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INDIANAPOLIS FEB 17 1900 PUBLIC LIBRARY Marion Flashes. Quarterly meeting Sunday was a success. Six accessions; collection. $30 00. P. E. Thompson was on his highway for preaching. He delivered three excellent sermons. Elza Smith, who departed this life last Wednesday week, at her home in South Meridian st., was buried from the A. M. E. church on Friday the 12 inst, under the auspices of Household of Ruth, 534. Rev, Elzy, of Alexandria, preached the funeral. She was a member of the Relief Corps and also of Second Baptist church. Sister Delania, of Wisconsin, returned to her home after visiting her Charity Moore and relatives. Susie Burden is ill. Ella Austin is down with consumption. James S. Weave is very ill with lung trouble. Pro. John C. Smith of Weaver attended quarterly meeting. George Jones and wife are on the sick list. Lawyer Mitchem was at Anderson to see Booker T. Washington. The Recorder for sale at J. M. Nichols' barbershop. John H. Weaver of Weaver was in the city Sunday. Hanover Pickings. Rev. S. E. Barr, of the Presbyterian church, preached at the A. M. E. church Sunday night. George Owsley of Indianapolis, is visiting his mother, Mrs Saunders, near this city. Miss Prudie Anderson is quite sick. Miss Mattie Cosby of Madison spent Sunday with Miss Ida Sanders. Rev. A, W. Williams of this city, left Saturday for Charlestown where he will spend the week assisting Rev, Wm. Keller with his revival. Miss Bessie Smith of Madison, spent Sunday with Miss Carrie Haskins. James Bolden and wife, of Madison, spent a few days with his mother; Mrs. Susan Bolden, Ira Jones' of Saluda spent Sunday with his uncle, Rev. W. H. Robinson, Sunday will be quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church Our school is progressing nicely under teacher, Miss Jesse Penn. Vincennes Doings Franklin and Little Cora Crosby are on the sick list. Mrs Lena Mason the evangelist will arrive here Thursday morning and will assist Rev. Jones in his revival meeting. She will remain indefinitely. The Sunday afternoon Lyceum is meeting with much encouragement and is largely attended. Rev Keith was the principal speaker last Sunday. The Second Baptist church will give an entertainment Wednesday night for the benefit of the pastor. Mr A. Carter the barber has employed a young man from Carlisle. Last Thursday eve, the members of Bethel, led by Mrs. Whyte, tendered Rev. Jones a pleasant surprise and donation party. The affair was enjoyed by all present. Bethel church has inaugurated a Spring rally with the following clubs in charge; No.1, Rough Riders, Rev. Jones, capt; No.2, Ninth Calvary, Geo. Brewer, sr. capt; No.3, Calent Comforter, Zach Whyte. Subscribe for The GRO NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COLORED PEOPLE OF INDIANA capt, No. 4, Red Cross, Maria Reynolds, capt; No. 5, None Such, Mrs S B. Jones, capt; No. 6, Gold Bug Mrs. Sarah McFarland, capt; No 7, Young Invincibles, Mrs. Ellen Goins, capt; No. 8, Little Temple Builders, Mrs. Alvira Carter, capt. The Colored school, No. 3, gave an entertainment at the High School auditorium, last Friday eye New Albany Notes Dr. and Mrs. R. Huggins are very proud of their little daughter which arrived Monday, Feb. 5th. Bert Alexander is selling agent for the Aladdin gas lamp company Revival meeting are in progress at the Zion church. Mrs. Mary Terry who died in Louisville, was buried here, Rev. J. C. Patton officiating. Mrs. Carter of W. Main st., is quite ill. Mrs Caroline Robinson is recovering. Our minstrel men---James Hood is here, J.Ed Green has gone. Christmas exercises were held Monday Feb. 5. The children received many gifts. Mrs. Elizabeth Keller continues very sick. Born to Peter Sparks and wife, a girl Feb. 5. The trustees and stewards of Bethel A. M. E. church tendered a reception in honor of the members of that church last Monday. An interesting program was rendered. The choir was composed of Messrs Eugene Keller, Prof, C. A, Martin, Wm, Robinson, Dr. M. W. Sparks, W. R. Keller organist. Excellent papers were read, and splendid solos were rendered by the choir members after which an elaborate repast was spread. Miss Bertha Rickman, Dr. M. A Blackburn, Prof, S. A. Ratliff attended the Drake--Tate wedding in Louisville. The Get-There club, James Calhoun, pres., E Keller, sec., will give an entertainment in the Ind, st. church, Feb, 21. How about your subscription; the agent is coming around. Mitchell Items The Second Baptist church has a new roof. Henry Watkins, Mrs. Lane Misses Mary Duncan, Emma Pinkston, Rena Reed and Hattie Taylor are on the sick list, Revival meeting is still in progress at Second Baptist church. Daniel Obanon and son, of Paoli were the guests of Mr Henry Cooper and family last Sunday. Miss Alice Finley of Bedford is visiting her mother, Mrs. Josephine Finley. Henry Williams of West Baden, and a number of people from Bedford were in the city last Sunday. Prof Grissom gave a very interesting talk on "the ten boys" before the teachers' meeting last Friday afternoon. Noblesville Notes Rev. M. Coleman is in his second year here as pastor, He has been very successful, and we bespeak for him a grand year for he is indeed a minister of the gospel and with the able assistance of Mrs. Coleman he is a power. Mrs. Zela D. Johnson of Frankfort, assisted Rev. Coleman for three weeks in his revival adding much to its success. Mrs. Woodward Stewart, president of the W. M. M. Society, has Recorder. By the very earnest efforts upon the part of the members of the A. M. E. church, great success is the result in the revival. The revival in progress at Rose Hill Baptist church, is being well attended and several have been converted. Quarterly meeting at Zion Feb. 25. Mr. Carpenter, Miss Carpenter and Mrs. Luzie Aikens of New Albany were the guests of Mrs. R. F. Taylor Sunday. Rev. J. L. Thomas will assist in the quarterly meeting at Charlestown Sunday. 1 B&W BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Logansport Items. Cass Lodge, 4284, G. U. O. O. F. is in a prosperous condition. Thep anticipate a "goat riding in the near future. Orville Turner who has been on the sick list is up again. The bass singer of Bethel A. M. E. church, Chesly Keen, has gone to Carthage to take to himself a wife. Mr. Warren and family of Indianapolis and Miss Ella Keelum their sister, are in the city to reside permanently. The Ladies' Union Aid Society of A. M. E. celebrated the 140 anniversary of the birth of Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, founder of the church and its first bishop on last Wednesday evening. An excellent program was rendered by the society. The Booker T. Washington club has had two very interesting gathering. First a literary and musical at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Anderson on Market st. 2nd The most pleasant event of the season was the masquerade party given by the club at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Scotts Everybody enjoyed themselves. Crawfordsville Notes. John Hale spent a few days visiting his family after which he returned to his work at Decatur, Ill. Those on the sick list are Misses Anna Ross, Lula Williams Dorothy Hale and Mrs. Francis White. The Newsiest, Spiciest and Best Edited Negro Journal in the State --- Jeffersonville There are many strangers now taking residence in our city. Little Ethel Davis on her sixth birthday received an elegant piano as gift from her father. Miss Minnie Hale is visiting in Peru and Logansport. Miss Grace Keene handsomely entertained a number of her friends Sunday evening at luncheon, in honor of Miss Bulger, of Ripley, Ohio. The members and friends of the A. M. E. church present to Rev. M. V. Saunders a handsome black suit of clothes Saturday morning. Robert Thomas of Bloomington, was in the city last week. James Craig is still quite sick with rheumatism. Several people are suffering from B. W. vaccination Rev. C, H. Coleman pastor, of Allen Chapel. Sunday was quarterly meeting, P. E., Burton was present. He preached two interesting sermons; he also administered sacrament. Mr. Ed Clark, wife and little daughter, Agness of Terre Hautewere the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Porter Sunday. Mrs. Ed Thomas is on the sick list Miss Grace