New York Age

ELECTED PRESIDENT OF REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMITTEE Odell Control Thrown, Off and Parsons Men Have Preservation of the Committee—Lemuel E. Quigg Led Light for Parsons; Halpin for Odell Men—Obstruction Tactics of the Latter Threatened to be Successful and Held Committee in Session Until 4 a.m. After a battle royal lasting from 9 o'clock to 4 a.m., and contested by a brilliant attack and a dogged and resourceful defense, the Odell forces were driven last Friday night from their entrenchments in the Republican County committee and the Parsons forces took possession of the stronghold. William Halpin was the vanquished chieftain; Herbert Parsons, seconded by the brilliant aid of Lemuel E. Quigg, was the victor. By 9 o'clock nearly every one of the 706 members of the committee was in his place, and there was an excited hum, anticipatory of the impending fight, throughout the large hall of the Murray Hill Lyceum. The leaders on each side were busy lobbying among the delegates, and to visitors were pointed out the iron face and tall form of Herbert Parsons, the white hair and keen, calm countenance of Lennard Quigg, the sullen visage and broad shoulders of William Halpin, the smile that would come-off of 'Abe Gruber, and the faces of many other leaders. William Halpin, as president of the County Committee, called the meeting to order and announced that the temporary organization would be proceeded with. The cumbrous roll was called, and Senator Nathaniel Ellsberg wasanimously chosen temporary chairman and Lloyd Collins temporary secretary. Obstruction was the policy of the Odell forces. They hoped by dragging in extraneous subjects and compelling an endless discussion of them to weary out the delegates and induce them to adjourn before completing the permanent organization of the committee. The temporary chairman was hardly in his seat, then, before a delegate from the 19th Assembly district arose and presented a petition in behalf of William Blake and others against Leader J. eskoff and others of that district, who, the petitioner, were unentitled to their was in the committee because of alaskan fraud in their election. Mr. Quigg, who saw through the scrutiny, was immediately on the floor of moved that there was no protest before the committee. Mr. Halpin and Baker Hoising bitterly opposed this motion on the ground that it amounted to a small of the right of petition to the committee. Discussion of this point was dragged out interminably, and was made more obvious by the Odell leaders who demanded at every opportunity the roll of the two delegates by name. Finally, midnight a motion by Mr. Parsons was referred the whole matter to a committee of five for an immediate report, providing for an adjournment at 12:00. Mr. Parsons caused much enthusiasm by asking all the delegates to remain and declaring in the words of General Grant that "the would fight it out on this issue at all night." At 12:30 most of the delegates, who were too deeply interested to leave, were again in their places. The committee reported that there was not enough evidence in support of the contentions of the petition to make a decision possible. Mr. Qing then moved to place the report on the table. As this motion threatened to bring to an abrupt end the distortion tactics of the Odell men, hard-polling questions were raised against it by Mr. Halpin, Mr. Healy and Mr. Keenan Senator Ellsberg ruled that it was in the power of the committee to lay any matter whatever on the table. Mr. Halpin assisted on the roll call by name, and once more the delegates quirred in their seats while the 708 names were called one by one. The decision was to place the report on the table. Mr. Hahn, then, pleading the late- ness of the hour, moved that the com- mune adjourn. Mr. Parsons offered as a motion that the committee proceeded to its permanent organization, and the substitute was accepted. Mr. Parsons was then nominated for president and a curious spectacle of har- ry was presented. The fight of Mr. Parsons of the reformers, was Olquing, leader of the Platt nomination of Mr. Parsons student was seconded by Mr. of the Odell faction. Mr. unanimously elected. ident Mr. Page, a Par- Mr. Strasbourg, an nominated. Both pro- vily to Mr. Parsons, but Quigge put it, that "a was a vote for Parsons; hourger a vote to ham- The vote was taken by and Mr. Page won. The sons ticket went through and the committee ad- WRIGHT LIKELY TO GREEN. Fallugas County Race Prepster A Washington special, dated December 26, to The New York Times says that Luke E. Wright, it is again reported, is shortly to resign his place as Governor-General of the Philippines. He will probably be succeeded by Judge James F. Smith of San Francisco, formerly a judge of the Philippine Supreme Court and now a member of the Philippine Commission. There have been reports for some time that Gov. Wright was not succeeding quite as well as did Secretary Taft when the latter was' Governor. The reason now given is an unexpected one. It is the different views of the race question entertained by the two Governors. Gov. Taft came from Ohio and Gov. Wright from Tennessee. It is said that whereas Gov. Taft invited the leading Filipinos to social affairs, Gov. and Mrs. Wright were not brought so easily to recognize socially people of a different race, and a certain antagonism has grown up. The immense receptions at the Governor's Palace in Secretary Taft's time created a feeling of loyalty toward the United States that went far toward quelling disorder and promoting friendly relations between the people of the islands and the United States Government. Judge Smith has been in the islands ever since the American occupation, going there first as a volunteer. After the occupation of Manila he was made Provost Marshal of the city. He was one of the commission sent out to meet Aguinaldo and undertake a peace arrangement. He commanded in the Island of Negros, and later in Sisayas. Then he was appointed to the bench, and two years ago was made a Commissioner. VICTORY FOR J. E. BUSH. State Committee Endorses Plan as Nin Own Successor. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. December 23. The two years' fight on Hon. J. E. Bush to prevent him from succeeding himself as receiver of the Land Office here ended last week with a splendid victory for Mr. Bush. In order to be appointed it was necessary for him to get the endorsement of the State central committee, which, at its last meeting, endorsed him, after a hard fight, by a vote of 62 out of 80. The votes accorded his opponents were: Donahoo, 15; Jackson, 2; and Roundtree, 1. Mr. Bush is a vice-president of the National Negro Business League. ADDRESSED SOUTHERN MINISTERS. GLOSTER, Miss. December 22—An unprecedented thing happened here last week, at the conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, when Bishop Cottrell, of the C.M. E. church, was introduced by Bishop Galloway on the floor of the conference and permitted to make a speech. His subject was the Mississippi Theological and Industrial Institute at Holly Springs. Bishop Cottrell reminded his hearers of the fidelity of the slaves to their masters during the Civil War and of the necessity of maintaining friendly relations between the two races. He emphasized the need for industrial training which the labor situation entails and described the practical nature of the subjects taught at Holly Springs. He said that Bishop Galloway's name is a household word among Afro-Americans. When the speech ended Bishop Galloway placed a bill of large denomination on the table and invited his brethren to come up and do likewise The result was a collection of $200 for the Holly Springs Institute The ministers then crowded about Bishop Cottrell, congratulated him upon his work and promised him their support. SET BOX AFIRE FOR A JOKER. LOUISVILLE, Ky., December 20.—Judge McCann fo-day fined Albert, Wilson, white, aged 16; $19 and placed him under a bond of $500 for six months, for setting fire about six weeks ago to Holden Robinson, an Afro-American boy. Wilson saw Robinson lying asleep in a livery stable, and thought it would be a fine joke to saturate his clothes with kerosene and set fire to them. As a result Robinson was badly burned from his ankles to his thighs and the livery stable was set on fire and narrowly escaped destruction. But for Wilson's youth and previous good behavior he would have been more severely punished. Theodore Drury will accept out of town concert engagements for churches, etc. Address 86 West 117th street. New York.—adv. 874c. JEROME B. PETERSON. EX-CONSUL TO PUERTO CABELLO AND NEWLY APPPOINTED DEPUTY COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE FOR THE SECOND DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Ex-Consul to Puerto Cabello Bermuda Internal Revenue Deputy. Jerome B. Peterson, late Consul to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, and one of the proprietors of The Age, has been appointed a deputy collector of internal revenue by Collector Charles W. Anderson. This makes four Afro-American deputies appointed by Mr. Anderson, besides several other appointments. This record contrasts most favorably with those of Collector Rucker of the Atlanta, Ga., district, and Collector J. E. Lee of the Florida district, neither of whom have an Afro-American deputy, although the Afro-American Republicans of New York number only 50,000, while those of Florida and Georgia make up about 9 per cent. of the Republican party in those States. Mr. Anderson is disappointing only those who hoped he would not make good as a race man in his new office. $150 TO CATCH WHITE BRUTE. Governor Terrell Will Reward Conti- tion of Afro-American Girl's Annulant. ATLANTA, Ga., December 23. Governor Terrell yesterday offered $150 for the arrest and conviction of Roscoe Bennett, a white carpenter, who is charged with assault upon a five-year-old Afro- American girl. The governor offered the reward at the instance of Solicitor General Charles Hill and Sheriff Nelms. The crime with which Bennett is charged was committed on November 9, and two white men unjustly suspected of it narrowly escaped lynching at the hands of a mob of Afro-Americans. HELPLESS PRISONERS MURDERED. Lynching Denounced by Gov. Keyward and the Shrift. COLUMBIA, S. C., December 26.—News of a double lynching at Barnwell Friday has been received here. Sheriff Creech has wired Gov. Heyward that the affair was brutal murder; that helpless prisoners were butchered in open daylight, and that officers were guilty of dereliction of duty. H. S. Craddock, a well-known white merchant, was killed by Frank and John De Loache, Afro-Americans, who were arrested by the constable and placed in the lockup. The men were taken out and shot to death with guns and pistols. The news of the lynching was suppressed. Sheriff Creech is preparing to make arrests and Gov. Heyward announces that he will sustain the Sheriff. Dubois to Lecture on John Brown. The Public Lecture course given by the Board of Education at the Young Men's Christian Association, 252 West 53d street, will re-open on Wednesday evening, January 3rd, 1906, with a lecture by Prof. W. E. B. DuBois of Atlanta University, Ga. Prof. DuBois is a lecturer of mue hrepute, a writer for the foremost magazines, and a recognized authority on sociology. His lecture will be on "John Brown and His Rorerunners." These lectures will continue to be given every Wednesday evening, commencing at 8 o'clock. The first course of lectures met with an unqualified success, many expressing to the management their high appreciation of the excellence of the lectures. Dr. Henry M. Leipziger, the supervisor, calls it a system of adult education. The lectures are full of interest and information from beginning to end. There is not a moment when they could be called dry. The lectures are open to the public, both men and women. Norfolk to Celebrate Emancipation. NORFOLK. Va. December 27.—The Norfolk Emancipation association will celebrate the 42d anniversary of emancipation on January 1 with a parade and appropriate exercise. The committee on arrangements are: Lizzie E. Rainey, chairman; William H. Selden, secretary; Rufus J. Gould, Hattie Proctor and P. J. Christian. In This Order Editor Ranka America's Great Men. Los ANGELES, Dember 19.—"There are four men that are really worth while in this country. First of all I place Booker T. Washington; second, I place Jacob Riis, and third, I believe I must put Theodore Roosevelt. I am not sure that he ought to be third, because he is so fast nobody can keep up with him, and you never know in the morning what he is going to do before night. Fourth, I place Judge Ben Lindsey, of Denver, because of his great work in reforming the youth of this country." This statement by Dr. Albert E. Winship, editor of The New Eglant Journal of Education, of Boston, in a lecture upon "Twentieth Century Ideals," started the City Teachers' Institute to-day. Asked after the lecture for an additional opinion, he replied that he had expressed all he could say in the words quoted. PELHAM'S PATENT ADOPTED. Census Office Using Two of His Pante Supply Devices. WASHINGTON, December 26.—Among the patents granted during the past week was one to Robert A. Pelham, of Michigan, a clerk in the Census office, for improvements in pasting apparatus. In the tabulation of statistics from the Manufacture's schedules received in the United States Census Office at Washington, where it is necessary to assemble similar statistics on a single sheet and to group these in set form, it became necessary to cut up the carbon duplicates of the original tabulation sheets into strips of varying width, and to sort, assemble and paste these strips, which are about eighteen inches long, on other sheets to form other classifications. As the strips vary in width from one-quarter of an inch to five inches, or more, and must be assembled and grouped in a definite and set order, it is necessarily tedious work and not only requires great care to avoid inaccuracies, but in building up, the rearranged tabulated data the adhesive must be applied to the strips in such manner as to prevent the faces of the strips from adhering to or becoming injured by contact with the next sheet. In pasting these strips by the use of brushes in the ordinary way it was found that it was not only almost impossible to handle the strips without impairing the data they carried, but also impossible to make sufficient speed to meet the demands of the work. Mr. Pelham, after experimenting with several forms of mechanical devices, conceived and perfected a machine known as a Paste Supply Device which has been thoroughly tested in the practical work of the Census Office and found, to be exactly the thing needed, in that it expedites the work of coating the strips, is economical in the use of paste—the supply of adhesive being conveniently under control—and renders the work of pasting clean and rapid. Two of the machines are now in daily use in the Census Office and are counted a necessary adjunct to the tabulation of certain statistics in the Census work. Banks Names Mound Bayou Streets After Business League Officers MOUND BAYOU, Miss., December 21. Mr. Charles Banks, vice-president of the Business League and cashier of the Bank of Mount Bayou, has purchased nearly all of what is known as North Mound Bayou. This section he has had surveyed into town lots and has named the principal streets after the following officers of the Business League: Booker T. Washington, T. Thomas Fortune. Emmett J. Scott, Fred R. Moore and Charles Banks. DOMINGO TREATY ENDANGERED. Flight of Morales and Senator Tempur Go Against Administration. WASHINGTON, December 27.—When the news came here that a revolution had broken out in Santo Domingo, that President Morales had fled from his capital, that two factions were fighting and that no one had any idea that any sort of government existed on the island, there was a manifest disposition of the administration to wash its hands of the whole matter. Administration officials are so exasperated at the new turn of events that they will not discuss the matter with patience or calmness. It is admitted that if Morales is driven out, and if the island is to be disturbed by a long revolution, the scheme of President Roosevelt to continue the modus vivendi and collect the customs must fall. It was all very well for him to enter into an arrangement with President Morales, the "new ruler who had risen up," so long as the Senate was not in session. But the temper of the Senate is such now that a very little fighting only will be necessary to impel the Senate to reject the pending treaty. PUERTO PLATA, December 28.—President Morales fled Santo Domingo, the capital. The Cabinet sent troops after him. These forces, pursuing Morales, encountered him Monday with sixty men, near San Cristobol and exchanged shots. There are rumors that Morales was wounded in the leg. Firmin Perez, Governor of Puerto Plata, four days ago, received a telegram from President Morales that Vice-President Caceres had ordered Perez's removal. He advised Perez to resist, saying he had a combination with Demetrio Rodriguez, and that the Monte Cristi forces would march against Santiago and attack Caceres. Perez resisted until yesterday, when his troops refused to obey orders. He then embarked for Monte Cristi. Perez declares that Rodriguez will attack Santiago on Wednesday. Rodriguez visited the captain of the United States cruiser Yankee at Monte Cristi on Saturday evening, declaring that his partisans will support the constitutional President; that Morales, who was powerless, had the entire Ministry and party opposed to him, and that they would take Santiago on Thursday and march on the capital. Thereby, being government forces, they should receive American support. American capital Cacrez will embark to-day for the capital on the Cherokee to take the oath of President. AGAINST "THE CLANSMAN." Protective League Nominates Commit- tees to Walk on Mayor. The culmination of the agitation begun by the president of the Colored Citizens Protective League of New York city, Mr. Phillip A. Payton, Jr., to endeavor to stop the production of "The Clansman," Thomas Dixon's play, which is booked for the Liberty theatre on January 8, was a large representative meeting held at the Y. M. C. A in 2nd street. Tuesday night. All phases of the matter were discussed. Representatives of every vocation in the various business and professional lines were present. It was decided to appoint a committee to wait upon. Mayor McClellan and protest against the play being produced, upon the grounds of its immorality and its tendency to embitter racial feeling and antagonism, if not directly leading to more riots. The following committee was appointed: James D. Carr, chairman; Edward F. Lee, Dr. W. H. Brooks, Rev. Dr. M. W. Gilbert, Rev. Dr. T. W. Henderson, Rev. C. Leroy Butler, Rev. Hutchins C. Bishop, Dr. Charles S. Morris, Anthony McCarthy, S. R. Scottron, Gilchrist Stewart, Philip A. Payton, Jr., T. Thomas Fortune, Roscoe Conkling Simmons, Dr. W. T. Dixon. COUNTY COMMITTEEMEN UNITE. Elect Gilchrist Stewart Leader and Send Resolutions to Parsons. The colored members of the Republican County Committee, feeling the necessity for a stronger unity of the political forces of the county and in the various assembly districts of New York city, met Tuesday evening to effect a permanent organization and elect a leader of the county colored voters. Mr. Gilchrist Stewart of the 19th Assembly district was chosen president and leader. Mr. G. M. Keith of the 11th district was made vice-president; Mr. Montgomery of the 25th, secretary; and Mr. J. W. Overton of the 21st, treasurer. The following resolutions were adopted and a copy of them sent to Congressman Parsons, president of the Republican county committee: "Whereas, the colored members of the county committee have deemed it wise and expedient politically to perfect an organization of themselves as representative of the colored voters of New York county to act as a unit and to have some unit which you might consult upon matters of public policy concerning the political relation of our race; and, "Whereas, we have full confidence in the political sagacity of the president-elect, Mr. Gilchrist Stewart; "We hereby ask you to recognize him and this organization in all matters relative to our race in New York county." PRICE. 6 CENTS ANOTHER PEONAGE VICTORY. MISSISSIPPI COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF GEORGE WILSON. Connel for Plaintiff Afro-American Firm, Bendle & Howard—Review of the Facts in the Case—Wilson a Minor, Arrested and Chained Without Trial for Charging Employers' Treatment So Bad He Become Furni-lyed on Left Side—Decision Handed Down by Judge Niles. Special Correspondence of THE AGE JACKSON, Miss., December 22.