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THE FREEMAN is Read WEEKLY by 100,000 Persons. Advertisers Get RESULTS from THE FREEMAN The Freeman Is the peer of Negro Journals, circulating in every State and Territory in the Uni- ed States, an accom- plishment which can not be claimed by any other Negro pub- lication. Send us your subscription at once. THE FREEMAN A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER The Freeman As an advertising me- dium is unequaled by any Negro Newspa- per, going into the homes of a class of thrifty, money-spend- ing Afro-Americans not reached by any other Journal. Mr. Advertiser, take the hint and try us. NEWS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL! The Student Body of Howard University, About 800 Persons, Go on a Strike for Nearly a Week MORE TROUBLE IN THE COLORED SCHOOLS Attorney Armond W. Scott, Regarded as the Next Grand Exalted Ruler of the World, Left Last Saturday on a Tour which will Include Several States—The School Commissioners have Concluded not to Interfere with the Production of "The Birth of a Nation"—Segregation Before Supreme Court. VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 16 NEWS OF THE N The Student Body of Howe Persons, Go on a Stri MORE TROUBLE IN T Attorney Armond W. Scott, Regarded World, Left Last Saturday on a T The School Commissioners have Cot tion of "The Birth of a Nation"—S (By R. W. Thompson) "The Last Straw," Said to Have Been Back of Revolt. The outcome of the controversy seems to be honorable to all alike. The students deserve the most credit for settling the issue to all concerned is Prof. Kelly Moore, the beloved Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, upon the scene from the West late Saturday night. At his broad-gauged smile, the deans and students got together to discuss the sessions were made that brought peace and better conditions in sight for the students. Without vainglory, the event has been made out to not children. The students know they have men and women well with—not children. The students out, but not children, care to be boost. They are the right, the service, could not lose the battle. We a happy happier students, now that our recent affiliations, the students went out at noon on Wednesday of last week and returned to their classes the next time is to count against any one who no demerts are to be given, to even charged, to be involved in the alleged action of the rules. Certain routine problems that have been complained of will be handled by the legal functionsaries have been warned to be more diplomatic in the enforcement of their departments. No officials have been accused, and the status quo has been resumed. Some of the Stirring Events That Happened. The week's campaign was full of stirring incidents. The debate on the shipping problem in which the Howard team was to have met Atlantic University was declared off Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock. The local team had prepared to leave Wednesday night, but before consenting to go, they gave the deans until 6 o'clock to lift the suspension. They determined they would not represent. Howard at Atlanta Hilton had the expiration of the ultimatum period, no message had come from the authorities and the boys declared the debate, although a great reception had been given. The Plea team started from Nashville, to meet the boys here, before they could be reached and wired. The Tennesseesears team was the president and enlisted battle, but when Friday night came, there was no one to match wits with them, and the debate had to be The Chapel meeting Thursday, it is stated that the students assembled usual as the president and faculty walked the campus and day services, the young men and women walked out, amid a scene that was dramatic. There were no services. Sunday, the student body arranged for Chapel services at 3 o'clock at the library, just hour before the regular vessers at the hill. The immense theater was crowded with the students and their friends and the services. Rev Emory B. Smith, pastor of Lincoln Temple Congregational Church, preached a masterly sermon and there was enthiasm along the line. The students were all before tamely submitting they would pack their grips and go home, leaving that night, following an eloquent summing up of all the facts by Dean C. H. C. the faculty capitulated, and now the day of the graduation in hall and campus on Howard Hill. Lawyer Armond W. Scott on Important Itinerary. Lawyer Armond W. Scott, regarded here as the next grand exalted ruler of last Saturday on an important tour which bids fair to be of vast benefit. Mr. Scott's first stopping place was Harrisburg, Pa., where he was met by a delegation representing the Unity hours spent there he was in conference with the local leaders and was royally at luncheon by the citizens generally. On Sunday night Mr. Scott was the principal speaker at the annual "Lodge address," where his address is said to have been an oratorical gem. The exercises were held under the gaze of Elks of ituaca. On Monday night he was the guest of honor at a Wednesday night fraternity in City Lodge. Tuesday he was called to New York City and was there entertained in hospitable fashion by the night fraternity in Philadelphia, where he was the guest of O. Catto Lodge, of Elks, of the Wednesday, delighted with the results of his itinerary. Mr. Scott is scheduled to speak for the Elks at Newport, R. L. and later in the month he will invade the sacred precincts of Charleston, W. The Town In Review. Lawyer Thomas L. Jones spoke in Berrville, Va., Wednesday and the people turned out in large numbers to greet him. The school controversy brought out another ugly embroglio one day last week in school, when George H. Murray and Cedric Francis, teachers, engaged in a scrimmage the troupe is said to be involved in, who is an adherent of the Bruce machine. Mr. Murray acted solely in self-defense, where indicted students were指控 involved in the investigation, but the suspension was lifted later by the board with loss of pay and the suspension was lifted again on sides. Supt. Thurston thought he had adjusted the matter, but now it seems that the Bruce faction on the board of the Bruce machine for attention. It is not further trouble and the case has been referred to the committee on high and normal schools of attention. It is referred to the Bruce machine in order to "get Murray" partly because he is the nephew of Dr. W. Bruce Evans, a professor in our phone of the existing machine. This is but another proof of the contention that there can be no peace in our schools until the Bruce machine is sent to the scrap pile. The District Commissioners, acting on the advice of the corporation counsel, made a legal right to interfere with the forthcoming production of the film "The Birth of a Nation." The Booker T. Washington Memorial committee is making gratifying progress in the collection of its $5,000 fund. The segregation question was argued Tuesday before the United States Supreme Court in decision which would rationalize the nature of schools will have a far-reaching effect. If segregation is illegal, the cities of Baltimore and New York will be revolutionized. The test is being made on Louisville. Three tickets are in the field for delegates to the Republican National Convention. One, June 17, the candidates so far are nounced are Frank J. Hogan and Dr. Robert L. Hogan, Dr. C. H. Marshall, and Robert I. Miller and W. Calvin Chase. Meetings are held nightly, and the contest and the contest is growing quite warm—so warm, in fact, that upon the highways and the battle is being chiefly fought the "short and ugly" VILLA LITTLE LESS NOICE METING BLOOD WHO PANHEAR THE NUMBER OF THE SPHERES is being freely passed and charges and counter-charges are being viciously alleged and vigorously denied, according to the policies of the District whether they will elect the people of the District to the office of Miss Moors are letting the fight severely alone. Welcome, Senator Taggart, of Indiana! Miss Lacille Hamilton Nooks, who has been spending several weeks at her home in Wilberforce, Ohio, at the bedside of a sick mother, has returned to the capital. She reports her mother to the District, and she is making her home here with Mr. and Mrs. Percy Bruce, 1762 T street, northwest. Mr. T. Thomas Fortune, former editor of the Washington Sun, has accepted a position with the Odd Fellows' Journal, published in this city. Mr. T. Woodland, of New Orleans, prominent in the affairs of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, passed away at city Saturday, en route to Philadelphia. A public testimonial in recognition of the five years of yeoman service rendered by Miss Marie A. D. Madre of Wilberforce, of the Historical Association is talked of. Such an affair would be in keeping with the history of things, and it should be all manner of people within the borders of the District and has spread to the entire nation. The prize winners in the Booker T. Washington Essay Contest were Miss Zenobia Bundy, who was presented with a $5 gold piece; Miss Mabel Hunter, a $25 silver piece; and Masten Hermith, a new silver dollar. The awards were presented by Rev. A. C. Garper, a the Plymouth Congregational Church, and addresses of an encouraging native and international student. Mr. Terrell and Dr. W. Bruce Evans, who told of the value to young people to be deprived from an annual study of the noble life and aplendid achievements of the intooker T. Washington. Rev. W. H. Jernagin, the energetic pastor of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, has been elected delegate to the general congress of the Baptist Young Men's Association, and has now improved by a building containing two flats and a basement store room. A strong sentiment in this section is crystalizing in favor of the election to the bishopship of Jesse Colbert, now stationed at Lovellie Ky., as a presiding elder of the Kentucky Conference. Dr. Colbert is interested in bringing real strength to the Zion Bench of Bishops. He is especially popular in the West, and if placed on the greater Zion in the vast virgin field that lies between the Mississippi River he would indeed be "The Bishops of the West" for the Church of Varick. Judge Robert H. Terrell, of the Municipal Court of the District, is customally styled "Washington's Colored Mayor," address men's meeting at the Bank Street Chapel Va., next Sunday, April 9, under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., of Norfolk. Prof. Kelly Miller, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Howard University, speaks on the 6th at Grace Presbyterian Church in Utsburgh, Pa., the American National Facing the Future. This lecture is one of the very best in Prof. Miller's long and profitable repertoire of publications. Word comes that Prof. L. B. Moore, Dean of Teachers' College Howard University, is being groomed for the presidency of Wilberforce University, because that is vigorous opposition to the decree of that school, and which is insisting that a change is necessary to preserve education minister. Methodism's greatest education minister, he has not been ascertained. He is regarded as one of the Old Fellows and the teachers he has given the country have been of the highest quality. Mr. Henry P. Slaughter, editor of the Old Fellows' most recent last week to attend the exercises in connection with the unveiling of a new helmsley at the Old Fellows Hall, 549 W. Biddle street. Mr. Slaughter is giving the old Fellows an oratory worthy of and is proud himself to be the right round journalist has a host of friends who believe he should be the next master of the Three-Links fraternity. Lawton Okla LAWREN, Oklahoma In a gun fight which occurred day afternoon at 4 o'clock on East C. Avenue, between Patrolman Jim Hayes and Night Captain Hale Landis, on the left, and Officer Hays on the other, Officer Hays was fatally wounded and the colored man so badly wounded that he had to abandon the deaf of fight when he submitted to arrest. Patrolman Hayes was rushed to the Southwestern Hospital, where an operation was underway the hopes of saving his life, but he fell Patrick in New Orleans Times-Picayune. church, a victim to death at 4:30 a. m. Sunday. g. nat. the bullet that struck the colored man in the church. Evans, recover. The trouble arose over the people of Edna Davis a colored woman on a charge of disturbing the peace. the shing-ing. the arrest of Edna Davis a colored woman on a charge of disturbing the peace. Mr. Harney Pierce is officer of the Monarch Theater. A nice clean vandee-ville and a change of pictures three times per week. The Neff Theater Co., a movie theater, all next week. Mr. Price would like to hear from some of his many friends in the minstrel world. The Freeman can be heard every Saturday. Everybody buy a paper and help boost the colored news. NEGROES OF THE TWIN CITIES TO RAISE FUND. Booker T. Washington Memorial Camp paign Being Conducted. The pension is mightier than the sword. Over $100 was raised at the M. E. School Sunday as a result of a rally they had. Writer of all kinds of insurance. Z L. Breedlove. See him. BOOKER WASINGTON HALL. URBANA, O.—The Educational Conference held in the interest of the Curry Institute was a complete success, with more than 1,000 white churches of the city with many in attendance. Gov. Willis sent a letter to the governor of Neal, commissioner of soldier's claims to represent him in an address. The following program was presented: a press address, Resolutions came from the business and professional men of the city signed by Judge Berthold of the Public Schools and Isaac Johnson. President Curry and the Board of Directors created a campaign to secure this fund and all are requested to contribute for the same. One dollar or more will be accepted. Send donations to The Curry Institute, PRICE FIVE CENTS. SINGLE COPY—SIX MONTHS, 85c; ONE YEAR, $1.50. NEWS OF THE NATION'S METROPOLIS Bishop Alexander Walters, of the A. M. E. Zion Church, is Getting Things Ready for General Conference EMINENT PRELATE FORECASTS A GREAT SESSION Rev. R. R. Mont, One of the Oldest Undertakers in the Metropolis, is a Great Organizer and a Close Student of Masonry—Cleveland G. Allen Renews his Fight for Negro in Hall of Fame—Correspondent Wants the Race Represented in Great Sanctum—G. Colon Torres a Brilliant Linguist. Allen's Nationa' News Bureau, pendent interviewed G. Colon Torres, a Your correspondent knows the position of the bishop on many grave matters affecting the church and in cover-keeping. He is keen interest to his episcopal addresses which are the features of his confer-ment with fine and wholesome suggestions relative to the best interest of his church and is keen to correspond-ate with the bishop with his notable occasions and has always been impressed with the high ground he has taken on church and vice matters. Further, your correspondent will write an interesting story of the great churchman based upon his close study of the life and habits of the Rev. Mont Is Great Organizer. Rev. R. R. Mont, one of the oldest undertakers in this city, and who has an office at 225 West 134th street, is one of the best organizers among the city's most active organizations. He has organized with eminent success some of the most substantial movements among our people in this section of the city, the movement known as The City of Ethiopia, a movement which had for its object the colonization of the Negro into one great community to be known as the city of Ethiopia. The movement would be under control of the Negro. One of the things laid down in the general law of the movement, the Negro, will soon own and control our own homes, and manage our affairs in such manner as to reduce the cost of living to one-half that of the large cities of the country. This movement. Rev. Mont is also a close student of Masonry as it affects the building of houses. The ber of the race who can organize Negro Masons into orders in every section of the country. Rev. Mont has worked his way to the front through many adjoining cities, and has organized Virginia and came to this city in 1880. He attended the Amity Theological college in New York, where he was ordained in 1890 in New Walford Ohio, in a white conference. In 1895 he became pastor of Shiloh Baptist church in New Burg, N. Y. He is the organizer of the Mecca Medina Temple, which represents an ancient Masonic order. Correspondent Wants Negro in Hall of Fame. Cleveland G. Allen, the newspaper correspondent who called attention sometime ago to the necessity of having a new Fame placed by New York University of this city, will begin his fight soon to have a member of the race placed in that imminent contest. The Fame contains Who's Who in the literary and scientific life of America and up to this time no member of the race has been placed in the great hall. Your correspondent, in a letter to the daily newspapers of this city, suggested the names of Frederick and Laurence Dunbar as fit candidates for the Hall of Fame and met with a response which gave him courage to continue his correspondent believes that the race ought to be resented in the Hall of Fame and will work to that end. The candidates are voted upon in September and an effort to have some Negro candidate nominated. A Brilliant Young Linquist. Your correspondent, as has been his custom since he has been in this field, is calling attention to a young man with a unique field. Last week your corres- Public Library plan 13 pondent interviewed G. Colon Torres, a brilliant young linguist, who conducts his studio at the Musical School Settlement for Colored People at 6 West Village, where he is immersed in many of the romance languages, especially Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian, gives lessons in those languages but to private pupils in the school. He much success in this field and has an excellent system of teaching. Mr. Torres is well educated and is among the most famous students from Harvard University with honors. While at Harvard he specialized in the romantic languages. Mr. Torres is a graduate of the Insular Normal School of that city. He came to America in 1905. HAMILTON, OHIO, NEWS. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Long and Mrs. Crawford attended a long wedding in Maysville, KY. The chicken supper, which was given by an trust helperes of Payne's A. M. E. Crawford, was attended. An excellent supper was served. Mrs. Z. Fox and daughter, Marcela, will be attending. On Friday evening Mrs. Thomas Simpson entertained the Payne A. M. B. chair of the Woman's Institute in honor of her sister, Mrs. Blanche W. W. Spent, Mrs. K. Hogen is improving the chairs. BISHOP PHILLIPS TO SPEAK AT MEHARRY COMMENCEMENT Father and Two Sons Alumni WALTERS INSTITUTE GRADUAT- ING CLASS. The faculty and graduating class of Walter's Institute announce the commencement exercises for the week of April 14 to 19. Warren, Arkansas. DELTA METROPOLIS Lee A. Motley, Jr. Greenwood, Miss., Special. The Green Ribbon Club was entertained by the seated sandwiches, cream and puch Tray, and the Big Six. No men allowed, only musicians. Just club ladies, and beave men, certainly put on a stunt. The Big Six, by Miss Mary Horton and Miss Sarah Scott. Different games were played, bring from four until six o'clock. Will give names of officers in next issue. Mr. Peyton Strong, the proprietor of the Opera Cafe, has been on the sick list for three or four days, but is recovering. Miss Everett White, wife of the Big Six Cafe, has been from Oklahoma, Miss, where she been living relatives. Mr. Nathan Taylor, the pharmacist at Williams drug store, was all smiles last week. Any one who knew him could tell you why after seeing Miss Everett, she was appalling over a few days, passing through. The Freeman is on sale in Greenwood at 605 Main street and 614 Fulton street. HENDERSON, TEX Special to The Freeman: A crowd of white men beat up Mr. Clarence Flanagan "Colored" on April 6, standing talking to a colored lady of the race, who would live Railway Station. They cursed him for it. They walked out and got their hands and back and began to beat him. Perhap he killed it if it had not been for Mr. C. Stone "white" of this place, who placed in car, chained him to the seat where they would walk around and beat on him until train started to fire. 