them on every side and it is that class, of people who are now kicking at the ring generals of to-day. Sport followers want to see the best fighters, be they black or white, given a chance and the white fake pugilist does not want ot see it that way. Every time a black "pug" shows up to be as clever as the cleverest, the white second-rater jumps up in his way and blocks him so that he gets not even a chance to demonstrate his ability. Oftentimes there loops up in site a white fighter of the first water who has no other equal than in some certain colored fighter and just because he is colored the line is drawn on him so strong that this white fighter, for fear of losing friends, draws the line also; finally it becomes a fad with each succeeding champion to draw the line, as did Jeffries. There is no doubt of it, but what every prize fight enthusiast would like very much to see is a fight pulled off between Squires and Johnson, and would like a match of this kind a great deal better than the one already proposed between Burns and Squires. In fact, the public thinks it would be only acting fair to the principals of the ring. It is going to be a financial loss for promoter Coffroth any way. Jimmy does not know ne is facing a street car strike, for Burns is a poor drawing card, and why wouldn't he be, when the public knows who it wants for Squires. In this country you have got to do what the people say if you want success and there will be no more successful heavyweight fights in this country unless in the next affair. JOHN L. LEADING SIMPLE LIFE John L. Sullivan, the "greatest fighter of his time," is in poor health. He has gone to the springs at West Baden, Ind., where he will remain for some weeks in an endeavor to recuperate. It is understood that Sullivan is now leading a very quiet life and that he has a permanent seat on the water wagon. RICKARD AFTER GANS-THOMAS Ely, Nevada.—Special.—Tex Rickard has given out news to the effect that he is after a fight between Joe Gans and Joe Thomas. Thomas is a welter, and a good, big, strong one at that, but it has always been felt that Gans could give as stiff an argument to any man in the 145 division as he did to Walcott and Sullivan. Not long ago there was talk of Gans meeting Jack O'Brien, and he surely would have given away as much weight in the case of Thomas as he would have to concede to O'Brien. All things considered, a Gans-Thomas go does not seem a bit outlandish. JOHNSON MAY MEET SCHRECK. Fight to Come Off at Tonopah. In all likelihood Jack Johnson, the much feared big heavyweight champion, will be given the July 4 Tonopah dat ewith Mike Schreck, says Jim Ryan. Everything has been done to bring this match to a head. Johnson declares he will force Mike to fight. DRISCOLL MAY MEET ATTELL. English Featherweight Champion Anxious to Take On American Boxer. New York Special.-Jim Driscoll, the English featherweight who defeated Bowker, the British champion, has stated his willingness to meet Abe Attell, the American champion. They may sign to fight before the Pacific Athletic Club of Los Angeles within a month. Carnival of the World's Best Team Men. New York Special. — Colleges throughout the South will be represented in the college championships at the Jamestown Exposition on June 22 by their entire track and field teams, and all the Eastern universities, including Yale, Harvard, Prince- ton, Columbia and Cornell, will enter their point winners at the intercollegiate championships for the various events at the exposition. Ireland is to have two representatives in the all-round championship on July 4. Martin Sheridan, the former champion, is training daily on the Pastime Athletic Club grounds. It is understood that Kiely, who won the championship at St. Louis in 1904, is sure to compete against Sheridan. What will undoubtedly prove one of the best athletic competitions to be held at the exposition will be the Amateur Athletic Union swimming and water polo championships, which will be decided July 25, 26 and 27. It is the intention of the exposition management to invite Jarrells, England's swimmer, to the competitions. THOMPSON IN GOOD CONDITION. Athlete May Work in Team Next Athlete Thompson, who is a member of the track team of the Indiana University is so improved that it is likely that he will b e able to work with his team next season. Thompson is the only colored member of the team and on account of serious illness could not work last season. He is said to be the best all around athlete in the State. "SHORTY" IN THE CROWD Went to see the game Arrived a little late Managed to get standing room Just inside the gate. "Watch our Jimmy bring 'ef in," Fellow said to me. And there was me— Trying for a peep From behind the human wall Six or seven deep. Knew it was a hit Heard the mighty roar, But couldn't see a cussed thing, Gee! But I was sore. —Sporting Life. PHILADELFHIANS TO CROSS BATS WITH NEW YORK. New York Special.