Savannah Tribune

The Savannah Tribune VOLUME XXVII. MORSE IS FREED DEATH IMMINENT His Sentence Commuted by President Taft. IS RELEASED BY WIRE President Acts On Report Of Surgeon General Torney That the Banker Cannot Survive A Month Of Confinement. Washington.—President Taft commuted, to expire immediately, the 15-year sentence for violation of the national banking laws under which Charles W. Morse, the New York banker and "Ice King," served two years in the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta. The commutation of sentence, which gives Morse his complete freedom—but which, unlike a pardon, does not restore his civil rights—was granted upon recommendation of Attorney-General Wickersham and Surgeon-General Torney, U. S. A. According to the Surgeon-General's report to the President on his condition, Morse could not live one month longer in confinement, and even at liberty probably would not live six months. The White House statement granting freedom to Morse follows: "The President has commuted the sentence of Charles W. Morse to expire at once. This action was taken upon the recommendation of the Attorney-General, based upon the following report of Surgeon-General Torney: A Prisoner, Would Die In Month. "A careful review of these reports makes it clear to my mind that he is suffering from a combination of diseases due to degenerative changes which are incurable and progressive. The reports show that the condition of both the kidneys and the heart is growing worse. I regard the attack of cardiac dyspnoea, or heart-block, from which he suffered on the morning of the 15th instant, as an ominous occurrence. In my opinion the prisoner's duration of life will be. in all probability, less than one month if kept in confinement, and in the event of his release under commutation of sentence it is not probable that he will live as long as six months." The Attorney-General, immediately following the President's action, telegraphed to Warden Moyer, of the Atlanta Penitentiary, who was technically in charge of Morse even though he had been removed to the Fort McPherson Hospital, to release the prisoner The army surgeons at Fort McPherson were similarly instructed. Morse will be freed by the telegraphic orders, it being unnecessary for the Atlanta authorities to await the formal warrant of commutation, which will be sent by mail. SELLING THEIR CHILDREN. Starving Peasants In Russia Also Dying Of Typhus. London.—The terrible conditions prevailing among the peasantry in Southeastern Russia are depicted in a telegram from a doctor in Orenburg, which is published here as a special article. The doctor says that the starving peasantry in the government of Orenburg, on the River Ural, owing to not having received any assistance from the authorities, are selling their children to the Khirkese Nomads, in the government of Saratov. Many of the people in the vicinity have died from hunger and typhus and more than 70 per cent. of the children are stricken with a fearful epidemic in some of the villages, while in other districts the distress is extreme. CLUB WITHOUT A BAR. Chicago Railway Clerks Put Ban On Drinking. Chicago.—Railway clerks of Chicago are to have a club without a bar. Members of the organization, which has been incorporated as the Chicago Railroad Club, met and authorized the house committee to furnish rooms. The membership is already 350 and there are 20,000 men in the city eligible. "No liquor shall be sold, given away or stored on the premises," said Secretary J. P. Curran. "Our idea is to have a place where railroad men can meet and enjoy themselves in a way which does not include drinking. Liquor and the business do not go together." Women Vote For Saloons. Los Angeles, Cal.-Vernon, a suburb of Los Angeles, and believed to be the only incorporated city in the United States that has not a single church, voted for "wet" Sundays. There are three saloons. Fifty women voted. Most of them voted "wet." ONLY 13,075,542 CUBIC YARDS TO EXCAVATE, HEY, UNCLE The United States Will Again Take a Hand In the Republic If the Veterans Persist In Attempts To Nullify Law. Washington.—The United States threatened a third armed invasion in Cuba in a note presented to the government of that country by Arthur M. Beaupre, American minister at Havana. Mr. Beaupre was acting on full telegraphic instructions sent him from the State Department this morning. The last time the United States sent troops to Cuba was in October, 1906. It was recalled here that the belief was freely expressed at that time by both officials and members of Congress that the next time-American soldiers went to Cuba they would go there to stay. Since that date, however, confidence in the ability of the Cubans to manage their own affairs has greatly increased, and there is now little expectation that actual intervention will be necessary. The attitude of the United States is shown in the following note presented to the Cuban government: "The situation in Cuba as now reported causes grave concern to the government of the United States. "That the laws intended to safeguard free republican government shall be enforced and not defied is obviously essential to the maintenance of the law, order and stability; indispensable to the status of the republic of Cuba in the continued wellbeing of which the United States has always evinced and cannot escape a vital interest. "The President of the United States therefore looks to the president and government of Cuba to prevent the threatened situation, which would compel the government of the United States, much against its desires, to consider what measures it must take in pursuance of the obligations of its relations in Cuba." Must Be Remedied. The note, it was said at the State Department, is intended not so much as a notice to Cuba of a determination upon the part of this government to intervene, but rather as a warning of what may be expected unless the government remedies the existing political situation which Minister Beaupre and Secretary Knox regard as a menace to peace in Cuba. This situation is an outgrowth of the agitation begun last fall, by the association of the veterans of the war for Cuban independence. The veterans began by demanding the dismissal from public office of all men who had ever been identified with the old Spanish regime in 1895-98 and the appointment of members of their organization to office wherever possible. This campaign has now so far progressed that officers of the army and the rurale guard are being drawn into it contrary to existing law, and President Gomez's recent decree forbade their participation in the veterans' movement. The veterans in return are demanding that the law prohibiting the participation of army officers and the rurales in politics be made a dead letter and are defying the Gomez administration on the issue. A ROYAL BETROTHAL Princess Victoria Luise, Daughter Of Emperor William. Berlin.—The betrothal of Princess Victoria Luise, daughter of the Emperor, to the Grand Duke Adolph Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, is expected to be announced on the Emperor's birthday, January 27, according to a report published in an afternoon newspaper. The marshal of the Imperial Court denied a similar report published last June. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1912. TRAINS CRASH ENGINES EXPLODE Two Engineers and Two Firemen Killed. MANY PASSENGERS INJURED ville and Nashville Passenger Head-On Collision Between a Louis- Train and Chesapeake and Ohio Train Of Empties. Loulsville, Ky.-Four trainmen are dead and two perhaps fatally injured as the result of a head-on collision at Long Run, 18 miles east of here, between an inbound Louisville and Nashville passenger train and a Chesapeake and Ohio train of empty cars. Practically all the passengers on the Louisville and Nashville were more or less injured. Two Chesapeake and Ohio brakemen suffered severe injuries. Both engines exploded, according to passengers, bits of the wreckage falling on the roofs of the coaches, terrorizing the passengers who had been thrown into masses in the forward ends of the car. Passengers, among them Judge W. G. Dearing, general attorney for the Louisville and Nashville, immediately set to work helping the injured from the coaches and went forward to assist in extricating the Chesapeake and Ohio conductor and his brakeman, caught in the wreckage when the combination coach in which they rode telescoped upon the shattered engines. The Chesapeake and Ohio train, running on the Louisville and Nashville tracks, as do all Chesapeake and Ohio trains for Lexington to Louisville, was "dead heading" back to Lexington. Several hours previously the same train, starting out, had collided with a cut of freight cars in East Louisville and had to put back for repairs. Louisville and Nashville officials express their belief that the wreck was due to misunderstood orders. Two Hundred Workers Had Left Just Before Explosion. Central City, Ky.—Four persons are known to have been killed and another is believed to be dead as a result of an explosion in a mine of the Central City Coal and Iron Company. Four bodies have been removed. The explosion occurred just after the day men had come out. Two hundred men usually are at work in the mine, but the explosion came soon after the day shift had come out and before the night shift had gone down. Record High Price For Butter. Elgin, Ill.—High price records of 24 years were smashed on the Elgin Butter Board Monday, when the quotation committee ruled butter firm at 40 cents a pound. Last week's quotation was 36 cents a pound. Guy L. Stewart Loses Life. St. Louis.—Guy L. Stewart, agricultural and industrial agent of the Cotton Belt Railroad, with headquarters in St. Louis, was burned to death in his private car in a wreck in which trains of three different roads collided at Kelso, Mo., 140 miles south of St. Louis. Stewart was formerly state orchard inspector of Maryland. He also had taught in the Lansing (Mich.) High School. READY TO MOVE TROOPS TO CUBA Secretary Knox Awaiting Effect of the Ultimatum. PRESIDENT GOMEZ' MESSAGE The Commander Of the Veterans Also Sends a Message Declaring That the Object Of His Organization Is To Maintain Peace. New York.—President Gomez, of Cuba, sent the following message here: "Havana.—Undoubtedly the news from Cuba has been greatly exaggerated. This has caused the friendly note from the American government. I depend upon the patriotism of the Cuban people who will not forget their duty. I am certain the Veterans will listen to my advice and, in any event, I have sufficient means at my command to maintain order and to enforce the law. (Signed) "GOMEZ." General Nunez, commander of the Cuban Veterans, sent the following message: "Havana. Our attitude will be that the organization will remain firm in its object to guarantee peace, which may be altered by political parties, to moralize the administration and to spread patriotism in the hearts of the people. We protest against that which may be a menace to our freedom and independence, being sure that the noble people of the United States will never take our unselfish and patriotic campaign as an excuse to intervene in matters which could not affect in any way their interests in Cuba. (Signed) "GENERAL NUNEZ." Washington.—The State Department stands pat on its note to Cuba warning President Gomez that he must maintain the law or expect a third intervention. Secretary Knox feels it is now up to Cuba, and the State Department will have an answer to its note in the steps taken to remedy the existing political situation. Meanwhile all arrangement have been made by the War Department so that a force of 5,000 can be dispatched to Cuba on a few hours' notice. Troops along the Atlantic Coast have been designated which will be sent to Cuba in case it becomes necessary to occupy the island. Commanders have been notified that they must be prepared to move their forces according to plans drawn up long ago. There is no expectation at the War Department, however, that such a move will be necessary. FINE STATUE COMPLETED. Heroic Cast Of Christopher Columbus By Lorado Taft. Chicago.—The cast of the heroic statue of Christopher Columbus to be erected in front of the Union Station, Washington, D. C., has been completed by Lorado Taft, the sculptor, and will be shipped in a few days. The figure of Columbus is 15 feet high and will be flanked on either side by globes representing the Old World and the New World. The pedestal on which the statue will stand is 75 feet wide and will be fashioned after the bow of a ship, with a 45-foot mast. POSTAL CLERK SENTENCED. Had $23,562 Stolen Money Hidden In Chicken Coop. St. Louis, Mo.—George V. Steck, former postoffice clerk, who confessed to the theft of a $25,000 registered package of currency, was sentenced by the United States District Court to three and a half years in the penitentiary. He restored $23,562 after having secreted it in a chicken coop for a year. BUTTER 60 CENTS A POUND. Prizes Looked Forward To By Chicago Retailers. Chicago.—Sixty cents a pound for butter was said Tuesday to be the price to which retail dealers in Chicago looked forward. Quotations in the afternoon reached 47 cents, the highest in the city's market history. This additional burden on the cost of living was blamed by the storekeepers to scarcity resulting from the recent severe weather conditions, but other persons were not slow to ascribe the advance to an alleged trust which has been under investigation by Federal authorities. The onus, according to one usually well-posted authority, was declared to be on Eastern houses that have been manipulating prices by means of large holdings of cold-storage butter. Teddy's Tramp By GRACE CLINTOCK Teddy disconsolately munched a soda cracker, wondering the while how she had ever come to insist that a camp stove was a useless luxury. It was her first season in camp, and her brothers had readily enough given in to her demand for an absolutely correct atmosphere. They had camped in tents on the little lake instead of in the comfortable wooden shack on Lower lake, and they had cooked in primitive fashion over an open fire. The boys had done the cooking since they had gone into camp three weeks before, but it had all seemed so easy that when they wanted to go down the lake to the village she had insisted that it would be no trouble at all to get her meals. They had paddled away just as the sun began to, tinge the clouds in the east and would not be back before night. Twice Teddy had spilled the bacon into the fire, and as a crowning accident she had set the coffee pot wrong, and that, too, was sliding into the flames, putting out what little fire there was left. She had not tried to rebuild the fire, but contented herself with soda crackers and spring water while she glanced out over the lake and wondered why the time passed so slowly. After her disastrous experience she certainly would not try to get a hot dinner, and already the sodacracker diet was beginning to pall. Life had seemed so easy when the boys had done the cooking. A crashing in the underbrush roused her and she sprang to her feet, nervously handling the revolver the boys had left with her for protection. She raised the glistening weapon as a man burst through the tangle of brush and with a voice that she tried to make stern commanded him to hold up his hands. They went above his head in an instant and stayed there while he parleyed. Teddy knew that the next thing was to bind her victim, but how to do that and retain the rovolver was something that was not told in books. He smiled at her look of helplessness and came a few steps forward. "I am not a tramp or a robber," he said, with a flash of white teeth beneath his mustache. "I saw a fire a while back and thought that perhaps I might beg some breakfast. I wandered further from our camp than I intended. I am on the other side of the ridge on Blue lake." "There isn't any breakfast," she said, forlornly. "I spilled the bacon into the fire, and then the coffee pot fell in. I was eating these." She waved her revolver toward the box of crackers, and the tramp smiled. "If you will take my parole," he suggested, "I'll earn my breakfast. I believe that is the proper thing for a tramp to do." Teddy lowered her gun. He probably was a tramp, but he had nice eyes and a pleasant smile, and she felt that she could trust him. She marveled at the dexterity with which he built up the fire. It had taken her an hour. There were fish in the basket he carried, and as soon as he had the coffee started and the biscuit baking, he put these in the pan. "If you will set the table," he called, "I'll have things ready in a jiffy." For a moment Teddy paused. She did not quite like the idea of eating at the same table with a tramp, and she felt that he must be a tramp. None of the campers she knew wore such outrageous garments. But the smell of coffee and the frying fish decided her, so she set two plates. Skillfully he dished up the fish and took the coffee from the fire. He was even more expert than the boys. Probably that was because he had to camp out the year around. NUMBER 19. The breakfast put her in an excellent humor and when the tramp suggested that if she would lend him a gun he would try and get something for dinner, she loaned him a shotgun without a thought until he had left the camp. Then the realization of what Bob would say should he come home and find the rifle gone, led her to follow the trail the tramp had taken. She soon overtook him and he looked up with a smile at her approach. "Come to share the fun?" he asked pleasantly. Her blush told its own story and he threw his head back and laughed. "I was going to bring the gun back," he declared. "Do you really think I am a tramp?" "No," her voice lacked conviction. "But you see, you are not like the boys." "Possibly they would be like me," he suggested, "if they were in camp without ladies. Khaki and leggings are all very pretty, but there is more comfort in an old suit that won't be hurt if you do take a notion to wade a trout stream before breakfast." This was plausible enough, but Teddy reflected that plausibility was the stock in trade of tramps and she was not convinced. Yet she rather enjoyed the ramble through the woods and the squirrel stew he made from the results of their chase was delicious. After dinner he entertained her with stories of the woods and neither realized how late it had grown until a boat shot around the point and the boys waved a welcome. They swarmed up the beach a few moments later, and Teddy stared as they warmly greeted the tramp. "I didn't know that you knew Mr. Charteris," said Bob in surprise. "He came for breakfast," explained Teddy. "And having had the breakfast, I stayed to go to the dinner," Charteris added with a laugh. "You see I was out early this morning and got too far away from camp to make it for breakfast." Then I saw this fire and came over." "Hope you'll come over often," said Bob heartily. He liked the young railroad magnate. "Thank you," said Charteris, see- KING GEORGE IV. Commanded him to hold up his hands ing a second invitation in Teddy's brown eyes. "I think I shall be over very often—if Miss Trevor does not mind such trampish fellows hanging about the camp." "I rather like tramps," said Teddy demurely, "especially before breakfast." So Charteris came again. "Were the commencement exercises interesting?" "Very. The time was divided between advice from public men on the selection of a career and suggestions from graduates on how to run the government."—Washington, Star. "Do you try to be your son's chum?" "Yes, I try to be, but with indifferent success. He regards me with a good deal of contempt because I can't always understand the meaning of the slang he uses." PRAISE FOR COL- ORED CITIZENS OF MILWAUKEE They Are Thrifty, Ambitious, and Take Advantage of Opportunities. MAKE ENVIABLE RECORD EVENING WISCONSIN SAYS THAT NEGROES ARE VERY DESIRABLE CITIZENS IN COMMUNITY. Milwaukee, Wls.