—Beadle and Howard, two prominent Afro-American lawyers, have been doing some first-class work in their profession. Notwithstanding the fact that they are practicing law in the State of Mississippi, they show absolutely no fear in protecting any client who places a case in their hands. The last achievement of theirs, whereby they have received the congratulations of all their friends, and wherein they displayed great courage and showed no fear, was the peonage case of George Wilson before United States Judge H. C. Niles, at Jackson, Mississippi, December 18. The case attracted a great deal of attention throughout the State, and some idea of its prominence can be gained from the fact that the counsel for the defendant were Noel and Smith, two of the most prominent lawyers in the whole State. The Hon. E. F. Noel, the senior partner in the law firm of Noel and Smith was a candidate for Governor of the State in the celebrated campaign of 1903, when Mr. James K. Vardeman was elected Governor. The statement of the case was as follows: During the month of July, 1904, George Wilson, a minor, was tried, convicted and fined fifty dollars and costs on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. Upon default of the payment of this fine he was sent to the county convict farm of Holmes county, where he remained twenty days. At the end of the twenty days, his fine was paid by J. L. Wilson and he was discharged. One Sam Pitchford furnished the money, and George Wilson was to work out the debt. He entered upon his service for Sam Pitchford and worked for him a while in the town of Tchula, Miss. Finally, Pitchford sent him out to his (Pitchford's) brother's farm. Wilson did not like the treatment he received on the Pitchford farm and sought work elsewhere. He found work in Greenville, Miss., and worked there from August 1, 1904 until July 29, 1905, when he was arrested by R. J. Whittington, the constable of Tchula, Miss., handcuffed and carried back to Tchula from Greenville. He was put in the guard house at Tchula, where he remained two days, when the constable of Tchula carried him back to the county farm. It was stated on good authority that the constable of Tchula was paid twenty-five dollars by Pitchford to re-arrest Wilson. There were no charges preferred against Wilson, no trial of any kind, and no commitment. He was told that when the original fine of fifty dollars, and the cost of his re-arrest were paid, which then amounted to seventy dollars, he would be released. the seventy dollars were not paid, so early in the month of August, 1905, Wilson was placed on the county farm, confined to prison, shackled, and guarded; and forced to hard labor against his will. Indeed, his treatment was so bad that paralysis of the left side resulted. This was the condition in which he was found when the writ of habeas corpus was served on Mr. Wallace W. Perry, the keeper of the county farm. Messrs. Beadle and Howard made a strong plea for their client, citing the laws as found in the Federal Statutes, and given in different well-known decisions on peonage. The opposing counsel made no argument. Judge Niles handed down his decision, which was to the effect that the said George Wilson, a minor, be given his liberty, and the said Willace W. Perry and Sam Pitchford pay the costs of the suit. Mina Fortune to Take a Vacation. RED-BANK, N. J., December 27. Miss Jessie Fortune, after completing the three years' of service prescribed by the school board of New York city, has received her certificate as a permanent teacher. As she has had no vacation during the three years and is much run down in health, she will take a few months' vacation, as the rules of the school board allow and will spend most of the time here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Thomas Fortune. During the past week Miss Fortune has been quite ill, but is now better. SES ep RNS RI ERS Teac es Sie ES an SEPT eee RR Re aan Se TE A IN ee aA islet 2 near dss Pee UES ie TE TE Coes perce eee ol Re Ragas fe er See pera ee eS a oe. wt ac RE ee Venn aves THOM PRRRMGEN Pe 18 — Sse —————e—EeSS eo - = —— ara er Te “APRICA: CRADLE OF NUMAN RAC | qececcsmeninmessicmtimmmiiiipiemiienetih iss 0s ecteeieaes 1 mare Rees pun mene curnee Fe ‘With Glecters, 7 ‘From: Bibite. ; + We-have <just:.read.-with interest ia Tittle pamphlet by the Rev. “Dr. Joseph E.Haynes (Brooklyn, N. ¥., 78. Irving Place.” Price 25 cents); in’ which be undertakes. to prove thai the ancient Greeks and all of the Cehic races as well, wyre descended from the Amorian’ or iamitic, ract. Dr, Haynes draws his proofs from classical and historical writ- _ ef5, but to our mind they are not .con- vincing., He mightshave made his argu ment more convincing’ if he had ‘drawn ‘upon ethaolory and anthropology: inktead of clyssicul: writers, AML archivologists, finguists and) an- thropologists have until recent years Gheen dominated hy the conviction “that poth ewvilization and peoples must have their “uaguestionable cradle in Asia. Ac- cord:ng to the mure géneral opinion, the Azsans had invaded Enrepe from east dy weet, amb then from north to smth, subjugasing the priminve and savage per tles Chey met with in the course: of ther ovcupation, Hefore reaching their fine? Gestation, they Ind hegtit te: yary aml divcree in Tangnage sad other, 39 ciai mamifesiaions. constituting s+ many distine: Caneticy of the original single stock, Veodeset Max Miller, esirg te is high authority as @ philologist and as/2. Surhei: secedar, did mere thay any Gthe: winter to pujitiarize Usis erroneans notion cunong his many disciples, umib it had become the iavorite theyry with the majority af writers on the subject. Jn his lectures on the Science of Languages. delivered in ASG1. he speaks of a primi. tive “Aryan Tace.” and) asserts that there was a time when the first ances- tors of the lridians, the Persiaps. the, Greeks, the Romans, the Stays, the Colts and the Germans were living together avithin the same encloses. may, under the same rood, and he argues shat be: cause the same ferms of speech are pr Served by all the members of the Aryan family, it follows that before the an cestors of the idians and the Persians started for the ean and the Jeaders Of the Gree, RMMian, Celtic, Tentonis, and Slavenie calonies matched syward. the shores of Europe, there was a smill clin oi Aryans settled probably on the highest elevation af Central Aca. speak | ing a Iateruage not vet Sanskrit ar Greek cor German, bit contaming the diaieetivat, germs of all, : ae Te, was believed “hy many prominent scholars. sich as Patt, Lassen, Grimm, | Schleicher. and wtlers in Germany. an | Sayce. Muir. Morris, Keane, and other’, in England, that the primitive home of the Arvan! language was somewhere ‘aban the rivers Oxus and Jaxartes. and ‘on the north of that mountainous range called the Hindoo-Koosh, and that they formed at this time a single and imited people, simple and primitve in their way ‘of life. and ct having enongh of a com- mon national life t preserve a common Tangurge Dr. W. Z.- Ripley. .<The Racial Geography of Europe.) remarks “that instead: of a’singie European type, there i¢ indubitable evidence af at Teast three distinet races, each possessed of a history of its own, and each contribut-| ing something ta the common product, population vo we we it teedss "Then he adds: “Hi this be established? it does away with one fell swoop with mast of the current mentihings alesut Aryans anid pre-Aryans: aml especially with snetf ap: Pelatione ac the "Caewsan or “fnde Germanic 1160"? Tn wasted bsg beftirs the siew of the fandamentsd amity of the Eerepean han guage Ted to varresponvdigs deductions with regerd ty Enropenn ethnology and. anthropoloey ‘Anthropologs, meat: while, investigating the physical char- acters of Erropean peopl s, made it elear that between ancient Ttalians, Greeks. ells. Geren: and Slavy there were Profamnd and. characteristic differences Which showed clearly that they could not all belong to the same haman root; that there might be lingmstic retation- ship without blood relationship ae that Various peoples might have 4 common civilization without having a common origin. No ethnogranhie question of late years has-led to a keengr diveussion, than tite origin. and affinities” of these peoples. French, and more particularly German. scholars, have shown conclusively that the Aryan theory is,q mere figment of the imagination, wholly contrary to the evidence. ‘The anthropalogists and eth- nologists have now discarded the claims af philobogist. snd he new. science of | geolory, anthrepulogy,, cfanivlogyy and Prehistoric archtology have net ont ex: tended the further history of the humati race, but show that in Western Europe man was not only the contempory of the mammotli, and other extinet animals, but his handjwork hys been brought to light from atime when England was still united to Wie continent. Says Isaac Taylor (Foot note—Origin 0. the Ar- yans). “Man must have inhabited France and Britain at the close of the auarter- nary period. and must "have followed the retreating ice of the Inst glacial ‘epoch. to ‘the close af which Dr. Croll and Professor Geikie assign on astronomical grotinde an antiquity ef come 80,000 eae oa oo ie near rc oe eae Ba (GREE EEE EEE yy Litt Ci Ve QYOitfyA ae Gy hy YE | yy o | Uy, LOG EY ae ad Carne et q - ri pe ee oe a ee eS es a ‘To Hterary folk ane of the most Interesting Houses In New York ts the cot: tege in whieh Edgar Alan Poe, author of “The Raven" and “The Belts." ited for a tye aud mawhieh lis beauiifut young wife, Vinginta, died, In 187. Ford- Lain, ww a pait of New York city, Is twelve otiles north of the elty balj. The cottage, which is much as i wits when Poe occupied It, ts vow owned by & Sontee 7 . been adduced in favor of the magration of the Aryans from Asia fall to the xround, ve In the long ages which elapsed be: tween the close of pleistocene period, and the dawn of history, many taces may have occunied Europe,-and have passed away without lewing any clite ‘as. tc their identity. But we know with some certainty, that the oldest population in prelistoric umes was non-Aryay,. the teaver of whieh are left behind in the eayes and tombs, = ‘ ‘The remarkable series of discoveries made itt eaves in various parts. of, Eu- zoe, Briain, France, “Belgium, ~ and Switverlatd, has revolutionized the ent: rent ideas as t0 the antiquity and condi: tion of aan, ‘Ther show in the time whet man inhabited these countries, that he was contemporaneous with the remdeer and the mammoth, and i ani- Jinals whieh were living mm Euehpe long hetore historic times, ‘The historic’ pe: ronioi Great Btritaan cannot be extended further fuck than-the tentporary. inva: sini of Julns Cesar, 2 C., 33. Before that time we have no documentary evi dence of events whieh happened. but by the sawilertr metlwul af scientific research, we ate able ty go back many thousand years before the invasion af Cesar. ‘Whe caves are natural caverts, gener: ally found in limestone’ rock, and thes almost invariably contain human ‘bones, weapons, and implements of stone, woot and bone, With these are found boites of hee mammoths, mammoths’ tusks, sad athe ©" thinecéros, the lion and the Lear, and the hinpopotanins. - Imple- ments of stone belonging ta neolithic ian, site also found in’ Spain, and those found near Lishetl are considred by arelt wolozits as’ the most-ancient -manafie Uned proltets vet discavered, They have sive been found a muiteraie parts at Neth Areas and in same of the mest lntried petite wf the Lbs an, es cf “Shine snplements luave alee leek fend near Ubebes, im the Nite vations nib at the Cape af Gord Hope, quterne fahie form. Rave been extumed from Gehivial strate some tifty feet bgtow the surface of the sul. “These prehistoric remains hase ma been fat iat Asta, sand thas farms ove af the greatest proots that eat ue was fast developed in (Mirtea, amd nee an Asis ‘This we sub: mit to Dr, Baynes ae hens mich better proof than that which he derives front classical authors Tn aartennary times, the test favor: able location, where all the physieal ele. ments arch zolngits demand for eat specralzations, was in’ Mfriea north of Sida “Here was ample spare. 9 fiver: able climate, an abundance ef food, be Sides contintions Tend connections at twa for three dhilerent paints scrass the Med ferrancan, by which the pleincene and carly historical fauna moved freely be= tween the twe continents, At an. alti tude of probably two thousand feet, the Hahars aust have enjoyed an almost ideal climate during —pleincene tines. when Enrope was covered by a seces: viol of solid ice-eaps, We now krow that the great Sahara desert was then traversed chy great rivers, From these ‘well-watered and fertile lands came the hippopotamus, hyena, rh:naceros, eave: lion, tc, “whose remains are found in steat Britain and on the continent, Tn association with this fauna, the remains of prigitive man show that the sub: straum of the European population was of North African origin. The evidence, enatomical, archeological, and linguistic, in support’ of this conclusion is rapidly accumulating. G. Sergi, Professor of Anthropology the University of Rome. wlipse book we, reviewed in Biblia, has made a study of European peoples, primarily from an anthropological standpoint. He_main- izing that ‘the primitive population of Europe originated in Afsica: these con- stituted the entire population throughout néolithic, or wrought-stone, times, From the great African stock were formed these varieties, in accordance with Gif fering conditions: one. ‘peculiarly Afri- can, remaining in the continent where it originated. exemplified in the Feentians and certain neoples of East Africa; an-, other the Mediterrancan. which occupied the hasin of that sex: and a third variety, the Nordic, which ultimately reached the North of Europe, These three varieties are. regarded as the three great branches of one snecics, which Proféssor Sergi call Enraftican, because jt occupied, and stilt occupies, a large portion of the two continents of Afric and Europe. Professor Sergi helieves that the Ar- yans were savages when they -irwvaded Furope. and that they destroyed in part the suiperiot civilization of the ‘neolithic, popnlations who had preceded them, and they “could not by themselves have created the Greco-Latin civilization. Tt «not Asia, or Africa, ar Europe which became the center of civilization and of fispersion. rather was it the whole basin of the Mediterranean. and fram thence he varions peoples hecame ultimately the east. To establish the origmal iden: tity of the various Faces Professor Sergi has examined hundreds of ancient and modern skulls, belonging, tO cach branch of the so-called Enrafrican race, -and these researches have revealed. that the ancient cranial forms invariably resem ble the modern forms in the same.re- gions, except where some foreign ele- iment” hay heen intermingled. -M: de Mortillet: doesnt claim for the com mencement of the nicolithic period of more than 10,009 to 20,000 yvexrs, ‘but as we have seen, Professor Geike be- Hieves Ghat oakrolithic man must have occupied parts of Western Europe short- Iv after the last glacial epoch. which terminated some $0,000 years ago, -"Geologe teaches 1 that after the'ice period, when man first appeared in the taiands whieh new constitute Geka Britain, the continent of Europe stoor cat a higher level thar: it does now, and undoubtedly the British Isles, besides being joined togetiiet, formed part of the mainland, not by being united to France tnly.-but' by the ~resenice of dry land all ‘the’ way from Scotland to Dénmark, over that area now called the German Ocean: Huge forests, such as yet tan be traced ‘near Cromer, covered the splains_ which are now the bottom of the German ‘Ocean. The North of Africa was united to. Stiuthern Europe by two wide land- bridges, one at the Straitc of Gibraltar, and one connecting Tunis with Sicily and dtaly. We are thus able to account ior the wide dispersion of the neolithic man and his presence in Great Brit- ain. Tn nearly every portion of Europe which has been explored, we ‘find: the remains of the neolithic peaples, who un- denttediy entered Europe from northern Africa, sprvading over Spain, and pass- img ever the Pyrenees into southern France Their remains ace found as far nerth as Scotland, and at least as far te the east as Belgium, traveling by the same rente that the Celie, Belgie md Germanic tribes travelled long-ages aiterward-, coming from the east and pushing their wav ta the west On. this Dvpethests this great pre-Aryan migra- ton would start irom the central pla- lent af \sia, ftom which all the succes: sce invaders ef Enrope have swarmed ont % ~ \toone time it is most likely that the xreater nart af Eurone was inhabited by Celts, who cither exterminated or partly aningled with the neolithic peoples whom they feund there In the third century. BC. thes eceupied the greater pait of Central Eurone, of the France af to- dav, of Spain, and of the Beitish Isles. ‘They were neighbors of the Greeks and Tatins From Ruvaria. they: sent ont exneditions by whieh, Rome was taken. Delphi plundered, and a Phrygian prov- inet rebaptized Galatia, “the. land of the CHRISTMAS AT CONCORD CHURCH. Snntn Cinux Present amd AM Delighted ate Glicdan Wetton, "= ‘The Sunday school of the Concord Raptist church, Rrooklyn, celebrated Christmas on Monday evening with a fine literary program, Christmas tree and collation, “Prof, J. F. R. Wilson presid- ed at the organ, Dr. W. T. Dixon de- livered the iavegation and Superintend- eat N, Be Dodson led the responsive Scripture reading. Fwery seat in the auditorium, was occupied and the aisles and choir gallery crowded. - With. new: some books, a good organist and choris- ter, the school sang as never before. The whole -program of recitations, choruses, solos and drills, was pronounced by erit- keal hearers to he the best for many yeacs. Dr, Digpn went home mech phased with the exercises and said “T am amply repaid—this is a pleasare to me.” A humorous recitation by Miss Laura G, Hall convulsed the house and a. draritatic recital by Mr. James Brown showed munch ability and careful prepar- ation. A tree beautifnlly decorated by the primary teachere with Mr. Simeon Blanks ac Smnta‘Clane-wownd tip a night of areat: pleasure for the little ones...” At the armtal election of officers Weld last Wednesday evening, the following were chosen: General superintendent, Nathaniel RB. Dodson: assistant general Sunerintendent.” Watt Eugene Tyler: general secretary, Mise Fannie M: Per- kins: and directress, Mrs. A. W. Wiley, Those in. charce of departments ‘are: Mesers. Tyler, TF. 12. Fanfean and Mies Christina “Goode, secretaries: Mistec Sie Lewis, Emma Herbert. Flossie Stracher, Flira B. Tyler and Susie Stew: art, librariane: Charles J.-D. Kemp. Charles Henderson, Hares Quarles and fohn Rell:-and chorister, Prof. Charles F Murrow "Mestre Dadcan and Tvler and’ Mice Perking have each cerved in heir respective offices: for their four- eenth year The schoo! isin a flourish: ng condition. : WES RANGE * TRAE svaTSS = ENE SOM se nen were Senne eee, eo. OO ‘tee heme of two of the mest celcbreted Negro diskect writers in. the country, Joel, Chandler” Harris * and” Frank. L. ‘Seaston. Mr. Horris: is more generally denown 9 “Uncle Reman.” and his jspastragel of Afro-American life ian femn hes been-the wonder and bdmnitation - of the" entire country. ' Mr. Stesaen is best biown by. reason of his ‘witticloms im ‘dislect beth in prose and te portry.— He ia “personally known to your correspondent sa gentleman of < Beost_genial and. winsome temperament, His friendslrip for the» Afro-American peopleis well known-and sincere. Very frequently on the streeis-he is accom- panied by a dignified ‘old Afro-American gentleman whose devotion to him is re- markable: Mr. Stanton is not only 2 friend ‘of the Atro-Americag’ generally but evinces an especial: interest in the ‘authors of the race. He has a perfect acquaintance with the works of. Paul Lawrence Duinbar, Charles W. Ches- nutts-T.-Thomas”'Fortunc, Booker 1. Washington snd others, and his friend: fy remarks about’ these writers indicate Hiis imbiased Jove for genius irrespec- tive for color’. : Inf these day% when we Rave so many attempts’ at dialect it ic positively refreshing to. refer to the works of Dunbar, “Harris, or Stanton anda: few others, “Uncle Remus" is true to life, and nobody knows this better than peo- tle who" Nave lived in rural regions of the South, where the wonderful smart- ness of “Brer Rabbit" is a source of interest to young Amerifins without re- rard to race or color. President Roose- velt. on his recent trip here, was. very anxious to have Mr, Harris included in the guests especially invited Yo meet him, and is, it is said, an ardent admirer net only of the works but of the author himself. Mr. Stanton ix a‘ most excel- Jent conyersationalist, and a half hour spent in his company can be justly counted. asa treasure. It is more than likely that during a conversation he will anote something from Dunbar, of whom, ay was said. he is an admirer. Much of his sayings are obtained at first hand from aged" Afro-Americans whom he meets and with whom he always man- ages to getup a talk. His genuine iriendliness impresses them to the point of loquacity, and. it is not, long before they are telling him of their varied ex- periences “hefo’ an’ since de wah.” Add to the fact of his friendliness the fur- ther™fact that he never fails to slip a quarter or 2 dime into their hands and it at once becomes apparem why he is such a favotite among them and why maty. of them are willing to fight for him if it ever became necessary. Ite never seems so interested @s when lis- tening to some old Afro-Ameriesn_tell of slavery days and the wonderfut things that fell to the lot of the old man to do in the way of lifting-and work. Mr. Stanton is a genuine student of Airo- American character ang a very good etudent at that. Tic colamei in Phe ate lanta Constitution Wristles with good= natured witticiems and dialect _ verse that alwaye breathe friendliness for the Afro: Americsn. : + The State of Georgia hac one ar twa Mro-American postinusters, and they seom 10 he getting along very well with no thought af "Negro domination,” so- called One of thém has charge: o£ the office at Darien, a thriving town, and has made a most excellent record.” It is very probable that he will be kept ior four years mare, He is very welll liked by the whites, and ne coniplaint has ever heen made against ltim, heeaee he knows the poct office business as well as any white man that could he given the phice Rut Afro-American past= master® are becoming noticeable less in the South withthe Aight of years Time wre when every State has a faie per: centage of them. andl things mavert Along about av smeithle in these days Be they ilo at present, The word, however, was passed along the Tine that they must be displaced tiv white men. and it hae been this. An Afro. American Telter carrier may deliv: ef letters at the front door of the most stately mansion, hut he is not wanted and will not be tolerated at the delivery window in the post office. Just wliy this is true has never heen satisfactar- ily explained, hut it is true nevertheless Just as Afr: American “postmasters are hecaming smaller in numbers, an- other class is gradually dwindling | It is the justices af the peace who a de- cade age did a thriving Intsiness in dis- Fensing equal and exact justice to all It certainly is not because there could not be found Afro-Americans compe- tent for the offices. because somehow a justice of the peace is not expected to he a man of great learning. These off- rials are elected by the people, and in listricts where the black vote ontnum- hers the white it always happens that fie white man is'elected and decides tite law as orly a justice of the neace can_ f Plainfield Netea. Prxtxrmcy, December 26.—Mian Maric Nash of 120 Crracent avenue, ik apending the holidays with friend in Newark. The Twentieth Century: Dramatic chth presen.” ef “Pollowed by Fate” to 2 good audi- Pte in Mt.