—One of the greatest games of the season will be that of the Philadelphia Giants and the Royal Giants of Brooklyn, New York on the Polo grounds July 4. Both teams have a strong line-up this season and a very hotly contested game is expected. On June 6 these teams played at the Brooklyn National League park and the Quaker City boys won in a brilliantly contested game by a score of 4 to 3. A BASE BALL SUPPER. How a College Team's Captain Entertained Eight "Fans." "Out on first!" "That's a hot one!" "Willie scores one!" "Home run for Arthur!" These were the familiar terms that greeted each joke or attempted joke. The occasion was a novel entertainment recently given in a college town at which the captain of the college team entertained eight of the most enthusiastic "fans" among his friends at a baseball dinner. Counting the host, the party numbered nine. Dinner was announced at 9 o'clock in the evening. With the assistance of his mother and sister the young man carried out the whole arrangement with brilliant success. Before going into the dining room each man was given a place on the "team" and by this means found his proper place at the table. The dining table, which was square, was turned and spread in such a manner as to represent the diamond of a baseball field. Instead of the usual cards there was at each cover a miniature fan bearing the word pitcher, catcher, first base, third base, right shortstop, left shortstop, righ tfield, left field. The menu cards were diamond shaped and had "Official Score" printed on one side, and on the other side was the menu, consisting of nine courses, or "innings," as they were termed on the cards. They read, leaving out the interpolations, as follows: First strike .....Oyster Cocktails SECOND INNING. In which the Losing Team Lands... Soup THIRD INNING. Caught on the Fly... Mountain Trout on Diamond Shaped Toast FOURTH INNING A Sacrifice ..... .....Lamb Chops with Potato Balls FIFTH INNING. A Foul Ball ..... .....Turkey Croquettes, Green Peas SIXTH INNING. The Umpire, When We Lose.....Lobster Salad, Cheese Wafers What We Were Handed.....Lemon Cream in Diamond Shaped Slices and Maccaroons. Distribution of Favors The favors were tiny horns, with which, at the suggestion of one of the boys, they rooted for the clever host and the unique way in which they had been entertained. THE COQUETTISH BAT. The bat looked up at the player bold, And its smile was good to see; Then it urned quite red as it softly said, "You have made a hit with me!" —Cleveland Plain Dealer. GOSSIP OF THE TROTTERS Ben Kenney is going to try the runners. * * * Van Zant, 2:09, will be bred to Oakland Baron. Entries for the Rutland (Vt.) horse show close next Monday. * * * Geers worked ten horses in 2:10 or better one day last month. * * * A great trotter passed away when The President, 2:07½, died. * * * Louise G, 2:08½, is in Cox's stable and is being worked on a trot. * * * Dreamwood, Tom Marsh's M. and M. candidate, is working well. * * * Ben Rennick has been in 2:15 with Ward, his M. and M. prospect. * * * It has been decided that Mary Gage, 2:11¼, will not stand training. * * * Dave Cross, who took care of The Friend, 2:05¼, last year and in 1905, is dead. Invader's halves in 1:01¼ and 1:02 look awfully fast for this time of the year. * * * John Young is at Readville with a dozen head of 2 and 3-year-olds from Allen farm. * * * Col. Patrick, 2:10¼, by The Conqueror, worked a mile in 2:12½, at Point Breeze last week. * * * Peter B. Bradley has sent his matinee trotters, Peter B. and King Clay, to Ed Bither. * * * The American Association of Troting Horse Breeders will likely open a futurity this fall. * * * Parthenia, Gen. Chisholm's M. and M. entry, has gone wrong and is out of training until fall. Al Thomas will make his third attempt to win the C. of C. with Bonanza at Detroit next month. Irish Church Bells. It was about the time of St. Patrick, in the fifth century, that bells began to be adopted in the Christian church, though their use in other directions was long anterior to Christianity, as Mr. Layard records having found some in the palace of Nimroud. The first Christian bells, like Patrick's, weighed only a few ounces and from that day gradually increased till the greatest weight was reached at Moscow with 198 tons of beautifully enriched work, a strange contrast to the humble "Clog-an-eadhachia Patrule," or "bell of Clogan's well," sometimes referred to as the bell of Armagh, with its diminutive dimensions of six inches high by five