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(By Sylvester Russell.) ‘Special to The Freeman: 'CHICAGO—That the Pullman com- pany has exemplified union labor as An unwarranted prevarication for thelr System, a8 an Inevitable necessity, ob- Mious ‘tothe Federation, Is. official Casting the anchor of their ship into the sand of a mighty ocean, there to Grit with the tide until adjustment has freed thelr bark. from. the out- Fageously prejudiced injustice Inocu- ated in thelr course, the Chicago Fed- eration. of Labor will have to look to {te laurels, is a fact undencable. | The Punlman Company, it appears, had to Feplace a rebellious corps of Incompe- tent car cleaners, mostly Potocks, who had gone on a strike for higher wages. ‘The company saw it to let them out, 4s their services had not proved to be Satisfactory to the Pullman system, and when the company was obliged to hire “colored cleaners to All the va- cancles the more ecient quality of thelr work was immediately. recognized, According to the Chicago Daily Journal of April ist, all fool's day, the follow- Ing extract’ appeared: “appeals on behalf of the striking car cleaners at the shops of the Pull- man company have been made by John Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago Federation’ of Labor, to William B, Wilson, ‘secretary. of labor, and by Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the com- mission on Industrial relations, to Rob- ert. Lincoln, chairman of’ the di- Feetorate of the company.” Whtever the motive of the Federa- tion is in sending in such a plea It has no interest or relationship — to American’ industry. ‘The effort hands the’ Pullman ‘company | nothing. he alm Is at the colored laborers and the Object of the. Federation representa- tives with their gall of contention is to Strengthen organized labor by a bluff of ignominy that is in favor of other foreigners who are already “in” the Union and not in favor of ‘themselves as American citizens in order that the foreign element may further laugh at them and continue to call Americans. a joke. “It is in this phase of the situa- Yon’ that the poor white biindlike American laborers, with their pathet- feally inherited prejudice, strive to op- pose the colored man, enabling the for- Cigners to step in and cheat them at thelr own game, and it Is this wrong~ ful mistake American organized labor iW making which will cause the finan- clal multiplicity of their industries. to pine and perish in the noonday. ‘The Retion Is an offense to the countrymen Of thelr own native land. ‘The heads of Such organizations care’ nothing about the conditions or elreumstances of elther thelr brotherhood or labor treat- Tea; all they eare about is to fll thelr own pockets, then get out of office and Tet''the next nearest feliow in. Now Hf this is not gospel to the unright- cous then ‘street organ grinders can make ‘people laugh without the ald of monkeys. If the Pollock cleaners had been a part of the Federation, then there MmigKE have been a Iueky chance for an effort to down a weak race of people who are shut out of employment by Jorsanized “labor “because of their color. And. the villainy of It all: Hes in the “birthmark of” American soll It does not seem strange that Mr. Fitzpatrick calls attention to the color fact that 500 black men replace white men but it does seem strange that, bis Other argument which cites that “the health of the public is menaced by. the condition of the Pullman cars," as that Alone Is of sufficient reason to condemn the labor of the white men.” Then again, Mr. Walsh writes Mr. Lincoin that the wages pula the white man was Toss than’ the government has proved Recessary toa bare existence. To this Mr. Lincoln could reply that ne may as well have black labor to do the same work for the same money, or more money if necessary, us to" in- crease the pay of white laborers’ who are'in wo Gnion at all, for some ‘un- Known reason, and wh demand. more pay for the bad. condition of "the Cars” caused by neglect of good serv- Ice, according to. John. Fitzpatrick. And these arguments like other epl- thets that have come from the heads of organized labor departments, like in the plea of the car strikers to the mayor of the city, all belong to the Chicago” Federation tradition of -con- tinuous heathen performances. Upon the basis of discrepancies herein re- Inted, would be more than suffictent reasons why President Robert ‘T. Lin- coin should uphold. the ‘sacred ordeal through whieh the world knows his Il- lustrious father had passed in the tn. terest of humanity, and take a stand that will continue’ the polley “of the Pullman system. “The half has never been told. George M. Pullman's dying words were an Abraham Lincoln story In the cause and behalf of the Negro race, which. all ood white Americans know, are. blighted by the benighted conditions of slavery of the past and he must-have believed In the father to Be associated with the son. When. the head New York Inspector of the Pull- man system made his recent visit’ to Overlook the new service In Chicago he. reported the "work. of the colored car ‘cleaners to. be highly satisfactory fn'all the yards in the city. On his arrival he Was questioned by a man, Incognito, who ts In. close communtea- ton with “the Freeman. staff writer. He’ ald not even ‘know he was being interviewed when he stated: “The col= ored cleaners have. been placed. Into the. Pullman. service to. stay. Thelr work has been entirely satistactory at every terminal.” And now with pre- eminent light thrown upon the subject, many good boys who would work and could hot get it on account of preju- dice are gn the job and it has not been generally known among. the ‘common masses of white people that where col- Gred men are accused of laziness, the majority. of them who are idle come from’ good families, some well ‘edu- cated, “and this new opening in. the Pullman service proves” that where they have heretofore been discouraged because thelr color had robbed. them of common occupations for which they: were qualifed, they will work and are Sul found. to be the most. competent And energetic class of laborers. Sev- eral of the present employees who have been known to be dead broke and out of employment in the cold winter kept up by a few. friends “and ‘their rela- tives, now. Bo home. early. from" the panorama’ of the stroll to take: thelr Test and take delight In speaking of their duty and’ praising ‘the briage which carried them safely over President Robert T. Lincoln, the spirit likeness of George M. Pullman and DOTHAN, ALA. A rally was held at the iPirst Colored Baptist Chureh, Sunday. The total col- lection. was $180, tne, nome Of 1. Price was consumed yy" fire ‘Thursday’ noon, ‘The Toss W: more. than $300. e Sirs Harte Willams, of Enterprise Ala, visited the city the past. Weel: BORDENTOWN SCHOOL NEWS. Bordentown, N. J. W. R. Valentine, principal of _ the Bordentown school, spoke at the First Baptist. chureh in’ Cranford, | Sunday, ‘Maren 26th. ‘A double male quartet from _ the gofiool Weil sing’ iNew | Brunswick Thursday, April 6th, at the Ebenezer Baptist church. ihe Literary’ Society gave @ very en- Joyable’ program in the assembly” hall Friday night, March 24th. ‘The school’ considers itself fortunate in receiving an appropriation of $36,- 800.00, The students feel grateful to All 'who contributed toward ‘this result br. Peyton DeWitt, a retired colored florist, of Bridgewater, ts directing the Work’ of the greenhouse. “He serves without: compensation, MOUND CITY, ILL. ‘The rally held at the ME, church by Rev. Sims Sunday, March 26, was a suc- Cess, each of the’ clubs reported a good ‘The literary entertainment given under the auspices of the “A. MM. E- church at the SBE T. hall, March 27, ‘was well fttended and creditable to the ‘members of sald soclety,. ‘The program consisted of fecitations, dialogues, and music. Mrs, Ethel Tansil was. the pianist, This was followed by. a debate: "Resolved, ‘That American ‘citizens should be warned off armed beugerent merchantmen jn the bigh Seas.” “Adirmative, A. Taneil and J.C. Penn, Negative, W. M. Henderson and Ww. Roberts. The judges rendered THE FREEMAN, Aly ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. eS thelr decision tn favor of the aMrmative.|aMiitary Homes are veterans of the | be one out of the ordinary. Me, Wyatt Caldwell; president of the iter-| Mesteat, ik,” spanteh-American, and | of the goctety were all per ary botlety, deserves’ much praise for his| Phillppiie and’ Indian Campaign Wars. | bility, this ability being « management. ‘The regulary outside those wars men-| superior training and instr ‘The Southern Tinois Teachers Associa-| Honed ‘are. eligible fo the U.S Home| Spnrcan heroiem of Jeph tion “composed. of “twenty-four” counties| at Washington, D.C. portrayed and. the. rend Hien eae oF sharisbuce: rheredase | Come to our summer resort and vielt [Tine and. er Daughters Tiny end Ratuelay oF ast eek, wa a: | Us, Decoration “Day, Fourth. of July | approval af all mune i Retday and Saturday of Last wack Wye Wy [and any old time you desire. “We al: |*"Rie" Moona “Alexander, Roberts's. oo Wiseta’ the Misses “Bovic| Wa¥# have a welcome for you. spending a while: with her Taylor HS. assistant; c Metray, Rows —ev Bloodworth, "at" her” hon Hlggenbotiom and irs, Gertrude Roberts OWENSBORO, KY. street eel of oor city school. Out of the|/ sae 1300 fn attendance, there were soaut elsty| attest 36, Hawes was in the city | ——r dolored anchors: "rhe madvesoes detieered| q,aiiee BAM Hawes was inthe city SoPE" GoBini, state superintendent of|buving’ lose her senoat at Waxessie | DQ) ¥ OU I Columbia Universitgs N.Y tnd De Le €.| "” sscorman Ford, of Yelvington, was] {at You can eave trom Lord president of Bastern iiinols Normai;| j, Mf, Moorman Fond. of Yelvington. was] gene. Sm ail household. go Wile doubt be Ingiring jo all wno ear] Wyeast" WILLIAM H. Bi them, to say nothing of the practical ob-| “Mfr. Smith Bradshaw spent several days| dealer in new and second observation of regular school demonstra-!in the eity visiting his mother, Mrs. Lucy | costa, you nothing to. ins tons Kentucky te | Bunt Siways something on ba Rev. A. J. Donaldson of Kentucky is In!“ Mr Ed. Hawes of Maceo went to| very thing you need. Sf the city and will preach at the Main} whitesville last week to attend the clos-| to Tone ‘married couples ‘Street Baptist church Sunday, April 1. Ing exercises of the school. 6407. $53 Indiana avenue. Mr, Simon Mathews of Chicago ts down} vise ina at ‘Ford was in the city| mont strest ona visit for a few days. Saturday on business. a fe: Mary James lot for St. Loula Taat| SRRIMY, OD MAAN ator of Asbury M.| _— E, church, left Tuesday morning for Louis- 2 Hon, Chas. 1. Rice as purchased | Vite “K where he will atiend te an-| 0 C6: Hupmovite this Batt weeks Mint costennet’ hoped thee he wii WOM VUE Gal on ae returs : ALTON, ILL., NEWS. ‘Mr. and Mrs, William Griffith left on| Induce your friends to — ‘Thursday morning for Louisville to at-| cards from us, and for (By Pearl Curtis.) tend conference. | ee ten ate uaete ae 2 Born) toh aay and ere emiee CrP nors,@ son, March 27, 1816. Sick’ Uist—Mrs. ‘Carrie Hopking has een ill for aeveral days. She iw get tine along. fairly. well. Mrs. Fant Walker and Christiana Miles are il and "are “improving "feel, “and tre Mayme ‘Tinsley also is improving, ‘he Walker brothers, namely, Clar ence and Ira, and. George, left her Miaren'25 for Hot Springs, Ark. Mr. and Mra. Burghs have moved t Independence, Mo. Mr Edward Prankdin, an axed resi dent of Alton, died Wednesiay "and Was! buried Sunday. Mrs. Jessie Johnson has returned to Alton after a few weeks spent in Jack: Sonvitie and. Springfela, Ti, ‘Mr. Means “died Wednesday at his home on Alby street, from. old axe His wife and’ two sons survive him. Burial was in the city cemetery, Sun- ay. Mira. Bertha Bass and her daughter returned from St. Louis to Alton, Sun- Gay, where her daughter was’ placed Unlier "the ‘care of a speciallst for her eyes. WAUKEGAN, ILL. (By Mrs, Ida Franklin.) | Mrs, Wm, Hall entertained her friend airs. Lulu "Williams, of 3433 "Dearborn Steet, ‘Chicago, last week. Dire: Green ‘Tarver ‘fell and bruised her hip while cleaning house, "Tues day. Mis. Harry Lewis Is able to be out again. Mr. and Mrs. Dodson have taken fiat on Browning avenue, ‘The Freeman is always on sale al the Sheridan club. ‘Mrs. Watson Visited frfends in Chi- cage, Sunday. ‘Me Ballenger, of Evanston, visited In Waukegan, Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Nailer will start his musie lass hureday. A REPRESENTATIVE CONCERT. COBUEUR Ole, Apri fe On 80n) day evening, April’, the quintette em: ployed by the Atmietic Ciub of Conim: us, rendered a. program which Was heartily approved ‘of by the many mu- sie lovers present. In addition to. humber of selections from light operas the following numbers were rendered: Prologue) from “Pagiiacel™ “(Leonea- Serenade’ (Drigo.) Fairle's. Maren” from “Midsummer Night's Dream," (Mendelssohn.) Piano “Solo—Campanelia. (Paganinnt- Lisat.)——Miss “Martha Steward. Overture—Raymond (Thomas) Song Without Words (Tschaikowsky.) Flute Solo—Serenade (Titl.)—Mr. Jos Ricks. (Orchestral accompaniment.) (a) Morning’ Mood. ()) Ase’s Death. (e), Anitra’s: Dance. frrom “Peer Gynt Suite (Grieg.) Violin “Solo—Deep River © (Coleridge: Taylor.)—Mr.. Geo. Smith, (Orchestra accompaniment.) Overture—Merry "Wives of | Windsor (Nicola) ‘The quiniette, under the manage. ment of Mr. Thomas Howard, has been Aecorded the best musieal oricanization of its nature among the Negroes of this city. “The ‘personnel is as follows: George Smith, violin: "Miss Martha Steward, piano; Jos. Ricks, flute: An- drew Scott, cornet; Wm. Still, ‘cello. , NOTES FROM TRICITY ORCHES ‘TRA, FLORENCE, ALA. ‘Tri-City Orchestra played at Mr King’s store, at Leighton, Ala, last Saturday. Miss Bessie Foster opened her, mov. ing pleture show Inst week and i do- Ing A very good business, Rtiss ‘Wille Smith has been working very hard each night after working at the hair dressing parlor and. then Selling tickets every’ night at th show. ‘Mr. W. K, Huddell visited here Iasi week and spent a few days here. ‘Miss Ella Wilson has gone to Chat- tanooga to live for 2 while, and bids all of her friends’ in Florence good: ve. Airs. Mary Richardson has moved in her new restaurant now, and. every: boay is weleome. "Miss Paulene Poole hag gone back to her work again and is felling some- what. better, Mra. W. H. Huddell is up on her feet again and doing well. HICKMAN, KY. There will be a debate at C. M. E Chureh next Friday night. “Resolved, ‘That the Negro should. enligt in. the United States army and navy.” Mrs. Mary L .Brooks, of Frankfort Governess of the Grand Household of Ruth, visited the local Household Sat- urday, April. 1. Myrtle ‘Sanford, the 10-year-old. sis- ter of Mrs. Sylvia’ Armstrong. and John Lee Sanford was buried Tuesday of this week. Prof. Charlie Holland, who Is teach- ing at Ridgeley, was’ visiting here Saturday. . ‘0. T. U. Club met at the CM. EB Chureh Monday” night. The Busy Bee Club’ was entertained at the home of Ars. Herman Peerseley Monday night. Rey. C.D. Diggs, Samuels, Steele and others ave’ helping ev. "0. Durrett with his revival this week. The Men's Class of the Pleasant Hin Baptist Church ‘Sunday School enter- tained the Ladies" Class of the above Sunday school and the Christian Broth: erhood Bible Class and Ladies’ Class © fthe C. M.E. Church at the U. B. Hall last Friday night. They ‘had a most enjoyable affair. SOLDIERS HOME NOTES, MARION INDIANA. James Williams, after a sojourn in Louisville, Ky., for six months on furs lough, returned ‘to his" warm ‘bed in Barrack 1, and says there is no. place like Home, Sweet Home. Henry Holt has taken a furlough to visit relatives and friends In ‘Indian- apolis, Ind., and Aberdeen, Ohio. James, Dépp, after getting a “ninety gay’ furlough “March 1," returned’ baci to the comfortable environments of the Home last week. He says the Apri snow was to much for him. ‘Col. J. H, Ringgold attended the Re- publican state convention last week And was a booster for Uz McMurtrie candidate for state treasurer from Grant county and of course Uz was nominated, Matthew Purdue, of the Soldiers Home, attended the G0. P. state con- Venticn and says he dia not know there was so many Republicans in Indiana. He was busy for Uz too, ‘phe veterans at the Home are very well pleased with the nominees. on the State ticket, especially Hon. Henry § New for U.'S. senator. Mrs. C. E. Haley Roberts, an evan- glist, and city missionary Of Chicago, preached for Rev. RH. M. Henderson Rt Bethel A.M. E, church “Monday evening, addressed the ladies of. the city at’ the residence. of her cousin, Mrs, Tda ‘Bell, 21 West Tenth ‘street ‘Tuesday afternoon and gave a message to the soldiers in the Barrack No. 1 at ia cm. Wednesday. She left for Richmond, Ind, where she vill assist Rev. B. B. Dill'in a series of meetings. 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After several weeks of the Standard plays as seen on Broadway, the Irvin Miller's own pieces entitled, "The Star That Shines." This is possibly one of the best plays from the pen of this young and ambitious playwright. Business this week has surpassed any week that the Company during the play in the city has excellent weather and their interpretation of the amusee Foo is the ants' Noah's Ark. The audience by this talented array of artists has brought so much favorable comment as this one and it is hoped that will repeat itself before they leave here. The Standard Theater had two very distinguished patrons at the performance on Saturday night, Hon. Jas. W. Miller, and Prof. E. Kinkle Jones, of New York. Mr. Johnson is the ex-tenzuela, and is also the Spanish interpreter, manuscripts for the Metropolitan operas. Mr. Jones is the head of the stage, and Prof. E. Kinkle Jones, both gentlemen came back of the stage at the conclusion of the performance and congratulated the company for its excellent performance and should performance that they witnessed. The entire Miller Company are busy each day working in another Thanhouiser company, the picture, The Image, Maker of Thebes, Leigh Whippier is handling the people for the Thanhouiser Company, and will be working on the picture, The Ester Bijou, Original Rags, Lulu Whittier, Rastus Calloway, LeRoy Morton, Arthur Allen and Elnora Wilson are also to be cast in this wonderful picture. Hidden Valley is the thanhouiser masterpiece, in which Irvin C. Miller, Leigh Whippier and Chinese Walker had important parts, will be released this week and had big scenes in this picture and several "close ups." Jacksonville awits this release with much interest as seventh picture, The Strand will undoubtedly be the first Colored house to show the picture as it has been booked for two days beginning April 23 and 24. . . . Quintard Miller, younger brother of Irvin C. Miller, joins the company next week. Young Miller has been at home with his wife, Joan, and the closing of Darkydom in New York. Looking through the columns of the Dear Old Freeman last week, I feel from one of its correspondents write, I think he needs some information to get it my advice to him would be unknown to him. What is the excitement all about, to get the money? Right, well, get some real information about Broadway Rastus Company, and see who you can pat themselves with. The pany was organized to do just what it has done, play New York, Philadelphia, Washington, then jump to Jacksonville, where the pany has worked 22 weeks out of a life of 23 one week being lost in travel. The $1,500 cooling system that is being installed at this theater by the Strand Amusement Company for the 23rd time is this. This is the only theater South of New York that has a plant of this kind. Miss Lottie Grady invigorated from a vacation at West Baden, joined us at the production and under the direction of the capable Irwin C., should again display that wonderful talent that has been the days of the Pekin Stock Company. MRS. MAGGIE HARRISON PASSED AWAY. Mrs. Maggie Harrison, wife of Horace Harrison, of J. C. O'Brien's, passed away on April 1st of April. Her husband was greatly surprised to hear of her death, and she members of O'Brien's She wore a blue company jacket for years and they all seem very sorry to hear of her voice calling me. Far away from the golden shore, so I must go and cannot stay here. I must do and cannot stay here. Till my dearest husband meet me never to part any more. By her devoted husband. NOTES FROM THE CAROLINA MINSTRELS Headed By the One and Only Ed F Peat and Billy Ward and 18 Other Singers and Dancers. Twelve men and eight girls, twenty in all will open the season Saturday, when the team will listen to hear from a cornet player and tuba player at once. There is always an opening for good girls, so write, "We're going to the Ward, 35 Fleet street, Brooklyn, N. Y., and after April 17, all mail will reach at Connellville, the care Carolina Mintelle with the big display Shows. Watch for the big display in the Freeman next week of Ware and Care. Peat, Knockers can't hurt us—every know who I mean, you big knocker. We will have money when you can't get fresh air. ED F. PEAT. ANDREAS BABERO AND COSTELLO VILLOT IN ST. LOUIS. ALEXANDER TOLLIVER'S BIG SHOW. (By Al Wells.) Monday night, April 3, we opened in Birmingham to good business which included a big at each show. The big show made a big impression on the people in the city. It is the biggest colored show in the city, the biggest heater, the biggest is full of performers. They were out to the big top at each rehearsal and were out at night to see the show. Bruce, Tommy Parker and Baby Mack, Claybourn Jones are some of the well-known performers that are here working. Our old friend Lew Kenneer came to see us and was capturing the picture of health. Lew is now working with Mr. Johnson, the knight in the king's arm. They open at Queen Theatre on week of the 10th. They will, no doubt, meet in this as they have their stay in this city as they have a good act and both are well liked. Isaac (Slim) Jones wishes to say to THE REEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER Mr. Jones, of Jones and Gray. No, my Mr. Jones, not the Jim Jones, team, but Mr. Jones, Sim Jones of Mississippi, the name I got from old performers on account of my height is 7 feet, my weight is 150 pounds. On Wednesday night Frank Chapman, of Standard Hall, in honor of the big show. Every performer in the city was invited. The hall was crowded and has been a number of dinners given for different performers on the show. This being Nappie of the Lewis Bros. home. He is certainly going someplace. We have a table (not visible). We have to hold court for Eddie. Leon, the magician, says friends, I'm here with the old dope wagon so I can have a drink. Love says friends, I'm still here and Ma Rainey and I are still making friends. We have my friends. Wells and Wells sends regards to Grace Johnson and Chinese Walker. Why don't you write. All of the chicks regards to all friends in and out. OLIO THEATRE, LOUISVILLE, KY. The Miller Musical Stock Company, composed of the six Musical Millers, Charles Anderson, Herbert Benson, Sadie Dunah and Roy, are playing in the Olio Theater. Mr. Charles Anderson, featured with the Miller Stock Company, is making a bille with his "Yodle" and the "Blues". Sadie Dunah and Pearl Roy are doing a sister act in the Miller company, and also acting in the sketches. Sadie Dunah is playing in the "Blues" and her buck dancing. Pearl, one of the greatest female exotic dancers in the arts, and leading lady in the company has been sick. Regards to friends. Mr. Herbert (Lefty) Benson, the "handsome" straight man in the Miller company, acts, tells and is featuring a character with whom he works. Mr. Julian Costello was at the Oloi Theater, week of April 3. He is quite a favorite here, featuring "At the Ball" by the Valley and "The Nile." His East Indian Temple Dance is ood and superb. NOTES FROM PAUL CARTER COM- EDY COMPANY. NEWS OF ROBINSON'S OLD KEN TUCKY, MUNSTBELS. (By Zollie Ford.) NOTES OF THE BUSBY SHOW. Prof. William Timmons, leader of the J. M. Busby's concert band, is the revered musician of the band, praise, having surrounded himself with some of the best musicians of the Negro alto player would like, from an Alto II player would like. Rest in Godfrey and from Brunswick, Ga. Norris Griggsby, comedian with the J. M. Cobb show, is making a movie called *Singles* that stars *Singles* to the *Blues*. Joe Norton sends regards to friends and Alonzo Williams, cornetist with the Busby's show, sends best regards to the Oliver bunch. Jimmie Watkins, baton manipulator of Prof. Wim. Timmons' band of the Busy's show, predicts the return of the drummer Olle Young, the peerless little wire man known as the manager of the Busy's baseball club. He took the team out for a game, and the double header at Duncan, Oka, March 29, and won both games, one white and one colored, at a score of 14 to 5 and 1 to 0. The team won wire much success as a B. B. manager. Say M. A., ain't that going some for Just watch the Busy's baseball club. NOTES FROM J. H. MAHONEY'S MOBILE MINTSTRENS. We are just after finishing our fifth week in the good old South Carolina, where we have a nice weather, notwithstanding that we had some very cold weather. The show nightly end now packs forward to the old Tar Heel state and we feel we need to keep her former reputation if the weather mits. Mr. Joe Russell is up and doing his duties making it so big, Ms. Dale Mounts on the Sick list, but we are glad that she is at herself again and improving his magic by investing about one hundred dollars in a new trick, the vanishing alarm clock, his own invention, and it is all over the world. James Thomas is bringing his band to the front daily by pulling off with standard overtures. While Mr. William J. Grantlin has a good little with the program. Steel and Steel are singing the Blues with great success. The St. Louis Blues, sung by Blue Steel, Mr. Pollock and Prince Ali Moni are fast friends and they can be seen to Mitch. Prof. Mitchell, the count, is very prominent. He unbuttoned his coat Wednesday in Spartanburg, S. C., for the first time. The most of the bunch is all out of the barrel and meets the ghost with a full hand out on Sundays. Frog is still up and down the Jales at meal hours and you can bet he is getting his. James Crosby, the Tail Talker, was the first person to another hit with Waterson, Berlin and Snyder's big song hit, "Floating Down the Old Green River." Some song and dance videos from Mr. Walters or Rube Walters, the clown, who has been advertising agent with us for the past four weeks, left behind a song where he was called to begin rehearsal. He made many friends over here and was a friend to James Crosby sends regards to Prof. Wright, Joe Miller and Frank Hopkins, Hoping to hear from you. We were there to hear him in his studio, burg. S. C., and this morning a committee called at the car and wanted to buy the show out for one day so we could have an opportunity of seeing the Marvelous Mobile Minstrels, but Mr. Walters and the other were too late and promised that he would play a return date soon. AT THE DOUGLASS THEATRE, MA CON. GA. (By L. B. Mound.) Walker and Johnson are making their second week at the Douglass theater, where they will be