-Ciair Union Raptiat church on Thurndar evening of lest week. This week it will be. presented in Calvary charch, Mex Tagen Real of Camdes. and Misx Mitchell af ‘Woodstown, were eee antes. of Mra Fi. C. Anhiery. framday.. Sr. Jarern ‘Milter of Foowardt Mee Ts: Mien, hates. Scones, and Mien Tare ef Pranssivania. are howe feo ‘Heft ations ecbooks for the: Cheat mie we. The maleate given In Grnee charch parish hone ‘wae well at: terated amd very sicceerinl. Proceeds were demoted to the orzan fund. The MY. Zion A. ME. Snday school gave a’ pleasing pemeram Sodas evening. On Soman reening the procrant wean continned with the addition of the Chriatman tree. Aémivation Cavld Na Warther fe! Fron, The Urbana (O.) Tnfaemer. © “Af it wore a question to consider, the selection of A general executive over a federation of nll the covernments on the faen af the earth, salecting from a stand: paint af fiinese ard a anivereal reeaeni tian af thie. Thandore Ronavelt would be the exalted rotor with Ranker ‘T. Wace inctan ae serretarye af state, YOUNG . PEOPLE, . , VOR LivE IN THE “ , BUSUIEES WE Own’ A HOME : The Real ‘Estate . : - onl Q eer Aisa ati sigan sto IC Deposit & investoriCo. Mela Giles, 1931 Sreatway. Miller Bailing, Reems 200-201-202 gv the Lats Kew” ie, tee See eee cee a SS St bewrewlag meesy am Dusheces engital ef Sasecen™ = * BST CRE fe nce = 1. Real Metate nbd, Joqeee, routs coliveted. 1 . js ove yoane with ‘a wearantes 0f°35 per cent nt” - iter batiding. repatring, Srwera! house cieanios. painting ang “Fe See vctcseme ctven fo ail meinbers f seat odert em "nsnnt Heme Sa Sete (GLa) eV NTT™ fer tn arene Been ETE Demet Ry Davia, Caneral Mesagees Janina Co Avler, Atiereey at PETIT i ah tos 1 ences, SO weight, 3H. Devin: J. Hemmlogs, AA Davie WN WaT ghee, Et ce Agente wanted exerswhere to represent the Institutions From $49 to 439 can ne mange Bement ih another part of this tusue. A ASGS THIRTY-SECOND LH GRAND ANNUAL RECEPTION. OF THE COACHMEN'S, UNION LEAGUE SOCIETY oF THe cir orxw ri Thursday Eve’s, Jan. 4, 06 At TAMMANY HALL, East x4th Street, near 3d Ave. Music by New Amsterdam Orchestra. TICKET OF ADMISSION - | - cS oe =e, 50 CENTS ___ Undies Hat Check, 15 Cts. Gentlemen's, 35 Cts. mieniber, TOUS BROOKS, "TIT West srih Steer, NE Of ME following, sod EXECUTIVE COMMIQTEE—Robert H. Holmes, Cuairman: Jacob Ve Allen, Vice-chairman; Clarence Sanford. Sccretars: Jobo Rint, Assistant Feraey , Thomas Baroum, Treasurer: Magivon Ncott, Awnivtant.irvaworer i hig ; a q = Lady te Wk When unhappy,”in*doubt or trouble, call and: shie'will advise you as to the proper course to pursue. Her vast ex- erence males. her especialy sifted jn Sdvising and aiding others. Please do hot write, but call. Owing to my large office business, Iam tunable to write letters ov even answer them. elces he. 0c ang $1.00. Hoare 30 to 10 aise Sudays, “280 Berewn. gtreel, Wan *Bond aud Nevin, Brooiye, NT. Befren street cars pase shy doors a GEORGE A. BRAMBILL LADIES’ & GENTS’ TAILOR IST Weet 134¢h street Neat Lenox Ave., New Yérk City (Manhattan) TReareonbte fetes Fell proce Baits te Hire Branch: 73 Congress Street, Jave avos—s year, Saratoga Springs, N. ¥ | Something Good! Something New! Pact ‘Sreeg tee Srreraiane a Soh Preeeerull directions: with sack Sou Lange Bor, 00 conta’ Eeereos. MSP iectt BS etree ger23mos ‘ New York. aL. cove miversige - SOBEL BROTHERS LOAN BROKERS 822 Columbus Avenue Bet. rooth and iorst Sts., New York Money Loaned on Diamonds Watches, Jewelry & Silverware 352a QUINCY STREET 5 Tempiine Aven Rrookis Scleotife Hate Treatment, Dry Shampootog a Bpeclalty. Electric Scalp Treatment, Wark done at abore addres ot customer's tenidence. powetatonnge toicitde Fuweclow tecrencen gicen ee eles Ee Chareh—Mewente Inasitation. (Chereh—Mewente Tnstadtation. Taanvtown, December 26—A sacred concert was rendeted by the A. M. E. Zion church choir last Sunday evening. Rev, W. Augustus Fitch made a few appropriate -remarks in honor of the bith ‘of Christ. Among. the musical numbers rendered by the choir was “The Gloria” and Mozart's 12th Mass. Little Gertrude Fitch, dressed all in white and ‘carrying a golden cross, led the proces- sional. Tt was their first appearance as a vewed choir: Their singing showed the “ekeeMleitt” training: Of Prof. C= B: Collins, their leader, and Miss Osborne, the organist. Sonday evening. Decem- her 31, another sacred concert will.be renderet by the choir, to be. followed with watch meeting services. Miss Tda Rarnes was the guest of Rev. and Mrs. Fitch last Sunday. eo ‘The members ai D. S. Dudley Todice, No. 44, F. and: X. M., and the Order of Eastern Star, No.8, held a joint installa- tion af officers last> Tuesday evening a teir-lodee roams. After the instat-, lation, refreshments: were served to all nrecent.- Those installed as officers of Dudley lodge for the eneaing year are: Tassel Wonde, W..M.2 Mary Yeatemaa, S..W.: James Tilden. J, Wii Te fs Gove wis treasurer: 1D. G. Mathews. Sccere- tary: T. G. Jenkins, S. 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M, of S.C. © Jackion chaplain :J.. T. Folks, tyler The J. C Price Literary Society of A.M. E. Zion chureh has engaged Pet Godman, who is an expert on .playitt different kinds of instraments. tf Gera musical emertainment on Tat xy evening, Tanuary 4,_ 1986. Se et Ne Joka Re Rice Mrs. Carrie Richardson. Miss Sha Misses Hattie, Mamie and, Ida Kase Frank Burton. William F,_ Kingsland) Edward Knapp and John Sniften ated: edethe concert and reception sive OY the Junior Mozart Literary ani! Sect! ‘Club: at“ Ossining beet Tuesday: event ‘The Railroad ‘Social, which was render {4 by the scholars of the A. M. BZ! Sunday school at Zion church lact Wee nesday evening, was a financial succe® Mr. 1. Mf. Crispell. as the condor Miss Rhoda C. Kingsland. the old ers and Miss Annie Galliver, the stile, the ‘principal characters Mis Jems | Walby has returned after a plexat to Toronto, Canada. Join & Feet son fas left the employ ai Mes 8 E Hopkins and secured omplecent huildiaes of the Prethers’ feet oot Nt the Shiloh, Teuptist eer) tA: dayy Rev. J. W, Scott pra’ sermon appropriate fer fe SW EI0 The Sunday schonl was sr) 27 Hixcellent programs are "4 Mi at the literary meetings ears ok evening. end Public Schools, Says Democracy, the New to Pune Vande Bhavan School in America—then Center* School, on the contrary, Trends the Independently Because of Color of One Race to Another. SOFT CORRESPONDENCE of Twin Amm. WASHINGTON, December 28. The District of Columbia has just celebrated the centennial of the inauguration of its public schools. It was in 1805, during the administration of Thomas Jefferson, that this beginning was made. It was certain small ench.—comprehending two schools only, one near the capitol and one near the White House. Two teachers constituted the entire teaching force in Washington at that time—one for each school. They were paid each the minimum, sum of $50 a year! The school year extended from September to August, when teachers were allowed a few weeks' vacation. As public schools they were open to all classes of children except one class: viz. children of the colored race. They were excluded from the two schools, while no provision was made for their separate education, although by their taxes they helped to support the two schools for the education of white children. The aristocratic principle based on race and color found its way into the school system of democratic America at the capital of the Republic. The principle of free common school education furnished by the State as a duty to each child, whether rich or poor, was but dimly comprehended in 1805. For the theory then was that the State was bound to furnish free instruction to pauper children only. The children of the rich, of those who were able to pay, were expected to pay for their tuition, and did actually pay therefor in this city a hundred years ago. They attended, indeed, the same schools with the children of the pauper class, and received instruction from the same teachers. But they were different, all the same. For they paid for what they saw, while pauper pupils got their education as a public charity. The pride of life, of property, of class was thus nurtured in the public schools of this city and those schools were made to teach even white people that in the eye of the State all white men were not created equal, but that some of them were born better than others, and were actually better if they possessed the wherewithal to make good such an democratic claim to superiority in a democratic Republic. Then, as time fled apace, correct views of the relations of the State to popular education, taking root first in New England and coming to blossom and fruit there, found their way into the District of Columbia. The pollen dust of the Massachusetts common school system as observed by Horace Mann blown hither by the winds of an enlightened environment, was brought here six months ago by Massachusetts young Abbot and Edward Evans. The seed of popular edu that all power in this rived from the people, the doctrine that the people are governors of the Republic of the American the American system of free popu- furnished by the State unity which the State may will, but as a duty which it to discharge to every child empires—to the poorest and sike, for the simple and sufi- that democracy is govern- the people, for the people, and people. If these people govern people ought to be educated, do so well. And the public intended to do this work of the future ruler of democracy, gent electorate is one of the ex- the life, the progress of ignorance is the curse of it, may to its sure decline, cor- ultimate evolution or revo- individual or class disruption. easy growing this idea of education as a duty owed by ment to each child, or as a each child possessed as a of the American democ- the notion of paid and save place to the more equal education for all schools, where no child paid, he might be, and where id not pay was made to he received at the hands not belong to him as a given him as a public of the people he built the teachers, levied the for their maintenance, and the education which them was paid for by his sweat of his parents in the sweat of the people, was an integral part. Free education is the education given to their children, to the State out of their own taxes levied upon them directly or indirectly, for notion that the money import the public school sys- trict seemed to the city afterward to Congress not the people, but was voted the national Government to them gratuity to which they had Very meagre for years in were the school appropria- poorly paid were the teach- adequate the school ocom- However, this aristocratic public education pauper- who received it has been from the public opinion It is universally ad- does not pauperize the of it, but quite the com- aristocratic pretension died the white pupils into pay and pauper pupils, has standing in the District. swept away before the ad- democratic doctrine of com- in those schools between children of all classes. authorities now pride on this democratic feature of schools at the capital. They visiting foreigners interest- public school system this par- ticure as characteristically The same schools which re- children of the highest govern- receive the children of laborers or idlers the names of public schools. Association of War Tech, in his address at the annual observance of the one hundredth anniversary of the inauguration of the public schools in this city, held in the Congregational church, mentioned the fact with no little satisfaction that his nine-year-old boy was a pupil in these schools. And President Roosevelt did likewise for his children. They, too, are receiving, or have received, a part of their education in the common schools of the District. And this is well. If it is all as it should be. For the President of the United States and the highest officials of the National Government are part of the people, are but servants of the people. And the education which their children receive ought not to be essentially different from the education received by the direction of the American people. President Roosevelt touched the heart of the subject in the following paragraph of his address at the White House to the District commissioners, the board of education and to the 200 other people interested in the public schools at the seat of government: "Iincidentally to its other work the public school does more than any other institution of any kind; sort, or description to Americanise the child of foreign-born parents who comes here when young, or is born here. Nothing else counts for as much in welding together into one compact mass of citizenship the different race stocks which here are being fused into a new nationality." The President had in his mind, when he uttered those words, all of the widely varying race elements which together form the heterogeneous population of the United States. Did, he have all or was there an exception, a mental reservation which excluded the Negro? We should like to know, for neither his children nor the children of his Secretary of War, nor yet those of any of the officials of his government, if they happen to be white, attend the public schools of the District with colored children. Here at the seat of the National Government of American democracy are supported out of the public funds separate schools for the education of the children of white and colored children Here the President's children and the nine-year-old son of Mr. Secretary Taft and the children of all of the white officials of the Government are being taught day after day, week after week, month after month, and year after year, that there is a difference, a race difference, so great between white and colored American citizens and their children that not even the common school is able to wipe it out—that the common school, on the contrary, the separate common school, is utilized as a means to emphasize the inirradicable difference of races in America. All people and all children who may happen to be white, regardless of mental, moral or civic character, are to be separated forever from all people and children who may happen to be colored, regardless of mental, moral or civic character. This is what the separate school means, this is what it teaches, this is what it is actually effecting. If this be true—and is it not true?—how are these two races, in the language of President Roosevelt, ever to be welded "together into one compact mass of citizenship"? It cannot be done so long as there are separate common schools in any part of the United States, and especially at the capital, for the education of the two races, the opinion of the President if indeed, such he has opinion, to the contrary nowwithstanding. Why? Because the separate common school does more than any other one means to foster race arrogance among the whites, race hatred and contempt of the blacks among them also. And does the President imagine that race arrogance, race hatred and contempt are the sort of feelings and forces which are capable of welding, which are calculated to weld "together into one compact mass of citizenship" white and colored Americans? After all, is the separate school of 1907 in the District of Columbia essentially different from the no school for the education of colored children of 1907? There is a difference, we freely admit, but is not the difference rather one of degree than of kind? When the common school was inaugurated in this city a hundred years ago no provision was made for the education of colored children. The reason for such a failure to provide for the education of some of the children is too well known even to name it. Colored children belonged to a slave, to an alien race, to whom was denied citizenship. They constituted no part of the people, the sovereign people of the Republic. Therefore they were not entitled to share in the advantages of the common school. But to-day, although made citizens by the supreme law of the land, public opinion denies them equality before the law, regards them universally as an alien race, a non-assimilable element in the American Republic. They are different, and must remain distinct and separate forever and a day in the life of the Nation. Every other race immigrating to these shores may finally be fused, may be welded together with all others "into one compact mass of citizenship," every other except this one alien and non-assimilable race of the Negro. Hence the separate school of 1905 in the District for his education. And in spirit, if not in the letter of them, are they not significant companion pieces, painted by the same hand, the hand of American colorphobia, the no school for colored children in 1805, and the separate school for colored children in 1905? Do they not mean at bottom the same thing? Does not the same coloring matter enter into their composition, differing merely in respect to the quantity rather than the quality of the ingredients used in their production? Did not the same hand lay it on the cavvas of 1805 and that of 1905? Race arrogance, race hatred and contempt dominate in the picture painted for us by American colorphobia in 1805, and the same dark colors dominate in the picture painted for us by the same sinister hand in 1805. So long as the two races are taught in separate common schools the two races can never be welded "together into one compact mass of citizenship," can never together form one homogeneous mass of American democracy. The separate school, as the separate church, is therefore an evil to be endured because we cannot help ourselves, but they ought never to be submitted to contentedly in a boastful free and Christian country by any class of American citizens as a finality. The same schools which are open to some of the people ought to be open to all of the people regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude. Until this time comes the race that is separated from 1. BETSY ROSS HOUSE, BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMERICAN FLAG, AS IT APPEARS JODAY. The Betsey Ross house in Philadelphia, where the first American flag was made by Betsey's own hands, is now the property of the nation. It was bought by the dimes of 1,030,000 Americans, many of them school children. The old house, 239 Arch street, looks much as it did in Revolutionary days except that it is now wedged, between two tall modern buildings. In the summer of 1776 General Washington, Robert Morris and George Ross called upon Betsey Ross with a design for Old Glory, and Mrs. Ross speedily sewed together the first flag. It was adopted by congress a year later. The husband of Betsey Ross had been an upholsterer, and after his death she carried on the business. the other races in the common school will be contemned and "oppressed by those other races, will not get at the hands of the Republic equal treatment, equal opportunity with those other races in the battle for bread, for their rights, for their existence itself. Down, therefore, as soon as may be, say we with the separate school in this District and in every part of the land where they now flourish. And God hasten the day when white and colored children shall attend the same schools, and sit side by side in the same class room. Then and not until then will the public school weld "together into one compact mass of citizenship," in the language of President Roosevelt, "the a different stock, which here are being fused into a new nationality." ARCHERID H. GRIMKE TROY NOTES. involvements at Dr. Boddys' Church. Tuesday, December 26. Mrs. Ertalfi Gibbs of 51 Congress street, will receive on Monday evening, January 1, assigned by Mrs. James Beahi, Mrs. Josephine Peterson and Miss Pearl Alexander of Rutland, Vermont. The ladies of the Hester Jeffery club will also receive on New Year's evening at the club rooms. 1630 Sixth avenue. Mr. George B. Kelley, a student at Cornell University, is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kelley. He was accompanied home by Mr. V. Tandy of Lexington, Ky., who will be his guest and also the guest of Mr. Fred Smith, Mr. Tandy and Mr. Smith were classmates at Tuskegee Institute. On Sunday evening Mrs. S. A. King gave a stag dinner for her nephew, Mr. George Kelley. Among those present were Mestes, V. Tandy of Lexington, Ky.; William Saunders of New York city, Edward Fliek, J. Calder Davis and Frederick D. Smith of Troy. On Sunday evening, December 24, the Sunday school of the Liberty street Presbyterian church rendered their Christmas cantata. There were choruses, duets, recitations and exercises by the little ones of the school. The church was appropriately decorated with Christmas greens. On Friday evening, December 22, Miss Gertrude Evans gave a pleasing concert at the Liberty street Presbyterian church for the benefit of the Sunday school. She was able assisted by several members of the Book Lovers Club. A novel feature of the concert was the rendition of several anthems by a boy's surplaced choir. Master Roswell Brown is convalescent after a severe illness. Mrs. Robert Taylor and daughter Ullila, returned home last week from a hurried visit to New York and Philadelphia. Miss Anna Morgan and Marion Jackson are visiting the Rev. and Mrs. E. George Biddle at New Haven, Conn. Loughkeepsie, Noten IWONGKERKIS, December 27.—Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Marlowe of Worrell afternatcurated at dinner on December 28. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Rolin, Mr. and Mrs. James K. Lewis and Mrs. George Glassco. Mrs. B. Scott of Yonkers is the guest of her mother, Mrs. E. Potter of Church street. Mrs. J. W. Smith, who was removed to Dr. Sadlier's hospital, is out after undergoing a successful operation. Miss Anna Hope Haff and Mrs. W. H. Haff will spend the holidays in New Haven as the guests of Mrs. S. A. Manyard. Miss L. B. May was in our city for Christmas, spending it with several friends. The son of Chas. Lawrence of 35 North Clinton street, is very ill. Mr. Charles Bell of Newburgh, N.Y., was the guest of Mr. J. W. Harden for Christmas, Mr. Willing H. Harden is about the same Vassar hospital. Mr. Clinton Powers, who was moved to Vassar Hospital some time ago, is improving slowly. Miss June Woods of New York is the guest of her sister. Mrs J. W. Harden, 26 High street, for the holidays. Mrs. Jacob H. Thomas of New York city, and daughter, spent Christmas in our city. Mrs. Gertie S. Row of New York city, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. E. Sonderson of 85 South Hamilton street. Mr. Robert Chamman was in the city the past week on business. Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Jackson of 90 North Clinton street, spent Christmas in Powkell as the guests of Mrs. Moeller, Mrs. Marry E. Potter of Yonkers is visiting her sister. CHRISTMAS IN NEWPORT. Fire Weather Encouraged Happy Services—Stone Mill Lodge Elections. Newport, December 25.—At the regular meeting of Stone Mill lodge, No. 2, A. F. and A. M. held in their lodge room last Monday evening, the following officers were elected and installed by Past Worshipful Master Aaron C. Buchman; Worshipful master, Wm. H. Watson; senior warden, M. Aionzo Van Herne; junior warden, John Jennings; treasurer, Dennis Owen; secretary, Andrew W. Lookey; senior deacon, Albert Speedwell; junior deacon, E. C. Burk; junior steward, Horace Slade; junior steward, Henry Reed; chaplain, William H. Agus; styler, Stephen D. Games; and mahail George Scatchit Mrs. Blanche Hawkins is spending the Xnss season in Boston with her parents, Mrs. Katherine Brown, who spent the season here, left Friday night by boat for her home in Philadelphia, Mrs. Levi Jackson, Miss Edith Mercer and a few other friends went down to the dock to see her off. On Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Jackson received news of the death of their nephew, Aaron G.ason of Harry G. and Mary Louise Jackson Buchanan, in Providence R I. Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Johnson's oldest daughter is very ill at this writing. Miss George Ridgway, who has been the guest of Miss Mye Powell for four weeks, has returned to her home in Boston. Miss Virginia Simmons of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, is spending the holidays with her parents on Gould street. Mrs. Mary Mitchell is entertaining Mrs. Creen of 60 Kindle street, Boston. The Household of Ruth, No. 301, G. U. O. F. F., at its monthly meeting Monday night installed twelve new members. The election of officers for the ensuing war resulted as follows: Most noble governor, Hannah White; right most noble governor, Florence Jenkins; past most noble governor, Mary Myers; noble governor, Amie Greene; worthy treasurer, Julia White; worthy recorder, Charlotte Allen; senior stewards, Alice Taff and Robert Brooks; junior stewards, Lazie Payne and Pauline Major; worthy shepherd, Benjamin Williams; worthy usher, Nellie Jennings; worthy chamferain, Kate Brooks; worthy prelate, Amalte Hurdy, and marshal, C. P. Feverweather. At the close of the business meeting a fine collation was served. Extensive arrangements are being made here for the holding of a memorial service to be held in Touro chapel for the late Hon. George T. Downing, and it is expected that a number of well known speakers, both local and from out of the State, will be present. The late Mr. Downing was one of the best known men of his race and had scores of friends in Newport in all the walks of life. The meeting is to be held on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, December 31, and will be open to the public. The committee in charge of the affair is unable at this time to announce the full list of speakers, except Mr. Edward Everett Brown of Boston. Among others invited are ex-Governor Lucas F. C. Garven of Providence. The junior chair will assist in the musical program. The Hon. T. Thomas Fortune, editor of THE NEW YORK AGE, is also invited to be present and speak. Sunday in Newport was more like a Sunday in April than Sunday before Christmas, the surf was warm, the sky clear and the wind mild, and the song birds were out in the afternoon. The churches were largely attended all day. At the Touro chapel Rev. C. N. Gibbons preached Christmas sermons morning and evening. The juvenile choir rendered special music in the morning and evening. Mrs. Ruth Holmes also sang a solo, "Beyond the Gates of Paradise" in the evening. At Mt. Olivet Baptist church Rev. D. J. Coshy spoke in the morning on "The Babe Jesus Lying in a Manger." The Y. P. S. C. E. subject was "The Brotherhood of Man." The evening subject was "Christ, the Living and Precious Stone." The choir rendered special music at all services. At the mion Congregational church Rev. Byron Gunnon spoke in the morning on "The Needed Re-Birth of the Christ." In the evening these was a Christmas service, consisting of responses. Scripture readings and selected hymns and anthems, with a brief address by the pastor. CHICAGO, December 24.—A woman in Ohio has written a book in which she attempts to show the harmful effects of woman's clubs on the home life of this country. The book contains only 40 pages and is published by the Authors' Publishing Company of Columbus, Ohio. As small as it is, this little volume by Olga Louise Cadija has excited more resentment of feeling in clubdom than the famous letter of ex-President Cleveland, written a few months ago on the same subject. It will not do for club women to get excited and toss this little book aside as beneath their notice. The facts and figures brought out and logically sustained must be reckoned with. It is not a hastily written and carelessly considered pamphlet published merely to create a sensation. The book has the startling tilite of "Turn On the Light." It represents two years of careful investigation for the purpose of showing the effect of club life on marriage, home and child-bearing. The following paragrahs fairly illustrate the extreme freedom of the statements made: "In American homes to-day, startling as we nearly every, every child born at unlawful ages." "Woman's clubs are the bane of the home. I almost hesitate to say it, yet it is manifestly true that woman's clubs, as now conducted, are a curse to homes and one of the strongest promoters of race suicide." "Race suicide, unless checked, means that our morals will be blunted to the degree of dumb animals. It means that in the next century America will begin to take its place in history by the side of Rome." Some of the figures given are interesting and suggestive. For example, she says, that the average age of membership of women's clubs in this country is 33 years. The average age of the youngest children of married members is 11 years, and only one married woman in 16 becomes a mother after she joins a woman's club. In cities, supporting the greatest number of clubs, in which the social advantages are many, the number of children to a family is startlingly small, in comparison with communities where there are no such clubs. The federation of woman's clubs embraces 67 per cent. of the women who are connected with women's organizations. The other 33 per cent. belong to card clubs, golf clubs and other pleasure clubs. The birth rate is 3.6 higher among women who belong to social organizations than among club women. There is much other statistical information in this book that is both interesting and startling, such as the low birth rate among the highly educated women and the increased use of drugs involved in the practice of race suicide. In these statistics there is much which is not in the least creditable to the white women of this country, especially to that portion of them that represent the cultured and wealthy classes. While all this exhibition of a sort of refined deprivacy among women whom we are accustomed to look up to as models may be true, it is not a matter that colored women can afford to exult over, for we are bound to rise or fall by the ideals we are forced to emulate. The most interesting and curious part of this little book, however, is its extended reference to colored women. The comparisons drawn between white and colored women with reference to club life, marriage and maternity are certainly not to our discredit, although some of her reasoning and conclusions show an unwarrantable ignorance of our social status. After stating that colored women do not take to club life and have very little social life, she says: "Among the Negroes, there is an unwritten law, sel- J. C. KEOGH CHEMIST 775 Columbus Ave., New York Cor. 61th St. Telephone, 1468-9 Riverside. Agency Health Board Supplies Goods delivered immediately. Oct 12-6m Hair Dresser Green Ladies' Hair D MANUFACTURER OF H Afro-American Hair All kinds of Wigs, Front Pieces and S 589 Eight Aug10:05 1y Near 890 MME. S. BOFIRD, Formerly with Mme. Flandern. Ladies Hair Dressing Parlor, 727 EIGHTH AVE. Afro-American Hair Goods a Specialty. Also Hair Straightening. Your Patronage Solicited. sep 7 06-3m. C. H. KING and JOE YOUNG Successors to L. L. WILLIAMS Barber Shop, 107 West 32d St Hot and Cold Bath. 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In other words, 60 out of every 100 colored women marry, while only 28 out of every 100 white women marry, taking the last ten years as a basis of comparison. "Early marriages among white women are unpopular. By the time the average white woman marries, the average colored woman is the mother of several children." The author frankly regards this condition as alarming and appeals to the pride and prejudice of her race to right these wrongs and save America from "becoming a black-peopled country." She does not see much hope in immigration to offset this remote but possible calamity, because the immigrant, who comes now, is a lower order of people and because immigration laws will soon be enacted to stop the flow of the scum of Europe to our shores. Perhaps enough has been stated to whet an appetite for this little book to look into its interesting figures and study its startling conclusions. The women's clubs have undoubtedly a part to play in our social development. We are scarcely open to the charge that colored women's clubs have had the effect of making us neglect the precious interests of home and motherhood. It must be remembered, however, that we are entirely human and somewhat too initiative and useless we take warning we can scarcely hope to escape the sorry conditions complained of by the author of "Turn On the Light." Our women must keep in mind that a woman's club is not an end but a means towards our social and economic development and uplift. When it ceases to make home, and everything contained in that name, the most important and precious of all our thought and effort, it has lost forever its power for usefulness. FANNIE BARRIER WILLIAMS. LOUISVILLE NOTES. Prof. Payne's Widow Rejects His Will —Lodge to Have $45,000 Building LOUISVILLE, Ky., December 26.—Mrs. Nor L. Payne, who, is the widow of Prot. A. H. Payne, renounced the terms of his will and elected to take her dower. Prof. Payne left property worth $2,500 and debts amounting to $4,000. The free public library for Afro- Americans is well attended daily. Mr. E. W. Marshall, who has been sick since last October, is much improved. Miss M. L. Johnson, who has been away at Newcastle, Pa., at the sick bed of her mother, who died several weeks ago, will return to Louisville on January 1, 1906. Mr. Guy W. Smith has bought a fine residence on 5th street, between Green and Walnut streets for $9,500. The United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of the Mysterious Ten gave an entertainment during Christmas at their hall at 9th and Magazine streets. All money made will be paid on their new $15,000 building, which will be erected during 1906. This order was organized in Kentucky by Marshall W. Taylor on August 1, 1861. Its National meeting will be held at Lexington, Ky., on July 18, 1906. W. A. Gaines of Covington is National grand master. Miss M. V. Webster of Louisville is National grand princess. There are 150,000 members in the order, and they own over $175,000 worth of property. Their founder, Marshall W. Taylor, was born in Lexington on July 1, 1845. Mr. William Watson, undertaker, has been quite sick or several weeks. Miss H. Q. Jones and Miss M. V. Webster visited Jeffersonville, Ind., last week. Prof. E. Menefield SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT IN NERVES AND RHEUMATISM. Miller Building. Room 301. By Appointments. 1831 Broadway, New York. berg's Dressing Parlors HUMAN HAIR GOODS Goods a Specialty Watches in, Stock, and Made to Order h Avenue th Street The WALDORF Hair Dressing Parlor 667 WEST 134th STREET Four artiste barbers in attendance, including Turner and Langton, formerly of 132 West 134th Street, Turner's Wonderful Promade Per Bain, Nov 16-2m. R. C. TURNER, Proprietor Mrs. IDA WHITE-DUNCAN 19 Prescott St., Jersey City, N. J. HAIR WORKER Wigs, Beauty Bags, Permanent and tweakers, made in the finest quality. 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The discrimination Was begun under the administration of President McKinley and perpetuated under that of President Roosevelt. The matter has been brought to a head by the outrageous condition of affairs in the Canal Zone, where even a trained nurse appointed by the War Department was not allowed to serve by the Canal Zone authorities because she was an Afro-American woman. Why? The Afro-American people have more confidence in President Roosevelt—in his broadness as a man and in his good intentions towards them as a President—than in any other President we have had since President Grant, who was as broad and as generous towards them as a man or President can be; and they know that many conditions exist in the public service and many things happen because of those conditions about which he does not know. This we believe to be the case with the conditions of open hostility to Afro-Americans as office holders, as common citizens, in the Panama Canal Zone, in Hawaii, in the Philippine Islands. These conditions have been created by the Southern Democrats who have been appointed to commanding positions in the West Indies and the Orient, and by the studied policy of the War Department as shaped by Elihu Root when he was secretary of that Department, and which has not been changed or modified by Secretary Taft. We propose in THE AGE to give the facts about this matter, so that the President may know them and eventually make the corrections which his sense of fairness and "a square deal" may deem wise and good. Shall White Agencies Dominate Our Charity Work? The large increase in the Afro-American population of the Greater New York in the past decade has produced a social and industrial condition of a complicated character which has been apprehended and grappled with in only a small way and mostly by individuals acting independently. Mrs. Victoria Matthews was among the first to grasp the situation. In establishing the White Rose Mission work on the East Side many years ago she started a needed work, and has kept it going up to the present time. To say that she has not had the co-operation of her own people which the character of her work and the sacrifices of herself and associates called for, is to state a regrettable truth. White men and women have entered the same field of work, as much for the notoriety and profit to be got out of it as for the good to be accomplished, and we have small faith in the purely unselfish in any charitable work. Instead of seeking co-operation with the White Rose Mission work they have rather striven to crush it out, because they were not allowed to dominate it. Many of our pastors have joined forces with these white workers, having refused or neglected to assist the work of the White Rose Mission. The disposition to do this sort of thing, to assist movements for our good dominated by white influences, and to ignore, slight or condemn such work dominated by our own men and women, is one of the weakest, most discreditable and most disgusting phases of Negro character. It crops out everywhere and in everything with which we have to do. What is the reason of it? Dr. Charles T. Walker also understood the situation, and, as pastor of Mt. Olivet Baptist church, started many enterprises of a character to elevate the tone of the people's morals, to assist them to higher and better ways of living, and to enhance their standing in every way among the solid people of the great city. It was a positive loss to the Afro-American people of New York when he returned to his old home at Augusta, Ga., and we said so at the time of his departure. He knew the situation and its needs, and he had the influence to command the sympathy and the support of the people who were able and willing to give him material assis- those in his work. Have we got another man in New York who can do so? The needs of the Afro-American population of New York in the tenement districts of charitable and evangelical work of all sorts are imminent and urgent. The same is true of the other metropolitan centers we have named in this article. It is essentially our work. We should not only initiate it, but we should dominate it. We are at the parting of the ways in the situation, and if we don't take hold of it at the proper parting white men and women will do it and dominate it; so that in the end we shall have no more to say about the administration of the work than a "yeller" dog. Already white men and women are in the work, with large moral and financial influences behind them. If we do not bestir ourselves they will take the work away from us entirely, so that we shall have no more voice in it than we have in the disposition of the millions of money donated for Afro-American education by Daniel Hand, John F. Slater, Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller; now of whom thought it good to place an Afro-American on his board of trustees, "thus making their munificent benefactions take on the disagreeable character of charity instead of philanthropy. Thoughtful Afro-Americans in New York should understand and face the situation before it is too late. They should get together and decide upon a line of action in this work, and they should do it at once. We do not present the activity of white men and women in charitable and evangelical works among us; far from it; but we do protest against the tendency to freeze us out of the management of such work. If we cannot have a part in the management of such work, if the policy is continued to make us simply an object of charity in the work, we shall then insist that white men and women take their hands off the work and keep them off. The way they have managed matters and want to manage them gives the whole business the character of charity. And charity emobiles nothing that it touches. Thomas Dixon, Jr., and His Book. The Afro-American citizens of New York city are very much exasperated and stirred up over the proposed production at a New York theatre, January 5, of a dramatization of Thomas Dixon's book, "The Giansman." The proposed production of the dramatian hardly be more brutal and insulting than some observations Dixon has given to the daily newspapers as in some sort a reply to those who object to him and his play. There are good and sufficient reasons why Dixon's play should not be allowed to appear in a New York theatre, and why Afro-American people should object to the play and the presentation of it, and why the mayor and commissioner of police should back up their objection, to the extent of preventing the presentation of it. The play should appeal to Southern white people, if to anybody, as it is an alleged attempt to extimate its exceeding cowardice and savagery in dealing with black folk. But does it? When the play was presented at Richmond, the old capital of the Confederate States Government, deceased, it met with a decidedly hostile reception: at Columbia, S. C., where race prejudice is so thick it can't be cut with a razor, the play was roundly hissed and an effort made to mob Dixon, who was a frightened that he is still pale in his mouth; and at Augusta, Ga., the play was received in a hostile spirit. All this healthy exhibition was shown by white people, who turned their backs on the man Collier's Weekly has bravely dubbed the "spokesman of the poor white trash of the South." Then, for a while, the columns of The Atlanta Constitution were made hot by contributions from white persons, who denounced the play as being historically inaccurate, false as a picture of the Negro as he is to-day in the South, and dangerous because it incited hatred of race and was therefore provocative of trouble between the races. If a man goes to his own and his own spews him and out because he and if are false in the statement of facts and dangerous to law and order why should strangers take the pariah in and give his putrescent spawn a decent reception? No. Dixon's play should not be allowed to be presented in a New York theatre. The mayor of New York should issue an order after proper investigation commanding that the play shall not appear. He has the power in law to do it, and he has heretofore exercised the power to protect the peace and morals of the city. The Dixon play is false as to facts and dangerous as to public morals. It will incite the imaginations of the hoodium elements of all races in New York, and the consequences may lead to violence and bloodshed, giving the police, department unnecessary trouble. The best, easiest and wisest way to prevent anything of the sort, is to suppress the play. The mayor can do this. Will he? It is gratifying to decent people to note that Thomas Dixon, Jr., was not invited to the anniversary dinner given to Mark Twain, the swellest thing the American authors have given, and that reputable authors have cut-out Dixon, so that in places where authors do most congregate he is made to flock by himself, as the carrion crowds of literature should. The New York World seldom hides its tongue in discussing public men and measures. It usually calls a spade a spade, which is not a virtue possessed by the average American newspaper, both or in the Inangular territories. In the face of the fact that before he started from the Philippines it was given out at the White House that Governor-General Wright would not return to the Philippines after the termination of his leave of absence in the United States, and a prompt denial of the statement by the War Department, and the statement of Governor Wright, shade since his return to the United States that he would return to the Philippines, we believe that he will not do so, but that he will go to Memphis and practice law. If he does not do this, if he returns to the Philippines, we shall be surprised and a majority of the natives of the Philippine islands will be disappointed and disgusted, for they have sufficiently shown in their newspapers and their public speech that they do not want him as their Governor. The New York World states the case very accurately and pointedly in the following editorial: Experienced observers agree that things are not going well in the Philippines. The islands are suffering from the effects of a serious commercial and industrial depression, while Congress looks on with characteristic indifference. It is evident too that the islands need a Governor-General who can take the place of that wise, tactful and able administrator William II. Taft. Even benedict legislation would not be a wholly adequate substitute for a Governor-General who was fully equipped for his duties and who commended the confidence of the natives. The best gift that Mr. Roosevelt can make to the Filipinos is another William II. Taft—if one can be found. When the writer was in the Philippine Islands he could hardly go anywhere among white Americans without hearing abuse of the coarsest sort heaped upon Governor Taft, who had but recently declared in an address at Hoila that he believed in "the Philippines for the Filipinos, and those who do not like it can get out." The malcontents were praying for the selection of Vice-Governor Wright to succeed Governor Taft. President Roosevelt gave them what they prayed for, but why he did it will always remain one of those