inches broad, four inches deep, made of thin sheets of hammered iron, bent into a four sided form, fastened with rivets and brazed or bronzed. This bell is at once the most authentic and the oldest Irish relic of Christian metal work that has descended to us, writes W. J. Fennell in the Belfast Gazette, and is mentioned in the "Annals" under the date of 552. The Man With Forty Ghosts. A popular novelist talked with regret about the old ghost habit of the past. "Famous painters first and famous writers afterward alike had ghosts," he said. "These ghosts were pupils, disciples. They did the basic work of the master's picture or novel, and the master polished up, put on the finishing touches and signed his name to it. This practice, indeed, still obtains in architecture. It was a practice that allowed a popular artist a manifold increase of production and consequently of income. Dumas, the elder Dumas, had no less than forty ghosts—forty intelligent young men writing away for him about D'Artagnan, Forthos, Aramis and the rest. But Dumas was reckless, and the existence of his forty ghosts became known; hence a good deal of scandal. At the height of this scandal Dumas said to a lady one night: "Have you read my last book, madame? "The lady, with a mischievous smile, replied: "No, M. Dumas. Have you?" New Phone 641 Frank W. Flanner. Chas. J. Buchanan, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 320 N. Illinois St., Indianapolis, Ind. Proprietors Indianapolis Crematory. 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Every time she pulled a piece of meat out of the pot the jackdaw said, "That's not mine; that's not mine," till at last the cook pulled out the frog, when he exclaimed in a very triumphant voice, "That's mine; that's mine." The shock nearly made the guests faint away, but nevertheless the jackdaw got his meat dinner, while the others did without for a change.—London Answers. An Agricultural Surprise. "Eastern visitors to the west are generally prepared for any phenomenal showing in the line of agriculture, stock raising and the like," says a Colorado man, "but once in awhile they are taken by surprise. A New Hampshire man who was spending his vacation on a ranch of a relative in Colorado went out one morning to inspect a large incubator in which the young chicks were hatching. In one corner of the incubator a neglected peach seed encouraged by the warmth of the atmosphere had burst, and a tiny sprout several inches long was growing out of it. "Suffering Caesar!" exclaimed the New Hampshire man as this caught his eye. "Do you hatch out your peaches in this country?"—Kansas City Independent. Legend of the Moss Rose. A German tradition gives the origin of the moss rose as follows: An angel came to earth in mortal! guise. He sought a place of shelter and repose after his labors of love, but every door was shut against the heavenly visitor. At length the angel, being very weary, sank upon the ground and over him a rosebush spread like a tent. It caught upon its outspread leaves the falling dew which would otherwise have drenched the messenger of love. Waking, the angel said to the rose: "Thou hast yielded the shelter that man denied; A proof of my love shall with the abide." denied; A proof of my love shall with the abide." And the green moss gathered about the stem While the dewdrops shone like a diadem, Crowning the blushing flower. Story of a Greek Saint. 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That the whole office force in their anguish will sob And the senior partner turn pale. You are highly efficient and active and bright— So you say. I'm unwilling to doubt you; But the chance of all this is incredibly slight. There are plenty of others without you. Don't get mad with the girl, and to make her feel bad Fail to go for your usual call It's the truth, though I know it sounds awfully sad. That she may never miss you at all. It's mighty poor policy staying away. Though I grant that at times she may flout you. But I know that I'm in a position to say There are plenty of others without you. Not to speak of the good of your soul, If you jump in the lake you may make a small splash. But you'll never leave much of a hole. Don't expect folks to make such a terrible fuss When they think very little about you. And, to use common language, aren't caring a cuss. There are plenty of others without you. —Chicago News. * * * Clean out the slums! * * * The laborer is worthy of his hire. * * * It looks, after all, that Brownsville shot itself up. * * * This is pre-eminently the sra in which the young man shlnes. Ben Tillman and his malodorous pitchfork seems to have gone out of style. * * * * The praise another man gets is no robbery of