Bell is convalescing from a severe attack of lagrip. The 1900 club meet at Miss Blanche Manuel Tuesday evening. The young people of the Second Baptist church will give a musical Thursday. Mrs. Joe Moody, leader. Mother Porter is able to be out again. The night choir is progressing rapidly, Mrs. Wm. Banks organist Ms. Coleman chorister W. M. Thrash of Emerson, is the guest of Mrs. P. Lamont. Any one wishing to subscribe for the Recorder address Bell W. Levan or Mrs. Wm. Banks, 325 Foyston street. Miss Renolds of Anderson, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Bell Jones Mrs. Albert Watson died Tuesday morning. Mr. Albert Bagsaw is very sick. Wm. Jackson is quite ill. The revival meeting at the Se- A Journal of Opinion in the interest of the F Correspondence Solic Special Inducements to Sample Copies on Ap A Journal of Opinions, published in the interest of the Race. Correspondence Solicited Special Inducements to Agents Sample Copies on Application Paris, Ill. Brazil Dolings Address THE RECORDER, cond Baptist church began Monday night under pastorate of Rev. A. J. Cromwell. Wm Shieds is suffering with a broken leg which he received several weeks ago from a blast in the coal mine. Mrs. A. J. Cromwell and little sen, have come to Brazil recently to her husband, Rev. *A. J. Cromwell who is Pastor of the Second Baptist church. James Booker one of leading barbers of the city became very sick and was taken to his home at Seymour by his mother and brother, The Wayman literary society has been organized at Brown's Chapel A. M. E, church. Rev. Burden and family are now comfortably situated in the new parsonsonage recently erected at a cost of $400. The church is progressing nicely. Allen's day will be observed at the A. M. E church next Sunday. A special program has been arranged for the occasion. Mount Vernon. News This community was very much shocked by the sudden death of Mrs. Flora Brewer, wife of Gurley Brewer and daughter of Lafollette Cotton an old and highly respected citizen of this place. The deceased had lived here all her life and was a product of one of the best homes in the city. Rev. Baker officiated at the funeral. The sympathies of the community flow out to the relatives in this there hour of affliction. On the sick list: Eliza McDowell, Louis Drury, Lazarus Garrett, Sarah Yancy and Will Burgy, Harry Alsum has returned to the city. Marp Clemens is visiting in the city. Mrs. Angie Thurman is at home with her father, Rev. Buckner- CHURCH AND CLERGY. Japan has 53,872 Roman Catholics. Boston's Christian Science churches have 16,000 members. The Christian Science churches of the country have 5,000 readers, lecturers, and healers. The Catholic clergy of Milwaukee are laying plans for a Catholic summer school there. Seven Congregational churches are pledged to contribute $25,000 each to the twentieth century missionary fund. The Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, a British non-conformist, received $100 from two invalids who hear his sermons by telephone. The Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, purposes to gather funds to erect within the edifice an adequate memorial to Dr. Storrs while he is still alive. The Bohemian National church young people have collected $15,000 for a monument to John Huss, which they hope to erect on one of the finest sites in Prague. The American Board of Missions of the Congregational Churches offers $550 in prizes to pastors and Sunday school scholars for the best essays on foreign mission topics. Six new brotherhood banks under the auspices of the Salvation Army have recently been opened in India for the purpose of lending money to poor villagers at a low rate of interest. During the last year the Mormons have made twenty-one converts in Milwaukee, according to statements made by President J. D. Cummings of the Wisconsin conference of Latter Day Saints. The Pope has invited delegates from all countries to attend a conference to be held at Einsieden, Switzerland, to consider the preservation of the books and manuscripts in the world's libraries. The Rev. Edson C. Dayton asked to be released from the Minneapolis Presbytery because of depression in his religious faith, but the Presbytery refused to let him go, assuring him that his doubts would likely be only temporary. Price 2 Cents THE GREAT TRAGEDY A STRANGE TALE RELATED BY MISS BLANCHE CHAPMAN. She Says She Saw Booth's Body Seven Years After His Death—A Story That Hardly Seems Probable, But Related by a Reliable Woman. There is living at the present time a lady, formerly a well-known actress, who recalls by her presence the most somber tragedy of the century. The lady is the wife of Henry Clay Ford, who was the manager of Ford's Theatre in Washington at the time Lincoln was assassinated. The name of the woman who is thus so nearly connected with the great national tragedy is Blanche Chapman, who comes of a family of theatrical people. At the time that J. Wilkes Booth fired the shot that ended the life of President Lincoln on the night of April 14, 1865. Blanche Chapman, then A a girl in her teens, her sister Ella, and Marion Booth, a niece of J Wilkes Booth, were attending the convent of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart in New York. So excited was the public feeling against everything that bore the name of Booth, or was associated with the family at that time, that the parents of the three little girls were notified by the sisters that they had better take their children out of the convent "One day in 1872, while we were rehearsing on the stage at Ford's Holliday Street Theatre, in Baltimore," said Miss Chapman, "John T. Ford can back and said: 'Blanche I want your and your hats and cloaks and come with me. You must keep your eyes open add your mohs closed.' Mr. Ford took us across the street to Weaver's undertaking establishment. "We were ushered by Mr. Weaver into a room at the rear. In the centre of this room resting on the floor, was a box bearing the evidence of having been buried for a long time. The sides were decayed and great patches of clay adhered to them. In the box was a body hidden away beneath a greyish-brown blanket. "We want to make sure that there is no mistake about this," remarked Mr. Ford, and with that he undertaken the blinding the blanket from the body, and I was so shocked with the sight that met my eyes that I nearly lost consciousness. "J. Wilkes Booth" I exclaimed, forgetting the injunction that had been placed upon my lips by Mr. Ford. "I might have known it was something of this sort, had I noted the fact that there was assembled about that rough box Mrs. Julius Brutus Booth, the elder; Rosalie Booth, her sister; J. M. Booth, Jr., the youngest brother; Miss Annie Ford, John T. Ford's sister, and one other member of the Booth family whose name I cannot recall. "There was to my notion, no possibility of mistaking the body. The eyes were gone, but the flesh, instead of decaying, had dried up and clung to the bones, just like the skin we see on the nummies that have been brought over Egypt, those long beautiful ringlets that had, with his black and piercing eye, marked J. Wilkes Booth as one of the handsomest men I had ever seen, were there, and, strange to relate, they had grown until they fell over his shoulders. "Will you please cut me off one of those curls?" said Mrs. Julius Brutus Booth, addressing Miss Annie Ford. Miss Ford did as requested and then handed the scissors to me. I looked at Mrs. Booth. She nodded her head, and then I bent over, gathered those glorious ringlets in my hand, cut it off, and have it among my treasures to this day. Henry Clay Ford has retired from the theatrical business and is living in a fine old mansion at Bay Ridge, Long Island, while his wife, Blanche Chapman Ford, still clings to the profession from the love she bears it. Her ancestors in the early days of the west and southwest traveled from place to place in wagons, giving entertainments in improvised theatres. Finally the Chapman family fitted up a steamboat as a floating theatre, and with this they traveled up and down the Mississippi, Ohio and other rivers, stopping at the different towns and cities en route and giving performances. It was her grandfather who was Louisville, Ky., its first resident. INDIANAPOLIS, IND Ee DMs 2) No age ee Pe ee pete eS ‘THE RECORDER. A Negro Newspaper, ——_—_$———$$ $$ _ Pusiisuep Every SaTuRDAY aT _ Isprawaroras, INDIAwA. 