things "no fellow can find out." At the time the appointment was made we predicted in THE AGE that Governor Wright would be a failure. According to the native Manila newspapers his failure began coincidently with his assumption of the duties of Governor and continued up to the moment when he left for the United States a short time ago. Mr. A. W. Fergusson, the Executive Secretary of the Philippine Islands, knows more about the Philippines and is liked by the native Filipinos, and is in closer sympathy with the generous and popular policy pursued by Governor Taft, than any other man in the United States or in the Philippine Islands. Why not appoint him to succeed Governor Wright? GARRISON'S WORK. His Finest Tribute Homage of the Afro-American People. From The Springfield Republic, It is well to recall to the minds of a new generation the vital service of freedom and the republic rendered by William Lloyd Garrison, a radical of the radicals, who with a single aim fought for truth, and would not compromise, or equivocate, or in any degree tone down his righteousire at evil no matter what might be the consequences. Things were settled in the United States when he began, single-handed, the fight against slavery, but he was one of the great spirits who hold that nothing is ever settled that is not settled right, and what he could do to unsettle the wrong was done with a clear and conscious determination which no "broadcloth mob" in Boston could affect in the least degree, though they hauled him through the streets with a rope around his neck. It should abate the old Boston pride and complacency to remember that such a thing was done there. Garrison was like one of the old Heir prophets, who stormily denounced—the wickedness of kings and priests, and repeatedly checked the decay of that people, despite persecution and threats of death—repeatedly recalled them to the true nature of God and his worship. If the churches could not accept his lessoning, so much the worse for the churches; if the Constitution was in the way of justice and mercy and honor—then it was, in the words of one of those old Hebrews, "a covenant with death and an agreement with hell." "Your covenant agreement with hell shall not stand," he cried to all the people. And it was so. In his Liberator, he struck with absolute surety the key of freedom; his blows, like the hammer of Thor when he assailed the Jotuns, broke crows and drew blood, but he bribed him the power of the eternal ethical forces. It is the fashion to say of late, once again, as in the day when he was blind, that slavery would have taken care of itself, would have been gradually abandoned, would have disappeared by economic conditions. There was no great mistake then; and there can be no greater one now than to repeat the delusive notion. Garrison's words have just been published; we have given some of them our readers. Never were great tribes and powerful resolves more adequately expressed. Merely as examples of the strength of the English language it is difficult to match them. He has a life in literature because of these utterances. But the homage of the Negro race, tried as they still are in "the furnaces of affliction" is his finest tribute. In the days which have been given to honor his life and labors, much eloquent appreciation has been spoken. The just man, as Plato knew him, has received his fame at the hands of posterity. Professional training is often seen as the first step in the career of a New York Army Corps officer you will find a statement of the physical requirements for applicants for positions in the Fire and Police Departments for Greater New York. I am trying to persuade large numbers of Afro-Americans to take these examinations. I am informed that it has been, and is now, the custom, when Afro-Americans apply for examination for the examiners to take up some technical physical defect and thereby reject them, while a white man in similar physical condition would be passed without question. However this is or is not true I am unable to prove. However, I am of the opinion that if I have number of colored men should not be required a test all could not be rejected, and as a result a good proportion would pass successfully. We should thereby get a foothold in the above-named departments, which, I think, is very much to be desired at this time. Personally, I am not qualified for either of the Departments, hence my interest in the matter is not selfish. I am simply trying to call the attention of the qualified young men to the possibilities in these Departments, which a large number seem not to have thought of. Age, must be not less than twenty-one at the time of application, nor more than thirty at time of appointment. The applicant must be free from any marked deformity, free from all parasitic or systemic skin, diseases, and from evidence of intemperance in the use of stimulants or drugs. The body must be well proportioned, of good muscular development, and show careful attention to personal cleanliness. Obesity, muscular weakness or poor physique must reject. Obstruction to free breathing, chronic catarrh, or very offensive breath must reject. The mouth must be free from deformities or conditions that interfere with distinct speech, or that predispose to disease of the ear, nose or throat. Teeth must be clean, well cared for and free from multiple cavities. There must be at least two molar teeth to each jaw on each side, and these teeth in good opposition for proper mastication. The jaws must be free from badly broken or decayed teeth so far destroyed as to render filling or crowning impossible. Missing teeth may be supplied by crown or bridge work; where site of teeth makes this impossible, rubber dentures will be accepted. At least twenty natural teeth must be present. Rupture in any form must reject. Genitalia must be free from deformities and from varicocele, hydrocele, enlargement of ti-, testicle, stricture, or incontinence of urine. Any acute and all venereal diseases of these organs must reject. Fissures, fistulas, and external or internal 'biles must reject. Vaticine Veins or a marked tendency to their formation must reject. Arms and Legs, Hands and Feet must be free from affections of the joints, sprains, stiffness or other conditions, such as fat-foot, ingrowing nails or hammer-toes which would prevent the proper and easy performance of duty. The applicant must be free from color blindness, and be able to read with each eye, separately, standard test types at a distance of twenty feet. Loss of either eye, the inflammation of the lids, permanent abnormalities of either eye must reject. Normal hearing with each ear is required. Respiration must be full, easy and regular; the respiratory murmur must be clear and distinct over both lungs, and no disease of the respiratory organ be present. The action of the heart must be uniform, free and steady, its rhythm regular and the heart free from organic changes. Brain and Nervous System must be free from defects. Kidneys must be healthy and the Urine normal. The necessity for the selection of such men only as are sound in all respects, and are in every way physically qualified for the position is self-evident. The foregoing qualifications are indispensable, but it is understood that the medical examiner will put such other questions or tests, bearing upon each case, as he may think necessary and proper, and the whole examination shall be thorough, exact and certain. Do not test the strength, activity and physical capacity of all applicants who come up to the standard required in the medical examination into the strength of back, chest, legs, arms, etc., which tests shall be submitted to and approved by the municipal civil service commission. Some of the physical requirements are as follows: PATROLMEN. Height Weight Minimum 5 ft. 7½ in. 137 lb. 31½ in. 5 ft. 8 " 140 " 33½ in. 5 ft. 9 " 145 " 34 " 5 ft. 10 " 150 " 34 " 5 ft. 11 " 155 " 34½ 5 ft. 0 " 190 " 34½ 6 ft. 1 " 165 " 35 6 ft. 2 " 170 " 35 6 ft. 3 " 175 " 35½ 6 ft. 4 " 180 " 35½ 6 ft. 5 " 185 " 36 FIREMEN. Minimum Height, in. Weight, Chest Measure, 145 lbs. 5 f. 7 " 18 " 155 " 351 " 5 f. 7 " 18 " 140 " 351 " 5 f. 8 " 145 " 351 " 5 f. 10 " 150 " 36 " 5 f. 11 " 155 " 36 " 5 f. 0 " 160 " 361 " 5 f. 1 " 165 " 361 " 5 f. 2 " 170 " 37 " 5 f. 3 " 175 " 37 " 5 f. 4 " 180 " 37 " 5 f. 5 " 185 " 37 X. Y. Z. QUEER AFRICAN DRUMS. From The Southern Workman. The African drum appears in varied and often picturesque forms. The natives make drum out of shells, tree trunks, or earthenware, covered with the skin of some wild animal or sometimes with india rubber. Of the original calabash, the drum is often wholly decorated in Europe. Some of the drums are highly ornamented, either by painting or carving. One specimen, indeed, has painted traveler; for there is depleted on it unmistakably a cross, and also a head of European type. A drum, found in Tunisia, is decorated with a woven cloth in the way of a "warmthless chord" formed by means of a small tube, ingeniously inserted in the side of the instrument, which canes, when the drum is beaten, a vibration resembling that of the reed pipe. do the matter on the new York Age: I have been reading your paper and other rare papers for a number of years and have seen much good advice, especially from your pen—which, if taken by our people, is bound to do them good. Knowing this, and the great influence of The Am, I want to place before you a matter which has given me a great deal of thought and which I have not seen advanced by any one so far. I know that if I can get you to see the matter in the same light that I do, you will fire away at it hammer, and tongs. Our friends and our enemies—and, by the way; our enemies in this case seem to me to be our real friends—tell us to go on the farm; some going far as to say that we are fit for nothing else, but not one of them seems to have thought of the fact that by urging the colored man to take to the farm, some day he might control the agricultural situation of the South and maybe of the whole country. If you will turn to the last report of the Secretary of Agriculture you will see how gigantic the farming interests of this country are. The colored man was instrumental in producing a large part of that vast sum represented in the report, in corn and cotton, but the question arises. How much of that great sum went into his pockets as owner of the land that he cultivated? The poor whites are being drawn from the country to the town centers, where they find employment in the factories. Why can't the colored man be induced to take their places and learn to "cultivate a small farm well" rather than flock to the cities, where most of them find it hard to get employment of any kind? He does not necessarily have to go South to find an opening if he wants it, for a man with a little cash and a great deal of ambition can have that almost anywhere in the North. For instance, there are two farms in calling distance of me that can be bought very cheaply, and unlike farmers near the large cities, the can get the highest market prices for them, could go on and tell why these nice farms vacated by the whites, but it would take too much of your time. Sufficit it to say, that the coal mines have a great attraction for the younger men. While I have been thinking of the subject for some time, an editorial from *The Philadelphia Engineer* induced me to write to you, so that you might sound the alarm all along the line. For what looks like an ant hill now may turn out to be mountain in the near future. As far as I know, all races have laid the foundation of their future greatness in agriculture, and it seems to me that the Afro-Americans should not be above starting where the rest of mankind started. I know that the colored man as a rule does not take well to farming, but think that if he can be shown that his interest lies in having and controlling a farm he will view it in a more kindly light. *Hercules Pa. December 1978* PATTERSON. A CHAMPION OF THE RACE. Rev. Dr. Mellin, ex-President of Atlantic, Armenian Providence. To the Editor of The New York Age: The fact that the Negro problem is being discussed at the present time by both white and colored debaters is pretty good evidence that the Afro-American is a most important element of this vast domain. Providence has within its borders many writers and prominent public speakers who by pen or words have given to the public their views from time to time on the Negro problem. A new champion has now come forward in behalf of the down-trodden Afro-American race, in the person of Rev. Dr. Mellin, pastor of the Matherson street M. E. church of this city. Dr. Mellin was for eight years the president of Atlanta University at Atlanta, Ga., and during his stay in that portion of the Southland made it his duty to study thoroughly the Afro-American in his many phases. During his administration he observed how many of the race made great sacrifices in order to obtain even rudiments of an education and their great thirst for knowledge. At a lecture delivered at his church last week great stress was made by Dr. Mellin on the fact that education does wonderfully transform the Afro-American when rightfully applied, and that the perpetration of crimes, especially many of those now being charged up to the Afro-American, is not the work of the refined, educated classes but of those who through neglect or lack of opportunity are denied an education. He declared with great emphasis that if the Afro-Americans are allowed all of the privileges vouchsafed to them by the American Constitution, no one could prophesy what wonderful progress the race would accomplish in the future along all lines, if the white people are to judge the past progress of the race by the great heap of obstacles which they have overcome within the marvelously short period of less than three decades. It is exceptionally marvelous how the Afro-American race, left with practically nothing at the close of the Civil War, has made so much progress along all lines, Dr. Mellin asserted in very forcible and logical arguments that this Nation is making a great mistake when it makes extra efforts to protect an American citizen in some loseign port, but takes no notice of the numerous colored citizens that are being murdered and burnt at the stake. Would that this Nation had more men of Dr. Mellin's stamp who not only take on the amelioration of the Afro-American's condition but labors with indefatigable efforts to bring about this much prayed for result. One result at lest of the doctor's address has been, to awaken much thought and interest concerning the future welfare of the Afro-American, for facts hitherto generally unknown to the average class of white people were forcibly submitted for their deep consideration. As the seed has been sown, who can tell what the fruit-age will be? EUGENE A. WATSON. Pawtucket, R. I., December 22, 1906. Why doesn't D. R. Wilkins stay dead! His paper, *The Chicago Conservator*, is burned out of the malls because it has not enough subscribers to enjoy the pound rates; and it kills on piercing the atmosphere with sickening shrieks. Stay dead, you skunk! The Washington Record is authority for the statement that Hon. T. McMunts Stewart of Hawaii, who used to be a distinguished citizen of New York, has zone to West Africa, but does not state the object of his visit. It hardly matters. Wherever Mr. Stewart pitches his tent there is always something doing. Mr. A. Kirkland Boga, a distinguished journalist of South Africa, will, in his said, visit the United States in the next future. We hope he will. Mr. Boga is a man of brilliant abilities and of absolute loyalty to the best interests of the natives of Africa. His newspaper, Into Ezekielisunda, is one of the best and ablest that we receive from Africa. We are sure he will see much in the United States he had not dreamed of in his philosophy. THE AGE and the readers of THE AOE hope that he may soon come among them and promise him in advance a hearty welcome. Dr. Albert E. Winslow, editor of The New England Journal of Education, announces that there are four men in the United States who "are worth while." They are, according to Dr. Winslow, Booker T. Washington, Jacob Riis, Theodore Roosevelt and Judge Benjamin Lindsay, in the order named. He is not sure about putting President Roosevelt in the third place, "because he is so far nobody can keep up with him." Dr. Winslow made the statement before the City Teachers' Institute, at Los Angeles Cal. Of course there will be lots of people who will question the accuracy of the classification, and we expect to hear a howl from the Boston end of the Association of Knockens and Windmasters that will make the rafters in Fannah Hall quitter. A Tokyo dispatch recently stated that the Japanese government was very much gratified with certain services which American 'Consul Richard Theodore Greener had rendered, the Japanese in Vladivostok. We have not heard anything through the newspapers about Mr. Greener since it was announced several months ago that he had been superseded by a man named Haynes. It appears that Haynes has never read Vladivostok and that Mr. Greener has continued to represent the United States in that part of the world. We are glad that it is no. Mr. Greener is a graduate of Harvard and is one of the most accomplished and eloquent of the American people. At one time, after fifteen years ago, he was one of the most popular and influential of American celeb. Vicious crimes among Afro-Americans in New York city are on the increase which is natural enough, as the increase of the Afro-American population from the Southern States in the immediate past has been wonderfully great because, the people have come here rapidly that they have not had time to properly assimilated into the life of the city, whose social and industrial conditions were not made for them and are easily adjusted to them and their cities. The rapid increase of this population in the cities of Boston, New York Philadelphia, Indianapolis and Chicago in the past decade has created a condition in these centres with which the thoughtful men of the race will have to grapple, as the thoughtful men of the race groups are doing and have to with their special conditions. Mr. R. H. Ball, of Lawrence, Mass., up over the apparent differences of opinion which have lately cropped out to make themselves obnoxiously prominent among prominent Afro-Americans; he wants to know if the editor of The Acc cannot do something to fetch mony into the situation. Mr. Ball does not stand alone by any means; a majority of the Afro-American people for about it as he does. Why do the appeal to the editor of The Acc to the peacemaker? He has been a great bearer from his youth up and he bears it, and is always ready to swipe the beads of rogues; domesticated group lunatics, and the like. And he did not start the trouble, but has done all could to take the vengeon out of it, not traduced, libelled and led about his trouble. Let those who want their appeal to those who started it and kept it up—to the Association of Knickerbocker and Windhammers, of whom the editor of The Boston Windhammer is the most mischievous and possessive adult. The English in South Africa proud war with the two Dutch Republics the purpose of securing control of the mineral wealth of the Transvaal. The whipped the Dutch, and we are glad it, for the Dutch had been unjust brutal to the natives to the last degree. When the English not possession of the country they showed that they were better than the Dutch records the virtues. Greed was everywhere the proponent motif in everything. The native employed in the diamond, gold and minerals were given the hands treatment and the poorest pay, but the owners were unattainted with even that state of things and prevailed upon the Home Government through the British Intelligence to authorise the employment of Chinese coolie labor under the most inhumane and barbarous conditions. It is gratified in state that Sir H. Campbell Bannerman the new Prime Minister of Great Britain, has announced that the further importation of cookies shall be stopped until such time as representative bodies of the Transvaal can determine the matter. This will take some time but there is now no such legal body but the proposed reform has been promised. _ ee eee Te PPT ve a sakes rT Err << rr n ; ES i a gees SEATING GF A PURACRER, |<! \'< miniceowe hed oct eek on ee Fee ere Cooterrocr—tiate Bev. Brows We 2 Vertere Chacwenrtet Bide | tm Cee Con—Pegeiatiy © Raha Walter = Ate-dmertens Wayleg (etn of Yarmn—feer Moves Uiéeal Opportunities. Reacial Correspendence of Tan Aen Arrunwed, Mass, December 27—Re W. Hh Taylor: has ‘returned home fror “Sa three-week» vacation and brings a ry Po#t with him as to the condition of th places South which he visited. “He says “We set sail ironi Providence on bear the steamship Dorchester for Norfolt von’ November 21 at 8:33 p.m. The night was lear and warm and every thing was promising-ior x pleasant trip which lasted, until the evening, of the 22d at abont four o'clock, when the sea Becaine a little rough, it not enough to excite us, We retired early, to awake on the following mori with the sunlight streaming in on us with a brillianey suf: ficient to mike the saddist heart, rejoice: Finding we were in the promising town of Newport News, we were soon dressed, breakiasted and went out to see what could be found. We were startled by the sight of a beautifut church, built and dedicated te Zim by the camest Tabor and sli-sacritice’ of the Rev. G. W. Brown. + a “A few y¥ars ago, when Bishop Wal- ters was purzled (© get someone to go to this charge, Rev. Brown, after a few days’ meditation, decided to x0, and he has succeeded in erecting a church that will stand.ay fat honor’ to his names At 10 o'clock we steamed away irom. this port for Norfolk. where we caught glimpse of some of the notable “places thar have become famous iif history, OM Point Comiert seas. the first eit view, Viter passing that, Fort Nor= folks ‘was soon wgited, and opposite to it Craney Islands ‘The Tormer, cut | Sirncted 1 1812, 15 sete as the United States ordnance sdeyet, the atten avas The scone of vnga:enemts sta two Ware aud Eesha) Govescuattent mhigacian (in the eh ss othe Und Stays meat 4 Hospi, picdatesne ty eet dda aia | est of pies Juet aiend ceard hoe scot the ignesete cSt Nogiadiy gem Porto aneutl, ine hand ef Seasputicity and gaol cheer. "Nevins, with ite huge wharves orked hight with vege cuttin wage the scene vi great asthaes Tie cteutysky | and “ining smn at noanday iade 1 Ue Of the mest vheerfut plies Fever sat Having only 9 menutes to spre. we fail ie Murry throuath the busy streets | withent taking stty tewght of te many | pranches ¢f eeeupaties shat heoigelt lever, ated Hevppinese tee tae anany hearts: bee { purned on ty the Neriaik § Seater [ united iatian, where ave foal ts ram ieady te start : “Vins wats our fist experience oat af Jame Chow cor There were atnamy an itr wis te the gonierenes, wid we ft tle departinery. cee vais tra the et { l othe tam. by a screen, was bartiy | 4 feydet “So the deer of the ters et uP was opened tots, att Hes car was vied by the hangin of postieres. AH vere in sneul vhieer, and our departaent | # ras cis tas) as the’ rest of the train, “AL D2 pce we arrived at Elizabeth ity, NOC. the seat of the eomerence, | md were deven ty Mz, Lebander | nce, where the Virgivia ¢ oferenes wot seston Here we mcs many af [© ie sold fathers af that conference, sxe [3 y theie otf saceitve have made af whot [os i Basher Petegeea, wate with dirs [> pool ave Bewedd te frags Ter the Met hin chairek mm which Twas converted, | ih whe sSrhetend Go fees watectiorse spurs | Fe ar the comftenee, ts Mut heblitg ltrs |! en as rey debater, Rew WW HL fa atler, by wham f yas christened thirty. |< 2 yen ages wa Noe preset: during [ew © stay. Hut ys sult living” Father Sam {th I Story. savy whose yninictre P was [at averted, is vat preaching, Last af [us Lathers wos Rey [O80 Niehalswhe [Ss raved) ane is a sal! preter tata | sage ond testis deving active work [| vis trited for Ws aetive fabare am ue [Ne sion fick TP have knewen hum te fen Hemp five cuisine Gn ane year and [he tor three clmrehes at the saure tine, | se oof these miseias now are strong | 10 growing censrhee, nanicty, Wethel (at Vand Red Oak ehapel, of which 1 | the S the fist pastor while a ieeal preach. [int At Bhiekstene chapel, the third, | din pee ged tor twenty years an | a church, «every effort) seemed an | mat ner Nichade finale tok hobd | | i, atid was asked hy tha yecrpal | and rch ty assist in a ceial Te so eters [OM cd the peaple that iat anly were | es converted, Init Ure Eniscapat paws | himseli_ wae eonvertal into. a Zion | hodist. and is ot oreaent Soing, yeos |i. rig in the Virginia conference. | 2) * Ae dean tarefeey sean to tind J. Suita Se per. 1). 