presenting best "Chinese" imitator that has even played this house and we have had numbers of them. With "China Town, My China Town," Miss Walker is singing "My Lou" and they close with a Russian dance, which takes the audience almost out of their seats. There is way to get them. It Manages, they are drawing cards. Billy Ewing and Carrie Purnell are also on the cast. Opening with "Whip O'Will," which very catchy, Miss Purnell is featuring "Some Beautiful Morning" and receives heavy applause. They also do a Tango number is "Hello, Frisco." They feature this in every particular. They send requests to Henry Jones of Richard and Kenner and Johnson, after three successful weeks at this house, have just five nights at the gym, their engagement at Birmingham, Ala. They meanement good, clean, classy and up-to-date vaudevillians. Nuggle Johnson, the partner of a highly wished visitor at the theater, that he was highly entertained with acrobats. They wait in the city, Mr. Tracy is always ready to entertain them. Tracy while in Ida Cox, matron of the Colonial hotel, which is owned by C. H. Douglass, has returned to her post of duties, after having been called to be a bride of her mother in Alabama. In *Photo Plays*. Monday—"Girl and the Game." Wednesday—"Broken Coin." Friday—"On Claw." Saturday—"Girl!" These are serial days. Besides these series, the band performs dramas and splendid comedies, every day. The management of the Douglass theater spares no pains in giving to its patrons the best performances in the profession. THE MOVING SPIRIT OF MOTOR RACING IN U. S. CARL G. FISHER PRESIDENT OF INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY From Miami, Florida, where he has been recuperating, Carl G. Fisher, the moving spirit of all motor racing in the United States, has returned to Indianapolis to throw his influence in the balance in preparation for the Sixth Annual International Sweepstakes race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 30th. Fisher is president of this track, and is credited with being the originator and promotor of most of the new and improved features of automobile speed contests in this country. The story of Fisher's life is more exciting and thrilling than fiction. His meteoric rise by his own efforts has made him not only a captain of industry, but is one of the country's greatest sportsman. His ambition behind the Indianapolis Speedway is even greater than to merely entertain. He sees in this track a school for all automobile engineers, and these car builders willingly credit Fisher with having furnished the way for improved constructions in many instances. NOTES FROM WOLFSCALE'S BAND WITH BAND AND BAILEY THE NASHVILLE STUDENTS ARE MAROONED. (By Coy Herndon.) A great many of my friends, no doubt, have wondered what has become of me. I was a little girl when we had quite a little misfortune, the larger cities of California were very good. Arizona was to follow, with first arrival in 1846, before we were to leave Los Angeles bridges were washed away by the bridges between Los Angeles and Phoenix. They were outting out. If I could only get the show into Arizona I was safe, so the whole nation was canceled and a big jump to Phoenix between, that was a guarantee. Mutt and Jeff were to follow us in Yuma the nation was canceled and the Los Angeles were eight hours late going out. making it impossible to show that we were within ten miles of us. We were within in ten miles of us. We were informed us the bridge to Phoenix had washed out. More hard luck, I got out. I was not playing of playing the Mutt and Jeff date, as were in Phoenix the night of the Earl Washington sends regards to Thomas H. Harris to Johnnie McIntire, Ed. Tolliver to P. G. Lawrey and Richard G. Strelts. Coy Herrdon to S. H. Dudley. Why don't you write? Freddie Pratt, why don't you write? Address 1190 119th avenue N, Seattle. From J. H. Mahoney's Model Mobile Ministrals. James Corsby, the tall talker, is scorned. Down the Old Green Hives," and comes back with "She Used to Be the Queen." Blue Steel, Joe Russell, Jenkins and Jnkins, Trice and Trice are all making do they do it right. Mabel Davenport is scoring with the "Chinese Blues." She took the author of the song, "Leader of the New York Ragtime Band," is with us and when he sings, by heck, you can go ready to play. She is happy. Happy Jack is another good part of the show. He does a funny little man. HeMontana, our treasurer, will be transferred to the J. C. O'Brien No. 2 Georgia Minstrels this week, and will be in the band. He and Mr. Brind has been with the show for the past two weeks and now he is well up in the duties of a retracty artist. Mr. Brind and has made friends here. Our callope player, Mr. Fred Sedberry, can not be overtaken by he plays a bunch of late music, "Morning, Noon and Night," "Little House on Hill," "The St Louis Blue," "Walking the Dog" and Mr. Joe Russell has been on the sick list. Billy More is also a little indisposed. James Crosby regards to the Shelton, Anderson and Goins. Frog says hello Horace Harrison, give me that gold tambourine and want to hear from her sister, Miss Claria Smith. Write, Miss Mabel Davenport sends best wishes to Hudgins and Brum Read the Freeman and keep posted. DANVILLE, VA., NEWS. (Bv Geo. W. Thompson.) The Mills Stock Company just completed the fourth and last successful week at the Mills, where they hit with her song, "I Can't Beat You Doing What You're Doing Me," Harris and Mine also had a great act. Cross and Cross was enjoyed by audiences and also made a great hit with her song, "I'm Going Back to Dear Old Tennessee." Miss Lena Wilson and Clarence Greer also won many friends while she played an enjoyable, Mr. Mills made a great hit with his song, "The World is Round, But It's Crooked." Cross and Cross played important in the company. Their first part was very good in which Mr. Cross and Harris and Frisby played the leading role. This company has been back in the public world, only to fail after their departure. This company has won a large number of friends while in the city and the public hope's them the best. Mills, Cross, Greer and Mr. Garrison, the piano player, had a little bad luck while auto driver, but with a touch of humor on their way. King and Gee had a packed house every night last week at the Columbia theater. They have been on the road but a short while, but they made good wife choreographer. Granstaff and Davis are starting on some musical act in Columbia. They gave the audience quite a thrill. A very lot of talking these days about the theater by the public. 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Give what you can; it is not meant to be burdensome. Very little will be required of each if all will do their part. Attorney J. H. Lott, of this city recently had the distinction of sitting as special judge in the Superior Court. It is the first time that a colored man has been so honored in this community. Perhaps it is the first time in the history of the state. Mr. Lott served only for a day. However, this says very much for the racial condition, and for the estimation of his legal ability and general respectability. The flag stands for the general motion. Under its sweep or within its folds we must be content to work out our destiny. The quarrel is not with the flag; it is with ourselves—the patriotism of our "nation." We live the Neroes, feel that we are able to forego our share of the flag, giving it up entirely to the white people, we may rest assured that our stock will be eagerly sought. Or if we still insist that we have no flag or country, we may be taken at our word when "Ise just foolin'" won't go. It is being said that the Democrats in Congress are preparing to turn the Philippines over to the mercy of the predatory world. The inference is that we should keep about them the arm of protection until they grow a little stronger, so they, like the little birdie, can fly away. It is up to the islanders as to their ability to care for themselves. They have at least, in part, declared for independence. It is also due them according to promise in spite of our $20,000,000 paid to Spain. It does seem a rather bad bargain, but this country made it, consequently it is no time to be sorry about it. Predatory notions need not be a scare crow in the matter. Whatever government that absorbs the islands will be one of the greater ones, and whose administrations will be in the interest of the acquired possessions. A certain phase of political liberty might be lost by the absorption, but greater danger will hardly follow: The Philippines are a good bunch to turn loose. The Booker T. Washington memorial fund is making headway throughout the country. The $250,000 which the colored people will raise will be a part of a $2,000,000 fund which will be used to insure the uninterrupted progress of the work at Tuskegee. Some have got the idea that the vast sum is to be spent in rearing a monument to the distinguished race man. A small portion, perhaps, will be used for the proper marking of his last resting place. But the money in the main is to be an endowment fund; it will be invested and the proceeds will be spent in maintaining the institution. Indianapolis is coming up very nicely in the matter of assisting the fund. Indications are that a considerable sum will be raised. This is as it should be. This community with others, owe it to Mr. Washington that everything should be done that makes for the permanence of his institution and the perpetuation of his name. There are some, we are sorry to say, a few, who take a small view of the matter. They must be ordered aside as it concerns this movement. This great work must be sustained. As we honored and applauded him when living, we will still do so after his death if we are consistent. Every colored person should feel it to be a matter of pride to have an interest in Tuskegee. A small amount given assures an interest of honor and in the aggregate makes up the sum required. THE NEGRO TERCENTENARY. Cast your bread on the waters, and in the days to come it will return to you, is an old admonition, and true in the most part. Not long since The Freeman made a great effort to have the better evidence of progress set forth in its columns by way of an exposition number. We were satisfied that the colored peoples of the world wherever they were would be interested in what the United States Negroes were doing. Since that effort echoes have been returning, thus proving our view to have been correct. The Herald of Christiansted, St. Croix, Danish West Indies, in its issue of March 17, reproduces the exposition number article by article by Perry Wilbon Howard, which treats of the Negro lawyers of this country. In some respects an exhibition through newspapers answers better than any our race finds itself able to give. Exhibitions in this way, even if in limited form, are carried to the people, carried thousands of miles, a distance too great for many to travel. The Freeman's effort while highly successful was not wholly satisfactory to the management, because the work was distributed through several issues instead of one great issue. How- ever, as before stated, this was a condition that was unforeseen. The year 1916, the tencentenary of the Negroes' arrival in America, will be another opportunity, perhaps the greatest to memorize their existence in this country. At the strides we are making, purely from a race standpoint, the intervening years will such that should be seen and known. We admit that the exhibition notion is a departure in thought from the one that would have everything in common. We also say everything in common so far as it is possible to have it so, otherwise peculiar things rather than nothing at all. The Freeman more than likely will be among the publications celebrating the three hundred years in America. Sometimes the wisdom of such demonstration are questioned, but if we sum up our civil profit and loss for the years, and are governed by results, we will have great reason to sing praise and give demonstrations. NEGRO BISHOPS The question of Negro bishops in the M. E. Church has reached the acute stage. The recent conferences, white and colored, have, as the rule, taken a stand for bishops for races and languages. This is not a new attitude by any means, but it seems to have a new meaning. In the little volume, "Racial Episcopacy—Reasons," by R. L. Lee, issued various general conferences of that denomination when the bodies put themselves on record as favoring the idea of Negro bishops for Negro churches. Notwithstanding the overwhelming sentiment during the years no Negro bishop representing the idea has yet been selected. Bishop Scott, who was 'made for the African field seems to have been a compromise between those who stood for and against Negro bishops of that church. the feeling, from what is understood, is, that a Negro bishop for the United States could not be reasonably held strictly to Negro congregations. To thus hold him would question the sincerity of the church on the Negro situation—the Negroes in that church. And yet it appears that the Negroes of the church who are in for bishops of the race expect such bishops to have to do only with Negro congregations. While this is true, it nevertheless would be a reflection on that church as a Christian organization if it openly endorses, or in any way endorsed what some have called "Jim Crow" bishops, hence the unenviable plight. The recent Philadelphia conference went on record by a big majority against the bishops for races and languages proposal. Rev. Frank F. Parkin, in voice his opposition, said: "Yes, we do draw the color line. We want no 'Jim Crow' bishop, a term that has frequently been used in discussions as this in the last few years. "I am a friend of the colored man, but we cannot deny or conceal that racial prejudice exists. We know that there is no possibility of a colored man being elected bishop by our General Conference, nor of a colored bishop presiding over the deliberations of our conference. I say let's stop playing the hypocrite, let's stop playing double and tell our colored brethren the truth. If there comes a day when we can find a colored man big and broad enough to become the equal of a white man, then let's have a colored bishop, but not until then." He also said that the time must come when the colored churches must form an organization of their own. Rev. Parkin is forcible all right, but he, by no means, represented the popular sentiment of his church if one is to be guided by the discussions of other conferences. It was scarcely necessary to make emphatic the point that they do draw the color line. In this respect the white members of that congregation are not different from those of other congregations. He is right in insisting that Negro bishops will not be elected to preside over white congregations, but there is no reason why the Negro contingent should not have its way—bishops for their own congregations. The Philadelphia conference has practically asked the Negroes out of the church. And from a purely spiritual or religious viewpoint there is no reason for staying. But the Negro contingent would lose largely in a material way. The church as a whole is abundantly able to care for its institutions owing to the prosperity of its members—the white members. The Negroes benefit largely because of their liberality in providing for the needs of their institutions. Nor is this worldly consideration to be despised. The spiritual prosperity of the churches as we now find them existing is greatly promoted by the means of efficient material agencies. Aside from this view the Negro M. E. Church could have no particular reason to cling to the old moorings. But this is something, and perhaps, too much to be surrendered without an available substitute in sight. THE FLAG INCIDENT. Our peoples, and perhaps, other people, are not much for having mouthpieces to voice their sentiments no matter how earnest and honest those mouthpieces may be. Every man thinks his judgment is as good as that of other men, consequently a spirit of independence rules with, and, which, for the most part is for the best. However, there do come times when it is absolutely incumbent on the part of some of the people, one, or many, to take a bold stand for what they conceive to be the right thing. Mr. Roosevelt is an excellent example of a man standing out, voicing what he thinks should be the prevailing sentiment concerning our position anent the strife that is raging around us by way of war. And it must be admitted that it is given to some individuals to have better visions than others; they can see causes and effects more clearly; they know the history of the human kind in all respects, therefore making for more assuredness in their conclusion than others less studious and less thoughtful. We are not wholly of Mr. Roosevelt's pugnacious views, but at that, he is an example, par excellence, of an individual running counter current at times, in or opposition to customs that have been established by the powerful and in their interest, giving the sometimes timid righteous a hearing that they essay forth in their own right to claim their own. Our race needs men and institutions that stand in the clear, of righteous convictions and right views, to preach sound, wholesome doctrines of political or social expediency when threatened by the maelstrom of passion through clouded visions. It is essential if we would not become victims The recent flag incident where a Negro school boy, eleven years of age, refused to salute the nation's emblem, owing to the publicity which followed, has called out a few of the order of men we have in mind. The editors of some of our newspapers who have dignified the incident by discussing it have promptly arrayed themselves on the RIGHT side. And we say right side advisedly and emphatically. We are neither dogmatic or empirical as it concerns views on public questions. There are generally two sides and which most of us are tolerant enough to accept, among them, exceptions, among which are those pertaining to the safety of a nation, or a people which admits of no differing, excepting in the methods of dealing with the situation that thrusts forward the question. On some questions we must be as unwavering, as decisive and as final as judgments from on high. Our race is one on segregation, lynching and discrimination in any form, differing in our views, perhaps, as to how best to remedy the evils. This is as it should be; for a few men only would condemn a people who contended for their own no matter how manly; and their condemnation would be like the king, without which a people is not worthy of existence. To assault one's country's flag is another proposition altogether. When the laws of the land, or proposed laws, do not meet the approval of men, these men form political divisions for opposing such laws, and also for bringing into play laws based on their notions of right and wrong, or expediency. These division, parties seldom go so far as to strike at the flag, the emblem of a common country. When they do this it is a manifestation of a desire to destroy the government, and to make sure that some laws is treasonable, and in some countries the punishment for which is death. When the South haled down the flag it meant business. Here was no ground for parlaying, it was the gage of battle as when the ancient knight cast his glove in the ring. It is true that the flag often comes in for abuse without unpleasant publicity. The late Bishop Turner was bold in speaking of it as a dirty rage. He escaped punishment because of the character of the people and government, and also because of his just contention for better protection. But the flag then, as now, is not personal. There is no way to get satisfaction by assaulting it or appealing to it. It does not stand for the white race any more than it stands for the Negroes. When it is assaulted or insulted the whole country, is assaulted and insulted. At least, this is the way we should feel about it. If we are bent on reading ourselves out of its protection it is not of a personal nature to be aggrieved, but we may rest assured that those who adhere to it will never forget the insult. The flag, viewing it now as the Government, as it is generally considered, is not morally bound to protect individuals that insult it or in any way attempt to cheapen its status. In the event the individuals put themselves beyond the pale of the flag's keep, and consequently outlaw themselves in a manner, becoming now non-citizens because of the repudiation of allegiance. This may be considered carrying the matter to a fine point, but we have rather understated the situation than overstated it. The eleven-year-old boy, who is said to be very precious, has not reached the stage of mature judgment based on past and present experiences, nor has those who have aided and abetted him. And for our part, we do not intend to let boy or man put us out of the Union either in theory or practice. Says Walter Scott in lines that run something like this: Breathes here a man with soul so dead, Who to himself hath not said, Who to himself hath not said. If we are wise we will contend for civil enlargement right within the folds of the flag. If we may think of it as personal, then we cannot get away from it, that in spite of what it does not do, all that we are, or may expect to be, is due to it. Did that boy read the history of the Civil War with the proper understanding? Did he read it with the proper appreciation of the trifling value in the eyes of the world? Does he reflect that hundreds of thousands of white men gave up their lives for us, while the world was filled with the agony of their women and children? Nor must we forget the death and suffering of our Southern section which poured forth its sons as freely as the libations of gods on the altar of their sacrifice. The flag lifted us from the mire of slavery, entailing destitution and desolation in its wake, altering the destinies of manifold of that human kind, setting up the blight of poverty to the third and fourth generations. Only once more in the history of the world has there been such direct and great interposition either by God or man in the affairs of men in behalf of a lowly people. Since God led the children over the Red Sea we read of no other salvation. Thus, with the Divine Being out of the calculation, or including Him, we, the Negroes of America, in our freedom, are the fruit of morrow and misery in and of more has ever fallen a lot of mankind to cause. And finally we sincerely feel to impress it on our kind, the Negro race, and say without fear of successful contradiction that, that great man, Abraham Lincoln, did not have in mind for us those meagre civil privileges now enjoyed in Southern states when he came to the Presidency, nor after that time. We offer this as an evidence of a world view of our status in the beginning. Should we be discouraged and insult our very savior, the American flag, viewing it as a personal thing, even as it is today with the conceded folds of bias? JACKSONVILLE. ILL. (By Nellie Early, 414 E. Superior Ave. Mr. Joseph Douglas, world's greatest violinist, appeared in a grand pleasure at the New York premiere of his piano, under the auspices of Ms Emery Baptist Church Brotherhood; April 4, at the church. It was largely attended. Among other numbers well known was the pianist Klimilbrow; vocal solo, Mr. S. Nichols; instrumental duet, Misses Glady and Hatarine Hayden. He was royally entertained April 9 at a excellent supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marrian M. Charles Burghart, of Greenfield, p.h., and Mr. Cicero, of Jerseyville, Ill. housed by Gloucestershire glossal April 4, at Mt. B. B. Chancellor. Mrs. Melinda Young, of Kansas City attending Bell Parish's funeral. Miss