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For political aeumen we doff our hat to Brother Manning, He is certainly deserving. * The Kentucky capitol has taken a leaf out of Aguinaldo’s tactical book and keeps upa constant movement. Rumors that the Boers are on tho run should always be accompanied by diagrams stating in which direction they are running. ——— 2 Colonel Bryan has concluded his eastern trip without finding a running mate with a bar’! Few rich men are willing to risk their cash on the hope- Jess chance next fall. “If you can't figure out where you'll be directly benefited benefited by pat- -ronizing and encouraging the race’s business and commercial enterprises, then do so for the sake of your poster- te * The thoughtful citizen will readily “ead between the lines” in the ac- tion of one of our enterprising citizens ‘who caused Pref. Booker T. Washing- ton to be refused accomodation at a leading local barber-shop. As the strength of the huge 10g chain cancot be greater than that of its weak est link, so is the usefulness and growth of race organizations, hamper ed by the lack of ability and prepared- ness of its weakest member. This em- phasizes the necessity of individual efforts and individual successes - Any lie that Aguinaldo choses to ut ter seems to find a volunteer in the United States Senate who will ‘ask to have it printed. But when Admiral ‘Dewey brands it as a lie, in whole and in part, tne country will approve of the efforts of the other. Senators to _ Drevent its being served up at govern- ment expense, About 60 per cent of all the agricul- tural products of the United States finds a market im Great Britian. One Would think that this would form a strong bond of sympathy between the twonations. Germany, which comes next in point of importance, buys only one fifth as much from us as Englaad does. —_—_—_ » Senate and House Committees have both reported that Arizona, New Mex ‘Ico, Porto Rico, and all the other pos- ‘Sessions of the United States are not fneluten in the United States and are €atitled only to such rightsas Con- Gress may seo fit to allow them. This, ‘though in view of the changed. condit- fons that confront us. Congress may be trusted to do full justice to all these fasion act of grace, although none of ‘them can claim it as one of right. “Of course no one will attempt to make capital out of the refusal of the manager of the Doxey honse, at Ander- son, to entertain Booker T. Washing- ton, That itwasa grevious mistake, is conceded, and the cofored people of Indiana can afford to look down on this ‘manager with the eye of forgiveness. ‘The action of the Republican organiza- Laas withdrawing all support and patronage from this hostelry, was timely and productive of harmony. Iudiana recognized and appreciated Booker Washington as her guest, last Monday, and the trend of sentiment at ‘the slight shown him, cannot be bet- ter expressed through the following editorial, which appeared in the India- napolis News: ‘The Anderson hotel that refused a room to Booker T. Washington made a mistake, the sizeof which may ap pear in the fut re more plainly than at present. Aside from the defiance of the law, the fact that such a man as Proffesor Washington is not allowed to stop ata public ina is a shame to our sense of decency and humanity. it was not many years ago that the same prejudice existed about allowing color- ed peoplein the street cars And it still existsin parts ot the South with reference the railroad cars Of course we shall outgrow it in time, but we ought to leave to the South, where there is a real fear of raee domination, such spectacles as refusing aman ol Mr. Wasbington’s eminence the right tostop at an inn. ‘The plea that it might become aa example and cause trouble in the future has nothing in it. ‘When a man like Booker T. Washing. ton can not secure entertainment at s public hotel, we show that we are far, indeed, from being civilized. It is a pleasure to know that another hotel has offered Mr. Washington the best it has FACTS OF INTEREST. ‘There is a new railroad car that by {ts own motion compresses ammonia gas to liquid, which in going through the pipes'expands and produces the necessary coldness in the air. One of the three old ash trees which marks the site of Lincumdoddie, on the upper Tweed, Scotland, immortalized in Burns's “Willie Wastle,” has been destroyed by a storm. In Milwaukee recently nineteen as- pirants for the position of keeper of a city natatorium were required tc plunge into the tank in their atreet clothing and swim, It was a part of a civil service examination. "The experiments made in England for the production of a smokeless coa. have met with entire satisfaction. ‘The composition of the new product is 9. per cent. pit coal dust and 7 per cent. a mixture of Stockholm tar and caustic lime. The Woman's Board of Missions of the Congregational Chureh has under its control about 130 missionaries, over 30 girls’ boarding schools, nearly £00 day schools and about 170 Bible women. The total contributions last year amounted to $110,000. ‘There are certain lucky creatures which: never feel the pangs of th rst, for they are so constituted that dri: k is unnecessary to them, and they neve: swallow a drop of water in their lives. Among these animals are ceitasn ga- zelles of the Far Bast and the lamas of Patagonia. It was General Custer who said some thirty years ago that warfare in a mountainous country was almost im- possible without the aid of mules. In view of the effects of a mule stampede neat Ladysmith the other day, the British war office will probably rank Custer as an American humorist of dhe ancet suiadicious tba. ODD FACTS. British officers have purchased 2,500 mules in Naples for South Africa. Doctors say that cold ankles kt more women than nerves and diseases put together. ‘There are sixty-five steamers on the Swiss lakes. The largest can transport 1,200 passengers. In Ireland, a belt made of women's hair is sometimes placed about a child to keep harm away. Philadelphia can boast of the longest asphalt street in the world. Broad street has that unique distinction. ‘Of the 28,000,000 tons of shipping en- gaged in transoceanic trade only 300,- ‘000 are now of American register. In London the various underground electric systems for rapid transit in- volve the expenditure of about $100,000- 000 for’ thelr completion. Nobody ever sees a Hebrew or a Quaker beggar. Those people are noted for taking care of their poor, and the restilt is as here stated. + SHARP POINTS. ‘The rainbow is always bent on dis- appearing. Put your faith in the plodder rather than in the plotter. ‘The person who has no will of his own has an incurable malady. Compiaint against fortune is often but an apolcgy for laziness. ‘No men have more shortcomings than those who are always tenind time. Marrying a girl for her beauty Is lke eating a canary for its singing. Father Time was the original wheel- man. From the beginning he has gone on by cycles. ‘The less money a man has the stronger is his bellef in the equa! dis- tribution of wealth. It’s difficult to find a man who ts willing to hold the ladder of success while you ascend it. It is said that a fool and his money are Soon parted, and yet lots of fools Keep right on accumulat.ng wealth. ‘When elected to Congress Mr. Lin- coln made this biography of himself at the request of the Congressional Directory: “Born Feb. 12, 1809, in Harden County, Kentucky. “Edueation defective. “Profession, lawyer. “Military service, captain of volun- teers in the Black Hawk war. “Offices held: Postmaster at/a very ‘small office: four times member of the IMinois Legislature and elected to the lower house of the next Congress.” THE RECORDER, IN.i:ANAPOLIS, INDIANA Shelbyviile Notes. Mr, James Matthews of Green- fiel was visiting friend and rela- tives in this city Snnday. Miss Mary F, Case who has been visiting her parents for the past two weeks, has returned to La- fayette, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Smith, of Muncie have removed to this city, Mr, William Reed and little son, Bhiss, were visiting relatives in the city Sunday, Mrs, F, R, Fletcher, Lizzie