you. "There's glory enough for all." * * * * Negative harmlessness never built up a race. It is positive helpfulness that counts. * * * * The "social settlement" is one of the most helpful aids in making better communities. * * * * It has not yet been proven that a colored person stole that $173,000 from the Chicago sub-treasury. * * * * The "Knox Boom" ought to receive a warm welcome in the office of the Indianapolis Freeman. * * * * The enemy is to be preferred to the alleged "Friend" who believes the tales the enemy tells about you. Denunciation if a two-edged sword. Constructive effort-counts always on the profit side of the ledger. * * * * Emmett J. Scott, the country's premier private secretary, would "look good" in Secretary Loeb's place. * * * * The "publicity man" of the various schools is having his innings. The commencement season is keeping him "going some." * * * * "States Rights" would be less objectionable if they were not utilized primarily to rob the Negro of his constitutional rights. * * * * The Boston Guardian seems to have discovered that opposition to the Negro's high-grade exhibit at Jamestown is not a winning card. * * * * The political wise-acres are trying to figure out how many colored delegates there will be in the next republican national convention. Henry Ossawa Tanner, the illustrious painter, is given out as one of Pittsburgh's "twenty-eight best citizens," but he lives in Paris, France. * * * Unjust as it may appear, an absurd rumor, given currency by the most irresponsible gossiper in a community, will offset a hundred letters of recommendation. * * * The optimistic champions of the Negro Exhibit at Jamestown may be forgiven if they now indulge in a few triumphant "I-told-you-so's." They have won their case. * * * The Reverend Charles Satchell Morris, of Louisville, Chicago, Washington, Africa and New York, is strangely silent these days. "'Spress yo'self, ole man, 'spress yo'self!" It is denied that "The Prevaricator," a new book to be issued soon by Henry James, has any bearing upon the life or work of one William Monroe Trotter. * * * * The continued rise in the price of meats and all other food stuffs is causing the average citizen to afxx several "?????????" to this alleged "prosperity" that we are enjoying. * * * * The record fails to show the number of votes Prof. W. E. B. Du Bois received in the recent contest for the office of Assistant Superintendent of the public schools of Washington, D. C. * * * * There may yet be hope for "Prof." W. H. Farris. An eastern scientist is working on a machine that will do away with the desire for sleep, while another is perfecting a device that will raise the dead. Slums are not necessarily a part of a city's equipment. They should be gotten rid of by the erection of sanitary dwellings with cheap rent, for the benefit of the poorer classes, white and colored. * * * * Women in public life are delightful, at times—but the "My Dear Maria" episodes are coming on so rapidly that the average wife-seeker is hiking off after the quiet little girl who doesn't want to be "the whole show." * * * * William Jennings Bryan would have many more colored admirers if he did not belong to a party in which Ben Tillman, Jim Varadman, Tom Watson, Jeff Davis, John Temple Graves, Joe Bailey and "Hoax" Smith are star performers. * * * * Dr. Frederick W. Robertson says: "Brother men, one act of charity will teach us more of the love of God than a thousand sermons." Let us see to it that one sermon, will circulated and practically accepted, inspires a thousand acts of charity. The Chicago Conservator seems to have made a good job of "converting" Booker T. Washington to its way of thinking. Editor Wilkins will doubtless continue to support of "Wizard" if the latter keeps in the straight road chalked out for him. * * * The Washington Star, discussing the "good southern man" fallacy in connection with the next democratic nomination for the presidency, says most pertinently that "that 'goo southern man' is a myth—the Mrs. Harris of our politics. There ain't no sich person." * * * Negro editors are not shedding any maudlin tears over the demise of Senator John T. Morgan, of Alabama. He was a "white-liner" of the old school, and never did accept the War Amendments as a part of the organized law of the land. The race loses nothing in his passing. Oculists are not apt to be attracted to Brownville, Texas. It is awfully discouraging to dealers in sight-helpers to strike a town where so many people can distinguish between dark-skinned white men and Negroes at a distance of a hundred yards, with not even moonlight to aid the eye. * * * * With the National Afro-American Council, June 26, the National Medical Association