Cora Duncan, of Lolustam, Mo. attended the Douglass Class April 4 Mesdames Bulin Mason Waftul, of S. Manivistere street and Mamie Stew- on on the sick list. Both continue poorly, also little Laura Louise Mitcherson. Miss Bulah Wallace of S. West street, was leader of the Y. P. B. Y. at Mt. Baptist Church April 5. The family and family area are residing at 515 K. Soskinc street. Mrs. Hannah Henderson, of S. Church street, is able to be about. The program and debate was held April 25 of the Literary of Christian Church. The subject was "Which is More Beneficial to the Comfort of the People?" Daniel Tinsley had the affirmative side and Mr. H. C. Mallary the negative. The affirmative being the winning side. Judges were Mrs. Arthur Stewart and Matters. Ed Harman and W. M. Johnson. Mrs. Marion Clark, of Marion street is more better. BLUE GRASS OF KENTUCKY. Mrs. L, B. Fouse, Delivered Eloquent Addresses at the Mt. Sterling Commencement — Hon. Phil. H. Brown Attended G. O. P. Meeting. (By Hardin Tolbert.) Ananda Smith Hospital Benefit Program at the Court House n Greater Boston 1880. "I Promise Thee" (De Koven), Mrs Scutt. *Julius' Caesar* (Shakespeare)—Mr *De Knights and Ladies of De Reisin* *Staina* (Dungee) Mr. Harrison *Julius Bailen* (School Choral Band) *Pay* W. P. Ward Benediction—Rev. W. R. Ward. Ironclubs Club's Alleged Gullity Member Rangers Reengens—Detective Brown's Rangers The Iroquois Club, which is supposed to be first-class, and some are, Presi- tion W. B. Broodus, of this club, and W. B. Broodus, of another writer Saturday morning cursed the chief of police and myself, and said Broodus admitted that he gambled. They used language too dirty to put in print. Mr. Steward and other members wanted to have a duel in a business sponder caution the stay-at-home mother to be more careful with their gambles, and sponder cautions the stay-at-home gambles and hooze fighters. We know where we speak. Our advice criticism is only to the guilty ones. No young man wants another to ruin his sister, and we do not think some of these young men understand our motives, and is raising a family, they ought to be very careful how they treat married and is raising a family, they ought to be very careful how they treat detective, with the assistance of the judges, have offered protection. If the Iroquois Club thinks that I am in error in my statements, I have contents of every article that I have written. I asked them to make a statement of which they refused. We have violence against a member of this club. Editor Phil H. Brownb Delegate-at Large. Here on Business. Editor Phil H. Brown, of the Hopkinsville News, attended a republican meeting, honourably host by Saturday, Editor Brandon B. Gate-at-large to the National G. O. P. convention at Chicago, was royally met by his numerous friends and Botter in the G. O. P. state convention didn't get a look-in-rived here with these political enemies, Editor Ed. Willis and Uncle Ed. Chenault, who failed to land Mr. George W. Gentry of Stanford for the position of editor, then influence amounted to but little. Imperial Curse (title at the New Gem Tower) Monday Night. The Imperial Quartette and the home organization of singers among the theater community big in the theater Monday night. They also sang Friday night at St. Paul A. M. E. church at the reading of Richard B. Hearne, first tenor. They are composed of Messrs. R. Hatherway, bass; J. E. Borrow, baritone; Charles Carpenter, first tenor; Albert Hearne, second tenor; statistic of Joe Carpenter as tenor. James Borrow is president, S. O. Weatheris, vice-president, and M. Green, secretary. Miss Selena F. Mayo, domestic science teacher at the Clinton Street High School, was the chaperon of a number of students, and visited the schools of this city. Rev. J. T. Morrow, probation officer, was the chaperon of the board of education. From an authentic source this was unexpected to a good reputation in his position. Miss Bryant Brown left for Paris to visit her mother, Mrs. Susie Hiskman, and Mrs. Susie Hiskman are the recipient of fine baby Rev. W. H. V. B. Taylor, DD, passed through the city enroute to Carversville, Mrs. L. Bishop, 565 N. Limestone, is expecting to have an opening of the poro system in a new parlor with all modern conveniences. Watch for date. Don't forget the great song recital at St. Paul A. M. E. church, Monday 17th. The Purity Social Club, undenominational, of which Rey. E. M. M. Wright resigned as president. Dr. W. T. Dinwiddie, Mr. Samuel F. Johnson, secretary. Miss Lina Hagins will give a dance at the U. B. F. hall, Monday 17th. Prof. Henry Brown is having a nice concert this dancing classes on Tuesday and Thursday. The Starlight Club so far is the most up-to-date young Negro club in the city, and you are the only ones to miss mistakes. Remember you are only on trial. Keep your reading room first class in words and deeds, and try to keep your public appearances from the public, the eyes of the people are on you, looking for opportunities to be president; F. H. Brown, vice-president; A. J. Logan, secretary; R. A. Morten, assistant secretary; M. Messrs. J. D. Taylor, W. G. Brown, Taylor was elected as sergeant-at-arms. Special to The Freeman: The baby popularity contest held under the auspices of the Calvary Baptist church March 30th, proved a success. A grand musical concert, assisted by J. H. Wickliffe's famous Ginger Band and several vocal selections, which were well rendered and appreciated. Theatrical entertainment, Mr. Douglas E. Johnson, of $15 Prairie street, will leave for Hamar, N. D., in a few days. Mr. Johnson is in town to see his paper sent to him and will His many friends will miss him. Mrs. Ella Kelley, of 516 Chestnut street, will be the guest of the week, being threatened with a spike fever, but is feeling better at this writing. Mrs. Vatell Dickerson, of 312 11th street, is also on the sick list, but is very much improved. Mr. Walter Simmons is convalescing. Mrs. Clara B. Montgomery, 300 sth street, of 312 11th club, has been very sick for the past two or three weeks, but is feeling much better at present. Mrs. Anna Smith, of 33rd street, and baby Anna Smith, are recovering after a couple of weeks' illness. CREAM CITY NEWS Milwaukee, Wis., Special: *Milwaukee, Wis.,* appeared before the footlight at the theater with a bunch of nonsense which was highly appreciated and the Mr. Amon Daw Earnest Rogan impersonation of the Earnest Rogan to impersonate what you are going to tell Bob Peter, and their dancing closing was to be known to master. This is the first Colored act since *Brooks* and *Bowen* but we wait patiently to see our race Mr. and Mrs. Goldstone, of Seattle, Wash., were loyally entertained at a reception given in their honor by Mrs. and Mrs. Goldstone, of Seattle, Mrs. Mary Roach of 306 Eighth street, also entertained the western couple Friday evening. Before they returned something in store for each evening among the societies and clubs to entertain this couple on their stay here. Theologist of 309 Fourth street, has been called to Indianapolis to the bedside of his mother, who is very ill. *Milwaukee, Wis.* has been very sick for the past week, but is feeling much better at this writing, Mr. Billy Pleasant, of 516 Milwaukee, Wis., and the same address, are both improving. SHAWNEE. OKLA Remember The Freeman is being sold each Saturday at Lawson's. Any do- linga you wish to have published most recently than Monday morning of each week. Rev. Alston, of the M. A. E. church, is certainly beautifying his church yard. Miss Ratliff also made a trip to Oklahoma City. Those who want to see some of the fancy candy work of Mr. Robert McLendon take a peep into the windows of the Busy Bee. NEWS OF McDONALD PA (By Maude Redd) Special to THE FREEMAN. Mr. C. Jennings has returned from a visit to the University of Miss Bessie Lynch returned on Friday from a few days' visit with her cousin Rankin T. Pae, the University of Pearl Bennett, of Thornburg, visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Bennett, of this campus, and Mrs. Robert Young and daughter, Miss Arliner, of Burgettstown, visited friends in McGillon on Sunday, visited McMahon on Sunday, visited Pittsburgh, visited friends and relatives in McBandon on Sunday. Visiting was a Pittsburgh caller on Sunday. TROY, ALA. Dr. Donnal and Dr. Brown sure carry a care package, and they opened the Colored Drug Store. Mrs. Press Thomas and her Crochet Chair have a fine time every Wednesday. Mrs. Lillie Dokes is very ill again Dad Ellis is very sick We like to hear from friend Silas Elliott. HERMAN E. FOSTER SAYS THE COLORED ATHLETES ARE PLANNING REVENGE FOR THEIR PAST DEFEATS ON THEIR WHITE ASSOCIATES AT THE COMING SMART SET GAMES. The Smart Set A. C. games on April 25th will begin the next season in the Metropolitan district closing has been a most successful one for our star colored runners namely: Jake Dismond, Sol Butler, Irving T. Howes and Fred Pollard. Nevertheless, the lesser lights in the persons of W. R. Andrew Pendleton, Herman Foster and others who have had a more or less indifferent season, are hard at work for the races on the clinders and are hard at work on the tables on their white associates. Beginning next week, McCombs Dam In the Harlem Home News nine mile race, the Lakers won among boys among the 500 competitors to start. Aaron Morris, colored, who finished two in the race to cross the line. Clifford Mitchell was the second and Johnson Mitchell was the third in the C. A. C. Womack office team prize. ATLETIC GAMES SCHEDULED. April 14—Y. M. Democrat League. April 15—Samaclar A. C., 69th. April 25—New Jersey Junior Guard, 18th-29th. April 28—Smart Set A. C., 13th. April 28—Penn. Lakes, Franklin Field, Philadelphia. April 28—Reynolds, Relays, Franklin Field, Philadelphia. WILBERFORCE STRONG ON THE DIAMOND THIS YEAR. A Notable Schedule Special to THE FREEMAN. The Gold and Green will be represented on the diamond this season with a very strong team. The position left open by the departure of Simpson, Lebenson and Willis will have with some very promising new material. Lane and Coley are reported as great players. April 8—Wilberforce at Antioch. April 10—Antioch at Wilberforce. April 17—Cedarville at Wilberforce. April 18—W. Va. at Wilberforce. April 28—W. Va. at Wilberforce. April 29—W. Va. at Wilberforce. May 6—Muskumgim at Wilberforce. May 18—Wilberforce at W. Va. May 19—Wilberforce at W. Va. May 22—Bluffton at Wilberforce May 27—Wilberforce at Wittenburg, June 10—Capital at Wilberforce. June 17—Xenia Reserves. WILLS WHIPS JOHN LESTER JOHNSON IN A VERY TAME TEN-ROUND BOUT. The fight held last Friday night at the Harlem Sporting Club between Harry Wills and John Lester Johnson, served to prove to the satisfaction of every person present the virtue in that oft' repeated saying, "a good big man from the moment he goes to work." From the moment the two men are called to the center of the ring for the last instructions of the referee and the only handshake, Johnson apparently did not grip the grip of Wills, the danger of keeping within too close range of those two huge piston-like pipe drivers at the body of the big bronze Apollo. Candidly speaking, we believe that Joel Lester was fear-striken. He showed us the way to the politeest deference to the big man in front of him during the full course of his training on Lester in the art of ring diplomatic Whenever Wills would try to coax Johnson to open up by using a left or right shift, Lester would carefully adjust the grip. —proceed to copy the same movement, The greatest enjoyment that the crowd had that evening was the entertaining and engaging nature of his illustrations in living caricatures the every movement of his big opponent. It is the opinion of many that these illustrations are better to better advantage and fought more on the offensive than on the defensive, such tactics would have certainly been more difficult to kind, that he would today be an additional member to the ranks of the "Big Four" colored guns of the roped THE PASSING SHOW IN WASH INGTON (By R. W. Thompson.) Billy King's Players in "My Mother-in-Law's Disposition." "Dainty" Theresa Burroughs-Brooks gave a delightful impersonation of the suspicious wife and brought to her the gritish enthusiasm that won new admirers, and her acting throughout throughout Burroughs shines radiantly and she has a bright future as a performer, whether she is a singer or an ingenuent burroughs shines radiantly and she has an exponent of the testimate drama. T Spencer Finley, Misses Gertrude Saunders, Stella Hobson, Miss Howe Holly, Histon, Mrs. Holly Kelly, and Greenbury Holmes and William Walker had congenial roles and contributed heavily to the evening's ensembles, including the solos by Miss Harris and Mr. Holmes called for her encounters, for works with his usual skill and precision. As a welder of the magic baton and manipulator of the keys this accomplished musician The King show is excellent throughout and the performers have become individual favorites with the Washington University students, presented with a salvo of applause from his or her particular admirers. The aggregation is made up of ladies and gentlemen of culture and character and their correct attire goes far to demonstrate that there can be as much dignity and refinement among "show people" as among the devotees of any other program. The show also shows that the different artists are given a chance for prominence, according to their personal adaptability to the characters they play, and that they play to advantage. Billy King is a past grand master. The "Kings" in "The Old Kentucky Home." The singing in "The Old Kentucky Home" is admirable and in the solos and choruses there is great singing and a capacity on the part of the performers to benefit by it. The solos by Misses Burroughs and Harris "went big," and Miss "Babe" Brown pleased her many friends with her "old favorite" Senora? which recalled the palmsy days of the Brown Sisters. "Greenbury Holmes, our mothers rounded out a bill that is proving to be one of the most popular in the extensive King repertoire. Our week's offerings, that standard old drama and powerful moral influence, "Ten Nights in a Barroom" is underlined. Mr. King has arranged this difficult play in a most satisfactory and record-breaking houses will turn out to enjoy the well-ordered performances of these capable people. Chris Smith "In Our Midst" Chris Smith, the gifted song-writer, whose output is used liberally by Will Von Tilzer, the Broadway Music Corp. executive, and the standard music publishers, was in the running over to hear Bert Williams render his new song, "Never Let the Saints Leave You." Mr. Smith was chaperoned by M. K. Byars, the popular house manager of the Howard theater, and the guest of honor at a whist party at the residence of Alexander Tenson, 645 Florida avenue, N. W., on Wednesday evening. "The Birth of a Nation" on Its Way Here. Bert Williams Here With "Ziegfeld's Follies" Bert Williams was here last week at the New National theater with Ziegler and the shone lustfully, as usual, and was the hit of the big show. Many of us did not see him, because the accommodations for the patrons were so meager that at the end of the seats in the top of the upper gallery, who insisted upon invading the sacred precincts of this white folks' theater, were obliged to take standing room in the rear. Those who did not care to sit were forced to hours on a stretch, made no effort to see "Bert," or hand their hard-carved hands to the one that does not invite their support. ... Noble Sissle, the popular entertainer, passed through the city this week, en route to New York, where he and his partner, Eubie Blake, have a number of engagements. The duo will entertain vaudeville and will make an early appearance at the Hershey Festival. Edward Toliver, of Toliver and Chappelle, "breezed" through town a few days ago, on his way to New York, following a successful season at Paley Center. He was signed by Billy King and returns here Friday to join this standard aggregation of players. Ms. Sissle will be joined by Lonnie Fla, by legal business, will join the company at Chicago next month, where King is booked for fifteen weeks solo. . . . Mme. E. Lavieh Garnett, of Philadelphia, lecturer and interpreter of the Negro dialect, gave a recital at Third Baptist church in Philadelphia and at the E. Zion church on the 13th. Aside from her dramatic readings, Mme. Garnett taught the Black Women and Her Divine Appointment" and "The Superior Power of Woman in Her Own Sphere." She is also an ordained leader of the gospel and probably one of the local pulpits next Sunday. Miss Maude J. Roberts, of Chicago, soprano of recognized talents, is to come to the Howard theater. April at 6:15 o'clock, under the direction of the Music School of Music Miss Roberts is to be assisted by Miss Revella Hughes, pianist, and the Howard University Glee Club. At the close of their engagement with the Billy King Players, those clever artists, Miss "Babe" from Vanderbiltville, using a neat society singing and dancing act, planned on lines coming new to our stage. But the students' profession and the combination ought to prove eminently successful. They have a host of friends and well-wishers in and out of their community, who want their future with sympathetic interest. ROUTE. Prof. Wolfscale's band with Barnum & Bailey's Circad, Madison Square Garden, New York City, April 17. Prof. A. Brown's band, Sandyuk, Ohio, April 17; Lorain, 18; Elyria, 19; Fremont, 20; Findlay, 21; Lima, 24; Prof. A. Wright's band, Hope, W. Va. April 17; Beckley, 18; Montgomery, Charleston, 20; Athens, Ohio, 21; Ma- rietta, 22 Miles & Co. with Cole Brow Shows: Ft. Smith, Ark. Ark. Apr. Claremore, Okla. 16, Nov. Kans, 20; Coffeville, 21; Pitt- park, 22 STAGE GOSSIP J.B. DAVIDSON The Creole Band, with Town Topics, at the Murat theater, Indianapolis, this week. Tulsa a real live spot of all kind o sport and amusements. Carl Morr and Gun Boat Smith bout of April Mastenett and Wallace are now in Europe. They report that the business is all about to pieces owing to the press war. Harry Royett, of Knoxville, Tenn., says that he is a follower of the white top and that as soon as the birdies sing he will be with his own. Lev S. Hardie, a funny comedian, has been trooping in Kansas and is said to be as well as the city. He will play engagements in in and around Indianapolis for a while. Jordan and Jordan are now at home, Valdez, Ga., resting up and will be ready for work in New York and road shows and beauties houses at once. Would like to hear from Stella White and Gertrude White, us at 607 Magnolia Street, Valdosta, Ga. Yours in Valdosta. The Sandifer and Marshall team is just finishing a full week at the Music Center, Columbia Theater, Portsmouth, N.M., Columbia Theater, Portsmouth, N.M., 12; Opera House, Newport, R.I., 13; Library, Newport, R.I., 13; address, while down east, 14 common street, Boston, Mass. Grays big "Dow in Dixie Minstrel" is now leaving the Southern States, headed for Nebraska and Wyoming and will be joined by the Amusement Co. My assistant state manager is Noah Robinson, and our manager is Kampeter, an assistant manager who is bringing the big crowd Gray and Robinson has it. Lottie Torter of the I. C. Miller Co. has returned to Saratoga, N. Y., where she was operated on November 8, 1915, for appendix surgery. Day and day she has not seen a happy day since, so we hope for her approval in health as she is under her care. Day and day she has not seen from her friends. All malis can reach her care, Geo. E. Marraguitt, 30 S. Franklin street, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. W. C. Kennedy, who owns and manages the Gem Theater, has opened a small jewelry store for himself and his friends, for 15 years by Hope Bros. in their repair and engraving department. His assistants are Miss Ethel and Kennedy, and Miss Joan and Noxville Jewelry, Mr. Kennedy left them on the most friendly terms in an offer to buy them a very popular with all classes. Sam Evans, the well known ventriloquist, says something is surely going to happen. He will play the role of his activist. This play house, under Riley Roberts, is giving picture shows at this time. Altogether, Mr. Evans and Roberts are said to have been involved in a project to give vaudeville in a short while, immediately after Easter, according to the rumors. The play house has been a part of the program, and carries a program, Indianapolis will again be a storm center of the vaudeville performers. Welcome to our GEORGE FREEMAN JOINS HIS SICK WIFE AT TULSA, OKLA. George Freeman, the husband of An- nise Freeman, joined the wife with three months to the date since this act has three months to the date since this act has with the husband & Owen Freeman. THE LETTER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONER OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES GEORGE FREEMAN Lee and paid her mother, Mrs. Josie E. Henderson a visit at 1751 Scovel Nashville, Tenn., then joined her for a pleasure trip to Oklahoma. She and Mrs. Freeman the sick list for two months, but is overseeing nicely and Dr. Jockson Olka, Olka, says she will be as soon as before. Mrs. Freeman made her first visit to St. Louis, since she closed at St. Louis she was a sister team of Mrs. Freeman and the uncle Gladis Wilson Rose, and the theater manager, to credit, as they both showed restful tilt, Mrs Rose is a sweet singer, I find COLORED MEN Wanted to prepare as Sleeping Car and Train Porters No experience necessary. Positions pay $65 to $100.00 per month. Steady work on stand- railroads. Passes and Uniforms furnished when necessary. Write now. Inter-Ry. C. I., Majestic Bldg. Dept. 171, Indianapolis, Ind Tulsa a real live spot of all kind of sport and amusements. Carl Morris a Foothill Smith bout of April 7, was a big fan of this state, gets the decision over Smith. Little Mexican kid was to fight. Mexican kid laughed up his sleeve as he drew $60.00 without entitlement. McCain and his wife Madam Cordella guiding business at their Palm Garden boxing and dancing school. Freeman and Freeman, McLawry, at the New Lincoln, _ Lacee and Lacee, Kid Penny, Mrs. Mannie Rose, L. M. McCain. Both the theater's doing good business and the performers are working in harmony. Regards to me, inquiring friends in and around profession. Yours truly. GEORGE FREEMAN New Lincoln Theater, Tulsa, Okla. Dave Smith, write again. I didn't get the opportunity to play the circus, but I ain't single, Walter Brodales. We can get the opportunity to play George Freeman would like to hear him. Lowery at once on business. Write care The Freeman Pub. Co., Indianapolis, Indiana. Nashville 254, East Eustace, Nashville Term. ODELL ROBISON WRITES FOR COMING MINSTREL DOUGLASS, Pa.