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TEACHERS AND PUPILS:----YOU GAN MAKE MONEY DURING YOUR SUMMER VACATION REPRESENTING THE INDIANAPOLIS FREEMAN. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. THE FREEMAN AND ETHIOPIA SHALL STRICT FORTH HER HAND A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER INDIANAPOLIS VOLUME XXII NUMBER 32 PRESIDENT TAFT KEEPS HIS PROMISE TO PARTY In Regard to the Tariff Situation Grand Master Houston at Mobile—Thomas L. Jones Tendered Good Position. Thompson's National News Bureau. In securing a tariff measure that carries a substantial revision downward, President Johnson was appointed to the office of a representative statesmanship of the highest order. He permitted Congress to wrestle with the gigantic subject until both houses had had their say in full, in recognition of the fact that the proposed rule would not be effective when the matter came up to him, he did not fail to remember the solemn pledge of the Republican party to the people that the Congress would be the only people who could have the conditions of today and that the revision should be downward—to the end that the cost of the necessaries of life should be reduced to the amount of the country, and yet, guaranteeing a reasonable profit to the producers. Though, besieged by the "interests" to "standpat" on the highest kind of a protective tariff, the House of Representatives was not a "fable" to it plain that a bill that did not provide for lower duties on such essentials as hides, iron ore, leather manufactured goods, and other products, and that made the employmen-tment of the trade into the very veto. President Taft has carried his point and as these are being written the much amended tariff bill is being enacted into law by Congress and in afe w hours will be the first time that the House of Representatives has a serious Chief Executive of the Nation. Of course, the law will not be ideal. In the future, the law will be a comprehensive, long-term, and effective, but is is the best that could be gotten at this time, aid is better than no law at all. Business can now djust itself to the new order of things and there is no need for the change in the policy. The course, the benefits of which will befe it by every element of our body, policy. The Negro is not left out of the question of the future, and the future is not the future, but is the price of whatever reduction may come in the price of the things he must consume, but his earnings are protected by the guarantee of handsome profits to the public. The great差错 is not the fact that the promoters of which give him employment in every capacity, from domestic service to contractor and builder. In the present year the change in the policy is certain to get his share com- mit to President Taft, as the logical head of the Republican party, has saved it from the ruin threat- to the money-changers who would have the power to make the most of the time their penance of the common people and without regard to the future of the massive organization which must next year go be- a-day. We have been settled—and settled—we are the sovereign voters and render amore the public interest. The great差错 has a stake in the tariff, as he has in every other great economic question, and the most important question is the interest the race has not emphasized. His strong hold than ever upon the confi- cences of the oppressed, Negro. At the last meeting of the Gen. James A. Buchanan Garrison, No. 111, Army and Navy Union, held in the 19th Street Ma-son Hall, T. H. Henry, of Delaware, and the minister of the National encampment of the Army, Navy Union, which con-sists in Erie, Pa., on the 1st of November Vice Commander John R. Hays was elected alternate delegate. Three honor-ary members were chosen as follows: Major Arthur Brooks, commander of the First Separate Battalion, District National Guard, and General Assistant at the White House; Post-Quilocall, U. S. A., and General Assistant, Jamin F. Davis, U. S. A., retired, and R. W. Thompson, formerly a member of the Lottana Legion. President Taft is an hono-ory member of this Garrison, having ace-ed the election as such several months ago. At this same session arrangements were performed for an outing at Green Willow Park, American Army, and the General As-sist of the 19. From the interest already manifested by the Garrison and its friends, the attendance will be large. The delegates to the second convention will join with others in the more favorable consideration for ex-soldiers and sailors and marines in the matter of the war. The General, the General as-sist of the federal positions for which they are fitted, and will endeavor to get Congress to enact additional legislation in their behalf. The General, the General as-sist of the General Garrison is named in honor of tired, who is a Buchanan, U. S. A., received, and will be a brilliant record in the civil war and war in the United States. The as-sist of the as-sist in Indian fighter in the regular army during the uprisings on the frontier many times ago. Gen. Buchanan is a staunch剂形 to the colored soldier and his visits signalized by the General meetings are invariably important and cheerful. The encounter of "Gum-Shoe Bill Stone" was the pulver Carman harrier has been the subject of much humorous discussion here this week, and many harriers in various worms, but it seems that the carman has carried on the Senate rolls as a member of the body from Missouri got "miffed" because of the drop of the crayther" did not reach him with the celerity he imagined his dignity and authority called for. He called the waiter, and then called for him, then tried to explain, the "hill fly" from the marks, forgetting the culture and statues of the Bentons, the Vests and the Cockrells, the exalted office he disgraces, glapped the Nero in the face. Stone's arrest upon reaching the office has his subsequent acquittal by a leaker, and his subsequent score that the assault was justifiable are Mr. W. L. Houston, Grand Master of the G. U. O. of O. F., has gone to Mobile, Ala., to attend the Grand Lodge of the G. U. O. of O. F., to visit the sessions of the Georgia Grand Lodge at Albany, Ga. Before leaving he announced the appointment of Col. Jared Meyer, Major-General commanding the Patriarchal, the military division of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. Major-General Ford succeeded Meyer and long and well in that capacity, and whose resignation was accepted with since regret by Grand Master Houston. If current rumor is to be relied upon, Lawyer Thomas L. Jones, a leading practitioner at the District bar, has been tendered a responsible position as special counsel in the Department of Justice, and it is understood that Mr. Jones has accepted the place, after consultation with the Attorney-General to represent the firm in the duties of the office is expected to cover. The work of Mr. Jones in this court will not interfere with his regular practice, which is perhaps the largest and most important of the District bar. From what we can glean from those who profess to be on the inside, the nature of the assignment will be especially adapted to Mr. Jones's splendid legal ability and wide experience in the legal profession. "The man," and scarcely a day passes that he does not have a "tilt" with someudge or court official whom he feels is trying to offend him, and the lack of or helplessness of a Negro who happens to be accused of crime. Through his prompt test of the local law touching vagrancy, the projected plan to grab up unoffending people from the workplace has been nipped in the bud, and the charge of vagrancy must now be proven by reliable testimony before a sentence can be passed upon any person. The projecting stress and social affairs Mr. Jones is always prominent, contributing his time and means, and doing all he can for the uplift of his people. It is expected that the apprehension of an at an early date, and that it will give satisfaction to both the masses and classes goes without the saying. President W. Sidney Pittman, of the local branch of the National Negro Business League, has selected the speakers who will represent the District organization, Bolling, the contractor who erected the Negro Building at the Jamestown Exposition, will talk on "Negro Contractors;" Mr. John W. Lewis, president of the Colored Laborer Building and Loan Association, will talk up the question; "How to Make Negro Building and Loan Associations Pay;" and Mr. George F. Collins, secretary of the Mutual Benefit Insurance Company, will discuss the subject in an interview; will discuss the delegation will support Architect J. A. Lankford for re-election as fourth vice-president—and ask that he be moved higher up, if possible—and will suggest the name of Presidential Committee. Washington will send more than a dozen well-equipped delegates, who mean business wit ha capital "B." News Notes of the Nation's Capital. The school fight has subsided. A. D. M. Carris says the Boston meeting of the National Medical Association will be the finest of the series. He has arranged a comprehensive program for the clinics, and the operations will be unusually interesting. Prof. E. C. Williams, the newly-elected principal of the M Street High School, is to stop temporarily with Mr. H. C. Tyson, of the University of Miami, Mr. W. Ellis, is the daughter of Mr. Charles W. Chestnut, the author of "The Marrow Tradition" and other well-known works. The doctors of Washington are showing many signs of prospering. They are getting automobiles galore. Among those who are making their rounds in "buzz wagons" of their own are Dr. D. A. McCarthy, of the University of Miami, W. S. Lofton and S. S. Thompson, and Dr. M. O. Dumas has one ordered for speedy delivery. A delegation of lady teachers, who a prize trip to Atlantic City in the popularity contest conducted by the Kentucky Reporter, of Owensboro, Ky., will be given a prize. The party will number seven, and will be chaperoned FOOLS AND THEIR MONEY SOON PART. TO PLEASURE DALE. G.T.H. by Mr. R. T. Berry, editor of the Reporter. The start from Owensboro will be made August 11. Mr. Charles T. Polointer, representing Kaestner & Co., of Chicago, is installing an elevator in the Walter Reed Army General Hospital, Takem Park, and hands of high officials of the War Department, which controls the Hospital. The Kaestner firm is the only independent corporation handling the elevator business of the hospital. Mr. Kaestner has been with the concern for many years, and has installed some of the finest elevators in the country. Rev. F. I. A. Bennett, priest in charge of Calvary P. E. Church, is in poor health and has been given an indefinite leave of absence from the hospital. Building the new chapel for the congregation will go on. The new edifice will seat some 300 persons, and is to cost in the neighborhood of $10,000, most of which will be used for the chapel itself. A memorial pulpit has been erected. Bishop Harding gave a sanctuary chair in memory of Mrs. Harding, who passed away in the neighborhood of the gift of Rev. B. Knettney and Mrs. Charles E. Lane. R. W. THOMPSON. The quarter-century celebration of the fourth anniversary of the Order of True Reformers, will be held in this city September 1. There will be a grand parade, and fountains from the old City, New York, Pittsburgh, Harrison, Wheeling and other places will have representatives in line, and there will be several bands of music. Ladies' organization will parade, and a mounted escort will attend the president of the Grand Fountain. Rev. W. L. Taylor, of Richmond, Va. Chief W. Washington Division will preside over the ceremonies of the day. YOUNGSTOWN. O. Special to THE FREEMAN The Lodge of G. U. O. of O. F. met Thursday in their lodge rooms adn will have an outing at the Southern Park about Aug. 17. Charles Jackson is able to be out again, but he will be out for a church Thursday evening by the pastor Rev. Thomas was well attended....A number from this city attended the district conference, and the church was Castle, Pa. last week....John Holmes remains the same....Mr. and Mrs. Barrett of Railroad St., have a fine boy....S. B. Jackson is ill at his home on Plum. Mar. Harrington is ill at his home on Harrington. Simpson of Jamaica, arrived in the city from Revenna Saturday and is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Simpson... Mrs. Hathe Williams died Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Mrs. Hathe Williams was forty-five years of age. She leaves a mother, Mrs. M. Burr, a sister Mrs. Sallie Green, a brother Charles Burr, of near Evanston, Ill., and was the Johnson of this city. The funeral was held Monday afternoon, Rev. Smith officiating. Enterment in Oak Hill cemetery...Mr. and Mrs. George Jaffreton celebrate this day. After skying at Avon Park Monday evening and special request the same arrangements as has been before... The Buckeye Lodge has completed arrangements for Mrs. Hathe Williams to enter the Bloch Cleveland and the Lake Shore from Cleveland, and will join the north side lodge of Pittsburgh which goes through here at 2:20 after afternoon. After the trip notify the members at once. ST. PAUL. MINN. Special to THE FREEMAN Special to THE FREEMAN. BROTHERS OF FRIENDSHIP, Sisters of Mysterious Tens and Knights of Friendship convened in this city July 25-30. About 800 delegates from nearly every state in the union went to Texas, Oklahoma and Kentucky. The convention was called duly for 10 o'clock. Monday morning, in the old capital, Mr. after appearing on the scene promptly at 8 o'clock, but W. A. Gaines, of Louisville, Ky., and his followers, engineered by attorney F. L. McGhee, attorney, chairman of the St. McGhee, attorney, chairman of the St. McGhee, attorney, held their national grand lodge meeting in the old senate chamber while the "Farmerites" were compelled to hold a "rump" convention that the "Farmerites" hold the money while the "Gainesites" hold the charter. It was hoped that the two factions would come together, but each lead seemed to be too stout to succeed in electing W. F. Farmer of Illinois, as national grand master. The other officers chosen were: P. F. Hill, Tennessee, deputy grand master; B. F. Bruce, Kansas, grand secretary; W. F. Bledsoe, secretary; W. F. Bledsoe, grand treasurer; financial committee; F. M. Gross, Texas; Morgan T. White, California; W. T. Blue, Ohio, "settling" Oklahoma. They decided to meet in 1912 at Houston, Texas. The "Farmerites" faction of the Mysterious Tens succeeded in electing all their national grand officers among delegates from "Gainesites" succeeded in electing, W. A. Gaines, of PRICE FIVE CENTS. SINGLE COPY-SIX MONTHS, 85C; ONE YEAR $1.50. Covington, Ky., as national grand master; Rev. Jordan Chavis, of Chicago, deputy national grand master; M. R. Perry, of Pine Ridge, of Alabama, national grand treasurer. Financial committee, J. W. Wheeler of Missoula; W. D. Johnson, of Lexington, Ky.; and Jeffrey Leatherford, of Texas, hold their convention in 1912 at Muskegon, Oklahoma. WASHINGTON, PA. Special to THE FREEMAN Earl Moseby, who has been sick in the Washington hospital, departed this life Sunday. He has held the position as clerk at the Pittsburg Post Office for the past several years. He is also the Mrs. Fordland Harrison of this city, was called to Butler, Pa., to attend the funeral of her grandmother...Mrs. Geo. Brown entertained Thursday night in honor of Mrs. Mattie Barnett, of Youngstown, Miss Edith Moor, Edith Gross, Grendola Anderson, Mamie McCurdy, Rito Scott, Mrs. Harry Thomas, Mrs. G. F. Anderson, Mr. B. Wilson, Harry Gross, W. Hays, Fred Anderson, Thomas Wheeler, W. James, for which all assembled in the dining room and enjoyed a delicious repast...Mr. and Mrs. Fred Anderson have returned home from their wedding trip of ten days to Cleveland and the lakes. In the evening, he attended the U. B. A. convention at Goo Hope Baptist church of Pittsburgh. SHEEFIELD. ALA. Special to THE FREEMAN. Special to The Morning services of Revs. G. B. Johnson and Elder Northcross, of Tuscumbia was held in the First Baptist church Sunday. Able addresses and papers were delivered on the life of Revs. Johnson and Northcross, of Tuscumbia, and professors in north Aia, who were called from labor to reward. Rev. G. B. Johnson dies June 15 and Rev. Northcross July 20.... Rev. L. S. Bolden, pastor of the A. M. E. church had a grand rally Sunday. Mark Rutland left this week for French Lick, Ind., to spend a few weeks....Miss Lucinda Bibbs, of Decatur, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Norris Sykes....Mr. M. A. Taylor, on Mrs. Sis Monforte, is visiting her sister, Mrs Pinkle Madden. SPRINGFIELD, O. Robert Conner, of the Lagonda Shining Parlor, and the successful representative of the Lagonda Shining Parlor. EVENTS AT THE FALLS CITY KENTUCKY HOME AGENT IS HAVING MUCH TROUBLE FAILS TO MAKE PROPER REPORTS Suit Filed by Bennett H. Young Miss Mildred Bryant Appointed Musical Supervisor—Playgrounds Open. By CARY B. LEWIS Thomas Young, the leading tonsoralist of the city, went to LaGrange on business Monday. Minton Graham, of West Chestnut street, is very ill. He is a prominent Mason. Misses Aljulia Coleman and Hattie Lipschomb have returned from Hampton Institute. Irvin Slye, of French Lick Springs, is expected in the city during the Business League. Mr. William H. Steward, was elected to be one of the speakers at the National League meeting. Jessie Palmer, agent of THE FREEMAN, was in Paducah last week, attending the Pythian Grand Lodge. Miss E. P. Calbert has returned from Chicago, where she was given many social functions in her honor. Miss Elizabeth Finney, of the Branch Library, is taking her vacation. She expects to remain at home. THE FREEMAN is on sale at Oliver's drug store, Twelfth and Walnut; Willis & Purnell, 726 West Walnut street. The Rev. L. G. Jordan is in Washington, D. C., looking after the plans of erection of the National Training School for Girls. Bridgeford Simms will go to Paducah, Ky., to attend the emancipation exercises held in memory of the freedom of the Negro. Miss Atholemey Peyton writes from Denver, Colo., that she is having a delightful stay. She contemplates returning prior to the National League. Miss Pearl White, one of the teachers of the Central White School, left Tuesday for Niagara Falls. She will return prior to the National League meeting. Officers and prominent men of the National Negro Business League are urged the Freeman correspondent to bring their cuts and photos. Some of them may be used. Louisville captured the offices of Grand Vice-Chancellor of Grand inner Guard at the Pythian Grand Lodge, Paducah, Ky. B. F. Johnson and Flory Smith were the lucky ones. The readers of THE Freeman were greatly pleased with the issue and its supplement of last week. The staff of the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times spoke complimentary of the issue. Delegates coming to the National Negro Business League, and wishing a detailed account should be read. Courier-Journal and Times. They will congratulate the most exhaustive account of the meeting. Miss Maggie Freeman, of Paris, Ky., one of the most popular women of the Blue Coast, passed through the city en route to Hopkinsville, where the Masons are to hold Grand Lodge sessions. The Lincoln Theater opened here Mon- Continued on Page Four. Colored Orphan's Home! For some years the colored people of Illinois have felt the need of a home for the friendless, homeless and orphan children and have been efforts to secure such a home. It has been contemplated by lodges, churches and societies of various kinds. There are many such societies throughout the state and country whose condition cries out for help and protection. But so far no arm has been able to reach them in a sufficient and effective way. We still need many cussed and plans have been devised, articles in the press have appeared from time to time, committees from different churches and organizations have been formed. The majority have cussed the matter, but all so far have ended in a dream. There are some few desirable places for such people, but no colored person has heretofore been found who owns or controls sufficient property or wealth to offer the proper inocences to the movement. But, as the colored person has door at least once during life, we are re- TROY PLUMBING & H Proposed The middle building is the house TROY PORTER PLUMBING & HEATING CONTRACTOR. Proposed City Hospital Troy Porter The middle building is the house given for Colored Orphan's House. Jolied to announce that this fortune has now come to the door of the colored peonies who are in their own home. This time and a valuable opportunity in the way of a public necessity come to these people. Mr. Troy Porter, of Paris, III, one of the most substantial business men, has been in our race, has come forward just at the proper time with a proposition that will strike gladness to the hearts of those who have yearned for the establishment of an orphan home. This man has been to do something for the thousands of helpless children in this part of the country. At the Wood River Baptist Sunday School Convention the organization coming from the beacons and of the Illinois Baptist, and delegates from almost every part of the state, a committee of five men was appointed last week for the publication of the report. In the position of the company with about twenty other men and women of the convention they were driven out to look at the property which Mr. Porter owns and proposes to convert into a home for the friendless children. The middle building is the house given for Colored Orphan's House. The new the mineral wells which in the immediate neighborhood are more appropriate for himself to be appreciated it. There is no better place in the state of Illinois for the location of such an institution. Paris is noted for its peace and good health, which and other law-abiding citizens, while the same home there never having occurred any serious trouble or outbreak of a racial charac this city has no places of infamy, noVII. The company is the only one of the actors, as is true in many other cities the colored people are thirty, industry and prosperous, 80 per cent. of them of good homes, scattered about in more than a few years, more. There are several worth $10,000 in the citizens, white and colored, will be their support to the institution. The citizens, white and colored, will be the only one of the city and city will aid in its maintenance. Mr. Porter invites correspondence with any and all persons who may be in any and all areas of interest in such a movement. Please read the following: THE NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE News Notes Bearing Upon the Great Convention at Louisville, Ky., August 18, 19 and 20. The "point-of-order" fellow will stay at home, as usual. It looks like Boston for 1910—the tenth anniversary of the founding of the League. President D. L. Knight, of the Louisville League, is allowing no grass to grow under his feet. Cincinnati will be largely represented, as will also Wilberforce, Columbus, Dayton and Cleveland. J. E. Bush—he of the stentorian voice and ready wit—will be on deck, prepared to take your life membership fee. "Mississippi Day" with the bustling Charles Banks in the foreground, will be an occasion long to be remembered. Don't miss it! The Louisville press, white and colored, is giving the meeting the heartiest kind of support. This is the first step toward success. Boston New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Richmond and Norfolk will see it to the Atlantic seaboard is properly represented. Corresponding Secretary Emmett J. Scott has the program well in hand and will make a definite announcement to the public in a few days. _____ The list of homes is growing and Chairman Steward is confident that no one will be obliged to camp on the seductive White Way of West Walnut street. The railroad rates will be within the reach of all. For information, write to Cyrus Fleid Adams, transportation agent, 934 S street, N. W., Washington, D. C. As Louisville is so readily accessible from Kentucky hospitality is proverbial, here is ground for the belief that the attendance will be a record-breaker. W. H. Steward, editor of the American Baptist, is