in August, and the 1908 meeting of the National Negro Business League in prospect, the monumental city of Baltimore may be said to be doing a "land-office" business in the convention line. * * * * There is talk of a truly National Negro Exposition in 1619, to commemorate the landing of the first Negro people upon this continent. In case such a movement is pulled off, it is safe to predict that there will be some lively bidding between Baltimore and Richmond for the honor furnishing the site. John Temple Graves has expressed his opinion of Roosevelt and Brvan, but they have so far refrained from expressing their opinion of him. But Graves need have no fear that his fame has been overlooked. Kelly Miller gave his measure to the public several moons ago, and everybody is "onto him." Col. Robert E. Lee, Jr., whose claim to prominence rests upon the fact that he is the grandson of his grandfather, is out in a declaration placing the blame for the introduction of slavery on the North. Be that as it may, we know only too well who fought a bloody four years' war to perpetuate that hellish institution. The exceptionally high death rate among Negroes is not strange, when it is remembered that they are forced to live in dwelling units for habitations by animals. Washington City is looking into the unsanitary tenement house question, and thus sets an example which other cities with an appreciable colored population would do well to emulate. * * * It is now given out that Dr. W. D. Chappelle, present Secretary of the A. M. E. Sunday School Union at Nashville, is a candidate for the Bishopic—and nothing else. This is interpreted to mean that the clever South Carolinian thinks well of his chances, and that Ira T. Bryant, the "business administration" aspirant for his shoes, will have practically a "walk-over." It is the popular impression that Roscoe Conkling Bruce will be his own man as superintendent of the colored schools of Washington, and that he will administer his office in the interest of the whole people. Surely, Brother W. Calvin Chase has been acquainted with Mr. Bruce long enough to be able to dismiss all apprehensions as to who controls the young man's thinking apparatus. * * * * An exchange tells of an intoxicant discovered in Africa that compels people to tell the truth. It would pay the managers of the Negro Department of the Jamestown Exposition to secure a large consignment of the precious fluid, and distribute several cases of it judiciously around the headquarters of the disgruntled in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta and Chicago. One O. C. Barton, a Tennessee white man, can not be charged with lack of original ideas. He may be excused on the ground of sectional pride for wishing to see a southerner nominated for the presidency by the democrats, but when he suggests Luke wright, former Governor of the Philippines as the right man, he evinces rare courage of conviction, but for judgment it amounts to "famdoolishness." Luke Wright isn't fit to be nominated for town constable. The Cambridge Mirror doesn't think much of the fierce agitation over Negro suffrage in the South when there are 300,000 colored men in the Northern, Central and Western States, who have a right to vote untrammeled and *** 1 * * * SERATION *** *** know not what to do with the power they hold in the hollow of their hands. The Mirror notices with a sigh that despite the fact that the Northern Negroes cast over a quarter of a million votes, his political power is zero. This is indeed a point worth considering by the political scientists, between now and next year. *** Popular sentiment would save the A. M. E. General Conference a great deal of worry by electing its Bishopric roster in advance—if the delegates would only yield their prerogative to the voice of the people. If newspaper talk is to be regarded as "vox populi," all the Norfolk conference would have to go May, in the Bishopric line, would be to hand certificates of election to Drs. E. W. Lampton, H. B. Parks, L. H. Reynolds and H. T. Johnson, for the four that the body will certainly name, and then pick the fifth, which may be decided upon—from a field richly stocked with such divines as Drs. J. S. Flipper, J. M. Conner, W. D. Chappelle, T. W. Henderson, and others. A fickle jade is Fame. But yesterday, Register Vernon, Auditor Tyler and Bishop Grant were starred as limelight favorites, with Booker T. Washington's new summer home on Long Island as a strong "leader;" now they are mere "inside features." The spotlight of glory hovers lovingly about the dusky form of Jockey J. Lee, who rode The Abbott to victory in the Latonia Derby last week, besides winning four entries on the regular "dope sheet" at