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THE NASHVILLE GLOBE. Vol. IV. STOCKHOLDERS' ANNUAL MEETING ONE-GENT SAVINGS BANK MAKES GOOD SHOWING. President Boyd Speaks Encouraging Words. REPORT OF OFFICIALS VERY SATISFACTORY—SIX PER CENT DIVIDEND DECLARED — SOME NEW MEMBERS ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS — PROSPECTS FOR SUCESSFUL YEAR VERY PROMISING — INSTITUTION GAINING THE CONFDENCE OF THE PEOPLE—LARGE ATTENDANCE OF STOCKHOLDERS. The most important annual meeting held in this city is that of the One Cent Savings Bank. The stockholders of this financial concern held their fifth annual meeting in the directors' room of the bank on Monday night, January 18th. A large number of the stockholders were present and took active part in the deliberations of the meeting. A most encouraging report was rendered. The report of the cashier showed that the institution was in splendid financial condition. The surplus and undivided profits reported were almost equal to the paid up capital stock. The cashier stated that if certain interest that had accrued on several large loans which are now in Chancery were included they would bring the surplus and undivided profits several hundred dollars above the paid up capital. Not an institution in Nashville has enjoyed greater prosperity. The bank has gone along for five years steadily gaining in favor, in standing and in importance each year. The president of the bank, Dr. R. H. Boyd, who has served continuously since its organization, made his annual address after the roll had been called and more than two-thirds of the stockholders were reported present. Dr. Boyd spoke as follows: To the Vice-president, directors and stockholders of the One Cent Savings Bank and Trust Company. Gentlemen: On the 16th day of this month we passed our fifth mile-post on the difficult journey of banking enterprise or financiering experiment. We have just past through twelve months of serious financial uneasiness or stringency which has caused the greatest financial concerns and most experienced financiers to sit up and take note. However, we are glad to report that on the 31st day of December, 1908, our cashier, who is the financial custodian of this institution, was able to make a sworn statement to the comptroller of treasury of the State of Tennessee that our cash resources were $44,012.79 with $2,276.17 surplus and undivided profit on hand to the credit of the stockholders. Both the resources and the surplus sound indeed small for an institution that should represent business of such vast magnitude, or a people as thrifty as the Negro people of Nashville have proved to be individually; but when we take into consideration that the total liability is only $44,012.79 and that the cash capital furnished the directors by the stockholders in only $3,790.00, it sounds to me like miracleworking that these officers should take so small that they meet all their expenses, and show a surplus and undivided profit of $3,276.17. I feel therefore perfectly justifiable in saying that there is not a banking institution in the United States whose officials have done better, and at the same time report to their board of directors each month and to the controller of the treasury semi-annually that they were ready to meet each deposit with 100 cents for every dollar that has been entrusted by them to this banking institution. From year to year we have boasted, and again repeat that the doors of our institution have not been thrown open a single day for business that we were not prepared to hand to our depositors dollar for dollar for every dollar entrusted to us on demand before the closing of banking hours that day if so required. Our cashier has made no display by the juggling of figures, reporting of real estate for cash, com- ONE CENT BANKS BANK Directors of the One-Cent Savings Bank for 1908. putting mortages or deeds of trust upon which we have securities to their full value, but has simply reported money on hand, loans and discounts, specie and currency, amounts due from banks and bankers, as a real cash resource. During all the money stringency our bank has never failed to take care of its regular customers and furnish them money at the same banking discounts as is furnished by the largest and wealthiest banking institutions of the country. It is true we have had demands that we could not supply for various reasons. Sometimes these demands have been made for long loans, other times there was a lack of sufficient gilt-edge on paper offered, occasionally there has been a lack of sufficient capital to make these new loans and at the same time take care of our regular customers. Our cashier and executive committee have been careful to avoid any appearance of plunging in their financial dealings, and, therefore, have failed possibly in realizing as large profits as they might have realized, but they have at all times made careful investigation and dealt only in gilt-edged securities. If your executive officers had a larger cash capital in which they could invest in long loans upon real estate securities they would have been able to have shown better results. The following is a monthly statement of the bank's clearings as shown from its daily clearing house report: STATEMENT BY MONTHS FOR 1908. Months. Deposits. Checks. Total January $ 22,630.88 $ 29,631.05 $ 52,262.53 February 17,644.89 22,100.80 39,745.69 March 29,901.50 19,522.05 49,424.15 April 24,573.91 30,924.39 55,488.30 May 22,823.25 23,871.53 46,694.78 June 34,107.08 23,923.35 60,038.49 July 34,455.00 38,701.23 73,156.23 August 21,982.08 27,634.19 49,616.27 September 28,577.96 25,354.84 53,928.30 October 30,003.32 32,940.48 62,943.80 November 36,411.29 24,988.02 59,593.81 December 39,433.12 31,604.84 71,037.96 NASHVILLE, TENN., FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1909. TENNESSEE GOES DRY GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSES BILL OVER GOV..PATTERSON'S VETO. TENNESSEE GOES DRY GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSES BILL OVER GOV..PATTERSON'S VETO. Governor M. R. Patterson, chief executive of the commonwealth of the State of Tennessee, went on record last Wednesday, showing that he is thoroughly convinced that his first position with regard to state-wide prohibition is unchanged. It was just 4 o'clock in the afternoon when W. D. Scruggs, clerk for His Excellency, handed to Ed. W. Thomas, Clerk of the Senate, the Governor's veto to Senate Bill-No. 1. Many were expecting this veto as Mr. Patterson was known to be firm in his convictions standing on the platform upon which he was nominated and elected, yet the veto caused quite a sensation over the city. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. "To the Honorable Members of the Senate—Under the Constitution of the United States the power of veto is bestowed upon the President, and in most of the States, including Tennessee, it is bestowed upon the Governor. "The prerogative is of ancient origin, and in our country it has sometimes been said that its proper use was to prevent legislative encroachment upon the rights of the Executive; but this view was only partial, and the power has been given a much wider range and meaning. *** "Hamilton said of the veto of the President: 'It not only serves as a shield to the Executive, but it furnishes an additional security against the enactment of improper laws. It establishes a salutatory check upon the legislative body calculated to guard the community against the effects of faction, precipitance or of any impulse unfriendly to the public good which may happen to influence a majority of that body.’ “In his fourth message to Congress, President Polk, in discussing the power, used this language: ‘It is not alone hasty and inconsiderate legislation that he is required to check, but if at any time Congress shall, after apparently full deliberation, resolve on measures which he deems subversive of the Constitution or of the vital interests of the country, it is his solemn duty to stand in the breach and resist them.’ “The quaint but thoroughly sensible comment of Benjamin Franklin on the necessity of the veto was: ‘A single man may be afraid or ashamed of doing injustice. A body is never either one or the other if it is strong enough.’ ATTITUDE TOWARD BILL. "In a message heretofore transmitted I urged against the passage of law that would deprive the people, of the communities where liquor is now sold, of the right to settle this question for themselves. "I pointed out that it was a right heretofore enjoyed by other communities, gave reasons why it was neither just nor expedient to make exceptions, and urged that the only fair and legitimate way to deal with them was in accordance with established precedent and under the principle of local self-government as declared by the Democratic party. "I recommended that a law be passed giving the people an opportunity to express their wishes, and stood pledged and would have approved any legislation which would have carried their will into effect. "But the measure presented for my approval not only denies these communities a right to be heard, but arbitrarily forces upon them a law which they do not want and to which they will never willingly consent. "Where can the justification be found for thus disregarding inherent (Continued on Page 2.) DETERMINED TO HAVE SCHOOL Agricultural and Mechanical Association. MEETING IN GLOBE OFFICE LAST SATURDAY—REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE—MUCH LIGHT THROWN ON SUBJECT UNDER CONSIDERATION—MIDDLE TENNESSEE SECTION MOST DESIRABLE — STATE NOT KEEPING UP ALONG INDUSTRIAL LINES—OFFICERS ELECTED. That the efforts put forth by the Globe in the interest of industrial education for the Negroes of Tennessee are taking affect was clearly evidenced by the enthusiasm demonstrated at the meeting held last Saturday evening in the office of the Globe Publishing Company, 447 Fourth Avenue, North. The meeting -was a response to a call issued Jan. 6, 1909, which reads as follows: "Dear Friend: "We address you this letter on a subject that should appeal to every thinking man, namely—the training of the youth. No one will dispute the fact that a child will be whatever it is taught to be. This being true, it seems to us very necessary that every effort should be directed toward training the children to think right. We believe further that this training should be diversified, and should continue through youthhood. All men do not think alike, which is proof positive that all children are not impressed the same with what they see and hear. One boy will say, 'I want to be an artist,' and his playmate will instantly chirp out. 'I want to be a mechanic.' One girl will say, 'I want to be a seamstress,' and her bosom companion will say 'I don't like to sew, I am going to be a teacher.' We all hear these expressions of the young people from time to time, which is to us a handwriting on the wall. Can we read it? Does it not tell us plainly that we should be on the alert at all times striving to secure for our children every means possible that will enable them to have an opportunity to satisfy their ambitions? To this end we solicit your co-operation. You have no doubt seen from time to time articles in the 'Nashville Globe' calling attention to the fact that the Federal Government is appropriating annually thousands of dollars to each state in the Union for industrial education. The law specifically stipulates how this money is to be used. The Negroes of this state are not being properly treated in this regard, and for this purpose we call you to meet with us on Saturday, January 16, 1909, at 5 p. m., at the office of the 'Nashville Globe,' 447 Fourth avenue, North, Nashville, Tenn., to consider this matter. If you cannot be present, sign the enclosed proxy and mail the same to the above address using the enclosed stamped envelop. It is very necessary that you be present as it is imperative that an organization be perfected at this meeting. Representatives were present from every congressional district in the state except the third, the following answering in person or by proxy: First District, W. C. Watterson, Rogersville; Second C. District, J. M. Easterling, Chattanooga; Third District, not represented; Fourth District, O. T. Williams, Riddleton; Fifth District, T. T. Ransom, Shelbyville; Sixth District, T. Clay Moore, W. H. Hodgkins, Rev. Preston Taylor, Dr. C. V. Roman, H. A. Boyd, Hon. J. C. Napier, Dr. R. H. Boyd and D. A. Hart, Nashville; Seventh District, Moses Mayberry, Franklin; Eighth District, Dr. H. Bullock, Jackson; Ninth District, T. G. Robinson, Dyersburg; Tenth District, B. J. Farnandis, Memphis. Mr. H. A. Boyd stated the purpose of the meeting in a brief way and asked the gentlemen present to express their opinions. Hon. J. C. Na- pier was the first speaker. He discussed industrial education in a general way and dwelt at length upon the conditions in Tennessee. Mr. Napier's remarks showed that he has been giving this subject thorough consideration. He was able to throw much light upon the subject. Rev. Preston Taylor spoke briefly, as did all the gentlemen present. Every one seemed to be of one and the same opinion, and that is the Negroes of this state are not getting what belongs to them, and it is so because they have not pressed their claims along certain lines. The meeting then resolved itself into a temporary organization and elected Rev. Preston Taylor chairman. A Motion prevailed that all present constitute a board of directors. A motion was carried that an organization be perfected at that meeting, and that the name read "The Tennessee Normal, Agricultural and Mechanical Association." Officers were then elected as follows: H. A. Boyd, Nashville, Chairman; J. M. Easterling, Chattanooga, Vice Chairman East Tennessee; H. B. J. Farnandis, Memphis, Vice Chairman West Tennessee; T. Clay Moore, Nashville, Treasurer; D. A. Hart, Nashville, Secretary. The officers were instructed to do everything in their power to bring about the desired results. The opinion prevailed that the middle section of the State would be the most desirable for an institution like the one under consideration. The meeting adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman. STOCKHOLDERS' ANNUAL MEET (Continued from Page 1.) It will be noticed that the total clearings for the fiscal year ending December 31st 1908, are $663,948,25 as against $649,008.53 for the year 1907. This shows to our great astonishment $14,939.72 increase over our last annual report, notwithstanding the year 1908 has been known in financial and business circles as a year of financial stringency and business depression. We cannot think of saying that this large increase in business was caused by the plentifulness of money among Negroes, but we must contribute it to the increased confidence that is gradually growing upon the people by watching the careful financial management and executive ability displayed by our efficient cashier and executive officers. Another encouraging sign. If you will again examine the monthly clearings you will nnd that the report of Dec. 31, 1907, shows that the deposits only exceeded the checks by $89.09, while the report of Dec. 31, 1908, shows that the deposits exceeded the checks by $1,440.28, thus showing that as confidence increases the long deposits and unused money increase, or it shows that notwithstanding the wonderful and pressing financial stringency and business depression the Negroes are being taught by the One Cent Savings Bank frugality at the rates of more than $1,500.00 annually. THE MISSION OF THE ONE CENT SAVINGS BANK. Each stockholder that has attended these meetings will possibly recall some remarks in my first annual address; if so, you will remember that I carefully stated that it was not the mission of the One Cent Savings Bank to speculate or make money either for the stockholders or the officials. Our officials are paid no lucrative salaries—in fact, it is a labor of love. The One Cent Savings Bank being the oldest Negro banking institution in Tennessee and for a time the only one, it was and still is the mission of this banking institution to accomplish or teach two important lessons: 1. Frugality among its customers. 