and Mattie Fletcher, Robert Yate and ‘Mrs. J. Marshall are on the sick list "Miss Julia Martin who has been ‘residing with Mrs, Mary Robinson ‘eft for Indianapolis last week, Prof, Brown of Indianapolis teacher of the Marine band, was in the city last Tuesday evening: Miss Dennie Bird of Edinburg is the guest of Mary Robinson. _ Rey, Clark of Second Baptist church is carrying on revival in which Rev. J. F. Broyles of Indi. anapolie is assisting. They are having much success, Robert Yate while going to the woods in the company of several others, was thrown from his wagon and had his left ankle broken, It was not set properly and last Mon- day Drs, Kennedy and Kennedy broke the leg und reset it, He is doing nicely, The accident was extremely unfortunate for he has a large family, We have seven colored pupils in the city high school and at the January examination they made a very creditable showing. John Hodge, Robert Grissom, Thomas Grissom, Grace Hines, and Louisa Fletcher made four credits each, which is the maximum standard. Clara Dudley made three credits and Annie Owens, two. Miss Owens lest much time from school on account of sickness. = Rev. T. R. Fletcher closed the series of meetings that have been in progress at the Second M. E, church during the last two weeks. The colored school is progressing nicely under the principalship of Mr. R. A. Roberts, ably assisted by Miss Rose Dent of Springfield, ©. Our enrollment is now 82 which is the highest in the history of the schools, At the last exami. nation 72 were promoted: Piainflels Items, Revival continue through an other week. The Sunday service: were well attended, The pastor preached a very able sermon, Messrs. Bennett and Cullens o! Danville, paid us a flying visit Sunday. Mrs, Hariet Dupe is in Indi. anapolis attending the bedside o her sick mother, Mrs. Marthe Crutchfield. Mrs, Elias Danwhich is reportec much better. Miss Berdie Ray’s paper wa: quite mice Sundvy, Subject: “The day of Ressurrection.” Mrs, Nancy Reed is still confine< to her bed. Mrs, Mary Wilson visited Indi. anapolis last week. Frankfort Notes. Sundayschool was well attended Rev- Grins of the W. B,C, church gave an enteresting talk on the les- son, Mrs, Rey. Jobnson has returned home, Dr. Hill 1s on the sick list, Mrs, Ida Mitchell was called to Lafayette, to the bedside of her sick mother, Miss Dolo Green has ‘returned to Grant, after a few weeks visit with her sister, Mr. W. Hope was in the city last week visiting friends. Mrs. W. Weayer has returned home, Miss Ninnie Hale passed through the city Wednesday morning on her way to Logansport. Mrs, Emroy and daughter of ‘Michingtown, were in the city Tuesday as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. Valentine, | South Bend Notes Mrs, Wallace Walden is quite sick at her home in the West part of the city. Wm, Manuel is on the sick list at his home in Studerbaker st, Revival meetings are going on at the Mt. Zion Baptist church, James Bowen has been selected by the A. M. E, ehurch officials to keep order during services. Mitt Chandler and Mrs. Under- wood were married near Allegan, Mich, a few days ago. Andrew Price was taken sudden- ly sick at the A. M. &. church Sun- day morning, but is able to be out again, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Martin are ‘the happy parents of a fine baby | boy. Wm Simpson was called to Chi- cago by telegram Wednesday on account of the death of his daugh- ter, Fanchin, who died suddenly. The Odd Fellows: will give an- other dance Feb. 22. Rev. Alexander is trying to stop the noises made in front of the church door. Joe Johnson says he will start to Paris, France, about May 15 to at- tend the exposition. Sunday was quarterly meeting at the A.M. E church. Collection $9.50. The Masons give social at the A M.E. church Tuesday evening, for the benefit ot George Marrs. Mr, Newton Sanders of this city, is under care of Dr, Montgomery, of Elkhart. Miss Zora Sunders is getting bet- ter. Jasper Boyd of Kalamazoo, is werking at the Oliver hotel bar, Miss Lucile Foster was called to Kalamazoo, Friday on account of the illness of father. Mrs. Jake Matthew talks of mov- ing back to Chicago in the spring, Little Hurby Byers 711 West Monroe st., ran away trom home Monday morning and was found later and returned by Mrs, Cora Ash. Jocko Smith, formerly of La- fayette, died Sunday morning at ‘his home in S, Scott st., of old age Miss Sarah Hoover returned from Kalamazoo, Mich., after spen- ding several weeks with her mother, Connersville Items. Mrs, Eli Bass is convalescing Mrs, Jessie Weaver is on the sick list. Thomas J, Baker is on the sick list, . After long illness Mrs. Carter died at her home Feb. 9, 1900. Her funeral took place at Mt, Zion baptist church at 2 o’clock Sunday Rev, Page of Walnut Hill, officiated Roy Huston was taken very sick last night, but he is some better. Edinburg Notes. James Larue and James Hill vis- ited in Columbus Sunday. urs, Tilman Long intertained at asix o'clock dinner in honor of her mother, mrs. F, J. Martin of Iudianapolis, The out of town guest were: Misses Smalls, Med- calf, Queen, Logan, Irvin and Mad- ams Bell Metzger, Dora Beatty and F. Beatty of Franklin and Miss Csisy of Indianapolis. All enjoyed themselves. M, Bell and Louise Smalls come down from Franklin and went out to Flat Rock to see Miss Sallie Sims who is quite low. Miss Susie Miller is improving slowly, Subscribe for The Recorder and {keep posted on the leading topics ‘ef the day. 25c for 3 months INFORMATION. | Eggplants, with the inside scooped | out and filled with bread crumbs and | butter, are favorite vegetables for the table. Dynamite was recently used as a dy- tective for a wood thief in Wilson county, Kan, There is a large hole in the vicinity that would make a cellar for a new house. ‘The imports of American tobacco into Japan in 1898 amounted to 8,891,715 | pounds, and were. valued. at nearly $485,000. It was used chiefly in the manufacture of cigarettes. ‘The division of forestry of the De- partment of Agriculture at the present time has sixteen men in the State of Washington gathering data regarding the growth of red fir and how best to keep the land in a productive condition. "The special expert sent abroad by the Agricultural Department in search of \new seeds and edible plants has | brought back an “everbearing straw- berry.” It is sald to produce friit for months on the same plants, and a small patch will supply a family table a whole season. In regard to automobiles, France leads in gasoline vehicles and England in steam vehicles, while America, as was to be expected, is far in the ie d fn electrical conveyances of all kinds. Six different motive powers are now actually employed in this country— electricity, steam, compressed air, car- donic weld gas and alcohol. In the savannahs of South America there grows a tree called by the na- tives chaparro, which not only is not injured but actually benefitted by prai- rie fires. The thick bark resists the ac- tion of the flames, and the hard seeds are suppiied with a kind of wings, ow- ing to which they are scattered broad- cast by the strong wind which accom- panies a fire. An authority on the subject says: “It fs a fact that such fruit as,the apple, the pear and the plum, taken’ when ripe with sugar, diminish the acidity of the stomach rather than provokes it. The Vegetable juices contained in these fruits are converted into, Alkaline car- bonates, which tend to correct acidity. A good ripe apple (raw) is one of the easiest vegetable substances for the stomach to deal with, the whole -pro- cess of digestion being, complete in eighty-five minutes.” A remarkable, yet simple operation was recently performed by a Brooklyn physician. A ttle girl swallowed a screw 1 1-2 inches long. A surgical op- eration would have endangered the child's life. The docto: took some fine strands of raw silk and mixed them with some bread, which the girl was |induced to swallow. He waited eight [minutes for them to, revolve inthe stomach. Then he pulled on the threads and the screw came out, having been aamvaghad- he: “Ate allie WIT AND WISDOM. A great many social barriers are crossed in love. A woman always thinks a man ought to join some church. ‘There are no breakers ahead of the man who is already broke. The architect