—The show still in Georgia making good and Odell Robison is making good singing. Jim Green on make at the ball tonight, also Gretchen and Robison is fine dancing team. The team has a piece band and has 15 people on the stage. The show will be at Gaffney, who son sends best regards to Jim Green, stage manager on O'Brien's Minstrel, also Miss Mamie Harman and the THE GREAT PIZARO. This is our fourth week in the beautiful city of Portsmouth, Ohio. Our business is great and the longer we work here, the more boys are fine. Our band can't be beat. Pizarro is still putting them over nightly with his wonderful lecture and every moment he heard a man talk like Pizarro. It is useless to say anything about the show, but Pizarro is with his wonderful tenor voice. That completes the first part. Robert Edmonds "the Black Caruset who cleans the Ohio and always gets great solos" and with his famous World's Harmony Four, Johnson, Wood, Webb and Edmonds. You can't beat Robert Edmonds. You can high notes clean and clear and William Bell always cleans up with the trombone. William Israel's big tuba and lead has the set of claronets and ceilidh help to our band and orchestra. Sydney Carten, our manager and leader has the set of claronets and ceilidh equal is hard to find. If the weather gets better we expect to open our baseball, our new own wish to stage at home with two women here now namely Mrs. Syd Carter and Mrs. William Bell. But there are more and more out there. Hello Johnnie Spoke of the Spelg show. Why don't you write? THE GGREAT SPIEGEL MEDICINE SHOW IS HEARD FROM Everybody under contract is rehearsing for the opening of one of the schools. The show will ever have. The show has on its roster some mighty elite talent that will make themselves widely famous and will be at the Charleston, April 17, where the Great Spiegel has been doing great business with his indoor arena. This year's roster will be Prof. Alex A. Berry, board leader and cornetist; Dr. Robert S. Schoenfeld, Nolan T. Washington, snare drum; Jansus Rush, trombone; Wm. ate, trombone, musical trombone also; Robert Schoenfeld, Nolan T. Washington; Wm. Thomas, tuba and Gus Gains, tuba. They will all take notice, look and listen when they hear that LINCOLN THEATRE, NASHVILLE TENNESSEE. THINGS AROUND DALLAS, TEXAS - STAGE, AND THE PEOPLE. The Park theater lawn, the lobby and the house is bubbling over with the goods. The patrons have caught sight of the big crowds are being better pleased. It must be seen to be appreciated. Mr. S. L. Faithful, late of the Snows Stock Company, is at the Park theater and sends regards. Says hello, son Shaw, Henry Jackson and others in the profession. Mr. Jesse Cobb adopted brother of Mr. Bob Russell, the producer of reels of music. He is in town to show friends over the country and would like to know why Bob don't write since the accident. All is peaches. Address 2905 Main Street, Dallas. Tex. When will the colored operators ease up on their pictures and make them clear here as the pictures ought to be. Wanted- For H. E. Malone's "Gay Coons from Dixie" performances, all kinds of musicians who double the music. Band members who double violin. Show opens April 17. State all and lowest salary in first. State all and Deho, write on it. H. E. Malone's "Gay Coons from Dixie." Hulbert, Ark. Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis, the well-known elocutionist, died in Bermuda. THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC CHICAGO WEEKLY REVIEW ANITA BUSH MAKES HER INITIAL APPEARANCE AT THE GRAND AUSPICIOUSLY; BEULAH WHITE BROWN AND JERRY MILLS GIVE EMOTIONAL STRENGTH. THE GIRL AT THE FRONT. CAST. Col. Drawley ..... Jerry Mills Capt. Carson ..... Elwood Brown Clayton Drew ..... Sam Gardner Jarret Drawley ..... Bulah White Brown Jarret Bills The introduction of a colored man as messenger queens the finale on actress. The Three Elliott's with a funny tumbler, were good. Neary and an actress were good. Neary as a double voice singer scored heavily. George and Marie Brown did not grow up to the standard. The team took weak and the soprano, who has a good voice, lacked artistic temperament, and the art and fancy dancers. Their single rise, but the toe dancer demonstrated, out last week, after Monday, having disobeyed the rules of the house. Harry Banard colored tenor, sang in the show on State street. The stage manager is a little man in size, but if they are not in the rules they are mistaken. It is hoped that there will be no further friction between the actors and the stage manager as both parties are valuable to the company. PROGRAM OF THE MOVIES. **STATES**—The "Woman's Law," Saturday, April 15; "The Question" Sunday, April 16. **THE PHOENIX**—The Hunted Woman, Saturday, April 15; "A Parisian Romance," Sunday, April 16. No children. **THE WASHINGTON**—Blue Blood and Red," Saturday and Sunday, April 15 and 16. **THE HILAS**—Theda Bara in "Destruction," Saturday, April 15 (no children); "The Green Swamp" and Keystone comedies Sunday, April 16; "The Unpardonable Sin" (special), Monday, April 16. **THE FOUNTAIN**—"Tom Martin a Man," Saturday, April 15; "The Challice of Courage," Saturday, April 16. MISCELLANEOUS. Kid Thomas and Al Beille have joined hands. They will be seen in Chicago after their New York engagements are finished. Madam Rosa Lee Taylor announces that she has retired from the stage, and she will be joined by her man service for 16 years, having presented her with a new home on Prairie avenue. Wesley Morris and Jim White were at the Virginia theater last week and their act "hot dogs" fared well at that house. Green and Delaney will play over the Butterfield time to Frisco. They have been engaged to be a letter to Austin for a season and will sail in December. Albert Carroll, husband of Ethel Burkes the entertainer, died at Donaldsville, La., March 28, of heart trouble. Both performers were popular among their friends in Chicago. Ralph Allen of Oberlin College, paid a visit to Chicago a few days last week by introduction from Lucius C. Harper of his alma mater. He was the guest of Walter E. Gossette, Mr. Allen's former employer, for a morning cerming a new act with scenery he is preparing for stage work. He has had much experience as an amateur and professional stage actor, as stage as Ralph Ray, after leaving college. Margaret Ward Thomas is soon to be a headliner at the Grand, if her salary can be settled upon. In her new Japan, she will be a part of a Japanese, and not only that, but her wardrobe is so very elaborate that she can be seen in the audience. Mrs. Thomas is not only a prima donna soprano but her presence is attractive and she is a model. She knows who know her in the days of Williams and Walker when she assays child character impersonations, are anxious to see her if she appears at the Grand. Thomas Watson, for several years a pianist and entertainer in Chicago, is a summer season where he is to lead the orchestra. The Arrow Head is one of the most beautiful and beautiful road house, catering to some of the world's greatest people. Greenlee and Drayton arrived in town April 1, from Cripple Creek, Col., having closed their western tour on April 2. They met with city consulting with an agent for an eastern tour. In the meantime they are considering a trip to Australia. There were three social mishaps of last week of importance to comment upon, viz: The Eaves boys' sentences, the Garrick theater episode and the Titian play. Seeingly all the newspapers, papers and colored, harped upon and placarded the little innocent eleven-year-old who did not salute the flag, instead of rop-manding his parents and investigating extent of their intelligence. James W. Johnson two column editorial in the New York Age hardly reached the spot. I noticed that the judge has since and because somebody from the boy's home had written him for information. It is reported that the judge has since the judge the boy in a reformation can hardly be held, and if such is the case the judge was wrong and the citizens should rebel and have the sentence commuted. The judge said that the judge could into account and if they could not make the child salute the flag then he would decide to make his parents decide to make him comply with the rules. There was no crime; nothing but an innocent child's failure to comply with the rule in school as a natural consequence. Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnet, I observe, has another small fight on her hands and in the classroom and in segregation in the Wendall Phillips high school. The Chicago Race News-affiliated newspaper, the *Farmers' Institute*, so we don't know whether Mrs. Smith is white or black, and the article is written by one of the teachers. I don't know the authority on schools and as a beastly critic, I need not quote Mrs. Smith's statement upon the subject. Dancing in high schools should be prohibited. Dances that lend to social equality and corruption where there should be none and that pay taxes for education of the children should be against dancing or social events introduced or carried on in public schools learn. BRAVERY. Salem T. Whitney. (Author of "Fear.") Bravery is the word to preach, And fear to conquer. Patriotism we must teach. And practice—that's suffice. Bravery is the watch-guard name, And fear, is pestilence; Patriotism means "be game"; And have a lot of sense. Bravery is the road to peace, And fear, is dangerous; Patriotism means "be game"; And fight's not worth a "cuss." DANVILLE, VA., THEATRE NEWS (By Geo. W. Thompson.) Owens and Owens are playing in Lycoming. Davis and Granstaff played to a full house last week with their musical act. They also played the Chesterfield Blues, an everybody enjoyed it. Madine Fairfax and the Boy are pleasing the audience at the Columbia Theater this week. At the Palace Theater this week the Dixie Chicks and the Masters of Butler Allen Miles and Glasse are pleasing the audience with their quartette. JACK TROTTER INTRODUCES A PART OF THE LINCOLN THEATER WHICH HAS HITHERTO REMAINED UNKNOWN. (By Jack Trotter.) New York City Special. In all of the write-ups about the New Lincoln Theater, few have been the expressions concerning the person who is the director of the plays in the development of this house. Sparse has been the praises accorded, little has been the recognition given. Yet day after day month after month and season after season for the past ten years has this person shouldered the cares and responsibilities, allowing whatever favors or eulogies that were paid to be taken by those positions brought them to the office. Mrs. Down is the name of this person who stands behind the scenes of the theater, of dominant personality, quiet, unobtrusive, is not repellent in manner or stand-off in temperament. The director of the theater owners. Silent by habit, but jovial by nature. It was she who was the first to recognize the possibility of players in New York City and it was she who was first to open the doors of her theater, thereby giving both oppo- She never discusses the war in Europe nor for that matter the business she has done with interest the she devotes most of her time down in her little cuddy-hole office directing from this unseen place, the big force of people she employs 60 run her theater. When not employed with her own business, she lists the list of charities which she regularly contributes to, for she is one of the most interested people in all New York City and the list of colored people in New York City. The big new Lincoln Theater is primarily a monument to the effort effort effort with her philosophy "The prosperity of this theater depends on how well we can satisfy our parental and small frame building of 299 seats to the great iron and brick structure containing not less than 1,400 seats. Minnie Brown Says, "Present Colored Stock Companies Own Life to the Company." ters by the two excellent stock companies of colored performers. that Negroes want the very best drama and theigo performers of ability and intelligence coupled with personal interest for hardship and scientific work, is being demonstrated the attendance at both houses, and those who are black or white, that have doubled the number of Negro men and women to portray the drama whether the theme be racial or literary by this time be thoroughly convinced that theigo, whether they will admit it or not, The Negro population of New York and the Anita Bush for the turning of the city into a rection. They had grown wary of second-rate audevile acts imposing on them, and they had grown absolutely disgusted by the different forms of vulgarity the management acts to put across the footlights. Evidently Miss Bush had long had a vision of the performer and the public and unlike the performers she was a "doer" as well. She found herself own in the white theater district, produced drama for the first time in college, and son of Mr. Billy Burke, organized a company of the best players available to the performer. The most commendable thing Miss Bush did the performer was to pay a decent salary "laborer was worthy of his hire" and tried to pay him accordingly. She was headed by many old performers and managed she did not ask too great a sacrifice while she was trying to make place for herself, knew they had to live as well as work. Therefore the performers in the two play companies that have sprung up from her business, indebted to her for her uniting efforts her faith in her race in the theatrical market, not even many of them were not members of original company. Too often we are prone to forget the work of a pioneer, but Burke, notwithstanding misunderstanding of the Lincoln and Mr. Burke, notwithstanding misunderstanding of the management of the Lincoln and Mr. Burke, notwithstanding misunderstanding of the management that brought a clientele of negro people to the Lincoln that gave it a huge impact. Anita Bush with her idea of a company never before known. The Lafayette management, although Miss Bush did management, although Miss Bush did management, indeed the present management, is indebted to the present business with drama it has done for some time past. Chicago is not a stranger to Negro street life, and has been on the wane of late years. Bush in her new field will be able to revive the old interest and make good. Charles Gilpin States His Reasons for Leaving Lafayette Theater. Mr. Charles S. Gilpin, who severed his relations with the Lafayette Stock Company last week, sends in the following letters. New York, April 10, 1916. To the Public: Having been asked by so many people why suddenly the Lafayette, it takes him a very few words. In a very few words, My reason was with this. I was promised a bonus if I paid this dead theater up to a paying bid, I looked as though it was going in a healthy condition, instead of a bonus the management offered to put me on a paying bid, I was getting by my former arrangement. Having carried out my agreement when they failed to carry out theirs, my niece may quit. Aplause may be all my niece to the performer's ear but it will not pay rent. Miss Abbie Mitchel and Mr. Creighton Thompson Set Up a New Record. The New York theater-goer, who attends "Paid in Full," on Wednesday at the Lafayette Theater, were astounded to play Miss Abbie Mitchel and Mr. Creighton Thompson. The play house which had been closed for twenty-four hours because of the management's misunderstanding of the history of the stock company, opened with Miss Mitchel and Mr. Creighton, was the leading man of the stock company, opened with Miss Mitchel and Mr. Creighton, but surrounded by the same old class of players who have since the conversion of the Lafayette into a place of gatherers of fame. The acting of both players was the same, the Thompson, taking in consideration that he required to commit to memory their own parts as well as every business and motion of the theater rest within the twenty-four hours, was nothing short of phenominal. This Week's New Play of Under Cover," as Much a Success as its Predecessor. "Under Cover," the sensational success of last season, which enjoyed such a huge success in Hudson, on New York's great city play houses, was reproduced at the Lafayette Theater or on Monday afternoon, when the show that ever turned out on a first day. "Under Cover," is a semi-melodrama and is being played by the foliage cast: Steve Dandy . C. Creighton Thompson Monte Yaugnin . Laurence . Chance . Gaspin Mr. Taylor . Andrew Bishop Mr. Taylor . Andrew Bishop Nora . Miss Ablele Mitchell Duncan . J. Frances Mores Lambert . Bob Shater Elie Cartwright Mrs. Chas, H. Anderson Amy Cartwright, Mrs. Deny George Daniel George, Mrs. Deny George The story is this: A deputy customs inspector named Taylor, recieves word that a ship has purchased the steamer $200,000 and that an attempt would probably be made to smuggle it into the ship. The ship is rich and respectable Mrs. Harrington and the equally respectable Monty Wagtail. Taylor, thereupon, calls into his office Ethel Cartwright and Amy Cartwright, sisters and friends, into a confession that she had stolen some jewels and then, as the price of his silence grows, forces her to serve as a detective when called upon. Taylor had been informed that Deny would spend a week-end after them, and he knew that Ethel was invited there. Now Ethel and Deny were here, and he knew that Ethel was the year before. Consequently the knowledge that she was to be forced to spay upon and betray her was pleasant to see. Then Denby offers $30,000 to be allowed to go and Taylor accepts. Denby touches off a burglar alarm and calls exposing Taylor as a grafting officer and revealing himself to be the celebrated Secret Service man in which, of course, arrangements are for a wedding between the hero and Ethel. LYRIC STOCK CO., KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. Just a line to let you know that some of the company are not enjoying good work. I stick list; Ula Jackson has been stick for over a week but this little lady don't give it up. Ula Jackson Kelly is a harworker and her many friends here sympathize with her. Ula Jackson Kelly is the show bugs are strong for the show gives her money. White is the real workhorse of the bunch. He keeps up the good work all the time. Sprizzle is running neck and neck with Bubber White. WH Buzzin--Burton & Entertaining Closed the show last week at M ing the show. St. Louis We Wish Ever WANT For Barfield Trombone player for B. & Write or wire C. E. B Toccoa, Ga., April 17-22 WANTED Gardner & Big Tennessee Soubrette with a good who can sing and da comedians and soloists bassos, who can doub drummer. Long season. Prefer all who can double ban All mail must be in by April 20, a body state salary in first letter an ets to the right people. Address Millard G Closed the show last week at Monogram, a Pastime Riot, closing the show. St. Louis this week, Chicago next. For Barfield's Minstrels Trombone player for B. & O.; also good canvasman. Write or wire as per route. Toccoa, Ga., April 17-22 Greenville, S. C., April 24-28 Soubrette with a good wardrobe on and off, who can sing and dance, send photo; good comedians and soloists, tenors, baritones and bassos, who can double band. A No 1 trap drummer. Long season to right people Prefer all who can double band. Nelson Littlejohn write at once. All mail must be in by April 20, as this show opens April 24. Everybody state salary in first letter and who you worked with last. Tickets to the right people. Address all mail to Beatrice, Nebraska The Nubian Booked Season Tolliver's in a Combination of Novelt Wells & Wells Trapeze Artists Featuring the Fly---Break---Away ...GAINES BROS... The Nubians Troupe Booked Season of 1916 with Tolliver's Big Show in a Combination of Novelties doing the Following Acts Wells & Wells Trapeze Artists Featuring the Fly---Break---Away ...GAINES BROS... Comedy Arobatic Act AL WELLS ALBERT GAINES & HENRY WOODEN Double Trapeze Act. Featuring the Somersault and Catch by the Feet Albert Gaines ...Sensational Tight Wire Act... THE WOODENS ..Bicycle & Unicycle Experts... Chas. Gaines ...In a Mystic Fire Escape Act... HENRY and LORETTA WOODEN Hoops Rolling, Juggling & Rolling Globe Act Al Wells & Albert Gaines Roman Ring Artists Dive over Five Chairs to a Hand stand on Feet Al. Wells, Albert Gaines, Henry Wooden, Chas. Gaines, Luella Wells & Loretta Wooden In A Sensational and Comedy Acrobatic Act Equilibrist Act ---: Seemingly Impossible Feats Performed with the Utmost Celerity :--- All joins hands with the company wishing friends the benefit with good acts to write to Lyric Stock Co. This is one of the many Maitre Daisie, Lena Smith, Billy Higgins, Ed Lankford, Billy Mills and E420 18th. Address Lyric Stock Co. 1420 E 18th. HOTEL DALE'S SIXTH SEASON. CAPE MAY CITY, N. J.—The Hotel Dale, of Cape May City, New Jersey, announces its sixth season, Saturday, April 22. E. W. Dale, owner and manager. RAILROAD DETECTIVES NEEDED, $100, $100, weekly; travel over the world; experience announcements; American chemical and industrial institute, 10% chemical St. Louis, Mo. LETTER LIST. Anderson, Chas. Allord, John. The Armstrongs Butcher, Milford Banks, Bert Brown, Buster G. G. Cooper, Grant Cade, Robt. Clark, Harry Crippen, Katie De Jackson, Frank Dain, John Dabber, Robert Edwards, B. E Fisher, Burn Grundy, Will Gaston, Gallie Greenlee, Drayton Gray, B. Goodloe, John Gulfport Original Hoy & Dick Harrington, Ham- tree Harry Hawkins, Chub Hunt, Hi Henry Henry, Charlie Jonathan, Jennings Jordan John Jones, T. H. Kelley, Kid. Lewis, T. M. Lomax and Watts Ladder's List. Lee, Walter. Leslie, Jack Leslie, John McFarland, Ollie Motto, George Maupin, R. Maupin, Ron McWilliams, Shelby McCabe, M. McDaniels, S. R. McDermott, M. Mack, Cuban Mosley, William Michaels, John Nicholas, Frank Nevele, W. B O'Neal, Guss Parker, Payne Pamplin, John Perryman, Frank Padmore, T. F. Pearson, A. Pace, W. E. Pace, W. E. Potter, Dell Goodloe, John Russell, Bob Rollinson and Rollinson Schenck, Wm. Seviat, A. G. Seviat, G. Searcus, Chub Scott, Richard Teasley, Whey J. Thornton, John. Young, Bob Victor, Anatole Whey, John White, Dan White, Mr. Jephens White, Mr. Jephens Walker, George Earnest Allen, Mrs. Otis Brown, Maybelle Brown, Miss Lillie Churchill, Mrs. Frankie. Clark, Mrs. Lillie Coleman, Julia. Dixon, Maggie Elendy, Hesse Eldington, Bessie Freeman, Anna Gresham, Mrs. LeRoy Garrett, Evelyn Grant, Mrs. T. Gresham, Mrs. Hill, Josephine Keelum, Maude Loraine, Marjorie Lazzo, Ectona Marr, Agnite Motley, Rosie Manley, Jean Prince Oliver Quince, Bessie Muriel Stern, Geneve Shaffer, Bertha Saunder, Bessie Simmons, Ella Smiley, Miss Turner, Lottie Williams, Mable Wilson, Miss Ruth IAT Vaughan--Mayme Entertainers Monogram, a Pastime Riot, clos- this week, Chicago next. Yone Success! TED! L's Minstrels O.; also good canvasman. as per route. Barfield Greenville, S. C., April 24-28 AT ONCE & Higgins Free Minstrels! d wardrobe on and off, once, send photo; good ties, tenors, baritones and tie band. A No 1 trap on to right people. Nelson Littlejohn write at once, this show opens April 24. Every- who you worked with last. Tick- tall mail to A. Thomas ans Troupe on of 1916 with Big Show les doing the Following Acts THE WOODENS ..Bicycle & Unicycle Experts.. Chas. Gaines 5 Seen and Heard while Passing By Salem Tutt Whitney With the Smart Set Co. Lew Hall's Column! Some o' This and Some o' That --- 6 On the Street. Look! there she goes, scarcity twenty years, And she blooms of youth has fawned; Her palid face is gaggle with fear, The white plague's claimed her for its own. A man draws near, she lifts her head And makes essay to smile,—to speak; Comes to her lips a darker red Than that which dyes her sunken cheek. She quickly wipes away the stain, She must not lose this chance for gain For all too near's starvation's brink. Her body aways, yet brave the smile, He hesitates, and then draws near, His gaze upon her face the while; But now her eyes ope wide with fear. He firmly grasps her by the arm; 'Tve caught you right, my foxey miss, I'll place you where you'll do no harm; Your soft been warned 'gainst such as fall, I tired, and weak, about to fall. A haunted look comes in her eyes, That soft stuff gits them other guys. Tis useless now to cry or plead, No kindly word the sick girl greets; No friend to succumb to need; Poisoned by the guilt of the great; God pity those who go astray, Open their eyes that they may see, When others will have turned away, Tis theney will have turned away, SALEM TUTT WHITNEY. E. C. Brown and Andrew F. Stevens have opened a new colored bank at the corner of Broad and Lombard streets, Philadelphia, Pa. The location is ideal for a banker. The enterprise is a big one, but Messrs. Brown and Stevens are men who are not afraid to tackle big things. The banker is a big banker. He is responsible for three of the leading colored banks of the country. The Crown Savings Bank, Newport, News, Va., and Brown and Stevens