2. Confidence of the race in itself. While I readily admit that this, the only Negro banking institution in Nashville, does not handle ten per cent of the bankable money and circulating finances of the Negroes of Nashville, yet it is something to boast of when we can say and show by cold figures that a few Negroes have confidence enough in each other to select officers and entrust with them, to be handled at will, $663,948.25. It is true if the Negroes of Nashville and vicinity had the confidence that they should have in each other and had the amount of race pride that they should possess, this would be six million instead of six hundred thousand dollars. However, I am an optimist and look forward to the coming of a better day; and whoever lives to attend the 20th or 30th anniversary of Negro banks in Nashville, if the same judicial caution and honesty continues to be practiced, will see, hear and read of Negro banking institutions making annual reports of as many millions in its annual clearings as it now reports hundreds of thousands. As much as I regret it, it is nevertheless true, that the very people who should patronize Negro banking institutions do not as a rule do so. They seem to have either a lack of confidence or prefer the polite treatment given them by white clerks in banking institutions. However, if we are doing nothing else but causing the clerks in white banks to treat the Negro more politely, this of itself is proving to be a great work. Yet there are a number of large white banks THE NASHVILLE GLOBE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1909 which, if the truth were known, would prefer not to be bothered with the small deposits of these Negro patrons. The business white men of this and other Southern cities have far more respect for a Negro that will give his patronage to his own institutions than they have for the Negro who both by words and actions show that he prefers not to deal with his own people. PROGRESS OF NEGRO BANKING INSTITU- Ten years ago there were but two Negro banking institutions in the United States. To-day there are forty two in active operation and two that will throw their doors open next month, four have suspended business, making fifty in all. Only one of this fifty is North of the Mason and Dixon Line, showing that the Southern Negro is making strenuous efforts to take care of his own financial condition and that the Southern white man is doing all in his power to encourage him in the same. As to the safety of Negro banks and banking institutions we must judge the future by the past. During the fifteen months of financial stringency there has been but one Negro bank failure in the United States. While it is true four have temporarily closed their doors, but three of these were closed by contracts. Both stockholders and depositors received 100 cents on the dollar. Only one Negro bank had to go into the hands of a receiver, and in this case the cashier was so well-bonded that the depositors will lose no money. In almost every daily paper that you pick up you will see the account of the failure of some white banking institution or hear of presidents and cashiers being indicted in the courts for bad management of finances, and yet out of the fifty banks now in operation in the United States among Negroes not one has been indicted for embezzlement or bad use of the finances of the institution of which he is an officer. Comparison is said to be odious, but for our own benefit and for the benefit of Negro stockholders and depositors I beg to be allowed to give some facts and figures concerning banking institutions and then we can answer for ourselves whether Negro banking institutions are as safe as other institutions. Upon consulting Dun's Annual Review for 1909 I find under the head of "Bank Suspensions." that in the United States there were 253 banks suspended with a liability of $261,924,354. These suspensions were confined to no particular section of the United States but are widely scattered in all portions of the country. For instance, in New York City alone there were 25 bank suspensions with a liability of $135,938,623. Thus when we take up the sections of the country, the capital invested, the ability and experience of the officials handling these banking institutions, we can see that there exist no reasons why Negroes should fear to deposit their money in Negro banking institutions. Each of the 50 Negro banking institutions with but one exception is a savings bank and while we have had four suspensions in Negro banking circles during the year 1908, only one of them was thrown into the hands of a receiver, the other three being closed by mutual consent, or selling out to others, or by reimbursing their depositors and redividing their paid up capital among the stockholders. This one Negro savings bank, while it went into the hands of a receiver, we learn from good authority that depositors will receive 100 cents on the dollar and the stockholders will lose nothing if the securities are properly collected. Out of the 253 banks suspended during the year 1908 only 19 of them were savings banks and these 19 savings banks had a liability of only $8,056,591. If we are to be governed by these figures we must surmise that the savings banks of the United States are the safest banking institutions that we have, and we give as a reason for this that they invariably loan on real estate securities. Hence real estate securities are about the only securities that Negro banking institutions can safely deal in at this time. RECOMMENDATIONS. I would recommend first that $5,000 of our capital stock be disposed of at an early date and the remainder taken off the market at par. It is unfair to the stockholders to have new stockholders come in and share equally this undivided surplus. But if our capital stock were paid up the money could be invested in real estate securities, bringing good interest, and at the same time help numbers of people who are being constantly distressed with mortages upon their homes. Second, I would recommend the establishing of a real estate and trust department in our bank as our charter has made provision for. This, however, can not be done unless we have a sufficiency of capital or long deposit money with which to operate this department. If the capital stock were paid up and used in the Real Estate and Trust Department, I believe it would be a paying investment, and hundreds of people who are losing their homes on account of failure to meet their mortages might be helped out of these distresses at good advantage to the stockholders, and we might be able to bug up a number of these foreclosed mortages and the bank could own the real estate and sell it at good profit. Third, I would like to recommend that our bank do more substantial advertising in some way. I think that quarterly statements should be printed and sent out among the colored citizens of Nashville and vicinity. Fourth, I would recommend that the stockholders hold occasional mass meetings and talk up the condition of the bank and its working intentions. A number of people would take stock in our bank if they knew the real financial standing and par value of paid up capital stock. To-day, if I am correct in my calculation, every dollar's worth of paid up capital-stock in the One Cent Savings Bank has a value of 75 per cent above par, that is to say, every dollar's worth of paid up capital stock is worth to-day, according to the figures, at least $1.75. But if some persons with money should buy up a sufficient quantity of the capital stock he could easily lower the present value of the paid up capital stock and share equally with the oldest stockholders. Our by-laws and regulations have never been printed in pamphlet form, notwithstanding we have had numerous calls for the same. This I hope will be looked after at this stockholders' meeting. Following this report Mr. J. C. Napier, the cashier, who has also served in his capacity since the bank was organized, made a most timely address. Mr. Napier declared that as custodian of the peoples' money he had handled with care, with caution and with that same degree of interest as though it had been his own private fortune. He stated that he, by special agreement with his wife, had made a solemn vow when many people said that the bank would run 30, 60 or 90 days and then close, others that it was a foolhardy attempt, that before he would see the depositors, large or small, loose one penny in the institution he would willingly surrender his own private fortune to them which is the saving of many years. This remark created a most profound impression. The cashier further stated that he had wished time and again that the people who had been refused loans from time to time, because of the insufficiency of collateral that was offered, would put themselves in his position as custodian and then they could see it in another light. He stated that he felt it a duty incumbent upon him to safeguard their deposits. At the close, both the president and the cashier's addresses were adopted. There were two vacancies on the board of directors, one caused by the death of J. S. Martin and the other by the move out of the State of W. D. Chappelle. These vacancies were filled and the following board of directors elected: Lewis Winter, J. W. Grant, T. G. Ewing, J. A. Cullom, J. B. Bosley, R. F. Boyd, C. N. Langston, C. S. Randals, Preston Taylor, R. H. Boyd, Wm. Haynes, J. W. Bostic, J. P. Crawford, E. B. Jefferson, Geo. W. McKissack, Wm. Beckham, Henry A. Boyd, J. C. Napier. The stockholders voted to have an annual banquet, inviting their friends to dine with them some time this year. After the stockholder's meeting adjourned the directors met. The meeting was called to order by the president. The first thing in order was the election of officers for the ensuing year, which resulted as follows: president, R. H. Boyd; vice-president, J. W. Bostic; cashier, J. C. Napier; teller, C. N. Langston. The financial committee was elected to serve during 1909 as follows: J. W. Grant, E. B. Jefferson, J. C. Napier, J. B. Bosley, R. H. Boyd. By a unanimous vote the directors declared a six per cent dividend which was the same as that which had been declared in each annual meeting. The directors decided that they would recommend that part of the president's address which referred to putting $5,000 worth of stock on the market and withdrawing the remainder. It is evident that within the next thirty days the one thousand shares will be taken up. TENNESSEE GOES DRY. and acknowledged rights which have heretofore been held sacred and inviolate? AGAINST WILL OF PEOPLE. "Does it not set up the despotism of a legislative majority against the will of the people? "Is it the impartial result of calm, intelligent reflection, or was it conceived in haste and born in an atmosphere so charged with excitement and passion as precluded reason and deliberation? "Would you have passed this measure if you had been left free to exercise your function as Legislators without other thought than that of the public good, without other influences save those which surround a public servant in the performance of a public act?" "Would those who voted for this bill to become a law have done so if any right of their own locality was involved? "Would they not resent interference by other members if conditions were reversed and bitterly assail the tyrannical exercise of a power which would HOWSE BROS. FURNITURE, STOVES AND CARPET TERMS TO SUIT EVERYBODY. We Can Furnish Your Home Complete from Parlor to Kitchen. We Take Old Goods as First Payment; Balance Weekly or Monthly. 304-306 BROADWAY. NASHVILLE. THE SPA We have just added to our place a fine and theatre. Open till 12:30 every night, solicit the patronage of Churches, Lodg delivery. Telephone, Main 1679. C. T. COFFEY, 11-13-08-3mrs. TRY A M They B Burn C With E GAS, GA Jones THE STOVE PEOPLE We have just added to our place a first-class lunch for the public after church and theatre. Open till 12:30 every night. Ice Cream and Soda all winter. We solicit the patronage of Churches, Lodges, Weddings and Private Orders. Prompt delivery. Telephone, Main 1679. C. T. COFFEY, Cor. Ninth Ave. and Cedar St 11-13-08-3mrs. TRY A MONOGRAM STEEL RANGE They Bake Better Than Any Other— Burn Coal or Wood and Do the Work With Ease. GAS, GASOLINE AND COAL OIL COOK STOVES At Jones & Hopkins Mfg. Co. 207 THIRD AVE., NORTH THE STOVE PEOPLE "Convinced as I am that your action is unfair and precipitate, harmful to the State and destructive of the principal of local self-government, I shall ask a reconsideration with the hope that you may agree with me, and if you do not with the knowledge that I have exhausted all my constitutional power to prevent unwise and undemocratic legislation. "I therefore return Senate Bill No. 1 with my disapproval and assign the reasons which follow; BEASONS FOR VETO. "1. As Democratic Governor I feel it a duty and a sacred obligation to sustain the platform of the Democratic party which distinctly states the doctrine of local self-government, and this measure directly opposes, defies and destroys it. "2. As the Governor of all the people, holding my mission from the majority, I protest in their name against an act which will set aside and hold for naught their recorded will. "3. I veto this bill because experience has taught the lesson, without a single exception, that no arbitrary prohibition law was ever obeyed, and that its enaction brings no settlement of the question, but rather leaves it like a burr on the body politic to irritate and inflame. "Such has been the case in Maine, where after a test of more than fifty years under a prohibition law, notoriously evaded and defied for all that time, it still remains an active political question to vex and harass the people. "In Kansas, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi we are to-day witnessing the same disastrous and distressing results, and there is nothing in the situation in Tennessee which will lead us to hope that conditions will be different. "4. I will not approve a law, by whatever name it may be called or whatever mistaken notions of morality may have influenced it, which will destroy property reduce the revenues of the State, increase taxation, take the money of our people and send it abroad, foment discord instead of promoting peace, and impair the dignity of the Commonwealth. WILL FOSTER HYPOCRISY. "5. In the name of temperance I refuse assent to an intemperate measure which will cause more evils than it pretends to cure, and in the name of morality I will not sanction a law that will foster hypocrisy and invite evasion and deceit in the people. "6. For the manhood of Tennessee, proven on every field of war, and exemplified in all her glorious history of peace, I do not approve a legislative guardianship which would make weaklings of her men instead of leaving them unhampered and unfettered by onerous and sumptuity laws interfering with their personal rights and privileges. "7. For the youth who will bear our burdens when we are gone, whose bodies, minds and souls should be robust with the hardy virtues of the race from which they sprung, I would forbid a law which would teach and set before them daily lessons of duplicity and evasion. "8. In the name of our women, whose true and heavenly mission is to bless the home and teach