of his own fortune nev- er tires of planning extensions. ‘The fellow who shakes the tree does not always get the most fruit. ‘There is nothing more musical than the voice of a mule to another mule. ‘An Irish philosopher says it's a wise man who has his after thoughts first. Some men owe their success to acting contrary to the advice of their friends. Sometimes the only difference be- tween a boom and a boomerang is in the orthography. It's a poor rule that won't work both ways; but it's a poorer one that won't work at all, ‘Truth crushed to earth will rise again and the crushing and rising constitutes a continuous performance. Some girls who profess to be highly educated have merely been immersed in a weak solution of accomplishments. Someone asserts that a cat's eyes are larger at midnight than at any other time. We are positive its voice is— Chicago News. WATCHES, Tm laying aside a watch be sure that it rests upon its case. 5 A watch should be wound up every aay at the same hour. Avoid putting it on a marble slab or near anything excessively cold. It suspended the action of the bal- ance may cause oscillation, which will Interfere with its going. A sudden change of temperature con- tracting the metal, may sometimes cause the mainspring to break. The cold also coagulates the ofl and the pivots and wheels work less freely, and affect the regularity of the time- keeping. ‘To keep your watch clean take care that the case fits closely, and see that the watch pocket is kept free from fluft which is so often given off by linings. Avoid sudden jars and falls, for even ff It does not seem to affect it at the moment, a watch will resent rough handling by becoming gradually “out of order” without apparent cause. RAM’S HORN SAYINGS. Spiritual pride cheers the devi''s heart. Many ® pulpit has no divine pulling power. Blood money cannot hush an accus- ing conscience. ‘The love of God submerges the bar- riers of polite society. The christian can scorn the scorn and ridicule the ridicule of the world. ‘The devil's mail bag—a gossiper’s mouth. ‘The moment a man boasts of his righteous life, he shows the devil on his Ups. ‘The hand of providence gives the best massage treatment. About two-thirds of Infidel philoso- phy ts merely fool-osophy Continual cecret praye: makes con- ustent public practice. THE SUNDAY SCHOO] NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 11. | (John 3:16.) Monday, Feb, § (Jobn 3: 1-10) ‘Tuesday, Feb. 6 (John 3:11-21). Wednesday, Feb. 7 (Num. 21:4-9) Thursday, Feb. 8 (ii. Cor. 5:14-2)) Friday, Feb. 10 (Rom. 8:1-14). Sunday, Feb. 11 (Rom. 5:1-11). ‘Topic—Fundamental ‘Truths. 1. The Life and che Spirit (vs. 1-3), 2. Faith and Salvation (vs. 9-15), 3, The Love of God (vs 16-18). After gaining his first disciples Josus went to Nazareth, then attended the wedding at Cana and performed his first miracle. Afterward, they, with Mary, went down to Capernaum for short time and then on to Jerusalem to attend the passover, April A. D. 27. Here Jesus began his controversy with @ degenerate church by driving the traders out of the temple. “Make not my Father's house a house of merchan- dise,” was his cry, which has not bo- come still, for the same battle goes on, He saw what it meant to himsclt, ani at that first occasion prophesied of his own death as a necessary part of the contest. 1. He roused the attention of al! tho people, especially of those really seek. ing for the truth. One of the rulers of the Jews named Nicodemus throush personal fear or caution sought out Jesus by night, or perhaps he wanted to be alone with him. $0 ever sce: many hungry dying souls come ly night and come alone and all such are graciously received. “Thou art a teach. er from God;” tell me about th se miracies, lead me into a knowle'ge of your kingdom. Passing over irrele- vant matters Jesus strikes at the soul of things. “Except a man be twin anew, he cannot see the kingdom ot God.” His only hearer was a son of Abraham. He bore in his body a mark or seal as proof of his betonzin: to Israel, besides he was a ruler of the Jews. He knew not of a church or fellowship broader than Blood and he was proud of his blood and his faruls None could come into this Jewish kingdom except by birth or by a core- mony with fleshly symbols; but in Je- sus’ teaching this was not enoush. He Would bring men out of Judaism ints Christianity, out of the flesh into the spirit, out of mortality into immortal- ty, ‘These deeper things of faith and ize doubtless were understood bs Abraham and Moses; but not by the multitudes of their degenerate succes- sors. Nicodemus was puzzled—"Can a man receive a second birth?” Jesus" reply is self-explanatory if taken in its entirely; and as he did not here mention an ordinance, so may not we His every effort was to lift the mind and heart of His hearer to a hisher truth and a higher life than he could ever attain solely by the ritual or symbol. “That born of the flesh Is flesh;” your maternal birth is alto- gether necessary as a preliminary state, in the plan of creation. In the flesh you must live and be tempted; but in the flesh alone, you will sur-ly sin and die, T come to tell you of a life higher than that attained by flesh. ly birth; and do not marvel, “that which is born of the spirit, is spirit! I know that this ts hard for you now t learn, but do you not understand that power and motion operate in the at mosphere as wind in a way which you ean not measure, and inthe fleshiy body as breath of life? The inner man has a life, a breath, a power, entirely distinct from and ‘above the breih fand blood of the natural man, Whire does the body get Its breath? From its Creator; then marvel not when I teil you that you must be born anew and again and from above. 2. Salvation Is of God, and salvation is life. Ask God for his life to (well in you. Many take the “water” birth here to mean baptism; but to do so is to destroy the efficacy of the sacred ordinance by putting It under the eon- demnation of Jesus along with thit “which is of the flesh fs flesh’ and so subject unto death and loss. How much more beautiful the emblem and more blessed the ordinance, when we understand Jesus teachings. Paraphrasing can we not say? Mon is flrsi begotten into a lower and flesh'y lize but Tam come to show him anotlr birth by which he may come int) his real estate as a child of God. The lower, preliminary life is necessary and anteccdent to the higher one. Such as pass from the fleshiy into the spirit only are recorded as partakers in 1 kingdom. ‘You dia not choose your lower birth but you may choose the higher on Dut after you are partaker with n° | my spiritual joys, it is your privil-r to be buried in water and to rise fron it again as a testimony that you hav passed from the old birth into the one, The testimony would be void «n! false, if it did not tell of the old Adam dead end the new Adam made alive '” you. ‘This transformation of life is puré matter of faith; it is not made « purchased; it is the gift of God. ! know of what I speak; for this I a come. Believe in God; believe me. It ceive the breath of God, that Is '! grace of God for you. Salvation is i 2nd to receive God's life within is have ail there is of salvation. Men sinned in the wilderness for lac of faith to keep themselves safely. they were saved by looking upon th brazen serpent. That was an act °' faith. God is ready to save all—to save you. Do you believe it? 