Bank, Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Stevens is affiliated with one of the oldest and most reputable banks in the city. His word is as good as gold and his honesty and integrity unimpeachable. Both gentlemen are Philadel- phia's leaders in confidence for the new enterprise. It is not how much money one makes but how much one saves that counts. I once heard Dr. Washington, the that white men of business were likely to overlook a colored man who had the things, but a head full of Latin and Greek to recommend him to their consideration, but that the largest railroad company could not overlook a colored man who owned a farm that intercepted the right of way of a proposed road. And could not overlook the "Dollar ($) Mark" published by Brown and Stevens. Do you know that there are fifty-seven colored banks in this country that annually handle millions of dollars? I lent this a remarkable record—from shaves in the cotton fields less than Some o' This and Some o' That. The opening season! Lets try and make it successfully! Shows may come, and shows may go but it looks like Prof. Eph. Williams and Alex Tolliver stay for ever. Keep it up my good brothers. The *successful and, painstaking Smith always laughs while the idea of the sparks may fly in every direction, he continues to hammer away upon the piece of material until it burns the sparks up. So the anvill man, deeming the fire of sufficient temperature, and the iron at red heat, would proceed to ring the hammer. "SIT ON THE LID AND LAUGH." Build for yourself a strong box, Fasten each part with care. When it's strong enough, can make it. Put all your troubles there. Hide all your troubles of your failures, And each bitter cup that you quiff. Lock all your headaches within it. Then sit on the lid and laugh. Tell no one else its contents, never secrets share. When you've dropped in your care and worry. Keep them forever there. Hide them from sight so completely. That the world will never know Fasten the strong—securely, Then sit on the lid and laugh. Why don't our colored "top toppers" produce each year an "all star" A-1 revues" featuring such H. H. Dudley Salem Tutt Whitney, J. H. Tutton NEWS OF THE PLAYER'S Sadie Durah is with the Miller Stock Company. Regards to Freddie. Elbert White and Mary Bradford have just closed two successful weeks in Louisville, Ky., and made good. Greer and Delaney are at the Lyric Theater, Danville, Ill., the first half of the week; at Wakeeon, Ill., last half. Mrs. Maggie Knox, at Albany, Ga., gave a party at her home on Sunday night for her friend with Silas Green Shows. Max C. Elliott, the wildcat agent ahead of roph, Eph William's Silas Green Co. No. 1, from New Orleans, writes from Chester, C. We are wending our way northward at the rate of 80 3 fifty years ago, to owning and operating fifty-seven banks. It is your duty to open an account with your colored bank. You owe it to your race, to your children, and to yourself, to do all you can toward building up colored institutions. You owe it to your race, to your children, and to yourself, to do all you can toward building up colored institutions. You owe it to your race, to your children, and to yourself, to do all you can toward building up colored banks as an indication of the thrift and financial strength of the bank. You owe it to your race, to your children, and to yourself, to do all you can toward building up colored people deposit in white banks, it is accepted as an evidence of the thrift and financial strength of the white banks. All loyal colored enterprises employ colored brain and intellect—colored minds and girls. Some colored man's son or daughter is certain to find employment in the colored business. But in a white institution it is different. The colored man is permitted to deposit his money alright, but he cannot be closed against him further than that. You know in the very beginning there are many of your daughters being employed in a white bank. You do not expect it, but you do expect to see color clerks in your office. You hope some day your son or your daughter will be holding a position of trust and being reliance means confidence in one's self—the use of independent judgment. We have no patience or use of color clerks. You reliance to act for themselves. Rely on yourself—satisfy yourself. When you are convinced—act—act for yourself. We often hear of men who have been killed by a gun, who suddenly die, leaving their families peniless—even the furniture in the house belonging to someone else, who leaves its children dead in our eyes he is the worst of criminals. Such a man is often wrong against his wife and children by binging them of their rightful share of his earnings. Who saves will walk with a lighter step, his heart will beat more cheerly. When lack of work or advenience occurs, it face it without fear or misgiving. Colored people of Philadelphia own ten million dollars worth of real estate. The estimated value of church property owned by colored people in Philadelphia is more than two million of dollars. The colored people of Philadelphia have nearly ten million dollars in dollars in real estate. The amount of money earned by colored people of Philadelphia will total $100 million. It is estimated that the cost of repairs to property owned by colored people in Philadelphia amounts to nearly two hundred thousand dollars in real estate. How much of the cost of mechanics? If the colored people of Philadelphia in Philadelphia in real estate and personal property, and saved ten million dollars have acquired twenty-five millions of dollars in real estate and personal property, and saved ten million dollars, how much time earned seven million dollars 2 year, what has become of the rest of the money? It would seem that the cost of personal property and year earned only seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars of it was put in real estate and personal property, and saved ten million dollars, and that nearly 90 per cent. went for the necessities of life, extravagance, startling and worthy of serious thought. The first colored bank was the direct outcome of a lynching, which was carried out by a deceased called Drakes Binch, Va., in 1887. It seems that the treasurer of a local organization had a balance of money to lend to it with a white storekeeper, and it soon became noised about that the Negroes were organizing one sashing of the money to know, although the impression was that it was to be in revenge of the lynching. At any rate the merchant who was organizing money tried to discourage the meetings. A colored preacher arrived on the scene in time to save the day, and at a subsequent meeting he had booked their own, prying and unfriendly white men could not look into their affairs, and by a countryman named W. E. Grant. The bank was opened for business April, 1899, in a private house, with J. Leubrichii, Thomas A. Brooks, Billy King, Allie Gillam, Julius Glenn, John Rocker, Green Bory Holes, "String-Beans" Tim O'Connor, "The Big Boss" Mitch McCall, Echtl Williams, Blanche Thompson, Hattie Ackers and others of noted ability. It would be a paying proposition. The white performers "ah doing it." Get --- miles a day, and will soon be back in God's country after a successful win. The show is now in West Virginia, and reports business fine. Regards to all friends. Elise and James Miller of the six Musical Millers, are featuring "Ragging the Scale" and "Midnight Cakewalk Ball" on the organ chimes. Russell and Gadson, Sam and Happy, after two successful weeks at the Dixie Mall, joined Monday at the Dixie, Richmond, Va. Alvin (Zoo) Robertson, trombonist, boarder with Tollivans Smart Set Company for season of 1916, has resigned from the mail will reach him at his home, 2407 Saratoga street, New Orleans, La. Queen Dora was such a drawing card at the Gem Theater in Charles City, Ia., that the manager gave her another card and the same one in the street. My agent is G. E. Doe, Boyce Majestic Theater, Waterloo, Ia. Ada Lockhart, leading woman on Prof. Eph William's Silas Green Co., was the two-days' guest of Mrs. Leroy and was royally entertained with midnight sun. THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER pers, auto rides galore. Sunday night Mrs. Leveron Krox gave a supper and it was a great time. "fixings" that goes with it. Waldorf salads, apricot, ice cream. Those pres- sure desserts. A guest of honor: Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Blake, Mr. Ford Wiggins, W. L. Blake, Mrs. Leveron Krox, toast master; Mr. Lawrence Booker and the Misses Booker, Wilson and White, of Albany. Every one reported saying. Say long live Mrs. Leveron Krox JUST A LINE FOR THE CAMPBELL NEW ORLEANS MINSTRELS. Everything is going on fine at the headquarters at Evansville, Wis. and when the show opens it will be one of the best roads in the area. Road. Just look us over any time from the front door to the stage and then take a look at the two fine cars that carry the show over the road. The cars are the best cars. The time the bad weather will be all over. The New Orleans Minstrels will use the big theater that cost $50,000 for rehearsals and one of the best houses the show business for the size town. QUEEN THEATRE, CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE. We have an excellent bill this week and playing to full houses every night is going big. Joe Winn and Carrie Nugent are cleaning. Seymour and Mary putting on good afterpieces. The audience and manager and everybody are pleased. King Rastus Brown and Baby Mack are coming next week. NEW YORK NEWS. (By Billy E. Jones.) The Kratons are at the Lincoln Theater, New York. Holiday in Dixie company at the Pantago Theater, Tacoma, Wash. Rucker and Winifred are at the Orpheum Theater, Sloux City, Iowa. Fiddler and Shelton are at the Seventh Avenue Theater, Calgary, Can. At Leroy's, the Cabaret Revue is drawing the crowds at this popular place. Crumby and Cross are at the American Theater, New York, and scoring a big hit. Wilson and Wilson are at the Orpheum Theater, Greenbay, Wis. Regards to New York friends. The Old Time Darkies' Quartette are hearing their successful season and was a big hit through the East. This week they are at the Hippodrome, Youngstown, Ohio. At the Lilylia, 115 West 131st street, New York every evening, Miss Cora and Ruth Kearns, in helpful popular songs, and the patrons speak highly of their clever artists. When in New York don't forget to stop at 75 West 135th street, New York. Watch the band of theagement of one of the best caterers and hotel men in the country. Mr. Charles A. Lett, who is well known and well liked by each and every one. Dink Stewart, the comedian, formerly dork of the stage at the Lafayette Theater at the Sunday night concert, April 2. He audience in New York vulgarity don't go. It may go in some parts of the South, but not here. The Carolina Minstrels in their last week of rehearsal. Messrs. Billy Ward and the best performers obtainable are engaged, to round the company in shape. The best performers obtainable it a real first-class show. There have been minstrels in the past leaving New York, but none quite so well. The greatest New England show, which open for thirty-five weeks, Girls, can use three girls and Billy Ward, 35 Fleet street, Brooklyn. Mrs. Rose Orr, the well-known actress, now retired, was married March 14, 2013 to the late Greer was bridesmaid and Dink. Stewart best man. The wedding anniversary was on the 14th of the bride, 128 West One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street, New York, last Friday evening. A large number of students at the college well liked in and out of the profession. Bille E. Jones, Miss Marie Greer and Dink Stewart entertained in an elaborate dance. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S "OTHELLO." Presented by Mr. Ed. Sterling Wright and His Company of Colored Actors at the Lafayette Theatre, 132d Street and 7th Avenue, Under the Management of Mr. R. Voelckel for Many Years Promoter of the Famous Black Ballet Company. One Week Beginning April 17, in Honor of the Tercentery Shakepearian Celebration, "We Live in a Wonderful Age." (Sir Herbert Beerboom Tree.) In an address before a representative colored audience at the Lafayette at which we were present at which we also present such distinguished personages as Sir Herbert Beerbom Tree and daughters, Miss Iris, Mr. Rick Campbell, Mr. F. Cunliffe-Owen, Prince Lleven of Russia, the Englishman many of the executives of the Shakespeare Tercentenary committee. Sir Herbert in addressing the vast audience "We live in a wonderful age. I am sure that with all his imagination and knowledge, we will Negro race in the twentieth century would honor his name by playing one of the greatest tragedies. am dearest to you, the high prosperity, the education and intelligence that your race has reached, to realize that Shakespeare will be judging boards. I hope that all of you will learn to love him and the works of his Joe Brinker, of J. C. O'Brien's Famous George Minstrels Company passed away at 11:30 a.m. He was sick for two weeks with heart trouble. He was a mem-bassador. On the morning of his death he got up and ate an orange and told several friends feeling much better and had taken a long walk and then went in the car to see his brother, one of the members called all of the company to his bedside and told them that Joe was dead. He was very happy to be back to work as a member of J. H. O'Brien's Company several years ago, and last season he rejoined J. H. H. O'Brien's Company, and all of the old members were very happy. Everybody did everything that was in ..Performers Booking Independent.. Write J. Nicholson, 'COLUMBIA THEATRE', 524 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis. One and two weeks - state lowest salary. For Metropolitan Theatre, Memphis, Tenn. Acts of all kinds and stock companies State in first in letter. Will place tickets anywhere in the United States. For treatment acts act who have played my house. A. Barrasso, Mgr. Metropolitan Theatre Memphis, Tenn. Wanted for the Olio Theatre (INCORPORATED) 13th & Walnut Sts., Louisville, Ky. Clark Amusement Company, Props. Joseph Clark, Jr., Manager Vaudeville acts of every description. No act too big. Stock companies and traveling organizations write or wire. All letters answered same day received. Tickets advanced anywhere in the United States. Theatrical Enterprises 1853 7th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. We have the theaters for the acts and acts for the theaters. We are ready to do business both ways. Put your theatre on the circuit and get results. Now book the best houses. Address all mail direct to NOTE—Lew W. Henry is no longer connected with this enterprise. Wanted for Dreamland Theatre! Want to hear from road shows, real stock companies and vaudeville artists at all times. Open time for road shows Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Address their power to make him happy. Mr. O'Brien tried to find his relatives in Louisville, Ky., J. H. O'Brien put him away very nice. Joe was his name, and like the song of the day, he is coming. I am coming. I am coming. Yes, dear Lord, I am coming to Thee. I am coming to the land. And I'll be at your command. From which no man can say, That I will not obey. THE COMPANY NOTES OF THE FAMOUS ALABAMA MINSTRELS. We are still in the State of Louisiana and are playing to packed houses nightly. The bunch works together to clean, refined minstrel show that has and will always please the public. The clean, refined minstrel show that has and will always please the public. The thing a trifle better. Each department is well represented with people of brain and culture that stands for the business. The show opens with a well-costumed first part, with beautiful movements and gesticulations that catches the eye. The piece that's way above the standard of an "Eph and Dinah Celebration." The stage is under the care of Mr. A. G. McCormick, the foremost producers are long. He is full of bright ideas and pleasant to work with. The band under the guidance of the now numbers fifteen and is a credit to musicians the country over. Jeff can well be termed the little "Napoleon of the North." The players and is an exceptionally good musician himself. Handling a repertoire of all the standard and classic concert bands. The ladies all form a dazzling spectacle in their beautiful costumes. They wear dresses by the designer, McFarland, Baker and Miss Edington, the latter in her wooden dress, and the four rounds of applique and withal plays in the band concerts. Mrs. Henderson, the band director, Dianian, Willie Edwards, screams the house every night. They deserve an unstinted amount of praise. James McFarland, the band director, with a line of talk far above the ordinary fowl-house ruse. On a whole organization comprised of some of the best talent available. The orchestra is again under the invigorating guidance of a very unique organization comprised of some of the best and latest publications. Roster of band: Jeff Smith, cornet, conductor; Sherie Green, bassist; conductor of the best and latest publications. Raymond Lattimore and J. M. Henderson, clarinet; Clarence Dewens, pico; bassoon; Bones; A. J. McFarland and Mr. Reed, altos; Robert Cade, tubo; Ed Hill, bassoon; Jake Ellott and Andrew Erans, drums. Jake Elliott sends best regards to the Silas Green Green Co., also the Virginia Green Co., to be remembered by Prof. Moreland of the Georgia; Smart Set also to Albert Kemp to be remembered by Prof. Moreland to ask to be remembered to the Virginiaias. In fact the entire company sends regards to both Georgia Smart Set and Virginia Smart Set; Mattimore says Harry "Yankee" Owens, write him sometimes. Sends regards to Jasper Taylor. Handy's orchestra, J. W. Wright of Richards and Pringles and James Crosby of J. C. Wright of Virginia. Sends regards to Harry "Yankee" Owens with Virginia Minstrels, says write. Frank orchestra leader, sends best regards to F. B. Woods of the Busy's Minstrels. GIBSON'S NEW STANDARD THE- ATER. PHILADELPHIA. With Salem Tutt Whitney and J. Homer Tutt as the chief fun-makers and laugh producers, the three-act musical "Bullion Abroad," written and staged by Whitney, Lyrics by Tutt and music by James Yaughn, offered at Gibson's proves to be a riot of fun and nonsense, which is thoroughly enjoyed by the audience. There are seven scenes which are thrilling to the extreme and abound in fun enough to keep the audience in an agreeable mood. His maker of "Washington Bullion" and Tutt as Sam Cain, Bullion's friend never fail to bring forth laughter. With the assistance of Blanche Thompson, prima cooperator of Bullion, she soubret and alto singer, and Luke Scott in character work carry the show along at a lively clip, and the many musicals that he performs. The singing of "Shibe On Southern Moon" and "Manyauna," by Miss Thompson are well done and bring service well that the matriculation of the air imbues the whole house to that extent Homer Tutt is clever; he is an adebt dancer. His perfect case in his work alms him in holding close attention. He is well known, well adorned, the chorus, though not as large as when here before, is well selected, and its members have rather good vocal skills and zinging costumes, and the scenic embellishments are a visual feast. There is a delightful picture and electrical effects This service to Whitney and Tutt in permitting them to appear in a guise that is familiar to the audience is liked by their many admirers. The play affords entertainment and therefore is sufficiently recommended to rejoice in comings or any other weakness. Whitney and Tutt certainly have a strong sense of dispatched after the sincere welcome given them this week. Manager Gibson is always doing something good, with his theater insured in the State Workman's Insurance Fund, whereby from same, the employees and their dependents are well taken care of. Musicians to double band or orchestra; Performers with the goods for vaudeville and stock. Address. $3,50.00 to be given to the one selling the highest number of Dr Booker T, Washington's Memorial song. Sell on commission. 25c per supply. Send $1.00 for supply. Address W. M. Caldwell, 132 Manning Ave., Sumter, S. C. WANTED! For J. H. Eschman's Circus Colored musicians, cornet, must be strong player: tuba, trombone, trap and base drums; violin that doubles in band. D. C. Hawn is not connected with this show. This is the eighth season and never missed a pay day. Ask anybody. Address Dennis West, Band Leader J. H. Eschman Circus, Salisbury & Guinot Ave., Kansas City, Mo. NEWS OF THE PLAYERS. Jimmie Dick, that calssy singing, dancing and talking comedian, will be on the Dudley time with a real act soon. * **Whitney Viney, late of the Richards home and one account of illness of his mother. He would be glad to hear from all friends at his home. Address: 1234567890, home, account of illness will be home for an indefinite period. He sends regards to Clarence Powell and the Georgia bunch, and says he will be in the future. Regards to the profession.** The Most Beautiful Theatre on the South Side First Run Motion Pictures of the Highest Quality. Everybody Welcome Gibson's New Standard Theatre! South St. at 12th, Philadelphia, Pa. John T. Gibson, Prop. Want first class acts of all kinds. Also booking road shows. Address John T. Gibson, Proprietor The Foster House Catering to the traveling public. Nicely furnish-d rooms. up to date bath. short orders at all times. Banquets served. Rates reasonable. Phone. City 583. O. W. Mason, Manager. 