-According to the Evening Wisconsin, the negroes of Milwaukee are ambitious, thrifty and very desirable citizens in the community. Many of them occupy, representative positions and enjoy much success in the different branches of the professional world. An article appearing recently in the Wisconsin says: "A study of conditions among Milwaukee's colored population reveals the fact that the negro, as a rule, is inclined to work out his own salvation. . . . The northern negro is not content merely to drift along, but is making a real effort to be of some use to his fellow men. "Among the negroes in this city are many who have attained positions of importance and a large number of them are property owners. There is a disposition on the part of the colored people to take advantage of the opportunities which are offered to them to educate their children so that they will not be compelled in the years to come to provide problems for sociologists. "The colored man in Milwaukee is ambitious to succeed," said a member of the race who has lived in this city for more than twenty years. "We love Milwaukee, and I must say that, considering the circumstances surrounding our race, we are well treated. But there is one thing I would like to emphasize. We don't like to feel that we must be treated as dependents. We are bringing up our children as well as we can afford. We are sending them to your public schools. Many of our children even attend the high schools, and I believe I may say without boasting that our children rank high at graduation. "Of course when it comes to choosing professions or trades we are handicapped. We realize that white men are not very anxious to work with us and therefore we choose to take up some particular work which white men, as a rule, do not care to perform, mostly menial. For instance, many of the successful men in Milwaukee are railroad porters, dining-car waiters and the like. To be quite frank, our race is best qualified for service, and that is what we like to do." The percentage of crime committed by the colored race in Milwaukee compared with other nationalities is small. In recent years crime among colored people here is the exception rather than the rule. "There are some striking examples of success in the professions by negroes in Milwaukee. Dr. N. L. Herron, who has been practicing here since 1896, is a graduate of Howard university, Washington, D. C., and has a wide following not only among his own race, but among white people. "Dr. C. A. Johnson, also a graduate ate of Howard university, is a dentist. One of the features of the negro are his teeth, yet Dr. Johnson is not complaining about dull business. The newspaper profession is represented by J. D. Cooke, publisher of the Weekly Defender. "Five years ago Lucian Palmer, a negro, was elected to the Wisconsin assembly and made a fair record. William and Charles Johnson, employed at the Grant Marble Works, are considered among the best skilled masons in the city. "John A. Hall, while a porter at the Plantation house, studied during his spare moments and last summer passed a civil service examination. He now holds a clerical position under Commissioner Harry E. Briggs. "Other representative men of the race who have lived here many years are Samuel Banks, Henry Blankenworker, Samuel Mathews, A. V. Ramey, Walter Hawkinson, Peter Clarke, Charles White, Gilbert Whitman and John Slaughter. "They are in this city branches of the colored Masons, Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows. They also have Catholic, Methodist and Lutheran churches." NEW PORTABLE CLOCK One of the season's novelties that is especially interesting to women is a portable clock that fits into the curved top of a light framework of plain or inlaid mahogany. The stand is about five inches in height and can easily be moved from one room to another. The round clock framed in mahogany has on one side an eight-day clock and on the other is an aneroid barometer. Another clock novelty of the season is a four-sided one of silver. It is set in a cube frame with round openings on four sides, one, side for the clock and the other side for a barometer, a calendar and a thermometer. This novelty is rather expensive, but will probably be cheaper when there is a greater demand. STREETS OF NEW YORK They Were Cleaned by the Pigs Less Than a Century Ago. So far as the municipal archives go, the first system of street cleaning in New York was authorized in 1696. In that year the city entered into a contract with one of its citizens whereby he agreed to keep the streets free of rubbish and refuse for £30 (about $150) a year. Prior to that year each householder was obligated to keep the street clean in front of his residence, and if he failed to do so a fine of so many shillings was assessed against him by the city. If the records are to be credited, there was no systematic effort to keep the streets of the city free of refuse from the early Dutch days down to 1825. All those years New York was the butt of the sneers and ridicule of Boston and Philadelphia, both of which boasted of their clean streets. In that long period the city left the disposal of its refuse almost wholly to hogs, of which an old municipal record says there were no less than 30,000 in 1820. They appear to have roamed the streets as they pleased, and it is small wonder the visitors were wont to refer to New York as a fine large piggy. Even the scourges of yellow fever and smallpox that swept over the city were not sufficient to move the authorities to rescue the people from the insanitation that caused them, and it was not until 1823 that any action was taken. In that year the common council, spurred by the indignant protests of the leading citizens, decreed that the army of roaming hogs should be captured and reduced to pork and carts assigned to remove the refuse from the streets. But even then there was such a row over the destruction of the hogs that it was several years before the letter of the ordinance could be enforced.—New York Times. ANCIENT CONCRETE. A strange discovery lately made in the walls of the old palace of the Louvre shows that re-enforced concrete was by no means unknown in Paris as far back as the sixteenth century, when the rebuilding of the Louvre was undertaken by that industrious builder, Francis I. The Builder states that, when executing works in connection with the application of a modern lift, the workmen employed found it necessary to cut through some of the old walls, which were apparently of dressed masonry. But, to the surprise of the contractors, it was found that the stone was nothing but the outer shell of construction, largely composed of a kind of re-enforced concrete. In view of the generally entertained belief that this is an essentially modern variety of structural material, the proof of its employment between 300 and 400 years ago is distinctively interesting. Our contemporary states that 'some one with archaeological tastes has taken the trouble to search the archives for records left by the architects of the epoch in question, with the result that no mention was found of anything but dressed stone for use in the walls. It seems, therefore, that the original contractors, with more wisdom than honesty, decided to make sure of reaping the benefit attending the adoption of re-enforced concrete as a substitute for stone masonry. GERTY'S GUM. Here's a story that comes by word of mouth from a traveling man, whose veracity is only exceeded by his versatility, says the Indianapolis News. "One day last winter," he said. "I was supporting a cigar Indian at a downtown corner in St. Louis. On that particular street the summer cars are sometimes of the coffee grinder, single truck model, type of 1812. There were a number of shirt and shoe factories near the corner. It was about the closing hour, and I noticed two girls step up to the corner and scan the car tracks. "She ought to be along pretty soon, Gerty," said one. "Uh, huh," said Gerty. "Just then an open car came bump ing along. One girl stepped out and read the number. "No, that's not her," she said. "The same performance was followed with three or four cars, until one came into view that brought a smile from Gerty and her friend. "'No, 3247,' said Gerty. 'She's the one." "The girls flagged the car. "四th seat back, on the end," commanded Gerty. "On they got, and. Gerty, reaching under her seat, dislodged something. It was a wad of chewing gum. And I was near enough 'to see it, too.'" LITTLE FLOWERS. The rococo flower, when it came in, had in it an element of surprise from which we have hardly recovered, in spite of our familiarity with this form of ornament. Whenever one sees these fascinating little bits of trimming they seem to crop up with a light air of unexpectedness and to win and deserve always the approval of the eye. On heavy winter millinery they have a singular coquery and grace; tucked in a velvet corsage they are equally quaint, and dangling from a satin or chiffon sash or a fragile necktle or an airy scarf they look as if some amiable breeze had delicately blown them thither. Their metier is, of course, the adorning of evening dress and they fulfil it in a wholly admirable spirit, their crowning glory being their pulse among the soft coils of a girl's pretty hair. TRAINING NEEDED BY THOSE WHO LIVE IN RURAL DISTRICTS, AND THE PREPARATION WHICH SHOULD BE RECEIVED BY THOSE WHO ARE TO WORK AMONG RURAL PEOPLES. W. C. Strickland A. B., in Southern Life, Magazine. It has been said that "education in a general sense is the development of the entire man. In a narrower sense it is the unfolding of the powers of the mind through special processes of training. No one application of the term has now, or ever has had, a common acceptance. Proper education develops in both soul and body all the perfections of which they are capable." All the processes known, or ever will be known, for realizing in individuals their highest ideals, are found in a proper education. Emerson says: "Every child is a thought of God's. The business of education is to condition that thought for fullest, freest utterance." It is not said above that any particular man, or race, is destined to have the proper education, neither is it said that it is for those living in cities, or certain parts of the country. There is just as great a demand for the development of both soul and body in the country as in the city, if we agree with Emerson. It is a fact which cannot be denied that the largest percent of our population live in the country, and will live there for many generations to come. The coming of the telephone and the rural free delivery of mail, together with improved roads in many sections and with the building, of interurban railroads from many of the largest cities to the neighboring towns from 20 to 50 miles distant, the country has become the recipient of many, if not all, of the advantages of the city. As it is in the city, so it is in the country, the most of the people are ignorant, and are to a greater or less extent superstitious. There are certain omens of evil in which country people believe. They are frequently disturbed by the flight of birds—the noises of certain ones at night—the combinations of certain figures like "thirteen," the beginning of new work on Friday, leaving home on Friday, and many other foolish things, which make them unnecessarily miserable. Many of them actually train their children to be vindictive, and to resent viciously any slight affront, real or imaginary. They are contentious over very small matters. Serious disagreements and sometimes rights result over an indebtedness of a few cents. Many of them have not the proper love for their neighbors and children. They will not send them to school because they think the children will soon get above them, so to speak. They will not pay for their schooling, especially in the country, for, even though many of them are just outside of the pauper ring, and some are in it, yet they believe they pay taxes, enough to educate their children. This condition is really serious, and can be found in many localities. I do not believe these people really mean to do things which will be of lasting injury to their children, neither do I believe they mean to make themselves unhappy over little affairs which amount to nothing, but the fact is, they really don't know what they do. The assertion has been made that, as a rule ignorant people do not mean to do things which are injurious to others, and of course no same person wants to do things which will be injurious to himself and children. The removing of the cobwebs and the stronger bands of ignorance and superstition from the mylds of these people is a serious task, but it should and can be done. This is the problem over which the teachers of the race have to pray much. There must be a oneness of purpose on the part of those who teach. They must teach not for the money alone, but teach because of what they are, as examples, themselves; second, because of the shaping of character and the molding of sentiment. Whatever may be their system of education, it should be well known that no system of education is complete until it concerns itself for the entire body and all parts of human life—a character, high, erect, broad-shouldered, symmetrical, swift; not the mind alone, but the man. The better prepared and the more intelligent country people become, the better will the city people be, for cities are made up largely from country people. That being true, there is no reason why there should not be as good a system of education in the country as in the city. I agree with Mrs. H. S. Proctor and P. J. Bryant of Atlanta, Ga., who said in a publication not long since, that "our people must have a place of recreation and amusement." Human nature demands it, and whether in the city or country, these places are going to be, and especially so with the young. Then, again, the young folks in the rural districts like to have entertainments. In order to have these helpful entertainments, such as a reading or literary club, a debating society, a young men's club, a mothers' meeting, a fathers' meeting, a parents' meeting, there must be good school buildings and halls where these things can be given from time to time, which will be a source of great pleasure and benefit both to children and to grown people. Quintillian says: "Although one man may possess more capacity than another, yet none can be found who cannot be improved by cultivation." The farmer and his wife like to be entertained, and, in fact, they have more time for such than have the successful business and professional men in the cities. The one thing needful is to get their attention. When once you get them to think seriously of life and "life's deeper meanings," then they will endeavor to get the most out of life—that is, most of which is really helpful and elevating; for, after all, that is the one thing desired. There is a cry going up from the people of the country for well prepared men and women who are full of sympathy and love, for "sympathy is a kind of sunshine in which everything will grow but slim. "What sculpture is to the block of marble, education is to the soul." The sculptor here represents the true teacher. "You want to rear men fit and ready for all spots and crises, prompt and busy in affairs, gentle among little children, self reliant in danger, genial in company, sharp in a jury box, tenacious at a town meeting, uneducable in a crowd, tender at a sick-bed, not likely to jump into the first boat at a shipwreck, affectionate and respectable at home, obliging in a traveling party, shrewd and just all the time, reverent and punctual at the church, brave in action, patient in suffering, believing and cheerful everywhere, and under all circumstances, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord." This is the manhood that our age and country and race are asking of its parents and educators. Then, to make such men, we must agree with Ruskin who said: "Education does not mean teaching people to know what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave. It is not teaching the young the shapes of letters and the tricks of numbers, and then leaving them to turn their arithmetic into roguery and their literature into lust. It is, on the contrary, training them into the perfect exercise and kingly continence of their bodies and souls. It is a painful, continual, difficult work, to be done by kindness, by watching, by warning, by precept, by praise—but, above all—by example." That is true, for we teach what we are. Knowing that God made the people of the country and city, let us give them the best at all times. IN THE SEWING ROOM. It must be admitted that our grandmothers knew more about sewing than their granddaughters do. They sat erect in straight-backed chairs, and stood erect when their work was done, and prided themselves on erect carriage. Not so in these days. It is not conducive to good health to sit in a rocking chair while sewing, if the material has to be kept on one's lap. A rocking chair throws the body out of balance by pitching it backward at an unnatural angle. In it the muscles of the front of the body—the muscles of the chest and diaphragm—are contracted, the chest is made hollow, the ribs are pulled down and the back is rounded. A chair with a straight back should be used, and the body should be held in the same erect position that the cutting table requires—chin and abdomen in, back straight, chest out. Of course, it is necessary when sewing on the lap to bend forward, but the bending should not be rounded. Sewing at the machine properly conducted is an admirable exercise. Be sure to sit erect, bending only at the hips, and you will find the raplid pedaling will be beneficial as a healthful exercise. Correct sewing is really governed by a few simple rules, which, if followed out, make the plying of the needle and thread an exercise which deepens the chest, improves the carriage, strengthens the back and shoulders, clears the complexion and brightens the eyes. In the first place, the sewing room should be well ventilated. The air in it should be as fresh and pure as the air out of doors. Three operations go on in the sewing room, viz., cutting, the seamstress standing at the table; stitching, seated at a machine; sewing, with the material in the lap. In cutting the manner in which the seamstress bends over the table is everything. The following exercise taken two or three times a day is a wonderful help toward correct bending at the work table; that is, bending without constricting the chest or abdomen. Stand perfectly erect with the heels together, the chin and abdomen in, the chest out, the back straight. Slowly filling the lungs with air, raise the arms, held stiff, from the sides outward, until the hands meet over the head, and at the time the hands meet, the lungs should be filled to their fullest extent with air. Slowly exhaling, the air, lower the arms to the sides again. HELPFUL HINTS. An apron made of white oilcloth saves the housewife's dress from soiling and dampness and needs no laundering. One woman has one made from one yard of lightweight oilcloth and bound with a blue tape. It is bound in color, as the tape is white would soil. It is neat and tidy looking, and when working around a gas or other range it reduces the likelihood of the wearer catching fire when leaning over to lift cooking utensils. When washing it is indispensable. If it gets splashed or soiled you have only to wipe it off with a damp cloth. Crocheted buttons and stencled buttons make very acceptable presents for any girl, as both are used so much for dress decorations. Embroidered buttons also make very nice gifts, and a dozen of either crocheted, stencled or embroidered buttons arranged neatly on a piece of white cardboard_would certainly delight the heart of the receiver. The Farm THE COVERED BARNYARD. The covered barnyard is rapidly coming into favor as a commodity to the farmer and dairyman. Built in any length and dimensions desired, in having this dairyman and farmer has his cattle insured against all inclementy of the weather at all times. Though left out in the yard for exercise, no matter what the season, the cattle are under shelter. The manure also is left in the best possible condition and can be hauled out at any time during the winter, when it is proper that it should be hauled out into the fields, as it does not freeze under cover, which is a great advantage in itself. The straw also is utilized to the very best advantage. Whether he threshes from the barn or from the field, the farmer can have his straw deposited in the capacious mow of his covered barnyard through the doors opening on all sides. Dry straw, available at all times, is certainly a boon to any farmer who has this advantage to his credit.—South Dakota Farmer. HOW TO KILL BERMUDA GRASS. Bermuda grass in latitudes north of yours is so very hard to get established that it is seldom troublesome. Once established, however, as far south as you are, it often becomes a very troublesome weed in cultivated crops, and should therefore only be sown where desired for permanent pasture. To get rid of it, fall plow, setting your plow rather shallow so that it will cut through where the roots are thickest. Allow these roots to be exposed to frosts all winter, and the following spring plant land in corn, cotton or some crop which requires frequent cultivation. Keep this up for two years and then follow with cow peas. The roots of this grass are very sensitive to freezing, and should therefore be exposed to as much winter weather as possible. CHINCH BUGS BURNED OUT. There is no longer any doubt of the value of winter burning as a means of killing chinch bugs. A rectangular area of $17\frac{1}{2}$ square miles of farm land in northern Sumner county was burned over last fall and winter. The crops harvested on the burned area last summer—1911—showed marked improvement over those in the surrounding unburned territory. A. E. Barry, a farmer in the burned district, says that destroying the chinch-bug-infested grass made him nearly $1,000. In the $17\frac{1}{2}$ square miles a saving of about $7,000 on the wheat crop alone must be attributed to this burning. That is more than it cost the state to carry on its bug investigations, otherwise known as entomological research. The burning was done under the direction of Dr. T. J. Headlee, head of the department of entomology in the Kansas Agricultural college. EXPERIMENT WITH CLOVER. J. F. Barker, a graduate of the College of Agriculture of Ohio State University, lives in Meigs county, Ohio. For years the farmers of his community had been unable to grow clover. While in college he learned about acid soils and the use of lime. In the spring when he went home he decided to try an experiment on his home farm. He placed a few bushels of lime on some litter in the manure spreader and drove across the field. Where he applied the lime there was an excellent growth of clover in a strip wagon wide, but there were none elsewhere. This little experiment attracted the attention of the neighbors and a number of them tried lime with gratifying results. Now that community is growing clover and improving its soils, all because one boy went to a college of agriculture. TO KEEP TOOLS FROM RUSTING. To prevent tools from rusting, a correspondent says take two parts each of graphite and tallow and one part of gum camphor. melt together and if not soft enough to form a stiff paste, add more tallow or lard. Remove all rust from the steel surface, wipe dry, and apply the paste. Let it remain for 24 hours, then rub dry. Unless the tool is needed, even longer than one day will be still better for the tool to be covered with the preparation. The above preparation has the effect of a coating of oil, though every vestige has apparently been removed for months. MAKE EVERY STRAW COUNT. It is possible for careless help to leave a considerable portion of the grain crop in the field by neglecting to gather up scatterings, loose bundles, etc., and by hauling grain on open-bottom racks. From a few pounds to a few bushels of grain may be saved every day during stacking by using a tight-bottom rack or a canvas over the rack that will catch all of the grain that is shattered out of the heads—Orange Judd Farmer. A STOCK TONIC. If farmers wish to give their stock a tonic they may buy the ingredients and mix them up at home. The following formula for a conditional feed is recommended: Ground gentian, one pound; ground ginger, one fourth pound; powdered saltpeter, one-fourth pound; powdered iron sulphate, one-fourth pound. Mix and give one tablespoonful in the feed once a day for ten days; omit for three days and then fed again for ten days. Another formula is fengugreek, eight pounds; powdered ginger, eight pounds; powdered gentian, eight pounds; powdered sulphur, eight pounds; potassium nitrate, eight pounds; resin, eight pounds; cayenne pepper, four pounds; flax meal, 4.4 pounds; powdered charcoal, twenty pounds; common salt, twenty pounds; wheat bran, 100 pounds. This mixture costs less than $5 per hundred-weight and is enough for a whole herd—Denver Field and Farm. CATCHING WEASELS. If troubled by having weasels visit your poultry house, it is not likely that the animals will return soon, but you should keep traps set for them. We have never found the weasel difficult to trap. The most certain method is to take fresh bait—rabbit being very good—and drag it about, setting traps occasionally along the drag line. Traps should be set in holes in the bank, or in small artificial inclosures of stones, sticks, bark, etc. They should be set close by the bait, which should be fastened with a stick to prevent the weasel from carrying it away. The chief difficulty lies in getting the trap adjusted to spring with the animal's weight. Loosely hinged traps are to be preferred. Any small size will answer. The trap should be fastened in some way.