honor, courage and truth to their children, who are the strength, the inspiration and the saving grace of man, I condemn any measure which will bring even a part of them into the heated --- MILARY E. HOWSE. BROS. ES AND CARPETS PAW.) first-class lunch for the public after church Ice Cream and Soda all winter. We es, Weddings and Private Orders. Prompt r. Ninth Ave. and Cedar St. MONOGRAM STEEL RANGE Make Better Than Any Other— Coal or Wood and Do the Work lease. GASOLINE AND COAL OIL COOK STOVES At & Hopkins Mfg. Co. 207 THIRD AVE., NORTH and poisoned atmosphere of political strife. RIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT. "Vicious and undemocratic as I believe this measure to be, forced upon communities without their consent, it will be my duty as Governor to try to enforce it, and no man who breaks it need expect from me any different treatment than will be accorded other violators, but, before you make it the law over my veto, you shall not in the name of morality commit an immoral act, and in the name of the public welfare commit this political crime without hearing through me the voice of an indignant, protesting, and outraged people. "In the name of the South, and as Governor of a State which is one of its ancient, most conservative and illustrious members, I may not be able to avert, but I can, and do sound the signal of danger this new and strange spirit of radicalism which seems now to possess us, the present bane of our civilization, the future peril of our land. Our fathers fought as no soldiers did since war among the human race began, suffered as none others have suffered, died as none others have died since the annals of men were first recorded. It was not for conquest, self or power, not to force their views or institutions upon others, but for the holy purpose of preserving the rights of their States, and that sacred principle of self-government dear to every Southern heart, sprinkled with Southern tears and baptized in the purest Southern blood. "It has been their pride and boast that, while they lost on the field of force, they won on the field of honor and saved the treasure from all the dangers and perils which beset them, and left it a heritage to their children above price, secure in possession, separate and apart from all that could tempt or betray. "Shall we, who have this trust to guard and keep, yield it now at the first wave of passion, at the first assault of power?" TAWDRY FANATICISM. "Our fathers did not learn the canting phrase, they were strangers to cheap and tawdry fanaticism; they would have resented with armed force an attempt to interfere with their rights, except with their own consent. "They made the South strong and great above the rest, for they were great and strong above the rest in all the graces that adorn mankind. "They had their ideals and these were high and true and pure. "Around the home the men of the South drew the circle of their love and courage, where none dared intrude to ruin or mar. In that domain woman was the jewel, the ornament, the guiding hand, the sweet pervading influence. "Honor lived in the elder days guarded with such jealous care that men were loath to scathe it, and truth was loved which made men fear to lie. "These men and women who made the South immortal needed no law to make them great and good, for they held the title by right of sovereign manhood and spotless womanhood. If their children are true to them, they will stand as they stood, do as they would have done. Respectfully submitted. "MALCOLM R. PATTERSON. "Jan. 19, 1909." On Wednesday the Assembly passed the state-wide bill over the Governor's veto on joint ballot with only one vote less than the number cast in the two houses. PHONE, MAIN 1096 NASHVILLE, TENN. ```markdown ``` HAVE YOU SEEN IT? THE Sunday=School Lesson Commentary For 1909 --- It is the best book on the market for those who are interested in the work of the Sunday-School. A Commentary on the Sunday-school lessons, every superintendent, teacher and advanced scholar should have one. 523 Second Avenue, North, ```markdown ``` WIFE DESERTION CASES NOLLED. The decision of the Supreme Court, holding to be unconstitutional the statute making it a misdemeanor for a man to maliciously desert or fail to provide for his wife and children, will reduce business in the Davidson County Criminal Court considerably. Two cases were nolled Tuesday. Many indictments have been returned under the statute since it was placed on the statute books, and the trials of some of the cases were of the character of divorce suits. Mrytle B. and Arthur B. Morton entered an action in the Circuit Court Tuesday against Dan Gourley, William Lowe and Charles Tinnon to recover $10,000, and the Nashville and Goodlettsville Turnpike Co., entered an action against the same parties to recover $25,000. Sallie Moody, colored, filed a petition, asking for a divorce from J. F. Moody, charging that defendant is serving a term of two years in prison for bigamy, and that at the time he married petitioner he had a wife living in Jonesboro, Ark. The call of the divorce docket will be taken up by Chancellor Allison in the Chancery Court to-day, beginning with case 686. There are about thirty divorce cases on the docket in the Chancery Court. CRIMINAL.—William Smith, colored, carrying weapon, nolled actual cost; W. H. Graves, desertion and failure to provide for wife and children, nolled; George Campbell, abandonment of wife and child and failure to provide, nolled; Charley Turner, colored, fraudently obtaining board, $10. CHANCERY.—A. J. Reilly et al. vs. Mary Reilly et al., decree accepting offer of $550 for interest in land; Malone et al. vs. Light et al., bill amended; A. F. Polk, guardian, vs. Frank Gleaves, administrator, et al., order of reference. BISHOP TYRE CONVALESCENT. The people of Nashville and the country at large will receive with great joy and relief the news that Bishop Evans Tyre, who has been very sick at his home for the past two weeks is ```markdown ``` A DAY IN COURT. SUITS IN CIRCUIT COURT. CALL OF DIVORCE DOCKET COURT RECORD THE NASHVILLE GLOBE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1909. A Good Book for Pastors and Licensed Ministers. 75c Half Mo rocco, SEND ALL ORDERS TO BAPTIST PUBLISH ```markdown ``` beginning to show signs of improvement. Dr. R. F. Boyd, his physician, has given him the best attention that it was possible and after heroic efforts was able to make science triumph over disease. The Bishop has worked exceedingly hard during the last twelve months. In the early spring he was in Texas looking after educational matters, which in itself was an arduous task. Immediately after he closed his spring rally there he set out on a long journey from Waco, Texas, to Norfolk, Va., a distance of over two thousand miles by the route the delegation went. At the close of the General Conference he went direct to the Bishop's Council at Wilberforce University, Xenia, Ohio, from there he came home and rested a few days only before leaving for his work in Texas again. So he has been in a dead strain for nearly twelve months, and the collapse when it did come was very severe. The doctor is satisfied now that Bishop Tyree is out of danger, and that his recovery will be steady, but probably slow. MORE NIGHT RIDERS Charley Hite, Dave Pickard, Wiley Sanders and Walter Warren, four alleged night riders from Humphreys County, all white, were brought up from Waverly Friday afternoon by Sherriff Ben Obarr and Deputy A. Thomas, and placed in the Davidson County jail on account of the crowded condition of the Waverly jail. These men are charged with walking, riding and prowling over the country in Humphreys County while masked and armed, and attacking and unmercifully whipping Will Abbott and Esquire Reece. Application for bail was heard before Judge Cook last week. Bail was denied, and the prisoners were remanded to jail. Three of these, Charley Hite, Wiley Sanders and Walter Warren, were among the six confined in the Davidson County jail in December by a similar order of the court. MONUMENT FOR LINCOLN. Washington, Jan. 19.—The erection of a monument in this city to the memory of Abraham Lincoln was recommended in a resolution introduced by Senator Dick, of Ohio. The monument, it is provided, "shall be worthy of his great fame, his service to humanity and to his country, and fittingly commemorate the grandeur of Half Mo- Nashville, Tenn. his character, the nobility of his life and his epoch making career." The Senate Committee on Appropriation has taken favorable action on the resolution and has referred it to the Committee on Library. The further recommendation is made that the centennial of the birth of Lincoln, the 12th of next February, be set aside by all Americans, all municipalities and towns and all associations and organizations to honor his memory. Emphasis is placed on the fact that as Lincoln had most of his setbacks in his early years and conquered them, it should spur on the youth of to-day. In view of this fact, it is set forth that appropriate exercises should be held in all seats of learning. TEXAS NOT YET CERTAIN. San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 10.—There seems to be no certainty about the State going dry, in fact, this city would be seriously hurt if such were the case. There are three very large brewery plants here. They employ hundreds of men and ship car-loads of beer to Mexico, and since it is "The gateway to Mexico," they hold the trade with ease. The following dispatch from Austin shows that Texas is not quite gone and that the state may yet do a large business with the outside world and with the Republic to the South: Austin, Texas, January 19. — The second test vote in regard to the submission of a constitutional amendment providing for State-wide prohibition in the House of the Texas Legislature to-day showed those who favored prohibition to be still three votes short of the number required to carry the measure. The question was the dispensing with the third reading and the submission of the bill to a vote. While the prohibition faction defeated the effort of the anti-prohibitionists to have the bill put on final passage by a vote of 86 to 38 it will require 89 votes, two-thirds of the membership of the House, to secure its enactment. The vote to-day followed debate at times very bitter. HOUSEKEEPERS' EMBROIDERY CIRCLE. Housekeepers' Embroidery Circle had their entertainment January 1, 1909, at the residence of Mrs. W. L. McEwen. The house was beautifully decorated with ferns and flowers, the color scheme being red and green which was carried out throughout the house. Mrs. W. L. McEwen, G. W. Ward and Miss B. G. Thompson re- The National Baptist Sunday School Lesson Commentary 1909 ceived the guests; Misses Goldie Nelson and Malone, served punch in the front hall. After enjoying several games and several selections on the piano the guests were invited into the dining-room where a table well ladened with turkey, oyster dressing, cranberry sauce, creamed potatoes, green peas, pickles, beaten biscuits, shrimp salad, grapes, oranges, apples, bananas, cream, cake, and black coffee awaited them. Those who made up the party were, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. McEwen, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Burns, Mr. and Mrs. Jas Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Vaughn, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wallace, Mrs. J. W. Nelson, Mrs. C. A. Holder, Mrs. M. Baber, Mrs. L. Burford, Misses B. G. Thompson, Goldie Nelson, Katie Malone, Josephine Mack, Messrs M. M. Lyerson, M. Davis, N. B. McEwen. ARKANSAS TO BE DRY. Little Rock, Ark., January 15. Following in the footsteps of all the South, "what one southern state does the other is sure to do." Representative Brown, of this state, introduced a bill in the lower house of the Legislature to-day providing for a Statewide prohibition. The bill has a clause which provides that the people of the State vote on the question July 19. LIBERIAN SHOOTS AT GERMAN SHIP. Konakry, French Guinea, West Africa, Jan. 15.—Hot in the collar over some failure to observe the laws of customs, and being determined that they should be respected the Liberian gunboat wades into the intruder, as news has just been received here that the Liberian customs gunboat Lark has bombarded a German steamer of the Woerman Line off the coast of Liberia. A German guard ship from Kamerum has sailed for Liberia. SPRUCE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES. Pastor Townsend's residence, 2029 Jefferson street, was the central target for Cupid's arrows last Monday. Two weddings took place. First. Mr. Anderson Jones, of Montgomery, Ala., to Miss Mary E. V. Reed, "the sweet singer" of Spruce Street Church choir, Second. Mr. Solomon Tennor, of Nashville, to Miss Queenie Armstead, of Huntsville, Ala. Mrs. Lutitia Morgan who so kindly remembered the pastor during Christmas, has returned from New York. Dr. Jeff Lytton the new member of the trustee board, is much in evidence at Spruce St. His amiable wife is convalescent. Mr. S. P. Tony, the invincible champion of finance at Spruce Street, seems destined to be a king among laymen church workers in Nashville. The young people want to replace our fine chandelier and buy a pipe organ. God bless them. If they try they will lsuucceed, but it will give them plenty good exercise. The pastor's subject for First Sunday at 11 a. m., will be "Christ all in all." We have several sick members among them Mrs. Lillian Reed and Miss Jennie Dunson. The "Japs" will have charge of Nashville Monday night January 25, at Spruce Street Church. Dont miss this great "Carnival," the opening entertainment of the season. The Bible presented Supt. Porter, was by the Sunday-school. Rev. G. L. H.. made presentation address. The pastor will organize "Old Folks" class Sunday. Come to Sunday-school and join it. REV. FIELDS AT FISK LAST SUNDAY. Rev. J. C. Fields, pastor of the Pleasant Green Baptist Church, delivered a very strong lecture before the Y. M. C. A. of Fisk University. His subject was "Out of the School of Life into Life's School." A magnificent audience heard this young divine handle with ease and eloquence this subject. The association will from time to time, as heretofore, hear the different leaders in and out of the city. MASS MEETING POSTPONED. Owing to several important meetings having been called on the same night, which would necessitate the vices of some of the prominent speakers scheduled, the mass meeting called to meet at the First Baptist Church, Spruce street, for Wednesday night, January 20th, has been postponed and will be held on Monday night, January 25th at the First Baptist Church, Rev. W. S. Ellington, pastor. The call, originally issued by Rev. S. E. Griggs, remains the same with a change only in the date. CORRECTION The entertainment given at Mercy Hospital on Thursday evening, January 7, was in honor of the nurses of that institution. The Nashville Globe. The Nashville Globe. Published Every Friday in the Year, Room 1, Odd Fellows Hall, No. 447 Fourth Avenue, North, Nashville, Tenn., BY THE GLOBE PUBLISHING CO. D. A. HART.....President C. H. BURRILL.....Secretary J. O. BATTLE.....Treasurer H. A. BOYD.....Business Manager Telephone Main 4323-L. Entered as second-class matter January 19, 1806, at the post-office at Nashville, Tennessee under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. No Notice taken of anonymous contributions. Notify the office when you fail to get your paper. ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION. READING MATTER RATES. 5 cents per line for each insertion. 8 cents per line for each insertion (black face). Advertising copy should be in the office not later than 9 a. m. Tuesday of each week. TO THE PUBLIC. Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any person, firm or corporation, which may appear in the columns of THE NASHVILLE GLOBE will be gladly corrected upon being brought to the attention of the person. Send correspondence for publication so as to reach the office Monday. No matter intended for current issue which arrives as late as Thursday can appear in that number, as Thursday is press day. m. be written only on one side of the paper, and should be accompanied by the name of the contributor, not necessarily for publication, but as an evidence of good faith. THE GOVERNOR'S VETO. Gov. Patterson sent Senate Bill No. 1, which is the state-wide prohibitory measure against the sale of liquors, together with his veto message back to the Senate Tuesday afternoon. In view of the fact that he had won in the primary election of his party over an able and popular opponent holding opposite views and also in the general election against a state-wide candidate, he would have been false to the majority of the people of Tennessee, who by their suffrage had expressed confidence in him and approval of his position, had he not vetoed the measure which neither they nor he approved. The following is submitted, showing in part the Governor's attitude toward the bill: "In a message heretofore transmitted I urged against the passage of law that would deprive the people, of the communities where liquor is now sold, of the right to settle this question for themselves. "I pointed out that it was a right heretofore enjoyed by other communities, gave reasons why it was neither just nor expedient to make exceptions, and urged that theonly fair and legitimate way to deal with tiem was in accordance with established precedent and under the principle of local self-government as declared by the Democratic party. "I recommended that a law be passed giving the people an opportunity to express their wishes, and stood pledged and would have approved any legislation which would have carried their will into effect. "But the measure presented for my approval not only denies these communities a right to be heard, but arbitrarily forces upon them a law which they do not want and to which they will never willingly consent. "Where can the justification be found for thus disregarding inherent and acknowledged rights which have heretofore been held sacred and inviolate? AGAINST WILL OF PEOPLE. "Does it not set up the despotism of a legislative majority against the will of the people? "Is it the impartial result of calm, intelligent reflection, or was it conceived in haste and born in an atmosphere so charged with excitement and passion as precluded reason and deliberation? "Would you have passed this measure if you had been left free to exercise your function as Legislators without other thought than that of the public good, without other influences save those which should surround a public servant in the performance of a public act? "Would those who voted for this bill to become a law have done so if any right of their own locality was involved? "Would they not resent interference by other members if conditions were THE NASHVILLE GLOBE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1909 reversed and bitterly assail the tyrannical exercise of a power which would deprive the people of their own communities of a voice in their own affairs? "Convinced as I am that your action is unfair and precipitate, harmful to the State and destructive of the principal of local self-government, I shall ask a reconsideration with the hope that you may agree with me, and if you do not with the knowledge that I have exhausted all by constitutional power to prevent unwise and undemocratic legislation." The liquor problem will ever be with us in some form or other, then is it not the sanest way to combat its evils under the present law-regulated and segregated system than to contend with it in the form of blind-tigers, boot-legging and a multifarious number of other evasions? Why dispense with the five hundred thousand dollars arising from the taxation of the traffic, still have it, and then make the people go into their pockets to make up this enormous sum? To attempt to show good reason for so doing is to attempt the impossible—in short, it is reasoning with a vengeance, and the people, who must pay the fiddler, suffer. AN INDUSTRIAL MOVEMENT. A number of prominent and public spirited citizens of the State met Saturday, January 16, and perfected an organization to be known as The Tennessee Normal, Agricultural and Mechanical Association. The object of this association is to establish a Normal, Agricultural and Mechanical College for the training of Negro youth. This is the right step in the right direction. Let the people interest themselves in giving it their active and hearty support and nothing can prevent it from developing into tangible form. If the people enter into the true spirit of the project as have the members of the association, there will be no such thing as failure. This paper from time to time advocated the necessity of establishing an institution for the instruction of the Negro youth of the state. It has maintained all along that the agricultural, mechanical and industrial future of the Negro people in Tennessee depended largely upon the provision they would make for the intelligent training and preparation of their youth. They will be given an opportunity now to prove whether they do or do not want a real creditable industrial school for their children. What they do now will mean much, and will be far reaching in its effect and influence. The men behind this enterprise are thoroughgoing, reliable business men. They are interested in and may be counted upon to take an active part in any worthy effort for the betterment of the community. As there must be a head and front to every successful movement, the Normal, Agricultural and Mechanical Association has been formed to advise, plan, and take the lead in this movement. Let there be unity of interest on the part of all the people, and success is sure. It is one thing to hunt the bear, but quite another thing when the bear turns and begins to hunt the hunter. This is true in some other cases. For instance, if a United States Senator has an itching desire for a few hundred or a thousand or so of the broad, timbered acres of Oregon lands, he will start on the hunt for fraud to dispossess the fraudulent possessors, which, by his official influence, is done; but when fraud begins to hunt him, how differently does he act. It is a case of vice versa—the hunted becomes the hunter. The falling from grace of this last Southern senatorial paragon of integrity, truth, virtue and nobility brings to the South another blush of shame. Representative Brownlow and Representative-elect Austin, of the First and Second Congressional Districts, have got together, it is reported, and slated those who are to be beneficiaries of federal patronage in their districts. Some important positions are to be disposed of. These big slices of federal pie will be handed out to the most faithful as spoils of victory. The leavings or crumb will possibly go to appease the appetites of the lukewarms in the fold of Hale, Sanders & Co. However that may be, one thing is certain Brownlow and Austin are in the saddle and masters of the situation. We can afford to watch the game with pleasure. The Senate of the National Congress of the Republic of Cuba unanimously elected the Negro leader, Morua Delgado, President of that body. That was a just and fitting tribute to the Negro people of the Republic. They have always furnished the majority of the heroes upon whom have fallen the brunt of the struggle for national freedom. The spirit of the gallant Maceo, the Toussaint L'Ouverture of Cuba, must have looked down with complacency on the seemingly tardy honor conferred upon his people whom Delgado represented. Politics makes strange playmates as well as strange bedfellows, as may be observed in the hobnobbings of the Democratic-Republican state-widers. Never before in the memory of men were such harmony and good fellowship seen as now exist between the respective members of the two opposing old parties. Bowl clinks against bowl as they quaff off the loving-cups of pure water in celebration of their partnership victory. To prejudice the cause of the Negro soldiers whom Senator Foraker represented, a rumor was started that he had been retained to represent them after his retirement from the Senate. But there was no truth in the villainous machination. Mr. Foraker branded it as a rank misrepresentation outside of any excuse for ever having existed, save to prejudice his cause. It is said that the Senator from Arkansas, Jeff Davis, has awakened. Would it be charitable to say it is a pity? We could have afforded to have gone on in the even tenor of our way if he had napped and nodded as long as did Rip Van Winkle. As you climb the ladder of success, do not push others off. Some people possess a mania for doing just that kind of selfish thing. Remember that no one in this life is beyond the possibility of being toppled to earth. Dr. C. T. Walker, the "Black Spurgeon," in a brilliant speech introduced Mr. Taft at Augusta to an organization representing the Negroes of Georgia. Mr. Taft's speech was encouraging and should be helpful to both races. Last week it was winter pure and simple; this week it is springlike sure and certain. The weather is like some people—changeable. Tennessee has adopted a state-wide prohibition measure. LIBERIA WANTS HELP: The conditions in the republic of Liberia do not seem to be at all improving so far as the management of financial affairs is concerned from time to time. There has come up before them things that have caused more than one serious reflection. That these conditions are still serious is shown from the following dispatch from the National capital. Washington, January 19.—President Roosevelt to-day transmitted to Congress with his approval a letter from Secretary of State Root asking that authority be given for the appointment of a commission of three Americans to go to Liberia and assist that Republic in strengthening its hold on the reins of government. The President, in his endorsement of the proposition, asks for an appropriation of $20,000 for the payment of the expenses of the commission. The President's message on the subject is as follows: "I earnestly hope that the recommendation of the Secretary of State will be approved and that Congress will grant the appropriation of $20,000 for the payment of the expenses of a commission who shall go to Liberia to examine into the situation, confer with the officers of the Liberian Government and with the representatives of other Governments actually present in Monrovia and report recommendations as to the action on the part of the Government of the United States most apt to render effective relief to the Republic of Liberia under the present critical circumstances. The relations of the United States to Liberia are such as to make an imperative duty for us to do all in our Only Three Days Left Any Suit to Your Measure - $19.95 Any Trousers to Your Measure $6.00 EVERY CARMENT HAND TAILED THE TAILOR power to help the little Republic, which is struggling against such adverse conditions." Mr. Root says that the condition of Liberia is really serious. The forty or fifty thousand civilized negroes, mostly descendants of colonies from the United States, find it especially difficult to control the native tribes, or because of lack of education, to conduct their own Government in accordance with modern requirements. H. T. G. M. CLUB The H. T. G. M. Club held its regular meeting January 5, 1909 at the residence of Miss Fannie M. Banks, 708 Gay street. Progressive Whist was the mode of entertainment. The luck fell with Miss Lillian A. Bright, who was the recipient of the first prize, a box of handsome linen note paper. Miss Hodgkins received the consolation, a work basket filled with bombons. The visitors present were, Misses Lady Emma and Lucy Phillips, Blanche Randals and Lucy White. A call meeting was set for Thursday January 7th at the residence of Miss Lillian E. Badger. At this meeting an inventory of the membership of the club was made. Its ranks have been thinned considerably by the marriages of several of the members, and much to the regret of the club, it is soon to sustain other losses as the announcement has been received that Misses Mollie E. Berry and Nannie I. Sumner are to be married in the very near future. The membership now reads : Active Members.—Misses Lillian E. Badger, Lillian A. Bright, Elnora M. Berry, Mollie E. Berry, Fannie M. Banks, Lillian A. Banks, Minnie Mai Hunter, Esther J. Pinkard, Georgia A. Watkins, Mrs. Laura P. Smith, Misses Emma Owens, Bessie E. Martin and Esther P. Berry. Out of town members.—Miss Willie Page, Chicago, Ill.; Miss John Thompson, Knoxville, Tenn.; Miss Hazel Thompson, Tyler, Tex.; Miss Nannie I. Sumner, Indianola, Miss. Honorary members.—Mesdames H. A. Boyd, Nashville, Tenn., and C. H. H Johnson, Atlanta, Ga. CUBAN CONGRESS. Negro Elected President of the Senate and Italian of the House. Havana, Jan. 18.—Sessions of the Senate and the House of Representatives were held to-day for the purpose of electing permanent officers. The proceedings were perfunctory and there was not the least suggestion of factional friction. Martin Morua Delgado, the colored leader, was unanimously elected President of the Senate. In the House of Representatives Col. Orestes Ferrera, a prominent military leader in the last revolution, was elected President almost unanimously. Col. Ferrera is a native of Italy and was Secretary of the Cuban delegation at The Hague in 1907, but resigned from that office in consequence of charges made against him that he had participated in the archist propaganda in Italy prior to coming to Cuba. Both houses adjourned until Wednesday, when they will meet in joint session to ratify the election of President Gomez and Vice President Zayas. THE FORSYTHE SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY, WINSTONSALEM, N. C. Annual Report of the Cashier to the Board of Directors, December 24.1908. At close of business, December 24 1907: Loans and Discounts.....$13,030.10 Fixtures, Furniture, etc.....411.45 Cash due from other banks.....1,605.73 Cash in Office Safe.....388.41 $15,855.00 LIABILITIES. Cash Capital ..... $2,352.00 Time Deposits ..... 8,173.12 Deposits subject to check ..... 4,567.26 Undivided profits ..... 393.61 Total ..... $15,385.99 From December 24, 1907 to December 24, 1908: Total receipts from all sources ..... $104,917.71 ```markdown ``` 418 CEDAR ST. Paid out for all purposes...106,239,69 Volume of business for the year .....211,157.40 From May 11, 1907 to December 24, 1808: Total receipts from all sources .....$152,341.50 Paid out for all purposes.150,397.36 Volume of business since opening .....$302,738.86 Balance earnings reported December 24, 1907 .....75.65 Earnings during the year..$1,404.72 Total earnings .....$1,480.27 EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR. Salary .....$488.88 Interest on time deposits .....277.10 Rents .....90.00 Telephone .....42.00 Recording papers .....40.00 Printing and Ads.....23.00 Supplies and Sundries .....89.89 State Examiner and Taxes..25.04 Fuel .....10.85 Total .....$1,086.75 Balance Earnings .....