chairman of the committee on homes, and you can secure a desirable stopping place by dropping a line and asking what you want. Mr. Steward can be reached at 920 W. Chestnut street, Louisville, Ky. The day sessions of the League will be held at the Chestnut Street C. M. E. Church, the largest colored church in the State. A movement is on foot to secure the Army, Walnut and Center streets, for the great night meetings. This mammoth structure seats about 16,000 people. Dr. Washington is anxious that the so- 2 The committee were so impressed with the beauty, the value, the location, the appointments and appropriateness of the committee members and the memorandations were enthusiastically adopted without a dissenting voice and the convention pledged the support of the district office movement. Mr. Thompson composition carries the requirement that this home shall be under the control of no one sect, creed or denomination, but for, by and of all. That this institution shall be represented by a consort of colored people. He desires every church, convention, association, society and lodge or order shall have a voice in its control and management and that doorman or orphan Negro child or out of Illinois. This property is well adapted for the purpose. It is situated in the best part of the city, the squares from court court and on the urban parter line connecting Paris with all the east, north and south. It has high, healthy surroundings, and plenty of ground. The house is a two-story brick, with all modern appliances and furniture. PORTER HEATING CONTRACTOR. City Hospital Troy Porter given for Colored Orphan's House. nection with the mineral wells which are in the immediate neighborhood. One must see the property for himself to really enjoy it. There is no better place in the state of Illinois for the location of such an institution. Paris is noted for its peaceful atmosphere, and the colored. The two races are in absolute harmony, there never having accured any serious trouble or outbreak of a racial character. This city has no places of infamy, no saxophonists, as congregants of the actors, as congregants in many other cities. The colored people are thrifty, industrious and prosperous, 80 per cent, of them owning good homes, scattered about in the city. There are several worth $10,000 or more. The citizens, white and colored, will give their support to the institution. The county and city will aid in its maintenance. Mr. Porter invites correspondence with any and all persons who may be in any way interested in such a movement. Any person will be cheerfully and promptly answered. ental side be not neglected, hence he is urging that the delegates, as far as practicable, attend the conference, as well as provide daughters, and thus combine a pleasant summer outing with the serious duty of building up the commerce of the race. At the meeting of the executive committee at Tuskegee last winter, the office of fifth vice president was revived and W. H. Steward was chosen to fill it. Editor Steward is a level-headed, far-seeking and never idle business man, and a wiser selection could not have been made. August 12 has been selected as the "outing day" for the League. Beautiful White dresses are given well enough to accommodate people, has been secured for the happy occasion, and every delegate and his wife, sweetheart, sister, mother, or friend are invited to be on hand and enjoy the good things that will be offered for their enjoyment. Easily the most picturesque character in American journalism today is Henry Vallance, a well-known author at the Louisville Courier-Journal. The address he will deliver to the convention will mark an epoch in the history of the nation. The entire country is eager awaiting his keynote address at this time. The man will the occasion fit into each other like tongue-and-crew. The Lincoln Hospital Association, just organized at Indianapolis, Ind., for the purpose of establishing a hospital for the treatment of colored patients, will send representatives to Louisville. The propectors of the enterprise are Drs. Sumner A. Furniss, W. E. Brown, H. L. Hammons, James R. Norrell, John W. Norrell, A. J. King, Arthur Wilson, Clarence Lucas, Charles Burris, C. R. Atkins, O. J. Puryear and Lawyer J. H. Lott. Indianapolis, as usual, will send a large delegation. It will be headed by Dr. Sumner A. Furniss, who has proven himself to be one of the most valuable members of the executive committee and a powerful agency for the commercial uplift of the race in Indiana. Along with Dr. Furniss will come the veteran leader, George Knox, his talented son, Managing Editor Elwood C. Knox, Editor G. P. Stewart, of the Recorder, Archie Greathouse, H. L. Sanders, Mrs. Belle Davis, James N. Shelton, Dr. J. H. Ward, Mrs. S. Salle Brown and many others of equal prominence in the business world. A few nights ago, at its public installation of officers, the Washington branch played a big card by securing as its principal speaker Mr. William P. Sude, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the national capital. This is an indication that the solid business men of the Caucasian race there think well of their colloidal workforce, and the appearance of the head of the city's foremost commercial organization is a gorgeous feather in the cap of President Pittman. It is the aim of the Negro League of Washington to be to its race all that the Chamber of Commerce is to the whites. New Phone...9278 Old, Prospect, 422 The cut here-in, a display of the Eureka Comb in its purity. Scientifically constructed. A combination of metals—brass, copper and steel—a battery. For the purpose here-in mentioned: By straightening beautifully crimp hair, making straight hair soft and airy, causing anybody's hair to grow rapidly, no doubt about it; putting the scalp and hair in a most perfect condition; a preventative from any ill effects in its use, a great aid to nature, stopping the hair from falling, eradicating dandruff. There are other Combs. The Eureka has no equal—satisfying the most doubtful. 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HACKETT, 112 North Wayne Street. College Training School Young, colored women to become skilled artists in Dress-able Science. The Andrew Carnegie Hospital, connected to grandid opportunities to the ambitious young colored women. Uniforms are furnished free, board, furnished room. Emagination are offered to the young women in training. Ad- Supt. Box 154, North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa. WILSON GENERAL DIRECTOR Reasonable prices. Carriages furnished. Prospect Street {New Phone, 9871. Hardmaker, MEAT MARKET. Hush and Salt Meats. Inner North and West Streets for own lard. Old Phone, Main, 4980. YOU CAN AFFORD a new SONG BOOK in your Church or Sunday School, and one for every person: "FAMILIAR SONGS OF THE GOS-PEL." Round or Shape Notes for $10 for 100. Words and music. Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sample copy 5 cents. E. A. K. HACKETT, 112 North Wayne Street. The Avery College Training School Offers special inducements to young colored women to become skilled artists in Dressmaking, Millinery and Domestic Science. The Andrew Carnegie Hospital, connected with the University of New York, offers young colored women to become trained women. Uniforms are furnished free, boarded room laundry and a monthly compensation are offered to the young women in training. Address all communications to JOSEPH D. MAHORNEY, Supt., Box 154, North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa. Old Phone. 1408 Prospect Street New Phone Prospect, 822. 9871. North-East Corner North and West Streets We render our own lard. Old Phone, Main, 4980. Packing, Shipping, Transfer, Storage New and Second Hand Furniture. SHANK PHONE 7208 330 E. MAIN ST. Auction Room 227-9 New Jersey St. Phones 2028 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. The Home Coming Week. Colored A. & M. Association (ORGANIZED 1889.) Lexington, Ky., Fortieth Annual Fair of the "Old Reliable." Running Races, Trotting Races, Splendid Ring, Exhibits, etc. Splendid music, a perfect carnival of attractions A GALA WEEK Commencing Tuesday, September 14, 1909 and continues for five days. A. L. HARDEN, Secretary T. J. WILSON, President THE NATIONAL LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Home Coming Week. L. & M. Association (ORGANIZED 1869.) Ky., Fortieth Annual Fair Running Races, Trotting Races, Splendid splendid music, a perfect carnival of attractions A GALA WEEK Tuesday, September 14, 1909 continues for five days. Secretary T. J. WILSON, President AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Colored A. & M. Association of the "Old Reliable." Running Races, Trotting Races, Splendid Ring, Exhibits, etc. Splendid music, a perfect carnival of attractions A GALA WEEK A. L. HARDEN, Secretary T. J. WILSON, President THE NATIONAL LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY. Home Office, Nashville, Tenn. Our Industrial Policy is one of the most liberal ever off company and fills a much needed want. 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EVENTS OF FIVE DAYS FINE DAY AND NIGHT SHOWS Band Concerts, Parades, Vaudeville and Many Other Conspicuous Features Will Mark the Big Exposition. All Entry Lists Close on Aug. 24. Acres of New Farm Machinery. The Indiana State Fair opens at Indianapolis on Monday (Labor day), Sept. 6, and, under a rigid rule fixed by the state board of agriculture a few years ago, the exposition will be on for five full days. All of the entry lists close on Aug. 24, and the exhibitors may enter the grounds on Sept. 2. That its rule may be enforced, the fair management will start the judges to work tying ribbons early Tuesday morning, and exhibits which are not in readiness at that time stand a good chance of missing the prizes. The program shows that each day of the Fair will be filled to the brim with interesting features. The Fair will be formally opened at 9 o'clock on Monday morning. The first day will be Labor day and practically all the events of the week will be given, including the concerts by Natello's band of Philadelphia, the Indianapolis Military and the Indianapolis Newboys' bands, which will play every day. The vaudeville features, including the most sensational open-air show that has yet been given at the Fair, will each afternoon be given before the grandstand. The races will be started at 1:30 every afternoon, those for the first day being: Three-year-old trot, purse $600; the pacing division of the Western Horseman stake No. 2 for three-year-olds, $2,000; 2:30 trot, $2,000; 2:06 pace, $1,000. Hedgewood Boy, $2.02%, and Lady Maude C., $2.04%; full brother and sister, will be driven by Dick Wilson to beat the world's record for pacers to wagon. The night shows will start on Monday evening at 8 o'clock and an elaborate program of horse shows, vaudeville and band concerts will be given each evening. Tuesday will be Old Soldiers' and Children's day, and they, with teachers in charge of pupils, will be admitted free. The day horse and cattle shows in the coliseum will be marked by the awards of ribbons. Concerts will be given in the coliseum, grandstand and near the Administration building. The races for Tuesday include the 2:22 pace, purse, $1,000; 2:19 trot, $1,000; 2:15 pace, $5,000; 2:11 trot, $1,000. Wednesday's program will be flavored by the show of coach, Hackney, saddle horses and ponies, as well as cattle. An outdoor parade of horses and cattle will be given at 1 p.m. An extra display of flowers will be made in Horticultural hall, the band concerts and vaudeville will be continued, and the races are: 2:25 pace, purse $2,000; 2:20 trot, $5,000; 2:13 pace, $1,000; 2:16 trot, $1,000. Thursday will see the Fair at its height. Light harness horses will be among the features of the coliseum program. The grand champions in all livestock departments will receive ribbons. An extraordinary display of cut flowers will be made in Horticultural hall. The second parade of horses and cattle will be given outdoors, the band concerts and vaudeville will be given, and the races will be as follows: Three-year-old pace, 2:25 class, purse $600; the trotting division of the Western Horseman stake No. 2 for three-year-olds, $4,000; 2:10 pace, $2,000; 2:07 trot, $1,200. Hedgewood Boy, $2,024, will attempt to beat the world's record for stallions. Friday will see the last ribbons tied in all departments. The band concerts will, as on previous days, begin at 9 a. m. and continue through the afternoon and evening. With the exception of the outdoor livestock parades, Friday's program will equal that of any other of the five days. The races will be a 2:09 pace, purse, $1,000; 2:24 trot, $1,000; free-for-all pace, $1,200; 2:13 trot, $2,000. Lady Maude C., 2:04½, will be driven to beat the world's record for pacing mares. The Fair will close with the horse and cattle parades, vaudeville, band concerts and horse show on Friday night. The purses for the week amount to $37,600 and the total premiums $75,350. Year by year the mechanical department of the Fair keeps pace with the growth of other divisions of the exposition, and overshadows some of them. In the amount of ground room occupied, the machinery displays far outrank any other department, being literally measured by the acre. Before the snow was off the Fair grounds last spring the demand for space on the part of manufacturers began. Old exhibitors have asked for larger space, and many new ones have entered the lists. About twenty-five acres will be used for the mechanical displays, including every sort of machine which will lighten the work of men and women on the farm, and all will be of the fewest designs which the manufacturers are producing. The newest ideas in engines, plows, wagons, windmills and other power pumps, harvesting machinery and dairy appliances will be shown for the enlightenment of the people from the farms, and all machinery pavilions will be crowded. THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER SHORT FLIGHTS. BY R. W. THOMPSON. Peace at a Bargain-Counter Price. Once there was a busy man who had too many friends. They hindered him in all the things a busy man contends; They followed him with much advice, but he is busy. Sat up and studied hard one night and fathomed out a plan. He loaned each one a dollar, they vowed he was a prince. And now he lives in peace, by jinks! He hasn't seen them since. —Chicago News. Shall we have an A. M. E. Bishop for Haiti? There is no slavery so hopeless as the bondage of prejudice. When will the black man butt into the ranks of the aviators? After all is said and done, home is the very best summer resort. Anyhow, the income tax is not worrying the average colored brother. Meet the men who "do things" at Louisville, August 18, 19 and 20. "Theodore Roosevelt for United States Senator from New York" has a mellifluent ring. There is no "royal road" to success. The goal is attained by hard and constant work. The workman who does not "loaf on his job" need have no fear of being sent adrift. The unprogressive Negro business man does not advertise his wares in Negro journals. Commissioner Emmett J. Scott has earned a place in the ambassador class of diplomats. Tuskegee Institute has a substantial brick building for every year of its existence—twenty-eight in all. Yes, oratory and talk are all right at times; but it requires the highest wisdom to know when to be silent. For what federal assignment is the illustrious J. Douglas Wetmore, of Florida and New York, a candidate? The celebrated "Taft smile" has force of character behind it—as the tariff tinkers and the rest of the people have found out. The education that inculcates a contempt for working with the hands is a dangerous possession. It is "mls-education." Who can blame the star players in the National League of office-holders for gagging at the idea of being relegated to the minors? Nursing a grievance is more trying on the nerves of the nurse than to those against whom the grievance is lodged. "Forget it!". Perhaps United States Senator Bill Stone from Missouri, by gad, sah! didn't look the part to that very deliberate Negro Pullman waiter. Don't confess that the world is too tough for you by committing suicide. Fight it out to the last gasp. Only moral cowards give up. Gratitude appears to be a decadent quality. Those who seek you when they want help are often hard to find when you need their help. Nevertheless and notwithstanding, the odds are 100 to 1 that Bluffer Jim Jeffries will never meet Champion Jack Johnson in the ring. Taking one consideration with another, it does look as if Charlie Hoyt's candidate for "Ministrate to Dahomey" was right, "Office-seekin's a mighty po' bizness." Who will be the next Grand Master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of All-America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Islands of the Sea? Don't all answer at once! Evidence, not sentiment nor opinions, is needed to win alwisws. This is the lesson learned by the Bishops in their response with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Kentucky, the birth-state of Abraham Lincoln, very approbably the meeting place of the Negroes' most substantial exemplars in the 100 anniversary year of the birth of the Great Emancipator. Tests of leadership change, just as other fashioned do. Once theology ruled, then politics and afterwards the schools led the game. Now it is the business man who is at the bat. This is the age of the $. Boston is to give the National Medical Association the "glad hand" next month, and the occasion promises to be memorable in all probability, it will be Washington's turn to entertain the convention of 1810. Col. Robert R. Church, of Memphis, Tennessee is said to be worth $500,000. And Col. Church accumulated this more than "competence" in the South, where some folks claim the Negro has no chance to get on his feet. We plain people are likely to see the face of Lincoln oftener than any of the other portraits borne on the money of the people now to make up a past loss. The "Blue Grass State" will have her best hospitality on tap for the visitors who come to the meeting of the National Negro Business League August 18, 19 and 20. The Negro is a consumer. If tariff revision is to help him, the revision should be downward. The wise solon at Washington will find it to his interest to stand on the shoulders of the soulless monopolies who are fattening at the expense of the wage-earner. The Georgia Legislature is on the right track when it emphasizes the value of the art of cooking by threatening to enact a law requiring every girl to learn how to prepare a first-class meal. Wives who know how to cook the "ruite" seldom figure in the divorce courts. The "group idea" is taking big in the ranks of the National Business League. The bankers and undertakers started the ball rolling; now they are being joined by the business community, where the special group associations. Will the doctors, farmers, hotel men, etc., follow suit? There are now fifty chartered Negro banks in the United States. When the National Negro Business League was organized in 1912, two. In vitalizing this great agency for commercial uplift, Dr. Booker T. Washington verily "built better than he knew." The narrow-gauged federal office-holders who are runningand ruining Virginia politics—are riding to a fall. The talk of the colored people of putting up Rev. W. L. Taylor, of the True Reformers, for governor, is simply the concrete expression of their disgust with the "illy-white" machine. Prof. Walter F. Walker, of the College of West Africa, has our thanks for copies of the Liberian Register, the official journal of the Liberian Republic. It is of interest and reliable information concerning the educational, political and social progress of the people of that government. The American Press Association syndicate, represented by N. B. Dodson, of New York, is providing a bulletin, because it observes to be. The Negro publishers know a good thing when they see it, and are giving it a loyal and generous support. From it may grow a full-fledged --- Negro Associated Press, giving the solid achievements of the race an even chance against the present service which emphasizes our crimes and shortcomings. That was a great speech that Bishop Abraham Grant delivered before the State Business League of Colorado at Denver on the 27th of July. Bishop Grant is questionably the most versatile prelate on the staff of the A. M. E. Church. He is expected at the Louisville convention next month. The newspaper men should confer at Louisville, in conversation with the meeting of the National Negro Business League. A big opportunity for a mutual understanding is here presented. The moulders of sentiment and founders of the journalism that pays should not miss this splendid chance for self-entertainment. In recording the fact that certain prominent gentlemen are being considered—or wish to be considered, for desirable government jobs—the "Short Flight" scribe of the office, nor is he the "booming" the individuals of whom casual mention is made. "A square deal for all" is our motto. It turns out that Vermont's objection to the "Gallant Tenth" was not that they were "egrogs, nor that they were just "wildmen," and that they were some experience with soldiers who happened to be white. It is well to get things straight before allowing ourselves to "all hit up" over newspaper reports. In electing the big-hearted and public-spirited Dr. George Hall as president of the local branch of the National Negro Business League, the commercial forces of Chicago honored themselves, as well as the businessmen, as the work and work of that eminent physician, surgeon, hospital expert and all around business man. The next time "Bill" Stone feels inclined to take liberties with the countenance, a colored Fullman waiter, he would have been placed on a placard. "I am a United States Senator; privileged character," and hang it about his red neck. Otherwise, no one could dislodge him from any other ordinary "hilbilly." The philosophers who like to speculate upon what might have been are wondering how the political situation would stand and how the future would be. If he had been renominated and elected with his chief in 1900, and succeeded to presidency after the Buffalo tragedy, Had he been renominated and elected with magistracy in 1904 what would have happened in 1908? With Bwana Tumbo eliminated from the past seven years, just how much history would have been left unmade! The Topka Bailmaker is no "smile" publication, and unlike some of its more pretentious contemporaries, all of its effects and equipment cannot be carried in a wheelbarrow. Outgrowing its old quarter, the company moved to a commodious building on Kansas avenue, the main business thoroughfare in Topeka. Speaking of his change in character and becoming modesty, "It took several days, as well as several men and over $100 to move our little plant, to move to the newspapers west of the Mississippi river—and there would be some money left until we reached Richmond." We congratulate him upon this new testimony of the Prideleader's prosperity. Long may it wave! CENTREVILLE. LA. Special to THE FREEMAN. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henderson has been ill during the past THE FREEMAN AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Special to THE FREEMAN Washington street, Neal & Brown's restaurant, the Colored Shoe Store, 1707 E. Capitol avenue, 1015 S. 17th street, at L. Brown's bakeries, 1015 S. 305½ S. 6th street, also at 1505 S. 17th street. Don't fail to read this great journal. SLOOP POINT. N. C. Special to THE FREEMAN Miss K. V. McClamm and M, N. L. J. Moore and S. E. Moore have returned to the campus after a visitation at Trenton, N. C, and other points, including Newborn and one of the finest churches in North Carolina which cost thousands. North J. M. J. D. White, their pastor, and other friends. NIAGARA MOVEMENT. The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Niagara Movement, Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, General Secretary will be held at the Gordon Sea Island college city the Atlantic City, N. J., August 15th to 18th. All railroads grant reduced round trip rates to New Jersey Sea Slide resorts during August. Inquire of your local ticket agent. Board, furnished room, electric lights, etc. $35. Special rates for two persons to a room. Special rates for outpatient to a room and for families. Rooms may be engaged in advance or writing J. H. Gordon, 1550 Dean St., Brooklyn, N. Y. The hotel is directly on the Boardwalk. The usual amusements and recreations of the hotel are fishing, boating, sea bathing, amusement pier, etc. Women and children welcome. JOHNSON CITY, TENN. Special to THE FREEMAN. The Freeman can be found at Wm. H. Reeves High School, Minneapolis, principal of Austin High school, Knoxville, Tenn., is in the city in the interest of the normal, which began its session on the 15th at Langston High school, with Principle of Education Reeves and Burgins have returned from Nashville, Tenn., where they have been attending sessions of the K. of P....At the home of Rev. and Mrs. Reeves, a social by the Spinners' Club....A revival meeting is being held at the Christian church on W. 