—Farm Journal. AZTECS PRIZED GOATS. For centuries goats have been the life and sustenance of the native Mexicans. In the Aztec republic goat milk is used almost to the exclusion of that of the cow. This condition is true all over South Texas. Very few milk cows are to be found in this border territory, although it is devoted chiefly to cattle grazing. Every Mexican family has its flock of goats, which are herded during the day, and carefully placed in picturesque corrals at night. The milking of the goats is done as regularly as that of cows in other parts of the country. Such a thing as a milk cow is practically unknown in the Cuevitas region, but there are thousands of milk goats, and it is an interesting and primitive sight to witness these bleating animals when the shades of evening begin to fall. : DESTRUCTION OF RATS. The following method for the destruction of rats adopted by M. de Kruyff of the agricultural bureau of the Dutch Indies at Buitenzorg, Java, is given in a recent consular report. All visible rat holes were first stopped with earth to ascertain which holes were inhabited. Half a teaspoonful of carbon bisulphide was poured in each of the holes found to be inhabited, and after a delay of a few seconds to allow the liquid to evaporate, the mixture of vapor and air was ignited. The result was a small explosion, which filled the hole with poisonous gases and killed all the rats almost instantly. A pound of bisulphide is sufficient for more than 200 rat holes; 131 dead rats were found in 43 holes which were opened after the operation. It is further stated that satisfactory results in exterminating porcupines have been obtained by this method. THE MOON AND THE CLOUDS. The popular impression that the full moon has the power to clear away clouds dies hard, notwithstanding the almost unanimous pronouncement of modern scientific investigation against it. This may be largely due to the fact that so great an authority in his day as Sir John Herschel regarded the idea as probably correct. W. Ellis, after a study of the Greenwich observations, suggests that the impression may be due to the fact that a change from the cloudy to the clear state is much more likely to attract the attention when there is a full moon in the sky and many meteorologists agree with him. KICK OUT THE MIDDLEMAN. Many people have been led to believe that during these high-cost-of-living times the farmers are getting rich. This is a mistaken idea. The American farmer hardly averages 40 cents on the consumer's dollar. So there seems to be something wrong somewhere. We need something to bring the farmer and the food consumer closer together. The man that will devise such means will be more than an inventor—a benefactor of the kind that has not lived for years. —Southern Fruit Grower. Of Interest to Our Women FOR THE INVALID. The starvation remedy for sickness is becoming more popular every day, and justly so. At least one-half the illness of the world is the direct result of food follies—too much food, too rich food, improper food, irregular meals and kindred abuses of the digestive organs. In sickness it is well to know that a patient as a rule loses the power to digest meat first. Next comes bread, both regarded as indispensable items of the everyday meal. Patients to whom solid foods are forbidden are generally permitted to have broths of all kinds, soups made from meat or fish, stock flavored with vegetables, corn flour; arrowroot, oatmeal gruels, eggs, jellies, custards and milk. Despite the fact that milk is regarded as a perfect food, many patients find it impossible to take it without harmful results. Often the effect is changed by the introduction of water or soda water as diluting agent. Ten grains of bicarbonate of soda and ten grains of soda dissolved in a pint of half milk and half water can be taken with safety by those who cannot digest milk in any other form. When the stomach absolutely rebels at milk in any form doctors sometimes prescribe condensed milk. Beaten eggs may be taken in hot milk, hot water, water and milk to together or weak tea. The drinks are sometimes slightly sweetened. When stimulation as well as nourishment is desired, beat up an egg, add to it a tablespoonful of brandy or whisky, one teaspoonful of lemon juice, sugar to taste and a glassful of soda water. To give solidity to broths, except in case of fevers, they may be thickened with ground rice, arrowroot or corn flour. The last meal at night should be of a soothing and digestible character above all others. Hot milk or a mild gruel is better than a meat broth for the reason that the broth is stimulating and liable to cause insomnia. EMBROIDERED TEXTS REVIVED. Everything old is being revived in these days and now it is the turn of cardboard texts and worsted worked mottoes to descend from the garret. Some may throw up their hands in horror at the idea, but these things, when hung low in the right place, with, perhaps, a new frame, instead of being skyed over a high window or doorway, as they always were in the old days, look entirely different. A "God bless our home" motto seems unpromising material, but one stitch, done in a rich blue and green zephyr cross-stitch on a yellowish canvas, was recently put into a mahogany frame and hung over the spacious library table with conspicuously good effect. An old "Home, Sweet Home" motto, done in soft, faded red yarns, has been taken from its narrow, cross-cornered frame and put between two strips of red velour, making an interesting cushion for a roomy, red davenport. The only ornament in a pretty city dining room is a "Give us this day our daily bread," brought from the old country home and hung over the low mantel. The colors had lost their brightness, but a new mahogany frame did wonders, and the young mistress of the house is more than proud of her quaint treasure. FLOWER SUGGESTIONS. The brown-stained art craft straw basket with the high handle and sides sloping down would make an artistic centerpiece, using to fill it, oak leaves in their beautiful autumn tints, combined with the rip red ears of corn in their husks and some persimmons. Arrange these with the reddish-bronze single chrysanthemum and the tiny yellow baby pompon chrysanthemum. On the handle of the basket could be used a deep yellow satin ribbon bow. This arrangement must be careless and light, and as if overflowing and tumbling out, otherwise the effect would be heavy and stiff. Four small flower vases can be used in connection with this center piece. Place the vases at right angles from the basket and fill with just a few hardy pompon chrysanthemums and hardy wood ferns. Another good effect can be obtained by using a good shaped pumpkin for the center place in place of the basket, scooping out the center of it and filling it with the yellow bronze single chrysanthemums and the autumn leaves. OF INTEREST TO WOMEN This is the season of the year when we are plunged into a very debauch of clothes, for the advent of winter brings forth a diversity of new things modistic. Of course, the foundation of all good dressing lies in the corset, and the woman who wishes to be well dressed takes the precaution of buying good stays. Fashions in this line change almost as often as they do in our outer garments, and to have a fashionable figure one must have a newly fashioned corset. Just at present La Mode adheres more firmly than ever to a perfectly straight appearance below the waist. Here is a trifling hint that may be of service. For winter wear, in addition to usual chiffon or net lining now employed with these transparent blouses, an extra and separate slip of chiffon is wonderfully helpful. When the sleeves are to the wrist, the sleeve of the slip is carried to that point and looks dainty in the extreme if finished with a narrow edging of fine lace and a threading of narrow ribbon. While affording an incredible amount of extra warmth, this slight slip does not by any means entirely obliterate the now almost inevitable cache corset, also decked with ribbons. White felt hats and white feathers are to be remarked on every side. It is impossible to recall any winter with such a craze for white hats. But this is only a winter phase, apart from the fact that ubiquity invariably kills At the same time, where the quite, young girl is concerned, we may expect to see the hat survive the winter, accompanied by white fox or ermine sets, a choice altogether taboo to women who have lost the first freshness of youth and complexion. FANCY FEATHERS AND PLUMES. Never has such a wide variety of fancy feathers been used. They include bands of feathers, breasts, wings, aligrettes, pompons and all feather hats. There are many novelties, such as a big flat bow with several tiers of wings ranged above it, each wing varying in color, until the whole is one beautiful color scheme. Great wide red feather bands, which cover about half the hat, are being worn. Some are in two tones, red and black. One of the most beautiful plumes of the season is a soft gray on the upper surface with the under fronds of a bright scarlet. Gray and blue and black and white are used together in this manner. Some of the white feathers have touches of black in irregular fashion. To clean a willow plume place it in a long pan and partly cover it with gasoline. Do not attempt to shake the feather in the liquid, but place the pan on a roll and gently rock it back and forth, driving the gasoline from one end of the pan to the other. Lift the heavy feather gently and place it on a sheet to dry. When dry shake it in the sun. When certain that there is no gasoline about it, shake slowly near a fire to fluff the tiny fronds. As most all willow plumes are handmade, they must be carefully handled. Sometimes the milkman does not put 'n an appearance at the usual time; therefore recipes for muffins and other breakfast breads which call for water instead of milk are useful. For graham muffins that do not call for milk, have ready two cupfuls of graham flour, one cupful of wheat flour, two of warm water, a tablespoonful of butter and two of molasses, a teaspoonful of soda and two of cream of tartar. Mix together in the usual way by slifting the two kinds of flour together with the soda and the cream of tartar and then adding the butter, the water and the molasses. It is well to add a little salt. Bake in hot gem pans in a quick oven. Graham meal will not take the place of graham flour. SUGAR RACKS NOW. Some of the autumn brides have been receiving little silver wedding presents, the use of which it was hard to determine. These small silver racks are seven or eight inches long and a tail handle curves up over the middle, the rack standing on tiny carved legs. These racks are intended for the oblong slabs of sugar which are now preferred to the old-fashioned lumps. About 30 bits of sugar will fit on a rack and one may lift one off daintily without touching any of the rest. HOUSEHOLD HINTS A tasty accompaniment to sparerib is a combination of grated horseradish and tart apple; use about twice as much apple as the horseradish and moisten with pure vinegar. A little sugar may be used for sweetening. Paint your tin wash basins on the inside with a good white enamel paint if you would prolong their usefulness. Wipe all dust from your windows and rub them with a cloth dipped in vinegar if you like a high polish on the glass. The stalks may be quickly removed from currants by well flouring the hands and rubbing the currants as hard as possible between them. This takes much less time than picking them separately and is quite as effective. GEORGIA LEADS WITH THE MOST LYNCHINGS Sixty Persons Put to Death In United States. RECORD FOR YEAR SHOWS A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT OVER THAT OF PREVIOUS YEARS. Chicago, Ill.—The lynching record for 1911 shows a distinct though slight improvement over the records of previous years. The number of persons lynched since January 1—slxty—is slightly less than that of any other recent year. All but two of the sixty persons lynched were negroes. Of the fifty-eight negroes one was a woman. The crimes charged against these victims range all the way from insult to criminal assault and murder. Georgia leads with the most lynchings—seventeen. Lynchings occurred in thirteen states. All of these were southern or border states excepting Pennsylvania, which furnished the only instance of the year where the victim was burned at the stake. Contrary to the record of previous years the majority of the victims were not accused of crimes against women. The victims accused of attacks on women numbered eighteen, while thirty-one were accused of murder. Two negroes were lynched for insulting white women, four for attempted murder, one for threatening murder, one for highway robbery, and one for persistent stealing. Two were charged with plain assault and one was being held in jail as a suspicious character. In several instances race riots were reported in which both whites and blacks were killed. These are not included in the record of the year. GOVERNOR RUSHES TO AID CONVICTS DONAGHEY THREATENS WHOLESALE PARDONS BECAUSE OF ALLEGED BRUTALITY. Little Rock, Ark.—Scores of men in convict camps in Arkansas will be liberated if Governor Donaghey carries out the threat he made to free them if contractors do not use methods more humane in handling them. "I give notice to the contractors," the governor indignantly declared, "that I will depopulate every convict camp in the state if this cruelty is not stopped. I will turn the prisoners out as fast as they are brought in unless conditions are changed," he exclaimed. The situation was brought to the attention of the executive through the pitiful story of a negro, who told Mr. Donaghey he had been beaten with a strap, and who bore deep scars on his back. The governor said the black man's story was but one of many which had come to him recently, and he asserted his information led him to believe inhuman methods were used by a majority of the contractors to whom the convicts are leased. No estimate of the number who will be affected if Governor Donaghey carries out his threat could be obtained, but they will run into the hundreds. NEGRO OFFICER TO LIBERIA CHARLES YOUNG IS A CAPTAIN IN UNITED STATES ARMY—NEW ASSIGNMENT. Cheyenne, Wyo. — Capt. Charles Young, Ninth cavalry, stationed at Fort D A. Russell, the only negro line officer in the United States army, will report to Washington immediately for assignment to special duty in Liberia. Captain Young is a graduate of West Point and is the author of a book on political economy. ALFALFA DOES NOT ENRICH SOIL At the American Dairy Institute, recently held in connection with the National Dairy show in Chicago, Dr. Hopkins of the Illinois station made a statement that will probably prove surprising to many Kansans. The doctor stated that it is a mistaken idea that alfalfa enriches the soil. "Large yields require a great amount of fertility and will impoverish the soil very rapidly unless fed to live stock and returned to the soil. The idea that alfalfa enriches the soil probably comes from the fact that in many instances the soils have been growing large crops for many years and the crops following alfalfa do better than those following non-leguminous crops. This is due to the fact that alfalfa extends its roots many feet into the ground, utilizing the fertility not reached by the roots of other plants, and putting the soil in good physical condition." What do our old-time alfalfa growers say to that? There has long been a question about whether alfalfa would enrich the soil or whether it is merely a stimulant, and no one, even in the experiment stations of the west, seemed able or willing to answer. This statement of Dr. Hopkins puts a new face on the matter and may lead to a new line of investigation.—Kansas Farmer. TAFT IS CLEMENT TO TWO NEGROES TAFT IS CLEMENT TO TWO NEGROES PRESIDENT FREES ADAMS AND SAWYER ON CONFESSION OF REAL CRIMINAL. Washington.—President Taft commuted to expire at once the life sentence of Arthur. Adams and Robert Sawyer, two negro British subjects, convicted at Wilmington, N. C., in 1906, of murder on the high seas. In a confession before the execution, Henry Scott, another negro, convicted of and hanged for the same crime, completely exonerated Adams and Sawyer. Originally Adams and Sawyer were sentenced to death, but this was commuted by President Roosevelt to life imprisonment. The prisoners were natives of the British West Indies, and the British ambassador intervened to secure consideration for the pleas for executive clemency. "I do not find," said President Taft, in disposing of the case. "Adams and Sawyer free from fault, and I do not think that their conviction, insofar as it had led to the present imprisonment, is an injustice, but I do think that the confession of Scott and the other circumstances are enough to relieve them from active complicity in the murders and to justify their now being freed." The murders were committed on the American schooner A. H. Borwind, whose four white officers—master, engineer, mate and cook—and one negro seaman were killed while the vessel, disabled by stormy weather, was off the coast of North Carolina, 'October 19, 1965. During the voyage a controversy arose between the master and the sailors over food and other matters. After the five had been murdered, Adams and Sawyer succeeded in overpowering Scott. They signaled a passing vessel and three were delivered into custody at Southport, N. C. During the trials at Wilmington, it is said, Scott was very bitter toward Adams and Sawyer, and charged them with complicity in the crimes. Before his execution, however he made two written confessions, which he confirmed in a statement on the gallows, July 6. 1908, assuming full responsibility of the murders. The Supreme Court of the United States gave the lower court opportunity to grant a new trial after the confessions. Because of lack of funds the prisoners were unable to avail themselves of this privilege. In considering a previous application for pardon for the two men, the late Solicitor General Hoyt discredited Scott's confessions under the belief that they were made in a spirit of bravado. In the present pardon proceedings, which were instituted by H. B. Warner, an Englishman of New York, J. A. Finch, pardon attorney of the department of justice, went extensively into the cases and was convinced that the confessions were genuine. JACK JOHNSON RETURNS; MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT FAMOUS COLORED CHAMPION SAYS HE ISN'T "BROKE" AND TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW AUTOMOBILES. Chicago, Ill.—John Arthur Johnson, the colored world's champion prize fighter, arrived home from Europe, displayed the "world's" thinnest watch, the world's greatest quantity of gold teeth, the world's largest squirrel fur coat, and issued a statement five minutes after his arrival. The statement said simply: "Don't you ever think Jack Johnson's broke." Later he amplified this by saying he started the "broke story" to justify his demand for some $7,500 training expenses, which he says he got. Three new automobiles, each guaranteed to outspeed any he previously has driven, will be in garage next week, he says, and 90 to 100 miles an hour will not be unusual, according to his predictions of future driving. Johnson did not appear to be out of condition so far as physical appearance goes. He says he can train back to condition in a month. Sam Langford, he said, was the only fighter who could hope to put up anything like an even match, and the Boston boy, he added, confidently, would be whipped. A LESSON FROM JAPAN. Japan has about the area of Kansas, but her percentage of agricultural land is about that of New Hampshire. It doesn't look as if she would need many agricultural schools, does it? Most of her farms are so small that they would about make a stock yard for one of us. Yet twenty-three years ago, says a Japanese writer, in Hoard's Dairyman, Japan had six schools where farming was taught. And then came the twenty years of her most rapid progress. China was defeated in war and then the mighty Russia. The whole strength of the nation was expended on those things which would enable her to carry the awful load of army, navy and bonded debt. And what became of the six agricultural schools? Instead of being allowed to dwindle they have multiplied, until in 1908 there were in Japan 4,375 agril cultural schools! In these schools were enrolled 182, 209 pupils, and in that year there were graduated from these schools 93,406 children But unto you who fear my name shall the Son of Righteousness arise with healing in his wings.