$393.61 F. M. KENNEDY, Cashier. We, the Finance Committee found the Cashier's report to be correct. ATTEST Committee: J. S. Hill, George D. Reynolds, John A. Blume. MARRIAGES. Will Roblinson and Kinney Blackman. George Hodge and Susie Lee Davis. George Willie King and Cynthia Shoemaker. Jasper Shannon and Mary Hadley. James Robertson and Mary Denton. Anderson Jones and Mary Reed. DEATHS. Infant of Gertrude Lilliard, 1110 Jo Johnston avenue. Jno. Kinnard, age 25 years, Lake Providenc. Harriet Wallace, age 60 years, 2422 Jefferson street. Peter Brandon, age 30 years, Hermitage, Tenn. Chas. Golden, age 53 years, Springhead street. Dan Cannon, age 29 years, 400 Clifton avenue. Charlotte Frierson, age 35 years, 1608 Fourteenth avenue, North. Annie Bryant, age 55 years, County Asylum Robt. Bender, Six miles on Stone's River Pike, age 28 years. Albert Lawrence, 2002 McCampbell street, age 26 years. Sam Morris, City Hospital, age 37 years. Harvey Weakley, 1105 Porterfield street, age 25 years. Mary Williams, 210 Ash street, age 3 years. Jacob Hart, First and Foster streets, age 32 years. Shelby Davis, age 18 months, Lake Providence. Esther Johnson, Lincoln Lane, age 5 years. SAN ANTONIO THE MECCA. Dr. G. J. Starnes, a member of the recent International Congress on Tuberculosis, Washington.- D. C., and specialist on all lung and chest diseases, in addition to the use of the Nebulizer, Compound Oxygen, and Compressed Air, is using the best remedies introduced at that Congress by the leading medical men of the profession. He is located in San Antonio, Texas, the city designated by the World's Medical Congress in 1896 as one of the best for people suffering with any form of lung trouble. Those desiring to visit this health resort write Dr. G. J. Starnes, 324 W. Commerce street, San Antonio, Tex. II [Name not visible in the image] PRESTON TAYLOR, Of Taylor & Company Undertaking Company. NEGRO UNDERTAKERS Of Nashville Refuse to Enter New Advertising Scheme by Big Company. Indications are that the three Negro undertakers of Nashville, all of whom are operating prosperous business establishments and serving a large number of patrons with courtesy and with general satisfaction, have positively refused to be brought into any scheme with papers or magazines out of their own race. This fact leaked out last week when a general letter was received in this city by one of the undertakers from the National Casket Company, of Oneida, N.Y. The letter was sent out by Mr. C. Will Chappelle, president of the company. It appears that this company has decided to do some extensive advertising for 1909. They propose many new features, but some of the features do not suit the Negro undertakers of this city in that it does not show the proper recognition to the local papers under the management of the Negroes of Nashville. The first to complain or to refuse to take an active part in the new plan of advertising was Mr. A. N. Johnson, who at once responded to Mr. Chappelle's letter, forwarding it directly to the headquarters; but it has developed that the other two undertakers are equally as determined to follow the same course. They feel that some recognition should be given to journals and publications that serve practically all of their patrons with whom they must deal and to whom they must look for all of their support. It would, no doubt, bring better results to this national concern should they follow the suggestions made and begin to look to such mediums through which to reach the trade. The text of the letter is given in justice to the National Casket Company and out of respect for the three undertakers, namely, Taylor & Company, 449 Fourth avenue, North; McGavock & Company, 413 Fourth avenue, North, and A. N. Johnson Company, Cedar street. Oneida, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1909. Dear Sir: The announcement contained in this letter to you is one of the most important that the National Casket Company has ever had occasion to issue, not only one of the most important to us, but one of the most important to you. You are asked therefore, to read it through carefully, and give it the close and deep attention that its importance calls for. It has been decided by the National Casket Company to enter upon an extensive campaign of advertising in the great weekly and monthly magazines for the benefit of its customers. Beginning early this year the public everywhere, every man and every woman in every reading family in the country, will be told week by week, and month by month, about the standard quality in funeral goods that the National Casket Company stands for, and about the funeral directors who furnish National Casket Company goods. This advertising will exert a strong and constant influence on every family in your territory, and that of every other funeral director in the United States. It will be made the greatest business directing force ever put to work in the undertaking profession. In making this announcement to you we shall first and at once forestall any attempt on the part of our competitors to throw a false light upon our purpose in advertising. Some years ago a report was circulated to the effect that the National Casket Company was planning to ente rte the undertaking business. This was 7 proved to be untrue at that time by an absolute declaration of our fixed wholesale policy. It is possible that this report will be revived when we begin our general advertising. We will only repeat here that the National Casket Company never has had and has not now any intention of entering the retail field. The strongest guarantee of this will be our advertising itself. Every page of it will point directly to the undertaker who handles our goods. Every advertisement will state that National Caskets can be bought only of undertakers. No results of the kind of advertising we are going to do can come to us that do not come first through you, or another undertaker who furnishes the goods we advertise. In short, every line of the advertising we propose to do will be devoted to building up public confidence and preference toward those funeral directors, everywhere, who co-operate with us. This letter is a preliminary announcement to you of our advertising plans, and makes clear to you our purpose in advertising. It will be to your vital business interest to watch for the coming issue of our publication, "The National Monthly," which will be mailed to you January 20th. In this number will be printed for you to read detailed information regarding our coming advertising, and just how you can put yourself in position to benefit most greatly from it. This information has also been placed in the hands of our salesmen, who will call upon you. You cannot afford to overlook one single point in this new and great enterprise of the National Casket Company, which, if you co-operate therein, will prove the strongest and most permanent business advantage you have ever had opportunity to apply. Sincerely Yours, The National Casket Co. By C. Will Chappelle, Press. It can not be denied that the business men of Nashville have already found the necessity of speaking out on everything that would be for the betterment of the people. They seem to be united in their purpose. Their business increases with each year until to-day Nashville takes no second place in enterprises owned and operated by the members of the race which in itself is the greatest sign of advancement in the business world. CHURCH DIRECTORY FOR 1909. The Globe Will Run Such a Column for Its Readers This Year. In keeping the announced intentions of the Nashville Globe to inaugurate new features from time to time through 1909, they wish to announce this week that a correct and complete church directory of all the denominations in the city of Nashville will appear this week and continue throughout the year. The directory will contain the name of the church, the order of services from Sunday throughout the week, together with the name and address of the pastor and church clerk. It is the intention of the Nashville Globe to carry this gratuitiously on condition that it will not have to be changed unless a change is made in the church or church clerk. The Globe desires the best wishes of the various denominations, their pastors and church clerks. The intention of this directory will be to give proper information to the general public about the religious and church life of the city of Nashville. The citizens of Nashville and state of Tennessee regard the Globe as their main source through which their information comes hence the paper feels THE NASHVILLE GLOBE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1909. W. H. McCAVOCK W. H. H. McGAVOCK, Manager of McGavock & Co. Under.aking Company. called upon to not only be accurate, but to give fully the very best news items. If there is any error appearing in connection with any church services, it will be corrected upon application at Globe office, 447 Fourth avenue, North. No attempt will be made, however, to correct these over the phone. Those ministers or church clerks not able to call in person will please write a complete directory of their church and mail to the Nashville Globe by Tuesday. MASS MEETING AT WINCHESTER On Sunday, January 10, 1909 at 3 o'clock p. m., a mass meeting of the colored citizens of Franklin County was held at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Winchester, Tenn., to further consider the movement already on foot to get an appropriation from the State and Government for the purpose of establishing an Industrial School in this section for Negro pupils, and also to hear the report of Prof. W. T. Petty, who is doing much and putting forth strenuous effort in behalf of the project. Prof. Petty in an address before the meeting spoke favorably and hopefully of W. H. M. Manager of McGavock & success, and said that many prominent white men of the state and community have promised assistance. These men are high in State politics and prominent in public affairs. He has also the promise of hearty co-operation of prominent colored men in the persons of Hon. J. C. Napier, Rev. Sutton E. Griggs, Dr. T. J. Townsend and many others. Stirring addresses were made by some of the leading men of the community and race in this place in endorsement of the movement. Prof. G. W. Gillispie, Prof. D. A. Townsend and Mr. David Bone spoke in the highest terms of Prof. Petty and his efforts, and promised hearty co-operation. A motion prevailed to raise funds to defray the expenses of W. T. Petty while engaged in his efforts to get the project on foot. Adjourned. C. A. Gray, Chairman. E. E. Townsend, Sec'y. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN YEARS OLD. For more than one hundred and seven years the Second Baptist Church of Savannah, Ga, has been owned and conducted by the Negro Baptists of that beautiful city. Cards have reached Nashville announcing the one hundred and seventh anniversary. The church was organized December 26, 1802. It has had a remarkable career, having only had five pastors in the one hundred and seven years. It is now under the leadership of Rev. John Henry May, D. D., who is a Tennessean, a product of Roger Williams University. Dr. May will possibly be in attendance at the Sunday-School Congress which will meet here in June. HOUSEKEEPERS' CLUB ENTERTAINS On Monday evening recently the ladies of the Housekeepers' Club entertained in honor of their husbands at the residence of Mrs. W. A. Lewis, 1702 Jefferson street. The house was beautifully lighted and decorated with palms, ferns and holly. These with the becomingly attired ladies and pleasant looking gentlemen presented a most happy appearance. After chatting socially for a time the dining-room was thrown open and all repaired there where --- [Picture of a man in a suit with a rose boutonniere]. A. N. JOHNSON, Proprietor of A. N. Johnson Undertaking Company. they were served most deliciously, after which toasts by the following were listened to: Rt. Rev. E. Tyree, Our Church; Prof. J. B. Batte, Our Women; Prof. H. T. Kealing, Our Homes; Mrs. M. A. Saunders, Our Guests. Rev. W. A. Lewis responded on behalf of our guests. Mrs. Lewis acted as mistress of ceremonies. Those present were, Bishop and Mrs. Tyree, Mr. and Mrs. Z. Taylor Saunders, Prof. and Mrs. H. T. Kealing, Prof. and Mrs. J. B. Batte, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jones, Mr. and Mrs. John Harlan, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Killebrew, Mesdames Anna Smith, Barnes, J. A. Sharp, Alice Blake, G. B. Fossle, Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Lewis, Miss G. A. Cayton and Miss S. E. Lewis. A most enjoyable evening was passed and all went away carrying with them pleasant remembrance of the Housekeepers. PHYLLIS WHEATLEY CLUB. The Phyllis Wheatley Club will meet at the home of Mrs. M. E. Bryant, 1205 Second avenue, South, Thursday January 28th 1909 at 3 o'clock p.m. This is the first meeting in the new year and also the begin- McGAVOCK, Co. Under-aking Company. uling of a new quarter. Every member is urged to be present and come prepared to pay dues. An interesting program will be rendered. There is business of importance to come before the club. The need of an old folks' home becomes more and more apparent. This club is striving hard to start such a home. It is hoped that something tangible will soon be on foot and that such a home can be secured. There are a number of worthy old ladies who look to this club --- 5 for assistance and while the amount of help to each one has not been so great, it has been as much as our scanty means would allow. Again we ask all friends who are interested in the work of helping the worthy deserving poor to aid this club in doing this work. The Phyllis Wheatley Club has taken the step to federate all the clubs of the city, thereby uniting the forces of our women in the great and noble work of lifting as we climb. A city federation has been formed and all clubs are invited to come. Our women must become united. We must learn to pull together and to help lift as we climb. This club now enters its 15th year in this work and during these years every Thanksgiving and Christmas a number of worthy poor have been remembered with baskets of food. Mrs. G. L. Jackson, President. Mrs. L. J. Harlan, Secretary. LILAC EMBROIDERY CLUB LILAC EMBROIDERY CLUB. The Lilac Embroidery Club met last Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Haley, 1131 Edgehill avenue. The reception room was decorated with cut flowers and growing plants. After an hour's work an elegant two-course menu with fruits and ices was served. Mrs. Haley was assisted in receiving her guests by Mrs. J. L Watkins and Mrs. Barnes. Those present were, Master Lawrence H. Moore and Emma K. Shane, Earl Johnson, Mesdames P. A. Washington, L. E. Moore, J. L Watkins, Matt Johnson, George Haley, Johnie Barnes, Marchell Williams, J. W. Lee, W. H. Mosely, Emmitt Sims, Wm. Sherfield. The club's next meeting will be with Mrs. John Jennings, of 1021 Hawkins street. MISS JOHN THOMPSON HOME. Miss John D. Thompson is now confined to her bed. She was compelled to leave her work at the State D. and D. School in Knoxville on account of illness. It was thought she would only be here several days, as she came last week, but on Wednesday of this week her father stated that if she continued to improve daily she would at least be here two weeks longer. She is at home on Demonbreun street. ROSEBUD CLUB. Miss Fannie Bell McFarrish entertained the Rosebud Club on last Friday by giving them a Christmas tree. Many handsome presents were received from the tree by each member of the club. Those to enjoy this were Rev. and Mrs. Skillern, of Pulaski, Mrs. Grace Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Banks, Misses Alice Jones, Maud and Cornelia Wilkerson, Mary Cannon, Grace Clark, Bessie May and Fannie Wilkerson, Mary Allen, Sadie Allen, Bessie Hoover, Hattie Benson Moore, Carrie Smith, Martha Hill, Emma Hoover, Messrs. Robert James, Robert Fall, Ben Brown, Earl Thompson, Will Ray, Green, Tom Bass, McCrady, Will Strong, Hill Allen, Henry Turner, Smith, Black, Morrow, Cole, Dancer. HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION MEETING. A notice was sent out Wednesday of this week for a call meeting of the George W. Hubbard Hospital Association for Wednesday night, January 20, 1909, in the Meharry Auditorium. The order was sent out by J. C. Napier, president; Josie E. Wells, M. D. secretary. 