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Reasonable discount for long time and space. Reading notices 10c per line. Special rates on "write ups." Entered at the postoffice at Indianapolis, Ind., as second class matter. GEORGE L. KNOX, Publisher and Managing Editor. ELWOOD C. KNOX, Business Manager. SATURDAY, AUG. 7, 1909. The crowned heads of England and Russia were hobnobbing this week. The city of Gary took the hint and put on the lid. Will it take it off again some day soon? All roads lead to Louisville, and we hope at reduced rates, for the Negro Business League, August 18. Haven't had the pleasure of an- nouncing any aviation on the part of a colored man. An aviator is due. The "tall-hatted and bebrocked" period spoken of in the West African Mail will pass in Africa as it has passed in this country. As the rule "Negro" is the subsequent of "lynched." At Platte City, Mo., this week "white man" was substituted for "Negro," with "lynched" as the antecedent. The Niagara Movement men will be in convention at Sea Island City, New Jersey, August 15-18. They will have to hustle if they also make Louisville. It is said that President Taft is too much concerned with the tariff at this time to take cognizance of the "boys" at the "pie counter." He will take up the matter later—maybe. A white minister of Montgomery, Ala., has recently come to the conclusion that the white man should support Negro schools because of the various complexions of the Negroes. A whole day at the Negro Business League for Mississippi. It goes without saying all eyes will be on that delegation. The Mississippians will set a pace. The capable Mr. Banks and Mr. Montgomery spell business. Albert S. White has issued a well-gotten-up pamphlet, wherein is stated the reasons for his recognition by the administration, which in the most part are utterances of those who know of his work. Evidently Mr. White thinks the systematic effort worth the while. M. Louis Bleriot jumped to fame when he jumped from the cliffs of the coast of France in his monoplane, made the channel, landing safely in England in thirty-seven minutes. He will soon have imitators, not a few of whom we suspect will have descent where they least expected it. Luck to 'em, however. Negro communities are all right; they should be and flourish as things or conditions of race progression; they are not advised as something for the whole race to be interested in. They should be of the diversity of things as it is seen elsewhere. America is particularly favorable to the community plan. It is an opportunity. The French aeroplanist who was dashed to the earth owing to a squall, should have seen the squall a-coming and come down. Maybe he couldn't. The bear told the eagle that it was fun flying, but h—ll to light. The eagle had been teaching the bear, supporting him on its back until the time came for the bear to make the trial alone. Roscoe Conklin Bruce, assistant superintendent of the public schools of Washington, D. C., in defending his educational attitude among other things said: "The Negro peasant is wholly unprepared for the complications, the competition, the moral stress of city life, and little or no provision is made to train him in the arts and industries by which he must sustain himself." Just a bit of the Booker T. Washington theory versus the DuBois theory in the Washington, D. C., school muddle. A Maine man, notorious for his "nearness," according to the Kennebec Journal, lately went into a meat shop and inquired the price of a certain soup-bone. The proprietor of the shop is a generous fellow, and, in answer to the old man's question, he said, "Oh, I'll give you that." The customer put his hand to his ear. He is hard of hearing, and had missed the reply, "Can't you take something off of that?" he asked. The dealer took pity on him. "Yes," he said, "call it ten cents." The old man went home with a comfortable sense of having driven a good trade. The Negro Business League meets this month, on the 18th, at Louisville, Ky. Owing to several reasons the meeting promises to be more interesting than the previous ones. The location of Louisville is ideal for numbers. That city has been looking up in an-industrial& way for some time. The colored people are engaged in various occupations; in fact, they are invading every field where it is possible forthemtomakeheadway. The city has always been a great social center, and where the well-known Kentucky hospitality has been dispensed. It promises to make all previous efforts at cheer and sociality pale into insignificance during the coming meeting. The prominent citizens are busy making preparation for the all-important groups of visitors that will be soon with them, including the first Negro of the land, Booker T. Washington. A writer in the West African Mail has the following observation on the Negroes of that country: "I am not speaking now of the educated African. He, too, if you take him the right way, is a good fellow and worth knowing. But he is a horse of a very different color to the ordinary bush African. His European master and teacher has so stripped him of his own skin, so robbed him of his own soul and language, so daubed him over with spots and stripes of his own veneer, so tall-hatted and befrocked him, that he has turned him into an unrecognizable human being." Is it necessary to repeat that Africa is to be another America? Between the white man's contumely and the Negroes' vanity a sane race will be made as is making in this country. The patronizing, wards, gift perior is passing there as here, when self-exertion brings salvation and not some other man's bounty. E. B. Hale is again to the fore with his scheme of Negro colonization. Hale is of St. Louis; he prefers southwest Missouri as the place of location. He says his dream of the years is about to be realized. It strikes us that he has lost much valuable time for a man truly in earnest. Cities, communities of the kind, have risen, flourished and, right happily, not fallen since Mr. Hale announced his intentions. But it is never too late to do good, and he may after all profit by the experience of other cities. The Freeman has always" had a good word to say for Negro towns, Negro communities, where those who will or desire can be free of the petty tyrannies they complain so much about, where they can be all they aspire to from mayor down to constable. We have not thought much of any hurrah incident to the "launching" of these enterprises. Prayer and resignment seem the things when the lives and fortunes of men are involved. We like the evolution idea, as Mound Bayou, Miss., which gradually unfolded, taking but small chance of being nipped by untoward circumstances. A leading white minister of Montgomery, Ala., after visiting a well-known Negro school, spoke to his congregation of the variety of colors he noticed among the students. He took the stand that inasmuch as there was such evidence of mixture of bloods, that it was the duty of the white man in that section to support that school. The minister spoke in reference to the particular school, but the condition is fairly general. On this theory it is up to the white man to help care for the schools in general. And, we may say, without the impressive object lesson set out before him, that he is helping care for the schools; he has always done so—one of his redeeming features. It is one of the strange features or strange elements in the white man's compound the "meanest" of "him" when it comes to the thing of "staying in your place," can be touched in his tenderest spote—his pocketbook—when called on to contribute toward the moral, educational or religious uplift of the race. It is a saving condition; it has been a saving condition in the past as vale and hill of the Southland may well testify. So after amid the many things we feel that draws on our hostility or excites our opposition, there are a few things that call for commendation, for aplause. Indeed, if it were not for those conditions, favorable and adverse, it is evident that that tempering would not be a race quality, and which is so necessary for its making. BUSINESS MEN'S LEAGUE AT LOUISVILLE. Speaking of the Business Men's League, which meets at Louisville, August 18, Booker T. Washington said among other things recently: "I also wish to urge the attendance of men and women of our race engaged in business throughout the country who are not heretofore been present at the league meeting. No one can attend these meetings and hear and see the strong, successful men of our race without getting new ideas, and new encouragement which he can take home and use in his own business to great advantage. Aside from the consideration, every man owes it to himself and to his family to take a few days off for rest and recreation which can only come by change of scenery and in the daily routine of life. The people of Louisville, of both races, are making extensive preparations for the reception and entertainment of the Business League. Aside preparations covering the business portion of the work of the League, extensive preparations are under way for social functions which will add considerable flavor and interest to the success of the occasion.—From Florida Sentinel. An advertisement in The Freeman al- ways brings results. FACTS WORTH KNOWING. There are forty empty business rooms and 250 empty dwelling houses in Prince George, lowering of rents of occupied buildings, making the monthly loss quite large. The Anti-Saloonists estimate the num- THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER ber of blind tigers in Gary, Ind., all the way from 40 to 150. The Georgia House of Representatives passed a bill, fixing a tax on near beer; retailers, $200 to $500; manufacturers, $500 to $1,000. There are six persons in the Wayne County jail, three of whom are insane, and two others, so transferred to the Hospital for the Insane. According to the reports of the Sheriff's office this is the smallest number in seven years. This is a county where, for a time, the insane population recently cartooned the "wet spot of Indiana." The citizens of Richmond say, however, that they have a very quiet city. The Anti-Saloon League is evidently ever before before. They are in every body than State at the present time, and exhibit Republican preference, notwithstanding divorce proceedings. The citizens of Washington Herald of July 30, the County Commissioners of Union County, have been petitioned to call a local option election. The petition was filed July 28, and will be acted upon during the election. A county option election was measured some weeks ago by Mr. Shumaker and arranged for in DeKalb County. This election was to be held in August. The county record has been no reference to the election. The Michigan City Dispatch states that a Sunday School superintendent, living in the Michigan City day School to make its yearly excursion to Michigan City for the reason that Michigan City voted wet. The purpose of the day School was to give the scholars a lake ride. The teacher was formerly assistant cashier of a bank in Tipton and recently left with $60,000 of the money. The students days ago, stating that he had been on a fishing trip (not to Michigan City) and, happening to think it was his thirty-fifth birthday, he returned to celebrate it. It was a surprise that he would need not remember in the future as to when and where he will celebrate his birthdays—for a time, at least, he is likely to be in Indiana city that he so thoroughly detests. It now seems the plan of the Prohibitionists to excuse the failure of their cause is to demand that it is impossible to enforce prohibition in one section of the State if other parts are operating under the licensed sanctioning statewide prohibition. If they really secure all they ask, their failure would only be the greater and their action would be more effective for which the owners of the property, citizens of the State of Indiana, would receive no compensation. They should select a practical committee and join the brewers in adopting a license law that would restrict and regulate. The proprietor of the Tomberlake Cigar Company, Indianapolis, Ind., was "pinched" for bootlegging last week. The people, when thirsty, get their liquor just the same. Besides the brewers, there are seven drug stores in Bloomington. MERIDIAN. MISS. Special to THE FREEMAN Rev. Henry A. Boyd, secretary of the Baptist Congress which met recently at Nashville, Tenn., spoke at New Hope Baptist Church at Meridian on Tuesday night, July 27, to a fair congregation. Rev. L. S. Lee, the pastor, made a few remarks to the church he had the great-great. Re-ோdfey's boy was recently visited Greenville, Vicksburg and Jackson, Miss., looking over the field for the next meeting place for 1910. Meridian has asked for the meeting for next year. ... The color of Old Fellows are meeting at Meridian this week, quite a large delegation is in attendance at the Grand Lodge session. Grand Master E. P. Jones, of Vicksburg, Miss., will preside... The Home and Foreign Missionary District Convention composed of women met at the Lalleled Bapaghan Church at the same time at the Meridian on July 28th and was in session until Aug. on 1. Rev. J. B. S. Boatwright is the pastor of this church. Mrs. M. J. Scott, of Shu-qualak, Miss., presided. She has been at the head of this convention for 21 years. Rev. L. S. Lee preached for them at 11 a.m., March 1, 1910, and the meeting was held at Scooba in 1910. Mrs. Mamiel Welch and little son are in the city visiting her parents, Rev. and Mrs. A. A. Rivers, on 30th Ave. and 13th St. Rev. J. W. Watson has been visiting his family near the city. Mr. E. E. Green, who is the first car was struck by passing street cars on 8th St. and 21st Ave. He is getting along very well under the circumstances. ABERDEEN. S. D. Special to THE FREEMAN Mr. Will Johnson was sent home last week from Aberdeen, S. D., with typhoid Pheumonia. Mr. Johnson has been employed as porter at the First National Bank for the past year until taken sick. He was sent to the University where he has an aunt residing at present. BEAUMONT, TEX. Special to THE FREEMAN. The Merry Twelve Social Club of this city has a very bright time at the residence of Mr. Brightwell, the musician, Sts., on last Thursday evening. Quite a show was in attendance, and amounts of the time consisted of playing among some of the people, music and a little two step. Music was rendered by the musicians. All told it was quite an enjoyable affair. BATTLE CREEK MICH Special to THE FREEMAN. Mesdames Grant and Hodges have left for Knoxville, Tenn., to visit relatives . . . Miss Mary Olive of Chattanooga, Tenn., is married to Dr. Robert Wallace, of 25 Brook street . . . Mr. Jack Johnson, the world's champion pugilist, was in this city Wednesday, July 28 . . . Miss Mary Olive of Chattanooga at the A. M. E. Church Tuesday, August 10 . . . Mr. and Mrs. W. Jefferson celebrated their second wedding anniversary on August 10. The Baptist Association will convene in Grand Rapids, Mich., August 17 to 22 . . . The A. M. E. choir met last week to elect officers. Involves: Mrs. Sara Sina, president; Mr. Kittie choir, vice president; Mr. Wallace, choir. POST TAVERN, MICH Mr. Edward Pace has gone to West Baden, Ind., to play on the ball team. Mr. Jas, A. Green and Roscoe Green, formerly of Indianapolis, Ind., are now at the Post Tavern. . .Mr. Pride Cole is at the Post Tavern. . .Mr. Howard Byrd has been at the Post Tavern. . .Mr. F. Welsh West for his health. . .Mr. J. F. Welsh has been very ill, but is improving. KNOXVILLE, TENN. Special to THE FREEMAN. Mrs. Aobt. Harris and Mrs. Marget Dix, Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. parents, Love Ferguson is visiting her at St. Louis, Mrs. Mosley..Mr. Sam Steel is much improved..Mrs. Thos. Sims is visiting her sister Lacy, Mrs. Lucy, Mrs. Burke is buried July 26. Mrs. Cecilia Seats died July 30 and buried July 31. Mrs. Lon Jinkens was buried July 31. Mrs. Watkins, of Jack Harris is isisting her at St. Harris..MissMatallo Jinkens and Miss Maud Mosby, of Memphis, are visiting in Cape West, of St. Louis is visiting parents. LOGAN'SPORT, IND. Special to THE FREEMAN. Miss Jane Jones has gone to Champaign and Springfield, IL, for several weeks visit John A. Taylor has gone to Kenton, Ohio to visit his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Ball. Mr. Leo Winslow, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Johnston, took advantage of the excursion to Chicago Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dickson left Sunday for a two weeks visit in Crawfordsville, Indianapolis and Frankfort, KK. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Gray are the proud parents of a bouncing baby girl. The little Miss arrived last Saturday....Mrs. John Taylor, Miss Pet Gill more and Miss Mame Gilmore spent last Sunday in Crawfordsville. Miss Mame Gilmore will remain for a visit with her sister Mrs. Emma Hall....The Sunday School picnic at Klenly Island last Thursday was quite a success in every way, and everyone reported a grand time....Herbert Carter is sick at his home in Melbourne Ave....Miss Mable Malone and sister, Sabra, spent Sunday in Rockville, Ind. Mrs. Maggie Brooks was quite sick last Thursday and Friday, being overcome with heat....Mrs. Llibble Taylor and Mrs. Mabel Kelly, of Peru, spent last Friday in the city the guest of Mrs. Maggie Brooks, The Stewards and stewardesses of Bethel church are preparing for a rally Aug. 29....Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gibson have moved in the city from Kenneth and reside on the south side. reside on the south side...There will be a grand concerts on A. M. E. church on Wednesday, Aug. 18. KANSAS CITY, MO. Special to THE FREEMAN Mr. Lafayette Ellison will leave this week for a three weeks' fishing trip. He will join a party of fishermen at Springfield, Mo., and they leave well equipped for camping and anticipate a great trip...Mr. Lafayette Ellison will leave this week and is back to his old station at Boltamore, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sayers, of Springfield, Kans., was in the city last week to attend the Missing of their son, Samuel Sayers, of Springfield, They were at the Christian church, Kansas City, Kans. The excursion to St. Joe Sunday, financed by Messrs Phelix Payne and Fred L. Douglass was a success. More than 600 Kansans attended the event of taking an outing...Mr. John Hill, one of the oldest head waiters in or about K.C. departed this life last Thursday morning and was buried from the Episcopal Church of Friar Riordan in Kansas City is arranging the most elaborate entertainment hall in the west for the K. of P. encampment. The land of Bohemia—beautiful woodland and electric cars, vaudeville stage, large dance hall, room, dining room, refresh rooms. STANFORD, KY. Special to THE FREEMAN Miss Joe Alex Reid has just returned home from St. Paul, Minn., where she attended the Grand Lodge of Minnesota. Grand Lodge pendant Star Temple No. 7; also Dr. Dardtill, who is the State Grand Master and his wife, Mrs. Amie Tardif, and W. F. Adkins, who is the State Grand Master and his wife, Clipote Lodge No. 43. Mr. Adkins will spend a few days in Chicago, Ill., with his wife, William Locke, pass away on Saturday morning at 6:00 a.m. he. He was a useful man in his community. He was a plasterer by trade and a member of the U. BALTIMORE, MD Special to THE FREEMAN. The Patapsco Business League held a largely attended public meeting at the residence of Mr. C. F. Citzgerald, at Patapsco Station, Monday afternoon. About two hundred persons were present. Addresses of the guests included George F. Bragg and Messrs. H. E. Jacob, W. Asble Hawkins, Harry T. Pratt and C. Fitzgerald, president of the Association. The Baltimore present included William, Mrs. H. M. McCard, Miss William, Mrs. H. M. McCard, Miss M. Louse Smith, Miss Cora Tucker, and Messrs. John Henry Smith, W. H. Dodd, Dr. H. E. Young, W. L. Fitzgerald and Richard Mack. George F. Bragg was re-elected the president of the museum jurisdiction o the Knights of Pythias. His administration has been marked by wonderful progress throughout the order....Arrested and the museum has been meeting of the B. M. C, here next year. The attendance will be large. As Grand Master W. L. Houston is to retire because of the constitution limit of two terms, it is expected that there will be a "battle royal" for the museum. We want the best man to win and has no doubt that the convention will choose wisely. Mr. Houston was in town last week and was given a man in a by his admirer the museum Odd Fellows, Edith Murphy, Councilman Harry S. Cummings, Lawyer W. H. McCard and other local leaders are planning a vigorous campaign against the disfranchising amendment which would state at the fall election. They are confident that the infamous measure will be defeated....A large delegation, headed by Third Vice-President Harry T. Pratt, are attending an old meeting of the National Bush Business League at Louisville August 18-20. MINEOLA. TEX. Special to THE FREEMAN Tom McMillian lost his child last week... Square Daniel has three cows branded D. on left hip. They have gone gone for some time... Rev. S. M. Brooks has a first class grocery store and you can buy anything at the store. They are friendly at the ice and light plant and has been for some time... Mrs. Emily Allen and Jim Thompson, of Winona, were here last week on a visit... Miss Alice Hudson, of Waco has 50 scholars in her school... Minneapolis is a great help to the city... There will be a great help to the city... There will be no peaches for the canning factory this year... The weather is dry and hot here... Cotton is opening very fast here... The store is having a good time... Sandy Anderson has fresh butter to sell all the time. PARIS, KY. SPECIAL TO THE FREEMAN Tom Keller, lost by fire her father's old homestead. The loss will run into several thousand dollars...Elder Mutters camp meeting commenced Sunday at the Second Baptist Church for a few days on business...Mrs. Owen Monday, of Henney Station, had as her guests last week Mrs. J. C. Gatewood, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Mildred L. Hill and Mrs. Barney, Mrs. Mildred L. Hill, Lexing, and daughter were visiting in Paris French Thomson attended the K. P. Grand Lodge at Paduca, Ky., last week...Miss Cora Wilkerson, who for the past three years has been studying for a trained nurse in Chicago is at home for a visit...The Creek Church was at home for a calling. J. C. Gatewood's every Saturday. EVENTS AT THE FALLS CITY EVENTS AT THE FALLS CITY Concluded from Page One. day night at Odd Fellows' Hall, Thirteenth and Walnut streets, Louis Simmons is the manager and Ed Lee assistant. If the project is successful a new theater will be built. Mr. R. W. Thompson, the brilliant and able correspondent, will be the guest of M. Cary B. Lewis. After the 15th inst. Col. Thompson's mail can be forwarded to the office of Cary B. Lewis, 535 Twelfth street. . . . Prof. Charles Moore, national organizer of the Negro Business League, was enterprising in the college, and merson. On Monday night Prof. Moore addressed the local League, and left Tuesday for points in Ohio. He was the guest of Dr. J. A. C. Lattimore. Miss Daisy Walker and Madam Egbert are in the city. Miss Walker is president of the Young Women's Protective Association, and she is the number of successful lectures around the Falls Cities. Madam Egbert is a singer of ability, and quite an assistant to Miss Walker. "On to the Baptist Association!" is the cry of the Baptists of the State. The Gen. Ky., and Dr. J. H. Frank, William H. Steward, Dr. C. H. Parrish, Revs. W. H. Craighead, E. P. Marrison, D. A. Gaddie, J. H. Johnson, J. H. Perdue, C. C. Bates, G. H. Watson and others will attend from this city. Prof. S. O. Johnson has been chosen to superintend the Western playground for colored people at the Louisville Giants' stadium, the Louisville Bowl, Broadway, Mrs. Eddie Jackson and Miss Helen Du Valle were selected for the Eighth and Kentucky streets playground, They are very excellent people, well informed as to their duties, and citizens are it. It's a new thing for Louisville, and is under the Open Air Recreation League. Louisville will be the hotest bed of politics this year. Two straight tickets are in the field, and to-day brings an independent Democratic ticket, headed by Owen Tyer, and the Sunday papers stated that George D. Todd will come out as an independent Democratic candidate and its allies are out, there will be some interesting times during the coming fall. New "Black Cabinets" will rise up. Instead of having one, there will be four. Each of the four candidates for mayor have their friends, and will stick with them "through thick and thin." CHICAGO BUREAU OF THE INDIANAPOLIS FREEMAN. 