the same place. This hero of the hour also distinguished himself recently by winning a whole card of six races at Churchill Downs, Louisville. There are times when statesmanship must wait upon the masterful manipulator of fine horse-flesh. He Felt Complimented. A man from Philadelphia, says a writer in the Ledger of that city, was visiting in a town of very few inhabitants. One day when he was about to make a purchase he discovered that he had exhausted his small change. The shopkeeper could not break the ten dollar bill offered him, and the man went out in the main street to see how he might solve the difficulty. He asked several persons, but no one had the requisite amount for the bill. At last an old white haired, seedy negro came along. In sheer desperation the man said: "Uncle, can you change a ten dollar bill for me?" "Uncle" looked dazed for a moment, then his shambling figure straightened. With a doffing of the hat and a bow worthy of Chesterfield he replied, with dignity: "No, marse, I can't change no ten dollar bill, but I done 'preciates the compliment jes' the same, sah." Birds That Boat In Their Nests. Birds That Boat In Their Nests. "The mother bird sat on her eggs at the water's edge, and when I approached she pushed off with her foot as though the nest had been a boat, and away she floated calmly down the stream." "What you saw was a rare spectacle," said the nature student. "The bird was a grebe, the columbus minor. She always builds on the water's edge, and her nest is always woven of aquatic plants so closely and firmly that it will float herself and her eggs without leaking. On the approach of danger the bird pushes off. Nor is she at the current's mercy during her voyage. She uses her foot as a paddle, and I have seen her steer her boat-nest with some little dexterity round a bend, landing in a quiet cove as well, say, as the average young lady waterman." Fresh Sheets at Premium. The woman who had just returned from abroad, where she had visited some country towns, was telling of the comforts and discomforts of the European country hotel. "They have an aversion to putting fresh sheets on the beds for every new guest," she said, "and we always pulled down the bedclothes the minute we were assigned our rooms to examine the sheets. Ten chances to one they were wrinkled and had that 'sleep in' appearance, and we invariably insisted on fresh ones. Finally we struck a series of towns where the hotel proprietors got the best of us, for the sheeting they used was a sort of creep stuff, something like seersucker, and for the life of you you couldn't tell whether they'd been slept on or not."—New York Press. Hardened by Sulphuric Acid. Hardened by Sulphuric Acid. Hardening an ordinary drill in sulphuric acid, states the English Mechanic, makes an edge that will cut tempered steel or facilitate cutting hard rock. The acid should be poured into a fat bottomed vessel to a depth of about one-eighth of an inch. The point of the drill is heated to a dull cherry red and dipped in the acid to that depth. This makes the point extremely hard, while the remainder remains soft. If the point breaks, reharden, but with a little less acid in the vessel. A Dangerous Secret: Upon asking an eminent scientist how he accounted for enjoying exceptional and unbroken good health a doctor was informed that the cause was habitual self denial. "In fact," admitted the professor, "I only partake of one meal each day." "Hush" exclaimed the physician in alarm. "Pray keep this to yourself! If many people were to follow your example we medical men should be ruined."—Westminster Gazette. His Little Scheme. "You mortified me terribly," complained Mrs. Richley. "How?" demanded her sick husband. "Why did you tell the new doctor you were in the habit of eating corned beef and cabbage? We never have such common food as that." "Well, I want him to fix his charges on a corned beef and cabbage basis." 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 give a 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 Stook 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 hustlers. Write at once. State name of this paper, and enclose 10 cents for full information and postage. Address THE I. L. U. GRAND LODGE. Send Your Next Bundle to the 320 Indiana Ave., The Place where Linens las We also do FAMILY WASHING Rough Dry at Five Cents Per Pound Telephones 1086. Automobile Insurance. J. S. CRUSE, Rents, Fire Insurance. Real Estate. Notary Public. 1102E. Market Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. PRUNK'S New Hardware Store carries a General Line of HARDWARE. Your trade solicited for tin and galvanized iron-work, 399 W. 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