3. wha ony may arrival fram | South took one in his church in | lon center and agave me great aid in may 4 sl jes. When I entered the confer: [the he asked the bishop for the privilege | reed aking my appointment — Te is stil [hers g well anid is erceting at this station | Mes af tiie Most modern brick churches |" ve ever seen. He has few equals | Wore chureh-bailder, Owings tor the Tong | itt Sand death of his wife hewas not |, to entertain the conference in the JT church, {He is greatly belaved by | int [of the ministege hed eet -capenedhd 5 raising thei clams oe thal: chearete {could net understand the slam, iat ate {3 thorough. exposition of ey, saree 2 at 3eain. "AY toon Dea in | Cofley dnd Clement came in and wer ititrodaced t0. the conference. "= “De, “Frankia, the first to speal be gan by paying a) glowing tribute Sishop “waiters anil stated that he was oveeworking himself when it was ven expedient for him to spare himscit more Dr Coffey-paht arebe esquire tee men“ of the Virginia conference. and brought x glowing report from the cen- tral ‘North Caroling conference. “Here the conference gave: way to tae women, when Mrs. J. Wraneis Lee took the chair, ‘The choir ‘rendered beauti(ul nuusic. Mrs. J.B, Small, wife of our lat Bishop’ Ninali, and" gn\- ordained ‘elder, Jel the conference in prayer, Mes, Lee Spuke of the new plan‘ol the mis: Hianaty board and urged her followers to keep courage and labor with New: Zeal, “This..way a Very” imeresting service? ‘There were many essays and papers full of light and fawpiration. Mrs. Lee has made for herself a name in the confer- ence in a short time. “ALTI3 we listened. to twa able ad: dresses un! "Education, by Prof. CM. Gaines. of the Edenton high school” and Dr. G. C. Clement, editor of The Star of Zin, who represemed Prof. Atkins. I i] ot petthe exact Hagures of the col- lection, but a large amount was given for the educational cause. . “At the service 1 bid farewell to the brethren and conference. Saturday at 7:40 p.m. 1 boarded the train’ for Chartic Hope, Va. This is a. great section of the country: for tobacco ‘rais= Mg. and the farmers are rushed %. hese init trying to get their produce on winter matket, “Most all veport eplendol stops. The coming of a railtoad through ihis section has done great damage 10, ihe farmers, They have been afforded so” nigh public work that it 4s impossible get labor for the farms and many have heen fareed to sell portions of their ands, Many have sold out entirely and weve to the town, This movement has wen a great landslide to the Afro-Amer- can faemers, ‘Those that are net able shee thede own teats can get good arms “and teams iumished on half. | Hates, whielt is the most bettetivial plan of) poor gan, Many aire making # avid azides “tv prosperity fy raping # Nove sqyortunities, but sit there are | sores wi secm to he idting their time || wes The valuation of lomd, hike that |! flster, fas inereased seme. Land aap | ts sertitess ten sears cet hus been |! Sed In the ralinaad inne tonal 13 Vie mest diweourccing feature Of ally the pour spportunities fez clncation |! he children have only one hundred | ne per vsar. and many ag thesn only i heen uted vf tthe time One teacher {© faved tryimg tA teach from ye te an hh iniis, ated mursher suf tiie texchers are {2 ze tatec wh = Feoabetin wate shen. pd tese elibdre st vad esther ty wath ths fo “are string ivr a deter weetwe |» any hog? ciul ist. fsem twetee ta be mean searce’s real ef wee, con's iuse thes fave ft fuel ae etyete y talent. Tea XE HEN EORD NorEs. RCC eeedis Caylee: Racrcts New Beprern, December ai We wit one. readers a Merry Ciristinas atid & Happy New Year, ‘The weather <1 eontintes ta be god which gives re Es inany e\pressions af pleasize bar invest feepylewls Uhere is convene. cok Pras prevatent Inte we heieve at te ant casinced fy abe vondhsion of the Seater as mane acid iets a Te funeral ui Mis. Einer Jeans beck. poor Bee merle tig feof ee gran mother, Mrs. Matg Justesy on Medd seets ME Lente Peampte tie as aor can Wearin, is int nnptensng ere bast at the hospital, Mr. Wiham Haven is at home, bet not fully recovered from the eltvets eet attack et igpemticrtos Me Samet 1 Brame stel fasiniy spent Christma. day ia Beste Mr Ghe Laneah vant Mis dates Neweomb are (sting Misg Litianr San on. Mrs Sasen cs compitinng. with ay heave cold Miss fC Carter will swine the Tovlays with trieands at Bow | on cat New Yeux. Mr. Everet York | wid his friend, Mr, Graniisen qvere. in he ety for a few slays. Circulars are | mt annonneme a rand promenade anil | lance in Odd Fetlows' hall New Year's Wight, “Monday, annary 1. ‘The com. Mittes ef arrangements are Me, Charles i :. Otiles, president: George J. Tadeocs, | nd Arete J. Briggs” The annual |! Dristway converts were given at the |! everal churches tatt Sindy snd alt fj een geet Rothe chute was stevbrted in kenge | | Mg with the Season and the exereiue pike vening were” very interesting I: p- val pentinn should be made oi a fea- | ire on the prosram which nae nicely | h me. Three girls, each with w vacate | C shite dL amg music 10 the wards “Pass | § ¢ Light. Along.” and then they pro- 1% vied to pass the light among the ment | f re of the school whe had small can: es nati cack candle was ignited, “Ta i ¢ + aneantine the Tight in, the chureh | rre trend Tew, while the children <ane x th uplifted tapers \ Fheral collection 17 re rated for the benetit ef thie school. |™ The churches will observe watch meet- [I foas usmal Sunday evening: Mrs. ary Oliver entertiaunéd some friends at en r Fesidetice, Christians cerning. Mre. { ver Outlaw has ior her guest Mes, 4; Ti. Wilson of New York city for a | 0! Y days. Last Tuesday they were in | 4: ston to witness the holiflay display 1 visit the many attractions which the th affords. Me. William F. King and | ov are visiting: their parents during the | a idays. Mrs. Mitchell, formerly Mise tu chel Tandy: and Miss Knawles of | ston, are in the city fora short stay, | @ PRACTICNT PRAISING IN AFRICA, From The Yaxow (eat Ariea) Recard. ‘The procrss of doing is certainly. mare gnlcwtated to develop thought than. mene iar trom ook Fh falar of the latter cratom to deveton thonghe nod ee telligened™ terwhert we are all ents se nove and to bemoan. The education ie bat a peor anc, abich sanine the natier south with an aicinentars, Kmowlodee ef the three "Hts, bat teaves him eerie bpeleee ae recantecthe inteligent ener ing owt Of auething he tndetinkes wo raha fag thacr hich “on shies bian to follow np-apisty own Initin. tive the threads of the etree ee ic the ahility to do this im hich vomiaielt réucation. “while diwation is" paheais lacking where a. sonth cen ante ate at EAE as the Intelligence “at Rhonhee sropeis bia. a | Merling tm Contest Win s Sunpel || Remeber New Ollarme * 2 |. Tlie aunual mecting of the Society a [the Sons of:-Virginia,. which was: hel at. 113 Myrtle avenue, Brooklys..s ‘Thursiday éveninig:of last ‘work, wae deil- ia. and intéresting. Besides bemgg the Hast meeting for 1905, .isperest wes aroused inthe anaual clection of efiers from the fact that, at the last-esthig two candidates for the presidency: were nominated, Mr. Arthur Durrdil, Sey te- ing in opposition to Mr. N. B. Dede, the present incumbent. Chairman’ Jobs W. Winters of the late reception ‘comm mittee made an interesting report, which raised the receipts considerably shove $00. Lewis H. Berry, chairman of the spmmittce on incorporation, reported that, owing ta.a hitch in the wording of the papers sent by counsel to the Séc- retary of State for his approval, they. had heen returned to the’ counsel s0e-the society for such changes as would tring the Society nnder the State instramce Jaws. A “long list of applications for membership was read, and six new geem-| bers were received. After making prep- arations-for the annual installation of offices. “President Dodson yielded the chair to Mr. W. E. Tyler, as cigman of the clection. Secretary P. H. of the board of directors, who was on tl i vive to prevent any unpicasam( feelings, ot the Boor and’ mowed that Io tellers be appointed and that tee election for president. vice finaneial secretary be sede ty baat Messrs. Alfred W. Gale ai Fisher White. were chosen 3s tellers and. Mr. Logan as inspector.” ‘The resalt of the first ballot gave Mr. N. B. Dodson -s8 against 3 for Mr. Arthur Durrell, Se. This being more than a two-thirds vote, Chairman Tyler declared Mr. Dodson duly re-elected, The vate for vice-presi- ent was equally as interesting.» Mr. Sully R. McClellan received 24 votes reainst 10 tur My. Alexander Rardolph aul wae declared ditty elected. The vote for tinancial secretary resulted: Arthur Pursell, ro zt. and J.C. Girard, 1. tn snotion “Mr. Wo PD Moore cast’ one. ala? dor the fomcinder of tne often Mz. Tyier wa. s'rted to memberchip Svan a the imenrerators,- Receipts Font dies wesd other accounts Were S20 f Mthanich beaten for the presidency, Mr. | Darrell warty « narstilated Ms. Dowk {4 nn ag the chase vif the meeting, ad the { est of iveiing prevailed. 4 Uhe witivers yt ered were as fo'lowe: | 1 residhnt, Mr, N. ih Dadeant vice pres. | lent. Mr. Sati K. MeCletian; record: |, is secretary, PH. Fisher, Jr: fianans sl seerctary. \rther Durrett, Jr.: treas- rer. Graham Ho Corer: enaplzin, Vex ler Brewen: sarrreponding sect tary *Frgene ‘Vier, and sergeantatarme | ¢ ies Wolkine Line éneralintnan ae ae fo will take wie Thursday evening, | 3 etary f. Vide cod ath he a public a eral function, D ROCHESTER Loner ELECTIONS. Ceristmns in the Charekes Hotties ‘Kuntand “06k <tnce ce i Reenuesten ft vomter gi Da New [Boe va tee peonte’s pabes, rearhes Hee ty vt Geeta amd ate enere- pester wil be gal te cel atten Fier esl be ob aiterest te the packbe SOREL EER ke aes anneal peletea fet Uheraia arene Phe few lag tere fete elated: FG Vo WOM RO Garted SW: Heer Chan EM WOR Mure ertary: Lewes I alter reser: WH. Spene ee SD Thy then bs BON. [Sines chaplam: and J. 5. iicrendon, BRE Mee the ehetan Sher Worthy Grand Mest Wears \ Snescer, as. pete by senor grotto warden EW Meeegsen citatled th: atheers. The sirens Mas Lirgels attended Foes Sanity eveitte EW Dhamp- Ban was surprte od ta hee presented Yet Maandsene: sold tering Giver Shavote cen cand eich. “The. presentae ten sjerels wise tiade by Mr. Taree Beard, The gift was made by the fh iawing seme men Willan Merce, Chrles Eo Coleman, James. Stureupe, Mensa N Simms, James Gillian At, nert her, Charles Frown, Carles Can mn, WT ohnven, William Howes, | eh White, Walter Ets, James Smal md JF Washiuener ‘hk Chensiinas tree ef Zion Sunday chee Tat Mecnlay oteting was a lige ste aud carried rite for all tbe ene Feaution, as weil as the Little anes and Swhers vi tie Sunday seheet. Rev J V. Braves was handsamely remembered, \ semantic i Iathes made Dr. Brows | y tresent of $0, : Kev AS. Mays entertained his Sua-| * sy svlved class and a large number of i> cunzregation at his residence Christ as might. ‘The class president. Afr. Eggland made 2 recponse to a short ldres= by Dr. Mays, A solo by Mr. We fg Mueran was an interesting. feature. | cireshiments were served, \._crpmianication was sent” Mayor |B riler tase Tuesday hw Elear Parke, | ev. JW. Brown and BOW Simme |P atesting that he prevent “The Chane: |S 2n” from being presented ta a Roches. |p p aadience on Friday and Saturday of | is week. i . Mrs. Ro Jerome Jeffrey went to Nia- [ti ra Falls last Sunday and organized bes th ot Little girls who tock the name [2% the Hester Jeffrey club” Mrs. Jette 1% tke organized a Phillis Wheatley |S b. Garrises Bey tm Calventen, GALNPSTON, Deceenber 18—The 108th anniverears of the birth of Willem Lloyd Garrison wan fittingly observed ‘in Galveston” by the “Citizens” club, At 4 o'clock p.m. the’ beantiful difier of the arenue 1. charch was crowded by a repre nentative gathering of citizens. The pro gram was of expeeial meri, and wa ne follows: Jurecation. Rev. W. #. Mar- shall: “Armerica.” comeregati z cxphy af Willlam, Voyd Garrienn, Pret, 1. T. Davie: Rayingn of. Garrieon, W, Mage tte pele AE Mare RF ler: The ‘Breadctot Bes tomer Mim Bake By disteta ae Ot ery won ioe Op. Tien, Tee nner . " . wane: sea teteatet a Reet EE In, Campbed The Citinens cheb ix ondravorias te \ Home felt want in advancing the dcevtor, pent ot ca Face. Meateneseaee = iy, ted ela en] Shas in eorseionn watch Set Seen ee | n inflaence om the progres ef the Afro. { ae een - HOR Ss ss KINK-INE be tee Biemerteece SS Siseseed Sts aeons. Neate cesses er ie een. Be Sere, om Si etnece ‘rreoment, ad stew Wotorme gee tctiar et = ree gre ee tanrea incnes pov maga sSeereadions ‘aserasticas ae ~ We see matey caer on teehee ees SSecltgats Crea otmsiecd, cat woes neo ea Geet iret tne cals malt prtvaration tn tno SEMLB ust eorserce te make Ooo BAR SURARRIT 008 mote ory tals emowtn aot mire : tahoe oot LESS sees snete store it mew Ite ond visee. resveriaas bs 6s sonra ster, @020 whav A eustemen GAVE oF iT wr ce eee rot seers son = Sopa SS + SemcIAL evran. ‘Te preve the quettiy aud eupestority. of cor Guede over OM eaters pon ee secure at the totte= tng Dreetecs below wor felivetora’ Novtte af Mash-ten; eter Bc, cor soue of Kink-ter Soop. woe Moot shumpes sed tems comp ie ie warts, prine 35 cchtn, beth for ealy Se wreter co S. Mosenstock. 7b avenve andstat street W'S, Korkes, 4th stvret aed th mveeees C3. Werk, Oth atreet and th artnet: has Fe Pranty, 220 Ste avenves WB, kiker's Stores, liezeman & Gos Sionees sod FGirmtta, 231h siteet anit et avenues 1. Rapp. 26th street and 9:h avenug 2d eeet amsith avenue: BR Jumee 4tne iret aad sth avenue: Gitte, 42a" ates en) Sth mvente? cain, 200 Meeker arege W, Kiosman & Cais Dru Stores fis Soue and Soh steeet’mad Sib avons aed Sith teert. Brocklyo. Muses Dron Rion, arahamn & Sitaues. Jersey Cine Boeeee lavancte, Newbee, aMéias Perce aloes J desire to call the attention of the xew- inte ectta Shae e nega ap tseties (shes HR eee 20 SSH St wong fae i Heo nih Mattes a Yan garmattee oP Ieee See cS ees Weare Severed ts Het Saat ae Lye eae te eer NYS -ir gear dota. 1c OMT dane Go PARR BCBS” tho Hoty TRAE era i(Sonthane's the hracton, we cae inl hace agit fe bla Sot Se Uae SRE npertcace ul hE agers of eee 1 fod antes ties nite Dane site Ttttictat Se Se Tent rote won are otitied fo = pension, we cam hear Shee ete eed eur services drep =e a cont i Seven yrare’ cxperieace’ Im: police So, RO ES cies. Christmas and Rew Pear Greetings Te thow our appreciation for thelr Unreal patronage during the yeart We will preaee ON SATURDAY. DECEMBER 23, axD SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 A HANDSOME SOUVENIR Abeslately Free te AN Our Cestemers. | Burera of Bee worth or more of our QRn, Wines and Liquors wit recchee ee Rottte of Wine in addidon to thet pare peaae WHISKIES O14 Mickery Rye. Toy. (dle dot.)*, 7Se. on att Sash Sas eels See cats a, SSS et ait tote” waizs gore erat nt yee ose ar eopertal Cink Rayer Tyrac : SE za: Fe cane PH. GOLDBERG BRO. Wholesale Liquor Dealers, ‘ao Elcwrn avexos. Between Slat and Shi Stats, Branch of PR. Galdeers. les EIGHT avewtr. Between 15th wad 16th Sinceta No mam. Tet. A171 Colemten. pee? at SS THE SOUTM AXD DIxox. / From Collier's Weekts. Sontherners are sensitive. ‘That ance tion thes themselves will not deny. With the reasons which make them more im. Patio: of any criticism whatever than ‘ordinary people are we are not prepared Pethaps some southern friends will fave: igh.them. Now oun attitnde toward the South ix one of warm sympathy and Peculisr likmg, and set any—the sichtowt —eensure, or’ even’ reservation, brines 8 storm of trouble about ear ears. Rote time azo we accepted, on the hasis af Rewunaner reportn. the view that the madi neve which were becoming extravagantly. excited by the Rev. Thomax Dixon's play were iznorant. We alco thought it to the credit of the South that thone particniay sediracer shold be described aa ieneant rather than: as repeesrating the better. level of Renthera intelligence and tnetr, A patter of denrnciation followed. ‘That walocky phrase. drecribing the play as exciting and diseraciax ignorant Seat rr andiences,” han aroused a fery of pre. ext and contempt. Bovhele of readers anmire ns the Audiencen were not itmorsn Perhaps they were tet. bat why this nation? We hone the mact intellierne Serinormers, were not thoes whom the ky arensnl to Bat me srr mictaken, | Will uartndy elt ee wie he ercor calied for mizhty wrath? Newever recommeded the permutation { “Uncle ‘Tom's Cabin” ia the Sosth eda, and if it still canes bitterness ee exret its presemce om the stone” |. The attitude of the reform administra. iow of Whitadelphia towartx Afro Ameri. seme, fom tere Maver Weaver reecived munch support in the last cieetion. in absoe te be tented, thinks The Phadaenet Tribene."" Me. C. Bitter Gordan a pone. Alve-American. steed Klabret asusne S08 cece ise Ware ‘Rewen. ta" tone barren there tote a vacuny SR Wie boyd Sle “Gerdee SOT appointed to. . Rp tecttettreemetie ny — = ; =e. |BSe Walk (a Fy . Mouse 19 and 31 WE8 ihe! . ; Mae “Ng WHOT syth OTRERT || Rey Fern. SEW Yorn crry oy : : ¥ 2 5 Piety Appoiated 7% Cus, + Meate Served a aoe sien, Heneek Cc. Wal BRADPORD'S--RESFAURANT.|. 5% WILLIAM: 90 Wout tech sree 243 Weet soi eas. Ste ane eres |i ore ae WHR che prices conans wih he qeley of food ee fo Saeae sa conve | MERDANES 4. witazas 3149 JOGM E BRABTORD, Preortcies | Perit ., The fallen Mouse | 4¥DERSON fie 22D Weer 67th ptvees eS nN. tists frutcbed reeme foe pormanend or | Firet come vig S72 tees t ‘ Quiet tration? tone Bre lowe of ene: | Seye; shies Mb mre and oubecs eens Te Court or sania Be wird ST boar aE BN oe Propetctrens SS 2300 : “WILSON | HENRY HOUSE 2E2 West 40th Brest ‘Berwomn yuh amd Och Avenecs. aad ohy, wikis on on Poster for We Lege Past . Receptions a Weddings. MRS. ANNIE 4. NEWRY, Preprcowe. | SBR x wom ‘The Leng Rumbttebe? o0¢ Povwradly Keows GILBERT HOUSE | 214 Wo ah eet Ba aren wt ORK BUROPEAN Pian - : FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATION. _ catreniicene ted eoaeress brie, eS Spe eee Soa eee it" "era Novi tee | xed me eee KEYSTONE HOTEL 206 West 37th Street. Pint Chen Porn Recs byte Bays Weak at neo root BBLS Oot rams Wm. BANKS - Proprietor. — : a ‘The Hotel Alpen, - KUBOPEAN PLAN. $81 eT ee ore, Newly furnished amd decorated. Modern Eee er nO” “cies TRENDS SOHNBOX, Prepricter. Gecl Imec _ 4 ; Rew Marpland House EALARGED XD KEMOUELED 202 and 204 West 37th Street Wore Moakeet Beome by the Day RESTAURANT ATTacHED sown walcorr.Preprister ap2iSmce o cer wa a Sciam HOTEL MACEO, 218 Weet 58rd Street, N. Y., Figs Com povereatets ONL. my areoee eee Siittr Shes ears ene k ae Devi hon? Speetiete hewn! Pron HOTEL LETT, 186 West 53rd Street. Lt ee er ra ees RMOTAURANY axracu nD, Bre. ® COURTWRIGET, nr ES! Proseatcon. ‘CARLTON HOUSE 456 amd £58 Carlton Ave, Brocklya, N. ¥. Newly fernished rooms for permancet MRS. LEVI NEAL, Proprietor. See : BUNDY HOUSE 167 West 63rd st. Near Columbus Ava Biaedeowely faraished room for permansot f (OF traasient guesta. Bath and sl) conte * mienoes, Restenrnat attached. Moderate ania Stare teepeees Been Ta Proprietor Ww.inwer ol Walter F. Craig's FAMOUS ORCHESTRA ‘3ax West soth Street , | SEW YORK. ser oan Be eee ee Prem Sanita. From The-Philippines Gousipy ‘The manner im which the American Negro ix voming to the froot and center tn the high walks of United States life is shown by the fact that Zmong the mem- bers, of the National Negro Business Tearne. which “was called te order in its rixth aanual seeion by. Booker T. Waxh- eheten om Anceet ou in New Yorks i. here were. according 10 Sewepetee gout” prosperous bankers Teal ventane and insurance ageats, editers, poblishern, manarers of sicam laundries, manetec: faring evtablishmenta andas ogeraboeen, aed ereers, and operators: of” a. street mad eke wod pints” Veace The: New yore Wea ‘Dea. te a besincas Necro bas carmed ble vie tone renpectable attemtion.” ‘This amcrtion in, <rikinslvy at variewce with ‘the statements continually mese by “Mr. ‘Tom Wares and cutorerd by Rev. Thomas Diroe, says The Likerary Digest. to the ofect that the Negrs. wilt fas pas “ewer of weed and denuet of etine: The aoe York werent, Pose iat): nrtan te ‘be. murprined at the Intehone) rapecity of the mere intelligest mocembors. anion of the subjects treated at Soe See rere — rv ability to gemerafise—thet contrasted. ey =e cremped ovt Ja the See ante breteatone™ Mere ure, ledeed. a ‘mew | | érvetegeeret umd seccess oon mniddietiiaks et ae = cians seoched by the we meond tit the Blaarese ue creel | mem on a vere Galore the sep. yONTE sed vitality of the white ee i Se Bhe Walker Houss 39 and 21 WEST 1351), ST, staan nants ST, MBER Elo ons Pisely Appointed Rentaurpar » Mente Served at ail Hon?’ See, Bamech C. Walker, Ppt, Ste WILLIAMS House. 