3106 STATE STREET. DR. M. A. MAJORS, Editor J. HOCKLEY SMILEY, Local Editor. W. P. PERRY, Soliciting Editor. CHICAGO, Ill.—In mentioning a dozen or more receptions launched by Chicago's host of ladies viering with each other to pay their generous respect and appreciation to one noble and worthy Mrs. Booker T. Washington, who spent last week in our midst as the guest of Dr. and Mrs. George C. Hall, none were quite as musical given in her honor by Mrs. Broadus Anderson, one of Chicago's favorite singers, and conductors of Quinn Chapel choir. There were fully seventy five people present, and made up for the most part of leading singers, wizards and music lovers of Chicago's social set. Mrs. George C. Hall accompanied Mrs. Washington. The decorations were beautiful. Everything was in harmony, even the refreshments. In the dining room there were suspended from the ceiling garlands and wreaths, and green and white ribbons, and banked up on a huge round table was a trillion of the best-made white, while the ice cream was green and white. of friends in Chicago, where reared, will be glad to learn Victoria will remain permanently cargo, she having tendered her role to the Board of Education of the Galveston. The last quarterly meeting of tutional Church was held last Sunday when I was^{-\circ} A. M. E. Church, the sacramental sermon, which, spiring and forcible, Subject to tell them what the Christian rel done. The Doctor pictured and its members and showed how they were looking for a new religious spiritual benefit, but to suit the venence—a religion to oppose to science and let them do as they're searchy. The heart of the book for will make you free. He admon listeners to feast on the real Church like, act like Him, and live as a benefit the world by your lives. It is an example of the The program was beautifully rendered, every one being more than an amateur in the field, and every one a bounty gushed people present. All came to do honor to Mrs. Washington and give support to the kindly spirit of Mrs. Anderson, indeed one of Chicago's most charming hostesses who specializes pride in her home, her music and books. The following is the program rendered under Mrs. Washington's name, "Legende, Wienhawaii, itt, Harrison Emanuel, Tower Scene from "I Trovatore," Verdi, Mr. Hugh Buchanan; piano, Prelude in C Minor, Rachmaninov, Miss M. Gertrude Judson, who specializes in jazz bar, Miss Bessie Simon, of Atlanta and Memphis; "Caprice Brillante," Raff, Mr. Roy Tibbs, of Lexington, Ky.; vocal, (a) Virginia Green; piano, Rhapsody No. 11, Liszt, Miss Elizabeth Williams. On to Louisville is the word. Bishop H. M. Turner preached at Quinn Chapel Sunday night. Mr. Allen Payne has returned from a business tour in Michigan. Chicago Negroes are buying mansions, if anybody should ask you. Last quarterly meeting at Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church to-morrow. The reception tendered the members of Quinn Chapel, A. M. E., was a great success. The Negro Business League, under the leadership of Dr. George C. Hall, goes with a vim. Mr. and Mrs. John Allensworth are spending a short vacation at Memphis, Tenn. Those mansions in the sky will do by and by, but a mansion r two here below will help some. The little son of Mrs. Stonsbury, who was seriously hurt by a car last week, is reported better. Don't forget that The FREEMAN has in its columns what you are looking for and want to read—that letter from down home. Robert Jackson, the poet, has been confined to his bed at Provident Hospital, suffering from compound fracture of the leg. The C. E. of Quinn Chapel tendered a reception to Miss Grace Johnson, who was graduated recently from the C. H. S. with honors. Dr. D. P. Roberts was called to Michigan, owing to the sickness of his little daughter where his family are spending their vacation. The funeral of Mrs. Alice Augustus, prominent in social circles and a great society favorite here, was conducted from Quinn Chapel Monday evening. Last Wednesday Mrs. Washington and Mrs. Dr. Hall took an automobile ride to Milwaukee. Banker Binga was the chaucer. The ladies enjoyed the ride intensely. Mrs. Balls Hall has just returned from a visit at Kalamazoo Mich, where she joined in the celebration of her mother's one hundredth anniversary. Mrs. Hall is a deaconess of Quinn Chapel. The FREEMAN is the only Negro newspaper in America that reaches twenty thousand homes in every part of the civilized world. Get wise and read THE FREEMAN, and let it keep you wise. W. H. A. Moore, Noah D. Thompson, Editor R. S. Abbott, Capt. Fred Ball, Dr. J. A. Carey, Mr. Thomas Wallace Swann, James Hale Porter, J. T. Brewington, A. K. Carey, Mr. Thomas Wallace Swann, mobilities of the Negro Business League called at our office during the past week. Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church has just closed a very successful week of celebrating the sixty-second anniversary of the day when she was born, a night with a special program by the ladies. Mrs. Eooker T. Washington delivered an address. Sunday's program was excellent, and the special rally was quite a success, with hundreds of attendees managing and the uniting efforts of the fondid Christian minister, Rev. D. P. Robert. The social spirit of Chicago has been put to the test by generous donations of dingedish visitors from all over the country. Among those who have entertained on a large scale may be mentioned Mrs. Eooker, the founder of Mrs. Martha Broadus Anderson, Mrs. Dr. George C. Hall, The Douglass Center, The Bavelhors' Club. Possibly no city in America has ever reached the high mark so by Chicago's Negro citizens when it comes to honoring strangers within her gates. THE FREEMAN extends condolence to the Barrier family on account of the death of their son, who drowned in swimming with his classmates at Ann Arbor, Mich. He was born in Chicago but he beheld for Lang Williams, and for excellence of character and brilliance of intellect he could not be excelled by any young man in the land. His future was dazzling with the promise of a bright future. The young Barrier would have added one other bright star to our bright galaxy of college honor-takers. Last Sunday Blinging on Mr. Jesse Binga, our esteemed banker, took Mrs. Booker T. Washington out to Harvey in his beautiful red automobile. Dr. and Mrs. George C. Hall accompanied them. They found Mrs. Washington, the Orphamage, an institution established by the care of orphan children. Dr. Washington has given his sanction and a check for more than a thousand dollars to help her with theious work, and Mrs.ashion, finding a new condition, has promised to do more for Mrs. Amanda Smith to lighten the great burden that lies so near her great heart. Last Thursday evening the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alford, 241 East Thirty-first street, was the scene of a beautiful reception tendered Dr. and Mrs. Offley, and a reception held by Mrs. City, Mr. Those present were Miss Boyd of Frankfort, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Bell, Mrs. T. W. Nelson, Mr. Henry Sharp, Mrs. T. W. Black Irvin, Henry and Edward Shear, Mrs. A. Majors, Mr. and Dr. M. A. Majors. The table was burdened with everything worth eating, and Mrs. Alford enjoys the reputation of being an all around genial housekeeper and home and Mr. Sharp, who presided at the piano, and Mr. Sharp, who delighted the happy gathering with two vocal solos. Last Monday morning, at 7 o'clock, Miss Victoria Bonds, who has been teaching school in Galveston, Texas, arrived home. She fortunately missed the recent tidal wave at Galveston by leaving a few hours behind and other places of interest in the West and Northwest, stopping here and there with her many friends, who delight to honor her. For several years Miss Bonds has been teaching in Texas, at one time in Galveston and other places in the Galveston High School. Her host On to Louisville is the word. ng the pu --- --- of friends in Chicago, where she was reared, will be glad to learn that Mary McCarthy will remain permanently in Chicago, she having tendered her resignation to the Board of Education of the city of Galveston. The last quarterly meeting of the Institutional Church was Sunday, and was well attended. Dr. D. P. McCarthy, of Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church, presided over a ceremonial sermon, which was inspiring and not elitist thought. "Go tell them what the Christian church has done." The Doctor pictured the church and its members, and showed how much he and the church a new religion, not for spiritual benefit, but for their convenience—a religion to oppose conscience and let them do as they please. Using the Scripture, look for truth; it will make the church admonished his listeners to feast on the Christian holiday like, act like Him, and live as He likes, example by examples. Discontinue to bow at the feet of men, and bow at the feet of Jesus. --- Chicago has been alive and active. The week just passed in dubbed Mrs. Booker T. Washington week, and from Monday night, when she addressed the great Federation of Colored Women's Clubs at Quinn Chapel, which was packed to its capacity, until the going down of Saturday's sun, everything has been dimmers, receptions, theatrical parties, musicales, automobile trips, tunnel excursions, and dozens of other thoughtful and carefully planned affairs, sufficient had she been a real crowned queen. The distinguished educators of all the big universities in Chicago, eminent divines, philanthropists and world-reformers have paid her a becoming respect and appreciation, for be it remembered, the man whose name she bears is one of the colossal beings of the universe, whom kings, princes and presidents delight to honor. Everything is in readiness for the Dr. George C. Hall banquet. The people of Dr. George C. Hall are more in more harmlous accord when they come to some worthy project. Dr. Hall is well known liked, and the people appreciate his many bearing and force of character. It is hard for him to harmlar this noble citizen has stood, firm and earnest,冠豪 for every citizenship right belonged to other people meted-out to his own race, more than any one else kept alive the idea. He is a hospital a Negro institution, and he has been enough and strong enough, when things have seemed to be slipping from our grasp, and he has been down to the corner and read over to that Provident Hospital's corner-stone. Then again, Dr. Hall has been always true, but insistent that the Negro doctor belongs to them, contending that the color of the skin cuts no figure when other people do not agree, like cravens, to the curious sentiments who choose to domineer when they are allowed to do so. The citizens know volumes about this capable and worthy surgeon, and in Chicago, give Dr. Hall the grandest ovation ever given anybody in this great Western metropolis. Hundreds are taking interest in him, and in Chicago everything you hear is something about the great testimonial. PITTSBURG PA Special to THE FREEMAN The Delaney Rifles had ladies' night at Lyric's Hall Tuesday night of last week. A musical program was rendered and music was also furnished by Robinson's orchestra and parlor at 1215 Wylie Ave. . . . The Eighth Annual picnic of the Christian and Mission Alliance Branch No. 2, will be held at 1215 Wylie Ave. at 9:30. . . . Wilbur McDaniels has gone for a two weeks' vacation at Conneaut Lake. . . . The K. of F. Lodges of the state will be held at Conneaut Lake at 9:30. . . . dist church at Greensburg, Sunday, Aug. 15. They will also have their annual sermon preached at the church in the evening. . . . Mrs. Marie D. sisters, Mrs. C. Rissler, Truman of the city who was seen visiting her brother, Daniel G. Davis, accompanied by her niece, Virginia Truman, of Johnstown, Pa., has gone to Maryland to attend the Christian Endeavor Convention at New Castle. . . . C. Hoogins, the popular haberdasher of Wylie Ave. is making a trip to Trunk Sutton, prop of Suttons Hotel, was made in Cyrene Commandery last week. EAST END NOTES CLARKSVILLE TENN. Special to THE FREEMAN Miss Maud Leana Bailey entertained recently at her residence the following guests: Miss Augusta Hopkins, Miss Lillie Lewis, Miss Alice McDoyle, Miss Katie Vary, Miss Elaine Chicago Blanche,鼻尔 Eileen Chicago Radford, George Armstrong, Andrew Radford, George Dabney, James Tyson Henry Johnson, Henry Meriths, James Bush Dan Perry, Jessie James and Grand Sister of Indianapolis, formerly of this place. Miss Refreshments were served. DES MOINES, IA Special to THE FREEMAN. Mr. S. Brown will leave the city about August 5th for Ft. Dodge, Ia....Mrs. H. Tolliver on the sick list. Sticky Sweating Palms after taking salts or cathartic waters did you ever notice that weary all gone feeling the palms of your hands sweat — and rotten taste in your mouth — Cathartics only move by sweating your bowels—Do a lot of hurt—Try a CASCARET and see how much easier the job is done—how much better you feel. CASCABETS 10 a box for a week's treatment all druggists. Biggest seller in the world. Millions box a month. THE STAGE CLOSED. BY HARRY BRADFORD. It's a mighty funny feeling to get closed up and certainly feel like cussing dear And you certainly feel like vaudeville. You sure must be crazy, and you don't know anything. And you try and tell him what a hit you would work when you played at the SNIP. Sing-Sing We have proved all kinds of time, some big, some small. It's getting so some managers don't even like your face. And when you're closed by such a manager we don't think it a disgrace. There are some managers in vaudeville will tell you black is white. And if your salary is a dime above their limit, then your act is never right. They will try and tell you all your songs. And if your act runs sixty minutes, they will ask you to stretch some more. They'll say you can't sing, dance or talk, and that your act will be better. But if you could only make balloon ascend glad. No matter if you are the greatest in your line, you can't suit them at all. And you can't close you, but will give you an awful call. They don't pick you out on account of your color, or on account of your act; Why, they close people regular every week, whether they are white or black. Some managers have got the reputation of using an act each week. bobbing And all the poor old actor can do is take it and look meek. But it's a queer sensation, and you feel just like a fool When the manager says: "I'm sorry to close you and let's be a regular manager." You say: "Dear Mister Manager, pray tell me what we have done." He says: "That's it; you ain't done anything to help along the fun. I could be writing about this closing thing till I got old and gray. But I have to close. I have been closed, is all I've got to say. The Pewee's will open with the Sunny South Company at Boston, Mass., Aug. 14, in a new act. Lanie Rattie, trombonist, with H, B. Danville's Minstrels, sends best regards to Robert C. White and bunch. Ward Andreas, white care THE FREEMAN. John H. Wicklein, the Louisville trap drummer, is still at the Pekin Theater, Cincinnati. He sends regards to all friends. Permanent address, THE FREEMAN. All is well with the Alabama Warbler away up in Canada. Business is good and fun. They will appear week of August 9 in Empire Theater, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Charles McKinzie, comedian with the Bump De Bump Tumble, is doing well in the East over the Cleveland circuit. Regards to all friends. Address 51 West 134th street, New York City. F. J. Ferrery would like to hear from Robert Leach. Regards to Prof. Derry. Collegiate Band and Bain Buck. Band and Mart Murgut. Prof. Hayes Robison, write care FREEMAN. H. La Sie, the novelty slate wire artist, has closed with Culligan and Hockmald's Nashville Students at Dayton, Ohio. He will open with his big act early in October, with six people, playing Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. James Pickett, trick bicyclist and uncleist, is making a grand hit in the State of Chapas, Mexico, and will soon be in Kansas City to visit sister and friend. Kansas City will visit friends for all friends. Address 14001, East 134th street, Kansas City, Mo. Frank Fawter Brown, the Hoosier tenor, accompanied by his wife, Bessie Oliver will leave to-morrow for New York City to begin rehearsal with the Cole and Johnson "Red Moon" Company. Mr. Brown has been doing solo work at the English Opera House during his stay in the city. THE MAJESTIC THEATRE AT HOT SPRINGS. ARK. The Majestic Theater, the home of colored comedy at Hot Springs, Ark. is an independent director, the manager, and an A.Scanner. Mr. Ruckman is somewhat known in the theatrical business, having put out several road shows which he managed with great success. He has spent last year in New York, where he was associated in other business. The Majestic Theater, his present venture, is one of the finest and most popular playhouses in the country, playing some of the best colored performers on the American stage. Miss Estella Ruckman, the screenwriter, them screening nightly, Mr. Anthony Ruck, the funniest man alive, is still making them crack their sides. Will Davis, the superior of comedy, is hitting them in his knees. Mr. Ruckman is among the others who please a large audience nightly. WANTED. To know the whereabouts of James White, a performer, headquarters at New York. Write at once. Oldest sister, Miss Mary Bovies, Indianapolis, seriously ill. THE CONGO KING COMPANY. We are in our twelfth week of prosperous business. The show is doing good, and the band is doing good, and as our leading singer, is taking encounters on his song, "Tve Been Told." Alien and Henderson are cleaning up with music and dancing act, and Miss Julia and music and dancing act, and Miss Julia doing line on her song, "All I Want Is One Loving Smile from You." We have anotherummer, but now we are booked solid with one and two-night stands until September 15. THE PROFESSION AT PITTSBURG Willie Norvell, the boy comedian, is quite a drawing card at the local theater, his age 18 years old, and quite small for his age. He is a 20-minute turn, singing dance and stories. The Reese Brothers, with their African Company, just closed an eight-week engagement at Luna and Kennywood woods. They are booked solid open the Davies-Harris Theater, open week of August 2 at the Airdome Theater congistown, Ohio. This company has made a brass band and packed the Star during their week-long performance there. They have a brass band and make a good maintenance on and off the stage. The menu of the company are Frank Wilson, Lennel McCormick, Octavius Johnson, Jessie Gray, Cray Watt, Matt Watt, Tom Davis, Nora Wilson, Dickens Reese, Tom Davis, Nora Wilson, and Jasmin Watts, Lizzie Green, Billie Bettors. Gordon Bunch, who has been working single, has joined hands with James Ring, the team is known as Bunch and Ringer, they played the Fulton Thursday, Friday on Saturday, and had a packed house. the Memphis Students Trio for one season, and played the leading vaudeville circuits, and played the comedian. As a team Bunch and Ringer just closed among the leaders of the theatrical world. Bunch and Ringer just closed a five week engagement with Reese Brothers at atuna and Davis at Harris time week of August 24 at the Airdrome Theater at Youngstown. FROM CARLISLE AND BAKER. LONDON, ENGLAND, July 19, 1909. Mr. E. C. Knox: Dear Friend—We have just returned to London, after playing in large cities around London with great success. We have also visited many other cities, others connected with the paper are in the best of health. We are having some nice weather here at present. I have received papers 0, 1, and they are more interesting than paper 2. You know, the grand it is to be so far from home and be able to get all the news and know all the great things that our race is doing. I am sure we are doing over two, so you can see what we are doing over three. For putting our letter and clipping in the paper. All the good acts over here are working and getting along nicely. We are doing over three, so you can see what they cannot keep a good man down in any line of business if he knows his line of business, even if he is colored. And our team is doing over three, so you can see more to the whites. We both send our best regards to you, and also extend our thanks to you. We are of the profession. Wishing you and THE FREEMAN a continued success, I remain. Will be pleased to hear from you at any time. PEKIN THEATRE AT CINCINNATI OHIO. Sunday night the Pekin Theater was thrown wide open for the first attempt at vaudeville performances. It had been advertised strong, and from the outside it was a bit of a show. The Pekin nati was waiting on Fifth street to get inside. At one time there were not less than 500 people in that block. Never before his this town witnessed such drawing of the crowd, even the Williams and Walker Company. The program opened with pictures. Following this came Mrs. Odessa Messinga, a singing and dancing soubrette, who met the Pekin nati and took the of the Dehomian stroll, Joe Simms, a blackface monologist. Off went the top of the Pekin. This fellow is certainly the cleverest talker we have in America. I've seen him in a movie, Harrison-Steward Company (trio), formerly stars at the Pekin in Chicago, who met with much approval. The show is the talk of Cincinnati. The manager and proprietor keep up the good work. The Gather Theater has Glmore, Kinky and Glmore. The Grand plays this week the Three Mitchells. Cincinnati is a show town, all right, but Ohio don't know that. Oh, you Cin.! VON REX. DEATH OF MRS. NELLIE RANSOM SMALL. Mrs. Nellie Ransom-Small died at the home of her adopted parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ransom, 66 West Beatty avenue, New York, 10019, 25 after a lingering illness of dropsy. Deceased was born in Washington, Ohio, and at the time of her death was about 65 years old. Her mother died when she was an Infant, and she was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Ransom, the former being related to her mother. She grew to young womanhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the stage, and during the last years had been connected with many prominent theatrical companies, traveling all over the country. Two of the companies with which she was connected were presenting "A Romance of Coon Hollow" and "Down in Mobile." Long before she became a professional actress she was at the head of a number of home talent performances. She appeared at the Hammock House, and on the television Tiger frequently, and was well known to the theatergoers. She was married a number of years ago, her husband being connected with which she was appearing at the time. About six weeks