—Malachi. 4:2. We are told in the Declaration of Independence that it is a self-evident truth that all men are created equal, yet it must be admitted that there are distinctions among men which may be due to their wealth, their birth, their education or their rank and station. These distinctions are not inherent, but are the outcome of our social laws and customs, and are entirely outward or extraneous and do not change men in the least, so far as their nature is concerned. However, there are men and men, and if created equal, they soon differ from each other in character, disposition and apparently nature, and this difference comes about by their "faith" in God, which converts, regenerates and makes anew the man who possesses it. Our Lord told Nicodemus (the wealthy aristocrat of the Jewish Sanhedrin) this truth when he said, "Ye must be born again." The more faith a man has the greater will be the difference between him and other men, for faith changes the entire being, and without it no one can please God. So the real difference in men is not a distinction which is the result of cult, but it is their faith; this unites them to God and makes them Christlike. Consequently, a poor man with faith is superior to a rich man who does not possess it, and the lowly in life who have an active faith are greater than the most famous of men who fail to believe. The prophet Malachi, who announced the truth, made it very plain that the advent of the Messiah would prove to be either a calamity or blessing to men according to the faith they exercised toward him. To the unbeliever Christ would be as an "oven," while to the believer he would be" as a "sun;" the former was an illustration of destruction and the latter an illustration of healing. Christ is the sun of the spiritual world just as truly as the solar sun is of the material world. He is the center of attraction. The entire system of theology and the doctrines of grace revolve around Christ, even as the planets and stars revolve around the solar sun. From Genesis to Revelation the various books of the Bible either prophesy of him or record many events of his wonderful life and teachings. Christ as a sun is the source of life. There is very little sun in the arctic regions, and as a result of it everything is barren, cold and dead, for light and heat are absolutely necessary for life and vegetation; and if, perchance, the sun should be blotted out, what gloom and death would be upon the earth! So, if there were no COST OF LIVING INCREASING. The government bureau of labor officially corroborates the fact that it costs more to live now than it ever did before. If anybody has had any doubt about that fact the labor bureau's report just issued ought to convince him The bureau has compiled statistics covering the prices of 257 commodities in 1910, as compared with 1909, and with the twenty-one year period from 1890 to 1910. Its inquiry is based on wholesale prices. It finds that the 1910 prices averaged four per cent higher than in 1909, 19.1 per cent higher than in 1900, 46.7 per cent higher than in 1897 (the year of lowest prices in the twenty-one year period), 16.6 per cent, higher than in 1890 and 31.6 per cent, higher than the average price for the ten years, 1890 to 1899. Comparing 1910 with 1909, the group of commodities showing the greatest increase in prices was lumber and building materials, which was 10.7 per cent. One of the significant facts shown by the report is the increase in the price of food. Food as a whole increased 3.2 per cent. in the average price for 1910, as compared with 1909. Among the thirty-four articles showing an increase in price were pork, bacon, coffee, hams, dressed poultry, eggs, butter, mutton and fresh beef. There was an average increase of 2.7 per cent: in price of cloths and clothing. WHY MEAT IS HIGH-PRICED. While the statistics issued by the census bureau are published much too late to be considered as news, some of the facts given are important in a news sense. For instance, it is shown that the cattle population of continental America has decreased 6,493,619 head in the decade covered by the report. Hogs have decreased 4,867,409, and sheep 9,694,645 head, making a total decrease of 21,055,673 head of meatproducing animals. During this period the population of the country has been increasing at the rate of a million or more a year, most of whom are consumers of meat in some form and quantity. It is not argued that this can be assigned as the only reason why meat prices are high, nor is it claimed that the figures given are absolutely accurate, but it may be asserted that the condition represented by these figures is one of the contributing causes for the ever-increasing price of meat fooda—Kansas Farmer. Christ, what a barren waste would religion be! But Christ is the sunshine of the world and scatters to the uttermost part of the earth the light of knowledge concerning God. We know very little about God apart from the teachings of Christ, but he has brought life and immortality to light, and by his wisdom our mental questionings are set at rest. It is the sunshine of Christ that gives warmth to the world. We live in a selfish, cold and callous world, but Christ scatters the warmth of sunshine and men sympathize, help and love one another. All of the joy we have in this life is simply the radiance of the Sun of Righteousness, for joy without Jesus is no joy at all and is like a sun that gives no light. The wounded feelings of men, those whose spirits have been broken and hearts that ache are healed by the rays of Christ's sunshine, for he who believes the Sun of Righteousness arises with healing in his wings. These things being true, the followers of Christ should carry with them the sunshine of their Lord. They should carry it in the home. It is getting to be a serious matter, the dwindling of the home life of our people. The father should take time to put a little sunshine in his home and not allow his business to become so great as to keep him from petting his loved ones now and then. The mother should not be out on the streets too much, attending clubs, orders and societies, to the exclusion of her duties at home. To take the sunshine out of a home, so far as the man is concerned, all that is necessary is for the wife or mother to be away from home every evening when the husband or son comes from his office or place of business. If we do not carry the sunshine of Christ in our homes, we need not be surprised to find our children seeking the gas light of our streets as a substitute. Not only in the home, but in our hearts also there should be sunshine. If we carry sunshine in our own hearts, it will be reflected in the hearts of others. The sun is free to all and the Sun of Righteousness may be bead by simple faith, and to carry sunshine in our hearts and homes and in the lives of others is not expensive, for we do not have to buy a sun, nor do we have to make a sun, nor do we have to move a sun, but step right in the sunshine of Christ by an active and living faith, knowing that God will take care of us, whate'er betide. The arctic is moderated by the little sun that it has, and all the coldness of life may be moderated by even a little sunshine of Christ. The advantage that a believer has over the unbeliever is that he has two suns that shine for him—the solar sun, which shines on the just and the unjust alike, and the Sun of Righteousness, which arises for him with healing in his wings. Let the blessed sunshine in. Clear the darkened windows. Open wide the doors. Let a little sunshine in. —Walter Rhodes. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler was talking, in the saloon of the Kaiser Wilhelm II., about American honesty, according to the New York Times. "For all our muckraking writers," he said, "I think the American people are the most honest people in the world. Is an American, ever subjected at home to the petty cheats and extortions to which he is subjected in Europe?" Then apropos of foreign honesty, Dr. Butler told a railroad story. "On a foreign railroad," he said, "a commuter had a row with the conductor. At the end of the row the commuter turned to a friend and said: "Well, the P. D. R. will never see another cent of my money after this." The conductor, who was departing, looked back and snarled: "What'你 you do? Walk?" "Oh, no,' said the commuter. 'I'll stop buying tickets and pay my fare to you.'" DIET FOR MILCH COWS Best silage and alfalfa, with roots and molasses, form an extraordinarily good diet for cows in milk. Molasses with alfalfa is also a good ration for all kinds of cattle and makes a cheap feed. Sugar beet pulp is also good and cheaper than roots, but should be used with care because of the unsanitary condition which its use often brings about in the stable. As to grain, corn is always the best thing on earth when not expensive. A limited amount may be used with alfalfa with excellent results. Barley is all right, but is not so palatable as corn and occasionally a cow may be found that will refuse it. Oats are a good dairy feed when cheap enough to use, but they are out of the question in this short season. Bran is the old stand-by for dairy feeding, but is not so necessary for the reason that alfalfa is similar in compound and is a farm crop that can be produced cheaper than anything else, ton for ton—Field and Farm. PRAIRIE DOG POISON. The Colorado station uses the following poison for prairie dogs and other grain-eating pests, and gets excellent results. Be sure to shut out the chickens and, young stock: To 16 quarts of corn or other grain is added one ounce of strychnine sulphate, one teaspoonful of syrup and one quart of boiling water. Mix until the grain is all moistened, and then distribute in the proper places. Remittance must be made by Express or Post Office Money Order, or Registered Letter. Advertising rates given on application. Entered at the Post Office at Savan uah, Ga., as Second-Class mail matter. SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1912 The lynching of the four Negroes, one woman and three men, at Hamilton, Ga., on Monday night to avenge the death of a prominent white farmer, which was supposedly committed by the victims, was one of the most brutal and wanton crimes ever perpetrated in this state. There was not even the usual confessions of the unfortunate victims given out, in fact they professed their innocence to the end, but the mob was bent on taking their lives and therefore carried out their murderous intentions. The case was as follows: On last Sunday afternoon the man, who was murdered, was sitting in his home alone, a shot was fired through the window and he fell dead. That afternoon four Negro tenants were arrested charged with the murder and the next night they were taken out and lynched. The sheriff, who was uncle of the dead man feared no lynching and took a trip to Columbus, Ga., and in the mean time the Negroes were seized and put to death. Even circumstantial evidence against the Negroes was slight but they had to die to appease the wrath of the mob. Surely such crimes cannot much longer continue without some effort being put forth on the part of the law abiding citizens to stop them. Such dastardly crimes as this are indicative of the low value which is placed upon human life, especially if the life be that of a Negro. The question of selecting a site for the prospective new school for Negro children is causing quite a deal of discussion among the leading colored citizens. There are two points in the placing of this school which we should like to bring out and they are first, that the school should be placed in a neighborhood where the moral atmosphere is clean, and the second is that it should be situated in the portion of the city where it will be of greatest advantage to the children who attend it. It is absolutely necessary that the authorities choose a spot for the location of the school where our children in going to and coming from school will not be contaminated by any evil influences. In the rapid development of children's minds environment plays a most important part, therefore, it is essential that we keep them so far as possible in an atmosphere of purity and cleanliness if we would have them grow up to be good, strong, clean men and women and this cannot be accomplished if we stick the new school up in some alley or street which is inhabited by men and women whose lives are not what they should be and whose influence upon the little ones as they pass their houses will be most unwholesome and detrimental. The moral development of our children should be uppermost in the minds of those who select the spot for the new school and unless they take this into consideration it will not serve to the best interests of the children and parents. As to the section of the city in which this school should be placed we can readily say that it appears that it would be of greatest advantage if placed in the southern portion of the city. The children in the western section of the city are supplied by the West Broad and Maple street schools and the two improvised rooms in the Duffy St. hall which are used as school rooms and those in the eastern section of the town have the East Broad street school to attend. Thus it would seem that the logical place for the new school to be erected is in the southern section. There are hundreds of children in this section of the city who now have to walk a distant of a mile or more to school and this long distance entails a hardship on them in bad weather and often causes parents to keep their children home rather than allow them to run the risk of traveling this long distance in disagreeable weather. There are children attending the three schools who come from as far as Dittsmerville and when the little Pursuant to the call issued by the Republican National Committee, December 12, 1911, a District Convention of said Congressional District is called to meet in Savannah, Ga., Monday February 12, 1912, at 12 o'clock, Savannah time, at Masonic Temple, West Gwinnett St., for the purpose of electing two delegates and two alternate delegates to represent said District in the Republican Convention, called to meet in Chicago, Ill., June 18, 1912, and to transact such other business as may properly come before it. Each County in the District shall be entitled to twice as many delegates as it has representatives in the lower house of the General Assembly of Georgia. SOL. C. JOHNSON, Secretary. ones go to school and return home in the afternoon they are tired and fagged out. The location of the school in this section would be quite a relief to these children and we believe would serve to the best advantage of our people. The moral atmosphere surrounding the school and the section of the city in which it is placed are two very vital points to be decided upon and we trust that they will be duly considered by those who have the educational interests of our people in their hands. "Get Together" Says Houstoun Editor, Sayannah Tribune; That "Get Together" editorial in the issue of January 13th was a hummer. Not because of anything new that it contained—other than that white doves are very plentiful and can be had with or without asking for them in the neighborhood of 462 West Broad street. Not because of any constructive features that it contained—for there were none. Not because of any plans that it set forth—for none were presented. Not because of rhetorical features—for there was no studied attempt at such. But, believe me, if ever an article was penned which was saturated with truth, that editorial was one. In a few lines it laid some very heavy charges at the door of the colored people of Savannah. Charges, which should cause all of us to do some tall thinking. But simply thinking and talking about these charges will not result in progress. There must be some practical step, some constructive feature if success be our aim. In my next letter, I shall present a plan by which tangible results can be obtained. In this letter, I am going to write on one fault I have to find with Savannah. Savannah is my home and I yield to no man in loyalty or love to her; but facts are facts. Savannah as a community is not getting her just part of what she ought to get from the leading citizens. There are men of ability in Savannah who are never called on to show that ability; there are men strong in certain lines whose strength is unknown save to a few intimate friends. Individually, Savannah is strong; collectively, Savannah is very weak. I mean by that that there are many men in Savannah, who, when sized up as one person, are giants; but collectively they are pigmies. Now to illustrate further, it will be necessary to use a few names and I want to caution the reader that in doing so, I am not attempting to flatter any one but simply state characteristics which each seems to possess. At random, I pick the following men: Johnson, conservatism; The Scotts, shrewdness in business; DesVerney, accuracy; Tucker, frankness; Grant, modern; Gadsden, amiable; Garey and Stiles, economy; McDowell, advertising; Williams, G.S., orator; Williams, J.W., public spirited; Butler, seclusive; Williams, L.E., wise. And on and on the list could be extended with men who possess certain marked characteristics. Invidually, I say these men count for much. The problem then is how to get these men together. That I will discuss in my next letter. Yours truly, Mannie Houstoun. Tribune Editorial Commended. Mr. Editor, Savannah Tribune; Mr. Loriur, Savannah Tribune. Dear Sir: I have read with a deal of interest your article of Jan. 6th, appealing to the business' men of the city for the formation of an organized union among themselves. You further expressed your views as believing that such an organization is a long felt need among our people, and from such a combination of forces much good could be accomplished. While I am not, from a business view, a business man, I like the thought expressed by you. I think your views or suggestions are timely, and I would be delighted to see in this progressive city a great Negro concern operated, giving employment to our worthy boys and girls. I would be glad to see a mammoth grocery store with three or four delivery wagons busily supplying our people with their daily bread. We can do it. We make other folks rich and in proportion as we help others we can help our ourselves. As has already been intimated by The Tribune, let there be a colored business men's association in Savannah, with, for instance, the following officers: President, 1st vice, 2nd rice, 3rd vice and 4th vice presidents, a secretary, a corresponding secretary, treasurer, and an executive board, with five or seven wide awake business men composing it. Again I repeat, you can do it, then wiyh not? M. H. Rutherford, Pastor St. P. C. M. E. Church. Stereopticon Lecture at G, S, L, C. On Monday night January 29th, there will be a stereopticon lecture by Mr. Cameron Johnson at Meldrim Auditorium of the Georgia State Industrial College. Mr. Johnson has been lecturing during this week at the First Presbyterian Church (white.) His talks and pictures are very interesting and it is hoped that a large crowd will be out to hear him. The subject of the lecture Monday night will be the Holy Land The small price of admission of ten cents will be charged. J. C. SIMMONS, Chairman, Pro Tem. IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE. Interesting Services in The Churches of the City. 124th Anniversary of the F. B. B. Church cornet solo was very fine Miss E. M. Jones recited. Misses E. Garette and E. Davis saw a duette. Miss I. A. Monroe and Master A. Monroe delighted the congregation with their instrumental duette, she at the piano and he with his little violin. Presiding Elder E. D. Giddins was introduced by Rev. Wright. He preached the closing sermon. His introductory remarks were very timely and well received by the members. His text was from Gen. 5:22-24. The subject was "Continuous Association begets likenesses and blends favor." Truly it was a strong and spirited sermon. We were all surely benefitted. Rev. Wright led the hymn "I heard the voice of Jesus say" Prayer was offered. After the benediction all passed to the lecture room where an excellent banquet was tendered the guests by the members and friends of the church. The pastor, officers and members wish to thank all who in any way assisted us in making our 124th Anniversary a success. Sunday will be our Communion. Come down. Second Baptist Church. The attendance on Sunday morning was excellent. The pastor, Rev D. Augustine Reid, preached from the text St. John 3:3. This is a beginning of a series of sermons "Doctrine of Divine Regeneration." Every Sunday morning for several Sunday mornings to come it will be preached. Last Sunday morning's subject was the "Nature of Regeneration." Tomorrow morning's subject will be the "Meaning of Regeneration." The Sunday school meets to-morrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. Attend your weekly services. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church St. Stephen's Episcopal Church The services tomorrow morning will be in charge of the regularly licensed laymen of the church. One will conduct the Sunday school, and another will hold the regular morning services and make an address. In the evening at 8 o'clock the Rev. Mr. Brown of Christ Church will conduct the services and preach. As his sermons are always of a practical nature it would be worth while to come and hear him. The services are always short and interesting and the singing good. Stranger, a cordial welcome to you all. Monumental Notes. Sunday being a pleasant day, the attendance at Sunday-School and both services were somewhat remarkable. At eleven o'clock the pastor, although not feeling so well preached an excellent sermon. He was assisted by Revs. R. Brady and J. S. Jenkins. He also filled the pulpit at 8 o'clock p. m. and probably one of the best sermons he has preached was delivered to his hearers. He was again assisted by Rev. R. Brady. Snbject, Zachariah 2:4 (latter clause) "Go speak to that young man." There were five accessions. Class meeting Tuesday night was well attended. Collection was grand, one accession, making a total of thirty one accessions since Conference. That speaks well for the church and pastor services to-mor-row: Prayer meeting 5:30 a. m. Sunday School 9:30 a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. General Class 3:30 p. m. You are welcomed to any of the services. Seats free. St. Benedict's Church. Gaston and East Broad streets. Sunday Jan. 28th. fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. First mass at 7 a.m., second mass at 8 a.m., high mass and sermon at 10:30 a.m., Sunday school after the last mass. Sermon, rosary and benediction at 8 p.m. The morning sermon, which will be preached by Father Sherrer will be taken from the gospel of the day: "The Tempest on the Lake" Matt. VIII. Instead of the usual sermon in the evening, the questions of the question box will be answered. After the evening service the monthly meeting of St. Mary's Aid Society will take place; the Catholic Mutual Aid will also have a meeting. As this will be the first meetings in the year, all the members are requested to attend. The officers of the Catholic Mutual Aid were installed last Tuesday evening in St. Mary's hall by Father Ohrecht, and at that occasion the members and their guests enjoyed a pleasant social entertainment. The new officers are Mr. Amos Cannal, President; John Simmons, Jr., Vice-president; William Smith, Secretary; Joseph King, Treasurer and George Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms. On Wednesday afternoon, Joe Buller, the little boy who was unfortunately killed by an Electric car, was buried from our church with the impressive ceremonial of the Catholic Church. His remains were buried in the Catholic Cemetery.Father Ohrecht presided at the funeral. Remember the Hcly hour on Friday evening February, 2nd, from 8 to 9 p.m. Anniversary Week at the First A. B. Church, Franklyn Square Commencing Thursday evening Jan. 18th and ending last Monday evening, the 124th Anniversary of the church surpassed in splendor of deorations in point of attendance and in character of musical renditions and forceful sermons all previous celebrations. The program on Thursday evening terminated with a plain logical sermon by the Rev. W. A, Daughtry. On Friday evening we were treated to an eloquent gospel discourse by the Rev. Mc D. Spencer. Rev. J. M. Nabrit of Americus who preached at both the morning and evening services. Rev. W. L. Cash and Rev. Jno. S. Wilder spoke to us acceptably at the close of the celebration. A banquet was (tendered the participants on the program in the lecture room on Monday night. Barbers' Association Resolu- tions of Condolence. Whereas, It has pleased the Ruler of the universe to remove from among us our beloved brother, W. H. Dillon, therefore, in view of the loss we have sustained and the still heavier loss sustained by his respective relatives, be it first, Resolved, That the members of the Barbers Association hereby desire to express their sense of bereavement and grief at the loss and to record the enjoyment and profit which we have had in the equal social and intellectual qualities of the deceased brother. Second, Resolved, That in token of our sorrow at the death of our friend and brother that a copy of these resolutions be spread upon our minutes, a copy published in The Savannah Tribune and the secretary be instructed to send a copy of these resolutions to the widow of the deceased as a testimonial of our grief. Committee, G. S. Smalls, H. E. Higgins, B. L. Perry, Chairman. as the fellow said—Every day the odds and ends are being put in shape for THE RE-OPENING OF THE AIRDOME REMEMBER, NEXT hursday, February 1st Will find us spick and span and in the position to make you say "fine, Mr. Baker" Don't Fail To See My Show BAKER THE MOVING PICTURE MAN children 5¢t Prices Never Change Adults 10¢t COMING Dante's Inferno or A TRIP TO HELL VE TROUBLES Thursday, February 1st Will find us spick and span and in the position to make you say "fine, Mr. Baker" Adults roct EYE TROUBLES We take care of your EYES by Fitting the proper glasses and the right kind of frames to your face. You are assured good attention. M. Schwab's & Son 118 Bull Street, Corner State A. M. MONROE & CO. General Directors and Embalmers WAS. BACON, Manager. PAUL STEELE, Embalmer. Prompt and courteous attention given all business trusted to us. Everything of the latest style. Latest Style Silver Gray and Black Cars VAGE FOR HIRE 5 WEST BROAD STREET Phone 1211 EXT FRIDAY Matinee and Night FEBRUARY 2nd Javannah Theatre THE MART SET The entire balcony reserved for Colored people Matinee Prices; Balcony 50c, Gallery 25c. Night Prices; Balcony 75c, Gallery 50c. A. M. MONROE & CO. Funeral Directors and Embalmers JAS. BACON, Manager. PAUL STEELE, Embalmer. Prompt and courteous attention given all business entrusted to us. Everything of the latest style. Latest Style Silver Gray and Black Cars CARRIAGE FOR HIRE 605 WEST BROAD STREET Phone 1211 The entire balcony reserved for Colored people Matinee Prices; Balcony 50c, Gallery 25c. Night Prices; Balcony 75c, Gallery 50c. 2-27 Seats on sale Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock sharp. Dr. L. A. Townsley is on the sick list this week. Friends of Dr. J. Walter Williams are pleased to see him out again. Ask Pate's Drug Store about the Nyall Line. Go to Pate's Drug Store, West Broad and Hall streets. For first class shoe repairing carry your shoes to Thomas Baker, corner East Broad and Bolton streets. Grand Chancellor G. R. Hutto, of Bainbridge, Ga., was in the city last week. Rev. A. J. Gould of Vidalia, Ga., and Mr. S. S. Mincey, of Alley Ga., were among the callers at our office this week. Mrs. Johnson, the mother of Mrs. R. Ethel Wright is now seriously ill at her residence, Waters Avenue. Friends of Mr. George S. Williams, of 509 West Broad street are pleased to see him out again after a long illness Mrs. Robert B. Bryant of 630 Duffy street west is improving rapidly after a severe attack of chronic indigestion Ring up 2799 when your shoes need mending and Thomas Baker will send for them. Ask Pate's Drug Store about the Nyall Line. Mr. Geo. F. Tyson, has been on the sick list a number of days. He is much improved and returned to duty on Thursday. Mr. A. F. Herndon, of Atlanta Ga. President of the Atlanta Mutual Insurance Association was in the city for a few days this week. Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Lawson will give up their residence No 17 Moore Avenue, owing to Mrs Lawson's health. They will reside at No. 556 East Jones street, after February 1st, where they will be delighted to see their friends Mrs. Lula Robinson formerly Danford, and Mr. Thomas E. Brinn were quietly married in Providence, R. I., on January 11th. They will visit the bride's mother and brother Mrs Stella and Mr. Edgar C. Blackshear of this city in the near future. Friends of Mr. Andrew J. Cochran, a Savannah boy attending Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn., will be delighted to learn of his successful work there, a portion of which has been selected by his professor to be exhibited at a meeting of the Chicago Dental Society in that city January 20th. On Thursday night January 18th, Chatham Ruth No. 3831 held their first meeting in the New Year. As is the custom of this H. H. the meeting was very harmonious. Sister Ethel Williams, W. R., submitted her annual report which was approved by the members Bro. W. E. Searles installed the following officers for the present term viz. Sisters V. A. Smith M. N. G; Lucy Drayton. P. M. N. G; Clarisy Daniels, R. N. F; E. E. Chance N. G; E. Turner, W. T.; E. Williams, W. R.; C. Rivers, Prelate; M. Howard, Coun. Brothers W. Wilder, W. Searles, T. Young, Trustees; Sisters L. E. Daniels, Chamberlain, A. Walker, Usher; E. Jones, R. S. Steward; M. Wilson, L. S. Steward; A. Lewis, R. J. Steward; F. Bailey, L J, Steward; M. Washington, Sheppard In P. H. P. Lucy Draynet, M N G. Ethel Williams, W R. SOCIAL HAPPENINGS. Twentieth Wedding Anniversary. On Friday evening of last week Mr. and Mrs W. H Telfair celebrated at their residence 521 Gaston street west, their twentieth wedding anniversary by entertaining very delightfully a few of their immediate friends. The evening was pleasantly spent. Several beautiful selections were rendered by the Eureka Quartette, also several solos by some of the ladies. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Coleman. Mr. and Mrs. W. H Telfair, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown, Mrs. Ruth Allen, Miss Mary Favors, Mrs. Lula Green, Messrs. Joseph J. Brown, Joe Carter, John Eubanks, W. W. Mumphris, Ed. R. Collins, Daniel Burroughs, Isaiah Williams and Ed. H. Burke. Mr. W. W. Mumphris, entertained on Friday night of last week the Eureka Club and a few invited guests with an oyster roast. The affair was pulled off at the Eureka Club rooms, Masonic Temple buildings Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Scott, Mr. Edward Tucker and Mr George Lawton, entertained quite a number of friends at their residence 522 Charles, on last Wednesday evening. Dancing was indulged, until quite a late hour and a good time in general was had Reshments were served bountifully Miss Harriette E. Reynolds of Philadelphia, spent the Christmas holidays as the guest of her aunt, Mrs. F. R. Keyser of New York and Mrs. Victoria White of Yonkers. Miss Reynolds' friends in both cities made her visit the occasion of a number of delightful dances, dinners, luncheons and theater parties. The most unique of these was a Leap Year party given by Mrs. Frances Keyser. Much merriment was created by the proposals of the young ladies and the answers of the gentlemen. Miss Van Schoik of New York won the ladies prize and Lawyer Bennett of Yonkers the gentlemen's prize. --- The Airdome, Hall Lane and West Broad street will reopen on Thursday night, February first. There have been several noticeable changos made in the building and the old patrons of this popular picture house will be very much pleased with the snug and neat appearance of the building. Renovations have now been going on for about a month and everything is practically in readiness for the reopening. The building has been covered and the interior painted a dark gray. A flooring has been laid, more electric lights added and the chairs and benches newly done over. The exterior of the building also has been made to look more pleasing and many electric bulbs will be strung from the entrance to West Broad street where a large electric sign extending across the lane will throw forth abundant light. Mr. Bank promises the same clean, delightful and pleasing pictures which he presided to his patrons some months ago and the very best of order will be maintained. The building will be well heated so that in the coldest of weather the Airdome will be comfortable. A great show is promised for opening night. Pate's Drug Store Enlarged. The large number of Negro patrons of Pate's Drug Store are pleased to note the great improvements in his business. Mr. Pate through his courtesy and good treatment has built up a very large trade at his store at West Broad and Hall Sts, and the continual increased patronage has forced him to enlarge his business. A new line of drugs has been put in and the store is now one of the most attractive in the city Mr Pate deserves the continued patronage of our people. In the Honor Roll. By the January issue of the school Herald, the monthly publication of the George Brooks school in Philadelphia, Pa., we notice that Little Miss Lillian May Jones, whose parents Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jones are former Savannahians, has gained quite an enviable reputation for herself among her school nates. She is the only colored student in her class and the only girl in her grade, third grade B, whose name is on the honor roll Little Miss Lillian May was also the only one who recently took the principal's examination for fourth grade, to receive a perfect mark in arithmetic. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Jones will be pleased to learn of Little Miss Lillian May's success. Four Big Features with the issue of The New York World for Sunday, Feb. 4—one week from next Sunday. First, their will be the James Montgomery Flagg series of full-page pen drawings entitled "The Adventures of Kitty Cobb;" a new series of Charles Dickens characters in full-page from, drawn by the famous Charles Dana Gibson; a new Sherlock Holmes' story by Sir A. Conan Doyle; and a sixteen-page Joke Book with colored covers. As they used to say in the circus, "High' is that tor high?" Don't forget the complete Joke Book Next Sunday. Pythian Period Committee. The committees appointed by the various lodges and courts and known as the Pythian Celebration Committees are requested to meet on Sunday Jan. 28th at 3:30 o'clock, p m. at Scott's Hall, corner Gwinnett and West Broad streets. R. W. Gadsden, D. D. G. C. Special Notice. The annual meeting of the policyholders of The Guaranty Aid and Relief Society will be held at the office of the Society, 468 West Broad street, Savannah, Ga., on February 13th, 1912, at 7 p.m. Walter S. Scott, Secretary. Dr. E. J. Kleffer to Open New Drug Store. Dr. E. J. Kieffer will open about Feb. 1st, a new drug store, corner Alice and West Broad streets, next door to The Tribune office. It will be first class in every particular. Dr. Kieffer is one of the oldest and foremost drug-gists in the city and was among the first advertisers in colored newspapers. The doctor deserves the patronage of the public. W. J. GILMORE RESTAURANT Is now at 500 W. Gaston For a good Meal call and see him. Agents Wanted! For the Sale of Magic Shaving Powder It gives a quick shave without the use of a razor For particulars write The Shaving Powder Company SAVANNAH GEORGIA Dr J. W. Jamerson FIRSTCLASS DENTIST All Work Guaranteed 623 West Broad Street Between Huntingdon and Hall Phone 2098 F. F. JONES Dealer in BEEF, VEAL, MUTTON, LAMB, PORK, HAMS. BACON and CORNED BEEF All kinds of GAME in season. Stall 31, City Market. Hold the Lucky Number and Win The $2.50 Gold Piece Given AWAY by the METROPOLITAN Dancing Class AT ODD FELLOWS HALL Lev rn to Dance, Two step, Waltz, G de, Schottische, York and the R d Moon Keel. Music by the Apollo Orchestra TICKETS 25 CENTS. And Free Check Room J. L. Perkins & J. H. Miller, Dancing Profs. and Mgrs. IF YOU HAVE ANY PROPERTY YOU ARE THINKING OF SELLING LIST IT WITH ME. I HAVE BUYERS ON HAND NOW FOR EVERY CLASS OF IMPROVED PROPERTY. CHAS. A. R. McDOWELL SAVANNAH'S LEADING NEGRO REAL ESTATE AGENT Phone 2098-J 623 WEST BROAD STREE Residence Phone 1206-J Coming Events in the Social World. NOTICE—Articles in this column one January 31st, Wednesday Dance by The Compress Glee Club at Masonic Temple. Tickets 25 and 40 cents. February 2nd, Friday Leap Year Soiree by Past Counsellor's Union at Masonic Temple. Admission 15 cents February 12th, Monday. Concert and Valentine Festival benefit of St. Benedicts Church at St. Mary's Hall. Tickets 25 cents. January 29th, Monday. Moon Dance and Four night Fete by Weldon Lodge No 26, I. P. B. O. E. of W. at Harris street Hall. Tickets 25 and 10 cents. February 7th, Wednesday. Dance by L. and G. Soiree Club, at Masonic Temple. Tickets 15 cents. February 7th, Wednesday. Second Annual Ball by the Athletic Aid and Social Club of S. S. City of Savannah at Harris St. Hall. Tickets 35 and 50 cents. February 19th Monday. Entertainment by Adamant Lodge No. 7-62 G. U. O. of O. F. at Harris street Hall. Tickets 25 cents. Wednesday night February 14th. The Savannah Home Association Valentine and Leap Year Entertainment at Masonic Temple. You know what that means. A good time for all. Admission 25 cents. February 5th, Monday. First Ball of Imperials at Harris street Hall. Tickets 25 cents. February 12th, Monday. Second Entertainment by the Piney Wood Club at Masonic Temple. Tickets 25 cents. February 22nd, Thursday. Washington's Birthday Ball by the L. B. S. Club at Harris street Hall. Tickets 35 and 50 cents. February 20th, Tuesday. First Entertainment by the Silvery Moon Aid and Social Club at Harris street Hall. Tickets 25 and 40 cents. February 5th, Thursday. Tuxedo Ball by DeSoto Hotel Waiters at Harris treet Hall. Tickets 25 cents. REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CHILD. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over NINTY YEARS by MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. SOOTHING THE CHILD, SOFTENING the GUMS, ALLAYS and PAIN; CURSING BIND COLIC, and BINDING BIND COLIC; SOOTHING solutely charmless. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other kind. Twenty-five bottles a bottle. This SPACE is Worth NOTICING Savannah Ho'me Asso. Stag Boarding & Lodging Furnished Rooms by week or month Hot and cold bath. Electric Lights In center of city. Street car, hack and automobile convenient. Call at 217 EAST BROAD ST. or Phone 3746 I. C. BROWN, Prop. You are invited to attend a grand Aeroplane Dance Given by the Janitors Asso. of Savannah MONDAY NIGHT February 12th, 1912 AT HARRIS ST, HALL Choice refreshments will be served at your request. Music will be discoursed by one of the leading orchestras of the city. Dancing from 8:30 to 2 a.m. ADMISSION: Dr. L. S. Parks DENTIST 240 Barnard Street. Does all kind of high grade dental work of the best quality and workmanship. Gold crowns and bridge work. White Porcelain Pivot and Gold Crowns mounted on the natural roots. Gold Fillings, Cement Fillings, and Silver or Amalgam Fillings from nine to a full set of teeth $7.00 and $8.00 Broken places mended and teeth added. Gold ones for a small cost. Bell Phone 314. Solid Gold Guaranteed 221 2K Gold. IF YOU CHA SAVANNAH Phone 2098-1 PRICES NOW REDUCED ON ALL OUR Clothing, Hats, Furnishings and Shoes Buy your Suit, Overcoat, Shirts, Underwear, Hats or Shoes now and SAVE MONEY. SOLE AGENTS FOR Edwin Clapp and other good Shoes B, H, Levy Bro, & Co, A. B. J. C. LINDSAY Is the District Manager of the Old Reliable : "Nuff Sed, I'm with 'em" Local office: 509 West Broad Street. PHONE 1470 or write WM. DRISKELL, Sec'y and Gen'l Mgr 210 Auburn Ave. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. The Acme Bicycle Store K. HALPERN, Proprietor, 463 West Broad St. Dealer in new and second handed bicycles. Tires and Supplies. Expert Vulcanizer of Bicycle Tires. Vulcanizing 75c. Phone 1340. Saving Money Is A Habit Get the habit by saving a part of your earnings each week. ONE DOLLAR STARTS AN ACCOUNT. The Wage Earners Loan and Investment Company 468 WEST BROAD STREET Stereopticon, Travel Lecture "THE HOLY LAND" By Mr. CAMERON JOHNSON of RICHMOND, VA. On Monday Night February 29th; 1912 at 8 o'clock IN MELDRIM AUDITORIUM GEORGIA STATE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE Mr. Johnson is lecturing this week at the First Presbyterian Church, (white) ADMISSION 10C. IF You Don't Believe it Drop in and take a Look at Our Store. We Carry Everything. You no longer have to go to Broughton Street. Phones 4710 and 4711 HALL and WEST BROAD STS. [Opposite The Pekin Theatre. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS A race without a history is not unlike "the Man Without a Country," whose desolate life Dr. Edward Everett Hale has so graphically pictured in his book of that title. So, a race with no written history—no background, no great characters, no great achievements in war and peace, for hope and inspiration of itself and of its children—is poor indeed. Even savage races, before and since "we have the letters Cadmus gave," one of the most priceless possessions mankind possesses, have invented all sorts of devices to perpetuate the memory of their own existence, and what they said and what they did. From this same sentiment has grown that high and noble characteristic of mankind only among living creatures of reverential care and treatment of the old and infirm of the family, of the tribe, of the nation, and which has given us the soulful maxim, "old men for counsel; young men for war." Standing in the dark shadows after Joab, the Captain of the Host, had foully murdered Abner, King David said: "Know ye not that there a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?" It is natural for great men to appreciate great men. So we as a race sorrowed over the death of Daniel Alexander Payne and of Frederick Douglass; so we as a nation sorrowed the death of Lincoln, of Sumner and of Grant. In speaking of the great success of the fifth annual Georgia State Fair at Macon, last November, in a personal letter to our Mr. Fortune, in a personal letter to our Mr. Richard R. W. Wright, among other things, of the collection of photographs of distinguished negroes, made a feature of the exhibits. "I want to get you to come to our fair next year and speak upon the distinguished men the negro race has produced. We had a great many responses and a great many pictures. It was the first time in the history of negro fairs that three denominations of currency, signed by the four negro registers—Bruce, Lyons, Vernon and Napler—have been exhibited. I feel that this is a step in the direction of calling the world to the prominent men of the race." It is a step in the right direction; there should be more steps taken like it. For instance, we have no history of the reconstruction period from the negro viewpoint, other than that given by George W. Williams in his "History of the Negro Race in America." Senator B. K. Bruce loomed large in that period, which the story of his life would cover. His distinguished son, Prof. R. C. Bruce, may tell it for us some day—New York Age. It is interesting to note that the white waiters are busying themselves with a petition to the American Federation of Labor asking for recognition as a labor organization. The opinion of the head waiter at Hotel Schley is worth consideration. He says that the waiters want a wage of $10 per week and a ten per cent, commission on all his sales. This, he adds, would relieve the patron of his moral obligation to tip, and at the same time act as a stimulus to the waiter to serve as many patrons as possible and serve them as well as possible. We suggest that negro waiters get awake to this idea, and find some way to organize and join the American Federation, which will welcome them as members and afford them an impartial protection. Gifted as they are with the innate sense of what constitutes service, the negro waiter should easily hold his own in the field of competition. It requires but little effort to secure the needed protection at the hands of the Federation; so let the colored man take the tide while it serves.