243 Weet soth Stree: + OR aero | MesDaair a. WiLtAN8 1 bron Deacaains 4 wits ANDERSON Ho USE, 37 Deagtees Street. Breoki;s, Se sy ee First class furnished reoma for AAR Newt ang sence ramming Sr daindes he Pe Sie PSs ae F151... “WILSON HOUS;- 214 West 260 * HOTEL. Treire Basdsomeiy Fursieace He Sek Sama tee rik mouurs, Real Estate—New York Se nena halite PHILIP A. PAYTON, jx, REAL merars EE prt harce ‘My speciaity to management Colored Tesement Property, semNE: wore APPRatom Dews Town Gace ace Lan 2 9Y arlem:; SOR aa ne 8 Baa oy a ELEGANT FLATS To Let - Hacdeorme Aveftmeata with ail mom SoHE DOLLENGUR TS Sh wan oy Pest THE BARATOCA, 200 West eu, sem THE BORN CGH TRS Ciba "get sro Swab ined egginteroe 7 ROBERT CaRTER, ‘200 West 60th Streei, ALEXANDER Crogay, 217 Wort th & MR. HOLYaRD, ‘310 West 6let Street dec20-4131 - Employment. RUFUS HURBuURT SELECT EMPLOYMERT.AGENCT FN eSB fr latin ray 165 West 23ra Stree. . werisesty OPEN nvENixon ee reno Telephone, 2659 Heriem, ‘F. S. Grant's Atlantic Servants’ Exchary Cent Raps See 6, Wher isath sre New Bah Aves SAR STIET, 2 aa ae my Working Girls’ Hom 217 East 86th Stree | Between 2nd and 3rd A Pine oni ist Reteercer ioe Soman mi neers fred one cbaprone geet sien TY por ture informmtion adda Mrs, Victoria Barl Matin 217 East 86th Street. novso-amos - NeW York City and want fresh drugs 62 msdeza. ; 7 GO TO Chas. F. Hatterma Druggist . 795 COLUMBUS AVE.. Cor. gst NEW YORK ~ eephone 4268 risen —— Ww, stoner PITTMAN * ARCHITECT 496 Lratetaae Ave, NW... Washintin D6 Rendering ta Monotone, Waier vce: wt ae . Hatent ravine Deel Read care het ea |_Temeiece: Male aus: a: sitet IMPERIAL HAIR DRESSIN seifen lente | combinarinn 1? a Pe etewity renee ite ee” ee eaten pliable ea sik isha Gest, mate the Eat, ers the Not Greeay. Wit ne le git ese seed Ge with as care e TS _ BALTZLY + oct ae ee Advance Sale now. on of, Ladies’, Gents’ and Childret’ Underwear and Hosiery All our other linesZof Fall a Winter Goods now complete . _A. BRADY 821 Columbus Avenut _——____ M. iH. LIVINGSTON Ladies’ and Gents’ Tait UNO West 134th Street newe Leman Ave. iformeriy of t42 Wr ne! Breang a te order at moderne iad er ane, Sevaring, Repsiing and Tem VICKSBURG, Miss, December 28—If Northerners who come South to "study conditions," would be content to study them as they do finance and politics, by coming closely in touch with everything connected with their subject a greater understanding on the part of the white North of the Afro-Americans in the south would result. The Northern student of Southern conditions—and by "conditions" we all come is meant the Afro-American visions the South in a private car and thus knows nothing of the humiliation and inconvenience of that class who loved to sleep, eat and make up often in a compartment capably living only seven seats. He from the window of his room the few straggling, idle and men and women who rise to do except run to the toot of every loco-hotels he comes only in the bell-boy, who strives to he does that of every man, in order to get his water who is too busily living the fancy tastes of make a representative type, is banqueted and dined South in the manner that even the exponent of the makes visits, to all the and educational institutions save the ones operated by and accepts as gospel any even him by his white breth- No one would a "student" at Vicks he enter the Lincoln or the Union Savings should see inside some of of the best people of our Vicksburg they are numer- case and grace with Afro-American wo- the table, the comfort in everything, what pression he would have Vickburg Mississi- tial city. Despite the great educational insti- tute will find at Nash- us people are refined Despite the fact that the State of Mississippi, generally supposed Afro- backward lot, they are front with a vengeance, property, conducting re- enterprises success- hardy out of conditions hardly contented but for a brighter day. The nature of the Negro is very different on all sides, and his many are aired as the household beginning of spring, it some attention should the little success he has is much to be found is little city, much that named in one article, but to write of one indi- he has accomplished, since he can be regarded a certain class of en- setting the pace for the Mississippi. all the disadvantages from Mississippi W. E. Mollison, now in Saving bank, thinned by our people in appl. forced his way until he found him department of Other- standing is that some recalled him to his continuing his stud- ing well equipped as man. The fact is conversation with him, bearing and has such demasur that you for- wall for his diploma. Congressman Jef- Mollison received his law, and so creditable in open court that edge openly commended was at once admitted to quena county. This was that he was appointed con- dent of education. He attended clerk of the circuit committed on a Republican Secretary of State, has been delegate to the Repub- Conventions and was a last one. Mollison was the spokes- gregation of prominent Mis- sourians who went to Washington in and Mississippi levees. It was remembered that at this time the Mississippi valley were situated from the effects of an congress had voted money in favour of the "State pride" cry the Governor Stone aroused pub- lition against the acceptance of a Mollison wrote the Governor person and afterwards called him a person and made an argu- ment of accepting an offer of and brotherly aid. He pre- pared the Secretary of War to recommend and personally distribu- thousands of pounds of meat and provisions to the ricey. Mr. Mc- kier recognized his worth by appoint- ing him consul superviseur. His greatest work, however,—not following his immense law practice—the establishment and successful management of the Lincoln Savings bank at Philadelphia where he had been practicable law for several years. The Lincoln Savings bank was the center of the suggestion of Dr. E. A. Williams of Cincinnati, at a meeting of the Knights of the World, at Montgomery, in the summer of 1902. He, Mr. Mollison worked, out a plan for representation, to be fostered by the faculty of Honor. The institution was under the laws of the State and Mr. Mollison was elected its first president. was passed in the requesting each subordi-take out at least one which was placed at five was supposed that this large number of per-prise and that it would clientele wide and en- number wanted to pay in bribes. They sent one defiant, and made arrangements to pay daily even per month, including an end of clinical work, and greatly retaining the organization. It was soon discovered that the name, Knights of Honor, attached to a bank was both annual and expenditure, and worked somewhat to the disadvantage of the business, by reason of the fact that many persons belonging to other orders withheld their business on the ground that the bank belonged to the Knights of Honor. The subsidiaries met on January 1st, 1891, and changed the name to Lincoln Savings Bank. There was a business as well as a sentimental side in the name and the day. The first member of the bank was a Mr. Ewing, who was retired on account of friction between himself and the president in October, 1904. On having the bank, he, with a number of his friends, made every effort to pull it down, but without success. It not only withstood the run occasioned by this hurry, but within a few weeks and recovered the lost ground, and since that time has gained steadily and surely, if necessarily slowly. The present cashier, Mr. H. L. Slaughter, succeeded Mr. A. J. Williams, who resigned to take up a course in medicine at Flint Medical college. Mr. Slaughter is a man calculated to make success out of anything. He is a substantial business man, and sticks closely to his business. He has a smile on his face for everyone, and possesses the happy faculty of making one feel he has done him a special favor in simply saying "good-morning." The number of depositors has reached something over 700, although the average size of each account is less than twenty-five dollars. Its success has been an impetus for a number of similar institutions which have been established in this State. At this writing there are no less than eight banks owned and controlled by colored men in Mississippi alone. All this has transpired within three years and six months, since the establishment of this institution. The question is frequently asked how these institutions are patronized. This is a difficult question to answer. The support accorded is so much more than would ordinarily be expected from a certain class of people and so much less than would be expected from another. And yet in all directions, there seems to be a gradual growth in confidence and patronage that seems certainly to be encouraging. A great many real friends to all kinds of endeavor that mark the activities of our people seem to be fearful of this wholesale essay, into the banking business in this section of the country, and express the opinion that in so many institutions of this kind, some of which will be managed by inexperienced hands, there is reason for grave apprehension. If one Negro bank in Mississippi should fail, it would mean woe to the others. Of course, large banks fail, as well as small ones, but the loss sustained in the suspension of one of these banks from business would be a more serious misfortune to the race than we may even now want to believe. No colored banker has applied for membership in the Mississippi Bankers association, but the president of the Lincoln Savings bank received a cordial invitation to be present, when the association met recently in Vicksburg. The Lincoln bank is run on business principles, purely and solely, and we have every reason to hope for it, its stockholders, and its congenial president the greatest measure of success attainable. HOWEVER D. SMITH BIRTHDAY DINNER AND DANCE. Notable Entertainment by Mr. and Mrs. Moses M. Mimms. A noteworthy social event among the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Moses M. Minmus, was the dinner given in honor of Mrs. Minm's birthday, which took place at their handsome apartments, 211 Broadway, on Sunday, December 24. An entire floor in the spacious building was used for the occasion. The ceiling and walls were tastefully festooned with Christmas greens, among which was a number of electric lights in different colored bulbs, which cast a mellow glow upon the handsome costumes worn by the ladies present. After the welcoming of the guests by Mr. and Mrs. Minmus, the New Amsterdam orchestra gave a finely rendered overture. Miss Louise G. Ebbing, an eloquent actress, recited with much spirit and force, "How Salvator Won." As an encore she gave an exceptional exhibition of "The Churchyard Scope" from Leah, the Forsaken," Mr. C. II. Young, harbite soloist of the Williams and Walker glee club, then sang several popular melodies. His singing of "Good Night, Beloved, Good Night," won, for him rounds of aplause. After the program all repaired to the dining room, where caterer Samuel S. Cooper and his assistant, Charles S. Payne, had prepared a bountiful feast, consisting of bouillon, oysters, laked fish, roast turkey, cranberries, potatoes, turnips, celery, stewed corn, ice cream, cakes, candy, cigars, coffee, wines and liquors of every kind. After full justice had been done the banquet, and twelve coelk had arrived, the proper crump up a likely succession of waltzes, wobblets and two steps, and all joined in the dance until 2 o'clock, when the guests departed, wishing the hostess many happy returns of the day. Among the guests present were: Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. White, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Palacio, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Harderave, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Perry and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lerwitz, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hiley, Mr. and Mrs. Ward, Mordham L. Norton, B. C. Richardson, M. Emma Foley Moore, S. M. Johnson, M. Emma Moore, Louise B. Bering, Mary Dryke, Lena Webster, Jovette Alexander, Jenn Bowen, F. E. Hinneman, James Taylor, Frank Dean, Alexander Herman, George Counter, Robert Hudson, John Taylor, Ennerie Herben, William H. Vangan, C. M. Young, Adolph Henderson, Diane Harris, George Boardley and others. Prokak M. Noce. PREKNKILL, December 21. At the A. M. E. Zion church the Christmas celebration took place. The church was very pretty decorated to suit the season and the choir rendered very well its Christmas carols. The Sunday school Christmas tree on Monday evening was very pretty, and the exercises were excellent. The pastor preached at night. Rev. Mrs. Rugg, will assist the pastor for two weeks in holding revivals at the St. Simon A. M. F. Zion church., Mr. Walter R. David and Miss Hattie mother was married last Tuesday. The best man was Mr. William Lynch and Miss Jennie Alaine was bridemaid. THE NEW YORKER Building great skyscrapers twenty or twenty-five stories high is a perilous task, and the life of a steel worker is apt to be a short one. Thousands of tons of ponderous steel beams must be placed in position and riveted together, and the worker must possess good nerve and a head unacquainted with dizziness. At times he is hundreds of feet above the street, and a single misstep means death. NEWARK'S CHRISTMAS QUIET. Only the Visual Entertainment—Big Celebration on January 11. NEWARK, December 24.—Christmas week is being very quietly spent among all classes in our city. There is nothing specially attractive to solicit the attention of the general public more than usual. The churches and Sunday schools, as is their usual custom, will not forget that Santa Claus will visit the children during the holidays. The St. Phillip's P. E. church and the Plane street Presbyterian church Sunday schools have selected Thursday evening, December 28, as the best time to treat the little folks with such presents as they may have wanted during the year. St. John's M. E church gave a Christmas evening at which time the Sunday school pupils were treated to their presents. The superintendent, Mr. Samuel Williams, handed out the gifts. An Emancipation Proclamation and the anniversary of the one hundredth birthday of William Lloyd Garrison will be celebrated under the anisps of St James' A M E church at Wallace Hall, 102 Halsey street, on Thursday evening, January 11, 1906. The welcome address will be given by J. H. E. Scotland on "Garrison's Place in American History" Other speakers will be D. H. Martin, D. D., of Clinton avenue Reform church, Hoe, Everett Colly, senator and, Mr. Abraham Grant, Mine, Abbey Lyon is prograned to sing and Rev. E. J. Handy is master of ceremonies. Key G. W. Lewis of Charlotteville, Va., is visiting his son, Robert, and will spend the winter with him. Mr. Lewis is a familiar figure in the elite society at his home and will enjoy himself here in the same circle. AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS From This Buffalo Quarter That the doctrine of Africa for the Africans is spreading extensively in the southern part of the dark continent is becoming well known, and affords a subject for much interesting speculation. The idea becomes the stronger with them as the blacks become civilized; it is preached by the native missionaries, and the cry has been carried actually to the limits of Capetown. Something more than the mere savage spirit of resistance to a stranger is actuating the opposition to the Germans, and the frequent defeats of trained German troops may well cause aprehension as to what may happen in the event of a general rising against the white people. The subject is considered quite interesting in Tiru: New York Age, organ of Afro-Americans, which is edited by the really gifted T. Thomas Fortune. He says, evidently with a slight tinge of racial bitterness: "As the natives know, the English in South Africa own that in a military sense they are no match for the Germans. If the idea should spread the English fear it is spreading like wildfire already—among the natives that they, having beaten the superiors of the English, will be so much mighty dangerous beers for the fringe of white men along the Cape. We should in such an event shed few tears. Men who break, for purposes of plunder, into the countries of other men have as little claim to our assistance and sympathy as have burglars who break into other men's houses." TURNER UNPATRIOTIC. From The Southwestern Christian Advocate Bishop Turner at session of the African Methodist Episcopal church, held recently at Macon, Georgia, amds several characteristic and erratic statements. He openly declares that no man hates this Nation more than he and said further that when he attempts to pray it is a struggle for him to allow the United States Supreme Court to have a part in his preper. In the first place all that Bishop Turner is in this Nation made him and the best ten million Negroes of the world are to be found in the United States in spite of all that has been done or said. The Negro owes much to the American flag and there is nothing to be gained by being unpatriotic, and it is to be deplored that the Bishop should go so far out of his way to denounce the Nation which, in spite of the many insultations and insurrections that are heaped on him, offers him the best chances that are yet to be found for him, in this wide world. But Bishop Turner is nothing if he is not himself and for himself he speaks. PHILADELPHIA LODGE ELECTIONS. Muskus Hold Annual Meeting and Plan Home for Aged Members. PHILADELPHIA, December 22—At the annual grand communication of the M. W. G. Lodge held on December 11 and 12 at the Masonic Hall on South Eleventh street, the grand master, William H. Boksted, opened the meeting at 10 a.m. and the usual committees were appointed. After the routine business the grand master delivered his annual address and the reports of the other grand officers were read, which showed the grand lodge to be in a flourishing condition. Quite a number of new lodges have been established. The following grand officers were elected: James W. Nichols of Chester, M. W. G. M.; J. W. Grant of Harrisburg, deputy; W. Carter of Philadelphia, S. G. W.; and J. W. Lee of Pittsburgh, J. G. W. The sum of $1,000 was appropriated to assist in the establishing of a home for aged and infirm Masons, and trustees were elected to carry out the plans. On Tuesday the annual session of the grand chapter met and elected the grand officers: John Allen, M. E. G, H. P, L. I. Thomas, deputy; William H. Heathly, grand king; W. S. Louis-scribe; D. H. Cornish, grand treasurer; and William H. Miller, grand secretary. After the close of the sessions, a banquet was served Tuesday evening. Covers were held for 190 and cozy chair was taken. Among the prominent Masons present were as Grand Master William H. Beckett and wife, J. D. Kelley and wife, William H. Miller and wife, W. S. Louis, W. L. Underwood, George W. Showell and wife, Jolai Allen and wife, H. M. Gilbert, George Crawford, W. Carter, F. A. Johnson, John Bradley, Bd. Winder, R. Robertson, Robert Barber, William Green, F. Francis, W. E. Morris and wife, George W. Logan, J. S. Hicks, George A. Howard, Stephen Brown and many others. Star of the East bodge, No. 66, attended divine services Sunday evening at Mt Zion Baptist church, Germantown. The address was delivered by Rev. Matey pastor, on "Friendship." Past Grand Master Underwood was present and assisted in the collection. The amount was $27. Hackenpack Notes. H. KENNACK, December 27.—The Christmas exercises will be held at the A.M. E. Zion church Tuesday evening, and at the Mt. Olive Baptist church on Thursday evening. Mrs. Ida Sumnerville of Warwonton, N. C., is in town visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. G. Keenner. Rev. W. H. Batecholer baptised Benjamin W. the infant son of Benjamin and Ardella Scott, on Christmas day at the residence. Those present were W. H. Russell, Mrs. Laura Teamer, Mrs. E. Wilson, and Miss Mamie Scott. Miss Mary J. Keeling has returned to town from a visit of two months in Chester. Pa. Miss Lulu Davis and Mr. Walter Powell, students of the Ironside school, are at home spending the holidays. Mrs. Patterson of New York is visiting in Dr. George W. Bood, formerly from his southern trip, much delicately with his visit. Mrs. Sarah Simpson of Brooklyn was in town to spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tiebout, Mr. J. H. Harvey of the F. S. war ship Illinois, who recently claimed a bride hee, is in town on a 25 days' furough. Mr. and Mrs. James Gibbs and infant, of Pompton, Plains, were in town spending Christmas with Mrs. Katie Hassell. Lakewood, Nebraska. LAKEWOOD, December 2022. The services Sunday were very good. The Macedonia Baptist Sunday school will hold their Christmas tree on Wednesday night. December 27. The A.M. E. Zion church will hold their Christmas experiences on December 27. The Sixth annual Baptist church will also have their Christmas experiences on Monday. The Emancipation Proclamation will be celebrated on the 2d of January. Dr. Credit of Philadelphia, will be the emulator of that event. Storm Party for Rockville Storm party for Peekskill pastor. PEKSKILL, December 18.—Rev. Mr. Lightfoot from Haverstraw, preached at the A.M. E. Zion church the 17th inst. 