ago, while in Chicago, Mrs. Ransom-Small first took sick, and, accompanied by her husband, came here to rest up and recover, as it was not thought at that time that her sickness was serious. From the first she appeared to recover, but later grew worse, and graded until death came to relieve her sufferings. At the close of the season Mrs. Small was a member of the "Tempest and Sunshine" group of "Aunt Judy," and so well did she portray the character that many audiences believed her to be a white woman. In sales, she was known as "Nellie V. Small," as "Aunt Judy," conveys the idea that she is really colored, so magnificent is her makeup, and this alone on her behalf makes her a "mammie." She has one seen so perfect a presentation of a colored "mammy." Charles T. Small, as "Ungle Juber," is equally good, and these two are usually usable in business, are a valuable addition to any company. Mrs. Small had many friends both in and out of town, and she was very pleasing disposition, one that drew you to her from the start. She was devoted to her work, her husband and little girl. RAMBLING SYDNEY KIRK. Another well-known and popular stage man is Sydney Kirk, the beloved Billy Bragg of Indianapolis product, helping to make good the boast that the city is represented by some of the foremost talent of the stage. He is a young man who is versatile and a joy of experience, consequently much more is to be seen of him. This means very much, since he is aggressive and progressive, and he is a man of great fact. I have met no man singer who was more imbued, more enthused with his art. He impresses one as not knowing it all, but very anxious of knowing much more— By the way, he tells a very good thing on himself which happened very early in his career, but of him. It goes without saying that every man must have some conceit, just a little, as a sort of preservative, like a salt in the daily food—just a bit. According to Kirk he has had a secret to him. He had sung with success in his native city of Indianapolis. Nothing but applause and encouragement gave him the confidence to enter the bounds of the town, and, like an Alexander, sighed for new fields for conquest. And, true to his ambition, he hiked to Chicago to prove himself against what the place was called, the good singers, but it was not long before the name of Sydney Kirk led them all. The same applause and encouragement gave him the confidence that he could sing immensely, and that he was wasting his talents in singing around and about Chicago, and that New York was the place. "You were the singers," he said, "to stay around here sacrificing your talent, when you might be putting it to exchange. Go to New York and become someone," he said, that Kirk acted on the advice. Hadn't he been in Indianapolis and Chicago, winning all that could come to a singer whose those qualities were the impelling force, buoyed on by his ambition, kept alow by the helpful words of his friends THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER and admirers. Accordingly, he set about to take in that vaster theater, New York City, where all that was best by way of his own experience, and otherwise prepared to tour him. He saw that everything was in shape style to make this invasion. He secured himself cards reading "Sydney Kirk, Hoosier bartonite," and otherwise prepared to tour him. On reaching New York he forthwith got in touch with the artists of note; he was very eager to measure lances with them. In making his rounds he met Lloyd McCormick, who otherwise informed him who he was. Mr. Gibbs was very glad to meet the distinguished newcomer; told him so, and of course he was very courage; he was not daunted, and when it became convenient he did sing. He did his best. The moment of his life had arrived; he thought to make good before the sailing for the future. Mr. Gibbs listened patiently until Kirk finished; he then took him into his confidence, asked if he called him singing, and asked if he was to and that it was to his interest to stop right where he was and begin to learn to sing. Kirk was amazed at the criticism, nor did he think it a matter of the view of bettering himself in his calling. Sydney made calls on the other reputed singers, Burley, Drury and others, each singing. He told me of the colored singers that sang in a Hebrew church, and to which place he took him on one occasion, the rabbi sang first, as I not remember, the rabbi prided in his services. Such a voice, such singing, says he, he thought he had never heard. He was one of whom this new artist was one now began. He was thrilled; never in his life was he in the midst of such singing. The rabbi was not so thrilled. He reverential as prayer. The singing of the rabbi, great as it was, was merely an introduction to what was to follow. He was not so thrilled as to not sing. He was discouraged, decided never to sing another note. He was ashamed of his miserable attempt, and have no more of it. It was his making. Many a man fails to hear the sounding knell to his cherished hope when out of his dresses he distresses his shines illuminating with its glittering sun. The fact that Kirk was cast down by what he considered his failure attested to his failure, convinced, satisfied with his self-sufficiency, as is so often the case, he would not have advanced a peg. The law of human progress is written against those who have been satisfied right along. And when the years have come and gone, they will be the song goes. In other words, Kirk casted his lines; he obliterated as much as he knew how of what he had been doing, and put himself in the proper channel. In most superb men and singers of the stage, and who, if he maintains his gait, will be a musical furore. The advantage of everything that comes his way is a tendency to help him in his work. He told me of his hearing Caruso and other great white artists, but Caruso especially, whom he thought Kirk is with Richards and Pringle's Mini-strels. During his vacation in the early morning, he visits home, plays occasionally on solicitation, to the delight of his many friends. He was heard recently in the well-rendered can- "Saul," where he took the leading part. In all of this I perhaps have not spoken specifically of Kirk's present singing abilities, but he has always everything to make a great singer—sympathy, pathos, tone and register. He has one of those conventional voices, which he has been ascribed to by any singer without seeing him. Stwew. LELAND GIANTS WIN GAMES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Gunthers' Manager Files a Protest Against Ball's Playing—Dougherty Pitches One-hit Game. Won. Lost. Pct. Leland Giants ..... 18 5 .783 Logan Squares ..... 16 8 .667 Gunthers ..... 14 11 .557 Colts ..... 10 12 .455 West Ends ..... 7 17 .292 Milwaukee ..... 6 17 .250 Special to THE FREEMAN. CHICAGO, Ill.—The Leland Giants continued their winning streak in the Chicago Baseball League last Saturday by defeating the Colts 10-2 and the Lakers 4-5 to 3. The colored champions had all of the break on the luck, although they shut off a batting rally of the North Siders in the game. Tigers won their game with the Colts at Anson's park, 2 to 0, while the West Ends lost at Milwaukee, 6 to 5. Manage "family" Nissen of the Gunthers to a protest with his league on the Leland Giants' victory, claiming the Giants had no right to allow Ball to pitch after they had banished him, as Nissen claims. The hearing on the protest will come up in the league meeting tomorrow afternoon. The Gunthers had a fierce battle with the Colts through Zanderle's mistakes in the second inning and Harry White's two errors on top of each other in the eighth, all of the winning runs coming in in those two sessions. Earl Rugar never was in better shape. The North Siders kept after Ball all through the game. In the ninth inning he had plenty of trouble, three short hits in a row filling the bases and a run complete in the second half, played a bunt, leaving the bases filled with none out. Dougherty was then substituted for Ball, as Ruger, who had batted two long bles in the game, was up. With the ball in hand, the Panthers pitcher, Dougherty struck him out. Ball was then brought back and the next two men popped up to Wright and ended the rally. Score: R. H. E. Giants ..... 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 =-5 6 3 Gunthers ..... 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Gunthers ...010001001-384 Two-base hits—Zangerle, Meddy. Three-base hit—White. Double play—Dickie to Campion to White. Struck out—By Ball, 5; by Dougherty, 1; by Rugar, 2. Bases on balls—Off Rugar, 2. Umpire—Fitzpatrick. R. H. E. A. Colts ...001000100—22 L. Squares ...00000000—052 Two-base hits—Callahan, Doran. Double play—Wilhoit to Schreiber. Struck out—By Bradshaw, 12; by Torrey, 8. Bases on balls—Off Bradshaw, 2; off Torrey, 2. Umpire—Goeckel. Time—1:50. R. H. E. Milwaukee ...10210200—654 Two-base hits—Mart Morgan. McNichols, Lynch. Bases on balls—Off Schmiller, 6; off Groh, 2. Struck out—By Schmiller, 2; by Groh, 12. Hit by Ditcher—Loebel, Morgan Lynch. Stolen bases—Dougherty, Hassel, McNichols, Lawler. Sacrifice bit McNichols, Umpire—Lippert. Sunday Afternoon's Games. First division teams increased their percentages in the Chicago Baseball league Sunday, except the Gunners, who lost 10 percent. The Colts trimmed them, 4 to 2, at Anson's Park, Calahan got revenge on "Chic" Fraser and the Milwaukee for his 10 percent start week by beating Fraser himself, 4 to 1, at Callahan's Park, while the Leland Giants downed the West Ends in a hard fought battle at Auburn Park. The Leland Giants kept up their winning from McNichols' braves, the West Ends again losing a game, the game ended in the first inning. McNichols getting on first through Wright's error and stealing second and third and scoring on Gannon's single. Lelands came right back with a score and won the game in the sixth when Martin's error gave Hill his life. Booker advancing him on and in shades. Dougherty's pitching was the feature, only one hit being charged against him. Score: R. H. E. Giants .. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *2 - 6 1 West Ends .. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 Double play—Hassett to Martin. Struck out—By Dougherty, 6; by Ovitz, 2. Bases in Dougherty, 2; off Ovitz, 1. Umpire—Limpert R. H. E. L. Squares ...0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 *-4 5 1 Milwaukee ...0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 3 2 Two-base hit--Donovan. Struck out-- By Stack, 9; by Fraser, 5. Bases on bails—Off Stack, 2; off Fraser, 3. Umpire—Fitzpatrick. Time—1:35. R, H, E. Ansons ...3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 —4 7 Gunthers ...1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 —2 8 Two-base hits—White, Schall. Double plays—Trinkhaus to Campion to White; Meddy to White. Struck out—By Bradshaw, 3; by Bates, 1; by Trinkhaus, 8. Bases on balls—Off Bradshaw, 1; off Bates, 1; off Trinkhaus, 2. Umpire—Gueckel, SOFA BEDS BEATEN CLEVELAND, O.—The Black Tourists defeated the Leonard Soft Bed team at Luna Park today by a score of 11 to 5. The famous Cathedral was batted all over the field. With the base filled, Ford, with his usual long drive to left field, cleared the bases. Jones and Fox were the batting stars for the Tourists. EVANSVILLE, Ind.—A double-header was played the first of the week on the team of Evansville, O.K. and the Idaho Stars, a four-time team of Vinceennes, and each team took a game. Errors were responsible for a number of the runs. First game: I. Stars ... 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -5 5 4 O. K.'s ... 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 -5 3 5 Batteries—Wilson and Ritchie; Terrill and O.K.'s—Two-base hit—Welch. Struck out—By Wilson and Terrill. Terrill 4. Double play—Tucphin (unassisted). Second game: I. Stars ... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 7 5 O. K.'s ... 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 -5 7 5 Batteries—Massa, Wilson and Ritchie and Massa; Burks and Welch. Two-base hit—Derritt. Struck out—By Massa 5. by Wilson 2, by Burke 6. Umpire—Bugher. The O. K.'s went to Henderson, Ky., on Wednesday to play a game with the Clippers of that city. They will play the Pa- tition Nationals, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. MONARCHS LOSE TWO GAMES KANNAS CITY, Mo.-The St. Joseph Cusinos defeated the Monarchs last Sat- tle. CHICAGO UNIONS WINNING "Windy City" Lads Issuing Out Small End of Scores to Opponents. ANTIGO, Wis.—The Chicago Unions defeated the following teams last week: Bruxton, Ia. "Windy City" The Chicago Unions are all playing the best of ball. They have been on the road for eight games and lost four. They are on an eight-week trip through Wisconsin and are fine with his team. The lineup: Shawler, Receyes and Lytle, outfielders; Hyde, Hutchison and Young, inffielders; B. Lyons, J. Chishon andachers and outfielders; Washington, catcher. ST. LOUISIANS BEAT UNIONS. Giants Win Twelve-inning Game From the Tennesseeans. Special to THE MEMBER of the UNION After playing like school boys and leaving for small towns in Illinois, the Memphis, Teenn, Unions re- turned to the game. One of the most surprising features was the strong game the Tennessee boys played. Manager Smith of the Unions must have injected new life in his playing style. It took innings of hard fighting for the St. Louis boys to win. There was some remarkable fielding and clever pitching. Clark, the head coach of the Tennessee boys and allowed only four hits. Smith, for Memphis, made nine of the Giants fan the wind and allowed the crowd was kept rising and yelling when the visitors made a clever play. Score: Giants— 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1—4 7 1 Tenn. Unions— 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3—4 2 Battered by O'Neil; Smith and Meredith, Attendance—4,891. Umpires— Jackson and Timmons. BIRMINGHAM GIANTS WIN TWO. Louisville Cubs Drop Two Games to C. L. Taylor's Aggregation. RY JESSE PALMER LOUISVILLE, Ky.-The *Birmingham* Giants took two games from the Cubs by good judgment and batting. Gillard pitched big league ball and was firstly re- presented by the Cubs defeat. Ren- man Wilson, the "Texas Wonder" was the bright, shining star for the Alabamans. He got three hits in four times at bat, and scored 10 rebounds. Joe Carrier carried off the fielding and batting honors for the Cubs. His home run pre- vented his team from being shut out. Sun- day's game: R. H. E. Giants ..... 0 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9 - 7 3 Lou. Cubs ..... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 - 1 3 7 Batteries--Gillard and Cobb; *Collins, West, Martin and Mitchell, Two-Woman* Brisco. Struck out--By Gillard, by West 3. Bases on balls--Off Martin. 2. Double plays--Pugh to Wiley; Watson to Wallace to Watson; Booker to Watson. Time Nutter. Attendance--2,000. Umpire- Saturday, July 31, game stopped on account of rain. Score: R, H, E Giants ... 1 2 1 2 0 -6 7 2 Lou, Cubs ... 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 Baseball Notes. West fielded nicely. Watson was a little off Sunday. Hats off to Briscoe for that home run. Collins and Little Mitch made some bad plays. Booker had better eat some green tomatos so he can catch up. Even old reliable Jim Emory made an error, the first this season. He then threatened for his error by making several fine stops. Baldy Flemming and Dick Lair had to be carried home in an ambulance. That one-handed catch of Briscoe's after a hard run was one of the best ever seen on the home grounds. Martin stopped a grass cutter on third that brought the crowd to their feet. It was a hard grounder down the foul line. In the ninth inning of Sunday's game when the score was 9 to 0, "Brother" Tribbe says that Manager Stringer was singing his favorite song, "Don't Leave Me Here." He is the left for Alabama to play a series of three games. They will play at Chattanooga, Tenn., one at Bowling Green, they will return home Saturday to play the keys courts of Cleveland, O., a series of games. VINCENNES B. B. CAMP Capt. Wm. Embry, formerly of the Louisville Cubs, has a fast bunch of ball players known as the Idaho Stars. They play in the top division of O.K.'s in a double header at the latters' home. Vincennes expects a winning team of the Stars when the season closes base. They play in the second base for the St. Paul Gophers' club. Monroe, Jackson and a number of others are students of Embrys. Goins is one of the best shortstops in the shortest hitter in him and Brewer, at second, it takes a good pair of field glasses to watch the ball. "Aftertime" Jones, in left field, is an oldtimer? "Kiddo" Wilson is as good as ever in "Duckie." Do you know "Massa, from Arkansas?" If Monroe had straight legs he could pass brother as far as fielding is concerned. Embrys is as full of signs as a railroad yard. Brisis, the boy with the broad smile, is a comer, and also "Wisk" Morris. "Pete" Reed is mascot. PHIL REED'S TEAM CHAMPIONS. One of the proudest baseball managers and owners in the world today is Phil Reed of St. Paul. He wears a smile on his face that won't come off. The St. Paul Gophers play in a series of five games with the Leland Giants of Chicago, and are now the champion colored baseball team of the world. The two teams played some of the fastest ever seen in this part of the country and at the face of the challenge were well pleased. Last Saturday the Gophers went to Lindsturm and defeated the team of that city by the score of 19. Sunday the Gophers played the Minnesota Geystones before a good size crowd. Score: R. H. E. Gophers: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 -8 -6 Keystones: 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 -3 Batteries-McMurray and Davis; Shafer and Jackson. HELLNA AND LITTLE ROCK PLAY. CLARKSDALE, Miss — Helena and Little Rock at Clarksdale will play a series of four games to decide the championship of Arkansas. They were unable to settle the playoffs, but the best team, Lena Sunday. With honors even, they will play three games there. One of the fastest teams in the league, the best team was played Thursday, when the Helena boys shut out Little Rock, 3 to 0 in one hour and five minutes. Little Rock played the best team, beating them 9 to 7 in twelve innings and 8 to 4 in nine innings and Helena beat them, 3 to 2 in thirteen innings. Sunday, the team beat Washington and Williams, formerly with Clarksdale, have been sold to Helena, J. H. Hogans and W. D. Werden will organize a team this fall for 1910 and expect to travel through the season. Score, first game; R. H. E. Helena . . . 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 L. Rock . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Batteries — Washington and Fowler; Jones and Richardson. Helena 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 7- 6 5 L R... 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2- 9 11 3 Batteries Cunningham, Washington and Palmer and Richardson. Third base game. Helena— R. H. E. 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 8 4 Little Rock— R. H. E. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-6 2 Batteries— W, Amps and Fowler; Jones and Mathews, Tme—2:05. Umpire— Sol. Attendance—110. A. B. C.'S VS. ATKINS There will be a double-header at Northwestern Park tomorrow (Sunday) before Park games at Athletics, for the championship of the city. They have played two already this season. Padusha lost to the Mayfields July 29 by the score of 4 to 2. Score: R. H. E. Mayfields ... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 3 6 Batteries-Lock and Flowers; Hile and Allington. Two-base hits—Thomas, Boyd. Struck out—By Hale 8, by Lock 3, Bases 10, 11. Boyd. Time—L-48. Attendance—$00. PROMOTERS AFTER FIGHT. NEW YORK.—Fight promoters all over the country have gotten out their pens and pencils and are figuring out just how many thousand dollars they can offer J. J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson to appear in their particular roped arena and punch each other's head off. While no actual bid has been received for the battle, sporting men in New York took a colored the purse which finally lands the fight will be the biggest that was ever offered for a fistic encounter. The promoters are a little wary, each waiting to see what the other fellow is going to offer before making his own bid. One fight promoter who has pulled off some of the biggest bills in America believed "the house, which sees the fight will way $100,000 for seats, not counting the money that will be received from the moving picture people. Already the sports are beginning to dope out the chances of the two fighters and many concede the battle to Jeffries already. They point out that "too much high life" is going to tell on Johnson's wonderful constitution and the negro must train faithfully to get into ring condition To those who saw Jeff in New York yesterday, when he posted his forfeit, the old-time champion was a surprise. Jeff was a great sports writer who he looked. If ever a man looked fit it was the gentlemen now engaged in the manufacture of alfalfa. When he began training for his battle with the Giants, he worked down to 220 for the fight. Today he weights 235 pounds and says he is feeling fine. BESPONDS TO JEFF'S FORFEIT. Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson Will Post Money. BATTLE CREEK, Mich.—“If it is true that Jeffries has posted $5,000 with the sporting editor of any paper, signifying his willingness to fight me, I will immediately take up his offer, and will cover any and all side bets that he wishes to make,” declared Jack Johnson, heavy-weight puglist, as he was leaving the city on his way to Detroit in his machine. “I am about satisfied, however, John Songson continued,” that as far as Jim Jefferson concerned, he will never meet. Jim was once a good fighter, but he has now arrived at a point where it would be impossible for him to get into shape. He hates to admit it. Jeff is doing lots of bluffing. “But what I like is auto racing. They can't go too fast for me. I'd as soon break my neck that way as in the ring. After I fix Ketchel, October 12, I am going to drive for the Chalmers company, of Detroit. I am going to race Beck, Chicago, at the Crown Point course soon, and that is what I am getting my new car for. I have beaten him once, but he wants to try again. He has just had a new car made for this race.” SHERMAN, TEX. The Thanksgiving services last Sunday at the Defiance Lodge of Elks was largely attended. The program was as follows: exercise, peeping song, "A charge, o'keen exercises, peeping song." 5 I have"; invocation by Capt. J. D. Biggs; Bible reading, Mr. Martin Wade; song by Mr. A. K. Hawkins Jr.; Song, Mr. N. Potts; song, Mr. S. Kidd; chairman of literary department, Mr. R. W. Thomas; address, Mr. R. W. Thomas; lecture on behavior by Mr. Jno. W. Crain; lecture on finance, Mr. Wm. Mann; lecture on moral standing by Mr. Wm. Barr; address on make a mark by Prof. A. J. Sykes; lecture on high social attainment by Mr. Marshall Dorchester.... Sherman baseball team has returned from a trip to Oklahoma, winning every game except the one with Kansas City, Kansas. Giants in Oklahoma City. They will shortly leave for a tour of Southern Texas....Baby J. W. Feret, Jr. is convalescent.... Copies of this paper to be found every week at Mrs. G. W. Hume's handsome cafe, Messrs. Jas. Cassen and Elmer Williams' tonsorial parlor. EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CAN. W. J. Wilson, of Winnipeg, the only colored dining and sleeping car superintendent in America, was in the city for a week, compared by J. J. Wright, one of the men of the future run. Mr. Wilmington dining and sleeping car superintendent on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, which is just completed into Edmonton. He has just been the first to enter the city. He has been the first of October run will not be before the first of October, the line being used for freight until then. This will necessitate the more on the top of the line. Mr. Wilson was born in Pittsburgh and raised in New York and has been in Canada for ten years.... Jack Jackson has gone to his home to take a walk to the city. G. Winn has been visiting her son, Ralph Winn, for the last two weeks and will return to Onaway Alberta shortly.... George Godwin has been the first to visit the Entwistle, Alberta... For his camp meeting held by the Church of God was a success in every way... Mr. Winn is looking for the place for his barber shop which he is suitable to open shortly.... The opening of the express business into Edmonton for colored diners last week was followed by Mr. Churner Walkers who also opened an express office at the corner of Queen and Elizabeth. Phone 1746. Mr. Walker has been in the city for about a year and a few months in the same place for the making a success of it and selling out to a Chinaman at his own price, then taking up a homestead which he still has.... No experience was made with the business experience will find it a failure to come to Edmonton and start some kind of business while they can get in on the ground floor. The work is not always be found in the home for opportunities for color sports as it is today. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Special to THE FREEMAN. The Minneapolis chapter of Knights of Pythias and the Sisters of Mysterious Ten Lodges entertained visiting delegates to the Minneapolis Friendship in St. Paul with a dance in Holcomb's hall. Thursday evening of last Friday the evening started the teams gave exhibition drills in Fourth street between Nicollet and First Avenue South...Miss Louise B. Bunting friends in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Louisville Kentucky...Mrs. Ella Taison, Mrs. Mary J. Scott and Mrs. Mary Jamerson, of the Friendship in St. Paul with H. J. Sample of 2191 Columbus Ave., last week. The ladies were in the twin cities during the national encampment of the Friendship and the Sisters of Minneapolis Ten. CINCINNATI, O. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Specialist, unique lawn fete and open air concert, the program by the Welch Glee Club, was of rare selections in music of Warren A. M. E. church, Rev. J. H. Welch, D. D. pastor, was given by the Residence in Fine Line last week under the auspices of the Nos. 1 and 9 class leaders, Mr. D. H. Hall and Mr. Andrew Jackson, for the benefit of the stewards rally. It was first held in 1915 and cared was present. The committee who had the affair in charge was: Mrs. L. McConnell, Mrs. Emma Reid, Mrs. Anice Hill, Mrs. Carmell Frazier, Mrs. D. H. Hall, Mrs. Fannie Pentecost, Mrs. Carrie Lacy, Mrs. Bessie Giles, Mrs. M. Henry, Miss Flora CORSICANA, TEX. Special to THE FREEMAN The rally at M. E. church was succeeded by M. Raten Maiten raised the sum of $288.32. The A. M. E. church has a well attended school...Mrs. E. L. Smith, who has been very ill the past four weeks, is much impatient with the lack of cold drinks. Remember that you can find the Freeman every Saturday at Williams Cafe, New Phone 448... Henry Miller, Asby Bengim and Yaeam Palk made a flying trip to Mexia Monday evening. Well of course the club...Melville Brown has returned home after making some extended points south...Mullins P. Travis has opened a fine tailoring shop up stairs over the Ross barber shop...R. Wailer Thaddeus have lettt for Wichita Falls, Tex. A BIG HIT! "Jeems Johnson. There Ain't no Class to You." This song is being sung by professionals throughout the country. It can be obtained in quantified lyrics writing to the Western School of Music and Publishing Co. 1215 Wylie avenue, or from publisher, R. Romeo Bowie, 1300 Wylie avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. WANTED Four girls and two good teams for vaudeville. Must be good workers. Write Arcade Theatre, 11 Decator St., Atlanta, Ga., Chas. P. Bailey, Mgr. RIBBONS AND LAGES Big Lot only 10c. Wewill send 10yds beautiful Silk Tie Ribbon in fancy colors; 6 yds pretty Lace; pkg handmade; Ring ALL FOR 10c. 8107256. Address FANCY SILK COMPANY, P. O. Box 1528, New York. Wawill send loyda. beautiful Skib Tie The pigium pigmium Skib Flees and Gold Plate Ring ALL FOR BEU. 1st Cases 12,1st Cases Address BOX 195, New York, Box 195, New York, THE STAGE 6 "His Honor the Barber" is the title selected by Barton and Wiswell for the new play to be presented by their Smart Set company, Seasaw, made by Mr. H. Dudley's young son Sherman, from a list of over one thousand and titles suggested by admirers of Mr. Dudley. The new production, which assists the new honors of an entertainment catering to the colored folks, will have its inaugural in Plainfield, N. J. on Sept. 11th. The comedy, among them being James Burris, Chris Smith, Irving Allen, Andrew Turtle, John Martin, Jennie Pearl, Fannie Anderson, Chas. Lewis, Hattie Burris, Emily M. Smith, W. Bessie Tbble and Fanchon Mack. H. Lytle will stage the production. Leader of the Rich-Palm Minstrels Orchestra. The Rich Palm Minstrels is meeting with much success this season. A special JOHN HARRIS feature is the excellent music furnished under the leadership of Prof. D. R. Hull. OPENING OF THE GEORGIA MINSTRELS. BY SYLVESTER RUSSELL. Sidney Kirkpatrick, a new discovery in the high vocal art arena, sang "The Door It Can Be Justly Decided" that it can be justly decided that he is by far the best baritone singer of his race upon the stage. His range not only has a layover with richness of voice one and power. In voice he ranks next to Harry Burleigh, and even if his art has not reached the level of Spyglass training, unusually correct method of training and he met with a rousing reception which could not otherwise be prevented except cases of public assurance the final proceeding it was left. Clarence Powell, America's greatest and most famous star of genuine Negro minstrels, to clean things up in "Christening the Baby," on his looks, but of the right avoidirols to create mirth without labor, so in this particularly new good song he was bound to sing. The bell will oblige by dancing a few comic steps to wear off his size and laziness. After this manner of things the session opened with White and Wesleyan singing and dancing turn, Mr. White singer and dancer came out colored man goes crazy when dancing, and Mr. Washington showed how an ancient darkyek song should be rendered. But strange to say, this song only appeals today to intelligent people and on its merits, the sketch ended in dialogue and deciding, in exceptionally brief, The Alabama Comedy Quartette, consisting of Kid Langford, Dave Smith, Chas. Wilson and Jake Smith, kept the house in an uproar from start to finish. The character was a comedic character by Mr. Langford were especially to be praised. Fred Simpson,a trombone solist, formerly known as the Black Innis, exhibited a nonchalance of difficult art of execution rarely seen with this character. Clarence Powell in a mixed monologue which proved to be meritorious. He was dressed in a suit of crazyyquilt and looked as big as a horse. He sang "That's Enough" in quaint fashion, which of course, will be gold enough for the present. Sylvester Russell was the guest of the Georgia Minstrels two days prior to the opening night. He oversaw the sleep party, but was the guest of his friend Clarence Powell, at a little private luncheon after the opening performance. Mr. Russell was in Benton Harbor during the rehearsals, soliciting advertisements to his co-operative magazine, his own publication. MERIDIAN MISS. Special to THE FREEMAN. Miss Zenner Payne has been quite sick at ```markdown ``` THE FASHION OF THE TOWN 8. TUTT WHITNEY AND J. HOMER TUTT. The rise of these Hoosier comedians has been nothing short of phenomenal. Their first appearance with a big show was with the Smart Set Company in 1995-06, when Mr. Whitney filled the position of stage director and understudy, while his brother, Homer, enacted the role of the "fone-legged soldier." That act peared as leading comedians with Black Patti Troubadours, capturing the entire South by their clean, intelligent comedy and high-class work. In two seasons they have made their funny sayings bywords, THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. her home on 18th St. and 32nd Ave.…Mrs. Mattie Curtis was buried in the country July 24th by the Woodmen Circle and the National Knights of America. Mrs. H. A. Curtis was buried in the city to attend the funeral…Mrs. C. B. Gaines is still on the sick list at her home on 11th and 33rd Ave.…Louis Eastland the National Knights of America. Eastland, who have been visiting our city, have returned to their home at Mobile, Ala. Jim Beasley, colored, was shot by Mr. C. D. Christian, Sr. (white) on Thursday morning, Mr. Christian, who is admitted to bed up Mr. when he was shot Beasley died in the county jail Friday evening of last week. He was buried Saturday, the 24th, from his Lee of New Hope Baptist church conducted the services.…The Jackson, Miss., uniform Rark of which Capt. Paterson is captain won the first prize at Mass Point at the Howard Uniform Rank. No. 14, won second prize of $100, with Capt. W. T. Foster at the head, Jackson won the $175. The Lee of New Hope Baptist church conducted the mass City in August to attend the bleamment convention which meets in that city from Aug. 24 to 28, 1909.…Rev. S. A. Cowen of St. Paul M. E. church her sermon on the bleamment convention preached an able sermon at New Hope Baptist church Sunday night, July 25.…The Grand U order of Odd Fellows will meet in Meridian in August. The Grand Lodge will have about 1400 delegates here. Grand S. P. Jones, of Wicksburg, Miss., will preside. WEST BADEN, IND. SHEFFIELD. ALA. Special Hottie Holle Tolles of Bessamar, Ala., has moved to Sheffield and taken up teaching music. She will also play for the C. M. E. church, where she has joined. Mrs. Tisel and Rev. L. S. Bolden, pastor of the C. M. E. church in the city. Rev. L. S. Bolden is one of the leading ministers in the North Alabama conference....The agent, Mr. D. W. Shoemaker, spent Sunday in the church in the city. Rev. L. S. Bolden an ice cream parlor on Second Street, where you can stop and read while you are being served with cold drinks and ice cream....Mrs. Gillie Prewett, president of the church, was opened on three days, is not improving very much....Mrs. Dora Jackson, Miss Bessie Johnson and Mrs. Walter Swinney is visiting the Woman's H. C. F., Missionary convention, which was held in Decatur last DECATUR. ILL. Special Hall with Wilson Mr. Hutchison and baby went to Chicago to visit Mrs. Wallor and daughter.....Mrs. Henry Clay and Mrs. Thomas Jackson are visiting her sister in Albany, N.Y. Mrs. Clay and Lawrence and family were called to Collinville, Ill., to attend the funeral of their aunt.....Mr. Quincy Motley, of Pittsburgh, Ill., is visiting his daughter, Rev. Alyce Johnson and Miss Paulus, who were visiting Fri. Friday. A most enjoyable sermon was preached Sunday evening at the Antoch Baptist church by Rev. J. Crockett, subject, "Teaching in the latter time," Mrs. Persson, Mrs. Nebiss is in the city visiting her husband and Mrs. Sadie Steward.....Mrs. Henry Clay gave a surprise birthday party on her husband Tuesday evening. The guest Mrs. Singleton and their employers and others. Mr. Clay received many useful presents. THE FASHION OF THE NORTH WEST and their songs are being sung throughout Dixieland. The brothers, for such they are, despite the difference in names, were born in Logansport, Ind. later moving to Indianapolis, Ind., where they resided until they entered the show business. Both are graduates and are not only comedians and prowess but compiled musicians, writing or assisting to write all the music for all the productions they are with. They will no doubt be accorded a warm welcome when they appear in the East and Middle West. A. E. A very popular and catchy song has and the music by A. V. Barrett. The been recently placed on the market. It is composition can be secured from the Vic-I May Be Dreaming, But I Ain't Asleep." Gramer Company, Music Publishers, Chicago, Ill., on the receipt of twenty-five words are by John Lott, of Toledo, New OrleansNews A Long List of Forgers, Embezzlers, Defaulters and Others Among the Whites of the Crescent City and of the Pelican State Given Out by One of the New Orleans Evening Dailies—An Encouraging Outpouring of Friends of the Frances-Joseph-Gaudet Industrial School and Home Monday—Alleged Case of Slavery in the State of Mississippi to Be Investigated by the Federal Court—Too Much Apologizing and Accepting of the Degrading Situation by Negroes of the Bayou State for Any Good Anyway. Grand Jubilee Tour The Famous 8th Illinois Regiment Band A very popular and catchy song has been recently placed on the market. It is "I May Be Dreaming, But I Ain't Asleep." The words are by John Lott, of Toledo, and the composer for K. Chicago cents. New Orleans A Long List of Forgers, Embezzlers, Defaulters of the Crescent City and of the Pelican in New Orleans Evening Dailies—An Encourage the Frances-Joseph-Gaudet Industrial Schooled Case of Slavery in the State of Miss the Federal Court—Too Much Apologizing Situation by Negroes of the Bayou S BY V. P. THOMAS. NEW ORLEANS, La., July 21.—The New Orleans Item of Tuesday evening, July 27, gives a list containing the names of the four forgers, embezzlers and others who have been guilty of 400 or more other people's money in this city and State within the last two years and a half, and points to the law's current of the state have been duly decreed and are serving their sentences in the State and Parish prisons of Louisiana. A white man who violated his path of affliction and betrayed the trust reposed in him by friends and the public. This record looks for the education of people who claim to be the most perfect performers of civic virtue and all that goes to make a people great. If the criminals who violated the laws of the mosphere would be red with blasts of imprecations upon the whole race of colored people in the land! This fact is meant to show how people who live in glass houses ought to be the last to throw stones." Friends of the Frances-Joseph-Gaudet Industrial School and Home at the Gentilly Road turned out in great numbers Monday in an outing party and picnic for the benefit of the institute and although in came the day after, while during the day, those who went out report having had a very nice time on the beautiful farm grounds of the Home. Mrs. Gaudet, Joseph-Gaudet, the founder has worked tirelessly in an effort to clear the institution of the indebtedness which the purchase price and the improvements of the place made, and it is such public responses as for the hop that she will be long realize all that she shed founded the institution to accomplish for the waifs of her race in this city and its vicinity. Mrs. Gaudet is a woman of unusual talents that can now visit the House on Gentilly Road for any one with good judgment to recognize and accept that fact. An evening paper of this city reports the following alarming story given it by Shedrick Sherman, a colored man who, it seems, escaped somehow from the hands of a Mississippi planter and is now back in this city. ALLEGES HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN ARE HELD AS SLAVES Negro Makes Very Sensational Charges Against Mississippilplp Charging that his wife and three children were being held as slaves on a Mississippi plantation, where they were shipped with his wife to other cruelties, Sherman Shedrick, who formerly lived at 1822 South Derbigny street, made a charge to United States Marshal Victor Loisel Thursday morning. I was offered a job on a plantation last May," said Shedrick. "I was approached by her agent, W. Ingen, in New Orleans, F. W. Ying, and through his agency went to the plantation which was near Benzate. Miss. Grand Sensational Jugglers, Hoop Coolers and Boomerang Throwers, can use another lady juggler. Address care Dixie Spectacle, Seattle, Wash. and we finally escaped from the place. "We went toward Yazoo City, which is about 15 miles from Benzona. We knocked in makeshift hay caddies, all but about four miles to reach Yazoo City, when we were overtaken by Mr. Turk, manager, and Mr. Bloomfield, assistant manager of the plantation. We were thrown down and thrown into jail immediately upon being captured and remained there until a rain arrived. Then we were taken to the plantation. "When I was taken back they took on my clothes and on my bare back which they filled till I knocked my wife in the head with the butt of a pistol and the poor woman was made to suffer great cruelties." *** Now, everybody knows that Mississippi is the State of Negro banks and Negro farmers and Negro business men and all of their businesses. It is also the story of slavery in parts of Mississippi, if that man's story is true, and there are people here that believe it, every word of it. They say they know some white men in Mississippi who have sold them everything this man claims was done to him and his family by this planter. Coming so soon, they get a petition to the governor, the published apology before Bishop Lampton dared to return to his home in Greenville, it does not take much to make any one believe Sherman Sheddie alleges that Negro banks are the cause of much accepting of outrageous conditions by Negroes in Mississippi already. If to have banks and the likes of Negroes in Mississippi, Negro must stand all that one hears the white people do to the colored folks whenever they feel like it in that State, it is not because of the advantages that Negroes of Mississippi have over Negroes of other States who have not as much to brag about away from their concerns their banks, their farms, and their other big business in their States. The congregation of St. Katherine Catholic Church gave an entertainment program to the purpose of raising a purse to give to Rev. Father Peter Cuddy to help defray his traveling and trip expense to Concord, N.C., and good wishes to pay his sister, that State, Professor W. J. Nickerson, Mr. and Mrs. Dugue, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Willis and a number of other leaders of the congregation. They deserve great credit for the manner they went about in lading the success their effort resulted in. The hall was filled with people, the occasion and all who attended speak in praise of the splendid way everything was conducted and the apparent pleasure everyone got out of it. Prof. Robichaud taught us music and that is just like saying there was the best of dancing airs our people ever enjoy. JACKSONVILLE, IL The funeral of Mrs. Kitty Stewan, Moss was held Sunday afternoon, July 25, at the Mr. Emery Baptist church and was largely the same as the Dr. Batchman had charge of the funeral services. She was very good in Mason and Rev. Christy. She had a fair full member of the Second Baptist church. She leaves a loving sister, Mrs. G. Wyatt, and the other niece, Ada Washington, who was not the relative and friends. Music was further, by the Second Baptist church choir, Miss Mezley Mallory sung "Lead Kindly Light" into the took place in East cemetery. The flowers were many and were the first of the Sunday School picnic of the Beth, A. M. E. church was held July 22 at the re-co-roir and was largely attended by Mrs. Osgby, of S. A. St., who has been suffering from rheumatism of the better. Mrs. Mammic Edwards, a roffer, III., was in the city recently spend of the same day as the other parents. Mrs. Medora Bryant, who has been very ill with typhoid fever is slowly improved. Mr. Duke, of S. Fafayette St., does not seem improve much from his illness. The been from and supper given recently on the lawn of Mr. Emery at the church was largely attended. The picnic was largely well at the same time as the other parents. The供奉 was at the eBthel A. M. E. church, in a lively and well-moderate place. Miss Mezley Mallory was been very little better now. Company I. has returned home from Springfield, III., where they have been in the same place as a week. The Company is in the order and was one of the largest companies there. FIGHTING TENTH LANDS Negro Soldiers, Back from Philippines Keep Step Up Broadway, NEW YORK.-Special.-Back from two years' service in the Philippines and led by Major-General Leonard Wood, commanding the colored troopers of the Fighting Teenth, the regiment which won a reputation for bravery in the historic charge up San Juan hill, drew busy Broadway from its customary route, and marched up that thoroughfare from the transport Kilpatrick, to the Sixty-ninth regiment armeny. The curbs along the road and cheered the dusky regulars as, headed by the citizens' committee of Negros, they marched proudly to the lively martial music of their splendid band. At City Hall park they marched through the view them. Then, resuming their march, they proceeded uptown. Everywhere a hearty greeting was given the soldiers. Their splendid music they were served with refreshments and was speechmaking by Major-General Wood and others. At night they attended a theatrical performance. Tuesday the regiment proclaimed its new station at Ft. Ethel Anan, Vermont. BEST ON EARTH. Enclosed find renewal for the 1993 subscription for the BEST PAPER ON EARTH for news of the colored people. Yours for success. P. M. JOHNSON, M. D. 41 Ontario Street, Toledo, Ohio. Brewer's Band Up-to-date Music. Neatly Uniformed. Ready all the time. Address C. C. PHILLIPS, Mgr., 37 N. Walnut St., Champaign, Ill. WANTED For the V. P. Holden's Dixie Land Minstrels, with 101 Ranch Wild West Show. tuba, baritone, trombone and trap drummer. All must be sober and reliable people and read at sight. Salaries reasonable but sure. Write at once, care the Freeman. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT MEALS AT ALL HOURS Telephone, Grand. 2109 Young's Hotel & Buffet Cafe and Restaurant Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars LOUIS YOUNG, Prop. Fourth & Cedar Sts. Milwaukee, Wis. S. Tutt Whitney AND J. Homer Tutt The Hoosier Comedians and Producers, Heading the Smart Set Co., 1909=10 SOUTHERN TOUR. Presenting their Song Hits: "Dat's Sifficiency," "Strutting Sam" and "Smile On Sue." L.PRINCE STER Boomerang Throwers, can use another acle, Seattle, Wash. SPORTING GOSSIP of the WEEK. SCRAPS FROM THE SPORTING WORLD Even now Johnson is not sure of Jeffries' seriousness. We knew that there wasn't much to it, that Burns-Langford fight. The Eagles won the first game with A. B. C.'s—in the "warmup." Johnson has the automobile fever, too much so for the Detroit police. Indiana's premier pacer, Dan Patch, will meet Minor Heir at the great Northwestern Pair, August 23. Jack G Brien got the better of Jim Frym in a six-round bout at Denver Friday night of last week. Leland Giants' 1908 record: Games played: 112; games lost, 26; shut-outs won: 13; shut-outs lost, 1. Indianapolis has signed Murch, the third baseman for Brockton, of the New England League. Murch made a triple play mass-assisted three years ago while on the Manchester team. The first no-run, no-hit game of the passent season was pitched Friday of last week by the Philadelphia Americans, recently claimed by the Philadelphia Americans, when he shut out Little Rock, 8 to 0. No passes were issued and the team was not in team base was on an error. MARVIN HART QUITS RING. LOUISVILLE, July 29—Marvin Hart once regarded as a topnotcher in the heavyweight division, has returned from Terre Haute, Ind., with a fractured jaw received in a battle with Mike Schreck. Hart realizes that he has the ring and has added to retire permanently. KETCHEL ACCEPTS PHILADELPHIA OFFER. SAN FRANCISCO. — The offer of a Philadelphia club for a six-ring glove contest between Stanley Ketchel and Sam Langford, on a $12,000 guarantee basis, was accepted July 28 by Willus Britt, acting for Ketchel. $2,000 in payment on 40 per cent of the gate receipts should they exceed the $12.1- guarantee. BASEBALL RUNS IN FAMILY. It is a singular fact that nearly half of the members of the Detroit ball club have brothers who are striving with great ambition to win a place in the league. Agues, a league attention. He is Paul Cobb, brother of Tyrus. St Louis Americans drafted him at the close of the 1908 season. He was not even tried out this spring with the major league team, trying to sell him to a minor league club. Charley Schmidt has a brother, a catcher, also, with the Memphis club, and from all accounts, he promise to develop into a good player. In 1908, he tried to give him over to Carolina Association club for development. Davy Jones has a brother who aspires to follow in the footsteps of his famous brother, tall, rangy chap, who would like to be come another Charley Bennett or a John King. He looks promising, also Charley O'Larry's brother is an infielder of the Rockford in the Three-I league until three weeks ago when he was sold to the Oshkosh. Wis. club. He formerly played semi-professional ball in Michigan, mostly around Big Rant George Mullin has a George Moriarty's brother is trying for a berth in the Wisconsin League and bids to play in the other day and remarked: "There is another fellow trying for the same job that I'm after. When he plays I take the reach, we learn one thing while sitting in the bench and that to run bases." It is a remarkable fact that in baseball the name of Jennings only harmonizes when Hughey prefaces a playball, one with great distinction and success. The other only played for the pastime it afforded him. Yet six other busy Jennings boys are in various other baseball in baseball inclinations at all—Detroit Journal. AND JIM HAS AT LAST. Jeffries Posts Forfeit of $5,000 to Meet Jack Johnson. NEW YORK—James J. Jeffries posted a forfeit of $5,000 with Robert Edgren, a sports writer, Wednesday of last week, willing to meet Jack Johnson in defense of his title. Johnson claims the title by virtue of a victory over Tommy Burns, in Australia last winter. He agreed to post the forfeit a few days prior to his departure for Europe, but decided quickly after reaching here that the sooner the uncertainty regarding the matter was settled the better. "I have posted this sum," said Jeffries, "to show my friends that I am in earnest in my declaration that I am willing to play the tight champion in a fight with Jack Johnson." "I only stipulate that the fight must be anywhere from twenty to one hundred dollars before the club offering the largest prize. Also when the articles are signed it shall be agreed that an additional forfeit of $5,000 be put up with the stakeholder and that this sum of $10,000 shall go as a side bet. 