—Pittsburg Courier. When some young and thoughtful man comes forward with honest criticism with respect to the business methods in use in many of our churches, instead of crying him down and discouraging all effort in throwing the light upon present methods, those responsible for present methods should be foremost in welcoming the criticism, and in turning on all the light possible, that the sanity and efficiency of their methods may be made thoroughly manifest. When it is contended that the quality of moral and spiritual leadership in those who dominate affairs in our churches and societies is not what it should be, no man should be more interested in a full and thorough investigation of affairs than the men serving in such capacities of leadership.-Baltimore Afro-American Ledger. John Arthur Johnson, champion heavyweight of the world, is back in his native land once more, returning recently from Europe, where he appeared with great success in the leading variety houses. The champion is in excellent health and one of the first things he did upon reaching New York was to deny the rumor that he had retired from the ring. Johnson says he has no idea of retiring and is willing to meet all comers, his only stipulation being that he dictate terms as to what end of the purse he is to receive. The champion is in Chicago, where he is spending the holidays with his mother. The merciless money sharks are devouring their prey in a most greedy way and are putting their victims under a lifetime burden. Our people, mostly those who are ignorant, are falling in the hands of these usury dealers and they are being robbed in an unlimited manner. Several days ago a negro went to the office of one of these sharks to pay up. He entered the cash on his book and asserted to the negro that he did not give receipts for money and made him understand that hereafter do not ask for any more receipts. They are loaning their money at 100 per cent. We know of a case where a negro borrowed $15 and paid $15 interest. These traps are set for people of our race and they are getting the money out of them. We advise the people of our race who are obliged to borrow, borrow from a bank and let the shark alone. They take the advantage of your ignorance and rob you; and as long as you deal with' them your nose will be "on the grinding stone," a hewer of wood and a drawer of water.—Palestine Plaindealer. Gordon Isham, an East Tennessee negro farmer, raised 187 hogs this year which averaged 380 pounds in weight and were the best marketed so far this year at Morristown. Isham realized $4,618.90 from his hogs at the wholesale price of 6½ cents a pound. It is safe to bet that negro has no trouble with his white neighbors. It is also safe to bet that he enjoys the respect of every one of them. A man who raises corn enough to fatten that many hogs hasn't any time to get into trouble. And now that his hogs are marketed he is doubtless busy fixing up his fences, repairing his sheds, caring for his cattle, fertilizing his land and preparing for next year's crops. He has learned the secret of thrift and happiness. Work has solved the life problem with him, and it lies within the reach of thousands of other negroes to make similar successes if they will but resist the lure of idleness and shiftlessness, and devote themselves to a fixed task with a white man's constancy.—Nashville Tennessee. Fisk University is receiving subscriptions toward a $300,000.00 endowment fund for improvements. No college or institute in America is worthier of support than this school. Long ago it has proved its value to the colored race. The record of Fisk is known throughout the world. It deserves every dollar that will be sent and more. There are hundreds of graduates in various professions all over this country that have been benefited by Fisk and this would be a splendid time to pay a debt of graduates by sending a mite toward meeting the $300,000. Men of our race, wishing to do something tangible for education and uplift of the race; the training of young men and women for the higher walks of life, could do nothing better than to contribute to this deserving college. Fisk College believes in the broad education of men and women and puts a premium on the highest development of a student. Again we say, Fisk is worthy of a donation, no matter how small or large.—Illinois Chronicle. A great many people do not have anything to eat today because they ate it all up yesterday. We once owned a beautiful chrome-colored dog that had more sense than his master. That dog was never hungry. The rise in the price of meats never worried him. How did he manage it? Simplify enough. He never squandered or threw one away. When he was fed he would eat his fill and then gather up the fragments, dig a small hole in the yard some place and bury them. He knew every place in the yard where his food was buried. When he was hungry and there was nothing doing at the kitchen, he would dig up some of his food and eat it. He would never disturb his reserved food as long as his portion went to him from the kitchen when he wanted it. Prof. Franklin H. Glding, of Columbia university, said in a recent address, that "one of the possibilities of human betterment is that all the people in the world should have enough to eat." Very true; but it will never be until people learn to save the fragments.—New York Age. No man can be a good leader who is not a good follower. No man who is self-centered, narrow and jealous can ever make a successful leader. There are few men capable of real leadership and it is quite amazing that such a few who aspire to leadership are not cognizant of that fact. "Leaders are born not made." The people choose, their leaders and they know the man who is capable of leadership without his labeling himself as such. True leadership is recognized without much stir on the part of him possessed with that great quality and will burst forth despite all of the attempts to crush it out. True leadership cannot be imprisoned.-Charles ton (W. Va.) Mountain Leader. RAGE SLANDERED BY OIL PAINTING Painting Which is at Head of East Senate Stairway,Portrays Black Seamen as Cowards. THEIR BRAVERY RECALLED REV. REVERDY C. RANSOM TELLS OF PATRIOTIAM AND COURAGE OF BLACK SEAMEN IN DAYS GONE BY. Washington.—Since the mutilation of Powell's "The Battle of Lake Erie," which is regarded as one of the most valuable paintings at the head of the east senate stairway in Washington, many negroes have been heard to declare that the painting has always been an eyesore to intelligent negroes, and that it is looked upon by them as a slander on the negro in the United States navy. Among those sharing such an opinion is the Rev. Reverdy C. Ransom, pastor of Bethel A. M. E. church, who speaks of the painting as follows: "The Battle of Lake Erie," by W. H. Powell, which was mutilated by an act of vandalism in Washington last week, calls attention to a fact that has long been an offense to many lovers of truth. This painting, described as 'one of the largest and most valuable paintings', is on the walls of the rotunda of the capitol at Columbus, O., as well as in the east senate stairway at Washington. It has, for a generation, been an eyesore to intelligent negroes. Whatever may be its merits as a work of art, it is a painted lie which mistakes the facts of history. This painting represents the white man as standing up in the boat in a bold and fearless attitude while the negro seamen are portrayed as cowering in fear. "In the summer of 1813 Captain (afterwards Commodore) Perry wrote a letter to Commodore Chauncey, in which he complained that an indifferent lot of men had been sent him. Among other things, he said: 'The men that came by Mr. Champlin are a motley set of blacks, soldiers and boys. I cannot think you saw them before they were selected.' Commodore Chauncey replied in part as follows: 'I regret that you are not pleased with the men sent you by Messrs. Champlain and Forrest, for, to my knowledge, a part of them are not surpassed by any seamen we have in our fleet; and I have yet to learn that the color of the skin, or the cut and trimmings of the coat, can affect a man's qualification or usefulness. I have fifty blacks on board of this ship and many of them are among my best men.' Crime of Vandalism Not Excused. "Perry's former prejudice did not prevent him from speaking highly of the bravery and good conduct of the negroes who formed a considerable part of his crew. 'They seemed to be absolutely insensible to danger,' he said. "Ntthan Shaler, commander of the private-armed schooner 'Gov Tomkins,' wrote to his agent in New York a letter dated: "At Sea, January 1, 1813. "Before I could get our light sails in, and almost before I could turn round, was under the guns, not of a transport, but of a large frigate! . . . Her broadside killed two men and wounded six others. The name of one of my poor fellows who was killed ought to be registered in a book of fame and remembered with reverence as long as bravery is considered a virtue. He was a black man by the name of John Johnson. A 24-pound shot struck him in the hip and took away all the lower part of his body. In this state the poor brave fellow lay on deck and several times exclaimed to his shipmate "Fire away, boys; no haul a color down." The other was also a black man by the name of John Davis, and was struck in much the same way. He fell near me, and several times requested to be thrown overboard, saying he was only in the way of the others." "Nothing we have said must be construed as excusing or pallating the crime of vandalism. I sincerely hope that the vandal in question will be apprehended and suitably punished. But the fact. remains that Powell's 'Battle of Lake Erie' with its terror-stricken negro tars, is an offense to intelligent negroes, and a slander upon the negro in the United States navy." AFRICANS IN PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia, Pa.—Dressed in bright colored shirts and wearing high turbans on their heads, two colored women, genuine Africans, are attracting much attention in the vicinity of Tenth and Lombard, streets. Their names are Akwadre Otto, wife of Mensh Otto, of 911 Lombard street, and her sister, Leovadre Cebillah. Aside from their peculiar dress, the faces of both women are badly scarred, which were placed there by their parents, and are called "family marks." The women are from Dahomey, on the west coast of Africa, and arrived in the city on the steamship Merlon. The husband is the only one who can speak English, the others merely make a peculiar sound when they converse with each other. NEGRO STATE FAIR COST ABOUT $11,000 NEGRO STATE FAIR COST ABOUT $11,000 ACCORDING TO REPORT OF PRESIDENT R. R. WRIGHT OF THE GEORGIA COLORED FAIR ASSOCIATION. Macon, Ga.—President Wright has just figured out the expense in holding the Colored State Fair at Macon Nov. 8-18. It amounts to $10,980.27. Of this $2,891.06 was given for premiums for agricultural and industrial exhibits. The agricultural exhibits came from about twenty counties and the industrial exhibits from about forty counties. There were exhibits of one kind or another from eighty-three counties. The area from which exhibits came has increased from year to year. The colored people both in agricultural and industrial lines are gradually being awakened to the importance of improving their agricultural and industrial output. In order to interest them the fair association spent for labor $3,448.14 in the employment of about ninety persons throughout the state and at the fair. The employees spent two or three months traveling by railway or private conveyance in order that they might arouse and instruct the people along the lines which the fair association is striving to emphasize. In addition to this the fair put out in advertising paper $715.46, and in newspaper advertising $501.21. The expense for free attractions, decorations, water, taxes and rent, etc., was $2,424.40. The association has up to date been able to meet all of its expenses and pay all of its debts. It has not sought to be a money making afair, but merely an educational enterprise. It brought to the fair association this year some of the ablest colored men and white men in the country such as Dr. John E. White, Judge George Hillyer of Atlanta, Dr. James H. Dillard of New Orleans, Dr. J., D. Hammond of Augusta, United States Register of the Treasurer J. C. Napier and former Register W. T. Vernon. All of these men and others made addresses. In addition to this, there was brought a large and interesting government exhibit representing the most interesting exhibit shown at fairs and expositions by the government. This was the first time in the history of colored fairs that such an exhibit has been sent by the general government and the securing of the exhibit was regarded as a tribute to the reputation of the fair association. Among the interesting features of the fair was the fact that the Central railroad, through Vice President Winburn and J. F. Jackson, agricultural agent, offered premiums for the best corn exhibits by colored boys in the counties along the Central lues. There were two premiums this year. The $100 premium was won by J. L. Reddick of Bibb county, who raised 112 bushels to the acre, and the boys' prize, a $50 scholarship in the Georgia State Industrial College, was won by Lawrence James of Houston county Since then clubs have been organized in Putnam, Lee, Polk, Laurens, Taylor, Washington, Upson, Merlwether, Jefferson, Early, Bulloch, Morgan, Bibb, Effingham, Wilkinson, Henry, Screven, Chatham, Randolph, Richmond, Sumter, Emanuel, Dougherty, Terrell and Burke counties. These will take part in the exhibits at the colored state fair next year. Perhaps among the most interesting agricultural exhibits were those made by M. L. Yopp and E. D. Ashley, who won the premiums offered by the Macon, Dublin and Savannah railway through J. T. Wright, vice president and general manager. The first prize of $75 was won by Moses L. Yopp of Dublin and the second was won by E. D. Ashley of Bullards. Yopp's exhibit from Laurens was unique. His cotton attracted the attention of everyone who visited the fair. President Wright and his associates in the Colored State Fair are greatly gratified with the aid that has been given them by the Central and Macon, Dublin and Savannah railways. He claims to have been inspired in this by J. F. Jackson, agricultural agent of the Central railroad, who is taking great interest in the corn clubs in the state. The next fair will likely be held in Macon about the same time next November. HOWARD IS PRESIDENT OF LIBERIAN REPUBLIC HE SUCCEEDS ANOTHER NEGRO NAMED BARCLAY IN OFFICE. Monrovia, Liberia.—Daniel Howard was inaugurated as president of the republic of Liberia, succeeding another negro named Barclay, who for eight years had occupied the office. A procession headed by the members of the legislature, led by the speaker of the senate and the house of representatives, escorted Howard to the chamber of representatives. Here the new president, after taking the oath, read his inaugural address, in which he set forth his ideas on reform and advanced several schemes for the development of the country. He made special reference to the present political situation of Liberia and its relations to the great powers and said that the uncertainty of the past had given way to the positive assurance that Liberia's integrity would remain intact. The Sunday School Lesson Sunday School Lesson for January 28, 1912. THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE. GOLDEN TEXT—For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples. Luke 2:30, 31. LESSON TEXT — Luke 2:22-39. Commit vs. 29, 30. TIME—B. C. 4. PLACE—Jerusalem. EXPOSITION — I. Simeon and Jesus, 25-35. Mary and Joseph obeyed the Mosaic law in every detail (v. 22 cf. Lev. 12:2, 3, 4, 6, 8). We are told four things about Simeon. (1). He was "just," that is, "righteous." (2). "Devout" (3). "Waiting (locking) for the consolation of Israel." There was not much outward sign of the consolation of Israel. Simeon had nothing to rest upon by God's word, but that was enough. We today ought to be looking for the coming of our Lord, the hope and consolation of the believer. (Titus 2:13; II. Pet. 3:12 R. V) (4) "The Holy Spirit was upon him." (cf. Num. 11:25, 26, 29; Acts 4:8; Luke 1:41, 67). Simeon is a good example to the believer today. (Titus 2:11-13; Eph. 5:18; 1 Thess. 1,9:10). Simeon had been granted a glimpse into the future to cheer and sustain him. (v. 26 cf. Ps. 25:14). This revelation had been made to Simeon "by the Holy Ghost." Three times in three verses is the Holy Spirit mentioned in connection with Simeon. (vs. 25-27.) It is evident that he was a true son of God. (Rom 8:14). It had been told to Simeon that he should see two things, death and the Lord's Christ; but he should see the Lord's Christ first. This was an abundant preparation for seeing death. Note whither it was the spirit led Simeon. (v. 27.) By going to the House of God he met Jesus. We can always meet him in the House of God, even if the singing is poor and the preaching dry. (Matt. 18:20.)' The child Jesus was in the house of God because his parents took him there. The plain duty of parents today is suggested in this. He was only a babe (Lev. 12:16) when his parents took him to the house of God. Note exactly what Simeon did with the babe (v. 28). All the eye of sense could see in the child was a helpless babe; the eye of faith saw in him the Lord's Christ. All that faith had to rest upon was God's word spoken by the Holy Ghost (v. 26), but that was enough. Simeon first blessed God (v. 28) and then blessed Joseph and Mary (v. 34). There is a great contrast in the tone of these two prehistoric songs of blessing; the first is jubilant, because it is taken up with Christ; the second is sad because it is taken up with the conduct of man Simeon's departure was to be in peace (v. 29), because his eyes had seen FATTENING SWINE. In compounding a hog ration, cost must be taken into consideration, and the feed given must be such as to secure the greatest number of pounds gain from the least expenditure. Better results will be obtained if the grain is ground before being fed. The dairy wastes are all good hog feeds, skim milk being the best. This is always an acceptable addition to the ration at any period of the hog's life. For muscle-making, middlings and linseed meal are good. Corn, including fodder and enslage, has always stood high as a fattener and when properly balanced with skim milk, wheat bran, middlings, shorts and clover hay, it makes a perfect ration. Skim milk should, if possible, be always fed sweet. It is a food that is rich in protein elements and has much value for muscle-making. A variety of feed is necessary. Two feeding materials in combination will always give better results than when fed separately. When hogs are being fed clover or alfalfa hay it should be run through a cutter, mixed with ground grain and fed in the form of a slop. The hay supplies muscle and bone-making material. NEW DISHES. "A new dish every day" was the self-imposed rule of a young wife who found herself in possession of a cozy home and plenty of time. The odd part of the decision was that she never cooked before in her life, but the shining new kitchen was an inspiration she could not resist, much to the delight of her husband and friends, says an exchange. She purchased several of the best cook books on the market, preparatory to laying a scientific foundation for her culinary education. She studied ingredients and proportions, and she haunted newstands for papers and magazines publishing recipes. In the end, she developed into a real wizard of things culinary, and she formed a perfect passion for developing original dainties that would have sent the most blase epicures into an ecstacy of enjoyment. She had discovered that possibilities of food combinations are practically inexhaustible, and so is still pursuing the rule of "something new every day," a rule entailing very little extra work and lots of enjoyment. God's salvation. (v. 30). If our departure is to be peaceful, we must first see God's salvation. All this was according to God's word. (v. 29). Simeon said his eyes had seen God's salvation (v. 30) but what he had really seen was Jesus, so Jesus was God's salvation. But Jesus was not only "God's salvation," but also a "light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of God's people, Israel." (v. 32). Simeon had evidently deeply pondered Old Testament prophecy and from this had learned all these titles for Jesus. (Is. 49:6; 52:6; 60:19; Zech. 2:5). In the Old Testament it is Jehovah who is called "the glory of Israel." (Is. 60:19; Zech. 2:5). It is Jehovah who is so called, that is to say, Jesus Christ occupies in New Testament thought the same place that Jehovah occupies in Old Testament thought. The inference is inescapable, that Jesus is Jehovah manifest in the flesh. The fact that Simeon was a Bible student had much to do with his "Looking for the consolation of