821 W. Walnut St. Louisville Ky. WANTED Wants to hear from all good acts. Letters answered same day. Address Sam E. Reevin, Mgr., 318 Pine Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee ODaniel & Russell Engraving Co. PHOTO ENGRAVERS AND ELECTROTYPERS. Halftones and Zinc Etchings in one or more Colons QUALITY WORK AND PROMPT SERVICE ARTISTS DESIGNERS ENGRAVERS WE MAKE SERVICES OF NEWS PAPER CUTS 122 E. Ohio St. Indianapolis Good vaudeville acts and stock companies. LINCOLN THEATRE Israel Woodson, Mgr. 6318 Frankstone Ave. Pittsburg Pa. WANTED Also stock companies. Send photos with open dates. Apply to Lincoln Theatre. M. FLAK, Mgr. 936 Penna. Ave., Baltimore, Md. Near Lenox Ave. New York City High Class Vaudeville Acts and Dramatic Stock People Address all Communications to Billie Burke Jack Dempsey Gen'l Mgr. Bus. Mgr. WANTED States Theatre Leads, producer, character, song a dance artists. No boozer or dope heads Good wardrobes. State all first letter. Transportation 3507 State Street, Chicago, Illinois FEATURE PICTURES ONLY Eight Piece Orchestra The Finest Picture House Outside of the Loop. Continuous 2:30 to 11:30 Daily. Admission 10c Del & Oeding Air Dome Galveston, Texas king Independent... HEATRE"', 524 Indiana Avenue, Indian st salary. New Queen Theaters Birmingham and Anniston, Ala. First class acts can get several weeks in this vicinity. For Bookings, write to Birmingham, Alabama "BACK IN THE LIMELIGHT!" A Queer Looking Comedian The Stroll Amusement Company Devoted to High Class Change of Program Monday and Thursday Matinee Sundays and Holidays 3110-12 State St. Tel. Douglas 500 Chicago, Ill. Wanted! For Richards & Pringle's Minstrels Tuba to double base violin in orchestra, two good trombone players, four altos who double stage, four tenor and two baritone singers capable of singing solos and working in quartettes. This show never closes. Best of accommodations in steel Pullman cars, no sleeping in baggage cars or on canvas; table the best the market affords. Jack Johnson, Will Israel, Willie Trigg, Bert Edwards, Sippi Miller let me hear from you. Want to hear from people who double on saxophones. Address The A. B. C.'s in Mobile, Alabama Beat with Ease the Gray Sox, Crack Southern Team—Games Largely Attended by the Best Colored People. BY C. I. TAYLOR With appropriate ceremonies, after a splendid parade in automobiles and carriages, the team and base team club defeated the local club base team club before a large crowd, by the score of 13 to 12. The agnet of the opening of Dixie Park, of the South's weaker-colored zone, gave Peterson, and the first man of Mobile. Many ladies graced the stands. The game was an interesting affair, though the score. Jefferson pitched for the A. B. C's and held the Mobile club to five scat-ted hits, though several drives from the locals were pulled down by the visitors that looked good for extra cushions. Hatting and base running of the A. B. C's were features and also a revelation to many of the white fans who had played a real professional colored club perform. The entire Mobile Southern League club attended the game in a body, player and professional ball familiar with the ability of colored players: The score. A B. C's....3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 3 — 13 12 1 Mobile....1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 — 2 5 3 Battles—A. B. C's, Jeffries and Kennard; Mobile, Johnson and An- drew. Mobile Ala, April 2, 1916. Although a steady downpour fell Sunday, it was late as outfield at Dixie Park and at two o'clock the small team's dark jersey number thousand of Mobiles best ladies and well dressed braved the chilly and cloudy weather to witness the second between the two teams. Mobile Ala and they were well paid for their trophies for Dismukes, star hurler of the Indiana aggregation shoots team, the same as if been against one of the big names from up the country, all meant this season. Mobiles connect safely. After five dismukes went to first and EARLY DAYS OF NATIONAL GAME MARKED BY BORDER AT PLATE Disturbances Were Allowed to Take Place With Impunity Between Batter and Catcher Until 1872, When Rule Makers Put Stop to Practice. Interference with a fielder by a batsman or base runner, with the intention of catching the ball, has been frowned upon since the initial game of 1872, where were a clever character, simply stating that "any player who shall intentionally prevent an adversary from felling the ball shall be declared out." By and by, distinctions were made and particular rules laid down by rule makers. The rule makers, and finally, of coaches, was consistent friction between the batter and the catcher. The batter did not only attempt to prevent the catcher from hitting the home base in order to enable one of his side to score without being touched with the ball. There was more or less disorder at the The catcher in a few years evidently thought that the umpire, in his interruption, covered the batsman against the interests of the backstop. Many other people thought so too, and so, in 1877, when the National League was a year old. The batsman is told in the batsman is told in if he "plainly" attempts to hinder the catcher from catching the ball, he is told in a fair strike. At that time, the batter had the privilege of calling for a ball, but the batsman explained: "the ball sent in is one the batsman is not in the habit of calling for, the inference is fair that he not intent to strike at it, and a hinder." The rule remained unchanged until the first game, the fact that the high, low and full balls were established in 1867. In 1832 the rules bound the bat—more tightly, as the text will show; the rule was changed to hinder the catcher from fielding or throwing the ball by stepping outside or obstructing or interfering with the player. This was the most important change the rule had undergone, and stands on the books word for word. In 1894 to avoid conflicting with an- OFFICIAL AMERICAN ASSOCIATION BASEBALL SCHEDULE FOR 1916 Against the Backstop. B. Taylor, the peerless first sacker, went to the mound and continued to the locals. The final score was 12 to 0. Montgomery, Ala., April 3, 1916. The team led the leadership of C. I. Taylor, opened a three-game series here today at the gomery Grey Sox. The visitors won, but the Grey Sox played a great game, and the team led the same class as the Indiana outfit. After appropriate speech by the venerable Rev. Dr. Stokes, the veteran he stepped upon the mound and sent it directly over the plate for the first time. The team led his "control," Clark, lead-off man for the A. B. C.'s, swung wildly at the ball and had one strike chalked against him. Dismukes, who pitched five innings at Mobile yesterday, was sent to the mound and had the same Grey Sox are a dangerous band of Sox when it comes to wielding the ball. In the first inning the visitors got two runs and added one more in the fourth. They scored the Grey Sox from scoring till the fourth, when they put two over. There were six inning pitches, but till the sixth frame, but the fielding was sharp on both sides. The visitors had seven pitches, but allowed no future scoring for the locals. Features were. Allen and Kennard's batting, and the sensational fielding of Cunningham, the shortstop of the Grey Sox. The score: A. B. C.s....2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 - 1 8 1 2 2 Grey Sox....0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 3 Batteries-A. B. C.s. Dismukes and Kennard; Grey Sox, Cotton and Cunin- gay. It is the concensus of opinion of the A. B. C. club that the Grey Sox is easily the best club in the southern sies. other rule, the following words were added: "Except that the batsman shall not be out under this section if he is not playing in the game according to Section 15 of Rule 56." Section 15 put out the runner going home, the batsman interfere with the batsman at the plate, and so forbade a run from being counted should no one or only one be out. Without this clause it really would be putting a premium One of the methods of interference adopted by batsmen was to step from one pitcher to another, but did not only disconcert the catcher, but the pitcher as well. True, it was not only the pitcher who dextrous batters was and is extremely small. However, with three balls called on them, some batters earnestly tried to hit the pitcher, and then, if two strikes followed, just as tranquilly stepped back again. Naturally there was a howl of protest among the spectators, often the spectators loudly joined. To smooth the troubled waters the rule makers had to adjust it, but if he steps from one batsman's box to the other after the pitcher has taken his position," and in 1910 "ready to pitch" was added. This rule Wagner Violates Rule. On April 23, 1909, Hans Wagner, in a game at Pittsburgh against Cinchin, from one box to the other, Pittsburgh won the game, but it was thrown out upon protest by the Cincinnati club. This is the only instance on record, at least in the current league, of violation of this rule. It may be added that the game was played over on September 14, 1909, the score of the original game was 2 to 1. The first game was played at Expositional, the playoff took place for Forbes field. Damper on Spectators. It certainly put a damper on the spectators if a favorite batter, with the bases flinted and two out, hitched. It pitched. While the batter angrily threw away his bat they growled and grumbled at the injustice of the rule that, with the bases flinted and two out, prevented their hero from "skimming the bases and winning the game." The rule remained in force until 1914, when it was replaced by a strike, which, in counting as a strike, only THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER It now requires three foul tips instead of one to put a bat out, and nobody knows how to put a bat out, fairness. The mere insertion of five words destroyed the venomous effect of the bats placed in Section 3 of Rule 43, and made it read like this: “The batter was read like this: a foul hit ‘other than a foul tip’, etc.” From 1858 to 1889 there was ‘no mention of ‘foul tips’ in the rules. It was collocated in the rules co-collocally. That is why the rule makers of 1889 thought it necessary to put a bat out, was ‘a foul hit not rising above the batsman’s head and caught by the catcher playing within ten feet of the PROGRAM OP 'HAPPY HOUR' GIVEN BY BERLIN OF U. S. S. NEW_YORK Guaptanamo Bay, Cuba, March 25, 1916 Reyes won from Vista. BOUT II (8x Rounds). Scott, (8x Rounds) but Blue Marine Guard, in fourth. Sweeney, New York, New York to Friedman, Mason, Boston. (Seven rounds). THE AMERICAN GIANTS IN CALI FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM THE BEAVERS. Rube Foster's aggregation is keeping up its winning streak in California. On March 30, 31, and April 1, it engaged the Beavers of Boating, that team in all of the games. The score: **March 30.** Chicago Giants - 0 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 - 15 Base Hits - 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 15 Portland Hits - 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 - 16 Base Hits - 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 - 10 **March 31.** Chicago Giants - 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 5 Base Hits - 0 3 1 1 1 2 4 1 - 13 Portland Hits - 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 12 Base Hits - 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 15 **April 1.** R.H.E. Giants - 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 5 13 Beavers - 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 5 13 WHAT'S DOING IN SPORT. Harvard University has $20,000 toward its new swimming pool. It is estimated $200,000,000 is invested in bowling alley equipment in this country. The recently formed Memphis Associated amateurs are raising $3,500 to equip eight athletic fields in that city. "Budd" Doble, the famous driver of trotters, has just given up the light harness sport. His home is in San Francisco. It is predicted that Carl Gotch, wrestling champion, and Joe Stecker, will battle at Omaha for the title not later than next Labor Day. TULSA, Okla.—Carl Morris of Sapulpa, Okla., was given a decision over Gunboat Smith of New York after ten rounds of fast fighting April 1. The Kentucky Futurity to be run at Lakewood will also this event was inaugurated in 1891 the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association has awarded winners with $479,930. Phillip-Exeter Academy will contain the gift of W. B. Thompson, '90, being for this purpose. It will be ready by the beginning of the 1917 school term. NEW YORK—A challenge to Fred deLish to meet Benny Leonard, the new and strong team that will beat the latest weight bout, has been issued by Billy Gibson, Leonard's manager, shown made available by Young Hebrew bouts week, Gibbons believes the present champion can be knocked out in a long bout. NEW YORK—Fred Fulton, Minneapolis matched to box Al Reich, Jim Coffey and Frank Moran, for three purses aggregating $24,000 with percentage of the total boxing contract. The contract is on file with the state boxing commission. NEW YORK, April 8—John L. Johnson, new colored heavy, was trounced by Harry Wills last night in their ten-fourth-round match and Johnson is expected to join the "round robin league" of black heavies, Langford, Jeanette, McVey and Wills. ANNAPOLIS, Md.—Maryland race tracks are free from anti-beting laws, but betting bill met its death in the closing hours of the assembly early today. The measure proposed abolition of betting was killed by a parliamentary maneuver. MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Freddie Welsh, the lightweight champion, and Ritchie Mitchell of Milwaukee, fought ten fouls in the championship, the champion having a slight shade. The boys were lightning fast and fought hard from the tap of the first foul. He was a vigant, time and again sticking it into Welsh's face. He also used a kick, and his right was inaccurate, and uncertain at critical stages. Welsh excelled at infighting. Early in the fight he struck at protecting his jaw, but was somewhat weak on the defensive below the neck. So the champion went to work on local boys' midsection and he certainly landed some pippins to the stomach. JIMMIE M'CARTHY'S SENSATIONAL ALFIGHTING MACHINE Terrorizing Among the Bantam and Featherweights, Days Are Over. Back in 1907 a little fighting fool came out of the Smokey City with eyes CIATION BASE AT NAPOLIS. 3, 4. 28, 29, 30. 4, 4. AT LOUISVILLE. May 26, 27, 28. July 24, 26, 27. Sept. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. AT MILWAU. May 4, 5, 6. June 10, 11. Aug. 8, 9, 10. 7, 28. 27, 28. 25, 26, 27, 28 June 27, 28, 29, 30. Sept. 2, 3, 4. Sept. 29, 30, Oct. 1, 1. May 8, 8, 10. June 14, 15. Aug. 12, 13 Squandered Spolls as Fast as He Made Them. While the sun was shining and Finney was making it, he was a good felipe and a rainy day, and today is broke and has squandered all of the money which he earned while boxing the good ones. He was a good felipe, only a born fighting machine, but he born sport. It always has been come easy and go easy with the kid. He must have had a dollar, a wayways pick up three or four pals or friends and take them with him. Money must have carried him, never was satisfied after a fight until he was broke or badly bent. Every time boxed, he is around his home town he always celebrates his victory, quet or a taxi party like Young Corbett. He was one of the Beau Brum-nettes, a home of hon and fighting instinct, which for the first time after deducting over two hundred fights which he has fought, and he can move there many times, argument for a while, and today he should not be broke and he should be getting the money like some of the others about his intentions of ever entering the game again the kid only smiles and says, "Ah, what's the use, money and what can I do with it? I didn't know what to do with it. And I've come through it all to buy a few scratches and its been proven to me that they don't come back." LEO PATTERSON KMOCKS OUT ANOTHER CHICAGO BOXER. blood from Creamo in the third round, from that on Creamo had him going, and from that on Creamo wanted to leave the ring in the fifth. By some reason Creamo slowed up in the first half, so seemed to be saving Ran; and for that reason he called the fight a draw. The team toyed with Will Kins for three rounds in the curtain raiser, and owing to the match beaten by Promoter Beacheam called it off. The fans are calling for Jack Watts and Smith. Why don't you write in, Jack? They ten hundred guests in the valley now. BIG JESS SAYS HE LEARNED VALUE OF DOLLAR THROUGH STRUGGLES WITH POVERTY. The sudden wealth that has come upon him has not turned his head nor has the adultration of the crowds affected him. He recently had a hard struggle to get what he wanted to teach me the value of a dollar. Some people seem to think that a champion has learned as fast as it comes in. That was John L. Sullivan's way and it made him poor. He always broke. 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BRUTUS OWENS, Prop. 483 Indiana Ave., Indianapolis, Ind Phones; Douglas 6803 Auto 78-112 THE STOP OFF Waiters' and Porters' Headquarters. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars J. A. BARBER, Prop. 17 E. 85th Street CHICAGO, ILL, Phones, Doug. 4767; Auto. 72-862 Tables for Ladies OPEN ALL NIGHT Bell's Restaurant Clean and Correct Service. Try Our Coffee Henry H. Bell, Prop 23 E. 35th Street, Chicago Raleigh Thompson's ...The Office... Modern Cafe. Exclusive Entertainers 4664 S. State St. Near 47th St. Chicago, Illinois The Most Beautiful Sanitary Lunch Room in Chicago Cor. State & 35th Sts. Chicago, Illinois TEENANJONES'PLACE 3445 State Street, Chicago, Illinois Finest Buffet and Cafe on State Street Chinese and American Restaurant Up Stairs Phones Doug 547-5401; Auto. 71-750. TEENAN JONES, Prop. The Elite Cafe and Buffet 3030 State Street, Chicago, III. Douglas 3256-5971. Automatic 72-379 Known from Coast to Coast for its High Class Cabaret and First Class Service. A. F. Codozoe & J. H. 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O SMITH C NEWARK, MO Douglass 3309 The B Bu Bill M 3517 State St Phones; Douglas 6808 THE Waiters' and Porto J. A. BARBER, Prop. Phones, Doug. 4767; Auto. Bell Clean Henry H. Bell, P. Raleigh ...The Modern C 4664 S. State St SALLE The Most Beaut Cor. State & 3 TEENA 3445 Finest B Chinese and Phones Doug 5477-5491 The Elite 300 Dougl Known from Coast t A. F. Codozoe & J. H. Douglas 4891 The De L 3503 Wm. Bottoms & Douglas, 8220-626 The B The Fin S. E. Cor. 35th THE NE Will be pleased to meet for gentlemen only. I 325—327—329 Indian Archie Automatic 72-856 Man Compl Choice Wine 235 E. 35th St., S. E. AT ALL GOOD DAYS 50% UP 4523 Strictly New IN Cards, $1; Dice, $3 Palming Wax, $1.50; Card Inks, $2 Loadstone, 50cts Books, Novelties, Magic Goods, Etc Catalogue Free. D. N. SMYTHE CO. Box 40 Newark, Mo. Mineral Springs Buffet and Billiard Parlor McCullough, Prop. Street, Chicago, Illinois E STOP OFF Open All Night Wines' Headquarters. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars 17 E. 35th Street CHICAGO Tables for Lace Open All Night Restaurant And Correct Service. Try Our Coffee Top 23 E. 35th Street, Chicago Thompson's The Office... Cafe. Exclusive Entertainers Near 47th St. Chicago, Illinois K'S LUNCH Beautiful Sanitary Lunch Room in Chicago 55th Sts. Chicago, Illinois NJONES'PLACE State Street, Chicago, Illinois Buffet and Cafe on State Street American Restaurant Up St. Auto. 71-750 TEENAN JONES, Prop. Cafe and Buffet 0 State Street, Chicago, Ill. 3256-5971 Automatic 72-379 Coast for its High Glass Cabaret and First Glass Service. Whitson, Props. Cass Harris, M Auto. 72-7 Luxe Buffet and Billiard Parlor S. State Street, Chicago, Ill. STAG HOTEL Frank Preer, Proprietor PHONES Automatic, 7 Panama Buffet Best Spot on the South Side LEVIN, Prop. & State, Chicago, Illinois W GREATHOUSE you at my new place. Ten Neatly Furnished R olicit patronage on merit of goods. Pool and Bili a Ave. Indianapolis, Ind Greathouse. Proprietor. Douglas S Shattan Buffet JOE GORMAN, Proprietor Hely Remodeled. Everybody Welcome. Liquors and Bottled Goods a Specialty Corner Chicago, Illinois Springs Carlor Prop. Chicago, Illinois Auto 78-112 OFF Liquors and Cigars CHICAGO, ILL. Tables for Ladies Rant Our Coffee E. 35th Street, Chicago Pinson's Place... Entertainers Chicago, Illinois BUNCH Room in Chicago Chicago, Illinois PLACE Illinois State Street Rant Up Staircase MAN JONES, Prop. Bad Buffet Chicago, Ill. 72-379 and First Class Service. Class Harris, Mgr. Auto. 72-305 Hard Parlor Chicago, Ill. Proprietors Automatic, 74,439 Buffet South Side Chicago, Illinois HOUSE! Nestly Furnished Rooms Foods. Pool and Billiards. Indianapolis, Indiana printer. Douglas 3052 Buffet Welcome. Beds a Specialty Chicago, Illinois Beautiful Bust and Shoulders are possible if you will wear a scientifically constructed Bien Jole Brassiere. The dragging weight of an unconfined bust so stretches the supporting muscles that the contour of the figure is spoiled. BEN JOLE (BEN JAN BRASSIERES) dragging muscles and contine the flesh of the shoulder giving a graceful line to the entire upper body. They are the dainiest and most serviceable garments imaginable—come in all materials and styles; Cross Back, Hook Front, and Back—but the russet bones-permitting washing without removal. Have your dealer show you Bien Jole Brassieres, if not stocked, we will gladly fly him, prepaid, samples to show you. BENJAMIN & JOHNES, 51 Warren Street, Newark, N. J. The Home Brewing Co. Brewers and Bottlers of Pure Lager Bee Phones: 1050 and 1030 Home ving Co. er Beer 030 8 The Ayrres Bulletin EASTER TOGS! For the Men At $4.50 and $5.00 are extra fine silk shirts from Japan. At 50c and $1.00 is a very choice collection of new four-in-hand ties; these from London and exclusively at L S Ayrres & Company. At $1.50 are Earl & Wilson madras shirts with French or laundered cuffs. Shown in all the new stripes and combinations. At $2.00 are smart shirts of crepe, for both street and sport wear. At 50c are the famous Phoenix silk socks in gray stripes or black and white with contrasting clocks. At $2.50 are men's Wash-rite gloves, in gray, tan, sand, chamois and brown. — Main floor. The Woman's Council to entertain at luncheon in Y. W. C. A. rooms. Dr. A. H. Wilson of Evansville, Indiana, visited his family here last week. Dr. Lafayette Jefferson, in West St. Claire, died Wednesday after a long illness. The Lexington Conference closed a very successful session with Bishop Anderson in the chair. Mr. Laffayette, a bridge whistle pastor, left Thursday afternoon at her home on North Senate avenue. Mr. George Brooks, formerly of this city, but now living at Mt. Sterling, KY, attended a bridge whistle pastor. Mr. Charles Offlett departed last Friday for Paris, Ky., where he will remain indefinitely as the guest of relatives. Mr. Betty Trible, who went to Lexington to attend the Lexington conference and will remain for several weeks visit. A. H. Henderson was hostess to a few friends at Bridge Whistle last Friday afternoon at her home on Athon street. There will be a special called meeting of the Woman's Council Tuesday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. W. E. Brown. Mr. Arthur Lewis, a well-known young man of this city, died this week and was buried from on Michigan, and afterwards. Mrs. Nora Kincaid Bell, of Louisville, Ky., arrived last week to be the guest Belle Bell at her home on North West Street, in honor of Mrs. Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Wilson entertained at supper Wednesday evening at their home on North West street, in honor of Mrs. Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Wilson entertained at cards at her home on North California street Thursday afternoon, in honor of Mrs. Constance Shawler, of Chicago, Ill. The Ministerial delegates elected to the general conference were Bailey A. B. White, of Cleveland, Ohio; William Connell, of Chicago, Ill.; the conference, and has returned home. Dr. Scott, of Louisville, Ky., was elected delegate; also Rev. Calley, of Chicago. Theiley was sent back to effervescence, Inville. The Women's Council will entertain at luncheon, Thursday evening. April 20, at 3:30 o'clock at the Women's Club, among whom are the leading church and social welfare workers in the city. A special program has been prepared and the affair promises to be of special importance. SUNDAY SERVICES AT SIMPSON M. E. C. AND MISSOUR STREETS. (11:00 a. m. P. Breaching by pastor. 12:45 p. m. Sunday school by pastor. 12:45 p. m. School League. 