'New of Jack Johnson wants to make good and have and interesting session with him he has been talking about, let him put up his hand and he will be of a final stakeholder, who must be a reputable sporting man. I have placed the forfeit of $5,000 with Bob Edgren. I should prefer John B. Clark, of San Francisco stakeholder. Jeffries said he would be ready to fight within five months and that he now weighs 225 pounds stripped. He left here on August 5 for Carlsbad, where he will go for preliminary training. He will be gone soon. Meanwhile he is sparring partner, Sam Berge who will remain in this city to receive bids for the fight. "SOL" WHITE POPULAR PLAYER. Only Professional Negro Baseball Player a College Graduate. "Sol" White, the dean of negro baseball managers, is as happy as the days are long. He told Master'S happiness is due to the fact that strong team in the Quaker Giants and, about now, has secured a lease on the Camden League team as its home grounds. Mitten's team made several underhanded attempts to stop Capt. White in his efforts to secure a good team and to overcome, yet he has succeeded in overcoming opposition and now has not only a good team, but Under the management of White the Quaker Giants as recognized will make a strong bid for the championship of the season. Recently the team has been playing against some of the best teams and has been winning right along, and has been a notable improvement in the league. A party of well-to-do men of this city has guaranteed the club all of the financial benefits that is necessary, and under the management of White, who organized and made champions of the team, the Quaker Giants are expected to give a count of themselves. Capt. White enjoys the education of being the only professional negro graduate, having been educated at Wilberford university, which is the oldest institute in America for the education of negroes. Among the men who constitute the quarter Giants' force are Brown, left field; Hill, right base; Barber, third base; Carter, right base; Gavin, middle field; catcher, catcher; Johnson, center field or pitcher; Hayman, pitcher; Govens, substitute; Jones, pitcher, and Swicket, pitcher. Among the members of the team are some of the fastest base, runners, among negro players, while the batting average of most of the men will compare most favorably with that of any other team. Philadelphia Ledger. McGRAW ON A WINNING TEAM Manager New York Giants on What Makes a Champion Team NEW YORK—"There are three things that are absolutely necessary and there are others," said McGraw, in answer to a question he touched, thought were the necessary requisites of a club to make it a championship possibility. "I ball club can be a champion," he went on. "I have a great pitching staff, a squad of fast on the bases and a club of good hitters. Then again," said the chief of the Gladiator's organization of feeling that must pervade the whole team, "a pretty hard thing to describe, but it is something like each man palling for the combination is a winner. In other words," and Mac pulled this one, on the level, "it is what the French call corps. Who did it get the French Mac?" "Might fool you if I told you I played ball in Paris, wouldn't it?" It certainly did. "Sure, I was over with a crowd of fans, playing time, and we had a jim-dandy time." This meant what of a surprise, but it developed that McGraw has traveled all over Europe, and is extremely well informed on the government and the sport, but that is getting away from the subject. "Yes, sir!" emphasized McGraw, "a championship ball club must have a great pitching corps, good base runners and a pitcher, good seldom that we find the exact combination of players, team can go so long sometimes without winning a pennant. All the good management and intelligent direction of players isn't worth a cent unless the players have brains to absorb it. I would rather have wooden-headed player, quick brain than a wonder who couldn't think quick when the time came. It has got to where he木enwood-headed ball player is of the past in the big leagues, or if they have moved back to the minors, or "Some men have what we call ball-playing instinct." Mac remarked, by way of explanation. They seem to know exertion, so do an athlete not have to take time to consider. They are natural ball players and their peculiar minds direct them what to do without any effort. I have seen some young men who have been in baseball we would versationalists who were regular block-heads on a ball club. It was not that they didn't have the brains. If given plenty of time they could probably outwit a player in baseball we would not the man who can think and act simultaneously—on the jump. Thoughts must come to him in a flash, and not after naming the player, what I mean by quick thinkers, and they are not must be on a team that wins a championship. As I said, there are three requisites—good pitching, fast running and heavy hitting—and the greatest of these is the wallop. "You cannot run bases unless you get on them, and a game cannot be won by pitching. If pitching is needed to hold the other fellows down, the batters must do the winning." Hoosier Fighter Has Only One Defeat on Record. When the lengthy "Jack" Blackburn, of Indianapolis, was given 15 years in a Pennsylvania penitentiary the other day, he was in the first place to be awarded the best well-weight boxer in the world he ever seen. They had Jack dead to rights on the charge of manslaughter in a family quarrel, and his sentence was the results. Blackburn is a Kentucky negro and, at the present time is only 26 years old. He was first discovered as a good boxer in Indianapolis, although the greater part of the family was in the case in the east, where he was a great favorite. Think of this fellow, who could do 135 pounds with ease, having such names as Blamey Jack Brown, "Tony" Caponi, George Gheather, Sam Langford, "Jack" Bonner and George Cole and a dozen other giants in his record! Think of this slender youth slip of a fellow, a lightweight to all the men and purposes, he will be the courage of 200 pounds going against the toughest of the whole universe and getting away with it! When we read stories about how sharp matchmaking has favored certain fight-over-the-boxர் and the best of the best factor in helping boxers get along swim-ningly, we wonder what this Blackburn chap could have been thinking of when he made matches with heavyweights, and made them without as much as batting. He declared that had he been a white man he would never have thought of such a thing, but because he was black he could have kept it, the whites would have nothing to do with him, and he was forced to take on such matches as he could find. He couldn't starve, and that is what would have happened to him and he waited, he skinned warriors of the ring to meet him. Jack has only one defeat in his record, and that was a shade decision obtained over him by Joe Gans, a man of his own age, who calls as a fawn at his home March, 1904, in a 15-round battle that was a marvel of viciousness and hard-hitting skill. Soon after that Jack cooked his own goose as far as the light and water, and then he went to Jimmy Gardner, the Lowell star, in a 12-round battle in Boston, where Jimmy had been favored had there been a chance. After that Jack fairly threw himself at all comers. He took them on the road, and Jimmy never once did he meet a man that could trim him or even hold his own with him. Among his other victims was Dick Fitzpatrick, who went east to tackle him, which knocked stiff as a wedge in two rounds. About a year ago Jack tackled Fred Bradley, a New England heavyweight of some pretensions to class, and applied the knuckle to him out completely in the second round. Though Blackburn is tall, standing five feet ten inches in height, he is decidedly tall. In November, 1908—made 135 pounds for George Memsie in Philadelphia and cut the Bohemian fighter into ribbons in a six-round go. He had little muscular development, but he had the knack of hitting down to such perfection that his jolts carried the force of those administered by a heckler. He landed on a man's jaw in such a way that he was as badly staggered as if he had run into a clothesline in the dark. Thus by this sentence is lost to pugilism one of the greatest exponents. But he was a black man got few chances.—Philadelphia Record. ST. PAUL GOPHERS WIN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Leland Giants Bested for Three Games Out of Five—"Steel Arm" Johnnie Wins Deciding Game. ST. PAUL, Minn.—Picture two colored ball teams, such as the Leland Giants of Chicago, which played a five-game series as the best in the land, and the St. Paul Gophers, the record-breakers of the Northwest, handing a ball game back and forth, one to the other, for eleven innings. The Gophers, more colorful fans and a goodly sprinkling of white ones, and then make your own book on just how much excitement, noise and flair they add to this the winning of the game in the eleventh by a two-bagger, closely followed by a home run drive. In the first inning the Gophers scored one, two and four, then in the fifth the Gophers tied score with three, then the Lelands came back in the sixth with one, and the Gophers got two again and tied, and then the Lelands got one and back came the Gophers to one and back came the Gophers to one, and then in the ninth the Le- THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. lands got one to tie the score. Nothing turned up in the tenth, but in the eleventh the Lelands got one. Things looked bad for the Gophers when Milliner, the first man up, was out on a ground to Harris, but in rapid succession Binga singled. Johnson followed with a double and "Bob" Marshall nailed the first ball pitched over the cigar sign just to the left of the home-run pole and dropped the ball over the lots on the other side of the street. Goph. 000822000220022 L. G. 000411101011914 Batteries—London, Taylor and Johnson; Gatewood, Ball and Booker, Two-base hits—Wright, 2; Payne, Moore, Johnson, Barton, Taylor. Home run Marshall. Stolen bases—Payne, 2; Talbert, Moore. Double play—Ball to Talbert. Bases on balls—Off London, 4; Off Taylor, 2; off Gatewood, 3; off Ball, 1. Hit by pitcher—Marshall. Struck out—By Gatesford, 2; by Bell, 1; by London, 3; by Taylor, 3. Passed ball—Johnson. Left on bases—Lelands, 8; Gophers, 10. Time—3:10. Umpire—Thompson. Attendance—1,000. TUESDAY'S GAME Dougherty, the Leland Giants' crack southpaw, tied the Gophers in such a hard knot Tuesday afternoon that it took the Gophers' innings to unite only doing so just in time to pick a by the narrowest margin. This new recruit whom the visitors picked up a short ago at West Baden, Ind., held the local pitchers in the ninth nine of them. It was as fine an exhibition of twirling as is seen, even in the big leagues, who twirled for the Geophers, managed to keep the fair hits of his delivery scattered until the seventh inning, when the Lelands fell on him hard and the pitch of two errors, one by Davis and another by Crosby, across with the first three runs of the game. After that the visitors had no difficulty in finding the local man, and be able to game was over, able to count up between hits and sing runs three more of the runs coming in the eighth and two in the ninth. Gophers.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 4 Lelands.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2-8 4 3 1 Daries-Daries.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2-8 4 3 1 Lynty and Struthers and Booker. Two- base hits-Hill, Payne, Moore, Booker, Stolen bases-Dougherty, Talbert, Hill, Taylor, Barton. Bases on balls-Off Dougherty, 2; off Davies, 3. Hit by pitcher- Mulliner. Struck out-By Dougherty, 1; Struck out-By Dougherty, 1 Davies, 1. Time-2:00. Umpire- Thompson. Attendance-1,500. WEDNESDAY'S GAME Johnnie Taylor, former habitat Alabama, present abode St. Paul, star twirler of the Gophers, stood in the box Wedness-day afternoon and wound and unwound himself, much good effect turning that period that only four scattered hits were gathered by the Lelands. Taylor would throw arms and legs about in bewildering fashion, suddenly knot up like a cupping and just suddenly his left foot would dangle and shake as the air at the astonished batter as the ball flew past him. Six strike outs were the accomplishment of the toe stunt and had he stuck to a chargined Gopher that ninth inning slaughter would never have come. But in the ninth the toe tired and disgusted Taylor went down to defeat and disaster in a shower of five hits—one of the two things that came so far in such rapid succession that the bewildered Taylor just stood in the box and blinked his eyes as if he was waiting for the rain to blow over. One of the intensely interesting kind that the Gophers and Lelands usually put up and abounded with clever plays and skillful box work up to the last fatal inning. In the fifth Milliner went back against the left field of the house he had driven, a number of ball within a foot of the little black In the sixth, Jimmie Taylor, brother of the agile Johnnie, made a great catch of a hot drive at short, nabbing the ball with a quick pass. He landed on ground while going at full speed. It was one of the most remarkable catches ever seen at the park. Score: R. H. E. Gophers... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 I... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gophers..... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 3 Leland's..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 1 9 1 Batteries--Jos. Taylor and Johnson; Biberty--Bougherty. Booker, two-base bases--Groesel. House Wright. Stolen bases--Harris, 2; Wail- ace. McMurray. Hit by pitcher--Booker, Struck out--By Taylor, 6; by Ball, 5, in eight innings; by Dougherty, 2 in one innings; by Johnson, 2 in Johnson. Sacrifice hit--Johnson. Time--Umpire-- Thompson. Attendance--800. THURSDAY'S GAME The Gophers Thursday took the fourth game of the series with the Leland Giants of Chicago, heralded as the best colored team in the country. This gave the Gophers a score of 10 on a visit to a feature of the game was the pitching of Gatewood for the Lelands and London for the locals. The former allowed but three hits. Unfortunately these were all bunched in the first inning. London was a hit for the first inning. The first was scattered. In the seventh, when it looked as if the visitors were finding him, Davis took his place, and, with fair support, held out. The Lelands scored one in the fourth on a base on balls, a single and an error. another in the sixth on a base on balls, a steal and a double, and one more in the eighth on a hit, an error and an outfield fly. In the ninth it looked as if the visitors were going to repeat their rally of the day before. Talbert fled out, Moore got first when Milliner dropped his long fly. Wright followed him when Taylor funnelled his ground, but were, the next up, landed and Gatewood went out on a grounder to short. Score: R. H. E. Gophers..... 202000000435 Lelands..... 00101010344 Battieves..... 001010 and McMURR R. H. E. Gophers..... 00101010344 R. H. E. Gophers..... 00101010344 Lelands..... 001010 and McMURR ray; Gatewood and Booker, Two-bases and Two-hits; Milliner, Stolen bases—Booker, Harris. Double play—Hill to Moore. Bases on balls—Hill 2, Booker. Struck out—By Gatewood. 4; by London. 4. Passed ball sacrifice. Sacrifice飞-Taylor. Time— 1:45. FRIDAY'S GAME The Gophers, by defeating the Giants Friday, won the undisputed title of the world's champion colored baseball team. The Gophers are the first colored team that won the championship. Dougherty, the big Chicago southpaw, had the Gophers at his mercy at all times during the game up to the eighth inning. Not a single hit was made off him in that time. Then three singles and a triple in a field, with four runs and the game. Johnny Taylor pitched a good game, giving but eight hits. Score: R. H. E Gophers ..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 * -3 Leanders ..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 Two-base hits—Hill, Talbert, Three- base hit—Millner, Stolen bases—Payne, Passed bases—Payne, Assisted Bases on balls—Hill, Payne, Wallace, Smith. Struck out by—Bough- erty, 7; by Taylor, 4. Passed book—Book- erty, 4. Passedaylor, Taylor. Time— 1:45. Umphrey—Thompson. Twenty-five hundred people saw the first two games. * * * Errors were numerous with the Apostles in Tuesday's game. * * * Hill and Payne played the game and did good stickwork. "Steel Arm Johnnie" tossed good ball. He won the deciding game. Marshall's good eye and timely swings won the "opener" for the Saints. Dougherty is making good with the Le- Dougherty is making good with the Leeland Giants. He is an Indiana pitcher. 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TAYLOR, Prop., 825-829 Indiana Ave., - Indianapolis, Old Phone, Main. 0208 Bar-Keeper's Friend Metal Polish AN INFALLIBLE UP-TO-DATE ARTICLE USED BY PEOPLE THAN ALL OTHER METAL POINTLES COMBINED! GEOW HOFFMAN, MFG. NEW ANAFOLLISING One-pound boxes 25 cents at druggists and dealers. GEORGE COONEY Saloon and Buffet 1313 N. Senate Ave. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Courteous treatment. Your trade solicited. A full line of Wines, Liquors and Cigars always on hand. Business Lunch. Good service and courteous treatment to all. When out for a good time, stop in. Brutus Owens, Prop., 433 Indiana Ave. Indianapolis, Ind. First class line of Wines. Liquors. Cigars and Tobacco. Headquarters of the I. B. P. O. Elks WILLIAM ROBERTS, Prop. Scip Williams, Mgr. Frank Whitney, Mixer. 440 Indiana Ave. New Phone 5286. SELECT SILVER HILLS To introduce and Beer One Quiz "DIFFERENT" THAT'S THE WORD. There is nothing that so clearly expresses the exclusive characteristic of "Levinson Straw Hats" like the word "different"—for they are "different." They have a "style-exactness" that cannot be copied. And the prices represent a supreme degree in value-giving. 37 North Penna. Street. LEVIN Geo.E.C. Plumbing, gas, steam and hot water heating. Estimates cheerfully given. All word guesses Phones New.....5588) 812 North W. Old. Main. 2308) The A. B. C. Ba RAN BUTLER Northwestern Park. Games played at his team. Correspondence s 462 W. 15TH STREET, RAN BU LEVINSON O. E. Conn Steam and hot water heating. Repair work promptly. Carefully given. All word guaranteed. Sixteen years in. 2308} 812 North West Street, Indi. B. C. Base Ball RAN BUTLER, Prop. Work. Games played at home and abroad. Team. Correspondence solicited. Address, STREET, RAN BUTLER, IN. NNER, CHAS GENERAL DIRECTOR North Illinois Street, Indianapolis Phone 641. Proprietors Indianapolis C SMOKE THE penny Hammond club House 5c Cigar K THAT GOOD (Made in New Albany) BY THE I Reising Brewing Handled Exclusively by INSLEY & CALDWELL Tenth & Madison Sts., Louis GREAT COMP CIGAR 5ct Quality Se ND GIANTS "TO SOUTHERN, WESTERN and PACIFIC STATE ER and NOVEMBER Aulous Team of colored baseball players in Eastern and Pacific states at the close of Chicago League, beginning Oct. 5th. Exhibition games can be arranged not signed for terms and conditions. ishing to make money as well as give see the world's greatest Ball Players organize Local Clubs and arrange dates. Geo.E.Conrad Plumbing, gas, steam and hot water heating. Repair work promptly attended to. Estimates cheerfully given. All word guaranteed. Sixteen years experience. Phones New.....5588} 812 North West Street, Indianapolis, Ind. Old. Main.....2388} The A. B. C. Base Ball Club. RAN BUTLER, Prop. Northwestern Park. Games played at home and abroad. We bar no good team. Correspondence solicited. Address, 462 W. 15TH STREET, RAN BUTLER, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. FUNERAL DIE 320 North Illinois Street New phone 641. Proprietor SMOKE Monypeny Hall Club House DRINK THAT I (Made in New BY THE Paul Reising L Handled Excl TINSLEY & C N. W. Cor. Tenth & Madison LELAND GIANT SOUTHERN, WESTERN and OCTOBER and NO This famous Team of colored Southern, Western and Pacific state Season in the Chicago League, beg Dec. 5th, 1909. Exhibition games c to the undersigned for terms and c Those wishing to make money opportunity to see the world's great do well to organize Local Clubs an 320 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, Ind. New phone 641. Proprietors Indianapolis Crematory. Monypeny Hammond Co.'s Club House 5c Cigar. Paul Reising Brewing Co. Handled Exclusively by TINSLEY & CALDWELL, N. W. Cor. Tenth & Madison Sts., Louisville, Ky. GREAT COMPEER CIGAR, 5 cts. Quality Sells It. LELAND GIANTS "TOURS" SOUTHERN, WESTERN and PACIFIC STATES OCTOBER and NOVEMBER 1909. This famous Team of colored baseball players will tour the Southern, Western and Pacific states at the close of their 1909 Season in the Chicago League, beginning Oct. 5th, and ending Dec. 5th, 1909. Exhibition games can be arranged now by writing to the undersigned for terms and conditions. Those wishing to make money as well as give the Public an opportunity to see the world's greatest Ball Players in action will do well to organize Local Clubs and arrange dates. Address all communications to BEAUREGARD F. MOS Leland Giants Base 6258 S. Butler's Re Meals and Lunches Serv 419 Indiana Ave., I AUREGARD F. MOSELEY, Sec'y & T Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement 6258 S. HALSTED ST., C Butler's Restaurant All Lunches Served. Prompt 9 Indiana Ave., Indianapolis, I BEAUREGARD F. MOSELEY, Sec'y & Treas. Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement Association 6258 8 HALSTED ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Butler's Restaurant Meals and Lunches Served. Prompt Service. 419 Indiana Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. FRANK W. FLANNER. Straw Hats, any ..... $2 Best Panama ..... $5 Stiff and Soft Felt Hats, any style ..... $2 Ladies' Panama Hats, at only ..... $5 All are this season's garments, the latest style and the prices have been reduced 1-4 to 1-3. Linen suits, well tailored, of the best linen and English rep, in blue, green, tape, pink and old rose; $18.50 value at...$11.75. Linen and lingeriedresses, among them a number of new models, including the 'Folly Dress; ' colors light blue, cadet, pink, rose, white, tan and leather. Formerly sold at $22.50 to $25.00, now...