Israel." "Being filled with the Spirit," etc. (cf. Mary). Simeon doubtless had not understood all these prophecies until they were fulfilled. Mary and Joseph were exceptionally good people but they had not understood all this. (v. 31). Simeon seems to have understood what some modern scholars (so-called) cannot get through their heads, that while Mary was really the mother of Jesus, that Joseph was only reputedly his father. What Simeon tells Mary about Jesus in v. 34, he had learned from Old Testament prophecy (cf. Is. 8:14, 15; 53:3). If modern theological scholars would study the Bible more, they would know more about Jesus. To every one of us Jesus is set either for our "fall" or our "rising, up." One would naturally suppose that Jesus would be received with appreciation and praise, but it was prophesied (and history has fulfilled the prophecy) that he would be a sign which should be spoken against. Those who best represent Jesus will be received just as Jesus was. (cf. John 15:20, 25). Simeon warned Mary that a sword would pierce through her own soul. That must have sounded strange to her in that day of happy motherhood and bright anticipation, but it was fulfilled to the letter when Jesus hung upon the cross. The purpose of it all was that the thoughts of many hearts might be revealed. (v. 35). The final test of the real thought and disposition and character of a man is in what he does with Jesus. II. Anna and Jesus, 36-38 We turn here from a holy man, to a holy woman. She was very old, over 100 years old, but she had one of the clearest minds in Israel. Her whole life had been given up to the service of God. She continued in fastings and supplications night and day. She may have been too old to have done physical work but she was not too old to engage in the mightiest of all forms of activity. She was full of thanksgiving and gave a mighty testimony for the Lord's Christ. LEADING QUESTIONS—What does this lesson teach us about Jesus? About the Holy Spirit? About God? About the Work of God? What may we learn for our own guidance from the character and conduct of Simeon? From the character and conduct of Anna? CHIFFONS. Muffs are huge affairs and are often lined with satin and chiffon to harmonize with the color of the fur. Girdles and sashes are often in bright colors on black and white gowns. Persian silk velled with marquisette is used for collars, revers and cuffs on a number of cloth and satin models. Many of the new skirts are fitted with a seam over the right hip and a long straight dart over the left hip. The new models show high-waisted effects on skirts and very slightly short-waisted effects on coats, and cloaks. A few cape collars are being shown on auto coats, but these will not be in the height of their fashions until later in the season. A SHOE HORN AS LONG AS A GOLF CLUB. Everything is made so easy these days that one may almost dress without thinking about it at all. Madame's dresser is provided with a comfortable chair, in which she may sit while doing her hair and manicuring her nails; and monsieur's razor has a safety device so that he may almost use it in the dark. The latest luxury of the toilet is a shoe horn with a handle nearly a yard long, and one may step into one's new shoes without bending the back at all. These new shoe horns look very much like golf sticks, with their long wooden handles and copper ends. There is a leather loop at the top of the handle, by means of which the shoe horn may be hung up. KITCHENETTES. If you put a small piece of candle into the starch the clothes will have a nice shiny appearance and will not stick to the iron. In order to make good buttermilk use left over-milk. When it has turned to clabber pour it out into a dish or pan, and beat it fifteen minutes just as you would the white of an egg. The ring that a cleaning fluid always leaves on a delicate fabric will entirely disappear if it is held in the steam from a kettle for a few minutes. The fabric must be perfectly dry or a serious stain may be the result of its closeness to the fire. DISCUSSION ON LYNCHING EVIL Opinions Differ as to Best Way to Stop Wholesale Outrages. UP TO THE VARIOUS STATES HOUSTON POST CONDEMNS LYNCHINGS AND THINKS THAT THE STATES WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH MOB LAW. There seems to be a decided difference in opinion relative to what is the most practical step for the negroes of the United States to take to put a stop to the lynching evil which is getting worse instead of diminishing. There are many negroes who believe that Federal interference is necessary, and that a special attorney be appointed to investigate lynchings, the argument being advanced that a special attorney was appointed to look into the dynamiting outrages with which the McNamaras were connected. Those who are advocating that five thousand negroes invade the capital city in the spring and demand that the president and congress take some action toward putting down lynching are enthusiastic over the plan and claim that if the pilgrimage is made it will be productive of some very gratifying results. On the other hand, a number of white papers, particularly in the south, do not believe that an invasion of the capital city by negroes will tend to solve the problem. It is contended that the lynching evil must be dealt with by the states. test League, the Houston Post says. "There is a negro league, located in the north, we believe, organized to protest against the lynching of members of the negro race, and the dispatches tell us that it is the purpose of the organization to invade Washington next spring 5,000 strong for the purpose of demanding that President Taft put an end to lynching. We could fervently hope that such a mission might be entirely successful, as the lynching evil in the United States has become almost intolerable. As it is, however, there seems to be nothing in sight for this movement save considerable annoyance for the president. The lynching evil must be dealt with by states. Lynching is murder and an offense against the laws of the state wherein it is committed, and the president can do little more than sympathize with a sentiment that seeks to suppress it. "It occurs to the Post, however, that the negro protest league of the north is about one of the most useless organizations in the country, so far as the protection of negroes is concerned. The members of this league are men and women of more or less education, but what are they doing for the uplift of the race to which they belong? For the most part they were schooled at public expense, and yet they recognize no obligation to use their time or talents for the benefit of the vast mass of black ignorance in the south. They selfishlyock together in the northern cities and leave the millions of negroes who have lacked equal opportunities to grore as best they may out of the bondage of ignorance and crime. Negro education is backward in the southern states because the school funds available for the education of negro children are not used for them. One reason why this is so is that there is a stupendous lack of negro teachers. Negroes who by reason of their education and opportunities might teach negro schools in the south do not like to associate with the poorer and more ignorant people of their race, so they flock to the north and discharge their obligations to the ignorant and shiftless members by doing something foolish, just as this protest league is doing. Every negro of education in the country ought to be at work in the south aiding the faithful few who are trying to improve the conditions among the negro masses. The opportunity for service in this respect is almost without limit, and yet it, is an opportunity that is for the most part wasted. There are in Texas probably 150,000 negro children of school age, and there is nearly $1,000,000 a year available for their instruction. Three-fifths of this sum is probably diverted to the education of white children because it is impossible to get the negro parents to send their children to school "We mention the matter to show that one of the best ways to combat the lynching evils is to reduce crime and ignorance among the negroes themselves. We do not mean to say that the effort to suppress lynching should end there, but that the field for fruitful effort in that direction is almost without limit. The intelligent negroes who are flocking to the north to escape contact with the humble and ignorant members of their race are shirking a duty which would mean much if it were faithfully performed." WORLD'S NUT TREES. It is said that the nut trees of the world could furnish nourishment for the entire population of the globe. Brazil nuts grow in such profusion that great quantities are wasted every year. --- GREENSBORO DAILY RECORD WANTS NEGROES OF THE NORTH TO STUDY CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTH MORE THOROUGHLY. Greensboro, N. C.—In an article appearing in a recent issue of the Greensboro Dally Record, one of the most influential papers in the south, in which the New York Age is praised for its courage in declaring that governors of southern states give more friendly advice to the negroes than do the governors of northern states, an appeal is made that the Northern negro becomes better acquainted with southern conditions, the Daily Record saying: "It is interesting to us to note how these colored people in the south get on with leading officials. Seldom or never does one read of the governor of a northern state attending any of the conferences of our people, nor do we read of any of them offering words of advice which will help to encourage colored people to better living. As a rule northern governors are never to be found around colored people except when they are seeking their votes. "When strong men like Governor O'Neal are willing to speak out openly in praise of the loyalty of negroes, and in determined assurance of his intention to mete out even-handed justice to blacks and whites allike, they are entiled to our thanks. For one, The Age intends to give proper report to all such incidents. It is the kind of thing for which we publish this newspaper." "On its face it seems strange that the colored brother did not long ago 'get on' to the game played for 40 years by our northern friends, who yet express so much solicitude for them—always brother, the man who can vote—yet, thinking over it one can see why. The Republican party made the colored people understand that it set them free; that it was going to still look after them and in certain cases was going to give them 40 acres of land, a mule, etc., so that the race naturally banked on the party and in their surroundings it was not easy to get a line on the inside of all such protestations, but The Age is there and speaks out in meetin'. "Strange as it may seem, however, there are negroes north and east as well as west, who cannot see as does The Age and they are no doubt abusing that paper for its boldness. In Boston right now educated negroes are to be found who are satisfied they would be lynched were they to come south. Negroes from this section who have visited Boston have told them the true situation, but nothing shakes their belief; they call all negroes from the south, on errands like that, liars. "A prominent negro of this state was' in Denver last summer and a member of his race, an educated man—actually asked him if he was permitted to walk around where he pleased! Of course he told him yes and tried to make the situation clear, but said he failed." ALASKA'S WATERFOWL. Alaska's game birds are mostly breeding waterfowl, the same well-known migratory species which spend all or part of the winter in the United States. Therefore, while the territory is highly important as a refuge for large game, it is scarcely less so as a shelter for our surviving water birds: ducks, geese and wading birds, so recently abundant on our coasts and inland waters, are everywhere diminishing in numbers, and more than one species is threatened with extinction in the near future. Under such circumstances the innumerable ponds of the interior of Alaska and the lonely tundras of its northern coasts, in which many of these birds rear their young, become of the utmost importance. The birds arrive in the north early in the spring, in April or May, and after breeding leave for the south in August and September. Among them are great numbers of ducks, geese, swans and vast borders of small shore birds, as plovers, snipes, curlews and sandpipers. A large proportion of these stop in the United States in the fall or spend the winter there. AUTHORS' NAMES. Authors who manipulate their names to suit their fancies are not a small band. There is Thomas Henry Hall Caine. There were Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti and Charles John Huffam Dickens. Only one book of reference gives the full name of Oscar Fingall O'Flaherty Wills Wilde, some of whose poems first appeared over the initials O. F. O'F. W. W. Lewis Melville is really Louis Benjamin, and very few people are aware that the bearer of the distinguished name of Sir Sidney Lee was originally Solomon Lazarus Lee.—London Spectator. RAISING BROILERS Difficult as is the lesson, it is nevertheless true that profit in raising broilers or first-rate roasters comes only to him who uses pure-bred males, broad, deep, full-breasted birds, yellow in skin and legs. The scraggly little barnyard hen, with a mongrel male as the sire of her chicks, is incapable of producing a chick that will reach three pounds weight long before it is matured, at which period of existence it ceases to be a "broiler." It is the use of good breeds that gives success and profit. Popular Fallacies About Shell and Other Fish. NO GENUINE LITTLE NECKS THESE LUSCIOUS.CLAMS ARE A THING OF THE PAST, AND BLUE POINT OYSTERS ARE MIGHTY SCARCE, YET YOU MAY BUY THEM ALMOST EVERYWHERE. Only about one person in a thousand who orders the luscious bivalve known as the Blue Point really gets the genuine article. The reasons for this are simply, first, because very few Blue Points are raised and, secondly, because the supply is usually marketed in November and December. This brand of oyster takes its name from being grown on beds in the vicinity of Blue Point, in Great South bay, Long Island. The water there is very shoal. In consequence, when the howling winter nor-westers blow till they virtually empty the bay, any oysters on the beds freeze. To forestall the loss the wise oyster tonger becomes active and markets Blue Points in the fall. It is thus seen that the reason they are so small is that they have had only one summer in which to grow. A full-sized oyster in that latitude requires two or three years to mature. Nevertheless you can find "Blue Points" on bills of fare in Kansas City at almost any time of the year. Every locality his its pet brand of oysters. Boston has its Caps Cods, New York its Saddle Rocks, Philadelphia its Caps May Salts, Baltimore, Washington and Norfolk their Lynn Havens. Each place is willing to wager that its particular bivalve is the most luxurious in the world. Not being particularly averse, to starting trouble, the writer wishes to state that, having been born in a New Jersey oyster raising community, reared near the most famous oyster beds of New York and having eaten mollusks harvested along every coast of the United States, he would lay a wager on the Bayou Cook oyster, raised in the Gulf of Mexico for first place in the great oyster sweepstakes, and on the Maurice river coves raised in Delaware bay for second place. As summer approaches persons who have enjoyed their Blue Points until the advent of the r-less month of May will, with the same sang froid, order a half-dozen Little Neck clams as a prelude to a repast. They get them—not. The Little Neck clam is a thing of the past. He, the genuine, takes his name from Little Neck bay, which lies just where the East river joins Long Island sound. The title, therefore, is not derived from any particular formation of the clam's anatomy, as most people believe. Clams, unlike oysters, cannot be cultivated on beds prepared for the purpose, but are found in what are termed natural beds. A number of years ago one of these great natural beds was discovered in Little Neck bay, the products of which were of the most toothsome and tender variety. The find was immediately pounced upon by clam rakers from far and near, and the reputation of the Little Neck was made. Although it took only a few years to exhaust the supply, nearly every clam from every bed in the country has since basked in the reflected glory of that Little Neck harvest, and you can still buy "genuine Little Necks" in any sea food emporium from Maine to California. There are many people who do not know that hard shell crabs and soft shell crabs are identical, the only distinction being that the soft shell crab (for which you pay about three times as much as for the hard shell variety) is simply the crab caught immediately after he has backed out of his old shell and within two or three days of the time when the skin that covers his body had had a chance to harden into the new shell. Soft shell crabs, like certain Irish products, can be "eaten skin and all." They can be fried and made very palatable, whereas the crab with his regular shell in place has to be dug out of his arm and eaten in fragments or served under the menu titles "deviled crab," "crab flakes" or "crab salad." The popular food funny members of the fish family have as many interesting characteristics as their shell-clad brethren. For instance, all the hotels and restaurants that serve "genuine" blue Points and Little Necks heretofore referred to also set forth with the same degree of equanimity fillet of sole (a la anything that sounds palatable). The proportion of the genuine to the real article in the case of this commodity is even less than with the Blue Points. The truth is that about ninety-nine times out of a hundred the chefs take our old friend the plebeian flounder, or flatfish, and dress him up as a Frenchman, for real sole in this country must be imported from French waters. Flounders are caught in great quantities all along the Atlantic const from New Jersey to Maine. Wherever no other fish will bite you can always depend on hooking a number of the old reliable flounders. The fact that Maine herring when quite young are canned and marketed for sardines done up in olive oil is fairly well known. As the home product is about as tasty and wholesome as the imported article there is not much use of getting excited over the imposition.—Capt. C. A. McAllister, Revenue Cutter Service, in Chicago Record-Herald. INGENIOUS TACTICS THAT MARKED THE SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR. Much of the slaughter that marked the siege of Port Arthur centered about the capture of what was known as 203 Meter hill. The Japanese wanted that eminence, not to plant guns on it, but to observe the position of the Russian warships anchored in Port Arthur harbor. Before the capture of the hill the Japanese fired into the town and the harbor with an alarming and puzzling accuracy, although the gunners never saw their target. After a time the Russians learned that a Chinese fisherman was particularly fond of a certain spot in the harbor. They watched him. If a shot fell beyond a particular ship he noved his boat in a corresponding direction. If a shot fell to the left the simple Chinese found the fishing better in that direction. Apparently he had no mission in the world except to find the best fishing ground. Finally it dawned upon the Russians that his movements could be observed by Japanese field glasses. Fishing in the harbor was prohibited, and the Japanese fire went wide. After a time the shots began hitting their marks with the former accuracy. The Russians looked for Chinamen. They found one. He liked to wade into the shallow water, apparently looking for crabs. He had a white bucket and a black one. If a shot fell short or went beyond the mark the white bucket moved in sympathy. If it went to the right or left the black bucket was affected only. If a hit was made the buckets came together. Possibly it was by using the simple Chinese that the Japanese succeeded in mining the entrance of Port Arthur harbor. On April 13, 1904, Admiral Makaroff came out at the head of his fleet, his pennant flying from the Petropalovsk. The flagship struck a cable that connected three floating mines. One mine swung to port, two to starboard. In a few minutes Makaroff and his ship went down. The fleet turned and fled into port.—Scientific American. SHOE NOVELTIES Over some of us footgear holds a fascination that is irresistible, and if we do not have a man's craze for accumulating mere numbers we do love to buy shoes and slippers of different forms, and to suit every style of toilette. This season offers not a few novelties that are sure to tempt the woman who has pretty feet and knows it. The new patent glace has won approval and the dresser outdoor shoes are often made in this leather, the newest styles having a top of soft suede fastened at the side of the foot with ribbon ties. And there are also among the novelties shoes with very decorative fronts which slip on the foot in the easy old-fashioned way by means of the elastic side. In evening shoes, the favorite styles are carried out in velvet calf in rich vivid colors, matching the evening gowns of gay hue. Black looks especially smart set off by a button or buckle of brilliant and in royal blue, emerald or purple, finished by a small enameled buckle. A shoe of velvet calf gives to the foot an appearance that is svelte and elegant. These shoes, by the way, are all made in the low shape, and so are the exquite slippers of softest dove gray—the very latest novelty of all—gun metal gray, the ornament being a tiny butterfly in small but flashing brillants. Buckles are often seen, but for the most part of the tiny sort that one associates with an old-fashioned bow of black velvet. Pocket slippers, which were introduced only comparatively recently, have been found so comfy and useful that this season they are to be had in an even more convenient form than last. Just now they are made so soft and fine that they fold up into a leather envelope, which makes a neat companion to the case in which the traveler carries her invaluable air cushion. THE NEWEST FAD. My lady wears now, slung about her neck on a slender silver chain, a daunting, round ornament that looks like a flat plaque, but which is really a very thin silver case containing circular sheets of absorbent paper perfumed with her favorite odor. The silver cases are beautifully chased and the metal is perched in filagree effect to allow the perfume to escape. These new amulets are worn outside the blouse, and sometimes the chain is long enough to allow the silver plaque to swing just outside the front of the coat. Of course the chain and perfume case may be as handsome as one desires. GOODMORNING; GOODBY. "What is your name," asked Judge Cross on Friday of a tall, black mustached Italian arraigned on a charge of disorderly conduct. "Goodmorning," replied the allen. "Goodmorning," returned the judge, with a smile, "but I want to know your name," he continued. "Goodmorning," again came the reply. "Is that all the English you know?" the judge demanded, frowning. "Goodmorning's my name," replied the man before him. "Jim Goodmorning." "Goodby," said the judge. "Case dismissed."