6 The nurses of Mercy Hospital have organized a literary club, and to-night they will study Whittier. Mrs. Grace Harris, of Chattanooga, is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. K. McGhee, of 1213 Tremont avenue. The many friends of Miss Mary L. McGhee will be glad to hear of her speedy recovery after having had a serious operation at Mercy Hospital. Mr. Wm. Hobbs Childress, of Chicago, was the guest of Miss Inez Mayberry last evening. Miss Daisy Killenworth, of Sparta, Tenn., who has been visiting Mrs. Charles Scott, of 632 Fogg street, has returned home after a pleasant stay in the city. Mrs. K. Blakemore, of Oklahoma, who has been visiting Mrs. Charles Scott, of 632 Fogg street, has gone to Humbolt, Tenn., to spend a week, after which she will leave for her home. Master George Edmond Womack, son of Mrs. M. B. Womack, of 503 Ninth avenue, North, is spending the holidays with his grandfather, Rev. G. A. Dickens, near Murfreesboro. Mr. J. H. Galbreath, of Atlanta, Ga. arrived in the city Friday, January 15, to spend a week with relatives and friends. Miss Sadie Harding gave a most elaborate and delicious dinner Sunday, January 17, in honor of Mr. J. H. Galbreath, of Atlanta, Ga. The table was decorated with fine cutlery, with a beautiful center-piece of luny lace. The menu consisted of 12 courses. Miss Ethel Frierson, of 1035 Fourteenth avenue, North, entertained Tuesday evening, Jan. 19, in honor of Mr. J. H. Galbreath, of Atlanta, Ga. After a social chat and a few instrumental pieces, a menu consisting of four courses was served. Those present were Misses Sadie Harding, Hetty Fowler, Cassie Dodson, Josie Andrews, Ethel and Bessie Frierson, Messrs. Sam Tinnor, J. H. Galbreath and Jack Robinson. Miss Josephine M. Andrews, of 1039 Fourteenth avenue, North, who has been indisposed, is able to be out again. Miss Bessie Frierson, who has been seriously ill, is able to be up in her room. Mr. Joe S. McKay, head of the Culinary Department of the L. and N. dining car service, of Cincinnati and New Orleans, came home to spend a week with his family of 12 Murrel street. Mrs. Jesse Overton entertained a large number of her friends last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. R. P. Carter, 1401 Thirteenth avenue. South. During the evening the time was passed away in games of different descriptions. Ices, cake and wine were served. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Stratton, of 1507 Fourteenth avenue, North, entertained a limited number of friends last Sunday evening at dinner in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Bailey, Mr. Wesley Bitticks, Miss Eliza Gooch, Miss Gertrude Stratton, Mr. W. R. Stratton, Miss Hunt. Mrs. J. H. Kelly, of Columbia, spent Saturday and Sunday with her only grandson, Chas. Winfrey Kelly, of Bass street. When it really comes to prompt hack and livery service, BOYD & BATTLE "deliver the goods." They give telephone calls special attention day and night. Main 4496-Y. Mr. Jesse L. Cheatham has severed his connection with the composing room of the Baptist Publishing House and is now linetype operator in the printing department of the A. M. E. Church Sunday-School Union. Little Miss Alberta Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Williams, of 703 Lea avenue, who has been confined to her room for the past three months, is not improving. Little Miss Belma Thelmer has been appointed secretary and Master James Alexander president of the Nota Bene class in the primary department of Mt. Olive Baptist Sunday-school. Other officers will be appointed. While none of them will hold an office longer than one month, unless reappointed by the superintendent of that department. The officers are succeeded by the child bringing the most scholars to the class during each month. Mr. W. O. Tate, of Eighth avenue, North, was unable to report for duty several days this week on account of illness. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kelly, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Jno. R. Brown, of Bass street, entertained at dinner Sunday, Mrs. A. M. Kelly, of Columbia; Mr. Moses McKissack, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Nicholson and Mr. Chas. W. Kelly, of Fisk. Last Friday evening, January 15, Miss Esther J. Gordon left the city for her home at Sardis, Miss. The two years Miss Gordon spent in this city were pleasant and helpful. She cast her lot with the Mt. Olive Baptist Sunday-School, and was a member and assistant teacher of Class No. 12. Invitations are out to the marriage of Miss Nannie I. Sumner to Mr. Frederick J. Work, both of this city. The ceremony will be solemnized February THE NASHVILLE GLOBE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1909. 4, at the home of Miss Sumner's aunt, Mrs. W. W. Cox, Indianola, Miss. Mr. George Gordon, of 320 Eighth Avenue, North, who was under special treatment at Mercy Hospital for several weeks, is again at home, much improved in health. Miss Ladye B. Stringer, of the Globe office force, was confined to her home several days this week. "The Passing of the Saloon" will be the subject of Rev. Dr. Ellington's sermon Sunday morning. There will be a Mid-Winter picnic at Payne Chapel A. M. E. Church Monday night, January 25. Mrs. Cora Phillips, of Indianapolis, formerly of Nashville, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Wm Rucker, 1,000 Eleventh avenue. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Rucker, of 1000 Eleventh avenue, North, are rejoicing over the arrival of the new baby girl. Rev, and Mrs. McShillern, of Pulaski, Tenn., are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Mattie A. Johnson, of Pearl street. They returned to Pulaski on the 30th of December; also Mrs. Johnson has as her guest her little daughter, Miriam Johnson, who is attending the Blind School. She returned to her school on the 29th of December. Mrs. Henderson Spence, of 1241 Third avenue, South, was called to Murfreesboro Sunday on account of the death of her mother-in-law, Mrs. Eliza Spence. Her two daughters, Mrs. Alice Whitsett, of Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Lucy Jordan, also spent the day in Murfreesboro. Miss Janie Green, of Columbia, is visiting her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. John Porter, of 1421 Jackson street. Mr. Andrew Brooks, of 504 Fourteenth avenue, North, who has been confined to his home for the past week with a serious case of grip, is slowly improving. $2,500 SUBSCRIBED FOR HUBBARD HOSPITAL. If there is any skepticism about the establishment of a hospital in connection with Meharry Medical College it was put noticeable at the meeting Wednesday night at Walden Auditorium, when the Treasurer announced that $2,500 had been subscribed and much of this already paid in. The medical freshmen's subscription is $140. Sophomores, $168; Juniors, $231.50; Seniors, $254. The Dental freshmen, $21; sophomores, $42; juniors, $73, and the pharmaceutical department, $108.50, together with subscriptions from citizens, faculty and alumni to the amount stated. In reading the names of subscribers from far and near, none elicited more applause than the announcement of $25 from Chancellor Anderson, whose contribution was entirely voluntary. He had read of what the colored people were doing for themselves and determined to help them. This brought forth many expressions of good feelings toward that noble class of white citizens whose generosity always manifests itself toward the colored man. Dr. R. F. Boyd paid his one hundred dollars, Mrs. J. C. Napier pledged $50 on behalf of the Day Home Association, Dr. W. S. Ellington $10 in behalf of his church, Dr. S. E. Griggs on the part of the First Baptist Church in East Nashville, Rev. Amos, pastor of Jackson Temple C. M. E. Church, and others offered suggestions which are sure to bring results Dean Hubbard is highly elated over the progress made so far, and is hopeful of soon being able to state definite plans. ANNUAL BANQUET. The parlors and reception hall of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Washington will be the scene of the annual banquet of the Lilac Embroidery Club. Mrs. Washington is president of this club. DAVIDSON COUNTY INSTITUTE. Davidson County monthly institute met last Saturday with usual interest. This was the first meeting of the spring term and indications are that most schools are succeeding fairly well. The usual program was rendered with smoothness with the exception of the absence of Miss Georgia Jolly on "Primary Reading." Prof. J. P. Crawford yet sustains his abilities as an able teacher by the way he handles his subject. Program for the next meeting is as follows: Miss Georgia Jolly, primary reading, Prof. Davis, secondary reading, Prof. J. P. Crawford, adjectives and adjective pronouns, Prof. J. Batte, arithmetic. DEATH OF BERT McGEE. On Saturday, January 9th, at 11:30 a.m., Mr. Robert McGee passed away. The deceased had been confined to his bed but a short while and notwithstanding the best medical aid was summoned, he could not survive. The funeral services were held on Sunday, January 10, at 2 p. m. from Braden Chapel, Rev. B. F. Anderson, pastor, officiating. The services were impressive and very solemn. Miss Daisy Clayton read a paper showing that the deceased had been an active church and Sunday-school worker. He died at the age of 54. Interment was made in the Greenwood Cenetery. GLOBE HAS NEW AGENT. Will Work in East Nashville, Serv- Mr. John I. Poindexter, of Georgia, has been appointed as an agent for the Nashville Globe. His territory will be in East Nashville. He began work actively Wednesday morning. The patrons and friends of the Nashville Globe will do us a personal favor by assisting Mr. Poindexter in every way possible. The Globe has not had a representative in East Nashville since Miss Hettie Phillips severed her connection with us. Therefore, this new move on the part of the Globe is in keeping with its New Year announcement that the paper would be improved in all departments. We also desire to state to our readers that from now on the regular agents of the Globe will have a commission of appointment signed "Globe Publishing Company," by the "Manager." GRAB PARTY. A delightful grab party was given by Miss Nellie Mal Buford, at the residence of Miss Willie Hyman, 227 Eleventh avenue, North, last Friday evening. Games were the feature of the evening. At a late hour a three-course menu was served, after which Dr. Peterson brought in a tray of fruits which were arranged for the grabbing. Those that walked up to the tray and making the quickest grab without knocking any of the fruit off the tray were given a prize. Prizes were awarded the following: Mr. E. D. Frierson, Miss Mattie Sykes, Miss Blanche Whitelow, Miss Jennie Woodruff and Miss Minnie Thompson. The other guests present were Drs. English, Johnson, Miller, Messrs Brown, Sceelly, J. W. Thompson, Mary F. Gummer and the Misses Hyman. The out of town guests were Mr. Bradley and Mr. White and Miss Burns, of New York. ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS MEETING AMONG THE COLORED CITY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF NASHVILLE On Saturday, January 23, at 10 a.m. there will be held an anti-tuberculosis meeting at Pearl High School, the same to be under the auspices of the city public school teachers (colored) of which Prof. J. Ira Watson is President. At this meeting two eminent physicians, Drs. F. A. Stewart and R. F. Boyd, will speak concerning the danger of contracting consumption in the public schools and how the teacher can help to avoid it. A very excellent musical program has been prepared. The public is urgently invited to be present. REEVES' MINERAL WATER For the past six years the discovery of the minerals in the water handled by Mr. W. M. Reeves and the use of the same have been proving very helpful to the people. This water will be on the market by March ist and will be continued through the spring, summer and fall seasons. 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RICHARD HILL, Real Estate Agent-Notary Public. 410 1-2 Cedar St. Telephone, Main 1889. Pension claims given prompt attention. Eureka Dancing Class Open every Monday and Friday Evening. Instruction from 8:30 to 9:30. Regular dancing till 11:30. Admission 15 Cents. DOCK LINER, Instructor. I. L. MOORE, Residence, Phone, Main 4092-y. 'PHONE Office, Main 2093. T. CLAY MOORE & CO. Real Estate and Loan Agents, Renting, Buying and selling Property a Specialty. 428 FIFTH AVENUE, NORTH, PYTHIAN TEMPLE NASHVILLE, : TENN. Louisville & Nashville R. R. New Union Station. City Ticket Office, 224 Fourth ave., North. Telephone Main 758 Leaves. 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Train arriving at 7:45 p. m. brings connections from Tuscany and Florence. K. C. WALLIS, W. HAL MUSTAINE, District Pass. Agent. City Ticket Agent. N.,C. & St.L.Ry. TICKET OFFICES UNION STATION, BROADWAY CITY OFFICE In Maxwell House, Corner Church Street and 4th Ave., North. PHONE MAIN 377 Leaves—West and Northwest—Arrives *7:00am—Memphis, Hickman, Pa. *3:35pm ducah, St. Louis, con- nects for Centville (!) *2:15 ducah, Hickman, Pa. *1:25pm Jackson 15:20pm—Waverly Accommodation, 8:00am *8:00pm“Dixie Flyer” solid train *9:00am to St. Louis. *11:30pm—Memphis and Hickman SOUTH AND EAST. 2:24am—Chicago and Florida *3:13am Lake Erie. *9:30am—St. Louis Jacksonville *6:55pm “Dixie Flyer.” Con- nections (!) for all branch line points. *12:17pm—Chicago Jacksonville ... *3:20pm “Dixie Flyer.” Solid train. Dixie cars. *3:30 pm—Chattanooga and the *10:50pm East. Connections (!) for Shelbyville, Sparta, Fayette- ville, Huntsville, Tracy City, South Pittsburg. 16:00 pm—Tulahoma Accommodation. Connects for Shelby- ville. *9:30 pm—Chattanooga, Atlanta *6:35am Augusta and points be- yond. LEBANON TRAINS. 17:00am - Lebanon Mixed ..... 19:25am - Lebanon Express ..... 19:40am - Lebanon Accommodation 19:50am - Lebanon Accommodation W. L. DANLEY, G P A., Union Station. Remember A. S. RUCKER 1023 14th AVENUE, N. Phone M. 22981 R. G. Martin, the Tailor. SUITS MADE TO ORDER Suits $15.00 Up Pants $4.50 Up Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing, Dyeing & Altering, 607 12th Avenue, North, THE NASHVILLE GLOBE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1909. OUT OF TOWN NOTES MURFREESBORO NOTES. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Overall entertained last Friday right from 8 to 12 o'clock at their home East Silver street 505, in honor of Mrs. Wellnaker, of Chattanooga, Tenn. Games and music were enjoyed by those present. Dr. and Mrs. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Hickman, Mrs. T. H. Ervin, Rev. D. P. Person, Miss Mattie Scott, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Williams, Mr. E. M. Woodson, Mr. and Mrs. James Morth. Mr. and Mrs. Luck Murphy entertained a few friends at their home 314 St. Maury street last Tuesday night. Those present were, Mr. J. M. Windrow, Miss Annie Smith, Mr. Elmore Burns, Miss Maggie Delarah Scales, Mr. and Mrs. Scales, Mrs. Bird die Payne, Mr. James North, Jr., Miss Mattie Scott, Mr. Esha Phillips, Mrs. Hattie Thompson. McMINNVILLE NOTES. The Ladies' Aid Society, of Fuger Chapel of McMinnville Circuit, gave a storm party to their pastor, H. W. Rucker. Many things for the table of their own raising were presented and highly appreciated by the pastor. On the Second Sunday the Sunday-School met and the lesson was made very interesting by the Superintendent, F. A. Morford. SUNSHINE HOME NOTES: The Christian Workers' Foreign Missionary Society will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday January 25, 8:00 p. m., at Sunshine Home, 513 Mulberry street. There will be a special program rendered and Miss Emily Gustasson, a returned Missionary from India will address the Society. All are invited to be present. SHELBYVILLE NOTES. Mrs. Charles Davis is expecting Miss Louise Winston from Chicago in a few days. Mr. Eddie Mitchell has returned from Chattanooga where he spent the holidays. He was highly entertained by his many friends. He has re-entered Turner College. Miss Una Dwiggins has been very sick but is improving now. The President of Turner College left for Chicago Friday morning. He was highly entertained by a reception given by his students Thursday night. Miss Sarah Jennings, of the city, is now in Chattanooga. She will return in a few days. Miss Mattie Barr, Preceptress of Turner College, has been sick for a few days but is improving. Miss Lillie Buchanan has returned from Nashville. Mrs. Charlie Davis will give an informal tea Friday afternoon complimentary to Miss Louise Winston, of Chicago. Miss Sadie Hollin is visiting Mrs. Chas. Armstrong in Nashville this week. Miss Eva Gill will entertain Saturday morning complimentary to Miss Louise Winston, of Chicago, the house guest of Mrs. Chas. Davis. The young men of the North Star Club reorganized last Friday afternoon, January 15. The following officers were elected: Messrs. T. Jefferson Ryalls, President; Willie Standfield, Vice President; Lucious Ferguson, Secretary; Willie Standfield, Treasurer. Turner College baseball team is now organized for the coming season. Mr. Hatton Buchanan spent Sunday in Murfreesboro, Tenn. EBENEZER NOTES. Sunday-school was opened as usual with a good attendance. Rev. I. J. Edwards, of Salem Chapel, gave an interesting lecture to the Sunday-school. He also preached at morning services. The remains of Mr. Robert Bender were shipped to his home Friday morning, January 15. Mr. Bender was formally of Nashville and died in Chicago on January 11. The funeral services were at 2 o'clock conducted by Revs. Jackson, G. W. Martin and others. Pall bearers: B. Hall, J. Buchanan, A. Walker, J. D. Price, S. M. Howlette, H. Howlette, R. Claybrooks. Mr. Bender was a promising and energetic young man. He leaves to mourn his loss a mother, father and three sisters and four brothers. The Apha Knights Society No. 1 is in a very prosperous condition. The president, Mr. A. J. Neal, reports on hand more than $1,100 cash. Miss Jennie Rideout spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Rideout. She says that she would not be without the Globe. The following are sick: Mr. R. Jenkins, Mrs. Laura Harding, N. Beens, David Little, Jr., Mr. P. H. Hall. Miss Mollie Jenkins is expected home this week to see her sick father, Mr. R. Jenkins. COLUMBIA NOTES. Rev. T. W. Hampton, ex-pastor of Bethel A. M. E. Church, was here last week. He reports his work in Bellbuckle progressing. Dorothy, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Davey Dannal, died January 16. Mr. Henry Clay died January 8. His funeral was from the White Spring Baptist Church. He leaves a wife, who was Miss Sarah Tylor, and one child. Mr. James Gorden is on the sick list. Miss Blanch Howard has entered Walden University. Mrs. Sallie Lipscomb is very sick at her home on Bridge street. FARMINGTON NOTES. Mr. Willie Mayfield while hunting the other day was accidentally shot. Prof. Jones, of Lewisburg, the hustling agent for the Globe, was in our midst the other day and secured several subscribers. Rev. Mr. Dobbins writes that he is able to be up after having been kicked by a mule. Miss Sarah Stevenson, of Nashville, returned home after visiting her sister, Mrs. Smiley. Mrs. Mayfield, another sister, went as far as Lewisburg with her. Messrs. John Collier and John Winston spent Sunday at Lewisburg. Rev. R. A. Dowell, pastor of Simpson Chapel M. E. Church, filled his pulpit Sunday night. ST. LOUIS NOTES. Mrs. A. B. Carter, Jr., 2727 1-2 Mills street, entertained Tuesday, January 5th, in honor of her sister, Mrs. Viola Lewis, who arrived from Washington, D. C., to spent the holidays with her mother and sister. Those present besides the hostess and honoree were, Edna J. Tolds, Mrs. Gertrude Miller, Mrs. Cora Thomas, Mrs. Klines, Mr. and Mr. McGee, Mr. and Mrs. F. Bright, Mr. and Mrs. Will Holland, of Nashville, Tenn., Mr. and Mrs. Haywood, Mrs. Bettie Foster, Mrs. Davis and others. The menu consisted of sandwiches, ice cream, cake and black coffee. WALLESTON, MO. NOTES. A very enjoyable evening was spent at the home of Mrs. Cora Thomas 62 Wells avenue, on January 9th. The invited guests were, Mr. and Mrs. Bridgett, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell, Mrs. Edna Shields Tolds, Mrs. Gertrude Miller, Mrs. Cora Thomas, Misses Mary Eckhardt, Essie Brown, L. S. Wade, of Nashville, Tenn, Alfred Caldwell, Posey, Campbell, and little Miss Alma Thomas. A menu of three courses was served. LAW AND LAWYERS. Right to destroy Fence on One's Own Land.—Appellant in the case of Edgar vs. State, 47 Southern Reporter, 295, was convicted of destroying an enclosure of another. Notwithstanding a notice by him, one who occupied adjoining land erected a fence on appellant's property. Thereafter appellant applied a torch to it. The Supreme Court of Alabama held that if prosecutor erected the fence in ignorance of the true line it was at his peril, and that as the statute was meant to provide against trespassing there could be a conviction if the fence was erected on the land of accused. * * * Division of Collateral Inheritance Tax.—A non-resident testator appointed representatives in New York, his residence, and in Pennsylvania. All his real estate, except specific devises, was ordered sold. The balance from the New York property was to be turned over to the Pennsylvania executors. After the payment of numerous legacies, without objection by the risiduary legatees, a collateral inheritance tax was paid the State of Pennsylvania. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Re Shoeberger's Estate, 70 Atlantic Reporter, 579, held that the final distributes should have protected themselves at the proper time, while the other legacies provided for were being paid, and that, as they had permitted the tax to be paid the Commonwealth, they can not ask that half of it instead of its just proportion be deducted from appellant's legacy, which was the only one remaining unpaid. * * * Right to Enjoin Use of Association's Name.—There is in New York a statutory provision that "no certificate of a proposed corporation shall be filed or recorded having the same name as an existing domestic corporation, or a name so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive." In Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks vs. Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World et al., 111 New York Supplement, 1067, the plaintiff incorporated society sought to enjoin defendant from using its name and a similar card and seal. It appeared that defendant was composed largely of colored persons, and that it had appropriated nearly everything used by the plaintiff in conducting its corporate affairs, and that its members had approached plaintiff's members and tried to give the BANK DIRECTORY. There are thirty-seven Negro banks and institutions doing a banking business in the United States. They are owned and operated exclusively by Negroes and are scattered throughout the several states, principally in the South. The names, locations, and other information concerning some of them are given below. ONE-CENT SAVINGS BANK. Incorporated Under the Laws of Tennessee. CAPITAL STOCK, $25,000.00. Does a regular banking business. Interest paid on all time deposits. Only institution of its kind in Tennessee. R. H. BOYD, President. J. W. BOSTICK, Vice-President. J. C. NAPIER, Cashier. C. N. LANGSTON, Teller. 411 Fourth Avenue, North, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. THE PEOPLE'S INVESTMENT AND BANKING COMPANY. BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Capital Stock, $10,000.00. Doing a regular banking business. Collections solicited. Depository for the Great Southern Industrial Home Insurance Company. W. L. LAUDERDALE, President. DR. R. D. MACKLIN, Vice President. A. D. JORDAN, Cashier. THOS. A. HARRIS, Teller and acting Cashier. Union Savings Bank. VICKSBURG, MISS. Capital Stock, $10,000.00. Collections and Out-of-town Business Solicited. H. E. CONNER, M. D. President. J. G. H. BOWMAN, First Vice President. THOS. DILLON, First Vice President. T. G. EWING, JR. Cashier. G. M. McINTYRE, Assistant Cashier. BANK OF MOUND BAYOU. MOUND BAYOU, MISS. CAPITAL STOCK, $10,000.00. JOHN W. FRANCIS, President. W. T. MONTGOMERY, Vice President. CHAS. BANKS, Cashier. R. M. McCARTY, CHAS. BANKS. J. W. FRANCIS. H. A. GODBOLD. S. M. MORGAN, W. T. MONTGOMERY. C. R. STRINGER. E. W. LAMPTON. B. H. CRESWELL. SOLVENT SAVINGS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY. CAPITAL STOCK, $25,000.00. R. R. CHURCH. President. M. L. C. W. Vice President. J. W. SANFORE and Vice President. W. E. MOLLISON, 3rd Vice President. J. T. SETTLE, Attorney. ROBERT R. CHURCH, JR., Cashier. 829 Beale St., MEMPHIS, TENN. ALABAMA PENNY SAVINGS BANK. BIRMINGHAM, ALA. CAPITAL STOCK, $25,000.00. W. R. PETTIFORD, President. B. H. HUDSON, Cashier. J. O. DIFFAY, Vice President. P. F. CLARK, Assistant Cashier. 217 North Eighteenth Street. People's Bank and Trust Co. Capital $25,000 MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA. 4 Per Cent Interest On Time Deposits. Deposits Guaranteed. W. T. Escor, President. J. E. Johnson, Cashier. secret sign. The Supreme Court of New York held that plaintiff had the prior right in the premises, and grant- ed injunctive relief. *** Initiative and Referendum.—In Ex parte Wagner, 95 Pacific Reporter, 435, the relator was convicted on Dec. 20, 1907, of violating an ordinance which was passed and officially published on Dec. 12; but on Dec. 18 a petition was presented to the Mayor demanding a referendum vote on the ordinance and requesting that it be held in abeyance until the election could be held. The legislation making effective the provisions of the Constitution was not adopted until April, 1908. The question to be determined whether the initiation and referendum provisions of the Constitution were was self-executing. The Supreme Court of Oklahoma concludes that they were not, and until they were made --- 7 St. Luke Penny Savings Bank New York and Foreign Drafts issued. Bankers' Money Orders payable in any part of the U. S. for sale. Collections receive prompt attention. 3 Per Cent. Paid on Time Deposits. MAGGIE L. WALKER, EMMETT C. BURKE, President, Cashier. J. P. ROBINSON, President. S. A. JORDAN, Vice-President. C. B. KING, Cashier. CAPITAL CITY SAVINGS BANK LITTLE ROCK, ARK. CAPITAL STOCK..... $ 25,000.00 SURPLUS..... 2,000.00 $ Per Cent Paid on Savings Accounts. Real Estate, Life, Sick, AccidentFire Insurance. nda Write us about our system of depositing by mail. We do for you all that a good bank can do. Delta Penny Savings Bank Does a General Banking Business. Makes Loans on Approved Security. Pays Interest on Deposits. Collects Rent. Pays Taxes. Handles Real Estate. Etc. Correspond with us. Your Business, however small, is solicited. We Pay Four per cent Interest on Time Deposits. INDIANOLA, : MISSISSIPPI. Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reformers. Capital and Surplus ... $ 185,000.00 Deposits ... 306,902.00 Loans and Discounts ... 444,732.00 Total business to date ... 18,028,800.00 Interest paid on deposits. "The Systematic Saving habit is an anchor of safety to every man." Deposits solicited. W. L. TAYLOR, President. R. T. ELL, Cashier. THE PENNY SAVINGS BANK. COLUMBUS, MISS. CAPITAL STOCK, $10,000.00. Strict Attention Paid to Business. Col- lections Solicited. W. I. MITCHELL, President. H. E. ROBERTS, Vice President. J. M. COLEMAN, Cashier. G. A. LITTLEJOHN, Assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS--Dr. T. V. Jones, J. M. Stumpter. E. S. Evans, O. H. Campbell, E. S. Jones, W. W. Cox. Lincoln Savings Bank, VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI. Authorized Capital, $25,000.00. First moneyed Institution managed by colored men in Mississippi. Constantly growing, constantly doing good. Does a general banking business. Stock for Sale, $5.00 per Share. W. E. MOLLISON, President. B. F. LACEY, Vice-President. M. Z. MOLLISON, Cashier. The People's Dime Saving Bank and Trust Association. Staunton, Va. CAPITAL STOCK, $10,000.00. SHARES $5.00 EACH. Collections and out-of-town business solicited. Interest paid on time deposits. SAM'L LINDSAY, President. C. F. POINTS, Vice President. Jackson, Cashier. Jr. Ask'1 Cashier. effective by legislation a petition for a referendum filed with the Mayor was of no effect. *** Malpractice by Osteopaths.—In an action for malpractice by osteopaths, the Supreme Court of Vermont in Wilkins vs. Brock, 70 Atlantic Reporter, 572, after giving the jury the rule as to the care defendants were bound to exercise, if they treated the case as osteopaths, instructed them as to the rule applicable to the medical profession generally, if they found defendants did not treat the case as osteopaths. This was held error, there being no evidence that they treated the case otherwise than as osteopaths, and, osteopathy being a distinct school of practice, the treatment was to be tested by the principles and practice of that school, and not by the principles and practice of any other school, nor of the profession generally. --- 8 There seems to be quite a dull spell with the different baseball teams in Nashville, and one can hardly hear any ball talk about the city. The managers seem to be asleep and they are letting the long winter months go by without saying anything. It is to be hoped, however, that Nashville will have her share of Negro baseball teams the coming season, and that they will be in the field early to get down to work. The Globe is continually getting letters from good colored teams wishing to stop over in Nashville on the return to the North, but as we have had nothing from the different managers, we have no one to recommend to the teams. Nashville has a record in the baseball world of which any city should be proud and to see the sport slowing down in the city is a source of much worry. Ball players from Nashville have made good all over the country and they of course speak a good word for the home team. And when the teams write here for dates and find that they cannot get them on account of not having a live manager here, it speaks bad for the town. This is not because there is no one here who can play the game. There are as many good ball players here as ever. During the summer season one has only to go out here on the commons and he will see boys playing the game as fast and as steady as any one could wish. All they want is some one to take them and teach them the finer points of the game. They have the speed, the natural ability and the actions of a ball player. All they want is a chance to show. There are boys around this town playing ball for the fun they get out of it, that would make diamond stars in less than two seasons. We have seen this thing done and it is true to-day. Now why is it that we do not have good teams here? 1. We have no wideawake managers. 2. We have no place to play ball or to invite visiting teams. 3. Ball players cannot live on a promise to pay, but they must have some money. ```markdown ``` Now get several live managers in Nashville, provide a park for the Negro teams and you will see the sport on the rise in Nashville again. Negro fans will spend money to see a good team play. This fact has been proven Nashville is one of the best baseball towns in the south, and with a good team would more than keep the name which she has justly won. Here is hoping for a first-class team in Nashville for the coming season. P. S.