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In the fact and nature of the case the Negro paper must now and for a time to come deal with that which has to do with the race. Its mission is to bring to the attention of its readers the dangers of the race and the people around him. The editors are to deal with his interests and defined his rights from mentions, to hold up for him the high ideals and make him the better for having read it. Today the press of the country is helpless to the Negro and steadfastly refuses to print, with a few exceptions, any thing commendable to him or to give proper recognition before the world, while every derogatory utterance will disarrange him before the world, is held up to the limelight. Boston, December 30—On December 30, a conference of Afro-American and white citizens was held at the South End House to discuss the welfare of the Afro-American in Boston. The South End House, which is the longest established of Boston's social settlements, has for several years past been doing betterment work among the Afro-Americans of the South End; it maintains a number of sewing, cooking, basketry and kindergarten classes and several social clubs, and employs a worker who visits many Afro-American homes and relieves cases of need. In addition to this immediate practical work, the House is making a systematic study of the situation of the Afro-American in Boston. The fact that the South End House has undertaken work like this made it a fitting agency to call such a conference as the above, a conference which should, however, have no immediate concern with the particular work of the End House. The second should discuss the situation of the Afro-American in Boston in its equity. About forty people attended the conference. Some of those present were: Mr. and -Mrs. Edwin D. Mead, Mr. Robert Trent Paine, Mr. George G Bradford, Miss Anne Withington, Mr. Robert A. Woods, Mr. W. L. Cole, Mr. John Daniels, Miss A. P. Faton, Mr. and Ms. Clement G. Morgan, Mrs. A. C. Sparrow, Mr. William L. Reed, Dr George F. Grant, Mrs. Eleanor Smith Mrs. O. W. Bush, Mrs. Josephine Ruffin, Mr. and Mrs. Butler R. Wilson, Rev Reverdy C. Ranson, Mr. William S. Braethwaite, Dr. H. L. Holmes and Miss Jennie Dean. The meeting opened with several brief addresses. Mr. William L. Reed, the Governor's private messenger, spoke on "The Political Situation of the Negro in Boston"; Rev Reverdy C. Ransom, pastor of the Charles street A. M. E. church, on "The Religious Situation"; Mr. Buller R. Wilson, the well-known lawyer and sociological worker, on "The Social Situation", and Mr. Edwin D. Mead, the publicist, on "The Attitude of the White Toward the Negro in Boston." After these addresses there followed an informal discussion, in which a great many joined. This conference, it is hoped, was but one of a series of similar conferences designed to bring together the best-intentioned Afro-Americans and the best-intentioned whites of this city to promote a better understanding and a closer co-operation between the races, and to discuss general and special phases of the situation of the Afro-American in Boston, with a view to bettering his conditions. Bridgeport Nets. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., December 25,—Mr. Robert Wade of New York is visiting her mother Mrs. Martha A. Stevens of Stratford avenue. Mr. Robert Piper of New Haven spent a few days of the past week with his mother Mrs. Robert Piper of Whiting street. Mrs. Julia Carr of Hartford is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Samuel Brooks. Miss Jattice Bankett of New Haven was the guest of Miss Bertha Lee Bayton Christmas. The whist party given by Venus Chapter, No. 5, O. E. S, was largely attended. The winners were Mrs. Leon Miller, handsome pincushion; Mr. Walter Jones, box of clogs; Mr. Henry Bingham sofa pillow; Mr. Chas. Smith, ink stand; Mr. Ernest Williams, hand-relief case; Mr. John Jones, slippers; Mr. Robert Green book, Mr. Leon Miller, scarf; and Mr. Henry Demming, the booby prize, a picture. Miss Emma Davis and Mr. Charles Taylor from Astoria, L. L. spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Jas T. McKenzie. Little Miss May Schuster of New Haven is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Annetta Hawley, of Atlantic street. Miss Annetta Hawley is visiting with her parents of New Jersey. Don't forget the dollar hunt to be given by the business men on January 2. At the Bethel A. M. E. church, Rev. I. D. Jacobs pastor, on Sunday morning the pastor prescheduled a special sermon, subject, "God's Gift to the World." At 7:30 p. m., a Christmas service is held on Sunday school assisted by the choir. The program consisted of anthems, choruses, duets and solos. A special solo. "The Beckoning Star" was beautifully rendered by Mr. M. E. Jacobs. Glen Cove Notes. GLEN COVE, December 27.—The mock marriage given on last Thursday night was very well done and was a financial success. At Calvary A. M. E. church Sunday the pastor, Rev. R. V. S. Fareira, preached at all services. Christmas services were held at Calvary A. M. E. church at half past five were very well attended. Rev. R. S. Fareira preached a very instructive sermon. Rev. C. J. Lawson was the guest of Rev. R., and Mrs. R. H. Scott, of New York city were guests of their mother, Mrs. Sinaan Scott, on Christmas. Miss Mary Webber of East Williston visited Glen Cove on Sunday. Rev. R. S. Fareira visited his relative in Germantown, Pa., several days last week. Nyack Notes. NYACK, December 28.—This has been the most prosperous Christmas in Nyack known for years. Rev. C. Mayo occupied the pulpit in St. Philip's church on last Sunday evening. L. P. W. N. Wright preached in the morning. Rev. Dr. A. M. Walker being yet under the weather. The concert given by the Glee club last week under the management of Misses F. Avery and B. Clark was a grand success. Pilgrim Baptist church. Rev. J. N. Roberts pastor, had a visit paid them last Friday evening by the Rev. Simmons of Union Baptist church of New York. W. W. Newyorker who preached an able session. W. W. Newyorker spent Christ Day in New York city surveying the subway from City Hall park to 145th street and from 110th street to West Burns and was very much pleased and enlightened with the trip. The evening they spent with Mr. Peterson of 40th street, and returned home by the late train after visiting the Hippodrome, C. C. Canman station, Brooklyn C. M. Johnson, William. The Waiters' exception given on Christmas night at the Nyack opera home was a very successful skirt. Mr. A. Hatcher was chairman of the committee and the New Amsterdam orchestra furnished the music. Newark Dance Class. Invitations are out announcing the opening of a dancing class by Prof. J. Milton Anderson of New York city. The guest will take place on January 8, 1998, at Chamber Hall, 108 Haley street, Newark, N. J. ALBANY, December 30.—The services held Sunday at Hamilton street church were very helpful in every particular. At 11 a. m. Dean George W. Washington spoke to a fair congregation, after which a general praise service was held. In the evening Rev. J. M. Reguero, D. O. occupied his pinit, preaching a very forceful sermon on "The Ends of the Earth Seeking Jesus." Quite a large congregation was present. Mr. Robert Jayne and Miss Lucy Jayne of Bayshore, are spending their Christmas vacation at the parsonage of Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Proctor, Mrs. W. A. Greene has returned home from a two weeks' visit to Binghamton. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer of Binghamton, formerly of Albany, are the guests of Mrs. Palmer's mother, Mrs. Sylvia, for the holidays. Mrs. R. M. Madison and daughter Dorris, left the city Christmas for Jersey City, where they will spend the holidays as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Leachman. Next Sunday at 8 p. m. Rev. J. M. Proctor will preach the annual sermon to the grand order of Masons, and at 10 p. m. watch meeting services will be observed. The bishopianate house, No. 718, G. U. of O. K. and Household of Ruth. No. 294, G. U. O. if O. Fowill hold joint anniversary on Thursday evening. February 15 at Union hall, corner of Hudson avenue and Eagle street; Don't forget the annual fair to be held at Hamilton street A. M. E. church on January 16-23. Everyone come to the "Dime Social" to be held at the residence of Mrs. Goman Williams, 27 Monroe street, Tuesday evening, January 2. under the auspices of the Mary R. Hoyt association, for its benefit. A parlor social given at the home of Mrs. Sylvia Pride, 333 Orange street, Tuesday evening, December 19, for the benefit of the Sunday school Christmas tree, was a grand success. The Christmas exercises will be held on Monday night, January 1 A very delightful Christmas surprise on Friday evening was tendered Rev and Mrs. J. M. Proctor by a committee of three, namely, Mrs. R. M. Madison, Mrs. J. W. Price and Mrs. William Nash, together with the members and friends of the family. The table was heavily laden with provisions, groceries and the delicacies of the season. Mr. William H. Brent made the opening address and Mrs. R. M. Madison the presentation speech; presenting a very handsome purse to Rev. Proctor. There were solos by Mrs. Bessie Bunn of Luray, Va. Mme. Gorman Williams of Albany, and Miss M. Martin and Mrs. M. Cross. A bountiful reap was served by the committee. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Madison, Dorris Madison, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Price Miss Satie Mrs. and Mrs. J. William Nash, Ms. H. H. Williams, Mrs. Edward Johnson, Mrs. E. Abrams, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Gardner, Mrs. Gorman Williams, Mrs. Bertha Johnson, Mrs. M. Furmore, Mrs. Charles Lewis, Mrs. Albert Williams, Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. E. Harding. Miss Sara Harding, Mrs. Mary Lodge, Mrs. M. Turner Mrs. R. Bunn, Rev and Mrs. J. M. Proctor, Miss Pearl Proctor, Mrs. J. T. Proctor, Miss M. Cartor, Miss Clara Holland, Miss A. Copeland, Miss Mildred Mifter Miss Ida Lewis, Miss M. Martin of Upper Troy; Messrs. William H. Brent, Henry Cross, William Freeman and S. M. Jones, William Evans, S. Devoe, M. Edminson of New York, Mrs. Mary Cross and Miss Bertha Young. Mr. R. M. Madison on Wednesday of last week made the church a Christmas present of one ton of coal. Miss Amelia Copeland of this city is spending Christmas at Boston, Mass. Mrs. Robert Burwell and son Robert, of Cambridge, Mass., formerly of Albany, are the guests of Mrs. E. Harding. Mrs. Carrie E. Gardner is spending the holidays at Philadelphia. Miss Lavinia Williams of St. Agnes school left the city Saturday for Kingston, where she will spend her vacation Christmant at St. Mark's Lyceum. Last Thursday evening at St. Mark's lyceum the following new officers were installed: President, John E. Robinson; vice-president, James E. Holt; recording secretary, Miss Nora Hubbard; corresponding secretary, Miss Carrie Dennis; critic, J. H. Thomas; chaplain, Gilbert Wilson. After the installation refreshments were served by the Ladies' Auxiliary. The special Christmas exercises which had been arranged by Prof. J. H. Page for last Sunday afternoon were largely attended. After the devotional exercises by Mr. George Young, followed the hymn, "Good Tidings of Great Joy," by congregation; address of welcome, President John E. Robinson; quartette, "Joy to the World," Misses Lucy Ross, Florence Carter, Messrs. W. P. Pelham, and J. Williams; recitation, Miss Maya Anna Clark; solo, "The Christmas Star," Miss Blanche Bird; oration, "The Starry Heavens," Dr. York Russell; solo, "The Prophet King," Mr. William Reed; duet, "The Guiding Star," Smith Sisters; solo, "The Newborn King," Mr. W. P. Pelham; solo, "Ioly Night." Mr. J. W. Williams. Special music was rendered by the New Amsterdam orchestra. Next Thursday the New York Volunteer Dramatic club will render the exercises. Cam Walk on Cape Town Sidewalks. We cull the following from a recent issue of The New York (U. S. A.) Age, clipped from The Independent: "We have nothing to boast of in the way we have treated our native Indian tribes, and the white race in South Africa, English and Dutch treat their native tribes, and Cape Dutch are not allowed, to step on the sidewalk. We see that in the Transvaal what is called the Progressive Associations have urged the Government—and they are likely to succeed—to refuse to allow any of the few years ago was all their own. The Spectator has no criticism to offer with regard to the latter part of the paragraph, the portion relating to the Transvaal, where it unfortunately some of the bad laws of another regime. That "a native is not allowed to step on the sidewalk in Cape Town" is, however, a little far-fetched, altogether untrue, for the circulation of such a canon. The "native" is ill-calculated to bring about here those harmonious relations between the races for which all right thinkers are striving. We could say something about the sidewalks we walk in Cape Town. For the present we will take. The truth, my masters. The truth. The Christmas tree and cones were held at the A. M. E. Zion church Monday evening. There were quite a number of people out, and a good time was spent. The Baptist mission held its Christmas tree Monday evening. Hamilton Noten. STAPLTON, S. I. December 24- At the U. A. M. E. church, Rev. S. P. Shipard, pastor, the old choir has retained its former position in the church and rendered good music Sunday. We have also the former organist, Mrs. Helen Holmes. The apron and necktie attainment given by the trustees and awards last Thursday night was a success. Mr. William Stansbury is still on the sick list. "The Lyceum will debate on a subject that will cause considerable inquiry, "Which is the Greatest, Love or Beauty." No doubt the ladies will take a special interest. It will be held on December 27. Watch meeting New Year's eve followed, by a series of special services. Our trustee auxiliary, ladies aid and stewardesses combined are contemplating a great effort to cut down our mortgage in February. Old debt means hard fighting at this time of the year. Thursday evening, December 21, a parlor social will be given at Mrs. Sarah Collins, 100 Gordon street, in the interest of the church. Mrs. Decartes, 104 Gordon street, is still on the sick list. Compliation service at the U. A. M. E. church Sunday evening. Rev. S. P. Shepard delivered the sermon, text John S-12. The old church choir under the leadership of Mrs. Famie Narris, rendered excellent music. The annual election of trustees and stewards of the U. A. M. E. church will be held on Friday evening, December 18. A grand surprise was given Mr. and Mrs. Charles Collins, Thursday evening, December 8. A goodly number were present with good times and the recipients, Mr. and Mrs. John Earl were the prime movers in the affair. Mr. William Stanishby of Stapleton, who has been ill quite a while is not much better. Mrs. Diana Van Kewan visited relatives in Port Richmond last Sunday Mrs. Harriet Anderson, New Brighton, a zealous member of the U. A. M. E. church is on the sick Est, but is convalescent. Brooklyn, New York, United States Brooklyn Y. M. C. A. Notes. The men's meeting last Sunday afternoon was one of great interest and helpfulness to the meth. Mr. Roscoe Conkling Simmons and secretary C. H. Bullock were the speakers. After impressing the men with the importance of the proper observance of the occasion, celebrating the birth of Christ, the secretary introduced Mr. Simmons who delivered a fine address on "Opportunity," which was enjoyed immensely by all present. The annual New Year's reception of the Carlton avenue branch Y. M. C. A. will be held in the Y. M. C. A. building, 405 Carlton avenue, Brooklyn, next Monday, January 1, from 4 to 10.30 p.m. The public generally is cordially invited. Judging from the success of the last New Year's reception and the interest being manifested in the coming reception a great time is promised. Star Concert at Bethel Church The star concert given last Thursday night, it is agreed, on all sides, was the huest affair ever given in Bethel church since its removal from Sullivan street, Madame Marion Adams Harris, from Chicago, the star of the occasion, carried the audience away to a whirlwind of enthusiasm, and never was a singer received with more decided tokens of appreciation. Her voice is truly remarkable and with the greatest case she sings the highest notes. She has a dramatic soprano voice, that carries her audiences by storm and has only to be heard once to find the highest place in the estimation of all. The audience was large and the demands for a repetition are many. Madame Harris was splendidly supported the local talent and by the inimitable Sam Luras. SPLENDID FILIPINO BAND From The Xenia (O.) Standard and Observer. It may be of interest to lovers of music to know that the development of the finest band in the world is credited to a Negro. The band of 80 pieces is composed of natives of the Philippines. It took second prize in the musical contest at the St. Exposition, competing with such organization as the National Band and the English Royal band. Although this band did not secure first prize, still there are many authorities who thought the Filipino deserved it. The man at the head of this band is a Negro. Lieutenant Walter H. Loving, who though only 38 years old, has managed two major languages, and who organized two army bands, charges of this one. He is a native of St. Paul, Minn., and was brought up by a prominent white man of that city, with whose son he graduated from the St. Paul high school. He was then sent to the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, from which he graduated with high school. On coming to New York, Philippine he rehearsed his eight hours a day on the ship, then familiarizing them with over a thousand selectors. 4 Cedar Street NEW YORK TRUTH ABOUT THE CONGO. M. de Braza accuses French of Harah Cruelty to the Natives. From The Lagos (West Africa) Weekly Record. It will be remembered that M. de Brazza, who died of dysentery on his way back to the coast, had been sent out by the French Government to report upon the condition of the French Congo. This report is now in the hands of the government. The Petit Parisien declares that it forms a merciless indictment of M. Gentil's administrative methods. M. de Brazza accuses the Commissary-General of upholding the Congo merchants in their exploitation of the native carriers. The salary of the native carriers should be 16s. a month, but, as he is generally paid in kind, the trader usually succeeds in defrauding him of more than 50 per cent. of his wages. Although it is forbidden to force the natives to such service, the practice is still carried on, and the victims, ill-fed and ill-treated, die off in swarms. If they fly to the bush in order to escape their tormentors, their children are seized, and together in 'reconcentration, and held as hostages till return. In such camps the mortality is said to be awful. M. Gentil is even accused of having committed acts of cruelty such as led to the recent condemnation of Gaud and Toque. At Brazzaville, Grimbingui, and other places natives of both sexes have been beaten to death. Others, after being beaten, have been hung up by the feet. There are charges of summary executions—men shot without trial. "Terror reigns everywhere," adds M. de Brazza, "and the natives know not to whom they may appeal in order to obtain justice, for the functionaries—if they are, not executioners themselves—keep silence, fearing dismissal." It is stated that M. Gentil visited de Brazza at Brazzaville. The great explorer made no secret of the nature of the report he was drawing up. Gentil's last words to de Brazza, before hurrying back to France, were: "I shall never forgive you for what you are doing. It is a dugel between us to the death." M. Gentil is already in France, and describing in glowing terms the flourishing state of the colony. Toque himself admitted that some 20,000 natives had been sacrificed on the "route de Français" in carrying supplies to the troops of the Tchad—a distance of 175 miles. JustiiPublished "DREAMS OF LIFE" A Collection of Poems by Y. THOMAS PORTUNK; with Photogravure of the Author. 800 pp. With THE AGE for One Year. $20C. Or a Cyclopaedia of Thought WRITTEN BY One Hundred of America's Greatest Negroes EDITED BY DR. D. W. CULP One Hundred Transition on Thirty-Eight General Terms, besides a Half-Tone Picture and a Biographical Sketch of each of the One Hundred Witches. PRICE, $2.50 Or with THE AGE for One Year, $2.50 The Progress of a Race or the Remarkable Achievements of the American Negro. Bovedd and Biburged Mention. By Prof. J. 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Johnson made some brief remarks, at the close of which he introduced Mr. William A. Heathman, attorney-at-law, as master of ceremonies. He introduced Rev Bunn of West Virginia as the bunn of the J. L. Daws, Hon James C. Collins, Revs. William Thomas and Z. Harrison. Miss Grace Jones furnished instrumental music. A collection of $6.05 was taken up by Rev. Murphy and a vote of thanks was extended to the trustees of the church. Mr. Albert Stearn, a Providence comedian of some ability, is playing at old Howard theatre this week in Boston. At Keith's in Providence the Johnsons are on the board this week. Watertown Church Active WATERTOWN, December 18—The A. M. P. Zion church, which has stood the test for years in the city of Watertown, still on the onward move under the wise leadership of its present pastor, Bev J. C. Walters. He expects the church to achieve greater results financially and spiritually as soon as the immigration tide will have increased the colored population here. Will then, he says, "as a pastor, you endeavor to show footprints of delicacy and activity in our Master's vineyard and care on the work committed to us in the spirit of our forefathers." On last Thanksgiving eve, a very wealthy family residing here happened to be at dinner at the hotel, and when leave the table some way, the last lost her dinner pin. $18,000 was found, by one of the waiters, named Samuel Contee, who returned it to her promptly and received his reward. Benjamin Barnes, who has been ill for the rest of his life, recovered so as to attend to his duties as waiter in the Woodruff House. OBETUARY OBITUARY. M. A. BAKER—M. A. Baker, one of the most prominent citizens of Hompton, Texas, and who had won for himself the name of the wealthiest and most thoroughly bimalean like Negro in the state of Texas, died Thursday, November 30, 1906, after an illness of nearly 30 days. He leaves a wife, together with his many children, not only in Texas, but in the North and where they have spent many summers. Fare services were held at Autioch Baptist church, conducted by the leading ministers of the several denominations and were very impressive. SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. From Principal Washington's School Evening Talk to Tukegee Students on November 26. You will recall that Mr. Fortune is speaking to you a few evenings and quoted the passage of Scripture that runs something like this: "To bin hath not shall be taken even that wilt he hath." Now, that suggests a point which I am very anxious to have in my seize hold upon, and not only into your minds and hearts, but as for a certain carry with you into your actual, practical life, that you leave Tukegee. You will have a realise, more and more, that neither presions condition, attracting, as it must have, sympathy and pity in the past, our color, will help us forward in our preciable degree. We must face the fact that we must face life in the past, or fail, just in proportion to our ourselves worthy, and in this com sympathy is going to play a very part. Christmas at Milkhouse Christmas at Attleboro ATTLEBORO, Mass. Done Friday a cantata entitled Grandpa's," and a Christmas given by the Sunday Sunday Rev. W. H. on "The Timely Commem- deer?" Isaiah XL, in large social gather- F. J. Slater's in wi- able time was spent, pastor will hold the meeting of the year, evening service, wi- tine o'clock, when it a short sermon, they will year out and the new Garick, the woman here next week and a revival. Miss Elmwood sick with the grip is