—Paducah Sun. Larger Number of the 6,000 Fungi of America Are Appetizing and Nutritious. Of the 6,000 fungi of the United States three are poisonous, further three unwholesome, but the larger number of the rest afford as appetizing and nutritious food as man could ask. In the shops cultivated mushrooms bring from 50 cents to $1 a pound. Many of the wild ones are finer flavored and are to be had for the gathering. In the city of Chicago alone 50,000 persons could dine daily on this food for the gourmand without exhausting the supply to be gathered within the municipal limits. Ignorance is costly! Six bad varieties of the mushroom family prevent the utilization of 6,000 good ones—and yet it is easy to distinguish the poisonous kinds, nor difficult to identify the others. The trouble is that the works treating of the fungi are rare and easily, hence not to be found outside of libraries. Here is a field for public intervention and some of the states have recognized this. The state of New York has published a volume beautifully illustrated, describing the fungi found growing within its territory. T. C. Clements, state botanist of Minnesota, has issued the fourth volume of "Minnesota Plant Studies," which deals with the mushrooms of that state. He describes over 300 varieties. The three deadly amanitas (phalloid, vernal and fly) are figured and described, so that they could not fail to be recognized by any person of average intelligence. Journal of Clinical Medicine. EVIDENCE TO PROVE IT NOME PEOPLE SAY I'M TREACHERUS, BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. I'M SURF YOU HONT DENY I'VE GOT A FRANK AND OPEN PACK. TO FIGHT SLEEPING SICKNESS. England and Germany have agreed to co-operate in fighting the sleeping sickness, that mysterious scourge of the native African subjects of both nations. A thorough investigation is to be made into the prevalence of the sleeping sickness in the Gold Coast colony, the Ashanti and Northern Territory protectorates, and Tongo. Each government will keep the other informed of the prevalence of the disease in its territory, and will treat native subjects of other powers without charge; but each may impose restrictions on traffic at its frontier, and may prevent suspected sufferers from crossing its border. This arrangement between the two countries will continue at least for three years, and may be renewed at the end of that period.—Youth's Companion. COLOR BLIND. "Father," asked little Archie, gravely, "what is color blindness. What does it mean?" "It means," was papa's reply, "that the people so affected cannot tell one color from another." "Oh, is that it? Well, the man that drew the maps in my new atlas must have been color blind, for in the map of Europe he's got the Black: sea and the White sea painted blue." FALSE TIP. "Some of the tips you get over the wire are fakes." "Yes: tips that you might properly call tele-phoney." "I-o you know," she asked, "that 1912 will be leap year?" "Oh, will it?" he replied. "Heavens! It's half-past eleven. I must be going." TIMELY HINT. "What resolutions have you made for the new year, Jack?" "My chief one is to stop tellingquisitive friends what the other ones are." Bibulous Barrister Declares to Indig- nant Spouse That He Cannot Tell a Lie. Harold Vanderbilt, during a brief visit to Chicago, praised the temperance reformers who, in Chicago as elsewhere, have done so much of recent years to abolish drunkenness. "The public," Mr. Vanderbilt said to a reporter, "is coming to consider drunkenness as disgraceful as theft or forgery. Not long ago there were people who thought it even meritorious to get drunk on holidays—on Christmas day, for, instance. There's a story—" Mr. Vanderbilt smiled. "A barrister," he continued, "came home one Christmas night from a long sitting over an enormous, holly-crowned bowl of Christmas punch. "His wife looked at him as he lurched into the sitting-room, and said calmly: "Bill, you've been at it again." "I can't,' the barrister stuttered, as he struggled out of his fur-lined overcoat—I can't—hie—tell a—hie—lie—" "Then,' she said, 'you are very much worse than I thought. You'd better go right upstairs to bed." GLUTTONY PAYS ITS PRICE Pudding and Pie Heaped Upon Turkey and Its Trimmings Is Apt to Cause Trouble. "A Christmas dinner isn't a very digestible meal," said Dr. Henry C. Higgins, the noted dietitian of Duluth, in a recent lecture. "Plum pudding and mince pie are meals in themselves. Therefore, consumed on top of two or three pounds of turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and creamed onions and canned corn and peas, pudding and pie are apt to make trouble. "There's many a severe illness due to Christmas gluttony that is given some high-sounding name to gratify the vanity of the patient. "A fat old lady lay groaning in her bed the morning after Christmas; her hands clutched her stomach in agony. "Oh, doctor!" she groaned on my appearance, "is it potamine poisoning, do you think? "Madame," I answered; "mistletocmaine poisoning would be nearer the mark." HARLAN'S WIT WITHOUT MALICE. The late Justice Harlan's Americanism is well known. His love of English and his aversion to the use of any other language when the English tongue could be used was manifested on occasion. At the White House one evening an American vocalist rendered a series of selections in Italian, the justice sitting it out but showing his feelings on his countenance. A friend inquired as he was leaving how he enjoyed the programme, to which Justice Harlan responded: "Not much; I couldn't understand what the fellow was driving at. It reminded me of one of Brewer's dissenting opinions." Notwithstanding this thrust, between the two, justices there was always a close bond of affection. THE SHOCKED APACHE Miss Mary Garden, at a tea at the Bellerve-Stratford, in hiladelphia, was talking about the freedom of the French stage. "Freedom has its advantages," she said, "but it does, sometimes, in Paris, go too far. "One night at a boulevard theater, during a love scene that was extremely free, an 'Apache' called down to the heroine from the gallery: "Mademoiselle, mademoiselle, are we supposed to hear all this?" SCHOOLS ADOPT FILM SHOWS. Already private schools are installing moving picture machines. A new public school building in Connecticut has a special motion picture hall attached. And elsewhere the attention of educators is turning seriously to this new weapon of instruction. The University of Wisconsin, however, has gone a step further, and has taken definite measures to incorporate the moving picture machine into its educational extension work. —Munsey's. NO DOUBT OF IT. "Madam, do you give any of your time to self-reflection?" "Certainly I do. What do you suppose looking-glasses are made for?" See Cooper & Odrizen The Up-to-Date Tailors 218 WEST BROAD STREET, BETWEEN HULL AND OGLETHORPE AVE. The Latest Patterns in FALL and WINTER GOODS. First-class workmanship guaranteed. 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T, Proprietor SAYANNAH, GA. OF THE FEET That Shoe means an upright per- repairing your shoes. INGTON STREET. Cutting, Electric Massage and Shampooing and Experienced Workmen. Courteous attention ATTACHED. RY R. WRIGHT, Prop. DROAD ST., ------ SA JUDGED BY THE CASING OF THE or stop to think that an upright Shoe means you help you to be upright by repairing your J. H. WASHINGTON POPULAR PRICED SHOES chols, THE SH ES THE SHOE MAN STREET. and expects the continuous iversity GIA. School, Normal School and Music and Printing. Home address STUDENT EDWARD T. WARE. Park Lots at Woodlawn Park and they 50x400 directly on car lines. station feature, is. ay 100 Per Month get a choice OWELL, 19 EAST BROUGHTON STREET. H. B. Wright is still with us and expects his friends. Christian Institution. High School, Normal College. Advantages in Industrial Training, Music and Piano. For catalog and information address PRESIDENT EDWARD Woodlawn Park Quest Price Lots at Woodlawn are Only $150.00 and they 50 have concrete sidewalks and are directly on can er how important that transportation feature excellent LOTS LEFT. You pay Cash and $5.00 Per one quickly and get a c location MAS. McDOWE 623 WEST BROAD STREET J. RESID FINEST IN THE CITY. 309 WHITAKER STREET. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. NO INTEREST Goods delivered promptly to any part of the city. 506 West Broad Street, Near Garton Phone 1331-L. Take a Policy With The Pilgrim Health and Life Insurance Co. The Oldest, Strongest and Most Reliable Company in the State. Gives employment to hundreds of men and women of our race. Pays from $1 to $10 weekly sick and accident benefits and from $10 to $100 death benefits Our Motto: "Promptness, Honesty and Justice." Home Office: 1143 Gwinnett St. Augusta, Ga. For further information write 509 West Broad St., Savannah, Ga. J. S. Perry, Supt. A. B. Slingfield, Gen. Supt. C. T. Walker, D. D., LL. D., Director and General Lecturer. GO TO-- Young Bros. For your TOBACCO, CIGARS and FRUITS Of all kinds. GO TO--- The place to get first-class meals Everything neat and clean. Meals prepared in an appetizing manner and at all hours daily. McFALL'S Ice Cream Parlor Ice Cream and Sherbets in large and small quantities. Special prices to Churches and Societies. Also Hot and Cold Lunches. Fish Suppers prepared to order. Phone 4038. Orders very Promptly filled. : : : : : 815 East Broad St., Savannah, Ga. Masonic Books and Regalias Publishers and Manufacturers' Prices Laberal Discounts Will Be Arranged. Who is the man for Cleaning and Pressing? Baker's Pressing Club 519 PRICE ST. Men's Suits Pressed 40c; Pants 15c; Men's Suits Scoured $1. Ladies' work a specialty. Give us a trial. MADAME FLORENGE E. WILLIAMS Wigs, Switches and Pompadours Made from Natural Hair. Combination Made Up. Shampooing on. ORIENTAL HAIR GROWER An excellent preparation, will produce a beautiful growth of hair. Directions on each box. For sale, price 25 cents per box. Turn Over a New Leaf By subscribing for THIS PAPER RESIDENCE 1206-J. GAREY'S Variety Bakery. For your 509 West Broad Street WEST SIDE RESTAURANT 461 West Broad Street. Near Union Station. Meals 16 and 25 cents. MRS. A. S. SCOTT, Proprietraza LODGE SEALS, FINANCIAL CARDS and BLANKS of every description. SOL G. JOHNSON, Savannah, Ga. Graduate Prof. Roher's School, New York. Hairdressing Pàrlor 521 Gaston Street, East. Telephone 2328 AMONG THE MASONS. Let the lodges begin collecting annual dues in order to forward same to the grand secretary not later than March first. Commencing this year, this report is to be rendered in March instead of in May. No lodge can be progressive unless it has its lectures regularly. Improve yourself in Masonry. Be loyal to the order and faithfully support the officers of your lodge. Simply do your duty and all will be well. The loyal lodge is the one that pays promptly every obligation, and renders its reports on time. Is your lodge among the loyal ones? Show your charity in a practical way by your earnest support of the Orphan Home at Americus. Masonry sacrifices self for others. It has no ambition to "rule or ruin." but to do good to our fellow-man. It enters dismembered empires and wades through bloody battlefields with its offering of good deeds and love. It bears aloft the banner of peace and fills the air with its chants of victory.—Tidings. There comes a time in the life of every man when he needs that which money cannot buy. Sickness lays him low, sorrow throws its pall over his life, his plans fail, all things press heavily upon him—he needs a friend. Our institution tries to do its share of lifting the weight of sorrow from human hearts. From thousands of those who have felt the touch of its beneficent hand the song of its praise ascends to heaven.—Corner Stone, No. Solicitation. A brother was arguing the other day that if Masonry is a good thing we ought to be permitted to go out among our friends and influence their petitions. There is an idea prevalent among a good many Masons that a moderate amount of solicitation is all right and that it is necessary in order to keep our lodges in a healthy condition. It is one of the established landmarks of the institution that each candidate must come of his own free will and accord. It is this one established usage which has made Masonry what it is today, the peer of all secret societies. The fathers in Masonry never designed the institution to become common. They realized that its teachings and philosophy appealed only to men of intelligence and good morality, and that its perpetuity depended upon the accession of those men who can live up to the high standard set. The fact that the institution has grown and prospered in the past without the effort of solicitation is sufficient argument why no change should ever be made from this distinguishing characteristic of the fraternity.—Illinois Freemason. Masonry a Builder. Masonry is the builder—not the destroyer. Her work is constructive, not destructive. She sees the dim outline of a Temple behind. She sees the rising architecture of a Temple before her, yea beyond the Temples of Earth she sees a Temple which is "from everlasting to everlasting." She looks back to antiquity and gathers all the golden days of the past. She reflects upon the ages, and finds assurance that instead of the world going from bad to worse, it is making progress, and going from better to best. She has faith in man's capacity for growth, she believes in the capabilities of human nature. She is convinced of the willingness of the divine to reinforce the human. She stands for the betterment of the world. She trusts in those laws and those truths symbolized by the Holy Bible, square and compass. Her signs and tokens serve as testimonials of character and qualifications. She points the way along which lies the promise and prophecy of the future. She teaches those things which make for the building up of a universal body of honest, intelligent, patriotic citizenship. hSe counsels respect for the opinions and the rights of others; good will and kindness, as distinct from envy and hate; mutual helpfulness, as distinct from selfishness; a desire to see your neighbor prosper as well as to prosper yourself, all exemplified by the spirit of fraternity. When Patches Were Popular. In the eighteenth century the tinting of a beauty's face and the nice adjustment of the patch was one of the serious businesses of the day, and occasionally if my lady or her tiring woman could not agree on such a momentous question then were my lady's gallants called in to decide whether these important patches should be so placed as to draw attention to the mischievous eyes, to the floeting dimple, or to the exquisite turn of snowy throat. Providing an Old Saying. "I sure believes dat dere's truth in dat old proverb what says, 'Heaven helps dose what help demselfs," announced Wandering Walter, the Weary Wop. "Wot mikes yer tink dat kinder dope?" inquired Ragweed, Reggle, the Roving Reprobate. "Becuz if we hadenter went an' helped ourselves to dat cold ham in dat summer kitchen we'd never have seen dem winter clothes hangin' there!"—Cleveland Plain Deal THE JOHNSON HOTEL 331 JEFFERSON STREET With all hotel conveniences. Hot o ing matter and music. Polite help. If you want a hack or carriage rin you get it. Rooms to let at 25 cent conveniences. Hot or cold baths. Large parlor with read music. Polite help. Carriage and hacks, also telephone hack or carriage ring up 676 and the manager will see that oms to let at 25 cents. With all hotel conveniences. Hot or cold baths. Large parlor with reading matter and music. Polite help. Carriage and hacks, also telephones. If you want a hack or carriage ring up 676 and the manager will see that you get it. Rooms to let at 25 cents. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. PRINCE R. BUTLER. Manager and Proprietor. SEE THE— HIGH ART 321 BROUGHTON STREET, EAST. Special Prices Given for The Fall and W THOMAS BAY First class SHOE REPAIRING. 50 cents; rubber heels, 35 and 50. CORNER EAST BROAD Don't Buy Have the old ones and send to u ture, Mattresses, Carpets. CARPEN IALTY. Old furniture bought and called for and delivered. JACKSON & SLO HIGH ART TAILORS ON STREET, EAST. Next Door to Red Cross Pharmacy. All Prices Given for Thirty Days. A full line of Latest Fall and Winter Goods. MAS BAKER, The Shoemaker SHOE REPAIRING. Half sole, sewed, 85 cents; nailed, ter heels, 35 and 50 cents. All work guaranteed. CORNER EAST BROAD AND BOLTON STREETS. Don't Buy a New One Hold ones and send to us. We make them new—Stoves, Furnit- ses, Carpets. CARPET AND MATTING LAYING A SPEC furniture bought and sold. Packing and Shipping. Goods delivered. ON & SLOCUM, Upholsterers HIGH ART TAILORS 321 BROUGHTON STREET, EAST. Next Door to Red Cross Pharmacy. Special Prices Given for.Thir ty Days. A full line of Latest Fall and Winter Goods. First class SHOE REPAIRING. Half sole, sewed, 85 cents; nailed. 50 cents; rubber heels, 35 and 50*cents. All work guaranteed. CORNER EAST BROAD AND BOLTON STREETS. Don't Buy a New One Have the old ones and send to us. We make them new-Stoves, Furniture, Mattresses, Carpets. CARPET AND MATTING LAYING A SPECIALTY. Old furniture bought and sold. Packing and Shipping. Goods called for and delivered. JACKSON & SLOCUM, Upholsterers BOLTON AND EAST BROAD STREETS. When Your Eyes CONSULT O DR. M. SCH 11 BULL FOR SAFE, COMFORTABLE AND C Stop at M. 233 BRYAN FIRST CLASS BANITARY BARBER TA 230 ST. JULIAN TO MY I wish to notify all of my old stand at Hall and Price streets, and me. Phone me at 601 for anything you promptly. ANDERSON D TAZ L. ANDERSON, PROPRIETOR THE PROGRESS Is the one w his business his business Now is you The Mordecie Two suits cleaned and pressed specialty. Goods called for and d and dry cleaning. 816 EAST BROAD STREET. Your Eyes Trouble You CONSULT OUR OPTICIAN. M. SCHWABS' SON 11 BULL STREET. COMFORTABLE AND CLEAN LODGING PERMANENT OR TRANSIENT Shop at McCARTHY'S 233 BRYAN ST., WEST. BANITARY BARBER SHOP AND RESTAURANT AT TACHED. 230 ST. JULIAN STREET, WEST. TO MY FRIENDS notify all of my old patrons that I have purchased my old and Price streets, and would be glad to have them patronize me at 601 for anything you may want and I will deliver to Respectfully. PERSON DRUG COMPANY PERSON, PROPRIETOR. Corner HALL and PRICE ST. PROGRESSIVE MAN The one who makes it business to advertise business thoroughly. How is your opportunity Mordecie Pressing Club cleaned and pressed per month for $1.00. Ladies' work a goods called for and de-livered. All work guaranteed. Steam cleaning. ROAD STREET. Phone 3940. FOR SAFE, COMFORTABLE AND CLEAN LODGING PERMANENT OR TRANSIENT TO MY FRIENDS I wish to notify all of my old patrons that I have purchased my old stand at Hall and Price streets, and would be glad to have them patronize me. Phone me at 601 for anything you may want and I will deliver to you promptly. Respectfully, TAZ L. ANDERSON, PROPRIETOR. Corner HALL and PRICE ST. THE PROGRESSIVE MAN THE PROGRESSIVE MAN Is the one who makes it his business to advertise his business thoroughly. Now is your opportunity The Mordecie Pressing Club Two suits cleaned and pressed per month for $1.00. Ladies' work a specialty. Goods called for and de-livered. All work guaranteed. Steam and dry cleaning. 816 EAST BROAD STREET. Phone 3940. How's Business THIS ad. is directed at the man who has all the business in his line in this community. Mr. Merchant-You say you've got it all. You're selling them all they'll buy, anyhow. But at the same time you would like more business. Make this community buy more. Advertise strongly, consistently, judiciously. Suppose you can buy a lot of washtubs cheap; advertise a big washtub sale in this paper. Put in an inviting picture of a washtub where people can see it the minute they look at your ad. Talk strong on washtubs. And you'll find every woman in this vicinity who has been getting along with a rickety washtub for years and years will buy a new one from you. That's creative business power. OUR, AD. RATES ARE RIGHT —CALL ON US (Copyright, 1929, by W. H. U.) TRADE MORAL-This paper's advertising columns are the business news of the cdmmunity. If you happen to need a new parlor carpet, you will be a lot more interested in a carpet ad. than in a paragraph about Jim Jones' newly painted barn. That's why everybody in this vicinity reads this paper's ads. TRADE MORAL—Introducing the buyer to the merchant is the purpose accomplished by our advertising columns. The integrity of both are vouched for. Everybody who reads magazines buys newspapers, but everybody who reads newspapers doesn't buy magazines. Catch the Drift? Here's the medium to reach the people of this community. careers FIN Rot GS EP eae = aS “es f=