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Twenty-eight new cotton mills have been built in Mexico in the past year and several others are under way. Dublin, Ireland, printers have made a demand for shorter hours—a reduction of four hours per week. Nearly 20,000 anthracite coal miners in Pennsylvania joined the United Mine Workers' Union in November. Fifty new lodges of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers have been formed since April 1. State Labor Commissioner Rixey, of Missouri, is making war on the unsanitary bakeries and sweat shops of St. Louis. The last election at Rochester, N. Y., showed a gain of thirty per cent. in the socialistic labor vote as compared with former elections. Philanthropists at Toledo, Ohio, will build a home for workingmen, and have asked for committees representing various crafts to co-operate. Railway men at Birmingham, England, have begun a struggle for the shortening of the present twelve hour day and seven days a week term of service. Eight months ago there were only three trades unions in Niagara Falls, now the town boasts of twenty-three organized bodies. The Wardner "Bull Pen" has been vacated by the release of the last of the imprisoned miners, and the troops have been withdrawn. St. Louis street railway companies have agreed that $2,000,000 in new construction to be erected the coming year shall be done by union labor exclusively. It is stated that the Gould Steel Casting Works at Anderson, Ind., will be removed to Depew, N. Y., owing to the failure of the natural gas supply at that point. Retail clerks at Omaha, Neb., are agitating for 6 o'clock closing and later for the Saturday half holiday. Several department stores have already signed the agreement. The Brotherhood of Leather Workers has increased from three local organizations in 1897 to thirty-six branches to as many cities on November 1, 1899, with a membership of 2,500. The shoe manufacturing industry seems to be moving westward. Kansas City is to have a factory that will turn out 2,000 pairs per day. Dayton, O., building mechanics have perfected the formation of their Building Trades Council. All branches of the industry, are fully represented. The professors and students of political economy in a number of the leading universities have taken up the subject of union labels and their influence on wages. Indianapolis labor people are to have a library, with reading rooms, to cost not less than $3,000. The money is being raised by giving Sunday afternoon concerts by professional talent at popular prices. The electrical workers of Great Britain are advertising the good points of their unions in the technical trade journals. The advertisements are well written, occupy prominent positions and are changed frequently. Chicago Typographical Union No. 16 is considering the purchasing of land and opening a farm on which idle members could be employed. The success of the New York union's farm was the inducement to take the step. The Tin Plate Trust, during its brief year of existence, has increased the price of tin plate from $2.25 to $4.25 per box, an increase of 89 per cent. Wages have increased but 15 per cent., hundreds of traveling salesmen have been thrown out of positions, and in the past six weeks thousands of men have been thrown out of work by the closing of mills. President Spalding, of the bicycle trust, is stated to have promised President Mulholland, of the Bicycle Workers' National Union, that he would bring about a plan to "co-operate" with the workers. Then the trust pulled 3,000 traveling salesmen off the road, closed down two plants in Toledo, one in Indianapolis, another in Kenosha, Wis., and one in Philadelphia, throwing several thousand mechanics out of work. WISDOM. We do not live by justice but by grace. A great thought is never found in a mean dress. A grain of wisdom will gild a greater surface than a grain of gold. A man's life should be constantly as fresh as a river—new water every instant. He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past. Aim at the summits, though the multitude does not ascend them; use all the society that will abet you. Live at home like a traveler. What a fool he must be who thinks his El Dorado is anywhere but where he lives. Where is the "unexpected land" but in our own untried enterprises? You must make tracks into the unknown. A healthy man is the complement of the seasons, and in winter summer is in his heart. There is the south. No man's thoughts are new, but the style of their expression is the neverfalling novelty which cheers and refreshes men. Recollections of His Last Court Room Methods and Habits. Hon. James L. King, librarian of the Kansas State Library; has contributed an article to the North American Review upon "Lincoln's Skill as a Lawyer," which is based on the recollections of Judge Abram Bergen, a Topeka lawyer, who had unusual opportunities, while a young lawyer, of studying Lincoln's character and observing his methods in the trial of cases. "An interesting personal and court reminiscence is thus stated by Judge Bergen: 'The first time I saw Lincoln as a lawyer was in the old Morgan County Court House at Jacksonville, when he was defending Col. Dunlap, a wealthy, aristocratic democrat, in an action for $10,000 damages brought against him by the editor of what was then called the abolition paper. The action grew out of a deliberately planned and severe cowhiding administered by the colonel to the editor on a bright Saturday afternoon in the public square, in the presence of hundreds of the town and country people whom the colonel desired to witness the novel and exciting performance. Besides local counsel, the editor had employed Ben Edwards, who was the most noted for eloquence of all the democratic lawyers in the state. Col. Dunlap retained Lincoln as one of his lawyers for he defense. "I ran off from my recitations for the sole purpose of hearing Lincoln. Edwards used all the arts of the orator and advocate. He pictured, until it could almost be felt, the odium and disgrace to the editor, which he declared were worse than death. He wept and made the jury and spectators weep. The feelings of those in the court house were roused to the highest pitch of indignation against the perpetrator of such an outrage. It was felt that all the colonel's fortune could not compensate for the lawless indignity, and that the editor would. in all probability, recover the full $10,000. No possible defense or palliation existed. "Before all eyes were dried it was Lincoln's turn to speak. He dragged his feet off the table on the top of which they had been resting, set them on the floor, gradually lifted up and straightened out his great length of legs and body, and took off his coat. While removing his coat it was no longer intently fixed upon something on the table before him. He picked up the object, a paper, scrutinized it closely and, without uttering a word, in- (Abraham Lincoln.) dulged in a long, loud laugh, accompanied by his most wonderfully grotesque facial expression. There was never anything like the laugh or the expression. It was magnetic. The whole audience grinned. Then he laid the paper down slowly, took off his cravat, again picked up the paper, reexamined it, and repeated the laugh. It was contagious. He then deliberately removed his vest, showing his one yarn suspender, took up the paper, again looked at it curiously and again indulged in his peculiar laugh. Its effect was absolutely irresistable. The usual solemn and dignified Judge Woodson, member of the jury, and the whole audience joined in the merriment, and all this before Lincoln had spoken a single word. "When the laughter had subsided, he apologized to the court for his seemingly rude behavior, and explained that the amount of damages claimed by the editor was at first written $1,000. He supposed the plaintiff had taken the second look at the colonel's pile and concluded that the wounds to his honor were worth an addition $9,000. The result was to at once destroy the effect of Edward's tears, pathos, towering indignation and high-wrought eloquence, and to render impossible a verdict of more than $1,000. Lincoln immediately and fully admitted that the plaintiff was entitled to a judgment for some amount; argued in mitigation of damages, told a funny story applicable to the peculiar nature of the case, and especially urged the jury to agree upon some amount. The verdict was a few hundred dollars, and was entirely satisfactory to Lincoln's client." Lincoln and Washington. The greatest names in American history are Washington and Lincoln. One is forever associated with the independence of the States and formation of the Federal Union, and the other with universal freedom and the preservation of the Union. Washington enforced the Declaration of Independence as against England; Lincoln proclaimed its fulfillment, not only to a downtrodden race in America, but to all people of all time who may seek the protection of our flag. These illustrious men achieved grander results for mankind within a single century—from 1775 to 1865— than any other men ever accomplished in all the years since first the flight of time began. Washington engaged in no ordinary revolution; with him it was not who should rule, but what should rule. He drew his sword, not for the change of rulers upon an established throne, but to establish a new government which would acknowledge no throne but the one accustomed war to save the Union the safeguard of our liberties, and reestablish it on indestructible foundations as forever one and indivisible. To quote his own grand words, "Now we are contending that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."