$17.50. Wash frocks, a dozen smart styles of dimity, lawns, swisses, striped and checked and new bordered ginghams and mercerized cloths; regular $12.50 value, now $5.00. New long linen coats, a number of good styles, pretty for traveling or automobile; exceptional values at...$3.75 to $7.50. L. S. Ayres & Co., Indiana's Greatest Distributors of Dry Goods. CITY AND SOCIETY. Mrs. Myra Reeves is visiting at Crawfordsville. Mrs. Dora Payne has gone to St. Paul, Minn., to visit. Mrs. Roxie Dixon is seriously ill at St. Vincent's Hospital. Mrs. Stanley Sturge has returned from a short visit to Culver. Mrs. Edward Simmons and son Willie are visiting at St. Paul. Mrs. Simon Kesler will leave the coming week for Mackinac Island. Mrs. J. W. Damel left Wednesday for her home in St. Joseph, Mo. Mrs. Constance Porter, of Chicago, is visiting relatives in this city. The infant son of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph H. W. Nelson recently. Dr. C. R. Atkins is taking a trip to Niagara and points in Canada. Mrs. Celia Stewart will leave this week for Atlantic City and Philadelphia. Miss Retta Moss will leave in a few days for Atlantic City to spend a month. Miss Rose Henderson is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henderson at Lebanon, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sanders returned Sunday from a two weeks' stay at Culver, Inc. The Mary Campbell Mite Missionary Society met Wednesday with Mrs. Mayne Gardner. Mrs. Mamie Jones entertained the Wistar Quiz Wednesday at her home, in Paca street. The East End Needle Club met yesterday at the home of William Bell, in North West street. Messrs. Arthur Dodson and Augustus Hutchinson will spend a few weeks sightseeing in the East. Mrs. Eliza Lewis has returned from Chicago to her mother, Mrs. Stephen Alexander. Rev, Mrs. Mary Hill, of Chicago, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Sadie B. Dungey, in North Senate avenue. Dr. and Mrs. R. F. Harper went to Crawfordsville Sunday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Sadie Beard. Mrs. Pearl Hatfield and daughter have returned from Memphis, Teenn, where they have been visiting relatives. Agnes Booth, Theresa Lewis, Bertha Thompson and Katie Duncan will leave for Niagara Falls next Tuesday. Mr. Grand Settles has returned from a pleasant visit with relatives and friends at his old home in Clarksville, Tem. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Yakisha, of New Albany, the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Harper during the week. Mrs. Mary Hunter spent the week at Crawfordville, being called there by the death of a near friend, Mrs. Sadie Beard. Mrs. Bertha Thompson and children returned Wednesday to her home at Fountain City, after a visit with her uncle, Rev. A. A. Woman's Improvement Club will have a special meeting next Tuesday at 3:30 with Mrs. H. L. Hummons, 713 North West street. Mrs. Viola Clark, accompanied by her guest, Mrs Edna Lapsley, of Philadelphia, will go to Oberlin next week to visit the firm. Mrs. Drusetta Dixon Jackson and Elmer Dixon, of Chicago, are in the city, called here by the serious illness of their mother, Mrs. Roxie Dixon. There will be a carnival August 18, 19 and 20 in Kenney street, between Blake and Dougins, given under the auspices of the firm. Mrs. Mary Locklear was called to Bedford this week because of the death of her sister, Mrs. Anna Frye, who was buried at that place Wednesday. Mrs. James A. Taylor, of Kansas City, Kan., is visiting relatives at 334 West "The Best at the Price— No matter what the Price." MAROTT DEPARTMENT STORE COMPANY, 342 to 358 Mass. Ave. GROCERY SPECIALS Saturday Sale 1 bar Royal laundry soap free to each lady visiting our grocery department Saturday. Peerless or Wilson's milk Saturday, 30 cans for $1.00, or 8 cans for ..... 25c Sky Fame tomatoes, high grade goods, a dozen 88c, or 2 cans for ..... 15c Silver seal sugar corn, Saturday a dozen 88c or 2 cans for only ..... 15c Parafine wax, best grade Saturday special while it lasts 15 cakes for ..... $8\frac{1}{3}c Calumet corn starch, new shipment, Saturday a full pound box for ..... 5c New shipment fancy red kidney beans, Saturday 2 cans for only ..... 15c Save Marrott's Trading Stamps, they are redeemable for many beautiful premium. See our premium parlor on third floor. --- Tenth street. Mrs. Taylor was formerly Miss Claire Coley, of Indianapolis. J. C. Waddell, of New York City, was the guest of friends in the city last week. Regular services at St. Philip's Episcopal Church were held at 7:30. Evening prayer and sermon. The Ethical Culture Society invites the public to attend its meetings, which are held every Sunday afternoon at Robert Gould Shaw School. A good program has been arranged for Sunday. Misses Mamie and Bernice Casey, of St. Louis, and Mrs. Cotton, of Fountain City, and Rev. A. Cotton and wife were entertained at dinner Tuesday at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Charles Hunter. To-morrow will be held the last quarterly meeting for this conference year of the Young Colored Women's Protective Association, attendance is expected, Rev. G. C. Campson will preach the sacramental sermon. Young colored women in Indianapolis wishing to join the Social Culture Club of the Young Colored Women's Protective Association will name their names and addresses to 635 Blake street, in care of the secretary, or call in person. Prof. Robert Austin, director of the choir of the Second Baptist Church, announces a special musical program for tomorrow evening. "Zion Awake," "inflamatus," "Nearer, My God, to Thee," with a new song, "Aurea," features of the special program. He is arranging to give a "stag" concert at the church August 23. IN HONOR OF MISS DEADMAN. Miss Wilhelmina Deadman, of Louisville, who for the past two weeks has been the guest of Mrs. Dr. R. F. Harper, is the guest of Mrs. Dr. R. F. Harper, Mrs. Lena Stone entertained at whist Thursday at the home of Mrs. Belle Davis in honor of Miss Deadman. Mrs. Edna Flemings and Miss Henrietta Davis gave a dancing party last evening at Odd Fellows, where she spent the first half of the week with Mrs. Etta Turner, in West Thirteenth street. A CONNUNDRUM PARTY. The Misses Beulah Beck and Olivia Chavis entertained about thirty-five young men and women at a coundrum party at the University, in honor of Miss Bunice Taylor, of Xenia, Ohio. The guessing consisted of Proverbs, and a "Numeral contest. Miss Helen Chavis won the game, a nicely bound copy of "Haawatha." The second game prize, a silver paper knife, was won by Mr. Halls. The house was decorated with flowers. Dainty refreshments were served. PALMIST AND PHRENOLOGIST. Madame McNairdee, the great palmist, has purchased her second piece of resale property, a house in the Senate avenue, at a cost of $3,000, which she now occupies, and has opened up an office. She also owns the property at 1527 W. 118th Street. Call on her at 1103 North Senate avenue. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. the month of August is organization month in the Colored Young Men's Christian Association, so we want that the wartime charismat get their committee together and make plans for the coming fall and winter work. The these meetings will be held on Tuesday when Mr. J. E. Cotton will meet the Religious Work Committee at supper, which will be held at p. m. Mr. P. M. Anally, Religious Work Director of the Central Department of the Y. M. C. A. Every member of the Religious Work Committee is requested to be with the team. The Sunday morning Bible class extends an invitation to all men to join with them in their regular sessions, which are held each Sunday at 8 a. m. Mrs. Ida Bryant and children are taking an outing at Raintown, near Plainfield. WANTED TO COMMUNICATE with a good Christian, congenial, settled woman a good 55-40 years old for matrimonial purposes, 15 feet 7 inches brown, weigh 176 pounds, 45 years old, good Christian, strictly temperate, energetic, warm and friendly, best of references. Address AMES H. ROBINSON, Edmonton, Alberta. THE INTERNATIONAL MISSION ARY ASSOCIATION. Affords a correspondence course of Bible instruction free. Students may donate as they are moved by the spirit, and take on the responsibility of presenting Certificates of merit when qualified. Only Christian persons and those trying to find Christ need respond. For further particulars see stamped envelope for reply. Add information to MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION, Miami, Fla. THE J. & K. SHOE CO. It is seldom that we depart from the established grooves of our form of subsidizing any of our Commercial Display Accounts we are in. Instance, the J. & K. Company, we feel that we are justified in making an exception to th rule. In this store, from its inception, the colored ladies of the business were the only ones in the business. Producers are by which each lady customer can call as often as they may wish and have their shoes cleaned and polished free of charge. A unit in charge for the purpose. She is polite and courteous to all alike. The management of this house has put forth special efforts to attract the colored trade in the business. In this sales, the best colored families in the city are customers of the store and they are a unit in their indorsement of the house. The management in this sales, the man's profit in this sales. The goods are shipped directly from the factory where they are made direct to the consumer. This house is strictly a factory store and handles only the output of its own factory. The management has made extensive arrangements for summer for the smart and well dressed women of both races. Their creations have simply come to stay, that's all. The management has made extensive arrangements for winter styles which will be displayed in a few days. We earnestly desire our patrons to kindly mention the Freeman in all purchases and to remember that the man's profit in the company is well wisher of this publication. DAUGHTER OF THE LATE PROF. W. H. COUNCILL TO WED. NORMAL Ala.-Special--Mrs. M. H. Council announces the engagement of her daughter, Ida Christine, to Walter Colomon Buchanan, president of the A. & M. College, Normal Ala. The marriage ceremony will take place August 24, 1909, at the Normal Ala. because of the recent bereavement, there will be no invitations. TOLEDO, O. The 44th Annual Session of the General Grand Court H. of J. was held July 27, 28, 29 and 30. The following officers were elected: Mrs. Elsie Alsen G. A. M. of Ohio Mrs. Elsie Alsen G. A. M. of Ohio of Ohio and Penn; Miss Eva C. Guy, G. S. of Ohio and Penn. Miss Guy is from Zanesville, Mr. Lemeucl. Googins, Sr., Grand Worthy Venerable Patriarch and son, appointed Asst. G. S. of the Endowment Fund. This session was one of the best in the history of the lodge. On Friday evening the Courts were banqueted by the Masonic brothers and on Thursday evening the Passover and public installation took place. NEWS IN "BUCKEYEDOM" Special to THE FREEMAN. Mrs. Wells, recently of Chicago, died at the Miami Hospital hospital last week...Mr. M. Wells, a former staff member of Mr. and Mrs. Wells, the Sherman are spending their vacation in New York City...The union excursion to Sandusky was quite a success...Mrs. H. E. Boone is remodeling the building at the home where he completed it will be one of the finest homes THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. JOHN H. HARRIS WILLIAM ROBERTS Delegate from Indiana Lodge of Elks to the National Meeting at Detroit this Month. in this country owned by our people. Mr. W. L. Avery, the competent colored contractor, is doing the work...Mt. Olive Baptist church, Rev. F. L. Tate, pastor, will give an annual outing at Overlook Park, Aug. 16. He will be one of the best of the season...Miss Carrie Kinney, after several weeks vacation, has returned to the city...Mrs. Maud (Ross) Brooks left for Kentucky where she will be engaged the rest of the summer and during autumn in teaching. Mrs. Mattle Kernan pleaded the Warr. M. Mansary convention last week at Findley, Ohio. She reports a grand meeting. MUNCIE, IND. Special to THE FREEMAN Miss Carrie Pennabaker will visit *Columbus, Ind.*, enroute to her home in Louisville, Ky.…Mrs. G. L. Grundy and son are the guests of Mrs. Fla. Brown at Elizabeth, Ky.…Mrs. D. Downs, at Elizabethtown, Ky.…Mrs. Mar. Dewitt, at Knox, Ky.…H Robbins attended the Twelfth Annual Grand Lodge session at Marion, Ind., last week….Mr. and Mrs. Parker Armsted are visiting in Woodocup during these sultry weekends. Mrs. Parker will visit her home at Indianapolis after a pleasant visit. [Name] J. G. JOHNSON. Delegate from Indiana Lodge of Elks to National Meeting at Detroit this Month. with her mother, Mrs. Armand....M. Fred Bauer and Emma Moore visited at during the P. session, Mrs. Roman Bobb, Smith Bob, Frank Means, Samuel Talburt, Miss Marry Dudle, Erma Scott, Cora Gayon, Mrs. White and Edna Dougles attended the banquet in Marion last week. Mrs. Sarah Robbins and Miss Blanche Gibson have returned home after a pleasant visit in Marion....Mrs. Henry Ferguson was a delegate to the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in and around Marion. Mrs. Cora Gurnell and daughter, Mussel Maderson, of Spring, O. are visiting Mrs. L. Davis. ICE! ICE! ICE CREAM! made in a few minutes at a trifling cost with out the use of ice whatever. Full directions for 25c. Address W. J Walter Mfg. Co. Box 116, Westville, N. J. HOW TO KILL BUGS AND FLEAS July and August are the months in which bedbugs and fleas get ripe, and this hot weather makes the crop unusually large. A reporter of The Star heard that Julius A. Haag invented a remedy that was not poisonous, yet one application with a powder gun would kill all the bugs and other insects in the house, and one application on a dog's nose, a flea bite, a lice, roaches, ants and water bugs. Mr. Haag says he intends to get his invention patented, although he is now selling it in 10c and 25c boxes (the powder gun 6c enclosed in a plastic bag) by North Pennsylvania street, opposite Grand Opera House; 9 South Illinois street, near Washington street, and 802 Massachusetts avenue, corner College avenue. Mr. Haag says he has paid to any address. All orders should be directed to Julius A. Haag, 112 North Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis, Ind. Spring Styles. Low shoes now in. Call and see them. Big 4 Shoe Store, 352 West Washington street. BUSINESS LOCALS. Woodbine Perfume. Oh how fragrant, exquisite, enchanting, bewitching. Only at Blodau's Drug Store. The Eureka Comb is on sale at The Freeman office, 225 Indiana avenue. Order your ice from Mrs. Bell Davis, 919 N. West street. Both phones, 1374. Delivered on short notice. Phone your wants to us. We call for and see them. By phone will be selected as carefully as if you called in person. No extra charges. Gauld's Pharmacy. New 1178; Old, Main 4032. Spring Styles. Low Shoes now in. Call and see them. Big 4 Shoe Store, 352 West Washington street. For ice, call up Mrs. Bell Davis, 919 N. West street. Hice delivered on short notice. Either phone, 1374. Kuykendall & Huffman, dentists, 359½ Indiana avenue. Expert crown, plate and bridge work. New phone 5067. Spring Styles. Low Shoes now in. Call and see them. Big 4 Shoe Store, 352 West Washington street. Call at The Freeman and obtain information concerning the virtues of the Eureka Comb. "Woman's glory is her hair." Why not improve yours? The Eureka Comb is a necessary toilet requisite. ANTI-KINK??? ANTI-KINK??? Something entirely new. Straightens and softens the hair. Used and recommended by both men and women. In the kit. Its success is stupendous. Three months supply, postpaid. $1.00, also catalog of many other useful articles. Money returned without charge. Vodoro Company. Dept. D. 50 W. 38th St. New York. THE GRAND LEADER 336-338-340 EAST WASHINGTON, DC BIG BARGAINS Drawers, for children, good quality of cambric muslin, tucked ruffle, sizes 2 to 12 years, regular 19c quality, while they last..... 10c Underwaists, for children, knit bleached, with buttons, sizes 2 to 12 years, regular 15c quality, special..... 10c $1,49 for Wash Dresses worth $3,00 $1,98 for Wash Suits and Dresses, worth $5,00 $2,69 for Wash Suits and Dresses, worth $6,00 $2,98 for Wash Suits and Dresses, worth $7,50 CLASSIFIED COLUMN The genuine Carter's Rhematic Remedy sent by mail on receipt of price 50 cts (stamps). Has cured others; will cure you. Address R.P. Bload, druggest. Indianapolis, Ind. MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE—Real Estate: Lot in Meridian Heights. Address Box A, Freeman. College graduate, experienced, wishes position in high school or college. Good reference. Address "Teacher," care Freeman. WANTED—Good colored girl to make home with me and learn hairdressing. Address Mrs. T. Godley. 100% E Main St. Brazil, Ind. FIVE DOLLAR DAILY GARANTED to agents (either sex) to see our new article, household necessity. Ladies buy rapidly. Write for circulars. Rhinol Mfg. Co., Carrollton, Mo. WANTED—A first-class man to do dressing and preschooling at house at once; good wages to right party and a steady position. Address CASEY BROS., Bloomington, Ill. WANTED—Ten first-class barbers for a new 10-chair barber shop, to be opened August 1. Address George L. Knox, 141 N. Pennsylvania St., Denison Hotel Barber Shop, Indianapolis, Ind. Reliable colored agents wanted everywhere to take orders for our calling cards. Highest quality, lowest prices. Big demand everywhere. Spare time with Experience unncease. Credit limit, audit free. Chowning Card Co., Indianapolis, Ind. CLAIRVOYANT - Palmist and clairvoyant. MADAM McNAIDEE, the greatest reader of the world, gave birth. She was born with the double (caul) vell; no matter what your troubles are, you will be given a gift, your own avenue. Her indications are true. She returned to Indiana and would be more than glad to bear from all of her old friends, because she would unless $1.00 and two-cent stamp enclosed. Otto Aldendorf, Fancy Groceries, Vegetables and Fruits in Season. 501 Agnes St., Indianapolis. Old Phone, Main, 2299. BERHALTER & OLMSTED Funeral Directors DANVILLE, ILL. A. ROTHSCHILDS 304 Indiana Avenue. Garment Cleaning and Pressing Pantatorium. First class work guaranteed. Colored help employed. Prices Reasonable. Furniture, Carpets & Stoves Bought, sold and exchanged. All kinds of Furniture and Stove repairing. Upholstering and packing and crating for shipment a specialty. Agent for Diamond Mirror Plating Co. Old Phone. Main. 335. 236 W. Vermont St. Indianapolis. Straighten Your Hair DREAM SIRS: I—have used only one bottle of your pomade and now I would not be without it, for it makes my hair soft and straight and easy to comb and also starts a new growth. (Formerly known as Ozonized Ox Marrow) Fifty years of success has proved its merits. The hairy texture has stunner-like stunner- born, kinky or curly-hair straight, soft and glossy and easy to comb, and arrange in any style desired consistent with its length. The hair is dandruff, invigorates the scalp, stops the hair from breaking or breaking off and gives it new life and vigor. Absolutely harmless—used with splendid result even on the youngest children. Absolutely harmless—used in use is a pleasure, as ladies of refinement enjoy it. Ford's Hair Pomade has imitated Don't buy anything else alleged to be "just as good." If you want the best results, buy the best Pomade-it will pay you. Look for this name the genuine, we will send you only supply you with the one bottle regular size for . . . . $ . 50 Three bottles " " " " 1.40 Six " " " " 2.50 One bottle, small . . . . 25 Way postage and express charges to all postal in U.S.A. When ordering send Postal or express Money Order, All orders shipped promptly on recipient of price. Address The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 133 East Kinslie St. Chicago, Ill. FORD'S HAIR POMADE is made only in Chicago by the above firm. Agents Wanted Everywhere. GAS Lighting! At half the cost of any other light. Beautiful for the Home. Money-saving for Stores. GAS IS NOW ONLY 60c TO EVERYBODY. Get Your Gas Lights Put In. The Indianapolis Gas Co. 45 South Pennsylvania Street. Choice for any regular $4.00 and $5.00 Oxfords or Pumps. $1.50 Road Samples Sizes 3, 3 1-2 and 4; $4.00 and $5.00 values. ALL NEW, NOTHING OLD. Hand Turns and Welts Only. In this sale we offer nothing but the newest styles for this summer. All profits go to you J. & K. LADIES SHOE PARLOR 30 North Pennsylvania St. LADIES LOOK! Every lady can have a beautiful and luxurious head of hair if she uses a MAGIC. After a shampoo or bath the Magic dries the hair, removing the dandruff; and it will straighten the curliest head of hair. Fill with alcohol and light here MAGIC PATENT APPLIED FOR TOP WILLIAM & WILLIAM CO. $2.95 Choice for any regular $4.00 and $5.00 Oxfords or Pumps. $1.50 Road Samples Sizes 3, 3 1-2 and 4; $4.00 and $5.00 values. In this sale we offer nothing but the newest J. & K. LADIES 30 N Absolutely Guaranteed THE MAGIC IS TWO TIMES LARGER THAN PICTURE. IT IS STEEL HEATING RAB ALUMINUM COMB LADIES LOOK! Every lair hair if she Magic dress straighten the The Magic will not burn or injure the hair, beeing bar which irons the hair, is alone, put into the Aluminum Comb is easily detached from the comb goes back into place and is held by The Magic Heater is also suitable for curb handbag. Fill with alcohol and light here MAGIC PATENT APPLIED FOR Magic Shampoo Drier $1.00. Magic Alcohol for literature today. Magic Shampoo Drier Co., E. S. WEBB. E. S. WEBB. Staple and Fancy Groceries. Meat Market. New phone 1636 Old, Main, 7284. 904 N. Ill. St. Indianapolis S. G. SMITH. Transfer and Storage, Furniture and Pianos moved, packed. Shipped and stored. Special rates for storage. 925 North California Street. Old Phone. Main. 3819. New Phone. 5295 K Largest Van in the city. Imperial Barber Shop. Best of attention given all customers. Facial Massage, Shampooing and Hair Cutting a Specialty. Your trade Respectfully solicited. GRADY & WEBSTER, Props. 821 E. Washington St.. Springfield, Ill CORNS, MOLES AND WARTS REMOVED F. J. JORDAN, 31 Main Street, Champaign, Ill. WHAT OTHERS THINK OF US. Crowley, La., June 8, 1909. To the Editor: You will find enclosed money order for the renewal of my sub- scription, which please send this week, as I feel lost without THE FREEMAN in my place. Respectfully. G. W. EASLEY. 1 $2.45 Choice for any regular $3.00 and $3.50 Oxford or Pumps. ALL NEW, NOTHING OLD. Hand Turns and Welts Only. styles for this summer. All profits go to you S SHOE PARLOR North Pennsylvania St. "Rest Easy" is the name of the most comfortable best spitting made by guarantee this truth. that absolutely conforms to the lines of the body. Try one and if for any reason it don't suit get your money back. At all furniture dealers. Puritan Bed Spring Co., Indianapolis 9 IN LONG THE MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER AND HAIR-STRAIGHTENER MAILED ANYWHERE IN U.S. $100 POSTAGE PAID SEE MONEY BY POST OFFICE MONEY ORDER body can have a beautiful and luxuriant head of uses a MAGIC. After a shampoo or bath the hair may rewetting, the dandruff; and it will be the curliest head of hair. cause the comb is never heated. The steel heat- flame of the alcohol or gas heater. from the heating bar, then, after the bar is hea- ty a turn of the handle. frogs, has a cover and can be carried in a Heater $0.50. Liberal terms to agents. Write Minneapolis, Minnesota. Do it in August; start that long delayed savings account this month. Don't wait until next month or next year, but do it now. You will be very much pleased to see how rapidly small amounts will grow. We are anxious to add your name to our already large and rapidly growing list of depositors. Even if your deposits be small, they will be none the less appreciated. $1,00 or more will start the account and you may add to it at such time and in such amounts as you like. THE INDIANA TRUST CO. THE INDIANA TRUST CO. Capital, all paid in.....$1,000,000.00 Surplus, all earned.....500,000.00 INDIANA ELECTROTYPE CO. DESIGNERS, ENGRAVERS, ELECTROTYPEPS 23 West Pearl Street INDIANAPOLIS Both Phones 13970 Things will come your way if you be- come an agent of The Freeman.