7:45 p. m. P. Breaching by Rev. W. H. Hope. There will be breaching every night during the week—Passion Week Observance. Rev. W. H. Pop will preach the week. ROLAND W. HAYES COMING. Indianapolis is to have a treat in the coming Roland W. Hayes, who is with the greatest tenor of the race and said to be one of the greatest tenors in this country. Mr. Hayes will appease under the direction of W. Hayes Council on the evening of May 15 at Mt. Zion Baptist church. He will be ably assisted by the pastor of the soprano. The proceeds of the entertainment will be devoted to the social welfare work undertaken by the color- LOUISVILLE, KY. Dear Brother Knox—Conference is over. I hope to go in to preach Sunday. We had a great time. Rev. J. S. Hagood, Sue to Colby, and Second church; Rev. H. A. Poreman is the new district superintendent, Gorham, Hagood, Gilliam, Harris, Coleman, all returned for another year. We will hope and pray and work for another big year's work. Yours, P. T. GORHAM MADAME MEADOWS’ SPIRITUALIST CHURCH. Madame Meadows had a large crowd Monday night, consisting of the very best white and colored people. Many were turned away by the crowd—the messages from the past and all were recognized. Levinson is Ready with the New Spring Hats New Ideas in Endless Variety, and the usual Levison Supeg- Value at the usual interesting PRICE $2 LEVINSON THREE STORES 37 N. Penn. St. 41 S. Ill. Mkt. & Ill. St. Order by mail, we send 'am by Parcel Post She makes every one welcome at her evening from 8:30 to 10:30 o'clock. REDUCED MEMBERSHIP RATES— Y. M. C. M. A. NOTES. Never before has a membership campaign been launched under more auspicious circumstances than the one that was earlier in the month, April A. H. Godard, general secretary of the Indianapolis Young Men's Christian Association, was the principal speaker of the evening and the speaker of the day. Colored Branch in such a clean and convincing manner that at the close of the meeting when a call for captains was made, the captain untreated. These twenty-five captains are to secure four other workers making an ordination of 125 men in the subject. The meeting will meet next Tuesday evening and will be addressed by Judge Chas Orbinson on the subject, "Get Together." The follow-up working force will again be called together to receive further instructions and to listen to an illustrated lecture of the Association work in Indiana, by Mr. Chas Orbinson, the Young Men's Christian Association. The slogan for the campaign will be "Get Together" and if the name is followed out the objective which is 500 The campaign dates are from April 25 to May 10. The management have decided to permit any man to join the association for greatly reduced terms, in fact at just $2.50 per week. The usual fee is $2.50. It is paid the $2.50 down and the balance of $1.00 by the 10th of May. There has been a corresponding reduction in the boys fees where the boy fee is $1.00 instead of the regular $2.00 fee. The state orotorial contest to be held on April 25 is the Young Men's Christian Association is expected to be the best yet. Already many contestants are entering from a variety of schools. A large enthusiastic crowd turned out to witness the basket ball game between the International C. A. teams. BLUE GRASS OF KENTUCKY. Blue Grass Utratoralf Association Contest at First Baptist Church—Miss Lillian Winnery Captured the Tear of Judith Chua Kerr Lent On "After Prison, What?"—Kentucky Negro Education Association and A. M. E. Zion Conference in Louisville—J. B. P. O. E. Memorial Service. (By Hardin Tolbert.) Judge Chas. Kerr, Lectured at the LiBrary, theme "After Prison, What?" Judge Chas. Kerr, of the Circuit Court, delivered a lecture at the public library, theme "After Prison, What?" Judged jurist, full address appeared in the Lexington Herald Sunday morning, which was superb, which was full of practical advice, shown through demos of the courtroom, which that prison at sometimes makes a man a worse criminal than before his incarceration. He said the statutes fixed the punishment itself. He judged and jurors measured out the law according to the code. He made it very clear at all times that punishment did not do persons at all times when many times made them worse than before. Rev. O. E. Jones, Poster at St. Paul A M. E. Church, Will Deliver a Leac- tion. Rev. O. E. Jones, pastor of St. Paul A. M. E. Church, former professor at Wilberforce University, and trustee of final institution, memorial and chapel of Christ in America, had the distinguished honor of delivering a lecture at St. Paul University, the chiefly chlergman delivered the commencement address at Stanford public school, of which Prof. Ernest Clemens is principal. The chlergman's exercises were Revs. Caulder, C. W. Anderson and P. J. Thomas. He will hold a memorial engagement in Lancaster. He will hold an engagement to preach at Malmite this summer. Rev. Jones is among the lecturers scheduled for the Owensboro and Richmond chautauquas this summer. Miss Fannie C. Scott and Richard B Hurrison at Shellyville In Mrs. Fannie C. Scott, teacher in the Russell high school, and who has so long charmed the Blue Grass with her magnetic presence, grand recital at the Court House at Shelbyville at her native heath, where she first saw her down on the street. She was most dially with friends at the picturequestramal hamlet. Mr. Richard B. Harrison, one of the most talented artists, was the assistant of Ms. Scott in the recital. This was for the benefit of Amanda Smith Hospital. Many in the community were working up of the enthusiasm among the people. Prof. G. W. Saffell, Jr. Mrs. Mayne Stone Roman, Mrs. Daisy Dike and a large host of others who did as equal as much work. Kentucky Negro Educational Association in Session April. 19-22. The Kentucky Negro Educational Association is brewing throughout the big city, but the licken will be present. The largest attendance that has ever been witnessed is the most tangible question before the minds of the people is who will be the president to succeed Prof. F. H. Clarence Russell, the public declaration that he will not run again, while many of his friends are still there again. There is a prominent mention of Prof. H. Clarence Russell, of Louisville, he does not accept it, from authentic THE FREEMAN, AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER source Prof. W. H. Fouse, supervisor of the Lexington public schools, if ally to the protestion will no doubt, run Prof. H. Clarence Russell a good race. There is a creature that is a whip up in the hedges and highways. There is expected to be some whip up in the hedges and highways. What has become of the organizations and various promoters and factions? Can they not get together and let all enjoy that day in peace? Small jealousies have killed many in condition in using the shampoo. This being n African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Conference at Loupaxilla Louisville is making peace with the time in making preparation to enterion at the Broadway Church. Over 600 delegates are expected at the meeting, out of the convening of this conference. Every door of the various denominations, the Y. M. C. A., Pythian Temple, the Church of God, come the delegates will have the pleasure of visiting the public schools. Rev. James Herald, and who is getting out an official book of the conference, is being prominently mentioned as a new The Aim of the Starlight and Iroquious Club. I. B. P. O. E. Memorial Service at Pleasant Green Baptist Church The memorial and thanksgiving services of Lexington Lodge, No. 27, I. B. P. O. E. of W. and Burnside Temple. Daughters of Elks, No. 72, was there to welcome the guests of Sunday night. There was a very nice crowd present from the fact that they had it on Sunday night, and their custom came to go to the lodge to see them. Brother Harvey had they done some more advertising. The program: Song Lodge: Invocation, Chaplain; Song, Choir; calling roll of the band; Brother Harvey Winchester; instrumental solo, Miss荔枝 Tyler; paper, Mella Ella lee, solo; Mir, Hiram Tyler; paper, Mella Ella lee, solo; Daughter L. Cunningham; Daughter Elizabeth Harden, mistress of ceremonies. Grand Master W. H. Ballard U. B. F Grand Master W. T. Tare. Length Tare. Grand Master W. H. Ballard of the U. B. F. and S. M. T. is on a tour making his annual tour of the state. He will be visiting the village, when met by the writer. He refused to reply to Mr. W. A. Gains, ex-grand master. We had the pleasure of meeting him, which facts and figures proves that the organization is in better shape than it is commendable to those that have the initiative. Mr. and Mrs. Ballard are owner and proprietor of the B. F. building on N. Limestone street. Lexington Weekly News Calls The Freeman to Task on the board The Lexington Weekly News, edited by my good friend Erik J. Seemel, is seeming to be a Black Grass Correspondent, and thinks that the Freeman is slightly younger than he states in his Saturday editorial, five inches double column. We rather like the mule, because we can depend on him, but those are on the gratis list of the Lexington Weekly News. The Lexington News has a larger circulation than the Lexington Weekly News here. George Washington a Progressive Business Man. Edward Clifton a Song Writer Mr. Edward Clifton, a stalwart young man who has now gone on to the record company of the famous 'Tango Joe.' A composer of the famous 'Tango Joe.' A painter of the famous 'Tango Joe.' A painter at the famous Lexington fair. He is a member of the company Gloucester & Clifton, sign painting business. Gem Theater to Present an Answer to the aBirth of a Nation." The "Birth of a Nation" which showed here at the Opera House, against the protest of the mayor and commissioner from 15 to 15,000 a race, from $25 to $2,000 a seat by the request of the people of the race. The manager of the versatile hall, the manager of the Gem theater, will present an answer to the "Birth of a Nation" which will soon be on the market by a colored company in Chicago. The "Birth of a Nation" which will soon be assuming about 25% to feature such great production on the screen. A sentiment in the East End would like to know from Mr. G. H. Minnis, the Czar ruled as he is styled, about the Hall that is about to be sold for $2,700. DALLAS, TEXAS, NEWS Freeman Headquarters, 2922 Cochran Street, Phone, Haskell 6956. By Col. J. G. Griffin. Let the things that concern us have a hearing. Capt. J. H. Vaughn, of First Regiment, K. of P. band housed the officers last Friday night at 1722 Fairmount. How much longer can a people stand to see their every moment of progress throttled in their churches, lodges and business by the big defenders and undesirables of the race because of their needs? We promised to keep the public informed and assured that we did the race from time to time. So here it comes. The lack of Negro voters in the most damaging things here of late. We say now is the time for education to build up the lack of voting interest in the city and country to do battle for all purposes at the polls at home and in school, and hand writing on the wall. Look, read and act. It's never too late to do well in part. The team has been celebrating each new day away. What has become of the organizations and various promoters and factions? Can you enjoy that day in peace? Small jealousies have killed many things for our people. Master J. G. Griffin, Jr., who was six years old last Wednesday, April 5, 1961, left the school to join the St. John Baptist high school of the city. The little folks' program consisted of recitations. Bible verses, singing solos, the roller skates, the tolliver, Elmira Nobles, Alice Brooks, Vera Jackson, Vivian Scott, Mozella Macchell, Matilda Kincill, Bill Williams, Elmira Nobles, Alice Brooks, Willis Hoppins, Thelma Hoppins, Lawrence Willis, Leon Johnson, Julia Jackman, Catherine Robinson, Clifford Williams, Joseph Starkers, Jr., William Nelson, Joseph Starkers, Jr., William Nelson, Jim Collier, Jr., Robert Lee Jackson, Robert Carpenter, Kemp Willis, N. B. Hill, Willie Johnson, A. Mrs. Johnson, the efficient kindergarten teacher, acted as chaperon to the children on occasion. G. was a happy recipient of many useful and valuable presents. The birthday cake had six lighted candles, and the little ones and the several grown people who spent their time in games and listening to the various songs. Each was served daity refreshments which marked the closing and the beginning of his sixth year of youth. The Golden Leaf Club entertained a large gathering of Dallas' most elite men, including the most elite week, and in evening of pleasure was richly enjoyed by one and all. These young men know how to make it worth while when it comes to enjoyment for themselves. Rev. C. L. Bryant has been busily engaged in visiting his south Texas charges. Wm. Christian, the chief founder of the Church of the Living God, was here with the members and friends of his church and was an earnest and dedicated literary work that is claiming so much attention of his people here. Every Monday night he preached three powerful sermons and departed for his home Mrs. Joe Booker is at home from a season stay in the Vaper City. It’s always been doing something else besides wearing mammy made togs looking sweet and shooting craps and paying game-to every girl and woman they see. It’s at the crisis now and the good people should not stand and methodically undisturbed any longer. This city has you to see that its enforcement is put up to that class of Negro boys and men just as it is to the whites who are not doing the highways, wives, sisters and other females as being worthy of such consideration, your attention is called to the central track and the highways by our people. And you have the two extremes almost at the same time. Yes. Daring, the play of Damon and Pythias will be at the Star Theater. Mrs. Maggie Williams and Mr. David Nelson of Ashdown, Ark., and A. W. Nelson of Red Bluff, Ark., were here to watch the play of Taylor and have completed their five-night Taylor have completed their five-night Queen City and will occupy June 1. Queen City will occupy June 1. Church will while each Metropolitan Church is busy in a big financial rally. By Your Good Work You Are Sought After. Mrs. Georgia Jones of this city has accepted the position as chef in the New York City and is now there. She writes to her Dallas friends to let them know how she enjoyed their last evening's reception. For her here also the speeches by Dr. Goodby. Good bye, My Honey, I am gone. Mr. Clinton Washington is remembered best to one and all. Mr. Lundy says write oftener or telegraph. Mr. J. D. Baker is to make Muskogee, Okla., his future home. We are very thankful to the patrons for their praise of what this paper is doing towards the race's advancement in reporting the various happenings. A few windy, cheap has-beens have given us the opportunity to defeat to this and that when it was the colored men in Dallas did not secure enough poll tax receipts—that's POOL AND DOMINO PARLOR. Pool and Domino Parlor—Where you meet the owners of a social chat and a game of the favorite sport. Reading room 2415 Elm street, S. M. T. building, J. M. Tolbert, Proprietor, Dallas, Texas. New modern brick flats, 2612½ Juilliard rooms, hall, electric lighted, hot and cold water, bath and all the conveniences for light housekeeping. Phone Wilson, propertress, Dallas, Texas. LITTLE GEM BARBER SHOP. Bath Rooms and Penny Laundry. Quick work and service that pleases. The shop ahead. Call for Charles Thompson better known as Popen Charley, 1605 North Central avenue, Dallas, Texas. PRYOR'S CAFE, 1605 JACKSON STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS. Prices reasonable, service unsurpassed. Tables for ladies with all the modern culinary art. Meals, lunches and short orders. Open day and night. Call and call again. A. R. Pryor, proprietor, 1605 Jackson street, Dallas Given's Cafe. Where service, quality and quantity goes a long way for your meals, lunches and short orders. My place is Porters' Headquarters. Open day 10am-5pm, 2097-1931 Young street and Santa Fe Ave. Wm. Givens, Pron. Dallas, Texas. CORRESPONDENCE WANTED. With a gentleman middle-aged. Man not younger than 45 years old; culture and business reference, sober and of course, respect for matrimony. Must be as represented. Correspondence promptly answered. Reference as asked will be given. Address care Freeman Headquarters, 2922 Cronstreet street, Dallas Texas FOR SALE OR TRADE. Four high grade hacks. Cheap. A bargain for investors. Phone Main 169 Johnson Bros. Stables, 2115 Cochran street, Dallas, Texas. THE SUCCESS OF THE WAIIANI PREPARATIONS AND WHY YOU SHOULD BE AN AGENT. Our goods have been on the market three years and have met with a success wherever they have been introduced. They always take the leadership in the business and they are used by giving better and quicker results. Our goods and methods in treating the scalp are known to be far superior to any other system on the market. Our agents are all successful and have little trouble in building up a team of agents. We teach them more about the care of the scalp than just washing and lightening their agents and the different deceases the scalp as the doctor does the body. By the costumer explaining how their agents are able to explain to them our agents are able to explain to them WHY their hair acts so and the cause of such actions. When our agent is concerned with a case concerning the different diseases and the proper care of them they don't have to guess what is wrong with a case. ing how their hair acts. They are able to treat that scalp and get it back in a somewhat condition. A somewhat condition of the opinion that what will grow one person's hair will not grow the other. The trouble lies in the fact that the scalp receives the proper treatment the hair is forced to grow. The scalp is forced to grow the scalp in condition is using the right kind of shampoo. This being neglected by so many is why they fail. Our shampoo soothes the scalp, helps the pores of tetter and eczema, it opens the pores in the scalp. It clears the A woman adjusts the hair of a child. scalp of all impurities. We give our agents receipts for making tonics for the combing out of the hair, bad cases of hair loss, and bad cases of a customer comes in with such a bad case that our shampoo can not cure up fast enough, they are able to cure it without any extra charges to the customer. We give our customers costumers but they apply them to effect a cure when needed. We give our goods a trial send $1 for a five assorted shipment. Those desiring the agency send for terms. Address all mall to Mame, T. G. Brambleton, N. West Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un- derstanding of the instructor of estate of Clayton Shepard late of Marlon County, Indiana, de- sident. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. Notice is hereby given that the un- derstanding instructor of estate of Flenora Milliken state of Marion County, Indiana, deceased Said estate is being solvent. BUSINESS LCCALS. Wanted - Woman harbor at once. Address Fred Harrison 113 N. Central Ave. Lima, Ohio. April 8. Wooldine perfume. Oh, how fragrant, exquisite, enchanting, bewitching. Only at Bloodau's Drug Store. The genuine Carter's Rheumatic Remedy sent by mail on receipt of price, 50 cents (stamps). Has cured 50 cents (stamps). Address P. Bloodau, drugist, Indianapolis, Ind. $25.00 per week can be earned by men and women working spare time selling our products. $50.00 per week can easily be earned if you give all your time to the staff. $50.00 per week can address Staple's Novelty Art Works. $250 Bldg, Chattanooga, Tenn. Apr 8. NOTICE. Black Arts, Roots, Herbs, Magic Hands, Mirrors, Bones, Receipts, Load-stones, Tissue Secrets, Catalog, etc, 10 cents, Address R. D. Wester, Box A good, kind-hearted, intelligent old lady to make her home with a refined, well-educated family, housework and care for two little girls - age 9 and 6 years. Excellent home and pleasant surroundings for right place. Available at 1120 East Ash street, Springfield, IL. First-class cook chef, must be able to bake cakes, pies, etc. Must be sober and reliable and be able to give satisfactory service. Must be hard-earned. Good wages and steady work to the right man. Address 247 Antoine street, Detroit, Mich. WANTED. Colored man and wife to work in restaurant, must be clean and good looking, must be able to work long 90 for the right people. Ages 35 to John Downing, Scarleton, North Dakota. COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE. State of Indiana, Marion County, ss In the Superior Court of Marion County, 9211 the State of Indiana. No. 16271 Complaint divorce. complaint divorce Era, Stanes vs. Nick Stanes Be it known, That on the 4th day of April, 1916, the above named plainance of the offices of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Marion County in the State of Indiana, her complaint against the above named plaintiff having also filed in a plaintiff having also filed in a clerk's office the affidavit of a competent person of the Stunes, is not a resident of the State of Indiana, and that said cause of action is for divorce, and that the plaintiff has been charged to and whereas said plaintiff having by endorsement on said complaint required said defendant to appear in said court on the 3rd day of June, 1916. Nowhere therefore, by order of said counsel, the plaintiff has been charged to and whereas notified of the filing and pendency of said complaint against him and that unless he appear and answer the complaint, the plaintiff will be begun and held at the Court House. City of Indianapolis on the 1st Monday in May, 1916, said complaint and that unless he appear and answer the complaint, the plaintiff will be heard and determined in his absence. Clerk, E. J. Brown, attorney for plaintiff. is incorporated in every article of jewelry we sell. Think of our reputation, then bear in mind the guarantee every purchase. A great responsibility will lie in the proving of a diamond or a precious stone, but if you buy from us the responsibility is entirely eliminated. Our word for it insures you against imitation. J.P.MULLALLY DIAMOND IMPORTER 28 Monument Place. Colored Agents Wanted--Big sick and accident insurance. Box H-406, Cincinnati, Ohio. Thomas says, have your clothes cleaned NOW for Easter and avoid the RUSH. THOMAS The Cleaner and Dyer Phone. Main. 2004. 285 Indiana Ave. Hayes Brothers, Inc. Plumbing and Heating 236-38 W. Vermont St. Indianapolis Have we got it? FORMULATED 1900 PORO HAIR GROWER MADE ONLY BY Mrs Amber Hurubo Malone ST. LOUIS MISSOURI FOR DANDRUFF, FALLING HAIR, ITCHING SCALP; GIVING LIFE, BEAUTY, COLOR AND ABUNDANT GROWTH THIS STYLE OF BOX ADOPTED JUNE 12,1913 PRICE 50 CENTS 3100 Pine St. Dept. A, St. Louis, Mo. Home Office 308-313 Majestic Bld., Indianapolis, Ind. Issues an up to-date Health and Accident Policy on weekly payments. We guarantee this company.—The Freeman. WOLF BROTHERS Hair Straightening Outfit 1214 N. Senate Ave., Indianapolis HOTEL DAY HOTEL DALE! THE HOTEL Cape May, New Jersey hotel, located in the heart of the most be- complete with every modern improvement, rentals, service and refined patronage. Ciennis, etc., on premises. Special attent- ue for booklet. Special rates for Easter. This magnificent hotel, located in the heart of the most beautiful seashore resort in the world, replete with every modern improvement, superlative construction, appointments, service and refined patronage. Orchestra daily, catering to adults and children. Send for booklet. Special rates for Easter. TER GREEN George Washington Lexington EASTER GREETING Says: Take it from the traveling salesman, that George Washington has the Most Modern Cleaning and Pressing Establishment South of the Mason and Dixon line. Says: The Mexican situation is about settled. Order your New Suit and be ready for the Easter schedule. Says: Keep abreast with the signs of the times, have your clothes cleaned and pressed hast dry done and delivered home on time. Courtify our policy. Phone 262-1Y-. You can have bright, cheery electric lights at a cost so small that you'll scarcely feel it. Ask about our special plan for wiring old houses. Main 4256, or New 477 PORO HAIR CROWER THE ORIGINAL HAIR CROWER FOR ALL HAIR TYPES 100% AUTHENTIC MADE IN USA Your Property and Windstorm, See Your Friend STEIN, JR. Rates 241 Lemcke Anne HOME COMPANY Patent Insurance Company (RETAILED) Eric Bld., Indianapolis, Ind. Patent Policy on weekly payments. W Air Straightening Outfit Your Patent Alcohol Stoves you can heat your likely. Sanitary and just the thing for traveling GIANT 8 oz. 9-inch Comb 75 cents Solid Brass, CONVEX TEETH ALCHOL HEATER $1.50 GIANT COMB, both for Postage Paid Anywhere in U. S. mending them to friends. Agents Wanted live., Indianapolis, Ind., U.S.A. DALE! Part of the most beautiful seashore re- cent improvement, superlative in con- duct patromage. Orchestra daily, gas- rates special attention given to ladies rates for Easter. Cape May, New Jersey GREETING Lyon, Lexington, Ky. At George Washington has the Most Modern Mason and Dixon line. d. Order your New Suit and be ready for have your clothes cleaned and pressed, lau- nur policy. Phone 2601-Y. POOR HAIR GROWER