—President McKinley. The coal dealer has a monopoly of black diamonds. A Week’s Happenings in Religious Circles RE ee a eee RES Read The Recorder. Class No. 12, J, P. Hoy, Rebec BETHEL A. ME. CHURCH Pounds, I P Johnson, Jas McMurra (Corner Vermout and Toledo Stal M. E. Bader, John Philltps, Bro Bo Rev. C. W. Newton, pastor. Bettie Milliken, R Gramby. Lavin oo ee. 2G, ae ie SS | ese ‘We, the officers and members of the 3 Y.P. A. beg leave to report the fol- lowing amounts received during Octo- ber, November and December, for the ‘Thanksgiving dinner and dues, 61.45; $1.00 donations. G. L. Knox, Amanda Mayne. Lucy ‘Thompson, Carrie White, Rev. New- ton, Mary B. Palmer, W. D. Collins, Emma Oollins, Carrie Edwards, J. M. Porter, Celia Stewart, Mary Williams Mr Canton, Coleman Williams, 1.25 Ada Goens, Lucy Rogers, 1.25- Lil- Mian Brown, Mrs. J, T. Lee. 450, J. T. Lee, Fannie Kersey, Nettie Porter, S G. Givens, Amanda Rogers, Rev. J W, Carr, 3,00, Ella Palmer, Gertrude Gar- nett, 65c, Lulu Creets, 60c, Ida Hall, 50 Alice Battish, 50, Will Russell, 50c, Samuel Richardson, 50, Bell Kelly, 25, Frances Wade, 25, Mrs. B. Wade, 25c Alex Posey, 25, Martha Hall, 100, Vir gie Whitsett, Owen Johnson, Mrs. Can tom, Fannie Stewart, 25c, Morning col- lection, Sunday January 14, 26,50; eve ing, 15, 75; total, $108.56. Roxie Bell, president; Carrie White, secretary, Amanda Mayne, treasurer, ‘The pastor has not been furnished with the reports of Classes 2, 3, 5, 6, 10 and 11. QUARTERLY REPORT. "HC, Milliken, Class 1, 14.00; Wm, Abstome, No. 2, 5 55; D. M. Black, No 3,695; Henry Canter, No. 4, 2 65; Jno Sanders, No. 5, 10.60; H. L. Sanders, No.6, 1.15; Dr. S, A. Elbert, No. 7, 1235; John L. Dawson, No. 8, 4.00; John Carter, No. 9,560; ‘T, P. Spill- man, 150; J. M. Mason, No. 11, 2 50; J P. Hoy. No. 12, 2.80; Elmer Donald, No, 13, 5.46. W. G. Parks, 2.70: Total, quarterage, $77 80; Cojlections. 103.76 Grand total, 8181.56. ‘Trustees Report. Wor Charity .............°. .... 2597 By Stewards ...................424.97 By the ( hoir ...............+++++ 17,00 By the Sunday-schaol ........ 67.00 By Stewardesess ...... ......... 14.00 'T.tal raised by Trustees. .... .81900.00 Grand total, $2448.94, H C. Milliken, Anna Scott, 50c; M. Hall, Nora Hitchens, Chas and Miley Simms, 1,00; Jas and Elizabeth Pitt- man, Benj add Frances Stout. Joseph Geo, and Diana Milliken, Rose Gray, Nannie Hay; Harriet Oden, Amanda Holt. Wm. Lamont, Fannie necley, 1,50, Chas Grant, Della Patterson, Ed. Harris, Mary Cable, 50c, Lulu Walden G, Davis, Susie Parker, P. Bell, Sara Brown, M. H le, G W and Nancy Cheathom, Emma Bradley, Patsy P. Stout, Daisy Bland, Alice Battish, G* and Sadie Bridgewater, Louisa Poe, Bettie Payne, Sarah and Mamie Skin- ner, G. W. Washington. Total, $14.00 Class,No, 4, Henry Canter, A. C. Simms, 35c, Lizaie Turner, Annie and R. L. Booth, Emma Strickland, C, J. Bond, Bro. Snipes, Wm. Russell, 50c. ‘Total J.60. Class 5,G. 1. Jones, Annie Brown, Angie Brooks, Jno Sweeney, Ella Ro- gan, Milton Johnson, Essie M. Thorn- ton, Sopbia Fleming, J H Hightower, MeNary Rogers, Mary Beard, Mary E Beck, Carrie Hummings, Amanda Mayne, H Jones, Alice Jones, Susan Blodsaw, Lizzie Robinson, Addie Jones Julia Robinson, Silas Burke, George and Ada Goins, Sarah White, Jane Bell, Nannie Dorson, Flora Hays, El- len Ware, Mary Elkins, J. Sanders. Class No. 7, S.A Elbert, E. White, Don Wells, Carrie Elbert, Sidney Lew is, Amanda Wells, Mary and Nelson Lawrence, Mary Harris, Walker and Fannie Brown, Sallie Brown, Chas. Brown, G. Brown, Fannie Brown, Au- nie Quinn, Ella Walden, Sarah Hart, Chas. Chavis, Belle Coleman, Rose Gardner. Josie Porter, Mollie Davis, Mary Davis, Malissa Davidson, Cyrus Allen, Elizabeth Cage, Georgia Callis, ‘Jos, Calis, Annie Dent, Rosie Dixon, Alice Davis, Emma Floyd, Kate Fran- cis, Maggic Robiuson, Mary Johnson, Callie Chaves, Mary Jackson, Mamie Jon=s, Carrie Russell. Class No; 8, L. Dawson, B Wade, W Hicks, Emma Shepherd, Roxie Beil Sue, Sister Campbell, Martha Harvey, | Wesley Allen, 1.30 Sister Garnett, Willis Martin, Total, $4.00 Class No.9, Joha Carter, Willis Ker ‘sey, Laura Collias, Mamie Shelton, C. Williams, Alphonso Beard, Martha Beckly’ J W Brooks; Cora B Jackson, Mamie Chavis, Jas. Turner, Mamie Garrett, Geo Finn, Jesse Nelson, Fau- Te ee eS 8 nD pee Pounds, IP Johnson, Jas McMurray, M. E. Bader, John Phillips, Bro Bond Bettie Milliken, R Gramby, Lavinia Gramby, Carl Granger, Total, 2 80 Class No‘ 13, Elmer Donald, Stella Shad. Georgia Caldwell, Lucy Smoot, 8 Linton, Emily Edwards, George W. Chandler, Fannie Stone, Annie Becaes Chas Richardson, Lucy Edmonson, M. and Susie Gentry‘ Mary Owens, Robt. White, Ella Youcee, Eliza Goens, Ida Hall, Total $5.45. Class No, 14, Wm. Parks, Dora Car- ter, Margaret Collins, 35¢, John Hub- ert, 35¢, Alice Mason, 45e, Fannie Ker- ‘sey, 45c, Celia Stewart, Georgia Por- ‘ter, Elizabeth Caldwell. Total, 2.70 ‘The Quarterly meeting services were grand beyond description-Friday night Generai Class was a soul stir- ing power. It was well attended and edjoyed by all present. Sunday morn ing, Presiding Elder Saunders con- ducted services, the pastor being sick, was unable to be present. Rev. Dr, Murray of Allen chapel preached the Sacramental discourse with great pow er to anoverflowing house. Tho peo- ple wept, laughed and shouted for joy, ABaptism of the holy ghost and of fire came in the great sermon. Seventy-fivedollars wastaken in tle collection and five hundred and ten commouned, The pastor, the officers aud the members in general thank the pastors and members of all the sister churches for their presence and sup- port, Weareready to respond. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Clinton of the A. M. E. Zion church; Dr Wakefield guest came in company with him and at the invitation of the Presiding Elder consecreted the elements for the Lord supper. The church and pastor felt highly honored with the presence of this great Prelate. The Presiding Elder preached an elegant sermon at night. Monday night Lovefeast will Jong be remembered. To say the least It was a spiritual burning bush. The Quarterly Conference of Tuesday night, was a band of faithful, earnest, Joyal. christian gentlemen and ladies. ‘We say to the world for them, that with their zeal, and interest, Bethe! has asure foundation upon which to rest its great and prosperous future, Stewards, Trustees Class Leaders Stewardesses. ‘The pastor and Pre- siding Elder visited the following sick with the sacrament. Mrs. McFarland in Bird street; Bro Robt and Sister ‘Trevan, in Superior street; Mrs. Me Farland in St (lair street; Mrs. Major Gardner, in Center street; Mrs. Wood. ring, in Waluut street; Mrs. Edwards in Blake street; Mrs Johnson, in Mar- tindale ave; Mrs. Howard, in Cornell and Mrs, Rasley on Meridian street. Rey. Dr, D. A. Graham will hold the pulpit on Sunday. The Dr. is an able preacher and no one who knows of his coming and can come ought not miss hearing him. Bethellet me put a bug in your ear, Don’t forget Simpson chapel quarterly Sea fo ae RR eT 9th Presbyterian Church Michigan st., bet. Capitol avenue and Illinois st ‘There was a congregational meet- ing called on the evening of Feb. 14, im reference to calling a pastor. Dr. Furniss was elected chairman. The congregation was divided into four clubs to work in the interest of the church financially. ~The leaders are Mr, Kelly, Mrs, Wain, Mr. Tailor and Mrs. Finley. ALLEN?CHAPEL A.M. E CHURCH (Broadway, betwee Teith & Eleventh Sta.