--All sport items will be gladly published in these columns provided they reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week. Johnson Hero in England. In England alone, apparently, of the three countries chiefly interested in the Burns-Johnson fight was the Negro the favorite in both senses of the word. People here both hoped and thought that Johnson would win. When he came over first Burns was a popular hero, but he soon became unpopular. He talked too much and made too much fuss about money to begin with, and then his refusal to meet Johnson except on terms that never would be accepted here made people think he was afraid of the colored man. His gameness in standing so much punishment when the fight did come off has been praised all around. The sympathy with Johnson was general. There is practically no color feeling here. If there were no other reason nfor its sympathy to be enlisted on behalf of one man or another, the public at large probably would prefer a white man should win, but his color in no way prejudices a man's chances of becoming a popular favorite. It cannot be said that the interest in the fight was keen here and there was practically no betting on it. The morning papers came out with the bare results, and none of them published an extra with the full story. As it was Boxing day the evening papers did not come out at all and not one of them thought it worth while to publish a special. One of the Sunday papers alone came out with a full account, which sold readily in the streets. The fact is that interest in prize fighting is slight here. Great Britain has not had a first-class heavyweight for a long time. The best man that could be put up against Burns hardly would be called second class. In the clubs the interest in boxing for money seems almost dead. The army boxing contests are keenly followed, so are those of the universities and public schools, but the old Corinthian spirit has dropped many degrees in the social scale. No Mr. Toots nowadays would dream of keeping a game chicken. Things, of course, were different when the duke of Wellington was a firm supporter of the ring. Lord Palmerston and Sir Robert Peel also supported it, and Lord Bryon was an assiduous cultivator of the noble art. In one of the notes to "Don Juan" the poet refers in really respectful style to his teacher, well known as "Gentleman" Jackson. THE NASHVILLE GLOBE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1909. Thackeray, whose nose was broken in a school fight with a future dignitary of the church, devoted one of his "Roundabout Papers" to a rather prosy essay on the fight between Sayers and Heenan. Earlier still, when the allied sovereigns and their generals came over to London, after the peace of 1814, Lord Lowther treated them to a series of boxing matches in his drawing room. "Gentleman" Jackson was one of the pugilists and became a great hero. The last time a monarch was present officially in England at a prize fight was in 1817 when the czar of Russia saw one at Coombe Warren and shook hands with the winner, George IV., when prince of Wales, was a great patron of the ring, and was present at a fight in Brighton in which one of the principals was killed. Of all British pugilists the name of Tom Sayers, perhaps stands highest. His funeral was almost in the nature of a national demonstration. "The heterogenous procession which followed," says one writer, "was one of the longest, if not actually the longest ever seen in London." One of Sayer's trainers is living in London, a pensioner of the Scottish corporation. Johnson Is the Best of the Fighters, Says Hottum. Doc Hottum, of Memphis, the well-known fight referee and authority on pugilistic affairs, is one of many who does not think there is a man in the country just at present that can lick Jack Johnson. He was asked Monday to give his opinion on the big fellow, and here is what he had to say: "Jeffries, Corbett, or, for that matter, none of the rest of the present-day fighters would have a chance with the negro. Jeffries has been on the retired list too long. He tips the scales at about 300 pounds and would not have a possible chance to train down to anything like fighting weight. Jim Corbett is too old to re enter the arena. "I know Johnson pretty well, having officiated in the ring in three battles in which he took part. These were with Bobby Dobbs, Bob Long, and a fellow known as Klondike. These fights, of course, occurred some years ago, but at the time I was very much impressed with the way he handled himself. He was big and sluggish, but nevertheless exhibited speed and signs of cleverness, and I have always said that he would some day be knocking around the top rung of the ladder. When I heard that he was to meet Tommy Burns I had but one opinion—that the negro would win, providing the scrap was on the level. "Johnson will be at the top for a long time. Langford, who is nothing but a middleweight, looks to be about the best man to face the present champion. Kauffman has not got a chance with him. Neither has Barry; in fact, not a fistic artist before the limelight to-day is able to whip the negro, and I look for him to remain the title holder for a number of years to come." The Memphis sportsman is one of many who has endeavored to get Jeffries to re-enter the ring to fight Johnson. Shortly after Burns lost the title, Doc offered a purse of $50,000 for a go between the Californian and Johnson. Basketball The Freshmen were unable to stand the onslaughts of the Junior five last Saturday. The game from the beginning was fast and snappy, but the first year men were hopelessly outclassed. The team work and basket throwing as exhibited by the fast forwards, Sykes and Lowe, and Flowers in center was splendid. McKissack and Jackson played an errorless game, not a basket being thrown on either. Washington played a star guard for the Freshies and Kelly is gaining speed in forward. The game ended 35-3 for the Juniors. The line-up: Junior's. Freshmen. Lowe . . . Forwards . . . Kelly Sykes . . . Forwards . . . Russel Flowers . . . Center . . . Olden McKissack . . . Guard . . . Speed Jackson . . . Guard . . . Washington The next game was, as expected, a hard fight and one full of interest from the start. As the Seniors entered the gymnasium they were cheered on all sides by their many admirers and supporters. Likewise the Sophomores were greeted by the loyal wearers of crimson and white. At the blowing of the referee's whistle all ten men were on their toes and all the spectators were silent for a second, then outbursts of cheers and encouragement came from all parts of the gymnasium. The Sophs led off the scoring by throwing two fouls. Then the Seniors placed three free throws in the basket. Upshaw for the Sophomors in his craft threw two baskets and from all appearances the Sophs had the Seniors at their mercy. When the bell rang for the end of the first half the score stood 8-3, the big end going to the Sophs. In the next half the Seniors seemed to make up and to start the machine which had been asleep the first half. Then there start ed a fluctuation in the lead of scores. For a while the Sophs had it. Then the Seniors would regain it. All was in an uproar and when the whistle blew the scores stood 15-14 in favor of the Seniors. Upshaw was a wonder in forward for the Sophomore. Warren played a spotless game. Thompson and Rosenberg played a pretty game during the first half. Dawson, for the Seniors, played a good forward. Key was in his usual condition. Green's guarding was good except for frequent fouling. The line-up: PERCENTAGE. Seniors .....1.000 Juniors .....1.000 Sophomores .....500 Freshmen .....000 Macfarland Has the Better of Hy Land. Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 15.—Packy MacFarland, of Chicago, and Dick Hyland, of San Francisco, fought ten rounds with no decision, before the Pacific Atheletic Club to-night. McFarland displayed more cleverness in the style of fighting than Hyland throughout the fight coming back after every exchange with the exception of the final rounds. MacFarland landed many more clean blows than Hyland and was stronger at the finish. The Chicago boy started after his man in the tenth round, fighting him from one side of the ring to the other. The only thing resembled a knockdown occurred in the round when Hyland half slipped to one knee. Almost immediately he was up and fighting, but MacFarland fairly sinnered him with rights and lefts to the head. Hyland was hanging on throughout the last half of this round. Packey excelled in long range fighting, but Hyland more than held his own at close range. Jeffries May Take Courage. BY ROBERT EDGREN. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 17. —Willus Britt, the irrepressible, is east representing a wise little combination. One James Coffroth is on the other end. The combination spells trouble for Jack Johnson, the new world's champion heavyweight, and the scene of the difficulty will be at Colma, where Johnson will be asked to exchange wallops with Stanley Ketchel. Coffroth has offered $20,000 for the match, and Britt, who traveled east and annexed Ketchel, has wired back that Stanley accepts and will enter the ring at 175 pounds. On the Pacific coast it is generally believed that Ketchel is the coming champion. Some experts fear he is not quite ready to tackle Johnson—that it would be better if he waited a year or two, but there are few who will not concede that he will some day wear the crown. The fact that he lost to Papke in their first battle does not count against him. He redeemed himself in the second encounter. He is the greatest fighter—the real genuine article—the have seen on the coast for some time, and all believe that experience and time with the weight he is bound to pick up with maturity will enable him to cope successfully with Johnson or any man in the world. Ketchel is a natural born fighter. He is a mixer, always ready to swap punches, and confident, that the one he gives will do more damage than the one he receives. He will take a punch to land one. He has the strength and pugnacity of a wild beast and would rather fight than eat. "I didn't care much about being a professional fighter," said Ketchel, in telling of his boyhood days, "but I just wanted to do something. I ran up against a fellow in Butte named Maurice Thompson when I was a bell hop in a hotel. He licked me and I licked him. "We used to go to the floor together whenever we met. Then somebody got me a match with him in a preliminary. He beat me, but then they all said I could fight, though I really didn't think so. "Whenever I would go into the ring I thought here's where Stanley Ketchel gets his. I was scared to death half the time and could see myself licked from start to finish. But now things are different." Willus Britt—the same Willus who discovered his brother was a fighter when the latter landed on his jaw during a quarrel at home—will steer Ketchel up against Johnson. Until Britt took hold of Stanley he declared repeatedly that he would not fight Johnson. ST. LUKE PENNY SAVINGS BANK OF RICHMOND, VA. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, of Richmond, Va., incorporated, will be held Friday, January 29th, 1909, at 8 p. m., at St. Luke Hall, 900 St. James street, for the election of Directors and the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. Mrs. Maggie L. Walker, President, Emmet C. Burke, Cashier. MR. HENRY EVANS AND REV. HERMAN TYREE IN THE CITY. Mr. Henry Evans and Rev. Herman Tyree, sons of Bishop Tyree, are in the city having come to see their father who has been very sick for the last two weeks. Rev. Herman Tyree came in Saturday from Hillsboro, Tex., where he has been pastoring for the last two years. Mr. Henry Evans Tyree came in Tuesday morning from Chicago, Ill., where he has been residing for quite four years. The young men are both looking well, and are received with open arms by their many friends here. Rev. Herman Tyree will probably preach at St. John A. M. E. Church Sunday night. Mr. Henry Evans Tyree, who has traveled extensively for the last two years with the Columbian Tennesseeans, a class of Jubilee singers, will sing at St. John A. M. E. Church Sunday morning and night. He is a great favorite with the people of that church of which he was a member before leaving the city. CAUCASIAN—CHINESE WEDDING. CAUCASIAN—CHINESE WEDDING. Livingston, Ala.—There was no wedding of the "Chinee and the coon" nor were there wedding bells to announce the approaching nuptials, yet in this city—Lum Jack a Chinaman, and Miss Alice Patton, of Meridian, Miss., were married. Ten days ago the couple were married at Meridian, Miss., but the courts set the marriage aside. Lum and the girl came to Alabama, where the laws do not prevent such a union, and tried it again. The couple returned to Meridian, where the groom has a laundry. SENT TO JAIL. Mrs. Hattie Cannon, the woman who shot and killed her husband on Clifton avehue, West Nashville, last Saturday morning, was brought before Judge Baker on a charge of murder Monday. Upon the advice of her lawyer she entered a plea of not guilty. Mrs. Cannon was held to the Criminal Court. It is said that family differences brought about the shooting, but the woman declines to give any information on the subject. She did say, however, that on Friday night she remained away from her home to avoid trouble. The unfortunate man was a fireman at the shops of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Company. HIGHWAYYMAN ON SIXTEENTH AVENUE A story is going the rounds that a colored man while passing Watkins Park on Sixteenth avenue, was stopped late Saturday night by two would-be highwaymen and commanded to hold up his hands. He raised his left hand, and with his right he pulled out his gun and fired. Unfortunately owing to poor marksmanship the shot went wild, and the rascals took to their heels and fled. Owing to the darkness it was impossible to see whether the assailants were white or colored men. BAPTIST MINISTERS' CONFERENCE Under the new administration which was begun last Monday the Baptist Ministers' Conference inaugurated new features in connection with their weekly meetings. They will open with song service. There will be music furnished for the occasion, then Bible reading, and a roll call of all the city pastors and members of the Conference. Those an swering present will quote verses from the Bible giving the passage of Scripture in which it is found. This, says Dr. Townsend the new President, will prove not only interesting but beneficial as the Conference has an unusually large membership. The regular Monday morning report was made by the churches. PRAISES THE GLOBE. Mr. Editor: I have not words in my vocabulary to explain to you and the public my feelings for the Globe. I have concluded that it is one of the strongest most uncompromising journals that is edited by one of our race. One of the great features, that makes it a great paner is the promptness of its delivery. Rain, snow or sunshine it comes on time, and it gives to the outside world such great important news. It has become one of my constant companions. Mr. Editor, the Nashvill Globe has made its way in the different parts of the world and has made a great many friends, and I hope that the near future will bring it into millions of homes instead of thousands. I pray God's blessings upon the work. Your most obedient servant. D. D. Buck, Chicago Genl. Del. BISHOP PHILLIPS IN CHATTA- NOOGA Bishop Phillips spent several days in Chattanooga this week where he had gone on special invitation from members of his church in that city. 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