- eile pai eee, Six accessions last Sunday; Lillie Brown,'Snack, Ind., Harry Williams, 819 Ft Wayne ave; Thomas Allen, 620 Ogden street; Dovie Banks 703 Pratt Jennie Beahem, 1003 E Sixteenth; M. Etta Alexander, 626 E. Court street. At 10.45 ama grand audience greet ed the pastor, whose text was St. John ' 9:21-“"He is of age, ask hin: he shall | speak for himself.” theme, In the sec- ond birth every child of God, is in im- mediate possession of his speech, At 1p mthe pastor preached the funeral of the late Sister Jane Williams, of N. Indianapolis, and at 2;30 he preached the sacramental sermon at Bethel for its beloved pastor Dr. CW. Newton Please permit me to thank the mem- bers of old ( hapel for the royal man- ner in which they supported me, At7:4S p. m, Rev. L. E. Christy of Davenpért. Iowa, preached a master- ly sermon, The large audience was electrified, without a doubt. ‘The revival meetings of two weeks were a great success, Between 20 and 30 have found a hope in Christ, The pastor and officers feel under obliga- tions to Dr, J, W. Carr, R, P. Parker B. Brocks, W. C, Irwin and Presiding Elder Townsend for able service rend- ered, The Presiding Elder conducted the meeting as the pastor was unable. ‘The meeting closed Friday evening. ‘The all-night meeting has been postponed to a later date, doe announ- cement of which will be made, Class, Tuesday evening. All mem- bers, christians and friends are invite THE RECORDER, INDIANAPOLIS, DIANA SUNDAY SERVICES ee At 10;45 a, m. the pastor will es taking for his theme, “The contest be- tween the inner and outer man, or mortal variance with spiritual law” ‘Text; Romans 7:21 “I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is pres. ent with me.” Sunday-school at 2;15 p.m, Prof J. H. ‘Young, suverintendent. Preach- ing at 7;45 p. m, by Rev. D. A. Grah- am, of Wilberforce, O, Financial Agent of Payne Seminary. " Program of the concert to be given by the “How do you club” ‘Thursday evening, Feb. 22. Solo .............Mr. William Lewis Essay....Tonching Reminiscences of ‘Lincoln, by his friend, Fred. Douglass seaceicesesesseeMe, James Neal Solo ............ ....Mr. M. ©. Oliver Solo............Miss Ida Mae Miller Solo..............:.Mrs, Patsy Dean Solo.............. Mr. John Morris Solo............... Mrs. Josie Easton Recitation ..... Miss Mayme Southern Solo . ... ..,.....Mr. Henri Sharpe Recitation ........ Mrs. J.T. V. Hill Solo .........,.+.. .Mr. Ezra Roberts Recitation .. Miss Allie Mae Morgan Ida Mae Miller, Directress, » Lillian Booker, Pianist. Captains!, marshall your haste for the $600.00 rally. Allen can’t afford to lower the flag. QUARTERAGE REPORT. Class No. 1, Harrison Brown, Mattie ‘Brown, Sophia Dupee, Hannah White, Laura Taylor, D-lia Wilson.15¢ yane Curry, Emma Doke, Kittie Mitchell, Mary Wilson, Cornelia Jonesf Susie Walker, 35c Susie Darnell, 40c, Marth Coleman 35c, S Hardrick 40c, M. Keen ME Brown, Julia Zion, Cora Brown, 10 R Howard, 30c. Hattie Dean, Patsy Dean, E Coleman 40c, Addie Edwards, F Fletcher, Sadie Chivis, Hattie Jor- dan, T. Jordan, Mary Smith, R Atkins Se, Bertha Turner, Ed Brewer, Mary Brewer, B Young 5c, Emma Hair, E, Parker, No. 2, P Warfield, © Brooks 6Sc, G Hardrick, M. Smith, Zelina Pos ey, M Bradbury, N Wright, William Wright, Mary Bess, Jane Bess, Lillian Booker, Mary Jackson, A Wilson, Cf Robinson, Sarah Lumpkins, Matilda Wilson, 1.25, A Troutman, G Brown, Alice Brown, Anna Simmons, Dora Robertson, W Lumplains, M Green, D- Stewart, Florence Smith, Mattie Fret well, Julia Hill, Chas Green, W Watts A Mitchell, F Brown, P Warfield, M. Smith aad Sarah Warfield. No, J, Henry Bolder, M Bolder. Jno T Williams, Ella Williams, Geo Vena- ble, J H Morton, Bettie Swanagan, R Sanders, Mary Morton, Emily Brewer Martha Miller, A Outland, Ellen Out land, J Jackson, Alice White, Georgé Sanders, Ada Sanders, . Nunn, Lot tie Nunn. A Davis, Flora Parker, M Wells. No's4and 5, Katie Hastin,1,00 Al Lemons, J'W. Bush, Alice Davis, R. Blakey, Kate Admire, Mame Southerr Cornell Smith, Geo. Parker, J Kelly. Jno Kelly, Susie Young, Sam’l Logaz Sarah Grant, Nellie Warmack, Mar garet Young, Robt. Carter, Lulu Har ley. Lutu Alexander, Beatrice Sleet Mary Blakey and Chas Miller. SECOND BAPTIST CHURCA, (in West Michigan St) Re ee. ee: ks ‘The services last Sunday were all that could be desired. The five oclock prayer meeting was largely attended and the success of this meeting is due to the efforts of brother N. Genius who has lead the meeting for seven years. Brother A S Johnson, was elected Superintendent of the Sunda school He has added some new features which are successful. The attendance is increasing weekly. A penticostal wave seemed to have ‘swept through the church last Sunday at morning and evening services. At 1am Dr. Carr seemed to have been at his best, from an oratorical stand- point. He swayed the vast audience with the subject; The Model Speaker Many visitors were present and they | were completely charmed with the ser- vices, At8 p mDr. Carr preached from the subject "The two great ex- cursions’’ The subject was well hand- led. ‘The church was crowded to the doors. ‘The Christian bands made a grand effort with their first instailment, and some of the members paid $5.00 We are determined to cancel our entire debt in July. The names of those members who can and do not do their duty, will be transfered to the drop list. ‘The old folks valentine concert giv- en by the plebian Christian band was a grand success. Sunday morning Dr, Carr wili have the following subject; “The promise of the Father” at8 p. m. Mrs, Marga- ret L. Shepherd the brilliant ex-Rom- anist for three years an inmate of Ar- nas court convent, Bristol, England. will preach, Don’t forget to attend the Gypsy camp, on the 19th. Communion tomorrow at 2:60 p. m. Protracted meeting will begin on Tuesday evening. FREE BAPTIST CHURCH (Corner Riode Island and Newport Sts) ‘The clubs No’s 1 and 2, will give a social at the ehurch, Feb. 22, for the NEW YORK STOR Established 1853. le Agent BUTTERICK Patter SPECIAL SHIRT SAL AR Our 50c unlau ndered Shirt, cv lery one knows it; made with re-in, forced front and back :t::::: 1900 lin en bosom, double stit all the way thro ugh, continu henge SPECIAL! This Sale, 39¢ | OMF-EAST AISLE. FF RS Pettis Dry Goods Co. A Special Mid-Winter Sale... A Big Reduction —umss> On Fall and Winter Suit- ings and Overcoats - All the Latest Styles In Stripes and Cashmere, Suits, Covert Cloth Overcoats D. L WMesbitt, Merchant Tailor. 405 Indiana av SERED purpose of painting and papering the church. All friends are invited. ClubNo1, President, John Thomp- son, secretary, M. W. Turner; treas; B. McIntosh. Club No. 2, Mrs. Geo, Morrison, pres., Mrs. M. W. Turner, sec'y; Mrs. Thomas Crittenden, treas. ‘W. M, Craven, pastor, JONES TABERNACLE A, M. B ZION CHURCH icon Brackvoxp & Nor Sr7zzr8) Rev. A. Wakefield, Pastor A musical and literary entertain ment will be given by the Dorcas cir. cle and Drill by the Oneida club, at Jones’ Tabernacle, Tuesday evening. February 20th. eee soon | Consomme in Cups Oyster { Celery Olives Radishes Onions Roasts Loin of Beef, Brown Gravy. Young Turkey with Sage Dressing Cramberry Sauce Bananna Fritters, maple Ryrup Masned Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Asparagus ou toast Cold Slaw Lemou and Mince Pies Angel Food Crrmel Cake Metropolitan Ice Cream American and Swiss Cheese Hot Rolls Home made Bread Coffee Tea Sweet Milk Butter Milk. ‘The above will be served Sunday at the Palaceteene Cafe 419 Indiana Ave. Meals 25 cts Dinner from 12 to 3 Bridgewater and Ross Prop. 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The Woman’s Home and Foriegr Mission Circle of Corinthian Baptist Church will meet Friday Feb. 23 at the residence of Mrs Layne in Alvord St ‘The subject for the afternoon will be ‘The duty of Mission Workers" on which a paper will de read by Mrs M.B Dillard anb remarks by other members By popular request the "Milk maids Operetta under the of Mr W.D. Dollins will be repeated next Tueday evening Feb. 20th at Bethel Church. ‘The Women’s Home and Foriegn Missionay Society met at the residence of Mrs Washington in Missouri Street. ‘The Sociehy will meet at Mrs Burbrige 831 Adelaide St. next week. Each character is agem in the Oper- etta at the Vermont Street Church next ‘Tuesday the 20th. Praces of admission to the Operetta next Tuesday will be 15 and 55 cts. ‘There will be lots of fun at tue Gol- den Link’s 20th Ceatury Rally and G. Q. M. reception on the 27th. @ashionable Dress making, remodl ing and Fitting. 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